expect delays on the san mateo bridge. crews are making emergency repairs as we speak in the commute direction westbound after uncovering a crack yesterday. theresa garcia is live in foster city. theresa, how long is this going to take? >> kristen, caltran was originally estimating 24 to 48 hours to complete that emergency repair work. now it is saying hopefully it will be done by this afternoon. that work did begin yesterday after crews discovered a crack in a steel plate. caltran's crews found that 10-inch long crack on a section of the san mateo bridge yesterday. it's underneath the roadway, the structure that's designed to hold the bridge together in a earthquake. caltran has closed a segment of the far right westbound lane closer to the foster city san mateo side. caltran says the retrofit beam has been there since 2001 and they're not sure why it cracked but says it poses no immediate danger to the public. it was found during the biannual safety inspection. >> the one silver lining is the inspection worked. guys came

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pulling up a shot of the san mateo bridge. you can see i think where they have the lane blocked off. it's just the slow lane. a section of westbound 92 right before you get to the high- rise. cal trans crews were out there inspecting the bridge yesterday. that's when they noticed a crack on one of the steel beams. you can kind of see them on the right side of your screen. they're saying they're going to have that lane closed until at the latest tomorrow afternoon. for right now traffic is getting by okay. you don't need to use any alternates if you're commuting from hayward heading towards the me anyone else louisiana but give it another hour or so and that lane is going to become extra important and that's when we'll likely see delays. 14 minutes is your drive time still though. quick look at our maps. don barton is going to be a great alternate. again another hour or so as well as the bay bridge. still looks great all the way towards the toll plaza and up the incline heading into san francisco. that's your traffic. let's che

across the san mateo later on. i'll have details on detours for you coming up. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san bruno. a new reports is out talking about pg&e's response time to the explosion and fire down here. and it's just a preliminary report but it's got a lot of people very upset. i'll tell you about it in a live report. >> here's a live look from ballmer peak this morning down on the bay. actually a beautiful shot. finding some cooler air. i'll show you who drops most today and when it will move inland. >> good morning at 5:00. you saw that bay bridge shot. that may not be a bad bridge for you later on this morning. >> dumbarton another option as well. i'm eric thomas. a heads up for the commuters that use the san mateo bridge. caltrain has been forced to close one lane of traffic while emergency repairs continue to a crack on the span. theresa garcia is live with more. you raised a provacative question. no big earthquake so why is there a crack there? >> and i'm sorry to report that caltrain's saying it d

we are tracking emergency repair work on the san mateo bridge. the right hand lane is closed and will be in until tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. the repair work is happening underneath the bridge. we are seeing slowdown's of their right now 16 minutes across this ban. no back up at the toll plaza as a commit wears on you may want to consider all to mealternate e are seeing slowing in the cache lines fast track moving well. metering lights still cycle off right now two-minute delay making your way to san francisco. clear conditions at the golden gate bridge are easy as commute of the morning headlights in the south have toward san francisco. novato into the city limits 12 minute trip. easy conditions along 1 01 san jose had lights making their way in the southbound direction buildup in the taillights keeping drive times for your north bound ride 50 minutes from downtown san jose make your way up toward santa clara. 6:16 a.m. check on your forecast. >> we are seeing clear conditions plenty of sunshine for the day. temperatures will drop slightly. currently

traffic is moving well across the san mateo bridge. i think we are actually going to show a shot of the san mateo bridge. there we go. all right. westbound 92, still no delay to your drive time in the commute direction even though this is day 2 of those emergency repairs. they have the slow lane blocked off on westbound 92 right before you approach the high- rise. we really didn't see delays on the san mateo bridge yesterday though closer until about 7:30 and this is a friday so we are expecting, we are hoping for friday light traffic. let's go to the bay bridge because that's where we are seeing the most delay right now. they turned the metering lights light on, right there around 6:20, now we're backing up towards the 880 overcrossing. other bridges are good alternates. good though moving well on the incline no delays across the upper deck of the bay bridge. an accident in san francisco, northbound 101 approaching cesar chavez. three lanes are blocked possibly four so traffic is slow on northbound 101. jammed from at least silver ave

