construction of van ness has proceeded. the team has resolved project challenges in the field and found ways to improve the final product so it better serves the sfmta and the changes have required redesigns and contract modifications. this is a collection of such we're bringing this evening to make sure we get the contractor paid for extra work they've done. the current calendar item breaks down six significant changes. the first is a series of traffic signal changes costing $4,010.38 and a need to rework traffic foundations in part because of redesigns of the accessibility ramps on the corridor. we are also adding red light cameras to the intersection of broadway. this work was $104,000. it's part of the s.f. go program and originally part of a separate project when it was determined it would be easier and more cost effective to make it part of the walsh contract rather than have separate contractor come in and charge you this work in conjunction with walsh or shortly after walsh finished completing the intersection work.

van ness improvement project that the civil grand jury reported on is very different than today's van ness improvement project. we are different phase now. with no significant delays in the transportation infrastructure work and the components of the project. another example is regarding the grand jury finding on the relationship between the city and the contractor was contentious. through efforts by both city and contractor staff, this relationship has been substantially improved. something the report does not consider. as a result the joint project team has been able to achieve exceptional results with activities such as the recent reconstruction of the south van ness mission street intersections. work that might have taken 6 to 8 weeks if done piecemeal and in sections was completed within 5 days, thanks to the efforts of both city and contractor staff working closely together. thank you for your conversation -- considerations of our responses before you. we're making every effort to comprehensive our project delivery methods for city of san francisco. we're almost at the end of th

construction of van ness has proceeded. the team has resolved project challenges in the field and found ways to improve the final product so it better serves the sfmta and the changes have required redesigns and contract modifications. this is a collection of such we're bringing this evening to make sure we get the contractor paid for extra work they've done. the current calendar item breaks down six significant changes. the first is a series of traffic signal changes costing $4,010.38 and a need to rework traffic foundations in part because of redesigns of the accessibility ramps on the corridor. we are also adding red light cameras to the intersection of broadway. this work was $104,000. it's part of the s.f. go program and originally part of a separate project when it was determined it would be easier and more cost effective to make it part of the walsh contract rather than have separate contractor come in and charge you this work in conjunction with walsh or shortly after walsh finished completing the intersection work.

construction of van ness has proceeded. the team has resolved project challenges in the field and found ways to improve the final product so it better serves the sfmta and the changes have required redesigns and contract modifications. this is a collection of such we're bringing this evening to make sure we get the contractor paid for extra work they've done. the current calendar item breaks down six significant changes. the first is a series of traffic signal changes costing $4,010.38 and a need to rework traffic foundations in part because of redesigns of the accessibility ramps on the corridor. we are also adding red light cameras to the intersection of broadway. this work was $104,000. it's part of the s.f. go program and originally part of a separate project when it was determined it would be easier and more cost effective to make it part of the walsh contract rather than have separate contractor come in and charge you this work in conjunction with walsh or shortly after walsh finished completing the intersection work.

van ness at mission should reopen on schedule at 6:00 a.m. we'll track that. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> now to the pandemic, and back to school, one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-person instruction. oakland unified opens its doors in hours. >> "today in the bay's" bob redell live in the east bay for us. not all of the students going back to the classroom for in-person learning. some of the students can opt in for the virtual instruction. >> reporter: correct, marcus and laura. oakland unified tells us the overwhelming majority of students will return to in-person instruction later today. of the 36,000 students in the district, only 850 roughly are going to. with the distance learning. the remaining 35,000 students or so will step back on campus and into the classrooms today. for some of them, the first time in over a year. a small group of teachers is calling on oakland unified for more remote learning options to better keep students and staff safe. the district says it has appropriate safety measures in place. staff an

