we have a map of steele lane elementary north of highway 12. police say all the other children at steele lane elementary are safe and accounted for. here is a picture over the scene and you can see investigators with santa rosa police asking for help in mining the girl quickly. they have been searching the area the campus area after the campus itself did not find her. they have made a call out to the community. >> we want to get right to our interview this morning. >>> joining us by person is head of the foundation to help locate missing children. morning, in the hours right after a child is missing it is scary for everyone but what are they focused on? >> what they will do is many things: they will check with the family they will question the family, they are going to check with trends, they are going to conduct a physical sweep of the school, check out any school surveillance and the neighborhood residential and business surveillance tapes and ask people to sure on social media. >> your organization does quite a bit to assist with the search.

they say the girl was last seen headed to a restroom on campus at steel lane elementary. here you see her, victoria valdez ten years old, white female 5'2", pink highlights class still is in session at steel lane. reverse 911 calls are being made to residents in the area to tell them about this missing girl. at this point, police don't think it's suspicious but because of victoria's age, officers throwing everything they can into the search this morning. jodi hernandez is in santa rosa. she'll bring us more information the minute it comes. thank you for joining us i'm scott mcgrew. >> turning now to our forecast a departure from the deep winter freeze some people have been complaining about, not me. spring-like conditions hit the bay area as we give you a closer look at san jose. you can see the haze that's sticking around. meteorologist christina loren says because of that haze it is the sixth straight spare the air day. so the good news is it's warm but that's part of the problem, right? >> yeah, if we could get rid of this poor air quality we would have a perfect forec

she was reported missing from the steele lane elementary school at 10 a.m. she was found a few miles from the campus. police say there is no evident of a crime. they are talking to the girl to find out what happened. >>> a battle over the sale of six hospitals is being heard by state attorney general kamala harris. [ chanting ] in san jose, healthcare workers and community members say the sale will be bad for low-income families. but doctors and nurses say the sale is a good thing. >> we'll lose our jobs and pensions and it matters. this is a big deal. >> why i'm opposed to time is they are known for displacing workers, not working with the community. >> harris is expected to make a decision by early february. >>> the flu season is taking a stronghold throughout the country and it's expected to get worse. the flu is getting more intense and spreading rapidly right now. officials say the dominant flu strain this year is also more serious. the nation's drugstore chains are benefiting from the flu season. december sales were up by more than 10% in walgreens fro

school this morning. 10-year-old victoria valdez was found on fulton road about four miles away from steele lane elementary school. this appears she just walked away from the school after getting into an argument. police are still investigating the circumstances of her disappearance. >>> a high school teacher on paid leave while being investigated. >>> four bay area hospitals up for sale. why workers say this will impact patient care and who has final say. >>> an east bay teacher is now on paid leave after being accused of lewd acts with a student. 49-year-old joe was arrested friday evening. he's a social studies teacher at james logan high school in union city. earlier that day, school district officials called police after learning of an inappropriate physical relationship with a female student. school officials don't believe there are other victims but are asking anyone with information on the case to contact union city police. >>> bill cosby is returning to the stage tonight for the first time since he became the center of sexual assault allegations. this week, the 77-year-old comedian has

discounters good deed dogs helping dogs help people >>> deputies are looking f last seen nearby west steel lanerning. he was kw erving for drug possession. he is 5'11", 170 pounds with short brown hair and hazel eyes and he got rid of his jail clothes. >>> law that classifies marijuana as a dangerous drug is up v5 . like lsd, cocaine or heroin. this is the first time a judge evaluated that 45-year-old classification. the case involves marijuana growers. the judge held a hearing late last year and expected to hear arguments next month. a ruling is expected later this year. >> president obama is taking action to protect americans from cyber attacks. he played out a plan that will strengthen security and make it easier to find hackers. ktvu's ken wayne is oplive with what this means for us. >> reporter: 100 million americans have had their security compromised and even though california is at the forefront of cyber xsecurity there is more we can do. >> everybody is online. everybody understands k(v3 and vulnerabilities l9k,kvand opportunities that are presented by this new world. >>> the attacks