san mateo bridge is a nice easy ride. bay bridge toll plaza it just a few cars making their way west bound. looking good from all approaches. a quick look at the golden gate bridge traffic on affected by the fog novato into san francisco is a 23 minute trip. for 02 let's get a check on whether. >> golden gate bridge we are free of fog seeing some fog moving up the coast this morning but not pushing inland. clear this morning we will be cooler than what we have been dealing with. currently in seven francisco opera '50s by noon mid-70s, high today of 79, upper 60s by 8:00 p.m. today fairly mild 66 antioch, fremont 67, redwood city 61. today will be cooler by 11:00 a.m. a mixture of '60s and '70s by noontime we could all lead to the 60s along the peninsula. your afternoon highs '80s steering clear of the '90s that we have been dealing with. it will be cooler but comfortable. by 7:00 p.m. '60s and '70s your highs today. 87 in red santa rosa, napa 85, concord 88, hayward 82, morgan hill 87. in the south bay temperatures in the

we'll have a check of the san mateo bridge coming up. here's lawrence with the forecast. >> all right. warm to hot temperatures inland some 80s and 90s. 70s at the coast. already seeing some patchy fog and cooler temperatures. much cooler over the weekend. slight chance about 20% chance of showers on sunday. that means there's 80% chance there won't be. >> we can blame you on monday, huh? >> thank you, lawrence and elizabeth. >>> 5:57. coming up in the next half hour a bay area police officer on the other side of the law. >> the confidential information he is accused of giving to a notorious biker gang. >>> day 2 of the san mateo/hayward bridge fix and that could only mean a slower friday morning commute. >>> i'm mark sayre live in san jose where crews are busy cleaning up from a two-alarm fire at a convenience store. i'll have those details just ahead. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's luxury ith fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe

san mateo bridge as claudine was saying, not as bad as expected. hopefully a lot of people were watching the news or listening to the radio and they found out there was a lane closure on the san mateo bridge. and he opted to use the bay bridge and dumbarton bridge. we're not seeing too many delays there. however in the south bay it's a much different story. here is a look at 101 northbound -- 101 traffic. this has been bottlenecked for the past hour or so. definitely give yourself some extra time here. up north, traffic on the left- hand side, this is another problem, southbound as you make your way toward the macarthur maze. we've been seeing the backup into richmond. >>> at the bay bridge, it is pretty much a nightmare. i hate saying that word over and over. 8:37. here's steve. >>> you threw me there, tara. good morning. some higher clouds up above, partly sunny, mostly sunny, some of the bands of clouds are going south to north. there's no wind at all. it's just unbelievablebly quiet. i've seen a north wind at napa, not much. even hayward a litt

san mateo bridge, quick check. fine! westbound despite that right lane still blocked for emergency repairs near the high rise. looks good on 101 through millbrae where headlights are northbound moving well into san francisco right now. >> frances, thank you. it's 5:09. >> if you get an e-mail that looks like it's from the tax man, beware. the scam that could cost you a bundle. >> foreclosed homes hits a record. the question why some had to lose their homes at all. >> the national league hi! welcome to progressive.com. come on in, and i'll give you a free quote. quote and compare in about 8 minutes. now, that's progressive. call or click today. just ask jerry brown. he gave california state employees collective bargaining powers. since then the unions have grown stronger and stronger. now state employees can retire at 55 with much of their salary for life. and taxpayers are on the hook for one hundred billion dollars in unfunded pension liabilities. no wonder those unions are 100% behind jerry brown. he'll just spend, and

> we're very fortunate in san mate'county to have sustainable san mateo county. the report that we get every year, and usually it comes out about april, is something i've looked upon as the conscience of the county in terms of environmental issues and in terms of our sustainability. but $á also creates and stimulates a dialogue. as we move forward looking at the social, the economic, and the environmental ijstainability of th" community. >> reporter: she has received many awards and one is the sustainaplity award for her work sustaining the dreams of others. that came from sustainable san 2ateo county. he's how she reacted. i had won the sustainaplity award and i said are you sure about that. i don'tplant trees and i don't build buildings. how did i win? you are sustainable because you have been able to sustain caring for children over a number of years at least 40. so that was what they liked and they said some people build buildings and plant trees. 2 you nourish minds of the young. you show them a way. you show them the straight road can be good for you. i sa

this time it's the san mateo bridge. and crews have one lane blocked off on westbound 92 to do some emergency repair work on it. we will tell you how traffic is moving right now as well as some alternates all coming up in traffic in six minutes. >>> elizabeth, thank you. 6:10 now. playoff fever is in the air today. giants leave for philadelphia. game one of the national league championship series is saturday. tim will take the mound against roy halday. this could be a tough match up. both teams played each other during the regular season six times, each team winning three of those games. >>> one bay area woman who was born a man vows to shut down the lpga tour. that's because new rules say golfers have to be born female. she had a sex change four years ago. now she's suing the lpga and three other groups for her right to play. >> take estrogen and your muscles atrophy. you're not the same person. that's the urban legend that people think the same person physically. you're not. >> the lpga is holding its challenge tournam

