this morning on the kron 4 morning news. there's a new multimillionaire somewhere out there. he or she bought the one and only winning powerball ticket in milpitas! we have the winning numbers and reaction from the store a 93- year old patient is attacked while in the emergency room at san francisco general. we'll have reaction from her family. she's 15 years old. and hanging right in there among the world's top figure skaters. san jose's polina edmunds. within striking distance of the olympics podium. the kron 4 morning news starts right now. good morning. i'm james fletcher. was good lettuce with the weather. hey erica starting off with great conditions about there. no fog. no issues with feasibility and really not too cold. in fact, most locations are

currently in the forties. clear skies as we take this live look from our mount tam cam. it look at temperatures. santa rosa and 45 degrees. for these out the door in concord. and to the afternoon and lot of those 60s will start to fill land. we're talking upper 60s in livermore and pleasanton, 69 year high in fairfield. well 60s along the coastline. partly caught conditions. high pressure back in place. what that means is in the storm in the rain is going to stick to the north and we will continue with a warmup gear and the bay area. here's than 7 day around the bay forecast like i mentioned warmer weather on the way. your mother is a warming trend tearing us into the weekend. saturday shipping of to be the warmest day of the week. sunshine will continue as we wrap up the weekend. some clouds as we start the next door quick. and it looks like wet

weather returns to the bay area as we head into the middle of next week. that is something we will continue to monitor. as for traffic around the bay area. i just checked in with the chp, we don't have any accidents to report but of course we do have areas of offered by construction. really no slowdowns or delays as an end to the bay bridge right now. over at the cemetery bridge you are good in both directions of highway 92. though still like heading out toward foster city. the bart what's coming toward to any spot in to hayward. finally will ticket live look at the golden gate bridge. south, now moving pretty well right now. seeing lots of space between cars. again no accidents. drive time right now checking in at 23 minutes. i of the bottle into san francisco. i have more on weather and traffic coming up in about 10 minutes. >>james: erica, thank you. if you bought a ticket for

tonight's 425 -million dollar powerball jackpot. you had a one in 175 - million chance of winning. .so let's get to the numbers. here they are. 1. 17. 35 49. 54. and the powerball number is 34. and it turns out there is only one big ticket sold. and it was purchased right here in the bay area.at the dixon landing chevron in milpitas. the winner will be 425- millionn 300 hundred thousand dollars richer. the dixon landing chevron will also receive one million for selling the winning ticket. employees at the chevron do no know who the winner is but still very excited about the news. and another ticket sold matching all five numbers just missing the powerball number was in sold at stop save liquor #2 on coffee

road in modesto. and the owner at that store was also very excited about the winning ticket. one other ticket was sold in our state that matchedfive numbers, missing only the powerball number. it was was sold at 7-eleven, which is located in el segundo in southern california. safeway says. the rumors are true. the company is currently in talks with another company. which wants to buy out the supermarket chain. company officials are not identifying who they are talking with. but it has been reported that the interested party. is a new york based company. which currently operates albertson's and lucky. one safeway employee says, there was a brief announcement of the potential sale yesterday at work..and it is now unclear what might happen to her job.

and a company may acquire me. if a deal does go through. there could be changes ahead. but they would still be a long way off. there are more than 170 safeway stores in the bay area. at least 60 throughout the east bay. dozens in the south bay and north bay.

people may be grocery shopping at other stores like costco, target, whole foods, trader joes. but if you live around here.chances are you hit up safeway at least occasionally. the los angeles times is reporting the two men charged with severely beating san francsico giants fan bryan stow at dodger stadium in 2011 are expected to be in court today. to accept a plea deal. marvin norwood and louie sanchez are expected to plead guilty to charges of mayhem, assault and inflicting great bodily injury in the beating of stow. the attack left the bay area paramedic with serious head trauma, and a permanent disability. which requires lifetime care. no details on the sentence that would be included in the plea deal.

now to the latest out of sochi. and san jose's polina she placed 7th after her first skate yesterday. today, she's the 17th skater to take the ice. that's expected to happen later this morning. her american teammate gracie gold came in fourth place. and ashley wagner sixth. the defending champion, yuna kim, of south korea won the short program. with russia and italy placing second and third respectively. we'll monitor the games and polina and bring you updates throughout the morning. the u-s women's hockey team is going for gold this morning. the team takes on canada in the gold medal game this morning at nine. the u-s men's team faces canada in the men's hockey semifinals tomorrow morning at nine. a ten-year-old girl kidnapped about a block from her home and then killed. how neighbors tried to save her. that story coming up after the break.

and here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge a disturbing story from the cal- berkeley campus tonight. a 19-year-old student arrested for beating up a

campus acquaintance on tuesday -- and police are calling it a hate crime! university police say, joseph donner allegedly made homophobic comments to the 19 -year old victim and demanded his cell phone. police say, when the two reached campbell hall -- donner ordered the victim to go into a construction area. when the victim refused.

