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Tunnel on Yerba Buena Island. Well finish the work today on the top deck with a joint seal that we have to install later today. On the lower deck, we prepped it. That crew will move down onto the lower deck and finish that work. Reporter talk about a team effort. An estimated 400 people working out here to get the new span open by 5 00 tuesday morning. Live here at the toll plaza, mike mibach, ktvu channel 2 news. This is the first evening commute since the bridge closed and thousands are going around it tonight to get home. The chp told us that the average commute today actually only increased by 10 minutes. Sal castaneda is following conditions. Sal, do you agree with that figure . Reporter no, not really, unfortunately. First of all, drivers are going a longer distance, because theyre going around. Send of all, the commutes on those bridges, the san mateo bridge, for example, has been heavier. More people are on the bridge. And its made it a lot more well, just a lot slower. Newschopper 2 is showing us a picture of eastbound 92. These are live pictures of people just trying to get onto the san mateo bridge. And 101 traffic is also going to be heavy and slow as you drive down 101. As a matter of fact, i can show you a little bit of it. Southbound 101, you can see traffic is really busy here in san mateo. Slow traffic as you drive through. I want to focus on this area here. You can see that 101, a lot of the road centers are red. Getting over to the san mateo bridge, that traffic is going to be very slow as you drive through. Were also looking at some of the commutes on the nimitz freeway, up and past the coliseum. We just checked in with bart, caltrans and muni. They are doing well. I want to show you one more picture here and that would be a look at the east shore, westbound 80 on the left, east 80 on the right. Three lanes are taken away. Traffic is going to be a little slower obviously in both of these directions. Lets go back to you at the desk. Well, needless to say, commuters this morning were bracing themselves for crowded freeways, ferries and bart trains. And jane is here now to show us what it was like today. Reporter frank, as you can see, traffic is a slow go right through the toll plaza. A few hours ago, we checked in with commuters taking public transportation. Susan came downstairs to catch the richmond train. She expected trains to be much more crowded today. I was in San Francisco last night, having driven in, and i had to travel back out over the Golden Gate Bridge instead of the bay bridge. I waited until 8 00. There was nobody there. Reporter langford also made sure to avoid this mornings commute. There were 30,000 extra commuters on barts trains as compared to the same mornings last year. At the ferry, i spoke to one employee who told me hell be working overtime tomorrow night because the ferry has added additional trips to its schedule this weekend. As for riders since its a threeday weekend, we think the traffic is not going to be as bad, because people are traveling. Reporter this woman dropped the boat when it came to hearing about the bay bridge closure. I really should have known reporter other drivers expected this kind of backup. We saw drivers trying to get to the east bay, headed north on 101 to the richmondsan rafael bridge, stalled in heavy traffic just a few hours ago, which is why drivers like susan have a plan for this weekend. I expect to stay home. Ha ha reporter bart will have an update on numbers in just a few short hours. Well have more for you tonight at 6. Reporting live, Jane Hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. Many people are turning to bart to get around the bay bridge closure. Bart says there were nearly 7,000 riders between midnight and 4 a. M. From 4 until 10 a. M. , more than 154,000 people rode trains. Thats an increase of nearly 31,000 people compared to the same morning last year. More updated numbers will be released tonight. Coming up at 5 30, tom vacar went out on the existing eastern span to take a look at the work already underway to tear down the old bay bridge. Well update you on the current traffic conditions all around the bay area tonight. So, how long did it take you to get to work this morning . Join the conversation right now on facebook, where ktvu viewers are sharing their commute. Caltrain is investigating yet another person killed on the tracks. An elderly woman was hit and killed just after 7 30 this morning at charlson avenue. The accident caused major delays for this mornings commute. Full Train Service was restored just after 10 a. M. The elderly woman was the 10th person killed on caltrains tracks so far this year. There were 12 fatalities last year. A big rig drive was at fault in a crash that killed a cyclist in San Francisco, they say. The case is being turned over to the