san mateo county will mobilize demolition on the bridge next week. when we are done with our project, they will build a new bridge on top of our dam. that concludes my presentation on the project. any questions? >> i have a question on the beneficial releases and how it if you the t would be great. the beneficial releases have been incorporated into the eir? marine fisheries service, the california department of fish and game on a scheduled to benefit the resident and migratory fish downstream of the lower crystal springs dam. improvements to the agencies felt were necessary. there has been an extensive amount of study in a short time to come up with what we believe was a=> reasonable and could st of releases. on the environmental side, i am pleased with that result. on the water supply side, there will be a reduction in supply as a result of those releases for customers. i am concerned about the water supply impact. we're looking at that. there is analysis referenced in the document. we need to look into those in the future. that is what we're talk

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expect delays on the san mateo bridge. crews are making emergency repairs as we speak in the commute direction westbound after uncovering a crack yesterday. abc 7's theresa garcia is live in foster city. theresa, what's the time line? >> cal tran is giving itself some leeway to finalizes these repairs, estimating 24 to 48 hours. traffic moving smoothly. but they're saying this work began yesterday and hope it will all be completed for tonight's commute but that remains to be seen. there is a crack on the bridge that cal tran's crews discovered yesterday during a scheduled byannual safety inspection. the crack was in a piece of steel underneath the roadway. it's designed to hold the bridge together in a earthquake. to repair that component, cal tran closed a segment of the far right lane on the trestle section. commuters this morning will experience a day during this temporary closure. >> it's going to be rough. if you normally use that bridge, we're expecting a locality more congestion. so you definitely want to use an alt

obtain from caltrans and san mateo county permits for temporary construction activity. exercise any public commission right under any lease or permit as necessary. in the sheet and execute with owners of properties -- negotiate and execute with owners of properties on the right of way. these include other project related agreements as necessary for the project. obtain permits and approvals from regulatory agencies including the state preservation office, u.s. fish and game, u.s. fish and wildlife service, the fisheries service, the california department of fish and game, the california water control board, the bay area management district, and california department of transportation. negotiate and execute real estate agreements, financial assurances, and conservation easements related to acquisition as necessary for the project. negotiate and execute any construction agreements or memorandum of understanding with san mateo county related to coordination of the project. notwithstanding these already granted to the general manager, the general manager is not authorized to

san mateo county will mobilize demolition on the bridge next week. when we are done with our project, they will build a new bridge on top of our dam. that concludes my presentation on the project. any questions? >> i have a question on the beneficial releases and how it if you the t would be great. the beneficial releases have been incorporated into the eir? marine fisheries service, the california department of fish and game on a scheduled to benefit the resident and migratory fish downstream of the lower crystal springs dam. improvements to the agencies felt were necessary. there has been an extensive there has been an extensive amount of study in a short time

area of san mateo county near interstate 280. small portions of the site are within the city of millbrae. =-m the regional system. it provides treatment of the water stored in the peninsula reservoir. the plant was built in 1972. it was expanded later in 1987 and in 1992. the improvements will allow us Ñbñe capacity of hundred 40 million gallons per day, even after a major seurq9 major components include upgrades throughout the entire plant. we will add five filters, include handling system, and replace the components of the ozonation system. after following extensive seismic assessment, we made the decision to replace the two existing reservoirs with aú#:z w 11 million gallon reservoir. this ise it is one of our largest. if you approve it today, we will issue an mtp? in april of 2011. it will take four years to construct all of the improvements. it will be slated to be completed inl] 2015. implementation will require a termination of the lease with the skyline stables before it expires in 2014. the project eir did not find th

on the san mateo/santa cruz coastline as well. the system won't too butch but there is going to be a low coming in right behind here and that always makes me service. but we start a little cooling trend today and definitely more one tomorrow as the fog starts to come in. we get more of a sea breeze. so the hot from yesterday gets replaced and moved out of here. it will be much cooler as we head toward monday and tuesday. cooler saturday. here comes the low for sunday/monday, giving us mostly cloudy, pac, breezy, cool conditions. >>> and we do have some breaking news for you out of new york. i want to show you live pictures of the brooklyn bridge. it was shut down in both directions. we're hearing word that it just reopened, although we have yet to see the first vehicles go across the brooklyn bridge. now, why it was shut down. we're hearing there may have been suspicious packages found somewhere near the bridge and so what they did is they cleared all of the cars and all of the pedestrians off the bridge for a short while. we're h

