happening right now, trouble with the morning commute. a b.a.r.t. station closed until further notice. team coverage, next. sure to cover that traffic flow as things will abjusted. more folks advised to hit the road, more folks hitting this road, coming up. one good thing, we don't have active radar to show you. rain is moving in within a matter of hours. i'll tell you how much we're expect and more rain on the way for the weekend. a lot to go over in your full forecast. now, hiring. a new report explain what's in store for hiring for silicon valley companies this year. a live look outside at beautiful bay bridge. talking about sparkling lights and if they'll stick around. we'll fill you in on that coming up. it's wednesday, march 5th. this is "today in the bay."

good morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker, in for laura garcia-cannon. >> scott mcgrew. b.a.r.t. service between the freemont and south hayward stations shut down this morning all because of a deadly collision which happened 11:30 last night when a train hit a person on the tracks. "today in the bay's" christie smith joins us live at south hayward b.a.r.t. station. b.a.r.t. says it could be some time before trains are running back at full service. >> reporter: good morning to you. talking over an hour. what a rough way to start the commute. there is no service this morning, no b.a.r.t. service at the south hayward station. when people show up, they find gates are down, signs telling them to go to the bayfair station if they want to get to san francisco this morning. the station agent has been running around telling people they don't have a bus bridge ready, so they'll want to find an alternate way to get there. she found out when she showed up for work. no service from freemont, union city, south hayward. this started around 11:30 last

night when a person was actually hit by a train near the south hayward station. originally they thought they could reopen by 4:00 this morning but that didn't work out. there's so much evidence scattered up there, 300 yards worth on the track, so this investigation and cleanup taking quite some time. commuters, they were surprised. >> where is work for you? >> berkeley. >> reporter: are you going to be late? >> no. i was going to be late if i couldn't find a ride but they said yeah. i'm going to be on time. >> reporter: you didn't know until you got here this was happening? >> yes i didn't know. >> reporter: the investigation, we're being told, won't be complete until after sunrise, which is some time after 6:30, and they're saying the earliest trains might be rolling through the south hayward station. suggestion is for commuters to find another way to get to work or go to that bay fair station. i don't know if you can see in

the distance, an awfully hard working station agent. she has made that sign quickly and physically running around the parking lot telling people, look, you're going to have to keep drive, find another way to get there the station is closed. whatever you do in the meantime, don't come here. live in hayward, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> that's the news side. talk about the traffic side. for a look at closure, how it's affecting your commute, mike inouye. >> good morning. that station agent working so hard, telling folks don't bother getting out of your car because you can't use freemont, union city, south hayward stations, all closed. b.a.r.t. stop still in effect. 880, more traffic because b.a.r.t.'s saying use the roads, we don't have enough bus drivers for ac transit to put a bus bridge in place. talking the section from freemont from the bottom of the screen to south hayward station, that includes union city, areas

between san mateo bridge and dumbarton bridge. 880 will get more crowded bay fair station is the one b.a.r.t.'s saying that will take you into and out of san francisco. that means less parking in that area, more folks on 880 through that area as well. watch for the clorowd to start building. san mateo avoid the backup expected through oakland and head to the peninsula side. also the dumbarton bridge will take some of the reef leaf. south of the san mateo bridge, use that bridge. today a great day for 84 instead of 92. no real change to volume. i'm looking at a cash stackup for the fas-trak lanes at i bay bridge. the story in ukraine continues to develop. 30 observers including some from the united states monitoring the situation in crimea, where pro-russian forces have taken control. russia has agreed to a nato request to hold a special

meeting in bruce sessels. kerry has a meeting planned with his russian counterpart. oscar pistorius' murder trial has just adjourned for the day. earlier the chief defense lawyer pointed the finger at two witnesses that testified accusing them of tayloring their stories to match one another's. the witnesses, a married couple, live next door to pistorius, both said they heard a woman scream, gunshots the night that reeva steenkamp were killed. the defense say there's were differences between the statements the couple gave to police after the shooting and the testimony they gave in court. pistorius claims he thought steenkamp was an intruder the night he shot through a bathroom door, killing her. prosecutors say it was on purpose. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is on his way to silicon valley. meeting with high-tech leaders

