>> reporter:in addition to the two fatalities, one man has major injuries. eight others, including the driver, were transported and treated for minor injuries. one passenger blamed the driver for the crash. >> reporter: the alert went to try to decide what caused this crash. the driver did confide in chp that he was the teeth. --fatigues

>> the fact that there were no other vehicles involved. is definitely and reckless to say to to say the least. >>passenger/says drive fell asleep -- >> about 5 mi. per it he pulled over to catch himself. but he did not have enough energy to continue. >> reporter:the crash occurred just after 6:40 a.m. a witness driving behind the bus says the bus driver changed lanes into the flyover ramp toward northbound highway 85, lost control, went airborne for a time, tipped over and then came to a stop on top of the concrete meridian.. >>chris miceli/chp --

he mentioned that he was fatigued. but he did not indicate that he fell asleep. >> reporter:the two women who died in the crash were ejected, says multidisciplinary accident investigation team is on scene to determine exactly what happened here. >> reporter: i am told that the bus will be halted to be c h p office in gilroy. meanwhile, up here we are

told that the bus will be transported out of here fairly soon. but this flight over ramps on a foul when a 1 to 85 will be shut down until about 8:00 when the caltran can replace the beryl's and cones and so forth that was destroyed. but in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: victims of the bus crash were taken to several local >> pam: several local hospitals. >> pam: after: hospitals in the san jose area tried to find her. he says he was notified by the c h p this afternoon with a heart wrenching kind affirmation

of his mother's death. he described her as a woman that lived for her family. >> reporter: >> would always think of her kids first. when she moved here and i gave her what she lacked before. >> pam: person often visit californian. >> pam:kron four's terisa estacio was at valley medical center in san jose. where several people were transported. >> reporter: this was one of the charm of facilities for the victims and is thus crash was taken. i am here with allison creek how many people did you have come here?

>> 3 patience are here at the medical center after it --at the medical center >> the patients that we received have what we know as minor injuries. anything that could be treated such as a block on, or broken lake. --a broken arm or a broken leg. >> reporter: you guys are set up to handle family concerns? >> yes we are. >> if i have update i will

share those with you. >> reporter:. and san jose terisa estacio kron 4 news >> pam: this crash raises questions about how much rest bus drivers are required to have between rides. >> pam:grant lodes is looking into the regulations. >> grant:we'll start with the federal regulations: >> grant:commercial bus drivers are required to rest for eight hours.after 10 hours of driving. greyhound.has a policy that requires an additional hour of rest. >> grant:greyhound drivers are required to rest for *nine hours after 10 hours of driving.

>> grant:as for longer term fatigue.federal regulations mandate that drivers cannot work more than 70 hours over the course of an eight day period. in this case.the greyhound left los angeles around 11:30 last night.the driver was about 7 hours into the shift at time of crash. >> pam: kron 4 news was first on the scene this morning. and on top of the breaking news. with our push alerts on the kron 4 mobile app. >> pam: to keep with all the developments, download the app today. it's free on i-tunes and at the google store. >> pam: the north berkeley bart station has now reopened. this afternoon, a person was struck and killed by a train. >> pam: police say, a train operator reported--- they had tracks, just north of the station. the incident happened around 1:15 -this afternoon. prompting crews to shut down the station and investigate. >> pam: an hour later. crews discovered a body. the station reopened around 3:30 -p-m. riders can expect residual delays of ten -to twenty- minutes on the richmond and fremont lines. >> pam: the incident remains under investigation. >> pam: passengers passing out while riding on bart.

there were multiple incidents this morning. bart officials tell kron4's haaziq madyun, the weather may have played a role in making some riders lose consciousness. >> reporter:6 medical emergencies on san francisco bound bart trains during tuesday morning's commute >>"6 different trains at 6 different times" >> reporter:bart spokesperson jim allison says the incidents occurred between 7 and 10 o'clock this morning. >>"fortunately they don't appear to be serious at all, there were 3 people who passed out or fainting and then some other problems" >> reporter:the rain played role in slowing down the trains. you can see some water on the tracks here at the west oakland station >>"we do have what we call a rain profile where the trains accelerate and decelerate at slower speeds to prevent the wheels from creating some delays on the train, the additional delays from the medical emergencies just compounded the delays that we had"

