the project wail lou traffic to speed along marina parkway.ficer moody's brother is also a richmond officer and says that this bypass will safe lives. >> we have police officer that's have to take this roadway this, is going eliminate that issue of being held up. not being able to do our job. >> the project will open to traffic in 18 months. >> coming up next the national zoo's giant panda gives birth. the first baby video. >> plus, two dorable cubs we're going to take you into the nursery of the first surviving panda cub twins born in the us news 26 year autos girls separated at birth reunited for the first time. how their parents started to think they could be related. >> from east bay hills camera, temperatures below late august norms. what is coming our way this weekend? i'll have the forecast coming up in just a moment. >> taking a look at traffic and spencer, take a look at that fog moving down there, huh? traffic moving well so far. back in a moment. >>> there is a lot of excitement at washington national skoo. a giant panda just given

the underpass on marina bay parkway is to be named after officer bradley moody, who died at that location five years ago when he crashed his patrol car, fellow officers as well as a man who received his lungs in an organ donation will be among those at today's ceremony. >>> the project is scheduled to take 18 months, richmond is using redevelopment funds to pay for the 30 million dollar price tag. >>> as students head back to school the hayward school district is planing to open more tutoring centers, the 5 new centers are being added because test scores are going. they are scheduled for three middle schools and two elementary schools. the first center opened in 2011. test scores in some subjects jumped by 10%. >>> at ktvu.com we have an entire section dedicated to heading back to school that includes school start dates and how to save on back to school shopping. >>> an alleged tree vandal has been caught in the act again. 65-year-old ken fish after someone saw him break in branches and was arrestedd for a similar incident last month. there have been a number of recent tree vandalisms the

officer james moody remembered the day his brother, brad, died when his car crashed on marina bay parkwaye street is near the police station prone to delays. that is why today officials kicked off a project to make the streets safer. the key is this underpass named after officer bradley moody and opened to traffic in 18 months. >> still to come here tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00 the dramatic admission today by the mayor of san diego. he takes a parting shot as he turns in his resignation. >> new reports chemical weapons left hundreds dead in seara. tonight what the world is doing about it. >> it's just the world you can't image yichblt. >> -- imagine. >> the woman regained some >>> dan daig mayor has agreed to step down after a sexual harassment scandal though denies allegations. this afternoon the city council accepted the resignation. more than a dozen women accuse filner of inappropriate touching and forced kissing. he told the court he never sexually harassed the women yet apologized for actions. >> to all of the women i offended i had no intention to be offensive. to violate physical

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the project will allow traffic to speed along marina bay parkway, which can get congested by a railroad crossing. officer moody's brother is also a richmond police officer. he said the bypass will save lives. >> we have a lot of police officers that have to take this roadway during calls for service and this will eliminate them from being held up and being able to do our jobs. >> it is estimated to cost around $40 million. it will open to traffic in 18 months. >> a project is almost finished, not the bridge, but the caldecott tunnell. the fourth bore is nearing completion. abc 7laura anthony got a look inside the tunnel. >> no broken bolts here. in the new part of the caldecott construction, where construction is humming along on budget and on time. >> we've made great progress. >> unlike their counterparts of the bay bridge, the contractor and caltran said the caldecott won't set in stone an opening date, except to say it will be late 2013. >> we want to make sure, number one, that the tunnel is safe and it is approved by the people who need to approve it. it needs to be commissioned.

the new roadway undercrossing will be built here, beneath these railroad tracks that cross marina bay parkwayatta and meeker avenue, an area often congested with idling vehicles due to passing trains. >> this project not only improves public safety and access, but it also really helps support the bay area economy. >> reporter: here's what the more than $30 million project will look like once complete. it will bear the name of one of richmond's finest, officer bradley moody. >> there was once a young man named brad, who at the age of five said, mom, when i grow up, i want to be a police officer. >> reporter: richmond police officer james moody was emotional as he told the crowd of his brother's life-long desire to serve and protect. >> he was a brother, a father, a son, and he was well loved. >> reporter: officer bradley moody was killed in 2008 when he lost control of his patrol car while responding to a call. the 29-year-old moody was an organ donor. >> he saved five lives. >> reporter: michael law received a life-saving lung transplant. he remembers the day he met officer moody's widow. >>

it is located right beneath the railroad tracks that cross marina bay parkway between regatta boulevardue. his brother, officer james moody, spoke at that ground breaking. >> he was a brother, a father, a son, and he was well-loved. >> officer bradley moody was also an organ donor. his donation saved five lives. officer moody was killed last year when he lost control of his patrol car when responding to a call. >>> prosecutors are accusing 55- year-old ricky lartigue of being drunk behind the wheel. last saturday in east san jose, his car hit and killed 43-year- old willy yumale. the district attorney listed the driver's six dui charges as the reason for the charges. >>> countdown clock, just four days and 10 1/2 hours from next wednesday night's bay bridge closure. several lanes at the toll plaza are closed this weekend to allow workers to put in fast track lanes for the new span. this is a live picture of the approach to the toll plaza. backup in the middle. otherwise, smooth on this saturday morning. cal trans gave reporters a special view of the construction site. reporters went und

westbound 580 still heavy from marina bay parkway approaching the toll plaza.has been jam- packed from golden gate fields in albany making the right hand curve toward the bay bridge toll plaza. once you get closer to the pay gates, westbound over the bay bridge meet met are on. traffic slow from the end of the east parking lot. >> low clouds will be slow to clear at the bay bridge. for the rest of us it's a sunny wednesday and very nice with lots of sun around the bay area. look, there's mount diablo. temperatures 56 at san francisco. 60 in san jose and 62 at livermore. livermore gets up to 96. man, that is nine degrees above average. 78 oakland. 69 san francisco. 88 redwood city. warm today, warm through friday. by the weekend, we cool it down a little bit into the upper 80s inland. then by monday and tuesday, just in time to go back to work, we're going to warm it up again as we look live. >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." coming up this half hour why is larry ellison driven by america's cup. >>> then we'll speak with a journalist who spent two years wr

the officer bradly a moody memorial underpass will go beneath railroad tracks across marina bay parkwayof lawsuits are growing now in connection with with a deadly fire that destroyed a redwood city apartment building in july. 22 losses have been filed against the owners of the hallmark house apartments and there may be more lawsuits. one man was killed. 21 others were hurt. and almost a hundred people were displaced by the fire. the tenants are claiming the owners were negligent and should have installed sprinklers even though they're not required by law. >>> it is 8:10. frmay soon have one of the toughest bans on plastic water bottles in the country. next month, city supervisors will consider a proposal designed to get people to reduce their use of disposable plastic water bottles. environmentalists point out the plastic bottles produce tons of plastic waste. among other things, the proposal would ban the bottles at large street festivals. it would prevent food trucks and street vendors from selling that. >>> time is 8:11. he still says he's innocent. what randy alana told us in his l