a big delay for the ride on 580 westbound. the bay bridge ride westbound is also badly backed up in spite of the efforts that caltrans to keep the metering lights cycled quickly. too many cars heading to the bay bridge at this early hour has pushed the back of the edge of the macarthur maze for the westbound ride. the drive times have spiked to 80 minutes for the bay bridge. there was an accident on the stand for only 5-6 minutes and it was cleared very quickly for the time it was reported until the time it was off the bridge. that back to things up enough that metering lights were triggered early. we have a wind advisories year and here on the san mateo bridge as well as the dumbarton bridge. there is no with advisory for the golden gate, a traffic moves beautifully in the southbound direction with no delays coming from or heading into marin county. let's get a check on the weather with james fletcher. >>james: here is a live in view from the roof camera this morning showing the san francisco windy and cold this morning. we h

that by 8:00, all of these westbound lanes will be closed to traffic. that's because that's when the construction is going to begin. after this weekend, there will be a new temporary detour for westbound traffic just past the toll plaza. the current westbound lanes are in the path of the new bridge's eastbound lanes. caltrans spokesman bart ney explains how all the pieces of the new bridge construction will fit. >> last may, we put eastbound traffic coming into oakland on a new alignment and then over the past year, we have been widening what we call the incline, the part that takes you westbound on the bridge

in addition to reconfigurement of westbound lanes, they are looking to repave and paint 80 westbound.ill move out of the way so you can see what i'm talking b. you can hardly see any of the lanes or markings on i-80 westbound. there is no traffic here as the crews are working on the westbound lanes of i-80. the current westbound lanes are in the path of the eastbound lanes of the new bridge so they will shift the westbound traffic so crews can continue working on the eastbound lanes of the new bridge. the bridge is expected to open in 2013 but the construction is supposed to be open and westbound lanes open 5:00 on tuesday morning. >> all right. lisa washington live at the bay bridge. i wish everybody luck trying to get to san francisco today because those alternate routes will be jammed up. last look at weather. >> not too bad. across the golden gate, light traffic with cloudy skies and still a chance of drizzle and showers in the picture all day long but it won't be a wash out. enjoy the weekend. >> we are calling it a morning. we will be back tomorrow morning at 7:30 a.m. have a go

once westbound traffic is shut down the cruise will command edible the westbound lanes of traffic to the left for about 2/5 of a mile just past the toll plaza. the new lanes are in yellow. >> will we have right now is a line and that is pretty much in place. we have to connectors that have to be paved and have utilities put in place like drainage and stripping has to be done. >>charles: that will allow them to demolish a small part of the old bay bridge. then, the crews can complete the work. >>dan: right behind me, there are numerous construction vehicles and chp officers that are staging right now. they're getting ready to move into formation for this bridge closure into the work that needs to be done. this is only possibly a small percentage of all of the vehicles needed to shut down the western section of the bay bridge in to the feeder lanes as well to get the work accomplished. >>pam: our team coverage continues right now. charles clifford is live at the bay bridge with an update on traffic. >>charles: right now i am standing next to the toll plaza, you're looking at the westbo

both hands-on the wheel if you are coming in westbound especially on the top.ll you more about those winds and some of the showers overnight, coming up. >>> this morning pictures on an incredible survivor's tale in kosovo. the little girl managed to survive an avalanche. onlookers cheered as rescuers reached the 5-year-old and pulled her to safe. both of her parents and seven other relatives died after 33 feet of snow buried their home. heavy snow has hammered the balkans more than two weeks. some areas are still unreach able. >>> closer to home, this morning -- people in the oakland hills continue cleanup after high winds and rains combined to send april tree crashing on to three cars along highway 13 nobody was hurt. it happened near lincoln avenue around 7:40 last night. the northbound rate line remains closed and officials warn today's high winds could bring down more trees. >> you saw those flags, how they were blowing around. >> gusts up to 45 miles per hour in some areas going to be a rough ride no matter how low your vehicle is down to the ground it is

still westbound ride is improving. longer backed up beyond the of the month has westbound. speeds are dropping into single digits. there is some slight improvement. the drive time was at once 56 minutes and is now down to 42 minutes. and on the bay bridge or westbound traffic is backed up to the berkeley curve. in 18 minute drive time. the commute started out better, we did have a solemn the upper deck. that means slower cycling of the metering lights. >>erica: its we are warming into the upper '40's and upper 50s. we are nowhere near freezing. temperatures will continue to climb as we head into the afternoon. a lot of 60s across the bay as we head into lunchtime hours. overall pleasant conditions and calm winds. by the afternoon we will keep things in the '60s however some of the inland areas and portions of the north bay will stay in the low seventies. 70's in abundance in the south bay. los 60s for half moon bay. we will continue to see what weather as we head into the afternoon. your 7 day around the bay forecast s

