this morning on the kron 4 morning news. a stark reminder of fire season: a wildfire erupts and rages in the east bay -- and gets dangerously close to a power plant. san francisco police. trying to track down the driver who hit and killed a woman. then took off. we'll show you the car they're looking for. and the first australian

plane returns from an early-morning search mission for the missing malaysian airliner. what crew members say they saw. the kron 4 morning news starts right now. a day after firefighters told kron 4 we should brace for an early fire season. this happens: a three-alarm fire in pittsburg. near a power plant, no less. this is video from our helicopter partnership a-b-c 7 news. 40 acres burned. firefighters were worried about all the dry brush from the drought. despite the fire burning close to the pittsburg power

plant, there was never any danger to people who live nearby. as the plant is not operational. kron-4's jeff bush was one of the first reporters on the scene. the search is on for the driver of the s-u-v, that police say, hit and killed a pedestrian. it happened just after 11 - a-m yesterday. in san francisco's visitation valley. police say, a woman in her 60's, was crossing the street, when the driver made a left hand turn. and hit her. witnesses say, the driver then seemed to be making a u-turn to come back. but then took off. the driver's actions. shocking to people in the area. police have released a photo of the s-u-v. it's a dodge durango with a black ski rack. investigators say the driver was described as having short curly hair and light brown skin. and is either black or latino. this latest accident marks the city's sixth deadly

accident this year. mayor ed lee has been promoting a safe pedestrian campaign. district attorney george gascón issued a statement, saying. with the city's busy streets. drivers, bicyclists and pedestrians cannot afford to get distracted or let their guard down. a 30-year-old woman was killed in a late-night shooting in richmond.

as we come on the 415 mark lodes find out about our weather forecast as we head out the door on this friday. memo we have a little coastal fog to deal with right now. temperatures not too bad for heading off to 40¢ 50s but as we have into the afternoon clematises not going to be as warm today only reaching the mid-60s and landon i think we'll see if you '70s develop by 3

this afternoon. right now we have some fog to contend with. in fact visibility. not seeing anything in santa rosa. certainly be prepared for that. the fog will start to burn off as we head into the afternoon to take a look at your highs today. nothing compared to what we've been joined for the last several days. i think the likelihood for '70s are malt mostly in the south bay and again for east bay interior spots. fairfield today checking and a 71. pleasanton at 67 and a touch cooler after union city. . napa today checking it would have 69. above temperatures are warmer than where they should be for this year will see warmer weather until the weekend. take it again saturday and sunday. if you like that warm springlike weather.

really not going to last for long. in fact we are looking at the possibility for some showers of arriving tuesday night. a more on that. currently hot spot for it. we are seeing pretty good speeds heading to san francisco. for those of you having an to the bridge. no issues or the laser at the richmond center fell bridge street has been taken over to the traffic map to drive time for you. 12 minutes along the shore freeway. right now we're seeing growth green on the roadways sensors indicate his speed to 50 mi. an hour.

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change. just in - the first search plane return to australia empty handed.after searching the southern indian ocean for any debris that could be missing malaysian flight 370. as of about an hour ago another three planes were still over the part of the could be two large objects. the distance from land is making the search by air difficult. planes have to fly several hours just to get there. and then only have about a two hour window to search the water before heading back for home. it's about the most inaccessible spot that you could imagine on the face of the earth.

that area is about 15- hundred miles from the coast of australia. and officials are still cautioning this morning that the objects spotted in those satellite pictures.could be something other than the plane wreckage. and while although much attention was focused on the ocean search, investigators continue to follow other leads in the plane's disappearance. the n-t-s-b could release the preliminary report as soon as monday on helicopter crash near seattle's space needle earlier this week. federal investigators say they have surveillance video showing the komo-tv news chopper taking off from a helipad monday. investigators also want to know how the pilot was able to balance his early mornings in the aircraft with a job as a technical the helicopter crash killed two men on board and badly

the national transportation safety board is inspecting parts of a seattle news helicopter that crashed this week. the n-t-s-b posted these photos to its twitter page today. the komo helicopter crashed tuesday near the space needle. killing the two people on board. one person on the ground was hurt. n-t-s-b investigators say they should have a preliminary report on the crash in a few days. but it will take about a year to finish the full report seattle police have released new images of the scene of kurt cobain's death. police say with the 20th anniversary of the nirvana frontman's suicide approaching, they knew they'd be getting plenty of questions. investigators came across

