The roads. Its strange to see no cars and demolition crews out there instead replacing the old bay bridge toll plaza. Lets go out and check the alternates. San mateo bridge looks great. Problemfree. You know, we know like yesterday its likely going to get crowded a little later on. Westbound 92 Still Holding steady around 14 minutes out of hayward but it was really the evening commute that actually took the real brunt of this. If you want to avoid being stuck that big old backup going home, use mass transit. Thats other great option. Golden gate bridge once again a little bit of fog this morning across southbound 101. But so far, nice drive heading towards doyle drive. That is the latest from here in the traffic center. Back to you. Nice and slow. Okay, liz. 48 hours agocars were still crossing the old eastern span. Now its already chewed up to make way for the new approach. The first big step in the demolition that will take years to complete. Kpix 5s mark sayre has been keeping an eye on the construction. Reporter now heavy machinery is tearing out concrete and paving is under way at both the toll plaza and at the Yerba Buena Island transition. Thats whats going to get cars on to the bridge. Thats why we built the new east span. Reporter but while work is going on to connect the new span to the traffic lanes, work is also under way to remove the old cantilever section of the bridge, which now sits eerily empty. Environmental concerns mean it cant just be imploded and allowed to drop into the bay. So engineers are going to slowly take it apart piece by piece. Crews will even be building some new support structures in the process. Right now, this is a highly strong and stressed system. When we start deconstructing it, were going to start taking members down from this system and the first member we take out and all of a sudden the system isnt there anymore. Reporter sophisticated computer modeling has now been completed on the old bridge, which is far different now than it was when it first opened in 1936. At that time, the lower deck carried only trucks and streetcars so engineers want to make sure they understand exactly how the stresses and the loads are distributed. Its a huge structure, very complicated, 80 years old, gone through various rehabilitations, various retrofits, very important for to us have this information. Reporter im mark sayre, kpix 5. Right now, commuters are bracing for another day without the bay bridge. Kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in oakland checking the busy bart alternatives. Reporter and here at the west oakland bart station, its not open yet. Were waiting for the gates to come up because 14 stations are running bart trains right now. This is not one of them. It will be open this morning, though, for the normal commute. And a lot of riders will flock here. There was a recordbreaking day yesterday. Lets take a look at some of those numbers. From midnight to 7 p. M. , more than 390,000 people rode bart yesterday. That was an increase of more than 61,000 over the same day last year. Many of those riders parked at the bart station. Now, we saw several tickets handed out at the walnut creek bart station. Bart Police Wanted to clear the lot for riders with permits. If you do not have a monthly permit, you have to park in one of the lots that are marked fee one of the fee lots. We also found one of the Parking Enforcement officers giving tickets at lafayette station. Once the drivers got on the trainers the cars were crowded too. You had to wait for the people to get off for space to get on. Im not sure everybody waiting actually made it on to the train. There was a lot of people on the train. Theres usually nobody when we get on at 6 in the morning. It was completely packed. I was smushed against the wall. Reporter bart has had that limited 24hour Service Since wednesday night. Trains running every hour to 14 stations. But you want to make sure that the station that youre going to is on that list. We have that list for you on our website, kpix. Com. Your whole bart Survival Guide. Live in west oakland, anne makovec, kpix 5. The ferries have seen a big jump in ridership since the bridge closure. Kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is over at the alameda ferry station ahead of what could be another busy morning. Cate, good morning. Reporter yeah, its quiet right now, frank. The first ferry leaves from the alameda main street terminal in just a couple of hours and if its anything like we saw yesterday it was the first ferries that were easiest for commuters to get on to. The ferries saw a big jump in traffic. The bay area ferry saw a 60 boost. To give you an idea how many more passengers, the day before the bridge closed more than 3,000 people took the ferries. Yesterday morning there were more than 4700 people who took advantage of the waterways. It was actually the regular riders who were the ones worried they couldnt get a spot. This morning it was before 4 a. M. , left my house an hour before the first boat left because i wanted to get a seat and be comfortable and leave early really because i dont want to have to deal with the crowds at the end of the day. Reporter the ferries have stepped up services to accommodate for the influx of commuters. San Francisco Bay ferry added several more departures from the oakland, alameda, vallejo and harbor bay terminals. Golden gate ferry will be adding extra departure today, as well. And just like bart, we saw the parking lots here fill up very quickly in the morning. So the best plan for commuters this morning is really to leave early. Reporting live in alameda, cate caugiran, kpix 5. And theres all kinds events going on in the bay area this weekend while the bridge is closed. Cal is playing northwestern in their opener and thats tomorrow night in berkeley. The oakland as got a huge home stand against the rays all weekend long before taking on the rangers monday. If you find yourself going over the Golden Gate Bridge, keep in mind the sausalito Arts Festival starts tomorrow, runs through monday. And, of course, got the big Holiday Weekend too. We are helping you plan your route on our website. We have a bay bridge closure Survival Guide at kpix. Com bridge. All of those events are all outside. Outdoors we have big changes as we head in towards the Holiday Weekend. Temperatures will be cooling down but today likely going to be the hottest day of the week. Starting out with just some patchy fog not as thick as yesterday. Still some drizzle out toward the coastline but throughout the day a whole lot of sunshine and maybe sunshine toward the coastline. Clouds over the bay and we have temperatures running very mild. Dew points again also very high so a little bit on the muggy side. 64 degrees in san jose. 61 in San Francisco. And 64 degrees in oakland right now. By the afternoon, we are looking at 90s in many of the interior valleys. 