expect to see plenty of traffic long the nimitz and surrounding streets so use bart today.e headed out this with drive time traffic tracy to dublin loading up 34 minutes in the westbound direction. 101 from san rafael to san francisco is under 20 minutes. >> a startling new report of autism from the centers for disease control. one in 68 children live with the disease up 30 percent from the last major study in 2008. boys are five times more likely to be diagnosed than girls. it is believed. of the increase is because the doctors are diagnosing autism more frequently especially in children with milder symptoms. >> is marriage good for your heart health? people who are married seem to have a lower risk of several types of cardiovascular disease. researchers. say the difference is modest but most notable in those under 50. married people do better after undergoing surgery to clear blocked blood vessels in the heart. maybe because they have someone to take care of them. that study was in the american heart journal. >> we have good news for people up at this hour, mcdonald's is

take the nimitz if you can, a round about way to get to the nimitz that could help you.the drive through walnut creek southbound 680 busy and it will take you 14 minutes if highway 4 to the 24 junction. >> a-listers joined forths with athletes to raise money for children battling serious illnesses in a fundraiser for children's hospital and the painted turtle a camp for sick kids. the star-studded crowd including annette benning and kathy griffin raising more than $1 million. >> the morning news is back in 60 seconds. >>> here are seven things to know before you go: four cvs drugstores in northern california are under investigation this morning for possibly allowing thousands of prescription painkillers to get on the black market. the "los angeles times" reports 37,000 pills were taken from pharmacies in fairly and dixon and modesto possibly by employees. >> two, a water main district in has a broken pipe in the lower haight but it did not damage property. right now the service to 50 homes is affected. >> international authorities say the disappearance of a malaysian jet

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nimitz is slowing down as you make it to mission. headed into san francisco, this is where shooting took place. the intersection will be shut down. it is not affecting 280 in and out of the dallas city. in the outer mission district avoid that. to the north, 4th is shut down. it will be until further notice because of the massive construction fire that happened in china basin. >> we have a new twist on a prescription: what a drugmaker is doing to make sure people do not abuse a popular painkiller. >> pope francis celebrating one year as heard of the catholic church. >> a city spent $400,000 on new packing meters but there is something not quite right. >> breaking news in san francisco, with a s.w.a.t. team and officers guns drawns arrest the seen of a shooting in outer mission. save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.ould yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know the ancient pyramids were actually a mistake? uh-oh. geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. so i was basically uninsur

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the nimitz freeway, this no.n is coming out of san leandro into downtown oakland. the southbound ride is still jammed, an extra 20 minutes for your commute to the oakland airport whether you are northbound or southbound. the corridor commute is jammed with light problems there to 37. this kept this down to 46 minutes from san leandro. >> your ride to the bay bridge is about 20 minutes is still slow is the toll plaza. the san mateo bridge is recovering well but it is still 15 minutes. if you're heading to more ran, we're problem free, you may find blustery wind conditions. >> (male annoucer): now here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly. >> ok let's watch the woman down on the ground with a puppy, nothing appears to be out of place, heck she even has the dog on a lease. despite the dog not wanting to be on a leash, so she drops the leash and leaves the dog lying there while she chats with her friends and eat lunch >> nats: ambiance then a few minutes later she walks over to the puppy grabs the

to use the nimitz freeway approach, you will have an easy ride.r ride to the richmond san rafael bridge and no real problems left here is the traffic in all of the land and as you can see coming from 580 the richmond westbound no longer any backup or delay. e-shore freeway in fact freeways and general this morning the showy lighter than usual traffic for a monday. mancini backups on about six a year even in the san ramon valley 3 west 580 looks good. with the nimitz freeway. where's all the traffic that should be there. something for which look great in the the with the accident that we had a sunnyvale, north bound 85 central expressway, even that backup is cleared out and never ran the ride is back down under 30 minutes from a bottle to the golden gate bridge. a pizzeria in vancouver has a topping you can only get with a prescription. marijuana. the pizzeria,mega ill, makes this piece of. for an extra $10, the and use the food oil extracted from marijuana treated the people who run mega ill said the only serve up slices to people for over the age

the nimitz freeway between oakland and hayward and the east shore. richmond berkeley. here's what we're talking about. you can see that westbound 580 drive quiet past the pleasanton area into the castro valley. live look at the nimitz right now in oakland and southbound 880 near the oakland coliseum. except for that real mccoy forry everything on time, including bart systemwide. that's your latest kpix traffic. >> thank you. >>> u.s. stock futures are flat ahead of this morning's opening bell. asian markets sank on disappointing news about chinese trade. >> reporter: this week investors will find out if americans are shopping again. reports on retail sales and consumer sentiment are due in the coming days. on friday the dow rose nearly 31 points. the nasdaq dropped 16 points. u.s. employers stepped up hiring last month despite the brutal winter weather. the labor department said friday the economy added 175,000 jobs in future. the unemployment rate inched up to 6.7% from 6.6 because more americans started looking for work. a recent recall for faulty buckles. grieco has