>> reporter:the first medical emergency happened here at the macarthur station. 5 medical emergencies occurred at embarcadero after passengers made it through the transbay tube >>"we do have very adequate ventilation in the transbay tube, doesn't appear that being in the tube itself had anything to do with it" >> reporter:however as far as the ventilation inside of the cars, allison says the trains were originally built to provide air flow for seated passengers. there are vents like this located under seats on board the trains. when the trains are crowded though, they can get rather stuffy, especially for those passengers standing on a slow moving train. bart officials says so far they have received no reports of their air conditioning system malfunctioning during this morning's commute. in oakland haaziq amdyun kron4news. >> pam: the wet start to the morning commute. caused problems around the bay area. >> pam: these pictures from

sansome francisco. where some trees came down on the road this morning. >> pam: the victim has been identified. police are still looking for the shooter. >> pam: a 19- year-old woman who was killed in a chain- reaction crash on highway -4 in martinez on saturday night, has been identified today by the contra costa county coroner's office. as alexandra garcia. >> pam: garcia. a concord resident. crashed her mazda- 3. into the center guardrail just after 8:30- in the evening. >> pam: she then exited the vehicle just before it was hit by a buick riviera. which, police say, in turn caused the mazda to hit her. >> pam: garcia was sent into the second lane of traffic. where she was run over by a honda civic.

>> pam: all three vehicles hit the center median. >> pam: one other motorist suffered moderate injuries. and a third suffered minor injuries. >> pam: there is much more ahead at 5. was the chp caught off guard by the bay bridge protest. tonight, what officials claimed they were ready and how they feel about their response to the bridge shutdown. what happened before the >> pam: plus, their art in numbers tonight print showing a travel trailer when it comes to crime and the bay area peace.

>> pam:protesters succesfully stopped traffic on the bay bridge yesterday afternoon. the demonstration caught drivers by surprise. and sparked considerable frustration. >> pam:but kron 4's dan kerman discovered today. talk of what was going was known to authorities. >> pam:dan is live at the

toll plaza with the details. ... >> reporter:tuesday afternoon, westbound traffic across the eastern span of the bay bridge was moving as normal that's a far cry from monday afternoon when 5 cars came to a stop on the bridge and then demonstrators protesting police shootings chained themselves to each other and their vehicles. >> we heard rumors something like this was going to happen >> reporter:the california highway patrol says in preparation, they added more officers to patrol the bridge and to stage at the bridge that's why they were on scene within 5 minutes had 3 lanes open within a half hour and all lanes open within an hour >>officer vu williams/chp -- that's what we can do, respond as quickly as we can staff appropriately which we did.

>> reporter:that quick response still translated into hours of backup and delays for comuters but the c.h.p. says this type of well organized protest is not something that they can stop any sooner than they did. >>--there are chains to be cut and vehicles to be removed, we also have to make sure once we arrive on scene it is secured so it is as safe as possible and once that happens we can start on the business of removing protesters and removing cars. >> reporter:police are seeking the >> reporter: bottom line is you cannot stop a car from driving onto a bridge and buy time they stop. it is to lit-crit the kind of response we saw yesterday, is the likely we will receive next time that this was to happen again. dan kerman, kron4news

>> reporter: >> pam: police are seen the public's health public's help in identifying a woman who stole a package off a porch of a home in livermore. >> pam: police released this video of the theft, that happened on january 13th..around 2:00 -in the afternoon. in the 1600- block of altamar way. >> pam: in the video. the woman walked up to the victim's porch. stole the package. walked away. and got into a car. >> pam: anyone with information on the theft is asked to call the police. . - >> pam: the f-b-i has

released new crime numbers for the first 6- months of 2015. >> pam: catherine heenan is here with details.which a lot of people find discouraging >> catherine:unfortunately - a lot of the crime numbers are up. violent crime rose across the country in the first 6 months of 2015 - compared to the same period the year before. >> catherine:the statistics show a 1.7 percent jump in the number of violent crimes reported by local law enforcement to the fbi. >> catherine:with increases in murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. and nationwide - there's a 6.2 percent jump in murders from january to june of 2015. >> catherine:the fbi isn't offering any possibly explanations -- simply releasing the numbers. taking a look at a couple of examples in the bay area: >> catherine:in san francisco - 3279 violent crimes were reported for the first 6 months of 2014. that jumped to 3453 for 2015. >> catherine:looking specifically at robbery -- the numbers are 1510 robberies in 2014 -- but

nearly 1900 in 2015. and in san jose -- 1629 violent crimes were reported for the period in 2014. >> catherine:in 2015 -- it was 1700. and san jose robberies -- 561 in 2014 jumped to 581 in 2015. >> catherine:nationwide, some officials are trying to put a positive spin on the report.pointing out that most numbers are still below where they were 20 years ago. >> pam: californians would be limited to buying a maximum of one rifle or shotgun each month. under proposed legislation in the state assembly. the bill would create the same limit currently in place for handguns. >> pam: a democratic assemblyman says, his proposed legislation responds to a trend of californians purchasing more long guns than handguns in the last decade. >> pam: he says, it makes no sense that anyone can buy as many rifles or shotguns as they want at any time. last week, other lawmakers introduced two bills that allow firearm manufacturers to include "bullet buttons". those allow rifle owners to rapidly exchange empty ammunition magazines. for full ones. >> pam: an ominous prediction today. which does not bode well for the health of our oceans. grant is here now with the specifics.

