Live from the kgotv Broadcast Center this is abc7 news. Good morning, a historic morning is underway. We will transition from the old bay bridge on the right in the dark to the longawaited new eastern span lit up on the left of the screen. This shot is from the camera and you can see no commuters as we enter the first full day of the bridge closure. Thanks positive joining us. We are keeping a close eye on the commute, the first since the bay bridge shut down. Crews are working to get the new eastern span of the bridge ready. Are you ready with an alternative means of getting to work . We have coverage at the tom toll. At the toll plaza. Matt . The work is intense on the bay bridge. A steady stream of heavy equipment moved in moments after the bridge was closed. It is still here. Crews are tearing up the old approach to the bridge and grinding away the old pavement to make way if a new path from the toll plaza. The new span will be connected to the oakland side and the island tunnel on the west side. On opening day there will be two miles of k rail to guide you while the old bridge is still riding. They will put up 10,000 of rail to control the traffic. Headed into the tunnel westbound and eastbound, as well. The most challenging roth is demolition of the old upper deck so the bicycle path can be connected between land and bridge. The work during the closure has to do with grinning, paving, and striping, that takes time. Remember, the brand new shoulders are for emergencies only and the c. H. P. Says if they cap you stopping for a look of the view, they can and will give you a ticket. We will see how traffic is going elsewhere. It is starting to build but i will take you over the Altamont Pass and you can see where we have yellow and it is just volume building but still moving at top speed. Southbound 101 at 131, a car versus a deer with a slow down because of a lane being blocked off. You will see a slow down away from 580 into sausalito and the Golden Gate Bridge. Here is the Altamont Pass, from tracy, along 580 westbound, more yellow here but still at 59 Miles Per Hour. That is decent. If you are headed out of tracy to dublin, under 30 minutes. Antioch to concord is 15 minutes and 101 and san rafael through San Francisco is under 20 minutes. This is a major artery, major alternate headed away from the east bay to the peninsula side and to San Francisco. If you are looking at the tall lights westbound from hayward to foster city we have more traffic but it is still moving. Anticipation and heightened awareness of what will happen driving around this morning but it is okay you run into drizzle on the peninsula and the coast and through the east bay hills but otherwise visibility is good but more form will form around the Golden Gate Bridge and north bay valley. By the afternoon, sunshine and an hour later today. 81 in the north bay and 89 in the east bay valley. It will be breezy at the coast into San Francisco at 63 to 69. Eric and kristen . A timelapsed look at the construction work you can see the fog is heavy earlier around midnight. The fog then lifts and the crews worked around the clock to get the new span ready. Bart is expecting hundreds of thousands of more passengers with commuters who usually would drive across the bay bridge and what is happening now on the beefed up bart service we go to Katie Marzullo in San Francisco. Katie marzullo . Trains are wide open right here. Not of the people on the way to sfo did not give a Second Thought to the bridge closure. The crush of commuters is still ahead. The video is the crush from last night, the first evening commute after the bridge closure. Bart is running longer trains during regular Service Hours. Also, they are running 24 hour trains at 14 stations. We are talking overnight trains, once an hour, for extended service. The last time the bay bridge closed was in 2009, lay day weekend and ridership was up 30 percent. The bart schedule is different or extended through labor day, through monday. The best bet as you plan ahead is to check the bart schedule. We have resources for you on abc7news. Com so plan ahead. Ange transit a. C. Transit is running extra service at four bart stations including North Berkeley and additional ferries are crossing the bay carrying 15 percent more passengers than usual on special schedules. We have details on the alternatives to get around at abc7news. Com. If you need to drive you can see where the worst bottlenecks are, san mateo and richmond and san rafael and Golden Gate Bridge will be busier than normal. We will bring you traffic updates from the road using cell seven technology. Our news engineer is on the move at the san mateo bridge toll plaza no, richmondsan rafael bridge. What do you see . So far, the ride on 580, westbound, through the toll plaza of the san rafael Richmond Bridge is moving at the speed limit and traffic could be heavier than normal but no problems to report. I checked out the ride through emeryville and berkeley and both directions of highway 80 are looking good and the interchange