This that has had so many setbacks over the years. Caltrans just updated us and basically told us that everything is looking good on this project with the overnight construction and demolition of the old bridge connected to the new eastern portion of the bay bridge. Now, one of the critical areas is the grinding of the asphalt leading to the toll plaza. New asphalt will be laid down. Everywhere you look this morning, heavy equipment out there on the road since the closure last night at 8 00. Now, some of the last work on the 6 had 6. 4 billion span, thats whats going on, designed to be more seismically safe before it can open up. 32 rods have failed earlier this year but the fix is holding. It actually threatened the september 3rd opening. Today though, on the approach, 1,000foot section is being removed piece by piece. Caltrans again saying everything going according to plan. The demolition of that original 1,000footlong westbound approach onto the bridge, they can put in the temporary bike path connector, that is on track. The work at the island, the work to prepare the road decks, that is on track. And so far, the grinding and the paving, that has been all on track. And thats the work were going to be seeing for at least the next 24 hours. Reporter here is a look above that yorba buena island transition, a huge change for drivers. Eventually that scurve will be completely gone, where drivers coming from San Francisco will exit and be parallel with the upper deck. No more driving in that cage like we are used to. Again, today, grading, demolition and paving all on schedule, but of course, one of the big things that drivers had to deal with all of this is the closure of the bay bridge and all the ramps leading to t more on how that is affecting traffic now, mike inouye. How is it looking out there . A lot of folks prepared. Wed lot of time, of course that lead team. A lot of folks made those alternate plans. Despite that, we still had some backups, the eastshore freeway. In fact, choppers over the scene, folks jammed up here going westbound 80, north to south on your map, but this is as youre coming through berkeley and heading down toward the berkeley curve. Look how jammed it is. The deal, the bottom of your screen, see as they cone off one of the lanes, around powell, folks know the shell gas station, deputys over there on the other side of the freeway, thats where you lose the lane. Thank you, chopper. They are showing it to you, where the bottleneck is, backed up toward that racetrack, Golden Gate Fields down to this point. And then continuing toward the berkeley curve. We look at the map, you saw how slow it is there. Some folks heading down toward the maze in oakland and the rest to of the east bay had to deal with that. Also, berkeley back in full section today, a lot of faculty and students, of course, heading there for session. To the top of the screen, we have that Richmond Center fell bridge, the bay bridge in the middle of your screen again closed, the alternate to the north has been very busy, west 580, san raffaele site, showing traffic coming back up into the 50s, very tough through that area heading to 101, 101 itself okay south through san rafael and into the city. Give you the maps, show the other alternates to the south, san mateo and dumbarton bridge, heavily traveled, moving smoothly right now, show you the foster city side of that san mateo bridge, folks off that high rise, packed in solid going back 10, 15 Miles Per Hour on average much of the morning commute. Right now, thinning out quite a bit, still, a good volume of traffic what we expected to see dumbarton bridge heavier than we thought for 84, moving nicely as well. A couple options, take a look at video that we have from the b. A. R. T. System. B. A. R. T. Trains were running, no delays reported there in fact, running nger trains with more capacity there. Great news if you can get a parking space. The issue is for those overnight trains and especially this through this morning commute, park sag premium as it is when we send folks to the b. A. R. T. System. You can get on the trains, just cant get a parking spot still an issue tomorrow as well. The same thing for the ferry system. We didnt see any delays for the ferry system, a great option, beautiful view as you come in toward San Francisco from any of those routes, again, parking is at a premium, folks, you have to get there early, even though we didnt see too much drama as far as the line goes. The ticket problems with were a problem, maybe prepurchase or bring the clipper card. My grandfather says, leave early or be late. Thank you, mike. Later today, we will find out what will happen to the old eastern span. The metropolitan Transportation Commission will hold a News Conference to outline the demolition process. Its going to take about three years to completely dismantle the span there are a lot of differences between the old span and the new one. The most highly touted, the new spans safety and ability to withstand an earthquake. It is expected to have better lighting with lenses focused on keeping the bridge well lit. Of course, when the bridge reopens, the decks will be side by side with some spectacular views of the bay. The new span is expected to have a lifespan of 150 years. Nbcbayarea. Com has a special link to help you get around the closure. At the top left hand corner of our home page there is a bay bridge closure guide. There, youre going to find some traffic maps and transit alternatives. In other news now, crews are working hard to keep that massive rim fire in yosemite from spreading. The latest update from crews on the ground has the fire now at almost 