District Attorney, who could file charges against the truck driver. The bicyclist was killed on august 14 on her way to work. A Police Sergeant initially placed blame on the cyclist for the accident, but today the chief apologized for what the sergeant said and he said that Surveillance Footage given to police by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition appears to show that the truck drive was at fault. The video was critical in us making a determination that the driver was at fault. We accept video, whether its privately held, discovered by somebody else. Whatever we can do to get help from the public and help us to make the right finding on cases, well find it. The Truck Drivers name has not yet been released. Coming up at 5 45, well look at a new program to get people more on bicycles in a city that can be a very dangerous place to ride. That massive rim wildfire continues to wage around Yosemite National park tonight. Firefighters are now using an unmanned drone to get realtime views of the flames. It was deployed by the California National guard and is being remotely piloted from hundreds of miles away at the air reserve base in riverside. Fire Officials Say the drone is allowing them to keep an eye out for any new flareups in remote, rugged areas. Cal fire says firefighters are being challenged by the steep terrain and the fires extreme behavior. Here now are the most current uptodate numbers. Nearly 193,000 acres have burned. The fire is still only 30 contained. Evacuation orders are still in effect for areas south of highway 120 and north of old yosemite road. And about 4500 homes and other structures are still threatened. Also, full containment isnt expected for about another three weeks. People whose homes were damaged or destroyed in that huge fire in fairfield are assessing the damage while a debate is growing over who is responsible. This morning, they met with city officials and firefighters about what happens next. That sevenalarm fire jumped a sound wall and spread through tall grass running in back of the properties. Five homes ended up being destroyed. Ten others were damaged. Some residents are blaming the tall grass for the spread of the fire. But theres a dispute as to who is responsible for cutting it. The only City Property would be the street. The Property Ownership goes along the back. There is no property owned by the city there. Theres a fence. If you go behind that fence, theyve told us, thats not your property. Pam says shes lived there for 40 years and that when the grass needs cutting between the chainlink fence and the sound wall, city crews are the ones who do it. The city and fire crews are still investigating the cause. In just the past two hours, Senior Administration officials held a Conference Call with top members of congress, including dianne feinstein, on the situation in syria. Earlier, members of both parties called for a congressional vote on any military action. Reporter doubts over evidence aside, for the white house, its now decision time. President obama says syrian president Bashar Alassad is responsible for a chemical attack on his own people. He promises accountability but says no decision has been made on how to respond. He takes the requirement to make these decisions very seriously. And hes carefully considering the circumstances before him. Reporter but preparations are already underway for a potential strike. U. S. Military assets are in the eastern mediterranean, ready to go whenever the president gives the order. And the white house is quickly laying out its case, amid concern from congress, which wants a role in the final decision. Let congress authorize this activity. Id like to have everybody in on this. I definitely believe that there needs to be a vote. Reporter the administration is briefing highranking members of congress and is expected to release an unclassified Intelligence Report with the evidence soon. In london, the prime minister, cameron, argued for military action. That is enough to include that the regime is responsible and should be held accountable. Reporter United Nations weapons inspectors are in syria now, collecting evidence. Theyre expected to leave with their own findings by saturday. In washington, im sumlin miller. One of six bay Area Representatives signed letters to president obama, urging him to receive congressional authorization before ordering military force in syria. The letters say ignoring congress would violent the separation of powers act. First, we need a vote of the congress, before we do anything. We need to see the evidence. We need to understand what the plan is. And not only is this a legal requirement, the country needs this. Coming up at 5 35, another bay area member of Congress Weighs in on allegations of chemical weapons use in syria. Congressman swalwell just wrapped up a trip to the middle east and says