on the tully off-ramp.hey're going to get it out of there. slow north 101 right through the area. if you need to get off at tully, you may want to consider the capital expressway or story as an alternative. there are a couple slow spots and westbound 4 out of antioch 21 minutes. also a 21 minute ride through the altamont pass but that's not so horrible. mass transit a great way to go as well. system reporting no major delays right now. >> wow, you're all over it this morning. glass is half full. thank you, frances. now 6:39. >> and glass getting fuller. remember the jobs report better than expected. we have a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. the dow down 9 points. >> also nasa launches a rocket but it fails to reach orbit. >> thinking what other people are doing, what i'm going to do later. >> sound familiar. then you're the kind of person targeted by a new app that helps you unplug for a day. ♪ >>> welcome back. 6:43 on this friday! almost said monday. holy cow, that would have

northbound 101 traffic is backed up from at least yerba buena getting up to tully road and that tullyoad offramp looks like it's closed. chp is wondering what to do with this truck because it's not going to make it underneath and this could be a traffic problem for things to come. these are live pictures from newschopper2. again, if you are driving from the blossom hill road area, up to san jose, plan for delays even though as you see all of the lanes are opened. it's kind of a big distraction. >>> let's take a look at westbound bay bridge. that's backed up for about a ten-minute delay coming in westbound. this morning's commute is going to be okay if you are driving in san francisco. but if you can remove that -- if you can remove that up there, i want to look at 101 friend, it's a little bit slow coming up from -- i guess from about at least cesar chavez getting up to the 80 split. yes-- thank you, j.j. he's mooing the camera -- moving the camera back here. >>> rosemary? >> good morning. take a look at that morning drive. we don't have stormy weather to deal with. it will be back. w

they weren't supposed to take the tully road off ramp.is traffic jam has been out there all morning long. the bay bridge is backed up in the westbound direction, likely because folks avoided the san mateo bridge. it had been a at back of free morning for the bay bridge yo. >> louisa: a gorgeous shot from the golden gate bridge this morning. temperature in the '40's, 60 by noon, then 63 for your highs today. elsewhere this morning we are out of the 30's finally in the south bay, upper 40's 49 for hayward, 46 in concord. this afternoon are highs will break into the mid- 60s. 66 fairfield, 65 in san rosa, 63 downtown san francisco. madam you 65 degreeswe have a sy by this weekend, a good part of saturday will be dry, then showers moving from the north. that will be saturday night in your sunday. it means no for the sierra, if you're headed up it will be nice drive up there today. then by saturday we start to bring in the snow, we continue to see snow into your sunday. those still levels staying high above 7,000 ft.. 7 day around the bay brin

the wide load truck had to exit on tully road but it was too tall to make it under the freeway. the chp had to shut down all lanes of northbound 101 at tullies so the truck could make a u-turn and finally get on the highway. traffic was backed up for over an hour. the fourth and final leg of the signature tower of the new eastern span of the bay bridge is now in place. take a look at this live picture here from sky 7 hd. beautiful. construction crews lifted the final leg into place 1:00 this morning. ahead of schedule. you can see how tall it looks. this started monday morning when the giant crane working on the first of four legs waking more than 1 million pounds each. better than expected weather helped speed up the project. >> starting to fire on all cylinders, you're seeing the suspension bridge, will they come together. both the ends are being worked on at the same time. we've got a lot of momentum. >> the new tower now stands 480 feet high, just 45 feet away from reaching its final height, which is considerably taller than the current bridge structure. the entire project i

the wide load truck had to exit on tully road but it was too tall to make it under the freeway.he chp had to shut down all lanes of northbound 101 at tullies so the truck could make a u-turn and finally get on the highway. traffic was backed up for over an hour. the fourth and final leg of the signature tower of the new eastern span of the bay bridge is now in place. take a look at this live picture here from sky 7 hd. beautiful. construction crews lifted the final leg into place 1:00 this morning. ahead of schedule. you can see how tall it looks. this started monday morning when the giant crane working on the first of four legs waking more than 1 million pounds each. better than expected weather helped speed up the project. >> starting to fire on all cylinders, you're seeing the suspension bridge, will they come together. both the ends are being worked on at the same time. we've got a lot of momentum. >> the new tower now stands 480 feet high, just 45 feet away from reaching its final height, which is considerably taller than the current bridge structure. the entire project is

you can't go eastbound at tully right now. we'll get you a live look at oakland, no problems through oakland. no problems at the toll plaza. a lighter volume for friday, so a little backup at the toll plaza. back to you guys. >>> thank you so much, mike. 6:12 right now. still to come on "today in the bay," squall valley is listening to its customers. see what's reopening this weekend after a lot of complaints. >>> and a very funny guy who got his start in san francisco is the subject of a new documentary. it premiers at cinequest tonight. he'll join us live to talk about that coming up next. >>> meantime, here's a live look outside at the beautiful bay bridge this morning. change continues out there. we'll keep you updated on what'd happening there and across the bay area. it is 6:12 right now. [ woman ] bathing suits. shorts. tank tops. [ female announcer ] grab a box of multigrain cheerios, get a code to a seven-day plan to get going on your summer weight loss. get the box, get the code, get started. that's ever happened to