the new photos when they were going through the cobain case files. they saw drug paraphernalia in two previously unseen photos. police have now linked the man suspected of killing mendocino county sheriff's deputy ricky del fiorentino. to another murder. police in oregon believe ricardo chaney killed 79- year- old bundy wasson. wasson was found shot to death in eugene, oregon on wednesday. authorities arrived at his home as it was going up in flames. chaney was shot to death by another officer after allegedly shooting deputy del fiorentino. kron 4's scott rates went to napa, where the deputy grew up. and talked with people who knew him. gil schmit struggling as he thinks about the loss of a man who he says was much more then just a cousin. ricky, a graduate of napa high school back in 1983 demonstrated strength and poise even at a young age his name -- forever engraved on the wall in his high schools gym. les franco was his football coach and friend, he says not only was ricky a star wrestler and football

player, but also one of the most well liked students of campus in bay area news: a woman was rescued from the water off alameda's crown beach. emergency crews received a call about a woman in the water. just before seven last night. a rescue boat and swimmers on longboards went out in the water, and pulled her to shore. the woman is being treated at an alameda hospital. it's still unclear why she was in the water. stephen curry had 31 points and 11 assists, klay thompson scored 29 and the golden state warriors moved 18 games over.500 for the first time in 20 years with a 115-110 victory over the milwaukee bucks on thursday night. david lee added 22 points and 12 rebounds to help the warriors sweat out a tougher-than-expected game against the nba's worst team. golden state remains in sixth place in the tight western conference standings, 1½ games behind portland and 2½ games ahead of memphis and dallas with 12 games left. check out this wild finish in the texas arizona state

match-up in overtime, tied at 85.with time running out, texas' jonathan holmes misses the 3.but cameron ridley gets the rebound off the floor and lays it in as time expires for the win. take another look as ridley corrals the ball, gets the bucket to win the game and texas is moving on as arizona state is vee sanford scored on a layup with 3.8 seconds left to lift 11th-seeded dayton fish flyers to a 60-59 victory over sixth-seeded ohio state. sanford finished with 10 points in a matchup of ohio schools separated by about 75 miles. the buckeyes had one last chance to pull out the victory, but aaron craft's driving 10-footer hit off the backboard and rolled off the rim as the buzzer sounded. elsewhere in the tournament harvard, north dakota state

play bracket-busters. 12th-seeded harvard schooled fifth-seed cincinnati 61-57 in the east region. and no. 12 seed north dakota state knocked off 5- seed oklahoma 80-75 in overtime. the raiders have targeted quarterback matt schaub and according to reports are in serious negotiations with the texans to make a trade for him after becoming the first quarterback in nfl history to throw interceptions for touchdowns in four straight games in a disasterous 2-14 season schaub was vilified in houston he did throw for 22 touchdowns in 2012 and was considered one of the up and coming quarterbacks in the league the last few years at this point he is a reclamation project but at 32 still could have a couple good seasons left. brent burns scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:59 to play to help the sharks take sole possession of first place in the pacific division for the first time in more than three months by beating the anaheim ducks 3-2 last night. the sharks have won seven of eight to move two points ahead of anaheim. the sharks, who trailed by 13 points after games on jan. 15, have not been alone in first since dec. 6. we want to remind you. this sunday night at 9. we will preview the upcoming a's season in a kron four sports special hosted by sports

director gary radnich. everything you need to know about the two-time defending a.l. west champs. heading into the upcoming season. that's sunday at 9, after the 8 o'clock news. five to ten fewer rainy days per year in california. that's from research being done on the current drought. by the u.s. geological survey in menlo park.

were shouldn't set fire to attend your relatives or your in california erica from research being done on the current drought. by the u.s. geological survey in menlo park. fewer storms, warmer weather and fast disappearing water reserves are also on the list of problems resulting from two plus years of dry conditions. the scientists shared some of the conclusions of their research on issues such as climate change, water quality and the drought's

impact on fragile eco- systems such as the bay and the delta. both bodies of water are threatened by ever increasing levels of salinity. vegetation index underscores the conclusion. the drought is the result of two years of dry conditions. the santa clara valley water district could delays plans for seismic retrofit one of there dam near morgan hill due to the ongoing drought. the anderson dam was built in the 1950s and is starting to show its age. and a recent study found that a magnitude 7.2 or greater earthquake struck

the nearby calaveras fault, this dam would essentially liquefy risking a major water release from the reservoir. in order to fix the problem, the district wants to drain the reservoir and retrofit the damn starting in 2015. but the district feels with the state's ongoing drought, draining the dam is not a good idea and trying to make a decision right now. because of the ongoing drought, the santa clara valley water district could delay a long planned seismic retrofit. of the anderson dam near morgan hill. kron 4's charles clifford. in the south bay today. to update the situation.

