Cheerleading is now considered sport in california. Its a step forward, but possibly a leap back for one east bay school district. It covers brentwood and oakley and contra costa county. Reporter cheerleading is now a sport. Incredibly exciting. We feel proud were being recognized for the hard work we put in. Reporter but the designation threatens the Cheerleading Program in the Liberty High School district. The girls are athlete. For that to be taken away from us, we were devastated. Reporter as districts grapple with the cost. The superintendent proposed cutting additional cheers and implementing stunt cheers. I have no problem with that. But you dont cut something out in the district thats been there for years. Reporter traditional sideline here is more inclusive because more students can participate. Some teams are smaller. Stunt teams are very small. They allow up to 30 girls. But usually theyre not that big, theyre usually around 20. Reporter more colleges recognize traditional cheer for scholarships. The cell phone video shows the National Competition in florida. Stunt cheer just isnt as established. Its not on the same level. We dont feel like its an appropriate replacement. Reporter the issue goes before the school board at next weeks meeting. In the east bay, abc 7 news. Smoke inhalation caused the deaths of all 36 victims in the ghost ship fire in oakland. The medical examiner said burns or other injuries did not play a role in their deaths last year. The victims were unable to get out of the burning warehouse. There was a party in several illegal Living Spaces inside. Investigators have not announced what caused the december 2nd fire or any potential criminal charges there. Two santa clara deputies are on leave. The Sheriffs Office said deputy lionel groba hit an inmate in the face. Our media partner the mercury news reported there was an attempt to get some leverage on them. The sheriff is working on reforms because of numerous allegations of jail misconduct, including the beating death of an inmate. Reuters reports the department of Homeland Security is considering a move to separate mothers and children who cross the border into the u. S. Illegally. Its that kind of idea that instills fear in the households of many immigrant families. But theres help with a new hotline and Legal Assistance. Reporter an unexpected visit by i. C. E. Agents caused fear and panic in the neighborhood in january. Community activists says calls have come through a new hotline about similar situations. Weve received over 450 calls since february 10th. It is really the community being afraid. Reporter the San Francisco immigrant legal and Education Network set up the hotline for residents to report i. C. E. Action. And to inform undocumented immigrants about their legal rights. We dont recommend you say anything. If you are arrested, just say your name and ask for an attorney. Reporter the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco launched a Legal Assistance center. The San Francisco office has joined 50 Mexican Consulates to calm fears and offer legal advice to mexican nationals. We want them to know their rights and have information from reliable sources. Reporter consulate workers are visiting communities. Many attorneys are working pro bono. Its their way of staying ahead of the trump administrations promise to stiffer immigration enforcement. A violent robbery attempt in San Francisco was caught on Surveillance Video. Take a look. Watch as the man with a gun and hammer knocked over a woman who works at a Jewelry Store on grant avenue. Police shared the Surveillance Video yesterday. The man waved his gun around, ordered employees to the ground and smashed display cases. He didnt take anything. Heres what he looks like without his mask. No one was hurt there. Special needs child was left in a nova school bus for three hours. The 4yearold student boarded at the Nova Education center 3 30 on monday. The driver parked near his own home with what he thought was an empty bus. After he received a phone call from the dispatcher, the driver found the child sleeping underneath a seat. The city of san jose announced the hiring of a new director of Emergency Services. Ray reardon has experience in the bay area. A city spokesman tells abc 7 news his hire just after last weeks flooding is purely coincidental. The last director left his post last november and there had been a National Search under way. Assistant city manager dave sykes served as Emergency Services director for the city during the flooding. Happening today, san jose mayor sam lacarda will be back out in the neighborhoods to help clean up. He will join volunteers. Members from Orchard Supply hardware will help repair damaged areas with 30,000 worth of donated items and materials. The cleanup is from 9 00 this morning until 2 00 this afternoon. The recent rains caused a sary situation in a south bay neighborhood. A gas leak forced people to leave their homes on sun crest avenue north of allen rock park. Katie mar zul la tells us it took pg e crews ten hours to finish the repair work. Reporter it was well after dark when pg e crews finished repairing a gas leak in san jose. Diane was home when the leak happened. It was around 11 00 a. M. The land lord saw some the earth come up. Like it was blowing. Like, kind of like a volcano would erupt. Reporter diane called 911. I saw the vapors from the gas. There was a very strong gas smell. Reporter the Fire Department evacuated some homes and had other residents shelter in place while pg e shut off the gas. Despite several days of sunshine, the cause of the leak was rain. Because the soil is still saturated in some locations, you cant get incidents like this where underground facilities are compromised and they can result in a gas leak. Reporter a fourinch steel pipeline came apart where it was welded together. 