Originally planned before it became apparent there were problems with the bolts on the bridge. There was no marathon, no bike ride, but there were large crowds who under the out to at least watch Lieutenant Governor newsom actually cut the chain today. So now that has been done, the first cars have actually crossed the ridge and are on their way over it. Bridge and are on their way over i. This, a very different ceremony than when the bay bridge originally opened. That was a five Day Celebration that had a parade and that sort of thing. Former president s on hand and mayors as well. Today we did see oakland mayor quan, San Francisco mayor ed lee, ntc commissioners and a number of important politicians of california coming out today to celebrate the opening. There is a historic drive across the bridge happening at this moment. We will continue to bring you all the latest from out here as that historic chain cutting ceremony is happening. Reporting live from the bay bridge toll plaza, christin ayers, kpix 5. All right, christin, thanks very much. We are now seeing some of the historic cars. Brian, you can give them a we can see some of the cars, the historic cars coming across the new eastern span. Chp, lights, sirens, this is indeed a new era in transportation in the bay area. Just a few minutes before the chain cutting ceremonyings several of our local leaders, state leaders, lieutenant newsom spoke. Phil matier was there for that long awaited ceremony. Phil. Reporter long inindictment some 24 years before it actually indeed. Some 24 years. Politicians showed up in force. The message was okay, it took a long time, it cost a lot of money, but lets look forward. Here is what they had to say. Thank you to all the extraordinary men and women that made this moment possible. Also, to the extraordinary commitment of the people San Francisco bay area all throughout california for also making it possible. Its been said many times by many people that bridges are monuments to progress. As i stand between mayor lee and mayor quan, i hope this is more than just conflicting two land masses. I hope that the progress thats being represented at this moment is for a generation to dream big dreams and to do big things. Its with that, that i now would like to ask all of you to participate in a count down and then be patient with me. Laugh. As i do what i was told not what willie brown suggested i do. He suggested i use my teeth to cut the chain. [laughter] i am more wisely am listening to brave men and women and will be putting on gloves and putting on these very good looking sunglasses. So, together, 10. 9, eight, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 reporter well, at least something worked, and it worked today. Thats what really matters. There are still going to be questions to answer. It is quite a story bridge, but today they managed to do it without a hitch. Allen. One of the questions the people still ask me is hey, are the contractors going to get that big multimillion dollar bonus. Reporter youre talking about the bonus for getting this thing done on time despite the bolt snapping and the headaches. Yes, that is jet to be determined. This is a story bridge, like i said, and the story is not over. Back to you. This bridge keeps talking. All right, phil matier, thanks very much. Ken bastida is also live at the toll plaza. Ken, i hate to think they are able to open early because their cut your part out of the ceremony. Are you not going to get to drive the span . Reporter i have been on this bridge probably seven or eight times, allen. So if i dont make it on this particular ride, thats okay. Actually, kpix 5 cameras were on the bridge a little bit earlier today. They had a chance to go. I think we have some video to show you about that. You can see the bridge is completed. I just got a Little Information as well from the california Highway Patrol saying this bridge is done. It is finished. All theyve got to do at this point is clear off the Opening Ceremony stuff they had at the toll plaza there, get the vintagers off, take down some barriers, move some cranes, and they will be opening the bridge to the general public. The first guy across was a guy who works for the art academy in San Francisco. His name is wayne barnes. He was driving a 1935 ford four door convertible. He was the first guy to go across it with the camera crew for the state. Here is what he had to say about that honor. I remember coming when it was 25 cents each way across the bridge. So those toll plaza days, we would travel to San Francisco every weekend. This is a big deal, especially for somebody from this area. Its great. Reporter yeah. So, allen, the point is, that the bridge is finished. The open ceremonies are done. All the dignitaries are gone across. They will actually turn around and drive through San Francisco really quickly and come back. Once they come back, its my understanding that the bridge will be cleared of all the stuff thats over here by the toll plaza, and when that is finally finished, they will be clear to open the bridge. We dont have an exact time at this point. Back to you. L. Ken bastida, thanks very much. We still have a few cars coming across. So some vip,s making the trek across the new eastern span. The opening of this span does come almost a quarter century after the earthquake hit the bay area. Who can forget it. 1989. A 50foot section of the bridge actually came down. In order to make that section for seismically safe, the state decided to build a new span instead of retrofitting the old one. It was considered the most Cost Effective option. But, remember, here we are, almost 25 years later and it has cost us 6. 