Screen, heading toward hayward pretty heavy. Moving better there on the right hand side of the screen. Thats where drivers are heading toward the peninsula. Getting to work after the bridge closed at 8 00 last night. About 400 workers are on the site at the toll plaza. Theyre grinding old pavement and adding new asphalt. Theres road striping and paverring as crews complete the connection to the tunnel. We will finish that work today on the top with the joint seal we have to install later today. On the lower deck, we prepped it and that crew will move down on the lower deck and finish that work. Today, caltrans released this time lapse video showing months of work as it was connected to the tunnel at the s curve. Theyre on schedule to open the bridge by 5 00 a. M. Next tuesday if not sooner. This is a San Francisco, San Francisco airport train. For tens of thousands of people the quickest and easiestest way to cross the bay was bart. They werent in just yet but we have learned today is one of the busiest days ever on bart. Like many people took a ride on bart today, he has been gauging the events commute. In the evening rush hour is continuing here at the woes oakland bart station as the crowds seem to spread out the commute. Tensover thousands of extra people took bart to the city and now some are still heading home. The crowds started lining up early this afternoon at San Franciscos station with people going to the east bay. Even though it is crowded it is not so terrible you are people are heading the other way. People were standing up and thats not usually the case. It was 5 30. Bart officials had 30,000 more passengers today than the same o day last year. The people who do anticipate a change in customer patterns. Tomorrow may be a little slow, but i am happy. I am hoping that tomorrow and saturday and sunday it will add to our business. The change was clearest on the trains especially on this train heading for pittsburgh around 3 45 this afternoon. This is more like a 5 30 train. One of the Biggest Challenges was parking at the station. We had to go to a neighboring neighborhood, found a spot, walked down no big deal. It is what i expected but what can you expect if closes. They expect ridership to reach into the top ten busiest days ever. Definitely the top ten, possibly the top five. We had 30,000 extra trips as of 10 00 a. M. For some the best news of all is that bart is running 24 hours a day until the new bridge opens for business. Channel 2 new. Within the hour we saw heavy traffic from news chopper 2 as drivers headed north on 101 bridge the bridge. You can see the exit there on the right nearly at a stand still. This morning there was also a significant back up headed west toward San Francisco. San Francisco Bay ferry has added more trips to San Francisco, but a spokesman told us ridership isnt much higher than a normal weekday. The city was also adding service. Commuters we spoke with this morning in almeda said the ferry sure beats sitting in traffic. Is already underway. 20 minutes ago, news chopper 22 was overhead and you can see how much of the old bridge deck they have removed in just under 24 hour. To facilitate the job, they have the original blueprints and upgrades into is a computer to build a model of how to take it all apart. We need the current state because that is what we have to take down. That is what we have to deconstruct. So that is very, very important for us. Crews are beginning to work at the island and proceeding toward oakland even though much of the steel is old, it will be recycled. Much of the visible structure should be gone in the next nine months. It is expected to take three years to remho everything including the foundation. At ktvu. Com you will find the latest information at the top of the home page including alternatives. Ahead, the first reviews are in. How theyre responding to a new Bike Sharing Program and the five cities you will find those wheels. A big rig driver could find charges in an accident that killed a bicyclist in San Francisco two weeks ago. The police chief says that the case is now with the district attorney. 24yearold lamulac died after being struck at sixth and chief apologized today and said. Medical marijuana advocates hope it will take the heat off of dispensaries in california. Prosecutors should not consider the size or commercial nature of a r an operation alone as they enforce the laws. The new policy focuses on criminal and sales to minors. They also said laws legalizing Recreational Use of marijuana in colorado and washington will not face a challenge. Aimed at turning gay teens straight was upheld today in federal court. The law banning converse therapy was supposed to take effect, but a group of therapistings appealed. The circuit found the law does not violate the free speech rights of downs r counselors or patients. Fast food worker joined a movement to demand higher wages on the message the workers hope to deliver. At Fast Food Stores including this kfc protesters demanded higher pay. 8 an hour. She werents San Franciscos minimum wait a minute. I shouldnt have to cross bridges to make 10. 