completely. now -- not before the back up started -- as you can see from sky fox earlier -- [no audio] >> reporter: investigating the shooting. right now i am waiting to hear from law enforcement about what came first. the shooting or the crash. we heard reports that there were shots of gunfire heard before the crash but that is not confirmed and we are waiting to hear back. that is the latest from here. reporting live here, 580 eastbound, amber lee. >> the cars are still on the freeway, they haven't been able to move those out of the way? correct? >> reporter: yes. but i did see them reopen one of the two lanes that were closed. but the estimate is in 20 minutes. that is just an estimate. they are still here and i don't

see a tow truck. it may take longer. >> amber lee reporting live, thank you very much. stay with ktvu fox 2 news and www.ktvu.com for the latest on this breaking news. we are posting updates to twitter and facebook. now to san francisco where tonight police are investigating another smash and grab burglary and this time they hit the same store they hit last month. the latest in a string of similar crimes across the bay area. ktvu's john sasaki is live now at the scene. >> reporter: this was a brazen crime. although on a deserted street. three people busted through the window and stole what they could as quickly as possible. >> reporter: it is now a common sight. crews cleaning up glass after a store break in. >> they were just hopping into the window and loading up their truck. >> reporter: in this case the music loverrers store was

burglar -- lovers store was burglarized for the second time in a week. >> knew what they were doing. >> reporter: the store lost $20,000 worth of equipment in each crime. this was just the latest in a string of crimes. the owner has been in touch with others and told me there were smash and grabs at stereo stores in other cities. >> just opportunity opportunist. -- opportunists. you smash a window and you are able to jump in and run out at 4:00 a.m. >> reporter: there was a case of gold nuggets stolen in the financial district after thieves slammed an suv through the front door. >> we will look that connection. if there is a connection, if there is no connection we will go in any direction. >> reporter: back here live. there are now security bars. that was the plan for all the

windows. in the previous crimes there were two burglars, this time there were three. on the surveillance video one of the burglars was a woman. frank? >> feel for the owner of the store. john sasaki in san francisco, thank you. four men are under arrest in connection ebwith a string of burglaries in -- with a string of burglaries in the south bay. they are now in custody accused of burglarizing 7 homes in san jose and one in sunnyvale. they date back to september. investigators say they managed to arrest the suspects after alert neighbors saw a break in in progress and called police. the court of appeals upheld a ordinance restricting high capacity gun magazines. it bans magazines that could hold more than 10 rounds. the national rifle association said it infringed on the rights

of gun owners. california attorney general kamala harris supporting the affordable care act as the supreme court takes up the case. she writes this land mark law brought reform and accountability to our healthcare system. and a ruling against it would be devastating to california and the nation. the issue before the u.s. supreme court centers on subsidies. language in the affordable care act says subsidies will go to those who buy health plans through an exchange established by the state. the question is, does this apply to the 30 states that haven't set up their own exchanges and using the federal government exchange. the ruling could effect millions of americans. a decision is expected by the end of june and it will be a close vote. 12 patients, 6 kidneys and two days of surgeries. doctors are about to perform

transplants at a bay area hospital. ktvu's rob roth spoke with the one donor who made it all happen. >> reporter: at the california pacific medical center doctors are about to perform procedures never performed before. six kidney transplants. this is a very large inverve. >> reporter: this started with -- endeavor. >> reporter: this started when a bay area woman offered to donate one of her kidneys to anyone who needs it. >> i thought i would help just one person who i don't but the fact that so many people can have life extension. that is big. >> reporter: that allowed doctors to find matches matches for six patients in need. it allowed other donors to match-up with recipients. >> the six people will come off of the waiting list and that means other people move forward

on the waiting list. >> reporter: in 2011 ktvu fox 2 news was there when doctors performed a series of five kidney transplants. the donors donors and recipients now hold annual reunions. doctors plan to perform three tomorrow and the other three on friday. >> one of the obstacles we had to overcome is having enough surgical instruments. >> reporter: they were matched through a computer program created by a kidney transplant recipient. she says she ready to donate tomorrow and is happy to do it. >> i lost a son to cancer 13 years ago in june. and i lost my husband 14 months ago. so i know what it feels like to want an extra day and not being able to have it. >> reporter: six people will now have that chance. in san francisco, rob roth,

ktvu fox 2 news. california's public health department is accused at putting people at risk. their responsibility is to ensure public safety. the auditor issued a letter saying they are dragging their feet on inspections. they are also accused of taking too long to investigate complaints at long term care facilities. >> of all the recommendations view have been implemented. we are continuing to keep them on our list. >> they blame a lack of resources and says it has been requesting help. new at 6:00 p.m. good news for some drivers, bad news for car sales. everyone who drives like the lower gas prices but even though the prices have gone up they are still having a bad impact on electric car sales. ktvu's tom vacar looks that