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. >> reporter: the barrier can be lifted, concrete and steel sections shifted to allow lanes to adapt to traffic flow. hundreds of sections are ready for installation. the zipper truck one on each side of the bridge are visible now. >> with the richmond bridge which is problematic or take golden gate transit. or ride my bike. >> reporter: the richmond san rafael bridge carries about 68,000 vehicles both directions on both saturday and sunday. the golden gate about 80,000 so the more northernly bridge could become twice as crowded. >> now to the right side at the bottom. >> reporter: tourists are most likely to be blind sided by this shut down. guides are reassuring them they can still walk across and by diverting buses into the presidio still get their scenic shots. >> for those comeing in we let them know the bridge is closing but we will be able to fix the way they get some pictures. >> reporter: the movable barrier on doyle drive already seems to work without a hitch. >> they understand that they have to put these barriers up on the bridge. that's something that's relevantly necess

lane and cause a traffic tangle. >> reporter: golden gate bridge representative says the technology for an extremely narrow barrier didn't exist until now. the $30 million for the project pays for the 3500 steel and concrete barriers and the brand new machines that will change the lanes in each direction, helping the flow of traffic during rush hour. while the trucks aren't new, they are designed for the bridge's need for a narrow median. manufactured by a local company. regular bridge commuters say they welcome the change. >> i'm glad those will be done. they pop up all the time and cause accidents and come up on your windshield or -- i'm happy about the barriers going up. whenever i am next to the fast lane coming the other way it is frightening to me. >> my wife will appreciate that. i can tell you that much yeah. >> reporter: tell me more? has she talked about it? >> for sure. she finds it fairly narrow. i would usually drive across but even if i am driving she finds it unnerving. >> reporter: the bridge reopens monday morning at 4:00 the advice, take your time. >> the barrier is put in place to stop mayor accidents. if drivers take it slow that's what will happen. if they are not paying

the project involves placing 3500 steel clad concrete blocks to separate the north and southbound lanes. that is now done. and bridge officials say the project is on schedule. tonight, bridge firnl officials say the zipper truck will make its first run that moves the barriers from one lane to the other. and there have been no major traffic incidents today related to the closure. cornell barnard has the latest. >> reporter: the golden gate bridge the virtual ghost turn. not a car in sight. laura and john journeyed from santa clara to see it up close is that we woke up andsets said let's go check out the bridge. >> i was born here in san francisco. it's just a great experience to see the bridge, it's a land mark and amazing. >> reporter: sky chd was over the bridge as the crews handled the movable barriers into place. 1.7 miles of steel and concrete. engineers say the project is on track. >> we're on schedule. and as of 3:00 p.m. we have installed 10,000 linear feet of the barrier. so this is about 87% of its length. >> reporter: the barrier designed to prevent head-on collision. there ha

the project involves placing 3500 steel clad concrete blocks to separate the north and southbound lanes. more than 80% of those blocks are now in place and bridge officials say the project is on schedule. they anticipate a first run of the zipper truck tonight the truck that places the blocks. and there have been no major traffic incidents today. cornell bernard is live now at the bridge with more on he progress. reporter: no cars on the bridge makes this a very, very quiet place tonight. but far so so good. the bridgees scheduled to re-open 'monday morning at 4:00 a.m. let's go in sky 7hd where the piece office the puzzle are in place. restriping to the pavement hassles begun. the countdown to a safer bridge underway. >> the golden gate truly a bridge to nowhere this weekend. not a car in sight. he rode the span on his bike twice to take it in. >> it's stir reel. there's no car traffic. usually you ride across and have all the background noise. today you just hear the tourists and pedestrians and walkers and construction crews. >> sky 7hd was over the span as crews hammered the new mov

. >> the barrier can be lifted and concrete and steel sections shift to allow lanes to adapt to traffic flows. hundreds of sections are ready for installations, the zipper tracks are due any day. warnings of the shut down have been here for weeks so travelers can travel. >> take the golden gate transit or ride my bike. >> the richmond, san rafael bridge carries 60,000 vehicles both directions and the golden gate about 80,000 so the northerly bridge could be twice as crowded. >> coming up at the bottom down here. >> tourists are most likely to be blind-sided and guides are reassuring them, they can walk across and buy diverting traffic they can still get their phoenix shots. >> we let them know that bridge is closing but we will be able to fix the way you can get get pictures. >> tour drivers note that movable barrier on doyle drive already seems to work without a hitch. >> they understand that they have to put the barriers on the bridge and that's something that is really necessary and really needed. >> i am happy that we got to see it right now because otherwise a huge disappointment.