193,000 acres. Overnight, it grew by 300 acres. Now, the wildfire is roughly the size of new york city. Firefighters now have the flames 30 contained. More than 5500 structures are still threatened, including thousands of homes. Evacuation orders remain in place for some campsites in yosemite, as well as tuolumne city. The rim fire has already destroyed 111 buildings and that includes 11 homes. More than 4500 firefighters are working around the clock to try and contain those flames. The white house will brief congress on the situation in syria today as the International Debate over a possible military strike continues. Richard engel is near the syrian border. Reporter the administration spreents its evidence of why the government is convinced they used chemical weapons outside dam m damascus to kill hundreds of civilians. There is scent cism. Cant be asked for a blank check. The u. N. Wants could on pleat its investigation. I have spoken with president obama yesterday. We have discussed how we can Work Together and expedestrian dial the investigation. Reporter arab league is refusing to authorize military action. Now the u. S. Is increasingly alone in its desire to carry out punitive military strikes. It say its if it doesnt do them, Bashar Al Assad will have got answer way with a war crime. Richard engel, nbc news. The south bay august veteran police dog is recovering today after being bitten by a man. You heard that right. This video she is knifewielding man in confrontation with deputies monday night. One point, the man stabbed himself in the chest three times. Thats when deputies released the dog named ski to take the suspect down. Deputies say he punched, choked and bit the dog before they were able to wrestle him to the ground. Ski suffered a couple scraped pause and will be back to work soon. The man who Authorities Say was on trucks at the time is recovering in the hospital. Might be hard to get your fast food fix today and thats because some fast food workers in the bay air are walking off the job this morning. Its all part of a nationwide oneday strike. The workers are calling for better pay, regular schedules, benefits i a s s and the right a union. Right now you fast food employees in california make as little as 8 an hour. They want 15 an hour. Workers say the pay increase will allow them to take care of their families without having to depend on Government Services like food stamps just to survive. We are basically living in poverty and we are part of the working class. Thats not right a lot of us have families we need to take care of, a lot of us are putting ourselves through school and we basically cant afford it. This morning, mcdonalds issued a statement saying it respects the strong relationship it has with its employees. Mcdonalds aims to offer competitive bay and benefits its employees. Now to a preview of an exclusive Investigative Unit report. Almost two months after the asiana crash at sfo, the ntsb continues to look into questions about the role automation may have played in that accident. Our Investigative Unit has been looking deeper at issues surrounding automation. Tonight, we travel across the country to follow cuttingedge research into the role autopilots play in commercial airplane cockpits. That automation has made flying safer, our team found scientist and aviation experts are concerned that some pilots may overrely on computers and lose critical flying skills and that could lead to disaster. Are pilots becoming too reliant on automation . They do in the air transport world. Tonight, we will take you behind the scenes in our investigation. We will show how many deadly airplane crashes can be tied to what some aviation experts call aviation automation addition. That is tonight at 11 00. Still ahead, with the bay bridge closed, many people are relying more on two wheels. We will talk about why its now easier to do that in the bay area as of today. Plus, a green bay packer comes to the rescue. How he is helping a San Jose High School Football Team take the field. Plus, hes back. John mcafee posting more video to the internet. Yes, its really strange. We will take a look coming up. It really is. Stick around for that. Plus, temperatures are nice and warm out there right now, but it that unhealthy air quality prompted by the rim fire has you rerouting your tahoe trip, i have fantastic and safe places for you to take the family this year. And another live look above the bay bridge. This is the old span where crews are already in their demolition mode. You can see the cranes out there going to work. The bay bridge closed through tuesday morning, 5 a. M. , at the very latest a story we are following closely, more, logon to nbcbayarea. Com. Stay with us. Welcome back. Getting armed the bay area without a car is about to get a little easier a project thats about in the works for a while now is ready to roll. Nbc bay areas arturo santiago is live in san jose with the big reveal of the bike sharing program. Good morning, arturo. Reporter this is pretty cool. Good morning, marla. This some phase one. Talking about 280 bikes for Santa Clara County alone. There are hundreds more across the region. San jose mayor chuck reed threw thor is is mony yall switch to launch the bay area bike share program. The 280 sea foam green bikes at 28 kiosk stakeses made their debut in san jose you Mountain View and palo alto. The bikes are located near Public Transit hubs and highdensity residential areas. The goal is to provide short distance transportation to and from the transit hubs there is also the potential to get more cars off the road and reduce traffic congestion. We are really excited about