we have been living with a crazy amount of construction on van ness. just to learn that this will lead us with under -- over 100 parking spots on the street. please approve the request for more parking and help us live and stay in san francisco. thank you so much. >> good afternoon. i'm calling to support the request for more parking at this building. i live around the corner from the project on union street. there is no data to support the fact that seven more parking spots will increase traffic on van ness avenue. the things that increase traffic are the construction we see on van ness avenue in order to remove hundreds of parking spots, only making the neighborhood more unbearable. please look into the stats and science and let the project sponsor add more parking. thank you. >> hello, everyone. my name is brian. i am also a resident. i'm here to also encourage the commission to approve a request made by the project sponsor. first, i definitely want to say thank you to the developer who wanted to build this multiunit building that caters to families

it's been causing people to avoid the major artery because van ness has been of esta drive. the reasons behind the delays are recently examined in this civil grand jury report calling the project a case study in how mistakes can compound during a major project. we're not trying to say the transit is bad. we've got some of desperate to do better delivering these projects. >> the report says the delays were caused by avoidable setbacks and replacing the sewer and water lines underneath the roadway and that sf mta should have done a better job at assessing what was underground before construction started because once digging began, they found things that were planned for exploratory pa tolling is a way that the city can do a little bit exploration underneath before digging up the entire roadway and almost none of that happened by the time the construction started a spokesperson for the transportation agency says they're trying to do better. we are actively working on incorporating those into our lessons learned. >> for the other projects throughout the city. this project is abo

. >> i don't know about the cloud cover, we'll take a look at that, but i'm talking about van ness over at the closure since last week, it's not supposed to reopen until 6:00 a.m. keep that in mind. if you head out there right now you have the intersection closed and crews in the area, getting off the bay bridge westbound around fremont a disabled vehicle which may be in lanes. no slowing showed up over the last 15 minutes. it's still there as far as chp is concerned. an easy drive for contra costa county and the rest of the bay. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> dr. anthony fauci says he is hopeful the fda will give full approval of the covid vaccine by the end of this month. >> he predicted the move would spur a wave of vaccine mandates in the private sector. marianne favro has reaction from businesses in the south bay. >> reporter: so far the vaccines americans have received have only been granted emergency use approval by the fda. but today, the u.s. government's top infectious disease expert is hopeful the fda will soon grant full approval. >> i hope it will be within the next few

and at the same time, we were involved with the van ness prc. so to have this p.u.c.-led contract and so this was advertised and managed by p.u.c. staff and actually is coming in now within the 10% contingency on both cost and schedule. so it's actually a very successful project. >> president: any comments? questions? thank you, mr. johannson. may i have a motion and a second to approve this item? >> secretary: madam president. we need to call public comment again. >> president: okay. public comment. >> secretary: members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment specifically on item 8c dial (415) 655-0001. meeting i.d. 1468644853 pound pound to raise your hand to speak, press star 3. moderator, do we have caller? >> madam secretary, there's one caller that wishes to be recognized. hello, caller, your line is open. you have fochlt minutes. >> thank you. commissioners, i'm addressing you related to the similarities between gary boulevard and the van ness projects. i'm glad there was an admission -- some sort of admission they are similar and the p.u.

and at the same time, we were involved with the van ness prc. so to have this p.u.c.-led contract and so this was advertised and managed by p.u.c. staff and actually is coming in now within the 10% contingency on both cost and schedule. so it's actually a very successful project. >> president: any comments? questions? thank you, mr. johannson. may i have a motion and a second to approve this item? >> secretary: madam president. we need to call public comment again. >> president: okay. public comment. >> secretary: members of the public who wish to make two minutes of public comment specifically on item 8c dial (415) 655-0001. meeting i.d. 1468644853 pound pound to raise your hand to speak, press star 3. moderator, do we have caller? >> madam secretary, there's one caller that wishes to be recognized. hello, caller, your line is open. you have fochlt minutes. >> thank you. commissioners, i'm addressing you related to the similarities between gary boulevard and the van ness projects. i'm glad there was an admission -- some sort of admission they are similar and the p.u.