55 an hour. On his bike looking for a job. My dad is out of work. My brother is out of work. It is not easy. At the one stop employment office, entry level minimum wage fast food just one wrong on the job ladder. They work really hard. And so they probably do deserve more than the 8. East bay works says they help land one of the now more available betterpaying jobs. You can finds a job that pays 10 or 12 or maybe even 15. She works a mcdonalds night shift and takes home about 600 a month . I combine the government arsessens e to make it, belt many of the minimum wage employees have gone on to success in and out of the restaurant business. And there will be no wage change because of todays strike. In pleasant hill, john fouler, ktvu channel 2 news. Moredetails now in new york city. Hundreds of fast food workers and supporters marched in midtown with christine. She led protesters into a mcdonalds near the empire state building. Workers there are demanding 15 an hour. Fewer americans applied for jobless benefits by 6thousand to 331,000. So far this year the average number has fallen 10 . The figures indicate fewer companys are laying off workers but most are still not hiring in significant numbers on wall street, the dow gained 16 point, nasdaq added 26. The jobs report helped, another piece of positive news, the economy grew. 5 2. 5 in the second quarter. At the San Francisco giants. The team paid 74 workers morethan 540,000 in back wages. Labor officials said they had failed to properly pay overtime to workers over three years. Other teams are being notified to make sure theyre not doing the same. 3 4 of a billion dollars. Ahead in five minutes, who wins from todays giant settlement regarding head injury. A man and a woman are behind bars tonight accused of using their Young Children during a robbery. Prosecute torse say the pair along with another woman came into a pilates in San Francisco with two toddlers and an infant. One of the women asked to use the bath room to clean up her supposed di sick baby. The other one took off with the clients purse. The woman was claiming she thought it was her purse. So my client said okay well let me just snap a photo of your id because that way if anything is missing i know how to get in touch with you. The woman refused and punched her in the chest. Police later arrested two of the suspects identified as 27 yearold and 30yearold john perez both of San Francisco. Police are still cerning for the third suspect. Police are now worning about a warning about a snake scam. Officials have all reported similar schemes. Now police in burling ham say a woman approached a man tuesday saying she was an animal control offerser looking for names. While they went into the yard, an accomplice entered the home and stole a coin collection. This is a sketch resembling the suspect in the union city incident. Shes latino, 35 to 45 with a nose ring, a lip ring and a tongue piercing. Suspect in burlingham is a heavy set hispanic woman, about 52 inches tall wearing a baseball cap. Discovered nowhere near the ocean. Details on a statewide sweep and arrests. Is it the sendee or sender. Who is at fault when texting and driving leads to a crash. Most of the bay area. Coming up the neighborhood that is will hit the mid90s for tomorrow and a temperature change to expect for the Holiday Weekend. Today educators got training on how to deal with an intruder with a gun. About 450 people took part with Security Experts and police. It is called run, hide, descent. Teachers watched a video that portrays a gunman. People who attended say theyre glad to have a plan for an event they hope will never happen. The wildfire in and around owe similar is tee has now burned through nearly 200,000 acres yosimite has now burned nearly 200,000 acres. More than 4800 firefighters are battling the wildfire. They say the estimated containment date is now september 30th. Along the north bay coast leads to a the arrest of 13 people in os oakland. How many years it took fish and wild life investigators to take down this large scale operation. Say ten inch, thats definitely a prized a prized but not where it should be. This is not the coast, but east observation land and this is the arrest of an alleged poacher in his pajamas. It is the size of this one here, it could go 200 because of the age and size. 13 people were arrested in a poaching sweep carry d red out in oklahoma by fish and wild life. Thats a third of the Law Enforcement staff. Some of the alleged poachers were under surveillance for six years or more. They say this man arrested at his oakland home was a leader of a large operation. Scuba year with pick ups and coolers full of evidence was seized. He has 57 so far this year when the limit for the annual limit would be 24. Fish and wild life says they were diving. In east oakland it took place at two different homes. The suspects will be taken back for prosecution. Fish and game uncovered an Extensive Network of poachers, buyers and sellers. However were restaurants or businesses were implicated. We think theyre getting up to 100. With high profit, fish and wild life says they often see repeat offenders who suffer light punishment but this could lead to felony charges and jail time. Dylan kelly saw from fall from his home about 5 00 a. M. It is just off highway 13 between park boulevard and lincoln avenue. Rather than wait press releasethe city to clean it up he hired a crew to hall it all away. A guilty plea by a former theater teacher accuse ted of child monthation. 27yearold jason pleaded guilty to pornography and a misdemeanor compound for child molestation. It led to an internal and caused turmoil at city hall he faces 90 days in jail and a stay away order from his three victims. He must also register as a sex offenders. If the u. S. Carries out a military strike it will have to do so without a key allie. The British Parliament voted against and Prime MinisterDavid Cameran conceded they dont want it. The United Nations has asked that any military action be delayed until after the inspectors wrap up their information on saturday. If nfl reached 765 million settlement with former players over the after effects of concussions. The family was part of a lawsuit against the league. He was suffering from brain injuries but he committed suicide. The money will pay for treatment, medical exams and research is it will be available through 14,000 former players. You no longer