bike pedestrians path and in fact the large segment of it is complete from oakland almost to treasure island. the connection to treasure and yurba buena island take another year to complete but over the 5 day labor day weekend closure these temporary wooden segment will connect the path on the oakland side from emeryville to the bridge. allowing cyclist and pedestrians to get up on the bridge and over the bay like never before. in this cal-trans animation the path is

tonight if allen got up close look at the live on treasure island this evening. allen? >>reporter: yes we did to things tonight. we spoke with some people on treasure island some of them who will probably have the worst commute when that bridge closes. we also took a boat ride out to the first support beam east of the main tower where engineers figure out how to keep the bridge from rocking back and forth too much. to prevent the giant bearings under the bridge from rocking extensively these metal plate or shim wedged in place. the goal was to keep the bridge from wobbling too much. the process was quite simple. the shim are simply steel wedge. what you would do if you hadxd a wobble table and wad up a napkin to keep it from moving. we did that the unthe east bound and the westbound deck. >>reporter: the shim will be removed in december when the new saddle built to reinforce the defective bolt in almost delay the opening of the bay bridge. but not every delay can be avoided. when the bay bridge closes for up to 5 days starting wednesday night p.e. will have to cross the

and we're pushing 80 degrees on treasure island.ht next to that beautiful bay bridge where weather certainly is not an impediment to the construction wrapping up over the next few days. live from the transamerica tower looking toward the golden gate bridge, fog well offshore low cloud cover staying away from the golden gate. it will be back overnight tonight. overnight lows tonight down to 63 in concord. san jose 64. we'll see a few upper 50s but not many. santa rosa and pacifica dropping down to 57 degrees overnight tonight. a lot of events going on this weekend this holiday weekend. the kings mountain art fair in woodside beautiful tomorrow sunny, warm, not as warm as today but still a high of 80. you'll likely be in the mid-70s with a little more cloud cover coming up on sunday and monday. high pressure is winning the battle today allowing us to warm up to the mid-90s away from the water. but high pressure is now retreating to the east allowing an area of low pressure which is off the pacific northwest coastline to slide on in. w

i was on treasure island. i think they will stay anchored for the long holiday weekend and watch the activity. >> i was on the san mateo bridge for a long time. liza battalones is going to fill us in on traffic now. quite the scenic route. >> reporter: yes. all you saw was red brake lights lots of cars. that's the scene right now with so many drivers trying to find their way home. chopper 5 has been up and out cruising the skies over the san mateo bridge. that has been one of the worst commutes we have seen in a very long time. still bumper to bumper traffic for south 101 leaving 380. stays slow to highway the 2. 280 continues to be a good option if you need to leave san francisco for the south bay. dumbarton bridge also looking good as an alternative to the bay bridge closure. now, the golden gate commute in marin county has been socked in with traffic. north 101 getting towards the golden gate still bumper to bumper from the marina district. you can see that slow traffic just a few minutes ago. 101 very slow

tonight if allen got up close look at the live on treasure island this evening. allen? >>reporter: yes we did to things tonight. we spoke with some people on treasure island some of them who will probably have the worst commute when that bridge closes. we also took a boat ride out to the first support beam east of the main tower where engineers figure out how to keep the bridge from rocking back and forth too much. to prevent the giant bearings under the bridge from rocking extensively these metal plate or shim wedged in place. the goal was to keep the bridge from wobbling too much. the process was quite simple. the shim are simply steel wedge. what you would do if you hadxd a wobble table and wad up a napkin to keep it from moving. we did that the unthe east bound and the westbound deck. >>reporter: the shim will be removed in december when the new saddle built to reinforce the defective bolt in almost delay the opening of the bay bridge. but not every delay can be avoided. when the bay bridge closes for up to 5 days starting wednesday night p.e. will have to cross the

tonight if allen got up close look at the live on treasure island this evening. allen?did to things tonight. we spoke with some people on treasure island some of them who will probably have the worst commute when that bridge closes. we also took a boat ride out to the first support beam east of the main tower where engineers figure out how to keep the bridge from rocking back and forth too much. to prevent the giant bearings under the bridge from rocking extensively these metal plate or shim wedged in place. the goal was to keep the bridge from wobbling too much. the process was quite simple. the shim are simply steel wedge. what you would do if you hadxd a wobble table and wad up a napkin to keep it from moving. we did that the unthe east bound and the westbound deck. >>reporter: the shim will be removed in december when the new saddle built to reinforce the defective bolt in almost delay the opening of the bay bridge. but not every delay can be avoided. when the bay bridge closes for up to 5 days starting wednesday night p.e. will have to cross the richmond gelleden g