>> grant:the world is flooded with plastic garbage and it's going to get a lot worse. >> grant:that was the warning today by the world economic forum. >> grant:it predicted there will be more plastic than fish in terms of weight in the world's oceans by 20-50. the report is based on interviews with more than 180 experts and on analysis of more than 200 reports. >> grant:they estimate by 20-50, the amount of plastics produced globally will increase three times, to more than 1-point-1 million tons. the forum said the only way to avoid a disaster is to massively improve the economics and uptake of recycling. >> grant:that means giving people incentives to collect plastic garbage and recycle and use reusable packaging. >> grant:it also means encouraging countries to drastically collection infrastructure, to avoid

plastic garbage leaking into nature. >> reporter: an active patterson and we are staying on top of it for you. looking ahead, we will see f o g, as we head into the night. figure in the north the bay. we are trekking in our next storm possibly into saturday morning. it will be wednesday as well. -- windy as well. >> reporter: the f o g will develop as the ground for tomorrow morning. looking at storm trecker, it is nice and calm out. more snow and the higher elevations in the sierra. we will see the next system that will track. as they come in to thursday

evening when dree into friday and saturday. future cash shows was the nice and dry but by thursday, and receive more of the changes moving through. it will now have it until late thursday. >> reporter: i will have more details when i see you again. >> pam: next. super bowl 50 is quickly approaching. >> pam: coming up. how the residents around levis stadium are preparing for all the fans. coming to the big game. >> pam: and later. how the key to healthy living. may depend on getting your spouse on your side.

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zeitung tibullus19- days and counting until super bowl 50. >> pam: and the big game is going to have a big impact on those who live near levi's stadium. >> pam: kron fours rob fladeboe spent some time. talking with folks who live just east of the stadium, across lafayette avenue. >> reporter:rather than fret about super bowl fans parking near his home just across lafayette avenue from levi's stadium, rey matias wants part of the >> reporter:action. >> reporter:matias says some of his neighbors are renting out there homes too but many stadium have mixed emotions about the parking, traffic and noise issues that may be coming there way. helping to calm such uncertainty are new and day parking, extra police patrols, checkpoints and road closures designed to restrict access along tasman drive, for example.

>> reporter:but what about those invited to her cousin's place for a super bowl party asks beth ferraz. beth ferraz/stadium neighbor >> reporter:other neighbors worry abou rowdy fans on foot and the trash they might leave emergency responders. but crystal romero, for one, is giving planners a vote of confidance. >>crystal romero/stadium neighbor i believe the police is well aware of what is going on. >> reporter: and then there's rey matias, who knows renting out his driveway is probaly illegal, but hopes to cash in on the everyone else, he says. >> reporter:in santa clara rob fladeboe and still ahead tonight. >> pam: a former u.s. marine set free by iran this weekend.

talks about being held prisoner. and his new found freedom. >> pam: and next. >> pam: a big endorsement for one of the g-o-p front runners.

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clear the area of u.s. highway 101 upward a greyhound bus overturned in south san jose this morning. killing two. >> pam: here's what we know. >> pam: the crash was first reported at 6:30 this morning. near the connector ramp--- between northbound highway 101 and northbound state highway 85. >> pam: police say two women were killed. and 17 other passengers were injured when the bus struck barrels placed to protect vechiles from hitting the concrete median. >> pam: officers say the bus driver admits feeling fatugued prior to the crash. >> pam: police say 20 people were on board including the driver. >> pam: the bus was traveling from los angeles to san francisco. >> reporter: we sought a lot of rain this morning into de early morning and night. now for some locations in

the north bay in higher elevations picked up 3 in. of rainfall. we have already trekked our next storm system into thursday. we expect for thursday night and into saturday. here is a look at the weekend. it's expected to change but not for wednesday, but into thursday and pushing into saturday. >> reporter: and the next we are watching f o g. it is increasing. >> reporter: when i see you again, i will have my 7 day forecast. >> pam: just 12 -days to go until the iowa caucuses. and the official start of the primary season. >> pam: ted cruz and donald trump are locked in a virtual tie.

