live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> a few seconds away from 6:00 a.m. with a deadly hit-and-run accident on a busy east bay road. the investigation is happening right now and is impacting the morning commute. >> in the south bay a marijuana "grow" operation discovered in a san jose police but it was not the police who made the find. >> deliberate diversion? new evidence pointing to a rogue takeover of malaysia airlines flight 370. good morning. happy st. patrick's day. >> no luck of the irish for commuters. sue is here for leyla gulen with the latest. >> off of the bay bridge, this is in san francisco, the skyway westbound an injury accident with c.h.p. issuing a sig-alert. the red sensors are stacking up on the upper deck into san francisco because of the injury crash. two right lanes are blocked and two cars are involved and injury

accident is a sig-alert coming into san francisco and bart into the city could be a great way to get an. mike? >> good morning, everyone, it is monday, st. patrick's day and tracking a cold front but look what it is producing: just clouds. >> well start with our day planner, 52 degrees and low clouds at 7:00 and a cool sunrise and 61 and sun by noon but not so warm this afternoon, at 5- to 10-degrees cooler and mid-to-upper 60's and in the evening still at 62. inland we have low clouds and more limited than an the bay and the coast. breezy here all day. temperatures will shoot from the low 60's at noon to 70 at 4:00 and mid-60's at 7:00. clouds are thickest along the coast at 51 and you are breezy and sunny and mid-to-upper 50's through the afternoon. eric and kristen? >> breaking news from concord:

willow pass road re-opened after a previous was killed by a hit-and-run driver. investigators opened the road in the past 15 minutes. it was shut don't define 5th and 6th after a woman was killed. miss say she was walking on the sidewalk around midnight and the driver drove on the curb and hit her. she died at the scene. police are now working to identify the vehicle possibly a two-tone pickup that live scene. here is a look at the section of willow pass road that re-opened. nick will have a report in a half hour. >> firefighters discovered dozens of marijuana plants inside a home in san jose overnight, but that is not what kept them from going inside. matt keller is in the newsroom with more on this. matt? >> the problem was the electric am service was bypassed to help with the marijuana "grow" operation putting firefighters at risk of electrocution so

they stayed outside. photos take were by the fire department shows how they surrounded the home. when they first arrived at 10:30 they noticed the electrical service was bypassed putting firefighters the risk. >> firefighterred what to withdraw from the structure and fight the fire defensively. the fire consumed the majority of the house. when we made entry into the house we found out there were marijuana plants inside. >> it took an hour to knock down the planes and 70's marijuana plants were found inside and the three people staying there escaped unharmed. firefighters say they are cooperating with the investigation and it will be up to the police department to decide if it was legal grow operation. pg&e disconnected power to the whole block. a father accused of biting off part of his baby's northeast because he would not stop crying

will be arraigned in superior court today. the 18-year-old cooper is held on nearly $800,000 bail and the mother, 16-year-old or angelika riggins said she has no idea why her son ta'jon was harmed by his own father. >> i didn't see no stress this morning. he was playing with the baby before i went in the bathroom. two minutes later i come into disgusting scene. disgusting. >> a third of ta'jon's northeast was severed. the newborn could spend two months in the hospital. he also is suffering from a skull fracture and brain hemorrhage. riggins denies having anything to do with the injuries. ta'jon is in custody of child protective services. >> be on the alert for four

siblings in an amber alert, with the four siblings taken from protective custody by their parents and are believed to be driving a dark chrysler p.t. cruiser with paper license plates and a missing right rear >> detectives consider the husband a suspect in the death of a woman whose found was found in the home on friday afternoon. she died of a gunshot wound. 9 sheriff revealed that the deputies responded to the whom three times for domestic disputes in 2009. >> navy seals are in control of an oil tanker seized by libyan rebels, boarding the vessel last night southeast of cypress. no ones with hurt in the operation. the tanker was carrying stolen

libyan crude oil and will return to libya under the control of united states sailors. more evidence that malaysia airlines flight 370 was diverted deliberately. the investigation is focused on the pilot and co-pile as the search shifts to the son indian ocean. the search is now covering the very deep indian ocean and 11 countries the plan could have flown over but it could take months or longer to fine the plane. >> the malaysian government wants more certain planes and data to help find the missing jet. 26 countries are involved with australia ling the search over the southern india ocean and the united states is using their sophisticated submarine hunter. >> we have been recalibrating the search. it remains a significant diplomatic and technical and logistic am challenge.

