i love benicia. benicia will be 53.like to talk about benicia. >>> we have a pretty good accident down in the south bay. this is actually a four to five- car crash at 87 northbound just south of julian and all of these cars are blocking the middle lanes. right in the middle of central san jose. we wanted you to be aware of it. we can show you that we have some congestion along highway 4. southbound along 680 and then if we head towards the richmond area, the eastshore freeway is pretty much a mess from hercules all the way down to the macarthur maze and into marin. you can see marinwood, 101 southbound, massive delays. san jose traffic is moving pretty nicely. finallily along the san mateo bridge, it's hey city but traffic is looking good in both directions. back to the desk. >> thank you. we're following developing news from san francisco. police are searching for a suspect who stabbed a man and a woman early this morning right hey long the embarcadero. ktvu's brian flores, live in san francisco to el it us what witnes

-issued high wind advisory for the benicia bridge which now is canceled. we have fog.so have a fully engulfed car fire at 13. there are delays in the westbound direction. they have dissipated with possible lane blockages. some wazers are reporting fog on 280 by woodside and to the north you will find the fog. it is easy to track this by downloading the abc7 news exclusive waze app at apple app and google play. >> with the opening sermon days away, sochi organizers say they not ready for thousands of members of the media. only six of nine hotels designated for media are fully operational. reporters arrive to find they have no place to stay and thousands are expected to arrive today. the russian government spent $51 billion to get the summer resort ready for the games and the international olympic committee is urging russian organizers to quickly resolve the issue. >> oklahoma woman who knows a thing or two about guns is making it easier for women to carry them with a holster that carries the gun discreetly. >> it is tucked under the bra and this strap goes around the ce

got word of a new crash off the benicia bridge. if you come across the benicia bridge and you head south, there's a slowdown. at the bay bridge, it's backed up for a 25, 30-minute delay. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. >> very, very good morning. cold, cold, 20s, 30s. clouds are slowly beginning to work their way in. some low clouds, higher clouds in advance of a system that will be here this afternoon, this evening. north bay, overnight for everybody into tomorrow morning. it's looking better and better with time. some of the projections coming in between now and the weekend are looking very wet. morning, sun, cold out there. it's cold out there. afternoon clouds, and then rain develops. this will be an overnight system, but now, i mean, yesterday at this time, it was about .10 to .25. .25 to maybe 1.25. this is looking good now. this is projection. i will try to -- we'll get you through to saturday. there's some of the rainfall coming in. .050 to over an inch. watch what happens in the north bay. keep going. keep going. is

it is backed up on to 780 through benicia on 680 south.ss the bridge and all the way to concord and walnut creek. on the 242 side people are using this as an alternate route and that will make your ride that much tougher. the nimitz freeway, south bound 580 west and 680 south for the small grave, look at one on one course, this drive time is at 39 to 43 minutes. it should be about half that for the morning commute. 85 is jammed up out towards cupertino and the guadalupe parkway. mid peninsula traffic is not as bad despite earlier r occurring problems on this bridge. the ride to the north, 1 01 south is slower through southern iran. >> looking at the san mateo bridge ride slow traffic 16 to 18 minutes but thankfully not stop and go. >> here in the news room we are tracking problems with the rain that caused this accident. the driver of a porsche slammed into a tree on southbound 11 in san francisco. it happened on the paul all from their south third street just before 2:00 a.m.. >> we looked at all the bad behavior that makes this one of sa

most of the teachers who attended a dinner party in benicia last november. after the party several guests reported feeling sick or possibly high. two teachers were taken to the hospital. a 15-year-old also got sick after eating leftovers from the party. >> coming up, drugs and sex crimes involving a child. the shocking charges against a south bay firefighter. >> students possibly exposed to a contagious virus. >> and whether you are planning on hitting the slopes or the sales, this presidents day weekend, we've got rain in the forecast. i'll tell you when it will arrive where you live and how much we expect here in the bay area. >> and the olympic flame burning brightly in sochi. america's new kings of the mountain. we're back in 15 minutes or with 15 minutes, not in. we'll be back with a lot of nonstop news when "today in the bay" comes right back. >>> 15 pminutes begins with top headlines. >> a firefighter is now under arrest. surprising charges here. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you, mario cuestas is held without bail, a san jose firefighter since 19

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de delito mayor por "intoxicar" a un grupo de personas durante una fiesta en noviembre pasado en beniciadades, dos de los presentes terminaron en el hospital luego de haberse sentido enfermos y posiblemente drogados. --la proxima cita de "badger" ante un juez sera el 11 de abril. cesar ---hoy, la universidad estatal de berkeley estuvo abasteciendos e de vacunas contra el sarampion luego que uno de sus estudiantes contrajera la enfermedad. take vo ---representantes de la institucion seÑalaron que la vacuna siempre ha estado disponible para sus pupilos, pero que por ahora tendran mas a su disposicion para satisfacer la demanda. ---segun funcionarios de salud, un alumno infectado se transport en bart, entre las estaciones de el cerrito y el centro de berkeley entre el 4 y 7 de febrero pasado entre las 8 y 10 de la maÑana. cesar ---menos gente en el area de la bahia podria estar cayendo en manos de inmigracion. ---esto a raiz de la implementacion de la ley de la confianza, o trust act. ---pilar niÑo nos cuenta por que celebran la forma en la que el alguacil de alameda esta aplicando esta nue