>> pam: today, one of them received a major endorsement that could tip the scales. >> pam: grant is here to tell us about that. >> grant:we are talking about sarah palin. the former alaskan governor, vice presidential candidate and tea party icon joined donald trump onstage in ames, iowa, just a couple of hours ago. >> grant:the trump campaign also got a boost, but not an endorsement, from iowa's long=serving governor. terry branstad urged republicans now to caucus for ted cruz. because of the texas senator's longstanding opposition to federal subsidies for ethanol fuel producers. >>iowa "he is the biggest opponent of renewable fuels and he actually introduced a bill in 2013 to immediately eliminate the renewable fuel standard. he is heavily

financed by big oil." >>"well it is no surprise that the establishment is in full panic mode." >> grant:cruz spent today looking for votes in new hampshire, which has its primary eight days after the iowa caucuses. the latest poll shows him in fourth place there, tied with former new jersey governor chris christie. >> grant:ohio's john kasich has moved up seven points from last month, into second place behind donald trump. marco rubio is in third place, with jeb bush still unable to break into the top five. >> grant:on the democratic side bernie sanders has widenened his lead over hillary clinton in the latest cnn new hampshire poll. the two are neck and neck in iowa. where the vermont senator declared himself the best chance to keep a republican out of the white house. >>if you want somebody who is going to beat donald trump, who is going to beat the other republicans, i think bernie sanders is that candidate. >> grant:a new national survey has more encouraging

news for hillary clinton. the monmouth poll shows her with a whopping 50 point lead over sanders among black and latino voters. >> grant:there aren't so many of those in iowa and new hampshire. but the next primaries will be different ,,, they include several states in the south and southwest. >> pam: a former u.s. marine.set free by iran this weekend says, he feels alive for the first time in a long time. catherine is back with more on what amir hekmati is here --saying today. >> catherine:the 32-year-old - born in arizona - was one of four americans freed as part of a prisoner swap. amir hekmati spent more than 4 years in an iranian prison

after he went to visit his grandmother. >> catherine:he was detained for espionage in 2011. he talked briefly to reporters in germany today.saying he's humbled by received. >> catherine:he didn't want to detail the ordeal he's been through.but said that even his captors were impressed by the u.s. efforts to free him. >> catherine:also today - the washington post has released the first video of jason reh-zion since his release. the journalist from marin county is being treated at a u-s military hospital in germany. >> catherine:he spent the last 18 months in a prison in tehran. the video shows him alongside his wife. as she shows him a farsi language video that had circulated - poking fun at the idea that he could be a spy. >> pam: we will be

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>> reporter: and none lesotho bawdiness and then the sun will break through. --another round of fogginess >> reporter: we picked up

more snow and the sierra. we'll show you the next form that we are already tracking here. bringing us another inch of rain falls. possibly linking that-possibly leaving into saturday. overnight on thursday, and into friday the system will be here bringing us more rainfall. we will keep updating that model for you. >> reporter: closer to 6 in. is to be expected. 46 degrees for oakland and dropping down at 47 in richmond. 43 and above. --in

napa >> reporter: by friday, we are tracking the next system and we will have a chance to see more lingering showers as we push into saturday. it could be here by sunday. we do expect to be drying out soon. >> reporter: to purchase real reach 58 degrees on sunday, monday and tuesday of next week. on tuesday, we have another chance of rain showers. >> reporter: tracking what else is in store for us when i see you again in another 10 minutes. pam? >> pam: we will be back with

>> pam:actor jamie foxx being hailed a hero.after springing into action to rescue a driver. >> pam:police say, a 32-year old man was speeding in northeast los angeles, when his car flipped over and burst into flames last night. >> pam:a spokesman for foxx says, the actor and another man used a tool to break a window, then cut the man out of his seatbelt to free him from the car. >> pam:police say, the driver was treated at the hospital. and later arrested for driving under the influence. . >> pam:will smith's "fresh prince of bel air" co-star. is pinkett- smith's call. for an oscar boycott. the insider's louis aguirre. in los angeles with more. >> reporter:pam, we've talked with janet hubert-- who played the original aunt viv on the show-- about the animosity, the friction and the "fresh prince feud." so, as the oscar backlash bubbles up, >> reporter:let's go inside aunt viv's vengeance.

