the orange area are the ramps. in fact, this weekend, we are doing the ramp over fulsome.will have a folsom st. closure and do that. the overall time line is we are still on track to finish of the major demolition activities by june 6. and clean everything up by early july. that is the schedule. i know it is hard to read, but that is the schedule of getting to the bus ramps by the beginning of june, beginning of may. so the picture on the left is from the end of february, and the one on the right is from the end of march. you can see how the contract were demobilized from the eastern end of the project, and the buttress shoring and excavation contractor mobilized and started getting ready to pull pile, which they did at the very end of the month. that is the center and western end. again, two comparison voters. you can see how the backfill progress. -- two comparison photographs. they are moving in to start staging their shoring wall operation. some progress on the ramps going up to the freeway. the picture on the left was the work completed through the end of february wit

and the transition plan for curb ramps and sidewalks, identifies 15,000 curb ramps that are missing or need repair, and a potential 16 ,000 more that we haven't surveyed yet that probably need replacement or installation, because there is nothing there. this commitment is $78.9 million for curb ramps for the next 10 years and 92 for sidewalk ramps and we provide guidance for other departments and better street plan and department of public works and those who design things for livable streets. and we provide said for the better street plan project and access ibleible curb ramps and stops. and one thing that we want to communicate, these are not stand alone elements, they are building blocks placed in the public right-of-way. and we encourage these to be integrated into the pedestrian environment and not as isolated elements. how do you do that? that's through what we call universal design. and we have a board in the back that talks about the seven principles of university design. and equitable use and that it doesn't disadvantage any group and flexible in use and it provides for the wi

the ramp begins right at the door and goes up.the way that they have achieved compliance in san francisco is to use an administrative bulletin that we allow people to use power door operators. you push that little square button, the door opens and there is no longer a door in the path of travel and you can go right up the ramp. how does that generally work out, paul? . >> they work great. what happens with slopes and doors is that gravity takes over and the chair slopes backwards or slides backwards from the door. so you are trying to hold the chair and open a door while the chair slides backwards. in berkley, we actually have high and low. we put one down around a foot plate which where somebody using a wheelchair who doesn't have any kind of arm function or can't reach that high, they can hit it with a foot plate. we are finding that more people prefer to kick them than use foot plates on them. people that play soccer, especially during world cup they were very popular things to kick. delivery people use them a lot of time to ki

it looks like the ramp.n off-ramp for southbound 680, will not be reopened and so it may be later than that and we'll follow that for you. walnut creek area and moving to the 24-interchange and no problems there and no delays, but mass transit. everything is running on time and that is a great way to get around the other road issues . no problems there . metering lights are off . they should be back on again in a matter of moments, kristen and eric. >> sue, thank you very much. 6:39 is our time. >> trading is underway in wall street. we'll have a live report from the new york stock exchange x. dow is down . up just a bit. >>> and the vote coming today that could mean a new transit option for late night weekend partiers. >> over 24 hours to go. i am simon mcgregor and bringing you all of the news from the build up of the royal wedding of the century. that is coming up next. >> i am janelle wang. live in the news room. the death toll is climbing in the south as tornados rip throughh half dozenitates. we'll hav

there are other ramps around the city. this is a fully complying ramp that serves a lot of people with disabilities so it has to be completely complying including nonslip-resistant surface, readily achievable to put in slip-resistant surface. hand rails have to terminate at the wall or otherwise extend, not just a stubby little end. this is the other end of the ramp. here we have somebody using a cane coming down the stairs. you see the tape is coming off of this stair? i wanted to mention the behavioral uses that i keep talking about involve maintenance as well. somebody, you can't just put it in and leave it, you have to walk around and say is everything working? and replace the tape and that's a reasonable expectation. >> well, tape is a good retrofit solution, but a better design solution at the beginning would actually be to cast in place stone that has a darker color so that you have a permanently installed contrasting striping at the nose. >> here we have stairs in a new building. all new buildings are supposed to h

southbound 680 off-ramp to dublin off-ramp closed . police activity and investigation is ongoing .ad lightts are headed westbound and crowding there and no issues to report and the toll plasa is light. and westbound in the city. and before you leave the house. checking all of the latest information click on abc 7 news.com. bay area traffic. >> thank you very much. it is 5:54 now. >> you are one of those fancy phone covers with the design. for those of you who like to see the iphones, a white iphone coming out today . fans are lining up at apple stores. >> here is jane king with the morning business report. >> proving that iphone is a fashion statement and not a necessity . the white iphone already . the stores limiting sales for two. iphones no . sony losing points over the security breach that gave hackers acess to the can the credit cards of customers. they are now facing a lawsuit. >> walmart stocking for shelves ammunition and guns in an attempt to attract more customers it is part of the back to basic initiatives. f.b.i. checks for guns are at a record level . >> seeing the be