the president must proceed carefully. Fastfood workers go on strike to demand better pay for their minimumwage jobs. Its a shame i shouldnt have to go across bridges just to make a decent wage. Improving campus safety. The three things south bay police are telling teachers to do if theres an active shooter at school. And why the third option is considered groundbreaking. A warm day today across most of the bay area. Coming up, where dense fog could be a factor and how much of a temperature bump you can expect in the friday forecast. News chopper 2 showing us live pictures. And you can see it is pretty slow here, as we tilt it up a little bit. Southbound 101 is backed up. This is burlingame, encompassing millbrae and san bruno. The worst of the traffic really is just past the airport. It stays this way all the way down to just the beginning of san mateo. Well be right back in about 15 minutes with another complete traffic update. Protesters showed up at fastfood chains today in the east bay, all part of a nationwide protest over low wages. Some of those workers only make a little more than 60 a day. Ktvus john fowler live tonight in pleasant hill. Reporter thats right. For fastfood workers here at burger king and other places, heres what it comes down to. An average of 8. 94 an hour. 25 hours a week. Poverty wages, some way, all across the east way. At fastfood stores, including this kfc in oakland, protesters today demanding higher pay. 21yearold jasmine works in richmond, 8 an hour. She wants San Franciscos minimum wage. Its a shame. I shouldnt have to go across bridges just to make 10. 55 an hour. Youd take an 8 an hour job . Id be fine. Reporter in concord, we found outofwork paul on his job, looking for a job. My dad is out of work. My brother is out of work. And its not easy. Reporter at contra costas onestop employment office, entrylevel minimum wage fast food is just one rung on the ladder. They probably do deserve more than the 8. Reporter claire tells me these workers develop skills, learn discipline, to help land one of the now more available betterpaying jobs. You can find a job that pays 10 or 12 or maybe even 15, but living on that is hard. Reporter this 21yearold works at mcdonalds night shift, and she says she takes home about 600 a month. I combine government assistance with the checks so ill be able to make it, but even at the end of the month, i still dont have enough food to feed me and my son. Reporter burger king and wendys declined comment. Mcdonalds said many of their employees have gone on to continued success in and out of the restaurant business. Because of todays strike, there will be no change in their wage structure, they say. John john, john fowler. As we mentioned, these protests are happening across the country. This one was in las vegas. But they were also planned in about 50 other cities, including new york, boston and chicago. Recreational marijuana use in two states may be allowed to continue without interference from the federal government. The Justice Department says it is not going to sue to stop laws in colorado and washington. Instead, the department outlined eight top priority areas. They range from preventing the distribution of marijuana to minors to stopping Sales Revenue from going to criminals. Marijuana advocates support the policy change. By taxes and regulating marijuana, we can do a better job of keeping marijuana away from kids, a better job of keeping money from going to mexican drug cartels. Last year, president obama said it didnt make sense for the government to go after recreational drug users in states that have legalized the use of small amounts of marijuana. Mark, its been pretty much the same with the weather this week. At least temperatures have been trending up a little bit. Thats probably the biggest change. That continues for one more day. Then changes just in time for holiday weekend. But these are all just minor changes, no big drastic bumps in those numbers. Here you can look at the satellite. Fog still hugging parts of the shoreline. This will regroup, once again already pushing back in against the Golden Gate Bridge right now. Current temperatures, fairfield, 89. You can see more 80s out toward walnut creek and livermore. San jose, 80. Oakland in the 70s. San francisco, downtown, in the upper 60s. 68. Today a little warmer than yesterday with the clearing. But it did take some time today. Whats happening right now, a layer of warm air above us compressing the marine area, so youre going to feel this warm air tomorrow. But this sets up the fog once again. So driving on highway 101, you will have a dropoff in visibility and some of that fog will sneak up locally back into the bay late tonight and tomorrow morning. Here we go with the friday morning commute at 7 00. The clouds once again hugging the coast and pushing back into the bay. But with that, the marine