70s and 80s around the bay and 60s toward the coastline. More on the holiday forecast coming up. Right now lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. We are also going to check in on mass transit. Yesterday morning we saw a lot of slow traffic. We didnt see gridlock but might want to consider using mass transit if you didnt yesterday. Bart once again is running 24 hour service and systemwide they are good to go all trains on time with no delay. Ferry is ramping up, ac transit is rerouting some transbay buses heading towards bart stations instead. Caltrain big problems yesterday but right now everything so far no delays. There is one accident in pacheco southbound 680 towards eastbound highway 4. There was a bad crash still a lot of debris in the road and they are still waiting for the sweeper. We called chp about 15 minutes ago they were still waiting for those. Slow in the southbound lanes. That is traffic. Back to you. Kpix 5s Roberta Gonzales is checking out the east bay commute in mobile5. Reporter its unbelievable. Im her at bernal corners this morning which is about a quarter mile from the 580 680 corridor. We stopped here for a little java to get us going this morning. Oh, i got it tell you, guys, theres also a jackinthebox here. They have this giant plasma screen tv. Im watching you guys yay, hats off to the people at jackinthebox in pleasanton for watching kpix 5 in the mornings. Okay. So this is how it goes. Yesterday, we started from this area. It took us one full hour and again hats off to Elizabeth Wenger, she is a rock star. She said it would take us an hour. It took us exactly one hour to get from pleasanton to San Francisco which usually is about a 40 to 45minute commute. But you have to take it into consideration, weigh went the long way around we went the long way around 680 to 580 to 238 to 92 or Something Like that to 880 and then to the 101 and then San Francisco. Usually that would take you about an hour 15 on a great day. Yesterday it took us about 40, 45 minutes. But we are driving at o dark 00. Thats what we are going to he do today show you the route from the trivalley because many of you commute from the trivalley into the city of San Francisco. We are jumping in mobile5. You get to go along for the ride with my photojournalist tony and myself and well take you into San Francisco and then well go from all points and beyond. Maybe we might even end up in tijuana. Its the weekend, Labor Day Holiday so come along for the ride. Well take you there. Reporting from pleasanton with mobile5 Roberta Gonzales for kpix 5. We better check whats in that coffee. [ laughter ] some new federal pot rules arent making marijuana legal in california. But its still a pretty big change. Kpix 5 reporter joe vazquez found out what it means for california. Thats a big step. Well see what happens. Reporter sabrina smokes pot in a public park but hides it in a pipe that looks like a cigarette. New federal guidelines are the u. S. Attorney generals attempt to clear the air. Pot is still against federal law but the departments justices prosecutors wont press charges in the 22 states including california that allow marijuana use as long as they follow several guidelines. No selling to minors. Keep revenue from going to criminal enterprises and no trafficking marijuana across state lines. Among others. It makes a lot more sense to focus it on Something Like keeping it out of children and regulating it. The new declarations from the department of justice are a step in the right direction. I think we might be a little skeptical. Reporter mike canada al michelle alleged drink are Board Members from normal and have been fighting for Marijuana Legalization for more than four decades. They even owned a dispensary before the feds shut it down. This is a wonderful thing today. Im skeptical reporter skeptical because the new guidelines say prosecutors will not go after dispensaries just because of their large size as they have done in the past. Similar language to what the department of justice said three years ago. The brick is out of the bottom of the wall. Legalization is inevitable. Reporter joe vazquez, kpix 5. The feds also say it would not block the new state law in colorado and washington that lets people smoke pot for whatever reason they want to. Gay conversion therapy is effectively banned in california at least for now. A federal Appeals Court in San Francisco upheld the law stopping therapists from trying to make gay kids straight. Some counselors and parents had challenged that ban saying it violates free speech rights. They could ask the court to reconsider the case. Time now is 4 12. Lots of work being done on the eastern span of the bay bridge right now. But thats not all of the changes youll see on the western span once the bridge reopens. Plus i get things backwards a lot lately. How the huge nfl settlement could change the life of this former 49ers star when we come back. ,,, four days away from opening. 