. >>> benicia city planning commission is fighting big oil. in a unanimous vote the planning commission rejected vallejo refinery's -- valero refinery's request to import oil on two 50 car trains every day. the planning commission heard testimony from over 7:0people over four days and now valero is expected to appeal to benicia's city council. >>> if you are trying to rent an apartment in one part of the bay area, you might be out of luck. according the research firm realtytrac san jose has the lowest vacancy rate in the country, .2%. that means that out of every 1,000 homes, two might be vacant. >> this is a very good time to be a seller of real estate throughout the bay area. and it's not a bad time to be a landlord because you can take care of your vacancies very quickly. >> the bay area's resurgent economy is driving some potential home buyers out of the market which, in turn, sent rent prices through the roof. >>> foster city-based visa just bought a big piece of the mobile payment company "square." it's now its second biggest shareholder

. >> benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we have her the lotteryhrase someone has to win so it may as will be you. for the second time this year in fremont, the store has sold a powerball tick wet with five winning numbers paying $800,000 in january and then the same thing happened, with five out of six numbers worth nearly $800,000. the store own are said business has been up since january and now you can bet he will expect more. >> you may be paying health care tax to help those in california who have autism and other disabilities. the legislature is getting ready to approve a tax on health care plans. it will scene rate $1.2 billion each year and could substantial best needed funding for developmentally disabled in california for the first time in a decade. >> today, post francis will hold mass in three languages in mexico's indigenous state, aimed at boosting faith in the least catholic state. >> the pope was cheered by thousands in mexico city last night at the ambassador's home. he visited children at a local hospital. one gave him a hand mad

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the city of benicia will take up the request to ship oil trains to benicia. and phillips 66 wants a similar train system. many cities and counties are concerned about the potential for explosions. >>> three men were killed in san francisco saturday night when their car crashed as they tried to flee from officers. it turns out they would have simply received citations had they stopped. >> reporter: this video posted on youtube shows the immediate aftermath of the crash. a car engulfed in flames and three men killed. the chp says the men were doing doughnuts in the street and an officer spotted them. >> the sedan took off and ran through the light. and the officer turned on the emergency lights in an attempt to make a stop on the vehicle. >> after the car sped through several more red lights, the chp discontinued the chase and watched as the car hit a yellow cab, went out of control and crashed hard. >> the whole car burst into intense flames and we ran to try to help. >> the flames were so intense that by the time we got there there was no way to get close. >>

it's causing a backup on the benicia bridge and the carquinez bridge. and just a heads up. , tiburon there's no service for the next couple of weeks for maintenance. there are buses in place. no delays for bart, ace, caltrain or muni. >>> a little bit under the weather. a little. >> well, i thought it was all spring fever. that's all i thought it was. spring is 34 days away. and feels like spring has sprung. morning, everybody. look at that. we're brightening up earlier. sunup is at 6:29. and i'm loving the longer days. right now we have temperatures in the 40s and 50s, rising to highs. boy, up to 20 degrees above average. san francisco, you have to go back to 1930. that's what i'm forecasting today. san jose had a record high of 80. richmond for the second day in a row. you should have a record high temperature. full sunshine on the coast. and 70s and 80s on the peninsula. and topping off at 80 in morgan hill. and numbers 70s, 80s, discovery bay, get the boat on the water. it's in the low 80s today. offshore bridge northeast rotating -- 10 to 15 miles

right as you work your way through the benicia.t it's not causing any major delays south 680 at 780. and one lane is blocked. we are seeing a bit of a backup typical this time of the morning. and 21 minutes, we did have the accident at the dublin interchange. and a lot of the delays are east of there. as you head out of tracy, westbound 580, you'll see a lot of delays. and a lot of red. speeds under 25 miles per hour. and speeds slow as you hit the top of the altamont pass. and san jose looks really good. no delays. traffic is clear out of the south bay. quad lupe parkway not seeing any problems . a first look at the nimitz freeway. a few brake lights around hayward as you head to san lorenzo or union city. overall, traffic is moving okay. and not a bad ride if you plan on heading to foster city. a 14-minute ride between 880 and 101. golden gate bridge no troubles and traffic is clear. that will take 14 minutes. looks beautiful across the span. and we've had beautiful weather. >> gorgeous, stellar, the visibility unlimited and the

and martinez another push of half rain will head across highway 4 toward benicia and martinez. bridges, also, in 20 minutes. the west-east flow of showers are building to half moon bay so the peninsula is half an hour and there could be a few showers roll your way. there is a dangerous surf dodging drops this morning if you running and it will be -- walking the dog. it is raining in the south bay and temperatures are in the low-to-mid 60s with showers tapering. did i just hear thunder? that was impressive to hear in here with all this concrete? mother nature just gave you a wake-up call. we have showers on friday and then on saturday. frances? >> yes, very exciting when we get thunder in here and that means we could she a few more accidents for those heading from the north bay and coming into san francisco. we can see some of heavier rainfall. we will update the overturned crash in walnut creek beyond highway 24 emergency cruise are there and lanes are blocked. there was slowing early and i hope it will clear, but the southbound traffic i am worried about. the early crash eastb