effort to get people to buy electric cars. >> reporter: pg&e asked car dealers to bring in demonstrators of their vehicles. pg&e also invited some of their employees to try and possibly buy one. >> we want to encourage employees to lead to way. i brought a range of manufacturers out here. >> reporter: they already operates 3500 alternative fuel vehicles. cars and trucks. dealers representing 7 different brands of vehicles from lower end vehicles to detroit's pure electric. the cadillac. instead of using a closed course the employees took to the roads for a better idea of how the cars perform. the one draw back, since gas

prices plunged, sales of electric dropped off too. some blame cold weather. february sales of the leaf are down 16% following a 15% decline in january. gm reports february sales of the volt were down 45% from a year ago. and toyota reports sales of the prius were down 6%. pg&e says they promise to have a strong future. >> with gas prices i think anyone would be fool harded to keep them low. you can charge on a very clean power mix of pg&e with 50% from carbb free sources. a win -- carbon free sources. a win-win. >> reporter: one car didn't

make the scene, tesla. tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. one of the bay area's biggest ballet companies could be forced to close its doors. >> effected us. >> the effort to keep people dancing. >> this street sign in the east bay, not everyone is laughing. >> after the break, tracking the warm up. you noticed it today. you will notice it more as the week goes on. details when i come back. >> live pictures of interstate 80. you can see it is very heavy in both directions. particularly on the left hand side. those lanes with the head lights towards us, that traffic is bring effected by the sit -- being effected by that situation on interstate 580 where a couple cars were involved in a shooting and a crash and several lanes are blocked as a result. a tough evening commute tonight around the bay area.

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[ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] breaking news. this time along interstate 80. a police chase just ended within the past 10 minutes. started on university avenue in berkeley. the chp was chasing a car on and off the freeway. ended a few minutes ago on westbound 80 west of university avenue. traffic was blocked off but the westbound lanes were just reopened and a driver was taken into custody. another tough spot in tonight's commute and we will bring you urp dates as we -- updates as we get them. new at 6:00 p.m. a street sign controversy has

some residents concerned. the shine was changed from -- the shine was changed from 15 miles per hour to 115 miles per hour. you can see here vandals used one piece of black tape. they placed it to the left of the one on the sign. most folks see it as a prank but some say this poses a danger and they say the city should take action. >> i mean, i think it should be replaced. like i said, it is defeating the point of having it there if it is taking away its meaning. >> i have seen a lot of things go down. but they should take it off. >> penalties in california vary in vandalism cases depending on the severity of the case. a pesky insect is causing concerns after it was found in

a shipment of plants. officials say they discovered a glassy wing sharp shooter during an inspection of plants. the bug can train water out of plants and trees. a tree would need more water to survive and that is triggering serious concerns. authorities are relying on nurseries to notify them when they see the pest. the san jose ballet company is in financial strain. it is the second largest in the state. they need to raise $550,000 in 10 days. new at 6:00 p.m. ktvu's ann rubin joins us from san jose to tell us about a emergency fundraiser. >> reporter: board members had a choice to make at their friday meeting. close it down or fight to stay open. they decided to fight but there isn't much time. [ music ] >> reporter: they practice for

a performance weeks away knowing it might not happen. it may be curtains. >> it is a stressful issue. everything we do may be effected if the money isn't raised. >> reporter: miss management left them with debt. the new ceo says there saplan to turn things around -- there is a plan to turn things around. they want a shot at keeping the doors open. >> we are in a situation right now where we are raising funds for operating on a weekly basis. >> it is a hard decision to make. but the operation -- we will have no other choice. >> reporter: the money would get them through their next performance. bodies of technology can the company's director is trying to stay optimistic. >> i have faith and i communicate that to them. >> reporter: to raise funds they are planning a social media campaign along with three

events with the dancers next week and people are already responding. he showed up today with donation in hand. >> if we don't lose that we will lose something of value. >> the dancers are hopeful more people will step up. >> means everything to me. to be honest. i think it means a lot to the community. >> reporter: there are 32 dancers in the company and 350 that school. >> could you imagine your life without this place in it? >> nope. >> reporter: to them this place is more than a ballet company. >> means life. like ballet is life. this place makes it so much fun. >> reporter: the ballet bodies of technology is march 27 through 29 at the california theater. the company only has till march 14 to raise the money they need. >> a lot of work to do in a short amount of time. thank you. it was spectacular in the

bay area. i know we need the rain but we are not gegetting not getting it. might as well enjoy the weather. >> we have this beautiful shot of the city. feeling bad because it is so beautiful and we need rain. when there is no rain coming we can't make it rain so enjoy what you got. know it is not 10 below like on the east coast with snow. temperatures today, here they are. well above the average. early march. yes, it is closing in on spring. it is not officially yet. there is the jet stream the north of us. you see a few clouds lingering. what are you going to do? look at this day. good air quality. today the winds kicked off shore. pollen, air quality gets a hit. you are capping the atmosphere.

