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>>: of *still no sign of the missing malaysian airliner that went off the radar. we'll have the latest in the search efforts. and watching bay area weather this morning. a big warmup ahead. developing news this morning. an alleged d-u-i driver slams into a power pole in concord. and takes off running. now roads in the area are blocked, and customers remain without power. a toddler and his babysitter are recovering after a car hit them in san francisco. they were hit at 37th avenue and fulton street monday evening. the five year old suffered head injuries.

his babysitter was treated for a leg injury. they are both expected to survive. the driver stayed at the scene and was cited for failure to yield at a crosswalk. police are looking for a man they say tried to kidnap a woman on san pablo avenue in berkeley. the victim says she was walking from albany friday night.when she felt she was being followed. police say the man following her grabbed her and attempted to pull her into a driveway. a person driving by the scene heard her scream. the victim was not injured. police [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of march madness. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed.

and no gun was found on the suspect when he was arrested sunday morning. ruano is charged with assault with a deadly weapon for trying to run over the officer with his car. still no sign this morning of the malaysia airlines flight and the 239 people that vanished over the weekend. that's the grim word from officials as planes and ships from nearly a dozen countries scour tens of thousands of square miles of ocean. the search has now expanded off the west coast of the malaysian peninsula. it also extends into the deep waters of the andaman sea. we're also learning more about two passengers who stolen passports. you see photos of the men police say one of them is a 19 year old iranian man and same time. and to malaysia with with iranian passports and then terrorism a less likely cause of the plane's disappearance. happening now. senate

democrats are pulling an all-nighter. and and and and net change. coming up on 8 hours happenssenate majority leader harry reid, who's leading the happens newman's survival." republicans largely stayed in of

japan is marking the third anniversary of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19- thousand people dead or missing. in tokyo, leaders will speak at a memorial service to mourn the victims. since the double disaster, japan has struggled to rebuild tsunami-hit communities. a dai-ichi nuclear power quinn of radiation from the melt downs of the fukushima plant. dai-ichi nuclear power plants. new video this morning of a commemoration ceremony marking the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami in japan. bells tolled the moment the

nine point oh magnitude quake caused the devastating tsunami that hit back on march 11th, 2011. it left some 19-thousand people dead or missing. and turned coastal communities into wastelands and triggered a nuclear crisis at the fukushima plant. here in the bay area, demonstrators will gather at 3:00 this afternoon at the japanese consulate on fremont street in san francisco. the group wants the japanese government to permanently shut down all nuclear reactors in the country and evacuate women and children from contaminated areas. in a 7 day around the bay forecast as a temperatures gradually climb as we had through the week. at my saturday and sunday we will shoot up nicely with on average, upper seventies to low 80s. if you spots that may even hit 85 or so on sundays we look forward to the accident temperatures cool as we head into the beginning of next week. if now on to the commute for, ga. good morning. at the >>george: thank-you. death

to slow spots like the ride on highway 4 in the westbound direction which is a little heavier than usual. half there was an accident on the shoulder. it's not blocking lanes but it is slowing the ride. and the 680 ride through the san ramon valley still looks good 3 it's still a 16 minute commute time so no major problems there. it's still just a 12 minute drive from livermore to dublin in the westbound flow. here in the fremont area tsks an accident and its low only from washington so about an aid of a mile or so of slowing go traffic in the southbound direction. not too bad. cells of freeway still looks good. the checking hot spots here. a quick check from your bridges and your ride looks good to the bay bridge where the backup is starting to build with the meter and light active for 50 minutes now to read it when the advisory in place and now read the sometimes means it will slow the metering lights down in little more

than usual. and because severely an automatic mode of the have the ability to override the manual. the with the advisory reported for the volume is building and so is the drive time in 30 minutes. and for your trip to the richmond center fell bridge. still what light enough that there are no backups or delays for those westbound ride. >>mark:new this morning. an east bay refinery has been hit with a 230-thousand dollar fine for several air quality violations. phillips 66 has agreed to hoss pay the penalty for the violations at its rodeo refinery dating back to 2008 and 2009. among the 19 violations include storage tank issues and an inaccurate ground level monitor for hydrogen sulfide. the money will be used to