valero refining company is expected to appeal to benicia's city council. >>> let's get another checkn the roads. >> things are looking good but we are keeping an eye on a few incidents out there on the roads. let's go ahead and take you to the maps right now show you where this is. northbound 880 near davis as you approach oakland. crash on the shoulder of the road. starting to impact traffic a little bit even though it's off to the side. people trying to take a peek at what's going on. no major delays. still in the green. great news from the i238 to i- 80. again you can see right now overall not too many brake lights. we have been talking about the exciting surf competition "titans of mavericks." expect some delays around highways 1 and 92. lots of people trying to get to the competition. san mateo bridge to the coastline, you can see things are slow there right now. currently on 92 from 880 to u.s. 101. currently 16 minutes. you may have extra time to take it in because things are starting to slowdown just a little bit as it builds up out there. still 22 minutes from the carquinez

low 70s around vallejo, benicia, martinez, american canyon. good morning, everybody.can anticipate sunshine through friday. a minimal chance of friday night rain in the north bay. otherwise, rain will return at the end of the monday. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers in the west, it is tuesday, february 9th, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." voting is under way in the nation's first presidential primary. we're in new hampshire where it's make or break for some republicans. >> a fast-moving blizzard slams millions in the east, huge waves flood the coast. >>> and cbs news investigates a company that claims it can detect cancer before the symptoms even appear. >>> we begin this morning with a look at today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. >>> you have to vote no matter what. your wife is disgusted with you, she said i'm leaving. i don't give a damn, you've got to o

. >>> people in benicia are voicing concerns for a plan for the valero refinery to receive shipments by train. valero wants to build a rail terminal. and the project would low 50 tanker railcars to unload every day. >> if there was a catastrophic derailment with an explosion and fire, the smoke doesn't just stay within the refinery. it will blow all over the area. >> the crudes that we bring in by ship today are the same we bring in by rail. and some of the crudes in these accidents are different than that. >> in 2013, 47 people were killed in quebec after a crude oil train derailed there. and another in virginia led to the evacuation of two towns. valero says it's unlikely that could happen here because of the upgraded train cars. >> it's very contentious. >> and when you live right near those places -- >> absolutely. >>> let's check on the traffic with sal. hopefully, it's quiet on the east shore freeway, right? >> yes, it is, brian. we can -- >> you know i'm copying you. >> here's learned from the expert. and he did a great job. >> i was watching on the nine and this guy is doing

this day from the benicia bridge to walnut bridge it's looking good. >>> pleasanton police are looking for three men who may be tied to two armed robberies in the parking lot of the stone ridge shopping mall. the men stole a 63-year-old woman's purse and kicked her when she fell to the ground. the same group of men are suspected of robbing a 17-year- old girl in that same parking lot. investigators may have committed robberies in other cities. apple supporters will rally against the u.s. government's attempt to force apple to unlock the cell phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. >>> california's capital city has seen the largest increase in violent crime of any large city in the country. a report was based on fbi statistics and it found that sacramento's rate of violent crimes increased significantly in the first half of 2015. there were 76 more violent crimes per 100,000 people compared to 2014. and sacramento police say 2014 had one of the lowest crime levels in 10 years. san francisco ranks number 8 on the list for violent crimes but it ranked number one in property crimes. s

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. >> benicia, san ramon, san mateo, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> you are look at a rescueperation on the sonoma coast, a young girl and her mom were in danger of drowning in the heavy surf and the lifeguard saved them both being called a hero this morning. this happened on friday on goat rock beach. the photo shows the family holding hands, watching the water, moms after that, a waive knocked them down and dragged them out into the sea. the lifeguard jumped into the icy water. >> you have to move fast. you go after the littlest one and they will have the heart evidence time. >> i got to her her eyes were should, she was scared and in a fetal position. i put my hand on her. i said, we are going to make it. >> he put the girl on a rescue helicopter and want back to get her mother. he was hospitalized for hypothermia but as can you see he is okay now and back at the beach. >> now back to the oscars. lieutenant governor newsome took to twitter after a joke. >> are not allowed to ask women what they are wearing, ask, ask, they ask men because they are all wearing the same outfi

baseball firefigters and the live report airs tonight at 6:00 and you can follow the updates on >> benicia,sanramon,sanmateo anda llthebayarea,thisisabc7news. >> too busy dancing to that? >> new video from mardi gras celebrations in new orleans as celebrations are underway with vibrant floats all in the big easy. and fat tuesday partygoers will we crowd the streets tonight. >> carnival is going on. >> and the lunar new year. >> and the worse will wear a special uniform host the lunar new year when they least houston. klay thompson models the new jersey in chinatown recently. >> the chinese new year celebration, golden state was one of two teams to day way chinese-style uniforms. >> i want one. it looks sharp. >> he mays anything look sharp. >> lunar new year, still fat tuesday myself, after yesterday's feast. great weather, though. >> you can run it off. >> i am still stuffed from super bowl 50, i am not sure i can eat more but you are supposed to for those that celebrate lent are give up stuff tomorrow and one will be sweets. i promised at the to which the showy would have some numbers th

