>> this morning on the kron 4 morning news. police are calling it a hate crime-- as a transgender teenager is attacked at a hercules high school. >> in martinez-- a teen girl is killed after getting hit by a train. how her friends are remembering her. >> and waking up to a few sprinkles this morning. we'll have your tuesday morning weather forecast coming up. >> the kron 4 morning news starts right now. >> good morning. it is tuesday march 4th. i'm james fletcher. >> and im anny hong >> good morning. you think that it is a dry outside and we have areas of low clouds and drizzle. the roads are

still wet. we just have light sprinkles crossing the bay bridge. that is the same case in oakland. we did accumulate up to one to 2 in. but the rest of us just have a 10th of an inch of rain. we did see hit a quarter of an inch for the coastline. the steady rain has ended across the bay you was to cloudy conditions. we may see a pop up shower before the most part we are finished. we do have a another system headed our way. sunny and warm weather to the weekend and again we have changes to talk about. more wet weather is expected before the start of the next work with. >> as for traffic we do not

have any serious accidents, highway 1 01 right are lucky drive you may encounter flooding. emergency crews are currently on the scene. as we take a look at the bridges there is a list at the bay bridge on all is well and the metering lights are off. there's no problems at the san mateo bridge. there a 12 to 13 minutes. the richmond san rafael bridge has like sprinkles but light traffic. maligned >> a female student that identifies as a male was sexually assaulted on school grounds. police say the student was about to walk out of the bathroom at hercules middle high school when three male students pushed him back in. reports say they then forced themselves on him in the handicapped stall. this is the same school where a transgender teen fought with three other students a few months back. all four students were suspended, but only the

transgender student faces charges. officials say this is a wake up call. >> this is a day program where a school has not gone through the provisions. this will be on the top of my list of things to do because we have to do a better job. a >> police say the victim has been given a sexual assault exam and will be reinterviewed. this is an open investigation. there will be increased police presence on campus today, as well as counseling available to students linea tragic accident in martinez. family and friends are mourning the loss of a 14- year-old girl who was hit and killed by a train sunday. jenna betty was sitting on the tracks with her boyfriend when a train approached. her mother said on facebook that jenna moved away - but then came back to get her cell phone. yesterday, dozens of friends

showed up at the crash site to remember jenna. >> i just cannot process this. i was just talking with her on friday now i met her funeral. i just feel like it is not real. >> employees for the railway tell kron 4 that the freight train was traveling in a 45 mile per hour zone and going under that speed. when asked if jenna could have been dragged under the train - employees say that doesn't happen. >> and their will be a candlelight vigil for jenna betti tonight. it will be held at martinez junior high school at 6:30. organizers are also asking if a student is attending that an adult with with them, and not just dropped off. >> secretary of state john kerry is due to arrive in the capital city, kiev, within hours.

and there are reports the u-s is suspending some upcoming trade and commerce with russia. secretary kerry's visit comes as russian troops tighten their grip on the crimean peninsula. the russian military is reportedly preparing to defend the narrow land that links it to ukraine. as many as six thousand russian soldiers now occupy positions around ukrainian army posts. >> if an fact that continue, we are examining a whole series of steps economic and diplomatic. we will have a negative impact and that is the status in the world. >> president obama also called on congress to work with his administration on economic help for ukraine. and on monday, russia's foreign minister slammed the west for threatening "sanctions and boycotts" over russia's actions in crimea.

>> some residents near the cow palace are without power right now. pg&e says a over 2300 customers are affected. the outage started around 3:00 a.m.. pg&e hopes to get things back up and running by 6:00 a.m.. the cause is under investigation. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. a woman is arrested for attacking her mother with a hammer. details of the story coming up. >> a man failed attempt to rob a san carlos gas station is caught on camera. we will show you that the deal coming up. >> the east coast is gearing up for another storm. we

will show you the latest coming up.

>> san rafael police are asking for your help in finding an at-risk elderly man, who has been missing since wednesday night. 93 -year-old robert davis, was last seen at about eight p-m leaving marin joe's restaurant in corte madera-- after having dinner with his daughter. davis' family says he did not return home and has not been heard from or seen since. police said davis suffers from a medical condition and may have become disoriented. it was raining heavily when he left so he may have gotten lost on his way home. he was wearing a beige jacket, yellow sweater and beige slacks when he was last seen. davis was driving a 2001 silver toyota camry with a california license plate 4-s-e-y-0-5-6. officers say the car is missing a right front hubcap and may have damage to one of the fenders. >>

