maybe moving a little bit. it had been shut for much of the night. we have not seen anything in the way of tear gas canisters thrown by police trying to disperse the crowds. we have heard that they have been police have been firing bean bags using batons to clear those freeways because for a time tonight everything you see there was at a complete standstill. yeah, the bush toward the bay bridge began several hours ago at the pedestrian bridge that crosses u-80 at university avenue in berkeley. protesters there squared off with police before demonstrators made a break for interstate 80. as soon as police corralled one group off the road, another group would just break through. at some points blocking traffic in both directions. we have live team coverage for you tonight. we begin with jean elle. she is live in san francisco, where law enforcement officers are gearing up to help deal with protesters shutting down traffic and trains in the bay area. jean, what do you have?
heavy mist on the golden gate bridge tonight, but this is a prelude of what we will see by the end of the weekend. good evening. i m dan ashley. i m carolyn johnson. abc news meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with a look at what is ahead. carolyn and dan, what s ahead is a storm. let s look at the big changes that are coming. the storm is in the development phase. the area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska will join together with this moisture north of hawaii. the storm is developing and will get here this week end. i will show what you it looks like at this hour. the marine layer has ramped up that has brought the cooling. it has extended into the bayside communities tonight. and as you look at the temperatures at this hour, they are in the 50s and the 60s. big changes ahead as i mentioned. i ll let you know if the wet weather, first significant rain of the season and the snow in the sierra will impact your weekend plans in a few minutes. carolyn? thank you. hap
heavy mist on the golden gate bridge tonight, but this is a prelude of what we will see by the end of the weekend. good evening. i m dan ashley. i m carolyn johnson. abc news meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with a look at what is ahead. carolyn and dan, what s ahead is a storm. let s look at the big changes that are coming. the storm is in the development phase. the area of low pressure in the gulf of alaska will join together with this moisture north of hawaii. the storm is developing and will get here this week end. i will show what you it looks like at this hour. the marine layer has ramped up that has brought the cooling. it has extended into the bayside communities tonight. and as you look at the temperatures at this hour, they are in the 50s and the 60s. big changes ahead as i mentioned. i ll let you know if the wet weather, first significant rain of the season and the snow in the sierra will impact your weekend plans in a few minutes. carolyn? thank you. h
cal trans says it can finish this seismic retrofit by 5:00 a.m. on monday weather permitting. cal trans trucks loaded with replacement beams are standing by at the toll plaza ready to begin this seismic work. cal trans says it is work that may thought be affected by the expected rains. i hope not. we should be past a certain point late saturday or early sunday. we are starting to put things back together to open this by 5:00 on monday morning. this is the bridge section that will be replaced with a polliester deck structure. it will be more flexible during an earthquake. on the weekend about 4,000 cars cross this bridge each hour. and that means people working will have to find alternate routes. it works this foster city. i get there and it will take an hour or more. the they begin on saturday at the san mateo event center. she made her con success assistant and audience knows the closure. we sent bull law tins to everybody concerned. we hope everyone will take th