need to be behind the wheel for texting while driving. You could be responsible if you text a driver and that person causes an accident. The ruling came in the case of a couple severely injured when the motorcycle was hit by a teen who was texting while driverring in 2009. The Appeals Court says someone who texts the motorist can be held liable if the sender knew the person would view the text while behind the wheel. Starting today, bay area bicyclist have a new option. The new Bike Sharing Program works. This man delivers flowers in San Francisco by bicycle for a living. This morning he decided to test out the new Bike Sharing Program. It is incredibly economical for people who use instead of having a bike, doing maintenance, getting it stolen. The air quality and the Transportation Commission launched the Bike Share Program today which they say is the largest on the west coast. There are currently 700 bikes in 70 stations in San Francisco, redwood city, Mountain View and san jose. It is a really convenient way to get around the city whether it is from the train station to your office or back again or meeting a friend for lunch. You can buy yearly, monthly ordaily passes. One catch, while the number of rides is unlimited, trips over half an hour cost extra. I dont have a bike. It is nice to get one when you need one. Here many reported glitches such as upon return but it appears it is bugs have been ironed out. While San Francisco mayor supports bike share, adding more bicycle raises concern about safety. We will go a great amount of education for bicyclist, pedestrians and for car and truck driver. Bike share hopes to expand to a thousand bicycles in a hundred stations within the next six months. In San Francisco, ktvu, channel 2 new. San jose bike share kicked off the Regional Program with a ride through city streets this morning. The blue bike can say be found at 14 stations. Santa collarly will offer 280 in all. The other city in the program, redwood city has five bike share stations. Today bay area weather was warmer than yesterday. I wonder what is in store. We have one more warmer day, bigger changes by the weekend. In fact we could have extra clouds. But tomorrow the biggest concern is dense fog coast side and around the bay. Here is a look at the numbers. The warmer temperatures from today. San francisco 69. San jose 81. Morgan hill in the 80s at 84. You can see clear skies but there is the fog bank. We have a layer of warm air compressing this fog. We know tomorrow is going to be warmer. E we will also have dense fog to start off the commute. Right now, you can see evidence of the fog bank out near the pacific. Temperatures still warm out there. You can see 80s toward fairfield. Livermore. San francisco is 64. Santa rosa upper 70s. 78 degrees. Areas of fog locally dense near the coast and bay to start out your friday and upper 50ss to lower 60s for temperatures. Again we are off to a mild start. This area of High Pressure reforms so tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week. It will translate to some 90s, low to mid90s well inland. This weather system moves in from the north as you can see the temperature trend for saturday, sunday and into monday. And theres even the possibility of a sprinkle or light shower monday morning for labor day. It is a slight chance right now, but tomorrow morning here we go with the fog and into the weekend we will track a few extra high clouds throughout saturday favoring the southern half o the region and again into sunday, no shower activity showing up just yet, through the bees a chance or forecast for tomorrow, the numbers, 91 in santa rosa, fairfield. More neighborhoods, warming back up. Upper 70s to near 80. Here we go with the 90s for livermoore, brentwood san jose, and San Francisco watch dense fog tomorrow but mostly sunny into the afternoon, 74. Here is a look ahead. The fiveday forecast. With the weekend always in view. The Holiday Weekend we will cool off. We had high clouds in the forecast and there is that slight chance of a sprinkle or light shower just for monday morning. Thank you. Apparent trouble tonight. One of Northern California best known celebrity couples and it must be historic. The large photo shop right along the bay bridge. San francisco zoo, cut the ribbon this morning. A twoyearold male komoto dragon is the first resident there. Even though big daddy weighs just five pounds now, he will reach 150 pounds and will be red do breed. The exhibit opens to the public on saturday. Clint eastwood and his wife have reportedly separated to check into a rehab clinic to tackle personal issues. The couple married in 1996. They have one daughter, 16year old morgan. She appeared with her mother and daughter and mrs. Eastwood and company which aired. Less than we happened to cross a kodak moment if you will happening on the bay bridge. We have the workers gathered for a group photo inside the entrance of the tunnel. Tonight cal trans says the work remains on schedule. Thank you for making us your choice for news. We will see you the next time news breaks. We have Team Coverage of the bridge closure at the 10 00 news. Plus the from police. We are always here for you at ktvu tmz is next here on tv 36. Today on tmz i have never seen anything like this. But Justin Bieber comes out of a restaurant in brentwood last night and he says anything else you want to add to the question . It was an epic failure. There was a specific issue he wanted to talk about and everybody missed it. What is it . I dont know what it is. [laughter] shes coming back and already signed a big contract. Are you going to do it . Yeah, sure. Wanted to make she was good enough. I dont know theres anything to be good at. Shes not just standing behind and playing it like this. Shes geg