>> a woman is suspected of driving drunk-- which led to an early morning crash in fremont. the crash left her 4-year- old daughter in critical condition. the woman is listed in critical - but stable condition. it happened after midnight monday on osgood road near auto mall parkway. police say the car carrying the child hit an oncoming car. investigators say it appears the mother is to blame for the collision. 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. the driver of the other car was also cited for d-u-i. >> a san mateo woman has been arrested -- accused of attacking her 75-year-old

mother with a hammer. newark police say cindy lynn burleigh called police sunday morning -- saying she assaulted her mother. the woman was bleeding from the head and was treated for skull fractures. burleigh was arrested for attempted murder-- as well as suspicion of assault and elder abuse she's being held without bail. her mother is still in critical condition. >> a suspect in a loud, bizarre attempted gas station robbery has turned himself in. investigators say 31 year old shane connolly surrendered to san mateo county sheriff's officials monday. they say last wednesday, connolly.in the white tee shirt.tried to rob this shell gas station. >> it was a really weird scene at the shell station on el camino real in san carlos. police say connolly ddn't use a weapon. he was ushered out by the brave employee who refused to give up money. the suspect, connolly, is a redwood city resident who's now been booked for attempetd robbery.

she >> >> police are searching for two armed men who robbed a liquor store in pleasanton monday morning. the men demanded money from a clerk at "express liquors" on first street. police say the robbers took cash - and a wallet and cell phone belonging to the store employee. >> we have low clouds and drizzle this morning. i will talk about when the rain will return coming up.

>> welcome back. here we go again. winter storms wreak havock in most part of the country. spring is just weeks away. but you wouldn't know it. as winter weather -- blanketed parts of the north east. the late-season winter wave

forced most government offices in washington to close. icy conditions sent drivers skidding across roads in pennsylvania. officials shut down one bridge. due to the slick conditions. and the winter storm that broought snow will be bringing bone-chilling temperatures today. you are looking at different snowball fights at different locations on the national mall. a blast of arctic air is expected to send temperatures plummeting into the single digits. all federal offices were closed yesterday. snow is expected from this latest storm.

>> we had light rain at least for the north. >> we did see an impressive amount but the rest of us just got a trace. you will see it is a dry one storm tracker 4. even as weasel men you will see it is not that much on the radar. you will probably still encounter right wet roads but this system will continue to work its way east. we're seeing light snow towards the sierra

nevada. if you're going that way you will need to bring your chains. we have the potential for a spotty showers and the temperatures will be slightly warmer by lunchtime. by 3:00 p.m. it will be mainly dry. american down the afternoon high, okla. high of 67. we will keep temperatures of the low 60s along the coastline. it is not until tomorrow that the nexus to will arrive. we are just really deal with all the conditions and most of the rain will stick north of the golden gate bridge. we will see rain for interstate 580 in portions of 1 01 and a rain will intensify for the evening. hopefully the heaviest will occur while we are sleeping. it looks like this will continue to slide through

mostly cloudy conditions by 7:00 a.m. thursday morning. the seven they're around the bay shows we have another system coming but it will end the work week with the dry conditions. the temperatures will be in the '70s. more details coming up. >> take a look at the traffic. it is a little slick at the bay bridge and we have missed outside and the meter rides are currently cycled off. here is the san mattel of bridge, if you're taking the west bound trip there are sprinkles at the richmond san rafael bridge. we have no backups. as we take it over to the traffic maps, we have a new accident south about one all one. again, we're still sing green of the road race sensors are not causing the delays.

traffic is so light perhaps just a minor tap on the brakes pass to sing but you should see any delays across the bridge and into san francisco. >> >> the threat of an avalanche shuts down 34 mi. of highway and montana. the story just coming into the kron4 new is. six minor slides have already been reported along i 90 in montana. no one is allowed

to pass the road closures. >> beef prices are at an all-time high. it is trickling down to your local grocery store. the u.s. fda says that the average retail price per pound of fresh beef last month was just over $5. what is driving up the prices? should analysts say that there's a supply squeeze caused by the lingering drought. >> though it might feel like it is a san francisco. the most expensive city to up live and in singapore. high living costs, price inflation and currency appreciation earned singapore the new distinction. this is from a report by the economist. the magazine found transportation costs in singapore are nearly three times higher than in new york! blame that on high entitlement fees for car owners. the report named paris the second most expensive city. oslo, norway came in third.

last year's title holder, line >> president barack obama will unveil an election-year budget today that drops earlier proposals to cut future social security benefits and seeks new money for infrastructure, education and job training. the president has also announced a four-year, $302 billion plan to boost spending on highways, rail projects and mass transit. but congress and the white house already have agreed to a two-year, bipartisan budget that sets parameters for this election year's budget work. democrats controlling the senate have said they won't advance a budget this year. >> president barack obama today will unveil a $4 trillion budget for 2015 that drops earlier proposals to cut future social security benefits and pushes for new money for infrastructure, education and job training. but congress and the white house already have agreed to a two-year, bipartisan budget pact that sets parameters for this election year's budget work. and democrats controlling the senate have said they won't advance a budget this year. >> the obama administration says the government shutdown last fall resulted in nearly 8 million fewer visitors to national parks, costing the parks and surrounding communities an estimated $414 million in lost visitor spending. interior secretary sallydown was