>> we want to go to san mateo. i was letting you know we do have a deer block the number one-half moon lane. that just came down. this right now is a live look at san mateo bridge. you can see the flashing lights there and on the right hand side they blocked one of the lanes. that's due to the crack engineers are fixing. we hope the repairs will be done by the end of the day. we don't have any congestion whatsoever. to the mccarthur maze up further north. looking good at at this hour. in the north bay 101 at the 580 split. traffic is flowing quite nicely. 5:19 steve what is up? >> cooler. yesterday just one guy talking opinion the morning was so cool because we had these higher clouds. near the coast we can look at nice photos sent in. daily city. looking back toward inland areas. higher clouds made for a beautiful sunrise. now the coastal fog is coming back. system coming into the north. the clouds did pump in a lot of humidity. a little tropical yesterday. things are changing now. things in the direction of the w

you can see the half moon bay, san mateo here over across the san mateo bridge and over into the east bay valley. they have climbed over the east bay hills and it's going to bring rain to those neighborhoods. i think we'll all get touched by a little rain before it starts to taper this afternoon. as far as our temperatures, we'll run in the mid to upper 50s in most neighborhoods. now look at antioch, livermore, san jose and fremont. low 70s for you. you're the last ones to see the rain. notice how the rain does taper a little during the afternoon hours. we start to punch holes in that shield when the sun comes up, especially after the noon hour. light rain possible around the monterey bay, not what we're seeing around our neighborhoods this morning but mid to upper 60s around the bay, low to mid-70s inland. the heavy rain will return tonight through tomorrow morning and i think it's fading tomorrow afternoon where a small system may clip the north bay with a few showers sunday morning and sunday afternoon through at least thursday of next week. supposed to be dry and pretty mild. fran

reporting live in san mateo this afternoon, jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >> all right. thank you, jade. >>> arson investigators are looking for the cause of a fire that damaged a town home and several cars in hey war. the fire broke out at just about 4:00 a.m. on arf avenue near hesperian boulevard. a neighbor recorded this home video. the flames spread to a carport and destroyed three cars. twenty people were evacuated from their homes. residents say they woke up to the sound of an explosion. >> it was like a -- i thought it was a shot gun at first and then my car alarm started going off. i thought maybe it was some sort of earthquake or something. >> reporter: this apartment suffered some damage but all of the other families were allowed to return almost immediately. no one was injured. investigators say the fire may have started inside a vehicle or a nearby dumpster. >>> republican senate candidate carly fiorina is in the hospital. according to her campaign, she was admitted this morning. fiorina, who is battling cancer, had reconstructive surgery this summer. her ca

currently in san mateo temperatures are in the '50s. lets take give look at what you can expect through the day in san mateo. 56 currently, high today not getting out of the '60s back down to the low 60s by 8:00 p.m. here's a look at bill winds outside currently at s f o wind at 22 mi. an hour, 21 through oakland, these are sustained winds 12 mi. an hour throughout novato, who along the coast 15. fairfield run 15 mi. an hour. storm tracker shows us rain at excurrent our heavy rain and thunderstorms over lake tahoe. the foothills have issued a flood advisory. a slight chance of the bay for sh%fu as system moving in with it a slight chance of showers and strong winds as we head into the evening. the winds could increase by tonight. 55 in san francisco, 62 oakland, south bay bringing temperatures into the upper 50s. into the afternoon cool once again 74 santa rosa, who stayed through napa, fairfield, concord. 63 in san francisco. squeezing out 70 for los gatos, and did to san jose but '60s around the bay. 7 day around the bay cool through

the san mateo bridge we have a hot spot. you lose a lane for time because they have to do some fix on a piece of the bridge that was put on for retrofit and it has a crack in it. they need to repair it appeared that lane is closed we are monitoring the back up. as we get in to the. we will see the back up. >> union workers have started a six day strike. workers picketing in front of the helton they're upset over contract proposals that will freeze pay the pensions and increase health insurance. hotel management says they will continue operating through the strike bartenders make more than $100,000 and health-care costs are paid fully by the hotels. >> the dolly llama is stopping in the bay area this week yesterday he spoke to 400 students in east palo alto the 75 year-old nobel peace prize winner laughed at the idea of being president of united states he said we would face bankruptcy. he admitted to being as lazy teenagers who hated steady and. he challenged students to strive for a passionate peaceful future. >> an update o

