i would not say that 19th avenue has been cured. 19th avenue cross over drive are still some of the problem locations in terms of collisions. >> and similarly with data on areas like 19th avenue and how doubling the fines and other things impact that and also the red light cameras and intersections in the city and useful to know if that helped to reduce the number of collisions in those key intersections where we have the red light cameras and i know the department of public health always argues the reduction of speed limits saves lives and reduces collisions and i would like to know in school zones and 15 miles per hour at school times is effective if there is data from the mta in the future as well. >> in terms of the red light camera program we noticed decreases where we have used them. again there were multiple things we were doing at locations to improve them so sometimes it's combination of enforcement and engineering change. overall red light camera collisions are down significantly from where the program started so i would say we are going in the right direction and they decreased o

along 19th avenue we have a greening project. part of it is completed. there is an additional 600,000 in the streets bond for completing the planting between winona and here and this completes my presentation. thank you. >> thank you. the next presentation will be from the mta and it's ricardo alia. i assume you're not related. are you? >> yes we are. good morning supervisors. my name is ricardo alia and the traffic engineer with the mta so we deal with the traffic controls on the streets, signs, markings and other traffic safety. i will go over district 7 information and some of the things that we do to try to improve safety. in terms of the overall collision pattern frs the city here is a chart. there was a decline in the mid90's and the 2000's and we have been in a holding pattern and hope to improve soon in terms of trying to get fewer and fewer collisions that injure people each year in san francisco. in terms of the fatal collisions it's of general decline. there is up and down pattern but the fatal collisions have been low in san francisco but the

pennsylvania avenue, woodyard road, overnight construction. nih, on thea near southbound side, one lane getting by. in light volume. road eachcanal direction between arizona and the chain bridge. that should be done by 5:00. we are good on va 95 up to the beltway. back to you. >> thank you. inwant to get to new details monday's deadly bombing at the boston marathon. police are searching an apartment in a boston suburb. >> massachusetts state police will only tell us that a search warrant related to the investigation has been served. tahman bradley has a latest. >> this morning the city of boston is on heightened alert to 1124 hours after terror erupted. thousands were celebrating patriots' day and running the boston marathon when a few yards from the finish line at 2: 50 p.m. the first bomb exploded. >> multiple people down here. stand by. the whitensued among smoke. then another explosion seconds later. three people killed including an eight-year-old boy. more than 140 injured. it's i saw the smoke and then everybody running everywhere. >> i

you can look on park avenue. you can look down fifth avenue at washington square arch. you are not many other places in manhattan that are like that. the pan am building was built to make money. they tore down an old baggage handling place just north of the station and put up the pan am building and what was fascinating is when the penn center was arguing against the landmark designation later on, it was a little i a kid who is accused of killing his parents and says, and, hey, have mercy, i'm an orphan. because the lawyers for the penn central said, well, this has already been ruined as a landmark by the pan am building, which, of course, they had to build, so why worry about putting up another skyscraper? it was not a very persuasive argument. i thing most people, and believe it or not the abandoned building was adapted to the site and made to be less mammoth than it actually was going to be a rigidly. but it still sticks out like a sore thumb. >> i'm curious, there are some wonderful railroad terminals in other cities. philadelphia, baltimore with a grand, provided g

ocean avenue. all this heading to the north. if you are not raining yet in your neighborhood, there will be wet weather at some time this november. everybody in the low to mid 50s right now. good morning. >> good morning. i believe. update on the drive in benicia, sig alert, eastbound just before you reach military west street. traffic is s squeezing by on the shoulder. 35 miles an hour. quick jump out to the 4, you can see the freeway, 26 miles per hour as you make it right out of antioch and into pittsburg. once you get to concord, top speeds and quick look at san jose as you drive along 280 northbound and crowded out there >> eric: april 15th, now less than three weeks away and new list is ranking the least and most tax friendly states when it comes to doing business. new ranks show from the tax foundation with the least tax friendly states, number one is new york, new jersey comes in at number two and california comes in at number three. four, vermont and rhode island rounds out the top five. a