a strikingeminder that national parks are a powerful economic engine for local economies across the country. the report released monday said five states, including california and arizona, lost more than $20 million during the 16-day shutdown. six states received permission to reopen national parks within their borders using state money. the report said those states generated nearly $10 in visitor spending for every dollar spent. utah, arizona, colorado, new york, south dakota and tennessee all reopened parks. a bill is pending in congress to reimburse those states. >> texas is holding the nation's first primary election today with a political free-for-all in republican races. republican gov. rick perry has decided this current term will be his last of a record 14 years in office, and his looming exit has set off a scramble resulting in the most open races in texas in more than a decade. republicans are favored to win them all come november. and george p. bush, the son of former florida gov. jeb bush, is making his political debut by running for land commissioner. >> you might remember that big sinkhole that swallowed 8 cars last month -- inside the national corvette museum in kentucky. well it turns out, they won't be lost. the museum is bringing in heavy equipment to carefully remove them. they hope to have three of

the cars out by wednesday -- starting with those easiest to reach. they'll repair the hole and then begin restoring the cars. >> a riveting start to the murder trial of track star oscar pistorius in south africa. the double amputee runner is accused of murdering his girlfriend after a fight on valentine's day last year. he says he shot her by mistake.thinking she was a dangerous intruder. the first witness yesterday was a woman who lives nearby.who testified that she heard gunshots and a woman screaming. >> pistorius has earlier claimed he heard no screams. the defense is apparently going to argue that the screams were pistorius himself. >> all four crew members aboard a small plane are dead after crashing in the persian gulf. the falcon 20 was on a test flight when it crashed late monday. the crash is still being investigated. iran has a history of air accidents, often blamed on poorly maintained planes. >> here is a quick look outside. this is the sky conditions over san francisco. there is fog in

certain spots. you concede the drizzle on the lens.

>> we want to talk about tahoe. an injured bear forced part of a ski resort at lake tahoe, california to close monday. wildlife officials hadmal and gt treated. mike teselle has the story. >> this injured bear was brought in in that shut down part of the ski resort. >> what did you think when you heard about this? july i was scared. new >> he just had broken bolts and trauma. >> wildlife officials stated that when they raised him he

weighed 49 lbs.. >> when i asked whether this incident and his condition was just another impact of the drought the answer was and definite. >> yes. >> while life characters stated that this bear likely would have bought went off this early in march. >> he should still be in hibernation but this weather is so up and down the we have it chipmunk's even coming out. walleyed is also reacting to the drought. >> who would've thought a simple hat could be so popular?! shapirsinger pharrell turned his grammy's fashion moment into a charitable cause.

and for that we tip our hats off to him. following the awards show last month, the singer put his oversized vivienne westwood on e-bay to raise funds for "from one hand to another," his own nonprofit organization. *this hat he wore on sunday night, to the oscars was similar. the winning bid of 44- thousand-100-dollars - goes to fast food chain, arbys! during the grammy's, arby's tweeted, "can we have our hat back?" because of it's similarity to the logo. of course it also looks an awful lot like smokey the bear's hat. but to the burger joint it goes. >> coming up on the kron4 new is. troops are presumably russian, continued to us from military installations in crimea russian president

vladimir putin tells other troops to return to their bases. will have the u.s. backlash over the crisis in ukraine. >> some san leandro residents are getting credit from police for helping them solve crimes. details on the story coming up. >> here is a live look outside at the bay bridge toll plaza.

>> welcome back. here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning. friends of jenna betti gathered at the spot on the railroad tracks where the martinez teen was killed. she had been hanging out near the tracks with her boyfirend when she was hit by a train. a candlelight vigil will be held tonight at martinez junior high. >> the mother of a 4-year- old is suspected of drunk driving at the time of the head-on crash that left both her and her young daughter in critical condition. the accident happened early yesterday morning in fremont. the driver of the other car was also cited for d-u-i >> and spring is just a few

weeks away. but most of the country is still buried under deep winter snow. the late-season winter wave forced most government offices in washington to close. >> we are dealing with our share of wet weather but nothing like the east coast. >> storm tracker 4 is not even picking up and it did so is just mostly cloudy conditions. satellite and radar shows that the system continues to work east. we did see between one to 2 in. of rain towards the mountains. the rest of was just caught a 10th of an inch. we will continue with this chance pop up showers for the afternoon. more on your weather coming up. >> 64 degrees for san mateo.