the chp shut it down between capital expressway and tully, as well as the capital expressway on-ramp, so the wide load could make it off. now, questions about how caltrans issued the wide load permit for the planned route. >> we were trying to figure out exactly what is going on. typically when we do this sort of a thing, we make appropriate notification about the changes in the lateral and vertical clearances. >> so are you annoyed with caltrans over this? >> we have to work with them all the time, so no comment. >> reporter: in san jose, anne makovec, cbs 5 eyewitness news. >> we got to keep everybody happy there. >> i like the little giggle there. >>> and a milestone construction of the bay bridge, and crewed finished hoisting the fourth segment of the tower and get this, they're ahead of schedule. >> christin ayers is in oakland to show us what comes next. >> reporter: hi there. caltrans officials are calling this an historic day. as you said, it is a full day ahead of schedule. if you take a look over my shoulder here, you can see that main tower of the new bay bridge. it is almo

the problem, as this gentleman so alice tully said, is lack of revenue. this time says at a time when san franciscans are facing an economic crisis -- well, they are not. in san francisco, there are 18 billion is, including the heavyweight democratic party. they control san francisco. sf has the 10 highest gdp of all american cities, 18th in the world. there is extreme wealth here. go down to union square. there is 100 companies that are located here. earlier, an african man was crying here, and a latino woman was crying here. that is a crime, a travesty. that they are crying of here, and these people are pandering to larry ellison. he is worth $18 billion. right? he got the city to give him all kinds of tax breaks, property, everything else. that is who they pandered to and try to tell us we are the problem. it is a crime. these police officers should be addressing them -- for arresting them. san francisco is controlled by the white, the wealthy, and their businesses and corporations. they do not come to a town hall meeting and get two minutes to a top.

shower or dew on the deck, not a problem for s toouthbound.disabled big rig is slowing traffic near tully, but this is the only stretch showing slowing. 8- 80 looks good, palo alto looks great. darya? > >darya: san jose has a contract with fire fighters, helping to tackle the $10 million deficit. > > this is a difficult decision. a commitment to the people is needed, the contract includes a sacrifice of losing 10% pay cut > >this will work. common sense. > >darya: another meeting set for tomorrow. the hospitals new tower is creating construction jobs. $330 million dollar plan, 81 new private hospital beds. > > mark: an auto theft charge, where sargent shows where he made his escape. > > he figured out how to manipulate the system. he was processed as a relesee even tho he was not allowed. he went through the security doors, the inmate then goes to this hallway, he was iwht 20 people, the people that want there property, he did not, so therefore he just went straight out. in that same process it would occur once more. once he got out he went to bart or got a ride. he is not a master crimin

tully off-ramp is closed. all the other areas of construction, check at abc7news.com and click on bay area traffic for your updates. >> a company is recalling seafood salad products because it could be contaminated with listeria. the recalled salads have march 19 to april 3. so far no one has reported getting sick. >> eric: google has reached a settlement over accusations that it violated users privacy. google triggered a fierce backlash when it integrated a service called google buzz in a g-mail service. many complained that they added night a social network that anybody could see. federal trade commission charged google with deceiving users and violating its own privacy policy. they have agreed to privacy audits for next 20 years and ask users for permission to share their information. >>> police are called out to a berkeley high school. next at 5:00, gun scare that has problems with security. >> a sliding hillside is holding for now. how are residents holding up? i'm amy hollyfield, i'll have the story. >>

chp shut down the highway between capital expressway and tully road while the truck turned around andck to the next exit and got on the off ramp. >> you have no choice. can't get under the bridge we have got to go back. >> they didn't know how low that was. >> until they got here, yes. >> cal-trans is investigating how the big rig got the permits for that route. the truck was delivering a satellite to lockheed martin. >> time is of the essence and it has been a stubborn little system to practical. we have mostly cloudy skies across the bay area but it is relatively calm as far as the winds are concerned. and overnight tonight we will dip down between 39 degrees in santa rosa. mid-40s across the santa clara valley and central bay. 40 in throughout the try tri- valley. at the delta in the low 40s. now, we do have this very impressive area of low pressure. watch this here. look how long it stretches out as long as frontal boundary is. the center of the low is right up to the north. so this leading edge will move into the north bay beginning tomorrow. everybody is cloudy but we could see

