tell us it will be nice enough for a little barbeque. it is time to start the 11:00 a.m. news right now. good morning, everybody. thank you very much for joining us. i m jon kelley. i m marla tellez. patriotic tributes to our nation s heroes in the bay area this memorial day. this morning, our president laid a rooet at the tomb of the unknown at arlington national cemetery. afterwards he spoke of the sacrifice men and women made defending the united states. while their stories may be separated by hundreds of years and thousands of miles, they rest here together, side by side, row by row, because each of them loved this country and everything it stands for more than life itself. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney is expected to attend a memorial day tribute at the veterans museum in san jose today. right now, the traditional wreath laying ceremony is under way at the presidio in san francisco. the event began a short time ago with the 191st army band leading
doing with double that wiggle room to 37 . they showed us exactly how they are doing it. for a few minutes tonight caltrans gave us a glimpse of the spot where crews have cut the dumbarton bridge in two, making room for a few steel joint that could make a height difference in the next big earthquake. the jo joint locks into place on the rebar an concrete and on the other side it s meant to expand and contract. reporter: it may not be obvious on- camera, but it s very windy and cold on the bridge. officials say that won t interrupt the work. the only thick that could get in wait is rain, but they are not anticipating any problems. engineers are watching a live feed of the construction and traffic conditions. the bridge that connects east bay and peninsula will be closed all weekend, but many drivers we talked to said they got the message to find another route. before i m in construction, i have been commuting over the bridge and i have seen the signs. so i know not to go
can handle about 19 of movement during an earthquake, but the work that they are doing with double that wiggle room to 37 . they showed us exactly how they are doing it. for a few minutes tonight caltrans gave us a glimpse of the spot where crews have cut the dumbarton bridge in two, making room for a few steel joint that could make a height difference in the next big earthquake. the jo joint locks into place on the rebar an concrete and on the other side it s meant to expand and contract. reporter: it may not be obvious on- camera, but it s very windy and cold on the bridge. officials say that won t interrupt the work. the only thick that could get in wait is rain, but they are not anticipating any problems. engineers are watching a live feed of the construction and traffic conditions. the bridge that connects east bay and peninsula will be closed all weekend, but many drivers we talked to said they got the message to find another route. before i m in construction, i
japanese torpedo in world war ii. roll b thunder will come through and lay a wreath too. and the high school band out of ohio will be here and they will perform some jazz music as well. so lots of things to do here the next couple days. we re live downtown. derek ward, news4. thank you for that report. thousands of people turned out last night for a special ceremony at the vietnam veterans memorial. [ bag pipes ] people marched silently to remember the more than 58,000 servicemen and women who died in the vietnam war. in the world war ii mel moral, people placed cards and flowers to pay respect. we spoke to a war vet who says he appreciates the more than 400,000 americans who died in world war ii. it s an honor just to get up to go to them and say thanks for what you did. we re taking the baton from you and we learned a lot of our lessons from you. tomorrow night hundreds of thousands of people will gather on the west lawn of the national cap pal tr a concert. form
here in the bay area several of them celebrated the latest innovations and clear energy and focused on all of the work that is left to be done. laura has the story with the rising price of gasoline has people thinking more and more about the high cost of traditional energy sources not only in terms of damage to the pocket book but environment. at oakland. the drivers did their part on earth day by gassing up with biofuel. the biofuel is made with cooking oil collected from local restaurants. thing we are excited about is able to deliver to the public. and 4:15 a gallon, it is 25 cents cheap are than the petroleum offered at bay area gas station. recycling old oil is the best thing to do. for fuel it was oil that would go to waste and the engine loves it. three, two, one. all right. first, baby. the lieutenant governor gavin newsom, markederth day for a solar manufacturing facility. looking at solar, this is lower coast in the day than gas fire power and lowe