we're coming up on 4-30. here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning. in pittsburg yesterday. rule timethis is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c 7 news. 40 acres burned. the search is on for the driver of an s-u-v, that hit and killed a pedestrian. it happened just after 11 - a-m. in san francisco's visitation valley. police say, a woman in her 60's, was crossing the street, when the driver made a left hand turn. and hit her. witnesses say, the driver then seemed to be making a u-turn to come back. but then took off. and the city of san jose says. the number of police officers on the street is

falling -- and falling fast. right now, there are 970 street- ready officers. according to projections, by june of 2016, the department will have 879 street- ready officers. >>erica: milder conditions along the east bay shoreline in places like san francisco. all we're dealing with an abort off into the have not written expect public what conditions to remain. with that we will see: temperatures. half's 62 today so definitely a drop- off in san francisco but we will see upper 56 this all '70s and the south bay. the weekend will be a little warmer. i think will see more the way of seven diesel fuel expiring like weather freely enjoy the weekend because temperatures will start to drop off as we head into next week. expect a lot of conditions. we have a few systems and are aware that could bring some rain. we'll

take what we can get. definitely a big shift in the weather patterns. more details on that coming up. s falling traffic around the bay, check it out. starting to see some of the cars lining up against a toll plaza. a bit of a weight. if you're heading over to the san mateo bridge no problems or delays here. drive time holding steady at 12 to 30 minutes. a live look at the rich and san rafael bridge shows lots of space between cars as a major way into marin county and over on the traffic map screen on the roadways sensors from north bound 101 so small selling approaching san jose mineta. >>james:

get >>: the owners of the eldorado club dodged a major blow it. the fire started around 2 in the morning. firefighters were able to come out here and quickly put out the flames. in fact around for 30 in the morning now they are already gone. the fire was contained to this building and no injuries to the firefighters to or on the scene for a short time. investigators will, a little bit later this morning to find out the cause of the fire three reporting in san jose real will tran kron4 news 3 >>:a five day strike is on the horizon unless the university of california and 13-thousand patient care technical workers can come to an agreement today. union leaders say all workers will walk out from march 24th through the 28th at all u-c hospitals over their allegation that the unfair bargaining

practices. the university denies any today marks the 5-year anniversary for the deadliest day in oakland police department history. a memorial service will be held at the catherdral of christ the light in oakland to remember officer john hege, sergeant mark dunakin, sergeant ervin romans and sergeant daniel sakai who were killed in the line of duty. the suspect lovelle mixon, who was wanted for violating his parole, shot and killed two officers during a routine traffic stop - then killed two more officers when they came to arrest him two hours later mixon was killed in a gun the san jose university student who says he was racially bullied by his dormmates. has filed a 5- million dollar claim against the school. the african -american student alleges he was forced to wear a bike lock around his neck, called racial slurs , and a confederate flag was hung a common area. among a number of other incidents. four of those dorm mates have been charged with misdemeanor hate-crime and battery charges. the multi - million dollar claim alleges the school failed to provide equal housing accomodations. two inmates were found dead

in their cells thursday. one man.in jail for allegedly resisting arrest.had spoken about hurting himself at contra costa county jail. he was put in a safety cell and checked on regularly, but was found unresponsive thursday and died at an area hospital. his name is being withheld until his next of kin is notified. officials are still investigating this death. another inmate was found hanging from a light fixture in yolo county jail. thirty-three year old raj singh was in jail on suspicion of domestic violence. a castro valley husband accused of killing his wife. was in court today. police say feng mi allegedly shot his wife at their home friday. mee has yet to be arraigned on murder charges. today he was provided with a court translator. however, the judge presiding over the case told mee, the court would not be paying for a translator because he is apparentley fluent in english. mee is due back in court next month. a mother is behind bars tonight. suspected of driving under the influence, and causing a crash in fremont.

the crash critically injured her four- year old daughter who later died. and injured another driver. it happened after midnight on march third. on osgood road near auto mall parkway. 33-year old patricia serratos' daughter died on march 8th. serratos was arrested at her fremont home on tuesday. officers also say, serratos put her daughter in a child seat. but did not secure that seat to the car. she is being held on charges of vehicular manslaughter. and child endangerment. an armed robbery at an east bay bart station leaves a man bruised.and now police are serching for two suspects. scary scene late yesterday afternoon. police say the victim was sitting in his car in the lower parking lot of the north concord - martinez young suspects drove up behind him.got out.walked to the victim's door.and demanded money. the victim gave up some cash.but one of the suspects then grabbed his wallet.and they started fighting for it.

that's when a suspect puled wallet.a cell phone.and a briefcase. police could not find the robbers. they're described only as hispanic.18 ot 19 years old. they left in a dark green late 90's model toyota or nissan 4-door sedan. that victim.had bruises to his face.and is recovering.

