if this morning on the kron 4 morning news. wet roads. as another band of rain pushes through the bay area. see if your morning commute students return to school

in richmond today. to news that a seventh grade teacher has been arrested on sex charges the for involving other students. and a car hits and kills another pedestrian here in the bay area. this time in san jose. what the driver in this case did. after the crash. the kron 4 morning news starts right now. lets take a live look outside at the road conditions right now. after the latest band of rain overnight. lightning strikes were reported over mount diablo and concord, among other places. a strong cell hit pleasanton, too. we'll see a few more showers this morning.

over the last week, the bay area has been hit with rain just about every other day. to find out more about the latest round of rainfall.

thousands of people lost power overnight in parts of the east bay. p-g and e says two outages knocked out electricity for palm nearly five thousand

customers near concord and walnut creek. the first around 10-45 and the next one about a half hour later. power was expected to come back on by 2-15 this morning. officials don't know what caused the outages. police in richmond have announced the arrest of a seventh grade teacher. ron guinto -- who works at mira vista elementary school in el cerrito -- is facing a number of charges of sexually abusing at least two students. while working at a different school in richmond. kron-4's justine waldman has more about this teacher in trouble. a pedestrian is hit and killed by a car in san jose. police say it happened last night around 9 o'clock near the intersection of southbound almaden expressway and foxworth police say they found a man lying unconscious at the scene. he died a short time later. the driver is cooperating with the investigation. police have not released the identity of the victim at this point.

the city of san francisco is now trying to determine how to respond to the family of

lynne spalding. now that the action against san francisco general hospital. the family attorney announced, they are filing a sheriff's department. for gas has said he had had bombed its the hospital. more than 2-weeks after she went missing from her hospital room. the city now has 45- days to accept or reject the claim. if it is rejected or a settlement cannot be reached. the attorneys say they plan to bring a civil lawsuit. coming up on the kron 4 morning news: a warning to joggers and walkers. police on alert. after a

sexually assaulted along a fremont trail. we take a closer look at that trail. bystanders-turned-rescuers when a woman drove her minivan and her children into the ocean. why police didn't take her into custody earlier that day. and the plan to move the warriors' planned new arena. right next to the giants ballpark. police are still on the hunt for a man who grabbed and sexually assaulted a 15- year-old girl on a popular rapid it happened over the weekend on the alameda creek trail in fremont. kron 4's scott rates shows us what happened. people from all over the ardenwood community come out to take a stroll, walk they dog, or hop on their bike. it's always been know to be a safe place but now neighbors like sarah royer are re-thinking that she's disgusted and scared about what happened here sunday afternoon - investigators say a teenage girl was jogging, in broad daylight, when she looked over and noticed a man jog by her not thinking anything of it the girl continued her workout police say it was about two minutes later when that same

man came out of no where girl and started aggressively groping her police say the girl froze out of fear, and the man took off the terrified teen was able to get away and call 911 house republicans are moving to block president barack obama's plan to limit carbon pollution from new power plants today. g-o-p lawmakers are fighting back against what they call the obama administration's "war on coal." caught the president's proposal is a key part of his plan to fight climate change, and it would set the first national limits on heat- trapping

413 on the clock to notice its what outside when you step outside. erica following what we saw overnight. >>erica: good morning. or does the live with some low clouds. most of the rain is out of the bay area. again, we did deal with lightning strikes. people heard thunder. if you have any pictures of the rain we

experienced last night you can also send pictures and breaking news at kron4 dot com. we will love to get some of those on the air. the right now just chilling with pretty calm conditions. temperatures very mild. 66 out of pleasanton. everyone out in the 60s today don't think will see in the '70s by tomorrow but in had slightly warmer conditions as we look ahead. i think was a widespread '70s the song the strength will intensify and we will see warmer weather. '70s should be something to canada to a 7 day around the bay forecast. we do have a couple more chances with in the next days but i don't think we'll see any strong

systems. more on that coming up in just a moment. after traffic around the bay area is pretty quiet out there. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza traffic will be well from all of the approaches. right now the leader in lights are you may run into some low clouds and for checking the westbound train. we got some low clouds along the san mateo county coast line to keep that in mind as you work your way as we take it over to the traffic map not counted as 380 the connector ramp looks like we do have a vehicle blocking the slow lane currently facing the wrong way to looks like a tow truck may be needed to head to the scene. as for

the rest of the crew is a sucker seeing top speeds over 50 mi. an hour pollution from future power plants. vo in thursday folder called "new nuke plant approved" there's also some called "obama climate change" congress-power plants new: house gop moves to block epa rules on power plants hotefforts to recover from a

radiation leak at the nation's only underground nuclear waste dump will be the subject of a town hall meeting in new mexico today. the u.s. department of energy is hoping to satisfy concerns which have been swirling for weeks about what caused the leak, the extent of the contamination nuclear cleanup efforts. 13 workers were exposed during the radiation leak. nuke repository-radiation new: feds to update public on mishap at nuke dump albuquerque, n.m. - efforts to recover from a radiation leak at the nation's only hamas underground nuclear waste dump will be the subject of a town hall meeting in new mexico today. the u.s. department of energy is hoping to satisfy concerns which have been

