there's been close kwoshgs with caltrans. i want to commend our deputy manager and the team on holding doing a lot of outreach and holding a prebid contest we had a lot of developers competing and it dealt with contractors and that will be at the end of october. a couple announcements in terms of the input opportunities. the san francisco transportation plan and our early action plan is really how we're going to spend our propose k tax has kicked off with a discussion on our august citizens advisory meeting. we're going to host 3 open houses with the information on our website it's at october 2nd at the bay view opera house. we know that those meetings are not the way to reach everybody but we'll get 10 organizations to help out with that. we're going to a try other stuff and i want to thank supervisor avalos for that lending us his parking is that a. we promoted circling and gave information on the early action plan. continuing on the green transportation fund as you all know and i imagine many of you have tried out the bike

after this is over they will bring back the caltrans trucks. they will sweep the bridge and then the chp will make a security sweep and following that they will open the bridge and how they will do it, there will be brakes in the freeways and caltrans will pick up the cones and the cars will be allowed to go across the bridge. make sure you follow the speed limits and not taking pictures because the chp will give you a ticket. let's goo ektvu's ken pritchett -- let's go to ken pritchett. >> reporter: it feels strange standing where i am standing now. this is a traffic lane leading leading to the tollbooth. tonight there will be cars making their way through this toll plaza on their way to the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we are here because this is where the official chain cutting ceremony to open the bay bridge took place. we will show you the moment led by lieutenant governor given newsom that the bridge opened. the opening -- we had a opening. and now we will wait the official opening of the bridge when cars will make their way across

caltran says the all of these bond gramps opened aroun 1038 caltran caltran sayl other eastbound rams opened around 10:30 p.m.. >> the 880 approach is not backed up this morning so this is your best route to get to the bay bridge this morning. from here and let's head over to the san mateo bridge, the 92 ride. the conditions here are normal and the volume is up a bit. for the golden gate bridge, 1 01 in the southbound direction, the traffic is moving smoothly with no delays. there is no fault can you can see the entire length of the span. we are watching an accident on the nimitz freeway 880 southbound. there was also a report of the problem on the connecting ramp. there is some congestion that also may be a stalled car. things could get tied up. >> i will keep you updated on this in the meantime the skin and update with the weather. >> it is a much brighter start for your morning. it does today, we have cloud cover. we are seen some breaks over san francisco. it is a monday start and we have temperatures in the 60s and low 70's. as we follow these numbers into afternoon future cast 4

caltrans hopes to have that done in 2015. the trails to get to the paths starts at the south end -- at the south end of the parking lot of ikea. to get more information, go to ktvu.com and click on the bay bridge closure tab. >>> b.a.r.t. employees are speaking out about the impact of the bay bridge closure and their stalled contract talks. alex savidge joining us live now to tell us why some of the b.a.r.t. employees say the 24-hour service is causing safety concerns. good morning, alex. >> reporter: well, good morning. b.a.r.t. employees are using this weekend's bridge closure to highlight the difficulties of the job. of course, b.a.r.t. trains have been running around the clock since the bridge closed on wednesday night. as one worker put it to me, things have been crazy, to say the least, especially in the wee hours of the morning. in addition the union representing employees treated about unruly passengers causing a lot of problems this weekend. the transit union local 1555 referred to "annoying drunks" riding the trains

caltrans workers have been at it around the clock since thursday night. tomorrow morning the bridge will be packed once again. >>> nato's chief wrapped up a news conference more than an hour ago saying he did see evidence about an august 21st attack in syria. he is convinced the syrian authorities were responsible for a chemical weapons strike. president obama right now trying to get support on the domestic front and internationally as well for military action to be taken against syria's regime. >>> something you don't see thauchb in sin city, flash flooding in las vegas has caused road closures over the labor day weekend. some areas measured as deep as five feet closing roads and flooding yards. at least 22 people had to be evacuated. no injuries have been reported. unusually high moisture levels have been hanging over las vegas for several days bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms. >>> inmates in los angeles county jails are being released early because of budget problems and overcrowding. "the l.a. times" reporting inmates convicted of violence and se