and the governor. live outside the computer history museum in mountain view, where the prime minister will be in a matter of hours. good morning to you, damien. >> reporter: good morning. this is the third american stop for the israeli prime minister. he was in washington, d.c. monday, l.a. yesterday, and today, right here in the sill lon valley. as you mentioned, it will be a busy schedule for mr. netanyahu. at the history museum, mr. netanyahu will sign an agreement with governor brown to promote economic development, research, trade. the agreement continues the longstanding tradition of agreements between california and israeli leaders. however, this is a first california visit for israeli leader since 2006. the california agreement will also give israeli companies access to california's innovation hubs or ihubs, including 16 clusters of tech incubators, universities and federal laboratories. security will be tight here at

the computer history museum. mr. netanyahu showed a little sent of humor while in l.a. yesterday, asking if he was at the oscars. the prime minister was on hand for the premiere of a documentary that featured mr. netanyahu. here's what the schedule looks like for the prime minister in silicon valley. signing the agreement here at computer history museum. mr. netanyahu will also make a stop at apple headquarters in cupertino, and meet with co-founder of what'sapp, a jewish ukrainian immigrant who sold his company to facebook last month for $19 billion. tech guru scott budman will be here for the signing later on this morning. more on the news at 5:00 and 6:00. >> busy day there. silicon valley continues to lead the way in jobs. new survey from the silicon valley leadership group shows 60% of high-tech companies plan

to add jobs this year. very few plan lay-offs, less than 4%. 222 companies surveyed. not all of the tech is the same. experts say software and hardware engineers are particularly in demand, but social media jobs are softening. hayward asking voters to decide whether to raise the city's sales tax by half a cent. if approved on the june 3rd ballot, the city would charge 9.5% sales tax, used to pay for more police officers, maintenance workers and a library. voters will be asked to hike the city's hotel tax to 14%, the increase would raise $2.4 million per used, used to fund infrastructure projects. >> christina loren says it will feel like florida hire. >> muggy, right? >> yeah. you don't have to walk outside. take a look at my hair. this is what happens when you get humidity in the bay area. i guarantee you, i'm not the

only woman who doesn't like it. throughout the day today, we've got changes headed our way in the form of showers. be prepared for two differences to the day. comfortable when you walk out the door, get byes sans jacket but have something ready to go as you leave the office later on, when showers move in. expecting rain after 1:00 p.m. in the north bay. after 2:00 p.m. in the san francisco. after 3:00 p.m. for the east bay and the peninsula. south bay, we'll get our rain after 4:00 p.m. but it could be a rough commute home, we're dealing with the rough commute. check on that with mike in a moment. updates every 15 minutes, low clouds to start, mild temperatures for the first part of the day. by afternoon clouds increasing. it's about five to ten degrees warmer than where we ended up yesterday. everything changes as of this evening. rain returns. talking about heavy periods of rain especially up in the north

bay. expecting the most moisture. show your futurecast in a moment. here's mike inouye. >> folks standing by if you're not listening. let them know, friends that take b.a.r.t., hayward's the end of the line between freemont and hayward right now because of a crash last night. someone killed on the tracks. what we're looking here toward san mateo bridge, one of your alternates, avoid the bay bridge. bayfair your best station to get toward the san francisco side. across the bay, around the bay so far, it's light start, it's 5:10, but more cars hitting the road. warning, there's 92, hayward on the right side. that stretch of roadway in toward oakland going to get more traffic because, as we said, b.a.r.t. lines stopped between freemont and hayward. a good stretch from the bottom of the screen to the middle and that will affect folks hitting the roadway. they may not get off the roadway at the bayfair station because

there's not going to be park later on and that's an issue toward the bay bridge, packing in the maze as well. b.a.r.t. system from the east shore freeway and along 24shg li 24, lines are moving fine. into the city, bayfair station to san francisco, only one this thing has more reliable service. south of hayward still closed. bay bridge toll plaza, backup. formed earlier but before all of the cash lanes opened. it's a smooth drive, more cash payers as well. we'll track that again. not expecting b.a.r.t. lines to come into service until 6:30, 7:00 at the earliest south of hayward. live shots. south bay, probably won't be largely affected by the b.a.r.t. commute but i'll track that. any ripple causes effects everywhere. back to you. >> thank you. christians all over the world are marking the beginning of lent this morning with ash wednesday services. thousands of people attended mass in manila. they stood in line to are their foreheads marked with the symbol