people living on treasure island do have to find someway to get across. what happens they have to get a special permit that allows them to go from the island to san francisco and back. but they are ex clusive group. it will take a long time to take the old bridge down. they call it deconstruction. that will take three years because of the environmental concerns. they can't blow it up and have it fall in the water. they have to dismantle it piece by piece to avoid a collapse. some of the old bridge will be kept for historic purposes. most be recycled or sold for scrap. the total cost, $240 million. they will do it in three phases. the first will be taking the can't lever section down. that will take years. the first thing they will make a cut right in the middle it. that will be something to see. thanks so much. now paul is here. we're mapping how to get home. go to ukiah, east and and down i-5 to sacramento. >> fog on the way. and home by saturday. it will be tough for commuters. we knew it was coming. it doesn't make the drive shorter. the weather will co

imagine getting married on treasure island with a $1 million view.now, imagine the bay bridge closed. >> our jaw dropped. shocked. >> this wedding planner shared these pictures of ceremonies on treasure island despite the shut down, preparations are underway for one this sunday. >> caltrans has been cooperative giving us access to the bridge from first street onramp autos a financial hair cut is in store for louie lopez, he's the barber in a hotel in union square. some of his east bay customers have cancelled appointments this weekend. >> this is the end of the month. i have to pay rent. i'm self employed. not making money. >> san francisco chamber of commerce hopes not many small businesses will be hurt. larger ones have prepared. >> goodness is that notice has been given, plans have been made. >> bart stopped in millbrae they're having 43 art and wine festival this weekend. organizers think people will stay closer to home. >> very positive impact. historically when bridge is closd we've seen influx of adwreends to get feed back saying it's a god se

kimberly tere is on treasure island with commuters. but we begin with cheryl hurd from the bay bridge toll plaza. the bridge is closed. now what happens? >> now what happens as you can see, raj, the work is beginning. the bridge officially closed just after 8:00 tonight. and the crews didn't waste any time. they started grinding up asphalt to start the project right away. the crews are working around the clock, working hard for the people who use this bridge every day. drivers got plenty of warning that a bridge closure was coming. >> going to take the kids across it. we'll walk the bridge with everybody else and hope to be one of the first million people to cross it. >> there were a lot of folks who wanted to be the last person to cross the bay bridge before it closed. some people were driving in slow motion and got the attention of the chp. >> the chp was on hand to clear the people out. they were in fact some of the last vehicles over. whether they got the last vehicle title doesn't matter as long as they got to have that last momen

and kpix 5's mark kelly is over on treasure island.mark, i know you got a really good look at what's going on. >> reporter: ken, there was a press conference late this afternoon to give us the very latest of what's going on as far as the construction there over the holiday weekend. they say that they are still on track as far as the tunnel. they are done paving. they still have some work ahead there. they have to switch out the lights, they have to then wash the tunnel. and as far as the toll plaza area westbound is half paved. and the eastbound area is 20% paved. but they still have a lot of work ahead this coming weekend. don't let this beautiful shot of the new bridge mislead you. there's still plenty of work to do. first the toll plaza. there, a large chunk of the grinding work has wrapped up laying a smooth coat of asphalt will be a focus heading into the holiday weekend. >> as of right now everything is going quite well. we are on schedule and looking forward to opening on time. >> reporter: believe it or not, the old bridge is s

treasure island weddings are a specialty with a million dollar view. the couple was shocked when they learned the bridge would be closed but caltran is providing access passes from treasure island to san francisco for the wedding party. we will bring you briefings from caltran two time as day at 3:00 on monday for the chain cutting ceremony and twitter followers know the moment the new bridge opens at abc7 news bay area. >> caltran is in the spirit of romance. >> now the traffic and how long the alternates take. >> so far, not much time. we have clear conditions. people will make it to the roads earlier. that is for sure. as we look at the alternates including the san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge everything is at top speed as is the nimitz from the east bay to the peninsula to san francisco you are going to be in go shape. the dumbarton shows it is moving at top speed and we have a report of a stalled big rig along 101 to the golden gate bridge blocking one lane so you could see slow-and-go traffic but it moves along into san francisco and richmon

, he is go to get a lot more treasure island to serve the that you saws of small residents that a part of it and so we are seeking more fault and please step forward and represent our communities proudly and i'm very willing to work with all of you and on behalf of our city and on behalf of this wonderful celebration that we have, i call upon on our coaches for the arab heritage celebration, jeff who's here as well as l u b n a to please come on up and receive and just again, thank you very much for your work in the film festival and l u b n a for the wonderful leader ship that you have and devise that you are giving to he to run a vibrant culture center and i hopey that you are able to get a larger cultural center is because the population is going and i hopey that we are able to get you a larger cultural center and get you the resources that you need to run the cultural and art programs and so on behalf of the city l u b n a and jeff this is our arab heritage month celebration proclimation. (applause). and go giants: enjoy everybody.. >> thank you mr. mayor. (applause). . >> y