>>begging for acknolgement or even asking diminishes dignity and diminishes power >>janet: first of all miss thing. does your man not have a mouth of his own of which to speak >>i will not be at the academy awards and i won't be watching. >>janet: just because the world dont go the way you want it to go doesn't mean you can go out and ask the wrold to stand up and sing we shall overcome for you. mmm. you aint barack and michelle obama >> reporter:the delivery of their messages? class versus crass. as a decades long feud was "freshly" reignited in a curse ladden rant >> reporter:at the helm? the first aunt viv, janet hubert- who's calling the smiths hyprocritical for calling for a one for all oscar boycott. recalling a contract negotiation period during her 3 seasons on the show >>i seem to remember at

option time coming to you and saying / why dont we all get together and with you we can get a little raise / like thye did on friends like white shows do remember >> that? 00:02:24 / your response to me was my deal y'all deal >> reporter:we'll have so much more on this story tonight at 7 on news, i'm louis aguirre back to you, pam? >> pam: a break in the storm and a rush to clean up with this last system left behind cured we have more news coming up in 17 seconds cured we have more news coming up in 17 seconds right here,. ♪] cured we have more news coming up in 17 seconds right here,.

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>> pam:two of the 20 passengers aboard the greyhound busin the crash here on northbound highway 101 at the base of the northbound highway 85 fly over ramp. >> pam: kron4 prep fladeboe has been at the crime scene all night long. he is at the

scene with the very latest. rob? >> reporter: than 12 hours after the bus crashed. the bus is now told a way to gilroy for further investigation. among the questions, the chp will have to figure out is number one? what did the weather played in all of this? and did, fatigue played a role in here? >> reporter: is more--here is more now! >> reporter: >> it is unclear if the driver curve to the right and hit the beryl's. --

barrells. >> reporter:nine passengers, including the driver, were transported. one of that group suffered major admitted to the chp he was fatigued but one passenger says he fell asleep at the wheel. >>passenger -- the jot the bus will it was more of a jerk, it was like what is going on? he pulled over and stepped off the bus week but that he was checking for a flat tire. >> reporter:after careening out of control for about 200 feet, the bus landed on it's side atop a concrete barrier as passengers scrambled for safety. >>passengers -- i feel over what the motion of the bus. >> was sleeping and woke up from the crash and heard people screaming. next thing we were sliding for a long time and it felt like for ever.

>> reporter:traffic on northbound 101 slowed to a crawl for hours as the chp's accident investigation teams spent the afternoon getting to the bottom of what happened weather played a role. >> chris miceli .. the only think i have is that he did say he was the teak. leading up to the collision. --he was fatigued >> the next thing he remembered is the boss on decide after it crashed into the beryl spirit-- is the bus crashed into barrells and landed on its side.

>> reporter: did expect the video will share some light in this case. live in san jose, rob fladeboe kron 4 news. >> pam: new at six. >> pam: one of the victims killed in the crash. has been identified as a san francisco resident. >> pam: kron 4's maureen kelly spoke with her son. - >> reporter: since november she has been sharing a apartment with one of her sons. he tells me that his mom had been down in the los angeles area of visiting derrick and was on her way home when the accident happened. she had taking the bus down there before and he usually drives her. his schedule was not allowed because he was working. he was born to pick her up

after his graveyard shift. >> reporter: he says he has done that drive many times and believe that the driver could have been batik. -- fatigued >> there are times that i would just fall asleep. i do not have any haight forced the driver. it was an accident. it could happen. >> reporter: dedicated as a mother who care for her family and loved to cook. >> reporter: sally oliveira also leaves behind a daughter and the philippines. >> pam: kron4

>> pam:kron 4 has been on top of this story all day, sending push alerts with updates as we get it. for up-to-the minute news that is important to you.download the kron 4 mobile app. >> pam:it's free at the itunes store and on google play. >> pam:new at six. >> pam:the coast guard is searching for two college students from the bay area. who were swept into the ocean in santa cruz >> pam:it happened yesterday at bonny doon beach. >> pam:authorities say, a 25-year-old man from the san jose area. and a 20-year-old woman from palo alto. were on a rock, when a large wave carried them out to sea. >> pam:large surf is expected in the shoreline waters for the next two weeks. and officials say, anyone who plans to watch the waves, is advised to give themselves more space away from the edge of any cliffs.