donner repeatedly punched , kicked, and choked the victim. a predator alert on the peninsula tonight after a man follows a 15-year-old girl, then asks her to have sex with him. it happened on a busy street not far from downtown san mateo. during daylight hours. police have released surveillance of the suspect. investigators are treating this as a child annoyance case but are taking it very seriously. the man is described as hispanic, in his 40's, 5- feet- 4 inches tall with dark hair and a thick mustache. a missouri public schools

employee faces first-degree murder charges after police say a 10-year-old girl was found dead in his home. neighbors saw the girl being pulled into a truck. cnn's andrew spencer reports police are crediting their actions in helping track down a suspect. in missouri, a springfield public schools employee faces first-degree murder charges after police say a 10-year-old girl was found neighbors saw the girl being pulled into a truck. andrew spencer reports police are crediting their actions in helping track down a suspect. ten-year-old hailey owens was about a block from her

house, tuesday afternoon, when witnesses say a man in a truck pulled up to her, asking for directions. "my neighbor's yelling at this man and her to get away from. he was yelling at her, saying, 'get away from the car! don't go over there!' you know, and telling him, 'don't touch her! don't touch her!'" hailey was pulled inside, and the man in the truck sped away. because neighbors were able to get the truck's license plate number, police in springfield, missouri, say the were able to find their suspect -- 45-year-old craig wood, an employee of springfield public schools -- just over three hours later. "it is a tragedy that it was not quick enough to save hailey." police took wood back to headquarters where they say he refused to talk about the missing girl and asked for an attorney. officers searched his home, finding the body of a little girl with a gunshot wound to the head. hailey's death and her kidnapping has affected many people in springfield -- from the neighbor who chased after owens in his car. "i'm very sorry. i tried, i tried my hardest to keep up with the guy to find out what he was doing, but i wasn't able to." .to the principal of hailey's elementary school. "our obligation as educators is to take care of those

kids and do what's best for them. and to waver from that is an injustice." .even to the prosecuting attorney. "as a father of an eight- year-old and 11-year-old daughters, these are very hard facts to talk about. i am just glad that he's captured and we'll be able to bring him to justice." i'm andrew spencer, reporting

welcome back. expect most unclear conditions. we will see a few high called later on today and then,

conditions about five this evening. in fact most of us would be staying in the '50s. here's a look at the bigger picture of satellite every hour. you can see a flute few clouds moving into the bay area right now by high-pressure dominant over the scene. what that means is storm track was that well to the north so we will see any rain drops for the next couple of days. here's a look unsure extended forecast the 7 day around the bay. '70s definitely a possibility as we head into the weekend. as to the district school would like rain returns to the bay area wednesday night. will have more on the forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. on to traffic around the bay. this is a great ride. want to make your way past the pay gates.

the life reconditions here at the cemetery bridge. we are saying. heading over to the golden gate read a very easy ride. infected with the roadways sensors. we see speeds over 50 mi. per hour. taking it over to the traffic map keeping a close eye on was off 580. generally one of the first thoughts to back up but we're still seeing top speeds coming over the off to my past. approaching downtown livermore. and curly in the south bay we are monitoring an accident. one no one moves well command of the coyote valley and more into that free for northbound 85 approaching just in. federal investigators are looking at pilot fatigue as a possible factor in the fatal crash of a u-p-s cargo jet in alabama last august. the accident killed both pilots on board. the pilots' work shift started the night before in rockford, illinois and took

them to peoria and finally to lexington, kentucky. they were finishing their last scheduled leg when the plane slammed into a hillside while attempting to land in birmingham. two years ago, the federal aviation administration issued new rules aimed at ensuring airline pilots have sufficient rest.

at least 35 people have been injured when the floor a mississippi church activity center collapsed. a youth group was in the family life center yesterday when the floor gave way and fell about 12 feet. 79 kids were in the center at the time. police say non of the injuries are life threatening chris brown is heading back to court today in washington d-c to work out the details on when his trial will start on a misdemeanor assault charge. brown was arrested in

october after a man said brown struck him outside the w hotel in washington, d.c., when he tried to jump in a picture brown was taking for fromat the time he was on probation in california for the 2009 assault on then-girlfriend rihanna. a 93-year-old woman goes to a bay area hospital for help. but ends up. the victim of a brutal assault. the vicious attack was at the hands of another patient on valentines day at san francisco general. tonight. that suspect has been arrested. but -- the victim's family says, this incident never should have happened. kron 4's maureen kelly talked to the woman's grandson, who thinks there was a breakdown in hospital security. the greatgrandmother was left bruisedand battered by the attack.take a look at this terrible gash on one of mary pereaz' forearmsallegedly sustained after another patient headed to the psych wardjumped off his gurney while being transferred out of the er friday night.and into the 93 year old's room. her family members say he beat her with the pole of her iv she say someone crazy tried to kill me she tried to cover her head because he was hitting her in the head a lot her genitialia has bruises as well and all over her body