4 14. Another live look at the work on the suspensions span of the bay bridge. Four more days until opening day come tuesday. One big test for the crews on the bridge is painting the western span of the bridge. Our own ken bastida snapped this photo of crews applying a fresh coat of paint to all the cables in the towers there. He says crews are also doing some paving work there trying to spruce that up before the other side opens, as well. Crews are removing the rumble strips on the bridge. Eastbound riders should have a much smoother ride approaching the new span on tuesday morning. Well check in with Elizabeth Wenger for another look at the morning commute in a couple of minutes. The wildfire in and around yosemite is growing at a much slower rate but full containment is still many days away. The fire is spreading at 300 acres and hour. About a tenth as much as earlier in the week. The total burn area is just under 200,000 acres, or about 311 square miles. That makes the rim fire the fifth largest in california history surpassing the witch fire in san diego back in 2007. Containment is now at 32 and is not expected to reach 100 for another three weeks. Its burning northeast of groveland into tuolumne county. Flames have spread to 6 of Yosemite National park. For the updates on the rim fire, go to kpix. Com fire and you will find interactive maps detailing how far its spread and also the communities impacted. It is 4 16. It is the big Labor Day Weekend and hopefully you got some good news for us. The unofficial end of summer. Oh, goodness. I cant believe it. Looks like we have some big changes coming for the weekend as the temperatures going to really start to cool down. Today likely to be the hottest day of the week. Patchy fog around the bay area this morning, not as thick as yesterday but thick toward the coastline and were seeing some areas of drizzle again so be careful for the damp roadways early on. Mostly sunny and warmer, though, by the afternoon but a cooler weekend in store for the bay area. So the clouds continue out over the bay right now. But some very mild temperatures. The humidity running very high, so muggy, too. 64 degrees in oakland right now. 46 in 64 in concord. 61 San Francisco. 64 san jose. Those clouds going to be pulling back toward the coastline in the afternoon leaving lots of sunshine behind. So this will likely be the warmest day of the week but then this whole trough of low pressure moves in for the weekend. Temperatures really going to be dropping off into labor day. Around the state today hot, 102 fresno, 98 smoky and hotter in yosemite today. The 7 degrees in sacramento and 72 mostly sunny into monterey bay 97 in sacramento. Clouds giving way to sunshine just about everywhere you go even along the coastline i think well sneak in a little sun too before the fog begins to surge back onshore again. Temperatures once again rubbing up in the 80s even a couple of 90s in the south bay this afternoon. 60s toward the coastline. 80s 90s in brentwood, antioch, hot into the afternoon. Inside the bay 60s and some 70s. And some pretty nice weather lots of sunshine coming our way. Over the weekend, though, more clouds beginning to move in, temperatures below average towards sunday and monday. Warming up a tad on tuesday. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thanks, lawrence. And we have been closely watching of course the alternates to the bay bridge but i want to head out to pacheco first and update you on this accident. We just got an up day from chp southbound 680 to eastbound 4 there was an earlier crash. In the next 15 minutes they hope to reopen lanes. The super crews are there doing their lastminute cleanups right now. In the meantime, expect a few slowdowns but traffic should improve here shortly. In the meantime, heres a live look at the Silicon Valley commute. Except for that accident not much else going on, on this friday morning. We can call it friday light even with the bay bridge shutdown. We are crossing our fingers a lot of people are going to take an extra long Labor Day Weekend. So far, i know its still early, but it appears to be the case. Heres a live look at the nimitz freeway in oakland northbound and southbound moving at the limit right there by the Oakland Coliseum drive time you can see still in the clear its pretty typical for this time of the morning 15 minutes between 238 and the maze. Southbound is the same thing. More people have been using that southbound ride to heads towards the san mateo bridge and a quick check of the marin county commute if you are going that long way around from the east bay, Richmond San Rafael bridge and 101 towards the golden gate look great. That is traffic. Back to you. The United States continues preparations for a possible military attack on syria. So far there hasnt been any public proof the government was behind an attack that killed some 300 people. With developing news now, cbs reporter Jericka Duncan explains how that might all change later today. Reporter the Obama Administration is expected to go public today with its rationale for a potential strike on syria. James clapper the director of National Intelligence is working to declassify a document which reportedly says the Syrian Government launched a chemical weapons attack against its own people. The president is going to have to make his case to the congress and to the American People. I think before he takes any action. Reporter the white house spelled out its case to representative buck mckeown and other congressional leaders on a Conference Call last night but many arent convinced. Members of congress were not happy with what they heard. They werent happy with the amount of answers they got from the Obama Administration on what the specifics of some sort of intervention in syria could look like. Reporter a lack of specifics killed the bill before the British Parliament authorizing military force against damascus. Evidence should precede decision not decision precede evidence. Reporter the white house will move forward white house their closest ally but are still working to build an international coalition. We are continuing to consult with the british as we are with all