the carquinez and benicia bridge and you have a source that is out there, i'll hand it over to you. >> bob redell in the thick of the fog this morning. pretty soupy conditions might be the word of the day, bob. >> well, it is patchy fog, good morning to you, laura. northbound 101 approaching moffett field there on the right where the red lights are and we're starting to see some of the fog come in. we were just in san jose where it was bad. i can tell you coming in this morning from the east bay you see it on the sunol grade which given the fact that it is a valley and once we get further north along 101 especially past the dumbarton bridge you'll see foggy conditions that could affect your drive into work. you want to remember, obviously, slow down and if you are driving in fog, do not use your bright headlights because that will create a white wall which flashes back in your eyes and makes it very difficult to use you want to use your fog lights if you have them, or your regular lights and watch the driving distance between you and the car in front of you. fairly good driving condit

east of the bay the numbers from 73 degrees in antioch to 73 in vallejo, benicia and martinez swinging around to american canyon. 69 degrees in stinson beach today. further inland we are talking about temperatures in the 70s. [ laughter ] >> frank, get over here. what is it now? >> empire state is 1,454 feet high. >> okay. you may go back to your room. we'll have more on the empire state building. first to gianna. [ laughter ] >>> let's go to the freeways. i don't know how long 680 is but i know right now there's some slow-and-go conditions due to construction around both directions between the dublin interchange and rudgear road. the dublin interchange looks good this morning. we have a few cars making that trek on the westbound side as you work your way out of the altamont pass but your drive time looks good over towards 680. 880 not bad near the coliseum. both directions off to a great start as you head in and out of oakland o we had a brief report from chp in regards to a broken- down big rig on 880 and jackson but that didn't turn out to be much everything clear out of hayward int

. >>> city planners in benicia voted down plans to move crude through the town by rail. valero wants to bring it in on two 50 car trains every day. planning commissioners cited potential hazards to public safety. they may not have the last word. rail shipments are regulated by the federal government. >>> a warning tonight about a mountain lion roaming in concord. these grainy pictures were captured of the animal behind discovery way. the person who shot the photo says the mountain lion was about the size of a 70 or 80- pound dog. >> an attacker is dead and four people are hurt of a machete attack in ohio. it happened last night at a middle eastern restaurant in columbus ohio. witnesses say a man stormed in and went from table to table hitting people. police say he had talked with an employee about an hour beforehand. the suspect led police on a five-mile car chase and then got out holding -- holding the machete and a knife. >> he is trying to get out of vehicle. >> he lunged across the hood at the officers. another officer and a cruiser fired a couple of shots at him and

>> fremont, palo alto, north bay, benicia, put the brakes on the plan to transport crude oil through the city. that is according to the sacramento bee, they wanted to import oil on two, 50 car train as day. the trains posed significant unavoidable health hazards to people and the environment. and span said the company is disappointed. >> president obama is in los angeles this morning, after a quick fundraising visit to the bay area and left moffett field but not before he held another meeting and will name three areas of desert in southern california as national monuments. the move will set the land aside for hikers, campers and hunters to enjoy. >> it is easier new to open a food truck in oakland which has not has a permitting process. now they hope to have a new area for the trucks to set up and could expand it for individuals into new areas of north and west oakland, and would make it easier for tucks to be able to park in metered spaces so they can sell their food. >> the sparking spot at the free ride is over. we warned you of this yesterday morning and now it is official: bart

. -- benicia odell tauro -- benicc io del toro. jason: a new fire truck in orange county. michelle: it carries on the memory of carl and triano. -- carl andriano. a plaque reads 30 strong in honor of andrea >> heavy rain moving through our area this morning. michelle: here is what we are looking at for 6:00. brett: a tornado ripping through parts of florida. damage left behind and a look at the areas hit hardest. >> no more warnings in effect for central florida. tornado warning gone, and the tornado watch will be dropped here shortly. a full update on what is in store for the rest of your tuesday now that those storms are pushing away. you like being picture perfect. you should want your banking to be too. stop into td bank and we'll help set you up with picture perfect banking. new customers, open a checking and savings account and you can get a polaroid cube+ announcer: local, live, late-breaking. this is wesh 2 news sunrise in high definition. jason: overnight, several local counties were hit with severe weather, a messy mix of rain and wind pounded central florida. it

minutes with brief and heavy rain around dublin and stone valley we and the carquinez bridge and benicia bridge getting light rain as highway four from concord to hercules. notice storms we just tracked are falling apart and will continue to full apart but they will bring gusty winds and locally moderate rain but the hail threat is identify after seeing hail in san rafael and san carlos. they do not look strong enough now. over next six hours north of the san mateo bridge and heading into the north bay is where we have the best chance of scattered showers. the benches are poor because of dangerous surf. dodging drops if you run and walking the dog it is wet this morning. the storm is moving through danville. another chance of rain is tomorrow and warmer with more sunshine on saturday. the rest of the weekend forecast is coming up. frances? >> getting busy. a couple of accidents, eastbound 24, and another in san jose north 101 and big delay on ace train three running 40 minutes late. there was a car stuck on the tracks and it delayed ace train 3. you can see the wet road across the san ma

