we begin with a developing story this morning. the security breach at yahoo. an unspecified number of yahoo e-mail's users have been told their accounts were compromised and their user names and passwords need to be reset. kron4's jeff bush has more from yahoo headquarters in sunnyvale. they would kron4 for more coverage of yahoos e-mail packing critical to our web site kron4 dot com and see the full block post from yahoo. we will also have

information on what to do if you've been hacked and tips on keeping your account 6. a man who turned a female relative into a sex slave for nearly 15 years is very close to a long prison sentence. authority's a 52 year-old raul ochoa of richmond started abusing the girl when she was 12. this is a crime scene photo of the backyard shed where she was a salted for many years. police say she was forced to help build the shed. they also say she was so-called elite under the man's control that when she was able to escape with the help of other relatives she went to police to ask for permission to move to another city instead of reported the abuse. ochoa pleaded not guilty after it pleaded guilty and is expected to be sentenced to 22 years in prison.

conserve water. that's the message the san francisco puc is telling the public today. the states extreme drought means low water levels at the hatch--hetch hetchy reservoir. the goal is to reduce water usage by 10%. an official announcement is expected later this morning. other california cities are also imposing restrictions. and the santa cruz mountains, lompico is now on the list of communities which could run out of water and two to four months. the roughly 500 residents there are being asked to cut their water use by at least 30%. and the community might soon have to buy water by the truckload. water managers have ruled out tapping surface water from lompico creek which is extremely low for this time of year.

although california is desperate for more snow fell in the sierra for the first time in what seems like forever. and residents welcomed with open arms. the tahoe area sought least half a foot of snow on the ground causing some slick road conditions. the crew's work fast to keep roads clear. skiers took advantage of the fresh snow hitting the slopes at tahoe resorts. overall people didn't seem to mind the cold conditions

and said they hope more snow is on the way. that was raiders linebacker miles burris. tahoe is hoping for at least 2 1/2 feet by the end of the weekend. convicted teenage gunman max wade is waking up and said clinton this morning. this is the mug shot that was taken as he entered the prison yesterday. wade was sentenced last week for a gun ambush in mill valley and the theft of $200,000 lamborghini. for a dealership in san francisco. the car belonged to celebrity chef guy fieri. wade will spend the next 90 days at san quentin while prison authority's decide where he will spend the bulk of his life sentence. >>: the denver broncos are

getting ready as of the seattle seahawks getting closer and closer to sunday's big game >>: i think these are two of the two best teams in the nfl and the best quarterback in maybe nfl history and it's going to be a tremendous challenge for both sides and i think that's what makes the game so big. it's a once-in-a- lifetime opportunity for a number of guys pretty have to enjoy the process. >>: who will win is anyone's guess. of course you can't have a super bowl without superbowl adds up to the animal's lot more time. police are also cracking

down on fake merchandise and even worse, fake tickets with scams people out of the thousands of dollars. bruno mars is heating up the mike for his halftime show. >>: i'm grabbing the mike and its frozen so it's tough like that that we are taking into consideration in getting some heaters on everything. >>: part of times square has been transformed into a super ball boulevard with all sorts of a football an awful lot of activities going on and then there's the big game in new jersey. i'm andrew spencer reported. >>james: a pair of seattle seahawk fans have been so quiet the name on their newborn baby. 12th mann. 12th man is a nickname for

fans in the seahawks' stadium during games. they named the baby cyndee leigh 12th mann. her last name is mann. 12th is permanent. --her middle name.

for 14 is the time. one might think that snowfall would help supply the state with plenty of water but because of how bright it has been of the last year,

there's a disturbing lack of moisture in the mountains. state officials measure the snowpack yesterday at kron4's charles clifford shows us what it found >>: on thursday the california department of water resources conducted its monthly snow survey and the news is not good. even the fresh snow has fallen in the mountains this week, it will be nearly enough to reverse the ongoing drought problem. this is video of survey crews working near phillip station just near highway 15 not too far from lake tahoe. here in measured at 12.4 in. of snow which is equal to one plan for inches of water content for the that the meager 7% of average for this location. e.w. are says based on its latest reading to the snow pack statewide is only 12 percent of average. that's the lowest level since the state started keeping records in 1960. that's also bad news for california's water supply. >>: were knocking it all starts to come through and without that runoff of the reservoirs are not going to refill and they're probably