>> there is more evidence that the disappearance was a deliberate act. >> there is nothing indicating that i is terrorists it is something with the pilot and co-pilot. >> the malaysian government said the co-pilot radioed from the cockpit "all right, good night." but who reprogrammed the flight to turn hard left? the co-pilot or captain? >> if you are shut off the systems there is one reason: to vanish and make it difficult to find you. the jet was still communicating with a satellite and experts have determined it likely went down somewhere along these two arcs and sources say the plane is most likely in the south indian ocean as investigators try to solve the mystery the focus has zeroed in on the pilots. both hims have been searched. authorities are pouring over a flight similarity confiscated from the captain's home and two laptop computers. >> the pilot did not ask for any

extra fuel and made in special requests to fly together so the idea of a conspiracy is less likely. new this morning, university of california president janet napolitano is revealing new details of her plan for the ten school systems if an interview with the sacramento bee she said she would hike to get more funding from graduate programs and 9 former elect of homeland security homeland security added that she agrees with the upcoming changes of the s.a.t. including elimination of the writing class but would not talk about efforts to repeal the ban in california on affirmative action. she said that is a question for the regents. >> it is a tough commute getting on the bay bridge. what is going on? >> no luck of the irish, we have a major accident, and they are calling it a minor injury accident causing a major traffic jam.

sig-alert issue off of the bay bridge westbound and the skyway at 4th and we have a shot for you out there and we will show you the activity 457ing here in the two right lanes, again, two cars involved and an injury accident and this is stacked on to the bay bridge and looking like the bay bridge, itself, back to the tolls now is bumper to bumper. if you went to the maze you could have a long stretch of a big jam so bart would be a better choice. mike? >> good morning, everyone, we will take a look at the beaches, and the hazards that continue with the high surf advisory until 8:00 and we are seeing the swells come down, monterey is down from 14 to 13 and san francisco from 11 down to nine. bodega from 12 to 11 and this will continue through 8:00 this morning so we will have the possibility of breakers up to

18'. now, in the south bay we are in the upper 40's to low 50's and santa clara, campbell, los gatos, saratoga, mid-40's there and mountain view is the warm spot at 55 and 50 in san jose, and 49 in lafayette and bodega bay are the cooler spots and calistoga is 46 and everyone else is in the low-to-mid 50's and our destination is cooler than yesterday by 13 degrees, tomorrow well add a few degrees, and hold steady through wednesday and a couple of degrees warmer as the equinox hits late in the evening on thursday. >> now 6:10. most popular minis have on the road is recalled. the fire risk leading to the new safety action. >> first, new details in the long rumored apple tv and why late apple co-founder steve jobs said it would never happen. >> twitter is banned in china so why is the head of the san francisco company visiting the

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covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all bay area, this is abc7 news. good morning, this is a shot of the skyway 80 westbound off of the bay bridge, with particularring -- flashing lights in a minor injury accident but look at the major traffic delay backed up across the bay bridge into the metering lights. before that, all the way into the macarthur maze so it is a good half hour to get into san francisco. if you can, bart into san francisco to avoid this entire bay bridge situation. it is westbound 80 at 4th, to right lanes are blocked. kristen and eric? >> honda is recalling 900,000 minivans after it discovered a potential fire risk. the recall includes odyssey minivans 2005 through 2010 with

a problem with the fuel pump that could possibly catch fire. according to the automaker replacement parks are not ready for summer but they can provide a temporary "fix." honda says there are no reports of fires are injuries so far. they will notify customers in the coming weeks. >> the c.e.o. of san francisco based twitter is overseas for the first visit to china. he will meet with government officials and academics students in shanghai a sign twit senior trying to break into the chinese market. right now they are blocking twitter in china. the company will not say what he plans on bringing up with chinese officials. >> google is tight being their policy for making in app purchases because you have the option to require a password. the change is days after a new york woman sued google claiming

her child made a $66 purchase in a game without her knowledge. the mountain view based company is tweaking google play to make it clear which titles are available by in app. >> days on the apple tv that could never happen. a new book to be released from a former "wall street journal" tech reporter says that the late apple co-founder steve jobs nixed the idea with a secret meeting detailed in 2010 when jobs said they were allowed to ask anything and one asked of the possible tv and he quickly said it wasn't going to happen because the profit margins are too low, too thin. this goes against what the biographer said he was told bit late apple cofounder. >> spring starts later this week but winter weather is still gripping the east coast. this is how washington, dc looked overnight with 6"