swirling for weeks about what caused the leak, the extent of the contamination and the future of national nuclear cleanup efforts. opening statements in the trial of brig. general jeffrey sinclair are set for today. sinclair has pleaded not guilty to eight criminal charges including forcible sodomy, indecent acts, violating orders and conduct unbecoming an officer. he has admitted to having a 3-year affair with a junior sinclair faces life in

prison if convicted of the sex assault charges. a man passing by heard children screaming. moments later, he was wading into the atlantic ocean. police now say the pregnant woman who drove a minivan into the water is now awaiting a mental health evaluation. andrew spencer reports. "are they saying help?" this is what tim tesseneer saw as he drove across the sand of daytona beach. "help! help! help!" "we heard 'em plainly screaming for help, and i just threw my vehicle in park and just.just took off running." "one kid was on the mother's lap, like, wrestling with her for the steering wheel." he and stacy robinson tried to stop her.

"i was telling her that you that have to get out of the water, the kids are scared. this is.the police are coming, you're not supposed to be in the water." "she looked at us with this blank look, and it was just scary." "she just kept repeating that they were okay, they is were fine." not but she was not okay -- not according her sister's call to 9-1-1 earlier that day. "i tried to take her to the hospital yesterday, and she signed herself out today. she's getting a little bit better but she's still not all here." a daytona beach police officer stopped the woman almost two hours before this scene on the beach, tuesday afternoon. the officer and a detective didn't think there was enough to actually

detain the woman, even though they were concerned about her mental health. into the water to save her and her kids, one moment his made her intentions clear. "she just made a left turn and just like dove into the ocean with the van." "one kid in the back seat screamed out, you know, 'please help us. our mom's trying to kill us.'" i'm andrew spencer, reporting butcongress is rushing to put in place hard-hitting sanctions on russia, whose troops have taken over ukraine's crimean

peninsula. as the crimean government set a vote to decide whether to join russia or remain ukrainian. the u-s senate is taking the lead with legislation that would combine loan guarantees to ukraine's government and measures against russian government officials, state-owned banks and companies. let hillary clinton says russian president vladimir putin is a tough but thin- skinned leader who is squandering his country's potential. crimea's vote is planned for march 16th. in bay area news: the golden state warriors say they are pushing ahead with plans for an 18- thousand seat arena at piers 30 and 32 in san francisco.

but it appears a new site is gaining momentum -- and a prominent backer. former san francisco mayor art agnos says he supports putting the arena in "parking lot a" next to a-t- and-t park. lot fits the arena better. plus, he says, "lot a" is on solid ground instead of on a pier over the water. studied the lot as an alternate site. of course, the giants must get behind the "lot a" plan for it to move forward. the giants say they have no comment.

klay thompson had another big night on the road scoring 18 points to lead s the warriors to a 108-88 romp over the boston celtics on wednesday night. the win puts golden state a season-high 14 games over.500. the warriors scored the first six points, led 12-2 with just over five minutes gone and stayed ahead by at least 20 points throughout the second half. golden state had an easy time against one of the nba's worst teams one night

after beating one of the set best. former celtic jordan crawford had 15 points and stephen curry added 14 for the warriors, who won for 49ers coach jim harbaugh before last night's game against texas tech. harbaugh in his usual "uniform" of 49ers hat 49ers sweat shirt and his trademark pleated khaki walmart pants. ed some words of advice. harbaugh showed off his half court skills. sinking the long shot. and then checking to make sure someone got it on camera. also at the game last

night. packers head coach mike mccarthy. we showed you this touching tribute to a world war two veteran yesterday morning. joe bell. cheering runners passing by his home during a benefit run. and the runners cheering back. we caught up with mister kron-4's alecia reid shows us. he is still amazed at all the feedback. thatit's been over 70 years since joe bell fought in world war 2, and he continues to don his uniform old, his memory is still people are starting to realize some of us are still alive and we remember the old days. over the weekend he stood outside his home to watch a pat tillman foundation benefit runto his surprise, participants started coming over to show their respects. they came and shook my hand, hug meit was refreshing. joe welcomed the distinctionas he now sits and reminisces about his

days at war. it was roughget shot, died. it was pure coincidence that the route for the run dedicated to honoring a veteran led runners by joe's home. although the near century old man wasn't hitting the pavement that day, he says at this age he's vigilant about staying fit. i know i have to keep exercisingsleeping, yea lol a very spunky characteralthough joe is embracing all the newfound fame, he continues to say he's just a regular guy. reporting from san jose. joe bell is being honored by the giants minor league affiliate. the san jose giants are featuring him on their first set of military trading cards. fans have until march 12th to nominate current and former military members to be part of the set. the complete set of cards will be unveiled at the san jose giants fan fest at the