>> pam:after five frigid, challenging days of searching in the sierra.the placer county sheriff's department has suspended the search for a missing ski instructor. >> pam:grant lodes has been tracking developments.and has the latest. >> grant:it's the out-come carson may's family and friends were dreading. no more planned searches for the 23-year old ski instructor from davis. >> grant:who was currently living in tuckee. >> grant:may was last seen on thursday.his day off.when he went skiing in and around sugar bowl resort. it was snowing hard that day.white out conditions when he set out. >> grant:and since then.several feet of snow have fallen in that area. more than 400 volunteer and professional searchers braved dangerous, avalanche prone conditions starting on friday.when he never made it to his ride home.and his

clothes were found in his locker in sugar bowl. >> grant:today conditions during the five treacherous due to frequent heavy snow and the associated risks that high avalanche danger poses to the many search and rescue volunteers. placer county sheriff's personnel, sugar bowl representatives and chaplains met with the may family today and it is with regret that we must suspend the efforts to locate carson. >> reporter: most locations picked up close to an inch rain or over. now picking up 1.3, santa rosa close to

2 in. in san rafael. the next system could bring close to an inch of rain as well. what was the dry conditions for the rest of tonight. tomorrow will stay dry. we will expect to see more rainfall moving in. by 9:00 p.m., temperatures will be dry and cloudy. closer to the bay 51. by midnight was expected c f o g increasing. decreases visibility for tomorrow drive. >> reporter: i will go over more details and which at can expect from this new system. >> pam: falling trees is another issue with the with

the weather. this could be so dangerous. >> catherine: workers are reminding people to be aware of large trees. and the f o g type weather does not help. >> catherine: aside a lot of neighborhood are experiencing trees being cut up and the wood chippers. >> catherine: no power lines were affected here last system. like the other fallen trees, the roots stress by years of willie dry weather, followed by heavy rain. no one was injured but it did take some time to clear this away. >> catherine: there was traffic issues when district fell. no one was injured.

boston ave part of human ave, did cause a traffic jam for quite a while and some power lines did come down. but neighbors are worried about a second tree that looks kind of shaky. pam? >> pam: you can download the kron4 mobile application which is another one source for news and weather and the bay area. >> pam: traffic came to a grinding halt on the bay bridge yesterday as protesters drove on to the bridge and stopped. this video from our helicopter partnership abc separate causing major delays and frustration for the drivers that were caught up in the protests. >> pam: tonight, we are learning that the c h p had taken steps to respond to

such protest in advance. >> pam:dan? >> reporter: c h p told me that they had in queen that this could happen and brought on more officers. so that they respond as quickly as possible if it did happen. >> reporter: turns out they have word that the protesters would bring a halt to the bay bridge yesterday. >> we heartless of something like this was appoint to happen. we were all here working in uniform brett driving on march patrol vehicles. --unmarked

>> you are allowed to get on the bridge. unless you have issues anny to stop you. we are not going to do that. >> reporter: all lanes were open within our current and three lanes were open within half an hour. >> it doesn't happen that way, it that this so quickly show up in this over. it is a process. >> reporter: both the chp and caltran says it has to be down while protesters and driver safe. >> was a great attention was given to the protesters. and that cannot always be said of no injuries were limited injuries. the worse for yesterday was inconvenience

of time rather than anything else. >> reporter: back live at the bay bridge toll plaza. the tick away from this is that likely protesters, to stop them from walking on the bridge is totally different from what from stopping someone that was driving to protest on the bridge. live at the bay bridge plaza. dan kerman, kron4 news >> pam: new pictures of an american journalist from the bay area that was recently released from iran >> pam: we will be

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>> pam: the north berkeley bart after a person was struck and killed by a train. >> pam: it happened this afternoon around 1:15. police say, a train operator reported--- they had possibly hit someone on the tracks, just north of the station. >> pam: crews to shut down the station to investigate--- and eventually recovered a body. the station reopened around 3:30 -p-m. riders can expect twenty- minutes on the richmond and fremont lines.

>> pam: the incident remains under investigation. return to investigation >> pam: multiple bart passengers expereienced fainting during trains were moving slower because of weather conditions, however bart spokesperson tells kron's haaziq madyun there could be other factors leading to passengers passing out >> reporter:6 passengers needed medical attention after riding slow moving bart trains during tuesday morning's commute. the bart cars were packed as usual. bart officials say there we no reports of any air conditioning malfunctions on the trains >>"certainly unusual we don't have an explanation for why this occurred" >> reporter:bart spokesperson jim reasons the trains move slower when it's wet outside and passengers should plan ahead >>"the thing i would say to season just like if youre to build in extra travel time, you don't want to rush down the stairs or rushing crowded bart car, if you're not in the best of shape that could create some kind of situation" >> reporter:taking the stairs at some of challenge. not everybody can sprint to the top of the here. some riders say once they are

aboard a crowded car some anixety can take your breath away as well >>"my dad and i were taking the train to the city and people were just piling on" >>"you just want to move, you want to have more movement" >>"yeah it's kind of stuffy, everybody's breath and body order don't agree with everybody's noses" >> reporter:bart officials say their new will have a completely updated and modern air flow system and they expect those cars to come online later this year.in oakland haaziq madyunkron4news return to >> pam: grant is back with

newt affirmation about what may have played a role in the attack. >> grant: the murdered was on the bart train near the west oakland station earlier this month, to saturdays ago. this surveillance camera was taken on a tried delta bus. this is the same person as another surveillance image. the one you see here other than the colin is different. the shooter and the victim interacted on that tried delta blustered and the confrontation carried onto bart. the victim identified . police is still looking for the shooter tonight. pam?

