have a great day. >> we will start off here looking at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza which is sanwitch it and you can see that we do have backups building as you come in toward the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza and when you get across the water it remains mice and clear and as we take a look at what is happening in castro valley we are looking at backups building eastbound 580 at eden canyon road with two lanes blocked off causing problems leaving 238. headed further to the south through santa clara we have report of a car fire here and it is over on the shoulder a mustang with flames coming from the vehicle. as we continue further to the south, in that northbound direction, the delays are headed away from the 280 and 680 split to the nimitz. >>> it is 5:489. if you cannot bet a bag of cheetos leaving your fingers orange, it there is a new cheetos sweetos sweet puff snac that looks your fingers brown as they try to leave a dent in the easter sweets market the first sweet snack in cheetos in their history. >> what time do we come over? >> come over any time after...after th

the entire north bay as far as our shot goes north of the richmond/san rafael bridge. e 580 has gotten a fog advisory by the chp and bay bridge has fog drifting around on the san francisco side. down toward the golden gate bridge the reminder the bridge opened on time, no problems there, but you do have to reduce speeds off the waldo grade and headed toward 1301 crossing in towards san francisco because the lanes shift over the opposite direction that you're used to. live look at the fog and center median is in place for the morning commute and we've had no problems so far. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> south carolina man is bringing new meaning to the word hotdog, this thank you to a towsy doghouse you won't find in any store. this house won't add to his heating bill either. robert case designed an igloo type home, he connected a pipe. firefighters call it safe because it has no electrical cords and the drawing is resting comfortably with no matter the weather that is outside. >> it's a dog that can handle you got to look after your pets.

of an exciting time as we look at the commute now it looks good but the bay bridge and the richmond san rafael bridge will take a lot of traffic this weekend as people in marin county i'm sure a lot of people in marin county still have to do their thing and they'll have to get in and out of marin. we'll let you know a little bit more about what is going on all morning long. 4:32 let's go back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> we begin this hour with developing news in france. the two gunmen are hold up in northeast part of paris. french forces have surrounded them but the two brothers have a female hostage and they say they are not afraid to die. ktvu alex savidge is in our newsroom monitoring this very dangerous stand off. >> reporter: police and members of the military have flooded a small town northeast of paris this morning. authorities do seem confident they have cornered those two suspected attackers. we will get straight to a live picture here. this is a small town from the charles degal airport. police have surrounded a printing business. inside woman wanted gunmen believed to be holding

the fog in the north bay north of the richmond/san rafael bridge is the orange you see overlaid on theaps and upper east shore freeway on the right and carquinez bridge and benicia bridge. antioch is fine highway 4, you have the building, nothing unusual through the fog. same thing for the trivalley and castro valley. earlier crash north 238 at 185 i should say that cleared to the shoulder but still a distraction there and in the south bay, z1u at the bottom of your screen, 101 and 068 and there is a crash just at the bottom of the screen behind the clock you see a little orange the bottom there, we heard about that crash. thank you, look at that. asking me to move any obstacles from your view. >> it's like a gift. >> it is. >> almost as good as a birthday gift. as we should be giving one to you today. happy birthday. >> thank you very much. and in fact you got on my favorite color, royal blue. >> it's all about you. >> carefully orchestrated. >> all about mike, thank you very much. >>> the markets have been open for a couple of minutes at 6:36. >> let's check the numbers with scott mc

and the north bay will funnel through the bridge and down the 5-85 corridor and across the richmond-san rafael bridge. it is a bridge in each direction. you have two lanes attempting to carry not only normal weekend traffic but a surplus of weekend traffic. >> we came here to mark the golden gate bridge off our bucket list. >> they are tourists who had to alter their weekend plans. >> we were going to see them tomorrow morning so now we will be going south. >> to alleviate congestion golden gate transit is running four times as many ferry runs from larkspir -- lark spir to salsa -- to sausalito. golden gate transit buses offer the only way across the bridge. they will be operating on regular weekend schedules but there could be delays so passengers should leave early to reach their destinations. >> even if i would be here this weekend i wouldn't try. >> a host of factors will determine this weekend's traffic conditions, but just to be safe the chp is preparing for the worst. alan wang, abc7 news. >> and we will be keeping an eye on the closure throughout the newscast and all weekend on air and

a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. no problems here right now at all. hardly any cars on the road in fact. >>> let's take a look at live drive-time traffic. a rare sight. the purple indicating the bridge is closed, and you see the traffic trouble spots in the red there, including a portion of interstate 80 in the east bay. >>> nick smith spent the morning with construction crews on the golden gate judge has a closeup look at the work and what commuters can expect come monday morning. >> on monday people should go slow. >> this is the reason why. engineers are calling it the largest safety construction project the golden gate bridge has ever seen. a new $30 million moveable barrier system of high density concrete, timely pinned together, intended to reduce or eliminate crossover collisions. >> this is a great improvement and that's why we are very excited. we making a big step forward. >> a big step and for some a tight squeeze. each block is 12 inches wide, and 32 inches high. >> the center lane of the bridge is supposed to be ten feet wide but with the