20 customers were without gas for most of the day and night. Diane wasnt especially inconvenienced by that, but she is worried about longterm pipeline safety. There is a concern with san bruno. That would be my main concern. Reporter this neighborhood had a gas leak a year ago. Abc 7 news. The next round of rain right around the corner. Were looking at a beautiful shot here in santa cruz where we had some sunshine. Wow, yesterday was the day to be there. 68 degrees. Today upper 50s. Right now in the 40s. We have showers around the bay. But the cold front will march throughout the afternoon. Ill time it out for you and were talking once again very, very chilly temperatures. Just as we warmed up. Ill have the details coming up. Also next, organizers prepare on a march for trump. In a bay area city thats known for just the opposite. Finding steps, shoes, specia guyoull swear it came from aew frfancy brunch place. Its 100 real. Just like my favorite sport pro wrestling. Um. Yeah, about pro wrestling. Its fake. What . Lies its. All. Lies why didnt you tell me . sorry jack, i thought you knew. Try my new grilled french toast plate with syrup and Hickory Smoked bacon. The newest addition to my brunchfast menu. Hit me with this, youll feel better. Good morning. Back with a live shot from the exploratorium camera. The abc 7 exploratorium camera. Storm clouds moving in. A lot of people might be saying, where did i put that umbrella. Youll need it this weekend. Lisa argen will talk to us about storms rolling in right now in just a few minutes. Happening today, a march is scheduled in berkeley in support of President Trump. The march for President Trump rally is planned at Martin Luther king jr. Civic Center Parking at 2 00 p. M. Jonathan bloom has a review. Regardless of your political affiliation, defend your liberty and your rights. March with us on berkeley. Reporter a video and Facebook Page for a protest organized by this man. Hes listed as the bay area contact on the National Website for the march for trump. But he didnt plan it that way. Im not actually a trump supporter. Reporter what he does support is free speech. A right he believes was violated when a lecture by a breitbart speaker. After the milo event, seeing people i know get attacked, and having their rights shut down, i knew something had to happen. Reporter the College Republican brought breitbart to campus. Were actually advising them not to go because it might get dangerous. Reporter people who work downtown remember it well. They tore down the fences over here for the construction. Busted up all the atms. They messed up starbucks, too. Reporter the man we spoke to insists it wont happen this time. Weve been working closely with berkeley pd for the last three weeks. And i think theyre going to do a great job tomorrow. Reporter except the citys spokesman said police have not received an application for a demonstration and havent issued any permits. They refused our repeated requests to speak about it on camera. Stand up to trumps hate and make sure that berkeley lives up to its promise of being a sanctuary city. Reporter jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. Groups have also planned a counterprotest to the proPresident Trump rally, that starts at noon at Martin Luther king jr. Civic center park in berkeley. Matt barnes back on the Warriors Team for the second time had his Court Date Pushed back until june. The coach believes barnes will be playing in the nba finals. Hes facing Assault Charges while he was playing for the sacramento kings. Police say he was involved in an altercation at a bar in manhattan back in december. His court date is set for june 27th. Barnes was signed by the warriors on thursday. Et i will unt earens are ef ur i. The ening eimunder el is ips ent. Esen ectic the en. The ur will i you us eis itsen the ed i. Theest identification uk will einep are iic also nl. The, be eed uld ins. Tzing 9sdsment a e m grk gruflg oinktsds cents cents sw sgrumg squhrlg auflg chblg much fl of 6b8g9z of course. 69sds now your accuweather forecast. We have more rain on the way. In fact, scattered showers around right now, mixed in with some sunshine and fog. Here is live doppler 7. A lot of this is falling underneath our radar beam on top of moublt st. Helena. Mount st. Helena could see some snow. This all slides to the south throughout the day today. Some advisories to pass on to you. Weve been watching the Flood Warning here around clear lake for the past week or so. Right now the level is at 9. 6. It should recede to 9. 