>> now at 6. military planes are in the air today working on a new lead that may be connected to the missing malaysian airlines flight. >> and getting brutalizeis not e was not enough. we will tell you what else happened. >> thank you for joining us on this thursday morning the

first day of spring. we will get too caught up on traffic and weather but first >> australian maritime officials say a satellite images show two objects in the indian ocean that could be from malaysia airlines flight 370. one of those is estimated to be 80-feet long. four military search planes are headed to that area right now. which is about 15-hundred miles from the southeast coast of australia. take a look at these images. taken from an australian satellite. line >> that australian

officials say may be the missing boeing 777. one of the objects is estimated to be about 80- feet long. a malaysian official says the sightings are credible, but not confirmed. >> it is not quite clear what it is. it may be a container of. >> this new information is coming then and we will keep you updated as well as have the latest on our website. >> on this thursday morning we do have high clouds that are moving in. we are in the 40's and '50's right now and by the time lunchtime arrives it will be partly cloudy skies. we will but

the temperatures are by 3:00 p.m. and it will not be as warm as yesterday. we are in store for a cooling trend. should i will break down the forecast coming up. >> we are looking at the metering lights at the bay bridge just before the top of hours and we are expecting them to get activated. we're already looking at a backup for the westbound ride this was an 11 minute trip and it is now nine minutes out of the maze. it is now 14 minutes in the westbound direction. the traffic is already backing up towards the 880 over crossing. >> the quick commute check is adding to the slow traffic on interstate 580 is the heavy congestion on highway 42 antioch. it is still light traffic for the south bay peninsula and the north bay ride. >> police in san mateo are

looking for a suspect who police say tied up at woman inside her home and stole her atm card. kron4 will tran is live at the san mattel police department. >> i will quickly show you the picture. this picture was taken at an atm and this is after he tied the woman up on monday. she came home, he is already inside. he has a gun. he left this location and then he went to several atms. you concede that he is up to no good. everything but his eyes are covered. this is just a very--here is the neighborhood, the lawn is all manicure. they pretty much know which other and they're in shock. they said

that this woman did nothing wrong, she came home she came across him. this is why the san mattel police department released as pitchers so that family or friends, will recognize him. >> new this morning. more than nine not thousand you see as else patients had their personal information compromise after desktop computers were stolen from a clinic. kron4 jackie sissel

is live with more. >> this is the source of the compromised information about 9000 patients information may have been compromised according to you seed as asked. on or around january 11th these laptops were stolen and since then they have been door investigation to find out. it is things like insurance id numbers, addresses, medical records, a driver license numbers and some cases even your social security number. what they're doing, there morning people who may have been on the computer and there are also offering credit monitoring for people who were affected. obviously, this is a very very

important situation we saw this before with target. they're reaching out to the 9000 people who may have been affected. >> that is tough when you hear that. you give your doctor, all your information, that is the scary part. >> absolutely. social security numbers were compromised and we know how bad that can be. >> it is the key to everything. >> coming up on kron 4 news. police in one east bay community are trying to crack down on prostitution by publicly shaming johns. >> a new dinosaur was discovered. why is being called the chicken from hell. >> right now it is 50

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>> welcome back here is a live look at your bay bridge toll plaza with his backing of now that the metering lights have been activated. we're already slow from the 880 over crossing. public

transit this morning, here is a quick check. they're all looking good and muni have no problems or delays. >> a man has been shot and killed at mar brent campground. marin county sheriff's deputies responded at 2:30 a.m. on when they arrived they found a man with a gunshot wound. people have been taken in for questioning. deputies said that the victim new boat people. >> middle school students were attacked outside of a gas station right across the street from their school in san leandro. police said that it happened on van crossed have a letter shell station yesterday morning. the students attend bancroft the middle school. a man grabbed a least one student an attempted to kiss the child. police said the the suspect walking to the police station a few hours

after the incident and confessed to committing the crime. >> i will walk you through your thursday forecast coming up. attention monster taco fans! get ready for a night of monster taco madness - when two new monster taco flavors from jack in the box face off. introducing -

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each day counts. >> within the last couple of minutes. the search efforts in australia have stopped looking through the area that may be linked to the airline flight. the objects that were picked up by satellite are about 15 mi. southwest alsof perth, australia. off today, many are showing their increased frustration as the search continues. >> back here in the bay we are watching weather and traffic, the first day of spring. >> good morning. it is a great start for thursday as we take a look at temperatures. we are definitely warmer than 24 hours ago. san francisco was

at 54 degrees. pretty mild conditions, we have not enter the morning lows. you concede the high clouds a satellite and radar. we do have a lot of cover moving in and you can expect mostly cloudy conditions. that will limit hitting for the beach. take a look of the south bay, pretty nice numbers, campbell is a 65 degrees. temperatures will be seven degrees warmer than where we should be. upper 60s for vallejo and san leandro. castro valley will have a high of 72. >> your 7 day around the bay shows a bit of a cool down closer to the weekend. monday we will turn it up, the temperatures will be the upper 70's. tuesday and wednesday may nature of