we know the westbound lanes are shut down and it's been causing traffic troubles all over the area.ou dealt with some of that this morning. >> i did. >> workers on the bay bridge though are ahead of schedule during this weekend's closure. >> and that means the westbound lanes actually could reopen a few hours earlier than planned on tuesday morning. that's great news for me and everybody else. lisa washington is at toll plaza to update us on the work in progress and she joins us with more. lie is a, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you frank and anne. and yes, opening early would be great for many of us here in the bay areament now we aren't able to get as close to the construction site as we were yesterday but i can tell you that that work does continue this morning. of course bart nay with cal tran says there are 45 projects that are underway this weekend while the westbound lanes are closed. the biggest of course is creatings that temporary detour so the work on the new bridge can continue. take a look at the video that cal tran supplied to us. the crews demolished a pa

westbound traffic is expected to reopen by commute time 5 a.m. tuesday unless it rains. >> if a sudden storm came in and continued rain after we have the bridge closed, and we've already started this process, we would not be able to open until we were done. >> reporter: so what caltrans says if it rains and if there is a delay, they are prepared to keep this bridge shut down at least the western approach lanes shut down for as long as it takes even if it takes a week but there's also a good chance, allen, that they will be able to reopen the bridge early if all goes well. so maybe by sunday night or monday morning. we'll see. >> best-case scenario. thank you. >>> and stay with cbs 5, cbssf.com and kcbs radio for all the information you're going to need to get around during the closure this weekend. >>> right now, we're following some breaking news also in the south bay. chopper 5 live over mount hamilton. this is where a caltrans delivery truck plunged down a 75-foot embankment. now, the driver we are told was rescued and airlifted to the hospita

westbound 4 another problem spot.ng this earlier accident that's why there's a question mark there now it was approaching somersville road so all lanes have reopened. they have been open for a while but it's very slow on westbound and actually eastbound highway 4 through the antioch area. past antioch in those westbound lanes, we are seeing improvement. otherwise, the san mateo bridge, this looks great either direction coming on and off the high-rise. south bay no issues here, as well. 280, 101 and the guadalupe parkway everything is nice and light. and a quick check of silicon valley commute. westbound 237 usually around this time of the morning, we actually see a few more brake lights. so it's actually not too bad across that stretch. your drive time for the east bay, no delay down the eastshore freeway. westbound 580 a few brake lights through the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. she through livermore for some reason. 880, nimitz and westbound 4 nice and light out of walnut creek towards the caldecott tunne

a dozen police cruisers chasing a war on westbound 80 in -- chasing a car on westbound 80 the chase reached 100 miles per hour and continued on to 880 through oakland, san leandro, hayward and fremont. it ended at the dumbarton bridge in newark where officers arrested three. two men were armed and had robbed this shell station in martinez an hour earlier. >>> pg&e has decided who should pay for an inspection and improvement program to make sure a san bruno type fire can't happen again. utility says the customer should a the lion's share of the estimated five billion dollar cost. katie the response has been loud and negative. >> reporter: as would you imagine it has. maybe adding insult to injury, pg&e has agreed to pick up more of the tab. wait until you hear the numbers. the first phase of the improvement project is expected to cost 2.2 billion dollars. reach five billion with interest payments. of the 2.2 billion pg&e agreed to a 320 million dollars. after yesterday, they bumped that number up to 360 million. that's 40 million more out of billions. customers would be left holding a 1.84 b

westbound highway 12 jamison canyon road before red top that will probably impact traffic off westbound80 out of fairfield on to jamison canyon lanes blocked chp saying they don't know when they are going to reopen the lanes that's why traffic will get backed up on 80 as well american canyon maybe an alternate. again, we'll keep you posted. so far traffic moving at 59 miles an hour on westbound 80 near the scene. i want to take out to bay bridge toll minor wait now for the cash-paying lanes metering lanes haven't been turned on. still a quiet ride although slick for golden gate bridge commuters. be extra careful some of that drizzle. waze traffic maps show you where slow antioch westbound 4, the bubbles are commuters right now who have turned on this free traffic app sharing information that's how we get slow speeds on westbound 4. we have some traffic spotters there racing girl always there on that westbound 4 stretch providing traffic reports. you can get in information, abc7news.com/waze download it to your iphone or your smartphone. >>> our time is 5:39. >>> san francisco sheriff ro

we are tracking a hot spot in the westbound direction. traffic is backed up for your ride headed towards the livermore interchange. 49 minutes is a drive time westbound for the commute as you head and from livermore. there was an early morning accident and now that traffic is still backed up. >>mark: an update on the payroll tax debate as republicans and democrats have reached a tentative agreement on extending the 2 percent payroll tax cut. lawmakers have also added an of living benefits. this comes after republicans dropped resistance that the measure be paid for with other cuts. it is also going to prevent cuts to medicare. the entire package will get an additional 2% and our paychecks and at 1 billion to the u.s. deficit. we're watching wall street today, the dow jones is down 29. thick crusts but >>george: all lanes cleared from an early morning accident. traffic is backing up into the maze. drive times are climbing to 21 minutes and more. >> here is a live the view from the bay bridge. morning conditions 43-48, breezy and wet. overn