5 flood stage the 9 feet. Heres snow around middleton, Cobb Mountain with the snow levels going below 2,000 feet. This is right on through monday. An indication of how cold the system is. A winter storm warning tomorrow 4 00 through monday 4 00, with 8 to 14 inches above 3,000 feet. Winds gusting over 30 miles an hur there. The window to go is shrinking, because well see 1 to 2 feet above 4,000 feet and up to three feet over the highest passes. The winds will gust over 60 and p 0 miles an hour with monday afternoon totals over a foot. Tahoe city, south lake about 19 inches. It always looks like this on mount tam. We are looking on showers around santa rosa. It is breezy. 51 mountain view. 52 in San Francisco. And half moon bay. The cloud cover, we are a little mlder. This is the picture a few minutes ago. 48 in novato, 49 in fairfield. Livermore is at 50. So we have the wiper here on this camera. So it is damp out there. Even despite the Late Afternoon frontal pass, were seeing showers ahead of the system. We will look for snow over our highest peaks. Were talking about 2,000 feet. Could be a sight to see tomorrow with a possibility of a thunderstorm. Upper 50s to low 60s. Down about 10 degrees from yesterdays readings. Wait until you see tomorrow, well be struggling to make it into the 50s. Heres the storm impact scale. 1 for today and tomorrow, with light amounts. But just enough to really mess up your weekend plans. But i dont think its going to be a washout for you most of the weekend. Tomorrow looks drier. We have limit league parades around the bay area today. 2 00. Scattered showers. Here comes the front. Its going to be an evening deal pushing through the Golden Gate Bridge and into the south bay. Behind it, this is tomorrow. Look at that, around mount hamilton, 6 00 in the morning weve got some snow. And by the afternoon, breaks in the overcast, with the possibility of a thunderstorm. So rainfall amounts, anywhere from about half an inch in oakland to a third of an inch in parts of san jose. Quarter of an inch in the north bay. 30s and 40s tonight. The cold air left in the forecast. 1 on the storm impact scale. Today and tomorrow, leftover showers on monday. Boy, we have tons of live cameras that you can track, not only the rain, but maybe some of the snow tomorrow. But after that, we have four good days of dry weather and more springlike temperatures, 60s and 70s. Find the umbrella. I dont know where mine is. Somewhere in the car, i think. We got a break last week, so more rain. Yeah. Bundle up. Lisa, thank you very hey, bud. You need some help . No, im good. Come on, moe. I have to go. vo we always trusted our Subaru Impreza would be there for him someday. Ok. Thats it. vo we just didnt think someday would come so fast. See ya later, moe. vo introducing the allnew Subaru Impreza. The longestlasting vehicle in its class. More than a car, its a subaru. The trip of a lifetime that never happened for one please acton couple. They turned to Michael Finney for help on their travel insurance claim. Hawaii. Hello . Reporter a trip she may never take. Her planned vacation with her husband of 64 years had to be canceled on doctors orders. A recent stroke and pain in her leg made the risk of sustaining a blood clot midflight too dangerous. It was a huge disappointment. Well, i was hoping it would be some so romantic. Reporter the couple booked their trip last june for november. They purchased the travel insurance and expected a full refund. But when they canceled, they learned part of their refund would come from the travel agency which came right away. The rest from tripmate, their travel insurer. They sent me some forms to fill out. I filled them out and returned them. Nothing happened. Reporter tripmate asked for more. They asked for a doctors note, stating the reason why in effect, why we canceled. Reporter he submitted that note. But the claim was denied. Jack eventually took his wifes advice and contacted 7 on your side. He says, thats when things really started rolling. Tripmate told us, tripmate subsequently received additional documentation, not originally on file, stating a different reason for cancellation that was covered under the plan. Tripmate is glad that we were able to resolve the claim, and mr. And mrs. Trinas favor. Is the travel insurance worth the added expense . Years ago, we kind of said, you know, you dont really need it. But you but now theres increasing need for it. Reporter Consumer Reports recommends buying it through a broker who offers multiple policies from a wide range of companies. The best policy is the one that gives you the most flexibility. Thats why you cancel for any reason policy is really your best option. Reprter the premium insurance is more expensive, but may give you peace of mind. If the couple had made it to hawaii, this is what jack says he would have done. I would have placed a lei across her neck. And give her a big smooch. Reporter im Michael Finney, 7 on your side. An iconic housecleaning product is ditching the brawny guy on the logo. The person behind the shirt has now changed. Brawny has put a woman on it. It goes along with the social Media Campaign using the strength has no gender. Nations oldest and largest Public Affairs group held its biggest fundraiser of the year last night. In San Francisco the commonwealth gala and dinner. The distinguished citizens awards were handed out to five leaders for their generosity, and desire to help the world. Still to come on abc 7 mornings, why the state refuses to release a report about the health risks of using your cell phone. The reason b. A. R. T. Wont be putting as many new train cars whats the story behind Green Mountain coffee and fair trade . Lets take a flight to colombia. This is boris calvo. Boris grows mindblowing coffee. And because we pay him a fair price, he improves his farm and invest in his community to make even better coffee. All for a smoother tasting cup. Green mountain coffee. 