. >> this weddg planner shared these pictures of ceremonies on treasure island despite the shut down,preparations are underway for one this sunday. >> caltrans has been cooperative giving us access to the bridge from first street onramp autos a financial hair cut is in stor for louie lopez, he's the rber in a hotel in union square. some of his east bay customers have cancelled appointments th weekend. >> this is the end of the month. i have to pay rent. i'm selfemployed. not making money. >> san francisco chamber of commerce hopes not many small businesses will hurt. larger ones have prepared. >> goodness is that note has been given, plans have been made. >> bart stopped in millbrae they're having 43 art and wine festival this weekend. orgazers think people will stay closer to home. >> very posite impact. historically when bridge is closd we've seennflux of adwreend to get feed back saying it's a god send. >> as usual it's a jam packe weekend from the cal bears football game. to a's baseball ask sausalito ts festival. bay area wi carry on without the bay bridge. >> and stay with us we

on treasure island abc 7 news. >> 7 news transportation reporter heather tweeted these photo.ee a worker hanging from the span. she's at heather on twitter if you would like a closer look at some of her photo. well this could be a good good time to trade in the old i-phone. best buy slashing price of 5 in half for customers who bring in a working i-phone 4 or 4 s over the labor day weekend. apple also offering a trade in deal in exchange for store credit on its newest phone. the company is expected to release that phone september tenor at least describe it release it by the 20th. starting sunday hawaiian airline start offering i-pad mini rental to the passenger on some routes. they have access to variety of movie tv show and games. i-pad are free for business class and those in coach have to pay from 15 to 17 dollars. >> up next. we remember the man considered the foremost poet in english language. health benefits from breast reduction surgery. why may not be out of reach for women who couldn't afford it in the past. couldn't afford it in the past. 7 news goodnight. thanks, ol

for more on the closure, christie smith live on treasure island.ng. we were thinking if you wanted to take one last nostalgic drive over the bay bridge, now would be a good time. as we've been talking about for weeks the bay bridge closes at 8:00. i'll step aside. it's foggy here this morning but this is the new eastern span. come next week, the years of waiting for it to open will be over. as contractors building the replacement eastern span that's more seismically safe work around the clock to realign lanes in oakland and yorba buena with the bridge. tonight as early as 7:00 p.m., chp will rolling traffic breaks around entrances to the bridge. 15 connecter ramps close down. then commute have to use options like b.a.r.t., running 24/7, ferries also boosting service. treasure island, a winery has three weddings planned during the closure. guests have to get a caltrans pass to drive in or take a shuttle from san francisco. residents and businesses can have access from san francisco. bridge will open is tuesday morning at 5:00 a.m. could be as early

nbc bay area monty francis has the story. >> reporter: the winnery sf is hosting two of treasure island's three weddings during the bay bridge closure. lisa hoffman who coordinates the events for the winery say guests are shuttled in while receiving passes from caltrans to drive on to the island from the city. >> i feel they get their own private island. so i think if anything, it might be a bonus, less traffic. >> reporter: less traffic is likely to mean little business for the treasure island bar and grill. employees still plan to show up for work but probably won't have too many customers to serve. kathy hung works at the grill and lives in the east bay and planning to take b.a.r.t. to san francisco and a muni bus back to stre jury island. >> what can you do? they're rebuilding the bridge and it benefits us all the time. >> reporter: caltrans is issuing passes to people who work or live on treasure island. the bridge is shutting down at 8:00 on wednesday night and b.a.r.t. is scheduled to immediately begin 24-hour service. b.a.r.t.'s spokesman says there's still some overnight shifts n

got to tell you, treasure island is a ghost town.'s nothing going on but matteo's little food shack if you have been to treasure island, we wanted to pick one, $2 in the finest in sugar and dough. you can get a churro. but getting here might be tough. but if you get here, there's still food. >> thanks, paul. >>> escorted out of homes in handcuffs, coming up, what the arresting agents found in freezers today after an unusual bay area raid. >> if i just didn't get no food stamps from the government i wouldn't be able to buy food. >> screaming protestors invade fast-food restaurants pushing for bigger paychecks. why some minimum wage bay area workers told us they don't want raises. >> and the 49ers hit the field again tonight. this time, taking on the chargers. that game airs immediately after this newscast starting at 7:00 right here on kpix 5. after that is our fifth quarter post-game show. big brother airs at 2:39 a.m. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, today a federal appeals coun san francisco upheld the law stopping t trying >>> new tonight gay co