for the after no we will see plenty of 60's. it will be a fairly mild after note. santa clara will have a higher 57. we will see upper 60s for the delta and walnut creek will have a high of 68. downtown san francisco's cooler as 64 degrees. it will be a fairly, day and we have another storm headed our way embar wednesday the rain will continue to shift and the heaviest rain is for the evening. i think we only see an half an inch of rain for the north bay. >> here is a look at the seven day around the bay again, we have another storm that is headed our way. what is in the work which with the dry conditions. more details on your forecast coming up. >> we are tracking a

incident in the south bay, north bound 280 at saratoga. the offer of the shutdown. this actually looks like we're starting to pick up returns. you can see the red on your screen indicating that the speeds are dropping below 25 mi. per hour. as the right now the corner is on the scene. you will have to take an alternate route. we have a live crew headed to the scene. >> at the rest of the traffic here is a live look at the dry bay bridge was no problems. the san mateo bridge has a drive time of 13 minutes. we have sprinkles to show you what the richmond center fell bridge. we are incident free is to make your way into marin county. >> san leandro police are thanking alert citizens for helping to solve recent crimes. on thursday - a neighbor spotted a home on camellia court being burglarized and called police.

officers managed to track down the suspects and make an arrest. in another case - investigators say citizens helped them capture and arrest a manwho stole a car. police say the public deserves a lot of credit for stepping up and taking action. >> our neighbors, they are our best defense against crime. we cannot overstate how important this without them acting promptly, a again, it decreases the the chance of making an arrest. >> police are hoping more citizens will get involved in helping them-- resulting in fewer criminals on the street. line >> u-s secretary of state john kerry is expected to arrive in kiev today, amid the escalating crisis in ukraine. he's planning to meet with russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov. cnn's andrew spencer reports the two will come face to face with widely varying views from the east and the west.

>> your crank calls this an act of aggression but to deny the state's stated that it is in violation. this allows 24,000 troops to come there. the president of russia stated that this is a military incursion. >> this is a mini thousand people but that is not an encouragement. >> another key difference is that the president who fled and brought out protest. they still consider him the elected leader, the intern government. u.s. officials have reacted to this crisis, they have suspended talks with them on trade. they have also suspended some of the military. president barack

obama gathered his security council to discuss ukraine and according to an official here examine ways to further--of this problem continues. i am andrew spencer reporting. >> the time is for 30 7:00 a.m.. you can i use your fault while you drive so apple has created a new way for you to use your iphone and the car.

newt to >> >> apple is stepping up the i- phone experience. the cupertino-based company is teaming up with major car makers to make i-phone applications easier for drivers to use. the system -- called "car- play" will allow i-phones to plug into a car. drivers will be able to bring up maps, make calls

and request music and more-- all just by talking to your car. apple's basically -- connecting your phoneto the car's dashboard screen. honda, hyundai, ferrari, mercedez-benz and volvo are previewing the new system this week at the geneva auto show. other car makers also plan to adopt car-play in the future. the system requires apple's latest software and any of the i-phone 5 series. >> federal officials have filed a lawsuit alleging that sprint over-billed government agencies $21 million for wiretap services. the department of justice claims in its lawsuit that sprint charged the government agencies for modifying its equipment and facilities to more efficiently intercept electronics communications. in 2006, the federal communications commission prohibited carriers from passing on those expenses to the government. a sprint denies the allegations.

>> dish network and disney have reached a landmark deal that will one day allow dish subscribers to receive a range of tv programming over the internet without the need for a satellite receiver. no start date has been announced, but the deal paves the way for dish to offer live local broadcasts from abc tv stations and programming from disney- owned cable channels like espn and abc family over mobile devices, set-top boxes and other means, similar to how netflix's video streams are delivered today. >> we will take a quick break. the time is for 40 1:00 a.m.. we have light rain outside.

>> welcome back. bart will host a group of west oakland teenagers from mcclymonds high school to give them a presentation and behind-the- scenes tour of the oakland airport connector project to

encourage local youth to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. >>

>> seniors and disabled people will rally this afternoon on the steps of city hall ahead of the muni board meeting. they want the board to offer free rides for six years and the disabled or munich. the rally will begin at 1:00 p.m.. >> the city of richmond is hoping to attract gogol's mystery barge currently docked at treasure island. the goals of barge was ordered to leave treasure island, because it lacks the proper permits. the city will discuss drafting a formal petition to the tech giant. the >> wednesday we will have heavy rain. it will move for the latter part of the evening and will continue over night. mostly cloudy conditions. your 7 their

round the bay highlights unsettled weather for the next couple of days but we have sunshine and warmer temperatures on the way. more details on your forecast coming up. >> we are following a incident involving northbound 28, the offering. it is clearly a shutdown and emergency crews are on the scene. there's a back up on the freeway and the speeds are below 25 mi. per hour. we do have a kron4 crew headed to the sage and hopefully we will get more information coming up. >> for the rest of traffic, here is a live look at the bay bridge. the traffic is flowing freely. this is pretty much the same at the san mateo bridge. the

richmond san rafael bridge overall has easy conditions. speaking of more ran county, southbound 101 received flooding but it is starting to dry out. >> advocates for legalizing of recreational marijuana in california may have taken another blow. on sunday, governor jerry brown said that he is not sure if making caught legal is the right thing to do. kron4 charles clifford has more. >> he stated that the world is competitive and that we need to stay alert 24 hours a day. >> pot heads are not productive members of the workforce. i would like to disagree. >> she disagrees with the