rapid transit service is expected to begin on van ness avenue. >> in early 2022 maureen kelly kron 4n francisco police department is warning residents of a phone scam where the caller poses as a police officer. the angle side office tweeted out today warning that people are calling they would tell the victim their identity may have been stolen. the scams involve a request for personal info such as your name date of birth or information about your bank account. police say of course not to give out personal information like that over the phone. they suggest filing a proper police report. if you do get a call like that. today. civil lawsuit was filed against officials at san quentin prison. and the california department of corrections and rehabilitation for the death of a prison guard has family says he died after getting covid-19 while he was on duty kron four's haaziq madyun has that story. >> basically the cdcr officials created a covid cesspool and require their inmates and employees to marinate in that. >> that accusation sums up the bases for this civil lawsuit filed against the c

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we have been living with a crazy amount of construction on van ness. just to learn that this will lead us with under -- over 100 parking spots on the street. please approve the request for more parking and help us live and stay in san francisco. thank you so much. >> good afternoon. i'm calling to support the request for more parking at this building. i live around the corner from the project on union street. there is no data to support the fact that seven more parking spots will increase traffic on van ness avenue. the things that increase traffic are the construction we see on van ness avenue in order to remove hundreds of parking spots, only making the neighborhood more unbearable. please look into the stats and science and let the project sponsor add more parking. thank you. >> hello, everyone. my name is brian. i am also a resident. i'm here to also encourage the commission to approve a request made by the project sponsor. first, i definitely want to say thank you to the developer who wanted to build this multiunit building that caters to families

it's been causing people to avoid the major artery because van ness has been of esta drive. are recently examined in this civil grand jury report calling the project a case study in how mistakes can compound during a major project. we're not trying to say the transit is bad. we will put some of desperate to do better delivering these projects. >> the report says the delays were caused by avoidable setbacks and replacing the sewer and water lines underneath the roadway and that sf mta should have done a better job at assessing what was underground before construction started because once digging began, they found things. >> that were planned for exploratory pa tolling is a way that the city can do a little bit of an exploration underneath before digging up the entire roadway and almost none of that happened by the time the construction started a spokesperson for the transportation agency says they're trying to do better. we are actively working portrayed those into our lessons >> for the other projects throughout the city. this project is about 78% complete. all the major und

el taraval project, the 21 and castro project, which is pictured here, and geary street between van ness and kearney, so very significant projects. projects that started last year are the [inaudible] and the college hill reservoir and pipeline project. next slide, please. for the emergency firefighting water system pipelines project, remember, we divided it into a pipelines project and a pump station project, this graphic shows a schematic of the future configuration of projects that are funded, which are shown in solid and projects that will be needed to be funded in the future, and those are shown as dotted lines. these are for the west side potable emergency firefighting water system. projects that are already under construction include pipelines on 19 avenue and terry francois boulevard, additions to the project that are currently being constructed. the one that is being constructed on the potable efws is the 36-inch diameter pipeline, and this is being constructed as part of that wawona and 19 avenue project. next slide, and that completes my presentation for today, but i'd be happy

el taraval project, the 21 and castro project, which is pictured here, and geary street between van ness and kearney, so very significant projects. projects that started last year are the [inaudible] and the college hill reservoir and pipeline project. next slide, please. for the emergency firefighting water system pipelines project, remember, we divided it into a pipelines project and a pump station project, this graphic shows a schematic of the future configuration of projects that are funded, which are shown in solid and projects that will be needed to be funded in the future, and those are shown as dotted lines. these are for the west side potable emergency firefighting water system. projects that are already under construction include pipelines on 19 avenue and terry francois boulevard, additions to the project that are currently being constructed. the one that is being constructed on the potable efws is the 36-inch diameter pipeline, and this is being constructed as part of that wawona and 19 avenue project. next slide, and that completes my presentation for today, but i'd be happy