between california and cornwall street, fifth avenue and fourth avenue in the richmond district. he assured the neighbors who were very agast at the idea of these old cable cars being set up that they would be very tasteful and artistic. and essentially, yeah, it was like one room with a little bathroom attached made up of old cable cars. dr. cross thought he was hitting on something. there were hundreds of thousands of people who were homeless, looking for new places to live in the aftermath of the earthquake and fire. so he thought why not use these old cable cars. it only lasted about 10, 12 years. guess it wasn't a big hit. he built a more conventional apartment building after that to replace it. it really was the 1906 earthquake and fire that sort of spelled the end of carville. you have these hundreds of thousands of people looking for new homes, suddenly displaced. now they might listen to these men and say, look, you were renting before. you don't want to live there. i've got this lot out here, sand dune. but it's $100. you can build a house here for cheap. suddenly, more

put down park avenue at grand central and fifth avenue at washington square. not many other places in manhattan i like that. the panhandle was built to make money. they tore down an old baggage handling place north of the station. what was fascinating was penn central is arguing against the landmark designation later on was a little like a kid who is accused of killing his parents and sis have mercy, i am an orphan because the lawyers of penn central said this has r-rated been ruined as a landmark by the pan am building, which they don't, so why worry about another skyscraper? believe it or not, the pan am building was adapted to the site and need to be less mammoth than it was going to be originally, but it still sticks out like a sore thumb. >> i'm curious, there are some wonderful rare road terminals and other cities. also more, what is the chronology? this grand central before or after? and it was after, did you take examples or mother railroad terminals? >> a boucher contemporaneous. reagan's stand for new york central before they went to work at grand ce

this is on minnesota avenue in the willow glenn neighborhood. they're expecting somewhere around 35 companies out here. nationwide, they're trying to get 500,000 vets jobs by the end of next year at this date. reporting live here in san jose, bob redell, nbc bay area news. >> coast to coast a great program, thank you very much. >>> how about this one? a couple in mountain view very happy their newborn is safe and healthy following an unexpected delivery. >> little juna morikawa was born. her mother was in the bathroom when her water broke. with no time to go to the hospital, her father, kota, ran to a neighbor for assistance. the neighbors had never delivered a baby before but someone had to help. >> first time, i pushed and the baby just came out. but the baby didn't cry. so i thought, oh, my god, i'm going to risk my baby here. but then she did something. and then i heard the baby crying. no, i was so relieved. >> juna and her mother went to the hospital after the delivery and received a clean bill of health. seems like she had a pretty easy l

it's a house fire on holiday avenue between wright and peralta avenue. this fire is very close to cesar chavez street and highway 101. fire crews arrived on the scene. they were dispatched at 6:48. they got their quick. i heard the radio call during one of my traffic reports. they got there and knocked this down. it was reportedly a fire that started in the garage of this house and you can definitely see that there's smoke coming up but they have -- but they've declared the fire contained at this time in san francisco. stay with ktvu. we'll let you know as we find out more about the fire. we don't know if anyone has been injured or not. back to the desk. >>> thank you, sal. also happening now in san jose, within the past hour, firefighters raced to the scene of a popular south bay restaurant. ktvu's christien kafton joins us live from the scene to tell us what they found when they got there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. we're here at the shopping center. you can see the crew breaking it down. they were called out here to this pasta pamaadora.

pennsylvania avenue was sealed off at the white house. hous the closest people can get lafayette park. park. the extra personnel can be seenn on both the ground and the roofr of the white house. hous >>> while today is emancipationi day, the parade recognizing that d.c. holiday will go on scheduled. >> it will begin at 7:00 a.m. and mayor vincent gray, and police chief kathy lanier say sy that extra police measures arecs already in place. plac >> we leave that we are well prepared to defend the 632,000 0 people that live here and theand many thousands of people who visit the city at this time of the year. >> for washington d.c. because we have so many event here anded because this is the nation's capital, the combination of law enforcement resources here, united states state park he police, metro transit police and all ofan our partners around hee working so closely together.toge we have a lot of assets and resources here and everythingevg that needs to be in place is inn place. >> the u.s. is not the only only country beaching u beefing