governor. >> most people who smoked marijuana are hard-working, taxpaying workers who would rather enjoy it marijuana and the evening that at all. >> brown's words, a week after a charge to put this issue before voters stating that they will not pursue this. despite the momentum to stimulate this they feel that they will have a greater chance in california if they wait until the next presidential election in 2016 when more young people are expected to vote. a lot of people feel the governor is wrong. >> this tide has turned it will only increase as we go on. they're not want to be voted so it will be up to the young people. to >> charles clifford kron 4

news. >> as slow-moving police chase across the bridge and into san francisco caused a traffic mess. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. the chp said that at 8:30 a.m. when the owner of cassil trucking in fairfield saw a former employee allegedly stealing the truck and called 911. the pursuit continued all to the bay bridge and brought the traffic to a halt. to >> it was successful in slowing the vehicle down. part of the reason why that it came to a stop is because of the tires are deflating. >> the chase finally ended on southbound 101 and sampras's coach just after the caesar job as offer of

around 10:00 a.m. pripet that is when the jectpr fiemtes got out and took off right. he jumped and the media and across ball all northbound lanes before he failed and was arrested. >> 100 year-old log cabins are coming to san francisco. not to sit on display somewhere, but to actively be used. for why, we sent kron4 jeff bush to find out. >> they were old home setters. they were outside of the house of stanford. this was a tiny town in montana. >> he is the contractor and among other things, carl likes to salvage old homes including these two. he had

still listed for sale of craigslist but he took them off the market because of the lack of interest. he almost forgot about them when he received a call as someone has saved the listing and wanted to know if the cabins were still for sale. >> bass said me that old craigslist ad and wanted to know if i still have some. i told them that i could find it. >> he brought the last of the 20 to the back of twitters headquarters. ecru went on the task to load them. that one of several floors to the center, across stated that this has been a labor of love and he is excited about it. he cannot wait to see how they're read assembled. >> jeff bush, san francisco kron4 mills.news.

>> coming up on the kron 4 news. here's a live look outside. here is a live look to the san mateo bridge. light rain is in spots but just the dapper. more on your forecast coming up.

>> it is fat tuesday. and to mark the celebration. you can get a free short stack of pancakes at i-hop today. that starts at 7 this morning at participating locations. including santa clara, san francisco and foster city. and while there is the free offer, you are being encouraged to donate to the children's miracle network. >> disturbing findings this morning on those sippy cups many moms use for their young children.

new research suggests even with the absence of "b-p- a". the cups still contain some harmful chemicals. putting kids at risk. b-p-a is banned from baby bottles and cups for children in california. but u-s companies are not required to list other chemicals they use in products, so there's no way to know what's inside. >> the thing that parents can do is that they can use more national products or they can use stainless steel. >> these toxins can cause birth defects and other health risk. >> headed into the 5:00 hour we have a great video that want to show you. a powerful winter storm forced this and

beer truck into the median on the interstate at western kentucky, blocking several lanes of traffic. police say it was one of dozens of accidents involving big rigs in the area. no word yet if anyone was injured in that accident. >> the great lakes are almost completely frozen over. this is a view from above that showing ice covering more than 90% of the lake's surface. that is one of the highest percentages ever recorded. the last time the legs were this frozen was back in 1979. >> a tree in portland, ore. is getting a lot of attention this morning. a family there turn their old chestnut tree into a personalized wishing tree. it's started last fall on the day the family was bored so they decided to create

blank tax for people car ride their wishes. some of the which is included cure for cancer and that one day people would stop hating each other. others though a little more light hearted like wanting a pony or one day becoming a mermaid. >> coming up on the next hour of kron 4 news. and at risky elderly man is missing. we will have details. >> the government shut down to the toll on national parks. how much was that told exactly? we will tell you coming up. >> we have your complete bay area forecast.

>> a trans and gender student here in this attacks. i would tell you why police are investigating this as a possible hate crime. >> in martinez, a teen who was killed after getting hit by train. her friends are

remembering her today. >> and the crisis and ukraine continues. we will have the latest. >> good to stay.tuesday. >> storm tracker 4 is not showing too much and radar. you are heading out to low clouds and drizzle. it is pretty misty outside. we are seeing a few snow showers in the sierra nevada. we will continue with this before 8:00 a.m.. mostly dry conditions by noon. by 3:00 p.m. will have a mixture of sun and clouds. we do have another storm that is going to arrive tomorrow and i will have full details and your 7 their around the bay coming up.

