push play. >> here are 15 things to know: to the relief of commuters the san mateo bridge is re-open and re-opened an hour ahead of schedule. there is a hiccup. some signs say the bridge is still closed. caltrain said ignore them. >> a look at san mateo bridge, traffic is flowing nicely between hayward and foster city. this is going to be the first of two closures. we have the second one ahead at memorial day weekend with a big travel day. you have plenty of time to plan. >> three two deaths are blamed on a possible tornado in arkansas. severe weather clobbered the midwest and palestinian states over the weekend and overnight. two dozen people are injured in rescuers are going door to door. >> check out this weather map: the trough that is approaching the coach will keep us cloudy and breezy with more sunshine tomorrow before the next low and brings us a chance of showers. i will were ma it out. the seven-day forecast is ahead. >> governor brown will unveil a revised state budget on thursday that includes a big surplus. the state expected $4 billion surplus from the growing cab -- cap

>> good monday morning at 6:23 is a look at the toll plaza where traffic is looking goo the san mateo bridgeridge is looking fine right now. it opened on time. >> now a look at "good morning america" at 7:00. >> good monday morning. next on "good morning america" a wild weather weekend all over the map with tornadoes and hail and flooding and unexpected mother's day snow. our weather team is tracking it all following the twisters in texas and on the scene in snowy south dakota. all next. >> see you at 7:00. >> print has introduce add new song call thed "baltimore," to aunt memory of freddie gray and michael brown. >> prince sang the song laugh night in baltimore at a rally for peace. freddie gray died from spinal injuries while in police custody. six officers have been charged. michael brown was killed by a white police officer in ferguson missouri and the officer was not charged. >> cooperstown has not come calling but that does not stop barry bonds headed into the bay area sports hall of fame. the graduate of san mateo high school will join his old this evening and mosley will be introduce

that is the beautiful san mateo bridge. ust reopened within the past 45 minutes following a weekend shutdown. time allowed for crews to resurface the roadways on that bridge it's been a listening time coming. kiet do is in hay ward on the eastern end of the bridge with more on the work that's been done. and on another shutdown that's coming up in just a few weeks, take it away kiet. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, one way the make bay area drivers happy? open the bridge on time to make them really happy? open it up early. you can see here this is the westbound traffic on the san mateo bridge. approaching the toll plaza here. whipping by here right at the limit. we got word that they opened up at 3:55 this morning. then about 20 minutes later the same thing went for the eastbound traffic and it happened at 4:15 this morning. so again, drivers really taking advantage of the light traffic out here and really just cruising through the toll plaza. this closure began at 10:00 p.m. friday night. for caltrans to do some much- neede

anywhere north of the san mateo bridge is a commute suspect but no problems noond delays. there's tri-valley. highway four through antioch clear. i want to point out the bay bridge, richmond/san rafael and land route, alternates to 92, the san mateo bridge as damian said will be closed saturday and sunday. hopefully reopened by monday. back to you. >> you're as travel savvy as they come but did you know this? every time you fill up at the pumps you put money in a fund to improve the country's bridges and over passes. even though there are hundreds of bridges in dire need of repair. the odds are pretty good there's at least one near where you live. >>> more trouble for lumber liquidators. >> ceo quit. why? we'll tell you when we come back with 15 minutes nonstop news, traffic, and weather after the break. >>> welcome back. aaa predicts this memorial day weekend will be one of the busiest for drivers in a decade because of cheaper gas and improving economy. the federal gas tax of 18 cents on every gallon you buy goes towards fixing highways and bridges. >> there's a lot of hi

the san mateo bridge shut down on friday night and workers were out there. they were busy removing the roadbed. it went right down to the steel deck so a mile long section of the bridge could be repaved and then crews put in a new poliester concrete mix -- polyester concrete mix. of course sal as you pointed out we will do this all over again on memorial day weekend. they will be shutting down the san mateo bridge. >> alex i was amiss i didn't point out. >> reporter: i heard you last time. >> that is right. >> reporter: i knew you would get to it. >> between you and i we will get it right. >> reporter: that is right. team work. >> let's go to brian flores. >>> some people in vallejo are calling for a stop in the kind of violence that injured a seven-year-old boy. a small group gathered for a rally called peace matters. the woman whole organized it says she was motivated by the drive by shooting that injured kamar polk. he is still hospitalized and his grandmother says he is not doing well. >> i wanted to just do something and i told people it wasn't for him b

dumbarton bridge is just south of the san mateo bridge. keep this in mind as i rerns alternates to the san mateo bridge. not for this morning because look at the map. san mateo bridge moves smoothly. i'm watching this right now. picking up the eastbound lane that is blocked heading over towards newark from the peninsula side. over here on this side this sign says that it's closes tonight at 10:00 p.m. so not far from this shot over there near the hayward toll plaza i'm going to come over to my friend damian who is over there. damian, talking about that bridge closure. talk us through what's going on this weekend. >> yeah, mike, good morning. well, we're giving folks 15 hours notice that the bridge will close at 10:00 tonight. here's at san mateo bridge of course. the traffic is flowing smoothly at the speed limit if not a little faster, mike, especially here on the carpool lane and fast track lane. things are going to change at 10:00 tonight. crews are close the bridge for the weekend to make needed repairs. it will not reopen until 5:00 a.