going to have to manage what they've got. >>: i also want to show you a chart to explain just how bad the snowpack really is. these are grass created by the department of water resources to show how much snow as in the mountains. currently, this year we are over here which is essentially flat wind and 12 percent of normal which is well below any of these other funds. fisher is considerably less snow and the mountains. and the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >>james: let's head of hear about the forecast. >>: we have been talking about the snow pack. a lot of snow reported. the winter

weather advisory has expired. you could see the storm continues to shift its way south. although it's not impacting the bay area. as for temperatures we are waking up to upper forties to low 50s so it is a mild start. a little breezy north of the golden gate bridge to take a look at the numbers. 48 leaving your house and san mateo. upper forties in the livermore valley. take a look at the afternoon. a cooler day ahead. you'll probably need a slider. fremont's only hit a 59358 degrees in santa clara. it looks like a day of the upper 50s for the san ramon valley. san francisco also stained and the '50s for today. a little cooler than that for napa. also one of the milder spot to 61 degrees and 58 in san mateo. it is breezy right now. it

was a cooler day ahead three demand clear conditions. and temperatures dropping into the upper '40's low fifties. with that not only could we see some sprinkles in the bay area but this system dropping down from the gulf of alaska could bring more snow to the sierra nevada. high pressure rebuilt as we start the next work week. temperatures gradually start to war. in fact, wrapping up next week we could be back in the mid to upper 60s. as for traffic around the bay area, here's an update. the hot spot tracking down in the south bay. looks like the stage did manage to open all lanes sonoma pursing any delays for northbound 85 to stock of camden ave. we're following the result of a fatal accidents and the investigation stages. since about 1130 last night. as we

take it over to the bridges, bay bridge toll plaza looks fine. a handful of cars right now. over at the san mateo bridge a nice ride awaits you. no problems getting to the bridge coming from the nimitz freeway. no issues to report to on the golden gate bridge. >>james: big news coming today that could take the future dictate the future of a controversial oil pipeline project. the results of an environmental impact study into the keystone x l pipeline are due out this afternoon. a final decision may not come for several months. but this study is a critical step in the process. the results are seen as a key factor in determining whether the project will go ahead. if approved, the pipeline would carry 830,000 bar. of oil a

day from alberta, canada to the u.s. gulf coast. supporters said the project would reduce oil imports from unstable nations and create jobs at home. opponents warn against potential damage to the environment and doubt if any long-term jobs would be created. amanda and knocks--knox says she is frightened is added after again been found guilty of the murder of her roommate in italy. this was the third trial for knox and her former boyfriend were convicted of murdering meredith kercher back in 2009 acquitted in 2011. knox returned to seattle after her acquittal and was not in italy when yesterday's verdict was handed down. she was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison. the final decision on whether to extradite knox to italy will

rest with the state department. federal prosecutors will seek the de--death penalty against one of the man accused of masterminding the boston marathon bombings. prosecutors say, dzokhar tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan, planted two homemade bombs near the finish line of the marathon killing three people and injuring 250 margaret the attacks triggered a manhunt that led to dzhokhar's capture. police shot and killed tamerlane \ tsarnaev during the manhunt. dzhokhar

has pleaded innocent. no trial date has been said. >>: that i think they were just a mad instead of more embarrassed. >>: it could have and probably should be handled later. a district spokesman says there will review the notifications and should have given the kids a grace period. and you talk parents are criticizing and elementary school for taking school lunches away from students because of unpaid accounts. >>: the georgia school districts as they would charge elementary school students up to five days were the principal work with the student and family. in the granite a school district the account its zero the parents get a lunch and the parents get a phone call. >>: think outside the lunch box three >>: each of these district has computerized programs which enables parents to set up current payments and get timely notification spirit >>: the that will help but we still need to handle

these things better. >>: coming up on the kron4 morning news president obama helping the long-term unemployed. the first lady wakes up here and san francisco. will tell you what she'll be joined. >>: the bay bridge toll plaza camera showing a nice ride here. will be back with more news in a minute.