"today in the bay's" christie smith live on treasure island with more on what we can all expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we drove in from the oakland side this morning. before you reached the incline, you can see all of the heavy construction equipment, all of the trucks lined up ready to do the job, work 24/7 over the next couple of days. i wants to show you what the bridge looks like from the tower all the way down the span towards the east bay. you can see it's lit up. the bay bridge closure starts tonight at 8:00. that will mean longer drive times and of course using alternate routes to get around for five days. as contractors build the replacement eastern span work to also realign lanes in oakland and yorba buena island with the new span. after 32 steel rods snapped, new parts doing well, though. of course, the project moving along. something to remember, though, on treasure island, places like winery, hosting three weddings during the closure. guests will receive passes to drive in from the city side or shuttled in. residents and businesses get the same acc

there was a motorcycle accident west of treasure island.have received word that the chp has canceled the sig alert and all lanes have been reopened but we have not seen the impact of that yet because the traffic is still being stopped. with two different breaking news stories that we are following and we will be back with more. >> pam: we have two different breaking news stories. this is a picture from fairfield where 5 homes near marigold drive have gone up with a seven alarm fire. emergency crews and the evacuations are underway in solano county near interstate-80. traffic is being impacted. the smoke is still billowing from the structures and vegetation burning. the right side of your screen is the back up being caused by an accident on the bay bridge. west of treasure island. the traffic is barely moving as they are trying to get across, east bound. we do know that the chp has opened all lanes with the exception of the left lane. again, this is happening during the commute time. there is so much traffic. after being stopped with this tr

reporter january thon live on treasure island to explain why new hope for sooner rather than later opening. jonathan. >> even though you can see behind me the new bay bridge pretty much finished we hear it could be december or later before it actually opens. but tonight this new letter from the federal government indicates there could actually be a glimmer of hope for cars driving operate bridge by lab day if you week away. >> process that will you undoubtedly take month. grinding away at the saddle that take the weight off cracked bolt on the new bay bridge. bolt part of what are sheer key device that stabilize the bridge when earthquake. now there's word the bridge could still open on time even while this work is going on. letter to cal-trans the federal highway administration gave the approval to a temporary fix. steel shim that reinforce the cracked bolt installed in just week and stay in place until the permanent fix is done. as such the letter reads we see no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic prior to the sheer key retrofit completed. >> reassuring that they believe

. >> item 18 resolution between the city through the treasure island authority and the san francisco transportation authority yerba buena island ramps for a total of $81,700,000. >> thank you. mr. beck. >> thank you supervisor farrell, members of the committee. we have before you two memorandum of agreements between the transportation authority and tida and the city and county of san francisco for services to reconstruct the westbound on rampos the east side of yerba buena island. the first is for right-of-way services to accept from transfer from the navy through us through tida the property which the rachs are constructed and after that transfer the properties to caltrans. the second is for the construction much the ramps itself and i have a powerpoint and we have the transportation authority also here. i would point out that the transportation authority board yesterday did approve these moa's on behalf of the transportation authority. [inaudible] between tida and transportation authority and the ramps project we're going to construct and i will take any questions you may have. tid

>> the southern shore of treasure island was the place to be for those who grew up driving the bridge every day, those who feel a special bond and love it. >> going to miss the architecture and that style of that particular bridge. we both love her. >> it was a bittersweet sunrise for rick, who choked back tears to take one last photo this morning. >> i would love to just capture the very last day of it and just make, you know, a moe mentous occasion of it. >> the flood of nostalgia continued on social immediate media. dozens of them all shot within the past few days, page after page, ouven with one hand on the steering wheel and the other hand on the camera. many of them tagged with lines like "good-bye old friend". >> it's painful, but, you know, change and, you know, grieve and go on. >> there are a couple of lucky people who will get a front row seat to all the action. they live and work on treasure

they live and work on treasure island but can only come and go with a chp escort. on treasure island, kiet do, kpix 5. >> and deconstruction of the old bridge is going to take three years because of the environmental concerns with the bay. they simply cannot just explode it and have it drop in the water. they have to dismantle it piece by piece. it cannot collapse into the water. some of the old bridge, that steel is going to be kept for historic purposes. most of it, though, going to be recycled or sold for scrap. the total price tag to take it down, $240 million. >>> taking down candle stick park, you can buy a seat. you should be able to buy a piece of metal of the old bridge. >>> look outside right now, low cloud cover and fog developing. we stayed clear for awhile, but, man, that fog rolled in 7:00, 8:00, and it is quite foggy as we look up toward tower right now, a foggy start to your day tomorrow. a lot of you are going to get reacquainted with san rafael the next couple days, maybe taking the san rafael richmond bridge to work or from work. a lot of morning