san mateo bridge moving smooth in both directions. the bay bridge is doing well.ay bridge and dumbarton bridge saw extra traffic over the weekend. you see no problems caught of the north bay across the carquinez or benecia bridges. smooth drive. cash on the altamont was eastbound 580. that cleared from grant line road. build coming into the area. south bay, we do have that 101 slowing. just saw it turn from yellow to green. light drive from around the bay. overnight road crews in san jose as well. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. i think we would all agree moms like to hear from you on mother's day. >> and more often than that, too. just saying definitely on mother's day, too. >> yes. >> special voice. a lot of moms got a surprise phone call from loved ones. >> three moms got calls that caught them completely off guard. president obama was on the line when they answered. >> hi, stephanie? >> yes. >> this is barack obama, your president. hi, patty. >> hi, yes. >> hey, this is barack obama. how are you? >> uh-uh. >> yeah, it is. >> no way. >> way. i decide

well, you can use the san mateo bridge this morning. we did talk to a pio that says that some of the portable message signs around the bay area may sigh that the -- say that the bridge is closed. obviously it is open you can see it there live. they're working to get those turned off. in the meantime just ignore them if you're about to hit the road. let's take a look at the bridge. this is the bulk of -- bay bridge. this is the bulk of traffic over the weekend. at times in the bay bridge toll plaza and in the other direction. a number of big events in and out of san francisco. giants' game all weekend long. so yeah, fortunately for the back to work time, everything is pretty good just a few slight delays in the far left cash lanes and no metering lights at 5:15 this morning. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. i know the zipper crews must have been out there a little earlier. i think i missed them but they have opened another southbound lane out of sausalito into the city. everything looks pretty good there. if you're heading to the

both directions on the san mateo bridge were closed. it was not is bad as the other bridge over mother's day weekend that led to the love congestion an the bay area. a lot of people go out of town over holiday weekend to outbound memorial day. drivers will be happy to use the span with no more detours and additional closures plan. the san mateo and hayward bridge was closed on friday for maintenance work and crews re-paveed the road and installed new expansion joints. >> it helps to keep the steel deck from being corroded and also provides for solid and quiet and smooth ride for drivers to drive over. >> lanes re-opened before 5:00 a.m. and there was a minor issue with overhead l.e.d. light signs crews had to fix before let, the traffic back on the bridge. this completes the final phase of resurfacing, the first time the bridge has been resurfaced in 48 years. >> the warriors are a win away from holding to the nab finals taking on the rockets tonight in houston. amy hollyfield is in san francisco with all of the excitement. we are so clo

all eyes are on san mateo bridge of course it i reopened ahead of schedule. own caused commuter havoc all around the bay area. you know, it was pretty brutal stretches of the bay bridge and dunbarton bridge. people were looking for alternate as they headed to giants' games and other festivals. in addition to that we had a b.a.r.t. reduced service. they had shusment in place. both of these are now on track. b.a.r.t. is on time and normal service there. and as you just saw the san mateo bridge is reopened. so this is our hot spot right now. it is just in the morgan hill commute. northbound 101 coyote creek golf drive. a four car crash on the right hand shoulder and one car actually went down the embankment. we were concerned but there's obviously something going on there. some sort of visual distraction because traffic is backed up from tenant where it starts on the sensors and just solid that 17 miles per hour all the way out to the coyote creek golf drive exit. here's a live look at a beautiful golden gate bridge. no delay out of sausalito. everything is just

let us start with the san mateo bridge where we're live right now. caltrans will shut it down completely yet again starting at 10 p.m. tonight. this is exactly like the last closure that happened just a few weeks ago. going eastbound it will be closed from foster city boulevard westbound closed from clawiter road. this full closure will allow the crews to resurface the entire span of the bridge and replace an expansion joint. they will replace the existing electrical cable system and transformers and do some other minor electrical work. on to some major bart closures. the line between fruitvale and coliseum stations will be closed all day saturday and sunday and then re-open monday at 8 a.m. the line between fremont and daly city will be closed all day just on saturday. a free bus bridge will be available but bart warns it will add significant travel time. this is all for some ongoing rail projects. back here live at the san mateo bridge, it will re-open right here monday morning 5 a.m. live here at the toll plaza in hayward, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> oil

there are no problems on the san mateo bridge or dumbarton bridge. the traffic looks good. if you are driving farther south on 880, southbound 880 looks good from hayward to free mob. we are off to a good start here. let's go to steve in the weather center. >>> we do have a rather cool pattern in place. it will stick around not just today but all week and for the next 7-8 days. the outlook going into the third week of may shows below normal temperatures. this could be our first below normal month i think since february 2014. at least for san francisco. april was perfectically normal but before that there were 13 straight months of below normal temps. we are long over due for a cool pattern. a little rain to the north. we will take it. we will take it up toward the oregon border. not a lot. there is a little bit there. for us the fog is getting chewed up. so we will have a little bit more sun today but we will not be warming up much. you couldn't divide this any better between colder and warm. we have a system coming out of the rockies and warm gulf a

