>> mark: 6:00 a.m. top stories in the early morning said alert issued after a great crashes. george is tracking it. >> darya: last week's rain is causing problems in the bay area. we will tell you about the latest red text. >> mark: the first of several baseball players due to testify during barry bonds perjury trial. kron 4 news at 6:00 a.m.

start to melt. >> live from the bay area news station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> darya: march 29th could tuesday morning to you. >> mark: george has the latest honor is a hot spot. >> george: read on the border from southbound 880 on to to 38 headed towards castro valley. tanker truck overturned and now it is still blocking lanes of the connecting ramp. only one lane is available from southbound 880. the off ramp 2 washington avenue is completely blocked. you'll have to use another ramp to get on to the nimitz freeway. we are not badly backed up here, somewhat surprisingly. progress has been

made, there has likely been some damage to the beryl's on the scene. and perhaps the embankment. so it is likely we may not see this completely open to until 9:00 a.m. which means it will be closed through the commute. we were tryintracking e bay shore freeway in the northbound direction and accident on the shoulder. there is a bigger back up here and there was on the nimitz freeway. give yourself an extra 5-10 minutes for your north bound be short ride.bayshore ride. your e bay bridge no problems westbound still and smooth and easy ride. san a tale bridge still looks good here with westbound 92

unimpeded. time for weather. >> louisa: we are warming up today, the big warmup comes by tomorrow. one night craig, mostly clear out there as we head towards tomorromostly cleas tomorrow. right now we will warming up slightly, temperatures expected into the '60s today. sales francisco about 63, upper 60s through places like concord, 66 for san jose, 68 san rosa, 66 livermore, and the napa valley. temperatures across the board expected to warm up between three and five degrees. the big warmup comes tomorrow. current

temperatures in the '40's 46 in oakland, concord into mountainview 47. we have active whether to the north of boston showers on the pacific northwest.. sunshine mixed withg clouds, as this pushes to the east that's when we see the big warmup. certainly enjoy it the afternoon highs will be into the upper 60s in san rosa, napa, 69 in concord. south bay about 6664 san jose. 7 day around the bay '80s, tomorrow through friday '70s around the bay in upper 60s-low seventies for the coast. next chance of rain on saturday. >> mark: we are getting reports

of a fire at the evergreen oil refinery. they won't recycle automotive fluids and hazardous waste. multiple fire departments are responding right now. we have a crew on the way to bringing you more information as soon as it becomes available. >> darya: heavy and constant rain takes a toll on hercules. the saturated soil has becombege sliding. eight homes have been tagged meaning the residents should find somewhere else to look right now. the perjury trial continues against barry bonds today. it is expected jason and jeremy will be the first of several athletes called to testify. they said they got

steroids from bonds personal trainer. he is in jail refusing to testify against bonds. his former mistress yesterday blamed a 99 elbow injury on steroid use and then his body and behavior change during their nine year relationship. >> mark: san jose police officer recovering in the hospital this morning. he was thrown from his motorcycle and a crash that happened in a felony hit and one and run. officer craig was crossing first-rate when the honda pulled out in front of him and stopped. it is possible the driver had to stop because somebody was pulling out of the wendy's parking lot. he fled the scene of the accident and that will lead to a felony charges.

supreme court hearing arguments today. at a class at auctioat as action lawsuit against wal-mart. the supreme court will decide whether not it can move forward. wal-mart says sears no evidence the lawsuit includes too many women with too many different positions. this stems from a lawsuit that started here in the bay fault by betty dukes who readwas a greater. >> reporter: new affirmation we are seeing the worst on rest. the president has accepted the resignation following a meeting on tuesday. this resignation is the latest concession by the government that is trying to appease a week of mass protest.

this is pro government demonstration that was happening earlier. the president is expected to address the nation in the next 24 hours announcing the end too harsh restrictions on civil liberties and political freedom. >> darya: 60 a day and we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. a live look at san jose. 1 01 southbound is all jammed up. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage.

