live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> happy st. patrick's day. i am matt keller. >> i am kristen sze. >> meteorologist mike nicco is here and sue hall is here for leyla. you are getting sprinkles on the drive in? >> a little. a little. yesterday we had a now stray showers pop up in the north bay but they did not hit the reporting stations. this is what is left headed up

here the line is falling apart. as we look at walnut creek to the san ramon valley, our 12-hour day lander shows mild conditions at 50 to 56 and breezes kick up but the clouds will clear out by lunch and 60 at the coast and 68 inland and 64 at the coast because of the breezes off the water and the rest of us in the low 70s and delightful evening with sunshine at 60 at the coast and 70 inland. sue, how are the roads? >> year was you it. we did not get the caldecott tunnel re-opened until 11:30 but today is no problem. from the east bay to the city bay bridge toll plaza has a few cars stacked up to pay cash the no metering lights yet. still road work and ready to be picked up in the eastbound direction of 80. and westbound, the headlights headed to the maze is getting busy. we will get to the news. san francisco's public defender will discuss potential impact on

possibly thousands of criminal convictions from the investigation into racist and homophobic text messages sent by four police officers. amy hollyfield is at the hall of justice with more. kristen, the district attorney will be reviewing all cases touched by the officers he listens to go back 10 years. he said he is deeply stubbed by the text messages the officers are accused of sending. they were discovered by federal authorities. here is one example of the many text that have surfaced and i quote, "could do you celebrate kwanzaa, yeah but we burn the cross on the field and then we celebrate whiteness." there are dozens of t like these. the officers involved are all veterans of the force three and a female. the police union is not standing by the officers.

>> it is disgraceful. this is a noble profession and the men and women have chosen this profession and obviously, this is not a reflection of the overall what officers are doing each day. it is a small faction of the department that was involved in this. the black officers group officers for justice, released a statement saying they are outraged and disappointed and say that "we have reason to believe there is information to support there are other officersvolved possibly higher ranking officers." the police chief is working to get the officers fired if it is proved they did send the texts >> developing news: 49ers linebacker borland has decided to hang up the cleats and retire at age 24 tolding espn yesterday that he has concerns over th

long-term effects of we head drama. bore land was expected to replace the retiring patrick willis. our reporter will have a report from levi stadium with the 49ers' reaction. the ncaa ruling to excepts basketball and football players saying student athletes should receive more than a scholarship to cover the cost of attending school and funds held in trust as compensation for use of their maims and image in advertising and telecast. >> san jose police have revealed when officers will start wearing body cameras and launch drones. memos to the city council reveal that the department hopes to begin field testing the cameras on a dozen officers in september with the goal of putting them on

all officers a year later. as for the drone it is not expected to get off the g years. >> the lack of affordable housing in san mateo county is addressed today. rent for two bedroom apartment has increased 51 percent the past four years to an average of over $2,600 a month. there could be rent stabilization or building more affordable housing and developing reapproved manns for small houses. >> fires who responded to the deadly blaze in the mission district will make a donation today to the red cross in support of fire prevention. the father 38-year-old died on saturday great the injuries. his family's apartment at 24th and street avenue caught fire on wednesday. smock alarms were not working. >> two siblings and the children's mother remain hospitalized. firefighters will present a $5,000 check to the red cross to support the program. new video this morning of a

fiery crash in the caldecott tunnel that snarled traffic for hours. this is video from the oakland firefighter million met camera inside the tunnel. thick smoke forced 50 people to abandon their vehicles in the eastbound bore. the car stalled in the country knell and was in flames when another car crashed into it and no one was seriously hurt. the tunnel was shut down for more than four hours. >> a truck driver who died in a crash when breaks went out appears to do everything he could to avoid hurting anyone else. sky 7 was over the scene along railroad avenue yesterday morning. the truck driver hit three cars and plowed into a restaurant igniting a fire. no one else was hurt. this morning, water officials will consider imposing stronger water conservation measures, the state water resources control board is expected to order statewide urban water agencies to limit the watering accounting for 70s percent of water use and one of the restrictions would