and the north bay will funnel through the bridge and down the 5-85 corridor and across the richmond-san rafael bridge. it is a bridge in each direction. you have two lanes attempting to carry not only normal weekend traffic but a surplus of weekend traffic. >> we came here to mark the golden gate bridge off our bucket list. >> they are tourists who had to alter their weekend plans. >> we were going to see them tomorrow morning so now we will be going south. >> to alleviate congestion golden gate transit is running four times as many ferry runs from larkspir -- lark spir to salsa -- to sausalito. golden gate transit buses offer the only way across the bridge. they will be operating on regular weekend schedules but there could be delays so passengers should leave early to reach their destinations. >> even if i would be here this weekend i wouldn't try. >> a host of factors will determine this weekend's traffic conditions, but just to be safe the chp is preparing for the worst. alan wang, abc7 news. >> and we will be keeping an eye on the closure throughout the newscast and all weekend on air and

i was a little fearful about the richmond and san rafael bridge and major back ups so we never saw it saturday or sunday so here you go with a live look at the golden gate bridge except for the guy that blew the tire otherwise we've really not seen too many incidents sin the bridge opened around 9:30 last night. we haven't seen any new issues because of the new median and it looks great heading into san francisco. we do have a bit of fog and chp issued another dense fog advisory for the richmond san rafael bridge and it looks like all green on the sensors between vallejo and the crockett area. bay bridge haven't seen many delays in the cash and fast track lanes. >>> so elizabeth those areas where the c hp issued a dense fog advisory that's where we have the most concentration of fog but also pockets of fog in the eastern portion of our bay area around concordant livermore area, it is 50 in san francisco and low 40s in san jose. mid 40s currently with visibility down to a half a mile in concordant is now 42 with a quarter of a mile visibility in the nappaxe area and the fog is also in

you can use a couple of alternates including the richmond san rafael bridge but it will be busy withtravelers saturday and sunday taking it. use our app to get around this weekend. >>> thanks, at 6:40. you have rebel left your house without your cell. if it leaves you feeling more than disconnected you are not alone. it can be bad for your mood and your health. >>> first, stay in the know looking at the san mateo bridge with traffic mooring very well here but problem the golden gate bridge will close at midnight with traffic and weather dug the >>> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back at 6:43. commuters are bracing for a weekend without the golden gate bridge, going tonight at midnight, the span will shut down for crews to install a barrier to prevent collisions. our reporter is at the bridge. >> good morning crews are gearing up for what will be a very busy weekend and you can see that some trucks pulled up this morning and we have seen workers walking about checking on different barriers that are already up and getting read

in fact the foggiest commutes where the chp drove across the bridge, one is the richmond san rafael bridge. the approach actually looks okay on the span itself, they say it's pretty dense fog. and visibility is reduced. it's the richmond san rafael bridge. the bay bridge and the san mateo bridge. they say where the fog is the thickest. looks pretty bad on the golden gate to me though. let's go to the maps and i'll talk about mass transit. if you don't like to drive in the really foggy conditions, everything is on time b.a.r.t. system wide. also a.c.e. train number one -- so far on time with no delays as well as caltrain. so here's a live look through the altamonte pass. we got a few brake lights now forming on 205 coming out of the tracy area. pretty typical stuff for this time of the morning. 205 all the way out to north flynn and i guess i should call this the back to work commute considering they never had to turn on the metering lights yesterday over at the bay bridge. that's usually a good indication a lot of people had yesterday off for the martin luther king jr. holiday. so if you a

. >> the brutal commute off the richmond-san rafael bridge could be easier with a fast track project creating a third lane on the bridge and help ease driver frustration. here is that report. >>> ask anyone of the eastbound commute across the richmond-san rafael bridge at rush hour and this is what you hear. >> bad. it stops. it slows the rest of the traffic down. >> that is why assembly member levine introduced urgency legislation to speed up restoring of a third lane on the bridge. currently it is an emergency lane. >> it would relieve highway 101 and sir francis drake boulevard and a hot of headaches and frustration. >> commuters forced at rush hour to take a long slow drive down sir francis drake boulevard. the backup caused congestion on highway 101 for drivers headed northbound. >> i lived in petaluma it would add another 30 minutes. if i come from the san francisco area through here it is backed up from the again -- golden ga bridge. every day. >> it can add another 20 minutes. it should be three minutes. >> we need the third lane for the bridge done. soon. >> if the bill pass

richmond san rafael >>mark: police shooting under investigation in richmond this morning the suspectis in surgery and a gun and backs of drugs or at the scene. >> reporter: is a frightening sight a semiautomatic handgun line on the ground in there's rich neighborhood is also a chilling reminder of what happened here just after 130 thursday afternoon the ossified and defense of himself from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news said the sea investigated fanning out over the 2000 block of women avenue the suspect a young hispanic man allegedly pulled out that semi- automatic weapon forcing the officer to open fire. investigators also selling kron 4 they recovered a sandwich bag full of math and the maimed. and marijuana from the suspect. >> reporter: investigators looking into all the evidence including possible video of the shooting the body chemicals issue may have been activated because is not positive that have lost all times there is footage to be very helpful if it does not exist he did not violate policy. >> reporter: the officer has the present minister of leaves pendi

