>> reporter:once cuffed.he's led back across the highway.back over the median.and into the backseat of a cruiser. this video here courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. kron four's maureen kelly now.explains *how the c-h-p was able finally end this pursuit. >> reporter:the chase ended after the box truck ran out of rubber.all six of it's tires deflated.by a chp spike strip.you can see the nails sticking out of the treads here.the truck.fully loaded with merchandise. is listing to one side in this video.because a few wheels are down to the rims.about a quarter mile back.i found one of the tires still smoking.apparently flying off during the slow speed pursuit. >> reporter:the chp says it all started at 8:30 this morning when the owner of cassil trucking in fairfield saw a former employee alledgely stealing the truck and called 9-11. the driver took off when officers arrived and lead them on a chase more than 50 miles. >> reporter: strip like this one here in oakland.which slowed the truck down from travelling 65 miles an hour.to 25. >> reporter:the pursuit continued onto the bay

bridge.this video show how traffic was brought to a halt at the toll plaza just past 9:30a.the tail end of the commute >>officers did some traffic control on the bridge and stopped traffic, there was a report that this party was armed, we were concerned about the safety of the public >> reporter:the 26-thousand pound rig came to a stop on south bound 101 in san francisco just after the cesar chavez off ramp.at around 10-am >> reporter:and that's when 46 year old hector fuentes got out of the rig and took off running.jumping the median and crossing all of the northbound lanes before he fell.and was taken into custody. it turns out he was not armed.he has been placed under arrest for auto theft, evading a peace officer, resisting arrest and possession of stolen property. southbound traffic in the city remained snarled for another two hours until the disabled rig could cleared from the scene. maureen kelly kron4 news. >> reporter:as the chase got underway.we first reported about the major commute mess on the kron-4 morning news. here's more of the scene.. >> catherine: traffic - was nearly at a stand-still.

the toll plaza was closed for about 10-minutes. and all of this - did some serious damage to the late- morning commute. kron-4 talked to some of the traffic. >> catherine: and you can check the traffic. from just about anywhere on the kron-4 news app. >> catherine: a 4-year-old girl is in grave condition tonight -- after a head-on crash early today in fremont. her mother is also hospitalized in critical but stable condition as kron four's rob fladeboe reports, police suspect she was driving under the influence.

>> reporter:fremont police say the head-on collision occurred shortly after midnight here on osgood road midway between auto mall parkway and blacow road and that the drivers of both vehicles are suspected of being under the influence. >> reporter:this was the scene as police arrived. both vehicles surrounded by crash debris as investigators determined the woman and her 4-year-old daughter, traveling in a honda civic, crossed over the center line and into the on-coming toyota sedan, whose driver was also hospitalized briefly for minor injuries. >> reporter:what stands out in this video of the scene is right there amid all the debris on the pavement. the child's car seat. investigators believe the child was in fact strapped into her car seat but that the car seat itself was not secured to the vehicle with a seat belt and that almost certainly contributed to the child's injuries.

>> basically we would have it considered an unbuckle child in the seatbelt. so, the car seat was tossed to one side of the bill to the other. one side of the vehicle. >> reporter:police say it's rare for both drivers, neither of whom has been identifed, to be suspected of drunk driving. the driver of the toyota was cited on suspicion of driving under influence even though the preliminary investigation shows the other vehicle, whose driver remains in critical but stable condition, was at fault. charges against her are pending. >> reporter:police say toxicology tests to determine the blood-alcohol content of both drivers >> reporter:could take weeks but that should her 4-year- old daughter die, her mother could face possible

manslaughter charges. in fremont rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> reporter:just hours after that accident.another in fremont.and in this one.a pedestrian was hit and killed. police say a corvette hit a person in a crosswalk around 6-am. the accident happening on washington boulevard near olive avenue. police say the driver stopped at the scene.saw the body and called 9-1-1 right away. the driver later told officers he thought he hit a bird. washington boulevard was closed during the investigation. the victim's identity has not been released. >> catherine: a martinez community is in mourning tonight -- after a 14-year- old was hit and killed by a train. it happened yesterday. >> catherine: jenna betty was sitting on the tracks with her boyfriend when a train came. >> catherine: that's according to a facebook post by her mother. >> catherine: jenna reportedly moved away from the tracks - but apparently went back to get her cell phone. as for why her daughter was near the tracks - her mother wrote that she'll never know >> catherine: why they made that terrible decision. kron4's will tran has reaction from the teenager's school.