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scene now. >> darya: gaddafi's home town and stronghold rebel attacks have been repelled by heavy mortar and rocket fire. thanks to the air strikes libyas rebels are now much stronger position now than they were a week ago. they recaptured all of the territory lost. this is a burned out car. rebels have been setting up road blocks to the coastal town. state tv is supporting new air strikes near tripoli. nato insists they are only protecting civilians. u.s. is making an effort to deepen ties with the rebels. here is secretary of state hillary clinton hopping off of a plane here. she is meeting with representatives who are fighting gaddafi. she is then going to be talking about

political solutions 2 secure gaddafi's exit. >> mark: we will be right back as a morning news continues san jose traffic backed up right now bumper-to-bumper. we will get an update with george in the traffic center. we are getting word of the fire in new work, they are concerned about self or acid.. [ male announcer ] yiayia may not approve of michelle's wardrobe.

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>> george: welcome back to kron 4 morning news. we continue to track this hotspot southbound 880 to the nimitz freeway. only one lane of that connecting ramp is opened with an overturned

truck that occurred at 2:00 a.m. this morning. thankfully we still don't have that big back up that is still anticipated because it is still early. the bad news is even though they are clearing the over turn tankard the problems may be damage to their road and the sand beryl's. that might mean this ramp might be affected until later this morning it. if that occurs we may see a big traffic jam we have expected. it affects the ramp to the washington ave. that could be tying up san lorenzo, even some hayward traffic. another hot spot, the south bay where 1 01 northbound. we are checking to see if it is late road work that has the lanes blocked. we are

checking now with caltrans tried to get information on why it is stopped here and 1 01 north from about the guadalupe parkway heading up towards great american parkway. to hot spots to contend with this morning. otherwise the rest of the commute is not too bad. the bay bridge is still light traffic headed towards a san francisco oakland bay bridge. the san mateo bridge ride is still problems free westbound. no delays headed towards foster city. the golden gate bridge is problem free not only across the span beginning for marin get over to the weather center now. >> louisa: get out your bathing suit it will be beach weather tomorrow. today we begin with the warm-up. don head to the beach just yet. we could be

talking about eighties as we head through this week. sampras's go 49, by noontime 60, your highs today 63 and back down to the low 50s by 8:00 p.m. your satellite and radar shows rain in the pacific northwest. however for us high clouds streaming through. by this afternoon lots of sunshine expected once the storm pushes to the east. we have this rich building and as it does temperatures will skyrocket into the 80s tomorrow and stay that way right through friday. rain now sitting in the 40's by the afternoon we will get a warm-up today warming up with the upper 60s. we could close in to 70 degrees in napa, concord. mid- 60's around the bay in down in the south bay 66% jose. but bush'66 for san jose. check out

wednesday san francisco 71, oakland 74, now at 83, san jose 77, san rosa sai82. by the weekd we cool and often bring in a slight chance of rain, certainly nothing compared to last week. >> mark: all this nice weather but we are still dealing with clean up from the storms. they are trying to stabilize this hill here. you can see how it is exposing the road underneath after water mains and gas line expose right now. due to soil erosion it was so saturated the

road some 6 ft.. mark o'connor says they saved their road from crumbling altogether prevented at gas line ruptured and water mine break. >> it opened up the shoulder that began to sag away from the roadway. at one. the roadway actually stayed in place but the soil beneath it completely said await expulsion to inch gas line. the pilings that we put in over the last 24 hours to make sure the road we stabilized did not interrupt utilities. >> mark: they are asking residents to be patient with them. constructions from the new wall will not be done for six weeks in part of the road will remain closed >> darya:. 6:21 a.m. at teenager who tried to kill three teachers