of our allies. Reporter proof that chemical weapons were used in syria could come soon. U. N. Inspectors are wrapping up their investigation and expect to leave the country tomorrow. In new york, Jericka Duncan, kpix 5. Frances president says his country can go ahead with attacks on syria despite the british vote. Dozens of protestors against the u. S. Military taking action against syria marched the streets of San Francisco. Many of them held yellow signs at powell and market yesterday. They say they are concerned about the wars in the middle east. Im devastated the thought of more war. I hate what is happening there. But i also hate what we have done around the world. The reality is that we have created much of the chaos that is going on there. Protestors also say that if the u. S. Steps in, they believe it will be another war like iraq. Thousands of retired nfl players and their families are getting a big paycheck now from the nfl for head trauma. Kpix 5s allen martin on what a former 49ers star with memory loss has to say about the new deal. Big hit reporter the settlement includes 675 million to compensate former players for brain injuries and 75 million to provide baseline medical exams. Kevin turner played eight seasons as a runningback in the nfl, 11 years after he retired he was diagnosed with als, also known as lou gehrigs disease. He was thinking of his kids today in this video released by lawyers for the players. Thats a big relief, uhm, for me to know, you know, if im not here in two years they will be able to all go to college. Reporter more than 4500 former players had sued. Some suffering from dementia, depression and alzheimers that they blamed on repeated hits to the head. You can get on with treating your problem and not worrying about, you know, having a mind and making decisions based on how much money you have. Reporter the players charged the league had concealed information about the effects of head trauma. The nfl denies that but commissioner Roger Goodell pushed for the settlement telling league lawyers to do the right thing for the game and the men who played it, men like former 49ers dan bond who won two super bowls with the team. Today he suffers from short term memory loss. All of a sudden you start thinking, am i going down that avenue . Am i going to start having that issue . Is my family going to be burdened with me . It will help and its good that theres something out there now for the people. Reporter buns isnt part of a Class Action Lawsuit but any player who shows symptoms can apply for compensation. Allen martin, kpix 5. Buns says he is still considering whether or not to apply for that money. Planning on getting away this weekend . Well, plan on spending a little more on gas. Gas prices are inching a little higher heading into Labor Day Weekend. The average price nationwide rose almost 2 cents to 3. 56 a gallon. San francisco has an average of 3. 88 a gallon and gas in oakland and san jose is at 3. 76. 4 23 on this friday. Hes finally out. Today is the last day on the job for this man, san diegos mayor facing several Sexual Harassment allegations when voters will choose his successor. This artist called himself a maestro in finger painting. Why he prefers creating his masterpieces on an ipad. ,,,,,, in a police shooting. At about one am in east san ficers spotted a c system developing news now in san jose. At least one suspect is injured in a police shooting. At about 1 a. M. In East San Jose today, officers spotted a car they believed to be involved in a robbery. They tried to stop the car but it sped off at a highspeed. It crashed at wilshire and king and then shots were fired apparently by police. The suspect has at least one gunshot wound and is being treated at the hospital. San diegos embattled mayor is out. Bob filner expected to leave office in disgrace today after dozens of women accused him of Sexual Harassment. Filner is leaving office nine months into a fouryear term. The city will hold a special election on november 19th for a replacement mayor. In the wake of the limousine fire that killed a bride in early may on the san mateo bridge, one state senator is pushing for limousine safety regulations. A state Assembly Committee will review san mateo jerry hills limousine safety bill today requiring limos to have two fire extinguishers and participate in regular inspections. Food and retail workers at Oaklands International airport are walking off the job today on strike for a oneday protest of a contract proposal from their employer host international. They say it would strip away longtime benefits like healthcare and overtime pay. Picketing is started at this hour with several rallies planned throughout the day. A japanese artist has taken traditional finger painting and brought it to the digital world. This is pretty cool. His masterpieces are done on an iphone and ipad. Check out his amazing work here done with an app that costs five bucks. Cqyamaoka has an office job that keeps him busy so he started painting on his phone during his commute. He says painting on an actual canvas takes a lot of prep work. Digital painting is easier and cheaper. Is that for real . Thats good. 4 27. All the cutting and grinding jackhammering on the new bay bridge continues at this hour. We are going to give you an up close look at all the work thats been done so far. Reporter the ferries saw a major boost in ridership yesterday. Well tell you what you need to do to hop on board. , away from opening day on thw east span. Next see how much of the old bridge is g your realtime captioner linda marie macdonald. We have a live look at the bay bridge shutdown. We are four days away from the opening of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. See how much of the old bridge is now gone, next. Reporter tens of thousands of people who dont normally ride bart will do it again today. Well tell you about the numbers and what to expect. Today likely to be the warmest day of the week. But big changes coming for the weekend. Well talk