>> reporter: telling each other to wear pink in show of support for her this is a picture of the young 14 year old. this is what they had to say from the school >> she always had a smile on her face and just a great kid. always joking all around and you could really relate to her, she was a good kid. >> she was an athlete and have been and the forefront at the school she was or had always had a smile and a very vibrant young lady. >> reporter: of a hat will tell the teacher and i want to see the grief counselor

if they were heartbroken and that is what many of them to advantage of. >> catherine: tonight. >> catherine: kron-4 is tracking the storm in the bay area. this is a live look from san francisco. it's been a mostly gloomy day. but of course -- the bright- spot. we're getting a little more badly-needed rain. i'm here in the kron-4 weather center. with our chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett. >> not a lot >> jacqueline: not a lot of running right now. not all of that is hitting the ground just yet. right at the coast line car at the embarcadero. we are not seen a whole lot of boring just yet. same issue. nothing it

really coming down yet. most of the rain has been falling in the north bay so far. we are lunchtime bet on futurecast. >> catherine: coming up at 5:15. president obama threatens retaliation. as russian troops move in to take back what was once theirs. the latest on the crisis in ukraine. >> catherine: then at 5:30. >> catherine: from a near shut-down of the government. to a 30-mile long traffic jam. the impact of the severe weather nationwide. >> catherine: and next. >> catherine: it's a machine meant to help your baby sleep. but -- is it doing more harm than good? the new study on white than g[ 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,

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>> reporter: a warning for parents using noise machines to help their babies sleep. a new study says some of them may be too loud, increasing an infant's risk from for hearing loss. researchers say some noise machines exceed safe noise levels for adults, let alone infants. >> reporter:the study does not identify any specific models. the authors recommend away as possible from the infant. and only playing them at a low volume for a short time.

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>> catherine: russia is expanding its control of ukranian territory. as president obama threatens retaliation. >>the facts on the ground in crimea are deeply troubling >>russian troops and tanks are surrounding military and civilian installations on the crimean peninsula. they're reportedly digging trenches here, at the narrow land crossing to the rest of ukraine. >> catherine: in kiev, the capital, the ukrainian government is appealing for help after what it's calling an act of war. >> catherine: as many as six thousand russian soldiers now occupy positions around ukrainian army posts on the peninsula. >> catherine: in leview, in western ukraine, troops loyal to the government are mobilizing so far the two sides have

only traded verbal shots , on the floor of the united nations. >>this action by the russian federation constitutes an act of aggression >>it's well known who created the crisis in ukraine, disputing the absolutely legitimate actions of legitimate authorities. >> catherine: russia has strong ties to crimea. >> catherine: the peninsula was part of russia as recently as 1954, when soviet leader nikita khrushchev handed it over to ukraine. russia's black sea fleet is still based here. >> catherine: a majority of the people still speak russian. like this army veteran waving the russian flag, many of them welcome the russian takeover. >> catherine:idering legislatiot could ultimately lead to the annexation of crimea as russian territory. russia says it simply wants to protect its people. >> catherine: but ukraine's ambassador to the u-n isn't buying it. no evidence that the russian