active transportation options, getting people on the street, walking, biking, taking Public Transit enlivens the community you makes it a great place to live, this is a good complement to those goals. We are going to be a very congested city before long. And so, having bike share here is another option, along with car share around a lot of other transit options, be really critical for enabling folks to move in an increasingly dense city. Reporter it will cost 88 for an annual pass, 22 for a threeday pass and 9 for a daily pass. Now the second phase of the Bike Share Pilot Program is slated for early of 2014. At that point, they will expect to have a full complement of 1,000 bikes and 100 stations. We are live in san jose, im arturo santiago, nbc bay area news. A great thing they got going on there. Thanks so much. This morning, san joses fight against the fizz is falling flat. San jose city councilman ash kalra introduced a ban to ban sodas, certain juices, sports drink and whole milk at City Properties and events a committee ruled no action, which essentially kills his idea. He says move the was intended to promote healthier diets in san hose nintendo trying to entice kids to playing with their game boys. Scott mcgrew, tough competition these days. Yeah good morning. Nintendo continues to search for answers in its competition against the iphone. This is the latest. Its less expensive. Its nintendo ds, a less expensive version of their 3 ds. Hopefully, this can compete with the iphone, kids playing with it nintendo cutting the price also of its wii u console, wasnt selling well either. John mcafee has posted another video to the internet, answering viewer questions. No, he says he did not kill his neighbor. Yes, did he live with seven girlfriends. And then this. About the only question i didnt receive is where did i bury the body of jimmy hoffa . It absolutely is not in the parking lot of mcafee corporate headquarters. Really. That headquarters is in santa clara. Mcafee does his peculiar videos in front of a green screen, his library isnt really that big. He says he is actually going to release the raw footage of him in front of the green screen in the next few dates ys so intern users can remix his videos with any background had he choose. He is pretty bizarre. Green bay packers receiver james jones is not forgetting his roots. Yesterday, we told you some members of the san joses Gunderson High School Junior Varsity Football Team would not be able to play this year because the time didnt have enough equipment to go around. Jones and an alum of gunderson and san jose state step up to help, donated 15 helmets to the program. The coach of the team says they still need pads and jer cities to all the players but says that donation is much appreciated. With the weather out there, not a bad day to go play some football outside. I know. I cant believe already talking about the boys of fall. I know. Football season starting. Falls not too far away either. Still very summer like out there today though. Good morning tour marla, good morning to you at home. 11 18 now, taking a live look, look at the bay bridge, not a car on it. That is a very rare sight. As you know, come this weekend, you cannot take that bay bridge. So, weve got some alternatives for you. Get you around that closure around theres some great things happening right here in the bay area. Lets get right to it this morning, temperatures are warming nicely, about 74 degrees in livermore, 70, san jose, 80 in gilroy. It is going to be a warm day today. High pressure the dominant feature in the forecast. Amplify we head through tomorrow. Tomorrow looking even warmer. 90 on the way to livermore, hit 70 in San Francisco today. 75 degrees, not a bad day, if you can get out there in santa cruz. So, this labor day weekend, if you want to get out of the shadow of the closed bay bridge and head north, the crush is on at Sonoma Valley wineries. They have a lot of stuff happening up there taste of sonoma, for instance, at murray ranch on saturday. Temps are going to be a little bit warm but not too bad. Meanwhile, show you whats happening the central coast. This is where i want too go, big sur, by the look of these temperatures, 73 saturday, sunday, 72, and monday, a comfort around 71 degrees. So, we are still reporting unhealthy levels of air pollution from the smoke. Thats up in tahoe, not a great weekend to take the family out there. And the same goes for reno. Want to keep that in mind. But hey, not going to be a bad weekend for a staycation right here in the bay area. Saturday to sunday, temperatures start to drop off. Monday into tuesday, we are talking about really comfortable conditions. And then as we get into your wednesday, 87 degrees, a touch warmer, but no big heat anywhere in the near future. So, actually doing okay. And hey, youre from wine country, any recommendations up there . Hmm, marla . Too many to choose from. All of them. All of them, girl, all of the wineries. Bring a designated driver, dd, for sure. Thank you, christina. Still to come, they showed you what they could do on americas got talent. Now this group of aqua nuts is ready to entertain bay area fans this week. Too big. Too small. Too soft. Too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progressos new creamy alfredo soup. Inspired by perfection. [ female announcer ] at 100 calories, not all food choices add up. Some are giant. Some not so giant. When managing your weight, bigger is always better. Ho ho ho green giant officials with Oracle Team Usa will depend themselves in front of an International Pan this will weekend. 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