from the nimitz freeway it's a much quicker.ou're heading towards san mateo and foster city and have an easy trip here now incident in all stop and go conditions. 13 minutes to drive time and for your commute into marin county the rich and san rafael bridge getting having now heard sort of right on cue starting to back up in the room left tam lanes which is the right side of your screen. those are fasttrack users. here's an update with james freer weather update. >>: of 44 and concord. a 47 and concord. 47 also. san francisco actually dropped to a degree here in the last half-hour or so. your now 57 degrees. you'll see sunrise and then it will start to warmer. 13 mi. an hour sustained winds of vallejo, 12 unsure filled. wising gus and strong pass 30 mi. an hour out there. after temperatures this afternoon by noontime. as a push toward 3 and the afternoon we will replace most of those temperatures was all a 60 degree weather. residency in yellow will get in the '70s. in fact you see them more widespread '70s. thus the trend with

the nimitz is quiet. highway 85 is not showing any problems but there is a delay northbound 280 approaching the nimitz. that is the off-ramp from north 880. no delays in the southbound direction. walnut creek southbound 680, san rafael, actually, 101 headed into san francisco, wide open. >> ahead, seven things to know use start your day. since i had had health insurance -- icy i needed. of since i had hwhat policy i needed.- within 4icy. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. thhe was a matted messey in a small cage. ng day. health insurance. are you in? so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com [ male annou

nimitz freeway 880 approach about a 16 minute drive time and to san francisco. however is about a 26 minute ride. it's going to cost you at least another 10 minutes for your westbound traffic if you're coming out of the macarthur maze because it to back up to 580 and from time to time 24 gets a little slow as well but the 80 the north bound approach not bad. whichever route you going to take this morning. you're liable to find yourself a pretty nice weather while you do it. let's get the update from james. >>james: take a quick look from our roof camera. we're mostly cleared and chile in spots. don't worry about that though. that will be gone before too much longer. this afternoon is going to be a nice warm one. in fact a much warmer than what we've seen all week. the average temperature for the six cities shows here. you could see san francisco on average 62 degrees for this day of the year. today will be a degrees above that. oakland san jose will be 10 degrees above average this afternoon and that we have pleasanton at eight degrees above and an napa at nine

this is already backing up the 880, this is going to impact the ride southbound on the nimitz 3 at themittee which has been crossed. we're also when to track a problem that will tran has said, here in fremont. this has shut down the coal road and fremont boulevard. in fact, both of these are shut down. you're often it is to use a different way or portend to get around this area. >> even if it is not your destination, the bridge is also born to get busy instead of dakota. >> a story that we have been falling for you all morning. a major intersection of fremont closed since before dawn because of a deadly accident involving a motorcyclist and is suspected drunken driver. kron4 will tran is on the scene with the latest. >> as you can sit, but the investigators are still here seven hours later. the debris is so large that they have so much to go over. they keep pushing at the time back. now, we are hearing the possible way past noon. you should avoid this area. usually, thousands of people are here to hop on the dumbarton bridge. >> this started at the top of vail, a mile away. they stated

the bay area like san jose, can you see traffic is moving smoothly at continue speeds arm from the nimitz and toward the san jose airport along 10167 miles per hour and 280 looking clear through cupertino and 65 miles per hour and 65 on highway 85 into cupertino up to mountain view. we have construction at the bay bridge toll plaza as you move to the first tower and you can see traffic is running smoothly so, obviously, the metering lights are not turned on justity -- just yet. >> a bay area teen gets his wish fulfilled with help from the san jose sharks. >> more on the deadly shooting at l.a.x. and where authorities say airport officials dropped the ball. >> swift motion forking the deadly helicopter crash in seattle with changes in store for pilot whose fly through that gets up to 795 highway the passamiles per tank.sell des s , we're th salesperson #2: actually, we're throwing in a $1,000 fuel reward card. we've never done that. that's why there's never been a better time to buy a passat tdi clean diesel. husband: so it's like two deals in one? avo: during the salesperson #2: first eve

the right of the nimitz freeway and 880 in the south bonn direction. for the drive time now out of san leandro all the way down to the 237 interchange is 53 minutes. this about 80 minutes longer than it should take with this accident and south dakota for to bridge palin 92 still a pretty small commute. 70 minister and return to foster city and to the cemetery interchange 1 01 and 92. and here of 580 westbound backed up and all lanes now >>erica: feeling a little muggy out there but just chilling with cloudy skies. san francisco 56. temperatures will climb. 69 redwood city i think we could actually squeeze out some '70s. if we do have another pacific storm on the way. it will live in the north bay ride around five for 6:00 tonight. rain will continue on into the evening hours. heaviest rain expected by 9:00 tonight. we could see of to a half-inch for the north bay. of course a little higher than that but i don't think will seek more than a quarter of an inch. you'll see this is not that bad of a system. rain will definitely taper off as we wake up early

