>> a gasoline tanker you rep on a california freeway. the quick thinking that stop the flames from spreading. >> we have one more dry day and in big changes are on the way. >> the roads are off to a good start and i will have your commute in just a few minutes >> good morning everyone. time to get back to work on april 9th. >> topping our news, police in concord are investigating whether drugs or alcohol or cell phone use were factors in a fatal crash >> on saturday and out of control s-u-v hitt a man and his daughters as they were riding their bikes on the sidewalk. a 41 year-old man died immediately and his nine year- old daughter died in the hospital. a 12 year-old daughter was injured. >> i heard the crash and despite some little girl was screaming and we both ran out there and we saw people on the street so we

tried to help them >> the 17 year-old driver identified as david rosen had just driven through the intersection. witnesses say he was speeding and he is facing charges of vehicular manslaughter. vandals disrupted the holiday weekend in a quiet part of san francisco's sunset district. yesterday racial slurs were found spray-painted on several homes near 27th avenue and lincoln street. one of the homes is that a home to buddhist monks. but neighbors say vandalism is especially shop in an area known for its tolerance >> i think it is terrible and defacing people's property. i think it is cowardly. >> both of the property owners will be responsible for removing the graffiti within the next month or face fines from the city. anyone convicted of vandalism could serve up to three years in

jail and pay $50,000 fine. two men are due to be arraigned in connection with the shooting spree in tulsa oklahoma. police acted on a tip arresting a 19 year-old and a 32 year-old. it was just a couple of days after three people were killed and two others were wounded. all of the victims were black. police are looking into a facebook entry appeared to be posted by one of them days before the shootings mentioning his father's murder two years ago and uses a racial slur to describe a black man who killed him. investigators say it is too early to label this a crime >> we do have a case where someone was obviously involved in a hate crime. i think it is something we need to show the community. we may not have it here >> the other suspect in the shooting has been in glens roommate. >> oakland police say they were not able to respond to all of the calls for service that came

in on friday evening. at 630 of the apartment had 125 calls for service with officers already working on 17 priority cases. they could not respond immediately to non emergencies or follow ups. the department says it will try to " mitigate future occurrences ". several major debate the wait state lawmakers as they returned today from the spring recess. public employee pension reform and funding for high-speed rail are among the biggest issues. billions of dollars of proposed cuts to social welfare programs are always dividing politicians along party lines. california faces a $9.2 billion budget deficit in the next fiscal year. >> did you have a good weekend? the weather was spectacular. >> we did not find a golden

ticket again. next year. if you enjoyed your easter sunday i think you'll enjoy today, a similar story. one more try day and then we have changes on the way. high clouds are keeping temperatures on the mild side. 40's and 50's. we're watching low pressure west of the bay area that will finally inch closer to the area by tuesday giving us a very good chance of rain tuesday and wednesday. the pinpoint forecasts, enjoy the '70s while we have them. 72 in san jose, 72 in livermore and 65 degrees in san rafael.

a quick check of the next few days. we have a few storm systems bringing us showers through the remainder of the week trying out by the weekend. >> we're off to a good start this morning. here is a live look at conditions in the south bay. no accidents or delays in the south bay. lots of green so speeds are looking pretty good as you work through san jose. the altamont pass, 14 minutes with no delays on west 580. your first look at the bay bridge, everything is clear as it headed to san francisco on the upper deck. we will show you the east bay coming up in a few minutes. >> will want to take you to burlington county new jersey. live pictures of a brush fire that has scorched about 500 a., dry and windy conditions have been fuelling brushfires like

this one and there are a lot of homes nearby and firefighters are trying to contain the fire. >> . drivers are finally starting to see some relief at the pump. nationwide prices have seen a small increase. prices have actually gone up about 4¢ in the last couple of weeks. california still has the highest the average behind alaska. oakland saw the biggest drop from last week at 5¢ per gallon. san jose was next with a drop of $4.25 per gallon. followed by san francisco with taste 3 sent weekly decline. it california, southern california freeway is back open following a tanker truck fire. about 6,000 gal. of fuel