. >>> a benicia first grade teacher accused of serving food laced with marijuana to her colleagues at a potluck party was in court. the 47-year-old was arrested last month and charged with three felony counts of poisoning. she works at matthew turner elementary school brought the dish to a dinner at a private home and several guests reported feeling sick and two went to the hospital. a 15-year-old also reported symptoms after eating some of the food the next day. she is placed on leave. >> former oakland police chief says the city's new court appointed police leader is terrible for oakland according to our media partner the tribune which spoke to jordan. he says robert warshaw is to distrusted that several warn this will harm public safety and lead to more officers looking for new jobs. a federal judge ended his criminal and combined two jobs saying robert warshaw did not walk to reporters or return for comment. >> uc berkeley is stocking up open measles vaccine when a student tested positive for the virus and may have exposed thousands of bart riders. the student was on bart between

. >>> a benicia elementary school teacher is due in court today on charges she served pot at a potluck november and some people there said they got sick or high. badger remains on administrative leave. >>> president obama will be in fresno today to talk about california's drought. he and governor jerry brown will outline strategies on how to help the recovery. the president will also visit farms to get a firsthand look at the devastation. >>> stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. ,, ,,,,,, >>> good morning. checking one of our slowest drive times right now, it's through the livermore valley. there was a much earlier accident, it's long since cleared but the drive time is in that heavy red category. nearly a half hour right now between the altamont pass and 680. a lot of places are seeing "friday light" traffic conditions including over at the bay bridge. they were late turning on the metering lights but they did around 7:15. very minimal backups mainly in the middle lanes. san mateo bridge looks good. the fog is cleared a little bit. we can see traffic now on westbound 92

but then david, who now lives in benicia, was stunned when he heard one of boston's most popular songsn a tv commercial by -- you guessed it. >> ♪ more than a feeling >> i was shocked, wow! i just can't believe that this is even happening. i thought, this is so ironic. i mean, we have always been so supportive of animal rights. >> reporter: rebecca of wildlife emergency services started the petition which now has well over 30,000 signatures of people pledging to boycott yoplait. in fact, that's her cutting the yoplait container off that skunk. she is thrilled a former rock and roller is speaking out. >> we get celebrities involved, and they speak out about this, it just gains more attention and more momentum, more pressure for this to be successful. >> reporter: i asked yoplait if they would reconsider given this new celebrity attention. their response, animals will eat out of all kinds of containers and that's why they put on theirs, protect wildlife: crush cup before disposal. >> reporter: david left the band in 1997 and had no say in the use of the song. >> i would hope companies wo

. >> pam: when it rains it pours -- and one man in benicia is taking advantage.y brown announced a drought emergency weeks ago. and kron4's haaziq madyun shows us how a small step towards saving water has big results. >> reporter:collecting the water as it rains in these big green barrels here outside of his home in benicia >>"they're full just from that rain last night" >> reporter:in response to worsening drought conditions in california john robertson is consumption by purchasing collection system >>"just more interested in trying to save water and helping out any way i can" >> reporter:he says collecting the water is simple and effective >>"it consists of 50-gallon barrels you can inter- connect as many as you want and it allows the water to come off of your roof down spouts basically fills up the barrels, down at the bottom of the barrels >> reporter:from there the water can be used in place of anything inside or outside the homein beautiful back yard >>"water all these types of plantsour vegetation alive" >> reporter:the water collection barrels prices star

benicia you're getting wet.interstate 80 back toward richmond and raining in marin moderate rainfall around mill valley, as well. we'll see five straight days with at least some rainfall. we have not done that in 14 months. you were eating thanksgiving leftovers two years ago the last time this happened. november 28th to december 2, 2012, was the last time we had five straight days with rain. starting today, we will have a minimum of five straight days of rainfall. the first storm has arrived. it's storm number 2 that's going to be the big story. look where it is. it's way down by hawaii. that's critical because that air is juicier. it's tropical air and often when the jet stream dips down there then heads into california, we call that the pineapple express. because that ridge of high pressure is to our south steering the storms into northern california that's what's going to happen three or more inches of rain for much of the bay area over the next several days. matter of fact, we wanted to build this graphic t

where the heavier radar runs are now: pulling from walnut creek and concord at 680 to martinez to benicia and vallejo. you have some more now moving through san francisco and look what coming our way, this area of low pressure will have the instability for the stronger afternoon and evening storms and below the storms, that is lightning we are tracking. the stronger storms are over the ocean and will be here soon in the seven-day forecast. >>> san francisco emergency crews rescued a woman who fell 10 to 20 feet by the cliff house. these are pictures of the rescue a short time ago. in word on how she ended up falling down the cliff. crews say it does not appear she was critically injured. >> folks are hooking forward to a healthy rainfall to ease the drought even those who businesses flooded last storm are prepared this time around. >> this is what she will watch the next few days, when sick -- when sycamore creek is full, it causes a problem. resolution concerns braced for a few days of wet weather with protective gear. >> it is from to have the rain. it is great. but we have to deal with