hi, paul. >> reporter: it's a sunny treasure island. yeah, the week send looking great. i'll tell you what. could the designers and engineers and hundreds of workers finishing this thing, could they have better weather for the final construction here for the eastern span of the bay bridge? no. it's breezy, sunny, mild. great weather and yes, we have some changes as we head toward the holiday weekend. one thing i want to show you because weather impacts the construction of this bridge so much. see all those beautiful light poles? they are not your average light poles because they're not round. the designer wanted them pentagonal shaped. now what happened when you don't have a round light pole is they absorb more of the energy of the wind. and this just in: it gets windy up by the bay bridge. 30, 40 miles per hour on many days in winter storms. they had to build those light poles stronger to withstand the wind more because of their shape. they are not round. they are shaped like a pentagon. toward the holiday weekend, live camera trends america tower looking toward the gol

. >> good morning, check out this picture from emeryville, you can see drizzle toward treasure islandnd i will tell you how much longer we have did deal with this and when the warm weather will get here. >> at look at the bay bridge toll plaza it is starting to stack up from the maze but we have a sig-alert in dublin with th >> abc7 news starts with breaking news. >> the breaking news is from san jose. >> police are investigating a triple shooting that happened at 4:00 a.m., san jose police say two men and a woman walked in the hospitals with gunshot wounds and they are non-life-threatening. there are no arrests. stay with abc7 news with a crew headed to the scene with an update ahead 789. >> we will look at the weather forecast with low clouds and drizzle. >> flight arrival delays in sfo an hour and 15 minutes. abc7news.com has the airplane flight tracker. we have a lot of drizzle but not rain. the drizzle could be light, moderate or heavy but it is fine and coating the roads. want out through 9:00. the next 12 hours we have partly cloudy conditions and 63 and forecasting clouds and

in san francisco, ktvu channel 2 news >>> more details of the restricted access to treasure island. the venue will be shutting down during the bridge closure. the winery is staying open, plans for the island this weekend of two or three weddings. >> these people are getting the island to themselves so they're excited about it and all thing wedding guests have passes. >> the high patrol established check points of san francisco and blocking access of the western span and chaek checking for those passes. >>> bart plan to run longer train and offer limited over night service at 14 of its stations. bay area plans to add routes and direct service from alameda. ac transit will not run bus service during the closure, instead, its busses will drop passengers off bart station. for example, is your employer letting you telecommute, join the competition by liking us on ktvu channel 2 news, and on facebook. >>> he now says 21 residents have been lost of the fire t. flames have burned 180, 000 acres and making california's largest fire on record. crews estimated that the fire is 20% contained. th

alex savage is on treasure island with details. >> reporter: good morning.eral highway administratn okayed this plan to temporarily fix the broken bolts on the new bay bridge and that means work with get underway here. renewed hope for labor day opening. keep in mind, no final decision has been made as of yet. in a letter to the chair oversight committee, reviewed this temporary fix to install shims to sure up stabilizers on the bridge and the agency determined they would provide seismic safety until a permanent fix is completed in december. the green light from the feds could bode well for a labor day bridge opening which, of course, was nixed back in early july because of the faulty bolts. the opening was pushed back to at least december. meantime, there is another sign that labor day may not be off the table. the chp last week began to sign up staff members for extra round the clock overtime shifts for labor day just to be ready to handle the road closures and all the traffic control. >>> meantime, this morning as we bring you back out here to a live pict

the upper deck, which is the web side. >> the rest of the path is complete, almost to treasure islandsk will be another year where before the connection is done. the path will be open to the public at 10:00 a.m. september 3. caltrans has not decided how far people will be allowed to go. >> if reaching a certain number pedestrians and bicycles might expect a bit of a delay. >> if you do come&wjbk to ride r walk, be prepared for wind. and an uphill trip west. >> going to be a trek because of the 2% grade a little bit more than you think it is. >> railing is four feet, seven inches high. the path is 15.8 feet across. chp asking both bikes to be careful about watching out for each other. >> thank you skpf course you can visit abc 7 news.com for a look at commuter resources and you can explore traffic maps to see where the the worst gridlock is. as soon as it opens we're going to notify our twitter follower autos we're now 12 days from the opening of the new bay bridge coming up quickly. stay with us for continuing coverage september 3. >> some workers are threatening a strike over what th