we're coming up on 4-30. we're working on for you this morning. an elementary school teacher out of richmond has been sexually abusing two students at another school where he taught. police took ron guinto into custody yesterday. ishe had a clean background check. a man was hit and killed by a driver in san jose last night. it happened around 9 o clock near almaden expressway and foworth avenue. the man died a short time after police arrived. the driver is cooperating with the investigation. and the new leader of ukraine's crimea region says enhance forces now control all access to the peninsula and have blocked all ukrainian military bases that have not yet surrendered. meantime, u-s lawmakers are rushing to put sanctions in

place on russia. against government officials, state owned banks and companies. oakland police are investigating a shooting. what reportedly on an east bay freeway. the victim says, he was shot along highway 580.near high street. yesterday afternoon around 3 o'clock. after the shooting. the victim apparently drove to the area around highland hospital. and walked in the hospital. he was treated there for a wound on his elbow. police do not know the circumstances behind the shooting. it is unclear whether the victim and shooter knew one another. no arrests have been made.

police are investigating the connection between a burned body that was found outside yet an oakland

apartment this past weekend. and the woman who was killed inside the apartment a month ago. ahead77-year-old susan fong was found dead inside her home invasion. her nephew, richard fang, was home at the time. and claimed the intruders got away. police confirmed the burned body found outside the apartment early saturday morning is richard fang's. they tell us, his death appears to be a suicide. "evidence was collected at the sceneleads us to believe it was a suicide" police will not say if fang was a suspect in his aunt's murder. but they do tell us. there was no forced entry during the home invasion.

in the north bay. some local ranchers who are being hurt economically by that massive beef recall centered around a petaluma slaughterhouse. are calling for changes in the meat industry. they say the u-s-d-a should mandate video cameras be installed inside all meat processing centers. they say it would insure that the animals are being treated humanely. and that all of the carcasses are adequately inspected by federal authorities. bay area boaters are being urged by a federal wildlife agency to watch out for and steer clear of gray whales, which are now beginning their annual migration past the

golden gate to the arctic. an estimated 18,000 to 19,000 gray whales swim past the bay area between march and may each year. the whales include mothers with newborn calves, are under stress and "running on near empty" because they get most of their food for the year in the arctic a bear rescued at heavenly ski resort. is being nursed back to health. wildlife officials found the cub limping and took him to a center for medical help.

its still unclear how the cub got injured. the 14-month-old bear was what named heavenly. after the resort. once little 'heavenly' puts on a little weight, it is expected he will be released this spring. lake tahoe wildlife care said. it is going to cost about a thousand dollars to nurse this cub back to health. "moms demand action" recently released this video intended to be a

parody of facebook's 10th anniversary "look back" videos. the video tries to prove how facebook makes it easy for guns to be bought and sold online - without any criminal background checks, and sometimes, without even showing i.d. the organization ran an online petition that gained over 90,000 signatures. here's what they were upset about there are hundreds of public pages and groups on facebook that are geared toward gun enthusiast. some of the names of these

pages imply something like, "guns for sale", or "sell machine guns" these public pages have a ton of interaction and huge numbers of followers. anyone can see them and message other users in the group. on these pages there is a this for sale. people put there email addresses or phone numbers right in the post to be contacted for the sale. there have been reports of transactions of guns sales taking place on these pages where the sellers did require i.d. the concern being felons or minors could be buying guns.

this is richard burn righ ly he broke this story on venture beat. he showed me a text message exchange from his phone that he had with someone he met on one of these pages selling guns. ok how much is the rifle? $550 with 90 rounds of ammo.

fought"the individual said, no you don't need i.d. it's $550 bucks i'm willing to meet you here and give you 90 rounds of ammunition, no questions asked, no i.d. " facebook released this press release today saying that they have heard the concerns of gun avocates and they are now going to take action. they are going to inact stricter regulations on pages that appear to promote the selling of guns and ammunition including having these pages include language remiding people of the importance of understanding and complying with relevant laws and

regulations. if there is a post involving the sale a regulating item, like guns are, they will limit access to that post to people over the age of 18. if they receive a report on facebook about a post promoting the private sale of a commonly regulated item, we will send a message to that person

reminding him or her to comply with relevant laws and regulations and they will provide in- app education on instagram for those who search for sales or promotions of firearms. a funeral will be held today for a 16-year-old fairfield girl shot to death last month. naomy rojas was gunned down near some railroad tracks. four men with gang ties were arrested last friday morning and charged with naomy's murder and conspiracy. police say naomy rojas was not the intended target. instead, it was the teen boy she was with at the time. morning at 10:30 at holy spirit catholic church on texas street in fairfield.