425 the time. it's been more than a decade since the crew on board the space shuttle columbia perished just minutes before landing. this weekend marks 11 years since that tragedy. his video other remembrancer money at the kennedy space center for the 10th anniversary. tomorrow, nasa ames will hold a day of remembrance for the astronauts and a police who lost their lives on the job. that includes

honoring the crew of the 1986 challenger disaster in the 1967 apollo 1 fire. president obama talking jobs this morning. he's asking seek ito's from major corporations to help with the long-term unemployed back to work. the concern is that the longer someone is out of a job harder it becomes for them to find a new one. c e those who share the president's views are going to the white house this morning. the white house as more than 300 companies have signed on so far. president obama plans to sign a presidential memorandum today directing the federal government to take new steps in its hiring practices to help the long- term unemployed. first lady michelle obama is intended another event in san francisco today. this is video of her motorcade arriving at a private event for 200 people in the financial district. she appeared in several fund raisers for the democratic national committee yesterday. the first lady has another fund-raiser this morning in san francisco

women's reception and the ip lunch with house what minority leader and nancy pelosi at the fairmont hotel.

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talk a little bit about the weather because it is friday and we have plants. the rain not going to be a problem free as we take the live look outside 3 here's our mount tam cam are overlooking san francisco. does he know what very windy out there. >>: a little breezy and the higher elevations. and the north bay we have seen when speeds up to 12 mi. an hour. we really don't have any fog. when you have a few high clouds streaming and really that's the extent of it. we're starting things off on the mild side. richmond 48 degrees. 43 per early in fairfield 344 of the door and sunnyvale. because we did have of that cloud cover temperatures are a little cooler than 24 hours ago. check out the wind speeds up to 12 mi. per hour. it could be a little dusty as we head into the

after known for its mostly sunny skies through oakland hitting 61. the 7 day around the bay forecast shows dry weather will follow us into tomorrow. next week expect mostly sunny skies. temperatures start to warm. and back to conceive mid-60s by the middle of next week. as for travel around the bay area now looking at any hot spot. you not encounter any delays three of its second live look at the bay bridge traffic is kind of building.

we are tracking top speeds for your ride continuing into san francisco. for those of deal making the westbound train. traffic is building actually in both directions on highway 92. i pleasant hill road on cause any slowdowns. the looks like that's a low vehicle crashes moved to the center divide. drive time are now 12 to 13 minutes from hercules to berkeley down the e shore freeway and not tracking any delays. it looks like we're accident free for those of you using the nimitz freeway. 431. >>james: if you have a yahoo in on the account your being warned to closely monitor all of your online activity. yahoo says somebody hiked

into its information. kron4's will tran is live at the headquarters street >>: i met yahoo headquarters in sunnyvale. experts say the people behind this. what they are doing is once again to your e-mail account they're looking for passwords and knowing that a lot of people use the same password for multiple accounts.

>>: the man charged with killing a san francisco state student as he was getting off and many light rail vehicle will be in court this morning for a status update. investigators say nikhom thephakaysone killed justin valdez. tepkayson is charged with three felonies one count of murder with a personal discharge of a gun causing that enhanced allegation one count of assault with a semiautomatic handgun on a separate but some in an earlier assault that evening and one count of possession of illegal assault weapon stemming from one of the guns found in his home. he is currently being held without bail. murder charges have been filed against 14 year-old mario toliver junior. his

the oakland teenager accused of killing his sister last week. kron4 spoke with toliver's attorney who gave some insight about the boy. that he just seems like a scared young boy. he does not seem to wise beyond his age were he is sophisticated or adapt to street smart. the 16 year- old boy charged with setting sasha fleischmann of fire on an ac transit bus has pleaded not guilty. police say richard thomas confessed to setting fleshment skirt on fire back in november. thomas will be tried as an adult. fleischmann who does not identify with either gender was badly burned. it's been 25 years since her disappearance of the community in dublin still holding out hope that by allowing--ilene misheloff

will come home. the least 100 people attended a vigil on walk last night to remember misheloff. they took the same route where she vanished after leaving classy that class early back on january 30, 1989. she was just 13 years old. she turns 39 this year. ilene's parents say it's remembrance like these that will hopefully one day lead to her safe return. there's a $100,000 reward for information leading to her return. dublin police said the case is still open and that every year there receive tips on her possible whereabouts. coming up on the kron4 morning news a heartwarming update on gem of the dog found in the trash at recology refinery. the cat's