san mateo bridge a little sluggish on the westbound side. und though moving nicely as you work your way out of foster city towards hayward. keep in mind though that closure of the san mateo bridge starts tonight at 10:00. that will be extended until monday morning at 5 a.m. so do plan ahead and use alternates. the dumbarton bridge a great choice. 237. you can also use the bay bridge. southbound 101 at capitol expressway this earlier accident car fire was cleared out of the road. one lane closed but that's been wrapped up. slow on the northbound side side with spectator slowing as you work your way past the scene but the reservation of the south bay in the green. we are seeing some nice speeds as you work your way 101, 280 and guadalupe parkway. let's check the weekend forecast. here's roberta. >> it was the talk of the town yesterday. kathy munch one of our weather watchers here at kpix 5, she sent us in that funnel cloud picture from sebastopol and we thank her for that keeping us on top of what's going on your in particular area. let's chec

right now san mateo bridge has re-opened in both dresses. ill look now at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is wide open. for the taking. no delays. right now you are in fantastic shape. here is a look at the richmond-san rafael with only one lonely person making it across. five minutes to the north bay. 101 in san rafael southbound side moving along without problems with no accidents reported. that is walnut creek southbound 680 a great commute, san jose 87 right by the shark tank, again, a lovely way to start the memorial day holiday. >>> next, volunteers race against the clock do rescue animals caught in an oil spill near santa barbara. >> safety tips if you plan on getting your grill on this memorial day. >> a look outside with traffic in walnut creek this is abc7 news now and that is a lightly traveled interstate 680 with the tail lights headed for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clothes that are too small or worn out. i grew 3 inches last year. i don't need anything fancy. i never had much to begin with.

>>darya:the san mateo bridge is closing for the memorial day weekend for the second time this month. >>darya:here's a live look at the bridge this morning. >>darya:it is scheduled to close at 10 tonight. >>darya:it caused quite a traffic headache when it closed two weeks ago, and traffic is expected to be even worse this time since it's a holiday kron four's jackie sissel is at the bridge this morning. >>darya:coming up at 6:30, he'll explain what crews are doing on the bridge this weekend, and what they recommend for drivers. >>mark:our top story this morning. >>mark:a four-point-one magnitude earthquake in the napa valley is triggering memories of last year's six-point-o south napa quake. >>mark:it hasn't even been a year since that earthquake hit and u-s-g-s officials say it's possible last night's earthquake was an >>mark: napa this morning. >>reporter: no reports of damage as a manager gonna semi people-and apple valley that are concerned if there's even a lot of shaking--napa nine months later after the magnitude 6.0 earthquake last summer the magnitude 4.1 earthquake sent peopl

to avoid the san mateo bridge. done as well. and this being 7 seven miles long, one direction done and the other one they need to work on. they scheduled it over the weekend. commuters, we got the feel for what it means without one of the workhorses, the san mateo bridge and the bay area bridge, locked down, and another is smaller and not capable of handling that load. you may start making other plans to use something else on the memorial day weekend. the getaway weekend. >> and some hot spots? >>reporter: first, the ride into san mateo and out of it on 101, not 92. and one accident on university. last time we checked, was 54, now 45. and 27 for the northbound trip. still delays heading north from 85 to highway 92. and here at the san mateo bridge, the commute is over. didn't get started as early as it usually does and ended before it useu usually -- before it usually does. the back up had completely cleared out and now seeing a second wave hitting the bridge. the back up which was non- existent, going back to 880.

during the 55-hour closure caltrans crews will be resurfacing the deck of the san mateo bridge. bridge is 48 years old. they are going to be taking care of a few other odds and ends. >> anytime we've full closure like this we take advantage of it by doing as much maintenance as possible and you can get a lot done when you don't have any traffic on the bridge. >> reporter: the san mateo bridge will re-open 5 a.m. monday morning and then we are going to redo all this again, it will be closed one more time on memorial day weekend. live in hayward, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> police in oakland are trying to track down the driver of a car that rammed into a police cruiser during a chase. officers swarmed this white bmw at an apartment complex in the city's diamond distric then broke the tinted windows but the driver wasn't inside. they even pried open trunk but there was no sign of him there evening. >>> a family of a woman and her daughter hit and killed by care in livermore is speaking out about the dangers of drunk driving. esperanza rodriguez and her young daughter were visiting were kil

john peterson ended up arriving late to dinner. >> it was a nightmare because the san mateo bridge was closed and there was tons of traffic all over the place. >> we went online and saw that the san mateo bridge was closed so we quickly got the kids hopped in and drove over the bay bridge. and it wasn't horrible at 4:30, but it was crowded. >> traffic is a little heavier than usual. we expected this traffic. and again, that is just something we expected because we were taking up the main line of the san mateo bridge out of service right now so we can do the maintenance. >> reporter: and caltrans says everything is moving along according to schedule. and the bridge will reopen monday at 5:00. the driver should prepare for another closure on memorial day weekend. in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >> thank you betty. the vta says it is having a hard time keeping up with all the action at levi stadium. they say it will cost them more than $3 million a year to handle stadium events. an amount that is not sustainable in the long run. they have asked the city of santa clara for help. but the