>> speaking population or russian ethnic populatin in crimea are under threat. >> catherine: secretary of state john kerry is heading for kiev in a show of support for the government there. on thursday - the european union is meeting to consider economic sanctions against russia. >> jacqueline: quell the but the pavement is dried and the trend is not coming down just yet. the problem in some of the late as july before it hit a grand. hit the ground. orally are from our camera the toll plaza at the sand until bridge showers and nothing really coming down just yet. like rain in certain locations

and the north bay which has been ongoing since the early afternoon. more rain is on the way. here comes the second land. all will ring through the next couple of hours into tomorrow morning. >> jacqueline: it has not hit the ground in south viet especially near the coast line we could pick up showers there. heavy rain expected as well. here is a look at futurecast little drier we will see the rain still in to this evening

will be isolated down towards the south bank. and to the on the morning commute a few showers. we could pick up a few showers and to the letter by drier conditions by knight and clearing skies >> jacqueline: no. the bay will see the most common a quartet of an inch or flame is same thing or little bit less at the. as for the sierra mainly during the up want to be talking rain especially at another level.

another son to fight expected until wednesday and thursday. here is a look at the extended forecast amount your by wednesday in the rain will move and that the evening dreier conditions for friday and saturday. >> reporter: and kick back up and heading eastbound and to the east that if you are approaching the bay bridge from the east bay not bad at all. smooth sailing into san francisco it is a snowball if you're trying to approach the bay bridge. and very slow this evening benares bay receiving rent much of its not so much but the committee is not too bad.

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matthew mcconaughey for "dallas buyers club." his co-star jared leto won best supporting actor. >> reporter:cate blanchett won best actress for her role in the woody allen film "blue jasmine." >> reporter:"and the winner is. gravity" >> reporter:the space thriller "gravity" picked up seven oscars in all. including best director. >> reporter:host ellen degeneres slipped out of her pants suit to play glinda the good wich. but turned bad witch with a few digs at the hollywood royalty in the audience >>"one of the most amazing liza minelli impersonators i have ever seen in my life, good job sir" >> reporter:ellen set a record with a star-studded selfie she took during the show. >> reporter:it got re- tweeted more times than any other picture in twitter's history and promptly crashed the site. ellen also ordered pizza at one point during the oscar the telecast, and passed the hat.as to whether the pizza deliver guy ever got his tip? >> reporter:edgar the pizza guy appeared on ellen's chat

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(male announcer): this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. a >> catherine: happening now. >> catherine: kron-4 is tracking the storm in the bay area. this is a live look from san francisco. more wet weaher. but how exactly how much more? >> catherine: i'm here in the kron-4 weather center. with our chief meteorologist >> jacqueline: now using their windshield wipers. the rain is starting to come down more and more. hitting the ground. we did see like rain coming down over the bay bridge as well faw has

to look down toward the peninsula all light showers. the rain will dry out before it hit the ground. >> reporter: >> jacqueline: that is where we find scott rates what does it look like up there scott? >> reporter: run around highway 37 discovery can double peaceful along vallejo have their umbrellas out. very consistent all the

way all around. if so it is no flooding so everything is a good. need the water and the rain. we will keep marching de situation. >> reporter: phewspring is just over two weeks away but you wouldn't country. the latest wave of winter weather blanketed parts of the north-east forcing some government offices to close. >> reporter:it's the third time in what seems to be an endless winter. >> reporter: >>

>> reporter: supreme court was an exception as temperatures took a tumble one of the only open monuments. >> this is not the weather i like to live man. live in indianan >> reporter: were troubles return on the east coast. over 2000 flights were canceled. locals may be tired of the snow they are making the best of it some are just for the cold and others not so much grant lotus kron 4 news.