>> break de nils out of san jose. right now, the chp is on the scene of a deadly pedestrian accident. the accident was first reported at about 3:15 a.m. on northbound 280 at the sarah toll the offering. we have a crew on the way. >> this body was discovered and it is unclear whether or not this was a pedestrian that was struck. the details are not clear. the ramp from interstate 280 northbound has been shut down. so, if you are traveling in that direction the off 1 to saratoga is also you have to head north and enter the freeway before the overpass. if you look around it is that portion that has been shut down. there is no indication

of hull long this will take place and i believe we mission that we do have someone enroute to give details. the sensors are not updated correctly because there is slow traffic right at the scene. once they have corrected themselves you was see that there's an indication of slowing. >> you can use 85 to get around but this delay is pretty brief. >> the search continues this morning for three boys who are accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a trans gender team. police said happened yesterday morning in hercules high-school. kron4 will tran is live on the the same. >> the teen went to the bathroom and about 11:00 a.m..he was leaving the bathroom and three boys brought him back to the bathroom and sexually

assaulting him. they believe that they went after him because he is a trans gender which is why they are investigating this as a possible hate crime. this happened before in the school district is aware of the history and that is why the president of the school district jumped all over this. he is appalled and this is what he had to say. >> as a school board member, i am horrified, this is terrible that is neat still in on this campus would have to be subjected to this type of conduct. >> i can tell you that the three boards have not been identified and there still investigating. the boy was taken to hospital, he was treated his parents were notified. here is morning any student that is caught doing this you will be

expelled and he will encourage the prosecutor to go after you to the full extent of the law. i will get reactions from parents as well as others to give you more input on what they think about this issue. >> speaking like a parent, my children are in high school, how will supervise is the campus? nor their other children are wrong, teachers anybody? >> he stated that he spoke with witnesses and investigators are also stating the same thing. he is stating that he needs to do more, he is looking into more measures to see if this place is safe for for kids. would check with the police department. if you're a teenager, chances are you are going by yourself. you should not need a shopper

rawl but if you're in high school, you go buyers of an 11:00 a.m., you're in between. we will have to find out what exactly happened. i know they're going after this is a possible hate crime. >> there have been a history of assaults in the west contra costa up school district. five years ago there was a gay and rape outside richmond high school during homecoming desperate in 2009 a 12 year- old was assaulted by a 40 year-old stephen in the stairwell. and then, four months ago that trans and gender teen was taunted and arrested hercules i school. the school board president says he takes full responsibility for not ensuring all of the schools in his district are safe. >> a candlelight vigil will

be held to my for 14 year old martinez grow was hit and killed by train sunday. jenna betti was sitting on the tracks with our board for one a try and approach. she will the way but went back to get herself fall when she was struck. the vigil tonight will be held at martinez drew your high school in essex 30 p.m.. >> san rafael police are asking for your help in finding and at risk elderly man, who has been missing since wednesday night. 93 year-old robert davis, was last seen at about 8:00 p.m. leaving more ran joe's restaurant and corta madera after having dinner with his daughter. davis family says the did not return home and he has not been heard from or seen since. police said

the davis suffers from a medical condition and may have become disoriented. it was raining heavy when he left so he may have got lost. davis was driving a 2001 silver toyota camry with a california license plates 4sey056. >> now to one ongoing tension that is still happening in ukraine. today, the white house will announce a $1 billion energy package for the ukraine. this comes as a russian president vladimir putin says said he is ready to use all means to protect citizens of the country. he hopes that this will not have to be used with force. >> he added that fugitive president viktor yanukovych

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>> welcome back. the time is 5:15 a.m.. check out this video of trees that were down around memphis, tennessee. the endless winter has to dump a half a foot of snow on the ground in parts of the south, mid atlantic and the northeast.

those areas are bracing this morning for something even more unusual. a blast of arctic air that is expected to send temperatures plummeting into the single digits. the national weather service says the washington has record low temperature in the single digits in march only two times in recorded history, and the previous two were in 1872 and 1873. forecasters blame it on a return of the color of vortexes. >> we have low clouds and drizzle and the temperatures right now are not too bad. we are same low 50's along of the delta. as we head into the afternoon it will be a very pretty mild day and we may see upper 60s for places like fairfield and oakland. upper 60s for the

south. we are not out of the woods just yet, we have another system that is on the way. you can see on future cast 4 that all wednesday light rain is expected for the north bay. this system will continue and heavy iran will not arrive on to early wednesday night. we have areas of moderate downpour. your 7 day around the bay highlights slightly warmer weather for the weekend and sunny skies and dry weather by saturday. this is actually the best chance to be outside. the time right now is 5:70 a.m.. >> we are tracking a south bay hot spot where there is a ramp closure, to 80 northbound where a body was

discovered, the coroner's investigation is underway. this rep will be closed until this investigation is completed. earlier this morning, there was heavy traffic and it appears a this may have eased but i will not be surprised if you still encounter some stop and go traffic in the vicinity. if you can use the no. all right to make a u-turn. from here, a route close your on the peninsula with a injury accident. this is coming from here heading to 1 01 or sfo. you will have to use this as your next alternative and then you can't rejoin from el camino. slow traffic getting into livermore where an accident as out of the alta mott pass. but stretch of