i'm for the kron4 tech reporter with dave slate. good morning i met the gave developers conference in san francisco carried its wrapping up. it's one of the year's biggest video game shows. the thing that got the most of those this year was unveiled by sunday. it's called project morpheus thrift this new virtual reality it gaming had sent is definitely the bell of

the ball here at ddc. gamer's line for hours to get a sneak peek of this device which will be a device for the play station for consoles. the feeling of being an and other physical place critic to be realistic plays a fantastic place. of all to work but it's really that feeling of being somewhere else. some of the morpheus reality headset gives the where a 360 degree field of vision allowing them to interact with their surroundings as if they were really there. morpheus will include a headset and interact with a camera on play station for using the sensors that track the player's head movement. another project is see bright. it's not for game in consoles three it works with a smart phone 3 if the user places their fallen into the headset and mayor is especially optics tech was played out on the smart phone screen efforts that projected in front of the user. --gdc.

>>: it's basically a floating virtual screen print >>: i tried on the morpheus. it was cool. i saw a three- dimensional game covering over maker it whenever i turned my head i could see it. this is the prototype. i think they need to get the final version a lot smaller. gave slate kron4 news 3 at 441 will be back in a minute.

for 43 as the time. a former san francisco supervisor convicted of perjury is back in court today to change his sentence. ed jew's defense attorneys

have filed a motion to keep jew out of county jail. they are hoping jew can serve that one year county jail sentence concurrent with his federal prison sentence. his federal prison sentence is five years and four months. jew represented the sunset district in november of 2006 before being suspended in september of 2007. he resigned in 2008. later that year.he pled guilty to mail fraid, extortion and bribery. the neighborhood assistance corporation of america is reaching out to bay area homeowners in need of mortage relief. the american dream tour event offers free services to help people who are struggling with underwater mortgages. the event started yesterday and goes until monday. it goes from 8 to 6 at the oakland marriott city center the first bus rapid transit project is officially underway. the 7 point 2 mile-long line will connect east san jose to downtown with 11 stations along capitol expressway, alum rock avenue and santa clara street. the b-r-t line will offer

faster travel times, with buses running at 10 minute intervals the ground breaking celebration will take place at the school of arts and at 2. napa dmv office closing friday for 7 months: from ryan: thought was san francisco taxi driver is thanking his lucky stars. mahendra kc on 1 $9

million in the california lottery's make up millions game. the fifth year-old immigrant from nepal bought his ticket from huntington liquor and san bruno for a dollar. kc was one number of firms planning a full jackpot with two other runners. kc s sun says the family is the one is to get organ transplants for their grandparents in addition to treating kc's are problems. >>dan: upper 50s along the coastline. expect partly to mostly clothes divisions there. petaluma and 69 and six the unspent in oakland. tomorrow's it is actually going to be a little warmer. spring lake conditions expected over the next couple of days. then it looks like we turned a corner introducing a possibility for some rain. use it on your 7 day around the bay forecast. the system

heading our way. it looks like what they are robert was beginning tuesday night. expect often off showers on wednesday. and the potential for a subtle weather continues early thursday as well. that is something we will continue to monitor. right now looking at traffic around the bay area, really crossing our fingers for friday night lights. in my last report we did see some of the castling starting to back up. for those of you heading to the san mateo bridge, those have lights coming toward you heading is gone into hayward, the tell lights on the right-hand side of your screen heading out toward foster city. the problems are the legs of the rich and san rafael bridge with a very easy ride in your way into marin county. as a ticket over to the traffic map softball no one is in very good shape. and i drive time >>: 3 mexican immigrants

found hidden in a box under nrc near the california mexican border--under an rv. the border patrol says one of their dogs sniffed the people of on wednesday afternoon three officers found a storage compartment under the bed of the rv that had a wooden box three dance through the live they found three men folded over and side three the driver and passenger were arrested on suspicion of migrant smuggling. and more than 100 suspected illegal immigrants were discovered in an appearance- house in houston three police said were being held in deplorable conditions. the windows are boarded with plywood and there is only one bathroom with a partially working toilets. about 500 chickens were also found in cages at the house. ellis 94 man, 41 men and two

children were turned over to the custody of immigration officials freed five men suspected of running the operation were detained at the scene. a new jersey teenager breaks into the world trade center in the middle of the night, going right past a security, and taking pictures of the whole thing! 16 year old justin cassquejo told police that on sunday, he found a way up through the scaffolding, climbed onto the 6th floor, took the elevator up and then went to the freedom tower's rooftop, all the way to the antenna. along the way, he slipped past a sleeping security guard and squeezed through a hole no more than a foot wide. he stayed near the spire for two hours, snapping pictures of the view. casquejo was spotted by a construction worker while leaving the site and was arrested. the teen is charged with trespassing.