and the north bay will funnel through the bridge and down the 5-85 corridor and across the richmond-san rafael bridge. it is a bridge in each direction. you have two lanes attempting to carry not only normal weekend traffic but a surplus of weekend traffic. >> we came here to mark the golden gate bridge off our bucket list. >> they are tourists who had to alter their weekend plans. >> we were going to see them tomorrow morning so now we will be going south. >> to alleviate congestion golden gate transit is running four times as many ferry runs from larkspir -- lark spir to salsa -- to sausalito. golden gate transit buses offer the only way across the bridge. they will be operating on regular weekend schedules but there could be delays so passengers should leave early to reach their destinations. >> even if i would be here this weekend i wouldn't try. >> a host of factors will determine this weekend's traffic conditions, but just to be safe the chp is preparing for the worst. alan wang, abc7 news. >> and we will be keeping an eye on the closure throughout the newscast and all weekend on air and

the north bay will funnel through the oakland bridge, down the 85-80 corridor and across the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> the richmond-san rafael bridge is two lanes in each direction. you have two lanes expected to carry not only the normal weekend but now the surplus weekend bridge. >> we came here to mark this off our bucket list. >> they are tourists who had to alter their weekend plans. >> we were going to go see the miur woods tomorrow morning. now we will be going south. >> to alleviate the congestion golden gate transit is running four times as many ferry runs in one service and both will run late night service on saturday night. golden gate transit buses offer the only way across the bridge. they will be operating on regular weekend schedules, but there could be delays so passengers should leave early to reach their destinations. >> even if i was going to be here this weekend, i wouldn't even try. >> a host of factors will determine this weekend's traffic conditions, but just to be safe the chp is preparing for the worst. alan wang, abc abc7 news. >> we will be monitoring the closer t

. >> erica: the richmond san rafael bridge is looking pretty good. as a slide of the peninsula here it looks like small selling also for the mid peninsula trip as a continue on into san francisco would not have any incidents to report those be taken public transit we have not heard of any delays for ac transit bart station for a trained one. >> james: former police officer gary wilson will not face federal civil rights charges in the shooting death of michael brown and ferguson missouri they're familiar with the investigations and the fbi did not have enough evidence to charge him. from the get go legal experts through the civil rights cases difficult is it is difficult to know such as c what his intent was. >> reporter: no one representing the city of ferguson will comment about the latest report did a turn this is his heard nothing official of the department of justice and the attorney for michael brown's family that will not be commenting to the report is final. will be nice to have all the investigation over brazil's like this committee is not gui

. >>> only on 5 a plan to put a bike lane in the richmond san rafael bridge. a key piece of information even planners admit they can't tell us. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook in for veronica de la cruz. >> i'm ken bastida. looks like a done deal, a dedicated lane for pedestrians and cyclists. phil matier with what no one can say for sure about this idea. >> in transportation the whole idea is to get people from one point to another. but in the case of this multimillion-dollar plan to put a bike path here, the one question they haven't answered is who's going to use it? here's the story. >> reporter: it has all the charm of a freeway and admittedly it's out in the middle of nowhere. but nonetheless the richmond san rafael bridge is on track to get a bike path and walkway all the way across its 5-and-a-half-mile span. >> we're proposing a pilot project with cal trans that would exist for three to five years. >> reporter: the plan is to install a movable barrier to create a bike lane on the shoulder of the bridge. whether it's for three years or forever it's de

the richmond-san rafael bridge toll plaza, shows trafficment. to the east fog advisory over the carquinez bridge so low visibility and the area the oranges covering the north bay including american canyon with top speeds but still socked in conditions. prewith -- prewith caution. >> seven things to know as you start your day. >> allegations again products sold by whole foods made by animal rights groups. >> as you get interest gear the bay bridge toll plaza shows traffic moving along fine and you can see the golden gate bridge the new and improved version with the movable barrier i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] i vow to wow my family with a vacation they'll never forget. it's royal caribbean's vow to wow sale, and there's no better time than now, to book your vacation. book today and get 50 percent off your second guest... ...and more money to spend on board. i vow to break the ice with my father-in-law. i vow to fly like s

richmond/san rafael bridge bay bridge or golden gate transit will be your best options for getting aroundth fine right now in san bruno near sfo. mass transit is also on time. two big thumbs up. and mass transit might be the way to go. it's another "spare the air" day. let's check with roberta and your forecast. >>> santa cruz tied the record at 78 degrees set back in 1911. clear skies toward the bay bridge. you want 30s, head to santa rosa with areas of patchy fog. 30s now in san jose. 30s in livermore and in concord. meanwhile we're in the 40s in oakland. and 51 degrees in san francisco. the winds are relatively calm but we have been picking up a bit of a sea breeze next to the golden gate bridge and because of the lack of a good wind today, it will be the 6th straight day of "spare the air" and the second straight day of near or record warm temperatures. now, what we all should expect is dry weather at least for the next seven full days. we will begin to see the cooldown beginning tomorrow. and overnight we don't anticipate any frost. but certainly some chilly temperatures. this is int

here is a look outside, the richmond san rafael bridge. a lot of haze out there and that is why we have the spare the air alert. tonight clear and cold. friday morning freeze for the bay area. fair skies. it will be a dry weekend. no significant storms in sight. here is a look at the over night lows. projections again. day two of temperatures in the 20s for santa rosa. sonoma, napa friday morning. frost, right around the rim of the bay, lots of upper 30s out there. inland, temperatures close to the 30-degree mark. even a few upper 20s. between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., san jose 32. sunnyvale 34 degrees. san francisco near the immediate coast line upper 30s to near 40 degrees. coolest spots is napa tomorrow morning with the freeze. temperatures in the upper 20s. high around 50 degrees. by 2:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. this cool weather pattern has been anchored over california over the past couple days. sticks around for tomorrow. not a big change in temperatures. we are expecting a warm up into the weekend as high pressure returns, so here