it is set to open after the day of labor day which is septembe jeff is live on treasure island. >> reporter: the bay bridge will shut down in less than two weeks and when they reopen, commuters will be driving on the largest bridge in the world. it is been a long time coming and the bay area will finally get a new state of the art bridge, officials say that broken bolt problem will be fix sdd the new bridge will be safe and will soon be ready for the public to drive across. >> we have got two structures out there, side by side. there is no contest between which one is safer and that's why we feel the i am peer activity to move folks on the new bridge so they can be safe as they travel. >> the majority of the work is done and what remains is finish work and some lights need to be hung and some painting needs to get done and the stripes need to be laid out on the road way. the biggest task for workers is getting the kkter ramps turn down. >> we have got a lot of plannings been done and a lot of events are already moved away from the weekend and with a lighter traffic of that weekend increase

kpix 5's mark kelly live on treasure island. you talked with folks from bart, ac transit, the ferries, they have a plan. >> reporter: and allen, all of them have a plan all set up ready to go for when that bay bridge closes. let's start with bart. transportation officials tell us planning for the bay bridge closing has been months in the works. bart is calling this a major undertaking. >> we expect to have 50,000 more miles on our cars every day. >> reporter: for overnight riders, 14 stations will stay open with a transfer at macarthur and for those who use regular commuting hours, bart encourages trying a new time to ease congestion. >> 5:00 to 5:30 this is afternoon. >> reporter: for ac transit a bus system designed to get people over the bridge, no bridge means ac transit has to do something different. here's their plan. >> our service is predicated on having a bridge. and since we don't have a bridge we won't have much service running across the bridge but we will be offering services to various bart stations. >> reporter: g

bike pedestrians path and in fact the large segment of it is complete from oakland almost to treasure island. the connection to treasure and yurba buena island take another year to complete but over the 5 day labor day weekend closure these temporary wooden segment will connect the path on the oakland side from emeryville to the bridge. allowing cyclist and pedestrians to get up on the bridge and over the bay like never before. in this cal-trans animation the path is off to the right. tl southern side of the eastbound lanes. >> view off the bridge are just incredible. just tl top. back to oakland and also towards san francisco. >>reporter: today crews working underneath the bridge on the island hoisted segment of the temporary path up on to the deck. from there transported to the oakland end installed after section of the old upper deck demolished to make way for them. path is 1 15.8 feet wide. with 4.7 foot high railing. these temporary wooden seeing men have a plastic fine glass overlay seen here in gray. chp will be patrolling on bikes. >> weren't be any sort of separation between the ped

it's affecting live on treasure island. >> yes.ple living and work there say getting around has been a challenge. >> if you live or work on treasure island or just happen to have a wedding theer weekend you'll need one of the placards giving you access tolt bay bridge from san francisco. it took a while but elaine figured it out. >> i had to go five different places before telling me make a left and a left. >> people needed to have a good reason, such as being a resident orxd÷ having a business there. cal skprin stacy are having a wedding reception there on saturday. >> today they were preparing flowers for the big day. the situation isn't a deal they're focusing on the positive. >> bay bridge is closed it seems more special. we're still allowed to get on to there. and so it's kind of a cool thing. >> but for ali it's been a inconvenience. he works as his family's store. business slowed down and commute time strippelled on the first day taking the richmond bridge to the golden gate bridge to the bay bridge. >> yesterday, i drove he

and as you see from these pictures he gave us, treasure island nuptials are a specialty. catering company setting up for one sunday that is planned months ago. >> if i were bride and groom i would have screamed. which is the first reaction. >> access passes from san francisco for the wedding party. >> it has in the been a stressful as people would think. >> they're also looking at the upside in millbrae. the big art and wine festival this weekend with the bridge off limits, locals will stick close to home. there will be shuttles to downtown. >> whenever the bridge has been closed, we have seen influx of attendees, getting feed back from our vendors saying it's, it's a god send. >> who knows how it will be for the cal bears saturday night game? the a's three-game home stand, sausalito art festival and other events. good luck it will be chal yempblging. >> like carolyn said, good luck. >> yes. let's dmek now with traffic. >> yes. we're already tracking extremely heavy traffic. san mateo bridge going to be the alternate to the bay bridge for a lot of people that are heading

it's generally slow. >> back on treasure island, they know traffic is going to be tough but realize thebridge will be a boon for business. especially down the road. >> they're going to be able to bike here, go wine tasting here and enjoy the afternoon. >> and ac transit offering extra bus service. >> bart will be operating clo bay ferry is expanding its schedule if you have to drive we suggest you down load waze traffic app to get around gridlock. we'll have details on the closure more information at abc 7 news.com under see it on tv oo. and we want to give you another update on fire we've been talking about. a big fire started before 4:00 burning at least about five stricktour autos yes. unfortunately no -- fortunately no injuries reported at this point we've got information from the fairfield public affairs officer said she was encouraged but what appears to be a decline in smoke, no visible flames at this point we're going keep you posted and will have an update on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> vac waigss at fairfield high school right now. >> that is going to do it for now. i'm larry beil.