was approveded with on site b.m.r., but is still pending signoff before it is approved. 600 south van ness was completed in 2017, but the b.m.r. has been in limbo ever since. the project has been approved with ownership, affordable units after construction, the developer switched to renting the market-rate units but was trying to retain the b.m.r.s as ownership. the reality is having a small number of affordable units isn't feasible because banks won't finance their purchase. so m.o.c.d. which oversees b.m.r.s when they're built was unable to approve the request. the developer received signoff on his completed projects in july 2017 and has been renting out the market rate units while the b.m.r. units have been sitting empty for four years. this is four years. a very really impact on people struggling to stay in san francisco. with no codes in place, the planning commission had no other option than to allow the developer to fee out with the promise of affordable units on site. the city and my district lost and we cannot allow this to happen again. this legislation will establish procedures

and van ness, it's closed at mission. that important intersection, that closure continues to cause congestion in the area surface street traffic. and then this is overnight, also highway 37 still has that, and it should be back up. >>> 4:50 right now. a suspected car thief is in custody after a chase yesterday in the north bay. sonoma county deputies posted this video and said it started when chp responded to reports of a reckless driver in santa rosa, and the car struck another car in petaluma and then he caught on foot, and they caught up with him nearby when he hid behind a grocery store. >>> a van overloaded with migrants struck a utility pole. investigators say they were traveling in a van designed to carry 15 people max. the victims have not been identified and it's not clear where the van originated. >>> and then happening today, activist will gather. community leaders will discuss creating a path to citizenship and helping immigrants through the pandemic. that starts at 6:30. >>> some of the contenders trying to r

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rapid transit service is expected to begin along van ness in 2022. a similar project is going to be getting underway roars underway right now is not done on geary restrict. 27 is the time. we'll take a quick break, but still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. >> weeks ago. just a few weeks ago to the gubernatorial recall race. we're going to go one-on-one with candidate. caitlyn jenner will have that coming up in a moment. ♪ well well well, what have we here? ♪ ♪ a magical place... that's lookin' to get scared! ♪ (laughter) halloween time is back in disneyland and disney california adventure parks! >> 29. right now we're taking a look at san francisco. it's gray, but it's not going to stay that way. no. yeah, we got a little sunshine for today. we've john in the weather center talking about that and then tomorrow we've got some smoke to add to the mix, too. yeah. get to the coasting it away from the smoke or is it going to be smoking at the coast so the unfortunate thing is even though our inland areas will have the worst impact likely of smoke

. >> watch out for that, the improvement project van ness and mission backing up 101. freeway. >> that's what's happening "today in the bay." we'll be back with a local news update and so fun having raj as part of the morning. >> throughout the olympics raj has done a great job. don't forget we've got so much olympic coverage for you right here on nbc bay area. we're going to continue to show it throughout the olympics and there you have it. you can see the flame still burning bright. as the olympics continue and more for you here on nbc bay area. >> thanks so much for joining us. we really love to be a part of your day. s the "today" show coming up next. hope to see you tomorrow morning bright and early 4:30 to 7:00 a.m. time's up. the chorus growing louder from the white house down for new york governor andrew cuomo to leave office after that bombshell investigation alleges he sexually harassed 11 women. >> i think he should resign. >> he has to go. >> the governor should resign. >> the state's attorney general saying cuomo broke laws, retaliated against at least one

. >> now to the mess on van ness, the improvement project on the big thoroughfare through the city was supposed to bring san francisco its first rapid bus transit system. project is coming under fire once again. fox news host laura ingram describing it as a debacle on twitter and that's not even close to the worst the venice quarter project is running nearly 3 years behind schedule. it's also currently around 37 million dollars over budget. the reasons behind the delays were recently examined in a civil grand jury report which says that the delays were caused by avoidable setbacks in replacing the sewer and water lines underneath the roadway and that the sfmta, the organization in charge of the project should have done a better job assessing what was underground before starting construction. a spokesperson for the transit agency says they are trying to do better. >> we are actively working on incorporating those into our west and for the other projects throughout the city. this project is about 78% complete. all the major underground sewer and water work has been completed. >> bus rapi