have been found guilty. a former hillsdale high school student is guilty of five of the seven felony charges he faced in connection with an august, 2009 attack on the campus involving pipe bombs, a dagger, and a chain-saw. a san mateo county jury convicted alexander youshock monday of the attempted murder of his former chemistry teacher. youshock was also found guilty of exploding a destructive device in an act of terrorism; possession of a destructive device in a public place; carrying a concealed dagger; and carrying a concealed explosive. an assistant principal and other teacher eventually tackled youshock just outside the classroom building and held him for police. during the trial the defense had argued the former student suffered from mental illness. the proceedings were delayed for months while psychiatrists examined his fitness to stand trial. the confessed killer of oakland journalist chauncey bailey is back in court on monday as a key witness in the trial of two men charged in three murders.devaughndre broussard, 23, described how yusef bey iv ordered him to kill odell roberson because the man's relative had murdered bey's brother.broussard's testimony against the defendants is part of a plea deal in which he admitted to killing two men. the key witness explained that he followed orders to kills roberson and bailey, a journalist who was reporting on bey's financially troubled your black muslim bakery.antoine mackey is also on trial for murder. he is accused of helping in both 2007 killings and carrying out a third. >> mark: stocks appear to be an

opening down this morning it reports on housing prices in consumer confidence. the index is expected to fall as higher gas prices mean a cut in income. just released home prices falling in most cities the average price are at the lowest level in four years. if all of price declines happened in 19 cities from january december to january. gop lawmakers planter introduce eight bills that take a small step towards pushing those mortgage giants out of business. they wanna show voters their desire to protect taxpayers. >> darya: we will be back with more a couple of minutes. we continue to follow hot spot san jose george will be back with the latest.

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>> mark: breaking news reports of a fire at the evergreen refinery one person reportedly injured. this is google first burst. the recycle automotive fluids. multiple fire departments are responding right now. there are concerns about

the sulfuric acid in the area. we have a crew on the way. it is a commercial area, right across from cherry street you can see large residential area. we have heard of one injury the firefighter fighting this right now is as we get new affirmation will get back to it. let's go to the news room. >> reporter: stock market just opened, they are still lingering around a bit. stocks are headed toward a higher opening the head of a consumer confidence. they did still little bit on monday, all the in-depth courses went negative >> darya: 6:30 a.m. georgia is all about hot spots give us the

update. >> george: this is what you need to know. san leandro are rep closure southbound 880 is shut down and has been since 2:00 a.m. an overturned truck being cleared, a spill that has to be contended with, likely damage to the road way. it could be 9:00 a.m. before this is fully open. we are looking at slowing right now on the connecting ramp but is the purses is likely to be a huge traffic jam. also affected washington avenue southbound 880. are rather hot spot turns out to be bay shore freeway. there is slightly better news here, this is the second 1 01 hot spot this morning this one is northbound. it is jammed leading toward trouble occurs.

we will show you slow traffic picking up but it, there was the northbound accident and the southbound accident and both of those conspired to back up this traffic. we thought it was late road work but it turns out it was to accidents both of them clear now. it is likely this back up will dissipate give yourself extra time normally you would not find those delays. a quick bridge check the bay bridge metering lights were activated at 6:23 a.m. you are seeing a back up forming but we haven't been incident free. san mateo bridge ride still uneasy commute here with no problems headed towards foster city. the golden gate bridge ride 1 01 southbound is also problem for this morning. over to the weather center here is liza. >> louisa: we deserve the weather. we have earned it. lots

of blue sky out there, high clouds in the next three san francisco but mostly clear this morning. lots of sunshine through the afternoon slight warming today, record highs expected for tomorrow. tomorrow temperatures jump up there, warm weather continues until friday. 80 degree temperatures in some spots. temperatures will warming to the '60s today, 63 for san francisco, concord about 69, really close to the 70 degree mark. five degrees above four river yesterday. san jose 66 today, santa rosa 68, livermore 66 and napa closing in on 70. big warmup comes tomorrow. the system is bringing rain into the far northern part of california.