some 60s in the benicia and vallejo. 60s inside the bay. 70s in the north bay. over the next couple days, a return to some wintry weather after our niece spring break. more showers possibly into thursday. another storm system on friday. showers continuing right through the weekend. i think beyond that, too. long range model shows more storms lighting up in the pacific. lots of snow in the high country starting a little high, though. >>> a former stanford standout makes history on the basketball court. what he did last night that no one has done before. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, . >>> some sad and surprising news from the entertainment world. actor-director harold ramis has died. the man behind movies like "animal house" and "guest busters" died of a rare auto immune disease at his chicago home. he was 69 years old. >>> former stanford basketball player jason collins made some history last night. he played for the brooklyn nets against the l.a. lakers. he is the fist openly gay athlete to play for a pro team in any of the four major north american sports. jason collins

the rest of the north bay moving and clear across the carquinez and benicia bridges into the east bay out of the north. the tri-valley, you're in the green zone. the 84 at 55 miles per hour. that's because you are at a large surface street coming through the windy roads through livermore and pleasanton. so wouldn't be safe to go faster. a live view out toward 580 where i showed you at the speed limit. all of this space between the cars, good stuff out of the altamont pass. hey, i got reports of a car fire between the caldecott and the maze so i'll give you that coming up. >> with mike, thank you. google expanding its ferry service this morning. >> historic day as the first woman to lead the federal reserve is sworn in. >> and what we're learning about the sudden death of actor philip seymour hoffman. one of the best things about covered california is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. for example, if you're a single person making less than $46,000 a year, or a family of four, earning up to $94,200, you may be eligible for premium assistance. the lower your

thes expect -- temperatures expected in 52 at cool in pacifica. 56 in benicia. inside the bay, 57234 oakland and 54 in san francisco. your sunset time tonight is 5:37. sunrise is at 7:10. the colors should be spectacular with all the clouds. next couple of days, more rain is on the way. a brief break but maybe a bigger storm as we head in towards saturday and sunday. we want to go to our mobile weather lab and roberta gonzales is out there talking about drought resistant plants. roberta? >> reporter: 352 degrees right now in dublin lawrence after a morning low of 35. we have near or below freezing temperatures this week. so should we be covering the foliage this time of the year? who knows best? david roth is a plant expert. hi david. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: what should i be doing about the olive plants and citrus? >> the citrus with the temperatures dropping into the low and mid 30s at night you want to protect them with a frost cloth or even a sheet. and what we've recommended is to tent plants, not laying the cloth directly on the plant but providing

we are still jammed north of the benicia bridge on 680 in the southbound direction. better, it is slow all the way to a highway 4. tracking your ride through the 680, 24 interchange is still heavy in all directions. the 580 ride is jammed up. this is a decimal bouleva >> the south bay traffic still has problems with heavy and slow going on to 80 northbound after cupertino. 17, 880 are all backed up because of these problems and stevens creek boulevard due to run closures for northbound and southbound. there was a problem from redwood city and power toll and both directions of 101 has heavy traffic. the marin ride is still 140 to 43 minutes and down to the golden gate bridge. as recently cleared up an accident. here is your bay bridge ride that is backed up. 14 to 60 minutes and a san mateo bridge has not seen any stop and go traffic's door the heart of the commute. last time we checked the richmond san rafael bridge we were backed up west of the toll plaza. >> >> keeping our eyes on weather across. here is video from new england. on the left, video from boston and on

. ♪ >>> cover, benicia, san ramon and san mateo and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> a bizarre from pennsylvania where a woman accused of one craigslist murder is confessing to dozens of others. 19-year-old miranda barbour said in an interview over the weekend she killed at at least 22 people and possible 100. barbour started when she was 13 part of a cult. she says the victims are in california, alaska, texas and north carolina. barbour and her husband are charged with killing man they lured through craigslist ad. the f.b.i. is investigating. >> people looking to sign up for health insurance will find themselves out of luck for now. the website cannot process elections. the social security administration is running an annual systems maintenance. they rely on the social security administration to verify data. the system maintenance began on saturday spends tomorrow morning. >> the city council is trying to help battling of drought approve giving treated wastewater to rangers and grape growers like this one in addition to saying the water is safe the mayor ads that the state nee