san rafael, no one was rushing. cars were backed up in long lines. commuters say they face a daily bottle neck to the richmond/san rafael bridge. >> i used to work there. in the evening, when you're coming back, there is very huge traffic there. it takes about 40 minutes or so. >> reporter: officials say the backup sometimes stretches as far as 7 miles back to mill valley. so the metropolitan commission is considering a plan to condition vert the current 12- foot shoulder on the lower eastbound deck into a third lane of traffic. state assemblyman mark laveen presented a bill tuesday that would allow the ntc to work on the project at the same time it conducts the environmental review. >> my bill speeds up the process by having both of these studies happen parallel. happening at the same time. shaving off as much as 18 months from the planning process. >> reporter: they estimate the project could cost 50 to $60 million, and would be funded from tolls. the plan includes a complete traffic study on the impact increased traffic would have on the richmond side. >> under the proposal, the lane would be open during p

commuters have complained for years about the grid locked conditions on the richmond san rafael bridge during the evening commute. kron four's jeff bush is live tonight and explains what one bay area law maker want's to do to fix the problem. jeff bush>>: drivers who take the richmond bridge have been calling for it for decadesthey want the space that is currently used as a functioning lanethe way it was originally planned. the bridge used to be three lanes each way up until the 70'sa series of bad crashes prompted engineers to close one of the lanes for safety's sake. nobody seemed to mind for the longest time but the growth of the bay area population eventually created the conjestion you see today. on tuesday, state assembly member marc lavin submitted a bill that would speed up the process of getting a third lane openedsooner than later. the bill would allow the design of the new bridge configuration to start before the environmental and impact report is completeassuming the report will be in favor of the change. that would mean that work could start on the project as much as a year

>> the fog in the east bay is not up to richmond san rafael toll plaza and the traffic is light. as we take you to the altamont pass this is where we have an accident blocking one lane westbound a 80 at livermore avenue with a lane blocked you can see it is causing the heavy backups and it is going to be slow and go from tracy to livermore. it oftens up into dublin but taking on to the commute at 53 minutes from stress address. antioch to concord is 26 minutes and still clear and fogless at 101 into the city. >> thank you, leyla gulen. >> from the bay area to nationwide online start-up hits it big. the experience it offers that has people paying big for convenience. >> caught red handed the iphone thief foiled his it scrape. >> we have more weather and traffic all morning. this camera from our east bay hills looking at the san francisco and oa over a million californians have gotten something that's been out of reach for far too long. health insurance. how? they enrolled through covered california. it's the health insurance marketplace where you'll find a range of plans from lead

and the relatively light richmond/san rafael bridge on the right. that connects san rafael to richmond and 580 is usually light this time of night. left-hand side that's the approach to the toll plaza. and it looks like it's hugely stacked up. it's always stacked up on the weekends as people trying to get into san francisco. is it better or worse than usual? most of the day it was okay. it's, you know, anybody's guess as to whether that's more traffic than would be represented if the golden gate bridge were there and people weren't taking the night off because they know about the closure but it's clearly stacked up. many people opted for the ferry. there was a large crowd crossing this afternoon from sausalito. the golden gate bridge ferry put extra ferry service in this weekend. what a beautiful shot as we look over the wake back towards sausalito. ferries to and from san francisco will run through the evening. the last trip to sausalito is at 11:15 because of the extended service. the return trip will leave san francisco at 1:10 tomorrow morning. s

. >>> the brutal commute across the richmond san rafael bridge could get easier. assemblyman mark levine is trying to pass a bill that would speed up the restoration of a third eastbound lane. alan wang is live in san rafael along sir francis drake boulevard with the story. alan? >> sir francis drake boulevard is where you could hear them yelling at each other and honking their horns in frustration. the frustration can be felt all the way back to highway 101. and that is why there is an effort to put this project on a fast track. ask anyone about the eastbound commute during rush hour and this is what you will hear. >> it is bad. it stops up and it slows the rest of the traffic down. >> that's why mark levine has introduced urgency legislation to speed up restoration of a third lane on the bridge. currently it is an emergency lane. >> it would relieve highway 101 and a lot of people's headaches and frustration. >> commuters are forced to take a long slow drive down sir francis drake boulevard to get to the bridge. the back up also causes congestion on highway 101 f

wow, that was of a beautiful view of the richmond/san rafael bridge. and now we're looking at san jose where we have the fog finally clearing out. the winds are calm and as far as our air temperatures are concerned we're between 58 in san jose taking a while to recover because of the cloud cover, livermore at 64. 64 concord. the coast is clear. lots of sunshine. three-quarter mile visibility in napa due to the fog. mild temperatures today turning breezy this evening and into the overnight hours. and near or record warmth for the weekend. this is an area of low pressure providing us with rain showers across las vegas and back through the sonora desert. this is exiting. high pressure is building in, it's called a pressure gradient the winds are on the increase, therefore. especially in the higher elevations here locally. 22-mile-per-hour wind gusts in san rafael by the time you make it back home tonight. 9:00 in the evening those winds increase inland and again in the highest elevations. tomorrow morning, some very gusty winds along the seashore but this