4 billion. By think everybody now would say if i had a choice to drive the old one or the new one, id drive the new one. Aint has been kind of a rough road getting here. Coming up, we asked why it took so long to get this new bridge, a bridge a billion over budget. Plus, we go back seven years in time to the bridges original opening. It is labor day evening. A lot of folks wanting to get outside and barbecue in the bay area. It is raining parts. Livermore, specifically. Your forecast, coming up. On this labor day, it has been a long drive home for so many. I will give you a look at the traffic hot spots and how to get around them when kpix 5 continues. Blan ,,,,,,, welcome back to kpix 5s special coverage of the opening of the new bay bridge. We do know the bridge will open some time tonight. Kpix 5s brian web is standing by in the city at the bridge entrance. Lets not forget, this is a two way street so to speak. People will want to get on in San Francisco and comb east in oakland, right . For sure. Anyone who gets on the bridge right here knows how bait can be, even on a high school day. Take a look right now. People passing bit. Just a few cars here and there. Thats about it. A piece of cake really. Officially at this moment, this is still the bridge to almost no where. But every now and then someone tries to drive up on the bridge anyway, like this guy did about an hour ago, despite the orange cones every where. Several signs, cop car are also standing garment blame it on gps. Police tell me it is usually a tourist whosegs didnt get the message that the bridge was closed. So we caught up with a woman who lives near the bridge and she has definitely enjoyed the break. Aim looking forward to take a look at the new bridge. It was actually nice to have down time and be so quiet. Reporter there are a few cars getting on the bridge right now. People with a green pass in the windshield. That means they i they are live on Treasure Island or have some official reason to get up there. But right now, it is still officially off limits to the rest of us. For a little bit longer we have to endowment brian webb, thanks so much. Traffic is a little bit lighter. As you know it is labor day. People still had to maneuver all around this. Reporter southbound traffic leaving southern marin only slow from rodeo avenue. Delayed in San Francisco in patches from the marina district. As with the san mateo bridge, westbound 92 is no longer delayed through the peninsula getting toward the bridge although, you will still see some traffic along southbound 880 leaving oakland heading towards heyward. The bay bridge toll plaza, i just had to show you this shot. It is such a cool picture. Crews gear up to reopen the bridge as we have been report. It is scheduled to reopen some time tonight. Until then, expect to see those clays along westbound 80. Right now it is backed up through berkeley. That is a look at the drive back home for the high school day. Now to allen. Thanks so much. A lot of people have memories. A lot of people want momentos. They want some way to remember the old bay bridge. In fact, an east bay tshirt company says they have one shirt depicting the eastern span. It is its best seller. One retailer in San Francisco said they have been flying off the shelves all weekend. This is the very last one. No word if the Company Plans to keep manufacturing that bridge shirt. Im kind of thinking if they sell enough, they will. You can still order it online for 28 each. You can go downtown to mercantile in San Francisco and grab the last shirt. We are told the last one, if it is still there is a womans extra large. Todays open no where near the scale of of course 1936 when they originally opened the bridge to traffic, trains, trucks. That open, a fiveday long sell brought there was a boat parade, navy air show, navy ship race. It was huge. Todays event, kind of a low key affair by comparison. But we are hopefully going to be able to tell you before the end of this newscast when the bridge will open. We will be back in a few minutes, but first Juliette Goodrich with more of todays news. Friends and family members mourning the death of two women who were killed in a hit and run