limit watering to would day as week and the goal is to reduce consumptionbly 20 percent but right now the average is just under 9 percent. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and see if we have anymore water coming our way? >> unfortunately, no we don't. good morning, everyone here is a look at what is going on temperature-wise, we have plenty of cloud cover and the moisture with plenty of it in the clouds but nothing to coerce it out of the clouds and breakthrough this dry layer that is under it. if you are waking up right now in san ramon 50 degrees you are the outhigher and everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 50s and i will double check the temperature. 55 in pleasanton done and dublin and concord and pleasant hill and lafayette at 57 and 60 in pittsburg and 61 in antioch. mid-to-upper 50s around the bayshore great 2357 in by knell to redwood city and new argue and milpitas at 56. 49 around novato and at half

moon bay at 54 degrees. in the afternoon look for plenty of sunshine and temperatures running in the low-to-mid 60 at the coast and the rest of us in the upper 60s to mid-70s and at the golden gate bridge the winds are going to get faster and you may get a cloud or two from time to time with the top of the span is hard to see. thursday is going to be the warmest day with nearly 80 inland and friday spring starts and you have cooler weather more on that ahead. >> we will check out san jose the commute, 101 at the 880 overcrossing, everyone is moving nicely through the area with no delays. highway 87 beyond the shark tank, everyone is at the limit and light conditions. no delays. a couple of incidents, including a refrigerator on the side of the road where 580 merges with 205 in the central valley, already slow from tracy coming down to a grind at 30 miles per hour making the way toward

livermore and the highway 4 commute is good and we have slowing out of antioch westbound 4 to pittsburg it picks up. at the limit into concord all the way. matt and kristen? a new lipstick has people seeing red over a suggestive name. >> a poll questions the impact of the mail controversy on hillary clinton's presidential ambitions. stay tuned.

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warmer than usual. meteorologist mike nicco is here to let you know how warm the temperatures will be. today is election day in east bay district where voters choose a new state senator. the former senator was elected to congress and four candidates want his seat, including the done two facing off in a special general election in may unless one of them gets more than 50 percent today. assembly woman has been leading in polls going in and the 7th district includes concord, walnut creek and danville. >> most americans react to the dispute of hillary clinton with a big yawn. a poll finds that only 51 percent say that she did something wrong by using a personal e-mail account for official business as secretary of state. when asked they say they would be proud to have her as republicans. 85 percent of republicans say they have not trustworthy and 83 percent of democrat say she is. >> talk about being underfire the new director of the secret

service joe clancy will testify in a few hours, the former head of president obama moves security detail will likely face questions on the age's recent scandal including when a man jumps the white house against and make it to the executive mansion. another involved agency personnel under the influence of alcohol and drove do a scene of an active investigation. makeup giant is taking heed for selling a lipstick called "under age red," by a tattoo artist that costs $21. the name is blasted being called inappropriate and offensive. one tweets that, do they have a whole sex offender line? this is not the first time. they pulled another of the lipsticks with a derogatory name after receiving numerous complaints from those with developmental disabrings.

>> super model, gisele bundchen and buy of tom brady is retiring from the cat walk after two decades of struttin' her stuff. she will do a final show next month in her native brazil and no more fashion shows. gisele bundchen will model though for high profile fashion spreads and campaigns. she will probably model until she is 72. >> oil prices are slowly creeping down again and that is good news for drivers. here is america's money report. good morning everyone. the return of falling oil prices. crude settleed at $43.88 a barrel. >> there is excess supply. it could again, unsettle the stock mark contempt. >> if you have not ordered your "hell cat," you could be out of luck. dodge is no longer taking pre-orders for the 707 horse power model. they cannot keep up with the

demand according to dodge. mike how is it going? >> slow. a slow winter. >> what winter? >> december. that was it. >> an exciting dry. i had sprinkles in san jose. clear on the peninsula and huge fog bank over the city off into the bay. a little deficit everything. >> and that was a 55 mile drive. >> i am looking for something for excite me. >> hard to stay awake at that time. 3:00 a.m. the lights come open. >> now a look at live doppler hd. we had a few sprinkles a couple of hours ago that are fading. we are seeing a little bit of clearing across the north bay and it is the breezes that are banking the fog again the coast and that will be a mainstay.

