>> 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 okay at ground level. we have

clouds and fog ca. coastal fog and the temperatures are in the 40's. >> today will be cooler than yester day but still not bad. we will take a look at the forecast coming up. >> there is a pretty ride or around the bay. it accounts for one slow stretch of

interstate 580 in the westbound coming through the alta mount pass. it is slow coming out all the livermore and his bride should be 10 to 20 minutes but when you add it, it looks as though they are clearing the crash and it has been moved over to the right lane. this is why there's still a delay but thankfully this is the only problem. the metering lights were not even activated last checked. >> there is breaking nils out of san jose for a building is on fire on minnesota and curtis ave. will tran has just arrived. >> we have learned that this building is eight church. it started at about 5:30 a.m.. there is still a lot of smoke coming out from the structure. they came out here to maintain the fire.

they are worried that the hot spots could go below or above grounds. it looks like they have a good handle on this and they expect this to be handled within 15 minutes. they're trying to continue to make process. this place was shut down and that is why once this is under control they will have investigators come out to find out what the causes. you will see a lot of firefighters on the scene. so far we have seen a lot of cars coming go and police officers are having very little patience telling people to turn around and they they cannot come down. i am costing at least six and seven fire trucks. i will have another update and for now, there are no injuries to the building or people in the area. >> san jose firefighters

quickly put out another fire earlier this morning. you cannot see much of the damage to the front of the club. firefighters believe that the fire started in a storage area. the fire was contained to the building but no one was hurt. >> wild fire wardens are coming early this year because of the lack of rain. just a day after firefighters said to brace for early fire season. joining us live is mike pelton with more. we saw a brush fire about a mile in pittsburg. here is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. the fire broke out about 315. it spread about 40 a..

you can see this fall quite the distance. the fire burned on top and the crew is handled this and they have since cleared the scene. this fire came on the first day of spring. we're expected fire season to bid a long and difficult. >> in the wake of this fire crews tellus a there are not looking forward to the coming months. >> we are concerned about the kind of fires that we are going to experience. the conditions are burning and we are concerned about what it may come to in july and august. >> of course the more drybrush we have the more injuries. cal fire increased their staffing earlier this

year earlier, the fire protection district is strapped for cash and they have had to shut down fire stations so clearly they have their hands full. >> 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. >> a 30-year-old woman was killed in a late-night shooting in richmond.

according to police, just before ten last night, shot-spotter and 9-1-1 calls led and south 4th street. medics found the woman, and tried to save her, but ultimately could not. officers have not been able to release a description of the shooter, but are following-up on an s-u-v seen leaving the area. >> coming up on the kron4 new is. a deadly fire in a hotel in new jersey. details coming up. we're getting those together for you now. >> raiders quarterback matt schaub has a target on his back. where he may soon be traded coming up. >> we will be right back.

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>> welcome back. the metering lights have just been activated at the bay bridge toll plaza. the back up and started to fill in across all lanes. it is already reaching to the 880 over crossing in the drive time is 11 to 13 minutes. >> new video to show you this morning all the russian president's signing bills to make crimea part of the

russia lost again. it separates itself from ukraine. he hailed the incorporation into russia as a remarkable event. last week, the building was rushed after a hastily called a referendum where residents overwhelmingly backed the move. reports of voter fraud and illegitimacy has since been brought up. >> media reports this morning the raiders are getting a trade ready to gain tax as quarterbacktexans qt schaub. it was the first quarterback in nfl history to throw interceptions for touchdowns and four straight games in a disastrous 2-14 season. he did throw for 22

touchdowns in 2012 and was considered one of the up- and-coming quarterbacks and elite. at this point he is a reclamation project. we should hear more on this as the morning goes forward. >> we will see how this goes. >> the word is a bart raiders need a quarterback >> the word is a bart raidfemale announcer:rback what will you get with your new sleep train mattress? man: i'm getting a camera! - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a new smart phone! female announcer: during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected beautyrest, posturepedic or tempur-pedic mattresses. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. - a new tv... - a laptop... - a game console! female announcer: sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪

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>> new this morning. three people were killed after a fire destroys a motel in new jersey. firefighters were called to the mariner's cove a motor in overnight on the jersey shore. investigators and firefighters are sifting through the charred rubble to determine if there are any people on accounted for. >> there is a breaking news story out of san jose where a church is on fire. kron4 will tran has more from the sink. >> there is new information to pass along the fire department just stated that they consider this under control. this is great news. this is the office, not the church where this fire started. the fire department

stated that about it four minutes they came and knocked down the flames. there is still some smoke coming out. they're walking in and out of course this happened in the middle of the night and no one should have been here at the time. they consider this fire to be suspicious. joining me now is the pastor's wife. >> you live by your, how to find out about it? >> i heard noises, i saw lights coming through the window. did you see any flames? >> i guess i did. when i first came here are right saw flames reaching a very high and a lot of smoke. >> this is not the church building itself, it would have taken more of this to reach the building. >> yes, the church is away from the office. >> will this tampered your

son is services? >> no creek church " go on as planned.. church will go on s planned on sunday. >> there were out here and they had to make sure that the flames or not doubt because there is added space, you can see a tree that is right up here. had this caught on fire it would have cost embers but unfortunately they contained it. they will have arson investigators come out once the sun comes up and the scene is secure that will find are what the cause is. the looks like sunday service will not be interrupted. >> hwe will begin with a look from our roof cam. we can make out the building but there are areas that are scene fairly dense fog and it is primarily up to the

north. let's check visibility was three tenths of a mile. it will be foggy on high 101 san francisco was at 49 degrees at san jose's and 47 degrees. a cool spot is where we're seeing all the fog. here is what the temperatures are going to look like this afternoon. the highs are getting into the upper 60s, may be low 70's are south. in the east, this is same story. low 70's throughout the delta and we are talking antioch and brentwood. those places are born to c. 65. 62 degrees for downtown san francisco. >> 70 degrees for santa rosa sold today it will be slightly cooler than yesterday and will warm-up for the weekend. slightly warmer conditions and then

things will change for early next week with a chest of rain. >> we will talk more about the timing and just a bit. >> we have cleared the problems that were tied up the ride on 580 in the westbound direction at the dublin, pleasanton interchange. we will track drive times. first, the east shore freeway where the ride is still just 40 minutes from hercules to berkeley. we are above schedule with no delays. you can see things are starting to clear through the dublin interchange for the westbound 580 right now that this accident has been clear. the south bay freeway looks good and the 101 drive time is just 40 minutes of to the mountain view expressway. the more ran right still delay free with under 25 minutes down to the

golden gate bridge. >> the bay bridge is a horse of a different color, the mean lights were activated just 11 minutes ago. make it 12, you can see that it is already backing up and this seems that when they kick the marin lights off, they have them cycle and a low rate. now it is beyond the 880 over crossing. the san mateo bridge, great conditions, still the 11 minutes. if you are born to more ran, the richmond san rafael bridge has no problems. neither does 580 westbound. >> charges have been brought against seven members of the bay area street gave who brought the ball been involved and the strength of robberies. a federal grand jury indicted accuses members of the oakland based laundry crw of are in the

robberies at righite aids, safeway at wal-mart stores dating back to 2012. there suspect is also home invasion store robberies. the crew grabbed about their crimes of facebook, twitter and other social media. >> the city of san jose says. the number of police officers on the street is falling -- and falling fast. right now, there are 970 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 fighters describe their uphill battles with low staffing, and dwindling resources, leading to drastically increased >> response times have went to over 20 minutes. we need help. we are no longer

competitive. that is making it a problem for them to hire more. >> 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. >> police in tennessee say the body of a woman who'd been stabbed to death and stuffed inside a box -- is johnny cash's great-niece. this is a photo of courtney cash.and her boyfriend. the 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 the night before. that man - wayne masciarella - has been arrested and charged with first degree murder. the local sheriff says the attack was apparently drug related. the couple's little girl was not hurt.

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>> welcome back. opening bell of wall street. we are looking for gains in early trading. >> we're following the weather. >> we have the clouds, fog is heavy in certain spots. we have a blanket of fog of that is pushing up. the cloud cover is more widespread and it will pull back around 11. here is what it looks like out the door. looking out over the bay, there is a layer of fog cover that is hovering the

top have and this will burn off by about 10 or 11. this is what the visibility is looking light. up in the north we are same visibility at about half a mile and in certain places even more dense. be careful when you're driving particularly on 1 01. >> it is fairly heavy through the bottle. traffic will be slower as a resoresult of this. >> the bay bridge has mean lights activated for just about 30 minutes1225 has now ace metering lights in the drive time is 14 to 16 minutes. if this has been the case all this week were backups have been in the macarthur mayes.