not seeing a spare the air day but you are seeing more particulate in the air and pollen. it is trapped in the lower levels so that might be something you notice. san jose tomorrow, wake up, 6:00 a.m. mid-40s. then up by lunchtime, almost 70. 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 71, 72 degrees. nice looking day in san jose. sunny and warm. morgan hill will milk this. -- mimic this. warm for your bay area thursday. warmer than today and it lingers as the air sinks and traps the air. no rain in the forecast. there is something out there beyond our 5 day. we will talk about that tonight at 10:00 p.m. that is down the road. the middle of next week. in the meantime we are sticking with temperatures like 70 vallejo. 70 antioch. 72 livermore. very, very warm day. 74 morgan hill.

74 gilroy. five-day forecast, maybe patchy fog shows up. what is the take away? last week. here we go again. we are not going to get that rain event. the five-day forecast with your bay area weekend in view. it is strange. we have ben here a long time. strange to step outside. early march. all the marches, how wet they have been in the past. they really are. to have it 75 degrees tomorrow -- >> it can remember little league baseball games sitting in the rain, rained out. >> getting scary here -- [ talking at the same time ] >> four years of drought. >> chinese new year parade is saturday. looks great. >> thank you. lego land, look at that. added a death star model. they say it took 8 master model builders, 1800 hours to build that death star. 500,000 legos. and it weighs more than 1900

pounds. ever been to lego land? >> i haven't. that looks cool. >> it is -- [ talking at the same time ] >> great displays. peyton manning makes a decision. will he return to the nfl? and after a year off of baseball, a a rudd makes -- alex rodriguez makes his spring training debut. gasia mikaelian with what we are working on for ktvu fox 2 news at 7:00 p.m. >> coming up at 7:00 p.m. a committee subpoenaed former secretary of state hillary clinton's personal e-mails. the terrorists attacks at the center of the investigation and why investigators may take a second look at the plane crash that killed buddy holly in 1959. these story and much more coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m. on tv 36.

a change at the 49ers museum at levi stadium is ruffling feathers. the changes involve jim harbaugh. this picture was posted on bay area sports guy. it shows a mannequin wearing his out fit. there is also a shot of a covered up plaque. his clothes were replaced with

the uniform frank gore had on during the final game. the museum has 2,000 artifacts but they can only display 10% at a time so they rotate items. >> probably a coincidence. >> yeah. yeah. >> well. we have other non-petty stuff to talk about. >> like baseball. >> what will peyton manning do? >> that's right. we have football and baseball. the a's, they waxed the giants again. second straight day in the cactus league. 9-2 the score. a big baseball story in florida. the return of alex rodriguez. who was suspected last year because of performance enhancing drugs. he made his come back today. >> alex rodriguez. [ cheers and applause ] >> the question is, can he still play? [ cheers and applause ]

>> line drive. a base hit. >> there you go. a-rod with a single in his first at bat. he went 1-2 and looked pretty good. afterwards after making his departure in a the loss to the phillies he had this to say. >> i mean, it was pretty exciting. pretty emotional to be honest with you. i am just happy i put the ball in place and then it was a base hit to boot. good start. a dream come true to be back. the yankees gave me an opportunity. it will be an awesome challenge. i like it talent we have. >> peyton manning will return for his 4th season with the denver broncos. he is also 39. he will take a $4 million pay cut to come back. he thought about retiring. don't feel too bad for him.

his pay will now be $15 million after the pay cut. >> must love the game. >> yeah. >> the president of the team is probably going phew. >> and the warriors are playing. highlights at 10:00 p.m. >> thank you. tonight at 10:00 p.m. a student forced to choose between the game he loves and an uncertain future. how he defied expectations after a life changing step. tonight at 10:00 p.m. it ask a fantast -- it is a fantastic story. we will see you then. >> good night.

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haley: oh, my god, mom! the party is, like around the block. i'll be gone for two hours. yeah, that is two hours you could spend studying. i have been studying all weekend. no friends, no phone -- just me alone with books. [footsteps descending] i feel like alex. you're never alone when you have books. really? is that what you want me to turn into? sweetheart, listen to me. this is the s.a.t.s. okay? it is not some stupid science quiz. hey, if science quizzes are so stupid, why do you put mine up on the refrigerator? because we feel sorry for you, 'cause books are your friends. yeah, she wasn't studying last night. she was video-chatting the whole time. shut up! i knew it. i knew it. you are such a tattletale! girls, take it down a notch, because i -- whoa, whoa, whoa! what's the hot topic on "the view" today, ladies? dad, can you just please tell mom that i can take a two-hour break and go to a party?