the f-b-i is putting together a new taskforce and may have new information regarding the 1976 killings of 5 women on the peninsula. which have

since come to be known as the gypsy hill killings. between january of 1976 and april of that year. 5 young women were found dead around san mateo county. none of those murders have been solved. the f-b-i and the san mateo county sheriff's department are teaming up with police departments in south san francisco. daly city. and pacifica to gather and investigate the new leads. today is the first anniversary of lights on the western side of the bay bridge. now called the willie l. brown junior bridge. the ferry building is hosting a celebration on

the waterfront in san francisco at seven o'clock tonight. the artist who designed the lights will be there. the lights, installed last year, were meant to be temporary. but efforts are underway to help make them a permanent installation. dollars to keep the lights lit through 20-26. >>erica: that looks like temperatures will be in the low to mid '50's. pretty calm weather from here on out. looks like saturday is shaping up to the warmest day of the week. we could see widespread '70s the past that seems like another system is heading our way. that will cool things down and it could bring a few showers north of the golden gate bridge but overall dry weather as we head into next week. more of that coming up in just a moment. a quick look at traffic around the bay. the volume is increasing if you're heading

to the san mateo bridge is a live look in both directions moving some small fully in both directions. the rich and san rafael bridge is still a little damp out there. we're also. last but not least taken a look at traffic maps. 12 minutes currently. westbound 24 at the caldecott tunnel. not releasing any slowdowns. approaching the 58680 interchange. and finally here's a look at the south bay seem mostly grain under roadways sensors indicating speeds above 50 mi. per hour. a federal judge

refuses to banning high capacity gun magazines. the judge turned down a request by five residents for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the measure. the lawsuit is sponsored by the national rifle association which claims the ban violates their pat for constitutional second amendment right to bear arms. the lawsuit challenging the sunnyvale law is one of a

series filed around the nation by the nra aheadanother city in the bay area it's is saying goodbye to plastic bags. been the walnut creek city council voted to ban single use carryout plastic bags at all retail stores and walnut creek follows more than 90 cities and counties statewide that have implemented a plastic bag ban, including san rafael, fremont, and san jose. all stores i september and for all restaurants citywide in

december. a bidding war could be underway to buy safeway. u-s-a today says the private equity firm cerberus has been interested in buying the supermarket chain for several month. while krogers also expressed interested in buyng some of the shares of safeway. experts say with cerberus in competition to buy safeway, kroger might change their decision to buy the entire safeway chain. just last october, kroger outbid cerberus and other private equity firms $2.5 billion buyout of harris teeter, which operates over 200 supermarkets. safeway says. the rumors are true. the company is currently in talks with another company. which wants to buy out the supermarket chain.

company officials are not identifying who they are talking with. but it has been reported that the interested party. is a new york based company. which currently operates albertson's and lucky. one safeway employee says, there was a brief announcement of the potential sale today at work..and it is now unclear what might happen to her job. if a deal does go through. there could be changes ahead. but they would still be a long way off. a new campaign is underway in the bay area and around the state aimed at providing healthier foods at grocery stores for kids. the "healthy stores for a healthy community" campaign's goal is to promote community outreach

about how to make both stores and their customers healthier. a recent survey found that young people are still targeted by tobacco, alcohol and junk food did you know san francisco's famed "bat-kid" was all set to take the oscar stage? we have photos of 5-year- old miles scott at his hotel in hollywood. and rehearsing on stage. but for some reason. the academy cancelled his bit at the last minute early sunday. miles, of course, became a nationwide hero last year when the make-a-wish foundation helped transform san francisco into gotham.

bat-kid, whose lukemia is now in remission, saved the city. the website mashable reports a source close to miles' family says it was heart-wrenching to speak to the parents about the oscar snub. the last thing they wanted was to see their son disappointed. the academy is not saying why they pulled the plug on batkid at the last minute. instead, the academy offered to pay for miles and his family to go to disneyland for the day on sunday. which they did. if you're a single guy in the bay area, research suggests your options for finding a girlfriend may be limited. now, one silicon valley company is aiming to change

that. by flying women in from new york city. kron 4's j.r. stone has the story. katie bambino is describing the two years she spent in san francisco. more single guys less single ladies.totally opposite of new york city where she says it's less single men and more single ladies. now though there could be a solution.the web site is called the dating ring. katie and ceo lauren kay say they're taking things a step farther from their usual.setting up a local date. how bout a coast to coast date? far fetched? maybe but so far about three thousand dollars has been raised on crowdtilt dot com. the goal is 50 thousandthe magic number to make it happen is ten thousand.

anyone can donate, 500 gets you a plane ticket.20 dollarsthe usual cost to get a date on the site will get your name put in a raffle which could get you to new york or could get you a date in san francisco with a new york woman. long distance love right before your very eyes. j.r. stone kron 4 news. the massive eucalyptus tree that fell at oakland's lake merritt still has not been removed. after nearly four months. and some people say it has become a hazard. the city is about to put the job out for bid. on what will likely be an expensive endeavor. kron four talked with a tree service planning to bid on the project. to hear what needs to be done. with this massive root ball and the wood and everything about two days we should be able to do it. i think the city needs to get rid of it, it's a liability, people are climbing on it, people could get hurt and i think they should get it out of here and plant another nice tree the tree service expects the project to cost up to 25- thousand dollars. people who live in the area

complain graffiti artists have been defacing the tree. heading into the five o'clock hour we have some great video we wanted to show you. take a look at this surveillance video from fresno. a speeding car crashes right through the front of a convenience store. it pushes a whole aisle of food out of the way. police say the 17- year-old unlicensed driver accidentally hit the gas instead of the break. luckily no one was hurt. the teen was cited for operating a vehicle without a license. a man suspected in a triple homicide arrested after this police chase in south carolina.check it out. deputies say the man stole a truck from a construction site. then he cut through a field to get away from police.

