lanes and begun striping. east bound paving is complete. the focus will be on switching out the lighting in the tunnels from the traditional lights that have been there to led lights. they will continue that work over the next 24 hours. they are also going to wash the inside of the tunnel. gordon says the main goals are eefficiency and safety. asked whether it would open early, they say so far they are planning on tuesday at 5:00. the bridge closure is impacting the commute as bart runs around the cloud this weekend, yesterday was its third busiest day ever, with 475,000 riders. the ferry reports passenger loads are up. this morning, more than 2000 took the ferry. here is a look at two bridges. here is the san san mateo bridge, where traffic is higher. the highway patrol says the hef iest is during noncommute hours. a lot of people are heading out of town. as david stevenson said, some travelers planned ahead. reporter: labor day kicked off with a trickle of traffic.
officer involved shooting in union city. good evening, everyone. i m heather holmes. ken wayne is off tonight. that shooting occurred at about 2:30 this afternoon and a residential area in union city. police there tell us a man was fire ago shotgun on firing a shotgun. once officers arrived they confronted the gunman and opened fire. the man died there at the scene. police did not say whether the man fired at the officers or if they were threatened. no one else was hurt. investigators say the man was a relative of someone living in that neighborhood. more progress to report tonight on the new bay bridge, as we take a live look now from news chopper 2 above the area that is under construction, if you will. about an hour ago, we learned work on the bridge is going smoothly. much of the paving, in fact, has been completed with striping scheduled for tomorrow and monday. this is exciting. this is kind of final stretch. it s that final dash to the finish line. it s an emotio
good morning, everyone. welcome to mornings on 2. it is saturday august 31st. let s head right over to rosemary who is cooking up a beautiful forecast for us. hi rosemary. it s going to be another nice one. not as warm in the afternoon in most cases. a little patchy fog there. low 50s to low 60s, most of us waking up to mostly sunny skies. temperatures coming down py several degrees in some cases. and cooler temperatures and the possibility of maybe a shower. it s not enough to ruin your outdoor plans. i ll have your numbers for today coming up. the new eastern span of the bay bridge looking great on this saturday morning. this is a live look near the toll plaza where preparation for the opening continues at this hour. caltrans will hold a news conference to update the construction work of the new span of the bay bridge. we re joined live near the toll plaza and what s happening out there. good morning, yes, a lot of work going on right now. it s been going on through