about it coming up. And good morning, everyone. Friday is upon us. August the 30th. Im frank mallicoat. Im michelle griego. Time now is 4 29. Welcome back to our special edition of kpix 5 this morning. We have Live Team Coverage of the bay bridge shutdown. Well take a live look at the toll plaza where crews are working now on that new eastern span. We are just four days away from opening day. We have your morning commute covered. Anne makovec is at the west oakland bart station. Cate caugiran shows you the alternate transit options by ferry and Roberta Gonzales is driving in mobile5 with a look at the bay area highways. But first, lets start with Elizabeth Wenger in the traffic center. At this hour so far things look great all across the bay area. No big hot spots. Buy change from yesterdays evening big change from yesterdays evening commute where cars were stuck in gridlock 101 southbound towards 92. As of now you can see a lot of green on our sensors including the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton and out in marin county where it may take you an hour or more to take that long way around from the east bay into San Francisco. Use the Richmond San Rafael or Golden Gate Bridge. At least traffic is flowing. So you will have to drive a little longer but right now things look good towards the Golden Gate Bridge toll plaza. Maybe a little fog will slow you down. From pacheco this accident should go clearing any minute southbound 680 at 4. A crash left debris in the road. We have kpix 5 reporter anne makovec live at the west oakland bart station check this mornings train service. Reporter things are running very smoothly here. This station just opened a half our ago. It wasnt on the list of the 14 stations open 24 hours. Things are slow here. Yesterday, though, when all was said and done was the tenth busiest day for bart ever. More than 61,000 additional riders over last years numbers. The cars were crowded but not horribly in most cases. Riders tell us it just seemed more like rush hour for much of the day. How crowded it will be today remains to be seen. Some riders hung back yesterday to see how things went before deciding how to ride today. No, i didnt want to get involved yesterday. I said im going to wait until today, get up early and get in. Reporter there is limited 24hour service as i mentioned. People were lined up as you can see here in this video at 4 a. M. There is some confusion as to which stations are open so make sure you check the bart Survival Guide. The whole bay bridge Survival Guide on our website, kpix. Com bridge. Back out here live at the west oakland bart station, even though i said its been quiet, look at the parking lot. A lot of vehicles here. So thats one thing youre going to find when you come to bart today. Parking lots where theres not a lot of options. If you dont have a monthly parking spot make sure you park in one of the lots listed labeled as fee lots. Otherwise youll get a ticket. Live in west oakland, anne makovec, kpix 5. Indicates indicate is in alameda with the latest on the cate caugiran is in alameda with the latest on the ferries during this bridge closure. Reporter right now no crowds to speak of. Same thing here empty parking lots but we expect that to change very quickly within the next hour. The fer wrist were a popular bay bridge all the fer wrist were a popular bay bridge alternative yesterday. Bay ferry had a 60 jump in ridership to give you an idea of how many more passengers. The day before the bay bridge shut down a little more than 3,000 people rode the ferries. Yesterday that jumped to 4700. Yesterday they told us they got here early because they wanted to get a head start, a seat and a secure parking spot. I came early today because usually well, during the bart strike the lot filled up really quickly. And so you end up parking out on the side of the road. So i wanted to ensure a parking space. So im here early. Reporter the ferries ramped up service to account for the thousands of extra commuters. Golden gate ferry will be adding more departures at its larkspur terminal today. San Francisco Bay ferry has added several more departures at its alameda, oakland, vallejo and harbor bay terminals not to mention a direct route from alameda and oakland straight to the city. The best tip for those on the fer vis to get on board on the early ferries. We were on one yesterday. There were plenty of seats for people to sit down and relax. Im sure that will change throughout later in the morning. Live in alameda, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Kpix 5s Roberta Gonzales is checking out the east bay commute in mobile5. She is making her way from pleasanton here to the city this morning. Roberta, how are the roads looking so far . Reporter hey, i got to tell you right now, everybody was asking me yesterday, they said, hey, we woke up, we were watching you guys on kpix 5, and we want to know how you got to the city in one hour. You got to leave at 4 00 in the morning, people. Thats just what you have to do. So its 4 30. My photographer tony and i are in mobile5 right now. We are on 580. We are just about two miles away from the 680 corridor. And then were going to jump on the 238. From the 238 then what you have to do if you are heading out of the trivalley is from the 237 you have to get on the 880. The 880 attention you to the 92 takes you to the 92 to 10, the 101 connects the hipbone to the thigh bone. It will get you there in one hour. Take 92 to 101. It will take an hour. Elizabeth wenger was spot on yesterday. Well keep you along for the ride. In mobile5 in pleasanton, Roberta Gonzales, kpix 5. Thank you. The roadway that connects to the old bay bridge to the toll plaza and Yerba Buena Island is torn up. Heavy machinery was brought out to do that work for much of the day yesterday. Crews are now busy connecting the new span to the traffic lanes. As for the old bridge, engineers are already hard at work trying to figure out how to take it down. Right now, this is a highly strong