teresa badger teaches at matthew turner elementary school in benicia. she is charged with one count of furnishing marijuana and one count of poisoning. it all steps from an after- hours dinner -- it all stems from an after-hours dinner party when several people got sick. a child who ate some take home food was also affected. >>> couple dozen cars were forced off the road this morning all because of this, a piece of scrap metal on highway 24. it did quite a bit of damage flattening tires, rupturing a gas tank on one car. some cars had hundreds of dollars worth of dang. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran tells us drivers never saw it coming. >> reporter: it looked like a parade of cars along westbound highway 24 early this morning. but instead, it was at least a 20-car mess stranded in lafayette, no one to tow. >> something was in the road and bounced my car all over the place. >> it was violent. it was very violent. >> reporter: the culprit, this mystery piece of metal waiting in the number 3 lane on highway 24. unfortunately, even though drivers couldn't see

mid-60s into half moon bay. 71 in brentwood. 68 in pleasant hill and 68 degrees in benicia. see beautiful sunshine inside the bay 69 in oakland. 66 in san francisco. and 69 degrees in santa rosa. next couple of days, plenty of sunshine coming our way with some mild weather. and then here comes the clouds on tuesday. rain expected on wednesday. more storms after that. let's check the roads with elizabeth. >>> thank you, lawrence. mostly it's overnight roadwork that could slow you downright now. we have a full bridge closure on the antioch bridge closed every day this week right around this time so 5 a.m., that's when they are scheduled to re-open highway 160. in the meantime use eastbound 4 to i-5 to get around. but should be open very shortly. here's a live look at the nimitz freeway northbound approaching high street towards the embarcadero exit, various lanes blocked. this should be picked up by 5:00. southbound 880 also approaching broadway, caltrans crews are very hard at work for the next 15 or 20 minutes. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. we're hoping fo

about 66 in walnut creek and 67 in benicia. in the bay 65 in oakland and 61 degrees in san francisco. next couple of days looks like we'll keep the temperatures mild for this time of year. chance of rain developing late in the day on saturday into early sunday morning. then that moves out of town. a chance of more rain on the way next tuesday and wednesday. let's check out the roads now with elizabeth. >> the roads look great so far. a little bit of overnight roadwork here or maybe a little bit of fog on the freeway there. but overall big picture looks good. mass transit kind of a different story. we are just getting word of a new issue now for bart. there's an equipment problem on the tracks. sounds like we're in recovery mode now. they have it under control but there are still 15-minute delays from sfo to the east bay on the pittsburg-bay point line from the peninsula to the east bay 15 minutes late. all other trains including those coming into the city are on time. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you are

. >> a benicia first grade teacher accused of serving colleagues food laced with marijuana is charged with a misdemeanor count of furnishing marijuana and one count of poisoning. police say she served the tainted dish in november at the home of another teacher. two women had to be taken to the hospital. badger has been placed on leave. >> let's put our crime and breaking news coverage on hold just a moment and have fun. it's valentine's day. happening now at justin herman plaza, it's annual valentine's day pillow fight. we are right in the middle of it. leanne? >> >> reporter: what else can i say? i'm getting hit by pillows. this is a wonderful event. clock tower hit 6:00, ouch, thank you very much. people have been what can i say, loving -- i knew that is going to happen. since 6:00 people have been loving each other, very to say that. spain has pillow -- war zone he here -- but we have in san francisco hitting, whacking people with pillows. incredible event. also department of public works is going to have a lot of work here because after all is said and done this, lasts another 20

. >> a benicia first grade teacher accused of serving colleagues food laced with marijuana is charged with a misdemeanor count of furnishing marijuana and one count of poisoning. police say she served the tainted dish in november at the home of another teacher. two women had to be taken to the hospital. badger has been placed on leave. >> let's put our crime and breaking news coverage on hold just a moment and have fun. it's valentine's day. happening now at justin herman plaza, it's annual valentine's day pillow fight. we are right in the middle of it. leanne? >> >> reporter: what else can i say? i'm getting hit by pillows. this is a wonderful event. clock tower hit 6:00, ouch, thank you very much. people have been what can i say, loving -- i knew that is going to happen. since 6:00 people have been loving each other, very to say that. spain has pillow -- war zone he here -- but we have in san francisco hitting, whacking people with pillows. incredible event. also department of public works is going to have a lot of work here because after all is said and done this, lasts another 20

december, 19682 teenagers killed in benicia. >> two victims were ordered out of the car, and shot. >>uple shot the female died, male survived. >> he shot those two kids to pieces >> september, 1969. a masked man stabbed two people in napa county killing one of them. >> we wanted to administer first aid but there is no place to give first aid. >> october, 1969, a san francisco cab driver shot and killed. days later a local paper received a letter from the zodiac claiming responsibility with a piece of a bloody shirt. >> hand writing anal sis of a letter indicates the writer is the same man committed five murders >> over 45 years police have investigated and cleared more than 2500 suspects and the tips keep coming. including one from randy kenny of upstate new york. >> he said i killed some people. i'm the guy they're looking for, for over 30 years. i'm the guy that is the zodiac killer. >> kenny tells i team his best friend louie meyers confessed in april, 2001 after doctors told him he was dieing. kenny says meyers asked him to wait until after he died to tell authorities and he wante

