to tell us more about traffic,, elizabeth wenger. >> reporter: this is the fourth closure in the last few years. they plan these when they expect lighter traffic on holiday weekends. so we know from past experiences that southbound 880 heading towards the san mateo bridge as a commuter try to finds alternates. that's going to be extra busy as well as commuters in the east bay. by the way everything is moving fine at this hour. expect drivers it to be busy especially along the golden gate so you can tune to kcbs in the car and you can see where the heaviest traffic is and hear where the latest traffic conditions r you can find them at 106.9 fm or 740am. at the bay bridge there is a stall reported sounds like in the far left fastrak lanes so so far no metering lights, no major delays heading into s word of an accident in san jose. more details on that in a few minutes. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's

we sent elizabeth wenger out because it all starts tonight. she is out doing traffic at the bay bridge. good morning. >> good morning. that's right. we are outside live just close to the metering lights at the bay bridge and, of course, as you said the big bay bridge shutdown. we're all gearing up just hours away now. westbound 80 shut down around 8 p.m. tonight so of course, it's going to have a ripple effect on all the major bay area freeways throughout the weekend. kind of hard to tell what drivers are going to do, what freeways are going to be the busiest but if history repeats itself this has been the fourth closure of the bay bridge since 2006. we know the san mateo bridge is going to be extra backed up. the golden gate bridge, the dumbarton bridge and even other areas you may not think of. southbound 880 commuters heading towards the san mateo bridge. 880 gets backed up as well as 101 and 280 along the peninsula so bart running hourly 24/7 service. that will be a great option. also extra ferry service from the east bay. so we'll be talk

elizabeth wenger is standing by with information on the detours and there's gil diaz at caltrans but ick it off first with miss wenger. good morning. >> reporter: i'm first? >> i'll go first. >> reporter: we are at the caltrans offices this morning and if you are planning to head to san francisco anytime this presidents weekend, make sure you try to get to san francisco by 8:00 tonight. that's when the westbound lanes of the bay bridge will be shutting down. now, the closure is needed so that crews can work on the eastern entrance to the new bay bridge. they are building a detour. that will realign the westbound traffic to just south of where it's located right now. once that detour is built, crews can continue working on the eastern entrance. we talked to caltrans this morning and, of course, one crucial question is how good will the weather be to them? >> well, we have watched the doppler radar and we have seen it buns back and forth a little bit. -- bounce back and forth a little bit. looks like we'll have a little rain this weekend but we'll work with it. >> reporter: bart is offe

elizabeth wenger joins us with the forecast. i didn't know which way to look, elizabeth. is. now she is going this way. >> hello, ann. that's right. we're talking weather. and we're talking a chance of rain. when is is going to come? we will talk about it in a minute. but current conditions out the door right now, not too bad and temperatures mostly in the 50s outside right now and we have some sunshine, and later on this afternoon, we had a drizzly start. but then it turned out to be a pretty nice day and 52 right now in san rafael, and 55 out in oakland and 55 if you're in fairfield. for tonight, some of these clouds will decrease and the winds die down. gusty conditions this afternoon. and it is going to keep temperatures on the cooler side, and mostly in the 30s to low 40s across the bay area and we will see patchy fog, especially in some of the north bay valleys. by tomorrow, partly cloudy skies for the most part across the bay area. and it should stay relatively dry. with temperatures mostly in the 50s. we know with the upper deck of the bay bridge shut down and the

. >>> elizabeth wenger not in studio today. she is staying on top of the westbound closure and the ways to get around it. >> a rare appearance outside the studio. there's elizabeth right now at the bay bridge with more on a check of traffic. good morning. >> good morning, guys. we're thanking lawrence very much today that it's not raining this morning right now conditions are good at the bay bridge. the upper deck will be closed this weekend so we know people will be using the san mateo bridge, the golden gate bridge, the richmond/san rafael bridge and the dumbarton bridge, they will be packed. so we are going to talk more about that coming up later on this morning. in the meantime a check of current traffic conditions outside right now. just getting word of a new problem in hayward. it is in the southbound lanes of 880 right there by highway 92. they have the left lane blocked and we are going to take you out live towards 880 in oakland where everything is still flowing smoothly up and down the nimitz. the golden gate bridge tr

. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. frank has the morning off. time now 5:00. >>> and we begin today with breaking news in san francisco. firefighters are working to get a fire out from a transformer explosion. pg&e is on scene. >> our anne makovec was the first on the scene and anne, i guess we're just hearing now about some people within that area in the mission district without power. >> reporter: yeah, the transformer explosion immediately blew out the power to a number of blocks around the area of duboce and valencia. you can see the fire continues to burn on that power pole. now, firefighters say there's no real risk to the structures around the area but they are kind of dead in the water. they're not able to go and fight that fire yet because all the power hasn't been shut down. if we move over here to the other side of this corner here again duboce an valencia, you can see pg&e here working on the lines to be sure they are properly shut down before firefighters are able to put any water on that fire. so a lot of hurry up and wait right no

and it looks like nothing but blue skies and elizabeth wenger joins us with the forecast. and it is incredible how nice the weekend is. >> and expect the same thing tomorrow. we will see kind of a repeat. and the temperatures outside right now, not too bad. check out the vallejo area, 59. and 65 degrees still in oakland. we did climb up to the upper 60s in a lot of parts of the bay area. for tonight, the temperatures will get a bit cooler. mostly in the mid-30s to 40s across the bay area. and clear, and cool, and so once again, for much of the week, we will see kind of cool nights and some pretty pleasant temperatures at least tomorrow. and plenty of sunshine once again. and the temperatures climbing in the upper 60s. mid-60s in some parts along the coast and once again, not too bad. and temperatures today a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. so taking a look at your future cast over the next 72 hours, clouds roll in on monday and by tuesday, 3:00, we are expecting rain showers. we are seeing a low pressure system move. in and now the wet weather is going to be prett

. >>> elizabeth wenger joining us now. it was 80 degrees or about that earlier in the week. now you say rain is on its way? >> yeah, we have a couple storm systems heading our way. hopefully you enjoyed those seven days, even maybe a few in the low 80s earlier this week, because they are gone. temperatures out the door right now, mostly in the mid to upper 50s across the bay area. so a little more seasonable today. feels like winter once again. 53 in san francisco, 59 in oakland, and 59 right now in livermore. by tonight, we'll cool things down even further. mostly in the 30s and 40s across the bay area, clear and cool. you can see 31 inland, reaching a high of 43 across the bay. so for tomorrow, kind of a similar story, sun and clouds, partly cloudy skies for the bulk of the day. temperatures mostly in the low to the upper 50s. timing out our future cast, we got a couple storm systems this week. light rain. we're not talking much. by late sunday night into monday, so by sunday about 11:00, you can see light scattered showers, then should be pretty much out of here by monday

as elizabeth wenger joins us with the forecast. >> it is. amazing how gorgeous it is out, there right? >> winter. would he did the story about all of the snow in the midwest. and nothing like that out here. and the temperatures climb to the upper 60s. and a lot of spots in the bay area. check out the temperatures out the door right now. still in the mid-60s. and in some parts of the bay area. 65 in oakland. 61 in san rafael. and 63 in santa rosa right now. for tonight, we will cool the temperatures down somewhat. mostly in the mid-30s to the low 40s across the bay area. and clear and cool nights. overnight. and coast, bay, and inland. so for tomorrow, we're looking at kind of more of the same. sort of a repeat of what we saw today. again, dry and mild for the remainder of the weekend and climbing near 70 in some of the inland spots and pretty much wall to wall sunshine. no matter where you are across the bay area. a look at the future cast, we have some big changes. monday, a few more clouds roll. in and by tuesday, we do have a chance of ra

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. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. frank is off. >>> we have breaking news in the east bay where a man with a shotgun put an oakland elementary school on lockdown. students were rushed out of maxwell park international academy after the man was seen in a nearby neighborhood. he gave up 30 minutes ago. christin ayers is there with the latest. >> reporter: a very tense situation for quite some time out here today as that man was taken into custody just a short time ago. if we look at our chopper aerials, we can see the man surrendering his gun and is in police custody at this time. authorities say it began around 10 a.m. a neighbor reported that a man was in a yard with a shotgun wielding it around, seemed upset, seemed frustrated. when police arrived on the scene, the man continued to exhibit the same behavior even pointing the gun at them at one point. a very dangerous situation that prompted the evacuation of maxwell park elementary school, which is just a short distance away. school officials telling me about 250 chi

. >>> elizabeth wenger joining us now.rd you say rain in the forecast. >> that's right. by the time the week send through. but for tonight we're staying dry. it ends up being a relatively nice day across the bay area. the sun came out after morning clouds. here's live look over the dub skies. temperaturous outside right now mostly in the 50s across the bay area. taking a look, 57 in oakland, 50 in redwood city 54 in pacifica. looks like right now 57 out in san jose. by tonight, we are going to cool things down. temperatures should be mostly in the upper 30s. a few low 40s out there. we could see fog in the inland valleys. tomorrow for the bulk of the day a mix of sun and clouds. partly to mostly cloudy skies temperatures in the 50s and low 60s. but by looks like probably late sunday night, sunday evening, right around 6:00, our computer models are showing some light rain moving into the bay area and it remains unsettled through the day on monday. so once again, for tonight, for today and overnight we're staying dry and tem