roadway to the dublin interchange is still rolling well with a 70 minute drive time. >> your ride to of the bay bridge, we're not tracking any hot spots, from the macarthur mayes. from the san mateo bridge to 1 01, it has been an 11 minute drive time. your ride to the richmond san rafael bridge, westbound traffic on 580 has no backups. >> happening now, the second day of the oscar pistorius murder trial, grinds to a halt, do when the cross examination of the witness. >> that is because the prosecutor said that an image of the witness testified was the show and against a court order. the judge decided to allow tv

coverage of the trial. guarantee that cameras would avoid showing witnesses who requested privacy. the prosecutor stopped proceedings, that a camera caught the witness is a face. it is not clear if her face was broadcast by a south african tv station. the judge has ordered investigation and would prolong the trial. >> could temperatures chill the warm spirits of three pillars and new orleans. thousands are expected to line the parade route to get prime spots for mardi gras. this is video from yesterday's celebration spirit temperatures are not expected to rise above the low 40's today. >> locally, you can celebrate fat tuesday with a free short stack of pancakes. it is national pancake day and i hop. this

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>> welcome back. the time is 5:25 a.m.. watching all streets this morning and investors hope for a comeback today. u.s. stocks fell the most in a month yesterday, the drop comes as russia's military advance into you ukraine prattling on the global markets. >> here's a look at the closing numbers from monday. the dow dropped nearly 154 points. the nasdaq fell 31 points and the s&p 500 was down nearly 14 points. >> singapore has a dethroned of the japanese capital to become the world's most expensive city in 2014, according to the economist intelligence unit's latest world wide cost of living survey. the by in your

report, which ranks 131 global cities, critics currency appreciation, the solid price inflation and high cost of living for singapore's new distinction. owning a car is a lot more expensive, three times more compared to new york because entitlements fees are really high. in addition, as a city state with very few natural resources, singapore is too reliant on the other countries for energy and water supplies. singapore is also the priciest place in the world to buy clothes. >> world's most expensive cities to live than #one, singapore no. 2, paris, no. 3 oslo, norway , and no. 4 zurich, switzerland , and

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>> welcome back. we have drizzle right now so a lot of people are writing in the rain but the temperatures are not too bed. oakland is at 55 degrees and 54 degrees in fairfield. as we head into the afternoon you can expect mostly cloudy conditions. we will see a few breaks. we will remain

dry and cloudy by 8:00 p.m.. we have another system coming datasets tori tomorrow and i will have the full time in coming up. >> we are still attractive in the rye closure in the south bay on interstate 280 at saratoga where a body was discovered. this is an northbound direction leading to a south bronx saratoga ave. the lane remains closed. we have a reporter on the scene we are gathering information and we will have it for you shortly. >> there is a another truckload for three san bruno, an injury accident has shut down this ramp and again this means that this may lead over time high one. you will have to use this line to get a rocker is slow traffic persist at 580 but the drive time out to the

dublin interchange is still looking good. >> the search continues for three boys at this morning accused of attacking and sexually assaulting a transgendered teen. police said happened yesterday morning in hercules high- school pripet kron4 will tran is live at the school with details. >> this student was leaving at the bathroom and three boys came up to him, sexually assaulted him and at this point they have not identified the suspects, he was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries. his parents were notified and parents are looking into this. they stated that he was attacked because he is transgendered. we will hear from the school district as to why he feels this is outrageous. he is

stating that he is a part to blame. >> this is one of the major stories on our facebook page. maligned santa cl and >> santa clara police are trying to figure out if two robbers happening 50 minutes apart over the weekend could be committed by the same person. the first one happened early saturday morning around 1:00 p.m., three suspects approached a victim in a parking lot. about 50 minutes later, officers learned of three other victims that have been drops in the area of park avenue. the suspects are described as a black about 25 years old. one suspect is about 5 ft. 10 in. tall with a medium built and short black hair. the other two suspects were wearing black hooded sweat

shirts and black baggy jeans. >> this is a video from securities footage and it is hard to make out of their last seen on road ave. >> san leandro police our banking services to help them solve a crime. on thursday, a neighbor noticed that a home was been burglarized and called police. the officers attracted the burglars and down and made an arrest. in another case, they also helped get a man who stole a car. >> some neighbors, they are our best defense against crime like this. this cannot be overstated how important

this is. without them acting promptly, a again, this decreases chances of making arrests. >> police are hoping that more citizens will get involved. >> a suspect in a gas station robbery has turned himself fan. he surrendered to the sheriff on monday. last wednesday, here is video that we want to show you where he tried to rob this gas station. >> it was a really weird scene at the shell station on el camino real and san