that includes up and down the bay bridge, some of the nimitz freeway roadwork. here's a live look

same thing up and down the nimitz freeway. not much overnight roadwork across this area approaching high street near downtown oakland exits so it's still in the clear. southbound moving well out of the maze past the oakland airport. bay bridge overnight roadwork wrapped up early, maybe wet weather caused them to wrap it up ahead of schedule. all lanes open from oakland to san francisco. if you are commuting around san francisco, the great highway remains closed southbound between lincoln way and sloat. they are doing some sand removal. we'll get a check of mass transit coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys. >>> new this morning the google barge floated out of the san francisco bay while you were sleeping last night. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is tracking where the top secret google vessel might be headed. cate. >> reporter: frank, michelle, it's another layer of mystery for the google barge. no one knows where it's going next except for google and they're not saying anything. remember, kpix 5 was the first to break t

one of the slowest is the nimitz. this is from 237 down to the 238.it is 58 minutes nearly one hour to get you out of san lorenzo. this backup is building north of the 238. it continues to a highway 237. this was off to a bad start with an accident. this back the both directions of the nimitz freeway trip we are still jammed up on the bayshore freeway and the drive time is 35 minutes from 48 minutes. 280 southbound is not a good alternate. there is a crash on the shoulder. >> the east shore freeway from 33 to 44 minutes for westbound 80 bride a again, this is due to when earlier crash that was over and hour. >> there's nothing but good news for the weather, beautiful skies. this picture from mount tam over the bay, in terms of what we can expect. this is what we are currently looking at. we're still seeing temperatures in the 40's. if you are lucky, your in the low 50's. we have a feel in the lower 40's. it is brisk and are no time will warm-up until the '60s. by lunchtime, 3:00 p.m. it should be sunny and warmer and the temperatures will be in the lo

here's a live look at the nimitz. our camera has been kind of shaking back and forth. so far traffic, the taillights are the commute direction northbound still looking okay and they should be re-opening the 98th off-ramp here any minute by 5:00. also along the peninsula southbound 280 approaching 92 coming into san mateo county. that accident involving a deer is now clear so 101 and 280 both moving at the speed limit. we are starting to see some yellow sensors though now coming out of tracy on westbound 580 approaching 205. you can see those delays at that interchange. once you get a little past that probably about north flynn, then we see speeds improve once again through the livermore valley. san mateo bridge holding steady out of hayward, no delay in either direction. bay bridge, chp did issue one of those wind advisories for the bay bridge and for the benicia bridge. but, of course, be careful on all your bridges this morning. and they also just picked up the overnight roadwork by the way, incline to treasure island. mass transit all on time. bart on a regular sche

the bay bridge westbound is a great conditions, from the east shore or the nimitz. but interstate 80, not to the bay bridge but once she gets to the toll plaza it should be pretty quick. it is still sluggish with stop and go conditions at the toll plaza. it is an 18 minute drive time across the span the we are incidents free. the richmond san rafael bridge was a back up but it is now sold. they have no more delays. >> some survivors and residents of last week's new york city deadly explosion have now received compensation payments. con edision has made payments to 87 people were injured or lost their homes. the payments were made after one on one meetings with the victims. federal investigators found out that a leak in the gas may near one of the east harlem or permit buildings was the reason for the fire. maligned >> a former government employee in new jersey admits to still and hundreds of thousands of dollars in quarters. authority say that he was the building inspectors so he had access to it. >> just put this in perspective, $460,000 equals nearly 2 million qua

in san jose we have drive along 101 away from the nimitz a few extra cars and fuller there and as you head away from the san jose airport accident free. >> a former president reveals he believes the n.s.a. is spying on him. >> an infant boy found abandoned outside a new york city fire station. so i was basically uninsurable. now that i've got coverage, my doctor is a phone call or an e-mail away. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. >>> covering walnut creek, burlingame, cam belt and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> this morning, the united states is stepping up the effort to find futurive african warlord with a pentagon spokesman confirms the united states is spending military aircraft and special operation forces to uganda. his army is accused by the u.n. and human rights groups of killing and mutilating civilians and kidnapping thousands of children. >>> police in new york are looking for the parents or guardian of a baby boy last out in the cold in harlem. officials say the baby w

have a couple of alternates including thornton and el dorado from the east bay to connect to the nimitz which takes you to highway 84 and then the dumbarton bridge. it is not affecting traffic, 56 miles per hour through young city and fremont and the dumbarton at 61 miles per hour so top speeds and starting with the bay bridge toll plaza the metering lights are turned on and at look at san rafael, still drive, pushing to the southbound direction with tail lights away from 580 toward san francisco will take you, now, 20 to 23 minutes. the rain is on the way. and mike nicco is on his way. >> live doppler 7 hd shows moving down afternoon the coast including cloverdale in the next half hour and you should be get wet in 45 minutes. we will breakdown the next 12 hours, partly cloudy with temperatures in the upper 40's and rain moves in by lunch. it will be light. it will hang around until 4:00 and by 7:00 it is again. inland, we have rain to the north after the 7:00 hour through the 9:00 and it will shift to the east bay inland by noon and the south bay by 4:00. at the cost is our best chance