of the cross in ash. ash wednesday marks the start of the 40-day lent which calls on christians to fast and pray and reflect. 5:11 now. california issues its first license to a ride-sharing company but it's not uber or lift. >> keeping the bay bridge artistic lights on the bridge shining for years to come.

good morning to you. welcome back. still no word this morning on where those gold coins found by northern california couple came from but quee rule out one possibility. the u.s. mint in san francisco says, rest assured, they're not ours but if they were, we'd be

going after them. earlier this week, historians speculated the coins stemmed from a heist from the mint in 1900 but a separate historian hired by the couple to sell the coin has another theory. they thinks they came from someone who did business in goal and suspects the person buried the gold and died without telling anyone to the treasure. facebook can add a list of drones to products. purchased titan aerospace for $60 million according to cnbc. facebook wants to use this company to create solar powered drones which would help bring internet access to parts of africa because they're solar powered they can run up to five years without landing. california regulators handed out first official license to ridesharing company. summon, formerly known as insta cab, received its license. the company has several thousand drivers in the bay area.

other. companies like lyft and uber qualify but operating under a conditional license. with tensions in the ukraine hopefully easing, investors starting to ramp things up on wall street. courtney reagan, good morning. >> good morning to you. futures are flat, now slightly higher, following the big rally. investors putting aside their fears for a day. the best day of the year for the dow and the s&p 500. s&p closing at a new high, nasdaq hit 14-year high. on today's agenda, data on private sector job growth and nation's services sector. dow jumping 227 points to 16395. nasdaq up 74 to 435137 back to you. thank you. apple making an old school idea new again. apple insider reports that the cupertino company granted a patent for something called audio call screening for hosted

voice mail systems. a fancy name for this, listen to a voice mail as it's left on your iphone. like the old answering machine you used to have at home. you have no messages. >> listen, the phone would ring, hi, it's whoever, listen and not answer the phone. >> right, go, thank goodness, don't pick up. >> i would always answer if you called. >> thank you. happy to hear that. >> but you never do. >> i've got your numbers. you know what? it's going to be a really, really good day to get outdoors for the first part of the day. not too cold. whatever you want to get taken care of, do it early. you don't want to be out with your cell phone later on and get caught under a heavy downpour. rain on the way within hours. today, areas to the south of the golden gate bridge, we'll stay dry. temperatures in the 50s. let me show you san jose, we'll be at 65 as of lunchtime.

and as you make your way home from work, 4:00 p.m., 68 degrees emeryville. we'll be at 63 lunchtime, which is comfortable. good-looking day for outdoor plans because the rain holds off until 3:00 p.m. in emeryville. throughout the day today, san francisco, temperatures comfortable, bring that umbrella, showers arrive here 3:00 p.m. today. 62 at 4:00 p.m. as you make your way home from work getting ready to get into the second half of the work week. the good news, with all of the traffic alert that we have going on with mike now, and issues when it comes to mass transit, things are looking good. you don't have showers coming through to slow you down further. 65 later today in the north bay. high in san francisco, 64 degrees. showers holding off until we get into tonight. here's how it all works out. futurecast tells the story. stop the clock, 1:00 p.m. showers santa rosa. by 5:00 p.m., north of san jose.