to the richmond-san rafael toll plaza it is empty and a lot of seats to be filled. in solano tremendous we have a sig-alert and this is northbound 880 at marina boulevard because of an early crash that damage the guardrail and caltran is there for another couple of horses. you could expect delays leaving castro valley along northbound 238 as you make the transition from 880 the drive into oakland is at top speeds. >>> thanks, leyla deflate-gate now is immortalized in soda pop. stay tuned. >> tom brady had nothing to do with this because he was too busy being awesome. >> poking fun >> if you overnight mit romney will announce whether he is running for president. again. >> and the exploritorium camera view of the bay and the smooth glassy water with the bay bridge in the bag ground. female announcer: don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mattress. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now! save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set up, and removal of your old set.

thursday. >>> good morning, everyone, back to work for a lot of folks and we will check at the richmond-san rafael bridge not too busy a few headlights headed in the western direction and no problems on the span. the san mateo bridge is busy with the tail lights to the high-rise and to foster city and 14 minutes from the hayward side and the san mateo side of things which is a good drive. to the san jose area we go northbound san jose an accident at 87 and 280 that is cleared to the right hand shoulder and you could find a few residual delays and warriors and oklahoma tonight with tip-off at 7 pock -- at 7:30 so expect new delays. >> a new leader takes over at oakland city hall and the priorities libby schaaf has all ahead. >> this is sfo and we will tell you if there are delays coming up at 6:00. stay ring ring! progresso! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese before my sister's wedding well it's only 100 calories, so you'll be ready for that dress uh-huh... you don't love the dress? i love my sister... 40 flavors. 100 calories or less. you say avocado old el paso says... zesty

. >>> a local assemblyman wants to add a third traffic lane on the richmond/san rafael bridge to help with the community. mark levine of san rafael introduced a bill to allow designing to begin while the project is under an environmental review. he says this would speed up the project by a good 18 months. >>> today a big name in comedy says it's time to seriously listen to bill cosby's accusers. cbs reporter jericka duncan with the public punish to look into the sexual assault allegations against bill cosby. >> reporter: speaking at the national association of television program executives in miami, jay leno was asked about the sexual allegations against bill cosby. >> i don't know why it's so hard to believe women. i mean, you know, you go to saudi arabia and you need two women to testify against a man. here you need 25. [ laughter ] >> why aren't people listening to these women? >> reporter: stephen colbert's successor on comedy central echoed the sentiments earlier in the week. >> is he because he is so famous or is it just because they're women? because i would say enough has come

bay will funnel through the oakland bridge, down the 85/80 core could dore, and across the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> it's a two-lane bridge in each direction. so you have two lanes attempting to carry not only normal weekend traffic but now this surplus of weekend traffic. >> we came here to mark the golden gate bridge off our bucket list. >> reporter: julie and terry sloanerer, terrorists from ft. worth, texas, had to alter their weekend plans. >> now we'll be going south. >> reporter: to alleviate the congestion golden gate transit is running four times as many ferry runs to san francisco and twice as many from sosol iito. transit buses offer the only way across the bridge. they'll be operating on regular weekend schedules but there could be delays so passengers should leave early to reach their destinations. >> even if i was going to be here this weekend, i wouldn't even try. >> reporter: a host of factors will determine this weekend's traffic conditions, but just to be safe, the chp is preparing for the worst. alan wang, abc 7 news. >>> and we'll be keeping an eye on the closures thro

and on the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza no problems at all to report. cely seen any traffic there tonight. and our camera along highway 101 in san rafael also shows traffic moving along. few mary car on the road but no problems there to report. >>> now here's a look at the traffic on our live drive time traffic map. you can see the area in yellow. we have yellow there a little bit of yellow showing some slow down on westbound 80 from the east bay in the san francisco but there are no areas in red. red means most congested. most areas are green which means traffic is moving. >> visit us on line at our web site for detour details and public transit option. we also have a link for to you down load the traffic app ways on the smart phone. that will help you navigate the detuvrments it's free on a el app store or google play. >>> live look for you again at the golden gate bridge right now where crew are still working tonight. come monday expect to see some big changes. you will see a new 30 million dollar movable barrier system in place. it's made of concrete

the north bay will funnel through the oakland bridge down the 85-80 corridor and across the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> the richmond-san rafael bridge is two lanes in each direction. you have two lanes expected to carry not only the normal weekend but now the surplus weekend bridge. >> we came here to mark this off our bucket list. >> they are tourists who had to alter their weekend plans. >> we were going to go see the miur wood tomorrow morning. now we will be going south. >> to alleviate the congestion, the transit is running four times as many ferry runs in one service and both will run late night service on saturday night. golden gate transit buses offer the only way across the bridge. they will be pratting on regular weekend schedules but there could be delays so passengers should leave early to reach their destinations. >> even if i was going to be here this weekend i wouldn't even try. >> a host of factors will determine this weekend's traffic conditions, but just to be safe the chp is preparing for the worst. alan wang, abc abc7 news. >> we will be keep an eye on the closer througho

