>> mark: >> darya: east bay residents after a woman was sexually assaulted near lake merritt. >> james: the latest on the weather in a minute. >> louisa: everyone in for cooler start today. winds are dying down we of fog rain in the forecast. >> george: not looking at many hot spots for the driver of bay area complete traffic check in a minute. >> darya: after months of

debate mount diablo school districts voted to close glen brook middle school and holbrooke middle school. is to bridge the budget gap, but even these closures might not be enough. the closures of act 1000 students. because they have to do more than the spirit they decide to close this deuce to school spirit these other two schools they are considering closing one more school. it could be westward or silver or what. they will make that decision with the next two weeks. >> james: out of oakland a woman is in hospital at this hour after being raped and beaten at her apartment complex monday night. this is worthy opponent was located. as we push and we see it is by lake merritt. she was returned home about 10:00 p.m., which was a salted. this is the fourth time since sept. a

woman has been sexually assaulted near lake merritt. >> reporter: she did so for injuries they aren't not life- threatening. they are checking on her well-being today. that is our utmost concern. we will look into whether that there's a connection. the method of operation does not appear to be the same. >> james: without evidence to show a connection they will show it as an isolated incident. >> darya: but to customers on wondering if troubling on the runway is good for the buck. the survey shows 64 percent of passengers say using the system is a good value for their money. 64 percent like it, 24 percent strongly agreed it was the. 15 percent of other writers disagree troubling was a cost-

efficient. since the last survey they raised fares by 6 percent. this might be affected how people think of the value of it. is it worth it? that's a question. six 02 a.m., the sunshine is free. you can't complain. you can't complain when you improve the forecast. >> louisa: a colmar stop for the day. the winds are moving out of the north making temperatures warmer. we are off to cool start this morning. golden gate bridge showing clear conditions. up in san rosa one of the chillier spots this morning off to cool start at 34 degrees. just a few degrees above freezing. temperatures dropping off a bit more than that. your highs today 63, back down into the 30's by 8:00 p.m., tomorrow morning could be chillier morning and today. elsewhere for the most part in the '40's, 45

in oakland, in the south bay upper 40's for mountainview, 50 degrees in downtown san francisco this morning. your satellite shows you clear conditions, that is how we will stay. it will stay monday night over the next few days. temperatures in the mid to upper 60s lots of sunshine. we will stay dry. the weekend and the beginning of next work week we noticed some changes including bringing in a chance of rain. your afternoon highs in the '60s, a degree warmer novato, 64 san francisco, east bay temperatures staying in to the low 60s 625 jose, los gatos, morgan hill could actually warming to the upper 60s. 7 day around the bay showing more dry weather ahead of us. saturday, sunday temperatures drop off and bring some clouds by monday. chance of rain, but a chance on

tuesday. >> george: we have a quiet start to the morning commute no hot spots, or major incidents. bridge check to start you off the bay bridge westbound, no backup or delay the meter and let's have not yet been activated. san mateo bridge looks good out report of a stall at 92 but it is not backing things up. the volume is light even for 6:00 a.m. for the west bound san mateo bridge. golden gate bridge ride is a good one no delays southbound, traffic coming in from marin on the left-hand side of your screen. configured now with the morning commute. four-lane southbound lanes northbound. no delays on the northbound side with the only those to lanes. public transit still quiet no problems there. >> james: 6:05 a.m., storm

tracker 4 shows you the national scene. it is going into missouri, a lot of snow in kansas yesterday, more on the way. they had a foot of snow through oklahoma. it will continue to track to newfoundland towards the end-- new england--oklahoma city they could see records today. they had some broken with the amount of snowfall that has come down already. during the average week oklahoma city gets over soaring over an average winter they get 19 in. of snow. they are the f- 14.already have 14 ft. on the ground. here you can see the snow coming down and wind blowing just miserable

conditions in oklahoma. texas as well. in texas we had 120 cancellations. we will keep are eye on that. six 06 a.m., back with more moment. ♪

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>> darya: alive look at the approach to the bay bridge it is an easy ride. 45 degrees in oakland, looking for high of 63. everybody will have sunshine staying dry. >> james: falling wall street the markets have been on a winning streak. the doubt is higher yesterday making the seven sessions on an up note. s&p rose almost 6, hourly workers at gm could get a $3,000 or more in profit sharing this

year. that's the biggest check they have ever gotten. they made 4.2 billion and it is going to post a fourth quarter profit the coming weeks. smart phones aren't selling personal computers. smart phones and he sees serve different purposes and they generally need both. smart phones are getting a boost from falling prices. and people tend to replace their phones quickly than they replace personal computers. >> darya: mayor jean claude is taking a pay cut voluntarily. --quan - -oakland is facing abot

>> darya: the theft happened last week. there is video of harbor. >> james: when we come back dramatic video of the strong armed robbery caught on tape police of ask you for your help on this crime. we will tell you what happened coming up.