we've got some folks heading on westbound 80 heading towards westbound 80 moving a little slowly there. this is a great tool to have handy while you are commuting. you can download this free traffic app by going to abc7news.com/waze. learn more about it, put it on your iphone or smartphone it will be handy for the bay bridge westbound closure president's day weekend. >>> the folks with waze thank you for the help. 5:13. >>> next, the vote expected today that could put new limits on medical marijuana dispensaries. >>> re of the former oakland army base brings the promise of hundreds of new jobs. -- the guarantee city leaders will be demanding. >> we need people like this of the street. >> the hate crime meeting that left a south bay man with a broken jaw. the pledge police are making to the victim. [ lane ] is your anti-wrinkle cream gone... but not your wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. its retinol formula visibly reduces wrinkles in just one week. why wait if you don't have to. neutrogena®. but do you really? [ female announcer ] neutrogena® makeup remover erases 99% of your

the westbound lanes, the upper deck is closed down. you can see the crews moved in in a big way and got to work. chp closed the bridge at about 8:00. they got the job done in 12 minutes. here is a spokesman to explain. >> if the freeways were backed up, like a typical friday night, it would have took an hour. because people are using alternatives we closed it in 12 minutes. >> reporter: once the bridge was closed they moved in and got to work. what they are doing tonight, first thing, is working on building a detour that is a critical step in expanding the bridge. >> reporter: this is an animation, the view is looking west as if you are above the toll plaza. now that traffic has been stopped, crews can build a short detour that will move the westbound lanes to the south. teams are also working on cutting out this section of the old bridge. it needs to be removed so the new span can be connected to interstate 80. all traffic will be rerouted to the new bridge and the old road will be removed. when it is finished, the lane configurations

there's hardly any backup westbound. on the san mateo bridge highway 92, take a look and you will see it is an easy trip in both directions. volume is up eastbound and westbound. let's check the traffic sensors and the mounts around the bay. 80 looks great with no problems for you there. the san ramon valley ride is smooth with sluggish conditions coming out of livermore and some slowing on 101 northbound with an accident on the shoulder at developers. >>darya: this weekend, a gop candidates have their eyes on the nevada where that state's caucuses take place. from a santorum and paul steady yesterday in the reno. romney's lamp a white house proposal that could result in the transfer of prisoners from guantanamo be thick-just guantanamo bay. this comes one day after getting the endorsement of donald trump. >>mark: the u.s. consumer products safety commission is offering a free app to let consumers know about the safety of products that people are using more thinking of buying. we do have one recall to tell you about. mic

westbound is shut since 8:00 p.m. last night.orkers showing a better idea of what they are dealing. this is looking west. as if you are have a hovering west. this detour will be moving the west to the south. with two-tenths. of 1 mi. and cutting out the old sections of the bridge. so the eastern span can be connected to the 880. the route to the toll rates should be smooth. when a 2013 finnish state delaying configuration should look something like this. however, you can see they are creating that lane shift. and once presidents' day weekend and ends with 100 caltran workers you can see the eastbound but it is not going west on for the rest of this weekend. >>isabel: thank you, craig. with that bay bridge. here is a list of the closures. interstate 80. the westbound side. the west grand and the north 880 connector. how do you get around? >>erica: yes. we are following those closures in the traffic center. the bay bridge closure will be until defect 5:00 a.m. tuesday this is the list of alternate routes and traffic implications. m

now, most of the work on the westbound lanes is completed. caltrans says the mostly sunny weekend has been one of the biggest factors in the progress. >> the welcome we -- work we planned were weather-dependent so we concerned the rain might delay those. but obviously the weather was great. >> there are still plenty of odds and ends to get done before the westbound deck is re-open. traffic on the sap mateo bridge was not a big issue, but over the golden gate bridge it's a different story. >> even though it's a westbound closure, we're seeing the same increase in traffic. very similar volume. >> by mid-day, traffic was already starting to stack up on the golden gate bridge and its approaches. promising a repeat of the crush of traffic they say this weekend. >> typically on a saturday we get 50,000 cars in a 24-hour cycle and we were just under 70,000 cars. so a big leap. >> reporter: now as you can see right now, the upper deck remains closed. there's no traffic coming through. on the lower deck there are still cars going through as they have

it is not in the westbound direction but going to cause big delays westbound from the altamont pass torted a male was running in the lanes of eastbound 580 and putting his hands up to try to stop traffic they weren't sure if he was hit or not at that point. later on it did turn into an injury crash. it is not -- we don't know if this person came from a car because there wasn't a car crash reported. we have several vehicles there, chp, fire all lanes temporarily blocked trying to get the three lanes open. minor delay eastbound because it is in the left lanes of eastbound 580, it is slowing the westbound 580 commute down. it is going to be a bad ride possibly for folks out of livermore and altamont pass more details as we hear more about this odd fatal crash in pleasanton. here's a -- the waze traffic app. i'm going to show you what it looks like now westbound 580 out of the livermore if things get really badly backed up because this is a fatal crash we could see the back-up extend too livermore even though it is a friday. you may want to consider possibly the altamont pass later on. you