right now and moving through the east bay hills along highway 4 north lafayette to pleasant hill and benicia and concord and that area will get more in the way of organized rain, the yellows mean well get more. in the south bay, clouds with sprinkles. the winds are light the they starting to pick up. we will be gusting around 20 to 25 and when thunderstorms roll in toward the noon hour we will start to hit the 25 to 45-miles-per-hour gusts and that will be with us through the evening and taper overnight when the heavy it of the showers do the same. >> we need the umbrellas now to slow down our speeds and we have a couple of crashes to get you going in the 6:00 hour, westbound 580 we have a lane blocked. i doesn't sound like there are injuries and we are slow. we had sprinkles falling in that area. highway 4 that is where we have another accident blocking one lane and slow-and-go approaching 242. 280 away from highway 17 a few extra cars northbound are the headlights headed into cupertino . >> move over lebron james, the nba player now topping the miami heat star when it comes to jersey sales

december, 19682 teenagers killed in benicia. >> two victims were ordered out of the car, and shot. >>t those two kids to pieces >> september, 1969. a masked man stabbed two people in napa county killing one of them. wanted to administer first aid but there is no place to give first aid. >> october, 1969, a san francisco cab driver shot and killed. days later a local paper received a letter from the zodiac claiming responsibility with a piece of a bloody shirt. >> hand writing anal sis of a letter indicates the writer is the same man committed five murders >> over 45 years police have investigated and cleared more than 2500 suspects and the tips keep coming. including one from randy kenny of upstate new york. >> he said i killed some people. i'm the guy they're looking for, for over 30 years. i'm the guy that is the zodiac killer. >> kenny tells i team his best friend louie meyers confessed in april, 2001 after doctors told him he was dieing. kenny says meyers asked him to wait until after he died to tell authorities and he wanted kenny to write a book with proceeds going to victim fam

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. ♪ >>> covering benicia, san ramon and san mateo and all bay area. >> in the north bay people are puttingr with water bottles. >> someone has gotten hurt? >> they are throwing water bottles at moving cars and school buses and they are terrify the drivers and hurting one. look at this windshield. it was damaged by a water bottle. police say there have been five attacks all in the same area of santa rosa. some drivers are getting sprayed with glass. one school bus driver suffered cuts to the hand and glass in the eye. >> the impact can be so destructive. it is a misdemeanor to throw anything at a moving vehicle and if someone is hut or injured, it will be a physical -- felony. big trouble if someone is hurt. >> they are looking for a white pickup truck made in the mid- of the bottles is going to kill someone. they are raising awareness for people to look out and they want the people who do this that police are looking for this. >> >>> the special task force at san jose state university will hold a second public meeting tonight to lock into how an alleged hate crime on a black student starte

of yahoo chat users have their images go public and this morning the company is angry >>> covering beniciaramon, san mateo and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> lieu hock the rain is affect ing this morning, our crew in hayward showing the mall with the parking lot here is at 880 is just flooded as are many roads throughout the bay area. the warning we are getting is "be careful," the rain is not over. >> millions of yahoo users had pictured collected by a foreign government and "new york times" reports that a british intelligence agency captured yahoo chats and saved it to the data base. this included images of the chats and this one six month period they collected 1.8 million pictures. it is not clear if any of this was shared with american officials. yahoo is expressing outrage in a statement to the "new york times" the company says and i quote, "this report if true represents a whole new legal of violation of our users' privacy that is unacceptable and we call on the world governments to reform surveillance law." >> on the heels of the failed anti-gay measure that stirred a backlash

>> >> tracking a shower headed to the northeast and american canyon and vallejo and possibly benicia but headed more to the southern section of the napa valley. we have a little radar return from 237 across the dumbarton bridge to the san mateo bridge. scattered light showers and the heaviest radar returns in the north bay. the first forecast is full of wet weather this morning and it will be dry by the eastbound hours and quite breezy. temperatures hang out in the upper 50's to mid-60 and purpose 50's at the coast. >>> more protecting news in the south bay 18 people, eight children, are out of their homes after an overnight fire at an apartment complex in san jose. it broke out shortly after midnight. crews are still there mopping up and residents going through what is left their belongings. firefighters first got there they found cars and a carport burning. the san jose fire department took cell phone video. one unit was destroyed and three others were badly damaged. >>> officials say smoke from an air conditioning system led to a delta flight being evacuated at oakland internation

denise robertson of benicia here showed us her rain barrels helping to keep her plants alive.aid even a light rain can fill up two barrels in less than an hour. water officials in contra costa county say they will send someone to your house on tips to save water and which plants are drought resistant. and you can download our new ktvu weather app to help you through the series of storms. it has real-time radar and the weather alerts to keep you up to date right on your iphone, ipad or android device. >>> despite today's rain storm, the call to of concern is growing much louder. the water district voted to ask customers to cut use by 20%. that's up from 10% last month. the district is also digging deeper into ground water supplies. veteran administrators say the situation statewide is the worse they've ever seen. >> it gets harder. every drought because we have the low-flush toilet. we have the low-flow showerhead or whatever. >> here are some local conservation numbers. the san francisco public utilities commission asked for a 10% reduction while customers are using less water