richmond/san rafael bridge is holding steady, as well. we saw a few slight delays earlier in the cash lanes. that's no longer the case. and no metering lights at the bay bridge. this is probably the biggest difference around the bay area so i doubt they will even have to turn on the metering lights at all this morning. it really would probably be an accident or something like that why they would have to turn them on. in the meantime, no problems heading into san francisco. that is "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >>> some drivers in the north bay have been taking a dangerous shortcut and the way they are doing it putting other drivers at risk of going over a cliff. recent storms washed out a section of highway 1 in marin county and kpix 55's sharon chin takes us there. it's a story you'll only see on channel 5. >>> reporter: the sign says road closed. but some people ignore it. so you've seen people drive -- >> just right now a guy's driving through. >> reporter: and john seller can see why. the detour to muir beach can add up to 20 minu

a statute lawmaker believes he can speed up the opening of a third eastbound lane along the richmond-san rafaelear the bottleneck. mark he -- levine bill to require design work before the environmental review which is underway. >> a stretch of tully road is closed in san jose until 7:00 a.m. to repair damage caused by a natural gas leak. a construction crew hit the 4" gas line yesterday afternoon. eastbound tully road at the capitol expressway is closed so pg&e can repair the line. the utility company is providing temporary gas service to 57 customers. the westbound lanes were opened last night. >> a new veterans memorial ended with the project getting the cold shoulder. the she was over the vision of a veterans foundation for a memorial in civic center plaza and the proposed 10 by 9' memorial with five soldiers was not what the people wanted to be reminded of when they went to the library. >> to have people here in uniform and in their fatigues and it seemed over-the-top for some people. >> verves deserve -- the veterans deserve to have a place to be recognized and celebrated. >> after hour ho

the carquinez bridge and the richmond-san rafael and san mateo so give extra room between you and thehicles. you may have to use your own crazy legs to get around. >> my crazy legs cannot match your crazy legs. this morning a pair of south bay fishermen know the king tide can be with a high tide stranding them triggering a second water rescue in as many days. we have the details from san jose. matt? >> the king tide was a royal pain for fishermen in the bay. this was the second boat to be stuck in the past 24 hours. two people were out there fishing and they became stuck after the king tide pushed out and called for help at 6:30 and to make it worst cell phone fell in the water and was history. coast guard helicopter found the missing boaters in fremont far away from the place they originally said they were. a boat picked them up at 10:30 last night. one of them spoke to us after being rescued. [ inaudible ] >> i was near the channel marker but if you miss it by a little bit you hit the mud. >> it goes out fast so enyou are stuck, it goes out, that is that. you wait until it comes bac

. >>> the brutal commute across the richmond san rafael bridge could get easier. assemblyman mark levine is trying to pass a bill that would speed up the restoration of a third eastbound lane. alan wang is live in san rafael along sir francis drake boulevard with the story. alan? >> sir francis drake boulevard is where you could hear them yelling at each other and honking their horns in frustration. the frustration can be felt all the way back to highway 101. and that is why there is an effort to put this project on a fast track. ask anyone about the eastbound commute during rush hour and this is what you will hear. >> it is bad. it stops up and it slows the rest of the traffic down. >> that's why mark levine has introduced urgency legislation to speed up restoration of a third lane on the bridge. currently it is an emergency lane. >> it would relieve highway 101 and a lot of people's headaches and frustration. >> commuters are forced to take a long slow drive down sir francis drake boulevard to get to the bridge. the back up also causes congestion on highway 101 f

the richmond/san rafael bridge is quiet, 14 minutes between 80 and the east bay. 101 heading into marin county. bay bridge toll plaza, also clear. they have cleared out the overnight roadwork on the other end of the span into san francisco between the center anchorage and the harrison street off-ramp. you can see everything looks great all along the corridor on highway 4 out of the pittsburg bay point area. southbound 680 continues to move well out of concord, pleasant hill, and all the way into walnut creek. and 880 we'll show you a live look heading to oakland airport. this is what it looks like right now. it's clear in both directions. that's your latest "kcbs" drive to work. it's hard to count how many "spare the air" day have we had in a row? >> eight. we may have a record here because i don't see us getting out of this anytime soon. >>> good morning, everybody. out the door it is such a quiet start to your day. a very quiet weather pattern. out of the 30s into the 40s and 50s. no winds at this hour. no airport delays at sfo at mineta or oakland airport, eith

richmond/san rafael bridge, here's a look at the toll plaza.ave a few slight delays in the cash lanes. no delay in fastrak lanes. no backups on the bay bridge even in the cash lanes. usually this is around the time they switch on the metering lights. but as you can tell there's no need for that this morning at least not yet. everything is clear toward the tunnel. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." you will need to grab a jacket if you are heading to work this morning. here's roberta. >>> definitely and a hat and scarf and gloves because it's colder today than 24 hours ago. good morning, everyone. heading out the door right now, we have temperatures well below freezing in many of our inland locations. it is 29 degrees now in santa rosa. it is freezing in san jose. it is below freezing in concord and livermore. 35 degrees now in oakland, berkeley and alameda. freeze warning is in effect until 9 a.m. for our inland areas and the closer you get to the bay of water we have a frost advisory in effect which basically means you will encounter areas of