hot spot on westbound 580. i want to take to you abc7's exclusive waze traffic app this crash was reported half an hour ago near grant line road still blocking the left lane. look at what it is doing to traffic slowing traffic down on to westbound 205 out of tracy almost backed up to 11th street. one of the commuters reported a stand still five minutes ago. the cool thing about this application is you can see -- you can see where drivers have turned it on. earlier i did see someone moving around 40 miles an hour. in san jose north clermont avenue closed between mckee and madeleine drive because of wires that came down. >>> we begin with breaking news. anonymous has struck again. the hacker group has just released the personal information of some of oakland's top city officials online in response to clashes between occupy oakland and the police. amy hollyfield is live in the newsroom with the latest details. >> reporter: the group anonymous just released the information saying they are disgusted and shocked by t

notice westbound 80 wasn't that backed up it started to slow at the foot of the maze westbound 580 backed up to 24 this is what it looked like idea at the peak not now. this is what it looks like now, heading through the maze westbound 80, 580, quiet. of course, if you are heading to the bay bridge toll no delays right now. of course, you want to know wait is like when you need it. that's when -- you want to know what it is like when you need it. you can download it to your phone is like having gps for free on your phone with traffic information. now for the weather we go to mike. >>> good morning. temperatures continuing their decline as the winds are starting to slow everywhere coolest stepping out in conduct cord redwood city and half moon bay mid to upper 30s mid to upper -- what we are watching high clouds, system to our north is going to miss us, high includes will overrun us we start off sunny with high includes and will probably stay in this mostly sunny regime during the afternoon. without the winds look at how the heat builds, warmth instead not heat this time of the year. let's

very light traffic on the bay bridge westbound. it is still pretty light in all lanes and from all the approaches. your ride on the san mateo bridge looks equally good. on the right side of the screen is the westbound ride. there are no delays headed over to foster city. in marin county, in easy ride on 101 southbound. on fridays it typically seymour traffic of the northbound direction although that is not the case yet. it is an easy tricks of the oil on to the stand northbound. >>james: now on to a developing story. a 45 ft. boat has crashed into a breakwater. the crews are searching the water right now. this this is at amata island. as we go in, the crash have it right near the lead on all marina. that is where will tran is standing by with the latest on the efforts. any more clarity on whether there is still a person of the water? >>will: they do not know. they have to assume that the story is in fact factual. they are still searching but will make a decision in about 40 minutes from now. oakland fire and rescue arrived about 45

the bridge's westbound -- we're at the entrance to caltrans. bridge's westbound lanes will be closed starting at 8:00 tonight. they are working on the new entrance to the bridgeport. crews are building a detour to finish the span. it will shift the westbound traffic south of where it is right now. it will allow crews to keep on working. crews will also be installing new barriers and railings. now, as you mentioned, grace, bart is extending its service overnight starting tonight so that you can get to san francisco. trains will stop at 14 stations but it will only stop once an hour. now, this 24/7 service ends on tuesday morning at 1:00 and the bridge is scheduled to reopen on tuesday at 5:00 in the morning. but caltrans says it's quite possible that the westbound lanes could reopen sooner than expected. it just all depends on how quickly crews work and also if weather is cooperating this weekend. back to you, grace. >> all right. we all hope it goes well. thank you, gil. >>> elizabeth wenger not in studio today. she is staying on top of the wes

things have evened out both eastbound and westbound. you're right on the golden gate, 101 southbound, we have been talking about the wet deck, but there are no problems with the drive across the span. >>mark: facebook is expected to file paperwork for initial public offering. the company is expected to raise 5 billion-10 billion on this ipo even if they file a report today they would not trade publicly for three-four months. it's >>darya: a california could soon be out of cash. the california normally borrows money each year to avoid a cash shortfall before income tax revenue comes in. >>mark: the average homeowners could save about $3,000 a year while republicans in congress said it will block the plan because it is paid for with a surcharge on big banks. they're calling plan an election-year ploy. >>justine: don cornelius who famously creative soul train was found dead in his sherman oaks home this morning. tmz is reporting that law enforcement officers say it appears he committed suicide. he was 75 years old. >>darya: we are back wit

that's another area that will be opening up eventually westbound 84 on the dumbarton, westbound approacho the bay bridge toll plaza on 880, 580 and 80. all of these opening up within the next few years, by 2015, metropolitan transportation commission hopes to have hundreds of miles of these lanes installed just to make life so much easier for those of us have jobs and need to get in to office. 880. >> it's clear through there. >> that's a good sign. 5:38. time to check in with meteorologist christina loren who is over at the nbc bay area weather center. >> it's mostly clear overall this morning, guys. we expect some ragged patches of fog but the story of the day will be sunshine right off the bat and warm temperatures about 5 to 10 degrees above their seasonal highs. so your weather headlines tell the story. patchy fog, it will not last long. we expect mostly clear conditions. this will be the warmest day of the week. through friday, not as warm. we'll take the temperatures down by 4 to 6 degrees with a few more clouds. the first twoof systems that will bring us rain to the second half