she had ashma so she chouldn't scream all she did was pray to god to save her nurses, sf pd officers and a sherrif deputy ran to the rescue. the hospital is sorry about what happened but calls the incident a freak accident. they says the suspect.29 year old orin zebest.surprised everyone involved. they say he was being attended by two nurses.mary's grandson says that's not completely true. going to the psychiatric hospital to be kept in there and he was left unattended after that and that sort of set him off and he went and did what he did to my grandma it only takes a blink of an eye for someone to do something like that san francisco general says they see approximately 4- thousand patients on psychicatric holds a

year.and that nothing like which this has ever happened before.but they are now reviewing their procedures. maureen kelly kron4 news. the suspect -- orin zebest -- pleaded 'not guilty' today.to three felony charges in connection with the alleged attack. two of the charges are for assault. the other for elder abuse.

who hawkhe remains in jail on 225 -thousand dollar bail. this is not the first time

there has been a serious lapse in security at s-f general. back in october, patient lynn spalding went missing from her hospital room. she was found more than two- weeks later. dead in a locked hospital stairwell. a review of procedures found. among other problems, that sheriff's deputies who provide security for the hospital, never checked all of the stairwells during the search for spalding.

-isan update on jahi mcmath.

the 13- year old oakland girl who was declared brain dead by children's hosptial oakland. while her family fought to keep her on a ventilator. a letter from mcmath's mother was posted today on social media. she praised quote - "good hearted professionals" for keeping her daughter alive. she wrote. "i know people are concerned. and i want to make sure you know that jahi is not suffering, she is surrounded by love." "hopefully my daughter can change some of the ways brain death is viewed in today's society. honestly, i think she already has." after a protracted legal battle, the family moved jahi from oakland children's hospital in december, to an undisclosed care facility outside the bay area. despite a truce called by ukraine's protest leaders and president viktor yanukovych , street fighting between demonstrators and police in kiev continues this morning. at least 28 people have been killed in the conflict.

meanwhile, diplomats from germany, france and poland are meeting today with both sides in the conflict before the european union holds an emergency meeting. a federal judge has decided not to block a san francisco law banning high- capacity ammunition magazines for guns. u-s district judge william alsup said he kept the ban in place in the favor of public interest. he added -quote- "more innocent lives will be saved by limiting the capacity of magazines." lawyers for a group of retired police officers fought the law. they said they will appeal the ruling to the 9th u.s. circuit court of appeals. the ban affects magazines that hold more than 10 automatically reloading bullets. it is set to go into effect on april 7th.

a teen arrested outside his vallejo high school after police say he was brandishing what looked like a handgun. the 14 year old was actually showing off this replica glock on tuesday. multiple calls were made to police reporting the teen. authorities say while the gun wasn't real. the replica still looked very real and it could have led to a very dangerous situation. the teenager was arrested, and cited for a misdemenor in connection to displaying the gun in public.

a coalition of housing, filed an environmental appeal

against san francisco's plan to allow private commuter shuttles to use public bus stops for a small fee. the 18-month pilot program, approved by the s-f-m-t-a board of directors last month. the program will charge $1 per stop for the use of muni stops by companies like google and facebook the appeal argues that the program should be subject to environmental review. the program was set to start on july 1 but could be sphene touchstoneresult of the appeal. keefe,google's super-fast internet network may be coming to a city near you. the company is exploring plans to expand its google fiber service to 34 additional cities.

the cities are located in nine metro areas: atlanta, charlotte, nashville, phoenix, portland, raleigh-durham, salt lake city, san antonio and san jose. google fiber launched back in 20-12. up to 100 times faster than most high-speed internet networks. right now, the service is only offered in three cities: kansas city; austin, texas and provo, utah. the governor and legislative leaders announced drought relief legislation today. which will funnel nearly 700- million dollars to local communities for water conservation projects. the funding will also be used to protect those most impacted by the drought. the bulk of the funding comes from bonds already approved by voters legislative leaders say, they can start getting the money out the door in two weeks.

a great time to leave the house right now. there is an overnight construction. it easily pick up and to the 5:00 hour. the take in the live look at the bay bridge toll plaza of the volume has increased under 11 minutes of the phase 3 here's the cemetery bridge bridge traffic moves well in both directions of highway 92. your drive just 12 to 13 minutes. here's a live look at the golden gate bridge. lot of space between card that you work your way out of marin county. >>james:we spoke to steve ritchie, assistant general manager of church's hopes lawmakers act swiftly and approve the emergency drought legislation announced by the governor. ritchie is also with the bay area integrated regional a nine-county coalition of