the barrier is made of a combination of steel and high density concrete and take away half a foot of space from only the inside lanes. the others will remain unchanged at ten feet wide. >> people should go slow, but if you follow the speed limit, stay in your lane, it should be similar to what it is now and the feel should be similar to the feel now. >> reporter: so tonight, crews will be running a machine over the barrier to make sure it is aligned properly and they will need to stripe the lanes at either end of the bridge, we will know around noon if the project will be completed early. christian hartnett, kpix5. >> we were wondering if highway traffic was going to be affected at all by the golden gate bridge closure. as you can see, the bay bridge toll plaza looks just fine. the only part a little difficult was around 5:30, 6:30 this afternoon. the richmond bridge also very light traffic tonight. >>> many others have been opting for the ferries. there was a large crowd on this crossing from sausalito. the golden gate ferry is doing extra runs all weekend. you may even see brian hackney on the ferry. despite the c

steel and concrete pieces. it will be one of the slimmest available at just 12 inches. but it will still make the center lanes tight at 9 feet. people who work and live nearby say they are not sure commuters and tourists have paid attention to all of the signs leading up to this weekend long closure. >> it would be easy to miss, i think if you were not watching every day or had a reason to pay attention. >> for those not paying attention, there will be a long detour. >> some people will not get the message and they will be presented with a long trip around the bay. >> the bridge is scheduled to reopen at 4:00 a.m. on monday morning. >> the golden gate bridge will not be shut to all traffic. golden gate buses will be transported by the patrol vehicles to make their regular routes. and pedestrians and bicyclists will be over the bridge. abc7 news. >> good to know, sergio. if you have to make the drive from the north bay to san francisco this weekend the detour will take you over the richmond san rafael bridge along 80 and over the bay bridge. that drive normally takes an hour, but with the extra traffic plan ah

steel and concrete pieces. it will be one of the slimmest available at just 12 inches. but it will still make the center lanes tight at 9 feet. people who work and live nearby say they are not sure commuters and tourists have paid attention to all of the signs leading up to this weekend long closure. >> it would be easy to miss, i think if you were not watching every day or had a reason to pay attention. >> for those not paying attention, there will be a long detour. >> some people will not get the message and they will be presented with a long trip around the bay. >> the bridge is scheduled to reopen at 4:00 a.m. on monday morning. >> the golden gate bridge will not be shut to all traffic. golden gate buses will be transported by the patrol vehicles to make their regular routes. and pedestrians and bicyclists will be over the bridge. abc7 news. >> good to know, sergio. if you have to make the drive from the north bay to san francisco this weekend the detour will take you over the richmond san rafael bridge along 80 and over the bay bridge. that drive normally takes an hour, but with the extra traffic plan ah

steel and concrete pieces. it will be one of the slimmest available at just 12 inches. but it will still make the center lanes tight at 9 feet. people who work and live nearby say they are not sure commuters and tourists have paid attention to all of the signs leading up to this weekend long closure. >> it would be easy to miss, i think if you were not watching every day or had a reason to pay attention. >> for those not paying attention, there will be a long detour. >> some people will not get the message and they will be presented with a long trip around the bay. >> the bridge is scheduled to reopen at 4:00 a.m. on monday morning. >> the golden gate bridge will not be shut to all traffic. golden gate buses will be transported by the patrol vehicles to make their regular routes. and pedestrians and bicyclists will be over the bridge. abc7 news. >> good to know, sergio. if you have to make the drive from the north bay to san francisco this weekend the detour will take you over the richmond san rafael bridge along 80 and over the bay bridge. that drive normally takes an hour, but with the extra traffic plan ah

attached together by steele pins will be installed along the bridge and on the approachable portion of highway 101 north of the golden gate. to recon figure the bridge to six lanes during the rush hour commute the 32-foot called and one foot wide barrier will be used using truck. i can show you a worker on top of the closed signs. they can adjust signs replace bulbs, all the things they can't do when the bridge is open. they are use to go opportunity to do all kinds of maintenance project. we have spoken with the spokesperson for the golden gate bridge. i will corner her and find out what the latest is. and if they still plan to be open for monday mornings's commute. we will see if things are going according to plan. but at 10:00 we will be given an opportunity to walk across the bridge and see the blocks right in their final spot so we can actually see how they will work, move, come back, go back and forth. live at golden gate bridge nick smith, abc7 news. >> great information, nick. thank you very much. 6:03 is our time. if you have to make the drive from the north bay to san francisco this weekend, the detour will take you over the richmond-san rafael bridge

steel barriers. drivers heading south from marin once its installed will see that the lanes will now merge from right to left. currently the lanes merge from left to right. now, of course this long weighted barrier is designed to prevent head-on collisions. we spoke with one driver who experienced such a crash. brian geritston was driving northbound from the airport to his house in salsilito in 2008 when a driver on the bridge crossed over that center line. we showed him footage of the aftermath taken from news chopper 2 which he'd never seen before. >> everyday i seen distracted drivers on that bridge in that center lane and i cringe for what will ultimately happen again. i'm a huge advocate of this barrier going up. >> now, the bridge is scheduled to reopen on monday morning at 4:00 a.m. unless work crews finish ahead of schedule. >>> time now 5:08. new video this morning from indonesia to show you. search teams have now spotted the tail section of the doomed air asia flight 8501. these photos you're looking at right now released by the indonesiaian government show the wreckage at the bottom of the