i'm elizabeth wenger, frank is off. >> i'm grace lee. >>> breaking news out of san francisco that's happening right now. we have a transformer that blew out on duboce street and set a power pole on fire. >> no word on injuries or damages in the area, but we have a crew heading to the scene right now. >>> in the east bay, gil diaz is on the scene of a residential fire in gilroy. >> reporter: on page street between fourth and fifth streets, as you can see behind me, firefighters are still at the scene here. the fire is out. they are just mopping up after it. the property is one of those work space-living spaces for artists. the fire broke out around 3:00. the area is called gate 13 gallery. one of the residents says he was woken up in the middle of the night by someone ringing the bell. when he got up and he looked out the window, there were flames shooting on the east side of the property. it turns out the fire was burning through a large studio that contained some of the art projects and works in progress. the owner that i talked to briefly says he may have lost about 30 paintings in that fir

to tell us more about traffic today, and other detours, let's turn it to elizabeth wenger back in the newsroom. >> good morning, gil. that's right. heading out of town for the long holiday weekend, good news for them, they don't have to use alternates to get back home. richmond san rafael bridge, i want to mention this is an ?eat alternate but the bay bridge is now open. there is an accident westbound 580 on the san quentin side towards marin. blocking one lane. not much slowing on the sensors yet. a live look at the golden gate bridge. our time saver traffic camera, everything is light. it is the holiday. we're not expecting a lot of commuters today. slick out there but the chp reports have been relatively busy so far this morning. mass transit might be a good option if you're heading somewhere this morning. bart, ace, muni, cal train and ferries are all reporting everything on time. we will have much more traffic coming up throughout the morning. in the meantime, drizzly out there. let's get a check of the forecast. >> a little wet. i like the rainbow. that is beautiful. we are expe

. >>> elizabeth wenger shows us the bay area traffic arteries that you may want to avoid this weekend. >> reporter: might be a good idea to stay inside if you can or at least avoid san francisco. but with the big deck closure likely going to have a ripple effect on the freeways across the bay area. this is a major artery for the bay. all right. good option to avoid the traffic mess this weekend, bart. they are going to be running hourly overnight service at 1 major stops. also there's going to be some extra ferry service from the east bay. so mass transit might be a good idea. now, this is actually the fourth bay bridge closure since 2006. so if history is any indication, we in there's going to be a lot more commuters heading towards the san mateo bridge. also, other alternate bridges like the richmond/san rafael bridge, also highway 37 and, of course, heading down southbound 101 towards the golden gate bridge expect extra heavy traffic messes all weekend long. >> and for the latest traffic infoes and the closure updates throughout the weekend, stay with cbs 5, cbssf.com and kcbs radi

to tell us more about today's traffic condition, let's send it elizabeth wenger back in the newsroom. >> hi, good morning. it was an interesting weekend. we saw a lot of backed up traffic. especially across the golden gate as gil mentioned. san mateo bridge is pretty busy as well. no surprise to commuters. the good news for now, even for people heading back home, maybe after the long holiday weekend as the bay bridge reopened, it reopened about 7:15 last night. everything so far, so good, but there is is a slightly new configuration that we've been talking about. just past the metering lights as you merge. so be a little extra careful this morning if you're heading into san francisco. and plan on using the bay bridge. westbound 80. once again, open to business. and everything looks good so far, approaching the pay gates. traffic is nice and light. we're following a trouble spot in san jose. southbound 101 near the capital expressway, it is like the off- ramp is at least partially blocked and will is some slowing on the sensors on southbound 101. this is likely an injury crash. so we a

. >> i'm elizabeth wenger. time now 6:30. >>> we have an update to our developing news in san francisco. the power is back on for about 3,000 customers in the mission. >> yeah. overnight a transformer explosion caused a fire. that fire is now out. and our mark mac is in the mission district where pez is still on scene. >> reporter: good morning. they could be for hours today. 130 pg&e customers are still without power here in the neighborhood of duboce avenue and it could be around dinnertime before this power is actually restored. they are not sure how long it's going to take. there was significant damage done to some pg&e equipment after a transformer fire overnight. check out this video we shot at around 4:00 this morning. that is when a transformer blew and it was lit up like a tiki torch for almost two hours. firefighters were not able to go up there and put that fire out because it was too unsafe. they didn't know what the status was of the lines and whether or not there was still power running through th

i'm elizabeth wenger. >>> berkeley investigators are looking into what caused an early-morning art galleryon page street. two firefighters were bitten by a dog. >>> more than 3,000 customers lost power this morning after a pg&e transformer blew up and sparked a fire in the mission district. about 130 customers are still without electricity. >>> and the san jose earthquakes are a step closer to building their new soccer stadium near mineta international airport. the city planning commission is expected to take a final vote this evening on whether to approve that development plan. >>> we'll have your traffic and weather coming right up. ,, sweetheart. we need to talk. i've seen your stunts online. i can explain... jumping a ramp in a shopping cart. so 2005. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that dancing squirrel video. don't you want that? i...i suppose. now go make your dad and me proud. tryomething funny. [ male announcer ] now everyone's up to speed. get high speed internet for $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one year term