it will open up for cloud cover because of the winds or open up to sunshine. definitely going to be prettier than yesterday. the winds are 13 miles per hour at half moon bay and 16 miles per hour at sfo and everyone else is less than hour. the cloud cover over sfo and patrick's day...here we go afternoon sunshine, warming trend today through thursday and the, question knox equinox with a lot of tree pollen this morning with mulberry and oak and pine. as far as cloud cover this is 7:00 this morning look how quickly, by noon we have a lot sunshine and by the afternoon hours it is going to be a bright st. patrick's day with the

orange beaming down on us. temperatures are warmest around fairfield and antioch and livermore is 73 and low 70s elsewhere until you get to richmond and san mateo and low-to-mid 60 along the coast and some of the cloud cover holding on there and around bodega bay but the northwest wind santa cruz is down sloped and sunshine and 71 degrees at the boardwalk. tonight, fog along the coast and around the bay and into the south bay but mostly, much clearer than this morning and cooler with mid-40s to low 50s. the seven-day forecast shows high pressure taking over steering all storms to the north and 80 inland and by thursday 74 around the bay and 66 at the coast and 3:45 spring arrives and temperatures are dropping into the low-to-mid 70s all the way through the weekend. sue? >> if you are coming in to work or maybe celebrating st.

patrick's day mass transit is the way to go. bart is on time. no delays with muni. out from stockton is on great alternate. clear sailing out of san rafael to the sick center, central san rafael and no delays and tail lights are headed in the southbound direction on 101 and southbound 680 on to 24 looking good and 24 this morning is an improvement from yesterday. moving well through the caldecott tunnel with both directions. we have a refrigerator blocking a lane on the right shoulder west 580 at 205 with crewses trying to her it. not a good way do get rid of the we refrigerator. >> you can call for a pickup to a charity, right? >> the 10th anniversary season of "dancing with the stars" starts where a big slash with judges in awe after proofing

they can dance. here are the details. >> rumor willis and her person fox trotted to first place with 32 out of 40 points. >> it is not what the judges give me, i am thankful they thought i did that well and i hope i can continue grabbing. >> a point behind them is a singer and his partner who impressed the judges with their jive. in third place with 30 points for a f trot and a gymnast who is dancing with derrick hough. >> we want to win. >> and the "challenger" was -- the cha-cha and ended up in 4th. >> we have a shot. a chance. she has given me the ability to dream i could actually do this. >> bachelor and michael sam and army veteran all tied for ath

with 26 points. all the rehearsals, i struggled and everthought and before the show i decided to enjoy it and just dance. >> a tie for 8th among actress and entertainer suzanne summer and patti labelle. >> we are all about bringing the same thing: anxiety and hoping to stay on. >> tied at last is model charlotte and singer. >> that fun continues next monday at 8:00 right here on abc7. >> seven things to >> folks are sighing up to be in on the big casting call. >> keep on top of weather and

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>> good morning, from chicago, and the green river. it is st. patrick's day and it looks like it will be mild in the bay area. meteorologist mike nicco will have more details coming up. here are seven things to know before you go. one, a stunning retirement for young 49ers star. line becomer borland has decided to leave the nfl. the 24-year-old borland told espn that he has concerns of the long-term effect of repetitive head trauma. we will have 49ers reaction from levi stadium in a few minutes. >> two, police are looking for driver behind a dangerous hit-and-run accident in oakland. the shriver drammed -- driver slammed into a car carrying five people and nuclear -- took off.