layer squashed, the visibility tomorrow morning will be a bit lower. Areas of fog, as i mentioned, targeting the coast. Right around the bay too. Overnight lows will be kind of mild, mid to upper 50s, all the way to the low 60s. Fairfield, forecast low of 62. And heres our temperature sensors as we do move along. Oakland, close to 80 for tomorrow afternoon. And friday will be the warmest day of the entire week. You can see more mid90s as you work your way out toward antioch and brentwood. These temperatures checking in right about 3 00 tomorrow afternoon. San francisco, lower 70s here. Santa rosa, 91. San jose, 86. More 90s out toward concord, livermore, antioch and fairfield. Your fiveday forecast, more changes to talk about. Ill talk more about that coming up in a few minutes. Tomorrow is the warmest day of the week. Well introduce more clouds, and this is a change for labor day, monday morning. There is a slight chance of a light shower, so well be watching out for that. Well have that forecast coming up in about 25 minutes. San franciscos zoo pulled out all the stops today as it opened up a remodeled exhibit for a new inhabitant. Officials cut the ribbon this morning. A twoyearold male kimoda dragon. He weighs just five pounds now but soon he will weigh 150 pounds and will be ready to breed. The exhibit opens to the public on saturday. He is pretty tiny right now. Making good here on a promise to act on gun violence. The two new rules the white house wants to impose on gun owners. And now to julie haener in our newsroom. Keeping san jose safe. The mayors new plan to put a lot more officers out on the streets. We got ahold of the proposal today. Now hear why critics say its a bad idea. Plus, it was clearly designed to be a big distraction. Thieves on the loose. We reveal how theyre using babies to lure unsuspecting victims. These stories coming up at 6. [ trina ] im a student at Devry University. And these are my roommates. This is one of my favorite professors. And so is this. This is my academic advisor. And also my cheerleader. And when i finish my degree in business. A new job, at a great company. Thats the graduation present i want. [ male announcer ] in 2012, 90 of Devry University grads actively seeking employment had careers in their field in 6 months. Find your career success in the bay area. Learn how at devry. Edu. A woman accused of splattering green paint on a number of landmarks in the Nations Capital has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Police arrested 58 gerald jamai teon. Shes also suspected of throwing green paint at the Lincoln Memorial and on a statue at the national mall. She had been staying at a Halfway House since her arrest in july. The Obama Administration is making good on its promise to act on gun control in the absence of any new gun laws passed by congress. The president is going to continue to do everything we can within our executive authority to try to reduce gun violence in america. Vice President Joe Biden announced the reforms today. We have a new head of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives. Biden said the president would issue two new executive orders. The first closes a loophole enabling cooperations or trusts to buy guns without background checks. The second prohibits military grade firearms sold to allies from being reimported to United States by private groups. Guncontrol advocates applauded the actions. We think they are steps in the right directions to keep some of the most dangerous guns out of the hands of dangerous people. The National Rifle association responded to todays announcement by saying, quote, the Obama Administration has once again completely missed the mark when it comes to stopping violent crime. Since the shootings in newtown, connecticut, the white house has issued a total of 25 executive orders related to gun control. More details now on gun control measures here in california. The state assembly is considering a number of measures already passed by the senate. One bill would ban all semiautomatic rifles with detachable magazines. Also, socalled bullet buttons, which allow the quick removal and reloading of magazines, would be illegal. Its our first full workday without the bay bridge. And right now, its pretty slow out there. If youre trying to get to the east bay out of San Francisco, youre looking at a tough one, on 101 heading south, down to san mateo to cross the san mateo bridge. Well look at perhaps some of your other options to get across to the east bay. The new bridge will not be completely done until the old bridge is disassembled. And how theyll do that is quite a story. And a frightening drill. The practice at one school to make sure students and teachers know what to do if a gunman comes on campus. Complete bay area News Coverage continues. This is ktvu channel 2 news. Four days, 11 hours, 30 minutes. Thats