agencies working to improve water supply and quality. ritchie says that money could be used to fund at least 20 shovel-ready water like expanding a ground water program on the western side of san francisco, that, on a daily basis, could ultimately produce 4-million additional gallons of we have a winner for the hardball. it covers will tran is live. we're talking $242 million for the cash out. not to bet for the chevron place. apparently is owned by a local man and not the corporate share of run. this person also gets a cool $1 million for selling the tickets. we also spoke to the man who sold the winning lottery ticket in san jose and he got $1 million by guess he said he's calling himself a

thousand year. that's because with after tax as he walked away with about $500,000. it could be anyone. because this place is right off the corridor. the ypsilanti wrote. all one just down the street. a couple miles from here. this is a place where places come and go. the winner has not stepped forward yet. boehner should arrive here a couple hours from now. we will talk to have the honor. he is also a big winner. >>:ritchie says other projects would include flood-control, habitat restoration and water shed protection. in san francisco, philippe djegal, kron four news. the flu is proving to be a deadly threat to young healthy people. kron 4's vicki liviakis shows us the new numbers which bear that out.

the flu normally hits hardest on the very young and old, but not this year this year. the h1n1 virus is more dangerous to those in between. the cdc says 18 to 64 year olds account for 60 percent of flu hospitalizations this season us and a study by duke university says their average age is 28=point=five years. and 40 percent of them end up needing intensive care. that's twice as many as in the last h1n1 pandemic in 2009. the outbreak has been

especially severe in california, but the number of deaths of people under 65 years old. so far. is less than half the total for the 2009 pandemic. a central california slaughterhouse that supplies beef to the national school lunch program. is shut down. specifically. inspectors suspended operations because of unsanitary conditions. this comes after a separate incident last september -- when the company recalled 58-thousand pounds of beef after the u-s department of agriculture says it may have contained small pieces of plastic. we reached out to local school districts. and heard back from san francisco unified, and west contra costa unified.both school districts said they do not participate in the national school lunch program.

now time for the kron4 tech report with a deep sleep. the building f-16's the mission street that google might move into is a fixer upper. there's some work going on inside. i ask the workers were on site and they did not know who the future 10 that would be. the financial times reports that google will be both in and around 200 people. their sources tell them that this abuse the house start-ups as the company has acquired and will be a cool space for

employees to work and hang out. this news comes on the hills of protest over the buses that google and other tech companies used to shuttle employees from san francisco to silicon valley. there's a growing movement to stop the gentrification being caused by skyrocketing rent costs due to all the new tech reporter is woven into san francisco. there's an organization called just cause that works of middle-class families and the missions district of been misplaced due to the current tech though we've been experiencing. i called him over the fog and a set of google guzman to the mission and means it will mean more middle-class will be pushed out. the

we reached out to google to comment on this and have my responded. it's important to know at this time this is not confirmed. it's possible that google is now moving into the mission. this is all based on sources that the financial times is referencing. gabe slate kron4 knows. >>: not looking for a job? what you'll where more than 140 employers it is

for 42 is the time. san jose mayor chuck reed gives his final state of the city address. mayor reed is known for a controversial pension reform measure that allowed him to restrict pension benefits for city workers. reed is currently backing

an initiative to change the state constitution to give state and local governments the power to change pension programs. his speech. and the pride of san jose and community honoree awards. begins at 6:30 at the grand ballroom of the mcenery convention center. if you're looking for a job.get your resume and head to sonoma state university. more than a hundred employers will be on hand starting at ten this morning.looking to fill open positions in their companies. that's going on at the student center on cotati avenue in rohnert park.and again.it starts at ten a-m. the top brass at bart are

getting performance evaluations this morning. a special, closed-session meeting is scheduled for the bart board of directors at nine a-m. the district's general manager, general counsel, controller-treasurer, district secretary and independent police auditor will all be evaluated. it's been a rough several months for bart. just last month, a bart police officer was shot and killed by a fellow officer. and the district climbed out of nine months of bitter at fifth labor disputes that included two strikes that left thousands of commuters with no train service. two bart track inspectors were killed by a train during one of the strikes. facebook is expanding its mobile messaging network.

the social media giant has agreed to buy whatsapp in a deal worth 19 billion dollars. whatsapp allows users to send text messages for free over the internet. get >>erica: off temperatures will start to cool off for as we start the next door quick and looks like rain returned by the middle of next week. taking a look at traffic around the bay area. we're not monetary and have spot right now. we're currently accident free. the overnight construction in the process of rapping up. and for those of you having to the bay bridge looks like we're dealing with more company is still an easy ride at the east bay into san francisco. you see lots of space between cars on the right hand side of your screen. golden gate bridge looks good. taking it over

to the traffic maps south bay still looking good. speed is still trending above 40 mi. an hour. in protecting public transit i hearing of any delays for ac transit to bart or a string of vermont. facebook will pay four billion in cash and 12 billion in stock. the agreement also provides an additional three billion in stock grants for whatsapp's founders and employees, if they stay employed by facebook for four years