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I hope you enjoyed the milder air. Rain and much colder air on the way for the second half of your weekend. The first half of the weekend were looking at scattered showers. Around santa rosa and San Francisco weve seen some. This is where the bulk of the activity is now. It slides down the coast. A 1 on the storm impact scale providing cold showers throughout the day today. And a steady line of rain later on this evening. And we could also see possibility of thunderstorms with hail. It is 50 in cupertino right now. 52 in San Francisco. And yes, milder to start with the clouds, breezy winds will result this afternoon. Well time out the rain, talk about where the heaviest will fall, and when you could see some snow showers. Ulming up you interis, el eyouen. Ing knowledgement rng elt ept iting earns the ex ur el enidentificationition. Most people say they would consider adopting those recommendations. Theres a concerted message from sources that are trusted. Reporter but part of the reason why the state refused to release the document was because the centers for Disease Control and prevention insist more research is needed before we know if using cell phones causes health effects. In San Francisco, abc 7 news. Vice president pence is downplaying his use of a private email account to conduct business during his tenure as governor of indiana. A report by the Indianapolis Star said pence contacted advisers on terrorism, and Homeland Security via an aol account which was hacked last summer. During the campaign, pence was a vocal critic of Hillary Clintons use of a private server while she led the state department. He said theres no comparison between his situation and clintons. Im very confident that our email practices were in full compliance with all of indianas laws. And my services as Vice President will continue. Well continue that practice. However, as with clintons case, there are now concerns pence didnt rigorously comply with government archiving and open records guidelines. New this morning, just days after his first speech to a joint session of congress, President Trump visited what will now be the nations newest Aircraft Carrier the uss gerald ford. The president talked about the importance of giving the military resources and training they need to get the job done. My budget will give Americas Armed forces the resources they need to achieve full and total military preparedness to meet any and all global challenges. And meet them, we will. Investing in the military means investing in peace. President trump also says his vision for the country will include eliminating the defense sequester which creates caps for military and nonmilitary spending. Arnold schwarzenegger is terminating his role as host of the celebrity apprentice. He blamed President Trump for low ratings he said people were boycotting the show because trump was still the producer. Celebrity apprentice premiered in january to a 27 drop in ratings that prompted President Trump to call it a ratings disaster. Even said he would pray for arnold and better ratings. That has caused a brief twitter battle this morning. Earlier today President Trump tweeted this response. Arnold schwarzenegger isnt voluntarily leaving the apprentice, he was fired by his bad pathetic ratings, not by me. Sad end to a great show. A short sometime later, schwarzenegger tweeted back at the president , you should think about hiring a new joke writer and fact checker. A butte county man wants crews to stop. He said the erosion is presenting a golden opportunity. Look at all this beautiful exposed brandnew bedrock. Reporter youre listening to a grown man salivate. There are nuggets embedded in that bedrock. Reporter digger bob has been prospecting for gold for 20 years. Hes certain that the erosion caused by the damaged oroville spillway is presenting a golden opportunity. When you look at whats happened with the oroville spillway, what do you see . I see a lot of gold potential there. Reporter but how much. How much gold . Pounds and pounds. Reporter van camp knows his trade. He goes out at least once per week and usually finds what hes looking for. About an ounce and a half. Youre holding about 1,500. At least. Reporter for serious gold prospectors like digger bob here, secrecy is of the utmost importance. Before i came on this trip i promised i would not say where it was he was searching for gold. Prospectors dont want other prospectors to know what theyve already found out, namely, a good spot to mine, like on this day and this location. Not long ago an undisclosed prospector, not digger bob, found this 75ouncer at an undisclosed location. It sold for 350,000. Is there anything like that down here . No telling, but digger bob would love to