expected to fall and near freezing. federal offices in washington are closed today along with lots of private offices and runways at reagan national airport are shut down overnight because of the weather. >> we have started off with several traffic problems in the east bay and elsewhere. we will check with sue. in san francisco with two right lanes blocked. you can see the flashing lights show two light lanes and c.h.p. is saying it is only a minor injury accident but you can see the major backup across the span of the bay bridge and metering lights have been slowed so traffic now is backed into the macarthur maze and the drive time from macarthur maze to san francisco is now 30 minutes across the span. it is bumper-to-bumper traffic

and two right lanes are blocked with emergency crews on the scene. traffic is stacked up. bart, if you can, into san francisco to avoid the bay bridge is a good bet. mike? >> visibility shows clouds we have been racking that are thickest along the coast at four miles at half moon bay and everyone else is up limited although we do have a few clouds. the winds are blowing out from west to east. and the sea breeze is back. you can see the flags here on the ferry building, blowing from san francisco over to treasure island and that is why we will be significantly cooler today. the clouds will hang around the next couple of hours and they will be gone with a lot of sunshine but it will not feel as warm as it did yesterday or the thermometer will not say its is as warm. spring starts this week and it will feel close to normal if not

above but no spring showers. chance of rain is to the east with the low on the tail end of the cold front. high pressure is behind it. the pressure difference is what will create the breeze. it will bring in the dry air. it will bring cooler continues, as well. the clouds only this morning. sunshine takes over after the morning commute. it will push us up to close to normal. that shows how warm it was yesterday. no records set but gilroy. mid-to-upper 60's around the bay shore and inland and low-to-mid 60's along the coast where the winds are fastest. mid-to-upper 40's for most of us tonight because of the brees and 50 around oakland and richmond and 52 in san francisco. it will be noisy above a thousand to 1,500'. we have a few high clouds tomorrow. a few possible on wednesday. high clouds and sunshine on thursday, friday, saturday,

sunday, temperatures after peaking on thursday will drop closer to average into the welcome. >> 6:20. a female engineer accuse as san francisco tech company of unfair treatment because she a woman. the company is taking action. >> first, facing falling poll numbers, president obama is hoping march madness can give a political boost. hi. i'm henry winkler. and i know there are many myths out there about a reverse mortgage, so i want you to know the facts. there are currently no credit score or income requirements to qualify. you can get tax-free money from the equity in your home. you can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. the remaining money can be used for anything. there's no monthly mortgage payments.

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a look at the san francisco skyway and the traffic is backed up there in credibly, minor injury accident westbound 4th street and it should be causing small problems but as you can see the backup is there and it is huge headache. sue is following this and she will have the latest on the sig-alert coming up in a few minutes. >> we will josh with a look at "good morning america" at 7:00 this morning. >> a good monday morning to you both and to all of you in the bay area. we have a lot to get to today. we continue coverage on the search for missing malaysia airlines flight 370 in the second week of the crews believe they have narrowed down two flight paths or arcs and we will

have the details with our team. and the investigation now into the path of the plane's pilots specifically the captain. that is next on "good morning america" in 36 minutes. >> the obama administration hopes their use of hoops will help hype obamacare enrollment before the deadline march 31. this is a campaign to coincide with march madness starting today. it we hopes to move the popularity of the president's traditional ncaa basketball tournament brackets into americans signing up for health care by releasing the 16 sweetest reasons to get covered bracket withing a leasts and coaches who promote on tv, radio, and social media this week. >> march madness time in sanford is the original team invited celebrating the election on the farm. it is the first time for the big

tournament since 2008 and they are headed to st. louis to face new mexico on friday. cal and usf and st. mary's all got invites. >> a new group of celebrities is ready to hit the dance floor in "dancing with the stars" underway tonight right here on abc7 news with the hot new cast practicing including olympic ice dancer charlie white and "full house" star and "price is right" host, drew cary. the answer is on "dancing with the stars" at 8:00 tonight. >> women were celebrated last night in "women of the year" awards hosted by the almeda branch of the political caucus going to plaintiffs in the federal rights lawsuit against proposition 8 and assembly woman skinner of berkeley.

all women advocated policies that took years to come to fruition. >> it can take decades of education and oh -- awareness building and another decade for poll reform and then bring the people along so it is important to take a moment and give ourselves a pat on the back and raise a glass and say owe are fantastic." other winners include state attorney general pamela harris and senator boxer. >> the abc7 news continues at 6:30 with the top stories. >> imagine being in the middle of the flight and part of the wing rips off. it happened over the weekend. a woman is struck and killed while walking down the sidewalk. i will tell you about the collision that had this stretch of willow pass road shut down for hours. >> a live doppler 7 hd shows no

rain. cooler weather is on the way and i will tell you how much different custody than yesterday. >> a minor injury accident on the bay bridge westbound with a sig-alert and traffic is back up with bumper-to-bumper traffic through the tunnel and behind the tolls metering lights are slowed down into the macarthur maze.

