The new eastern span of the bay bridge lit up with thousands of lead bulbs. The lights are ready to go, but the bridge itself is not so much. But it could change sooner than expected. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Carolyn johnson has the night off. Are we getting close to having the grand opening . Maybe. John olston is live on the new deck. It looks good. Yes. Right now i am on the spot of the future traffic jam. It is all about the lighting. Cal trans flipped the switch and conducted another test of the bay bridge and you can see a gorgeous waxing moon above the man made version. We also learned there is a possibility that this new bridge could be open on labor day. Tonight was another appetizer before the bridge opens for real. They turned on 1500 lights and the suspension portion of the bridge. They use half of the emergency of other lights and last 10 to 15 years each. The lighting builds it is a lifts off the oakland shore and reaches out to the tower. The light poles increase in
Rolling right now and they will be around through 8 00 and they will dissipate and we will be sunny by noon and 70 and a warm 80 by 4 00 and the clouds the return during the evening hours and temperatures drop to a comfortable level in the upper 60s. We have a few clouds in the north bay and 58, the low valley along the coast seeing the cloud cover and sunny and 78 at noon and hot at 90 at 4 00 and not so warm by 7 00 and 80 degrees. The coast is starting off with clouds in the mid50s and sunshine compared to this morning but not so much as yesterday with temperatures has been out in the lowtomid 60s in the afternoon. Now the traffic. I have an update on the accident in the Altamont Pass and it is now canceled, the sigalert, along westbound direction you will sit in a ton of traffic still, westbound 580 this is where we had an early sigalert because of a motorcycle crash. All lanes have now reopened and what we are left with is a tremendous backup from tracy oh the Altamont Pass into l
And screaming at me, you started this, you started this you mf. And she hit me. Why do you think she did that . Hate. She had hate. In her face. Like a demon. Oirks god, it was ugly. Andrewspotter was charged and releasing. This afternoon the District Attorney decided on felony elder abuse and felony assault. I got a great big lump here in my left rib cage. Injuries put a halt of a come back of sorts. The musician made famous for playing cow bells and singing hits hit time has come today is releasing his first album in years but says performing is now painful. Hes hired a noted civil rights attorney john buress to press the case. I do suggest that they see in the way it really is. Honestly. Its a hate crime there. Is no other reason for it. According to the Police Department a warrant will be issued tomorrow for the arrest of dina lynn andrewspotter. In the newsroom abc 7 news. Thank you. A worker driving a piece of Construction Equipment backed over and killed a woman on a College Cam
A gorgeous waxing moon above the man made version. We also learned there is a possibility that this new bridge could be open on labor day. Tonight was another appetizer before the bridge opens for real. They turned on 1500 lights and the suspension portion of the bridge. They use half of the emergency of other lights and last 10 to 15 years each. The lighting builds it is a lifts off the oakland shore and reaches out to the tower. The light poles increase in height and finally you reach the the if you will, the grand finale at the top of the bridge. It came at the end of the day when they had a temporary fix for the seismic bolts on the bridge. It involves large steel plates and gaps on the deck, somewhat like a folded napkin under a table to stabilize it. The temporary fix should cost an extra million dollars. We need to get people off the old bridge. If they say the temporary fix is sufficient we should move people over on Labor Day Weekend if at all possible. Officials say drivers w
Bridge safe in the event of an earthquake. Even though it is only three weeks from today, Officials Say it is a big job. Opening a bridge, getting the construction completed and dealing with the publics notice and all these things are significant with details that theyre making sure they got all of these before they make the announcement. Theyre taking no chances. They have signing off officer to work overtime on Labor Day Weekend should the bridge opens. Officials say the main cable of the tower will be lit tonight with state of the art efficient lights as well as the rest of the road way. Led use half of the energy. Well have a live report from the bridge deck tonight on the 10 00 news. Anybody is going to feel what i am feeling until they go through it. It is my son and grandson. Stop the violence, put them down, put the guns down. Baby drew jackson and his 22 22yearold father were shot to death, six days ago. Oakland police attend the conference and encourage witnesses to come forw