how's this for sweet revenge. one of whatsapp's cofounders. brian acton applied to but was rejected for jobs at both facebook and twitter back in 2009. at the time he tweeted these messages. "got denied by twitter h-q. that's ok. would have been a long commute." and a few months later. "facebook turned me down. it was a great opportunity to connect with some fantastic people. looking forward to life's next adventure." four years later, and he

sells his company whatsapp to fb for $16 billion in cash and stock. the hero who caught a jumper at the oakland coliseum. will be honored at a special ceremony friday. in november, marine corps veteran donnie navidad. was at a raiders game, when a co-worker pointed out a woman perched on the 3rd deck of the stands about to jump. that's when navidad moved into action and broke the woman's fall with his body. the woman suffered serious injuries but survived. navidad suffered major bruising but was not

seriously hurt during his heroic act. the warriors start the second half of the season off right. with a road win in sacramento. david lee had 23 points and 11 rebounds, klay thompson scored 18 points and the warriors held off the kings 101-92 last night in a game both teams played short- handed. stephen curry added 13 points and eight assists for the warriors in the first game following the all-star break for each team. golden state is 3-0 against sacramento this season.

with both centers out with injuries and a shorter roster from trades each team made earlier in the day, the depth of the warriors was just too much for the kings to overcome. all eyes on pablo sandoval for the giants first full squad workout today in scottsdale. the big news is that sandoval ha slimmed down a bitby 30 pounds according to some reports, though our very own jr stone who was on the scene said it looked more like 15- 20 pounds. bottom line, nobody knowswhat we do know is that it's a contract year for sandovalwith a lot of money at stakeso he's doing his best to stay in shape. and plans to have his trainer with him throughout the year

histhere may be a good reason why cats and dogs have such good senses, especially eyesight. a new study finds they may be able to see things invisible to the human eye.

researchers took a close look at the eyes of animals. then measured how much light passed through the lens to the retina. they found cats, dogs and some other animals can see u-v light. iceour own eyes block u-v from reaching the retina. like the majority of mammals. the study can be found in the "proceedings of the royal society b." - the next kron-4 special is all about dogs. it airs on friday night, february 28th at nine p.m. supplieswe'll take you behind the scenes of the golden gate kennel club - 2014 dog show. hosted by grant lodes and justine waldman. that's friday, february 28th at nine p.m. here on

kron 4. heading into the five o'clock hour we have some shocking stories we wanted to show you. four teens in oregon are arrested. suspected of kidnapping a 15 year old boy. and trying to carve a swastika on his face! police say the victim was lured into a shed where the teens hit him in the back of the head with a crowbar. shot him with a b-b gun and then used a box cutter to mark a swastika on his forehead. the victim is allegedly a bully and the teens were looking for revenge. he finally escaped and ran

to an auto body shop nearby. the accused teens now face kidnapping and assault charges. another 14-year-year-old was arrested in case and is being charged as a juvenile. now to a story that's been getting a lot of attention on our facebook page. a pizza hut worker is out of a job and the restaurant shut down after a man urinated in the kitchen sink. this is video from youtube. it was a pizza hut in west virginia where this happened. prosecutors say no food was involved, so the man cannot be charged with assault. but customers think he should be punished. in a statement, pizza hut said it does not tolerate standards.

colorado's legal marijuana market is bringing in more tax revenue than expected. supplies the colorado governor predicts that sales and excise taxes would produce close to $98 million in the next fiscal year. the state plans to spend some of the extra money coming in on substance abuse prevention, youth marijuana gaga priorities. other states like washington which also made marijuana legal also predicts it will bring nearly $190 million over four years. voters in california will likely have to wait two more years before getting a chance to decide if marijuana for recreational use. should be legalized in the golden state.

kron 4's charles clifford has details on why the ballot measure has now been delayed. standup for the past few months a coalition of pro marijuana legalization groups has been working to put a ballot legalization groups has been workinwhatoes at firstt spooul tte le? ok. hoy bunches oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mm! it's thoats. honey. yeah. hoy bunches oats. for outreach to elected officials, public health leaders and law enforcement, enough money for a robust statewide campaign. this is a serious and complex issue; it's more important to get it right than to get it fast." organzers also believe that

they'll have greater support if they wait until the next presidential election. ben tulchin is president of tulchin research. they conducted a statewide poll that found broad support for legalizing marijuana, especially among younger voters. sot voters of all ages support the measure but particularity voters under 30. in our view, the decision to move it to 2016 is a benefit for those trying to legalize is a b[ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [ male announcer ] switch to u-verse and add a wireless receiver today.