and stressed system. And when we start deconstructing it we are going to start taking members down from this system. The first member we take out and all of a sudden the system isnt there anymore. Environmental concerns mean the old span cant just be imploded and allowed to drop into the bay. So engineers are going to slowly take it apart piece by piece. The new span is coming along nicely. Our own Christin Ayers was up on the deck and gives us a glimpse of what youll see as you drive onto the new bridge. Reporter for the first time we are getting a closeup look of how different the new bridge is from the old one. The old one as you saw very closed off. This one going eastbound actually opens up into that beautiful view of the self anchored suspension span. Work is going on around the clock. Construction we are told is on track for the big opening on tuesday. Were helping you plan your route on our website. We have a bay bridge closure Survival Guide at kpix. Com bridge. So if you are coming in this morning, not sure which way to go, take a peek right there. And it was a little foggy this morning i have to say. A little foggy in spots. We have some drizzle again so a little slick on the roadways but today likely going to be the warmest day of the week. After that big changes for the Holiday Weekend. Still outside you have that patchy fog early on this morning. And yeah, its thick in spots especially toward the coastline most of the interior valleys looking clear though now. Out over the bay we have patchy fog, as well. These temperatures are staying very, very mild and muggy too. Humidity running very high, as well. 64 degrees right now in san jose. 61 in San Francisco. And 64 in concord and oakland. I think this afternoon we are enjoying lots of sunshine and these temperatures if you like it on the hot side youll like the 90s inland, 70s and 80s inside the bay and 60s out toward the coastline. Enjoy it. We have some big changes coming up over the weekend. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. And at 4 37 this morning, things look good crossing the san mateo bridge. Theres even a stall on westbound 92 blocking one lane and even with that and the bay bridge closure traffic is moving at the limit out of hayward. 14 minutes between 880 and 101. This is the time to leave. This is the hour if you want to get to San Francisco on time with no major delays. Everything is free and clear including on the nimitz freeway. We saw a lot of traffic on that southbound 880 commute leaving oakland heading down towards hayward. A lot of folks trying to head toward the san mateo bridge possibly even the dumbarton once the san mateo bridge started to get backed up here is a live look approaching the dublin interchange. Once again fog making its way into our camera making it a little difficult to see some of the traffic but the drive time you can see and that is still in the clear 14 minutes between the Altamont Pass and 680. A San FranciscoPolice Officer is accused of molesting a 15yearold boy in concord. 37yearold Richard Hastings was arrested last week. Concord police started investigating the relationship between hastings and the teen earlier this month. Hastings has been a San FranciscoPolice Officer since 2001. Last year, he received the gold medal of valor, the departments highest honor. 4 39. 200 more Police Officers could be hitting the streets in san jose. The mayor, chuck reed, and the City Councils sam liccardo are in favor of adding 141 swornin officers. It would be a shot in the arm for a department that lost a number of officers after a long running pension dispute. Apparently some of the giants clubhouse staff were underpaid by more than half a million dollars. The feds say many flat rate workers were putting in a lot of extra hours for no extra pay. The 74 employees will split 545,000 in back wages and damages. And the big game between cal and stanford will stay here at berkeleys memorial stadium. Ucberkeley and stanford were in talks to play the 117th big game at levi stadium in santa clara next year. But cals Athletic Director made the call to keep the rivalry game at berkeley. Many cal students and alumni were overwhelmingly against having the rivalry game in the south bay since its stanford territory. This years game is in berkeley where it should be. The federal government says it will stop going after marijuana use in 22 states that allow it including california. The Justice Department says prosecutors will not press charges in most cases but it will still enforce rules against selling to minors and selling in states where marijuana is not allowed. This is the first time that the federal government has recognized the right of states to regulate marijuana rather than to prohibit it. Theres going to be a 2016 question on the ballot. The same question failed in 2010. Reaction over a new look for twitter. Some tweeters are feeling blue over the new design. The reason why we started this company is really to change the way parking is done. We think its sort of a broken process for the consumer. Help for people who end up circling around for a parking spot. The inspiration behind an app that may help you find a free spot. na the clock on the new bridged lib scene were four days away from opening day. A live look now at the toll plaza where crews are working around the clock on the new bridge. You can see all the vehicles out there. We are just four days away from opening day. So it is creeping up. And there are all kinds of events happening this weekend while the bridge is closed. Cal is playing northwestern in the Season Opener tomorrow. The oakland as have a huge home stand against the rays all weekend and then take on the rangers monday. If you find yourself going over the Golden Gate Bridge, keep in mine, the sausalito art festival starts tomorrow and runs through monday. Were going to check in with Elizabeth Wenger for another look at your morning commute in just a moment. The Obama Administration plans to go public today with evidence supporting