But not into the other direction. If you are trying to get into San Francisco, this does not apply to you. Traffic does look good. Its an eight minute drive time across the span. On the east span coming through, traffic is doing a little bit better. But boy, we had a huge backup on the bridge. We are just about to find out more of what happened. Traffic on the bay area freeway is looking pretty good on 101 and 280. And also in the east bay we have a nice looking commute. If you are driving across the san mateo or dumbarton bridge, that traffic does look good. Over night construction on the the bay bridge has caused a huge backup for the last two hours. Some people were stuck for an hour trying to cross that bridge. Tara, what is going on . Reporter construction is what is to blame for the major backups. The good news it shouldnt last too much longer. Perhaps another hour or so at best. You can see the bumper to bumper traffic. One of our employees got the video as he drove to the tun. Only one eastbound ran is open at the now this construction project has been going on all week. And it has gradually gotten worse. A couple of stalls and fender benders did not help the situation earlier this morning. And early thursday morning you will typically experience a higher volume of traffic any way because of the revelers that are leavingth busy city night life. Give yourself an extra half hour i would say if you are heading into the east bay. Around 5 00 the contraction is supposed to end. Tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. We are learning more about the biens accident. Its a story we first brought to you live on mornings on 2. 32yearold ever bautista deliberately set his truck on fire, bringing the morning commute to a halt. Investigators say the incident was not any type of terrorist attack but it did trigger a fisted 26 sophisticated 26 million security system. It is mononorred 24 hours, seven days a week. Panicked drivers flagged down a Security Officer that had been passing through the toll booth. They sub dude the man. Investigators in san jose are looking into what sparked a fire in two homes that caused a propane tank to explode. The homes were part of an a precot ranch apricot ranch. It doesnt look like he belonged around here. He was walking like he was trying to get away. Firefighters say calm winds prevented the fire from getting larger. Rangers are also keeping a close eye on big basin state park after two wild fires in consecutive days. A brush fire was reported just before 6 00 last night in a remote part of the park. The fire was contained to half an acre. The Fire Department posted a few pictures on their Facebook Page. No word on the cause for either fire. It was a close call for a cyclist in berkeley last night. Our ktvu news crew was on the scene shortly after a branch from a big tree came crashing down on him. The branch also smashed a parked car and took down a large Cable Television wire. The cyclist was not hurt. Pg e crews were on the scene. Time is 4 35. The Oakland Unified School district has hired an independent investigator to look into the alleged attack of a student in a wheelchair. It shows 17yearold Francisco Martinez in the wheelchair being roughed up by the guards. The incident happened a month ago. One of the guards have been fired. Happening today jackie spear will continue her fight to stop the selling and marketing of ecigarettes to children. Spear and San Francisco supervisor eric mar is expected to hold a News Conference at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital today. They will announce a program called the smoke act that will extend the same fda regulations of tobacco products. Poison control says there has been a significant rise in poisoning and burning cases caused by ecigarettes and many of the cases involve children under the age of five. The struggle to keep enough Police Officers on the streets of san jose has lead to an unprecedented move. They may have to require the officers to work over time if voluntary measures dont work. Police Union Leaders say mandatory overtime will create even more stress for Police Officers in the bay areas biggest city. Our officers have already been identified by the city auditor as being over worked and fatigued. She has warned additional murder is is dangerous and unsafe. The red rick out there the Police Officers association is putting the blame on the stay. I wish they would put the residents at the forefront and help us to make sure officers they receive it. Many Police Officers have left san jose or retired due to cuts in pay and benefits. There were 1400 officer in the Department Just a few years ago. That number is down to less 900. Californias drought is getting even worse. In the past week parts of northern and Central California have fallen from the second worst conditions to the worst. Onethird of the state is now under what is called exceptional drought conditions. That includes part of the bay area. In comparison no place in the state was in this category last year. San franciscos Moscone Center is getting an update. It will expand the Convention Center exhibition space. Time now is 4 37. A peninsula family searching for answers after a 16yearold boy shot and killed in a car. Coming up in 25 minutes where police say the bullet came from and what the other people inside the car are saying about this deadly shooting. A major move for gay marriage. After the break the two specific actions taken toward equality. Good morning. In case you havent heard, the bay bridge could be an adventure for you. As we look at the lower deck of the bay bridge. Traffic seems