detectable ramps. they are all detectable. nothing down below or protruding that people are going to get snagged up on. smooth clean that nobody is going get caught up on. >> our no. 1 issue is what we see here, the uplifting and shreufting to concrete due too street tree roots. here is another problem we have with street trees. if i have i was a person blind, this would be an uncomfortable way to find out. >> we don't want to create hazards. >> sometimes vendors put sidewalk cafes where people push the chairs too far out. >> sometimes it can be impassable. so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is a lively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are o

right now, the earliest we are hearing that the ramp will open up, the dublin off-ramp here off of 680outhbound will open up sometime around 7:00. we have seen some activity with the cars moving out of the scene here. so who knows. it could be 7:00 or earlier or later than that. but we'll keep an eye on it for you and bring you the latest. but that's it for now. >> takes a little time. kiet do live in dublin, kiet, thank you. >>> word is it was the smell that led santa cruz police to an apartment with a body in it. investigators believe this man johnclower was living in the apartment with a dead woman for a week. no idea what happened. >>> some amazing video from alabama the state hit hardest by violent storms. the tornado roared across the university of alabama campus in tuscaloosa. more than 100 tornadoes were reported in several southern states yesterday. the number of known dead keeps rising now up to at least 194 in five different states. a million people in alabama are without power due to all that destruction. >>> the damage that tornado left behind just devastating. you can see

it says blocking the off-ramp and yet the off-ramp is not closed and one suv is not enough to block the shoulders getting through that complex off-ramp system. so just prepare for some slowing. chp has not closed that off-ramp. keep that in mind if you're heading to sfo. christina told you about a little rain north of the bridge itself in the north bay and no slowing in that portion of the commute. highway 37 we're looking okay coming over from vallejo as well. the bay bridge also smooth and a very light volume of traffic. look at that, it's only 5:11 but that's pretty light for the bay bridge. the east bay approach, east bay shoreway not showing any problems. antioch, we'll show slowing in 20 minutes but right now you're at the limit for highway 4 as well, guys. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> the time is 5:11. a bay area elementary school once named after california's first governor has a new name. we'll tell you why the change coming up next. >>> plus tiger may not be the stud on the golf course he once was but there is one category he is totally winning. >>> and we'll

. >>> streets block, ramps blocked in dublin after some police activity. it's the story our news crews are following, as well. so we'll get an update on this and tell what's going on plus roadwork in the south bay. it's all coming up in a little bit. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> this morning, a suspect is dead and a deputy is in the hospital. let's go to kiet do in dublin, with what led up to this violent confrontation. >>> reporter: good morning. investigators are milling about the property of a dodge dealership here trying to gather evidence and figure out what happened. they have been out here for a couple of hours now. this happened at 1:30 this morning when a female deputy came across a suspicious person at the dealership just off dublin boulevard and southbound 680. they got into a struggle and the suspect hit the sergeant in the head with some sort of object or weapon. the sergeant got bloodied up pretty good. she called for help on the radio and then drew her weapon and fired at least one shot killing the suspect the sergeant went to the hos

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in addition to that, what is also closed the south 880 connector ramp to jackson. keep that in mind. we've also got more road work, in san jose, at 280-17 interchange and 880 coming out of your screen, south 880 to north 880 is also blocked. so you've got another 20 minutes to go. >> kristen: and still ahead. the bay area's outpouring of support for badly beaten giants' fan facing an uncertain future. and first of a kind law to make sure that any cars you run is safe. >>> good morning, it's 4:42. you know that cooling trend we started yesterday. it really kicks in today. cooler and lower temperatures as well as rain on the way? frances has a which check on the morning commute. >> california is closer to a step enforcing rental car vehicles to pull bad vehicles off the road. a bill was passed when a couple were killed in a car that was rented. auto dealers are not allowed to sell or rent recalled cars. >>> san francisco giants' fan violently assaulted at the season opener at dodger stadium is still in a coma. he is showing signs of brain damage. they are dedicating

