chp made a plea to cal-trans after friday fatal accident that we reported to you. man car went out of control crossed into opposing traffic on laurel curve with this horrible resul result. highway patrol says asked cal-trans for years to extend median barrier around the area. cal-trans now says it will speed up the safety study on that issue. >> the rain in the past few da days may not be enough to stop the state of emergency in marin county. officials vote on it tomorrow. why a water crisis before summer. allen wong explains. >> just across the golden gate bridge along highway 101 is one of the last family owned dairy farm in marin county. these blades of grass dictate 30-year-old anthony silver future. >> praise have gone up own grass has gone down. and so you have to feed extra to compensate for what you don't have in your field. >>reporter: long dry winter has forced silver to spend extra 200,000 dollars on alfalfa for the 250 cows. >> normally the grass is so thick in the month of february we don't have to feed at all. >>reporter: that's why marin county super

chp made a plea to cal-trans after friday fatal accident that we reported to you. man car went out of control crossed into opposing traffic on laurel curve with this horrible resul result. highway patrol says asked cal-trans for years to extend median barrier around the area. cal-trans now says it will speed up the safety study on that issue. >> the rain in the past few da days may not be enough to stop the state of emergency in marin county. officials vote on it tomorrow. why a water crisis before summer. allen wong explains. >> just across the golden gate bridge along highway 101 is one of the last family owned dairy farm in marin county. these blades of grass dictate 30-year-old anthony silver future. >> praise have gone up own grass has gone down. and so you have to feed extra to compensate for what you don't have in your field. >>reporter: long dry winter has forced silver to spend extra 200,000 dollars on alfalfa for the 250 cows. >> normally the grass is so thick in the month of february we don't have to feed at all. >>reporter: that's why marin county super

. >>> and fair for cal trans is going up.s live at a train station in san francisco to tell us who is affected and how much they have to play, claudine? >> reporter: we are at the cal trans steaks and the vote takes place at 10:00 a.m. and cal trans modified this proposal where nearly 185 people spoke out about the original plan. the new plan is a compromise. here is what is proposed. they are going to have half the discounts and instead of a two month deal it will be a 1 month deal and instead of 15% off only 7% off. upgrade goes up 25-cents. the to go pass does not change, it goes up by $10. >> i can understand, not a lot of people take transportation anymore and i can imagine the cost to operate as we progress, go higher and higher. so i could definitely understand that. >> back out here live, the agency wants everyone to switch over to the clipper card, that is the universal card that works on bart and cal trans. if people done move over at least 50%, they will consider raising that cost again so this may not be over but

cal trans scraped the mud and removed a fall entry. a rock slide came down an embankment and blocked part of the road. no one was hurt or cars damaged in either incident. >>> scatter ited showers are falling. sandhya patel is live with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> there isn't a whole lot left on it. we still have a few showers as you engs inked. as you mentioned. we are seeing some really light drizzle around the east bay and san francisco. but here is where most of the action is at. it is around the santa cruz mountains. that explains why some of these areas have received so much rain. look at the totals. the mountain's two-day total is 10 inches. it is one storm that has brought 10 inches of rain. san jose and the santa cruz mountains are .09. 1.84 san francisco. kentfield is more than eight inches of rain. .90 in concord and .21 in livermore and 1.82 in half moon bay. we are far from done with the rain. we have two more storms coming. i will tell you about those storms and the potential for thunderstorms and low snow levels when i

cal trans scraped the mud and removed a fall entry. a rock slide came down an embankment and blocked part of the road. no one was hurt or cars damaged in either incident. >>> scatter ited showers are falling. sandhya patel is live with a look at live doppler 7hd. >> there isn't a whole lot left on it. we still have a few showers as you engs inked. as you mentioned. we are seeing some really light drizzle around the east bay and san francisco. but here is where most of the action is at. it is around the santa cruz mountains. that explains why some of these areas have received so much rain. look at the totals. the mountain's two-day total is 10 inches. it is one storm that has brought 10 inches of rain. san jose and the santa cruz mountains are .09. 1.84 san francisco. kentfield is more than eight inches of rain. .90 in concord and .21 in livermore and 1.82 in half moon bay. we are far from done with the rain. we have two more storms coming. i will tell you about those storms and the potential for thunderstorms and low snow levels when i

chp first on the scene. 15 minutes ago the cal tran crews arrived. it's a huge tree. about 70 feet tall. you usually hear about these things when it rains. the ground is saturated and coupled with the wind. this is the onramp eastbound at 580. we recommend going down a couple blocks to 35th avenue and getting on to the freeway there instead. the bulk of rain will happen during your morning commute. it will dispate and probably return tomorrow night but most likely in the north bay. it's still windy out there make sure you are driving safely across those. i heard from cal tran crews they will be bringing out the woodchipper so they can break apart the tree here. but again drive safely. there is a lot of standing water on the roadways. live from oakland i'm tara moriarty. >>> another overnight large tree was removed -- overnight a large tree was removed. spokesperson for public works says the incident was definitely rain related. he says it looks like the hill the tree was sitting on gave it away. >>> also overnight a man was hit and killed on southbound 101 in san mate

and chp urged cal-trans at that time to take some action. and they did.dd a sand paper like substance to the roadway to allow for better traction. >> in oakland 4 day program under way to provide free dental medical and vision care. they had to turn peopleway this morning because they don't have enough volunteers. need is just that great. more now from abc 7 amy. >>reporter: at 3:30 this morning volunteers handed out 400 numbers to people looking for a free health exam. some of them camped out for the spot in line. >> long wait. it's cold. but it's worth it. >>reporter: by 9:00 o'clock the clinic was full. >> i'm shocked because i came prosecute nap a.i. didn't expect it to be closed for the day. >>reporter: the problem isn't space or lack of equipment. there are plenty of empty dental chairs set up inside the oakland coliseum. the issue is finding enough dentist and eye doctors. >> we didn't have the number of volunteers today that we would hope to have. >>reporter: they recognize it's tough to volunteer on a week day and they do expect more volunteers t