>> reporter: to rain didn't take off, residents were returning to mud near los angeles. they left plenty of debris in glendora and azusa. residents of about a- thousand homes were evacuated over the weekend. >> reporter:once the rain tapered off, off officials lifted those evacuation orders. residents returned to this -- mud caked over roads, yards, and driveways. >> reporter:some are counting their blessings that the damage wasn't any worse. but they do have to figure out how to get all the debris removed. >> catherine: more bay area news now. in san rafael, a major water main break caused problems this morning. it was so bad that classes at a local school were cancelled. kron4's terisa estacio has more from the scene. >> reporter: we are just about a mile away from 101.

there are very concerned that there could be flooding the major artery for residents in spokesperson says that it will not be affected for anyone else here and that is not known why the main broke. >> catherine: facebook is reportedly offering to put up $600-thousand dollars to pay the salary for a full time police officer in menlo park. >> catherine: if approved by the city council tomorrow, menlo park would add a person to the force and assign that officer to a new police substation in the belle haven neighborhood. >> catherine: facebook is building a west campus just few hundred yards from the substation. its offer would cover the salary and benefits for an officer for three years. the company is also offering to pay $215- thousand dollars to build the substation and community center. >> catherine: this comes just a week after google made another big donation in

san francisco. google donated $6-point- eight million dollars to cover the cost of free muni passes for low and middle income children. >> catherine: that's enough money to cover the program for two years. the gift comes at the same time when tech workers are being blamed for driving up housing costs in the city. >> catherine: march is national nutrition month seeking about eating better. each team right on a budget plant starts with a planning process although in maybe a little bit more trouble freeze part of it for another day buy in bulk is often cheaper. buying one that is in season is also cheaper. fill the other half with leaned me

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referred to as "us-ies." >> jacqueline: as we zoom in severn cisco moderate showers. over the bay bridge line to reign as we look down at the peninsula right like returns with heavier stuff pushing in the near the coast line and right now. vallejo as we just mentioned has been coming down pretty steady in light. and light. >> jacqueline: moving basically in a straight line through the next several of worse and to the cell.

rainfall hit line this evening will turn shourd into overnight and into a drain at in the north bay it was the most because most of the right is concentrated there today. the impact will this evening commute will see some periods of heavy rain into to mining would not be as much impact it. well the east bay shoreline we have seen showers as remote in to the 9:00 hour much of the same. past midnight, like a line over san mateo fremont and others. quinn went on around livermore and pleasanton the same thing in san jose as well by 9:00 largely dry conditions. with the call clearing. clouds

clearing. >> jacqueline: 52 in san francisco, 52 down in san jose for the afternoon it looks like it will be little more warmer. mid to upper 60s in quite a few places with 65 and plaza to and and 67 in sunnyvale was 62 and san francisco and half moon bay. below the the small all in the highest elevations. another system will come in on wednesday. temperatures just to warm even to the overnight hours. rain on

wednesday and rain also into thursday. so a few spotty showers to mount-tomorrow. >> reporter: and san mateo bridge your traffic eastbound. very slow we are seeing wipers' so rain is hitting the ground take a lot this is the approach north loans extremely slow. both directions and the bay

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the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> catherine: another storm is bearingyou're looking live at vallejo. >> catherine: this is just the latest in a series of storms to hit the area in the last week. but how long will it last? here to answer that question -- kron-4 chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett -- jacqueline? >> reporter: their rank >> jacqueline: you can see area of rain moving into the bay area. the zoom into san francisco where rain has been picking up for the last hour. a little bit of rain in the bay bridge as to look down the peninsula it is really really liked here. light.. all of this rain is

not actually hitting the ground with exception to vallejo >> catherine: continuing our team coverage. we go to vallejo. that's where kron4's scott rates is standing by. as jacqueline said. the north bay will get a lot of this new storm. scott '' any rain yet? >> reporter: ary steady since i arrived here in a vallejo but recently starting to pick up