pay for future enforcement efforts for the bay area air quality management district. happening today. members of equality s-f will gather on the steps of city hall at 10-30 this morning to voice their opposition to a proposed 100-bed homeless shelter in the city's bay view district. the group says that their neighborhood already houses more than their fair share of the city's homeless. they also object to the placement of the shelter near a playground and swimming pool. friends and family of andy lopez will again gather in santa rosa to march in memorial of the teenager. lopez was shot by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy in october while he was carrying a toy gun. there will be similar prayer marches on the following seven tuesdays. tonight's march will begin and end at jacobs park. is bossy a bad word? celebrities are joining the ban bossy campaign to encourage girls to take on leadership roles.

the campaign was created by the girl scouts of usa and leanin.org, a nonprofit founded by sheryl sandberg, facebook's chief operatingd aute book lean in. a couple in oregon had to call police after being trapped inside their bedroom with their baby. all because of the house cat. the owners of this 22 pound cat named "lux" say it scratched their eight month old baby. and then went after the dog. so they locked themselves into their bedroom. and the cat wouldn't let them out! the 9-1-1 operator could hear the cat screeching in the background as the family waited for help. officers did end up capturing the cat. the cat does have a history of being violent. but the owners are keeping it. new video of pop singer >>: is not our bedroom door-

he is that our bedroom door. you hear him screaming. that's the catch. >>: like the catch from pet cemetery. --cat. >>: they are keeping the cats. on a short lease are something i guess. >>: i don't know. >>: other stories we are following this morning, a new video of pop singer justin bieber's legal problems. t-m-z posted excerpts from a deposition bieber gave in a current lawsuit against him. a photographer says the singer ordered one of his bodyguards to punch him last summer. bieber was hostile during most of the deposition especially when asked about his past relationship with selena gomez. in addition to the photographer's lawsuit,

bieber faces a d-u-i charge in miami and an assault charge in toronto. prosecutors in los angeles also say they're close to deciding whether or not to press vandalism charges over an egg attack on one of bieber's neighbors in calabasas. italy think of him as being tough but he got the stuff there. >>: i don't know. >>: 620. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes for it >>: the morning san francisco lately has not been a very safe place for pedestrians and cyclists. coming up the high-tech report i will show you knew where both tech that will help save lives.

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rich beverly--peverly collapsing on the bench during the first period. both teams the plane and were banking on the board tried to get medical attention. he suffered what's being called eight cardiac event. it took a shot from a defibrillator for him to regain consciousness. he is in the hospital in stable condition. he recently had a procedure to fix an irregular heartbeat. the rest of the game was canceled. >>darya: and with just five minutes left on the clock things got a little dicey between two players during the clipper suns game in l.a. with one of them of being ejected. it happened during the fourth quarter. clippers were up

14. the clippers lake griffin and leaned into the suns p.j. tucker and the two fell to the ground. tucker appeared to throw a punch and a go at it. the play was reviewed and tucker was ejected from the game for the final score 112-15 clippers. 112-105. >>: now time for the kron4 tech reporter with gave a slate. >>: san francisco lately has not been a very safe place for cyclists or pedestrians which is why i'm excited to introduce this new where rebel tech that can help save lives. these are called bicycle gloves with a high-tech safety feature built-in. >>: they look and feel just like any other. i think this is a good example of useful where rebel attack. they're easy to use. on the gloves

are the two metal contact points. they light up upon contact. they show which when the cyclist intends to turn its first of going traffic by 92. zack invented these in his spare time while working at google. he is that since then a quick google to pursue his dream and making is that he's famous. i caught up with him over the phone. you can pre