than quarter-miler mile visibility so watch out on the bay bridge, the golden gate bridge the richmond-san rafael and cartinez and all of those all the way and the delta until 12:00. right now most of the visibility is at our reporting stations and doing okay and napa is light at a mile. here is a look at where the rain is phoenix has been hampered all day by rain and flight arrival delays and you can see snow in new mexico mountains moving up to colorado and, also, nice powder in utah unfortunately, we are missing out on most of that. there is tule fog in the central valley and you can see our fog and a couple of snow showers on the right side of the screen in lake tahoe and unfortunately that will not leave much. year, san jose looked like this, maybe a little fog here but you can see the sunshine breaking through and here we are at the golden gate bridge, the visibility is improving although we have a light wind at five miles per hour. sutro tower is showing how the fog takes longer over water because it is hard to get the atmosphere overturned because the water warms slower than land. easy su

richmond san rafael bridge an area where chp drove through and they decided to issue a dense fog advisory for here and looks good. all headlights are heading westbound into marin county and you are already stacked to the foot of the maze and the east freeway is slow because of that accident there in richmond. that's your latest kcbs traffic with fog, spare the air but a lot going on in your forecast. >> we do have a dense fog advisory issued for the northern portion of the bay area ands also wrapping around towards the delta. good morning everybody. numbers that will greet you as you head out for your morning commute are getting the kids out for school. 50 in san francisco, sfo at 50, same story at half moon bay pretty mild this hour, 42 in pleasanton, also in the low 40s from livermore into concord where visibility is down to a quarter of a mile in some locations and also patchy in the form of fog in the nappa area, half mile visibility in some locations around santa rosa as well. it is the 11th straight spare the air day. boy this is only the 12th day of the month so gives you good indi

if you took a round about way say the richmond-san rafael bridge, that is empty but the north bay business as usual. >> a separate group of protesters showed up in oakland, and activists for civil rights are blocking entrances an the federal building. we are there with what is happening. nick? >> kristen, the goal was to draw attention to what they say is mistreatment of black and brown people they simply wanted to disrupt service. they plan to do this for four hours and 28 minutes and they are on their goal. >> take a look. this is the view from sky 7. we were this when more than 100 demonstrators chained themselves to the entrances of the federal building in oakland. other members of the group danced chanted and said prayers. demonstrators say today's action is about reclaiming the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. >> the truth is, he believed in nonviolent direct action and we will see that on both sides of the bridge for 96 hours. >> organizers are planning demonstrations throughout the holiday weekend. >> this group claims -- claimed the area just after 6:00 this morning with demon

and at the richmond san rafael bridge toll peninsulas, should problems to report. you can see how smoothly traffic is flowing. not even that many cars on the road. our camera along 101 in san rafael shows traffic moving kind of slowly as well, but no major problems, at least they are moving. >>> those who typically don't take interstate 80 into the city the full so many street exit is closed for a construction project. so you can still use the offramp to exit the bay bridge, but you'll have to veer to the left and take the fremont street exit. you can see traffic backed up in the area today. the folsom and it is expected to re-open in april. >> tike a look at these maps. you can see a lot of red on the traffic map, and most of that red concentrated on the bay bridge, as you saw in the live pictures there also along the east shore freeway. so do give yourself extra time if that is your route tonight. >>> right now the ferries from san francisco to the north bay are busier than normal. with the bridge closed people are packing on to boats to get across the winter. the

here is a look at richmond-san rafael toll plaza it is empty and transfer over to san mateo bridge the traffic is light. >>> it is now 5:00. >>> breaking news in san francisco, police are looking no two suspects who

. >>> new this morning a local assemblyman wants to add a third traffic lane on the richmond/san rafael bridge. democrat mark levine of san rafael introduced the bill that calls for designing to begin while the project is under an environmental review. levine says this would speed up the project by a good 18 months. >>> happening today, protestors plan to confront bart's board members at their meeting tonight in oakland. the issue is the arrest of 14 people during a protest on november 28. bart wants the suspects to pay $70,000 in restitution for stopping trains for hours by chaining themselves to a train. the protestors want the charges dropped. >>> 5 people recovering from gunshot wounds after three different shootings in oakland. the first shooting was at 88th avenue just before 9:00. a few minutes later more shots fired this time at 60th avenue and the last shooting was at 105th avenue. no word on any suspects right now. >>> a young boy who survived a tumble down a cliff in sonoma county is finally out of the hospital. >> let's get out of here! >> 4-year-old sebastien johnson of san

if you are driving the detor is the richmond- san rafael bridge to 580 to the bay bridge.but chp sayshese areas so expect things to take a bit longer. chp is actually adding patrols to these areas to help with the onslaught of traffic especially along the richmond san rafael bridge that isn't as big as the bay bridge. there are also going to be more ferry's going from larkspur and sausalito to the city. these ferries are going to keep service going until 1 am in the morning. and finally golden gate transit buses will be allowed to cross the bridge so that is certainly an option as well. >> reporter:one thing i didn't talk abou is the fact that. >> reporter: you will be allowed to walk on the pathway or ride your bike . >> pam:we have more information on the upcoming golden gate bridge closure and options for getting around on our website kron 4 dot com. >> pam: happening now. >> pam: the bay area air quality management district issued it's 8th straight spare the air alert for tomorrow. that's nearing the record of 11 consecutive days. >> pam: that was set last year. officials say the

