>> 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 spots so far, there are

minor. there is an accident on the nimitz freeway in the northbound direction reported that 23rd. you can see the sensors have detected the slow traffic. this is in downtown oakland on the northbound side. the slow traffic that was spotted in the south bay, 1 01, north bound is a result of an accident at oakland road. this is near 101, 880 interchange. if the back of is minor, your drive time to the montague expressway is still just 18 minutes. this is not a very bad commute and no reason to consider an alternate route. >> new clashes today between police and protestors in the ukraine. this comes as the foreign ministers of three european countries are meeting with ukraine's president. here's video out of the capital city of kiev where much of the fighting has been taking place. you can see heavy smoke coming from burning barricades. a reporter at the scene says

he saw ten bodies laid out on the edge of the protest encampment. its not known if that was meant to be symbolic to government officials. >> now to the latest out of sochi. and san jose's polina edmunds. 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.

kron 4's mike pelton is on his way to a viewing party for polina. and will bring you a live report in the next 30 minutes. >> the u-s women's hockey team is going for gold this morning. the team takes on canada in the gold medal game at nine. >> the u.s. men's hockey team will play canada tomorrow. >> and look at this. the u-s is at the top of the medal count. above russia and the netherlands. >> and the store that sold the wininng ticket will also get a cash reward.

it is the dixon landing chevron on california circle. that's where we find kron 4's will tran with the latest. will? >> however one of the ticket will give $425 million. cash payout is about $227 million. joining me now is the manager of this store. >> what was it like when you receive the phone call? >> it was exciting. i was so surprised because we have one monday before but this was big. >> so how was the phone call? >> actually, i was speaking with my cashier, he is the one who actually called me and i confirmed with the balls. he stated that will

have to wait until the morning to see what happens. >> take a looked at your screen. there is a chance. >> 1-17-35-49-54 and 54. it could be anyone in the bay area or anyone in california because 880 is right next us, you concede the cars coming pass, this is a popular gas station. between saturday and wednesday, they walked into the chevron station and they purchase a winning lottery ticket. >> and two other winning tickets were sold in california. one in southern california in el segundo. and the other in modesto. both tickets matched five numbers, but they missed the powerball number.

>> 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.and the san jose metro is on that santa clara, mountain view, sunnyvale and palo alto would be included. to be up to 100 times faster than what you get with basic broadband. we don't know when that fiber will be in place.but talks are happening right now. align >> 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 if a deal does go through. there could be changes ahead. but they would still be a long way off. >> the time is 6:07 a.m.. coming up on kron 4 news. flash flooding in australia, leaving residents without a big mess to clean up. we will let you know how fast and how much rain fell there. >> plus, we will have an update on the two men suspected of beating a giants fan bryan stow, injuries then left the former paramedic disabled for life.

>> welcome back. we were tracking a couple of incidents. the first and oakland has already cleared and the traffic has improved for the 880, a northbound right through downtown oakland. that accident has been eliminated from the shoulder. we are still looking at slow going on 1 01 and the northbound direction. the drive time is 27 minutes. >> 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. 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. >> the two men charged with severely beating san francisco giants fan bryan stow at dodger stadium in 2011 are expected to be in court today. to accept a plea deal. that's according to the los angeles times. 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. >> and live in the weather center we have high clouds that are moving in. you can expect warmer weather for that afternoon and i will have a full detail thursday forecast when we continue. through sunday, save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic.

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mess left behind by record flash flooding in australia more than an inch of rain fell in less than 20 minutes on coastal towns south of melbourne. the overflowing waters causing catastrophic damage to buildings and crops. it flooded streets, businesses and a soccer stadium. in fact, 75 percent of the coal in the state of queensland has been cut off >> i hope you like seven days because we will get set for the weekend. right now, it is a little bit chilly outside. 41 degrees waking up in concord and 46 for oakland. mainly clear skies and we do have high clouds that are starting to move then. this is for places like san francisco and

oakland. by the time we reach the afternoon of the temperatures will be warmer that yesterday. certainly warmer than the seasonal average. we are eight degrees warmer than where we should be. plenty of the upper 60s, san jose getting pretty close to 70's and fairfield 66 degrees for concord. los 60s along the coastline. napa will have a high of 68 degrees. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay saturday is slated to be the warmest day with highs approaching the low 70's and cool conditions for next week and the potential for showers for next wednesday. the time is 6:16 a.m.. >> we continue to monitor an accident in san jose. this is really a minor incident on the right-hand shoulder but it is enough to have