find out. Because gold is so heavy, it always seeks the lowest area. It constantly wants to go down. Reporter down, where crews are currently cleaning up debris, and perhaps a whole lot more. All this dirt, all this came off that hillside. And this is full of gold. According to the reporter, the officials are unaware of any gold found there but setting protocol in the future. New details in the longawaited new b. A. R. T. Train cars. According to the east bay times, b. A. R. T. Hopes to run test cars on tracks without passengers as early as this month. Once thats done, the cars will have to be tested for another four months for performance monitoring. B. A. R. T. Cut the number of expected trains to debut to 35, down from the original 60 planned. The agency hoped to roll out 230 cars by the end of next year. But now the revised number is 166. A new meaning to the california role to state lawmakers, including one from San Francisco, introducing a bill to let bicyclists yield at stop signs if it is safe. Lawmakers say this would make the roads safer because the longer it takes a biker to pass through an intersection, a greater chance an oncoming car will hit them. If the bill is passed, bikers they say will ignore stop signs because it will give them the discretion to determine what is safe. Happening today, if youre looking for a job, san jose giants want to hear from you. Theyre hosting the annual job fair. The first 75 people who walk up are guaranteed an interview. They are looking for candidates for marketing, sales, even a mascot. The fair runs from 10 00 this morning until 12 30 at the stadium on alma avenue. Still ahead on abc 7 mornings, a fixture of the oakland skyline slowly vanishing. Heres a live look from our abc 7 roof cam. Yes, storm clouds are moving in. So is quite a bit of rain. 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Beautiful shot of alcatraz, Golden Gate Bridge. You can see it out there, storm clouds slowly moving in. Lisa argen said it might be a good time to find your heavy jacket and your umbrella, youre going to need it. Shell be along in a moment to tell you what you can expect. If youre laning a trip to yosemite, plan for a long drive. Highway 120 is closed near crane flat. This Facebook Post shows the crater that opened up when heavy rain shifted the soil underneath the road. That means drivers have to take a detour to the highway 140. Its also closed for emergency road repairs. Theres a winter storm warning for the sierra, from today until tomorrow afternoon. Somebody did not want folks to get to yosemite. I know. Its just crazy how much weve had. Theres more to come. And were just focusing on the next seven days. In particular, today were looking at the cold front thats going to push through the bay area. Weve already seen scattered showers. A live look from the roof camera. Numbers are milder in the low to mid50s. Its wet out there. Ill time out the rain for you and talk about the snow levels here locally in just a few minutes. Also, next, making it rain. The cavaliers set a guyoull swear it came from aew frfancy brunch place. Its 100 real. Just like my favorite sport pro wrestling. Um. Yeah, about pro wrestling. Its fake. What . Lies its. All. Lies why didnt you tell me . sorry jack, i thought you knew. Try my new grilled french toast plate with syrup and Hickory Smoked bacon. The newest addition to my brunchfast menu. Hit me with this, youll feel better. Mountain resorts this morning. If they didnt have enough snow already, more is on the way. Lisa argen will have your forecast. And how much snow tahoe is likely to get in a few minutes. In sports, 21 games left in the regular season, the warriors lead the spurs for the western conference top seed has dwindled to 2 1 2 games. San antonio gained ground on golden state. Heres Anthony Flores with highlights of todays sports. Reporter the warriors are in the big apple to take on the knicks sunday here on abc 7. The doves have lost two in a row for the first time in nearly two years. And the spurs are nipping at their heels after squeaking one out in the big easy. Looking for the first win on the court with new orleans, Anthony Davis knocking it away from gasol. Davis with 29. The spurs trail by four with under a minute to go. And pocket picking. Overtime. Another still by former st. Marys star mills gives the spurs a threepoint lead. Last chance for new orleans. Air ball. Just two and a half back of the doves in the west. Cleveland at atlanta, hawks retired pistol petes number. The cavs shot like maravich, making a new nba record in threes. Irving led all scores with 43. And was 5 of 8 from distance. Lebron james had 38 points and was 6 of 10. Korver had nine points including the record breaker. They hold off the hawks 135130. Pac12 Womens Basketball quarterfinals, Carly Samuelson all alone for the triple. Stanford up 100. Off the turnover. Stanford started the game with 21 straight points. Samuelson led the way. Another triple to beat the halftime buzzer. Stanford cruises 6636. They take on oregon in tonights semifinals. Cal trying to knock off oregon state. Christine trying to keep the bears in it. She had 26. But oregon states sydney weise too much. She also had 26. One off her career high. The bears lose 6549. And now must wait until selection