50s on the temperatures, and that's novato and lows are up here, still cool but not cold or anything. partly sunny skies, partly cloudy to the south, this system is very weak, there is a little bit of moisture and we have a better opportunity on sunday. it tends to thicken up, it could be downright balmy in the santa clara, a lot of low-to- mid 70s. here is sal. we are looking at a decent start, as you can see traffic on the east shore freeway, it looks good and some of the traffic is not really affected and as you get to the bay bridge, it looks light and there is about a 10 minute drive time into the city from the toll plaza and here is a car backing up, oh, i hate to

see that. and as you get to the pass, traffic is moving along relatively well with no major problems as you drive through and at 4:30 let's go back to the desk. hundred of people were evacuated after a high-rise caught fire in san francisco. it happened near cameron drive, 200 people and their pets were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out on the 6th floor filling the building with smoke. >> it is one of our efforts we had to do because of the smoke so we took precautionary measures and we took them out of the building. >> firefighters are investigating the cause of the fire. we have new video of a bizarre case in san francisco as well. police are investigating the death of a man whose todayby cass found -- body was found

inside the garbage shoot onville lense why and -- on 15th street. this death is not being investigated as a homicide but it is unclear how his body ended up inside the garbage shoot. and a tasering happened on board a bart train and this was taken on the night of january 9 january 9th passing through san bruno bart station. we have more on this video and the controversy, tara? >> reporter: the woman witness who was on the train at the time of the incident said the man who got tasered was talking to her and while she was uncomfortable, she at no time felt threatened. it happened on a southbound train headed for mill bray. he believes a woman is being harassed and he politely asked

the man to step off the platform so he can ask him some questions and when the man yells he refuses to compliant that is when end gets tasered. the man was drunk, harassing passengers and had repeatedly refused to get off the train. then more cops come on and he tasered him again. the man who passengers say passengers called robert was arrested for public intoxication for a pore real violation car parole violation. bart's taser policy was

reimplemented after the ross core grant scooting says the only time they can use it is if they pose a threat to a bart police officer's life or another person's life and we will tell you what bart had to say about this. one person is dead and three others are injured in the fruit veil district. it happened shortly before 10:00 on international boulevard. witnesses say two men and two women were gunned down while standing on the street corner. one at the hyland hospital, no word on the other three victims and police are still searching for suspects. happening today, the man accused of the kidnapping and murder of sierra lemar will formally be charged in court antolin garcia-torres was arrested back in 2012 but his defense team has stalled

proceedings. that all stopped and the case will go to trial. antolin garcia-torres has has not been cooperating. >> he is very smug, a total lack of cooperation and he is not disclosing anything to us. >> sierra lemar's body has never been found despite ongoing searching. but the dna on sierra lemar's clothes is conclusive. they are following a major development and the alert was triggered by a kidnapping and carjacking outside of a safe way. witnesses report add shoplifting suspect with a knife had abducted a man and teenage girl. they have now determined the three people knew each other and the teenage girl was

actually a woman. >> we are looking at all three people they may be responsible for committing those creams. they would have been anything.general -- negligent not to take action when a child is involved. now this brings us back to 2002, some say the frequent alerts may come to amber alert fatigue but they disagree, they believe it has resulted in the rescue of 255 children. >> the question about it should not be about fatigue. it should be about bringing a loved one home and if you are a parent, you want to bring your children home am as quickly as

possible. they cannot deny a law enforcement's request. and they are sighting airports across the country. 22 flight cancellations have already been listed on their website. the cancellations are mostly to atlanta, washington d.c. and j fc airport and if they will be flying to the east coast today it is a good tie deto check the stat tat of your flight before you head somewhere. new york could get as much as 15 inches and meanwhile the south continues to dig out from a storm which left 729 businesses and homes without power and it could be a week before they are fully restored. >> i have never seen anything

to this scale and it is the biggest they have ever steep. >> washington is closed and amtrak has suspended service on all routes. a man in his 50s from contra costa, the health department is now awaiting test result if i died and there have been flu deaths end in several counties. we are learning more about the person who slid down a hill just before christmas last year. the home on twin peeks was supported by three reinforcing to yours. the paper also being done was dramatic and those reports are incorrect. time now 4:38 and today

they are christening the newest vessel. the indiana joe is a 30-foot long boat, it has a locating people nighttime water rescue with the ability to do that and it is the only boat of thinks kind and the half-moon is also in the city of alameda. we are learning more about a deadly fire, it happened last night at a three unit building on 23rd street. we found a man in his 40s and the man does not appear suspicious and does not appear to it be broken. a century old stained glass window was stolen from the church on monday.

the irreplaceable window was taken to a pawn shop and it was brought back to the church yesterday in perfect condition. we are very grateful for them bringing it back so quickly, come and check it out. >> the church is now looking into better ways to protect its works of art. time now 4:40 a toxic sight am that pro modes drinking water. and trying to protect a three-year-old girl, the push to protect her and what it would require police to do. and traffic does look good coming into concord, we will tell you where they are already beginning to get slow.

>> some of the train is -- rain is up north, we will have more news weather and traffic when we return.