. >>> the search continues for the cause of a fire that tore through a home in benicia. flames broke out on casey court around 7:30 last night. no one was home at the time but there were three dogs inside. one of them died. firefighters say the two others are missing. the house sustained significant damage. investigators in sever cisco are working to determine the cause of a three-alarm fire last night on fulton near usf. the fire injured a child and more than a dozen people are out of their homes tonight. two homes were damaged, it took crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control. 11-year-old boy cut his foot while getting out of the house. the red cross is helping people displaced by the fire. >>> officers are finding because about a traffic and -- accident in san jose. man who had been shot behind the wheel. the car struck a pole on me amonte near pioneer high school just before 4:00. the victim has not been identified. no arrests have been made. the man might've been fired upon by someone driving by in another vehicle but the circumstances remain unclear.

traffic looks good on 680 from the benicia bridge.land right now the freeway system looks good. if you have a window of opportunity right now. >>> easterly breeze, sal. maybe 15 to 20 for some. not for everybody. if you want to keep up to date with your tablet or phone. it's all about mobile now. all about mobile. ktvu weather app has updates for everything you might need. and if you're looking to sunday, sunny and warm, about 70 degrees. and we have a lot of people in eureka and crescent city. and the rain gauge has a quarter of an inch from yesterday. wig waves from the mendocino coast. the national weather service in eureka has issued a coastal watch. we can't find much as far as the rain goes. it's quiet. and for the headlines, morning clouds, maybe a mist to the north. and overall, partly to mostly cloudy. and the weekend looks sunny and warmer. if you're heading to super bowl city. morning clouds and clearing. upper 50s to near 60, especially later this afternoon. a few clouds drifting over the north and the trend is to take the

and this area here, boy, 680 slow from the benicia bridge to alamo. highway 4 is slow. contra costa drivers 680, highway 4 in this area bad commute. highway 24 not great either. a lot of people might not be in a great mood at the office if they did this commute in their car. >>> let's go to steve now in the weather is center. >> sal, thank you sir. some fog this morning. you know up in the north bay and around san jose. but it will burn off. willits and mendocino county, some fog there. stay was the first to report fog. that was early, early. since then it's filtered in a little bit. currently 37. calm, mostly clear in clearlake. high 72. warmer temps this week. i agree with that. mid 70s possibly today in gilroy and santa cruz. except for the fog we have good to go. doesn't look like anything's visiting us any time soon. still a few 30s. napa's in there. santa rosa. 40s to 50s for some. had some upper 30s in the eastbound east bay as well. 40 in danville. 49 in brentwood and anitoch. 16 truckee. 36, 39 from ukiah up to arcata. 32 at cobb mountain. that was the coldest

. >>> the search continues for the cause of a fire that tore through a home in benicia. flames broke out on casey court around 7:30 last night. no one was home at the time but there were three dogs inside. one of them died. firefighters say the two others are missing. the house sustained significant damage. investigators in sever cisco are working to determine the cause of a three-alarm fire last night on fulton near usf. the fire injured a child and more than a dozen people are out of their homes tonight. two homes were damaged, it took crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control. 11-year-old boy cut his foot while getting out of the house. the red cross is helping people displaced by the fire. >>> officers are finding because about a traffic and -- accident in san jose. a car crashed into a pole and a man who had been shot behind the wheel. the car struck a pole on me amonte near pioneer high school just before 4:00. the victim has not been identified. no arrests have been made. the man might've been fired upon by someone driving by in another vehicle but t

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. >> benicia put the brakes on the plane to transport crude oil through the city according to the sacramento bee, the company wanted to import oil on to, 50-car train as day, and the planning commission said there are significant unavoidable health hazards to people and the environment, and a spokesperson said the company is disappointed and will set down to discuss the next stipulate. >> new pedestrian crosswalk signals are are scene of a deadly pedestrian accident in a shift to make streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians much the signals were to be installed at the intersection before the death of the 82-year-old man. >> it will be easier to open a food truck in oakland, the city has hat no comprehensive guide, but now the staff helps to credit a city-wide program to help vendors and create new areas for trucks to set up. it could expand the food truck zones into new areas of north and west oakland and make it easier for trucks to part in metered spaces to sell their food. >> a check of markets, this is a look at big board, we seeing something that we did not see 24 hours ago, we are