lane depending how heavy the traffic flow get. unlike the old pylon, these are very heavy, concrete and steel units each weighing 1500 pounds, heavy enough to keep vehicles from crossing into oncoming traffic and, hopefully, make driving this bridge less nerve-racking. >> drivers will actually be separated from a flexible and movable but very crash worthy, solid median barrier. the safety implications of that are obvious. >> i'm sure these look familiar. these are the flimsy pylons that used to separate traffic on the bridge. this is interesting. the district has gotten requests from people to keep them as souvenirs, just a little bit of nostalgia here. no word if that will actually happen. so far the latest update is that the work is coming along smoothly. they hope to be done at 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. a live report again at the top of the hour. we break down how much this new movable median costs and that big question of who is going to foot the bill. >> mark kelly live on the golden gate bridge. thank you. >> if no deal is reached, today hundreds of healthcare workers will be on strike tomorrow and throughout the rest of t

steel concrete built sections weighing more than 1,500 pounds. it is the dead weight of the 2,600 pounds barrier that will prevent lane cross overs. >> since 1962 theing separates north bound from southbound traffic on the golden gate bridge has been a plastic pylon built into the roadway every 25 feet. >> reporter: in the 52 years the crews have layed cones, they've picked them up and layed them down 7,200 times but now this changes everything. >> the operators will be able to place those barriers to plus half or minus an inch of where they're supposed to be on the roadway. >> reporter: the barrier will shove less than 3 feet into the oncoming lane. though the opposing driver may have a small side impact with the protruding barrier no serious head on collision should ensue. nonetheless, a freak accident could occur. >> this is still a lesser problem than not having this barrier. >> reporter: on the golden gate, the barrier will be transferred one lane over 10 feet by one of two 30-ton million and a half zipper trucks monday at the latest. >> if everything goes on schedule, and we can open sooner we will. >> reporter: the barrier is easy to install

establishment vote, leaving a clear lane for a rand paul other even scott walker to win the nomination on the right? joining mess is former rnc chair michael steeleand former dnc chair ed rendell, both of msnbc political analysts. i want to start with governor rendell. how can mitt romney do this complete change from who le is, for a guy who was a intel, who know is a bobby kennedy kind of guy, i don't get it. it seems like a fast switch for me. >> it's a difficult switch, but i think jeb bush sort of set the tone. if you read what he's been talking about, he's taking a page out of the play book of george w. bush, and actually, chris, rick santorum starteded this, when he said republicans have to care more about people who are disadvantaged and people who are who are poor. i think they're getting it. i would be cynical enough to suggest, and i think michael might disagree with me, is they're not really care about people who are poor, but they realize that's how to get moderate and independent voters -- can it work? i'm not sure. it's a tough sell. i think jeb bush probably has a better chance to make that work than governor romney does, but you'v

steel barrier. drivers heading south from marin are going to notice a difference. they're going to see that the lanes will now merge from right to left instead of left to right as they do now. now, of course, this long- awaited barrier is designed to prevent head-on collisions. we spoke with one driver who experienced just such a crash. brian garrettson was driving northbound from the airport to his home in salsilito in 2008 when a driver traveling south on the bridge crossed over the center line. we showed him the footage of the aftermath taken from news chopper 2 which he had never seen before. >> everyday i see distracted drivers on that bridge in that center lane and i cringe for what will ultimately happen again. so i'm a huge advocate of this barrier going up. >> it's been a long time in the making. the bridge is scheduled to reopen on monday morning at 4:00 a.m. unless work crews finish ahead of schedule. >>> all right, pam, time 6:08. we have new video to show you this morning from indonesia. the search teams have spotted the tail section of air asia flight 8501. take a look at these photos r

lanes the custom truck do the job. to hear the district tell it the barriers are modern marvel made of high density concrete steel and hooker with technology designed to give on impact. very similar to those on doyle drive right now but only one foot wide. that was the trick. it took the district 24 years of planning and testing to approve and build the concept at cost of 30 million dollars. according to bridge engineer bower patience paid off. >> i'm trying to avoid frustration and concentrate on solution. >>reporter: so take a good look. bridge as you see it business to become a thing of the past. from the golden gate bridge, abc 7 news. >> we get preview of some of the new gang thaet will see when the show tishlly kirks off tomorrow. lg has second curved smart phone. it's virtually indestructible. tomorrow the company will demonstrate the scratch proof casing by using a wire brush. also making the day because at ces the green cube it's a box that allow lettuce an other vegetables to grow in accelerated growing climate. a kettle controlled by phone or tablet and stove controlled by a touch screen. after cooking all that