>> reporter: rain on the roads there drivers are slowing them with their wipers on in their lights on. it really has been what most of the day here. just dealing with the best that they can. not seen to much flooding out here or any flooding. people do need to slow down or be careful reporting live from vallejo >> catherine: in oakland tonight. a lot of questions about a burned body found outside an east oakland apartment building. the man's body was found by firefighters near an apartment where they had been fighting a fire ss. >> catherine: and as police tell kron four's haaziq madyun - they're

investigating whether the death is related same location. she >> reporter:two dead bodiestwo separate incidentswithin weeksboth on the same property. oakland police investigators say there maybe a connection. on monday the alameda county coroner confirmed that the burned body found here early saturday morning in the rear this apartment building is that of 56-year-old richard >> reporter:this is crime scene video from the same address on the 1800-block of 34th avenue back in febuary when a police welfare check led to the discovery of 77- year-old susan fong's dead body. she was found bound and gagged along with her 56-year-old nephew who police say was not harmed during the incident. the crime is being investigated as a home invasion. >> reporter:both victims lived heresusan fong in this unit on the bottom floorrichard fang in this upper unitat least one neighbor i spoke to hear told me that they knew mr. fang, that he was a nice person and that they would see him every now and then

bringing the trash cans in and out of the property >> reporter:although both victims lived in the same building.oakland police say they are still trying to determine if mr. fang was the person found along side the body of 77-year-old susan fong back in febuary and if the twoare somehow relatedin oakland haaziq madyun kron4news >> reporter:a police pursuit across the bay bridge.and into san francisco. cripples traffic this morning in the bay area. eventually leading to a foot chase along 101. the suspect here in this white box truck. highway patrol cruisers tracking the truck.westbound on the bay bridge into san francisco.no other traffic allowed to go westbound for a while. >> reporter:he's driving on rims after spike stripe were used. >> reporter:eventu

southbound 101.he flings himself over the concrete median.dodging cars that are heading north on 101 near ceasar chavez.then he quickly gives up as an officer closes in. once cuffed.he's led back across the highway.back over >> reporter:here's why the c-h-p says it all started: >> reporter:the owner of a fairfield trucking company called 9-1-1 when he saw one of his former employees allegedly stealing the rig, which was loaded with merchandise, at around 8:30 this morning. the man behind the wheel took off when officer arrived. >> gary: >> reporter:the pursuit lasted around an hour and a half and more than 50 miles. in oakland, officers deployed a spike strip which helped eventually bring the low speed chase to an end. strip deployment >> reporter:the man arrested has been identified as 46 year old hector fuentes of fairfield. >> reporter:he faces a number of charges including auto theft, resisting arrest and possession of stolen property.

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use the cabins for some low- tech break rooms. twitter bought the salvaged log cabins from ranches in montana. the cabins date back to the late 18-hundreds and used to be used by ranchers. twitter's plan is to build booths in the cabins for employees to eat lunch in. >>twitter installing log cabins at headquarters novato, calif. - employees at twitter's headquarters in san francisco will soon get to take their lunch break in 19th century relics. journal reports the high- tech giant is installing a from the late 1800s to serve as dining rooms. the cabins were salvaged from ranches in montana by a marin county contractor and >> catherine: >> catherine: reporting on the weather can get a little rough. how one reporter kept his snow plow.. and a dramatic scene in fremont. >>a young girl is in critical [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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>> catherine: drunk driving is suspected crash in fremont. it left a 4-year-old girl in critical condition. her mother is listed as critical - but stable condition. >> catherine: it happened after midnight on osgood road near auto mall parkway. police say the woman and child were southbound on osgood when their honda center line and hit an oncoming car. the driver of the other car

had only minor injuries - and has been cited for influence. the mother is also suspected of drunk driving - but the results of testing are not complete. >> if the child to survive, and we end up investigating fatal then we have manslaughter charges. with interest to the second driver as well. >> catherine: police say the child was strapped into her car seat but the car seat was not properly installed. that's why she was thrown around the car. >> pam: >> catherine: a person was killed in another fremont crash - only about a mile away. a pedestrian was hit by a car on washington avenue near olive avenue around 6- am. the driver told police he thought he hit a bird - and then pulled over when he spotted the victim. he called 9-1-1 and is cooperating with police. washington boulevard was