that security guard who was sleeping on the job has since been fired. the petition to make baseball's opening day a national holiday is nearing 100-thousand signatures. when it hits the 100- thousand mark, president obama will have to respond. with more than 96-thousand signatures already, they're only around 35-hundred shy of the march 26 deadline. the only problem with the idea. baseball staggers the start of the season. for example. this season, the dodgers and diamondbacks open their regular seasons in australia tomorrow. then, the dodgers and padres play "opening night" on march 30th. march 31st has been deemed "opening day" by mlb even though it comes after multiple regular-season games. and the yankees and astros don't even play their first game until april 1st. and speaking of opening day the aussies are welcoming america's pasttime to the sydney cricket grounds. the transformation is

complete with dugouts, an outfield fence, and 14 shipping containers of red clay all the way from the u- s. even the stands are draped in red, white and blue. the makeover doesn't seem to bother the cricketers who normally call the place home. the dodgers and diamondbacks open regular season play on saturday. thousands of runners of all ages are expected to participate in the oakland running festival this weekend. this is video of the race in 2010 the race is on sunday at 7- 30. runners will start at 19th street before harrison and end at 19th street next to snow park. the event includes a marathon, half marathon, relay, 5k and fun run about 25-thousand runners across the country have registered this year. i added vo of the marathon a professional dancer who lost part of her leg in the

boston marathon bombing is back performing again. adrianne haslet-davis attended the marathon as a spectator. doctors had to amputate her leg below the knee. she resolved to dance again she performed the rumba wedneday using a prosthetic limb. coit tower in san francisco will soon reopen. the iconic tower on telegraph hill. is wrapping up a 1-point-7 million dollar renovation. the san francisco recreation and parks department. in partnership with the san francisco arts commission. had artists restore the famous interior murals.

the images represent

elements of the city's cultural history. the artwork was also water- proofed to protect it from future wear-and-tear. coit tower has roughly 200- thousand visitors each year. the 80-year-old landmark is scheduled to re-open in late april. heading into the five o'clock hour we have some great video we wanted to show you. firefighters in salinas had to call 9-1-1 after a fire *they started burned out of control. the blaze started out on 35 acres of private property but grew overnight. scorching more than 400 acres along the way. firefighters say it's better to have controlled burns now when when temperatures are milder and there is still moisture in the ground. cal fire is also looking into whether there was any

negligence by the property owner. in which case, there could be penalties and fees. how would you like to fly above the clouds like a superhero? plans are in the works to create this supersonic jet. these are concept illustrations from spike aerospace. it's a windowless jet that features video on the walls. cameras outside the aircraft pick up a live feed and display the video inside, giving passengers the feeling like they're riding on top of the clouds. adding to the experience, travelling at supersonic speeds. think los angeles to tokyo in just five hours. and new york city to london in just three! tonight, a wine warehouse worker is behind bars. for allegedly stealing 350 - cases of wine. marin austin explains, just how police figured out who was behind the thefts. which totaled 400-thousand dollars. we knocked-- but no one answered. behind this vacaville apartment door --

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fire season coming early this year. and the bay area got a taste of that yesterday. we have a live report. it's one of the most remote locations on earth. but it could hold a clue about missing malaysian airlines flight 370. we have the latest details on the search.

developing story out of san jose where firefighters raced out to an overnight restaurant fire just off of highway 87 and almaden road kron 4's will tran is at the scene and tells us what happened. >>will: the investigators testator lot because they were able to contain it to this building and put it out. there are people inside and no injuries to them and no injuries to firefighters. the scene has cleared here. the only reason why you know there's fires because you can smell it. i can't say the investigators will be back here a little bit later this morning to find out the cause of the firehouse. whether accidental or arson. back to you. >>mark: thanks, will for the update. >>darya:wildfire warnings are coming early this year because of the lack of rain. and just a day after firefighters said to brace for an early fire season. a three alarm vegetation fire breaks out in pittsburg.

joining us live with more is kron 4's mike pelton. mike? a day after firefighters reminded everyone to brace for an early fire season, a three alarm fire breaks out in pittsburg this is video from our helicopter partnership with a-b-c 7 news. >>mark: brush fire broke out around 350 yesterday afternoon. in the fire spread to route 40 a. through the smoke filled the air. you can see this for quite a distance away. crews handle this by 7:00 last night. this fire comes on the first day of spring up. coming off an extremely dry winter, this was one of the driest winter is ever recorded which means there's a lot of dry brush. fires can easily spark saw fire crews will have their hands full in the coming months as we are approaching fire season. we know several fire stations that have closed over the past year or two so

we hope to speak of the fire protection district this morning of the good news is this first fire of spring, no injuries were reported. >>darya: thanks a lot like. a very good.