at 1504 minnesota avenue.put that up on the screen in case i am regergy taiting too much information. you can go to hiring our heroes for more information. reporting live in san jose, willow glen, actually. bob redell. "today in the bay." >>> thanks so much. christina loren is back. >> we are looking really good. i linked that up to my facebook page. it is really easy to find. 5:4567 5:45. looking good this morning. i wanted to start with this picture of traffic. we are going to see quite a built of low cloud cover. get ready for that. keep in mind you want to travel cautiously. 5:45. we are going to show san bruno. there is your fog this morning. you can see here it is pretty thick. we are, pekting possible flight delays out of sfo. i will let you know as soon as you get that information. 54, oakland. 52, san jose and 50 in gilroy to start the day. it has brought the refreshing out there, really nice, specially when you consider that. a lot of people have the a.c. on overnight. high pressure heads south. that

on portrero avenue the northbound lanes are closed.you take this route to work you need to find a detour. it will be closed at least the next 45 minutes according to san francisco police. this tree fell at 3:00 a.m. and they have done a job of clearing it. they have cleared a pathway of folk living in this house because they could not get out because the tree was blocking their front door. a lot of damage here, a lot of very high wind in san francisco this morning. live in san francisco this morning for abc7 news. >> the wind created headaches for people in the east bay in pleasant hill downed trees toppleed vehicles and ripped plants from their pots. in san francisco, homicide investigators are investigating the death of a man in a residential high-rise in pacific heights. the death has been deemed "suspicious" and police are looking for a "person of interest" in this case. >> we have more breaking news from san francisco, a doughnut shop worker is in the hospital after being shot during a robbery attempt after 3:00 this morning at ha

tim kennedy. >> hello, i'm timmy live on 41 avenue. i'm coming here today because i'm a certified person. my prim certain is not with the underground water. my prim certain is with the pipeline location. and particle with the south sunset well location. if the eir the well, is located on 40 and the pipeline will make a 90 degree it goes up one block north and makes a 90-degree angle & then goes north were when the pipe runs it's a going to cause a lot of stress and that's going to cause for the residents it could cause main breaks. my other certain is that around homeowners there's no search tanks you should have a search tank following the discharge side of the well. it absorbs the pressure and creates less stress on the pipelines. i would like to suggest in the eir there's an additional pipeline for sunset boulevard. i would like it the commission to look at that. i know that one of the concerns is traffic during the construction on that sunset boulevard but the construction would little bits at a time perhaps one lane closed off at

it is possible i think in the shopping avenue district there from 19th avenue and irving to irving and 27th avenue, there are many other location that is are not as busy, not as congested, they don't have the large supermarket and the loading truck, they don't have the post office and the large and smaller mail trucks that come there all day and the 71 bus which runs 24 hours a day. please give consideration to ask dpw and at&t to be a bit more creative. there are intersections at 20th and irving, 21st and irving, 22nd, 23rd, and many of those locations have blank walls where they are just building sites and not that much traffic. thank you very much for your attention. >> before you sit down, i have a question, i'm not as familiar with the neighborhood as many of you are. 20th and irving, you're suggesting are better alternatives? >> they're still shopping areas, but the -- >> there's no bus line going down there? >> the bus line is going on 23rd out bound on the south -- excuse me, the west side. >> what about 21st and 20th? >> 21st and 20th are just less congested, not as much traff

this morning when firefighters responding to a medical call at a home on dwight way near san pablo avenue. christie smith is live on the scene. she has the latest for an update on this situation. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. i just spoke with berkeley police. they say this was very unusual. firefighter got a medical cal to a home on dwight way. when they arrived, they were only here for a couple of minutes when someone inside of the home started shooting. a man believed to be in his 80s. one firefighter was hit, grazed but treated at the scene and is recovering. this started around 1:41 this morning, a small home on the 1200 block of dwight way. five firefighters responded to help with this medical call. about ten minutes in, they called berkeley police asking for help and then they called back and said this had escalated. a man had opened fire. all of the firefighters made it out and the man barricaded himself inside. >> it was a very small residence. so i could imagine that the situation was very scary for them but they were able to get out and, you know, luckily this