to be improving from what it was. Outside our doors early this morning, low clouds returning to the coastline. Temperatures very similar to what we had yesterday. We will check in on those Current Conditions. I will pinpoint your weekend coming up. Welcome back. Time is 4 41. More information is coming out about the new u. S. Presence in iraq. Now we first reported on yesterdays mornings on 2 that president obama would be sending military advisors to iraq. The 300 americans will train iraqi forces to fight off the military insurgency trying to seize the country. They are going to be able to report not only to their iraqi brothers in the fight, but they will report back to their National Security apparatus to tell us what is going on. They will also protect the american em em American Embassy in baghdad. The centers for Disease Control says some of the staff in atlanta may have been exposed to anthrax bacteria. The lab may not have activated some samples of anthrax. As many as 80 worker someplace come into contact with the bacteria. They are being monitored and treated. The cdc say there is is no danger to the general public. New york will become the 23rd state to legalize medical marijuana but there is a big catch. In the deal between lawmakers and new yorks governor, only medical marijuana injected as an oil or vapor or pill is is allowed. Smoking the pot is not allowed. The negotiation legislature will vote on the final bill today. It would take effect 18 months after its signed into law. Marijuana advocates are Gathering Signatures for a referendum that would unvail pot clubs that were adopted by the city. 100 signatures are needed to put the measure in a special election. It restricts the clubs to Industrial Areas and requires them to sell pot only they grow themselves. The nations largest presbyterian denomination they voted in favor of altering its constitution to redefine christian marriage as the union of two people. Not just a man and woman. They must approve the decision before its official. Delegates also voted to allow pastors to preside at gay marriages starting this weekend. San franciscos catholic archbishop joined the march for marriage. Even though thousands in the bay area asked him not to attend. It was to promote traditional marriage between a man and woman. He was a prominent backer in ever prop 8. Every child comes from a mother and father and to deliberately to deprive a child of knowing and being loved by a mother and father is outright injustice. Earlier this week petitions were slipped through the locked door of the San Francisco arch diocese calling on him to reconsider his decision to attend the march. Supporters say they had 30,000 signatures. We are learning new details about the expansion of kill switches to more phones. It will also be on nokia phones. Google also plans to add a kill switch and promises to release details soon. Apple already has kill switches but all three types must be activated by the phones owners. Its 4 45. It is friday morning if you are just joining us. Unfortunately bay bridge, sal, gosh to have such a problem at this time of day sun fortunate. That kills you doesnt snit yeah. You are driving to work. Its almost the middle of the night for most people. Im going to get an early start today. Yeah that didnt happen for people leaving San Francisco for oakland. Ly start off with the lower deck of the bay bridge from the San Francisco side. I have to tell you things have improved quite a bit. On the lower deck here as you can see traffic is moving along very nicely all the way out. This wasnt the case a little earlier. Lets transition to the other side. That would be the traffic coming down to the repaving work that they have been doing over night on the bay bridge. Eastbound. So traffic is still a little bit slow. Nothing like it was. It was so slow that people had to get out of their cars to figure out what was going on. As tara mention the some people were coming from the club. And well, they found a surprise on the way through. So right now things are a little better. I know that tara wasnt coming from the club. Any way. Lets take a look at the san jose northbound 101, 280 and 117. Highway 17 i should say. Traffic is moving along very nicely in san jose for an Early Morning start. Hello rosemary. Hello sal, and good morning to you. Take a look. We have high clouds swinging across the bay area. I will show you where they are coming from. We have system to the north of us sweeping through bringing us high clouds. Take a look at this wave filtering in through the westerlies and bringing us another set of high clouds. So that batch coming through now it may continue for the entire afternoon. So a mix of sunshine and clouds for today. Winds are on shore. I dont expect them to grow much stronger than this. Fairfield reporting 16 miles an hour. Oakland reporting 7 and concord we have a southerly breeze at 7. Lucky seven. May be the number to play for today. 57 in San Francisco. Low 10 s in concord. 62 in antioch. 55 degrees in livermore right now. This afternoon will be just as warm as yesterday inland. Take a look as we get into the 7 00 hour low 60s. By 1 00 already in the mid 80s. And then going into the upper 80s by 4 00 or so. Livermore you all top out at 90 degrees this african. The final day of spring will be nice mild to warm. 85 for novato today. 90degrees in fairfield. For some temperatures slightly cooler. Slightly warmer. It will be hard to fill the changes from yesterday. 89 in danville. 90 for antioch. Along the east bay shoreline its a beautiful day. 74 in oakland. 73 in san leandro. 82 for san Jose Morgan Hill checking in at 88. 