kpix5 is overlooking the new span from treasure island with how crews will be accelerating into the home stretch. sue. >> yeah, you know, the road signs are up to let those motorists know about that five day closure. the old bridge span is in its last days and work is on to get the new span ready for drivers. >> made and on site, ready to be installed around 32 broken bolts. the temporary fix is expected to be relatively quick, possibly done in a day. near the toll plaza westbound lanes will be created for the new bridge approach. and interstate 80 will be connected to the new span. near the island, workers will be focused on paving and striping to guide drivers off the new roadway. all of this while demolition begins on the relic built back in 1936. >> existing bridge is the one folks aught to be worried about and that's the one they shouldn't be trusting. >> $5 billion over budget and ten years later than planned, in the home stretch with one more period of waiting. here's what drivers think. >> i think it's pretty cool. look at it. i mean, it's a huge project. it's got all these chall

exploratorium camera, those are the peaks of blue out towards treasure island.begins this week in time for all plans. that system has been keeping us cooler than average. it's going to lift on up to the north. and into oregon we'll be getting back to normal as we head into the middle of the week. take a look at average high for livermore, tomorrow only 78. and by wednesday, we'll get you up to 86 degrees. tomorrow morning light this morning drizzly again. temperatures low to upper 50s. a cool start and we'll see highs looking like it's pleasant. 74 san jose. high clouds, 72 in sunny yale. -- sunnyvale. along the coast cloudy possibly drizzle into the afternoon. 63 downtown san francisco towards east bay 66 oakland. 67 san leandro. temperatures well below normal. 77 in fairfield. 73 walnut creek. check out the accu-weather forecast, give yourself plenty of time for morning commute that will be damp in spots with drizzle. temperatures will recover in time for weekend plans. low 60s coastside. mid-80s inland. into monday, tuesday, wednesday, we're going get knew up

it was westbound 80 of treasure island t ended up being off the bridge.rst major san francisco exit is 5th street. the big exist on the left. the big rig that was on fire didn't make it. it is west 80 over 3rd. if you know san francisco they are putting it out now. look at the traffic on the bridge. this is going to affect traffic for the next two hours they say. that's what chp says. we have several companies on the bridge. at first they had trouble putting it out because they ran out of water. they to wait for another unit to hookup below the freeway. this is happening now. look at the toll plaza. it is sold out. it's not moving. they wonder what is going on. and you should use the bridge and perhaps the richmond bridge. >> this is not going to move. we're done. even if they were to clear it up. this is done. we're done for three hours. trust me on this one. that traffic is good. highway 84 is good over the peninsula. let's go to steve. >> i trust you, sal. >> low overcast for everyone. and windier side and in texas and oklahoma. it is staying there int

reporting live on treasure island, linda yee, kpix5. >> for information on how to navigate around the bay bridge closure, we have you covered, find your survival guide at kpix.com/bridge. >>> hundreds of replacement bolts are doing the job. they came into question after 32 similar bolts snapped after being tightened. for the last couple of weeks, engineers have been putting new bolts to the test. over the weekend, one snapped, but this time officials are happy that it broke. >> we took them to the highest possible level of tension. that is a higher level than any of the bolts are at on the bridge. the fact that they broke after nearly five days at the highest possible tension, means that at least initially, these bolts could last a very, very long time. >> several months of additional testing is still needed. >>> targeting taggers in san jose. the chp launched a special task force to catch criminals in the act. some officers are now being diverted from regular duties to focus only on arresting those who spray paint freeways. seven alleged taggers have been arrested over two months, al

live here on treasure island brian flores, ktvu channel 2 news. >> we will see. thank you for that update. on ktvu.com we have a sex dedicated to the bay bridge shut down. there you will find a detour map to navigate around the closure, bart and ferry schedules plus animation of what it will be like driving over the new span. find it all there. >>> state attorney general kamala harris may step in in to help avert another bart strike. we spoke to them and they confirm she sent a letter to them. it accuses them of being in a violation of an order issued by the governor and among other things says bart is hindering efforts by the mediator and are refusing to return to the bargaining table. >> a frightening attack here has students on alert. we will show you who authorities are looking for. >> new details in the case of the missing toddler, details we are anticipating. >>> the gunman in the fort hood massacre was found guilty today on all counts. major nadal hassan acted as his own attorney. he did not call any witnesses and made no closing argument. it took a jury o