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we have the winning numbers and reaction from the store that sold the winner. a 93- year old patient is attacked while in the emergency room at san francisco general. we'll have reaction from her family. we have erica and george. erica how's the weather? >>erica: i guess the jackpot for all of us is the sunshine grid clear skies and as we look at our mount tam cam. as for temperatures walls and the forties. temperatures ranging from the low 60s to the upper 50s coast. very mild weather. were talking clear skies and most locations in the ultimate '50s. of the brick and on your extended forecast. highlighting that warmer

trend coming up to 15 minutes. here's george. >>george: quiet start to the morning commute not tracking any hot spot. already picking up some slowing on interstate 580 gore doesn't get look bad. south the freeways are clear predisposes the peninsula ride and the north bay is alive trip on what was southbound from about all down to the golden gate bridge. >>:she's 15 years old. and hanging right in there among the world's top figure skaters. san jose's polina edmunds. within striking distance of the olympics podium. the kron 4 morning news starts right now. good morning. i'm james fletcher.

and im anny hong toss to weather and traffic. if you bought a ticket for tonight's 425 -million dollar powerball jackpot. you had a one in 175 - million chance of winning. >>will: $425 million. i know no one. i never did not land you meet darya gannon you name it. none of us on and that's why we're here at work. the winner. for the chevron here a cool $1 million for just selling the tickets. the honor should beherf hours or so. the most famous chevron and the bay area.

take a look at just grant proves these are the winning numbers that you did not have. 1173549. 5434 and the winner and who would not take a cash payout. lot: $227 million. just to show you how popular this place is. but the camera off the tripod ishmaelite i and many other people stop by this place 880 you could hear the cars just racing by. this is a very popular place. kick and whoever did but they got themselves a winning lottery ticket. we don't know how many other people was with that. and

could be a couple other winning tickets throughout the country today. we'll just have to find out. .so let's get to the numbers. here they are. 1. 17. 35 49. 54. and the powerball number is 34. and it turns out there is only one big ticket sold. and it was purchased right here in the bay area.at the dixon landing chevron in milpitas. the winner will be 425- millionn 300 hundred thousand dollars richer. the dixon landing chevron

will also receive one million for selling the winning ticket. employees at the chevron do no know who the winner is but still very excited about the news. and another ticket sold matching all five numbers just missing the powerball number was in sold at stop save liquor #2 on coffee road in modesto. and the owner at that store was also very excited about the winning ticket. one other ticket was sold in our state that matchedfive numbers, missing only the powerball number. it was was sold at 7- eleven, which is located in el segundo in southern california.

safeway says. the rumors are true. the company is currently in talks with another company. which wants to buy out the supermarket chain. company officials are not identifying who they are talking with. but it has been reported that the interested party. is a new york based company. which currently operates albertson's and lucky. one safeway employee says, there was a brief announcement of the potential sale yesterday at work..and it is now unclear

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most of the participants are in their 80s and 90s and have not seen their loved ones since the korean war. these are brothers and sisters and even spouses they thought they might never see again. this is the first round of reunions since 2010 coming amid what's being called a north korean charm offensive to soften the profile of the country grid were reunions are planned for tuesday. people are cleaning up the mess left behind by flash flooding in australia right now. more than an inch of rain fell less than 20 minutes all coastal town south of lowborn. it flooded streets businesses and soccer stadium. and take a look at this guy. fremont police released this picture of a vandals smashed car windows with a golf club monday. this happened outside the 24 hour fitness of a sale padre parkway. investigators say he used a golf club smashed the back window and saw items from the park ridge it with a

snap these pictures and give them to police. investigators are not using them and hopes to find and arrest the guy. 550 let's find out about the forecast for this thursday. >>erica: the morning. as we take a look at temperatures right now. plenty of forties around the bay area. not too cold as you step outside the door. san francisco 47 mainly under clear skies. concord and 41 degrees. santa rosa not to get a 45. to some light jacket right now. no jacket required. however later today plenty of 60s. the optima valley at 68 degrees and never rain flooded with 73 temperatures as much as 80 degrees warmer-a degrees warmer than where we should be for this time of year. i think we will see low 60s along the coast line of oakland generally at 60 degrees. 50¢

for those of you in affleck and 65 today and a bottle. here is your 7 day around the bay forecast. warmer weather is definitely on the way. we could approach some '70s as we head into saturday. rain returns to the bay area by the middle of next week. at 570 let's take a look at the ropes now with george. >>george: still looking at a pretty good ride greeted by trekking in the hot spots. look at your bridges of your commute. the macarthur maze of delays from 85 up 580 or the nimitz freeway north bound. and for your ride to the san mateo bridge. highway 92, an easy commute under way here as well with no delays heading out towards the high rise. 11 minutes is your drive time. and tracking your commute to the golden gate bridge. when all was southbound. here's a look at your ride it there. light traffic coming from marin county. looks like they're all the little hazer fault of their but no

problems with the visibility crews. looking at the traffic maps, will check some drive times for you for it heading down the e shore freeway just 40 minutes from hercules to berkeley. san ramon valley commute and not like one. and so is the trip from livermore into dublin. nonetheless over and castro valley. and if we're commute to san jose, 101 north bound. 60 minutes as you head out of the coyote valley toward mountain view. the delays for 85 through the west valley and the north bay ride is an easy trip with a 23 minute drive time from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge street a big bay area's three wall street. rumors are flying there are more than 170 safeway stores in the bay area. at least 60 throughout the east bay. dozens in the south bay and