burned. to water dropping helicopters were able to douse the flames. it spread to in your bride brush as well. police suspected a nearby drunk driver who they say slammed into the back of the tanker. nobody was hurt. >> police say drunk driver might have cause to crashes along the embarcadero in san francisco. no one was seriously hurt when a jaguar ran into a new light rail vehicle at the harrison street intersection. the second crash happened at the brand and street intersection. police say the car was leaving radically when it hit one car, bounced off a second and hit a third car before smashing into a restaurant. the driver and four other people were taken to hospital and their injuries are not considered life-threatening. volunteers will conduct another

search for missing teenager sierra lamar this wednesday. that planned effort comes after alex smith, billy walker and some of the 49ers teammates joined the search efforts this past weekend. investigators included areas within a 20 mi. radius of her home. it has been more than three weeks since the 15 year-old disappeared on her way to school. >> north korea is a few days away from a controversial rocket launch. some of the members of the international media were allowed to see last minute preparations. north korea announced last month it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite between april 12th and 16th. the united states, japan and south korea are concerned it is a cover for a long-range ballistic missile. it appears to be back to square one to stop bloodshed in syria

but it all stop yesterday when the syrian president raised last-minute demands saying he will not pull back troops unless he gets written guarantees from opposition that they lay down their weapons. the country's largest rebel group rejected that idea and violence appears to of escalated once again. >> longtime friend and colleague is remembering my wallace, who died on saturday. he passed away at 93 in a connecticut care facility with his family at his side. morley safer says wallace was feisty and aggressive even in his old age. he was the first correspondent hired for the show in 1968 and he became famous for tenacious interviewing skills. >> he loved villains, going after them and then once on the broadcast, would you this rate them >> he says that wallace could be quite seminal as well but he will be best remembered as a

tough journalist and that is the way he would like it. >> they did a little piece on him last night and he was a game show host, he interviewed just about every president imaginable >> we will do a full tribute on 60 minutes next sunday. >> he is in third place in the race for the delegates. >> the campaign compassion from newt gingrich's of a big hit at the box office but now the controversy about the hunger games >> how people are marking the

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the hispanic scholarship fund has the information you need to help your kids go to college and have a better future. the government revealed that employers added only 120,000 jobs last month, 80,000 less

than economists had anticipated. the unemployment rate fell to 8.2% but that is because fewer americans actually search for work. >> tomorrow there will be an all hands staff meeting where the ceo is expected to hand out the long-term strategy. the reorganization is likely to focus on three areas that thompson cited in the recent memo. core media and communications platforms and data. there is word today that sony corp. is cutting 10,000 jobs, about 6% of its global work force. a japanese newspaper says it is making the cuts to try to return to profitability after four years in the red. the company expects a net loss of $2.7 billion for the year that ended in march. thousands of landline workers for at&t say they will stay on the job for now despite having

no contract. the old agreement covering 40,000 employees expired over the weekend. negotiators met yesterday and talks are expected to continue in hopes of averting a strike >> newt gingrich now admits the republican nominee will most likely be mitt romney. he told fox news that he needs to be realistic concerning the size of the raw meat organization and the primaries he has already won. he says he is still not ready to drop out of the race even though his campaign is now on a shoestring budget. he says he will support romney if he gets the delegates needed. rick santorum will not campaign today so he can take care of his ailing daughter. he announced his 3 year-old daughter had to be hospitalized once again. she has a rare genetic disorder. it is sadly, usually fatal. flights to and from oakland on

a major airline will be a thing of the past come june when united airlines ends its operation at oakland international. it says it does not make financial sense for the company. they serve a little bit more than one percent of the airline's passengers. united will either provide new accommodations or refund customers currently booked on those flights out of oakland. >> relatives of passengers on the titanic are on a memorial crews that left southern england yesterday to relive memories of the titanic on the 100th anniversary of her maiden voyage. 100 years ago next sunday the great ship went down after sideswiping and icebergs. >> it is a remembrance of those people who died. >> passengers will commemorate titanic at the spot where she sank and now rests more than 2

mi. down. >> coming up, a breakthrough study on optimism. >> will it be ready in time? the progress report on memorial stadium ,,,,,,,,,,

learning how to kick flip six stairs takes determination. so will getting into college. i've got what it takes. so do you. >> new this morning, researchers at uc-davis are linking obesity