another potential bottleneck, southbound 80 where it connects with westbound 92 purify also, westbound 92 where it connects with northbound 101. traffic experts also expect if congestion on sir francis drake boulevard. >>pam: the bay bridge has been shut down numerous times since the beginning of the retrofit project. in 2006 cal trans shutdown it eastbound lower deck. both directions were shut down the next year. caltrans reopened to the average 11 hours early. the third labor day shutdown was in 2009. the next month, the bridge had to be closed for an emergency repair off. it said nearly a week to complete those repairs. >>pam: coming up next gary and alicea open the kron4 mailbag to answer questions plus former raiders head coach hugh jackson has landed on his feet with an assistant coaching job. jeremy lin is trying to keep the "lin-sanity" ruling in new york. gary radnich is coming up next. foss enough's >>george: the bay bridge closed on time today. here is a look at the commute on a san mateo. will also have a look at your ride on the san mateo bridge. you can see on the right s

but there are some westbound lanes open in the weekend, grace, it's those westbound lanes from treasure island to san francisco. back to you. >> thank you. gil diaz live in oakland. stay with cbs 5 as well as cbssf.com and kcbs radio. we have all the details you will need to get around this weekend. >>> coming up, fans outside the funeral home on the eve of whitney houston's service. how she is being remembered. >> holding pg&e accountable. the hefty punishment for the deadly san bruno explosion. >>> oh, wow, it's a big difference. >> big difference. >> reverse the effects of tea and coffee, the foods that can give you a brighter smile coming up. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. now seeing lots of sunshine in some spots although there are clouds along the coastline, storms off the coast. how that might affect your holiday weekend, talk about that coming up. new jersey. >>> today the family of whitney houston is holding a small private viewing of the late singer in newark, new jersey. for days, fans have been paying their respects outside a funeral h

this is westbound on the bridge. you are hearing this. you know the bridge traffic will be terrible because unless they get this thing outs of the way instantly we have an instant up here at the toll plaza. they will slow the metering lights down. traffic is going to be slow. again a new crash on the bridge. now weather is a big concern for cal tran as it prepares for a major closure this holiday weekend on this very same bridge. ktvu claudine wong is at the toll plaza. tells us if we should find out today what will happen. claudine. >> reporter: that is right, sal. an announcement expected today. they are watching the weather very closely. we did see a tow truck speeding their way up there. we know they are on their way to that. the big announcement focuses on the closure planned for this weekend. they have been planning for this for a very, very long time. they need to realign traffic so that it can go around an area that they want to work on they want to connect this area to the new bridge that closure is expected to go from friday nig

there are no delays eastbound or westbound. here is a look at more on what is happening in the east bay. this is a great and light ride harry that is why it surprises me that the metering lights are slow. 580 looks good, no delays to the east bay. in the south bay, picking up the slowing. we have added three minutes from the coyote valley to santa clara clocking in at 14 minutes for the northbound 101 ride. >>mark: i think that we have seen asoka back on the line. >>darya: we wanted were perspective with what is going on on the markets. steve >> the agreed situation continues to deteriorate. now today, as the deal continues to fall apart the market is suddenly paying attention. >>mark: explain to me, the sentiment yesterday it was " greece is stepping forward and have agreed to conditions. now is the european union asking for more or degrees not step forward all the way? steve >> >> let's step back a little bit further. early december we had a feed change from the european central bank. everyone was thinking that they would be

let's update conditions on highway 24 westbound. a slight improvement but this is still probably the slowest traffic to be founded the bay area. an unexpected delight on what is otherwise a light ride. the last time we checked, the drive times up to 28 minutes. it is now down to 22 minutes westbound. here is a quick bridge check. the bay bridge clueless night at 8:00 p.m.. right now it is delayed free. your ride on the sanity of bridge, light traffic with no problems across the span. the golden gate is another weekend alternate has very light traffic, so does the entire ride through marin county. let's get a check on whether they're at. >>erica: i saw a lot of cloud cover from the golden gate bridge. we're still enjoying sunshine and blue skies overlooking downtown san francisco. the clouds will continue to increase into the afternoon. for the most part temperatures are sitting in the low 60s. we do have the potential for rainfall. a 20 percent chance of rain tonight stretching into monday and a little bit of a warming trend into ne

for now, and there is light traffic westbound.e are approaching a holiday weekend and we could see lighter traffic on the bridge. yesterday was a pretty good ride for the bay bridge. your commute to the san mateo bridge is a problem free with no delays eastbound or westbound. the golden gate is smooth in and out of marin county with light traffic southbound. >>james: tonight temperatures will be dropping down to the 30's and 40's. here's a quick look at what we see outside the door. temperatures generally in the forties. we will be back with a full check on whether in just a minute. faugh and >>darya: the time is 5:13 a.m.. we're looking at the area they're continuing to surge. they will be out in linden searching for more remains. investigators have reached the bottom of the first well on that property in linden. wesley shermantine, one of the speed freak killers provided the location to authorities. investigators have found about 1000 bone fragments in that one well holon. >> our plans are to send a camera down there, we want to