attention. it has slowed the ride down and currently the drive time from 85 to the montague expressway is 27 minutes and it should be about 80 minutes. we are running behind schedule. the rest of the south bay freeway it actually is looking good and you can see there are no problems for 85 heading out to west valley. that is still pretty small. let's look at the bridges. at the bay bridge, the westbound ride this is starting to back up into all the lies. the san mateo bridge commute, this is still easy trip, the westbound ride is still 11 to 30 minutes. for your trip to the golden gate bridge, 1 01 southbound is still a problem free between 37 and the toll plaza. the rich december fell bridge this is a westbound commute and the head lice are heading towards the toll plaza

without any backup for delays. >> helping you start your day happening today. >> helping you start your day, a little more use of golf instructor is set to enter a plea in the sex crimes case against him. andrew nisbet has been charged with 75 felonies for allegedly sexually abusing three boys he had been teaching. police said that he used to throw parties for the teens. >> if you are looking for a job you can get your rest may have to the sonoma state university. more than 100

employers will be on hand starting at 10:00 a.m.. >> also happening today. emergency sirens will be tested on the tiburon peninsula today. they will go off for the first time at noon. if you live in the area, you may hear an error rate sounds. it will last about a minute. if you hear it, just know that it is just a test. >> and missouri public school employees' faces first-degree murder charges after police say that a 10 year-old girl was found dead in his home. credit my " woods' has been charged with kidnapping and first degree murder. police say that neighbor saw hailey owens

being pulled into a truck which she was walking home from a friend's house tuesday. police are crediting the neighbors quick actions in getting the truck's license plate. >> we're keeping our eyes on wall street. we will start with the jobless reports of the came out. it was a little bit of a drop. the federal reserve's released their minutes and ended, a couple of fat members stated that it will possibly raise interest rates in the second half of the year. here are the numbers from yesterday. the dow jones industrials lost 89 points, to close a 16,040. the nasdaq fell 35 points, to close at 4237. the s&p 500 fell 12 points to 1828. >> shares of tesla motors

soared in after-hours trading wednesday, after the company announced better than expected quarterly results. prices jump 15% to more the $200 a share. they have reported their earnings were nearly $46 million in the fourth quarter. the electric car maker also promised that would sell 35,000 vehicles this year, that is a 55% increase from 2013. >> coming up, google has plans to move into this busbuilding. this has community leaders were rate. thi is comingwere read. the stoy coming up in my tech reports.

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being accessories to murder at the poland death camp. they are part of a group of some 30 former guards prosecutors want to charge. >> it is time for the tech reports with gabe slate. >> the building that google might move into is a fixer upper. there is a lot a were going on inside. i asked the workers on site who the future 10 it would be but they did not know. the times report that they will move in about 200 people in this space will be used to start up a company that they have acquired. >> this nils comes on protest over the bus was the other tech companies used to shuttle. there is a growing movement to stop this that is caused by skyrocketing rents prices due to all these tax on workers moving into san francisco. there is

an organization that works of middle-class families who have been displaced due to this current tech. i caught up with some people and they stated that if they do move into this area, it will mean more middle-class will be pushed out. >> we're really concerned that this is corn to push more people out and the policies that the city have are not going to hold corporations accountable for their impact on the community. they did not understand what it means for tennis, this is a nightmare. >> real-estate prices are spiking. >> there is a movement and it belongs all of us. >> we've reached out to google to comment and they have not yet responded. it is important to know that this has not been confirmed but it is possible that that may now move into the mission but this is based off of sources that the financial times are rising. >> gabe slate kron 4 news.

>> coming up on kron 4 news. a patient was attacked at a bay area hospital. what officials are saying about the assault this morning. >> it happened again. a another power ball winner in the bay area. we will tell you where the winning ticket was sold and how much the jackpot was worth.