san mateo 55. downtown san francisco 62. south san francisco alg with the north bay valleys in the mid-60s. upper 50s at your beaches. along the east bay shore most sunny and mid 60s for you. 70 brentwood. east bay valleys one of the warmer areas. morgan hill, gilroy. the rest of the monterey bay inland towds hollister and salinas in the mid-60s. this is in the city now. the rural are where that frost advisory. last night a low pressure moved through, reinforced the try and cool air. bringing in a couple of waves after the high pressure gives way and that will start thursday with this system and friday into saturday and that more impressive looking sysm. let's jump ahe to thursday. watch the front that comes right into mendocino county. with that counterclockwise flow it retards the forward progress. we get the entire game in i think rain free. a strong onshore wind but it should not stop the game. forecast, temperatures warming in the afternoon. not only today but tomorrow into thursday. with t showers friday an saturday, t

san mateo 55. downtown san francisco 62. south san francisco along with the north bay valleys in the mid-60s. upper 50s at your beaches. along the east bay shore mostly sunny and mid 60s for you. 70 brentwood. east bay valleys one of the warmer areas. morgan hill, gilroy. the rest of the monterey bay inland towards hollister and salinas in the mid-60s. this is in the city now. the rural areas where that frost advisory. last night a low pressure moved through, reinforced the try and cool air. bringing in a couple of waves after the high pressure gives way and that will start thursday with this system and friday into saturday and that more impressive looking system. let's jump ahead to thursday. watch the front that comes right into mendocino county. with that counterclockwise flow it retards the forward progress. we get the entire game in i think rain free. a strong onshore wind but it should not stop the game. forecast, temperatures warming in the afternoon. not only today but tomorrow into thursday. with the showers friday

and the san mateo bridge gets the all clear this morning. highway 101 in morgan hill just re-opened after being closed for 12 hours. elizabeth wenger is in the traffic center to update us on all of this. good morning, elizabeth. >> good morning. yeah, we have a lot of traffic news this morning. yeah, as you said, 101 and morgan hill re-opened about an hour ago but check out this scene. traffic slowed to a crawl last night. this is what happens when a tanker carrying 43,000 pounds of liquid wax crashes. two southbound lanes of 101 in morgan hill were shut down for more than 12 hours. the evening commute backed up well into san jose. we don't know what caused the crash. let's go out live right now. we can show you how well traffic is moving now. in fact, it's very light through that stretch. everything is now back open as of 4:00 a.m. headlights are southbound traffic. this is right there by the coyote creek exit. on the san mateo bridge, let's show you a live look at this.

i'll be keeping track of drive times across the san mateo bridge. it really wasn't that bad yesterday but i'll keep an eye on detours for you this morning. >> downtown san francisco where it's about 58 degrees right now. we'll talk about a cooling trend for the weekend and the possibility of some light sprinkles on sunday. >> also this morning sarah palin brings here tea party message to voters but nuns of the candidates she's backing shows up. >> and a plan to build a stadium for the a's. the city's redevelopment agency may not have the money to finish buying the land. >> i'm kristen sze. >> we made it. it's friday. >> yes. >> i'm eric thomas. >> for a second morning in a, commuters may fay delayses possibly as a result of emergency repairs taking longer than expected. terry mcsweeney, when is caltran hoping to get this done? >> well the latest estimate is sometime today. they had hoped to have it open yesterday maybe 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. that didn't happen. let's take a look. we have video too show you from a boat undernight the bridge l

. >> the broken san mateo bridge still isn't fixed. it was discovered during a scheduled bridge inspection and caltran thought they could get it fixed by this morning. now we can't reach caltran to find out when 's going to b fixed. terry, what do we call commuters and. >> you can tell them it's furlough friday. that's why caltran isn't work and help son the way. a short time ago they stopped by to tell news crews that a part that's needed to continue with repairs is on the way. that's wt people are it with aing for. down there, they're not waiting on the job for any of this. they are waiting wherever they wait but there's nobody here now. the part is crucial enough to keep this lane shut down for a third day. just underneath the bridge is a wishbone shaped steel beam with a crack 10 inches long but that's desigd to allow the bring to sway in the event of a earthquake. if that gives way, ron davis of vallejo wants to be somewhere else. >> if you didn't thi about it, nothing to really worry about. but since i know about it, i started to