if nimitz freeway to east shore, everything looks great. only about 19 minutes is the drive time. saw the snow in the sierra. right now, there are no train requirements on interstate 80 or highway 50. that could change. pack your chains just in case there's rain and snow on the way. in the meantime, bart looking got. all trains on time and on schedule. >>> live high drf doppler radar, let's look at the screen. that's feeder bands moving in the bay area around the santa cruz mountains precipitation between redwood terrace. cloud cover now from san francisco towards oakland, cooler this morning, in the 50 another 40s, 50s, and 61 degrees in san francisco. here's the bottom line, today, don't leave home without the umbrella, rain does develop, pretty moderate to heavy at times, especially between 2:00 and 3:00 later this afternoon. once it starts raining, we're in the thick of things through tuesday, core of area of low pressure offshore. that is the frontal boundary. watch that happens as it descends from a southerly direction. we have the risk or potential of a thunderstorm. that r

the nimitz freeway is still good. it is the shortest and 18 minutes.the macarthur mayes you may be looking at 28 minutes to nearly half an hour coming from highway 24. the ride from the east shore freeway is still about 23 pence. extrapolate slow and we have no wind advisor is. we have been incident for re. if you are heading to the san mateo bridge you will find it slow traffic on the approach of the overall drive to foster city is still just 16 minutes. if you are going to more ramarin county, i contended that the traffic is backed up in the left and land as you approach the toll plaza. >> we have a dress sole outside the dry conditions. as of right now the temperatures are mainly in the '50s so not too bad. 52 degrees for santa rosa and 55 for oakland. he will need a light jacket perhaps your our umbrella. it will be cloudy for the afternoon the breaks of sunshine. 68 degrees for sunnyvale. we have more rain on the way for tomorrow. hour before detail coming up. >> the time is 7:31 a.m.. santa clara police are trying to ferret out is to our orders h

here is a live look at the nimitz. no problems. further south if you're traveling to milpedas -- we checked in with bart if you want to ride that. everything looks good. trains all on time. that's your latest kcbs traffic. >>> things beginning to subside somewhat. still out of the west at 13 miles per hour in oakland. good morning, and happy saint patrick's day to you right now as you're heading out the door. you're going to feel the difference. it's in the 40s and the 0s. we had a little bit of fog close to the seashore this morning. as you take a look at the flag there you can see it a little bit on the left side, straight out flying a bit early this morning. now the winds are dialing back. they will blow out of the northwest at 20. it will be cooler today. in fact yesterday it was 80 in livermore. today 70. so yes it's going to be much cooler. testimonies begin to warm up again tomorrow, and dry weather all the way through sunday. this is it right there. area of low pressure, bringing some precipitation to the pacific northwest.

there is a lot of work on the nimitz at 280.eek with the drive southbound along 680 to highway 24, the drive is clear with extra cars to the junction. it is only going to take you ten minutes. >> thank you, more in california are leaving their cars behind. a study shows fewer people are driving to commute and run errands. compared to 2001, 22 percent more in california walk, biked and took public transportation than between 2010 and 2012. during that time the number people driving fell by 12 percent. the "los angeles times" says this could help cities decide how to spend their transportation dollars. >> a big change coming to a popular yogurt and what dannon is taking out of yogurt. >> a rare h.i.v. case, something that doctors have never seen before. >> what target is confessing about the data breach and the >>> a look from the mount tamalpais camera, breezy and cooler. if you have had enough sun and heat the last couple of days, it is cooling down. still summer-like, right in. >> new this morning, shoe makers is tiptoeing into

in san jose we check out 101 and the drive is smooth as you leave the nimitz approaching the san jose airport it is move along fine with no construction, no accidents to report. eric and kristen? >> a lot of emotion at san jose city council meeting all over the domed theaters and whether they should be protected as historic landmarks after the owners shut them down. matt? >> as you said the owners of the senator try theaters this san jose on winchester are planning on shutting these down but a group wants to save them from demolition. the meet was emotional because they want the theaters designated as landmarks, having beenibility in 1964 and owners want to sell the property and get out of 9 movie business but many want the dome preserved and re-used. >> very significant. both because of the building and the history and structure and architecture. >> we believe with careful planning our property can again be reimagined and develop 349 that will conserve the needs of our community. >> this is part of the grand opening, 50 years ago designating it as a landmark makes it harder for futur