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upgrade them seismically and to be sure that we have local plans in place of how we want freeway ramp 2.0 to look and my understanding is that rebuild what is there now and unless we have a plan and that's an opportunity that we can't miss. and having participated in planning processes, of eastern neighborhood and if we should have a department of public outreach and those with plans and consider hiring a public plan specialist. on the whole we have got better and as i don't expect to do my own dentistry and i don't plan for my public outreach. and supervisors have lead to be culturally competent and that's the fruit of experience and time and it's difficult to find traffic engineers that are good at both of those things. and it's the risk of hiring more staff and hire public outreach city agency and that we would build better plans. >> i want to complement the city of the sign and san francisco summit and taking big steps to a safe green walkable city. and my question, will be city consider more green signs like outside of the city hall. >> fluorescent green. >> yes, we will include

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in the off ramp from interstate-600 such funds.plosion. thousands of pages of documents from california regulators, as they lacked an investigation into the blast. state regulators, pacific gas and electric company, congressman jackie spear held a town hall meeting. recovery efforts. they should easily be apprised of that. be vigilant about it. the issue of the confidence in knowing. >> darya: the feds are met rearing the maps, reports, emergency plans in an examination of the blast that killed eight people destroying dozens of homes pacific gas and electric company is committed to testing more than 200 mi. of its gas pipeline. it is also reduce pressure. >> mark: at jet scheduling a hearing on whether their ruling that struck down the same-sex marriage ban should be thrown out because its author is in the same-sex relationship. the order issued yesterday. ally >> darya: look off van ness avenue, it's hard to tell whether it's friday are cool we will be back in a few minute >> james: and we are back, a quick check on the forecast.

it sounds like the ramp there might be partially blocked. so watch out for that.o far the main lines of the freeway look okay if you are heading that way north- and southboun 101. speeds averaging 66 miles per hour. dumbarton bridge overnight roadwork continuing here, as well. westbound and eastbound 84 approaching the high-rise, various lanes blocked there until 5:00 this morning. so far again not causing any delays. and the south bay looks great, 101 coming up from morgan hill, zipping on up towards downtown. downtown san jose coming out of it on northbound 280 looks great no problems. headlights are approaching the 880 interchange. the 880/17 interchange. through the south bay, a check of the north bay marin county commute no problems. southbound 101, 64 miles per hour across the golden gate bridge. they should be doing the lane change any minute but for right now you're good to go in the southbound direction and in the northbound direction. and mass transit to be on time. bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain all on time, bart with 23 on-time trains. if anything

the ramp to 280 on the side of the road.have a 98 off-ramp block yourr entrance on the southbound. and always a good idea to check abc 7 news.com. click on bay area traffic for the updates. >> the latest nato air strike targeted muammar el-qaddafi compound. they destroyed the office building and library and damaged the reception hall. four people were injured. supporters climbed on top of the ruins chanting and waving libyan. this after the forces unleashed a birage of shells and rockets in misurata. >> in japan troops are fanning out over the northeastern coast. 12,000 victims remain missing from the massive earthquake and tsunami. today's operation is the military's third intensive search to recover the remains from the victim's families. they are combing through the boats and divers are searching 12 miles off of the coast. >> governor brown has ammunition on the taxes. >> and we continue to follow developing new in oakland where gunfire turns a peaceful eastern sunday in a violent night. we'll have a life report. >> and a

. >>> one person is dead and an off-ramp remains closed at this hour. the accident happened three hours ago on the john daley boulevard off-ramp from southbound interstate 280. the highway patrol says it is unclear what caused the car to crash. the officers shutdown one lane of interstate two80 and the off- ramp during the investigation. the chp just told us all lanes of the highway are now open but the off-ramp is still closed. the victim's name has not yet been released. >>> internet giant, google, is poised to get a new ceo. larry page will reclaim the title on monday. no formal ceremonies are planned. it was announced that page would take over. page was the company's ceo from 1998 until 2001 before shmidt took over. >>> in news of the world tonight in northern irland a -- ireland a catholic police officer who just joined the force was killed by a bomb under his car. the ira killed almost 1800 people between 1970 and 1997 in a failed attempt to force northern ireland out of the united kingdom. most ira members renounced violence and disarm inside 200