reporter: caltrans just wrapped up a news conference to let us know what is going on. demolition on annuals section of done unannealed section has been completed. they had some triping and paving to do. all is quite here at the toll plaza but it will about david stories tuesday morning. this is the new view as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza. fast track drivers and cash payers are supposed to get in separate lanes earlier than before. the idea is to ease congestion, and there's an extra fast track lane if you get on the bridge from 880 or west grand avenue. >> we removed the toll booth that previously was here, so you get a little bit of open road tolling here. no more need to slow down to 25-miles-an-hour as you pass through the toll plaza. you can just continue at highway speed. >> workers continue chipping away at the old span in order to make room for the bike and pedestrian path on the new bridge. they'll install a temporary path heading into oakland until the permanent fixture is completed win a year. the tunnel on yerba buena island got a cleaning. caltra

four years after that, in 2002 t caltrans broke gunshot wound. the cost of the eastern span is $6. 4 billion. that's four times of the origink in 1997. go to www.ktvu.com of the specid there you will find the video clips of today's event. >>> labor day is whining down which means traffic is heating up. you can see westbound lane heading towards the bridge, traffic is heavy. let's give you a ground look at some ground levelled video. this is the back up of vacationers coming home from the long weekend. >> it is been a little inconvenience because you have to go all the way to san mateo and down to barton and you got to avoid it and it makes you want to sit at home. >> it is been kind of stress full but you know we are kind of dealing with it. >>over the golden gate bridge, traffic has been heavy, it may reheavy for this evening. saturday is the second busiest saturday. the weekdays wi heavier. >>> this train is running and the clock is ticking. both sides of the bart contract dispute spent this holiday pointing the finger and blaming each other. s

is accepting caltrans tickets as is sam tram. and sam tran is working on getting extra buses running. >>> now to the a's, the excitement could not be contained as the a's clenched the al west and now move on to the play offs. the players ran out into the field as the fans cheered them on. we have team coverage, joe fonzi has coverage and player reaction. but we begin with ktvu's debra villalon with the euphoria being felt by die-hard fans -- deborah villalon with the euphoria being felt by die-hard fans. >> reporter: die-hard fans went home with this team, it says we own the west. jubilation bubbled over as players gave fans a champane baths. >> we got our crowd here. the energy you feel out here is unbelievable. >> it was a party everyone had to wait for. the a's clench came courtesy of texas losing. and when that happened mid- game, realization rippled through the expectant crowd. yeah it was a little weird. i didn't know whether we should get all excited in the dug out. we did shake hands a little bit. but we did still had a g

in the event of a strike, caltrans plans to allow buses and cars to use special lanes approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. caltrans may also extend the hours for carpool lanes on 880 and 680 and possibly 24. >>> facing eviction from the home they have lived in for more than 30 years. ♪ [ music ] >> activists staged a loud protest outside the russian hill apartment building where they raised seven children over the last 34 years. tonight, the couple remains in their apartment, but tenant activists say the eviction is imminent. the new owner plans to turn the building into luxury tenancy, and common units. lee began to weep when she talked about what her home meant to her. >> a lot of memories. 30 plus years of memories and love. >> the lees are being evicted under the ellis act, which allows a landlord to evict tenants in order to get out of the rental housing market. ellis act evictions have tripled in san francisco since the beginning of the year. >>> there's video from news chopper 2 over the scene at east reed and 7th. police say officers witnessed a juvenile fire a gun at a ma

caltrans for insuring that every procedure that would be deployed was put in during the process but most of all i'd like to thank the workers from all the trades that worked hard, utilizing their you training and sack fixing time from their family. on this labor day we can find no finer contribute than to be standing here in the presence of this bridge with pride and dignity >> thank you. >> i'll read off some of the list the iron workers local 377 and 78 the operating engineering and the local 34 are the carpenter local 22. the labors 2 61 the cement masonry and i b w locals. all right. brothers. with that i'd like to introduce want and ceo of american bridge joint venture and mike i do thank you for taking care of of our workers (clapping) >> this is a tiff act to fellow thank god i'm not last. good afternoon it's a pleasure to be here. the bridge is kind of like my little girl. before i started on this job i moved here from the east coast and it's changed my lifelike many of you. the bridge itself build a lot of partnerships. the bridge facilitator the unique marriage of partners not