all five were taken to the hospital. >> the san francisco district attorney will investigate four prosecution cases investigationed by four police officers under investigation. >> a scare involving a passenger on united flight from dulles airport in washington, dc. the man started to act out on a flight to denver and was tackled. a woman said that he mentioned jihad several times. the passengers are rebacked this summer. >> do not forget your green. it is st. patrick's day 82 percent people plan to wear green today and 52 percent will celebrate. if you thought today was the biggest drinking day of the year no, it is the fourth behind new year's eve christmas and fourth of july. >> the sprinkles are over from last night and we have increasing sunshine and warmer weather in the seven-day

forecast. sue is following the tuesday st. patrick's day commute with the bay bridge toll plaza and no metering lights just a minor stack up for cash paying folks. >> in 1989 all over at san francisco's war memorial house for a steve jobs focusing on him after leaving apple. the extras had did look retro. >> if you want to dress the part have, we will probably put it in front. cameras love that. cameras love smiles. that is the big thing. >> kate winslet took part and extras are recruited for another scene shot in san francisco march 29. we had our moment in the

spotlight, the van made to resemble a vintage k seen. prince harry is retiring from the british army in june after serving for a decade completing two tours in afghanistan and called captain harry will spend the last two months stationed in australia. the 30-year-old prince will focus then on helping wounded soldiers in the u.k. harry may want to take a page from beckham moves retirement playbook leaving professional soccer as the highest paid player and in the full full year of retirement he earned $75 million mostly from endorsements for companies including jaguar and addidas. >> coming back with another full 90 minutes of news. >> including san jose

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning on this tuesday, st. patrick's day. thank you for joining us. i am christian. >> i am matt keller and mike, we had everything early this morning but it looks like it is settling in. >> the winds are starting to change and that will bring change as we head throughout the st. patrick's day so we will start with live doppler hd showing a 13 miles per hour wind in fairfield and 13 at half moon

bay. that is what will blow the clouds away from us as we head through the afternoon starting off with cloudy and mild in the 12 hour day planner and temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s. low-to-upper 60s by noon and sunny this afternoon with mid-to-upper 60s and inland lower 70s and low 60s to 70 for the rest of us. today is a transition to a warming trend i will show you how warm before spring arrives. >> fells like it is here. how does it look, sue? >> not bad. are friend cars more lucky? right now we have a little bit of road work eastbound on the san mateo bridge with the direction headlights coming as you and when direction is looking good, up and over the high-rise, and that is the road work that has pick up and light conditions if you are traveling the richmond and san rafael bridge from east bay toward marin county and the drive times headed out of the central valley westbound 4 and 101 into san

rafael. >> oakland police are looking for the driver responsible for a hit-and-run accident that sent five to the hospital in critical condition including a baby. officers say this crash happened after 9:00 people at 68th a mcarthur boulevard. there were three children ten, eight and an a infant. first responders had to use the jaws of life to rescue an adult and a child. >> an investigation is underway after an armed man died trying to escape the sheriffs. authorities got a call at 6:30 last night saying a man was flashing a gun at a restaurant. he was threatenening to kill people. he led deputy on the high speed chase up to 100 miles per hour and crashed car into a tree and it burst interest flame on highway one north of bodega highway. >> another key player for the 49ers is walking away from the teen, chris borland announced

his retirement after playing only one season in the nfl. we are in santa clara with more on the decision. good morning this comes as a surprise to a lot of 49er fans. but this is something that borland was thing about for a while. the 24-year-old linebacker is leaving because he is concerned about head trauma and long term effects of the injuries. borland has been diagnosed with two concussions in the past in 8th grade and in high school. and he told espn that it is not worth the risk. he did his own research and made the decision with the support ofly family. he had a fur area contract with the 49ers and was expected to be a key player next season. >> i spent a last time reading about the information, reading the search papers and books and talking to people about it and contacting some of the concussion experts who step forward and he was clear saying

the message from a lot of the folks is you do not know. this is a last data out there as we have reported that th the potential for brain dam. >> san francisco 49ers general manager released a statement wishing borland well reading in part "while unexpected we respect chris moves decision. he evercame long odds in the june any to the missile and we are confident he will use the same approach to become very successful in his future endeavours." bore land is from ohio and graduated from the university of wisconsin afternoon -- where he was named the defensive player of the year and now plans to go back-to-school. new details about a extending measure -- about a stunning murder-suicide at a napa vineyard between the