canal road (the chains bridge and arizona avenue. good to go on 270. no troubles of on the capital beltway. in the wheaton area, georgia avenue and university, you can get by utility work. 355 southbound near nih, starting to wrap up construction. back to you. >> thank you. we want to get to the big story that we will be following all day long. that is the explosions at the boston marathon. fbi and other members of law enforcement now searching for clues to figure out who is behind monday's deadly bombing. >> three people so far have died. one of them is an eight-year-old boy. will the 140 people injured. we begin coverage with brianne carter live in a satellite center. >> good morning. just getting reports from a tv station in boston that law enforcement officers are searching an apartment in the boston suburb of revere, massachusetts. state police say a search warrant related to the investigation has been served. abc news has officials tracking several persons of interest trying to find out who is behind the blast. tragedy at an american twoition aft

bay bridge tone, moderately avenue -- toll plaza, moderately avenue.w traffic still on the san mateo bridge. let me move this over. we're gonna try to get back down here to the san mateo bridge. there it is. traffic is very heavy across the bridge because of earlier problems. you can see the dumbarton bridge is much better. i would go with that, if i were you. >>> a little bit of patchy fog came back. not a lot but a little bit there. you can see some of that. doesn't mean much except it will be cooler. yesterday, we were fog free. you can thank or blame the system washing out over the sierra nevada. this morning, reno and truckee got rain. yesterday, we had mid- to upper 60s. it was very warm. now we've turned things around with the westerly breeze. that will translate into cooler temperatures today. fog is not up and down the coast. it's mainly san mateo, santa cruz coastline. but there's a westerly breeze in place for most. not for all but for most. it was much stronger this morning. giants are in chicago. this big system continues to send snow to t

proposed location on grand avenue near spruce avenue.now that's after redwood city officials shut down hitch for clinic on el camino real and oak wood drive. 2 years ago 7 news vick lee has more on the controvers controversy. >> planned parenthood wants to operate the clinic in this building. across the street from the city hall public library xlechblingts also within sight of the catholic church and school. planned parenthood say they won't perform abortion here. >> it's preventive health care here and in fact this health center in south san francisco we hope to provide primary care for community there. so i think, you know, and we are not going to provide abortion services there. >> nevertheless 32 s been plenty of opposition to the clinic. this binder contains lots of letters and petitions mostly from abortion opponent. carolyn is one of them. >> i'm opposed to the abortion even though they said there's not going to be any procedures. but i know it's just g just to get the foot in the door. >> business owners also worrie worried. most

and as he waited at a stop sign on keller avenue somebody rolled up an shot him. boyer car careened off the road and crashed in a ravine. >> everybody loved him. everybody loved working with him. the great patient care. i think those are some of the best qualities about him. >> he started working as medic in the county in 2000 8. he worked for amr with brian stow stowe. stowe was also a paramedic. he was badly beat ep after giants dodger game in 2011. >> it's just two years that that if they are reeling. same emotion 0coming wac. >> medic rally held fundraiser for brian stowe. now most don't know what to do to help boyer family. friends say he got married one year ago this month. >> having a tough time. very emotionalment it has been an emotional week. just the circumstances of what happened. about. >>reporter: counselors coming here since tuesday and will be here once again to speak with staffer tomorrow. live in san jose tonight, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. security video captured the quick response of vacationing pinole police officer this weekend. on sat

pennsylvania avenue has been sealed off the white house.a personnel can be seen both on the ground and the white an house roof. a secret service spokesperson says that the precautions are taken out of precautions. me trop tametropolitan police se department is on heightened alert. emancipation parade is going gn to depo on scheduled. -- go on as scheduled? sche , we believe that we are well wl prepared to be able to defend the thousands of people that tht live here and the thousands ofas people that visit the city especially during this time of m the year. >> reporter: mayor gray and and chief lanier saying there's bee' no information that would woul suggest a threat to today's festivities. meanwhile, metro police as well are reminding people to report o any suspicious, unusual behavioa or any suspicious packages, bac, to you, guys. >>> all right, melanie alnwick reporting, thank you very much, melanie. >>> new this morning, we arewe e hearing more about the heroes coming out of the aftermath of e the boston attacks. >> officials in boston