as this shifts in east that's what is going to grab hold of us tomorrow through friday bringing temperatures up. certainly nice warmup for us this week. current temperatures in the '40's by the afternoon warming it up to the upper 60s. 14 degree jump by wednesday continuing to hold on to the '80s until about friday. saturday brings in a slight chance of rain. >> mark: another story out of hercules this saturated soil has caused flooding there. homes are in danger on carson street. >> reporter: it's a story that has been repeated around the bay area at hillside sliding down after the ground is saturated. four homes have been red tag out here on carlson. for others have been yellow tank. this started

on tuesday. this is video of what it looks like. this started on tuesday when the homes were red tag. the hill behind these homes started to fall. they had to evacuate four homes, utilities were turned off for safety reasons. we are now being told four others have been yellow tank. they have been warned not to stay overnight in those homes. we expect to see people from the city come out here, to try and ensure the hillside as much as possible. the ground is so saturated, this is one of the homes that has a red tag. you can see water seeping from alongside the garage. it is an up will battle for the homeowners out here. their hope is they can stop the hillside from creeping down.

workers from the city say it may be an uphill battle. >> darya: 60 5:00 a.m. officials in japan are calling it a grave. highly toxic plutonium is seeping from the damaged nuclear power plant in japan's tsunami disaster zone into the soil outside, officials said tuesday, heightening concerns about the expanding spread of radiation. plutonium was detected at several spots outside the fukushima dai-ichi power plant, the first confirmed presence of the dangerously radioactive substance. officials said the traces of plutonium posed no immediate threat to public health. it can cause long-term damage and may be carcinogenic. the death toll has topped 11,000. the nuclear emergency highlights what is the medical-. few treatments are for radiation. there are newer developments including rapid testing that could spot doses with merely up in your part of blood and an injunction that has

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>> darya: breaking news of fire at the evergreen oil refinery injuring one person. we are zooming in on the area. will tran is in the area with the latest. >> will: i don't see flames coming from the refinery. the smoke i saw about 25 minutes ago has disappeared for now. it is happening over there, that's why fire trucks are headed in that direction. a lot of roadblocks taking place. a lot of people have been evacuated from their homes. trying to get more informational the fire department spokeswoman just arrived at the scene. she is

headed to the refinery as soon as she gets information shall come back out and tell me about the person that was injured, and what caused the refinery to catch on fire during the 5:00 a.m. hour. while we wait for hurt let's show you the lay of the land. police officers are all over the place. the fremont police department as well as the new work. but there's a lot of sulfur in the area. people told me it is because of the flares that the police officers are using not just at that interchangintersection but a per around the refinery to make sure people lookit to close. i tried to get close to it but they said because it is a chemical fire this is as close as we can get. as soon as a get more informational will pass along. the good news this note towering flames. the smoke that we saw it

has disappeared as well. >> darya: the chemical smell is from the police response? >> will: exactly i thought it was from the refinery and then i asked around and they said it was because of all the flowers that have been put on the ground. it almost seems it it creates its own fog in front of the headlights. police officers are very stringent, one police officer yelled at me to trwhen y to get past the line to talk to them. hopefully we'll have a live interview to find out what caused the fire. >> darya: we will check back with you. 6:42 a.m. back in a couple of minutes.

>> mark: one person injured all live look the smoke is rising. they canhandle hazardous waste as well. there are concerns right now of softer than acid being affected. -- sulfuric acid. -- >> darya: the brothers are born to take the stand today at barry bonds trial. it will be the first of several athletes called to the stand. they have admitted to using drugs that they got from bond's personal trainer and friend. >> mark: supreme court hearing arguments from wal-mart to end the mass of discrimination lawsuit. it started here in the bay area it claims the world's largest retailer favors men over

women in pay and promotion. there are too many plaintiffs and the supreme court could rule today whether or not to let this claim go forward. >> louisa: put away your umbrellas, take out your shades, we have a heat wave on tap. mostly sunny today, it temperatures warming to the upper 60s closer to 70. by tomorrow more sunshine in fact we could break into the '80s. potential record-breaking highs much more appeare. satellite rat weather in the pacific northwest. as this passes by those temperatures are expected to skyrocket. you'll notice the warm-up tomorrow. here is sure