but he couldn't get away from a news helicopter's camera. he eventually made it to a paved road.and picked up speed. you see him weaving in and out of traffic. eventually.it looks like he can't quite make it between two cars.he clips one.loses control.jumps the curb.catches air.and slams right into the corner of a house. the driver of that truck is accused of shooting four people.killing three of them. he was hurt in the crash.but prosecutors say he will be charged with murder when he recovers. and take a look at this: crooks use a forklift to make off with an a-t-m at a texas bank. you can see them drive drive right up. stab through the machine and lift it off its base. the drop it at one point. but use the forklift to pick it back up and drive off. the f-b-i released this

video in hopes someone saw a forklift driving down the road.with an a-t-m attached to it.so they can track down the theives. coming up on the kron four morning news at 5. a news anchor in russia resigns on air at the end of a show. find out what prompted her to quit. plus, the batkid gets cut at the last minute to appear at the oscars. leaving the 5 year old and his parents devastated. we'll have the academy's response. and the golden state warriors may have new site plans in the works. but its not a location you've already heard about. the kron four morning news is back in two minutes.

of will tran live in richmond and front of mayor of festa elementary where a teacher here was arrested and accused of sexually abusing a student at his previous school. will tell you why it the staff did not catch that before hiring him.

>>: and a pedestrian hit in san jose. will have the latest. >>: at what the world is another band of rain pushes through overnight. we continue to expect for your morning commute. >>: this is the bay area's new station kron 4 news at five starts now. >>darya: note is this thursday? >>: starving right off on darya fall some. and i james fletcher. let's begin with a look at that weather. a little damp out there. what are we looking at? >>: wet roadways but no rain on storm tracker 4. into the 8:00 hour could see isolated showers for the north ave. it really doesn't look too cloudy. partly cloudy conditions by 3 this afternoon. temperatures today will be a little bit cooler. >>george: we have some damp roadways but they have resulted in any problems.

we're not checking and hot spots. here's a look at your ride to the bay bridge for the westward ride is an easy 1 with 9 minute drive time. even moving from high with 24 and the macarthur maze. your quick commute check shows some slowing on interstate 580 through the all to my past but that's the extent of the delays. even highway 4 is a pretty like a ride so south bay peninsula north a commute are not yet delayed. >>james: at 5013 the new this morning. want to talk about the situation and the east bay. a man was shot and killed last night in east oakland around 1030 in the area of 11th street and east 24th read the person died at the scene and at this point police are still looking for the gunman. we will let jan know if we learn more. >>darya: and richmond teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes with students at another school where he once worked. kron4's will tran is live in richmond >>: well before he was arrested yesterday morning, he was working here at mayor

of this stuff. the principle here is a lesson administrators had no idea that this was going on simply because they did a background check, went through the fbi background check and did not see anything because this investigation actually took place in november after he was arrested already so he was clean at that time but in the richmond police came to the school walked into the class and arrested him. here's his pitcher. a 32 year-old quan when some three it before he was working here he worked at another place are richmond and a charter school will call a making waves. he is arrested of sexually abusing students. he faces multiple charges include a lewd act on a child under 14 years old. oral copulation and assault to commit sodomy. what happens is to produce the goods from that school came to investigators and made these allegations. they started the investigation several months ago and obviously they felt they had enough to move a in on him in front of students with his mother will have counselors here is to help

students understand exactly what happened. we had a chance to talk to the unified school district here's the president talking about the arrest. >>: we are just relieved and hearts and that this individual was removed from this campus. i want to rush to judgment or convict somebody before they have a trial, but at least at this stage we know that our kids are out of harm's way. a >>: and now he sits in jail with a $1.4 million bail creek his put on administrative leave during this whole investigation. as far as the richmond police department, we hope to hear from them to learn why it took them as long as it did. and why they decided to arrest him in front of his students. >>: also, you think this kind of stuff could slip through the cracks if you're in a different state and then you come to richmond for a city for a city or county, you think would be more cohesive. >>will: what happened was

they did the background check and did everything they should have done, required to do. but what they admit they did not do it is called making waves personally to get a preference for recommendation from the administrators there to tell them about him. this look at it on paper it did have anything on their horizon to say this is a red flag so. this is a reminder to all of the school districts out there, you might want to make that phone call before this happens. i have to tell you even if they made that phone call, there was nothing to do so could that administrator do as well when he did not even know about this. >>darya: rights. thanks a lot will. the muffle >>mark:

a pedestrian is hit and killed by a car in san jose. police say it happened last night around 9 o'clock near the intersection of southbound almaden expressway and foxworth avenue. police say they found a man lying unconscious at the scene. he died a short time later. the driver is cooperating with the investigation. police have not released the identity of the victim at this point. the city of san francisco is now trying to determine how to respond to the family of lynne spalding. now that

the family has taken legal action against san francisco general hospital. the family attorney announced, they are filing a claim against the hospital and the san francisco sheriff's department. for the events surrounding spalding's disappearance and death. the 57-year-old patient was found dead in a stairwell at the hospital. more than 2-weeks after she went missing from her hospital room. the city now has 45- days to accept or reject the claim. if it is rejected or a settlement cannot be reached. the attorneys say they plan to bring a civil lawsuit.

coming up on the kron 4 morning news: a warning to joggers and walkers. police on alert. after a teenager reported she was sexually assaulted along a fremont trail. we take a closer look at that trail. bystanders-turned-rescuers talk about what happened when a woman drove her minivan and her children into the ocean. why police didn't take her into custody earlier that day. and the plan to move the warriors' planned new arena. right next to the giants ballpark. and here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge police are still on the hunt for a man who grabbed and sexually assaulted a 15- year-old girl on a popular east bay trail.

it happened over the weekend on the alameda creek trail in fremont. kron 4's scott rates shows us what happened. people from all over the ardenwood community come out to the alameda creek trail to take a stroll, walk they dog, or hop on their bike. it's always been know to be a safe place but now neighbors like sarah royer are re-thinking

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>>george: >>erica: live in the weather center storm tracker 4 shows dry conditions of the bay area. we do have some areas of drizzle. of talk about what the afternoon looks like

>>darya: are no roads are a little damp. we are not experiencing any rain at this time. overall pretty calm conditions. it's going to be a mild thursday on the bay area. temperatures right now in the '50s. 55 degrees in pleasanton. although the afternoon will be able to a

cooler. expect for partly cloudy skies three i think will actually say stay out of the '70s for today. your extended forecast, the 7 day around the bay pretty dry conditions. saturday shaping up to be the warmest day of the week. i think will see widespread '70s brought the bay with just a slight chance for showers by sunday. warm conditions will carry us into the middle of next week. 516 is the time right now morning george. >>george: good morning. we are still watching pretty good conditions across the bay. for the bridges and your ride to the westbound just in time and in through time with no delays coming out of the macarthur maze are from the e shore freeway. and your ride to san mateo on highway 92 coming out of hayward.

heading into marin county out of richmond this morning 580 in the richmond center fell bridge, still an easy ride. roadway still a little damp but no roadways or delays and you come across on 580. let's take a look at the traffic maps three or update to drive times for you. looking at the e shore freeway commute which is a smooth ride for 80 west, just 14 minutes for your trip heading down to berkeley from hercules. 24 westbound no delays to the caldecott. 60 minutes in the san ramon valley which is a problem free commute out of dublin. for 2 minute commute for 101 north bound heading from 85 to the montague expressway and an easy trip through marin county with no slowing for your ride from 37 down to the golden gate bridge. just a little congestion through central san rafael. >>mark:

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trying to kill us. >>: the kids are scared, you are, the police are coming. you're not supposed to be in the water. >>: police are relative said the mother was just released from the hospital a day before and were worried about her mental health. the family was taken to a hospital. >>: it is not illegal to take a picture of a woman's skirt in massachusetts. according to the state's high court, it's called up skirting. it does not violate the law because the women are not in nude or partially nude. >>: the ruling stems from the case of a man who was charged with twice taking this type of total of one man on a bus. but this peeping tom statute which was written nearly 10 years ago says it is only illegal if the person is a nude or partially nude.

>>: of the skirt is that not partially nude. it all, aren't up underneath. this is a massachusetts. >>: you can go wrong doing that. >>: watching this story and the news room out of washington. some in the military could be stripped of their rights. the senate voting on the desk-some senior commanders in the u.s. military could be

stripped of their powers to prosecute rapes and other serious offenses. today, the senate is voting on legislation aimed at curbing sexual assaults in the military parade the measure is firmly opposed by the pentagon which argues officers should have more responsibility and not less to handle the trips they command. the bill reflects a deep frustration in congress over the military's failure to crack down on sexual assault. a second anchor of the russian news television show " russian today " refuse to stand behind moscow given the heightened tensions in ukraine. russia today liz wahl resigned at the end of the show saying she believed in disseminating the truth. >>: i can't tell you firsthand it's also about bashing america. and i cited some of my background where i came from and why i am proud to be an american. in

recent days i've been suffering from a lot of costs made it dissidents and i felt like i can no longer work here and go on television and tell the american people that this is what's happening in have posed as news. >>: up her resignation comes after another anchor at the martin seems to go off script at the end of her program referring to what she called russians military occupation of the crimea. >>mark: painting in the let's it champion as trigger happy and irresponsible that's how prosecutors are laying out their case in the oscar pistorius trial. one restaurant owner testified today in the event in january of last year. when a gun accidentally went off as it was being passed to pistrous under a table. meanwhile, the runner's