vallejo, benicia, hercules to berkeley. oakland 66. and 75 for gilroy. they were 78 yesterday.asanton. upper 60nd mountain view and redwood city in there. although a little cooler than yesterday. sunny and warm away from the coast. rain in the afternoon. kind of a hit and miss day. and rain on friday and saturday. there may be more rain south of us but we will get some. >>> there are rumors that justin bieber is planning a move. but not everybody is ready to welcome him to the new neighborhood. >> mysterious illness making kids sick here in california. what it might be and how researchers are trying to unlock the mystery. [ kelly ] my days start early. and so do mouth germs. but now i have the protection of colgate total® mouthwash. it works just as hard and just as long as i do. [ man ] rolling in 5! [ male announcer ] colgate total® mouthwash. it kills germs on contact and has a germ-killing shield that keeps working for 12 hours. it doesn't quit even after eating and drinking. hi! [ male announcer ] colgate total® mouthwash. 12 hour germ protection even after eating and drin

benicia, .62. i'm standing right in front of textbook low. absolutely just -- it's going to head more towards central california. it depend on what forecast model you look at. one of them takes it right to big sur. another farther south. as long as it is to the west of us, it will continue to rotate the bands in. they enhance as they come in. you get cooler tops. you enhance it. that's why we'll have the flad watches and warnings -- flash flood watches and warnings out to monterey. you can see some of these bands going through the heavy rain. again, somebody says what do you think the weather is gonna be like today? cloudy, wind, rain. cloudy, wind, rain. one of those patterns. really intense from marin county to san pablo bay, wrapping back around to the east bay. that's probably the bulk of our heaviest rain. it's lifting north. you can see where the line is petaluma. novato, napa county. things look like a little break here and there. i try to focus on these areas. as soon as i did on the air -- as i go on the air, they change. that's the

some people have tweeted me about gusty winds on the benicia bridge, carquinez and the richmond bridge. 580 as you come through livermore, still a little bit set back. we had earlier problems. 580 is slow over to the altamont pass. the nimitz freeway is gonna be slow just south of leleling down to fremont. the southbound lanes of highway 101 in santa clara county are still shut down. that's after a tanker truck crashed earlier this morning. tara moriarty is there live with other problems the crash is causing. >> reporter: well, the evacuation order has now been lifted for the 14 homes that have located just around this tanker crash. also the winds have really picked up. a lot of the fumes from the gasoline that were so strong and pungent earlier this morning, they have now dissipated. it's a lot easier to breathe. you can see the car is getting ready to be towed. this is the car that caused the crash on 101 southbound past tennant avenue. it crashed into the median and then hit -- sideswiped the tanker truck that you can kind of see behind it if we pan to the right. you can see the tan

we are closer to the car tin news or benicia bridges locking clear and accident-free and continuing tohmond beyond the split and headed into berkeley to the maze you are looking at top speeds and not a slow down in sight. over the altamont pass, we have 40 miles per hour to leave but it dissipates as you are closer to the off-ramp. this is how long it will take you: 54 minutes and highway 4 is clear at 50 minutes and westbound antioch to concord, southbound, 101 to san francisco is looking good. 280 away from 17, all is quiet and not too many cars on the road. >> aids use is the only place where you can see the oscars this sunday live. >> we are giving away free movie tickets for a career -- year to celebrate with seven winners and the first one announce today. all is to do is "like" us at facebook.com/abc7 and fill out thebly -- the entry formal. you have seven chances to enter. free movie tickets for an entire year. >> imagine that. >> seven things to know use start your day. >> paying a visit to disney is about to get more expensive. a certain boy wizard may have something to do wit

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clear for the last 10, that's good out of sirk lease for goks getting off the benicia bridge. the orange blob you see as just west of vacaville. watch for patches for the time being. here the tri-valley moves out of the altamont pass. smooth from livermore to the dublin interchange. we'll look at fremont and south, 880 an easy drive past the truck scales down into the south bay talking about the potential for includes as the rain comes in. >> the nbc bay area weather team tracking the storm. they are going to be here all weekend bringing you team coverage of the rain that is on its way to the bay area. you can see live weather radar on the website nbcbayarea.com.dom. >> new details about the deadly shooting. police found the suspected killers in part because of youtube. the "mercury news" reports that the alleged gun man and his accomplice bragged in a rap video hosted to youtube. brassa was shot and killed working the counter of a 7-11. police say jerry a ka kneel and warner travis shot and killed risa and took off with cash. the gold necklace and cigarettes. >> 5:12. police