the white truck carrying some sort of satellite equipment stuck at the tully road off-ramp.chp officers. they can't get that under the overpass or get it it off. it will be there for quite some time 85 to 87 is your alternate because of this slowing. >> i can see how that woulde ba distraction. we'll be back. >>> 8:30 on this friday morning, march 4, 2011. a nice big crowd out here on the plaza. we just might have to declare this the start of a rolling spring break. what do you think, al? >> it's early. no, it is. >> usually we're willing to start that in january. >> absolutely. >> okay. coming up -- >> you're on spring break apparently. but she's back. >> just ahead -- i was enjoying that kid. this is serious. paula abdul's emotional call to 911. you can hear her crying for dispatchers to help her escape a man's car. >> also ahead, bobby flay is with us, the great chef. it's nice to have him here. he has a new show coming on nbc. the search for the next great restaurant. he'll tell us about that and share a cool restaurant inspired by that. >> it's been 11 years since bobby

the driver trying to take the tully road exit discovering his truck won't fit because of construction work. he wound up using expressway to deliver his cargo to look he'd martin. >> two workers forced to hang on to deer life when scaffolding collapsed. and firefighters came into n.to help and managed to get them back into the building. >> and coming up, tonight at 6:30 thousands of people escaped from liba. gunfire erupts in the streets. >> this is crazy. and a look at how much we're spending on something some say may never pay off. >> a father deposits a check in his daughter's account and the money goes missing. a good night's sleep. kim: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over the top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. i'm feeling sleepy already. nighty night. >>> the obama administration says it's considering options to deal with the crisis in libya including a no-fly zone, responding to senator mccain's call for that no-fly zone. the arizona republican says it's needed to protect the libyan peopl

jammed up towards tully because of a big rig with an oversized load. mike? >> good morning to you.watch that scene digging the dancing queen ♪ >>> that is "dancing queen," because, reports out of london this morning, that the guests of those two right there, may be getting down to abba at the reception. i'm telling you. what would you wear to the royal wedding? prince william and kate middleton. their guests have to stick to a strict dress code. our correspondents, nick watt and bianna golodryga, hit london's exclusive stores for our special. she's having way too much fun. how are you going to dress for the big day? >> is that true? abba's going to get together for this? >> that's the word on the street. >> boy. when the future king of england calls, you answer. >> that's right. >>> also this morning, we're talking about the housing market earlier in our last half hour. stuck in, you know, neutral right now. but that means super bargains for many people. we'll tell you how one family found a home at a $100,000 discount. how to get the best bargains and what to watch out for when yo

. >> reporter: the chp shut it down between capital expressway and tully as well as the on ramp to the wide load could make it oh. now a question how the permit was given for the planned route. >> we are trying to figure out exactly what is going on particularly when we do this sort of a thing. we make appropriate notification about the changes in the lateral and vertical clearances. >> are you annoyed with them? >> we have to work with them all the time. so no comment. >> reporter: anne makovec, cbs5. >>> a satellite nasa tried to launch into orbit this morning is lost. the taurus rocket lifted off from the air force base as planned but a protective shell did not separate from the satellite as it should have and that left the satellite without enough velocity to reach orbit. price tag? 424 million for the climate research project. nasa says all indications are that the satellite and rocket are somewhere in the southern pacific ocean. >>> and the ones that make it up do come down. parts of this massive german satellite spiraling out of control could smash into earth later this year. th

we have 32 up to tully road.ight now and move over to the area of the sunol grade. we are southbound 680 here. fog is developing over the hills into free month. we'll watch for the congestion out of liver more with a heavy drive off 580 and the altamont pass. the bay bridge toll plaza has a slowdown back to west grand avenue. we'll completely ignore that i ever tried to do a william shatner impression. >>> thank you. 6:53 right now, the man charged with shooting 19 people in tucson will undergo a mental evaluation. a judge has ordered arizona shooting suspect jared loughner to undergo a mental evaluation in a specialized facility in springfield, missouri, as soon as possible to help determine if he is even competent to stand trial. loughner's attorneys say the move could cause the suspect's mental state to actually worsen. the judge also scheduled a hearing on may 25th to determine if loughner is competent to stand trial. >>> pg&e faces fines of a million dollars per day for failing to produce pipeline safety rec

they will talk abut tully head back at me, that's another indicator of he was allegedly using steroidsimberly bell's testimony today. i'm outside monitoring the situation. if they come up perhaps we will talk to the attorneys. we also have kron4 us dan kerman inside treating the very latest. >> darya: thank you, mark? >> mark: bay area weather starting to dry a little bit. >> louisa: drying out a lot, lots of sunshine out there still seen some sunshine and clouds. those temperatures continue to skyrocket, we're talking about a huge warm-up by the midweek. temperatures in these believe it or not. into the afternoon it will be pleasant today. storm tracker 4 area's starting off try this morning. that is how it's going to stay. temperatures renown the '40's, for monday, san jose. satellite, radar shows a bit of raging, as it does this temperatures will warm up slightly today. that trend continues rate keep their work week, each day we see a steady climb in those temperatures topping it out on thursday, bringing in some 80 degree readings. your afternoon highs will stay into the '60s. uppe