>> james: moments away from the reign of the opening bell. futures have been off which would be unfortunate if we have

a negative day. we have had seven straight positive days. the dow had big gains yesterday. everybody had a positive day yesterday. today futures have been negative. looking for mild start. investors pulled out to see what treasury secretary says today. he will be testifying about the economy. they are waiting to see what comes down. we expected in the 7:00 hour. we are following months of debates mount diablo school district voted to close to schools. glen brook middle school and hold her middle school. still in jeopardy are two others. this is a net effort to close the one-and-a- half billion dollar shortfall. the board is considering a third school, it could either be sold

or what elementary, or west one. it will make that decision within the next two weeks. will tran his life in concord with more on the story. >> will: the parents, teachers, students fought tooth and nail to keep the school open. they had spake sales, a t-shirt sales, pleading to the school board to keep this school open. at the end of the day they decided to shut the school down. at the end of this school year this will be a thing of the past. they are trying to decide where the 900 students will attend next year. probably not as close as they currently are right now. a lot of parents will show up at 830. they will be very angry about this decision. all lot of moms showed up at last night's meeting. it was overflowed with people pleading

with the school board not to close. you talked about how they are looking to save $1.5 million. we will get reaction from the parents as well. >> james: we will stay tune to you for that. >> darya: 6:32 a.m., oakland woman is in hospital after being raped and beaten monday night. it happened in the hundred block of jackson street. we are zooming in on the area here. the victim was returning home at 10:00 p.m. on monday night, it is the fourth time since sept. a woman has been sexually assaulted near lake merritt. in san francisco of loggers camera catches a strong arm robbery. the guy in the red and black shirt. poland at this womanpull.

police got there five minutes. he had already taken off. the woman met the man a few hours earlier. they hung out in union square. hours later this camera is rolling and the woman turns on, sorry her demand turned on the woman and steals her wallet and takes off. please are looking for him. >> james: major storm system through the middle part of the country dumping snow. here are some of the headlines. kansas, oklahoma, nebraska. this is junction city. with airstrikes against the prices for second round of winter weather. no relief for kansas today. addressed to get out of oklahoma. they could get more snow today than the last door. this is out of nebraska slippery slope topping the headlines.

cars on the side of the road. roadways that are snowed over and iced over as well. it is a tough go. >> darya: trouble isn't the only thing this offers are roof actually collapses on this building. it was constructed 160 years ago in connecticut. to people were inside when the roof came down. the ceiling caved in. they're ok. they got out all right. that is amazing nobody was seriously hurt. this used to be a church and it converted into real jurors office.realtorw mexico drivers have a tough time of it as the northeastern part of that state is hit with a blizzard conditions. closing tuesday highways because of the blowing snow. they are really

worried about more accidents. the plows cannot keep up with it. >> james: alive look out of oklahoma. capturing how bad this snow is coming down visibility is reduced. icy conditions out there is well. again this is a system moving on to the northeast. a lot more states as head of the storm system. lets take a look at our local forecast. the golden gate bridge a much different story here. clear, dry, sunny conditions. >> louisa: we are not done with our winter storms. we are looking at the models, the rain moving back into the picture. we could have a couple more winter storms in. right now calm. the winds have died down this morning bringing cooler

temperatures and. by noon time getting up to 59, your highs today 63. elsewhere this morning it is cooler than yesterday. 11 degrees cooler in novato, 16 degrees cooler in redwood city. your temperatures just a few degrees above freezing in san rosa, napa, 49, 46 and fairfield. 47 and mountainview, as we head into the afternoon bringing temperatures into the '60s. widespread '60s through the bay. 61 in richmond, upper 50s as we head through the delta. antioch could top out at 55 today. 63 through the east bay, nice clear shot of the ocean, 64 have the bay. 67 los gatos of morgan hill. 7 day around bay shows dry weather through the work week.

by the weekend clouds roll in and temperatures cool off. monday is a chance of showers. tuesday brings us the chance of rain as well. >> george: we are not attracting hot spots but we see the beginning of a back up at the bay bridge toll plaza. the meter lights were activated 10 minutes ago. things are starting to slow from the middle of the east parking lot. back up has not grown beyond that thankfully. there has been no reports of incidents for the west bound bay bridge. san mateo bridge to commute has been calm, volume has been building. no delays for the west bound ride as you can see traffic looks good here on the not commit direction which is eastbound. or the counter flow commute. headed from foster city to the nimitz freeway. clothing gate bridge ride is still a good one no problems through marin county. let's go to the south bay san jose, the

ride from guadalupe parkway up toward trumbull the cruise no delays there. to 80 interchanges slope, there was an accident north at 1 01, right where 280- 680 smirches with merges with 1y have already cleared the vehicles from their traffic lanes over to the shoulder if we will keep tracking the back up to see become a hot spot. >> james: transportation agency is backing off of a plan to increase the cost of reserving parking meter in $20. is that the examiner reports they want to increase the fee from $4 up to $5 the day. last year the proposed increasing the fee to 20 to 50 per meter. and

extending it through film and video shoots. but following out car ride from businesses and organizations they show that initiative. residents displaced by natural disasters would be allowed to read up comments below market rates that legislation is approved. it comes in the wake of our sins in the past week in the city's castro district. >> darya: 6:39 a.m., we will be back. we are continuing to keep you ready on your wednesday morning. everything you need in a couple of minutes to go away. ♪

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>> darya: the dow 10 minutes out of the gate still trading well above 12,000 down four points.