investor and owner. robert dahl was at the scene before noon and authorities say he shot and killed emad tawfilis deputies chased dahl into the hills where he crashed through a gate and shot and killed himself. the dahl attorney said that emad tawfilis was suing dahl claiming he was defrauded out of the $1 million. the two attorneys were actually on a conference call with the two men shortly before the shooting. >> there was nothing odd or dramatic or violent. >> dahl purchased the vineyard in 2013 and owned a brewing company which closed last year. >> police in napa are investigating two deaths that are considered "suspicious." the 66-year-old man and 55-year-old woman were found dead in an apartment yesterday. according to the have the fairs one victim was dead for some time. officers conduct add welfare

check and discovered the bodies. >> a memorial service will be held for 14-year-old oakland tech high school student shot and killed last month. davon ellis was killed walking with two friends in fruitvale area. the service is at 11 o'clock a.m. so far, no one has been charged in his killing. >> san francisco apartment dweller is being forced to come up with 400 percent increase in rent or she is out. she was given the letter by the landlord's attorney with the represent going up in $2,100 to $9,000 and it stated her security deposit goes down $12,500 in a in. >> it was not believable but it was sickening because it was a price so high that i, no one really, should afford that but i could not afford something like that. >> for a landlord to increase represent by 400 percent

assuming they can legally is outrageous. >> the law says landlord whose take a multiunit complex and turn it into a single family home can charge as much rent as they want. an attorney took the landlord to court after they lost another case over a huge hike. >> new details over a passenger who threatened to hijack a united flight from washington dc. several passengers tackled the pan last night. a united airline spokesman said they were on a flight to denver and the passenger acted out. the man said there were jihadists in the cargo hold and kept mentioning jihad several times. >> there is a passenger in the back. he ran forward toward the cockpit. he is being restrained by passengers. the cockpit is secure. we would like to return to the airport. >> plane returned to dulles and

the hand pass -- the man was removed. he will have a mental evaluation. >> san jose mayor liccardo has a plan for firefighters to take over ambulance service from private companies. firefighters are already the first to arrive on the scene to treat the parents and the private ambulance company transports the patient. liccardo's plan puts firefighters and paramedics in smaller vehicles and allow them to transport the paints to the hospital creating more revenue for the city and expanding the short staffed fire department the union is not happy. for anyone wishing to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for rainbow ahead. >> no, no, no we need rain for a rainbow but we do not have rain in the forecast. and it is 60 at santa teresa and sunnyvale and mountain view at 58, and 57 in san jose and campbell and cupertino and

redwood city and lafayette and danville, and san francisco half moon bay, and novato at 54 and 48 in calistoga. in san jose; you can see the clouds over 2 accident and...that is 280. 280 and 17. there we go. sorry about that. 68 to 75 and it will be brighter in the north than the east and it willing breezy holding us around 62 to 64 and around the pay we have afternoon clearing at 66 to 73 and at walnut creek right now we look south to the clouds at the san ramon valley and temperatures nearly 80 on thursday and spring on friday. >> speaking of benefit programs if you are celebrating, great idea to take mass transit. bart is running on time this

morning, muni is looking good and the ace train is from the central valley, also on time. southbound 680, walnut creek looking good with a few brake lights to the 24 junction and down to the san ramon valley traffic is at the limit unlike yesterday o just a bear of a commute and looking better. san jose north 101 at 880 and the other side of the overpass we have a fender bender on the connection north 101 to 880. i do not seeing there. it has been cleared. thank you a member of the kennedy family stepped into the debate over mandatory child vaccination. what robert kennedy jr. wants state lawmakers it do. >> voters are going to the polls in israel. stay tuned.