mostly on off-ramps.und 880 to whipple avenue off-ramp and we have an accident there. still waiting for a tow crew to get on scene and that accident is partially blocking the off- ramp there. main lines of the freeway still look okay. if anything changes, remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> time to check today's top stories. crews in berkeley are still on the scene of an early-morning fire that engulfed a home there. investigators say it was especially difficult because it involved downtown power lines and a couple of gas meters that caught fire. the cause still unclear at this hour. >>> and phillip garrido is expected to plead guilty in court. he hopes to win mercy. she will go to trial no matter what happens. they are accused of kidnapping jaycee dugard in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years. >>> closing arguments begin this morning at 8:30 in the barry bonds perjury trial. the defense resting its case yesterday after surprisingly calling no wi

for a while it was partially blocking the off-ramp there. to the east bay we go.and quiet. you can see all the way down the eastshore freeway. westbound 80 moves even if through richmond into berkeley. here's a snapshot there near ashby avenue so everything is nice and quiet through the macarthur maze. san mateo bridge -- i should have mentioned there is a wind advisory at the bay bridge. san mateo bridge no wind advisories, nothing going on so nice east ride along westbound 92. commute directions towards foster city and peninsula, eastbound looks great off the high-rise towards hayward. and for silicon valley commuters, westbound 237 looks great so far all the way out of milpitas heading towards zanker road. right around that bend, westbound 237 traffic, top speeds this morning all the way down towards the south bay. a lot of our sensors are updating this morning. i'm not sure what's one all those zero miles an hour but everything is good to go on northbound 101 from morgan hill, easy commute. guadalupe parkway delay free. a lot of roadwork picked up at 5:00. hea

at 9:00 tonight crews will begin taking down a transbay bus terminal ramp. if you have been down to that area you can see most of it is going. this will close down harrison street from 1st to second. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. it's cold out there this morning. we have 30s believe it or not. it will be subny today. as we get into the weekend it looks really nice. it will be very cold on saturday morning. and then after that sunshine and warmer weather. next week looking warm as well especially as we head into monday and tuesday. you can almost see the offshore breeze taking place. there lies the sign of a northerly wind. not before now. napa is down to 34 degrees. livermore at 39. santa rosa at 39. only because of the breeze. concord is 42. our system is digging in east of us but that is going to really ramp up the wind already gusts to 40 at the point rays lighthouse. i think you will see sunshine today but a very windy pattern. and the good news though is once we get past today we will see temperatures warming up. not so much today friday but no

costa on-ramp. keep that in mind if you are heading through the area. mass transit reporting no delays if you want to go that route. check out live cameras for you. here is 101 in millbrae. if you are catching a flight, a lot of people are heading to sfo for spring break. traffic is light and quiet in the north bay with a live shot of 101 in san rafael. traffic is moving southbound on the right, looking good out of novato and no problems on the east shore freeways as you make aware way toward berkeley. it looks good coming all the way out of fairfield. get your traffic any time you want by going to abc7news.com. click on the bay area traffic links. >>> time right now, 4:54. in marin county, several signs notifying the opinion how to comment on proposed leash laws are missing. they say they're not sure what happened to the signs and why. the golden gate national recreation area has proposed keeping dogs out of certain areas and restricting other areas. rules would affect federal beaches and parks in

this is a look at the ramp. it's closed on the 680 southbound. normally it's a very busy ramp. tell you why it's shut down. >>> welcome back. as we told you earlier apple's white iphone hits store shelves today. we wanted to see if people were lining up for the new device this morning. take a look. this is new video we shot in the past hour outside an apple store downtown. there's quite a line. but we found out these people are waiting for an i pad 2. not the white iphone. >> oh, no. i've already got an iphone. i need an i pad 2. >> they need the i pad 2. did you hear that? people in line tell us that the i pad 2 has been out of stock. they hope that today is the day that they can get their hands on one. >>> time now 6:55. pg&e is hoping to avoid widespread water pressure tests on pipelines with missing safety records. now the chronicle's reporting pg&e asked the california public utilities commission if it would accept assumptions about pipes that have no documents. state regulators have yet to decide, but one regulator says water pressure testing is the only acceptable way to

there is a car blocking the ramp to cross the street. ramp also gives the information, to my came, that i am at a street crossing. but i do not have that information because there is a car parked in front of it, which does not let me walk. i figured out how to walk through that. then i run into a car because it is parked, literally, in a driveway. which means i have to go out into the street. each time i call 311 about these situations, i do not see anything done. it is pretty common in my area. in the neighborhood that i live in, cars are king. but for somebody with a disability, it is dangerous. i also want to talk about just getting to work. it is very dangerous with crossing van ness. there are all kinds of cars at different intersections that are turning right or left. a lot of times, those cars are not watching what they are doing. i cannot tell you if they are

there is a car blocking the ramp to cross the street. ramp also gives the information, to my came, that i am at a street crossing. but i do not have that information because there is a car parked in front of it, which does not let me walk. i figured out how to walk through that. then i run into a car because it is parked, literally, in a driveway. which means i have to go out into the street. each time i call 311 about these situations, i do not see situations, i do not see anything done.