and the san mateo bridge is also moving fine including the southbound 880 approach which sometimes starts to slow between san leandro and hayward. and, of course, you have the san mateo bridge closing tonight at 10:00 so your best alternates the bay bridge, dumbarton which you're looking at live at the sensors now or 237. at least compared to the closures two weekends ago there's no giants games or a's games in town so that really messed up the commute for a while on the bay bridge during the closure two weekends ago. here's a look along the peninsula. all clear now near sfo northbound 101. there was a solo car wreck. no longer the case and traffic quickly dissipated. and golden gate bridge looking nice in both directions. zipper crews have done their work. and mass transit is on time. what drives you crazy during your commute? one viewer says people who run red lights and clog the intersection so others can't pass. then the light changes and it starts all over again. horn blowing, tempers flaring to no avail. where are the police? >> well, in san francisco, there have been efforts recent

san francisco. we get a check of other bay area bridges including san mateo bridge. all coming up. >>> all right thanks liz. the side show took over a busy sacramento freeway tying up traffic for at least half an hour. drivers started spinning doughnuts on the business loop of i-80 yesterday afternoon. now people got out of the cars, they walked on the roadway to watch and by the time the chp arrived, most of the drivers had already sped off. officers did catch one of them and impounded his car. no one was hurt. and in oakland side shows have become pretty common. sometimes with drivers taking over freeways. this one happening in 2013. in the middle of the day, cars stopped traffic on 880 right buy the coliseum and it was pretty similar to what happened in sacramento. drivers spun doughnuts while people got out to record that dangerous stunt. >>> general motors could face criminal charges many a record fine over a faulty ignition switch. that's according to the "wall street journal." federal prosecutors are reportedly still weighing whether to charge individual emplo

this is a look at at san mateo bridge. remember the san mateo bridge will close this weekend on friday night. will not reopen until monday morning. they are doing extensive repair and resurfacing of that bridge so you can use the dumbarton bridge or bay bridge as alter thats. >>> police are investigating a deadly rear end crash in san jose. it happened at the intersection of piedmont road and rock port avenue. three people were actually sitting in a car in traffic when another car hit them from behind. a 40-year-old woman was take ton the hospital where she later died. another person in the car suffered severe injuries. police do not think alcohol or drugs were factors. >>> ktvu social media counts were packed last night. people describing the ground shaking. tara moriarty is joining us live. you're in napa valley now and last nights quake it was a strong reminder of last years destructive quake. >> reporter: that is right. we've received more than 200 comments on our ktvu facebook page about where people were and what they

>>james: san mateo bridge will be closing in less than a 10 hours from right now it was a close all weekend it begins at 10:00 tonight in the bridge reopens monday morning at 5:00 a.m. the entire weekend it will be shut down there are repaving and also doing a make his work as well caltrans says this the third million-dollar project and is desperately needed to preserve the bridges integrity they would do that this weekend. we cannot prevent at all but we can take the steps to prevent a. >>james: a look at the new training technique if you drink water straight from the tap in the east bay it may be time to buy a filter coming up after the break by the taste and smell of the water is going to be changing. here is a live look outside and oakland let's take a look at preconditions' 50 what should one of the 63 by lunchtime looking for a daytime high of 68 at at 3 this afternoon back introducing the one-and-only volkswagen golf sportwagen. the sportier utility vehicle. >>james: they will be recognizing of 70 years of nazi germany to victory in europe by that is when jumron surrender was announc

we'll look at that coming up. >>> i just showed you this shot of the san mateo bridge but i saw flashing lights heading west. i'm tracking for the incident. whatever is going on for the flat section, we'll bring it to you. >> the san mateo bridge to the bay bridge. lovely start to this friday morning and beginning of your memorial day. this is may 22nd. this is "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> a very good friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> i'm kris sanchez. >> people in napa county are looking for damage after an earthquake rattled the area. so far no major damage to report following the 4.1 quake

you can see some traffic right now on the westbound san mateo bridge. today is the san mateo bridge has reopened. the eastbound lanes opened a little bit ahead of schedule and westbound 92 opened right on time. and we haven't seen any issues between hayward and foster city since the bridge project wrapped up. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no need for metering lights today. if you're going into san francisco, this is your break. if you are trying to get to work on time. no delay at all. so you can make sleep in a little extra. or just kind of enjoy the breakfast a little longer. live look right now along the peninsula northbound, southbound, 101 near the airport. everything looks good if you're passing sfo or maybe even heading to the airport. 280 also looks clear. all the way into san francisco. we're seeing a lot of green on the sensors today. and we also just learned they canceled the wind advisory that was in effect early this morning for benicia bridge. still ahead further south an update you here. southbound 68 # at bernal. all la

south 880 is slowing toward the san mateo bridge which is open. full service this morning for 92 across the water. dumbarton bridge, great work over the weekend. easier drive this morning. south bay with no delays. northbound would be your commute direction. 87 shows slowing but nothing dramatic. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> still ahead, you might soon be able to get from the bay area to southern california for just 20 cents a mile. >>> former hp ceo karly fironia must be serious if s"saturday n live" has her. we came in station wagons, campers, on planes to see what walt had built. ♪ forever you♪g and what we found was a place that was always growing, but never grew old. ♪ forever you♪g and now comes a celebration 60 years in the making. the disneyland diamond celebration. ♪ may you st♪y with dazzling, new experiences for the young ♪ may you st♪y and the young at heart. ♪ forever you♪g come remember that feeling. ♪ forever you♪g come feel forever young. >>> protecting yourself from identity theft. it is a real concern of late. it turns out th