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covering santa rosa, berkeley san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> rather heir and murder suspect robert durst is in louisiana jail over new weapons charges. officials backed him on two new counts hours after being charged with murder by prosecutors in los angeles. 71-year-old could be charged on the new gun charges before being extradicted back do los angeles. he admitted to the murder of his friend susan berman during the taping of an hbo documentary on sunday night airing. legal experts are debating whether the recording can be used in court. >> voter are headed to the polls for the parliamentary election. the prime minister binyamin netanyahu is in a surprisingly tight race and is making last minute promises that could stall

the middle east peace talks. our reporter has more. good morning to you experts say this election is too close to call and with netanyahu poll numbers dropping he appears to be growing desperate. >> this morning israel's prime minister is fighting for his political life and the big winner or loser could be the peace process. binyamin netanyahu saying that he no longer supports the idea of a lynn -- palestinian state and is testing the lard strained united states israeli relations. >> we believe the situation should be resolved with a democratic and jewish state of israel living side-by-side in peace and security with a sovereign and contiguous palestinian state. >> the media situation is changing so much, and it allows this global reach. >> netanyahu is seeking his four the term as prime minister and

according to analysts in a close election like this, it could be weeks before the winner is announceed. thank you. robert kennedy jr. is urging state senators to watch a movie before voting on a bill that makes childhood vaccines mandatory. lawmakers are considering a bill that would keep parents from on thing out of having children vaccinate the based on personal beliefs. kennedy showing lawmakers the term "trace amounts," before they decided to become away from a similar bill. the movie raises questions of the safety of vaccines. kennedy is promoting the idea it can cause autism which science does not support. the t-shirts are out, are talking about the warriors. >> fans gave a standing ovation when it was announced last night the thunder lost to dallas which secured the warriors post-season

spot and kristen got a shirt. and the lakers gave golden state a battle tied at 9 a with less than five minutes to go here is the go ahead leading the team with 26 points and the lawyers win. tomorrow the game is at oracle and the warriors are looking ahead to the post-season and now are selling their official 2015 playoff t-shirts, you can pick one up online or the arena or be a big deal and get it delivered to you to the news station. they delivered a t-shirt to kristen. >> i had to pry this out of your hands. this is so much excited. >> they were here at >> they do a good job of letting people know. it is so exciting.

>> and now the team is >> steph curry dropped this off for christian. >> okay...okay...i like that. >> any assist from mother nature for the rain? >> sunshine. not rain. she will assist us in turning our gray day into a bright blue day by the afternoon hours. but it will -- green. >> sprinkles overnight across the south bay and you can see the last couple of hours, that is gone and there are breaks in the clouds to the north. the fog is forming. 1.5 mile visibility for you and the rest of us are doing okay. the golden gate bridge has a

slight cross wind at ten miles per hour out of the west but notice it is cloudy with no fog right now. we will have sunshine bit afternoon hours and warming trend today through thursday and the equinox with spring on friday and a cooling trend that day and into the weekend. watch how quickly the clouds fade and make it operate for all of us. what does it do to the temperatures? at the coast the breeze will be more brisk than yesterday and well keep you in the low-to-mid 60s until santa cruz a freeze with northwest wind means sunshine and 71 for you. upper 60s around san francisco. san mateo. richmond. everyone else, know, in the low-to-mid 70s like fairfield and antioch. fog in the north bay and along the coast and around the bay and to the south bay with temperatures much cooler so if

you have the weapons on the last couple of nights, close them tonight. mid-to-upper 40s in most neighbors and around 50 in rip mop and san mateo and san francisco. >> seven-day outlook shows have a sunshine and a cooler start will warm up two degrees. thursday is the warmest day with high pressure over the top of us and the sinking air brings us nearly 80 inland and spring arrives at 3:45 and low-to-mid 60 holding through the weekend at the coast and low-to-mid 70s for the rest us. >> we will go to san jose to look at 280 out of san jose to cupertino with no delays. we have reports on 87 northbound a multi-car accident with details on that. san rafael has brake light action southbound 101 and it

picks up beyond the 580 junction to mill valley and over the golden gate bridge and everyone is at the limit. northbound 101 the connection to 880 is a red sensor with a fender bender on the shoulder and not blocking lanes and you will find the slow traffic. driving out of antioch westbound 4 you are seeing your slow powder bunching up to pittsburg and it picks up in bay point area and into concord. coming up, new bus routes to cut down on congestion. >> and a major shift in the warning to get the kids out the door. >> a dangerous sleep disorder with a new device changing the lives of people with sleep apnea. >> the honor for a bay area rock climber who made history on the face of el capitan