caltrans for insuring that every procedure that would be deployed was put in during the process but most of all i'd like to thank the workers from all the trades that worked hard, utilizing their you training and sack fixing time from their family. on this labor day we can find no finer contribute than to be standing here in the presence of this bridge with pride and dignity >> thank you. >> i'll read off some of the list the iron workers local 37 and 78 the operating engineering and the local 34 are the carpenter local 22. the labors 2 61 the cement masonry and i b w locals. all right. brothers. with that i'd like to introduce want and ceo of american bridge joint venture and mike i do thank you for taking care of of our workers (clapping) >> this is a tiff act to fellow thank god i'm not last. good afternoon it's a pleasure to be here. the bridge is kind of like my little girl. before i started on this job i moved here from the east coast and it's changed my lifelike many of you. the bridge itself build a lot of partnerships. the bridge facilitator the unique marriage of partners not o

as a lead bridge engineer for caltrans he's been the heart and soul of the project. he's been with me every step of the way and i barely got a word in. he's explaining something about the span and i want to know how he stated excited about something for 20 years in a roadway. one thing people get wrong about brian they think the project game his gray but he went gray at an early age. brian number 3 is my cf o person (clapping) he's pictured here in his everyday work attire although we only see him a couple of times a week. brian's mother to is spend other folks money first. the foreheads only kicked in 5 peace officers and the state 20 percent the rest was on the toll payers but brian got us the lowest. brian has been at this financial game for a long time. and you know it's coming mr. secretary the last brian is our next speaker transportation brian. (clappin (clapping). brian is a convenient of all the legislature wars figure out over this bridge having worked from bill to mr. burton to daryl stein beggar interest to look at the combined

within weeks caltrans was granted the go head. help me to join in recognizing jerry. jerry would i stand up (clapping) >> in closing my father worked on this bridge as carpeters 22. my parents were here to celebrate the opening in 1936. the bridge cost 77 million the program was $0.25. in the program you'll find some interesting statistics by one strange point is when the bookends war paid off the bridge was supposed to be free so i'm assuming it has not been paid off. the earthquake in 1939 is it shouldn't have taken that long to go forward on projects. let's be more coffin responsive to the public's needs as in 1936. thank you and enjoy your new bridge (clapping) >> don't worry we're in the home stretch only 27 speakers to go. i want to acknowledge more folks in the audience. there are 3 that former chairs who still you serve on the commission. (calling names). we picked the design (clapping) >> i'm going to ask you all to stand up later. we picked the design when jim was chair and i don't think he's going to forgive me. two former or 3 folks deserve special recogni

caltran running on a sunday schedule and no a train service. things are good right now. this is actually been a bottle neck spot all weekend long since the closure. they have the 3 lanes blocked off where you typically head toward the bay bridge. shift toward the left side. golden gate bridge really quiet. 580, 101, both moving well at this hour. other alternates on this holiday, looking good. 880 heading toward the san mateo bridge, flat section moving fine. highway 84 is moving fine as well. let's go outside. we do have some sad news this morning. there was a fatal accident, two people killed in san jose. our photographer has been showing us this interaction at sky port and north 1st. it's close to the san jose airport. the car with the tar please over it was the victim's car where two people were killed t.investigation still continues at 6:17 this morning. here is lawrence with your forecast. >>> lots of clouds outside this morning. we've been track agriculture couple of rain drops trying to fall outside. it looks like you're going to see that on and off today. nothin

but caltrans expects the new fourth tunnel to open before the end of the year. giving both directions four lanes. >> it's built to the highest standards in terms of safety. seismic, fire. >> reporter: the $400 million price tag is an easy sell for taxpayers. the caldecott isn't the only improvement down the road. millions of dollars are being invested in expanding transportation. look at the planning map. b.a.r.t. is expanding to antioch and to santa clara. completing the circle. >> it should have been all along. >> i think it's a great idea. to take it here to san jose or to anywhere. >> reporter: in the north bay, the commuter train. on the peninsula, caltrain is electrifying its track. laying the groundwork for high-speed rail. not every project is poplar. but with the bay area population growing by 2 million people in 25 years, planners say public transit is key. >> it will provide an opportunity. people will get out of their cars. and they will take transit. >> reporter: most commuters say it's a wise investment. >> it would help the entire bay area's quali