umbrellas. this is not one of a huge rainmaker but we do have a system that is coming. >> the time right now 6:17 a.m.. >> it is now time to check the traffic. the back of the bay bridge, was found is 16 minutes already in the westbound direction. there was an early activation of the metering lights. because of the lights been cycled slowly the back up this reaching. the san mateo bridge is problem free but the volume is building at 11 to 12 minutes. the richmond san rafael bridge is delay free heading into the toll plaza for the westbound commute and heavier traffic eastbound. that is the traffic that is heading from grandparents >> of data traffic maps, it

is still just 14 minutes from hercules to berkeley. that is still a very good dry with no delays. i want to slight the maps down to show you the ride on 680 south past south mission boulevard. there is slow traffic that may be the result of an accident. the south bay is still easy with no delays for the 280 drive time 11 minutes for downtown san jose out towards cupertino. >> happening today in the bay area and all over the globe today is the first day of spring! it is the beginning of the vernal equinox. that is when the sun is directly above the earth's equator in the day

and night are of equal length. it occurs just twice a year. >> also today, we would give details on the plant's closure of two runways at sfo. sfo plans to close to one way is for a period of approximately four months to make improvements. the airport has the working on this project since 2008. >> mayor ed lee, former secretary of state george p. schultz and former mayor willie brown will host a public ground-breaking ceremony in memorial court for the future san francisco veterans memorial. the san francisco veterans memorial site contains soils from battlefields around the world where americans have fought for their country. the new memorial will feature a series of reflection pulls. >> disturbing news this

morningdisturbing news this morning on the university of a new survey reveals nearly a quarter of students, staff and faculty members say received hostile behavior within the u-c system. that's both on u-c's 10 campuses and at major off campus offices. the survey was done as part of an effort to promote respect and diversity. after a series of incidents that included a noose and k-k-k hood found at u-c san diego. and complaints about bias from u-c-l-a staff. >> richmond police are starting a new program to try and stop prostitution in the city streets. police are now posting photosif you have a hard tim of johns on soca for everyone to see. the last four to be arrested are listed on your screen. officers are focusing on streets where known

prostitute search for them. the past two weeks six females have been arrested for selling their bodies. >> police are also recorded bioko plate numbers and tell in a letter to whether the car is registered to--hoping that will make all johns think twice before pulling up to a prostitute. >> palin to colleges have unveiled a new dinosaur, this is a picture was scientists have nicknamed the chicken from hail. it has been described as a crossover the 26 upon ostrich and day velociraptor. paleontologists made the

discovery after peace seated together skill taupe remains from three different sites in north and south dakota. they say that the bird, stood about 10 ft. high and had very large hands with sharp claws. >> coming up on the kron4 newest a new app that could save you a big parking ticket on the streets of san francisco. >> will also have the tech report

>> it is time for the tech report with gabe slate. >> good morning. i met one of the world's largest video game conferences in san francisco. i will give you a look at the future of gaming. >> everywhere that i look this is a video game show where people were wearing crazy head gear. it is hard to believe that this is the head gear that is getting the most buzz. >> this is the next best thing. the technology was not raped. but, it is still changing. >> this is the future of a gaming, the next resolution. taking the gamer >> to transport this toy

different places and credible. >> it is not just the head to gear but this system comes with a directional treadmill that will let you walk, run or jump inside the video game. this is a serious workout. the line so, he is walking, running in the video game and it is a good exercise, you can burn calories. >> i tried it out to sea and it seems to be the most popular. it was amazing, i completely forgot that i was in public. >> gabe slate kron 4 news. align >> if you had a hard time keeping up with all the street sweeping signs in san

francisco. a new app is here to help. its called "metromile". and it works by sending you a push notification and email telling you when you need to move your car an hour before sweeping is scheduled. the pilot program is underway in san francisco. more cities could be added later. after you download the app, device. you can get them both for free. >> coming up on the kron4 new spreas. a possible break in the missing malaysia airlines flight. >> a sheriff's deputy killed in a shootout in northern california. we will have details coming up. >> here is a live look outside. we will have more on the morning commute to coming up.