i am concerned about areas that are either just part of an off- ramp or on-ramp. we need to do more outreach to the public. it seems that the senior population seems to get involved more in these accidents. copies are partnering with community agencies to get the message out there. i just witnessed this yesterday. i saw an elderly citizen run across the street in the middle of the street to try to stop the bus. i was shocked to even try to do that. also educating the public, we'd educate our drivers. and do more traffic common. >> think you for coming before us and for your service to our city. it is great to have a san francisco native. i think it is important in terms of your knowledge and as a writer. -- rider. >> i ride 4 times a week. supervisor kim: representing the district that has the highest number of collisions between pedestrians and vehicles, it is something that we really hope to see you advocate on. what will you do have a request for increased fees comes to for the board? >> my first concern is that we have declared a fiscal crisis. what i have ask

her four children, 10, 5, 2 and 11 months into a minivan and drove it a few blocks and down a boat ramp into the hudson river. as the car hit the frigid water, the oldest child managed to open one of the power windows. he climbed out of the sinking vehicle and swam to shore where passerby came to his aid. the 10-year-old told a horrifying story. >> before she hit the water, she went into the back seat and held the kids all at once and said, if we're going to die, we're going to die together. >> reporter: she brought him to a nearby firehouse and he told her the last thing he heard his mother say was it was all a mistake. >> the fear in his face was something i'll never forget the

to the right shoulder but fire crews are on scene and they are partially blocking the hopyard off-ramp. so unfortunately, traffic is stacked up behind it. jammed from at least santa rita road. so yes, some speeds just under 50 miles per hour hovering around there. again, right there as you approach the dublin interchange. all right, your drive time coming out of the altamont pass now growing as well. 21 minutes between the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. live look at the san mateo bridge, no problems in either direction. and remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9- fm. remember not to text and drive. that is your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> had the graphic right there perfect timing. good stuff. >>> 6:08 your time. a sneaky scam targeting bay area home owners. who thieves are posing as to get inside your home. >> plus, no luck for a casino in richmond. the problems forcing city leaders to nix the plan.

there are flashing lights, there's a ramp closure in san jose. southbound 280 ramp to northbound 880 closed for another half hour or so until 5:00. also, if you are coming southbound 101 through san jose approaching vernal road three right lanes closed for a half hour. more road wore on bay bridge, dumbarton. back to you. >> thank you. >>> developing story this morning in antioch. an eyewitness account of bullets nearly hitting a child in a home. we are waiting for details on antioch police but the child's mother says she was inside her apartment on sycamore drive last night when three bullets came through the window from an adjacent building. two reportedly hit a wall just above a child's bunk bed. the child had just left the room minutes earlier. >> i thought this place was safe. i feel insecure. this is my child's room. how could there be a gunshot through a child's room? maybe in my room but not in my son's room. i'm scared and i don't want to live here anymore. >> the mother says when those shots were fired her son was eating dinner in anoth

those ramps are blocked just for another little short bit here until 5:00 this morning. otherwise you are continuing towards the san mateo bridge. the san mateo bridge itself looks great. traffic still very light in the commute direction on the right side westbound 92 still a 13 or 14-minute drive time between hayward and 101. so quiet commute there. to the benicia bridge now we are doing a bridge roundup. benicia bridge looks great right now, traffic heading into martinez. that's live look there at conditions along southbound 680. looks pretty good. actually northbound direction looks great, as well. more roadwork in the south bay. southbound 101 various lanes blocked between story road and capitol expressway. also the tully road on-ramp is blocked. again, just until 5 a.m. so should be wrapping up shortly. and the other freeways in the area guadalupe parkway delay- free and traffic very light now on 280 out of downtown san jose. you can see just a couple of headlights there approaching the 880 interchange. the drive along the peninsula looks great as well if you are co

a little bit of roadwork as well near the on-ramp to