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>> a new therapy is helping people with sleep an nea get rest which is implantsable and half the size of your cell phone. the f.d.a. approved the use and hospitals are offering the treatment. doctors implant it around your collar bone to send stimulus to the tongue. breathing stops and starts during this breathing disorder. >> there will be a cafe at uc berkeley would was an

student and will take over the cafe serving the trademark vietnamese food making it fast and affordable with the slanted door at the ferry building 20 years and earned more money than any restaurant in the state. >> fast and affordable. >> can you imagine that type of food on campus? >> today is st. patrick's day and you have been warned. there will be extra d.w.i. units on the road. amount aa will take you and your car home for free for 10 miles for pickup. you can also get a free ride courtesy of injury lawyers buc. >> and the annual dying of the chicago river which is tinted green. you can watch out it turns green in a matter of michigans with --

of minutes with 400,000 fans watching the boat spread the dy dye. doesn't the river already look less intense than the emerald green? >> still pretty cool. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> thank you. good morning everyone, happy st. patrick's day. here is from the east bay hills camera, the low clouds on the coast are spilling inland where the breeze and it will stir up our tree pollen mulberry and oak and pine. our cold front is falling apart and still trying to push a few sprinkles out and in the afternoon we will have mid-70s with increasing sunshine through the central valley and 64 at monday dry and 81 in los angeles

and partly sunny conditions and the snow pack is 13 percent. worse than last year's 29 percent. lake tahoe will be above average but not a chance of snow. >> back to san jose northbound 87 by the shark tank, but to the south we have a multi-vehicle accident in the process of being cleared to the shoulder and you will find delays northbound 87 in the san jose area. 5:41 the metering lights are on with a typical backup to the overcrossing and sluggish through the metering lights into san francisco it picks up through the tunnel and it is not bad. at all. and capitan will be honored after reaching the summit if january. the city council will present jorgeson praising his phenomenal

accomplishment. jorgeson and caldwell's 3,000' ascent is considered the most sustained rock climb in history. they climbed up the toughest part of the wall. >> hollyfield is getting back into the boxing ring for charity taking on mitt romney. the two will square off may 15 to help diagnosis and treat eye problems in impoverished countries. mitt romney is a boxing fan and said either the two will spar or it will drag on and he will be knocked unconscious. >> this morning, in northern arizona, a wildlife park has unbearable cuteness black bear cubs born at a park mere flagstaff. they can be seen by the public and will be in a special viewing area until they are old enough to move into the more open

areas. the park visitors can drive through the trails to see the baby bears. >> at 6:00 more for your money on the costly kitchen appliances, with "consumer reports" pans with seven-day forecast for a look at how to keep it running long after you leave the check outline. >> oakland helps people with work and life battle and establishing that niche to attract bay area women. >> and the bay bridge toll plaza is getting

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care. why california children could see a change soon. borland bows out. what is prompting the 49er to hang up the cleats not long after the nfl career got started. i am kristen sze. >> i am matt keller. happy st. patrick's day. sue is here for leyla this morning. meteorologist mike nicco joins us. it looks to be a mild st. patrick's day. >> we will see increasing sunshine after clouds. fog. warmer weather. starting a warming trend. live doppler hd shows half-a-mile visibility and fog and isolated around santa rosa. as you look southbound along 101 in san rafael you can see the clouds and temperatures in the low-to-mid 50s and headed to anyone we will see increasing sunshine and low-to-upper 60s and by 4:00 it is breezy and in the mid-60s while we are hanging in the upper 60 to low 70s and 56 to