how much longer we have to wait until the new bay bridge span is scheduled to open on tuesday, although it is possible that the bridge could open even earlier if the crews that you see there finish ahead of schedule. The crews have been working around the clock, ever since that bridge was shut down to drivers last night at 8 00. And its been a busy day there on the bridge. And all that work sent thousands of commuters looking for ways around the bay bridge. Sal castaneda is tracking the commutes. Sal, youve been watching traffic for years. How much worse is it tonight without the bridge . Reporter well, it is worse. I dont want to scare anybody. You can get through. But you will have to spend a lot more time. One of the things i can tell you is if you dont have to travel right now, during the peak in fact, lets take a look at some of these pictures while im talking about. This is southbound 101, coming down from the san bruno area. If you dont have to travel, if you can wait just an hour, it will be much better trying to get across. And tomorrow it should be better, because a lot of people are turning this excuse into a fourday weekend. I also want to check out the east shore freeway. Our camera on interstate 80. Thats 80 westbound on the left. Three lanes are shut down at the mcarcher maze. Everything is winding down into those lanes. Eastbound 80 doesnt look that bad. So we are seeing signs of improvement. Just be patient. If you can leave a little later, please do that. Lets go back to you in the studio. Out on the bay, construction crews are now putting the final touches on the new eastern span. On the official bay bridge website, you can see here the most recent images of the work. If you click on the tools there on the left, you can actually zoom in on the new bridge and see that crews have already striped the lanes in both directions there on the new bridge. We have a link on ktvu. Com, under bay bridge closure info. Prep to demolish the old eastern span has already begun. Tom vacar is live with the three factors considered even more important than cost. Tom . Reporter well, this may sound a little odd. But heres why the contractor chosen to demolish the old bridge was not the lowest bidder. Caltrans chose the firm with the least environmental harm. The steel 80 years ago was brandnew. But now it is cracked, rusted. Reporter after all the repairs, upgrades and especially retro fits, this is not the same bridge. That means taking it apart will be different too. This is challenging. Reporter this span is so different than when it was built, bridge engineers took all the construction documents and then fed them all into a stateoftheart computer system, predicting what they need to do when its taken down. That is what we have to take down. That is what we have to deconstruct. So that is very, very important for us. All the information regarding the structure is embedded into it. Its an intelligent model. So we can talk to the model and it can talk back to us and make that Information Available to us. Reporter the bridge will be deconstructed beginning with this huge truss section, then working back towards oakland, a threeyear project. Though this steel is currently old, fatigued and a bit rusty steel can be recycled and it will be. Well probably buy it in cars and maybe a new bridge someplace. Reporter major deconstruction begins near Yerba Buena Island so the s curve can be removed and new on and offramps can be built as soon as possible. The bike pedestrian pathway will go up on tuesday. Reporting live, tom vacar, ktvu channel 2 news. And our coverage continues on ktvu. Com. Were streaming live cameras of the construction work. Plus, we have a list of resources to help you get around during the closure. New information on a story we first told you about one week ago. Late this afternoon, police in concord confirmed what we first reported. They have arrested a San Francisco Police Officer and are accusing him of lewd and lascivious acts with a 15year old boy. Officers arrested 37yearold Richard Hastings last week after a twoweek investigation. Detectives have given the case over to the District Attorney and are recommending that the d. A. Charge hastings with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, sodomy and cricketing to the delinquency of a minor. There is a new component to School Safety in the south bay this fall. They spent the day training teachers how to react if a shooter ever attacked their students. If somebody came into the building, do we lock ourselves in the classroom . Do we try and find a closet to go into . Do we get out of the building . We really dont know. Santa clara county has never had a mass shooting, such incidents around the country prompted police to update their security plan. At this training session, the San Jose Police department taught almost 500 teachers to run, hide, and