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>> on welcome back. the opening bell on wall street. there-that is dow futures are down 20 points. investors were spooked by the announcement from fed chair. there stating that interest rates may rise. it costs to drop on wall street yesterday. >> new information just is not how the search for the missing malaysia flight 370 is going. >> officials have called off for the search today. night has fallen over the area of the indian ocean where the search has been going on today. overnight news broke

that an australian satellite may have found the jets 1,600 mi. off the coast. we wanted to show you how far that is from malaysia. flight 370 took off from kuala lumpur and headed north towards beijing. what was supposed to be its final destination. but crews are now searching thousands of miles south for debris that transportation officials say may, or may not be the plane. >> there is debris that may

have fallen overboard and other objects. on this particular occasion, the signs and the fact that there are in the same area really makes it worth looking at. i do not want to speculate what they are until we get there and we see them. >> australian officials warn that the pictures of the field of the grease floating in the war could end up being a wild goose chase. malaysians transport minister is hopeful. he said earlier this morning that he wants to get answers for the families of the passengers from malaysian airline ight 370. >> stay with kron4 as we continue to cover the missing malaysia and airlines flight 370. a lot well as our website kron4.com for the latest information. also you can

get the latest information of any new findings. as well as pictures. >> right now, the temperatures are mainly in the 40's, low 50's. we have high clouds that are moving in. out the door in oakland your headed up to 53 degrees. as we headed to the afternoon, mid '70s are expected. the temperatures will be cooler the yester day and the numbers will continue to take a tumble. we still have changes in your 7 day around the bay i will have a look at these coming up. >> we are not tracking any hot spots this morning polestar with a bridge check at the bay bridge ride where the metering lights have been activated for over half an hour and there's already a backup to the macarthur mayes. this is almost every

day this week that we have seen these backups pripet the drive time is already over 20 minutes coming out of the maze that doubled. for your ride to the san mateo bridge, highway 92 we did not see any problems but the drive time is up. 13 minutes to foster city. if your headed to the richmond san rafael bridge we have seen a big increase but no backups or delays. >> friends, family and communities and mendel seen no and napa counties are mourning the death of a sheriff's deputy who was killed in a shootout. authorities say that meant a single county deputy ricky del fiorentino was shot

around noon yesterday just north of fort bragg. he wa 26 he was a 26 year veteran of the law enforcement. >> lucky strikes again in the bay area. a power ball ticket matching five of the five numbers was sold in hayward. the winning ticket was bought a 711 on harder and so-so rose. mike pelton is live on the scene with more. >> we're still waiting to hear from the lottery officials about the exact details. if you purchase a ticket here check your ticket this morning. this

comes just two days after a winner matched five numbers at a station and san bruno. this morning, they feel that they missed out on a chance of a lifetime of. >> i will quit my job to go to school full time so that can get a better career. >> so, what you'd think were your buyer to get next time? >> yes. >> last month, a $425 winner had not been turned in. so perhaps it you are looking at a couple of the tickets. we're still went to your back from the lottery officials. maligned this is

what gives you hope, i have been working here for 15 years, not been in the office pool is 15 years of their one losing. >> i could probably pay a few months' rent do everything are spent in the lottery. >> compensation is now coming to the victims of that deadly explosion on to new york city area apartment buildings. >> here's a live look outside a little more. we new mixim, creamy greek yogurt. with two unique ingredients. to mix in however your heart desires. go on. spoon me. mixim - from the ehrmann family. it's love, your way.

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the sky way, there are no delays to the city boy getting into the city on 280 northbound the traffic is backing approach and one on one. there is a report of a stall. >> some survivors and residents of last week's new york city deadly explosion has received compensation payments. con edision has made payments to 87 payments to people who were injured or lost their homes. the payments were made after one one one meetings with the victims. federal investigators found a in the gas main near one of the two east harlem apartment buildings that were leveled. >> we are waking up to high clouds will this thursday will we have a warmer weather for there to know. i will track the thursday forecast for you coming up.

>> our top story this morning. officials say that visibility is poor in the area were for military planes are searching to determine whether to large office in a remote part of the indian ocean on the breeze from the malaysian airlines flight. new information is coming in all the time. and we will update that all our website. >> continuing our coverage of the missing malaysia flight carolina. kron4 to

resell its bastille is consulting an expert to help shed light on the mystery. >> this morning we will talk to an aviation expert to get his thoughts on what will happen to. >> if you have questions that july to ask the aviation expert you can go to our facebook page. we will have him come in a letter. terisa estacio kron4 newest bread >> and early morning homicide in a camping trailer on the marin a coastline. the details on the beach campsite where it happened and what investigators are saying about the two men found at the scene. >> a bay area woman is told to cover up what she was exercising at the gym. she was wearing hot pink workout clothes. sure, she is

showing some skin around permit section. but it is too much. tech our poll and find out why the staff at the gym confronted her in the first place. >> we have a high clouds in san francisco but that is actually helping out the temperatures. we are a lot warmer than 24 hours ago. you would need to have a light jacket. 46 degrees out the door for fairfield. upper 40's and low 50's for the south. although it is my old it will get warmer letter on today. sunnyvale will have a high of 74 temperatures will actually be six to seven degrees warmer than when they should be. that is to an enhanced seed race. it is not too bad for the first day of spring. by 8:00 p.m. you can expect,