in san jose early this morning. A 63 and 62yearold died shortly after a man crashed his mercedez into their toyota on north first street and sky port drive. Here is a look at the scene where the deadly crash took place. You can see the two cars are totaled. Moments before the cars total, chp officers saw the car driving erratically. If they would have took the time to pursue him and get him off the streets, we wouldnt be having this tragedy. Police say the suspect fled the scene on foot. Occupy protesters are using labor day to show their movement is still alive. This afternoon, dozens of occupiers marched through the streets for living wanes and help for the poor. They are also against big bank, corrupt politicians when they say are senseless wars. New developments in the battle against that Massive Wildfire in the yosemite area. The is socalled rim fire is now 60 contained. But fire Officials Say 4500 homes are still threatened. So far the fire torched more than 228,000acres in the National Forest northeast of groveland. It is now the fourth largest wildfire in california history. Thousandsover firefighters are still battling this thousands of firefighters are still battling this fire. Good news, the weather will help. Meteorologist paul deanno is here now. Did you say we have rain in the east bay. Reporter we have showers. This may be a high impact shower activity that we have out there. Live look outside first. If you dont have the rainfall, chances are you have this. A lot of cloud cover to the east. All you have to do is around the and you have some sunshine. Looks like a whole different picture from the Transamerica Pyramid looking toward the golden gate. We will talk about why its that way in a second, but weve got to talk about these rain showers. Any showers are noteworthy this time of year. We do have a few showers moving the south bay. Temperatures today rebounded from over the weekend. Downtown San Francisco 65 for you on saturday. You hit 67 yesterday. 71 was your high today. 1 degree above average. So whats going on . A thin plume of tropical moisture. When i know say then, it is basically from the golden gate westward including livermore, pleasantton, san jose. We have cloud cover and showers. So most of us have dealt with a mainly cloudy monday on top of the cloud cover we had yesterday. Low pressure hanging out north and west. Next couple days, light to moderate on shore flow continues. Temperatures will be kept in check. Rain chances gone watch tonight. As we headword the end of this week, low pressure move head toward the end of this week, low pressure moves away. Strong area of High Pressure may induce an offshore wind. Havent said that in awhile, have we . That means 90s inland and maybe 80s. Oakland tomorrow, 73. Increase in sunshine. Concord 84 tomorrow. San jose 78. Heading back to the city for work, 68 degrees will be your high. Nappa 80 degrees for tuesday. Once we get past wednesday, start warming things up. Saturday, widespread 80ed near the bit. Close to 100 inland. We will stay pretty warm sunday and monday. We shift those winds back to an east wind. We get hot in september and october, and right on schedule. Thanks, paul. Still ahead, how oracle is accused of illegal activity, and what this could mean for its future in americas cup. How some bay area communities are flushing out neighborhood eyesores. ,,,,,, [ telephone ringing ] [ male announcer ] answering your phone between 5 and 7 on a weeknight . Not so smart. 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Just about every construction site or home remodel, no matter how nice the address, you will find the familiar if unwelcome site, the green or blue portapotty. As much as eyesore as it is torse. It is a place if you had to go, then you do it. You might think that having a portapotty in your neighborhood is something we have to live with, but this is San Francisco. San francisco is a beautiful city with beautiful architecture. This is something that we like to do. Aaron gordon is beautifying the city one portapotty at a time, creating housing on his construction jobs. They range from victorians to green cedar ones with california wetlands plants. Clients love to see this kind of thing who would want to see a green portapotty in front of their house. This is part of the customer experience. The company has produced four covers. This one cost in upwards of 3 no dollars featuring exterior grade lumber and high grade paint. We decided to take this to another level. In a city where status to some is everythingings we will probably see more of these in the more affluent neighborhoods. This looks like a studio. That was our goal. Reporting San Francisco, patrick cedillo kpix. The next one is modern with little trim and focusing on simplicity. We have seen the chain cutting, the official cars. They went west. Now they turned around and they are going east. Were still waiting, though, for the official