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>> polina edmuds is set to take the ice and sochi this morning. she is only 15 years old and she is from

san jose. there is a watch party being held to cheer her on. mike pelton joins us live with the latest. >> she lives here in there trying to help bring back a medal. she is just 15 years old and she is currently in seventh place. she had a beautiful short program yesterday. her personal best performance and this morning, she will skate 17, possibly between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. she will take the eyes with millions of people watching her and people watching here by the sports bar. there hosted a bill in party from 7:00 a.m. to noon. they're encouraging anyone and everyone to come down to gerald. >> i will have reactions

from her friends drop the morning. >> she is pretty confident going into this. >> i am not going to pretend to figure out how the judge figure skating the she is not far off. >> let's find out more about the weather. >> today the temperatures will be eight degrees warmer than where they should be for this time of year. if we will have high clouds that will move through and visibility is pretty clear temperatures are mainly in the 40's pripet 45 degrees for napa and 44 degrees in oakland. above average in the afternoon. today we're talking a high of 68 degrees in concord will be four degrees warmer. it looks like will only continue with is warming trend saturday they the warmest day. i was before detail on

your forecast, your 7 day are around the bay in 15 minutes. >> on the bay bridge the drive time is still just 11 to 12 minutes out of the macarthur mayes. the metering lights have not yet been activated. there's still light traffic around the bay and there is slowing from the alta mott pass into livermore on 580 westbound. highway 4 is still looking good. this is a antioch out to pittsburg. >> an update on jahi mcmath, the 13 year-old oakland girl who was declared brain dead by children's hospital in oakland while her family fought to keep are on a ventilator. a letter from her mother was posted yesterday on social media. she praised " good hearted professionals " for keeping her daughter alive. she

wrote >> i know people are concerned and i want to make sure you know that she is not suffering, she is surrounded by love. >> hopefully my daughter can change some of the way brain death is viewed in today's society. i honestly, i they she already has. >> after a protracted legal battle, the family moved heard from oakland children's hospital in december, to an undisclosed facility outside of the bay area. >> the sfmta will activate a new pedestrian activated stoplight at sunset boulevard and yorba streets sooner than they planned. this is video of an accident at the intersection that killed and 8 year-old earlier this month. right now come across what has to push activated beacon that flashes a yellow signal to

warn drivers when someone is crossing. the signal was a rich and is scheduled to go in by the end of 2016. >> a former contra costa deputy is sentenced to 50 months in prison. stephen tanabe was convicted back in september, on charges of extortion, fraud and conspiracy. prosecutors say, that the 50 year-old engaged in taking bribes in exchange for his services as a deputy. that included helping to arrange a fake d u i stings, in which he arrested men in a plot to herd their divorce cases. as part of his sentence, he is required to complete 240 hours of community service. >> the governor and legislative leaders

announced drought relief legislation, which will follow nearly $700 million to local communities for water conservation projects. the fund will also be used to protect those most impacted by the drought. money could be used to fund a least 20 show ready water projects in the bay area. other projects would include flood control, habitat restoration and watershed protection and even money for central valley food banks to help farm workers who are unemployed by the drought. >> a disturbing story from the cal berkeley campus. a 19 year-old student arrested for beating up the capital quintets on to state and police are calling it a hate crime. university police say that joseph'h donner allegedly made homophobic comments to 19 year-old victim and demanded his cell phone. police say, when the two

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>> welcome back. here is a quick check through your ride in san jose. the yellow that you see on your screen between interstate 28880 on 1 01 northbound. your drive time out of the coyote valley is now just 18 minutes. >> just into kron4 news

room. this is video of demonstrators demanding the release of the opposition leader in venezuela. his name is leopoldo lopez. he organized protests calling for better security and an into shortages of basic goods. now, but as well as government blames him for the ensuing violence. both protest's are taking ties between protesters and government forces. >> a possible new shoe bomb, designed by terrorists has airlines on alert. u.s. security officials say that new intelligence suggests that terrorists are working on new shoe bomb designs. the department of home lands security says, there is no specific threat or plot, but it is acting out of cautious. terrorism experts say that the focus of airport security since 2000

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ying) >> there is a chance to someone will not respond. this is a chance to see if the city really cares. >> they have signs everywhere that says no smoking. the first offense is a hundred dollars in the second will be $200. the third offense would be $500, but you should not doubt 91, if you have to call and leave a message for eagerly the e-mail. this is probably why it is so easy to find smokers walking. >> however, i caught this man's attention. so, he headed straight to my camera with a cigarette in his hand to tell me-that's >> i am not in public, >> do you know there's a smoking ban? >> then with his nonsmoking hand, he flips the bird. >> thank you. >> thank you, i will try.