. >>> plus, business as usual, drivers using san mateo bridge, hoping for the green light. >>> the biggest meal of the year for a san francisco church serving veterans on this memorial day holiday. >>> and a live look outside on this memorial day. it is monday, may 25th. this is good day in the bay. >>> from nbc bay area, this is today in the bay. >> good morning. it's 4:30. >> good morning. we have lots for you this morning, but first we want to check your all-important holiday forecast. >> good morning. a low clouds and a drizzle. mid 50s right now. as we head to the afternoon, should see numbers closer to 70 today around san jose and up towards napa, near 60. close to 65 in oakland. coming up we'll talk about some 80s finally coming back to the extended forecast. look at that in a few minutes. >> all right, thanks, rob. >>> new this morning, magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook buildings in tokyo and temporarily stopped the trains there. the good news so far, no apparent damage. the tsunami warning was lifts after minutes. and the airport also shut down to look at the runways. >>> san mateo b

weekend for traffic in the bay area we have track workload are also a complete closure of the san mateo bridge is a real live look that you can see it is a rare sight and no cars at all the bridge that is because it is close remained tense all we can long mike pelton is that the bridge this morning he's checking out the work being done and mike they're making good progress so far. >>marty gonzales: they are making good progress and at paving will take place throughout the entire weekend so the bridge will be closed through the weekend set to reopen tomorrow monday morning at 5:00 a.m.. happen today a bart trains will be it shut down in the east bay between oakland coliseum and for bill stations they said the closing is necessary so they can work on part of the track in his car to excess it will be taking place today and tomorrow they will be providing a free bus service between the station during the shutdown but if you're writing on the bus you should expect delays of 30 to 60 minutes during the closure build a team to work on the tracks and various weekends throughout the summer. >>marty gon

the san mateo bridge slowing a bit but not as bad as usual for this hour. at 7:00 we often see stop and go conditions here and it on other days of the week for. remember this bridge closed my remains close to the weekend. >> george: golden gate bridge ride as a light and easy trip still in under 25 minute drive time through marin county. heading over to maria a good ride here all low-volume going up and back up as a little bigger. still intend to allow a limited time from richmond over to san mateo. take a look what's going on in the south bay coming up the next part. >> darya:happening now. an oakland man and his two young children are safe this morning after they were reported missing in the sierra. kron four's will tran is live in alameda county outside the barbershop where the man worked. will, any word on why they were gone for so long? 0 a >> reporter: the couple barbershops and he is a policy back at home back at work as early as said monday but that did not happen that on tuesday his family including his wife remains back an element of county oakland

. >> after a big weekend closing the eastbound lanes of the san mateo bridge are re-opened. the westbound direction should be open soon. looking at the span from our san mateo bridge camera the headlights headed toward you are the eastbound traffic. westbound, hopefully we will re-opened next half hour. caltrain said both directings would be open at 5:00 a.m. a power problem led to signs near the toll plaza failing and keeping them from doing their job. the entire bridge was closed 10:00 p.m. on friday so caltrain could install new expansion joints. the construction work is expected to extend the life of the aging span for another 50 years. the bridge was closed during a weekend early this month with no further closings planned. >> san jose firefighters say brushfire that forced part of the closing of a major road began in a homeless encampment. we were in san jose when the fire broke out at a lot on east capitol expressway. winds up to 30 miles per hour with the flames. >> we saw the trees on fire. we walked a little bit more and it jumped to the palm streets. they were inci

as tomorrow may get a few sprinkles to talk about more on that to come live look outside the san mateo bridge camera showing us what it is like the cyclicals and temperatures right now before had a with an attractive center i have 49 san francisco and said was a low fifties in the east bay low to mid-40s in the northern santa rosa coming in at 42 the to get in it whether and signed with the mobile application a great tool we do have stormy weather approaching like we do in the next two to four hours. >>george: it is still pretty good ride we are not tracking any hot spots it with the meeting unless activated the bay bridge toll plaza of the backed up still only reaching the west grand avenue the drive times the still only 16 to 17 minutes carling for the westbound truck into san francisco looking at the ride to the san mateo bridge highway 92 still small trip 13 ministers drive times we have been incidents free as we have the golden gate bridge for the ride to and from recounting war world yes will conditions on both side of the span the head by southbound adding in from iran and looking at t