opening of the new bay bridge tonight. We have that coming up. Just got to be done far more quickly. Has to be expedited. The draw lasted decades after the earthquake. Why wit took 25 years and five governors to finish the seismic fix . And, how b. A. R. T workers say the Transit Agency is trying to force another strike. Now at 6 30 the speeches are over. The digitaries we shouldnt just have a ridge. We should have a symbol of bridge. We should have a symbol of resile wrens, of accomplishments of resilience, of honor. The speeches are over. The diction well they have crossed the bridge. Up nec, the bay bridge is going next, the bay bridge is going to open to the people who paid for it, the public. From our position atop the new bay bridge and the old span of the bay bridge, we have seen the chp come across lights and siren. We saw the dignitaries come across, the street sweepers for cal tran have made their way. But prior to that, there was the chain cutting in oakland. So together, 10, 9. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 gavin newsom, former mayor Willie Browns also former speaker on hand. The officially, notably al absent, though, was our governor, jerry brown who we are told was out of town at a family reunion. There were some attempts to get him here, but those failed. Cal tran did their final sweep before opening the bridge to the public. A fleet of street sweepers gofers the lane one final time, make sure there are no nails or screws or anything else. Then the chps turn to check the roadway and make sure its safe. After that, they will start opening ramps, and the entry point to the bridge. They want to maintain the speed limit, 50mileanhour. It is not just that you go too fast, they dont want you going too slow or pulling over the take pictures. Kpix 5s ken bastida is live in oakland. You had a front row seat as those vintage cars came across. Reporter yeah. Those cars are just on their way back right now. They made their round trip over the bridge they are now in the eastbound lanes parking on the other side. Allen, we got an inkling that something was going to go earlier than expected today. I talked to a cal tran represent have. He said look at your press pass. It says labor day. Grand open labor day 2013. Not the day after labor day, not tuesday. Aid said labor day. They printed these up knowing full well they are going to open the bridge tonight. And they have confirmed that. Exactly when is hard to predict. Lets take a look at what happened earlier when we had gavin newsom, the Lieutenant Governor coming through in a 1937 buick riding up on top. I yelled at him, hey g how about a wave. He waved at us as he went across. We also got a little preview of what the bridge looks like. It is for all intents and purposes according to the chp about 30 minutes ago, completely finished. This bridge is dont it is ready for traffic. The first guy across the bridge was a guy named wayne barnes who works for actually takes care of the cars. Amazing collection at the academy of art in San Francisco. He was aboard a 19 ravens four door roadster convertible. A ford. Wayne told me before he took off, it is an amazing honor to beable to drive the first vehicle across. I remember coming when it was 25 cents each way across the bridge. So those toll plaza days, we would travel to San Francisco every weekend. So this is a big deal, especially for somebody from this area. Its great. Reporter yeah. As i say, the vintage cars are have come across. They are taking all the barriers out. They are cleaning up. They are running sweepers over there. They are moving chairs out of the way. All that cleanup has to be completed before the bridge can open. Best guest, and this is just a guess. Somewhere around 9 00 p. M. Thats what im hearing. But this has changed five times already, right . Yeah, but way earlier than 5 00 p. M. Reporter best part about it is i will be able to go to the city and drive back. You and you will be joined by plenty of others. Rejoice now. Ken, thanks. It has certainly taken us a long time to get to this point. There have been five governors, believe it or not, billions of dollars, lots of political bickering and so forth, decades of delays. Our phil matier goes across the costly time clock. The clock started ticking when the whole world was watching. Tell you what, were having an earthquake. Not long after the shock of the earthquake we heard from the Blue Ribbon Panel task was giving california its report card. Cal tran did not know they would fail. Job one, replacing the eastern span of the bay bridge. Its just got to be done far more quickly immaterial has to be expedited and given top priority. Almost immediately, fixing the bridge became a disaster of its own, with a long debate over whether we should just retrofit the old bridge. In fact, cal tran couldnt officially recommend a new bridge until january of 1997, seven years after the quake. 