>> reporter: the f o g will linger into the afternoon and by thursday we will continue to seek an increase in cloud and rain is expected to move in an overnight. it does nike happy until friday. we see more rain in the morning. we have an over an inch of showers in daly city. >> reporter: storm trackers shows quiet conditions right now but i am already tracking changes. satellite research shows all of the showers moving through six to 10 in. of fresh snowfall.

will move through. as we widen out the picture for it the next system we are going to track will be here over night on thursday slammed into friday. the pots ability of lee grant for the weekend. --the possibility of its lingering to the start of the weekend. >> reporter: is when the start of that is until we get into our overnight hours on thursday. that is the timing. >> reporter: over overnight lows drop down to the mid to high forties tonight for it tomorrow morning will be in the '60s and '70s forecasts shows that temperatures stay close to the high 50s. also in to the '60s and i will have the 7 day for tests coming up when i see you again just a bit. pam?

>> pam: we're seeing more of a couple of the americans freed by iran this weekend.as part of a prisoner swap. >> pam: catherine heenan is here with the new information. >> catherine: just good to see him smiling. >> catherine:we're seeing the first video of jason reh-zion since his release. >> catherine:in a video from the wall street journal. >> catherine:it shows the journalist from marin county sitting alongside his wife -- and laughing at a cell phone video. >> catherine:reh-zion has been meeting with family and friends.and met with some of his bosses from the journal today. >> catherine:they say he's feeling good - while recovering at a u-s military hospital in germany. >> catherine:the 39-year-old was jailed for 18 months in iran after being convicted of espionage. he isn't talking to reporters yet -- but former marine amir hekmati "was"

talking today. >> i hope to get home coelenterate i want to see my family. and get back on land. >> catherine:the 33-year-old - born in arizona - is another of the four americans freed by iran. >> catherine:he spent more than 4 years in an iranian prison after he went to visit his grandmother. >> catherine:he was detained for espionage in 2011. >> catherine:he served in the marines from 2001 to 2005. return to >> reporter: one of the four prisoners released in an exchange of on the u.s. and i run. st. if i live goal

was to break the report a spirit, they failed miserably. >> is feeling good physically and his spirit is up. >> reporter: so complex decisions for many. >> games. --they have gains? >> grant: the u.s. as the five other countries will allow lebraun to read joined the mobile--global economy. >> whips

>> grant: new at six. >> pam:

>> pam: police say, a man woman broke into a kentfield home and stole two hewlett- packard laptops on monday. >> pam: the residents of the home on south ridgewood road, reported that burglary occurred some time between 4:30 and 5:30 in the evening. >> pam: the residents were not home at the time. the burglars forced entry through a sliding glass door. a dark colored. two-door coupe was seen in the area. >> pam: one of the suspects is a white or hispanic man with a 20s. >> pam:the other suspect was described as a white woman. also in her 20s. police are seeking the >> pam: public's help in identifying a woman who stole a package off a porch of a home in livermore. >> pam: police released this video of the theft, that happened on january 13th..around 2:00 -in the afternoon. in the 1600- block of altamar way. >> pam: in the video. the woman porch. stole the package. walked away. and

got into a car. >> pam: the theft is asked to call--anyone with information on the best is faxed to call the police. --is asked to call the police. four out of five people may not agree on carne asada or carnitas... but four out of five who got their health insurance through covered california got help paying for it. find out if you could be one of them at coveredca.com enroll by january 31st to avoid the irs tax penalty.

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the investigation continues into a deadly bus crash. two adult female passengers were killed when this greyhound bus lost control and crashed on north away from northbound 101 just after 640 a m on tuesday. not of the passengers including the driver's to interpret-the crash snarled traffic here on 101 all day. >> reporter: san francisco, one of the victims killed in that crash was identified as sallie oliveira appeared she was visiting two of her sons. oliveira emigrated from the philippines late last year and was living and the richmond district with

another sauntered she is described as a woman who lived for her family. she leaves behind another daughter and the philippines. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> reporter: the victims of the bus accident was brought here to valley medical separate due to medical loss' specifics of the injuries can not be described. again, three people from a bus crash taken to valley medical center and treated for minor injuries here and san jose, to reach the s bastille kron 4 news. --terisa estacio, kron4news >> reporter: test out chp

had an inkling that the protest would happen and brought on additional officers in unmarked vehicles card that is why they're able to turn this issue arrau as quickly as they could print the back up one on for miles and caused delays throughout the afternoon command. at the bay bridge toll plaza. dan kerman, kron4news >> reporter: 5 passengers needed medical attention at the embarcadero after they made it through the transportation. however, as far as the ventilation inside the carteret ellison says the trains were built to creek flows for seated passengers it can get rather stuffy.