that splits off on 580 westbound to go over the san rafael Richmond Bridge is looking good and i am just getting on the bridge now and so far the traffic is looking good in this direction and the other correction so we will see if that changes. There is a convoy of trucks on interstate 580 during the commute and a company is turning out 6,000 truckloads of asphalt to pave the new bay bridge and could be congested so caltran will monitor traffic at the command center. They can reroute the convoy of trucks if needed and Officials Say the trucks are diverted back to 880 and highway 238 dug overnight hours. Who says caltran doesnt have a heart . A bride and groom are move ahead with plans to be married on sunday, with preparations underway for the wedding planned months ago. Weddings are a specialty here on Treasure Island. The couple were shocked when they learned the bridge would be closed but caltran is bringing access passes to Treasure Island from San Francisco for the wedding party. They will have a story to tell. Stay with abc7 news for coverage throughout the next 5 1 2 days extreming live caltran briefings twice a day on our website at abc7news. Com at 8 00 a. M. And at 4 30 in the afternoon. We will be like at 3 00 on monday for the chaincutting ceremony. Twitter followers will know the moment the bridge opens at abc7 news bay area. So far since 4 00 a. M. It has been light on the roadways but we are seeing problems and volume. Leyla gulen . If you married to your car the traffic is moving along pretty well. If you are dipping the car and taking mass transit, good news, everything is on time. Caltrain, everything is locking clear and the app shows a community of commuters that are providing their information on what the traffic is like. There is an issue, a car on the shoulder from a wazer. You can download the free app and join our group. This will help you get around all the backups. Mike . We will start with showing you the temperatures. It is mild this morning. Lowtomid 60s but Half Moon Bay at 59 and 61 in San Francisco and novato and santa rosa and hayward and concord. The temperatures are milder from one to seven degrees compared to yesterday and that is because of the extensive cloud cover. The day planner the next 12 hours, clouds, mist and drizzle and 59 to 64. By noon we are sunny and 66 at the coast and 78 inland and by 4 00 the clouds it at the coast and delightful in the evening with clouds rolling in the at bay to 76 inhand. The Obama Administration says syria has to be punished for using chemical weapons against its people and next the meetings today in thed with, that could set a timetable for military strike. A look at the work underway to get the new eastern span of the bay bridge ready for traffic. Are you feeling nostalgic for the old bridge . An oakland bit has a way to keep it 5 14, and we take you to a potential choke points sir Francis Drake boulevard which connects 580 and 101 where abc7 news engineer is using cell 7 technology. Dick . I am on this stretch of sir Francis Drake boulevard the connection define 580 westbound and 101 southbound that passes the Ferry Terminal and the shopping center. This has to be a choke point because it is a onelane surface street that connects two freeways together that be in heavy use today. Caltran has their automated sign board warnings in the richmond area warning people that the Golden Gate Bridge is cash only so if you normally do not go that way, that is a good warning. Okay, dick. Would knew the new bay bridge could have such an impact on fashion in a store in oakland sells this tshirt which worked with an oakland artist to a design. Sales of the shirt have increased as the closing approaches. The store also has shirts featuring the new eastern span if you want to be in a new fashion trend. Now the traffic situation with leyla gulen. We saw sir Francis Drake, that could be a problem. Possibly. Headed away from that area to the south in sausalito we have Clear Conditions moving along at top speed so 58 Miles Per Hour as you make it to the Golden Gate Bridge and headed into the city we will see a bit of traffic. And of course the surface streets through San Francisco will load up. Our waze app shows moderate track on the san mateo bridge. You can navigate hands free and it is free so go to apple app and google play and join our group. The san mateo bridge shows tail lights are starting to build. So it is an excellent resource. At 5 17 we are looking at live doppler 7 hd radar and satellite is quiet. We have 23mileperhour wind in fairly. We have a go sea breeze. That is why it is cloudy. One Police Officer waiting for anyone to go on the bay bridge. You are not supposed to. From south beach, it is a different sight. Clouds Linger Longer today. It will be average if not coolerthanaverage clouds. What a tease. The weekend is cooler progressively saturday and sunday to monday. Up the peninsula we have midtoupper 70s to pill bring at 62 and midtoupper 60s along the coast to downtown and 70 in south San Francisco and lowtomid 80s in