some parts starting to get wet. 9:00 p.m., heavier moisture coming through. another chance for rain as we get into the weekend. i'll time that out next. here's mike inouye. we're looking here, this is the gates that are closed. the south hayward station or the hayward station? i think south hayward currently closed. the hayward station last end of the line. south hayward, union city, freemont closed because of the continuing investigation after someone was killed on the tracks last night and they can't complete that investigation until after sunrise to see the tracks outside and the evidence in the area. look at the maps. now right now you see the bay area looking good. 519. this results, closure will have folks cut off, freemont, union city, south hayward, stations without access to the b.a.r.t. lines. ac transit trying to set up the bus bridge with b.a.r.t. but ac transit didn't have enough drivers in the area, so

they can't get the full connection between freemont and south hayward yet. b.a.r.t. saying, use alternate forms of transportation, can't use the bus, b.a.r.t. system, must be your car, that's an issue for folk as long 880 adding more traffic. toward san mateo bridge, you might want to take the san mateo bridge across the bay because folks heading on 880 through oakland. bayfair station, b.a.r.t. saying use that towards san francisco side. no other delays other than closure ought ssouth of the hay station. b.a.r.t. transusually handle the crowd. using san mateo bridge as at nate. pittsburg bay point line along 24, east shore freeway, parallel courses to richmond and berkeley curve not a problem. those b.a.r.t. systems are okay, but anytime delayed, that could affect evening commute with changing in the population on

the b.a.r.t. leans. minor crash around the berkeley curve. foster city approach off the san mateo bridge, idea for traffic across that bridge, so far standard here for 92. peninsula shows no real delays. bay bridge toll plaza, more cash drivers. no stackup here. that's a good flow of traffic. we'll expect more traffic out of oakland for 580 and 880 soon. new video of a scary situation caught just in time. a woman apparently tried to drive her minivan into the ocean near daytona beach, florida. she got that far. one of her children screaming she's trying to kill us. didn't make it too far into the water before she jumped out. witnesses jumped in, pulled her kids out of the car. she's undergoing mental evaluation, and kids are going to be okay. >> s.a.t. about to change for the first time in nine years. the college board plans to

outline changes in texas. so far new york word on exactly will change. but we can tell you new changes won won't start for two years. the perfect score changed to 2400 instead of 1600. efforts under way to keep artistic lights on the bay bridge's western span through 2026. organizers will announce a plan to raise $12 million in donations to secure the permits to keep lights shining. l.e.d. lights installed as a temporary art installation. they're so beautiful, no one wants them to go away. the lights go dark next year. caltrans will remove them so crews can paint the bridge. if funding is secured lights return in 2016. could jim harbaugh be hunting for a new quarterback?

prospect he spent time with.

good morning. welcome back. hayward b.a.r.t. station, incident has closed that station this morning. it's going to change up the commute if that's the station you use. mike inouye standing by to let you know the latest details on that. new speculation 49ers may have found a quarterback in this year's draft class. head coach jim harbaugh visited northwestern university for the school's all-pro day. yahoo! sports says, while there, harbaugh spent almost an hour playing catch with the former eastern illinois quarterback. he caught the attention of a lot of pro scouts at senior bowl this year. harbaugh says he's impressed with the quarterback's journey so far. >> caught on camera, warriors'

all-star steph curry going head to head with his coach. >> 25-year-old curry in a shoot-out with 49-year-old mark jackson earlier this week. curry arguably the best three-point shooter playing the game. jackson played basketball, too. he couldn't beat jackson. jackson won all three rounds of the shooting contest. always best to let the coach win. >> good idea. into checking in right now, christina loren. getting a look at our day today. more rain on the way you said? >> more rain on the way. it's not coming in for your morning drive. it will be here for the evening commute. we like to keep you two steps ahead of each storm system coming in. temperatures will end up in the 70s. it's mild out there now, mostly in the 50s. headed towards the low to mid-70s throughout this afternoon. so go ahead, bring that umbrella with you. you won't be working it out until 2:00 p.m. in san francisco.

here's mike inouye with more on your drive. >> fortunately, not crashes or closures affecting your freeway now because the traffic flow for east bay will be an issue. oakland right now, so far, we're looking steady. what you'd expect for 527 in the morning. look at maps, this area, as we zoom in, it's going to affected by the stoppage between the hayward station and freemont for the b.a.r.t. lines. they continue with an investigation after a crash, someone hit and killed. forcing folks to 880 and the bay bridge. so far traffic steady. >> 5:27. as mike reported, b.a.r.t. trains not running between freemont and hayward. christie smith on the scene now getting up to the minute updates. a live report next. family of the woman whose body zis covered in a stairwell gets ready to take legal action.