we should expect five to ten fewer rainy days per year in california. that's from the u.s. geological survey in menlo park. doing research on the current drought. fewer storms, warmer weather and fast- disappearing water reserves are also on the list of problems resulting from two- plus years of dry conditions. the scientists shared some of their research on climate change, water quality and the drought's impact on fragile eco- systems such as the bay and the delta. which are threatened by higher levels of salinity. our developing story this morning. the search for the missing malaysian airlines flight 3-70. officials in australia say nothing significant has been spotted so far by search planes flying deep into the southern indian ocean. five planes were sent out looking for possible debris from the missing airliner. the search is expected to continue today.

the best lead yet was two objects picked up by satellite about 15-hundred miles southwest of perth, australia. malaysian officials now say they're preparing for a deep ocean salvage. its now been two weeks since the aircraft disappeared as it was travelling from kuala lumpur to beijing. with 239 people on board. the city of san jose says. the number of police officers on the street is falling -- and falling fast. right now, there are 970 street- ready officers. but according to projections, by june of 2016, the department will have only 879 street- ready officers. back in 2008. the department had 1,400. that was the year the city was forced to make drastic budget cuts. dozens of concerned willow glen neighbors listened to police officers and fire uphill battles with low staffing, and dwindling resources, leading to drastically increased response times. the police officers association says a proposed plan to add 200 officers to the police forces over the next few years is unrealistic unless there's a change to measure b. that's a voter-backed initiative that reduced benefits for new hires. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. thieves caught through

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quiet start to go ride this morning. light at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you're heading out the public transit muni not reporting any problems bart looks good caltran the lead free on the peninsula and a strain i regret any delays out of the central valley. >>darya: thanks george 3510 now. charges have now been filed against seven members of a bay area street gang who bragged about being involved in a string of armed robberies. a federal grand jury indictment accuses members of the oakland based landry crew of armed robberies at rite aids, safeway and suspected in home invasion style robberies. the crew bragged about their crimes on facebook, twitter and other social media. some even took photos of themselves after the crimes rolling around cash and things they stole. certain types of rat poison are being banned in california because they

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a check and see what our weather is going to be like this weekend. >>: we are scene bay area wide particularly at the coast and the north bay valley. live look from the month tam cam. temperature wise santa rosa 44 right now. that's where received some of our densest fog. last time we checked it wasn't zero. so be careful heading up to the rolls. livermore 57. doctor san jose and for oakland. san francisco right now 50 degrees. that's where were starting off with our temperatures. come this afternoon will warm them up. as warm as we seem but it

will still be nice. 69 for cupertino and sunnyvale. a little bit warmer near los gatos and gilroy. as you take a look at the east bay warmer in the valley. upper 60s expected for many of our san ramon valley in livermore valley neighborhoods. 63 for communities along the east bay shoreline. san francisco. san roseau will probably be our warm spot right at the 70 degree mark free just a touch cooler from where we were yesterday. tomorrow will warm things up. to are all of that will pull back a little bit we will enjoy some warmer temperatures that looks like the next out of rain potentially will come next tuesday it will have your 7 day around the bay forecast coming up in just a bit. we'll talk more about the timing of that in a moment. now on to traffic

george is there any problems? >>george: not yet. still an easy ride which is expected for a friday morning. nonetheless for the westbound ride. nine minutes out of the macarthur maze. your ride to the san mateo bridge and highway 92 looks good with a 11 minute drive time from hayward all the way to san mateo. that's from 880 to 101 across 92. that's as good as it gets. and your ride to marin county on the rich and san rafael bridge very light traffic here coming westbound at the toll plaza. sports updates and drive times for you. will head to the traffic map st your e shore freeway commute just 11 minutes for delays the berkeley three again and very good ride. about nine minutes here from concord and to walnut creek with no delays on 680 southbound to the san ramon valley. westbound interstate 580. even through the often not pass a no galazy it for that

westbound a ride and for the south bay we are the way free of 1128087 even 85. and the marin ride is under 25 minutes from the bottle down to the golden gate bridge.