closed during the investigation. >> catherine: five people have been killed while walking across the street in san francisco this year. a recent example - a teenager was hit in a crosswalk. today - a new program was launched - aimed at making streets safer for pedestrians - especially students. kron four's terisa estacio reports on the new student crossing guard program. >> reporter:equipped with florescent hats and uniforms - these kids got straight to business by raising signs and stopping traffic to ensure their fellow students could safely cross the street to school. >> reporter:once a common scene - san francisco schools eliminated student crossing guards several years ago because of a funding issue, but now they are back. >>supervisor norman yee/signs and cops won't do it, kids can help adults act better. >> reporter:officials also add that the program helps with developing leadership skills >> i want to help my fellow

students. >> reporter:25 students are participating at commordore sloat - the first school to participate in the program. one parent who's child is a new guard is thrilled. >> i am very proud that my child is involved >> reporter:san francisco police chief greg suhr was once a crossing guard, he acknowleged that sf is having a challenging time dealing with pedestrian safety but says that kids could be a part of the solution. >>it may sound counter intutive, but these kids could really make a difference. >> this is greed ground breaking. >> reporter:two paid adults will be on hand to help

supervise. the program will start at two other schools soon. if funding can be secured - officials hope they can expand the program. >> catherine: a show of support for ukraine: secretary of state john kerry is due to arrive in the capital city, kiev, within hours. his visit comes as russian troops tighten their grip on the crimean peninsula, reportedly preparing to defend the narrow land link to ukraine. >> catherine: as many as six thousand russian soldiers now occupy positions around ukrainian army posts on the peninsula. >> catherine: in leview, in western ukraine, troops loyal to the government are mobilizing so far the two sides have only traded verbal shots , on the floor of the united nations.

>>this action by the russian federation constitutes an act of aggression >>it's well known who created the crisis in ukraine, disputing the absolutely legitimate actions of legitimate authorities. russia has strong ties to crimea. >> catherine: the peninsula was part of russia as recently as 1954, when soviet leader nikita khrushchev handed it over to ukraine. >> catherine: russia's black sea fleet is still based here. >> catherine: a majority of the people still speak russian. like this army veteran waving the russian flag, many of them welcome the russian takeover. in moscow-- russia's parliament is considering legislation that could ultimately lead to the annexation of crimea as russian territory. >> catherine: russia says it simply wants to protect its people. but ukraine's ambassador to the u-n isn't buying it. >>no evidence that the russian speaking population or russian ethnic populatin in crimea are under threat. >> catherine: the crimea was actually part of russia until 60 years ago. most of its people are russian speakers. and russia still maintains military bases there. including warships of its

baltic sea fleet. >> catherine: an explosive beginning to the murder the trial in south africa --- of olympic runner oscar pistorius. the double amputee track star is accused of killing his girlfriend after a fight last year. >> catherine: he says he shot her by mistake - thinking she was a dangerous intruder. >> catherine: today's first witness told a story that contradicts his version -- a neighbor who says she heard "blood-curdling" screams before the sound of four gunshots. pistorius has said he didn't hear anyone screaming.and the defense reportedly plans to argue that the screams were his own. >> jacqueline: we have seen the rainfall totals pick up. the bay bridge is largely seen light rain. light rain over the san mateo bridge.

we have seen areas with more moderate rainfall. moving through this evening. we will see grant picked up for the next couple of hours. a lot of moisture available wearing mostly this evening and into tomorrow morning. wang fang headline is that that is the forecast. lane under an inch so this is impacting my commute hour commute. the zsa cast model shows a lot of rain to the north. as to look into the

9:00 hour rain continuing push more into the east bay and down the south bay as well. more showers with below to the north. nothing widespread a little more light. a few lingering showers into the later hours in late afternoon. even clear skies through the evening. highest elevation scenes now. lake level temperatures in the afternoon with fifties and offer my '30's and '40's. to want to see any snow and the lower elevation. here is a

look at the extended forecast with spot he showers. dry conditions and to the weekend. >> reporter:take a look at this. terrible winter weather across the country is getting some people down. but one reporter doing a live report in new jersey -- wasn't letting anything stop him. steve keeley - who works for a philadelphia t-v station - was on camera when he got blasted by a wall of snow from a passing snow plow. but steve kept talking.not missing a beat. >> reporter:he never lost his footing. steve had just been talking about how the roads needed to be cleared. and that's when the plows appeared behind him. this video has gone viral.and steve says that although it looks pretty dramatic -- he wasn't hurt.