>>darya: thank you for joining us on memorial day it would take a peek at the san mateo bridge let's >george: we're taking off at the macarthur maze which leads into the bay bridge this morning for the westbound ride because the commit at the bay bridge is completely light no small part to the fact that the san mateo bridge open on time this morning and because of that we are looking at much better conditions all the way around the bay and jackie is live and tracking the commute this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza and update the week end. >>jackie sissel: i am at the san mateo bridge toll plaza which it is back open they were good to the word it will be open at 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. this morning if the barricade came down in the started going through the toll plaza that our little ahead of schedule the open those of at 345 an hour and 16 minutes early these clothes a lot of very carefully planned want to make sure they have the least amount of impact on the driver that use the bridge also reserve a single order to do that they had to close this weekend and that on may 8th 1910

or delays and the toll plaza this, it has been exceptionally light as it is here at 92 in the san mateo bridge closing tonight but right now problem free for the golden gate bridge ride you can see a light traffic in the southbound direction of the convict side even additional lanes on the southbound side of that the for the northbound ride track and the commute into moran was about 580 ride we're looking at about 10 to 12 minute drive time currently. hough >>james: one of the can never been as cloud cover over the peninsula we expect that the continual problem for our to before against the breakup and the sun shine even here around the bed temperature still mild has not moved a whole lot still run in the 55 to 57 degree range is been away since 5:00 this morning we do expect that to the changing in short order the when still a little breezy out near fairfield we have the stretch of interstate 80 on the windy side we have the winds of begun to get that down to in moscow or a loss of a mile that is good news it will be a nice calm start to this friday morning temperatures west still nice up the

alex savidge is live at the san mateo bridge to tell us about plans to shut down that bridge and also: good morning to you. a lot going on this weekend. you know, if you are staying in town, you nid to be aware -- you need to be aware that things can be extra busy son a lot of bay area freeways. i just finished speaking with a caltrans spokesperson. he wants to warn drivers it could be a mess. the san mateo bridge where we are this morning, it will be shutting down for repaving work beginning at about 10:00 tonight going all the way through monday at 5:00 a.m. this has been an ongoing construction project on the bridge. drivers are gonna be detoured around that closure, of course, and that will impact other bay area freeways with serious backups. we saw that just a couple of weeks ago when the bridge was shut down for -- for the weekend. traffic was a mess, especially on both the bay bridge and the dumbarton bridge as well. while a lot of the people who stay in town will likely experience slowdowns, those heading out of town for the memorial day weekend likely won't be dealing with tr

bridge no metering lights. so yeah, everything looks great heading into san francisco. both directions are problem- free and delay-free. san mateoe we are gearing up for the san mateo bridge closure beginning at 10:00 tonight. and it's a similar story doing the same repaving work that's kind of part 2 of what they started two weekends ago. just like two weekends ago it is a similar pattern where the san mateo bridge shuts down and bart service is running shuttle buses. what's good about this weekend, there are no home games for giants or a's. that caused big backups for a while in the past. this accident in fremont still there still blocking one lane southbound 880 at thornton. that is "kcbs traffic." here's roberta. >> so yesterday i was out on my bike and i was riding around the livermore valley and i wanted to share a photo with you because the skies were quite threatening and we had a passing shower this was livermore valley just yesterday late afternoon before sunset and i just wanted to put that out there for all of you to remind you to send me your favorite photographs to gonzales@kpix.cbs.com. this is a live weather came

bridge. they say either it wasn't marked well enough for them or they simply didn't know about it and now it is a big headache. >> san francisco right? . >> yeah. >> san mateo bridge closed. >> if you want to know how many people are closed by the san mateo bridge closure just take a look at the 74 station closure on the san mateo side. or you can ask the woman who made it. >> so many people have come in that are lost, i figured i'll just write down the instructions and they'll get to where they need to go to. >> this is the first time the san mateo bridge has ever been closed. caltrans is putting in a seismic gap as well as some steal girders. >> we are using this weekend to try to get ahead of schedule so to speak so we can get more work done during night by just closing 1 or 2 lanes. >> it's been publicized but still people missed the memo or some say it simply wasn't advertised enough. >> the gps says take the san mateo bridge as the quickest route. i drove from dublin all the way here, now i've got to drive back and go across the bay bridge. not too happy. >> if they choose to go north taking the bay bridge making northbound traffic across the bay brid

we have a live look, san mateo bridge cam. work began late last night and the traffic problems really kicked in today. abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley joins us live with a look. >> reporter: that's right, katie. with the san mateo bridge closed the traffic converged here on the bay bridge. you add in a giants game you add in mother's day, and it was a torturously slow drive in every direction. this tang belled mess of traffic originated with the shutdown of all lanes on the san mateo bridge friday night. the first time the entire bridge has been resurfaced since 1967. so saturday, people piled onto the bay bridge as their alternate route. whether a day trip to the city a 6:00 giants game it was gridlock. >> i left my house at 3:00 we got here at 5:00. we ate our snacks for the game before we got here. >> a two-hour drive from livermore. >> 24/580 interchange was really bad, like rush hour, worse than rush hour. >> you drive from sacramento, a bad drive? >> not until we got to berkeley. >> and then? >> then the bridge. it to

south of the san mateo bridge, easy drive. northbound 101 a little blip as the volume increases through san jose. typical pattern. san mateo bridge, look over here. showing still that one right lane blocked eastbound coming over to the hayward side. not presenting much of an issue. reminder this entire bridge is closing starting earlier on the evening on friday about 7:00. especially on full bridge closure from 10:00 until monday morning. all weekend, guys. back to you. >>> he lost the fight. now he's also facing a lawsuit. why fans are suing manny pacquiao. >>> taking a live look outside. beautiful view of the golden gate. we're back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather after the break. hi. looking for a prius, i bet. it's high-tech too, with the latest safty features. and available entune app suite. and, i'm sorry... i don't mean to drone on. honey, stop messing with jan. during toyota time, get 0% apr financing for 60 months on a 2015 prius. offer ends june 1st. for great deals on other toyotas, visit toyota