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>>: breaking news out of san francisco, word of a water main break on waller and visit zero streets in haiti. it happened around 5:00 this morning grid of a kron4's jacki cecil. >>: i met haight and scott street about a block from that wahl work area where the water actually came from. unspent over to the left. it's slightly over the hill. we have some video of what it looked like when that water main actually broke about a little over an hour ago. thousands of gallons of water came pouring through the streets. they got a shot off within 45 minutes or so. i drove past passing. i didn't see any crews working on it. obviously they have the water shut off. it doesn't look like it cost any real severe damage out here. there are a couple cars that say they have water up

to their tires. no indication of what caused the water main break. obviously that would be determined later but for right now the water is shut off which is good news for people who live in the area. no telling how long residence in this community will be out. >>: what did bay area weather and traffic for the lusty weather and traffic. >>: yes in fact we are seeing some spots in the mid to upper '30's. we have a clear conditions of the bay ride to now. off to a chilly start with some areas where we are seeing upper forties but all one of it's not terribly bad if you make your way out the door. 44 in concord so chilly there. 50 in all countries we have 48. san francisco mile. am

looking for all these temperatures to warm up by a good 10 degrees as we had to the weekend. especially for folks. upper 50s low 70's. felucca to forecast coming up in just a moment. >>george: thanks james. with the washington accident in fremont on 680 act on all mall parkway. traffic is still slow. it's only going to cause still about three >>: caltran still trying to find out what a treat hitting killed the woman in vacaville over the weekend. keneisha dale was traveling on west 80 when came down onto the top of her car

killer her. at this point, cal-trans believes, it is *not a state owned tree, because the tree was positioned over the fence from the freeway. right now the family is just trying to deal with the sudden loss. since the tree was along interstate 80, questions have been raised about whether it is cal- trans' responsibility. at this point, cal-trans believes, it is *not a state owned tree, because

the tree was positioned over the fence from the highway. but they are investigating. that said, cal-trans adds.it has an extensive ongoing maintenance program in place. to deal with the trees along california's highways. the family has hired an attorney so someone can be held responsible. r after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of eureka.scientists have been closely monitoring the coast for seismic activity. many are wondering if these

means bigger quakes are headed for the bay. they say aftershocks have hit the area and reached into oregon. they're expected for the next two weeks. the quake happened in what's called the mendocino triple junction. it's where the san andreas fault meets the mendocino fault. the earthquake occurred on one of those faults. scientists say if the earthquake had come too close to home.we'd be in trouble. however. the probability this is a foreshock of something larger to come.is low. something larger to come.is low. we are leanring th

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come back to the kron4 morning news, our hot spot that just are accident now i hot spot. it's closer to durometer wrote. there are two lanes blocked. they've issued a special traffic advisory and the back up is starting to grow.

>>mark: thank-you. general motors is under investigation by the house of representatives. this is in connection with faulty ignition switches linked to 13 deaths. the hearings will investigate why the automaker and federal regulators had trouble recognizing the defect. pskovlast month -- g-m announced a recall of almost one-point-four-million cars in the united states. the automaker was first alerted to the problem in

2004 -- but did not issue fixes. u-s allies say a referendum that would allow crimea to become part of russia is in danger of violating ukraine's constitution. this comes as russia backed a march 16-th vote that will allow about two million people in the country to choose between ukraine or russia. after a security council meeting yesterday french ambassador to the u-n said the situation is worsening by the day. german chancellor angela merkel also told russian president vladimir putin by

phone that the referendum is illegal. john kerry is planning to travel to the ukrainian capital today. the top stories on kron 4 dot com right now:

643 taken a look at some of our top stories on kron4 dot com. residents in one concord neighborhood are fed up and fighting back against crime. a simple sign on a telephone pole issues a warning to criminals in the area that residents are watching and they won't be afraid any more.

plus. two central florida teenagers are accused in a throat-slashing attack on the mother of one of the teens. police day the attack happened early sunday when the girl lured her mother into the garage, where the boy was waiting with a kitchen knife. after slashing the mother's throat, the boy went into the master bedroom and confronted the father. the parents opposed the

teens' relationship.. and. you can see stanley robert's people behaving badly about san francisco residents who dump their trash out in the streets hoping others will re-use their things. barry bonds is back with the giants. at least for the spring. bonds will be a special instructor with the team.