carlos. police say he did not use a weapon. he was ushered out by the brave employee who refused to give up money. the suspect is than redwood city where he is being booked on an attempted robbery. >> new this morning. the government shut down last year cost the national parks more than $400 million spread a new report this morning says that the 16 day shutdown cost california $20 million that is because the shutdown close to the parks. this means that people could not visit, spend money at the park and that businesses that support them. >> thousands of college students, hundreds from the bay area, march to the state capitol to urge lawmakers to

allow community colleges offer for your degrees. the bill introduced in january, was set up a pilot program letting each of california's community districts set up one bachelor arts degree programs. each campus would consider what degree would best suit certain job skills needed in the communities they serve. this will allow students to obtain degrees and a low-cost tuition and other expenses charged that four year colleges. >> coming up on the kron4 mills. a new jersey team is so when her parents for abandoning her, what her parents are saying in response. >> in the 6:00 hour. a twister goals of vintage, why the tech firm is taking an 18 hundreds of approach. >> details on a deadly plane crash in truckee coming up

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the white house and the $1 billion aid package to ukraine in lost energy get subsidies. the announcement came as u.s. secretary of state john kerry landed in the ukrainian capital tuesday. carey is there to show american support for kiev's a military and political struggle against moscow. the economic package also includes training assistance to ukraine's national bank. >>james: and despite one of the best super bowl ads of the year, radio shack is planning to close 1100 stores. the stock tumbled today in pre-market trading. even with the closures, radio shack would still have 4000 stores. the companies as slow holiday cells are partly to blame for the hundreds of stores being shut down.

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whatever to the weather center. >>erica: mostly cloudy conditions on storm tracker 4. now picking up any radar but we do have low clouds and drizzle this morning. drier weather as we head into the afternoon with plenty of upper 60s. it's not going to feel too bad as the day progresses. mountain view getting a high of 67. 68 and campbell. castro valley to a high of 6663 in richmond. mostly cloudy skies and san francisco with a high of 64 degrees. and don't put those galoshes away just yet. we do have another storm on the way. that will dry up tomorrow. the heaviest rain is expected for the evening hours. this is not a very oppressive system so i think will only see about a half-

inch for the north bay and about a quarter and for the san francisco bay. i think will pick up some '70s by saturday and then passed that looks like graeme could return just in time for daylight savings time and as we start the next work week. at 5 $46 or whether, here's a look at rose the roads with george. if if >>george: let's take a look at the ride here on interstate 380 in san bruno where we've already had two accidents this morning. the first of which was cleared leading south about 280 of the east bound 380 now there's coming from the northbound side of

interstate 280 on to 380 again heading up toward all one i don't believe this rapid shutdown however and it is the non commute direction so it's not likely to have as big an impact as this one. although because the vehicle was down an embankment in may and a closing inland of the off ramp in order to accommodate the crews of the truck. what is in some cable down to retrieve that vehicle. but the look at the bridges as we first look at your bay bridge ride westbound. and what one here this morning but only backing up on the right-hand side of the roadway. your commute to the san mateo bridge and highway 92 looks good. we are problem free across the span and for your trip and to marin county across the rich and san rafael bridge, no backup for the way for the westbound 580 ride. >>anny: this is the most of cairo the latest of viral

story. >>: it's been trending of kron4 dot com and our facebook page. a bizarre story out of new jersey were 18 is suing her parents for college tuition and cash. rachel canning who is an honor student and cheerleader at morris catholic high school in new jersey is suing her own parents. in court papers or rachel alleges her parents abandon her when she turned 18 and refused to pay for her go to college. despite, the fact she's gotten an acceptance letters from several universities. her father tells a different story san she ran away in november because she didn't want to obey the rules in this house. >>: rachel said she did not run away but was given the option of dumping her

boyfriend are getting out. she also has a $20,000 scholarship and the university of vermont is our number one choice. we asked you think parents should be obligated to pay college tuition?. >>: melissa says " she needs to get a job at work or college like everyone else. parents should not have to help but if they're able to and willing that's awesome. " >>: jim says " no absolutely not. parents are not obligated to pay. college is a privilege. not everyone has told the parents and can afford to attend college. " >>: sound off on the facebook page and share your thoughts. >>darya: i'm going to sue my kids for back pay i want money back for pain suffering.

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the grape lakes almost completely frozen over. check out this bizarre video. --the great lakes. federal researchers say ice covered 90.5% of the lake's surface as of sunday. that's one of the highest percentages ever recorded. back in 1979, ice coverage of the great lakes hits an all-time high of 94.7%. one scientist says that record could be broken this week. at

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this morning police say 15 year-old was sexually assaulted and the bathroom at the school. i was a white police are investigating this as a possible hate crime. >>: secretary of state john kerry just arriving out in the ukraine and what his plans are to ease the tensions there. >>: and we've got white sprinkles around the bay area this morning. " we will have your full forecast coming up. >>: >>darya: thanks for waking up to the kron4 morning news.