steel and concrete unit. there are 3500 in all to replace the plastic pylons that have been separating the northbound and southbound lanes for as long as anyone can remember. >> 1962 we started lane management here on the bridge. that was brand new, innovative across the country. we're excited to have another innovative step to have the narrowest median barrier ever right here on the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: despite being touted as the narrowest at 24 inches, the new median is still going to take six inches off each center lane. >> you think six inches is a lot? i do. yeah. it's already kind of tight as it is. to take six more inches off it seems like a bit. i think people just have to slow down. >> reporter: the closure of the bridge to private vehicles begins at midnight tonight. the access roads will close an hour before that. the two-day shutdown will be the longest in the span's history but alicia was happy that what she calls the scary lane will soon become a thing of the past. >> pretty much everyone knows the middle lane or the scary lane, you know what you're talking about. the lane where you're right ne

concrete blocks attached together by steel pins will be installed along the 1.7 mile long bridge and on the approach north of the golden gate. to reconfigure the bridge's six lane highway the barriers will be moved using trucks. back here live you can see that crews are still work to go get things in place. i can tell you that i just ran across a few bikers taking advantage of this opportunity -- can we get over there? i want to you see. there are like 300 bikers about to get on the bridge and actually go across. they said they're going to ride up to point reyes and usually they have to deal with the smog and everything from cars and the exhaust. this he said not today. we are going to take this opportunity to enjoy it. that's what we're finding a lot of people doing, working around this weekend and the closure of the bridge, making the best of the situation because all of it is designed to improve safety as we use it to commute regularly. here at the golden gate bridge, nick smith, abc 7 news. >>> and are for the people coming out today, a chance to be a part of history. nick, thank you so much. you have to make the drive from the north bay to san francisco th

steel dividers. no zipper truck until 9:00 or 10:00 when they move that for the midday commute. four southbound and two northbound lanes reopened. some fog at the golden gate bridge, still able to see cars moving pretty much smoothly at the limit through the golden gate bridge. fog advisory for the richmond/san rafael, the bay bridge and the carquinez and benicia bridge. low clouds okay for the commute. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. >>> it is 5:10. keep an eye out for co-workers calling in sick today. >> you know, i don't know what you're talking about. calling in sick? okay, it's been a rough couple of weeks, right? two people in the bay area are the latest lotto winners, probably not calling in to work. >> it's a fever of a different kind. >> they have a euphoric fever. their newfound funds may kill their motivation to go to work together. coming up where the tickets were sold. >>> and mission half flishd for spacex, coming up in business and tech. >> we'll get through this monday morning, shake it off. it's only 5:11 right now. live look at san jose. >>> the odds were not exactly in favor of this scenar

reporter: lane closest to the center divider which for decades has been nothing more than plastic pylon had the share of head on collision. 158 since 1970. resulting in 16 deaths l. soon the concrete steel barrier unit 3500 in all will essentially eliminate head on on the golden gate bridge. workers apply reflective sticker on each of them placed on the bridge soon after the bridge closes after midnight tonight. >> in 1962 we started lane management on the bridge. brand new innovative across the country. excited to have another innovative step to have the narrowest median barrier ever right here on the golden gate bridge. >> despite being touted as the nair oath at 24 inches the new median is still going to take 6 inches off each center lane. 9 and a half feet instead of 10. >> it's already kind of tight as it is. so to take 6 more inches off seems like a bit but i think people have to slow down. >>reporter: 2 day shut down will be the longest in a span history. workers will use the time not only to install the concrete unit but to practice using the so-called zipper truck. machines that will move the median from one lane to the next. depending on the flow of traffic. closure will no do

lane. >> there's nothing i can do humanly possible because i have a wall of steel in front of me and one coming at me from behind. so i just prayed that's all coye say. and and one intervention there's nothing i can do right now. >> that was scary lots of shattered nerves and unfortunately no one was hurt there. >> time fora look at roads and weather hi katie. >> we'll start off with a look at live neighborhood network where we can see clouds out here. it's still dry. notice still a little hypothetical of these puddles leftover. really at this point the roads are basically okay there may be spots and it could be slick for kids walking school or walking to bus stop meanwhile we take you to stromtracker 3 where we're looking at dry day. clouds and sunshine. off to the west you see this next disturbance don't worry about it here. the begins of next clip to affect us are underway now building clouds and light snowfall ago cross the canadian prairie it's across the up tier western half of pa. we'll get you through the morning drive without a hitch. no weather related problems in the morning t