. >>> benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> look at this, a fire here in kansas city produces that. some call this a fire-nado. a lawnmower sparked the flames that burned 1,500 acres with high winds for the crews. you can see the winds whipped it into a small tornado of flames and firefighters were able to get it under control. >> you probably know affluenza teen, ethan couch is headed to court. a judge will decide whether couch will be tried as an adult if he is transferred he will be assigned to a new judge who will set the terms of the probation interest affect in april when he turns 19. couch received probation after killing four people after the attorney argued he was coddled by his parents. his moment put his probation at risk and took him to mexico. >> bill cosby is demanding money from the woman whose accusations led to the only criminal charges against him accusing her of breach of contract saying that a 2006 lawsuit barred her from voluntarily discussing the case with law enforcement. she met with police if philadelphia last year as they

at 10:45, why two nuns say they are facing eviction if >>> a big decision over a plan by valero's benicia refinery to receive shipments by train, the city of tenisha is poised to clear the way for the train cars to start rolling. the issue is so he did, four nights have been set aside for review and comment, four and against the plan, debora villalon listened in on this first night and safety was the key issue. deborah? >> reporter: the chambers are packed but three hours in, the public is still waiting to talk. planning commissioners have the floor and they are still asking questions. staff recommends yes on oil trains but opponents hope to halt them. next to the union pacific tracks, this would manufacturer deals with trains every day. >> we have situations where our employees can't get in and out because there's a train across the tracks. >> reporter: what worries him now is not convenience but safety. >> it's been on the radar for at least three or four years. >> reporter: oil trains are a polarizing idea. more than 100 people waited hours for the chance to weigh >> just keep don't --

benicia odell tauro and laura dunn will join the cast. avoiding one billion pounds in taxes by a controversial deal. transactions were revealed in public filings and they took advantage of generous credits. your bloomberg flash. >> thank you very much. this is the latest piece of data with the state of the economy. >> for more, we are joined by a chairman and ceo. larry is also with us. of course, it is great to see you. and it wasnversation about china last week and it disappointed some. what you are seeing is weakness. i see the macroeconomic environment under pressure and numbers are there to show it. the fundamentals are strong and you have an emerging middle class in china and the fundamentals are strong. in the short-term, there is pressure. >> the issue discussed was graft versus reality and if we have graft and there a reality with those liking your band brand -- brand. there is the export driven shifts,and, like all there are challenges and we are in the middle of that and retail ands are growing in china the fundamentals are per

fairfield, benicia and martinez a high in the low 70s. richmond 72. sausalito 70. santa rosa 72. 73. tiny rain chance late friday and also sunday but the majority of the weekend will be dry and next week, there it is. three more days with sunshine. sports is next. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, injuries and ineffefective¢ ness...so as vern glenn rep, about >>> the giants once formidable pitching staff that won three world championships was depleted by injuries and ineffectiveness so as vern glenn reports the giants did something about it. >> reporter: coming into spring training no question one of the big story lines was the $220 million that they spent on jeff samardzija and johnny cueto. >> the organization got together this winter. we kind of realized that we didn't have enough innings last season. >> reporter: last season with the exception of madison baumgarner no starter had an e.r.a. lower than 3.58 but with the two new additions, the team looksto have one of the best staffs in baseball. >> it's cool when every guy can go 7, 8, 9 innings. we'll have a little competition going on

we've also had winds at the benicia bridge at 36. some of those bridges really catching those winds rushing in from the south and moffett field up to 33 as well. this is well ahead of that system. when you think about the temperatures we had yesterday in the 80s, today will be in the low to mid-60s. a major shift in our weather as we are starting now to only see some light showers moving into the north bay. we've had a lot of clouds and we will start to see a squall line developing as we go into this evening. here's 4:00. we start to see the heavy downpours, the possibility of some very strong storms moving into the north bay. moving through san francisco by 6:00 or 7:00 and moving into the east bay with the potential of damaging winds, hail and lightning. i'll detail that, what to expect. that's coming up a little bit later. >> thank you very much, kari. our weather coverage continues across all of our digital platforms. just download our free nbc bay area app and track the weather in your neighborhood. >>> let's get to a developing

. >> benicia, san ramon, san mateo , by bay. >> this is long an insider secret if you went to a's or game cheap on game days, and now you have to pay for big events including at come see one minute and arena. right now it is $3 to park between 4:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. monday through friday and it is free to park outside of those hours. >> caltrain plans to electrify their system and getting a boost from the obama administration, the white house launched the earmark $125 million for the project the new trains will let caltrain carry 100,000 extra passengers a day and cut pollution. the president's 2017 budget still has to be approved by congress. >> a follow-up on a story we brought you last week, a man who found a pair of super bowl tickets has turned his good fortune into a good deed. he discovered the tickets last week at the super bowl expense here in san francisco. he called police and made a real of the to search for the owner, and no one came forward. he post add message on his facebook page say he would give the ticket who would give with scholarship to a student at city academ

upper 60s, low 70s in the san ramon valley, benicia 70, fairfield, vacaville, 71. berkeley 67.aluma 67 degrees. and 72 with partly sunny skies in cloverdale. we stay mild inland spots above 70 degrees through the weekend. 60s near the bay the one bright spot, we have some rain on the horizon way out there next wednesday. we have sports coming up next. announcer: through presidents day at sleep train, get up to four years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic, and save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic, plus same-day delivery. hurry! this special financing offer ends presidents day at sleep train. i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com first one came through with beau it >>> remember back in september two events supposedly in peril because of el nino? the super bowl and the at&t pro- am. the first one was a beautiful sunny day. it appears the golf tournament will weather the storm, as well. vern glenn reports from pebble beach. >> here we go. cheese! >> there you go.