a strike against syria. The director of National Intelligence is working to declassify the document which reportedly says the Syrian Government carried out chemical weapons attacks against its own people. Many members of congress are skeptical of the presentation they heard in a Conference Call last night. The president is going to have to make his case to the congress and to the American People i think before he takes any action. U. N. Inspectors were wrapping up their investigation at the attack sites out of damascus and are expected to leave syria sometime tomorrow. U. S. Officials say last weeks attack could not have come from any other source than the federal government. The government of syria. Thousands of former pro Football Players will share millions of dollars to compensate for brain injuries. The settlements 675 million and 75 million for medical exams. More than 4500 former players have sued over problems they blame on repeated hits to the head. Former 49er dan bunz suffers from shortterm memory loss. All of a sudden you start thinking, am i going down that avenue . Am i going to start having that issue is in my family going to be burdened with me . It will help and its good theres something out there now for the people. Bunz was not part of the suit but any retired player who shows symptoms can apply for compensation under the settlement. A few of us were up late watching football. Oh, maybe the raiders, maybe the 49ers. There was a lot of sports going on last night. I know. Very, very exciting. I didnt watch any of it. Now get ready for the big season ahead. The holiday coming up here the unofficial end of summer. We have changes as it looks like some much cooler weather is headed our way. Out the door this morning we have some patchy fog out there a little thick approaching the coastline even some drizzle toward the beaches but by the afternoon this is likely to be the warmest day of the week with mostly sunny skies even along the coastline well sneak in a little sunshine today but a cooler weekend on tap. An area of low pressure is likely to drop in our direction. Still outside you go the temperatures very mild in spots this morning. 64 in oakland, concord and san jose. It looks like changes are up dr. High pressure going to give way to this trough as we head towards the weekend. It will be a warm one today, even hot in the valleys. Into the centrally, 102 fresno. 98 and smoke in the Yosemite Valley due to the rim fire. 72 degrees in the monterey bay. 94 ukiah. Low clouds and fog breaking up toward the coast and looks like well see some sunshine in most spots by the afternoon. Then clouds thicken up for the weekend and surge back onshore. Temperatures about 84 degrees in san jose. 92 in morgan hill. About 78 in fremont for today. Plenty of 90s showing up in the interior valleys as high as 94 in brentwood. 91 Pleasant Hill and 88 degrees in the napa valley. Inside the bay sunshine this afternoon a very comfortable 70 degrees in San Francisco. About 86 degrees in santa rosa. And 88 degrees in sonoma. So looking out over the next few days we are going to start to cool down the temperatures a little bit tomorrow. More so sunday and monday, well below average and slowly warming up into tuesday. Lets check the roads with elizabeth. Thank you, lawrence. And we will take a little look well go driving, i should say that, with mobile5. Heres a live look from mobile5. We have Roberta Gonzales, she is on the passenger seat and she is traveling on northbound 238 right now. They are actually headed towards the nimitz freeway and they are going to take that ride southbound head towards the san mateo bridge. She is actually seeing more cards on the road than yesterday. She is actually seeing more cars on the road than yesterday. They are trying to beat the morning rush. Lets look at the travel times. Across the east bayer more popular routes that westbound 580 to the Altamont Pass clear, nimitz clear, northbound and southbound. And the eastshore freeway problemfree right now through richmond all the way into berkeley. Marin county, the Richmond San Rafael bridge, Golden Gate Bridge, also great alternates this morning. It was really that northbound ride on the evening commute the people heading home that really got jammed up especially on city streets in San Francisco and then continuing even past the Golden Gate Bridge. So mass transit if you want to beat the later rush as well you can use bart systemwide on time. We have had our reporter anne makovec there. She reports no delay in the parking lots, still plenty of spaces. The ferry, reporter cate caugiran has been saying the ferries are a great alternative no big delays there. Ac transit rerouting buses to head towards bart stations. And caltrain no delays. Southbound 680, highway 4 this accident at pacheco finally cleared. There are residual delays southbound 680 but that should improve here very shortly. Thats the latest from the timesaver traffic center. Back to you. 4 48 now. Facebook as you know is known to change its interface quite often but twitter not so much. Take a look at its new design. [ music ] complete with music. Tweets involved in Group Conversations are now viewed in reverse Chronological Order with a blue line that connects the messages. The injured to make it easier to follow along with the realtime conversation but not everyone is happy with the new updates saying the change is crowding their timeline. Well have to see if it works though. Finding cheap parking in San Francisco, there is an app for that now. Kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran explains how it all works in realtime. Reporter parking, what should be a simple task is really a high stress ordeal in San Francisco. Id rather not do it. I know how frustrating it is. Reporter weve all been there circling around the block, a space too small, too expensive, one that comes with tickets. I would never bring my car to San Francisco. You would waste a lot of your time just trying to find a place to put it. Reporter