benicia 65. kentfield hitting 62 tomorrow. cooler because you will be cloudier in the north.day high for you 64 degrees. your extended forecast put a heart on the seven-day because valentine's day is friday. if you love dry weather, there you go mid- to upper 60s partly sunny skies. rain moving in saturday night. i think most of sunday will be dry. the rain will be out before sunrise on sunday. we get a break on sunday and monday between systems. then more rainfall moves in on tuesday and wednesday so no one storm will be a huge one. but we are going to get some rain saturday night and we'll also get some rain coming up on tuesday, wednesday. and these roses and likely the grass in your yard will be very thankful for that. reporting lookive from berkeley, paul deanno, sports is coming up next. ,, bulldog: bulldog: what what? mattress discounters presidents day sale ends presidents day? but mattress discounters has the largest selection of memory foam mattresses under one roof! comforpedic, icomfort, optimum... even a queen-size sealy gel memory foam mattress for just $497. an

that's everywhere from benicia, north to santa rosa, south to gilroy. everybody 1,000 feet in elevation and below which is most of us. visibility overnight tonight will be less than a quarter mile. dense fog late tonight early tomorrow. it absolutely will impact your morning commute. high pressure has built back in. that fire hose we call the pineapple express is still there. it's just now to our north and a lot of rainfall to our north, i'm talking 4 to 7" of rain over the next three days in far northern california north of redding. we are not going to see that but this weekend as a front we'll be able to grab some of that moisture and thrust it in our direction. we will be seeing rainfall late saturday early sunday if you are planning to head out for your favorite dinner spots on saturday night, you might need the umbrella rain coming in the in the heart of the weekend. tomorrow foggy start, mild finish. vallejo 63. san francisco 60. maybe a few showers in the north bay thursday. otherwise mostly cloudy, staying cloudy friday, saturday, then the rain

. >>> covering benicia, san ramon, and all the pay area, this is abc7 news. >> welcome back at 5:42.e rockies to new england another major storm is threat being to send parts of the united states into a deep freeze. our reporter is joining us live from a freezing-locking new york city where you can see only a fresh dusting the snow with lightning and thunder. >> that is right. hope i don't look too cold this morning, another monster storm sweeping across the country. the cities around the country are paralyzed. it started in the midwest and now our turn in the northeast. >> it just won't end, another winter storm second one this week is blasting more than two dozen states dumping a mix of heavy snow and freezing rain on more than 160 million members. >> ice. slick roads. driving is dangerous and deadly. >> we have had people thinking they were in a four wheel drive vehicle they are invincible. >> a tractor trailer crash on the pennsylvania turnpike turned fatal. snow removal crews work around the clock. >> the storm was so bad in the midwest a jet was stuck in the snow after landing

benicia is in there. san rafael 70. kentfield would be in there. 70s for some. pleasanton.ose, morgan hill, gilroy. santa cruz looks like a beautiful day. redwood city in there as well. san mateo at 67. sunshine nice temperatures. maybe mostly sunny a little patchy fog sunday. monday looks okay. increasing clouds tuesday. >>> 6:52 is the time. a violent attack on triable land in northeast california. former chairwoman now behind bars accused of a mass shooting. the action that may have set her off. >> apologies from a popular clothing company. why it is now sorry for banning some customers from its stores. >>> time is 6:55. the chp and the state department of justice are all investigating a mass shooting yesterday at a triable headquarters in rural north eastern california during an eviction hearing. it happened in modot county inside the cedarville office. investigators arrested a former indian chairwoman. saying she killed four people during a triable hearing and critically injured two others. the suspect and her 24-year-old son were being evicted from their home on triab

. >> prosecutors could file formal charges today against a benicia elementary school teacher accuseding pot-laced food at a potluck. tur reis a is set to be arraigned on three counts of poisoning. badger is a first grade teacher at matthew turner elementary school, one of 20 guests, most of them teacher who is attended a dinner party last november. after the party some of the guests reported feeling sick or possibly high. two teachers were taken to the hospital. a 15-year-old got sick after eating leftovers from the party. >> talk about some of the news out of the olympics. the russian worker hit by a bobsled in stable condition. he was air lifted to a hospital yesterday and undergone surgery on two broken legs. olympic organizers say the operation went well. the worker is okay. he was hit by what's known as a forerunner sled at the center before the start of the two-man bobsled training. one of those test sleds. >> a lot of events happened while you were sleeping. we'll air those later today. if you can't wait we have spoilers for you. >> you would rather wait wait for the music to

about 61 degrees in alameda. 61 also in benicia. in the north bay with some rain there, as well. 58 degrees in santa rosa. 58 in petaluma. 59 degrees in san rafael and san francisco, a rainy day, 58 degrees. >>> target took a big financial hit from its credit card theft problems in its latest quarter and the numbers are out. here's kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks to chat about it. >> reporter: good morning. target certainly paying a price for that massive data breach over the holidays. the company disclosing in its earnings report that had to pay $61 million in expenses in the 4th quarter related to the data breach. a lot of that covered by insurance about $44 million worth. but it's still had to deal with a lot of scared customers. its revenue was down more than 5% leading to its profit dropping by 46% to $520 million. the company going in the opposite direction, tesla. its shares closed at a record high of $248 yesterday on a couple of factors. one it scored the highest rating ever in consumer reports' rating. also, t