we will have a live interview coming up with caltran. we will see if caltran can do something. >> death >> president obama met with sweden's teen this morning, before heading tking before heag to russia. he says and he is confident and that he will come from foreign leaders of his call for an international military strike against bashar assad 's government. president obama has arrived in st. petersburg for today is to attend the group of 20 economic summit. the white house is making a point of saying that he will not have a one-on-one meeting with the russian president but that the white house sestet relations with russia have hit a wall. >> a measure to give president obama authority to use military force against syria is expected to reach the full senate floor next week. the senate foreign relations committee approved it and a 10-7 vote yesterday. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. san leandro police are still looking for two suspects in the city's latest home a burglary. >> both a's and giants brought home the wind. will have hig

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in the event of a strike, caltrans plans to allow buses and cars to use special lanes approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. caltrans may also extend the hours for carpool lanes on 880 and 680 and possibly 24. >>> facing eviction from the home they have lived in for more than 30 years. ♪ [ music ] >> activists staged a loud protest outside the russian hill apartment building where they raised seven children over the last 34 years. tonight, the couple remains in their apartment, but tenant activists say the eviction is imminent. the new owner plans to turn the building into luxury tenancy, and common units. lee began to weep when she talked about what her home meant to her. >> a lot of memories. 30 plus years of memories and love. >> the lees are being evicted under the ellis act, which allows a landlord to evict tenants in order to get out of the rental housing market. ellis act evictions have tripled in san francisco since the beginning of the year. >>> there's video from news chopper 2 over the scene at east reed and 7th. police say officers witnessed a juvenile fire a gun at a ma

it will happen inside the large caltrans warehouse. they will speak and the mayors of san francisco and oakland will be on hand and the pacific boy choir academy will sing the national anthem. >> they were happy to use the day off from school to come here to sung. didn't have any problems getting lots of people to come. >> reporter: there will be a chain cutting ceremony out at the toll plaza, and we will find out when the new bridge will open to the public. people start crossing the new span, the chp has this warning. please do not stop on the shoulders unless it is absolutely necessary. to make sure there is no one waiting for the opening and causing havoc on the freeway. >> reporter: it starts at 3:00 this afternoon. the events is closed to the public. now, originally it was not going to be here and there is some talk he may show up. no one knows for sure and is schedule to open tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. that was the original plan. the head of the national transportation commission, in all likelihood, they will be able to take t

caltran says service stop in both directions at around 9:00 p.m. while the line was being tapped. >> the leak was over 4 mi. away from a 20-10 san bruno pipeline explosion. police are investigating a fatal shooting in east oakland. allied officers respond last night in a 9600 box block of the street. >> when they arrived officers found a male suffering from a gunshot wound. he dined at the same. police still searching for gunmen this morning. >> oakland police arrested a driver who allegedly struck and killed a man who has stopped to help stranded motorists. officials say that the suspect was taken into custody after his vehicle ran into a 39 year old jose dante on international boulevard and fled on foot friday night. toronto had stopped to help another motors pushed a car out of the road. >> the suspect was arrested and suspicion of drunken driving and driving under the influence of drugs and could face another charge. >> back after the break on kron4 morning news. >> we're new to town.ells. welcome to monroe. so you can move more effortlessly...

caltrans has stopped 448. bart is accepting caltrans tickets and they are setting up a bus bridge. they will seal the leak shortly. >>> division champs, the a's. bottom of the 10th inning, the a's reclaimed the division title. they held their own. and we were at the game with the festivities. >> the 9th inning was recorded and they stormd the field. they have the western division title and shot to win a world series title. >> we went through this last year, but it never gets old. >> just the grind and being the best in the division. outstanding. >> it is good to keep going. >> reporter: how hard was it to hold back the cell the celebration. >> we will do great things. >> not being able to do it last season, but we will do it this season. >> we had a bad taste in our mouth from last year and we want to do it. >> we have unfinished business. >> we just keep moving forward. >> reporter: is that you in the football helmet in the outfield? >> of course. >> reporter: you look like you are having a great time. >> we are making noise. this is one loud stadium. >> reporter: does it get old?