defense team tried to poke holes in earlier testimony. suggesting the screams a neighbor heard came from pistorius after the double amputee realize he'd accidentally shot his girlfriend and not an intruder. so far only six of the 107 state witnesses have testified. >>mark: congress is rushing to put in place hard-hitting sanctions on russia whose troops have taken over ukraine's crimean peninsula. as the crimean government set a vote to decide whether to join russia or remain a ukrainian. the u.s. senate is taking the lead with legislation that would combine loan guarantees to ukraine's government and measures against russian

government officials, state- owned banks and companies. former secretary of state hillary clinton says russian president vladimir putin is a tough but then skinned leader who is squandering his country's potential. crimea's vote is planned for his country's potential. crimeawhatoes at firsted for spooul tte le? ok. hoy bunches oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mm! it's thoats. honey. yeah. hoy bunches oats. is ia grt cereal.

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>> welcome back. the storm system is out of the bay and we have left over clouds. there are areas of drizzle. take a look, livermore is at 57. later on today will be a little cooler than yesterday partly cloudy but dry. widespread 60's. pleasanton will have a high of 66. later on tonight partly

cloudy conditions. the temperatures will be back in the '50s. i was walking to your 7 day coming up. >> we are still my turn a hot spot for the ride around the bay and we are not tracking any delays across the san mateo bridge. a quick commute check shows an easy ride for your trip as you had a round the bay, the only slowing this morning is interstate 580 and we're starting to see a little bit of a delay on highway 4. south bay peninsula and the north bay ride is still light. >> a pedestrian hit and killed by a car in san jose. it happens and last night near the intersection of south bond, and expressway and fox worthy ave. kron4 mike pelton is live at the scene. >> they're still trying to

identify the next of kin and the corner is a 38 year-old man. he was struck and killed last night. here is the same, police received a call about 9:00 p.m. and when they arrived they found him unconscious in the road. he was declared dead shortly after being transported from the scene. the driver who hit the man stayed at the scene and is cooperating. it is unclear if he received a citation or not. >> thank you mike, we will continue to follow this story. >> a federal judge refuses to block aid sunnyvale law banning high capacity gun

magazines. the judge turned down a request by five residents for a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the measure. the lawsuit is sponsored by the national rifle association which claims that the ban violates their constitutional second to admit right to bear arms. the lawsuit challenging the sun belt law is one of a series of filed or combination of by the nra. we will look to see what happens with this challenge. >> another city in the bay area is saying goodbye to plastic bags. the walnut creek city council voted to ban a cynical views carry a plastic bags in all retail stores and restaurants. walnut creek follows more than 90 cities and counties nationwide. they have implemented a plastic bag band, including san rafael,

fremont, and san jose. the bad will affect all stores in september and this is also for restaurants city- wide and december. >> a bidding war could be underway to buy pleasanton based safeway. usa today says that the private equity firm cerberus has been interested in by the supermarket chain for several months. while kroeber's also express their interest and by some of the shares. experts say that with ceberus in competition to buy safeway, kroger might change their decision to buy the entire safeway chain. just last october, kroger outbid them and other private equity firm said 2.5

billion mi. of harris teeter, which operates over 200 supermarkets. >> a new campaign is underway in the bay area and around the state aimed at providing healthier foods and grows restores for kids. the healthy stores for a healthy community campaign goal is to promote community hours. a recent survey about a young people are still targeted by tobacco, alcohol and junk food. >> did you know the sampras's go same combat kit was also set to take the oscar stage? we have photos of five year-old miles scott at his hotel in hollywood and rehearsing onstage but for some reason the academy canceled. miles, of course, became a nationwide

furor last year when the make-a-wish foundation helped transform san francisco into gotham. that kidd, who is looking is now in remission, save the city. the academy is by saying why they pulled the plug on back kit at the last minute. instead, the academy offered to pay for his family to go to disneyland for the day on sunday, which they did. >> today is the first anniversary of lights on the western span of the bay bridge. the ferry building as wholesome as celebration on the waterfront in san francisco at 7:00 p.m. tonight. the artist to design the lights will be there. the lights come installed leisure, were meant to be temporary. it will take $12 million to keep these slides through 2026. >> coming up on kron 4 news. a boy with an eye disorder loses this site. what he

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>> welcome back. we have reports that there is a multi car crash. this is a potential hot spot and i will have an update coming up.