we had some morning roadwork both directions of the san mateo bridge that's been cleared and you can see traffic is free-flowing of course that closure begins tonight. it's a full weekend closure. the bridge will re-open on monday morning. elsewhere, so far, so good along the eastshore freeway. west 24 to 580 left lane closed for roadwork. no metering lights on the bay bridge toll plaza. if you want to skip the freeways, mass transit is on time. 19 trains running right now for bart. that's a look at your "kcbs traffic." back to you. >> all right, gianna. thanks. >>> peninsula and east bay drivers, take note. san mateo bridge will be closed later tonight and it will stay shut until monday at 5 a.m. in time for the morning commute. it starts at 10 p.m. tonight enabling caltrans to resurface the road. crews were out last night getting ready. the first of two closures. the second shutdown is set for the memorial day weekend. >>> oakland police are looking for the driver of a dollar rammed into a police cruiser during a chase. officers swarmed this white bmw at an apartment complex in the

along san mateo bridge being shut down l are major bart closure. ere will be no service from the fruitvale to coliseum stations. instead a bus bridge will be carrying riders between those two locations. . bart wants people to know they are closing the free monday to daly city line for the entire day on saturday as well. so that means the passengers heading over into san francisco will need to transfer to a dublin daly city train in the east bay. and because of those two closures, it will take a lot longer than usual to get where you need to go. bart doesn't seem to be a great option to get into san francisco. the freeways will be extra busy bust because of the closure here. not really any good choices. >> we've been warned. all right alex savidge talk to you later. >>> law enforcement agencies will be out this memorial day weekend looking for drunk drivers starting tonight at 6:00 through midnight on monday more officers will be on the roads making sure you stay safe. last year 25 people were killed in california. seven were not wearing seat belts.

enough at the overall drive is not that bad of rock is about the time it is the ride on 92 the san mateo bridge and the closer we get to sit started the closer we get to sing things start to get bogged down so far good time to of the 13 minutes the golden gate bridge problem for one of the easiest to mills around the bay is the 101 ride through iran and across the golden gate bridge you're ride to would hot on the richmond bridge still looks great the back of short delays. >>george: 14 minutes as you head out for cupertino this morning out of downtown san jose the greenish on on broadway senses a good thing the 18 minute drive time from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway on 85 the west valley freeway the trip time out to cupertino is just 17 minutes we want to point out that at the 68280 interchange right where they all come to gather remember 28680 are the same freeway interchange and lumber across the 101 the report in that to change the debris in the land that is because in some flat tires as a drive through there in the next to minutes or so you may see a number of vehicles o

bargain market >>george: the san mateo bridge closes this weekend in the eastbound direction this is rtant even if you do not use the bridge because if you use the bayshore freeway through san mateo or the nimitz freeway through hayward or the dumbarton bridge or the san francisco oakland bay bridge this will have an impact on you because those all the alternates of those also the roles that we to and from it to likely to be extra traffic your contract those traffic additions with the mobile application for free download available for apple or android devices. >>mark: memorial service will be held for jordan the nine your boy who was that the killed and the discovery bay home a celebration of his life is being held at the golden hills community church in brentwood family plans to hold a private service on a later date he was back in his home his older brother's best plan was or read it and is being charged for the boy's murder >>darya: a family who lost loved ones and the wide crash of the weekend now they're homeless will take a look at why the have nowhere to live people in the midw

here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. eastbound lanes are open and westbound still waiting for those lanes to reopen. we're going get an update from them in just a minute. in the meantime you thaw sneak peek at the bay bridge. everything is clear right now into san francisco. >> quiet. >> quiet. >> very good. >>> all right, thanks. eastbound lanes of the san mateo bridge are now open right now workers are racing to open up the westbound lanes. the entire span was shut down since friday night to allow for repaving. kpix 5's kiet do is on the hayward side of the bridge to show us what's going on. kiet? >> reporter: good morning. crews have been toiling away for nearly 64 hours straight now. as you mentioned, eastbound lanes are now open. however, westbound lanes are still closed. now eastbound opened up at about 3:45 this morning and you can see here there's a lot of activity still here at the clawiter road exit right off of the bridge going westbound. so we're set to open at about 5:00 this morning. but we are hearing that

traffic is moving along okay westbound san mateo bridge reopened. eastbound lanes should reopen soon. more about this coming up. >>> if you like a cool pattern this week looks to be very cool. we have a system to the north. also maybe later in the week some more rain. sure looking like it. . >>> welcome back everybody. happening today two mississippi police officers killed during a traffic stop will be remembered at a city wide memorial service. 35-year-old ben dean pulled over a car for speeding saturday night and called for back up when the 25-year-old arrived the officers walked up to the car together and someone inside the car started shooting. the mayor is calling on his city to help the families and each other as the investigation into the shooting continues. >> can't have these kinds of things happening in the community. but i think we need to celebrate the lives of these two individuals. >> four people have been arrested but authorities are not saying much about a motive for the killings. they do say the suspects are known felons and will be