we are seeing a little bit of slowing away from the nimitz and it clears south of there as you make it closer to the 680 split. >> it is quite empty so nice traffic as you funnel in from the maze to san francisco and the richmond and san rafael bridge shows bridges to the toll plaza beyond the hoffman split and it is not a problem interest -- into berkeley at only 13 minutes. >> if san francisco there was a shooting in the outer mission. one person was taken away on ambulance. he is a man in his 30's who was shot in the leg two hours ago. the area is shut down in both directions. that could pose a problem because this area is a major artery in the city. shooter is not in custody yet. a search is underway. we are gathering more details and will bring you more information. >> firefighters are put out hotspots that are flaring up as a massive apartments complex gutted in the raging fire on tuesday. demolition has begun but the process will take a while. our news reporter is at the scene with the latest. >>> speaking of that, there is supposed to be a meeting for authorities to figure out

looking at 580, it does look good, we had a couple of rough days, today is starting off well and nimitzetween high ward and fremont, it is testify a good start, let's go back to steve. >> we do have a lot of high clouds, cloudy morning, partly sunny skies, we will get into mostly sunny but a lot are high clouds. spring begins at 95 7:00 a.m. of course i will be banking pots and pans. mostly cloudy in the morning and mostly sunny by this afternoon. i really only think inland will still be mild to warm. mostly cloudy in the city and we will be high a mix much clouds and sun. and actually it is still over to the north, we get the 40s and 50s, much warmer and i tell you it was cold the last couple of mornings at least for parts of the coast for a couple of the days and now we get that which is holding the temperatures up. 42 ukiah. 59 and san diego, just a lot of high clouds you see the spin in the atmosphere and i think that will keep an on shore push and i am still being optimistic. more high clouds, cooler coast and bay, 60s and 70s, and 72, sonoma is in there petaluma, 74 fairfield, ric

the drive is good on the nimitz. not much roadwork from hayward 238 towards the downtown oakland exits. later on this evening though you could see some traffic tie- ups in oakland. golden state warriors host memphis 7:30 over by the oracle. right now, near the coliseum though, you can see those taillights moving fine but again expect some delays before and after tonight's game. but you have a while for that. in the meantime you have to get to work today and so far everything still looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. and at 5:01, the overnight roadwork should be clear from the incline toward the tunnel. usually is by just about 5:00 in the morning. we have not seen any delays yet leaving oakland, no metering lights. and i want to show you a quick look at highway 4 where the ride looks good from antioch into concord. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right, elizabeth. thank you. >>> leland yee is out of the race for secretary of state but resisting efforts to vacate his state senate seat.

and here's a live look at the nimitz, 880 in oakland near the oakland coliseum. everything is free-flowing between hayward and downtown oakland. bart also a great idea systemwide no delay. in fact all mass transit, bart, muni, caltrain and ace all on schedule. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." lawrence has your -- kind of what a little 50/50 for this weekend? >>> yeah a split decision. hey, i want to be part of your phone force. just call you? >> yeah, just give us a call. >> i will do that then. telling you all about nice weather today and saturday. high pressure now building in overhead. a few high clouds going to stream across your skies. other than that we are looking good today. plenty of sunshine coming our way and the temperatures going to be warming up in a hurry. looking towards san jose, we have some mostly clear skies and because it's clear outside, the temperatures acolder this morning. 42 degrees in santa rosa. 50 in san jose. and 43 degrees in concord. as we head toward the afternoon, though, enjoying some spring-like conditions outside as high as

a live look now at the nimitz, all the overnight roadwork is gene so all lanes are now open. we did have one earlier crash southbound 880 at washington. but that was quickly cleared to the right-hand shoulder. so yeah, everything looks great between hayward and downtown oakland exits. san mateo bridge traffic definitely beginning to pick up in those westbound lanes in the commute direction all this traffic heading along the peninsula. right now though leaving hayward still only about 13 minutes and mass transit continues to look great as well no delay for anything including bart systemwide on time. remember kcbs when you hit the remember kcbs when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. that is your latest traffic. with the forecast, here's lawrence. >>> first day of spring, you have your hoops bracket filled out, right, liz? >> i do. go, florida! >> go florida. >> i have wisconsin. you can join us here at kpix 5 and boy, you can be in that bracket, too. so join us if you can. hey, you know what? for the first day of spring we are going to see some clouds moving overhead and

the driver eventually went up to the nimitz freeway as a result of the chp is on scene. but have some plans close. right now lanes are blocked. the chp says they hope to open those coming up. as we take it over to the rest of the truck from the bay area to here's a live look at the san mateo bridge. you'll see traffic building on the right-hand side of your screen and all problems are delays as a major way into marin county. >>: 446 is the time. doctors old. with a partially today is the start of the paralympic winter games in russia but the united states will not being sending a presidential delegation because of host russia's military action in nearby set ukraine. his the international paralympic committee says it is monitoring the tensions between russia and ukraine as athletes arrive the games run march 7-16 in the same area as last month's winter olympics. aralympics start today in russia sheriff's officials are warning sonoma residents of a phone scam. police say a caller tells people they're wanted on an arrest warrant, then the caller demands money. he has been u