three years ago, sam friedman decided he would change this. We are going to see a movie about three years ago me and my cofounder. We were circling around the block and missed the movie because we couldnt find a parking space. Reporter instead of catching the flick, he and his cofounder decided to create a free Smartphone App called park me. The app works to find the most convenient parking in cities across the country. The reason why we started this company is really to change the way parking is done. We think its sort of a broken process for the consumer. And if we can reduce the traffic congestion, reduce frustration, make it more convenient. Reporter parkme in San Francisco does a little more than find you an empty space. Recently they partnered with the city and several parking garages to stream realtime availability so you know where a space is free and how much it costs. Theres an abundance of spaces especially off Street Garage spaces. What it actually is, is the perception of lack of space and more to the point, people dont know where to find parking. Reporter friedman says 30 to 60 of traffic in urban corridors is because of people circling the blocks trying to find a parking space. If we can help people find parking, we may help the traffic problem as well down the line. Reporter and the stress problem . Yes. And well be able to see movies. Reporter parkme plans to introduce more convenient features like being able to reserve your parking space and pay for it with a touch of a button moves friedman says will change the way people view parking altogether. In San Francisco, cate caugiran, kpix 5. Parkme is looking to expand to other cities not in the u. S. But around the world. Bay areas new Bike Share Program off and rolling. Cyclists can now borrow bikes from kiosks throughout San Francisco, the peninsula and san jose. The bikes are available 24 7 to adults over the age of 18 at a starting rate of just 9 bucks a day. By starting a regional bay area Bike Share Program, its exciting because were already thinking not just within the boundaries of San Francisco but we get to share this opportunity to share bikes to drop them off at different locations with ease. The program kicked off yesterday and at least one bike has already been damaged but officials arent sure if vandals did it or something else. Time now is 4 52. 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The announcement comes on the heels of the Supreme Court decision that struck down the defense of marriage act last june. Starting september 16, tax benefits will apply to all married gay couples even if they live in states that dont recognize their union. Lego fans young and old are heading to the south bay for the ultimate building experience. Lego creations from star wars to pirates of the caribbean will be on display today at san joses convention center. Its all part of the Lego Kidsfest. So coming to Lego Kidsfest you are going to see everything lego. Its just a super awesome great event. Theres going to be about 3 acres of just lego craziness around 140,000 square feet. And three million legos if you can believe it. This may be all you see of the big festival, though, as this video, we just checked their website, tickets are sold out. Look at that. How much fun is that . Is that fun or what . Did you see how detailed they were . Cool. Now to reports of snow falling in san diego. Not really. The San Diego Zoo turned this panda exhibit into a winter wonderland. Three pandas a mom and two boys got to play around in 30,000 pounds of snow created from ice. I think they like it. They rolled around played in the snow all day. The snow was created to keep them inquisitive and active and it turns out people arent the ones checking out the construction of the bay bridge. Animals showed up at ken bastidas live report during the newscast. Racoons enjoyed the show and apparently they are munching on berries too. Curious little animals. 4 56. Coming up, firefighters gained ground in yosemite. How the rim fire could impact some labor day plans. Reporter thousands of commuters took advantage of the bay areas waterways yesterday. What you need to know in order to catch a ride this morning. ,,,,,,, good morning. Its friday, august 30th. Im michelle griego. Theres a lot of people on the train. Busy bart stations and crowded roads as we head into Labor Day Weekend without the bay bridge. Crews are working round the clock to make sure the new bay bridge will open up on time. This work has to happen now. All that work should be done by next tuesday at 5 a. M. When drivers will get to use the new bridge for the first time. It will be three years before the old bridge is gone for good. Im tired living under minimum wage. Supersized strike across the bay area. Fast food workers demanding more for their services. We are continuing to consult with the british. Evidence should precede not decision precede evidence. Hear, hear. Im devastated at the thought of more war. Dozens of protestors against the u. S. Military taking action against syria takes to the streets. From across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on kpix 5 news this morning. Captions by caption colorado comments captioncolorado. Com touchdown 49ers your realtime captioner linda marie macdonald. Good morning, everyone. Its friday, august 30th. Im michelle griego. The weekend the big Holiday Weekend is here. Im frank mallicoat. It is 5 00. Some developing news now in san jose. At least one suspect is injured in a police shooting. At about 1 a. M. In eastern san jose, officers spotted a car they believe to be involved in a robbery. They tried to stop the car but it sped off at a highspeed. It crashed at wilshire boulevard and king road and then shots were fired apparently by police. The suspect has at least one gunshot wound and is now boeing treated at a hospital. And is now being treated at a hospital. Reporter checking traffic we are getting word of a serious accident at the san mateo bridge toll plaza which is not the morning yo