>> catherine: coming up. >> catherine: a tragic story out of martinez as a 14- year-old girl is killed by a freight train. and pharrell's hat - no freigh[ 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. ♪

>> reporter:that famous hat producer and performer pharrell wore at the grammys has been auctioned off on ebay and it got a pretty penny. r >> reporter:the fast food restaurant arby's has paid $44,100 for the vivienne westwood hat. the money will go to pharrell's charity from one hand to another. the hat looks somewhat like arby's logo, and arby's tweeted, "we're happy to support a great cause & get our hat back.

>> catherine: see if the tesla r s one car of the year in geneva? >> reporter: moraines its core spirit when it rains it pours the next edition of people behaving badly. >> reporter:did chelsea handler take her oscar jokes too far? the comedienne and talk show host is in hot water today. slammed for racism >> reporter:handler was a guest tweeter for huffington post. and repeatedly touted her upcoming book, "uganda be kidding me," whenever "12 years a slave" received an award. >> reporter:she also took a swipe at kenyan supporting actress winner lupita nyong'o, tweeting, "#angelinajolie just filed adoption papers. people responded via twitter with words like "disgraceful," ''offensive" and "racist." huffington post today distranced itself from handler saying guest tweeters are expressing their own views and not those of huff-po.

>> jacqueline: cars are picking up a lot of water as they try thought. marlena south of the golden gate charles not having coverage stressed me out.

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after it had built up for so long of not having insurance, i couldn't believe that it was just that easy. it was just nice to have a plan that was a reasonable monthly premium. i'm in because i don't want to put a price on my health. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. >> reporter: this video shows the pursuit and progress starting in fairfield and the box stow bringing traffic to a standstill. the suspect took off running and jumping dominium where he fell and

was taken into custody. >> reporter: police investigator said it won in her thirties driving a honda civic here on osgood road shortly after midnight of drovers expected of being under the influence. the male driver of the toll yacht and suffered minor injuries and was cited for driving under the influence. the car seat was not secured with a seat belt. rock fladeboe kron4 news. >> reporter: teacher said

she was very popular in well known with a vibrant spirit and a great athlete. reporting from martinez will try and kron 4 news dr. >> reporter: with her boyfriend once stuck struck by a freight train with more details of the case coming up at 8:00. j.r. stone kron 4 news. >> reporter: and burned body found also that the location of a residential fire over the weekend was 56 year old richard fang.. berlin. in to see is if it was related to the same type of death found bound and gagged alongside

her adult nephew not harm during this incident. >> reporter: jerry brown is not sure if legalizing marijuana and the bay area is the right way to do right way to go announcing it will not pursue a ballot initiative to x california voters to legalize recreational use of marijuana. marijuana users can be active to society by waiting for 2016 is the right thing to do in the east bay kron 4 news >> reporter: san francisco school does retouching be crossing guard program which was eliminated a few years ago due to lack of funding bay are hoping that this will protect children on the

way to school providing more safety and leadership skills. only three schools are participating renown hoping to get more funding so that they can't expand the program. >> reporter: we saw the rain moving and a few hours ago. i can tell you people are out here with their umbrellas there is a little rain on the road but not too bad it's not down pouring just a very steady consistent range with no flooding but definitely putting a drought in a dense and the drought. putting a dent in the drought.

>> jacqueline: more rain pvcking up in vallego. >> jacqueline: continuing past the 9:00 hour turning more spotty after midnight will have a feeling rainshowers lamar morning. largely will be dry by the leader of morning hours. later >> jacqueline: more rain and the forecast for wednesday and thursday the dryer for thursday dreier for friday and saturday.