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happening more than five minutes ago. that is how they woke up in los angeles. thanks for joining us. >> we have a big traffic problem on the highway. >> you can see on the bay bridge, an early accident westbound 80 off of the bay bridge causes a sig-alert and minor injury accident and a major, major headache for commuters. the sky camera has reports the accident now is cleared from the lanes and you can see no more blinking lights and traffic is picking up and inch up but, unfortunately, the damage is done across the span and to the metering lights and all the way to the macarthur maze, here is the bumper-to-bumper traffic that will ease up now the accident is clear but, again, big delays at the bay bridge and bart is on time with possibly that being the good alternate. mike? >> still tracking the clouds

with no rain on live doppler 7 hd. the good news, no delays at any of our airports with the only delays at philadelphia. possibly a few delights canceled because of the snow in the east. we will talk about the temperatures today, breaking it down the next 12 hours, a few clouds this morning and temperatures in the upper 40's and low-to-mid 50's in most neighborhoods and to noon, sunny at 9:00 or 10:00 and it will be breezy this afternoon. 58 to 62 and notice that is ten degrees cooler than at noon yesterday and 58 at the cost at 4:00 and mid-to-upper 60's and about five- to ten-degrees cool we than yesterday and we will hand out with breezes this afternoon and low-to-mid 60's at the coast. >> more breaking news that we have been covering all morning, police are looking for the hit-and-run driver who killed a woman walking on the sidewalk if

concord. that accident happened a few yards up from where i am standing now and we know the woman was walking up the sidewalk when a car came down eastbound willow pass and it came down, went on the sidewalk and struck her there. investigators have wrapped up but this is some of the video we shot. the collision happened at willow pass road near 6th street. evidence markers were lined up and down the street and a scanner took pictures to provide a snapshot of how the crash may have happened. police identified the victim. an adult female. they are refusing to share more pending notification of family. witnesses say that she was height while walking westbound on the sidewalk. the vehicle was driving eastbound. it is possible she caught driver and did not have time to move. already police confirm that the material gathered at the seen paint a pick of who may have

been driving the vehicle. >> the investigation revealed the victim was struck and killed by a vehicle that friday the scene. we have witnesses. the description of the suspect vehicle is vague. it is only described as a pickup truck, possibly two tone. >> investigators are working to identify the make and model of the truck that struck and killed her. police hope that surveillance video they have collected from neighboring homes and businesses will help to positively identify the vehicle and help nail the driver. willow pass road is open. they were determined to get it open in time for the morning commute. we are still organizing to figure out the make and model of the vehicle to put that information out to the public and identify the driver. thank you. police are looking for a driver who hit an elderlily plan and

sped away leave him with serious injuries. it happened at 8:30 last night on south park victoria drive and canton drive. the victim is described as a man between 75 and 80. he was taken to the hospital. the suspect vehicle is described as gold chevrolet chevrolet pickup. >> a combination of drunk driving and distracted driving is the cause of a crash that killed a music teacher and her mother-in-law. the william died instantly after a truck rear helped their cars. she taught music in the union school district and c.h.p. officers say the suspected drunk drive told them he was look at a text message moments before the collision. >> the united states and the european union will likely punish russia with economic sanctions today with tension escalating after 97 percent of voters in crimea supported

splitting from ukraine. the referendum was illegal under the ukraine constitution and held duress in a region surrounding by russian troops. rebound is urging vladimir putin to work with ukraine and western nations to resolve the crisis. airline officials believe the co-pilot of missing malaysia airlines flight 370 spoke the final words to ground control before the plane went missing a week ago. investigators say one of the communication systems was shut down when the co-pilot said "all right, good night." then the transponder identifying the plane to radar systems was will shut down. officials say the jetliner carrying 239 people was preprogrammed to divert from the original kuala lumpur destination to beijing. at least 26 countries are involved in the country continuing today in the southern india identification. a delta airlines flight lost a panel on a wing during a

flight from orlando to atlanta. video showing the wing after the panel ripped off and 179 passengers and crew were on board the flight and it landed safely in ran that. a delta spokesman called the incident highly unusual and said the wing problem did not affect the ability to fly. officials now inspecting the boeing 757 to determine a cause. >> developing now, crews put out a fire in san jose and what firefighters found inside the home. >> traffic is slow on the upper deck of the embarcadero because of the accident that sue recorded about in san francisco. stay tuned.