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are being banned in california because they could hurt other wildlife. the department of pesticide regulation says rep poison can prevent blood from clotting. after july 1st only pest control companies and trained professionals can use those poisons. the department says after rats eat poison family pets might keep rodents and i do to the harmful chemicals. foxes, owls,cats and coyotes have already been affected by the poison. the helmet company will be held responsible for a high- school football players of their brain injury in a helmet to helmet hit. in l.a. jury decided helmet maker riddel cannot have been expected to prevent the injury edward acuna received and helmets and

helmet hit during a game. acuna was left partially paralyzed and brain damaged. his attorneys argue that the technology exists to make better elements that might have helped him. the london- based--illinois based riddell is also being sued by four nfl players climb the company hopefully confirmation about brain injuries. also right now russian president vladimir putin has just signed a resolution approved by russia's parliament to annex crimea. this is last that needed to make crimea part of the russian federation. crimean voters overwhelmingly backed a breaking off from ukraine and joining russia in a referendum sunday to reach the two weeks after russian troops moved into that area. ukraine and the west have

rejected the vote. the u.s. and european union have responded by slapping sanctions on russia. trendy right now the kron4 dot, website, police in tennessee said the body of a woman who'd been stabbed to death and stuff. inside a box is the great niece of country singer johnny cash. this is a total of courtney cash and her boyfriend. this boyfriend was also stabbed and managed to drive himself to a hospital to get help. he also rescued the couple's baby. police think the couple was stabbed by a mutual friend they'd invited to their home for it the night before. that man, wayne masciarella has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for the local sheriff says the attack was apparently drug related critical was little girl was not hurt. amen casino county sheriff's

deputy is being remembered after he was killed in a shootout near fort bragg. -- mendocino. police say, deputy ricky del fiorentino was gunned down yet wednesday after confronting a suspect in a murder and carjacking in or again for the suspect was shot to death by another officer. his family still reeling from the loss. del fiorentino is a graduate of napa high. friends say he was a star wrestler and football player and one of the most popular students on campus.

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at the san mateo bridge is not terrible but there is cloud cover. this becomes a factor if you are going up north. some of the valleys have dense fog and santa rosa is one of those locations. this morning, door the 8:00 a.m. hour we will be dealing with close to of coastal fog and a cool start. it should break up about 11:00 a.m. but the temperatures will be in the 40's. by no time to get more sunshine and the cloud cover will pull back. lows 60's or around the bay and mid 60's inland. upper 60s and low 70's by the afternoon. we may get a couple of spots that may have 71 to 72 degrees but not by much. most of the bay will be in the upper 60s, low 70's. we will break down your extended forecast coming up. we will now get the word on traffic for its

maligned we're looking at an accident near the dublin interchange. it actually occurred just past 680. reports indicate that to the vehicle involved was hauling a trailer that was loaded with this stuff, according to the chp. >> anyway, furniture is in the two left lanes and we're starting to see things back up. this is a potential hot spot depended on how long it takes to get this cleared. >> today marks the fifth year anniversary of the deadliest day in oakland police department history. a memorial service will be held at the cathedral of christ the light in oakland to remember officer john

hege, sergeant mark dunakin, sergeant ervin romans and a sergeant daniel sakai who were killed in a line of duty. the suspects who was wanted for violating parole, shot and killed two officers during a traffic stop. he then killed two more officers when they came to arrest him two hours later. mixon was killed in a gunbattle with police. >> the search is on for the driver of the s uv that police say hit and killed a pedestrian. it happened after 11:00 a.m. yesterday and sampras's cause visitation ballot. kron4 jackie sissel is live with the latest. >> according to some

witnesses, the driver of the car went down the block, may u-turn saw what he did, and then sped a way from the scene. they're hoping that someone has information to lead to the arrest of this person. the driver of the vehicle is described as brawl skinned with short, curly hair and they're hoping that someone will have information to lead to this. this is the sixth fatality within the first few months of the year. it has been an epidemic and a lot a city leaders, the d.a., along with the mayor are praying for efforts to get the word out about this. >> mayor ed lee has been promoting a safe pedestrian

campaign. here is a graphic that we receive it just where these fatal accidents occurred. >> the san jose university student who says he was racially bullied by his door mayes has filed a $5 million claim against the school. the african american student alleges that he was forced to wear a bike lock around his neck, called the racial slurs, and a confederate flag was hung up. for those and dorm mates have been charged with misdemeanors. the multimillion-dollar claim alleges that the school failed to provide equal housing accommodations. the san jose university student who says he was racially bullied by the storm is has filed a $5 million claim against school. a five day strike is

on the horizon unless the university of california and 13,000 patient care technical workers come to an agreement today. union leaders say that all workers walked out from march 24th through the 28th at all of the d.c. hospitals over their allegation that the university is engaging in unfair marketing practices. >> a mother is behind bars suspected of driving under the influence, and causing a crash in fremont. the crash critically injured her four year-old daughter later died. 33 year-old patricia serratos daughter died on march the eighth. officers also say, that she put her daughter in a chelsea but did not secure it. she is being held on charges of vehicular manslaughter and child endangerment. >> an armed gray at and east

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>> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> this driver is try to think of apollo j. wait for it. >apology.