pretty good conditions of san mateo bridge, traffic is building. we aren't expecting some pretty big delays later on you might want to consider taking the done button or the bay bridge if you make your way towards the peninsula. other than that bay bridge looks good, no problems here, no signs of any overnight road work. traffic is moving well coming from all approaches meter nights are sick of all. wrapping up with the look of the golden gate, nice, easy conditions always probably one of the better commutes. headlights making their way sell bonds. at a 37 hour to these bay is a short swedish minutes. project and public transit looks like blood, is jane, muni are running rate of time. james. >> thank you the mercury news is reporting that police have arrested two teenagers in connection with the trees elementary school fire back in july that clara, million dollars worth of damage in the san jose fire department has completed its investigation and it says it will issue its results this afternoon in an announcement and any news conference later this

san mateo bridge. things look standard here, but further along the flat section, folks are smling that we have a lane closed. you will give a reason why. we will talk about that itself and show the maps off of the 880. expect delays at the toll plaza over in the westbound direction later in the commute. the construction zone at 92 and 880, things are calm there heading up along 880 into downtown no major delays, but folks will shift. we will give you more options. that will have the ripple effect, sending more folks to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's light right now coming off of 880, but watch and will explain more options for you. we will have the full report. back to you. >> developing news. i'm looking at the ap wires. the counter terrorism officials say the plot in europe remains active and the travel alert as well. last week they warned travelers going to europe that there was a terror plot. there had been arrests in europe as well. there had been air strikes in pakistan all involving some kind o

principalmente el puente san mateo. que es sometido a una reparaciÓn en Único de los pilares principales. uno de los carriles direcciÓn oeste cerrado. vamos con gloria, que nos diga las condiciones al respecto. gloria, te escuchamos. >>> igualmente sigue el trafico, defensa con defensa campo como lo dijiste. direcciÓn oeste. el carril derecho bloqueado. llegando a la mitad del puente. y estÁ disponible para ustedes como ruta alterna y tiene trafico lento a esa hora de la maÑana. en el transporte pÚblico. hi hay retrasos, uno de los trenes cancelados. hay problemas de funciÓn en las luces que le avisan a la gente que viene el tren. y asÍ que estÁn deteniendo varios trenes mientras se resuelve el problema. pasamos al clima. cÓmo estarÁ el clima hoy. 88 en san josÉ. 81 en san francisco. 82 en oakland. temperatura en 5 grados menos que ayer. regreso contigo celina. >>> gracias gloria, 7 de la maÑana con 49 minutos. la policÍa de san josÉ busca al sujeto, que intentÓ secuestrar a la niÑa de 1 aÑo de edad.

we have been following repairs on the san mateo bridge. yesterday they closed it down after discovering a crack they needed to fix. to bring you more news faster kron 4 is yoli who is that the bridge. traffic is light right now is not much of a problem but we're waiting for that work. >> we are still waiting chp came by an hour ago they said they are waiting for part to come or not sure what part. the update we got yesterday the only work they had left to do was to place brackets where the crack is. so i don't know what part they are waiting for. as soon as that comes in and they will see more cruise out here. hopefully get it done for this evening's commute. >> they wanted us to point out the bridge is safe to drive on. and that it was a routine inspection the found a crack. you can see traffic is moving well there. at one point earlier it was very sluggish because this lane is gone. but now things are like. >> we had delays of 25 minutes at the peak of commute. it looks like we are back on track conditions looking equal across the span.

you'll find them across the san mateo bridge this morning. a little more crowded westbound but still so far nothing reported to the chp about any accidents or problems across the san mateo bridge. here are the slowest drive times around the bay area. westbound 4 out of antioch and westbound 580 through the altamont pass. >> thanks, frances. thanks so much for joining us for this edition of the abc 7 morning news. >> [ male announcer ] sacramento and silicon valley are only one hundred thirty miles apart. they may as well be on different planets. sacramento, mismanaged, ineffective. silicon valley gave us apple, intel, ebay. here meg whitman started with 30 people. led them. managed them. executed the plan that grew this main street company to fifteen thousand employees and made small business dreams come true. to change california let's send meg whitman up the road... about a hundred and thirty miles. to change california let's send meg whitman up the road... greed. the wealthiest corporations. billions in profits and bonuses. and the sacrame