>> we are back with a shot from the roof camera and i want to show you the flags on the ferry building blowing out to the east, the sea breeze. look how much it drops the temperatures if san francisco. down to two degrees. seven degrees in oakland and redwood city, san jose, san rafael, walnut creek, 11 to 13

degrees cooler than yesterday. you cannot see the cold front on here barely with the moisture away and the clouds falling apart. near 90 in palm springs and low-to-mid 70's in san diego and fresno and 77 in los angeles and a look at your seven-day forecast i put together if you going to lake tahoe, no snow, temperatures well above average. >> it has been a bear of a commute coming into san francisco by the bay bridge with an early accident westbound at 4th and, now, that is gone and a new accident at 5th and that is three cars in the left lane adding insult to injury look at the red sensors we will look at the bay bridge and it is bumper-to-bumper traffic across the span and you can see by the tail lights it is easing up but not before long because then it will hit the new accident in san francisco and behind this, metering lights are slowed down and you will find slow traffic here and bumper-to-bumper

traffic into the maze and the san mateo bridge is bearing the brunt of this with folks taking that and it is jamming up there. bart is a great alternate. those trains are running on time in san francisco. >> thank you, sue. doctors and patients win a fight against certain type of cancer and breaking news, a 4.7 earthquake shakes up los angeles in the last 20 minutes. >> starup sexism, an engineer takes to twitter to blast her form employer with accusations and the response. >> pot goes up in smoke in the south bay with details on the late night discovery in san jose.

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>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, there is abc7 news. >> breaking news a4 this is the seismograph, striking near westwood at 6:25 a.m. with no report of injuries are on damage, a population center, so a lot of people are talking about the earthquake on social media, and it was felt

across los angeles county and parts of orange county, as well. that is how we start the news this morning. >> we also have develop news from the south bay where firefighters found a hidden danger that kept them from going inside a burning home in san jose. >> matt keller is in the newsroom. what did they fine, matt? >> they found 70 marijuana plants inside but that is not the biggest problem it is what helped them grow that could haven dangered lives. firefighters got the call in san jose after 10:30 last night. three people escaped the flames and before firefighters could go into put it out they discovered a problem. >> we were unable to secure the electrical so it was disconnected and the live lines, there is a risk of electrocution. >> firefighters say this was bypassed because of the lights frommed marijuana grow. flames destroyed most of the

home. it took an hour to knock down the flames. >> firefighters could secure the home after pg&e shut down the power for the surrounding block. investigators are trying to determine if this is a legal grow house. >> a san francisco technical company is responding to accusations from a form engineer who is alleging sexism in the workplace. the woman worked for a software company and announced her resignation and took to twitter to blast the company. in an interview with technical crunch over the weekend, she el has been waited -- el elaborated and said the wife of a founder bullied her repeatedly. in a statement the company c.e.o. apologized to her and says a new head of h.r. is now

on board the start-up and the wife who allegedly bullied her is no longer allowed in the san francisco office. >> indianapolis co-founder of colts was arrested in a northern suburb of the city of indianapolis and is held on d.u.i. and possession of a controlled substance. details on the circumstances of irsay's arrest have not been released. >> hollywood actor chris pine from "star trek" pleaded guilty to driving and driving in new zealand. he was in court in new zealand and was silent. he was fined $79 and had the new zealand driver's license suspended if six months. he was pulled over by police two weeks off after leaving a film party telling police he had four

vodka drinks. >> trading is underway on wall street and the luck of the irish with the investors, right now the dow is up 171 points to 16237. >> other business news, the chrysler group is recalling 18,000 fiat cars in the united states involving this year's model in certain temperatures the transmission shift lever may have delayed or no effect in shifting from park. in documents filed with the safety officials chrysler was up aware of accidents or injuries last month. >> three of three did yard work. that tells you how the weather is. >> i could feel it after five hours. feelin' it worse now. >> what is the point going to the gym if you cannot do several hours of yard work without being