been an easy ride westbound. right now there are no problems for the san mateo bridge. >>darya: our developing story we're following in the south bay in sunnyvale, a fire at a house, the house is a total loss. firefighters are on the scene right now. a family lives here, both cars were in the driveway when the fire broke out. it seems as though they are traveling. lucky for them there were not in the hall when this broken out. craig skalar is live at the scene giving us the latest on what they're of looking at as a cause for the fire. >>craig: they do not know the cause, there are more release thick that the family is in china on vacation. when you see the devastation close-up, you see just how bad it is. fire officials to tell me these things really catch fire and get going. you can see just how bad the damage is. >> open the door and i heard a muffled explosion. no more than five minutes later i looked out and saw fire. >>craig: out there was a lot of concern that the family is indeed in china. officials have s

silicon valley commute, westbound if. so far looks good. 6:45 we usually see brake lights and delays but still top speeds to san jose. that's traffic. here's lawrence. >> we have a cold front making its way through the bay area not much energy with this one, still some light sprinkles and showers showing up. hi-def doppler showing you some of the scattered showers around the bay area right now. but most of that light and headed toward the south bay as a weak line is pushing on through. this is about as good as it's going to get from this system as it falls apart. light showers and drizzle showing up outside today if you are headed out the door. roads will be slick this morning. but by the afternoon, we should see some clearing. and looks like a return to dry days ahead as high pressure begins to build back in. the temperatures going to be fairly mild. this low passing through will slide on by and then high pressure builds in behind it setting the stage for offshore winds kicking in. that means we have some warmer temperat

we are all getting ready for that westbound closure.le here i see headlights that are stopped. traffic light enough to get around it. we'll keep you posted on this. if you want to head across the golden gate bridge right now it is fine. a lot of folks will be using this as an alternate route this weekend. i want to take you to the waze traffic map. a great way to find out what is going on for the route you are interested in. we have a traffic spotter moving at over 40 miles per hour through the san francisco area. what is great about this is it will give you street level traffic information. you just need to download the & and turn it on. it take -- download the app and turn it on. you want to maybe practice before the bay bridge closure go to abc7news.com/waze and become a traffic spotter we have almost 2800 members now. >>> our time is 6 -- 6:20. >>> apple offers a sneak peek at a mountain lion. we'll explain. >>> was google watching? new accusations that the bay area search giant was spying on iphone a >>> apple is getting ready to r

silicon valley commute still looks great on westbound 237. so your drive times once again for the east bay, the only slow spot knew now in the yellow is westbound 580. nimitz 24th and walnut creek still top speeds no problems. coming up we'll check mass transit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the plan to phase out tolltakers on the golden gate bridge is moving forward. >> that's right. by next year at this time, all payments will be electronic. lisa washington reports from the toll plaza, explaining why the bridge district is doing this and new payment options. >> reporter: that's right. there will be new payment options. first there was fastrak but now a sign. times this golden gate toll -- now a sign of the times this golden gate toll plaza will be oughtiated. officials say it will be easier and will save $19 million in the first eight years that they will be fully automated. so when do we say good-bye to the last human toll taker? golden gate expects to start testing the system by the end of the year and next february is when the last huma

take a look at the 880 approach into the bay bridge westbound. we are no longer backed up to the macarthur maze. slow between 80 and was to grant. there is not a long delayed. 14-16 minutes as he had through the toll plaza fees across the upper deck into san francisco. on the san mateo bridge, it is a much better ride in terms of timing and congested although we do still have wind advisories in place for both the bay bridge and the sanity of bridge. the golden gate bridge for ride is a wet again but no problems other than that for the southbound 101 commute. the writer marin county looks great, so does our earlier hot spot. interstate 80 westbound is completely clear from hercules to berkeley. the south bay freeways, a lingering delay heading north from 85 from 280 to mountain view. that is the last slow stretch to clear out. >>mark: we're continuing to follow the latest on the upcoming bay bridge closure. will tran is light at the bay bridge. they are moving the bill lanes over. they're making room for the new eastern stand to connect to the bay

there is no traffic on the bridge westbound. because of that, there is a big backup at the macarthur maze. an easy drive time. your ride to the golden gate bridge, 101 in and out of marin county, from time to time, some fault and no delays across the stands. for >>mark: there is craig skalar and near pacifica as the waves were growing. the year is a live look at the pacific appear. a high surf advisor is in effect. i am further back but it is still a problem. people who live here are taking pictures. they live here all the time it is see this all the time but even they are going out of their way to take a look at this. >> we have not even hit high tide yet. the area in blue is the area affected by the high surf advisories. 18 ft. waves are not out of the question. here is the view from the roof camera. a lot of locations reporting dance hall. better conditions this afternoon with a lot more sunshine. this evening we will be clear to start. 47 in oakland, 49 in san francisco. slightly warmer and san jose. this afternoon we're loo

the westbound lanes are blocked at baltimore avenue. there was apparently a water main break at the same location about two weeks ago that flooded that area. the sinkhole appears to be the result of that. let's head to julie wright. >> authorities tell us that the sinkhole will be taken care of after the morning commute. so headed into peacecroft this morning, this will tie up your commute. westbound 450 will remain closed until further notice. eastbound, outbound, the lanes are open. traveling north on 359 in the main lines and express lanes, no trouble spots to report. traffic flowing freely here. 66 looks good leaving manassas towards centreville. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >>> big wins for mitt romney last night. the most intense fight was in romney's home state of michigan where he outspend rick santorum by over a million dollars and the results show it did pay off with romney winning 41% but santorum not too far behind taking 38%. ron paul got 12%. in arizona, romney won 47%. santorum had 27% of the vote and new