as of now, no b.a.r.t. service between freemont and south hayward. anyone looking to get to san francisco from one of those stations will need to get themselves to the bayfair station or find another way to work. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> i'm peggy bunker, in for laura. service has been shut down since late last night after a person was killed by a b.a.r.t. train near the south hayward station. mike inouye has his eye on that commute and also alternatives to tell you about. we begin today with christie smith live at south hayward b.a.r.t. station with how that investigation is bringing the commute to a halt. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. i can tell you, b.a.r.t. riders are keep showing up as they normally do to the south hayward b.a.r.t. station. instead of getting on the trains, they find the gates are rolled down and there is a sign there, letting them know that they should go on ahead and find a way to get to the bayfair b.a.r.t. station if they want to ride into san francisco. and they're getting that message in person from a hard-working

station agent here who is running to each and every car as they pull up, letting people know what's going on, there's no service from freemont, union city, or south hayward this morning because of an investigation into a person hit and killed on the tracks last night. apparently there's quite a lot of debris up there. and no bus bridge yet. b.a.r.t. says that ac transit didn't have personnel in place yet. it takes a lot of people to get that going. i did speak to a man trying to get a bus to work. you heard the news but came here? >> the bus i take stops here. >> reporter: do you think you'll be late? >> yeah, yeah. >> reporter: you seem okay with na. >> yeah. yeah, luckily, i will only be a half hour late, it's not like an hour or two or anything like that. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. is suggesting just find an alternate way to get around. i got off the phone with

b.a.r.t. spokesman jim allison who tells me they have parallel bus service set up that does run along the b.a.r.t. line. look for line 99 or 801 as possible options. again, the a slow morning. he's suggesting that you check ac transit website also. saying earliest this situation could be improved is about 6:30 this morning. again, you'll want to find another way to get around. don't come here to the south hayward station. mike inouye. >> good morning. talking about 6:30, earliest things will clear up for the b.a.r.t. lines. a lot of folks hitting the road before then. 532 and 6:30, folks that hit the commute. in a nutshell, it's a traffic issue. let's get to the screens here. no service for the freemont, union city, south hayward b.a.r.t. stations because of someone hit and killed in the investigation that goes on.

happened last night, investigation does continue this morning. affect on traffic flow. look at next screen. ways to get around towards the san francisco area. get up to the bayfair station where the parking lot will fill up early, folks south of there are going to head to the portion of the bay to get into san francisco via b.a.r.t. lines. 880 crowded. hitting the freeway to get up into the area to find no parking at bayfair or use san mateo bridge to the peninsula side. use 101 to and in out of the city. more traffic there as well. maps as well, this area that's affected this portion of the freeway 880 moves smoothly at the limit. tracking it closely. bay bridge toll plaza no concern now. but this is the section between freemont and south hayward closed. caltrans, got word from a producer, david says that caltrans looks standard as far as population.

taking an alternate between millbrae. prime minister benjamin netanyahu will be in silicon valley in matter of hours to meet with high-tech leaders and the governor. today damion live in mountain view where the prime minister will meet with big names in business. tech isn't the only thing they're going to talk about. >> reporter: you know what? the governor's says the prime minister will share thoughts on water conservation, given the little rainfall in israel. no doubt governor will cling to whatever the prime minister has to say. big topic today will be tech. when he arrives here at computer history museum, mr. netanyahu will sign an agreement with before jerry brown to promote economic development, research, and trade. talk alternative energy, cybersecurity and biotech. agreement continues longstanding tradition of agreements between

california and israeli leaders. california agreement will give israeli companies access to california's innovation hubs or ihubs, innovation network includes 16 clusters of tech incubators, research parks, universities and federal laboratories. as you can imagine, security will be tight here computer history museum. mr. netanyahu showed a softer side, asking if he was at the oscars. the prime minister was on hand for the premiere of a documentary that features mr. netanyahu. >> i found it's so important to do this because experience has shown that this can break up israeli tourism and it's brought it up in other countries and i'm sure it will do the sam here. >> reporter: what his schedule looks like for the prime minister in the silicon valley, signing the agreement here at history museum. mr. netanyahu will make a stop