name is meatball. no surprise there. will tell you

for 37 is the time. a happy ending for a puppy rescued from a recycling plant. gem having a family and we have video of the new puppy finally arriving at his no home. the pulpit was found mixed in with the recycling just before christmas at the recology plant in san francisco. she spent the last month recovering from heart injury to looks like she's doing fantastic. yesterday gem finally went home with her new owner and recology employee actually who won a lottery for the chance to a doctor. >>: i can't wait to take her home and just play with her but i'm really excited i feel very lucky to have her and for her to join the

recology family. the two employees who rescued him from the conveyor belts were honored by the san francisco board of supervisors earlier this month. more than 200 people applied to adopt the dog and those applications came in from all around the country. it's cool she's going to someone at the recology plant. an animal shelter in arizona meanwhile have a new tenant but he's going to be on a strict diet for a while. meet me to bother cats. he is a whopping 36 lbs. so big he can fit into standard meatball is temporarily staying in the end of an office at the shelter which is try to place him with a rescue organizers and helps overweight felines. this people at the shelter say meatball was extremely friendly and can comfortably walk despite his extra pounds. for 39 coming up we will tell you why drivers are angry over the new proposal. to speed up traffic on 683 years up with

live look outside 3 here's a shot at it. walnut creek with a ride 1% ramon valley.

for 41. a controversial plan on a proposal to restrict areas of for awfully dogs is heating up. that proposed a draft plan that receive so much negative feedback officials reopened it for more public comment ford funston and christie killed two of several places that would face major changes. many dog owners upset about the plan that drastically reduces the places where adults can be without a leash. member that are proposing no off leash at all. and i'm against the plan. the plan i don't think is well thought out. it wasn't involved any of the community at all. >>: a lot of dog owners like to take their dogs who to the water to splash around

they no longer will be able to do that. you can still way in. the to have to do it online. traffic is sometimes at a standstill on interstate 680 and is the base of the ftc held a public meeting on ideas on how to get it moving again. some of those ideas will cause commuter's money. drivers at the meeting didn't like that idea too much as kron4's rates explains. >>: interstate 680 will soon look much different. >>: the metropolitan transportation commission said express one will allow people who want to pay to use the convenience of the age of the land that option. a community meeting was held tonight to discuss the project in san ramon. so just how exactly does of the $45 million project to work? >>: it will require the use of a new generation of fasttrack that's actually switch a vote so you can have three numbers on it for the number of architects

everyone who is using that land will be obliged to use fasttrack. >>: this is similar to ones already in use in san jose. the new express will run from walnut creek all the way to san ramon. the idea of the express line is you take the unused capacity in that age of the light and make it available for a price. but not everybody who came out of his own board with the changes. in fact, some are downright disgusted with a small decrease in commuting time for a large expense. i think you can get as much of a benefit by removing a jovi land altogether. >>: they're going to build the legwork or one that have to pay extra money to go drive. this is ridiculous. nematode if that express one gets too busy or congested it will no longer be an

express line. it will not allow paying customers to go into that line. it was strictly be used as a nature of the land. by the way of this one worked as expected to be complete 440 is the time must find out about the forecast. >>dan: like enough to pretty calm conditions around the bay area about a little busy up and the north bay. temperatures very mild right now. san francisco 49 degrees. but like everyone is well above freezing. over

on our traffic maps all was well on the south bay. we are tracking a fatal accident 85 south camden ave. all lanes however have reopened. interstate 280 looks good and go northbound direction. as a is live up the peninsula green on the roadways sensors for interstate 280 so as the bay shore.

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january 31st. i'm james fletcher. i'm darya fulsome. we want to get a check with the weather this morning. >>erica: starting with part of a cloudy conditions on a friday morning. temperatures are on a bit of the cool side. 49 degrees in san francisco. oakland 45. 44 in santa rosa and livermore york and barack average and a mixture of some salt and so-called 3 it will be breezy at times. temperatures will be cooling down under mostly clear conditions saw highs for where you live today. close

to 60 and san jose. upper 50s and concord. 51 degrees and oakland. 60 degrees for santa rosa. more details on your forecast including a 7 day coming up a little bit later. first tier is erica with your traffic. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. you see there is no way to pay gates. south bay freeways are like right now permitted no issues along the peninsula and a smooth and easy ride coming out of the north bay on southbound 101. >>james: developing news this morning. santa clara firefighters are on scene of a house fire that broke out earlier this morning. nearby resident have been evacuated. live at the scene now with more is kron 4's mike pelton.