a live look at the nimitz. northbound traffic on 880 still looks great there. the oakland coliseum oakland airport, and as i mentioned a little earlier it's international transit workers' day. so aac transit is sponsoring the event and give your bus driver a hug today. go ahead everything is on time. b.a.r.t. system wide also looks good. more than 25 trains and caltrain and ace still no delay. remember kcbs once you hit the road at 106.9 fm. that's your latest kcbs traffic. lawrence a gorgeous forecast in store period. >>> just give everybody a hug today liz why not? >> give your anchorman a hug. your weatherman a hug. >> your weatherman. i was hoping you were going to get there. folks around the bay area today a lot of sunshine. the temperatures going to be nice too and the winds are calming down a bit. not like yesterday. so we're working on a beautiful day ahead and see plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. these temperatures will be warming up nicely. and in fact mostly sunny skies all the way to the coastline. and just some minor changes in high pressure

live look at the nimitz, no delays right now between hayward and your downtown oakland stops.thbound and southbound still moving at the limit. just a quick update about bart once again, 7:30 that's when they hope to re-open tracks and wrap up the investigation into the fatal accident that happened last night. no service between south hayward and fremont. head to bay fair on your hayward stations instead. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> now for the latest on the crisis in ukraine. russian has agreed to nato's request to hold a special meeting in belgium today. that meeting will be to discuss the russian military invasion of ukraine's crimea region. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state john kerry has a meeting of his own today to be held in france. he will speak with his russian counterpart, a foreign minister. >> president obama and i want to make it clear 20 russia and to everybody in the world that we are not seeking confrontation. >> last night president obama talked about a possibly resolution with german chancellor angela merkel. the pr

a little closer to home let's take a check of the nimitz. this is a live look in oakland.thbound and southbound so far still moving at the speed limit. the roads may still be a little slick. no major rain going on here like yesterday so not seeing the number of spinouts and accidents that we saw yesterday but just a heads up, maybe a little slower than usual in those northbound lanes. taillights are heading into downtown oakland. we have also been seeing a couple of problems now in this westbound 580 drive. it's very slow from 205 out of tracy. first we had that stall at north flynn. and then now we have an accident actually on westbound 205 on the 580 approach so right in that area. once you get past there, though, actually speeds improve 16 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. so it's because of all the traffic farther east that's making a nice ride actually right now through the livermore valley and pleasanton. bay bridge still pretty typical. even a touch lighter than normal for this time. just backed up to the middle of the parking lot and mai

the nimitz freeway 880 in oakland.night roadwork in both directions northbound approaching oak street. oak street to broadway all that is now cleared. and it's cleared at the southbound lanes, as well. >>> there's some developing news from mendocino county this morning where a sheriff's deputy has been killed. it happened just north of fort bragg in the town of cleone. a man from oregon shot a deputy trying to stop him there. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran has the story now from our newsroom. >> reporter: investigators will be back at the scene of the last shootout between law enforcement and the suspect trying to recreate what happened. it will be difficult for some. it's where ricky del fiorentino was killed. he was a long-time veteran of the mendocino county sheriff's office and was once a coach forefort bragg high school. as the communities mourns his loss, one man we spoke with wishes he could have stopped the suspect before get to to the deputy. >> if my aim had been better, there would be another daddy going home

in oakland nimitz of 73 and 75 degrees up in the north ave. his 7 day around the bay forecast, pretty much the thing going forward is we will maintain spring like conditions for the rest of the week with plenty of sunshine. for the week and we'll wrap up temperatures and get up into the eighties which will be nice to enjoy. how's the commute looking for you. has the month a wind advisory in effect this morning have less speeds have been down and drive times are high. the 80 the approach to the bridge. one of the slow us this morning and one of the usual best and 18 minute drive time is posted. furyk to the san mateo bridge could commute there. there is a problem their borrowing your ride to the richmond center fell bridge. what they some drive times for your commute. on the three minutes now for your ride from hercules to berkeley. 80 minutes for your softball ride from copper down to walnut creek and about a 20 minute trip through the san ramon valley for 680 south abound. out of livermore into dublin interchange. south the freeways we picked

and quickly if alameda county no problems on 580 and 880 as you go toward nimitz freeway. as we take a look at the toll plaza, no major problems. hopefully it stays that way. at 4:48 i've been waiting to say this my whole life, here is steve paulson. [ laughter ] >> nice job. we do have an increase in the low clouds. they are back. so today will be cooler. high clouds to the north but overall once this system goes by we will have a sunny and warmer weekend. it looks like the fog will play into a cooler forecast. pretty good little push over the bay. so look for temperatures low clouds cooler westerly breeze. so a partly cloudy. most of this will clear out by the noon hour. high pressure will build in. saturday and sunday will be okay. 40 and 50s on the temps. 54sfo. 54 because of the low cloud deck some are held up. westerly breeze or southwest fairfield at 10. this is a big conference what we had a couple days egg when it was north and east. 26 up in tahoe. 43 in ukiah. 52 in sacramento. overall look for a little cooler day today. sunny farther south. more clouds to the n