yes no and tonight now it's maybe. 7 news reporter january thon live on treasure island to explain why new hope for sooner rather than later opening. jonathan. >> even though you can see behind me the new bay bridge pretty much finished we hear it could be december or later before it actually opens. but tonight this new letter from the federal government indicates there could actually be a glimmer of hope for cars driving operate bridge by labor day if you week away. >> processou undoubtedly take month. grinding away at the saddle that take the weight off cracked bolt on the new bay bridge. bolt part of what are sheer key device that stabilize the bridge when earthquake. now there's word the bridge could still open on time even while this work is going on. letter to cal-trans the federal highway administration gave the approval to a temporary fix. steel shim that reinforce the cracked bolt installed in just week and stay in place until the permanent fix is done. as such the letter reads we see no reason to delay opening the bridge to traffic prior to the sheer key retrofit completed. >

kron 4's terisa estacio is live on treasure island with details.s morning. >>terisa: the federal government is now weighing an st that that means the structure you see if the new eastern spanned could be opened on labor day parade on initially planned by caltran. caltran pat called for federal inquiry. federal officials in a letter to caltran obtained by kron4 news is now saying that is a viable and safe option 3 for the letter dated august 9th says a federal officials were impressed with caltrans experts in getting to fix in place and that they saw no reason to delay the opening of the bridge however, all that said, it was just a month ago, when the bridge oversight committee announced that postponement of the bridge project was based on these facts. that the contract said it would take until december to reinforce the field both plus there's also, it is necessary for a full four day closure of of the existing bridge to complete the work and there's no work right now whether such agencies have been called then to do that. we are only several weeks

tonight abc 7 news is live on treasure island with construction update on the new bay bridge bike pathheather? >> will be known as bay bridge trail connecting to land in oakland, on the east end, and at yerba benna island here on the west end. at some point open to the public 24-7. this shows a finished path. a large segment is complete. the connection to treasure and yerba benna islands will take another year but over five day labor day weekend these wooden segments will connect the path on the oakland side. allowing cyclists to get over the bridge and bay like never before. in this animation, the path is to have the right. off the southern side of the eastbound lane autos the views off that bridge are just incredible. it's it s both back towards oakland, and also torksdz san francisco. >> today, cruise working underneath the bridge on yerba benna island hoisted segments on to the deck from there, transported to oakland end, install afd a section of the old upper deck is demolished. the path hz a railing. these temporary segments swril a plastic fiber glass overlay. >> there won't be

to treasure island and not have wind and stuck in the middle of the bay. 80 degrees. it was nice. >> all right, paul, thank you. and still ahead, stepping back to admire the work. how some of the bay bridge crew enjoyed down time today. also, giving you a live look at the bay bridge tonight. the shutdown is set to last three more days. the new bridge scheduled to open tuesday, but probably open sometime monday evening. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,, female narrator: through monday, get three years through monday, get three years interest-free financing and save up to $400 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on serta icomfort and tempur-pedic, but this special financing offer ends labor day at sleep train. we're now 3 days away from e opening of the new bay brid. as for the mood out there... it' >>> and welcome back. i'm ken bastida live. we open this new bridge in three days. talk to the guys that have been working out here for years, they are proud. the mood is upbeat tonight for sure. some of those contractors who helped b

some people lucky enough to call treasure island, yerba buena island home.deanno is out here with me on the island with tonight's weather as the fog moves in. >> reporter: tell you what allen, it's a windy treasure island. you know, that's the big change from the norm. they had to take elements in mind when they designed this thing. the roadbed stretches a couple of miles and it is very thin almost like an airplane wing. as a matter of fact, engineers describe it as such. so what they have to do is they installed these things called wind vortex shutters under the roadbed. what that does it breaks up the wind and doesn't allow it to get in sync with the bridge because if that happens, the bridges have a history of moving up and down a little bit and if you're an engineer building a bridge you don't want that up and down. so wind vortex shutters under the road bridge to keep it secure. dublin right now sunshine warm 80s inland. tonight oakland down to 60 san jose down to 62. santa rosa dropping down to 56. let's take a look at our satellite review. there is st

more on the closure, let's head out to nbc bay area's christie smith live on treasure island.re the crews ready for all this, christie, after all this time? >> reporter: yeah, they are. and good morning to you, marla. if you juaned to take one last nostalgic trip over the bay bridge now a good time because transportation planners say they are expected an accelerated evening commute, people trying to hurry up and get out of san francisco before 8:00 deadline tonight when the final work begins on the new even span. the heavy equipment is lined up to connect with the new $6.4 billion span. they are going to be doing grading and strike and demolition. the five-day closure means commuters can use b.a.r.t., ac transit, ferris offering more service. access to the bridge will be shut off by the chp this evening on ramps that lead to the bridge to meet that 8:00 deadline. by 7:20, they will mobilize taking out key transitions first, for example, powell street in emeryville. >> the on-ramp that goes to westbound 80 will be closed much earlier than talking about now. similarly, the hov c