tying you with benicia and veil and martinez. cloverdale 60s. rain out. we took the rain chance out sunday. no rain on sunday. first half of next week as we say good-bye to february, hello to march, nothing changes. we are still sunny and warm. it's next thursday, what we need, we need the ridge to move far enough away like it did in december and in january. the ridge steered the storms here and started blocking the storms. we wanted to go back to where it was steering. it looks like in may about 7 days from now. >> fingers crossed. >> yes, toes, cross it all. >> it will be the miracle march i have been talking about. >> for five years. it better finally come, ken. please, can you do something? >> working on it. thanks. >>> well, the company known for all american clothes caught in the middle of an abortion debate. the catalog controversy that has people threatening to boycott lands end. >> and will the planet survive a cosmic close shave? what astronomers say about the space rock expected to squeak by the earth. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, it's called: "equal means e

. >>> benicia's city planning commission just took one bold stand against big oil. in a unanimous vote the planning commission rejected valero refining company's request to build a railroad station which would allow the company to import oil on two 50- car trains daily. 70 members of the public testified for four nights on the topic. valero is expected to appeal. >>> bay area transit systems could receive millions if president obama's 2017 budget is approved by the congress. muni central would see $170 million. berryessa bart extension would get $125 million. caltrain's peninsula electrification project would see $125 million. >>> bart's making you pay up. the next time you park at a station lot for an oakland coliseum event, bart's board voted yesterday to charge between $7 and $30 depending on the event. those fees take effect immediately. >>> if you are trying to rent an apartment in the bay area, good luck. according to the research firm realtytrac, san jose has the lowest vacancy rate in the entire country, just .2%. that means that out of every 1,000 homes, 2

headlights moving southbound and we take you to the maps because there is a new crash reported near the benicia bridge southbound 680 near 780 slowing that has turned green and it looks like this is going to be cleared and, also, eastbound at the toll plaza on the cartinez bridge traffic is slow right at the toll plaza. mass transit a good way to go and caltrain is reporting no delays. check out the drive time on westbound 580 it has grown to almost an hour, tracy up to castro valley and 57 minutes because of a couple of incidents on 580 which i will update you next report. guys? >> and there will be a new vehicle that can be used to take tourists to spay one day, 15 1/2 months since an early model was destroyed that killed a pilot in a test flight. despite disaster, virgin is determined to san tourists to the edge of space and beyond. hundreds of people have put up $250,000 to be the first to get up there. >> barbie could always be in style but the pink consider vote feels dated so she has a new way to get around which hopefully will not burn her. my goodness. barbie is going on a new high-fly

. >>> new at 10:00, a position over a plan by valero's benicia refinery to receive shipments by train the city of tenisha is poised to clear the way for the train cars to start rolling. the issue is so he did, four nights have been set aside for review and comment, four and against the plan, debora villalon listened in on this first night and safety was the key issue. deborah? >> reporter: the chambers are packed but three hours in, the public is still waiting to talk. planning commissioners have the floor and they are still asking questions. staff recommends yes on oil trains but opponents hope to halt them. next to the union pacific tracks, this would manufacturer deals with trains every day. >> we have situations where our employees can't get in and out because there's a train across the tracks. >> reporter: what worries him now is not convenience but safety. >> it's been on the radar for at least three or four years. >> reporter: oil trains are a polarizing idea. more than 100 people waited hours for the chance to weigh in. >> just keep don't -- going down the list until we get ev

. >> benicia has the brakes on the plan to transport crude oil through the city.nt to import oil on the car trains each day and the planning commission believes it poses significant health hazards. the company is disappointed and sit down to discuss the next step. >> president obama is in los angeles this morning. there was a quick fundraising visit to the bay area. he left moffett field yesterday afternoon. but first he doned the shades for the california sun, kissing a baby, holding another baby. today he will name three areas of desert in southern california as "national monuments," setting the land aside for hikers, catchers and hunters. >> it will be easier to open a food truck in oakland. there has been no comprehensive policy for the vendors. now, the city staff hope to have a city-wide program to have a new area to set up, expanding the food zones in northwest and west oakland and make it easier for the trucks to park in the metering faces. uber could be getting back the money for using them, pushing to settle two class-action lawsuits over a fee. the suit