we're headed that way again this morning. a again, if you're out you can still enjoy a fairly light drive time. >> the search is on for a driver that hit and killed a pedestrian, this happened at 11:00 a.m. in san francisco's visitation valley. jackie sissel has the latest. >> the police is hoping there someone will come forward who struck and killed a woman in a crosswalk. there are looking for this vehicle, a wide, dodghite dodge durango. a woman in her 60s was walking across when she was struck and pronounced dead at the

sink. >> the interesting part is that according to witnesses, the driver of the car went down the block, made a u- turn came back and saw what he did and still drove off. we had a chance to talk to some witnesses and is that it cannot believe how callous he was. >> this is why we are in a state of shock. we have not gotten over this. you just cannot speculate on this. this is just not well how did you do that, this is not human. >> this woman has not yet been identified. police are still looking for this car. this is the sixth pedestrian that has been struck and killed, 12 since december. this is almost becoming an epidemic, the mayor, the police chief, the district

attorney are all reaching out stating that is too many of these happening and they are doing all they can't and they're looking for the suspect. >> an armed robbery at and east bay bart station leaves a man bruised and now police are searching for the suspects. police say that the victim was just sitting in his car when two men approached him. police describe the robbers as latino teenagers. >> a mother is behind bars suspected of driving under the influence and causing a crash in fremont. this happened on--33 year-old

patricia serratos daughter died on march 8th. officers say that she put her daughter in a child's seat but did not secured. she is being held on charges of up vehicular manslaughter and child endangerment. >> put away those a number two pencils and scanned from sheets. starting on tuesday, students in california will take a new test using a mouse and keyboard. the new smarter balance test are replacing the start test. smart balance is done on a computer, and what testing is a grace 3 through eighth and some 11th grade students. the state is not collecting scores of this year, just making sure that the test work. >> coming up on the kron4

newest. more local news on and why certain types of rat poison are being banned in the state. >> you have heard of elmo guy with kron4 stem the robbers now there is a femalstanley roberts, now there is a female elmo. >> will also had the tech report.

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spreading the word about what they're calling the largest nationwide phone scam ever. officials say more than one- million dollars has been stolen from thousands of people. the calls involve an i-r-s impostor who will say you owe taxes that must be paid with a pre-paid debit card or wire transfer. authorities say the scammers threaten arrest, deportation or loss of a business or driver's license for those according to the inspector general, real irs officials typically reach out by mail first. they also don't demand immediate payment. the i-r-s asks anyone who has received one of the phony calls to report it. >> it is getting a little easier for people with lower credit scores to borrow money to buy homes again. for the first time in years, some small lenders are now offering some of the prime mortgages to borrowers who pose a higher credit risk. typically people with credit scores below 640. but now,

lenders are charging interest rates as high as 10% and requiring borrowers to make down payments as much as 35%. >> certain types of rat poison are being banned in california because they could hurt other wildlife. the department of pesticide regulation says rat 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 the poison.family pets might eat the rodents and die due to the harmful chemicals. foxes, owls, bobcats and coyotes have already been affected by the poison. >> i will let you know what we can expect

>> the top stories that are on our website right now. police in tennessee said that the body of a woman who was stabbed to death and stuffed inside a box is the great kneeniece of johnny cash. you can go online to catch the rest of the story. >> the supreme court will now consider taking up the case of a virginia woman who claims that the state's sex offender registry law is unconstitutional. the woman was a 24 year-old swimmer instructor when she was convicted in 1993 upon lawful sex with a teenager under 16. >> in people behaving badly, kron4 stanley roberts got a

mouth full from a woman who was pulled over for talking on her cell phone. it happened in alameda. the woman and now has been nicknamed the female elmo. go to our website for more on what this driver did. >> here's what it is looking like outside. so far, in san francisco this avila saivisibils okay. santa rosa is at 44 degrees. livermore is set 46 and concord s.f. 49. upper 40's, low 50's for most of the bay. later on we should be back in the '60s. san jose will have 69 degrees in most other locations south