90 degrees for gilroy. Santa cruz partly cloudy. 77 for the afternoon. Along the peninsula for the afternoon 78 for san mateo. 80degrees in redwood city. Upper 60s San Francisco. Partly cloudy skies along the coast and 60s expected there. The extended forecast with your bay area weekend always in view and the first weekend of summer now notice the first day of summer is actually a tad cooler than the rest of the days. Temperatures dropping back a few degrees. 85 expected for our inland cities. And then we rebound for the second half of your weekend. And then we are sort of steady with temperatures changing very little sunday, monday and tuesday. Back to the desk. Thank you. Several for Profit College campuses in the bay area can close in the next few weeks. Cover rent yeah college is under federal sanctions. The department of education imposed sanctions because of job placement that was used in marketing. The state wants to hear from students at a bay Area Vocational school that may be in danger of closing. Last month we told you the School Closed because it owed thousands of dollars in overdue rent. Now thousands of students have been told they will have to transfer to San Francisco. One student said she asked about that possibility when she signed up for classes. I said are you going to have any problems here . The lady that signed me in said no. Going to San Francisco for classes would be pretty difficult. Bryman tells us the hayward campus is not closing. Now its looking into that which is why it wants to talk to the students. Time is 4 50. A muni bus was evacuated in San Francisco. A very unusual disturbance caught on video. The reason why this is is not the first time they had a run in with this man. I was visiting with my wife and she said i blew up all over facebook. Hot or not . You be the shot. The mug shot that has women all over the world going crazy for a california convict. Went missing back in october of 2012 during a camping trip at the sane National Forest in tahoe. After a search turned up nothing, her owners started a Facebook Page in hopes of finding her. Janice watkins and more family found the border collie. Im glad she is back with her owner. What that dog could tell us right now if she could talk. Because how she survived i have no idea. Turn it into a movie or something. She said to be doing just fine. The ugly dog contest will be held at the petaluma fairgrounds tonight and it looks like a dog named peanut is a crowd favorite already. On line voting closed last night. And peanut has received the most votes. Peanut was in an Animal Shelter for nine months before he found a new home. The official winner will be announced tonight. Unlikely photo has caused an unexpected frenzy on facebook. Its all over the mug shot of a guy many are saying is hot. Take a look. See what yoshi think. Thousands all over the world have shared, liked, and commented on jeremys mug shot. Women dont seem to care he is a cop stricted felon and is a convicted felon and spent nine years in prison. A local reporter visited him in jail. I appreciate that but i just want them to know that this is really not me. Im not some kingpin. Officers allegedly found a gun in meeks trunk. He has raised about 10,000 of the 25,000 goal. Time is 4 55. Lombard street will be off limit to car this weekend. They voted to close the curvey section ovulum bard as a pilot program. Its in response to complaints of heavy traffic and swarms of tourists. The closure does not Effect People who live on the street from driving to and from their homes. The new 49ers stadium almost ready for kickoff. The 1. 3 billion project is ahead of schedule and 94 complete. The city hopes to get a permit to transition the stadium from a construction site to an event venue. Officials will set up a stadium dry run. They will close the main street and see how long it takes to set up barricades. Cadets will test out new traffic signals. A Ribbon Cutting ceremony for the new stadium scheduled for july 17th. I made a mistake. He only raised 10 not 10,000. Coming up a mother accused of driving under the influence with her child inside the car. The dangerous place her car ended up and what she told police. San bruno police need the publics help. Good morning. Right now we are looking at a commute that is okay on the bay bridge eastbound. The construction work caused some delace but now it looks like things are getting better. Outside our doors im tracking minor changes for your friday. We will update your Current Conditions and take a look at what you can expect for this afternoon. Big problem on the bay bridge this morning. You might not expect it but there is a lot of traffic. Well have a live update. Fire officials are trying to figure out what sparked a fire in the zap jo foothills that destroyed two homes. We will tell you what neighbors saw that may help investigated top the deadly shooting of a teenage boy in redwood city. New proposals involving the corporate shuttle buses in San Francisco. The changes being considered and one imparticular wont make drivers head. All ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. Good morning. As we just said you are probably not going to expect it at this hour, but there is a lot of traffic on the bay bridge. Take live look. Over night construction actually is finally wrapping up. Still a lot of traffic though heading eastbound because of it. Four lanes of the bridge were shut down over night. That caused a major traffic problem. Of course it takes awhile to clean that back up and clear it back up. It did take drivers nearly an hour to get across the bridge. We are out