during pregnancy with autism. they studied about 1000 children between two and five and found that obese mothers were more likely to have children with autism. it also twice as likely to have a child with another developmental disorder. the results are on line in the journal pediatrics >> the basis for the most popular movie in america is one of the country's most controversial books. the hunger games trilogy was in the top five most challenged books in america for the second straight year. formal complaints were submitted question in this book's violence and content for younger readers. the author had knowledge of the books are not for everyone. the hunger games, the box office for the third week in a row beating out a cult favorite sequel and an older box office

blockbuster. the hunger games brought in more than $33 million, the sequel to american pie was in second place and at the release of the titanic in 3d was the third top earner. wrath of the titans and mirror, mirror rounded out the top five. new troubles, legal troubles, for lindsay lohan. >> a woman has filed a it battery complaint saying that she shoved her in a nightclub last week. the county sheriff's department says they are looking into the validity of the claim that comes a few weeks after she was taken off of supervised probation. the easter bunny is planning a return visit to the white house. this year's theme is zero let's move >> all the activities on the south lawn promote active

healthy living as part of the first lady's campaign against childhood obesity. 30,000 people one tickets through an on-line lottery. >> i have a little bit too much fun until late in the evening. if you've enjoyed the weather yesterday, it stayed dry and today will be a similar story. we will see more '70s like we did yesterday. out the door right now, a partly cloudy start but it is keeping temperatures on the mild side. we see a little bit of patchy fog but mostly on the coastline. by this afternoon, the sunshine makes a comeback. a lot of sunshine with mild

conditions and we will see low seventies especially in some of the east bay valleys. the low pressure system is off to the west of us and it looks like it will have our way after midnight and most of the day tomorrow thursday and friday also look wet so enjoyable one more dry day because it looks like we had a pretty wet week. once again, mostly sunny skies today and the rain will head to the bay area after midnight tonight. likely a half-inch up to 1 in. of rain across the bay area. once again for today we see a lot of seventies, especially parts of the south bay. 73 in antioch. 71 in pleasant hill. a little bit cooler in the north bay. here is a look at the forecast,

it will be a wet workweek for us after today. tuesday we have a system rolling in, showers sticking around through wednesday and then in another low pressure system heads are way but then dry out for the weekend. >> not a bad ride and all this morning. accident free, not a lot going on. all c'mon past also problem free. a little bit of yellow on the eastbound side but not a lot going on. we did have an early morning accident but they cleared that out of the roadway so things should be looking pretty nice. northbound to 880, no delays. southbound looking pretty good

as well. it looks like the traffic is actually moving pretty nicely with both directions not showing any delays. when you get over to 101 along the peninsula we see lots of green. here is a look at some of the travel times. the bay bridge, no trouble this morning. >> uc-berkeley says its renovated football stadium is on track for the september 1st home opener against nevada. first built in 1923 and badly in need of seismic retrofitting and a number of other improvements. $321 million renovation project force of the bears to play all of their home games at at&t park. >> officials in london are building what they call a helped

map ahead of the summer olympic games. they're concerned that a large concentration of people could be an ideal breeding ground for diseases so officials are developing a map to find out where visitors are coming from and where the outbreaks are happening around the world. on two stanley cup playoffs, the sharks are playing an unusual role this year as the seventh seed underdogs against the st. louis blues. games 1 and 2 will be in st. louis thursday and saturday, game 3 will be in san jose, came for also in san jose set for thursday april 19th. here we go, but the watson has a new jacket to show off. >> he won the masters in dramatic fashion and had to go

to sudden death. what isn't needed two putts to win, he missed the first one but got the second one. he hugged his mother for a long time, it is his first career major, by the way. >> how you put into words? >> i never got this far in my dreams. it is a blessing to go home to my new sign, it will be fun >> congratulations >> thank you very much. >> he had just adopted a son this past weekend is going home to visit with him and see his wife. if you look closely at the graphics you will see the two favorites to win or both tied for 40th. it was tiger's worst finish ever at the masters. i think everybody was to end in yesterday.

>> you were saying his father died last year >> he had gone to a playoff at the u.s. open and losses dad shortly thereafter. >> nice hear! in the next half- hour, new scrutiny for the oakland police department. >> how soon north korea could soon send its long-range rocket into outer space >> we are at the scene of the weekend by school crash that left two people dead in a 30 injured. police want to know what he was doing at the time of the crash and whether or not he was on drugs >> gas prices have gone up nationally but it,,,,,,,,,, [ birds chirping ]

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