new this year, defend. If an active shooter does get past that barricade, we want the teacher to do everything they can to stop that active shooter. We want them to help that teacher take down that active shooter, if they can. Police played this video that shows a man acting as a School Shooter getting taken down by a group of students and their teacher. Police say that is something thats never been done before in the u. S. , training teachers and students to go after an active shooter. Other ideas today from police, installing peep holes in doors and looking for drawings in social media postings made by students that may show aggressive behavior. Todays training offers a unified response that everyone in the county can apply. East bay congressman swalwell says he was briefed on syria during a recent fact finding trip. Swalwell would not go into details about what military and Intelligence Officers told him about the use of chemical weapons or about any possible military response. But during a satellite interview from the region yesterday, he did say that the United States needs to proceed cautiously. This is a delicate, complicated situation with many actors. And we have to make sure that we know what is behind that first domino, because once you tip it, you better know whats behind it, and you better be prepared for whats next. And right now, i am not in any way supportive of putting boots on the ground in syria. Congressman swalwell indicated he is among those who believes the Syrian Government did indeed use chemical weapons to kill its own citizens. The fact that chemical weapons were used by the Assad Government is something i condemn. It is something we cannot let continue. And we must work with our International Allies to make sure that it does not continue. During his visit to afghanistan, swalwell met with military leaders and u. S. Troops. Among them was Chris Mitchell from fremont. Fish and game wardens capture abalone poachers. And see where you can find bikes and how much it costs. A federal Appeals Court in San Francisco today upheld californias ban on therapy that promises to make gay children straight. The 9th u. S. Circuit court of appeals ruled that the states ban on socalled conversion therapy for minors does not violate the are free speech rights as argued by opponents. New jersey also recently outlawed that controversial therapy. Researchers in europe say theyve been able to take stem cells from brains and grow tiny brainlike organs called cerebral organoids. Scientists say they are similar in size and development of a brain of a nine or tenweek old fetus. Theyre report appears in the journal nature. The National Football league and thousands of former players have agreed to a 765 million settlement in a lawsuit over the affect of concussions. The family of junior seau was among the plaintiffs as were hall of famers jim mcmahon. The players all accuse the nfl of hiding information about concussions. The 765 million will play for players and former players medical care, Brain Injury Research and legal fees. The raiders final preseason game is coming up in just about two hours, right here on ktvu. The raiders are taking on the seahawks. Our coverage starts right after the 6 p. M. News with our raiders special return to glory at 6 30. A new bike Share Service rolls into the bay area. It aims to get people out of their cars in five bay area cities. Well hear why one mayor is raising concerns about safety. And the change thats coming to a popular painkiller. Why the next bottle of tylenol you buy will look different. We have a warmup to talk about in the shortterm. But then bigger changes for the holiday weekend. Coming up, the one part of your weekend where we could be talking about a slight chance of a few light showers. After years of planning, several bay area cities launched a Regional Bike Share Program today. Bicycles are available to rent in san jose, San Francisco, redwood city, Mountain View and palo alto. Organizers say this is just the beginning and that there will eventually be thousands of bikes in the bike share network. Now, a major testing ground for this program is in San Francisco, where about 700 bikes are available to represent. And ktvus rob roth is live at Civic Center Plaza to explain how the program works. Rob . Reporter we want to show you some of these brandnew bicycles here at this bike station in front of San Franciscos city hall. Its one of 70 stations from San Francisco to san jose. Bike enthusiasts say it will reduce car traffic, while others worry about safety on the road. This man delivers flowers in San Francisco by bicycle for a living. This morning he decided to test out the bay areas new bike sharing program. Incredibly economical, for people to use instead of having their own bike, having to do maintenance, getting it stolen. Reporter the bay area metropolitan district