now at 6. state senator leland yee in court today. along with 20 others indicted in the corruption case.

flames destroy a home in the south bay. and damage others. we'll have an update on the fire. suspended state senator leland yee. will be arraigned in federal court this morning.

yee faces six counts of scheming to defraud citizens. among other charges. kron four's terisa estacio joins us live from the federal courthouse in san francisco. the senator is out on bail at this point. court resumes at 930. harris and francisco terisa estacio kron4 news. >>: >>darya: still no word on what started the raging fire that destroyed one san jose home and damaged two others near the westgate mall monday. take a look at the flames in this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news.

that fire brok out just before three.on mossbrook circle near the san jose - cambell border.in a

community of historic homes. nobody was hurt. but the fire was so hot it melted the cap off a gas meter.which added natural gas to fuel the flames. p-g-and-e crews capped that damaged gas meter. and firefighters stayed late into the night to manage any hot spots. a wild celebration at the university of connecticut last night. as thousands of fans poured out into the streets after the team won the n-c double a men's basketball championship. the huskies beat kentucky 60-54 for the school's second championship in four years. police say there were at least 30 arrests, most of them for damaging property and underage drinking. now look at what kentucky fans were up to in lexington after u-k lost to u-conn. students took to the streets. and started fires.

police say fans set fire to at least 17 couches in the neighborhoods near campus. happening now. groundskeepers at at&t park are working to get the field ready for the orange and black. the home opener for the giants is this afternoon. kron 4's will tran is live with a look at the preparations. will?

coming up on the kron 4 morning news. hope is waning in the search for a woman who disappeared while hiking on mt. tamalpais more than a week ago. and oscar pistorius defends his troubled relationship with his late girlfriend

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olympic runner oscar pistorius says he and girlfriend reeva steenkamp sometimes had troubles in their relationship but that they sorted them out. it's the second day of testimony in his murder

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a search for a missing hiker in marin county is being

scaled back. 33 year old magdalena glin- kowski has been missing for more than a week. she was last seen along the slopes of mount tam. over the weekend.the marin county search and rescue team and more than 100 volunteers were looking for her. now--- only small groups will be out there. her parents asked for anyone with information to please come forward. at this point, authorities say there's no evidence of foul play. happening today. a quick look at her father and traffic. beautiful looking image from 20 to looking out over san francisco. where a camera

set up so wanted to share with you. a beautiful looking summerize. isn't that beautiful. very nice. lincecum did temperatures this morning and 50 degrees in santa rosa right now. that's one of the cooler spots. take a look in san jose for instance 58 right now. 56 of oakland. san francisco mid-50s so we can of tomato plants. a relatively clear skies as you can see out there this morning. mild temperatures. the only been a fog as ride along the coast there.

moraine inside just yet but i will let you know, we begin your drive time less than 50 minutes from the oakland maze into downtown. keep in mind at the giants are home to a degree it will be a lot of traffic pouring then to san francisco and over to at&t park a petition

is in the works this morning to push lawmakers to pass audrie's law.named for audrie pott.who's suicide was tied to a cyber bullying case. audrie's parents are behind the petition. and also the force behind

the proposed bill that would make cyber-bullying a felony and stiffen penalties for under age sexual assault convictions.especially if the victim is unconscious. pott's parents will appear before the california state senate later this month to talk about the crime against their daughter. if you want to sign the petition, we've put a link to this story on kron 4 dot com.

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transport 100-thousand tagged young chinook salmon down the sacramento river to the bay by truck in hopes of increasing survival rates. a lack of rain has left stretches of the river too shallow to support the millions of fish that make the swim each year. scientists hope to use the data from the fish to identify trouble spots along the route. seaworld might have to free the whales. the california state assembly is considering a bill that would force seaworld san diego to stop using killer whales in its shows and to release them from their tanks. seaworld san diego houses 10 killer whales, which would be moved into a larger sea pen and could not be bred if the bill became law. five people were arrested over the weekend for a counterfeit credit card operation. the sonoma county sheriffi's office says the fake cards contained numbers from

legitimate credit cards but a false name or the name taken from a stolen driver's license. two of the suspects tried to get cash from an atm at the graton resort and casino and three of them were successful in getting several thousands dollars at another a-t-m. a sheriff's deputy who contacted one of the suspects at the casino discovered an elaborate counterfeit credit card operation in the rohnert park hotel room. a 10 year old girl out of ohio has been cited for damaging several cars. all while she was asleep!.

police say the girl was scared and crying when they arrived. her stepdad says she was sleepwalking when she got a hold of the carkeys, got into the car and drove two and a half blocks, smashing into parked vehicles including a big rig. the 10 year old was cited for not wearing a seatbelt. and operating a vehicle without a license. watching wall street. and today investors hope there will be an end to the market's longest losing streak in two months. yesterday wrapped up three straight days of losses. with the dow off over 300 points in the last 3 days the dow lost 166 points.