>> james: federal up here court is giving levis strauss the chance to suit its abercrombie & spirit i have a picture of both pockets. one iit is the double h that levi's puts on its jean spirit they say was diluted when a similar one is put on a abercrombie and finch. abercrombie says it is not the same at all. they say it's more artistic than the levi's jeans. in 2009, the judge instructed the jury according to laws the jury had to decide if the to designs were nearly identical

the jury said nope. the appeals court says that's not the interpretation of the trademark law. the jury should have been asked to see if it was similar enough to blur the lines. they don't have to be identical but similar enough. so levi's will take a back to court. you be the judge? we will be back.

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>> darya: quick check on the top stories. mt. diablo school district is closing hobart anwok middle school. the third school could be sold or what or west would. they'll make that decision a couple weeks. >> james: protests are defined

in egypt following a warning by the vice president's that if they do not negotiate the could be a coup. they have called for new protest of millions this friday through cairo. we will see if that materializes. >> darya: federal chair will make its first appointment before the house. it will be before the budget committee will likely be tough. he will be grilled about the treasury bond purchase program that many think could ignite inflation. >> louisa: it is a cooler start for the day. a few degrees cooler with lighter winds as well. not as much northerly wind. clear and mild conditions by this afternoon. temperatures could cool off even more tomorrow. temperatures a few

degrees above freezing above that but, san rosa, san jose low '40's, this is the satellite shows us we have sunshine and it is common clear through the afternoon. so bringing highs into the '60s 63 san rosa, keeping it in the '60s through the delta, concord could top out into the upper 50s. the shot at of the ocean, temperatures at 60 1/2 monday. 62 in san jose. in the sierra you can expect friday to bring clear conditions increasing clouds through the afternoon, partly cloudy with here saturday. overnight highs, at actually the lows will stay in the teens. sunday of possibly a few snow showers out there but

it does not look like a good storm until next week. better chances of rain and snow all round. 7 day around the bases a strike through the weekend. monday, tuesday could bring this wet weather. >> george: tracking what we will call a hot spot. there was an accident initially reported here that actually turned out to be farther north which is why you see the heavy traffic lasting up towards kelley road. the crush has cleared but the backup has begun 41 01 north. it is affecting the ride out of the coyote valley. we could have a hot spot in the making at the bay bridge toll plaza. i have received reports of a malfunctioning meter and light. it is the one that affects the open toll right lane from the nimitz freeway. you notice how

the nimitz ramping is not backed up. it is because that is the lane feeding into the toll plaza, the far right of the fast track lanes. the problem is the light flashes red but not green. the people that are stalled in the right-hand lane, it carries almost all of the traffic from the a.d. approach. bridge personnel have been notified. we don't know if there's anything they can do to solve the problem. it is the right lane that feeds all the traffic from 880. a look at highway 680, at 24. these headlights on the north bound ride out of this san ramon valley, no back up in the southbound direction. >> darya: 6:51 a.m., border supervisor are talking trash.

the city's garbage contract. it proposed 10 year deal with the company called trichology is under consideration. it's worth a hundred and $10 million shifting the trash to you but county. they have opposition from the current garbage contractor. >> james: we will take a break 6:52 a.m., a shop for mount tam. we have blue skies and a beautiful shot. clear conditions on the ground. back with more

>> james: first lady michelle obama michele obama says her daughters are not on facebook. and she likes that. her girls have restrictions that other children do not have because of security measures. she adds she's not a fan of young kids

having facebook. she thinks it's ok when you're older but not young. >> darya: the top three golfers will play head-to-head in the by this week. cnn had a chance to sit down with tiger 41 01 interview. tiger insisting it's not about golf. his priority is his children. >> whenever they wanted to we do. when i don't have them i can practice more about when they're around it's all about them. panama or they about into the gulf. two very different people. >> reporter: you just want to spend time with them? >> absolutely. spending time with your kids is far more

important than anything you'd byou can do. it's so special. >> darya: he held the no. 1 ranking for 281 weeks. >> james: 7 day forecast as we had to break. today sunday upper 60s. we hold that pattern thursday, friday, saturday, sunday starts to change. a good chance of rain on monday. it may even last for a while. alive look at heavenly, it looks beautiful the sierra. war i near tahoe forecast the closer we get to the weekend. it's really delicious, mom.

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