the bay bridge is back open this morning after being closed for nearly a week, while caltrans made the transition from the old span, to the new eastern span. and if you are wondering what the entire new span of the bay bridge looks like. we'll take you on it-- and show you what it looks like when you are driving across the new span. we are also watching bay area weather and traffic this morning as we take a live look from our walnut creek camera. >> we are starting off with a live look from the roof cam overlooking the san francisco skyline. overall it is pretty clear outside. we are not seen any areas of drizzle. it will be sunny with cooler weather compared to what we saw yesterday breadth bay area summer is on the way. the temperatures will be close to the triple digit mark as we head towards the end of the week. do points are a little bit high this morning and the visibility as high as well. it is 63 degrees out the door in oakland. all of the moisture continued to work its way east. we're also dealing with a sub tropical clouds. your 7 day around the bay high lies heavier fall all

starting today, it will cost you more to park in caltran parking lots. the daily parking fee is now $5.00 up from $4.00. monthly permits are $50, $10 more than before. caltran says it will not charge higher rates at the diridon station when there was events. >>> what do you have planned for the holiday? barbecue, slip and slide? >> maybe a nap and a run. so boring. i might get drinks with girlfriends of mine actually. >> that's a better idea. >> what will she be seeing when the ladies go out for the beverages? >> it should be quite nice. looking pretty warm outside right now. already in the upper 60s to get the day started. it may feel like we're off in the tropics as we have tropical clouds in the south. 66 in san jose. 24-hour temperature change shows yes, it is a warmer start to this morning. sea breeze is still going underneath the mid level moisture from the south. we'll see temperatures not getting too hot but fairly comfortable for the a's game as the texas rangers have come to town. 70s around oakland. watching the showers off to the east of live

in response, they and the bay caltrans is considering interstates 80, 880 and 680. allow lift truck on 880. >> jacqueline: the lands aren't a big story because of the fire concerns. these concerns are raised into tomorrow as well. same thing and half moon bay and will continue to be wendy tomorrow and into friday. windy. above 1,000 ft. into the north bay hills. the sticking look at the land had lines plans have been going since yasser that and will go on through friday and stronger on thursday. depending on elevation, higher elevations of the amount 55 mount an hour range if your in oakland in will be around 20 mountain hour range. mile-an-hour randge. >> jacqueline: we will keep the plants and to the forecast until the evening on friday. saturday and sunday, conditions and again sunny skies and warmer temperatures. >> pam: today, governor brown signed several bills into law today. the one many people are country -- california will have the highest minimum wage in the country. only on kron4-- imagine controlling your with your eyes valley tech company is working on

it is what caltrans needed for getting all of the work done and getting it done on time. i can stay is a little humid and the wind just kicked up in the last 30 minutes. as we look over here. this is it. the roadway. they have done a magnificent job here. repaved. bill, let's go to you now, we were talking last week about the possibility of few sprinkles today but it didn't pan out. >> worked out okay. it is the perfect night for this. right? sprinkles in the forecast. but there is fog but most is high cloud stuff and they are making for a beautiful back drop. sun sets have been niced. sheer what could have happened and it -- been nice. here is what could have happened and it didn't. thunderstorms through sacramento. but for us we are on the south -- or the north end of it. there is always wind down there at the toll plaza. looks like a beautiful night for the opening of the new bay bridge. >> reporter: yeah. it really is going to be beautiful. i tell you, i drove on it probably 90 minutes ago and i will tell you if you are driving across the bridge, stay to the right han

it appears that caltrans has beaten that deadline by about seven hours. we just spoke to frank somerville, live at the toll plaza. he caught a chp officer as he was walking by, and frank brought us the new line that the bridge is going to be opening any moment now. i believe this is a chp vehicle, escorting the first group of cars from like i said, the general public. who knows how long these people have been lined up, waiting to make their way across the new bay bridge. i know amber lee calling on the san francisco side of the bridge, said she was at a parking lot on the city side, and people have been waiting for two hours, hoping to be among the first to make it across the bay bridge. this is the first time we've been able to bring you this sight. a group of cars making their way across the new bay bridge for the very first time. frank, i'll bring you back in, i'm sure where you are, it's going to be kind of weird to see cars crossing the toll plaza. it's been quiet for so many days. >> reporter: let me just say something as a warning to all drivers. t