has a water main break closing west virginia avenue and mt. olivet rd. near new york avenue in northeast d.c. because of bad water main break. belle glade lanes are open past connecticut avenue. good morning. -- the beltway lanes are open. back to you. >> thank you. we continue to monitor north korea. the u.s. and other countries are watching to see if north korea will go through with threats to launch a missile. >> john gonzalez has been following developments from the satellite center. >> the u.s. is on high alert again this morning. north korea is celebrating an important holiday in with the backdrop of a looming nuclear threat against the world. keeping the standoff intense, kim jong un's government did a double down. >> although the situation is tense, people have bright faces and are very happy. >> promises of a war with the u.s. and higher quality weapons. secretary john kerry says the u.s. will remain -- but the u.s. will remain on high alert. >> the u.s. will do what is necessary to defend our allies anagainst. it's the no. has rejected offers f

the san francisco police are monitoring the road closing on 48th avenue.there was any idea when this tree will be chopped up and brought out and taken away, they have absolutely no idea. 48th avenue is clod

busy college avenue, which is up that way from us. here on the 5300 block of manilla avenue.ing around this neighborhood. it's the kind of place where people watch out for each other and they have a strong neighborhood watch association. it was last night around 9:30 when a holdup turned violent. one of the victims was shot. someone tried to rob a man and woman at gunpoint and for whatever reason, that armed robber opened fire on the man, hitting him in the left shoulder. he was rushed to the hospital, but we understand he is in stable condition and is expected to survive. for people who live in this part of oakland, this violent crime is very unsettling and one man i talked to said you always have to stay aware. >> that's usually what happens. we used to serve dinner, but it gets dangerous around here at night because people aren't aware and they get caught offguard and that's a bad thing. >> police say the shooter in this case took off and didn't end up stealing anything from the pair. so far, oakland police haven't put out a description of the person they are searching for

the burglaries have occurred on third avenue, grand boulevard and valdez avenue. most have been during daylight hours. thieves may knock on doors first to see if anyone is home. >>> a man on a bicycle died in marin county yesterday when he fell under a pickup truck. it happened about 12:30 on sir francis drake boulevard. a slow moving pickup was passing the bicyclist when he began to lose control of his bike. the man, who was, by the way, wearing a helmet, fell under the pickup and was hit by the rear wheel of the car. he died of his injuries. >>> for the second time in three days and incredibly in the same place young children were left alone inside a hot car in san leandro. it happened yesterday where police found a three-year-old and a four-year-old child inside a car at the marina square shopping center. the windows were rolled up all the way. their father was found in a nearby store and arrested for child endangerment. >> shouldn't believe people in a vehicle without air conditioning or a pet or anything for that nature. we are getting close to the summer mon

no incidents to report out of of canal avenue headed toward to arizona avenue.v the bwi parkway is an eyesore,e, earlier problem at powder mill l road now cleared. now that's a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> thank you very much. >>> d.c. public schools ares are making critical investments in the upcoming school year in ye hopes of improving opportunitieo for students and educators. those areas include lit literard including an effort to better engage parents. joining us miss henderson. >> before we talk about all of l that the event yesterday in boston tragic and terrible. tere we do tend to think when you seu something like that our own area where we live, how safe are we,, and all of that type of thing? you are charged with the education of students, childrenh and also keeping them safe. how comfortable are you with thi level of safety of children in n the d.c. public school system? >> tragedies like this remind us that whatever we do, there's always something that we can't control. that being said, i think the events in new town and boston bo have caused

d and 1245 avenue request for discretionary review. on march 14th, the commission adopted and motion to prove the project from moving the kitchen and continue the item to april 4th consent calendar to allow draft with the appropriate findings. >> 1096 union street. item 7, amendments to the planning code adding new section 102.31 to establish annual monitoring requirement. item 8, intention to initiate again planner amendments to a bicycle plan pursuant to code, the commission will consider to amend initiation to the planning. i believe there is one speaker card. >> g white. hi. i would like to object to item no. 6, 1096 union street. i'm a resident of the neighborhood and professor: if you are going to request to have it pulled off consent that's all you need to do we'll pull it off and have it heard as the first item at the regular cal endar. any other public comments on the consent calendar? commissioner moore, were you interested in pulling off an item? >> i had asked staff to consider pulling 40 off and i think that concurred with