91 million above retrofit the bridge itself. So with the base model price of 1. 5 million, governor pete wilson gave us the first sign on ceremony for the new bay bridge which was expected to open in 2004. This will permit us to pro seed without delay. Instead, we got several years spent on debate esthetics. We can have one of the great bridge in the world. Whats another six to nine months. Several years of allegations that the former mayor willie brown was using the u. S. Navy to keep cal tran away. They obviously have some serious emotional problems. I can believe blame for a lot of things, by am not the secretary of the navy the 10 Year Anniversary brought more of the same. I am just not going to sit around and wait for people to stein some design some taj mahal. I am shocked that the governor would like to give some second rate bridge. By the time governor davis broke ground in 2002, the projected cost had reached 3. 3 billion. The projected opening day for 2009. Dined to with stand an earthquake of 8. 5. Almost as soon as the work started, raw material costs sent the price tag past 5 billion. Contractors have been telling cal tran they could not meet the earlier deadline. Then came the bang forth over this signature toweller back and forth of the signature tower. A bridge that can be built as quickly as possible. By thinks the skyway was already take then, the skyway was taking shape, but so were the delay. They are Law Enforcement they were supposed to be here a year ago. They have some problems with the welding. Which brings us to governor number five. I take it very seriously. That thing is not going to open unless its ready. So here we are 23 years, so months and 16 days after the earthquake. The new eastern span of the bay bridge finally done. Final cost, 6. 2 billion. Phil matier joining us. Phil, the bridge may be open tonight. Really all the politic of this thing, we still have a lot of sorting to do. Reporter yes, we do. Senate transportation of the ease bay who has been on this project a long time has called for a hearing. He said we still have a lot of questions to answer. In particular, what took so long. How did we wind up spending so much money. Because, remember, we still have a couple of big projects in the works of california. High speed rail, that will be a multimillion dollar job. Plus, the idea of diverting the water from Northern California down to Southern California through those two tunnels. Another billion dollar job out there waiting to happen. Or, waiting to grow even bigger if theres problems. Phil, do you think the governors not being here really said something, or are people blowing that out of proportion . Reporter well, its not just the governor who isnt here. Neither of the senators were here. A number of people werent here. Were blowing it out of proportion possibility you always notice who is not there. But there is a statement being made. They wanted to get this thing. It wasnt all the celebration they were looking for. There is an element of embarrassment that was going on. Instead of cheers you heard more sighs of relief. Lets get this thing going and hope it works out okay from here. Right. Cars start going crease it, a lot of things are going across it, a lot of things will be forgotten. Phil, thank you. Juliette, we are waiting for the official time. Yes. Holding on to ken bastidas unofficial guesstimate of 9 00 p. M. I would say 8 00. All right. Ill split the difference, 8 30. Well see how it stands. There you go. Allen martin, well check back with you. Thanks. A lot of folks have been hopping on b. A. R. T while the bay bridge has been closed. Coming up, why b. A. R. T workers say the agency has a sneaky strategy to force another strike next month. I like being out there mixing with the crowds. And, how this woman who co anchored a kpix 5 show in the 80s just made an historic splash in the world of swimming. , uhoh guess what day it is . . , guess what day it is huh. Anybody . Julie hey. Guess what day it is . . Ah come on, i know you can hear me. Mike Mike Mike Mike mike. What day is it mike . Ha ha ha ha ha h leslie, guess what today is . Its hump day. Whoot whoot ronny, howappy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico . Id say happier than a c camel n wednesday. Huhump day yay id say happier than a c camel n get happy. Get geico. Fifteen minutes could saveve u fifteen percent or more. Closure and has been operatg around the clock. Its orget a poss b. A. R. T has set record numbers during the bridge closure and has been operating around the clock. Its almost made people forget a possible b. A. R. T strike is looming motion month. Kpix 5s Ann Notarangelo has an update. A monday off from work, unless youre a b. A. R. T union leader and the traditional Alameda County labor day picnic provides a picture perfect photo op. We want the public to understand we are doing we can to try and get a contract. Once again, we cant do it by ourself. We