fox 2 news at noon starts now. >> governor jerry brown orders his historic efforts to save water as the state's drought grabs on. the final snow survey of the season happened this morning and the news was about as bad as it gets. it showed almost no snow, far less now than on this date than any time in recorded history. ktv joins us. we understand jerry brown attended the survey and is

ordering extreme ever. >> mandatory water reductions across the state. brown water experts and other officials were standing in a field free of snow where it normally would be several feet deep. california gets much of its water between now and the rainy season left the state in dire straits. 25% reduction in water usage across the straight. he ordered water reductions in all cities and towns. it means 15 million square feet of lawns must be replaced with drought tolerant landscaping golf courses cemeteries and other areas will have to make significant cuts. new housing developments will be prohibited from using potable water. public street mediums will no longer be watered. >> water plans have to be followed.

we'll get more reporting of information to the governor's office. we'll streamline government responses. i want these water agencies and other regulatory bodies to prioritize any project that will advance a water efficiency project, new water technology or water infrastructure. >> brown is also calling for updated standards for toilets outdoor faus sits. he said we're in a new era and the idea of your grass getting watered every day will be a thing of the past. we'll have much more at 5:00 and 6:00. problems on bart to tell you about. officials investigate a death on the tracks. officials say it happened 9:30 this morning. the coroner is being called to the station. no information about the victim. trains are not stopping at elsirita plaza station.

there could be relief ahead for bart riders who take the bay point line. the project adds crossover tracks between the pleasant hill and walnut creek bart stations. brian ep how will this affect train service? >> hopefully it will affect bart train service in a positive way. we're here at the pleasant hill bart station where a short time ago officials announced the biggest project for a decade is complete. may struggles, including an increased price tag for the project but today this project is operational. it is called the central crossover project. two crossover tracks are located between walnut creek and pleasant hill stations. it will keep trains running. this was needed because there was a five-mile gap where trains could reroute if there was a rerouted train or police activity. the project costs up to $43

million which is up from $35 million. bart says the reason for that -- for the delays was with bart's infrastructure. they say fuses kept going on during testing. >> we couldn't run the trains because every time we run it through the crossovers fuses were blowing. when that happens the trains get zero speed codes which means they can't run. we don't want to impact the train service, so we've had to find a nice balance of how we can work it. >> now that the both of the crossover tracks are here the trains can obviously use them. riders' benefit will be in september when bart expects a change in schedule base on better efficiency. >> where we're running nine trains and having 13 roundtrips in the morning we only have to run eight trains and we'll get 15 roundtrips in the morning. what will happen to the people here is they will get a seat.

>> just from having one crossover track done in january bart says delays were reduced from 40 minutes $40 minutes to five minutes, having two of the cross over tracks will make the system more efficient until the new bart cars arrive in 2017. the other issue affecting residents in the crossover tracks was the landscaping. lot of that landscaping remains but they have been told by the state obviously as you heard from john's report, to hold off on that landscaping because of the drought. once they get the go ahead or if they get the go ahead that is when they'll chashg the changes over there on jones road in walnut creek. >> amazing how that one story about the drought impacts many stories here. a man died following a fire in an oakland hills home. crews say the fire started about 4:00 a.m. in a house on apateo

street in the piedmont pines neighborhood. the fire may have started in the kitchen. res crews say he was in the hospital having a heart attack. the family woke up to the smell of smoke. >> my husband woke up and smelled the smoke and called the fire department and they said they just come by to check it out and we saw when they pulled up they just started running inside because there was smoke coming out of the chimney and the windows were hot. so they knew something was wrong. >> so far officials didn't identify the victim. a man in his 70s lived there and was a rent dent there many years. parents are getting a weren'ting after two new cases of hooping cough were reported. we have more on what the antioch district is doing about the highly contagious disease. >> parents have been put on

notice. >> we had two reported cases of whooping cough. we were notified by medical authorities on monday morning. >> it can start like a cold and get worse fast. the disease can spread easily with symptoms lasting for months. this week school officials say there was one case at antioch high and the other at deer valley high. school officials notified parents and added it on the first page of the antioch school website. it explains the seriousness of the disease, and other information is listed on the website above schools as well. >> we notified the teachers that had the two students in their classrooms so that they are aware of the situation so that they could take precautionary measures. >> reporter: the california department of health recommends everyone get vaccinated for the disease. the disease is treatable. school officials say once they heard of the disease they had all of the classrooms recleaned

and have yet to hear of any additional cases. we're learning more about the woman arrested after stealing a fence last night at san jose art. she's 20-year-old deanna perdole. she was arrested fortress passing and resisting arrest. she scaled a perimeter fence on the back side of the airport. she made it across the tarmac and across the run way before a ups employee spotted here. she was uncooperative when they took her into custody. airport officials say they have increased patrols and trying to secure funding for security upgrades. >> they are expensive. it is millions of dollars. we are seeking federal funding in order to first determine what those technologies are and certainly increasing the height of the fence line. i want to reiterate our current fence line meets all federal security standards. >> the airport is reviewing

whether motion sensors or infrared technology will work best. they're revalg surveillance footage and see how they can improve. the breach is under investigation and don't have a motive why the woman wanted to go in an unrestricted area of the airport. a suspect is expected to plea to the death of an oakland mother killed by an err -- by a stray bullet. the man was arrested and say he was originally accused to being an accessory to the crime. after reviewing the case they decided to charge him with murder. the victim, the 30-year-old was hit by a stray bullet on chestnut street on march 9 as she tried to rush two of her three children into her home. three men have been arrested in the case. police are still searching for more suspects. we are learning about more strange messages from someone claiming to be the ringed leader