and the commission launched the Bike Share Program today, which they say is the largest on the west coast. There are currently 700 bikes at 70 stations. Its a really convenient way to get around the city, whether its getting from the train station to your office or back again or going to meet a friend for lunch. Reporter riders can buy yearly, monthly, or for 9, daily passes. While the number of rides is unlimited, trips lasting more than a half hour are extra. Its really nice to get a bike when you need one. Reporter reported glitches, such as docking stations that wouldnt release bikes, are being ironed out. While ed lee supports bike share, he says adding more bicycles on the road raises concerns of safety. Were going to do a great amount of education, both for bicyclists and car and Truck Drivers. Reporter the bay area bike share hopes to expand to 1,000 bicycles and 100 stations within the next six months. Rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. And oakland man decided to do something about the ongoing problems of Illegal Dumping in his city. Dillon spotted this huge pile of trash dumped overnight between park boulevard and lincoln avenue. He says it seems to be a popular Illegal Dumping site and the city is slow to clean up the trash. So he hired a crew to haul it all away. I saw this pile of trash. Its happened multiple times here. I just felt like we could wait a couple weeks for the city to get out here and clean it up or just take care of it. So thats what he did. He says he doesnt understand why people would just dump their own garbage and expect others to clean up after them. A bill that faces to increase limousine safety is facing a key vote in sacramento. Jerry hill introduced the legislation following the may 5 limo fire on the san mateo bridge. The bill calls for two fire extinguishers and yearly inspections. The Assembly Appropriations committee is set to vote on the bill tomorrow. Parts of the bay area are noticeably warmer today than they were yesterday. Thats exactly what we talked about yesterday, right, mark . Yeah. A little bit of a bump in the numbers. The trend continues for just one more day, then changes in time for the holiday weekend. Today, as gasia mentioned, a nice warmup in the bay area. That fog really took time to clear out. You can see the readings from this afternoon. They range from 65 in pacifica and look at these numbers inland, back to the mid and upper 80s. Livermore at 88. This was a time lapse from earlier this afternoon. I think right about the 1 00 area. Kind of neat. Theres that fog bank out to our west. Just looking at this, you can see the marine layer being compressed. Today, very shallow marine layer. Thats a good sign we are warming up. That warming trend continues to friday. Right now, low clouds, dense fog, hugging the coastlines from Half Moon Bay to San Francisco. Tomorrow morning, starting out the day in the upper 50s to 60s. A big temperature range for your friday afternoon. 60s along the coastline. The other extreme, back up into the 90s, were thinking around 93 to 95. So here we go with this high pressure. Dense fog expected to reform over night. Tomorrow will be the warmest day of the week. That implies cooling by the weekend, as this cooler weather system moves in, and you can see the temperature trend for saturday, sunday. This will produce more high clouds coming in from the north and south. Heres our forecast model. Here we go with the fog tomorrow morning at 9 00. Saturday, some high clouds moving into the region throughout the afternoon hours, favoring the southern half of the area. Same deal into sunday with partly cloudy skies. There could be enough moisture its not showing up just yet, but by monday morning, this is a slight chance of a light shower favoring the north bay. Its just for monday morning on labor day. As far as temperatures, tomorrow is warming up. Most areas a little warmer than today. Upper 70s to near 80 in oakland. Head over the hills, mid 90s. And san jose, a forecast high of 81. Morgan hill at 86, into the upper 80s as well, approaching the 90degree mark. San francisco in the 70s. 74. Its 60s right near the immediate shoreline. The warmest locations, were thinking upper 80s to the near 90s. Here is a look at your fiveday forecast. Were going to cool things off a little bit on saturday. Scattered clouds by sunday. There is that slight chance of a shower first thing monday morning for labor day. You can count on the warmup expected for tomorrow. A holiday is better than no holiday. You bet. Thank you, mark. A big catch. In fact, its the largest abalone poaching Operation Bust in years. Its a 10inch abalone. Thats definitely a prized abalone. Where that prized abalone was found and who was arrested in the bay area poaching sweep. Back now to julie haener in the newsroom with more on what were working on at 6. The new plan