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will be outside cal memorial stadium. he was killed near a boy's and girls club, 15-year-old den zell jones and a family friend were shot and killed earlier this month. they were standing outside of the boys and girls am club. the funeral begins in oakland, the shooter has still not been caught. the compliance director at the oakland police department has been fired. former baltimore police department frasier started last march and was being paid 207,000 a -- $270,000 a year. they agreed to federal control, however a federal judge to appointed him to the position has now let him go. the judge will consolidate at authority of independent monitor. this morning the two biggest cable companies are confirming they have agreed to

a megadeal. now they are buying time warner after time warner rejected three bids from communications. they need to get through antitrust issues and if approved they would serve 33 million customers. cox cable would then be the second largest with fewer than 5 million subscribers. also, dave will call for action to protect workers from wayne theft. they will hold employers accountable when they are not paid what they are legally entitled to. not paid overtime when they work extra hours or denied meal breaks. they will have more at the february 12th meeting.

police found the body of kelly slusher in the apartment the little girl shared with her mother and her mother's boyfriend. the couple beat the child to death and put her body in a freezer. they came there for various domestic violence calls and welfare checks. >> that is too many calls and there needs to be a law in place that police have to take action after the third call to the home. >> the napa woman has launched a new type of three strikes law and it would require them to intervene after allegations of child abuse. he attended an agriculture yesterday, he took in a coup much of exhibits. he will likely speak with him face to face and speak to him

about the drought. >> we need to see how they invest in water prosecute projects. >> some -- projects . they are experiencing an uptic as more farms are drilling more wells. as we said, president barack obama will travel to the central valley to meet with farmers affected by the drought. they will be aaccounted by the two centers and they are expected to visit a farm somewhere in the president mow area it they are flying to palm -- palm springs. of course what can you do? >> play golf, had hang out, no big deal. >> and keeping an eye on

traffic, on this early thursday morning. >> good morning to you. friday eve and we are looking good, starting off here on the sunole grade, southbound passing mission boulevard with no major problems coming through the traffic also looks good if you are driving on southbound 880 getting into the same area of fremont. we are looking being at the commute most importantly, there is a 10 minute drive time into san francisco. 880, as you drive passed the coliseum, it looks good all the way into oakland and on the east shore freeway, traffic looks good from panola to richmond. 440, you can see moisture continues to stream up from the

hawaiian islands and some of that impacts us until sunday, and it likes like it, you can always tweet me and if that is too much for you to do, you can e-mail me or facebook me. due to cloud cover, we have some pock its of thick fog. i doubt anymore gets to the area, it is snowing and the snow is really wrapping up from philadelphia to washington d.c. and philadelphia philadelphia and new york has the possibility of 14 plus inches and i just saw it in brooklyn, it looks like a mess. 53 ukiah, 55 sacramento, 55 down in san diego, most live cloudy day and this is a mild system. so temperatures are in parts of

the bay and they will feel light and mild. light rain, mendocino county and the next hint much rain for us will be saturday into sunday, a cooler system and maybe it is setting the stage for next week and it is wetter and cooler as well. mild and warm, 60s and 70s down in gilroy today. 68 antioch and more cloud cover, morgan hill 68 degrees and mostly sunny to warm increase being clouds, maybe late rain and it will be overnight late sunday and cool, cool on monday. >> all right, steve, thank you very much. there is more in 401 retirement accounts and the average account balance is a record $300,000 and that's much more than 15% from a year earlier and it is almost doubled back

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. remembering the pedestrians killed, the event will remember the pedestrians who survived the crashes. this event comes after they were struck and killed near pacific. they identified the victim as paul lambert, they accused the driver of going to fast. now the driver has also been identified from emoryville. witnesses pointed him out as he was walking away from the scene. he was booked on vehicular

manslaughter charges. they opened more than any other state and it shows 400 opened in the state and they saw the largest increase in the number of students attending charter schools since they began tracking attendants. stores have had trouble getting them for about two weeks now. red hills said consumer demand is is coming through and they are working harled to increase that demand. >> some farms are going out of business because of rising feed prices as well as proposition 2 and that requires them to be kept in cages and they are quitting thing business rather

than comply. they lost a heartbreaker last night all because of lebron james. >> kings james made a step back with less than a second left, james finished with 36 points, 13 boards and 59 cysts, sending the defending champions on a high note and it is okay, warriors will be fine, i am just saying. >> he is pretty good. >> coming up next in our 5:00 hour, first it was google and now another major silicone valley is doing it and it is another way of commuting for san francisco. . and video of a controversial taser incident on bart, how bart is responding and what prompted it.

traffic is doing well around the bay area, we have a bart delay to talk about and we are looking at misty conditions. some fog out there high and mid-level clouds and up north there is a little bit of rain and we will make it as far south.

ee. >> we are live in san bruno, we have video showing a man tasered twice on a bart train and what started it all. and people are evacuating a high-rise near san francisco state university, we have the challenge and the two people who were hurt. almost two years after her disappearance, the case of sierra lemar will move forward and the big challenge prosecutors are facing. drivers are stranded, thousand was no electricity, the big storm which made a mess of the southeast and we will have a live report of how it is affecting business in the nation's capital, it is all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news