no westbound traffic will be allowed on the bay bridge if it does not rain. will tran is live at the bay bridge but details of the closure. yes will have more than what she and other craft. they will know by thursday or friday of this project is a go. if it is rating the will have to push it back to the following weekend. that will make things harder because it will cause more chaos. everyone is keeping our fingers crossed that it will be done this weekend. we will know at 9:00 a.m. when we speak with a caltrans spokesperson. >>darya: new details in a developing story that we have been falling, it could take six-eight weeks until we know officially the cause of death for whitney houston. and the 48 year-old was found dead saturday afternoon in the bathtub of her room at the beverly hilton hotel. tmz is reporting that her on to found her in the tub and tried to administer cpr. they had been there getting ready for the grammys when this happened. an autopsy has been completed but the police are not going to release a cause of death until the toxicology results

it will only cause a minute or two for the westbound ride. so you're right to the south bay looks good for both 101 and interstate 280 to the west valley. here at the interchange it is a light and easy ride for your trip near santa clara. >>mark: santorum is looking ahead to super tuesday. he campaigned in oklahoma it yesterday. as the campaign says it raised 1 million in just the 24 hours that followed tuesday. >> they know that oil is drying out. we are throwing israel under the bus because we know we will be depended upon oakland. hough love of his find neat " of van ... if love newt and let's give " an a a a half that al and i have and in >>darya: to westbound deck of the bay bridge is going to be closed next weekend. not this coming weekend but next weekend. motorists will be able to drive on the upper deck collapsed but you cannot get out of san francisco during back closure. >>darya: sandusky will ask a judge to readdress the conditions of his house arrest. aha >>mark: laws are also calling the latest on wall street. here is a live loo

westbound traffic is expected to reopen by commute time 5 a.m. tuesday, unless it rains. >> if a sudden storm came in and continued rain after we have the bridge closed and we've already started this process, we would not be able to open until we were done. >> reporter: and caltrans says they fully expect to open the bridge again back on tuesday morning. but they're also prepared to keep the westbound lanes closed as long as they have to, to complete that work. and allen, what they're saying, too, is if the weather holds up, if the weather remains clear for most of the weekend, it's possible they can get this bridge reopened maybe by sunday night even monday. so cross our fingers. >> best-case scenario we would like that. thank you. >>> elizabeth wenger shows us the bay area traffic arteries that you may want to avoid this weekend. >> reporter: might be a good idea to stay inside if you can or at least avoid san francisco. but with the big deck closure likely going to have a ripple effect on the freeways across the bay area. this is a major arter

this is westbound 580 by airway boulevard.hese sensors are picking up super slow speeds coming out of the altamont pass. now, once you get past livermore then things improve but bart might be a good option today. like i said, chp is dealing with more than a dozen different incidents across the bay area. let's take you outside show that you live look at the dumbarton bridge. this is what i'm talking about. wind warnings from chp this morning. so once again for the dumbarton bridge, bay bridge and a new one just issued now for the san mateo bridge, as well. now, the rain we got here meant snow in the sierra and we also have chain requirements this morning. there was a live look near the truckee scales. there we go. you can see it's a winter wonderland out there. chain requirements between colfax and the california state line. all right. back to you guys. >> skiers are happy. thank you. 6:46. >>> a san francisco company is out of the running for a well- known brant of chips. >> our favorite. here to talk about it jason brooks at

westbound 580 heavy from the macarthur maze.er top story we have is breaking news from sky 7 hd less than an hour ago shots were reported fired signed an oakland home on 45th near telegraph some streets are closed in the area. we'll keep you updated. >>> developing news in san francisco, pg&e says some residents who had power knocked out by a transformer fire we showed new morning, will not have it restored until dinnertime. the fire was first reported around 3:45 near the intersection of dubose and valencia in the mission district it cut power to more than 2,000, power has restored to all but a few 100. dubose in that area may still be closed. another update in a few minutes. >>> oakland police investigating a shooting involving one of their officers. the suspect was seriously wounded after being shot in the back late sunday night. we now know the man shot by the officers is related to oscar grant the man who was kill the unarmed man killed by bart police. here's john alston with the story you will see only on 7. >> reporter: s

the westbound lanes of the bay bridge, they are back open today. the changes that drivers are going to have to get used to though. >>> plenty of clouds and showers through the bay area. >>> will they continue through the rest of president's day? we will talk about that coming up. >>> it is slick starting off your monday commute. all the traffic hot spots coming up. >>> good morning, everybody. happy president's day. it is monday, february 20. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 4:30 a.m. we begin in oakland where police officers had opened fire on a suspect injuring him. >> it happened late last night on seminary avenue in east oakland. this morning, police have just cleared the scene. lisa washington is in oakland with the latest on the investigation. lisa, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, frank and grace. and yes, as you said, oakland police have just wrapped up their onscene investigation for this officer-involved shooting at 11: 30 last night in the 1900 block of seminary avenue. we have video. a spokeswoman with oakland