>> this was supposed to be an apology. >> alameda police were conducting a driver safety campaign and were looking for drivers to work ignoring driver a loss like not yielding at crosswalks. here is a driver that is rolling through one. >> this is an officer decoy, she was on herself fall. this started out as a simple traffic stop. >> do you have your registration and insurance? align it with downhill after that. >> do not be put in my face on a video camera. first of all, put your camera down. put your camera's down thrift---get out of my face.

>> that is enough. >> it's started up again after i was shooting more but at this time, she attacked my-- >> are you having fun? >> she was issued a ticket for not yielding, and second day on herself fall without a handsfree device. i was told us you wanted to apologize. >> she stated that she wanted to apologize to you. no i did not. maligned you can stick this camera's up your-- >> i might want to apologize to him. i can be on tv. get outta my face a. i will knock your camera out of your hand. >> to me, it is just another day at the office. in alameda stella robbers kron 4 news. >stanley roberts kron 4

news. >> let's start off with a forecast. >> here is the san mateo bridge. 92, is fairly clear. it is higher up where the cloud cover has leaked in. in terms of the north bay that is where we see fog, it is awfully thick. we have 44 degrees and santa rosa. 48 degrees in napa and 50 in san francisco. you will see that most of the bay area right now, has temperatures in the 40's and that is where we have been all week. today is no different. the temperatures are in the 40's to start with cloud cover and fog. marin was start to see decent morning, you can see 69 degrees is expected

for san jose. we saw temperatures get up to the mid-70s to but not so much today. 724 loss gatos. maybe warmer down gilroy. east bay valley is the warmest. otherwise you are looking at upper 60s for most of the valley, 63 a around the east bay shoreline. san francisco 65 for oakland and upper 60s to low 70's for napa. >> here is a quick look at the seven day are around the bay. we may be warmer by couple of degrees in to enjoy plenty of sunshine on monday it will start to notice clouds coming in and the late tuesday the temperatures should drop and the chance for a sprinkle or two. we are hoping that we

get a decent amount but it does not look like it but at least we will get some. that is better than nothing let's head over to traffic. >> as long as i can remember that some is better than nothing. there is slow traffic interstate 580 at the dublin, pleasanton interchange. they have managed to clear the two left lanes of this accident and the debris but look at what it has done to the five a ride coming out of livermore. this should be a 10 minute trip but it is now 20 but however the overall drive is only four minutes so dependent on where you starred you are looking at a minor inconvenience or a significant delay. they're clearing up an accident and south san jose on highway

11. i will see if i can put the map down here. it was here at the 85 interchange where a big rig accident occurred at 4:00 a.m. and let's check there was a slowing but things are clearer now. >> a quick bridge check. the bay bridge is starting to back up an the metering lights are not activated. i do not think they will pick these off until after 6:00 a.m.. the san mateo bridge, 92 is easy at 11 minutes. if your headed into more ran on the richmond san rafael is a good ride started to see traffic into the toll plaza but no backups or delays. >> the petition to make baseball's opening day a national holiday is nearing

100,000 signatures. when it hits the 100,000 mark, president obama will have to respond to. will more than 96,000 signatures already, they are only around 3500 shy of the march 26th deadline. the only problem with the idea, baseball staggers the start of the season. for example, this season, the dodgers and the diamondbacks open their regular season in australia tomorrow. then, the daughters of the padres play opening on march 30th. march 31st has been deemed opening day by mlb. the yankees and astros do not even play their first game until april 1st. >> speaking of opening day. po the aussies are welcoming america's pastime to the sydney cricket grounds. the transformation is complete

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out of washington. after three robberies in less than a month, these girls have decided to start packing more than coffee grounds. the workers at jitterz java in spokane, washington are now openly wearing a gun belts. half a dozen employees have decided to arm themselves on the job. the owner supports the ideal must make sure that they are safe and can defend themselves. as far as the legality of it goes, spokane police say that it is legal as long as the employees are 18 and over with a permit. >> coming up, san jose police stated that they are understaffed and crime is getting out of hand. >> a tragedy for johnny cash is knees. >>there is a cool niece.

>> is there a warm-up or cool down on the way for the weekend. will let you know coming up.

>> the first day of sparring, and a brush fire broke out in contra costa county. if we will tell you were fire crews are concerned. >> plus, the search for the missing malaysian airliner may now go deep into the ocean. >> a new video just into the morning of president v ladimir putin signing bills and making crimea rejoin russia. >> here is a live shot from sfo. the visibility is