. >> benicia business taxpayer does? >> that's terrible whoever done that need to go to jail. >> desiccation is handled by the clue place out of the city director's office beltone along the way tape but this is not getting passed off as a little paperwork mixup. >> unexcelled that lead atlanta confusing moments for willoughby police when they took a call outside of their jurisdiction.w >> north ridge bowling club. >> or is that at. >> in north ridge. police department. >> in sydney? >> no, in willoughby ohio, the united states. >> a command from the sydney suburb of willoughby australia got connected to the police in ohio concerned about break-ins at his local bowling club, not clear how he ended up calling the united states but he ended up having a pleasant conversationa, mostly about the weather,. swick and hundreds of people will be in downtown clevelanddr brain as little as they dare to for the cupid undie run that starts at 2:00 p.m. it is a 1 mile fun run in which people are encouraged tope wear a little proceeds b

some breezy conditions, not as bad as yesterday. 16-mile-per-hour winds in oakland, 13 in vallejo to benicia and martinez. lighter winds to the north. the winds will continue to blow 10 to 20 today. no airport delays. 2 1/2 hour delays yesterday at sfo. right now raining there. 40s and 50s climbing to the 60s today. the core of that frontal boundary that's right there is still offshore and the wraparound moisture is going to continue to impact our weather today, a hit-and-miss scattered shower with the breezy conditions. then we head towards your friday and look what happens. here is your afternoon and secondary system rolls through for the evening commute as well and by the time it's all said and done, we should pick up at least another half an inch of rain in many of our locations clearing out for the weekend. in fact, some of the totals by friday afternoon nearly 4/10 in san francisco. we have more snow in the high sierra, 2 feet of snow by tomorrow afternoon, easily with that winter storm warning expiring by lunch hour. there's your sunrise and sunset and forget about it. you're not goin

freeway ride slow 34 minutes towards the maze and getting word of an accident southbound 680 on the benicia traffic is backed up. >>> stop whatever you're doing. look at this our live weather camera from the transamerica pyramid looking due east. isn't that glorious. i like longer days, do you guys? >> of course. >> we get 2 minutes and 2 seconds more daylight to play today. 11 hours and 6 minutes of available daylight. we are starting off this day in the 40s and 50s and later today everyone is in the 70s averaging up to 15 degrees above where we should be for this 23rd day of the month. 75 in mountain view and oakland through berkeley. here's your extended forecast. 77 in gilroy today. look at these numbers. near 80 degrees on thursday. i'm inviting you over for barbecue. >> okay! >> starts at 2, over at 4:00. >> and your address is? [ laughter ] >> okay. >> we're in. >> beautiful shot. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is tuesday, february 23rd, 2016. welcome to "cbs this morning." ted cruz fires his spokesman over

necessary benicia where you have to say nice cool morning get outside and enjoy the warm day. he is off to the gym. way to go! this one up here this would be dave napa 44 degrees. dave, now what i like about dave? he gives us observations but he sends us photos, as well. he is sending us a picture of the mustard blooming in napa. we have mustard fields blooming in the east bay, as well. wherever you are it's a calm start to the morning. we have partly cloudy conditions around the bay. we have clear skies inland. and we have temperatures that are beiging from 47 degrees in concord to 10 degrees warmer than that to the bay of water in san francisco at 57 degrees. along the coast tonight we have that high surf advisory that goes into place. some of the swells up to 13 feet lapping onshore. never have your back to the ocean because of those conditions. mavericks has a green light for friday. partly cloudy skies, slight breeze out the door. above average, dry through the weekend. we have storms out there, we are just on the fringe of it. here you have the rain clipping the northwes

. >> benicia, san ramon, san mateo, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> look what napa countygoing do limit the amount of special over veterans to be held on a scenic road because of the impact on traffic. residents have long complains that bicycle races and marathons and fun runs have load to lengthy delays for getting around scene ice wine country. the county voted 4-1 yesterday to limit over vents two a month and one a weekend on any major roadways. relay events are banned on highway 29 and part of the trail. back now to the big names in the bay area today. new york giants super bowl winning corporate eli manning, brother to peyton manning, and jerry rice and dan marino, and the espn compound is going up and that is where we feigned amy hollyfield. >> yes, reggie. what an operation. look behind me at the huge television studio that has moved in to the parking lot on the marina in san francisco. espn is enjoying the sites of our city. they set up and broadcast at pier 39 and now we will take in the views from marina green. steve wrong told larry beale the super bowl looks go

benicia bridge no problem towards the walnut creek interchange.d the flat section tied up by crashes getting cleared from the area. the high rise is just fine. again, the crash and the backup the hayward side. quick look at palo alto. just want to show you no problems for the peninsula or south bay. >> looking very good. thank you, mike. >>> coming up, shots fired along a busy bay area freeway for the sixth time in recent months. how an innocent person on the side of the road nearly became a victim. >>> happening right now, safety ruled the day during super bowl 50. but new information on our web page about air space violations. look for that link under this just in. levi can't seem to get that turf situation right. we tweeted out about the players adjusted to their tough footing and might be to blame. >>> what amounts to a super size cleanup. that's still going on at levi's and it will for several days. that link can be found on our facebook page. >>> at 6:56. a developing story out of the east bay where officers are looking for a gunman involved