behind the kidnapping case. according to the chronicle an e-mail was sent yesterday to attorneys representing denise huskins and her boyfriend. the author called off an ultimatum for the police to apologize for calling the incident was a hoax. they say, we will not attempt any further damage or ham. it started on march 23 when her boyfriend called the police to report she was kidnapped for ransom. two days later she turned up unharmed at his father's house in huntington beach. the police believe the whole incident was a hoax. people that lived in the neighborhood, say they don't know what to believe. >> we are worried about maybe we have criminal around here that rented -- >> police and the fbi are not commenting onto case. the sender said yesterday's message will be the last for at least several months. a graduate student at stanford is charged with trying

to poison several classmates at the school of medicine. the stanford daily reports the unidentified student allegedly put a poison into the water bottles of fellow students last fall reportedly two students became ill. the paper says the unidentified student has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. a spokeswoman at stanford calls it a sad and heart-breaking situation and says the affected students are getting support from the university. a small quake shook the east bay. the magnitude 2.7 quake hit after 7:00 a.m. people in conquered berkeley and walnut creek reported feeling light-shaking, but no reports of damages or injuries. in a hearing defense attorneys will limit the evidence the jury will hear in a wrongful death civil suit filed by the parents of audrey pott.

she was the saratoga high school student who committed suicide after being sexually assaulted by three teenage boys in 2012 at a party. they admitted they assaulted her while drunk and unconscious. the family of one boy settled with pott's parents and will not face trial. the governor of arkansas says he wants to see changes to the state's controversial rejich allows freedom bill before he signs it. governor hutchinson said this morning he is sending the measure back to the state legislature. hutchinson originally supported the bill but walmart and a number of religious and civil rights groups opposed the law. they say it could allow businesses to discriminate against gays and lesbians. latest of series of politicians to ban travel to

indiana because of the religious freedom act there. indiana governor mike penn said the law was not intend to do legalize discrimination and asking lawmakers in the state to clarify the legislation by the end of the week. potential presidential candidate jeb bush who was in the bay area this afternoon for a series of fund raisers said he supports indiana's religious freedom law. he will fund raise in silicon valley. many bay area high-tech firms came out against the indiana law including, twitter yelp, square apple and salesforce. just ahead no place to stay why some south bay shelters for the homeless shut their doors. breezy and cool outside as another warmup coming our way or rain? we'll have the complete bay area forecast. the deadline has passed

without a deal on iran's nuclear program, so why are negotiators still talking? . .

. joni mitchell was found unconscious at her home and regained consciousness as paramedics were taking her to the hospital. she will be honored at a jazz event next month. the 71-year-old was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in '77. negotiations are heading to double over time with iran. all these ex stepses extensions are bringing criticism. >>reporter: many think this is a prelude to a bad deal. the seven countries involved in the talks, including the u.s.

and iran, think there's been enough movement to keep talking. >> we've accomplished quite a bit. i hope we can finalize the work on wednesday. >>reporter: but think of what they have to finalize, fundamental questions like inspections for iran's nuclear program and what to do about the fuel stock piles and when to lift economic sanctions. this goes well beyond small details. still the white house thinks another day or so is worth the effort. >> as long as the conversations continue to be productive we're going to continue to have them. >>reporter: while polls suggest positive stats for the negotiations, some say it should end. >> the best approach would be to walk away now, reinstitute the suspended sanctions and then impose new sanctions to get back to a position of

strength. >>reporter: talks will continue for now. as far as the negotiations go, iran says that they're edging closer to an agreement, and they may release some kind of a draft document shortly. we've heard that before. some shelters have closed and several homeless people don't know where they'll live. the governor is issuing mandatory restrictions for the drought, but rain is on the way? >> a lot could happen between now and then, but there's an amazing amount of forecast models in sync with rain. it looks promising. a few days to go. it was cold this morning.

we had a lot of 30s. the climb mat data for march was record setting for march. much of alaska is also very warm. you also get very low rainfall. the third dryest march in 165 years. cool and breezy out today. we have cold lows today and again tomorrow. it sure looks like rain will move in easter sunday and carry right into monday and tuesday. it's been a long time since we've had upper 50s and 60s by noon. i pretty good breeze kicking

up. it's cool out there in the shade. i'd like to wish a happy birthday to livermore, 139 years young on this date april 1, 1876 when it was incorporated. a few high clouds up to the north. there's also mostly clear skies. cold air made it up in the sierra. this has come way down and look at this cold unstable pattern. breezy and cool, partly cloudy

to the north, windy alt times. some of the lows are also near average, but not something we've been able to say here with everything running warm. today is kind of a cool day, and we'll continue that into thursday and friday. i hate to do it, but it sure looks like rain coming in and a cold pattern next week. >> don't say you hate it. >> i know, but maybe we can get it in the afternoon. a wildfire prompted evacuations in southern california that began as a controlled burn. and winds blew it out of control. families are now back home. 185 acres had burned, and the

fire is 30% contained. still ahead, the price of san francisco real estate nears a new milestone, plus christy and her initiative taking place today.

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with reports about concern of corporate profits and the dow currently down, along with the nasdaq and s&p. the median selling price for a home is almost $1 million. that's up 16% from a year ago. san jose is approaching that mark. oakland the median price is up, but still less than $600,000. christy amaguci has become a help for children getting an early start with literacy. >> becoming a mom and having kids in the public school system, i'm inspired to do what i can to help with their success and see that other kids

possibly who don't have the foundation of learning to read at home to encourage the love of books early on. >> today her foundation is donating books. the government taking action on restrictions because of the drought. we'll have more on that at 5 .

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