firefighters are here in the 54th block. is currently and in control. reporting have the amount of fire on this home just to make sure no hot spots pop back out. firefighters first got the call around 120 this morning after one of four people inside the home will go to find a fire. all four people inside did manage to get out safely but the fire on and off the home. they tell me it's really concentrated inside the garage. it took firefighters about 40 minutes to get the fire under control. one of the women inside the home this sustained minor burn injuries. and this morning crews remain here. arson investigators are here working to determine the cause of the fire. but at this point cruse tell me there's nothing suspicious. the tried to hit a forehand on the fire. back to you for it >>: 5 03. in san jose this

morning, one person is dead in a crash on highway 85. around 11-30 last night, the c-h-p was checking on a collision on northbound 85 near camden avenue. they found two vehicles hit each other. one of them flipped over. one person died at the hospital. investigators think one of the drivers was impaired and may have caused the accident. the almaden expressway on- ramp to northbound 85 was closed for several hours overnight. this morning. an attorney for the 14-year- old accused of killing his own sister is speaking out about the teen. murder charges have been filed against 14- year old mario toliver. he is the oakland teen accused of killing his sister, justice, last week. we spoke with toliver's attorney, and he gave us some insight about the boy. the alameda county d-a is reviewing whether toliver should be tried as an adult. my impression he is a 14 year-old boy. not a hardened criminal young man who is beyond his years in terms of

sophistication or street life mentality. he is scheduled to appear at a hearing in juvenile court this coming monday. >>darya: the latest storm to hit the bay area wasn't much. in fact, the rain we did get brought little help. so snow levels in the sierra still remain dangerously low. the latest survey shows the state's snowpack is at 12 time of year. only one and a half inches of rain was recorded from october through december. the lowest total on record dating back to 1895. the northern and central sierra snowpack provides about a third of the state's water supply. last year was also the state's driest year since records started being kept.

conserve water. that's the message the san francisco p-u-c is telling the public today.

the state's extreme drought means low water levels at the hetch hetchy reservoir. the goal is reduce water usage by 10 percent. an official announcement is expected later this morning. pitchers and catchers report to spring training on that's just two weeks away. opening day is april 8th, and the giant's will play the diamondbacks. morning news.

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hundreds of drivers in the atlanta area have been reunited with their vehicles after that massive traffic jam caused by a winter snowstorm. but the impact from the storm is still being felt this morning. while state employees are reporting for work. several schools in atlanta are still closed today. crews continue to work to clear roads and deal with other storm related issues. georgia's governor is also taking the blame for poor planning and response leading up to the storm.

temperatures in the area are expected to reach the low 50's today, which should help crew clear the buildup high and dry. that's what conditions are like for marina operators at california reservoirs. the government's latest drought monitor report reveals that the state's water crisis has deepened dramatically. this latest map from the federal government shows nine percent of california is now experiencing what is classified as "exceptional drought." that's the most serious category. and the first time it's been recorded in

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thanks for watching the kron4 morning news 515 is the time right now. want to get a live look at weather now that the rain has passed. that was quick and not very significant >>anny: not helping our the drought situation where still attractive for the possibility of some showers may be even this weekend. here's your forecast breezy this morning for the weekend, saturday is going to be dry but suddenly of a slight chance for some showers for your super bowl party. his your satellite and radar picture. the storm system that brought much- needed rain around the bay area has lived south of us. bring in a little bit of showers snow showers of the lake tahoe. so great news for the resorts of there. some resorts picking up. a fresh pattern. 59 and san

jose. as on to a little cooler out there. 62 from all the men valley. heading over to the east bay mostly sunny skies for you 59 offer russia a valid. 60 degrees in walnut creek. after the north bay 56 and out of san francisco. 59 and berkeley as 61 degrees in oakland. his a kron47 day around the bay forecast.