the north bay valley but the beaches are 20 degrees cooler and partly sunny conditions and from 72 in berkeley to 80 in Castro Valley and fremont and midtoupper 80s in the east bay valley. It could uncomfortable in the afternoon. Midtoupper 50s in the north bay through San Francisco and Half Moon Bay and fremont and morgan hill and santa cruz and everyone else in the lowtomid 60s with cloud cover extensive tomorrow morning. The main player on the forecast the area of low pressure with storms staying to the north and that is inducing the sea breeze and it will keep the sea breeze more rest length in the weekend forecast with High Pressure pushing become tomorrow so we are warmer been five or six degrees and the low reasserted its domination friday, saturday, sunday and monday at 5 to 10degrees cooler. After the holiday week, a warming trend on tuesday and wednesday. The prosecution in the case convicted serial killer joe self naso hope evidence of another possible victim leads to a death sentence. We have learned that the prosecution things they can link naso to the murder of a woman would body was found on a beach in 1981. A jury convicted him of killing four men. The jury will consider the sentence next month. They will hear from the children of the throw of the victims and his exwife who accuseses him of drugging her and letting men sexually assault her. Senior white house officials are holding a briefing on the situation in syria. President obama is evaluating how the United States will respond to the chemical attack on civilians allegedly by the seen government. The Obama Administration said it would take action against the Syrian Government even without the backing of allies or the united nations. Great britain is new backing off a rush to strike. Last night the u. N. Security council failed to grow on a resolution authorizing military force with the chief pleading for more time for diplomacy. There is word of computer attacks in retall in addition in the United States is in retaliation if the United States is involved in an attack on syria. The United States is wriesing bracing for a wave of commuter attacks by hammers from syria or iran in retaliation for a military strike. The n. S. A. Is assessing the ability to disrupt Financial Systems and power grids and other infrastructure. So far Security Experts say the capability of syrian hackers is limited but iran and syria have been probing the systems for vulnerability. A mini van gets the highest crash test. Honda redesigned the vehicle after it did poorly by a previous test by the insurance institute. Many Sport Utility vehicles and small and midsize cars have not done well in the different. And other popular minivans could have new testing soon. That is the news from the New York Stock Exchange with Bloomberg Business report. Ahead, seven things to know as you begin your day. Also, the navigation of the commute in the bay area could b make it a great day. Im john muller. 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I will tell you what the other hotspots are coming up. Bart is stepping up its service to help commuters get across the bay. Trains running around the clock 24 hour as day through labor day with 14 stations open in between the regular Service Hours resuming at 4 00 a. M. Katie marzullo has a live report with the details this a few minutes. A 1930 model a ford was the last to cross the span two minutes after c. H. P. Put the closing this affect and was declared free of people and cars shortly before 8 30. Fire crews will use largescale backfire operations to battle the sierra fire burning in Yosemite National park. It has scorched 192,000 acres the 5 the largest now in california history. It is now 30 percent contained with full containment expected september 10789. The gulf coast is marking the 8th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina making landfall in 2005 with 1,800 people killed. The city mayor says he will take part in a ceremony at a local cemetery to remember the victims. Check out the cloud cover, extensive this morning. We are going do have flight arrival delays in sfo and seasonal temperatures before a cooling trend this this weekend. San jose is getting ready for the bicycle sharing. The docking station have been installed in San Francisco, redwood city, san mateo, mountain view, palo alto and san jose. 700 bicycles are available to rent 24 hours a day. The 11 Million Program encourages people to ride rather than drive open short trips and is live today at noon. We have a link on our website at abc7news. Com. San Francisco Mayor will take one of bicycles out for an official spin. Morning news continues at 5 30 with the top stories. Including the new assault crews will take to battle the stubborn rim fire burning near Yosemite National park. Continuing coverage of the bay bridge closure including the economic back the shutdown could have on San Francisco businesses using cell 7 technology our engineer is southbound 101 near the waldo grade. 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