and if you are driving on the nimitz freeway, so far so good. no problems on the dumbarton bridge but a lot of people are already on that commute. let's go to rosemary. >>> okay for your friday we are mainly dry. i do want to take a look at satellite. water vapor showing you plenty of moisture overhead. this ahead of the next system that will bring us rain in time for your saturday. i will give you a look here. there is the center of the circulation. there is the front moving into northern california over the course of today. and again likely to hold off for the most part until the overnight hours for the bay area. let me show you here. picking it up we are mostly cloudy over the north bay. a little bit of light drizzle. most of us will be partly cloudily, mostly dry. there is the shower activity you can see over northern california. by 4:00 in the afternoon it's now maybe heading into areas like ukiah, north bay you remain mostly cloudy. as we get into the overnight hours, the rain begins to fall over the north bay and then it begins to shift s

the nimitz freeway looking clear near oakland airport if you have a flight to catch. the overnight road work did not. find the left lanes blocked on the incline out toward treasure island. that's your latest kcbs traffic. back to you, guys. >>> honda is recalling nearly 900,000 mini vans because of a risk of fire from fuel leaks. the recall involves 2005 through 2010 odysseys. honda says the fuel pump cover can deteriorate and crack causing a leak. it says replace. parts won't be available until summer, but it can provide a temporary repair in the meantime. no fires or injuries have been reported. >>> time now is 4:47. republicans gather in the bay area to reunite and reinvent the party. but as you'll hear it seems more like they are at war. >>> and why a hugely popular bay area burger joint featured on national television is shutting its doors. tell you why when we come back. >>> high temps slightly above normal this time of year. sixties along the peninsula as we swing around the san ma day owe area. notice numbers begin to pop into the low 70s. campbell topping out

here's a live look at the nimitz.und and southbound 880, now while the freeway is slick now, we didn't see that even a half lure ago. drivers still okay if you are heading toward your downtown oakland exit and in the south bay, here's a live look 101 traffic a little sluggish approaching that mckee exited. guadalupe parkway and 280 however still moving at the speed limit. ace has been behind schedule all morning. they are delayed by about 12 minutes. there was some earlier freight train traffic leaving stockton. so that's what's causing the holdup. it's just for ace train number one. ace train number 3 on time as well as bart. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. rescue crews from northern california are ready to go up to washington state in the wake of that deadly mud slide. sacramento's urban search-and- rescue team on standby right now to be deployed to the disaster area. crews have loaded specialized rescue gear on to their big rigs so they are ready to roll if they can get the c

the nimitz has been trouble free, don't have any road work on 880. that's moving at the speed limit as you travel southbound leaving oakland toward hayward and the freemont area, and the bay bridge commute, there is road work in the westbound direction. the eastbound road work will be in place until 2:00. and heading over to the san mateo bridge, westbound traffic has been fine. no worries there. no major accidents for bay area freeways and all of the local transit systems no delays, no problems across the board. that's a look at kcbs traffic. >>> thank you. this year's harsh winter might have given the u.s. economy a chill, but things are heating back up, and gas prices are rising. jill wagner breaks it all down in your cbs money watch report. >>> reports on consumer consumer confidence it and new home sales are out later this week. they'll provide insight on how the harsh winter affected the economy. in a new report released this morning from the national association for business economics, most economists surveyed said that the bad weather cut gro

good news on this, it looks like the crash is cleared and the road is open and northbound 280 at the nimitzsouthbound along 880 has cleared and the rest of san jose is quiet and the drive time traffic. report is ahead. >> is marriage go for your heart? people who are married seem to have a lower risk of self -- several times of cardiovascular problems. the difference is modest but especially noticeable if those under 50. married people do better after undergoing an unblockage of the vessels in the heart. >>> san jose boy severely injured in a car crash is now helping other families, the six-year-old boy was ejected from a car when he was though. the accident killed his per and left him with traumatic brain injury. he did not walk until he was 4 1/2 and the team of therapists say his progress is a result of his determination. >> he wanted to do everything the or kids were doing, and he were whats them and when he saw someone else walking he wanted to walk, too. >> i can do this. i can do this. he don't hike nobody to do anything for him. >> his us prompted his father and friends to create a