conditions as well as a downtown san francisco said nothing to slow you down to look at to richmond san rafael bridge is also very light traffic if you have to get out the door this morning this is a good time to leave the house. >> james: will begin when the area had line settle the police are investigating a deadly collision the victim was and it will share in was hit by cars 3 yesterday morning. >> reporter: the victim was in a wheelchair when police say he was struck by a big coke hitting east on a board. this is a pronounced and did a short time later the location said he was not in the crosswalk when he was said he was not anywhere close to this intersection i do not know that's what they cross or if he got dragged or something like that down the block from the accident the residential area nearby gas station and a shopping center and saw the fed a collision happened around 6 sunday morning when most of the shops or the >> reporter: the driver remained at the same spot needed drugs or alcohol appeared to be a factor in the collisions. this >> james: police and delaware are investigating

from san francisco is eastbound 80 across the bay bridge to westbound 580 and then across the richmond san rafael bridge. a live look from the south beach camera shows the traffic quite a bit of backup at this hour coming and going in both directions there. and the main alternate route from ma ribboning into san francisco is eastbound 580 across the richmond bridge, and then a look at that bridge no problem at that bridge. when the bridge re-opens tomorrow there will be noticeable changes to your commute. another live look now at the new bay area from sky 7hd. the moveable system con 'tises of approximately 13,300 feet of 12-inch wide and 32-inch high concrete blocks. the new bay area will rules the width of the middle and left lanes but the engineer thinks not many drivers will notice. >> you're adjacent to barrier itself. the lane will be approximately six inches less than today. so they're ten-foot lanes right now, so i you're driving right next to marry area, it's 9'6" and currently people kind of she away from the cones anyway, so i think it will be the same feeling if you're in that lane. >

. >>> taking a live look at the toll plaza on the bay bridge and the richmond/san rafael bridge. smooth sailing at this hour on the two major alternate bridges in and out of san francisco. in fact, the golden gate closure hasn't really caused any major traffic problems this weekend. >>> this now is animation from the bridge district showing how the barrier will work. the biggest change a new merge for southbound vehicles. where drivers previously merged from left to right the new merge will be from right to left. also the speed limit will drop from 55 to 45 miles an hour on the descent down the waldo grade. the two inside lanes of the bridge will also lose six inches of width. >>> the abc 7 morning news team will be here first thing tomorrow morning to show us how the changes on the golden gate bridge are affecting the commute. join us beginning at 4:30 a.m. for live reports from the bridge and traffic reports. >>> developing news out of son hoe, police are searching for suspects and motive in a shooting at an r&b concert inside the fiesta nightclub on monterey highway around 1:3

from san francisco is eastbound 80 across the bay bridge to westbound 580 and then across the richmond san rafael bridge. a live look from the south beach camera shows the traffic quite a bit of backup at this hour coming and going in both directions there. and the main alternate route from ma ribboning into san francisco is eastbound 580 across the richmond bridge, and then a look at that bridge no problem at that bridge. when the bridge re-opens tomorrow there will be noticeable changes to your commute. another live look now at the new bay area from sky 7hd. the moveable system con 'tises of approximately 13,300 feet of 12-inch wide and 32-inch high concrete blocks. the new bay area will rules the width of the middle and left lanes but the engineer thinks not many drivers will notice. >> you're adjacent to barrier itself. the lane will be approximately six inches less than today. so they're ten-foot lanes right now, so i you're driving right next to marry area, it's 9'6" and currently people kind of she away from the cones anyway, so i think it will be the same feeling if you're in that lane. >

>> the toll plaza is empty at richmond-san rafael. there is no fog. yet. meteorologist mike nicco will tell us when it changes. into santa rosa c.h.p. has issued a dense fog advisory for the drive along 101 and you can see the area shaded in orange tracking weather and traffic that is an indication of where you could have a socked in commute. at highway 37 into vallejo the area is going to be where you need to be careful and use the low beams and drive slower. >>> it may feel like it just ended but tickets are already on sale if this year's burning man. registration for presale tickets started yesterday and the early bird tickets cost $800 twice the amount if you bit until general tickets next in. the week long event in nevada desert grew more than 65,000 people last year. >> a new imax film premieres putsing a spot light on sights you may not have seen around the bay area. >> this is a look at the film called "habitat earth," explore how we fit into the eco systems opening above the port of oakland and zooms in on shoreline park. >> when you are inside th

have a clear road here coming into san francisco and next weekend, the bridge will be shut down for the entire weekend. you will want to use the richmond and san rafael and more debris in santa rosa north 101. matt and kristen? >>> it is 6:10, the centers for disease control says the country in the middle of a flu epidemic and a new update on what to expect as we begin the new year. >>> the recovery of bono and what he revealed he may never be able to do after the bicycling accident. >>> had couple and the through born son need your help, the reason they are unable to leave new york city. >> more weather and traffic all morning including cold weather this or. this is from the embarcadero if san francisco. stay tuned. female announcer: it's time to make room for the new mattress models! during sleep train's huge year end clearance sale, get beautyrest, posturepedic even tempur-pedic mattress sets at low clearance prices. save even more on floor samples, demonstrators, and closeout inventory. plus, free same-day delivery, set-up and removal of your old set. why wait for the new models? sleep train's year end clearance sale is on now! ...guaranteed! ♪ y