will be low 70's. everywhere else will be low 60's. that will be the general trend. the east bay, we are looking at temperatures and 71 degrees for the delta community. the livermore valley will be upper 60s with temperatures in the mid 60's for castro valley. oakland will have a high of 65 degrees. downtown san francisco will have all 60's for the north bay. that is what the forecast is holding and again, this weekend will be dry and a touch warmer. we will enjoy this, next week, we have changes coming to santa wednesday and may be stretching into the first half of the thursday. light showers should roll through. >> now let's find out what is going on on the road. >> it is very little, we're

not tracking any hot spots, we are looking at a lighter than usual right this friday morning and that is the way that we like it. interstate 80, westbound we have not even broken a 20 minutes from hercules to berkeley. 680 south is great. a little residual slowing for westbound 580 but it has recovered from an earlier problem. the south bay is looking okay especially 1 01 which is still under 20 minutes. we are saying slowing coming into a saratoga and cupertino. the north bay ride is still under 25 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. >> here is a look at your ride to the bay bridge, it has opened up slightly west

bought and holding as 16 minutes. the north commute to the san mateo bridge, it is looking good in the westbound direction with no problems and the drive time is under 13 minutes. the ride to marin county is still no backups. >> still a good public transit commute. >> happening today in the bay area the first vta bus for rapid transit project is officially under way. the 7.2 mi. long line would connect east san jose to downtown with 11 stations along capitol expressway colum, column rock avenue and santa clara street. the bomb breaking celebration will take place at the mexican heritage plaza and san jose

at 2:00 p.m.. >> the neighborhood assistance program of the mayor cut is reaching out to bay area homeowners in need of a mortgage relief. the american dream to or even offers free services to help people who are struggling and under water mortgages. this goes all from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the oakland marriott center. >> also today, a former san francisco supervisor convicted of perjury is back in course. ed jew defense attorneys have filed a motion to keep him out of county jail. they're hoping that he can serve that one year county jail sentence concurrent with his federal prison sentence. he represented the sunset district in november of 2006 before been suspended in 2007. he resigned in 2008. >> google says that it has

made it harder for the it as a to intercept e-mail's using g mail. former nsa system analysts edward leaked documents sang that the nsa tapped yahoo and global data centers. google has shas said that it was outraged over this practice. >> it is now time for the tech report with gabe slate. >>gamers are lined up for hours to get a look at these devices for the place station for consoles. it is expected to reach the stores by the holiday. >> this place can be realistic, a fantastic place they both work but it really is the filling of being somewhere else. >> this has set the issue

will 360 degree where you can interact with your surroundings as if you were really there. it will have interactive camera's use sensors that will track your moment. this is another product that is turning heads. >> this is not for game consoles, it works with your smart phone. you place your phone into the headset, this takes what is on the phone screen and projects it in from the user. >> imagine looking as in a window on which appears to ba--this is basically >> this was the users see the world around them to blend in with reality. >> i tried it all and i saw three-dimensional games displayed. whatever turns ahead i could see it. this is a prototype. gabe slate

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>> to celebrate its eighth birthday, twitter launched a first tweet website to let users step back in time and see the first message they posted on the social networking site, so to celebrate the occasion, i put together some of our first tweets at kron 4 news. mine says. now tweeting bay area traffic to get you out the door. george's first tweet is about bay bridge delays. james

took to his page to announce ups job cuts, mark retweeted an sfgate article, while darya just wrote the word "test" when she opened her account. let us know your first tweets by at-ing us at kron-4-news. >> i think i wrote that for you. >> not only was it lane, i did not even do it. >> that is how excited i was. >> george remembers his first one like it was yesterday. >> heading into the 7:00 hour. we want to show you this video out of arizona. the diobureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms is training mexican authorities to investigate fires and to look for the tell-tale signs of arson. bellport is turn

students are learning to put spot burn patterns. >> police in florida say a michigan tourist has returned a wrestling shoe autographed by hulk hogan that she took from a store in clearwater. authorities say the woman called hulk hogan's clearwater beach store yesterday, saying she wanted to return the shoe. sunday's theft was captured on security camera, but employees didn't realize the $5,500 shoe was missing until tuesday. police say the woman went back to michigan and got three acquaintances to return the shoe to the >> coming up beds 7:00 a.m.. we will talk to gary at redneck about the raiders have a new quarterbacredneck abw

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>> welcome back. part of a church catches fire. we will have the latest. >> spring is on the way and we have already had a brush fire breaks out. >> this search is still on for the missing malaysia and airline. >> good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning. we will now get a check of the weather and traffic. >> here is a live look out as the fall.