the nimitz moves smoothly here, you expect this volume for 441 in the morning. a look at the map north of there, flew downtown, move until you reach about fifth, that's where they said the chp the they, they run a traffic break. we had red, traffic stopping for a couple of minutes up toward 980. chp has not give at any all clear yet. they did say the lanes should reopen. and we do see the traffic going from red to orange that means speeds are starting to pick up. we'll jump to the live look across foster city. a smooth drive from the high rise to the peninsula side no. problems for the volume. and a beautiful view. look at the pavement so that's beautiful to me. over to you. >> right. not too much traffic. thank you. >> you're the traffic reporter. still ahead, safeway stores sold. new developments how this could affect shoppers at the grocery store. >>> good morning to you. 4:44. taking a live look at the bay bridge this morning. you can see it all lit up. you may have noticed, though, last night bay lights went dark. take a look what that looked like. this is

stol the nimitz freeway north of back up the traffic and the san leandro.really jammed up the traffic in fremont. and a late stalled has left traffic into san francisco backed up for a 28 minute drive time. >> good morning. this friday, heading out the temperatures are mainly in the '50s, oakland is in the lead was 57. under hike solves. as we head into the afternoon it will be a pretty nice day. the temperatures will be in the upper 60s, low 70's. i think we will see pretty similar conditions for the east. fairfield will have a high of 71. temperatures will be in the mid 60's. take a look at ocean beach, 69 degrees for napa. high pressure is building and that means that we may see even warmer weather for tamara. the seven day are around the bay shows widespread 70's for saturday, the warmest day of the week. we may see showers for the north on sunday evening. >> a school district in massachusetts is trying to figure out how to kindergartners walked out of school in the middle of the day. two girls walked out. one of the gross sisters was the one who notice

. >>> this is the nimitz freeway going through oakland. smooth all the way through freemont but we do have a major closure because of a major crash. that's coming. you >>> well, welcome back to you and happy monday. the weather's going to be so much better this week, though there are still a few rain sprinkles here and there. no umbrellas needed for hollywood's biggest night, the 86th academy awards. >> almost though. just that close. rainy weather cleared up just in time for the stars to shine on the red cart. take a look. >> ""12 years a slave."" >> the his storkal drama took home the night's top prize, best motion picture. it is the first time a film from black director has won the award. matthew mcconaughey won for best actor in the dallas buyers club. while cate blanchett took home that statue for her performance in "blue jasmine." >> sit down, you're too old to be standing. sandra, i can watch that performance to the end of time. and i sort of felt like i had. julia #suckit. you know what i mean? >> half of her speech was like, was t

northbound and you southbound 880 on the nimitz still flowing freely. chp issued a high wind advisory for the bay bridge at 4:11 this morning. there's roadwork to the incline to the center anchorage until 5:00. should be wrapping up those left lanes in the next 10 minutes. also, in the east bay, westbound and eastbound 80 between powell and buchanan, you have various lanes blocked also until 5:00 and causing traffic tie-ups later on tonight. the san jose sharks taking on toronto over at the s.a.p. center 7:30 so extra cars in downtown san jose. east bay drive times still clear on 580, 880 and the eastshore freeway. bart on time with 27 trains and ace train number one also on schedule. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. >>> it's 4:51 now. coming up in our next half hour, crude by rail. a kpix 5 exclusive on a plan to ship a highly explosive fuel right here into the bay area. >> they are charging us. [ indiscernible ] >> one moment, okay? >> a desperate call to 911 when a 20-pound cat turns on its family. how it all we

about 60 minutes and have that if you are coming from the nimitz. the san mateo bridge is still looking good and the volume is building. the sensors are showing slowing. brake lights are popping on. >> our developing story this morning, the search is still on for the missing malaysia flight 370. officials in australia said nothing significant has been spotted so far by the search planes. the search is still expected to continue today. malaysian officials now say that they're preparing for a deep ocean salvage. it has now been two weeks since the aircraft disappeared. >> >> new video this one of all russian president's signing bills to make crimea part of russia once again. last week, the annexation was rushed after a hastily called a referendum where residents overwhelmingly back to the most. both the u.s. and european union have responded by slapping sanctions. >> we will take a quick break. here is it the view from outside. will have your forecast [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live

nimitz freeway everything is free and clear so far as you pass downtown oakland and the macarthur maze. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. >>> people living in an east bay community are just fed up with crime. and now they are sending a direct message to criminals. kpix 5's andria borba with how a handwritten sign is uniting a community. >>> reporter: it seems near the corner of joan and la vista in concord, everyone has a story of burglary, robbery or vandalism. >> we have had mail stolen from neighbors. >> reporter: what was taken in the robbery? >> a tv and some jewelry. >> reporter: even 15-year-old georgie robles. his home was robbed. >> it felt really sad that someone invaded our privacy. that really shouldn't happen. >> reporter: the neighborhood is fedup and feels the problems are come from nearby markham park and they have something to say about those problems. signs stapled to telephone poles say it all. hey, dirt bags casing our neighborhood, we're watching you. no one seems to know who put the signs up. >> obviously, it was somebody that