to hire hundreds of Police Officers, new Police Officers, in san jose. The mayors plan may sound like a good idea, but hear why its stirring controversy. Plus it was clearly designed to be a big distraction. Using babies as bait. We reveal how thieves are using innocent children to lure victims. These stories and much more, coming up in about 10 minutes at 6. On the second day of deliberations, a federal judge today dismissed one of the jurors in a case of a former contra costa sheriffs deputy accused of taking bribes in exchange for dui arrests. Steven tanabe is accused of setting this up. In return, he accepted drugs and a gun from a private investigator working for the women, they say. The juror had trouble understanding the judges instruction. An alternate replaced him. 27yearold jason padrose is accused of sexually assaulting two girls last year. The scandal reverberated through the community and caused turmoil at city hall. He now faces 90 days in jail and must register as a sex offender. An embarrassing Personnel Matter for the highspeed rail authority. A woman who embezzled 320,000 as a state employee several years ago was hired in 2011 by the rail authority. The authority fired carrie moore more lying on her application, which would keep her from collecting unemployment. But she appealed, saying she didnt lie. She explains it by saying that no one ever asked her if shed been convicted of a crime. Tylenol users will soon see warning labors on the bottles about the risk of an overdose. The warnings alert users that taking too much of the drug can be fatal. Drug maker johnson and johnson decided to pose warnings because of lawsuits and pressure from the federal government. A major poaching operation off the Northern California coach led game wardens to oakland. Fish and game says its the biggest abalone poaching bust in three years. Its a 10inch abalone, definitely a prized abalone. Reporter a prized abalone but not where it should be. This is not the coast but east oakland. And this is the arrest of an alleged poacher. In his pajamas. The size of this one here could go for 200 just because of its age and size. Reporter 13 people were arrested. The wardens, thats a third of our Law Enforcement staff. Reporter some of the alleged poachers were under surveillance for six years or more. Fish and game says this man, arrested at his oakland home, was a leader of a large operation. Scuba gear was seized, along with pickup trucks and coolers full of evidence. The limit, the annual limit, would be 24 abalone. Reporter in east oakland, the arrests took place at two different homes. Fish and game says they uncovered an Extensive Network of poachers, buyers and sellers of this abalone. However, no restaurants or businesses were implicated. We think theyre getting up to 100 per abalone. Reporter fish and game says it often sees repeat offenders who suffer light punishment. But this bust could lead to felony charges and jail time. In oakland, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. Now at 6, the ktvu news Team Monitoring the traffic across the bay area during this first full day of the bay bridge closure. And we just received an update on the work being done on the new bridge. Ktvu obtains a San Jose City memo proposing the addition of hundreds of new Police Officers. Why not everyone thinks its real. Robbers accused of using babies as part of their employ to steal from an exercise studio. This is ktvu channel 2 news at 6. It is the first full day of the bay bridge shutdown. Crews are hard at work preparing for the opening of the new span. We are monitoring their progress and the impact around the bay area. Good evening. Im julie haener. And im frank somerville. We are now four days and 11 hours away from the scheduled opening of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. And we have live team coverage. Ktvus mike mibach was just updated on the work progress. Sal castaneda is in our traffic center, monitoring the road conditions. But we begin with Jane Hernandez at the Golden Gate Bridge. She spoke with commuters today who are dealing without the bay bridge. Reporter traffic is slow but its not a parking lot. A few hours ago, we tracked a few commuters as they took public transportation. Edwin showed us his two tickets he bought. This is for tomorrow. Im doing this ahead of time to avoid the rush. Reporter golden gate ferry does expect more riders tonight, so it added a late night trip and added trips to its weekend and holiday schedule. I was on bart earlier and it wasnt busy at all. Reporter but Susan Langford told us she made sure to avoid areas where there might be problems in i was in San Francisco tonight, and i had to travel out over the Golden Gate Bridge instead of the bay bridge. Reporter she also avoided this commute on the first morning. Bart reports that ridership soared this morning. To keep