your current temperatures in the '40's, this afternoon '60s, '60s san rosa, novato, a concord 69. we could warm up to 66 in places like san jose. tomorrow we will have temperatures in the '70s, '80s. san francisco 71, 74 oakland, napa could set a record coming in at 83. san jose 77, santa rosa could tie the old record set back in 200182. more 80 is in store your seventh day '80s right through the work

week, by saturday we cool off the bring in a slight chance of showers. we drive up sunday warming up next week. >> george: tracking a couple hot spots the first is a single word in that east bay. --sig alert-- . we might see a huge traffic jam in the east bay appeared southbound 880 only one lane of that connecting ramp is open to. the ramp leading to washington to shut down. right now as you can see, the only slow traffic is still confined to the connecting ramp. the bad news is when the big rig overturned it likely did damage to the sand beryl's and probably the road. --berywe have another hot spot r

than usual on 101 leading north word. the back out is almost to the 880. northbound incident near lafayette. they were reported completely clear, traffic is still sluggish here. it is unusual to see it this low for north fell 1 01. no other problems are hot spots let's give you a quick bridge check. metering lights have been active for a half-hour it is a good ride to the bay bridge, san mateo bridge ride is doing pretty well. the volume is higher here but no problems across the span no backups on the approach to the bridge. a day the traffic is still lighter than usual. golden gate bridge right still looks good as well.

kron 4 news room lets your the latest. >> reporter: iraqi government says the death toll has gone up to 21 people in the hostage situation we have been telling you about. there was gunman wearing uniforms and suicide bomb belts that stormed a building and took a bunch of people hostage including local politicians. the death toll is now 21 in this situation happening in northern iraq. >> mark: the attorney general's office is urging state regulators to top and a $3 million settlement over their failure to provide documentation. pg&e executives are defending the agreement saying it does set milestone to prove it is moving gas safely to its pipeline from the bay. owed on the settlement as early as april 11th. tonight san bruno will be opening a resource

recovery for the people that were affected by the blast. it is an outpost of case management that allow support for ongoing issues. case workers will staff the center streamlining the process that residents are going through to get a light spot to another. >> darya: activists are calling for an end to that don't ask don't tell policy. gay rights advocates are obama administration to keep the military's repealed "don't ask, don't tell" policy in place while the pentagon prepares for its repeal.in a brief filed monday in the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals in san francisco by lawyers for the group called log cabin republicans, the group termed keeping the policy in place as "absurd." at issue is the constitutionality of congress allowing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy to stay in effect to give the pentagon time to train troops and take other steps outlined in december when lawmakers cleared the way for the policy's repeal. earlier this year, the administration said it would no longer defend the 1996 ban. last year a district court judge issued an injunction barring enforcement of the policy. they may ban on unsolicited yellow pages, they will vote this afternoon, the board

president says the proposal is protecting the merman in cleaning neighborhood spirit a coalition of small business says the directors are crucial part of advertising that helped to boost revenue and job growth. >> mark: more honor developing story coming up a refinery fire this morning heavy police presence around the refinery and fire vehicles continuing to fight this fire at the refinery. the latest details coming up. ♪ you'll run outside

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>> darya: the bay bridge looks terrific a very easy right for you for thrifts great weather starting today getting better through the week. right now 46 your highs today will be 66, by wednesday, thursday we're looking at eighties. game one of

baseball's took place last night in san francisco. 38,000 people were there. the giants' solo home run off brett anderson the giants up four-story appeare3. >> mark: 23 points and 11 rebounds stanford beat the bulldogs their headed to the fourth straight that cardinals away the dallas regional. >> darya: will broaden james will meet his second trip today. this is when he returned december 2nd. james says it can

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