>> it is time for the tech reports with gabe slate. >> sorry, that will come up later. we are watching wall street. we may get results in early trading. the dow futures are up five points. there was a slight drop in

americans' falling unemployment. we are keeping a close eye on tesla's stock. they have had a 55% increase. their shares opened up $20 a share. that is over 10%. there a all- time high. >> here are live pictures out of ukraine. about 100 people have died in the violence since thursday morning. >> we were looking at this accident on 1 01 and we decided to call this a hot spot because the drive time

has a jumped from a normal wide to 27 minutes. they have made progress in clearing this accident. there was another report and when i just checked the drive time had dropped by five minutes to back down to 22 minutes. we may be looking at improved conditions but at least you are alerted of the possible delays. i do not think you need to worry about using an alternate route. 85 and 87 are both clear. >> we are focusing on the temperatures, most of us are in the 40's. 49 degrees for san francisco. we have high clouds that are moving in and we are talking about afternoon highs, much warm and where we should be. in fact, oakland will be about eight degrees warmer up 4%

four degrees. warm weather will carry us into the weekend. >> the extended forecast shows saturday shaping up to be the warmest day. i will have a look picture 7 day are round the bay and when we may see rain coming up in 15 minutes. >> a suspect has been arrested for attacking and 930 patients san francisco general hospital. if this incident happened last friday. mary protest was in her hospital room when orin zebest jumped off his own money and beat her with the poll of her iv. he was being transferred to the psych ward. mary suffered bruises and dashes of arms. nurses, a san francisco police officers and a sheriff's

deputy ran to the rescue. a hospital is sorry about what happened what caused the incident a free accidefreak acc. the san francisco general stated that they see about the 4000 patients on psychiatric holds a year and that nothing like this has ever happened before. >> an update on jahi mcmath, the 13 year-old oakland girl who was declared brain dead by children's hospital in oakland wall her family fought to keep her on a ventilator. a letter from her mother was posted yesterday on social media. she praised the medical personnel that she was working with to keep her daughter on the ventilator.e wre

concerned and i want to make sure that you know that she is not suffering, she is surrounded by love. >> hopefully my daughter can change some of the ways of brain death is viewed in today's society. i honestly, i think she already has. >> 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 impacted the most. the legislative leaders said that they can start getting the money out the door in two weeks. money could be used to fund a least 20 show ready water projects in the bay area. they will expand a ground war program on the western side of san francisco, that,

on a daily basis, could ultimately produce 4 million additional gallons of drinking water. >> other projects would include fflood control, habitat restoration watershed protection. >> polina edmuds is set to take the ice this morning. she is the 15 year-old from san jose. there is a watch party being held to cheer her on. mike pelton is live with the latest. >> after a short program yesterday this left her hugging stuffed animals after her performance pripet skaters essentially go to finish today and she will skate 17, possibly between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.. there are a lot of

fans that are expected to watch hurt. that is when the competition will begin her mother, is a russian so there is a lot of fans in russia as well. here you can buy t-shirts this morning and the proceeds will goes to charity. americans also have ice skaters and fourth and fifth position. this is want to be a big morning for american figure skaters. >> a big morning for all of the usa women's skaters. both figures skaters and hockey. she looks so graceful out there. the hockey players, they look really tough, the women. >> what hockey, it is pretty clear who won the game. but figure skating is much more difficult for people to judge. a lot of people are

already here during their own competition so some of them are expected to go to the sports bar after they're done to cheer are wrong. everyone is pulling for her to move from seventh and hopefully first place. >> still ahead on the kron4 new is. off some tough questions will be answered today about the crash of a post office cargo plane that killed two pilots. >> plus, crying wolf! he will not believe where a u.s. olympian spotted this wild animal. here's a live look outside at the toll plaza. pleasanton is currently at 45 degrees but it will be nice this afternoon with 67.

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traffic check. the bay bridge westbound is not looking at any problems currently and the backup is reaching to the 880 over crossing. 14 to 16 minutes. the san mateo bridge is looking great and you are still 13 minutes heading to foster city. the golden gate bridge, has no delays for 1 01 southbound. the marin county commute is 25 minutes down to the toll plaza. there are no delays for the richmond center phil bridge and a westbound 580 right. >> the sfmta will turn on a new pedestrian activate the stoplight at sunset boulevard and of yorba street some of the implants. kron4 terisa estacio has more.

>> there was a man who was killed while he was trying to cross the street but now in response transportation officials plan to push for putting in a signal light and right now, they just have a push activated signal for people to crossover but authorities are born to put a traffic light. >> there are two stops right here that we will talk about. we will speak with people to get their thoughts. that is coming up a little bit later. >> if you ever thought about this, what we would like to hear from you. if you can go to our kron4 facebook page. terisa estacio kron 4 news. >> the time is 6:42 a.m.. coming up on kron 4 news. we

have an update on the legal troubles involving singer chris brown. th oneis onhis ones not embody his troubled relationship with rihanna.