at apple headquarters in cupertino, and meet with the co-founder of whatsapp a jewish ukrainian immigrant who sold his company for $19 million. security will be tight here. scott budman will bring you the latest at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. family of a woman found dead in a stairwell in san francisco general hospital is now suing the city. lynne spalding's family says they plan to announce details of a lawsuit at a news conference this morning. the 57-year-old disappeared from her hospital bed in september, later found dead in a stairwell two weeks later. her family seeking unspecified amount of money from the sher f sheriff's department. the lawsuit names the city-run hospital citing medical malpractice. menlo park giving a big thumbs up to facebook's offer to pay for a police officer.

facebook will pay more than h f 500,000 for an officer based in the bellhaven neighborhood. the officer will work with schools and large companies like facebook to develop response plans for catastrophic emergencies. now under the contract, facebook will have no control over the officer but it is the first time a police officer's been paid for by a private company. first time in the entire nation. san jose's mayor says the proposed ballot measure to give hoofl the city's budget to the police departments a horrible mistake. the city council rejected a plan to ask voters to increase voters to increase part of the budget. arguing that publy safety should have a guaranteed share. the mayor and council disagree with that. the council agreed to ask voters to continue an existing special tax to fund city libraries. june 3rd, san jose citizens will

be asked to extend the current tax by ten years. if approved, there would be no change in property tax bills. 24th annual film festival under way. the red carpet gala at california theater downtown san jose featured a familiar face, christina loren. looking splendid in blue and seeing opening night rubbing elbows with hollywood film makes, about 200 movies screened at camera 12 over the next two weeks. i was saying yesterday, i recommend dana knockman's new film. >> great films to check out. great job, christina. can't believe you're here. you got, what, 20 minutes of sleep? >> yeah but weather calls. that's a good thing. we need it. you know what? it really is a cool film

festival. check out with your family. movies start as low as $5. san jose now at 54. mild out there, muggy out there. we have the moisture plume reaching into the bay area. here's great news. when it comes to the drought, i want to keep you updated on what's happening for the state of california. this is of the utmost importance when it comes to weather now. as of this moment in time, north bay downgraded. starting to see this reflect on the drought monitor from an extreme, the severe level to extreme. not out of the woods, as you can see, but everyone shaded in the lighter orange, we're getting improvement and this is over the past four to six weeks. great news. more rain on the way as of tonight when we show you futurecast. stop at clock at 2:00, showers in north bay spread along the peninsula. north of san jose, 5:00 p.m. and it all moves in for the evening commute. we could see a rough morning

commute. let's check on that right now. mike inouye. >> good morning. we are looking here, the reason why christina's talking about it gates are down. live picture from south hayward. no service at freemont, union city or south hayward stations. turn to the screen, if you use b.a.r.t. or 880. this will affect your drive. no service at three stations. you have to get to the bayfair station to get into san francisco. bayfair into san francisco for the b.a.r.t. lines. it's more cars on the roadways. b.a.r.t. saying, find alternate forms of transportation, maybe ac transit bus, you have 99 and 101 lines but the roadway's the better way before they reopen after 6:30. looking at san mateo bridge to 101, avoid oakland and the backup at the bay bridge that's expected. live shot, you're okay past the coliseum. expect more crowds. 5:40 on wednesday. secretary of state john kerry meeting with his counterpart in

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new vilmedevelopments in uk. the first high-level meetings since violence broke out. john kerry will meet with his russian counterpart. "today in the bay's" tracie potts live from capitol hill with the latest on what the u.s. is now calling an invasion. >> good morning. russia's going to sit down with the u.s. but a meeting they want to happen, russia sitting down with ukraine. secretary of state kerry in kiev yesterday. he flew from there to paris with the new prime minister, new foreign minister of ukraine, hoping they could get a meeting with russia, but russia's not recognizing that new government.