it's the first time he's been in the baseball spotlight for 7 years. and the former giants super star seems to have mellowed with age. demonstrating an ease with the media rarely seen in is playing days. manager bruce bochy said that if things work out with bonds this week, there could be a place for him in the giants clubhouse. and for temperatures to continue to warm as we make our way through the week. for extended outlook will cool it off on monday. that will be the situation as we head into next week. that is

your weather. >>: on our money where your money of whether financial expert rob black. watching wall street. the monthly jobs report coming on friday i think a little bit better than expected. the feds now that we had in february. >>: were close all-time highs at what's going on when and ukraine with cold weather slowed gdp growth in the united states. we're not going sideways 10% lower current or going sideways right close to all-time highs so it's nice to see again the jobs report was good. cold weather will pass the first quarter gdp report and will probably be lumpy. expectations are being lowered. which we can meet low expectations and 30 days. that's the way the game is played. j.c. penney has roughly $2 billion in

cash and other financial crisis is not any longer and fire mode per it seems like there will be able to survive for another year or two. >>: and watching the investors. talking about, like, try to get even to switch their board up and even accusing the herbal life of being a ponzi scheme >>: is going to come out today. yes some sort of presentation were he and some internal memos. >>: something along the lines of st as we are a multilevel marketing scenario. i don't know if that's true or not a bud is becoming more and more desperate because your downside is limited. he wants the company to be called upon see scheme by attorney general's. so far no one's really signing onto a so we'll see what he has today. that's fix stock we're working with. >>: help the poor road is

sen left the village in any trouble to read the words game is another one has a lot of material wait to it before you can actually say it but you're right. it's questionable to seek investors take a position and then go on other media outlets and then say i'm sure didn't. it seems to be frontrunning which is illegal. but a new story to this is sometimes it turns out they are right. their value to be a lot of shareholders. >>: i see sean a puffy combs on in years financial street. >>: fuse network is owned by viacom and tv. he's offering of up to $200 million to buy music network. they obviously have a big way up through as well. it shows

the value of media companies and accounting that we want to watch. >>: is it shawm puffy, pdt, i don't know what a commentary--sean puggy. sean john. puffy. i don't know very well check back with rod and 915. >>: 650 right now and barry bonds is back with the giants at least for spring training. his special instructor with the team. it's the first time that we've seen him in uniform, but not here but in a second, in seven years. the former giants superstar seems to have mellowed with age and look at him. he sure is smiling and lots more. and he hasn't even seen like that will in well as ever.

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and with just five minutes left on the clock. things got a little dicey between two players during the clippers, suns game in l-a. with one of them getting ejected. it happened during the 4th quarter. clippers were up 14. the clippers blake griffin leaned into the suns p-j tucker and the two fell to the ground. tucker appeared to throw a punch and they go at it. the play was reviewed and tucker was ejected from the game. final score 112-105 clippers. heading into the seven o'clock hour we have some great video we wanted to show you.

>>anny: the take exercising seriously? if you are from montana colorado, you probably do according to a new study. a gallup survey just released the nation's top 10 best and worst states when it comes to exercising. with states made the list? here are the top five. copper adults living in vermont are the most likely in the u.s. to report exercising three or more days a week for at least 30 minutes. hawaii is in second place while montana and alaska follow closely behind. colorado runs out the top five. residents of delaware, west virginia and alabama over at the bottom of the list. california came in at no. 14 on the list. >>mark: some new video this morning heading into the 7:00 hour. some college

students at indiana university of pennsylvania celebrated st. patrick's day over the weekend. and in addition to demonstrating a decided lack of calendar awareness they also demonstrated a lack of judgment. the video posted on you to shows things getting out of hand. university as they please respond to more than 100 calls. the district attorney says he's more than happy to prosecute any of the students who manage to get arrested and the university says the student charged will also face discipline from the school. >>: new this morning coming out of new york. to college students have been charged with torturing and entering a dog after a fall posted on twitter showing to-the dog appearing to do a cake stand. --keg stand. this is the fault in the picture police say someone was holding the dog a black labrador retriever named my

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following a developing story out of concord. pg&e are busy restoring power to many businesses because of an alleged dui crash. >>: a water main break since hundreds of gallons of water rushing down san francisco street. and win the in the bay area hills and a big warm on the way. what have details on the warm up straight ahead. >>: kron4 news that seven stores now. the traffic hot spot for it will start with george raft and the traffic center. famines in fremont on interstate 680 in the southbound direction. we've started monitoring nearly an hour ago. with some concern th