>> pam: the drinking water crisis and flint michigan continues to cause legal and political fall-out. >> pam: catherine heenan is here with the latest on controversy surrounding the lead-tainted water. ------------------------ >> catherine: attorneys have now filed at least three lawsuits on behalf of the people of flint. >> catherine: this - after high levels of lead were found in the city's water supply. the mayor is asking the white house for more help. >> catherine: and michigan's governor is fighting criticism that he didn't react quickly becauseit's happening in a low-income area. >> catherine: corrosive water from the flint river caused lead to leach from old pipes into homes.and >> catherine: tests have shown high levels of lead in the blood of some children. as for the lawsuits -- they're against several state and city officials - including >> catherine: governor rick snyder. return

>> is by all of that, none of them can't violate the constitution of the united states. that's what ss. >>--that's what that says. >> catherine:flint has returned to using water from the detroit supply. >> catherine:but many residents are still relying on bottled water. the crisis forced governor rick snyder to devote much of his annual state of the state speech tonight - to how he'll deal with the problem. >> catherine:michigan officials are recommending 28-million dollars in extra money for programs to help. >> catherine:pam? >> pam:children are at the highest risk of lead poisoning. since a child's brain is

still developing, lead can lead to mental impairment. >> pam:according to the cdc.signs of impairment in children include behavior problems, low iq, poor grades at school, problems with hearing, learning difficulties and growth dekays, --delays >> reporter: we are already checking our next system. with a wind gust up to 40 mi. per hour. >> reporter: will stay dry but this went system will then overnight thursday in a leader in to friday affecting your friday morning commute and possibly legally end to the start of your weekend. we will see increasing clouds as we head into thursday. and will not be until overnight thursday and friday until we see this new system. it looks like of the

norris bebel probably be the first rainfall spirit in napa, and santa rosa. with steady rainfall by the morning time. >> reporter: or temperatures will stay in the '60s. then we trek rainy and windy conditions by friday.

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>> gary: gary has that in all of the sports. coming up!

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now that are in chicago with the all-time record. >> wasting energy thinking about chasing that other than focusing on been our best come april. happened to creek up, it is not here yet. >> this incredible and awesome. however, we are not going to game play our game for people toward certain and it's uncertain knight sprit trying to get to that number. >> gary: is that to be a great story creek he is on interim basis very well could be then named the and the pea coat of the year with a 0 and 0 record. -he

very well could be named the mvp coach of the year >> gary: 10 assistant coaches have been shelled the door. supposedly, sticking out around certain individuals. but, right now as we stand it is going to being one of the guys to return with eric mann genie. at this hour. meanwhile, reportedly is interviewing for the 49ers defense of coronation position, it's clearly held by men ginnie if these reports are true grit--reports are true

>> gary: is tough about this, counsel look believe he received $13 million per so you do not worry about him. --when tomsula leaves >> gary: some of these assistance. as a different story and some of them have to go or move brown nor must times throughout the year. depending on the tame. --team >> pam: yes. that's true. >> gary: some of these guys are living the paris some of these guys are living and they do not have the parachute like some of the

other coaches. >> pam:yes. >> gary: it took me 7 mi., up one hour and three minutes. >> pam: really? >> grant: you have been running into these problems frequently >> gary: that is what i like about pam. she didn't feel sorry for the assistance but for me. >> pam: (laughter) >> gary: in my vehicle, tonight-just this morning you are going to get up, you are supposed to be funny. but no terrorist--but no.

(laughter) >> gary: maybe, you did not hear me. >> pam: when the super bowl comes, it will be worse. >> gary: thank you. >> pam: for all of the spirit--for all of us! (laughter) (cheers & applause) >> gary: serena williams as we speak is in action. >> gary: as we speak. >> gary: a quick bite hear

from pete rose. >> (laughter) >> gary: 8 $2 window. yahoo, pam a racetrack. >> gary: baseball will not do with patrick led the team that he started would do it to give him a good boost. >> pam: coming up! the rain is gone for now. britain is back with more on the next storm.

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