russia was a no-show this morning. they'll try again this afternoon. concern russian-speaking armed guards walking around ukraine, crimea. this morning ukraine saying crimea may have more autonomy but don't want crimea to break off from the country. putin and his foreign minister who is in paris both saying that these are not their soldiers, local self-defense authorities and they don't have control over them. we'll continue to watch the situation. new developments almost on the hour. >> true. thank you. oscar pistorius' murder trial has adjourned for the day. the chief defense lawyer pointed the finger at first two witnesses to testify accusing them of tayloring stories to match one another's the witnesses, a married couple, heard a woman scream. and then gunshots night that

reeva steenkamp was killed. defense says there were differences between the statements the couple gave to police after the shooting and the testimony given in court. pistorius claims hi thought steenkamp was an intruder the night he shot through eight bathroom door, killing her. prosecutors say it was on purpose. authorities sifting through the rubble after an explosion demolished ten homes in new jersey. this happened yesterday, 30 miles northeast of philadelphia. officials say contractor digging in the area damaged a gas line, that explosion. one woman was killed, seven other people hurt. ten homes were destroyed in total. right now, authorities are not allowing anyone back into the neighborhood while they investigate. in new york, opening statements are under a in the trial of bin laden's son-in-law. abu ghaith is charged wither. ing to kill americans after the september 11th takes.

prosecutors say he used his role as al qaeda's spokesman to announce more attacks on the united states that would be as devastating as 9/11. he's the highest ranking al qaeda figure to face trial on u.s. soil. he has pleaded not guilty and if convicted, could spend the rest of his life in prison. 5:46. a senate committee will talk about downsizing armed forces in washington. last month the obama administration announced plans to cut back on military spending. the proposal calls for the army to shed 130,000 soldiers, chuck hagel and officials will testify at today's hearing. watching track. we'll check with mike in a bit. serious there. weather as well. more rain. >> good news, they're not going hand in hand. that could be really bad. good news, when it comes to your weather, we still need this rain and it stays with us. chances for rain continue, not just for this day into this weekend, we've got more chances

getting into next week. good news, atmospheric river not going to lift to the north or break apart soon which means we are going to keep the rainfall coming and continue to see some good news helping us dig out of the drought. it's a long ways away before we are going to see significant improvement but making a difference in the north bay. what we're working with today. day part. san jose, 65. as you make your way out that front door, it's going to be comfortable out there. but by noon, 65. it's the temperature you want to ditch that jacket. 68 degrees. by 4:00 p.m., comfortable conditions here as you make your way home from work. taking kids to school along the peninsula, foggy. watch for that as you go up the incline into daly city. watch out for fog. you can see clear to start. showers moving in by 3:00 p.m. san francisco, 64 at lunchtime, 4:00 p.m. as you make your way

home from work. cooler in the city than what we're expecting around the bay. 71 in south bay. getting into the couple of days, temperatures stay put. right there on the bottom of the screen, temperatures. san jose and san francisco over the next five days. temperatures are going to vary. today 71 in san jose versus that 64 degrees in san francisco. we'll get a dry break friday into saturday and that rain returns into sunday, monday, wednesday next week, keeping rain chances going. this is good news. i'll told you how much you're expecting as you make your way home from work in my next report. more people are hitting the highways at this point. here's mike inouye. >> talking about two reasons, first one you didn't know, new crash, northbound 101. 680. north of here a crash involving five vehicles.

for the south bay, maps show you a good set of headlights jamming up at 680, starting to move better in the south bay, north 101 through the area, allen rocking mckee, five-vehicle crash blocking one lane. from the looks of the headlights they must have moved the road ware clear from his incident. traffic moving better than a couple of minutes ago when i saw it at my desk and here into the studio. north 87 shows a bit of a build as well. this is wednesday. this is early to see this blip sticking for more than a couple of minutes. that's the south bay. this is largely unaffected by the other major incident. east bay. on the tracks, talked about b.a.r.t. system having closure as the freemont, union city, south hayward stations through this area. 880 your alternate. in and out of san francisco, use the bayfair station. anything south of hayward closed. even the hayward station not

reliable having service through the area because of the investigation continuing after someone killed on the tracks last night. the traffic flow through oakland, 880, smooth. approaching 980, extra slowing. that's going on 980 toward 580, disruption in the commute causes folks to move around like ants until they adjust. we expect more folks to head to the bay bridge early this morning. we'll give you a live look. cash lanes backing up, no metering lights, but may see them turned on in the next couple of minutes. back to the maps, from the city, one of our friends, david from the south bay, went from the city to b.a.r.t. to millbrae taking caltrain. typical crowd but was watch for any shift. folks across the san mateo bridge avoid the backup in oakland. transgender teen who says he was attacked by three students could face charges himself.