on the exterior along 18th avenue, the existing building on the top shows some extensive landscaping along 18th avenue which i will have more detail on later as well as new store fronts in the middle where there is now exit doors from the theatre but bring lights inside to glass and make it more visible and how to make it move through building and how to move through commercial spaces in the building. >> a little hard to see but the section drawings shows the existing conditions above and the design below. we are planning to build a flat floor over the gently sloping floor and these meet the design guidelines so that they are removable in the future if that were to be reused as a theatre. on the existing parking lot there is a 57 car parking lot there and we are proposing to build a mixed use building, the ground floor is a commercial retail space and above a mix of 37, 1, 2, 3 bedroom units . we picked this particular style, mediterranean style with the way the building was built in the 1920s and the housing in that neighborhood and a lot of it was built at that time and picked up t

this is along southbound 101 before dunn avenue we have delays in the area but the car thousand is resting on the roof. it is on a guardrail. watch out if that crash. a little bit of slowing in the area. that will be around until further notice. in hayward, toward the san mateo bridge, westbound side of 92 but you reach industrial boulevard a car fire senator -- on the shoulder. and the mass transit shows on this earth day it looks like bart, muni and caltrain running along with no delays. eric? >> question start with the latest on the boston marathon bombings at 11:50 a moment sigh license takes place in boston and across the country to mark a week since the deadly attack. now more from the newsroom. >> we learned a lot overnight in the investigation. we have learned that tamerlan, the brother who now is dead in the attacks, actually called his per during the shootout that went on with police in watertown on thursday. before the shootout when he and his brother hijacked a car in watertown, the suspect, if we can get to the video, actually left his cell phone in the car and that is how wat

new york avenue remakes open for business, continuing from river dale. bw parkway nice and easy with no issues to report. we will show you what else is on the road, not a lot. lot. top stretch, still college park headed to 270, lanes are open, if you are traveling leavingleag toward andrews, southbound 355,o the road is still here at cedar lane, pushing everybody up. heading out of bethesda headingn toward the d.c. line. that is a check of fox 5 on time traffic. >>> all right, julie, thanks. >>> just a reminder, of course,f that is today is the tax deadline. the white house has releaseded president obama's 2012 return. n he paid a federal tax rate of 18.4% last year.18.4last y the president and mrs. ow obamad adjusted comm, an income and pad $112,000 and reported $127,000d0 to charity. chari >> a lot to charity.charity. >> and president obama being criticized for other numbers he released recently. >> we have the latest on a buckebudget battle including ind opposition from his own party.y. >> president obama budget offering to save millions of dollars fr

i live at 1415 masonic avenue which is one block over to the west and down a little bit behind the 61 1 buena vista. thanks for your time here. ~ i don't want to repeat what has been said, quite a bit today. this is really an unusual situation. for one thing, we probably had everything not necessarily under control, but everything was in harmony. the house was as it is today and now we find that they want to increase the footprint and the visual footprint of this house in this little tiny spot. so, my view is that it's a very disproportionate situation and the main thing that -- how it impacts me and my wife, we've lived there for 25 years, is the light and glare that comes off the back of the house. obviously they want to have some views to the ocean so they have a lot of glass. in my view it's a disproportionate amount of glass. it does impact the light and glare that we get. so, thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker. hello. >>> [singing] ♪ so, come with me and share the oceanview i hope you get good luck with your item review hold this item now judge it now nothing's goin

the highway patrol issued a sig- alert for highway 9 at santa cruz avenue due to the broken line. but we just learned the road has reopened. these are live pictures, once again, from newschopper2 of the scene. pg&e says they are not sure about the cause of the break but the leak has been capped. a chase bank next to the bank was briefly evacuated. this was first reported just after 10:30. once again, a gas leak in los gatos this morning. >>> the bay area's bid to host the super bowl just got a boost during the past two hours. new at noon, ktvu's sal castanedo joins us live to let us know the familiar names joining the effort. >> reporter: you said it. today at city hall some pretty big names participated in a meeting to try to secure the bay area's bid for the super bowl. now, bay area leaders are pulling out some nfl stars in its bid to host super bowl l. today mayor lee announced the 2000 new high-profile members of the team. >> it's my privilege to co a- announce -- co-announce two people, george receiveert and steve young, they -- seifert and steve young, they don't need intro