>>erica: thus did he not hadn't can eliminate accidents. you could see the volume will increase. a majority of the cars are coming from the e shore freeway and interstate 580. for those of you who make that westbound truck all is well here with a drive time of 12 to 13 minutes. the problems of the golden gate bridge. the fifth drive right now 12 minutes. i've hercules into berkeley along the e shore freeway so again, problem free conditions for everyone

heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. its been more than a decade since the crew on board the space shuttle columbia perished just minutes before landing. this weekend marks 11 years since that tragedy. here's video of a remembrance ceremony at the kennedy space center for the 10th anniversary. tomorrow, nasa ames will hold a day of remembrance for the astronauts and

employees who lost their lives on the job. that includes honoring the crew of the 1986 challenger disaster and the 1967 apollo one fire. federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty against one of the men accused of masterminding the boston marathon bombings. prosecutors say, dzhokhar tsarnaev. and his brother tamerlan, planted two homemade bombs near the finish line of the marathon, killing three people and injuring 250 more. the attacks triggered a manhunt that led to dzhokhar's capture. police shot and killed tamerlan tsarnaev during the manhunt. dzhokhar has pleaded innocent. an apology this morning from school officials in utah for throwing away student lunches because their parents owed money on their food accounts. it's a story we told you about yesterday morning on kron four.

the salt lake city school district says it was a mistake it threw out 32 elementary students lunches. it happened *after cafeteria workers already gave them the food. parents say the move was humiliating and demoralizing. a district spokesperson says the lunches were thrown out because they could not be served to another student. the students affecte were later given fruit and milk. the assembly has passed a bill that would allow patients who lose their individual health insurance under the affordable care act to continue seeing a provider who is treating them for specific conditions the bill would apply to people receiving specific treatments whose policies are canceled between dec. 1 of last year and march 31 of this year. that pool could be as high as 900,000. the bill is urgent and would take effect immediately if

approved by the senate and signed by the governor. big news is coming today that could dictate the future of a controversial oil pipeline project. the results of an environmental impact study into the "keystone x-l" pipeline are due out this afternoon. a final decision may not come for several months. the results are seen as a key factor in determining whether the project will go ahead. if approved, the pipeline would carry 830-thousand barrels of oil a day from alberta, canada to the u-s gulf coast. supporters say the project would reduce oil imports from unstable nations -- and

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any long term jobs would be created amanda knox says. she is frightened and saddened after again, being found guilty of the murder of her roommate in italy. this was the third trial for knox and her former boyfriend --- who were convicted of murdering meredith kercher back in 2009. then acquitted in 20- 11. knox returned to seattle after her acquittal - and was not in italy when today's verdict sentencing her to more than 28 -years in prison was handed down. the final decision on whether to extradite knox to italy will rest with the state department. two russian activists have filed a lawsuit against the sochi olympics organizers after they were barred from

they insist they were barred because of their outspoken positions. they bought tickets for the games and then applied for spectator passes without which visitors will not be admitted to the sports venues, and both were refused without explanation. their lawyer said that they had filed a lawsuit in a sochi court. the sochi organizing committee was not immediately available for comment. the winter games open feb. 7 in the black sea resort and run through feb. 23.

coming up on the kron four morning news. a stroller company is recalling hundreds of thousands strollers for risk of *amputation. we'll tell you about the warning. amazon's latest earnings failed to impress investors -- and now the online retail giant may be raising the price of its popular "prime" service. shares in amazon-dot-com fell eight percent overnight in after-hours trading.

the company's fourth- quarter 20-13 profits grew to 239 million dollars, and revenues were up 26 percent. but that fell short of wall street predictions. in an investor conference call, executives said they are considering a higher price for "amazon prime" -- a subscription service that includes free shipping for most purchases, and streaming video similar to netflix. "prime" costs about 80 bucks a year -- but amazon says higher fuel and shipping costs could lead to a hike of 20 to 40 dollars

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live at santa clara evacuant residents evacuated and a home. >>: this is along the 54th block of alameda donato. fire crews are still here on the same period of the past 20 minutes they stop for water on the home. they're no longer appoint water on to this house as firefighters had to do that to control some of the hot spots that are popping up inside the home. given to this home is totally destroyed. the first call came and. fire crews tell me what other residents walked up to the fire. out of one of them a woman did face minor burn injuries and was transported to a hospital. firefighters got to control and about 20 minutes. the

cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>: >>erica: this one of the mid peninsula. the bayshore freeway north bound 101 an injury accident and bobbing to the close blocking. looks like the number one-back open. we are seeing a back up pushing past about half a mile. this is going to impact people now the driving a pilot 101 but also the westbound direction and the san mateo bridge could that looks like it's pushing its way back closer to the 10192 interchange. no estimated time when these lines will reopen. the best of my