are 22 days into the stateordered cooling off period, but tempers still flare. This time this union accuse management of not negotiate. B. A. R. T told kpix 5, quote, the mediators have set a negotiation schedule which resumes b. A. R. T scheduling september 9th. That is graph they have been helpful, but its b. A. R. T thats delaying the bargain pge. They are not telling you the truth. Still, the unions have asked governor grown put pressure to speed up the negotiations. But b. A. R. T said its last offer went unanswered. It was totally bogus offer. You could spend an hour on the he saidshe said banter. Bottom line is this, we are in the third phase of these labor negotiations and it still continues. The truth is still somewhat muddy. But there is a grim of hope. Were not miles apart. We might be hundreds of yards apart, but not hundreds. So you have made progress. Well last time we were talking about some of these issues, yeah. Athis Assembly Member says part of the problem is no one knows the truth. The real numbers about who makes what in b. A. R. Ts finances, he hazarded a state audit. This audit will assure that people know that the state will have their own set of numbers down the road. That should promote more honest, open negotiations. Maybe next contract because the audit wont be completed until next year. As labor supporters enjoy todays sunshine, docket 10th deadline looms. Riders are worried they could get left out in the cold. In alamo dark Ann Notarangelo, kpix 5. B. A. R. T says its last offer was a so wage increase over four years. The union says they are asking for 5 over three years. It took 53 hours on the fifth try to make history. Coming up, why a woman who just swam from cuba to florida co anchored a kpix 5 show in the 80s. Kpix 5 high def doppler is not completely dry this evening. It is lighting up like a Christmas Tree toward sacramento. Some of those showers are right here in the b. Find out who had the best chance to see rainfall. That and your forecast, coming up. After five months, it comes down to 25 games for the oakland as. A crisp performance is exactly what they needed. And it hinged on this fly ball to left at the texas coliseum. , these are the hands a pediatrician. These are pioneering advances in heart surgery. And these are developing groundbreaking treatments for cancer. Theyre the hands of the nations top doctors. Kaiser permanente doctors. And though they are all different, they Work Together on a Single Mission saving lives. Discover how we are advancing medicine at kp. Org join us, and thrive. Became the first person to across the Florida Straits cuba. Well, fifth time is the charm. Former kpix 5s anchordiana nyad became the first person to swim across the Florida Strait from cuba. This was her fifth attempt in 35 years, and she did it without a shark cage here is a look back at diana nyad in the 80s. You ran this race last year, worked it this year. Did you have fun . There is no choice. Ill take it. Actually, i miss it. I like being out there mixing in with the crowds. This way i got to see everything. Nyad stopped every 40 minutes to eat. The 60yearold swimmer left from cuba saturday with five support boats. You mentioned the water was pretty warm. A lot of jelly fish, though. That is why it took her so many times. I remember last time she tried it, she had to stop because of the jelly fish thing. Good for her. What did you do this weekend . Did you swim 64 miles. No. Me either. Cloud cover looks stormy. From dublin, some showers across the mountain. Were looking at a chance of showers throughout the evening as well. San jose, you have had a few showers as well. Temperatures down because the cloud cover labor day evening, santa row santa clara 77. Livermore at 76. In the city, though, youre still mild. Rook at all that rainfall blossoming between stockton and sacramento. We have tropical moisture moving through. The rain has left livermore, by am looking at new showers popping up. Back to school tomorrow, here is your kpix 5 school cast. San rafael, sun valley elementary. You will get the sunshine tomorrow afternoon. Sunny and warm with a high of 81 degrees. The morning, taco bell cloudy start. 56degrees as the kids walk or take the bus to school. Nominate your school. Head to our website kpix. Com forward slash school cast. Whats going on with this rainfall . It will be gone by tomorrow. Maybe a few sprinkles in sunny vail this evening. Back to normal tomorrow and wednesday with highs in the upper 70s. The deal is we have an area of low pressure well off to our north. Since air always flows from High Pressure toward low pressure, its kind of acting like a magnet and drug up some tropical moisture. Not like what weve had in palm springs or arizona. Certainly, some rainfall. Most of it is east of oakland. Right around san jose and points east. That is where that finger of moisture is working its way up south. We will see showers overnight tonight. Low pressure hangings out to our hangs out to our north. Usually a couple degrees cooler than normal with this particular pattern. Low pressure gone by the weekend. That allows the big dome of High Pressure to build in from the desert southwest. Some of you may be up near 100 degrees away from the water by this weekend. Sunshine back tomorrow. Temperatures begin to climb as we head toward next weekend. Livermore 84 tomorrow. San jose 78. A few sprinkles overnight. Bell, you will hit 80 tomorrow. Mid 80s for concordant i dont think concord, antioch. Nevada reasons l 78. Your extended forecast, temperatures kept down tuesday and wednesday. They start climbing on thursday. 