>> remember that sinkhole that swallowed a bunch of cars at the national corvette museum in kentucky last month? well crews are slowly recovering the cars, hoisting them out of whole and taking a look at if they can be salvaged. eight corvettes fell into the sinkhole, this is the fifth one recovered. it is pretty smashed up. that's cinco opened up early one morning last on right in the middle of the museum where the cars were on display. >> the maker of the popular roku media boxes for tv has a new, much smaller product. the roku streaming stick was unveiled this week read the $50 device plugs into an h d

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>> welcome back westbound heading towards the bay bridge and the macarthur mayes and the nimitz freeway the chp is confirming that seven of the locals in the left-hand lane. there may be as many as eight vehicles but the two left lanes are blocked and to tow trucks are on the scene. the

problem is that the stars to back up towards the golden gate, which may be stuck with this longer than usual. it is still early in the commute. if they clear this out quickly we may get away without have a major delays. right now, you should still be able to get through. >> that is the only house spot that we are tracking. of course, we will not see as much at the bay bridge. if your headed towards the san mateo bridge is an easy ride, no delays. the ride on interstate 580 is also looking good, westbound with no backups. >> we could see a few isolated showers throughout the day but the right is pretty much gone. we have

low clouds and that could account for some of the that roadways. satellite radar shows up most of the system is going east so currently we are seeing snow showers and the sierra nevada. into the afternoon is to be a fairly mild day pripet 68 of the year high for sunday unveiled. pretty similar conditions for the east. vallejo will have a high of 65 and 67 for fairfield. oakland will have a high of 66. the 7 their run the bay shows high pressure will come in and we was see slightly warmer conditions for the weekend. widespread 70's or tougher saturday and another sister levant's. we will not see in eight rain south of the golden gate bridge on sunday. past that dry weather and plenty of sunshine. >> the time is 5:46 a.m..

>> a southern california man is try to get back half a million dollars that he lost in los vegas casino. retire remarket johnston is so in the downtown grant for loading and money and allowed him to play it while he was blacked out drunk. nevada law bars casinos from allied visibly drunk patrons to gamble and for serving them drinks. johnson's attorney says that the grant is countersuing johnston for trying to shrink his gambling debts. the state gaming control board is investigating. >> play with barbie could limit how girls view their

career tauruses. oregon state university conducted an experiment where they axed and girls to play with either a barbie doll or a mrs. potato head. after a few minutes, the girls were asked about possible the girls who play with barbie thought they could do fewer jobs that boards. those with the misses a potato head thought they could do about the same.

>> it was a dream come true for a new zealand or who got to see a boston celtics game. 12 year-old lous corbett suffers from a rare eye disease. his family is taking him on a trip of a life time to check out his bucket lids before he goes blind. the trip include missing his beloved celtics in action play last night. >> after boston, corbett is heading to new york to see niagara falls and then he will go to las vegas. donations help pay for the trip. >> the golden state warriors say that they're pushing ahead with plans for a 18,000 seat arena at pier 30 and 32 in san francisco. it appears set a new site is gaining momentum and a

prominent backer. kron4 jackie sissel is live in san francisco with more. >> there are looking into what will take to refurbish the piers' but there are lot of critics including former mayor who is one of the biggest components to this site. other sites are starting to come up and some of the opponents are saying that this is a better location. this is basically this the parking lot south of at&t park. in order for this site to be a viable the warriors in the city has to agree but also the giants because it is their land. according to the opponent, he stated that this is a great side, a place that they could live with. obviously, there is a lot of work to be done but

according to the war years that would have to spend a hundred and $80 million just to get pier 30 and 32 up to snuff. obviously, they can save money but it is unclear where it will go from here. a lot of people are looking at alternative sites for their stadium. >> there is no height restrictions and a lot a, that was one of the big complaints. there is actually a ballot measure that will go on there in june and that will limit any construction to about 48 ft. along disappear front. obviously, if that passes, this was squashed any potential stadium so yes, this is absolutely a better location but the warriors' stated that they still want to move sports. again, will

fall more on this story. >> it is time to start calling the warriors' the up road warriors after a big win in indianapolis. they have another big win last night. clay thompson had another big night on the road scorned 18 points to lead the warriors to 108-88 win over the boston celtics. the win puts golden state a season-high 14 games over 0.500. golden state had an easy time against one of the nba's worst teams. former celtic jordan crawford had 15 points and stephen curry added 14 for the war is, who won for the seventh time in nine games. >> we will be right back.

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>> welcome back. there is a hot spot on the east shore freeway. there is an accident that is blocking the lines. i will have details coming up. >> check out this video. you kuconn's deandre daniels drive s the short and hits the rim, and he goes down to the floor really hard. luckily for him, the only thing he injured was his pride. >> coming up on the kron4 newest. you will hear from a

lawyer who filed a claim against their francisco's the general hospital over the woman found dead in a hospital stairwell. >> police patrolling a local trail where a teenager reported she was sexually assaulted. >> and why an important figure in san francisco's gay community has been sentenced to jail. >> here's a live look outside at the san mateo bridge.

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new measures are being taken to that to protect pedestrians on san francisco's streets. >> we have some more ran over my. this is clearing out. but cooler temperatures are all the way. >> there is a multi car accidents that occurred and this is leading into the bay bridge toll plaza. there are seven tow trucks on the scene. seven vehicles are blocking the allies. that is why the traffic is still backed up. we talked earlier about how long kid may take for