that was in san bruno. >>> well, it's a problem that unites law enforcement agency across san mateo county and now, they are showing signs of success in the fight against gangs. linda yee live in redwood city and linda, your a chance to see some of the task force success. >> reporter: i did indeed. it was quite an impressive haul. more on that later. it is hard to believe that this community would have a gang problem but police say they do. it's any community any big city, they have a gang problem. but the fact that very few citizens even know about this is a testament to the success of their gang task force. >> reporter: assault rifles, knives, high caliber handguns, weapons that don't even look like ones. >> looks like a lighter and then of course with a press of a button the blade is exposed. >> reporter: a task force, a coalition of officers from every police department. >> for the year 33 firearms, that's huge. these are not necessarily little peashooters. you will see some of the assault rifles that are up here, loaded handguns, .50- caliber handguns, you know, you see them all out t

temperatures dropping quickly right now. 61 in san mateo. already 69 in san jose. warm spot on the map right now, livermore at 75 degrees. so slightly cooler air sliding in. combining with low-level fog. that's already starting the changes across the bay area. so for tomorrow, instead of 70s inland, we're talking about 60ings. that includes those of you in the east bay and south bay. a big drop in the temperatures. for the weekend we're still talking about showers coming on back. so we have the fog in the lower levels. and that has helped to bring in the cool breeze throughout the day. a lot of you felt it even throughout the south bay and across the pin ens la. then the other larger change we're looking to happen here as we head throughout thursday and friday is a system it that's been kind of stalled out in the pacific. it finally gets legs behind it tomorrow. that's going to really open the storm door for us on friday. and bring us our first chance of some widespread scattered showers. and also continue the cooling here across the bay area. for tomorrow, once ag

san mateo bridge no reports of any problems or delays in either direction. no way that the toll plaza. 12 minutes across the span. golden gate bridge still quiet headlights making their way toward san francisco the entire trip through marin county looking good now delays whatsoever. the bottle into the city limits 23 minutes. crosstown traffic jams like amount central moving well right now make your way towards the peninsula. >> 1 down to to go. tim lincecum looking to leave the giantsone to lead he is called r was he? one batter later the next play to men on cody. posy comes in to score. top with the six had landed down 102 ou1-02 . top of the ninth same score no man on for atlanta. tim lincecum facing derek and he strikes him out team record 14 strikeouts. the giants take game 1. >> buster and i were on the same page. just trying to fill out the strike zone. >> if you saw them play chances are you paid a pretty funnpenny >> business is booming for so- called scalpers. many buy their tickets online than come here to sell them off at a profit. >> we purchase

a esa altura de san mateo bridge. pero se re atrasaron estas labores y esta mañan se van a ex tender. el puente puede quedar listo para los que trabajan y regresan a casa para esta tarde. lo tendremos informado si hay alguna novedad al respecto. >>> vamos ahora a méxic se encuentra jorge ramos, el es colaborador de este programa. nos tiene la última noticia de donde viaja el día de hoy. el presidente de mñxico. Él cubre la fuente presidencial. y la fuente de los opiniones y nos tiene los detalles. >>> jorge que tal, muy buenos días ¿que hace hoy el presidente? te escuchamos. >>> celina muy buenos días ahora que estamos en toluca, hace un frío tremendo. este invierno nos va a golpear con severidad. hay una actividad relacionada con la salud y están promoviendo la salud. pero fíjate que ok rraoocurrier par hechos interesantes en mxico. pero hay 2 que llaman la atención. uno fue la difusión de una grabación presuntamente entre el diputado del partido de la revolución democrática de izquierda julio césa

san mateo bridge in the clear right now. the bright lights coming toward you making their way into hayward. 12 minutes across the span no back up at the toll plaza. golden gate bridge no problems for yourself bound ride 22 minutes from novato to the city limits. crosstown traffic at the james lick getting along just fine now. 1 01-80 split towards the airport 20 minutes right now. southbound 101 in geyser bill we do have a lane shutdown because of all oil spill. >> let's talk about world news in may take cumbria's long as a year to clean up miles of poisonous red sludge. toxic mud surging through villages. more on that story. >> in its wake death and destruction. vivid red toxic trail in golfing three villages leading back to wissler pet and aluminum works. during that search it killed four people to of them children. 100 more have been hurt. the most serious is in the capital for treatment. the government was quick to react. a state of emergency declared. it has taken two days to get answers to some of the most basic and tr