so here's a live look at silicon valley commute westbound 237. really not much yellow on any of our sensors. you can see it up and down the peninsula there 101 and 280 everything looks great through san mateo county or if you are heading up towards downtown s and you're east bay drive times in the green for your more popular routes for from this time of the morning including westbound 580, highway 4 always check the eastshore freeway and westbound 24 through walnut creek. everything is clear and in the green. otherwise, mass transit continues to run on time for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries. everything is off to a pretty nice start. so not too bad for this back-to- work tuesday. >> yeah, it's going to be 70 degrees. >> i noticed that, wednesday, thursday. best days. yeah. >> best days of the week. weekend... a little iffy. >> really? >> but let's enjoy the middle of the week. it's going to be great. >> let's talk about lawrence's hair. you're doing a little spikey do. >> get up and go hair. >> yesterday a mohawk. >> you never know. >

westbound 80 looking good through berkeley just debris reported a few minutes ago westbound 80 ashbyheading towards the bay bridge no delays on the bay bridge traffic light have both hands-on the wheel because we've had a wind advisory for the bay bridge and dumbarton bridge. here's the waze traffic map altamont pass starting to see moderate traffic develop on highway 84 out of livermore. you can get more information for your commute by going to abc7news.com/waze become a traffic spotter by putting this free gps with traffic information on your iphone or smartphone. >>> 5:39. >>> democrats and republicans in congress strike a tax deal. what it could mean for you, next. >>> u.s. forces on high alert near iran. at nunsment today that is certain to raise nuclear tensions. >>> -- >>> the memorial for whitney houston. why her family wants to keep it a private fair. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. . >>> welcome back. on capitol hill house and senate gauche sure have reached a tent agreement on renewing a payroll tax cut that could give $20 a week to the average w

traffic is actually starting to loosen up westbound towards foster city.r traffic maps you will see some minor delays at the 1 01-92 interchange. what is usually a 14 minute trip from end to end is clocking in at 16 minutes. public transit is also doing its part. bart is running service 24 hours a day. after midnight they will only be running once an hour and only stopping at 14 stations. caltrans is rerouting service to the nearest bart station. there is additional ferry service as well. >>vicki: new equipment for police could help settle police brutality lawsuits. gabe slate has more. >>gabe: i have some new technology to show you for law enforcement. will police the wearing video cameras in the near future? also grant and countless other incidents have shown the power of cell phone video being captured during an arrest. this video only shows on one side. officer: video camera system. it allows officers to video tape from their perspective what is happening. what has the happenings of law enforcement is, frankly people fill the end of an advanced and tha

we're going to head north of here, westbound 92. toll lanes in there, on the dumbarton and the bay bridge toll plaza and 580 in livermore and pleasanton. these are going to be phased in. by 2015. so we're looking at having hundreds of miles of these toll lanes. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, thank you. a berkeley police officer in the hospital after he was rammed by a suspect during a traffic stop. it happened late yesterday at the center street and grove way castro valley area where two undercover officers followed the suspect from berkeley. the suspects decided to back up and pinning the officer. the partner opened fire. >> i kept telling the people to duck and get out of the way. >> the suspect backed his vehicle which pinned the berkeley police officer between the suspect vehicle and the unmarked workly car. >> the suspect remains hospitalized as is the officer who has serious injure i to his legs and hand. no word why they were trying to stop the suspect. we're learning more about the possible motive in

a normal commute day westbound.und. in the non commute direction there is an accident. when the chp has called a sig alert because of the number of accidents involved. again, it is not the commute directions of assistance the 580 looking at the bridges, let's get a quick check of the bay bridge westbound, the surprises here faugh but traffic is a 14-16 minute drive time with no real delays coming from 880 was found fifth in with the advisory is in place on the san mateo. for the golden gate, 101 northbound and southbound, still a pretty smooth ride. no surprises or incidents for the right to marin county. >>mark: a disappointing day for the california department of water research. the conducted their monthly self survey cut and of course the dismal results. profs even with an unusually high number of storms for the month of march and we would still not approach normal numbers. >> a significant, major turnaround for any likelihood of a decent performance. obviously, as you move through march that becomes unlikely. >>

westbound 80 shut down around 8 p.m. tonight so of course, it's going to have a ripple effect on all the major bay area freeways throughout the weekend. kind of hard to tell what drivers are going to do, what freeways are going to be the busiest but if history repeats itself this has been the fourth closure of the bay bridge since 2006. we know the san mateo bridge is going to be extra backed up. the golden gate bridge, the dumbarton bridge and even other areas you may not think of. southbound 880 commuters heading towards the san mateo bridge. 880 gets backed up as well as 101 and 280 along the peninsula so bart running hourly 24/7 service. that will be a great option. also extra ferry service from the east bay. so we'll be talking a lot more about this big bay bridge closure all weekend long. but in the meantime i want to talk quickly about this morning's commute. show you what conditions are like on the roads outside right now on this friday morning. so far it's "friday light." we had one earlier accident in hayward t

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