>> or, this guy just basically said stared at this sign, no i'm sorry his cell phone. >> i have the actual question, are you aware that there is a no-smoking ban? >> yes, i am. >> can you not--i do not have to be consensual. >> have a good day. >> the people violating the smoking ban are door is so right across from, wait for, city hall. >> you can also submit a question or report a violation the e-mail. >> in walnut creek stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> the time is 5:46 a.m.. >> we're getting closer to

the weekend and closer to warmer weather. it will feel like spring time for saturday and sunday. right now is a little chilly all side. san francisco is at 47 degrees. high pressure is a dominant over the area with high pressure in control that means that the rain is going to stay to the north. we will see rain for the next hour or days and we will see the opportunity for temperatures to warm. >> some spots will actually be a degrees warmer for this time of year. mountain view or how high as 67. we will see upper 60s along the delta. fairfield will have a high of 76. 65 for those of you in danville and lows 60s along the coastline. napa will be a few degrees warmer than that. the seven day

around the bay shows saturday could be the warmest day with highs approaching the '70s. >> the temperatures will cool slightly for the next work week a wet weather will return by the middle of next week. the time is 5:48 a.m.. >> we're looking at an accident that just was reported on the nimitz freeway and the sensors have not picked up the delays but i think the traffic is starting to slow down at 23rd. there was one bioko at right angles to the flow of traffic. this is a potential hot spot and again the sensors have not picked up any delays but to looking at about an eighth of a mile of slowing on 880 in the northbound direction. that is the only incidental we have tracked. >> here's a look at the

bridges. westbound traffic is just beginning to back up a bit and the left hand cash plan. there are no problems across a span. on the san mateo bridge, highway 92 you to look for a pretty good ride in the traffic is still light the drive time is just 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge is easy across the span but is still an easy ride heading toward the county south 1 01 is down to the golden gate bridge. it is still between 23 and 25 minutes. >> harvard just received a generous gift of $150 million. hedge fund and chief ken griffin fund full scholarships for 200 harvard undergraduates. he will also provide matching funds for another 600 students. he was also-as he said the

discussions are aimed at students who have done well academically against long odds. harvard tuition runs about $39,000 a year. when you factor in the room, board and fees, that number jumps to 56,000. griffin is a 1989 harvard graduates. >> now to a story that has been get a lot of attention on facebook. a piece of work is out of a job and a restaurant shut down after a man is seen on video urinating in the kitchen sink. video of this incident was a posted on you too. you can see this guy relieving himself in the sink and then going on about his business like it was no big deal. prosecutors say that no food was involved, so the man cannot be charged with assault. but customers think he should be punished. in a statement, pizza hut said that it does not tolerate violations of these standards. >> if golden state warriors

in action in sacramento. taking on the kings. former warriors assistant mike malone now head coach in sacramento. second quarter, the score 45-35 to golden state. clay thompson his best game in a wall, goals coast to coast, makes a nice ball state scored a layup. thompson had 18 points. the warriors blew a 15 point lead in the game. the final score was 1-92 warriors. the big nils before the game was that the warriors' pick up lakers' veteran point guard steve blake, he could be in uniform tonight. >> borecole a reno will have some new securit me tonight when thoracle arena will

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>> welcome back. heading into the 6:00 hour we have some great video that we want to show you. police and wisconsin were led on a high-speed chase saturday morning. it turns out that the driver was an off-duty officer. off the pursuit hit speeds above 100 mi. per hour. when the chase ended the off-duty officer told the arresting officers that he did not know he was supposed to stop. the off- duty officer also ball twice the legal limit on a breathalyzer. >> check out this a demolition and australia. the blast sent a giant dust cloud over some homes. locals were concerned that the cloud of dust could

contain a pestos or other toxic chembestos or other toxic chemicals. to the company responsible for the demolition and says that there was no risk and the area. >> mark your calendars, but next kron4 special is about dogs. it will air on friday night, february 28th at 9:00 p.m.. that is fried, february 28th at 9:00 p.m. here on kron4. >> coming up on the kron 4 news. a 93 year-old patient is attacked what he is in the emergency room in san francisco general. we will have reaction from the family. >> could internet speeds get 100 times faster than broadband by coming to the bay area? we will tell you about goeogle fibers plans to

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>> and we will begin the hour with the check the weather and traffic. >> we are waking up to pretty clear skies. here's a live look from mount tam. we do have a few high clouds that are moving in. in terms of the temperatures right now we are seen mostly 40's. san francisco is at 49 degrees. it is very similar weather by 8:00 a.m. this morning but warmer weather is expected for the afternoon. the highs will land from the low 50's to low 60's. we are back in the '50s by 8:00 p.m.. if you do like springlike weather that is on the way and i will have a look at the seven day around the bay coming up. >> we are tracking a couple of incidents that may become hot sp