the san mateo bridge bride is no problems and it is through the 80 and the 1013 san mateo, it is a problem for you pride fort sam sale with the golden gate bridge looking fine, the and downside is heading right towards the plaza, >> very clear. >> there is a high level of arsenic and mercury in the red sludge which is a byproduct of a limb and then, you concede the efforts here. a burst from the rest of what on monday and a fifth person has now died from contact with a sledge and it is now moving downstream to croatia, romania, and serbia, it has left about 140 million gal., it is almost as big as the bp gulf oil spill. >> a top north korean official is confirming news that to go to kim jung woon is the author did success of generation to lead the communist nation and they're celebrating the 36th anniversary of their communist workers party. >> they're not when to go with the plan on banning blackberry. the company that dropped the blackberries are complying with will cool lost and were threatening to shut off blackberry service, mainly because of security concerns because the blackberries

headlights move northbound into san francisco, southbound delay in san mateo. golden gate bridge traffic also light this morning. no accidents for marin county commuters. and on interstate 80 in berkeley, we definitely have more headlights now. the drive time a 20-minute ride from the carquinez bridge to the maze. you can get a personalized traffic report by going to our website, abc7news.com the place to go, and you'll find it under the bay area traffic link. jenelle, kristen. >> thanks, frances. time now 6:19. time for must-reads. meg whitman's housekeepergate continues. the republican gubernatorial candidate's former help is being advised by a san francisco lawyer. you already know nikki diaz is working with hollywood lawyer gloria allred but immigration attorney mark zannederhood is on the team trying to get her legal status in the u.s. he won't reveal who's paying him but he has no contact with the democratic party or jerry brown's campaign. >> the ties to donations to whitman undercut her claim that wealth will free her from special interest groups. the b

san francisco 65. 73 san mateo and sunnyvale and 75 in cupertino with a mix of sun and clouds for all locations. we'll take a look at more bay area cities and today's temperatures and also a look at your seven-day forecast. we have warmer weather moving back into the forecast. [ whitman ] they say california can't be governed anymore. i say baloney. this state belongs to all of us. we just have to decide we want to change. i know government isn't a business and it shouldn't be but the same values of accountability and focus that make california businesses among the best in the world could do a lot to fix sacramento. i'm on a mission to create more jobs stop wasteful spending, and improve our schools. let's get to work. ♪ ♪ >>> all right, good morning. let's go out to marin county. southbound 101 all in the green. it's like st. patrick's day. it's all looking good all the way down towards the waldo grade towards the golden gate bridge. [ laughter ] >> all right. trying to keep things light here. all right. everything is moving fine across the span and here the drive time. 8 minutes

low to mid-50s san francisco, oakland, san mateo, richmond. upper 60s to low 70s for the rest of us under a partly sunny sky. a little more cloud cover around the monterey bay. dry this afternoon. upper 60s to low 70s as you head inland. let's take a look at your seven-day forecast. warm on tuesday and wednesday but notice a cool trend on thursday and a chance of showers for friday, saturday and sunday. temperatures 10 degrees cooler than today. good morning, frances. >> you heard about the san mateo bridge, everything looking good. you saw that live shot earlier. no delays on 92 across the bay but there's some road work going on on highway 92 between 280 and foster city boulevard. we have lanes blocked until 5:00 this morning. so another 20 minutes. it is a pretty difficult drive when there is road work out there. and also mass transit systems reporting no delays and of course it's tribart week. they'll give out a ton of prizes at lunch. i'll be there on the road. quiet now with no delays at the bay bridge toll plaza. more details coming up i

even with an earlier stall on the san mateo bridge. there's no slowing at all with this live shot for you. traffic is flowing well. 14 minutes is the drive across from 880 to 101 and vice versa. let's head to the golden gate bridge this morning. see a few more cars on the road heading southbound there towards san francisco. it's going to be pretty crowded in san francisco this evening. we've got the game at at&t park. starts at 7:15. also at the golden gate park, the bluegrass festival goes on today, friday and saturday. if you want, try to take mass transit if you can. so far no delays reported. eric, kristen? >> frances, thanks a lot. it's 5:37. >> the scam that's using a ten-year-old boy to bilk shoppers in richmond. >> an east bay college student says she was assaulted during a school dance. up next what police are saying about the investigation. >> what federal investigators will be looking for as they begin testing that mangled the file on david harmer isn't pretty. a corporate lawyer for a credit card company fined millions, eve