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>> reporter:the reason why? >>bald tires >> reporter: people behaving badly, stanley roberts kron 4 >> catherine: a low speed chase monday morning with the chp and a stolen box truck snarls traffic >> catherine: this video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news shows the pursuit was stolen.and lasted around half.eventually going over the bay bridge.bringing traffic to a standstill a spike strip helped blow out the rig's tires.after it broke down on southbound 101 in san francisco, the suspect took off running.jumping the median.crossing allup next. when it rains, some people

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(male announcer): it's now time for gary radnich from the jack in the box sports desk. >> gary:good evening! >> gary:the 49ers signed receiver anquan boldin two a 2-year contract extension worth $12 million $9 million is guaranteed the $6 million per season is the same amount he made last year >> gary:boldin who was acquired from the baltimore ravens in the offseason lead the 49ers with 85 receptions for 1,179 yards and 7 touchdowns last season. he broke the signing himself tweeting "49ers fans, i wanted to be the first to tell you i'm returning to san francisco" >> a large part of my decision had to do with my

family. being in san francisco i think it is a great fit for me and this point in more career i just want to compete for cash championships and a half the great opportunity to do so. >> gary: ny anyway...colin kaepernick who made a little

less than $1 million last season his 3rd in the nfl has begun negotiations with the 49ers on a new deal he reportedly wants about $18 million per-season that is the same amount jay cutler and tony romo make gauranteed money on both those deals was about $40 million an $18 million deal would rank 7th among nfl quarterbacks aaron rodgers at $22 million per-season makes the most kaepernick becomes a free agent after next season but the 49ers also have the option of franchsing him in 2015 and 2016 >> gary: that is the word that kapernick is talking 18 million. to get another deal done here is the thing.

everyone has their own opinion accurate i feel this. and i hope it turns out that way. san francisco chronicle says inside the locker room with pretty credible knowledge that jim harbaugh is trying to run up the key players the wrong way. i cannot emphasize this enough the greatest water cooler conversation going on. what about hardball? my only gripe is i and offer her raising hell but when you have to years left only raise tell when you have 1 years left. jim is not starving. i think this is just my thinking a lot of

fun to embarrassment for the organization. it is not all jim spot for the team's fault. teaming it is not all jim's fault. >> catherine: 6 months, isn't that enough time. >> gary: i think one year is good enough. >> gary: after reportedly having issues with those in the 49ers front office most notably general manager trent baalke there are rumblings that jim harbaugh

is also wearing thin with some 49ers players in a column by the san francisco chronicle's ann killion today she wrote "one source with inside knowledge of the team says that harbaugh's act has worn thin in the locker room, particularly among some key "face of the 49ers" type players. while the team is winning, that's not a problem. but a few losses could expose a widening rift." harbaugh wants a new deal that would possibly double the $5 million per-year he >> gary: peyton manning has passed his physical on his surgically repaired neck, clearing the way for him to play in 2014. >> gary: in what was considered the final formality for his return, manning passed the exam as required by his contract that will pay him $20 million next season. manning won his fifth mvp award last season. he set single-season records by passing for 5,547 yards and 55 tds while guiding the broncos to their first super bowl season. >> gary:she's moving up! >> jacqueline: i am not

moving anywhere right now! (laughter) >> catherine: anywhere? oh! >> jacqueline: i want my 18 million! (laughter) >> gary: limping around at tampa bay ... he also brought the starting line up. john amos says jeter is

an angel. >> gary: if you do not like a call or certain call you can challenge them. blue jays manager acclaim first base the manager came out and exercise the challenge that on a headset a little history to that. sobol they may wait there it i do not think that will play as well. brooklyn that's reno

the store with the mace with jason first openly gay player had in the nfl. nba. they're looking up the he is hanging in there. >> gary: comeback tiger >> gary: comeback tiger woods has a bad back [ 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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