the intersection of south van ness and mission street just closed for a repaving.t closed around 6:00 this morning. it's expected to snarl traffic trying to get to 101. it'll be closed foweekend and weekday until monday. if you're not familiar with the city, you can see just by this video here the number of cars going by, how busy it usually is. everyone is being asked to avoid the area. that's drivers, bicyclists, even if you're walking. muni will reroute five bus lines. this is part of the improvement project. if it tried to do the repaving in sections it would take two months. so instead it's going to be five days you know when you're at ross and all those brands have her like... yes! ...and all those prices have you like... yes! that's yes for less! you've got this school year, and we've got you with the best bargains ever at ross. get your yes for less at our new store in east san mateo. jason, did you know geico could save you hundreds on car insurance and a whole lot more? cool. so what are you waiting for? mckayla maroney to get your frisbee off the roof? i

avenue with the mission street intersection is closed to all traffic as part of the van ness improvementproject. the road closure started this morning and is set to last through six o'clock monday morning. caltrans crews are replacing damaged pavement. the closure will impact traffic in the area. newly and transit bus lines are being rerouted around that intersection and another day of delays for thousands of airline customers this past weekend storm in texas, affecting hundreds of flights nationwide spirit airlines cancelled more than 400 flights yesterday, while american airlines cancelled around 350, stranding thousands of track. dollars in airports all across our country wasn't just the bad weather that caused the issues, either. american airlines says three quarters of its cancellations came from a lack of pilots. air travel in the united states has recovered to roughly 80% of its 2019 levels. the drought leads to new water restrictions across california. the impact thousands of california farmers plus more restrictions, announced his officials scramble to contain the new surge in c

. >> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. >>> madam secretary, will you call the role, please. >> clerk: [roll call] >> clerk: we

south van ness at mission street will shut down at 6:00 a.m.e closed until 6:00 a.m. next monday. transit leaders say that the project will take two months to complete if it was done in segments, several detours are in place. >>> a judge scheduled to hear arguments in a lawsuit seeking to block governor newsom from using language in the recall election guide calling it a republican effort. the language refers to trump supporters trying to force the election which opponents are calling misleading at best and flat out false at worse. meantime a debate schedule for tonight will not include governor newsom. the four participants including doug ossi, john fox, kevin kylie and kevin faulconer. those not taking part may be as note worthy including cai larry elder. >>> happening today, great day to get outdoors and visit a national park. august 4th known as great american outdoors day. then president trump signed the act last year to help revitalize national parks. national park service says you can visit parks for free today to celebrate the legislati

it will remain on south van ness through november 7th. officials with the exhibition say they sold more than 375,000 tickets in san francisco since it opened in march. >>> not what you'd expect to see out in >>> all right. and alarming citing one northern california town. authorities say there were several calls of injured bucs over the weekend. >> as rachel wulff reports, it could lead to a criminal investigation. >> easier all the time with a pack of box. there's usually five of them, two four pointers and a three pointer. >> reporter: this woman in nevada city thought oh dear when she saw this dear saturday night out her window with an arrow through it side and two coyotes closing in. >> once he jumped out of the yard, the day that i saw him with the arrow, the coyotes were circling him again and he was just stomping around, trying to scare them away. >> reporter: she immediately contacted authorities, and a game warden came out. although it's archery season in that area, the dock is on private property, making hunting their illegal. >

. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first oft is a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees a

we will be fully rebuilding the intersection of south van ness, mission, and otis. we're so grateful by doing the closure for an extended period over a long weekend, that we'll be able to finish all of the work within five days, rather than having it done piece meal, which would result in traffic delays for a couple of months. i want to end with a statement for director brinkman. director brinkman, you exemplify how to hold staff and officials accountability while respecting and hearing all sides. thank you, and good luck in your travels. that's all. >> thank you. directors, any questions? i see director lai. >> thank you, director tumlin. that was a lot of good updates. i just want to make sure i understand the upcoming calendar for when we're going to be considering service again. so i think i heard from you -- obviously, the board made a resolution, and i believe it requires the m.t.a. to provide some sort of a solid plan by the end of september, and i believe i heard you say we had our restoration service in august and then, the next restoration won't be until 2

commute, it's clear, and through the weekend critical connecter just off the freeway near octavia and van nessup and over and 29 to get down to counter commute. the bridge, we have a crash near treasure island and that's a critical issue. we will track that and no slowing showed up just yet. kari, i want to show you live shot from emeriville just yet. i think the mist just hit the lens, and can't see the treasure island tunnel, but i am tracking a crash on treasure island. >> hopefully visibility is good. we have seen fog drifting around. as we also talk about what may be drifting around, smoke. here's a look at the near surface smoke model. where we see red shows very unhealthy air quality. this is expected for parts of the santa cruz mountains and east bay. it's going to get really unhealthy tomorrow as we see the fires exploding and putting a lot of smo area. as we look at our today, the inland east bay, upper 60s for the peninsula, and low to mid-60s for san francisco, and upper 90s for ukiah, and santa rosa in the middle with upper 70s. we will see cool weather continue today and then hea

. >> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. the city. >> welcome to the townhall on return to school. this townhall is hosted by the san francisco d

still slow through this stretch, and also closed van ness street.ing a pretty good drive. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> happening now, the state mandate requiring mask in schools is under new legal fire in southern california. the orange county board of education announcing plans to sue to block the rule accusing governor newsom of an abuse of power. >>> the dixie wildfire showing no signs of letting up, and this is after leveling an entire town overnight. those new developments and how it's affecting air quality here in the bay area. >>> plus, we're live in tokyo this morning. >> reporter: hello on this thursday evening here in tokyo. a lot of good things happening within the hour here. a viewing party in marin county and a lot of people are smiling. we'll tell you why, and we will show you, live from tokyo. >>> welcome back. 6:54 right now on your thursday bay." >> first video coming into our news room moments ago. this is from the dixie fire that levels downtown greenville overnight in plumas county. homes and businesses you can see burning.

we will be fully rebuilding the intersection of south van ness, mission, and otis. so grateful by doing the closure for an extended period over a long weekend, that we'll be able to finish all of the work within five days, rather than having it done piece meal, which would result in traffic delays for a couple of months. i want to end with a statement for director brinkman. director brinkman, you exemplify how to hold staff and officials accountability while respecting and hearing all sides. thank you, and good luck in your travels. that's all. >> thank you. directors, any questions? i see director lai. >> thank you, director tumlin. that was a lot of good updates. i just want to make sure i understand the upcoming calendar for when we're going to be considering service again. so i think i heard from you -- obviously, the board made a resolution, and i believe it requires the m.t.a. to provide some sort of a solid plan by the end of september, and i believe i heard you say we had our restoration service in august and then, the next restoration won't be until 2022. w

this is the last weekend with the intersection of van ness and mission in san francisco shut down.on being repaved right now. just five days if they shut it down completely, which they did. otherwise it would've taken two months to do this with those partial closures. the intersection closed at 6:00 a.m. wednesday. it is supposed to reopen at 6:00 a.m. monday. of course we will be here to let you know if that happens. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, the pandemic has been especially hard on seniors and retirement homes. we will tell you how the pandemic is giving the medication from all the isolation. and look at this -- the fog is overtaking salesforce towers this morning. we have another look at that we can forecast coming up with my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time, my memory improved. it was a game-changer for me. prevagen. healthi