the nasdaq dropped 47 points. and the s and p 500 was down 20 points. opening bell at 6-30. some big bay area companies have been hit hard in the selloff. after big recent runups. netflix is down 26 percent. solar city and splunk are down over 30 percent .and dow futures are down over 150 points ahead of the opening bell suspended state senator leland yee. will be the great american novel. suspended state senator suspeso you can happily let lelandlife get in the way,

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watching the weather throughout the morning as things start to warm up. wilson cloud cover out there but otherwise it's actually looking pretty good. us take a quick look at some of the forecast rise we are expecting for today. just a quick update on what were looking for. roy looking at conditions that are going to be nice and sunny 76 by this

option afternoon. and across the north they were looking at mid 80s once again. >>: no major problems out there right now. and you can expect to see stop and go conditions throughout the afternoon because of the giants game. lights on here. your back up. getting crowded as it work away from to 38 towards to 92. checking your ride here. getting to the richmond san rafael bridge your drive time has not changed much 3 distillate quick two-minute trip there. as director went

to san rafael. but they're heading westbound route antioch. another stretch. leland he will be arraigned. >>:yee, former san francisco school board president keith jackson, raymond "shrimp boy" chow and approximately 18 other defendants who were indicted on an array of charges last week. yee faces six counts of scheming to defraud citizens. he is also accused of a seventh charge of trafficking in firearms with a plan to buy $2 million worth of weapons from an arms dealer in the philippines.

the state senate has erased the names and online archives of three suspended lawmakers entangled in ethical scandals including leland yee. the others were sen. rod wright of los angeles and sen. ron calderon of montebello. over the weekend, the senate removed pictures, video clips and legislative archives belonging to the democratic lawmakers. last month, the senate voted to suspend the lawmakers in an attempt to clean up the state legislature. gov. jerry brown has also called on the three to resign.

the three continue to receive their $95,000 annual salaries but are not collecting per diem. the minimum wage debate is reaching a fever pitch in the bay area. san francisco has mandated universal health care and paid sick leave -- in addition to its already- high 10-74 minimum wage. but one group wants to take it even higher.to 15 dollars an hour. the coalition for a fair economy is a group comprised of organized labor and other advocacy groups.

the group filed papers at the department of elections late monday afternoon. this is the first step in a long series of actions required to get the measure on the ballot for the next election. members of the coalition say the current minimum wage is not enough to live on. the group now needs to get 50-thousand signatures from registered voters in order to get this measure on the ballot. the biggest of the two

recalls covers more than 380-thousand ford escapes from the 2001 through 2004 model years. the second recall covers about 50-thousand ford fusion. lincoln m-k-z. ford escape and c-max cars from 20-13 to 20-14. ford says the sub-frames can rust. which can affect steering control.

one crash has been linked to the problem. but no injuries were reported. the s-u-v-s were originally sold or registered in twenty states and washington d.c. the company says dealers will install a reinforcement brace. today marks one month since malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. this is especially significant because the battery life for locator beacons on the black boxes lasts for about a month.

here's a look at the device the australian navy used to detect pings over the weekend. investigators hope the signals could be locator beacons from the plane's data recorders.

officials say search crews have heard only silence today as they try to relocate faint sounds heard deep in the indian ocean. the top stories on kron 4 dot com right now: an online petition hopes to

build support for audrie's law which would make sexual assault on a defenseless victim a more serious crime and crack down on cyberbullying. see and sign the full petition on kron-4 dot com.

[♪] a major traffic problems out there but definitely slow on highway 580. this was commute around the bay area westbound from tracy sul five through livermore

a classroom fight between a student and a teacher lands two teenagers in police custody.

clause an 18 year old student from santa monica high school was arrested for getting into this fight. he's also charged with having marijuana and carrying a box cutter on campus. a 16 year old also arrested for battery. its not clear what started the fight. the teacher is on leave while school officials investigate. and from the classroom to parliament. this brawl broke out in ukraine after a communist leader accused nationalists of playing into the hands of russia.

he said early on in the crisis, nationalists seized public buildings in protest against the now ousted president viktor yanukovich. and that's leading to armed groups attacking people who are trying to protest peacefully. yanukovich fled ukraine in

february after more than 100 people were killed in clashes with police in kiev. 20 people have been arrested in a county wide prostitution sting in sonoma county. santa rosa police say three operations conducted simultaneously in petaluma, rohnert park and santa rosa at local hotels and motels were set up to target specific elements of criminal behavior. the operation was set up after law enforcement

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ecstatic uconn fans have been celebrating the huskies and international basketball title on the campus anin storrs, connecticut breaking streetlight smashing at least on campus window and overturned furniture inside the student union. campus police reports and made 31 arrests and a school spokesman says more than expect more were expected. no serious injuries were reported in most of the

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thanks for joining us with what's going to be a warm tuesday. after seven days away the giants finally will be home today. >>: and picnic in a parking lot. i think a lot of folks are going to be doing that today and you could have asked for better weather for it. the county san francisco if you have wispy