hercules police found several inconsistencies in the alleged victim's story. then he admitted that the whole thing was a lie. the student claimed he was physically and sexually assaulted by three male teenagers in a bathroom. investigators may charge the 15-year-old with filing a false report. police found a teen who attacked a 71-year-old man outside his house. 16-year-old arrested yesterday. police cleave he pushed michael mora down a hill after mora asked a group of teenagers to move their cars. mora's wife said dozens of teens were at a nearby house party, several cars blocking street and driveway. mora had emergency brain surgery and still is in the hospital. a brazen crime caught on camera. someone broke into the lucky grocery store on mission boulevard, walked out with a lottery scratcher machine, the whole thing. discovered a few hours later several blocks away. not all tickets have been

recovered. police think it took multiple people to pull off the heist and voiding those tickets there. 5:51. yahoo placing new restrictions on fantasy football players.

taking a look now at south hayward b.a.r.t. station. as you can see, closed, completely changing up the commute for people who rely on the station. mike inouye's watching that. "today in the bay" christie smith awaiting word when it might reopen. an investigation is under way at that location. the gmc ceo is sorry for the

recall of 1.4 million vehicles involving air bags that don't deploy due to faulty ignition switches. more importantly sorry for the 31 crashes and 13 deaths. reports showed gm engineers have known about this issue since back in 2004. but kept using the ignition switches until 2006. in a letter to employees, she is personally leading an internal review. tesla motors expects growth ro overseas to increase it plans to open two dozen service centers and stores in asia. the electric carmaker will also introduce right-hand drive versions of the model s for the uk and open more than 30 stores there. europeans buy fewer cars, in many cases it's easier to sell cars in europe than america where there are restrictions on

companies selling their own cars without going through a dealer. tesla plans to build a battery factory in the united states. >> a yahoo! will require people who use fantasy sports services and flicker to have a registered yahoo! i.d. now users can use their facebook and google accounted to log in. yahoo! says changes will be gradually roll out. no word on whether changes will carry over the history of users who currently use the fantasy sports system with facebook or google accounts. some people that would be a heck of a thing to lose and a misstep by yahoo! >> interesting to see it plays out. 5:56. meteorologist christina loren, what do we wear today? rain boots, raincoats? >> it's humid and you know what i'm saying warm out there? 58 degrees in some cities now.

towards 70s later on. the kicker, that rain's arriving after 2:00 p.m. in san francisco after 1:00 p.m. in the north bay and 4:00 p.m. in the peninsula and south bay. we like to tell you what happens happening around the bay area especially if it's free today, get into the bay area discovery museum in sausolito for free. mike inouye checking that traffic alert. >> you cannot get into the south hayward station. continued closures there. freemont, union city, south hayward stations closed. hayward's the end of the line for that. into or out of san francisco, use the bayfair station into the san francisco from the east bay. that will get you connected to the city reliably. 880 will be more crowded. metering lights are on earlier for wednesday. starting to pack in traffic as well. we'll track this after this break.

right now, a stretch of b.a.r.t. tracks shut down, at least until sunrise. we'll show you where your commute is getting rerouted, next. we'll show you why that reroute will leave you as far as flow of traffic. back upat bay bridge toll plaza, s slowing in east bay. >> a mild and muggy start to wednesday. hours away for more heavy rainfall moving into the bay areal. i'll time this out to your doorstep, coming up. good morning. it's wednesday, march 5th. this is "today in the bay." good wednesday morning to you. thank you for joining us. i'm peggy bunker in for laura. >> i'm scott mcgrew. happening now, more headaches for morning commuters as b.a.r.t. service between freemont and hayward remains shut down. stations have been closed since late last night after a person was killed