>> lawyers for chris brown are going to be in washington courtroom today to determine a date for his trial on a misdemeanor charge. the are in the singer was arrested back in october after a man said that the center struck him outside of a hotel when he

tried to take a picture of him. brown was on probation at the time for the 2009 attack on then, girlfriend rihanna. >> rebekah brooks, the woman at the center of the brand phone hacking scandal is on stand in london. already the courts have dropped one of the conspiracy charges. the judge says there's no real evidence that she signed off on bribing an official to get pictures of prince william in a bikini. if she still faces four more charges. >> federal investigators are looking at pilot fatigue as a possible factor in the fatal crash of a ups cargo jet in alabama last august. the accident killed both pilots on board. the pilots' work should started the night before in rockford,

illinois and took them to peoria and finally to lexington, ky. they were finishing their last schedule leg when the plane slammed into a hillside. off two years ago, the federal aviation administration issued new rules aimed at showing that pilots have sufficient rest. >> we're not doing too bad in the south bay. there are other hot spots, we're just looking at slow traffic on 580 westbound and that is typical coming out a little more. here is a bridge check, the bay bridge is steady from 880 over crossing but look at this approach, it is light and your drive time is 14 to 16 minutes. the san mateo bridge, highway 92 has not gone bad. so was the ride for the golden gate bridge.

the southbound 101 ride heading from iran county and two more ran across the richmond center failed bridge. the volume is definitely up but the drive time is still good with no backup for delays. >> there is a lot sunshine outside and we are seeing high clouds in san francisco. mild to warm conditions for the afternoon. we will see upper 60s for the south bay and as we head into tomorrow, it will be even warmer in fact we may break records. looking ahead, dry and warm weather will fall was to the weekend but we are looking at the possibility of rain in the middle of next week. for now, the temperatures are currently in the 40's by this afternoon upper 60s. 68 degrees for sunnyvale, pretty close to 70 for those of you in fairfield. castro

valley will be at 67 degrees and lows 60s along the immediate coast. >> the seven day around the bay, warmer weather for saturday. it looks like we will tackle more calls starting next work week with rain expected for next wednesday. >> we are watching wall street. the dow was up 10. tesla shares just hit an all-time high. a safe way out a pleasanton is born to explore their options to save their market chain. it is reported that they may sale to a new york city company. that is leading to fears of consolidation. >> this is not a great name

for capital management companies unless it fits. we will help a lot more on this story coming up. >> facebook is expanding their mobile messaging network. the social media giant has agreed to buy what's app in a deal worth $16 billion. facebook will pay 4 billion in cash and 12 billion in stock. the agreement also provides an additional 3 billion in stock grants for what's apps founders and employees. >> on to bay area sports. the warriors' start the second half of the season off right. they had a way and in sacramento. david lee had 23 points and 11 rebounds. clay thompson scored 18 points. they held

off the kings 101-92. stephen curry added 13 points and eight assists. golden state is 3-0 against sacramento this season. >> in arizona, all eyes are on pablo sandoval for the giants first full squad workout. the big nils is that he has slimmed down a bit by 30 lbs.. bottom line, it is a contract here for him with a lot of money at stake, so he is doing his best to stay in shape. we will get an update from j.r. stone with the team in scottsdale coming up in our 7:00 a.m. hour. >> it is national love your pet day. here are some of

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of southern california, shot as her door was barely cracked open. she posted this clip. it is unclear if it is a wolf or a dog. a truce is broken in ukraine. this is video just into our news room. the gunfire was said independence square, which has been ground zero for anti-government protesters. it is unclear what prompted this forced to shoot. cnn reports the protesters threw rocks and cocktails at security forces before they opened fire. >> check out this demolition and australia. a smelter stacked, fall into the ground. the blast from the demolition send a giant dust cloud over some homes. locals were concerned that the cloud of dust could

contain the best shows or other toxic chemicals. . the company responsible stated that there was no risk to the area. >> we are following several developing stories. the a's are now in spring training in arizona. we would check in with j.r. stone live in scottsdale. >> more details on the big upset for the russian men's hockey team. >> it happened a gang, a power ball went right here in the bay area. a again, a power ball where right here in the bay area.

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protesters classes' are up. >> a $425 million winning tickets sold right here in the bay area. we will tell you where it was sold. >> plus, san jose's polina edmunds is looking to bring home a medal. >> we will begin this hour with a check with the weather and traffic. >> let's start off with a shot from the mount tam. you can see high clouds are moving in. we have high clouds over the bay but temperatures are not too bad. we have low for this for santa rosa and vallejo. san francisco is mild compared to 49 degrees. it is not much change for the 8:00 a.m.