sunny chilly morning in benicia, 58 degrees for your high. dublin 59.ito tomorrow 58 degrees. your extended forecast showers around on sunday, especially close to the coast. then we get sunny again monday and tuesday. if you are making any plans for the second half of the weekend hoping for rainfall that's the time that i hope the forecast changes. that is your forecast. vern just walked in for sports. we'll be back in two minutes. don't wait for presidents' day to save on a new mattress. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ before singing >>> one of the newest giants is 31-year-old left fielder mike morse. the know morris. morse. he was with seattle i

east bay temperatures almost 70 degrees today in brentwood, 68 in antioch and about 67 degrees in benicia. as you head night the bay -- inside the bay, cooler temperatures in the north bay, 60s there. next couple of days, partly cloudy skies, a chance of rain developing saturday night into sunday. of course, the chinese new year's parade is on saturday night. it's a wonderful parade. unfortunately, the timing is maybe rough with this one, expecting rain. >> lots of umbrella, i guess. >> i think so. >> what about valentine's day? >> valentine's day is looking spectacular! we're going to get a look at that forecast coming up. >> thank you. >>> prevalentine's day is heating up, simmering a couple of floors below us here in the studio. >> roberta gonzales is hanging out with 99.7's fernando and greg. >> reporter: i'm having so much fun this morning. it's 52 degrees outside but things are heating up inside so i am joining fernando and greg in the morning show. and first off, for those at home that they listen but don't get to see you, who is who? >> i'm fernando. >> i'm greg. >> reporter: and

be careful, there is a good volume off of the benicia bridge.re we see a slower drive for westbound highway 4, slow through antioch, not bad for that portion. could be much wer worse. a slow build for west 580. we're in the 50 miles per hour range for the entire stretch through livermore and to the dublin interchange. down into the south bay, ladder across lanes 87, watch for the traffic break. a little slowing. and 17 coming up north of glenn wood a crash blocking one lane. a smooth drive, no problems for 101. back to you. >> thank you much. >> 6:37. a police officer in palo alto winds up staring into the barrel of his own gun. we'll tell you how it happened. >> we have live live pictures over the fairmont hotel in san jose. there is a lot of rain on the way. we have meet ol gis ready to cover it. we'll have all of that ahead. >> before we go to break a look at the picture posted on twitter by olympic skier mattie bowman getting her hair done. >>. >> welcome back. good friday morning to you. 6:40. police officer in palo alto found himself stari

but then david who now lives in benicia was stunned when he heard one of boston's most popular songsn a tv commercial by, you guessed it -- ♪ more than a feeling >> and i was shocked! whoo. this is -- i just can't believe this is even happening. i thought, this is so ironic. i mean, we have always been so supportive of animal rights. >> reporter: rebecca of wildlife emergency services started the petition which now has well over 30,000 signatures of people pledging to boycott yoplait. in fact, that's her cutting the yoplait container off that skunk. she is thrilled a former rock and roller is speaking out. >> we get celebrities involved and they speak out about this, it gains more attention and more momentum, more pressure for this to be successful. >> reporter: i asked yoplait if they would reconsider, given this new celebrity attention. their response? animals will eat out of all kinds of containers. that's why they put on theirs, protect wildlife, crush cup before disposal. david left the band in 1997, had no say in yoplait's use of the song, and isn't getting a dime. >> i would j

the south bay, low 60s out toward the coastline, see about 69 degrees in pleasanton today. 67 in beniciaside the bay 64 degrees in san francisco. looking out over the next couple of days, some warmer weather is on the way. nice right through the weekend. but then a chance of rain returns next wednesday. and maybe some big storms rolling in late next week, guys. >> but in the meantime we can enjoy what looks like a great weekend. >> should be gorgeous around the bay area all the way to the coast. >> all right. we'll take it, thanks. >>> college entrance exams keeping your grades up and just plain growing up it can get stressful for high schoolers. >> yeah, sure can but there's one school that's taking a little bit of the edge off with yoga. monte vista high this week's "cool school." >>> reporter: the sign may say aerobics but this is a yoga class. one of five classes taught daily to 200 students at danville's monte vista high school. >> i'm a figure skater, martial arts and with that i find that yoga really helps me with my flexibility when i'm doing spins and jumps and skating. >> repor

. >>> it happened today a benicia elementary school teacher due in court to face charges she served pot at a pot luck. teresa badger had hosted a pot luck dinner in november and a number of people who were there said they felt sick or high after the lunch or dinner. some of them tested positive for marijuana. badger right now is on administrative leave. >>> a virginia judge reversed the state's ban on same-sex marriage. kpix 5's cate caugiran is live in the newsroom with more.>>> just days after san francisco marks the at the present time anniversary of its first gay marriages the state of virginia overturns its bans on same-sex unions. cate caugiran live in the newsroom. >> reporter: this is gaining momentum in places where gay marriage was once met with strong opposition but you won't see couples making their way to the altar just yet because supporters of the same-sex marriage ban can people the judge's ruling forcing same-sex couples to wait for their i dos until a final decision is made. virginia same-sex couples are celebrating. judge allen ruled the state's ban on same-sex marria