sunday to see if they get an invite to the big dance. Colin kaepernick is no longer a 49er. Hes officially opted out of his contract. The team is evaluating kap along with other options in free agency. The niners do not have a single quarterback on their roster. You had one job and you blew it. Mccaffreys name is misspelled. Its supposed to be rey. He ran fourth overall. He impressed in the skills portion, especially with his footwork. No doubt he turned some heads of nfl coaches and executives. The quarterbacks are on the field later today, including cals davis webb. Thats a look at your morning sports. Have a great weekend. Now, your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. Good saturday morning. Less than three weeks away until spring. A wintry weekend on the way. Sorry about that. Live doppler 7, a cold weather system heading to the south. Already looking at some showers. And still that Flood Warning around lakeport. The lake is about 9. 6 feet. It will recede to about 9. 5. They have snow coming in. In fact, this is a winter storm warning for Cobb Mountain, around middleton. Were looking at this right on through monday. Accumulating snow there. In the sierra nevada, from 4 00 this afternoon to 4 00 monday, this is a big snowmaker here with anywhere from 1 to 3 feet of snow up into the highest elevations. And winds could gust to near 100 miles an hour at the highest elevations around the ski resorts. From a foot to a foot and a half from south lake to kirkwood, and the timing on this doesnt bode well to come home on sunday. In fact, thats when things get really dicey. You can see the clouds lowering here, a pretty picture, though, from emoryville. 52 in the city. 50 san jose. 48 in gilroy. Its been showery here at sfo. You can see the drops on the lens from 44 with fog in santa rosa and napa. Livermore at 50 degrees. For mount tam, its pretty wet here. So the cold storm is arriving later on today. But already some showers around. And snow over those highest peaks locally tonight into tomorrow. And thunderstorms are possible with a lot of sunny breaks tomorrow. Little league parades today, probably going on as well. But it will be a little bit cool and damp out there. Cooler than yesterday. But warmer than tomorrow. 59 in oakland, san mateo. 62 in san jose. Storm impact scale 1 today and tomorrow, with cold showers today. The cold front pushes through with steadier rain this evening. Were looking at the possibility of some hail. As we go through the next few hours, this is until 2 00. The showers are scattered about. They become more focused in a line here and steadier from 7 00 as we push through the east bay, vallejo, emoryville, San Francisco. After 8 00, into 10 00, 11 00, it pushes into the south bay. And then well be looking at that cold air. Check it out. Look at the pink and white there around mount hamilton. 6 00 tomorrow morning, we could get pretty pictures out of this. But its going to be cold. By the afternoon, sunny breaks, scattered showers, possibility of a thunderstorm. And were going to keep the chilly and wet weather into monday. Amounts through tomorrow night, though, anywhere from a third of an inch to a half inch from san carlos to oakland. Heres when the cold air gets blustered in by the gusty northwesterly winds. 1 on the storm impact scale today, tomorrow and monday. Download our app and track the rain, snow. Check out the pictures with the accumulating snow. Could be quite interesting. At least 4 or 5 inches around Cobb Mountain. And sunny and dry and just flirting with spring at the end of next week. How long before spring again . Its two and a half weeks. That doesnt mean anything around here. For sure. Be careful driving out there this weekend. Good advice. Going to be treacherous, especially in the high country. In the east bay, you may have noticed a piece of the oakland skyline slowly vanishing. The old span of the bay bridge is ahead of schedule. The work could be complete by the end of this year. It clears away, you have a grand expanse. Reporter taking a little time to enjoy the view. A view which seems to be changing by the week for drives on the eastern span of the bay bridge. Every time i come across theres a new chunk missing. Its slowly disappearing. Reporter the old span of the bay bridge is going away. One span visible from the bridge, but two more segments out of view set to be demolished, and that will happen fast. End of march, early april, well bring down the last span. The beautiful bridge is gone almost completely. Reporter others are getting a little misty thinking about the old steel bridge. Constructed back in the 1930s, which started coming down in 2013. I grew up here. So its something i always remember. But i like the new bridge, too. Reporter heres time lapse video of the process. Nothing less than a dramatic feat of engineering. Lowering the old truss by crane onto a barge. Cal tran says the concrete foundations will be demolished this fall. Like this implosion which took place last october. Fish and wildlife protected by an underwater net to catch the debris. With each truss span coming down, there are even more phenomenal vistas to ber hold. No, im not sorry to see it go. But it was a classic. It had to go. 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