they are closing the intersection of south van ness and mission street for repaving and is expected to snarled traffic trying to get to highway 101 and that will close to all traffic at 6:00 a.m. and not reopen until monday. if you're not familiar with the city, you can see this is video of how busy i usually is. drivers, bicyclist, even pedestrians are being asked to avoid the area. muni will reroute five buses. they said it would take five months to do the work if they tried to it and set in sections and set of just five days. so they are doing it once. >>> that's just the way to home every day. >> get ready. >> thank you. >>> making progress in reducing violent crime. the improvement happening. >>> and an effort to stop grab and run deaths. nordstrom plans to keep thieves the bay. >>> you know when you're at ross and find just what you need... to make any space your space? (sighs) yes! that's yes for less. get the best bargains ever for every room and every budget. at ross. yes for less. california! during a flex alert, let's keep our power up and running. set ac cooler and use big

we are about five hours into a complete shutdown of van ness avenue for paving.this is forcing thousands of cars, bicyclists, and buses to the tour. it is part of the improvement project and you can see how vital the intersection is on this map. it is scheduled to reopen at 6:00 a.m. on monday. >>> bart ridership has picked up slightly. running trains more often and as late as midnight. yesterday, bart reportedreportee third highest workday ridership of the pandemic. it carried 88,000 passengers, just 21% of the number of people before the pandemic. >>> ac transit is expanding service to accommodate people going back to school and work. it is geared to serve early late night passengers. ridership is making a comeback after plummeting more than 75% at the start of the pandemic. >>> as people return to the office, most are driving their cars instead of using public transit. here is a look at three of our bridges. the bay area council surveyed 200 employers and found 40% of them expect employees will work from the office three days per week. that would mean 1.1 mill

so on the left, we see 1300 van ness, the regency center. on the right, 825 battery, which has not one but two lifts and is, of the grouping that we've gathered, the closest in proximity to our building. slide 11, please. two additional examples. one as see's candy, at fisherman's wharf, 645 beach street, and the sutter hotel, built in 1925, so similar completion year to our project, and these indicate what the historic designations are of each property. that concludes my presentation. thank you. >> clerk: great, thank you. members of the public, this is your opportunity to address the commission on this item by pressing star then three. seeing no members of the public wishing to speak, commissioners, public comment on this item is closed and the matter is now before you. >> great. any members of the commission wish to make comment -- public comment? oh, no one? any members of the -- commissioner foley? >> i've eaten there many times, and i think what they've designed makes sense and looks good, and that's the end of my comment. >> is that a

good news van ness at mission i've heard of no delays, reopened that after the weekend work, actuallyast week and the rest of the bay shows an easier light drive. more folks seem to be out there. >> heading out the door. thanks. 6:53, happening now, marin county looking to create more affordable housing over a thousand new housing units. the chronicle reports a group bought vacant buildings on san marin drive in novato and would make single family homes, town homes and multifamily apartments. the buildings would sit across the street from the smart train between santa rosa and larkspur. >> next our top stories, no sign of stopping. the dixie fire, the grim milestone it reached. >>> just over a couple hours one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-person instruction. the safety measures put in place to protect staff and students against the delta variant. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome back. we are moving you forward with a look at top stories here on "today in the bay." first, one of the bay area's largest school districts will return to in-per

two other places you're not going anywhere, in the intersection of van ness and mission that will stay closed through monday morning. we've talked about that and that includes the weekend traffic just off 101. and over here, highway 37, that's going to remain closed perhaps for another half hour. we're looking at the closure and take 121 up and over towards highway 29 to get over to valley out of novato. if you're going in the commute direction, westbound you're just fine getting over there. westbound is open. the rest of the bay is also open, open for business and open to the light traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> next here on "today in the bay," nbc bay area responds. >> what makes a consumer complaint. we have ranked our cases. i'm chris chmura, we'll show you who made it to our podium and medals next. ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ return to rugged. the all-new ruggedly redesigned 2022 nissan pathfinder. ♪♪ >>> 5:25. tokyo isn't the only place where people are earning medals. chris chmura is here to award a few locally to viewers like you. >> when we invite you to share your consumer complaints s