system currently used to a. this is a breezy conditions out there especially if you live in the hills. temperatures are generally and for this this morning as a stepping out the door. so grab a light jacket or sweater saturday very similar conditions and on thursday a chance fears of

the ball sunday >>: a hayward man faces ten years in a nevada prison. after pleading guilty to bringing a girl to las vegas to work as a prostitute. authorities say andrew west soft toss had a 16-year-old

girl work for him -- first in san jose, and later in stockton last year. he then brought her to las vegas, where west told the girl to pay for her motel room herself.. his sentencing is scheduled for april 30th. new this morning. 535 right now know this

morning police in santa clara county are looking for this man who stole copper wire from the santa terisa vt 8 light rail station yesterday morning grid you could see him prepare on the beer surveillance cameras wearing a blue jacket and khakis. he's accused of taking the wire which is valued at close to $10,000 so they are looking for who that man is. >>: >>darya:a man who turned a female relative into a sex

slave for nearly 15 years - is very close to a long prison sentence. authorities say 52-year-old raul ochoa of richmond started abusing the girl when she was 12. this is a crime scene photo of the backyard shed where she was assaulted for many years. police say she was forced to help build the shed. they also say she was so completely under the man's control -- that when she was able to escape with the help of other relatives, she went to police to ask for

permission to move to another city. instead of ochoa pleaded guilty and is expected to be sentenced to 22-years in prison. there is vo of polina in the friday folder a washington man accused of driving a ferrari in a downtown seattle police chase that reached speeds of 100 mph is being allowed to leave washington to attend sunday's super bowl. in a court petition, the man's defense lawyer said his client had "what may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see his hometown team play in the super bowl. a superior court judge signed an order allowing

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with the super bowl just more on the preparations for the big game. here's a live look at super bowl boulevard. out in new jersey still looks like

tents are starting to pop up. people are getting going up early on this friday morning before the big game this sunday.

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days away, predictions for which team will be the new n-f-l champion are coming from all walks of life. snow fell in the sierra for the first time in what seems like forever. and residents welcomed it with open arms. the tahoe area saw at least half- a foot of snow on the ground. causing some slick road conditions. but crews worked fast to keeps roads clear. skiers took advantage of

the fresh snow. hitting the overall. people didn't seem to mind the cold conditions. and said they hope more snow is on the way. 49ers quarterback colin kirkland getting more of than a foot of snow. 14 in. in the last 24 hours. thefts this is a pretty good week and it's been a pretty tough season. half looks like things are looking much better for this weekend at least for the mountains.

>>erica: my best advice is because this is a pretty serious accident is interstate 280 if you're heading up the peninsula but that's really the only problem spot we are looking at. drive time under 40

minutes from the foot of the maze heading into san francisco. san mateo bridge currently problem free. clear conditions as you work your way into hayward. however, again on the western end of the bridge we do have that accident that's backing things up. as we take it back to the traffic map of the south bay north bound 101 starting to slow approaching san jose mineta. green on the roadways sensors show speeds over 50 mi. an hour. as we get closer to its super bowl for the eight the fanfare surrounding the game is building. and spencer reports how everything is coming together. >>: the denver broncos are getting ready to soar the seattle seahawks getting closer and closer to sunday's big game. the security and the catching of counterfeits is all my preparation for super bowl

for the eighth period as far as the players go they're getting ready for the big estates they can play on. >>: i think these are the to basket teams and nfl and the best quarterback and made the nfl history and it's going to be a tremendous jealous for both sides and i think that's what makes the game so big.

>>: 49ers quarterback: kaeperick is speaking out about seahawks player richard sherman. and his now infamous rant after he helped win the game for seattle. here's what kaep said on e- s-p-n yesterday. kaepernick said he'll take crabtree in a matchup with sherman any day. he said he looks forward to attacking sherman next year when the rival teams meet at least twice. the golden state warriors. playing poorly against bad teams. but stepping up

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this morning on the kron 4 morning news. flu hitting the bay area a handful of h-1-n-1 deaths so far.

this morning on the kron 4 morning news. the lawyer of the boy accused of killing his own sister. speaks out and gives some insight into who mario toliver is. and yahoo users' at risk this morning after hackers break into email accounts. we'll tell you what's been revealed so far. and santa clara firefighters are mopping up a two alarm house fire. we'll have a live report coming up. good morning. it is friday january 31st. i'm james fletcher.