we'll show you the map and the flow across that san mateo bridge. here was a sign lit up on the sign. reminding folks the bridge itself, san mateo bridge will close 8th through 11th. we'll talk more about that as we approach the weekend. be prepared for that. meanwhile we know this right on schedule, typical pattern southbound 880 toward that san mateo bridge. 680 slows through pleasanton and fremont. typical pattern off of 580 which comes in off of the altamont and rest of the east bay. as we look to the south of there we will show you a map. san jose looking lighter than it did just five minutes ago. there's a crash north 101. i looked at the live camera. not much of an issue as we are coming up to the area. just starting to see a build. that crash should be over on the shoulder. a little bit of distraction as the commute builds. factor for san jose. back to the maps and we will show you that overall we're looking nice. up through the peninsula. then toward the city by the bay. meanwhile, the east shore freeway shows a typical pattern down toward t

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smoothly very quiet you could continue to doubt our as of right now as a quick check of the san mateo bridge traffic less bound traffic is quiet plenty of safe on the road. >>michelle apon: the set as a bridge does close by ted the of all weekend and will reopen at 5:00 a.m. on memorial day a quick check of the golden get fresh capital as outbound if you're traveling southbound to said francisco travel about the marin county. travel for what the creek into it is due to the fact that is the fire if you are in that area if you may see some delay. >>james: now to sports. it was the warriors with u.n. demanding to gain to nothing lead in the western college finals last night to gain is down to the final set it is tied at the half but in the the narrow one point victory here is what they had sale with the fans had to say after the game. how do not let them get a shot off. if >>: it was a great game of the warriors have pfft game to lead the best of seven series. >>james: we will take a break coming up video of a mother shaming her daughter that video goal enviro will today with the daughter dead

these are live pictures of san mateo bridge. overs weekend that closed the san mateo bridge but again it's open. >> and it's something the warriors haven't done in decades. we'll tell you what the warriors need to do tonight to make their dreams a reality. >> you can expect another round of clouds, patchy drizzle this morning followed by partly cloudy skies away from the coast for the afternoon. and unseasonably cool weather. >>> deadly shooting leads to the shut down of several streets in oakland over night. what police now believe may have been the motive for that shooting. >> an american flag is flying high this memorial day. hue people in the bay area plan to pay tribute to those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. mornings on 2 continues. >>> and good morning to you. we want to give you a live look at the san mateo bridge and if you are been watching it all weekend you are seeing something this morning we haven't seen in a few days. traffic moving across that span once again. the bridge did open as scheduled about an hour ago

a warn for folks still heading to the san mateo bridge. >>> all right. a live look right now at the bay bridge. just starting to have a nice colorful hugh to it on this monday morning. it's monday, may 11th. you are watching "today in the bay." >> from nbc bay area, this is "today in the bay." >> very good monday morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. we have developing news for you. a small city in texas ripped apart bay tornado is now left to pick up the pieces. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is here with the latest developments for us. these folks have had it rough. >> they're hoping for more rescues like this one because this morning there are ten people unaccounted for in that small texas town called van. we'll take you there in a minute but we want to start in iowa where the whole school was nearly blown off the snap. >> there goes the school. there goes to school. >> believe it or not the 100 students and staff inside at the time are all fine. they managed to take cover in the basement before

no drama south of the san mateo bridge. g to look at the san mateo bridge the peninsula side. you've got a lot of company. 101 still moves close to speed limit. back to you. >>> a crowded field getting even more crowded this morning. now who is announcing a run for president? we'll tell you. >>> plus, it was the fight of the century. the story goes far beyond boxing. it's all about piracy and twitter is in the heart of the battle. >>> just north of san jose. there's a live look outside right now. we're going to be back with 15 minutes of nonstop news, traffic, and weather after the break. >>> isis is claiming responsibility for the sunday's shooting at a prophet mohammed cartoon contest drawing in texas. the terror group made an audio message taking credit for the events. experts say it's not certain if that claim is an attempt to co-op the attack as one of its own. investigators are also not telling us if the two suspects shot dead were in any way connected to isis. >>> decision 2016. the race for the white house is getting

the san mateo bridge looks good right now is closing this weekend as in the truck or flashing lights but i do not think it is a tow truck that is a wide low headed across the bridge starting to see some bourke-white's as it will close to the 630 does we began to see them bogged down between 630 and 75 that is always the drive time jump in the 1922 midrange for your trip to the golden gate bridge no problems reported recounted for the southbound 1 ride the problems in to the richmond bridge could you into their accounts was bound no back up 7 to 9 minutes of time across and and into san rafael. >>george: the accident or about 101, at willow has not jam of the northbound ride is only add a couple of minutes 3 in fact to the drive times from 18 minutes to 21 minutes from paulo out of to berlin game the early return accident san francisco is gone the good news is this the not backed up the bay bridge enough to make the mineralize it slowed down but the backup is on to dissipate fairly quickly coming a was a close look it was gone on in the south bay. >>mark: will be sentenced to death for