90s imland friday, saturday, sunday. We may even see some low 80s by the bay. We have sports coming up next. , [ telephone ringing ] [ male announcer ] answering your phone between 5 and 7 on a weeknight . Not so smart. [ drumming ] buying your own kid a drum set. Not so smart. Getting a complete meal on the table under 10 bucks . Now thats smart. The new kfc 9. 99 6piece deal. 6 pieces of chicken. 3 biscuits, and one large side just 9. 99 bringing home a meal the whole family loves for under ten bucks . Very smart. Today tastes so good. Game sprint to the al west crown. Curtained raised t on a mega series in oakland. Baseball up top. As and rangers get ready for a 25 game spread to the al west crown. Curtain raised today on a mega series in oakland. Look at rangers skipper Ron Washington urging them to wind. Do david murphy. Money shot and a money game. Tie game. Half of the fifth, here came cocoa crisp from the right side. A home run or is it . They had to review this one. And they reviewed it. Just fair. Career high 17 homer. 42 oakland. Chris left the game with a leg bruised. Blfour, he got out of it. Got bell tray to ground out for his 36th save of the season. As win 42. Al west lead. Oakland and texas are now tide atop the al west standing. They have a three game lead over tampa for the wild card spot as well. Spreathe run is officially in full swing. It is kind of like a back and forth. Kind of pumps your blood a bit. Hit the fly ball right there. No. I suck at golf. Terrible. I can putt in miniature golf. Hello, ladies. Giants and san diego. Barry zito making one of his final starts. His hometown. Base loaded, second inning. We call that a timely i. Found a hole that brought home two runs. He has allowed four runs in four innings. The giants lose 416789 it is being reported that prior may be the man under center for the silver and black when they open up the season. Oh. Although, the raiders officially arent saying much. Unofficial. All right. Fern, thank you. Lets head back out to allen martin with one last look at the new span. Allen. Reporter yeah. One last look right now, juliette, but you better take it in. When you look ate, no fog, of course, tonight. And the sun is shining spectacularly off that toker. It really is an incredible engineering feat. When you think about it, there were materials, tools, equipment designed and built specifically to build this new seismically safe bridge. And, of course, there was the political trouble, the cost over runs, and the bolts. But all of that adding to what is already a rich history for the new eastern span of the bay bridge. But there is still some work to be done tonight. Cal ran is making a few last runs along the eastern span. They are going to bring in the street sweepers behind me. That has to be done before it can be open to the public. Chp is actually going to check the roadway, make sure its safe. After that, the chp will start opening ramps and cars will begin to enter the bridge. They want to maintain a safe speed. Not too fast, not too slow. It is 50 miles an hour. Anyone who crawls along at 30, 35 miles an hour through that s curve knows this is really going to be graph miles an hour. No official time for opening, but we are waiting for that word. We are told that it will indeed open tonight. Juliette, i dont think we have much better news than that, do we. . Thats right. I think we might have some hint that they want to put it up when the sun sets so they can light it and everyone will enjoy the view. Allen martin, thank you so much for all of your reports, and for news throughout the evening, the latest is always on kpix doing our next newscast is at sock on the cw cable channel 12. You can see us back here tonight at 11 00. We will have full reports on kpix 5 and the opening of the new bay bridge. Have a good night. Arent you sweet licensed phoneups available 24 7. Joey fatone this is joey fatone. Its time to play family feud. Give it up for Steve Harvey Steve welcome to the show, folks. Hey, everybody, thank you for coming. Welcome to family feud, everybody. Im your man steve harvey. We got a good one for you today. Returning for their third day, from atlanta, georgia, its the adams family. 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