slower down the east shore freeway as you would expect coming across the carquinez and benicia bridges. back to you. >> just highlighting that fog on your map. the fog could make for a tricky drive to work or to school. mike mentioned bob redell on the roadways right now tracking the conditions in realtime. a live report from him coming up at 6:57. >>> and i'm stephanie chuang live in san jose where police are still looking for the person who crashed an suv into this house earlier this morning. what led to this, we've got the latest, coming up in a live report. >>> happening now, we're following an overpolice chase. it started after an armed robbery in mountain view and ended up in menlo park. look for more details under the link on our home page. >>> and later this morning, the man accused of killing a south bay mother and leaving hbody in fremont is expected to appear in court. go our twitter page later today for updates. one final check of the day's toi >>> 6:55. welcome back. a final check of the day's top stories before we send you off to "today" show in just a few minutes. >> rit

we have some fog and other areas which are north of the benicia bridge and the bay bridge. >> james: temperatures are in the floor for these and most of our bay area communities. it is somewhat of a chilly start today. temperatures will be in the low to mid 60s across the board at its highest time today . these temperatures will continue to be fantastic into the weekend. >> james: temperatures will be run around 70 for the big day on sunday. >> robin: at the bay bridge toll plaza there are no delays. the pay gates has completely thinned out. the airports will be busy today, and it is a good time to get them right now. at the ministry way--minutes free way-- nimitz freeway. from palo alto to san mateo is a quick drive. >> mark: bernie sanders and it looks like is beating hillary clinton to to one according to cnn. who is more progressive, wall street, and health-care issues are what bernie sanders and hillary clinton have debated. >> reporter: the debate was very he did. >> i don't think these kind of attacks and insinuations are inappropriate. >> and start of arguing about all of def

and previously worked in benicia and san carlos for 16 years. the latest numbers are out. on water users are now falling short of the state-mandated less water in january. that just misses the 25-percent cuts governor brown ordered for california is in its 5th year of drought.and officials haverainy season might lead people the latest numbers mark the missed the overall target. january was the 8th month of whether el nino will ease the >> pam:the largest container ship to ever berth in north america. is back at the port of oakland. the c-m-a c-g-m benjamin franklin returned to the east bay today. these pictures of the thirteen - hundred and- ten foot long cargo ship. are from our helicopter partners at abc 7. the ship is capable of carrying up to 18 -thousand containers. the first time it came to oakland. was back in december. the giant ship is set to depart another beautiful day in the bay area. brittney is here with the forecast into the weekend. >> britteny: will seat miles conditions with well above average temperatures. take all the sun set a beautiful day temperature

. >> is fundraiser is for the benicia police department k-9 unit. in honor of gavin. joining us is we have the organizer of the fundraiser. >> good morning. they give for having us. >> tell us about gavin's passion. there's been stories about how used to give his allowance for the canines. this was always something for him that he cared about. >> yes. in this very store we are standing in when he was five he had seen something on the news and he quickly gathered up all of his savings literally everything he had from birthday money to allowance money. he had his dad change out so a nice $100 bill and came down to the store and donated. he caused quite an emotional stir. because it was a five-year-old giving everything he owned to the police canines. >> everyone remembers gavin. how much money are you hoping to raise? what is your target goal? >> our target goal is about $2000. we have a few ways we're doing it. were having the dog walkathon which is exciting. we have deputies to come down and purchased a token and wash your dog and cat food express self-service station

should passerby's of the carton is bridge and should be ok and is heading off in the direction of the benicia bridge will give them a little bit longer before it clears were tracking showers and as we move out to the east bank of the sea we have some light ran out their stockton in the meantime and shows a story which is really going to be on and off again shops throughout the morning use it against ethanol because i've to begin to break applaudable the sunshine by 3:00 in the afternoon can to headed home from school and should be looking a partly cloudy and sunny afternoon. >>james: 12 to 15 ft. the beaches will be dangerous and will stay clear of it until the advisory passes by if you're headed to the sierra the noon today is once remodeling to heavy snow falling run not as lucky driving at and above 6,000 ft. were the for half a foot and above 7,000 ft. when the 2 ft. could be coming down griffin resorts beginning of the quantum of the danger sign chapter colors everything you need to know the plan the driving a truck to from the bank will have stormy weather like we do today to check out

it's crowded on the way to the peninsula. 680-- southbound 680 on the benicia bridge there's a crash. and the traffic between concord and walnut creek is normal. slow into alamo. highway4 is slow through the pittsburg and bay point. 7:02 and back to the desk. >>> incredible pictures of an early morning fire in oakland. huge flames roaring overnight. and now we know what started it all. three buildings are heavily damaged including a buddhist temple completely wiped out. everyone inside the temple escaped including fourmonts. alex savidge is on the scene. and it's an active scene behind you. and investigators are saying they know what started the fire. >> reporter: they believe they do gasia. as many as a thousand candles were left lit and unattended here inside this buddhist temple. all of this is part of an annual tradition. and in the end, investigators believe that all of the unattended candles likely sparked the massive fire. you can see the damage done here. this is what is left of the oakland cambodian buddhist temple. thankfully, everyone who was sleeping inside this temple mad