conditions and the temperatures will be in the upper 50s. cloud cover will continue and will keep dry weather around a least until the weekend. the seven day around the bay shows minor temperatures and we do have it system headed tuesday and wednesday. it will be cloudy conditions and a few raindrops. this will not be huge and we will take what we can get. the time is 6:47 a.m.. >> we're looking at it pretty quiet commute, we pick up a couple of incidents. still hotspots to slow you down. there is a back of that already reaches into the macarthur mayes. the 580 is now over 20 minutes. it is about 12 to 14 minutes, from the nimitz freeway. just a little more than that if you are coming from the east shore. the worst approach is out of the

macarthur mayes. the san mateo bridge is still problems. heavy traffic across the span 30 minute drive times expected before much longer. the richmond san rafael bridge, the volume is picking up here and that may also change. looking at the traffic maps, of putting your drive time 21 minutes from hercules to berkeley. congestion is building 10880 in the westbound direction. 880 in the south direction is getting heavy only down to san leandro. there were reports of debris but there was on the northbound side. this is an unexplained slow down. >> the south bay freeway is still looking good. the more ran ride is not too bed and i want to show you san francisco where they have reports of slow traffic getting into the city right

at this 180, 280 interchange. there was installed that turned into an accident north bound, the connection from 280 north is already back up. >> nearly 25 years after the exxon oil spill in alaska people in the region, including some wildlife are still struggling. it was on march 24th, 1989 when the 900 ft. tanker carried 53 million gal. of crude, struck a reef. it was unleased and an estimate of 10.8 million gal. of thick, talks a crude oil into the war, polluting the coastline of prince william sound. >> a former government employe and new jersey and

mr. still in hundreds of thousands of dollars all in quarters! up 47 he was the building inspector for ridgewood village so he had access to the money collected from parking meters. >> just to put it in perspective, $460,000 equals nearly 2 million quarters. that would weigh about 11 and half tons, about six and a half full-size cars. as part of a plea deal, the former employee will get five years of patient must pay back the money is of ridgewood. a new tech mystery is now unfolding in the bay area. san jose city officials approved a $2 million square-foot office project. amazon, global and

facebook have been mentioned as potential tenants. the space has will for eight to 10,000 employees. the 10 buildings, seven stories high will be built on top of two levels of a below ground parts in. >> nearly $760 million in unclaimed tax refunds will soon become property of the u.s. government if taxpayers do not collected. the irs say that the money belongs to about 918,000 taxpayers will still have not filed their 2010 tax returns. if you are among that group you must file your 2010 return by april 15th in order to collect your refund. otherwise, the irs gets to keep it. >> coming up on kron 4 news. we will have the latest out

of the ukraine and this morning. a big development on the g 8 summit and russia's involvement.

>> russia is facing more sanctions today from the european union over the crisis in the ukraine. this is video of pro- russian forces seizing a naval base in crimea yesterday. german chancellor angela merkel says the g-8 forum has been suspended indefinitely. russia holds the presidency of that forum which was set for june in sochi. president obama says, he is ruling out the use of the u- s military in the dispute between the west and russia over ukraine. saying quote - >> "nobody wants to trigger an actual war with russia". >>

heading into the 6:00 hour we have new video that we want to show you. a dump truck that was caring salt slipped over on a delaware highway. the crash happened just before 10:00 a.m. yesterday. investigators believe that the driver hit the media and and calls the slope of sought to shift to tip the vehicle over. the driver was trapped in the truck for more than two hours before he was freed. >> college students and poland now hold a world record for the largest and domino chain. take a look. students from the cz estochowa school of economics created this chamber raging nearly 5000 books like dominoes. the previous record holder in

this category raised just over 4800 books and a chain and a literary fare in belgium last year. >> check out this accident in brooklyn. a s uv crashed 3¢ and land on top of the subway car. no one in the subway car was injured. the driver of the s u b was not either. police said that he got out there ran away. >> coming up the kron4 news. a major take down in the fight against the gangs in san jose. >> we're also watching bay area basketball teams in the nit. plus, it is an unbelievable shoe malfunction you will have to seed. the nba star who was [doorbell rings]

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align i am will tran a live in some of the police station. i will tell you about one who was burglarized and tied up. but it did not end there. i will tell you what else happens. >> the search was just called off for the day in the southern indian ocean.

we will show you a possible clue which led the searchers there. >> a dry winter has led to an early fire season here in california. >> we began with an update with the malaysian jets. there's new information overnight. australian searchers just ended their search for the day. satellite images show what might be debris of the malaysian airlines flight 370. visibility has been very poor. australian navy says that the planes are peering through clouds and rain. they have had no lucky findings. >>