sore? >> three miles at half moon bay is where the clouds are thickest and everyone else is okay. our airports are still run on time with the clouds over with the cold front and sea breeze is tracking onshore winds and as i show you the weather window, you can see the winds coming all the way from the ocean all day today and why we will be significantly cooler. this morning, the winds are keeping the temperatures up and we are milder than yesterday at 49 in dublin, and low-to-mid 50's throughout the east bay hills and valleys and out highway four along pittsburg and antioch and brentwood. we have 46 in los gatos and everyone else in the low-to-mid 50's from 50 in santa rosa and novato and san francisco is 53 and oakland is 55 and hayward and mountain view is 54 and san jose and fremont is at 52. you can see the ferry building with the winds blowing inland and that means it will be breezy

today but it will be sunny through 9:00 so the clouds will be out of here, clear and breezy tonight keeping the temperatures up and spring starts on thursday but no showers in this forecast. we have a chance of the cold front that physical apart with all the rain moving to the east and we get a big wind shift with the morning shows and afternoon sunshine and the high pressure will take over and bring us dry conditions. today, back to average, mid-to-upper 60's in most neighborhoods, and low-to-mid 60's along the coast when the winds will be fat: breezy above 1,000' and temperatures are up because of the breeds and mid-to-upper 40's in 52 in san francisco and here is the seven-day forecast, two to four des warmer tomorrow with high clouds and sunshine and a few morning marine layer clouds possible on wednesday and thursday is warmer with spring starting at 9:57 and temperatures are cooler friday, saturday, and sunday. have a great one.

sue? >> the bay bridge is the hotspot with an early accident westbound off of the span of the on skyway which cleared with reports of a stall or another insurance den at 5th and that was cleared from the lanes and the damage is through the macarthur maze. we will look at the bay bridge where you can see it is starting to improve with traffic up the incline is starting to move and the brake lights are on through the tunnel and into san francisco and at the toll plaza it is not looking good. this is the san mateo bridge with the brunt of the backup because folks are using that as an alternate with high wind here and the brake lights are starting on the flat section at 17 minutes from hayward to foster city. high winds are out there, as well. take care. maybe bart is the way to go. >> seven things to we know before you go. >> morning news returns in 60

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>> good morning, a look at the richmond and san rafael bridge with traffic moving just fine. >> as we were handing things off to "good morning america" seven things to know: breaking news, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck los angeles half an hour ago centered six miles westwood. it across the los angeles area most say it was strong but they didn't seem to notice any damage. >> two, breaking news in concord and willow pass has reopened after a pedestrian was hit by a hit-and-run driver and killed overnight. she was walking on the walk and a driver drove on the curb and hit her. police are working to identify

the vehicle possible a two tuned pickup. >> a fairfield father accused biting off part of his baby's nose because he would not stop crying will be arraigned in court. the 18-year-old josh what -- $800,000 bail. >> the co-pilot of malaysia airlines mail -- signed off after a system was shut down leading authorities to believe it was deliberately diverted. >> big waves are pounding the california coastline from marin to monterey county and some surfers and imenters braved the water but retreated after feeling the power of the pacific. >> that continues until 8:00 with most waves at 9' to 14' and

as far as other mores of the weather, live doppler 7 hd is tracking a dry cold front with a few clouds out there, significantly cooler this afternoon. from the exploritorium you can see the clouds but no delays at sfo and we be in the low-to-mid 60's at the cost and mid-to-upper 60's and breezy all day. >> you are looking at a big backup with lower and more backed up than norm am because of an early accident in san francisco and early sig-alert cleared at the 4th street skyway exit westbound 80 and the damage is done. you can see it is starting to ease up with yellow sensors coming into san francisco, a good solid 40-minute backup behind the toll plaza. bart is a great way to go. >> abc continues online and twitter and we will be back here in 25 minutes.

good morning, america. breaking right now for our viewers in the west. a large earthquake felt across los angeles. the 4.4 centered in l.a.'s west side. but millions are feeling the affects. the detames are coming in right now. breaking right now on the massive search for the jumbo jet. authorities just revealing that it was the co-pilot who spoke the final words from the cockpit two minutes before that tracking transponder was turned off. this morning, the search moves off australia. high-tech american planes on the way in the biggest mystery in the world. a new winter storm zeros in on the east, up to ten inches of snow. commuters bracing for a treacherous mix. the federal government