. >> the cal trans workers had to turn people away. closed mount hamilton road due to icy and dangerous conditions. he was understanding, yet disappointed. he wanted his relatives from india to see snow for the first time. >> probably sensible. even the road up here was a little slippery. i guess it is sensible, but i wish i could have gotten closer. hamilton road was a good thing. employees say the narrow highway that leads up to their property can't uh accommodate the thousands of people who flock to the summit when it snows. when the road reopens law enforcement will be cracking down. >> it is a state highway and we encourage people to drive through. they can't stop and park when they get up here. >> so for most people, this is as close as they will get. lilian kim, abc7 news. >> high winds created a mess in petaluma. a large pine treetop pelled to another tree and it severed an irrigation line on f street. it happened around 6:15. part of the area flooded. nobody was hurt.ñr >>> tonight a tree fell taking down power lines. and it l

cal trans has this between clover dale and boonville because of some power lines so i want to make sure you are aware of that. in oakland they are trying to figure out what caused a motorcycle to plummet to his death, what is going on? >> well, this was a long way to fall. we are on state property and investigators were here taking a look at the accident scene or what was part of the accident scene. this all started above us, 90 feet above us, that is interstate 880 as it connects into emoryville and interstate 880. i want to show you what happened just a few minutes ago. this is what happened after taking the victim away. they are still trying to figure out what exactly happened, what caused this accident, we can give you a look as well from above and the motorcycle sat there but it is back open now. witnesses say this motorcycle driver was driving up to 80 miles per hour. technically that is speeding but chp said he still should have been able to navigate the turn without a problem. somehow he lost control and ended up going over the side of 880, again, back out here live, they have w

cal trans stopped service for two hours during the investigation. the man was wearing a bike helmet and may have been trying to push his bikes across the tracks. service was restored 11:30 this morning. >> the santa clara valley transportation authority has committed -- ground breaking on the 10 mile $2.1 billion line is slated for next month. >>> going to try something new in hopes of making a dangerous stretch of highway 17 safer. been the scene of frequent accidents especially when it rains. put down an experimental surface. scheduled for this spring. >> news in the world tonight, violent broke out between israel. the group was behind the kidnapping of israel soldier freed last year after five years in captivity. palestinians responded. >>> signed a deal with that country to hand over control of the main prison to the afghan government. the facility holds 3,000 detainees. the u.s. will still be able to block the release of prisoners so members of the taliban can't be freed to go fight again. and the u.s. will retain custody of nonafghan prisoners

you will use something to do that and tolls range from 30 to $6 one way and cal trans will pose the electronicee. speaking of traffic, let's check in for tara and sal. >>> there are -- traffic on the right towards berkeley is looking graduated from -- looking great and finally in the south bay 280 near san jose still not too many folks on the roadways just yet. off to a great start, here is rosemary orozco. >>> first day of spring and a few spring showers. san francisco, 51 san jose, mostly cloudy skies but the road is dry. 46 degrees in santa rosa inland east bay, concord livermore down to pleasanton and off to san ramon, 49 in napa, oakland checking in about 50 degrees. temperatures are up yesterday morning and we will be a few degrees warmer but you can see the brunt of this system continuing to the north of us. the parent low, we are expecting scattered showers to sink into the bay area. picking it up here for you right about 10:00 from mid- morning to mid-afternoon is when we'll see our best shot. sticking to the north of us, we are going to remain in this mostly cloudy unsettled pattern,

we did check with cal tran. you need chains on the 50 and 80 today. >> i got a tweet from north star. they tell me nine inches of fresh know. thank you for that. >>> the fbi accused of spying here in the bay area. the specific religious group it was said to be target targeting. >> a huge search effort continuing later this morning for a missing morgan hill teenager. how investigators are classifying this case. >>> good morning, traffic on northbound 280 looks pretty good getting up to downtown san jose. we'll let you know more about the morning commute and the bay weather. okay, people, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>> we have developing news ri

. >>> cal trans will vote and raise fares but only for certain people. they call for one way tickets but only for people who pay with cash. riders who use clipper cards will not be affected. they are looking at a ride discount and was originally going to eliminate the pass all together but changed their minds after a flood of complaints. >>> how is traffic? >> well we have an issue up on eastbound 80 and there are 10 cars on the right-hand side of the shoulder. i'm not sure what caused the accident. the chp report is not very clear. there may have been some debris in the roadway. now we are going to take a live look at 80. traffic is going well as you make your way towards the mcarthur maze. up next, you can see a little bit of low-lying fog but everything is looking good as you make your way towards san francisco. finally not a whole lot of cars out there just yet in san francisco, let's check in with steve. >>> light rain reported to the north, up to ukiah, you can always tweet me and this is a much weaker system, but still it is set to arrive here and

the closure will last until 3:00 this afternoon but cal tran will continue the 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. closures until thursday. maintenance crews plan on trimming tree there is. did you have the backup alarm clock to the alarm clock this morning? >> especially after that hour change. spring forward as people call it the worst day of the year. especially when you are on this shift you feel it too. >> yeah. i had to change the clocks around here. it's 6:00 but it feels like 5:00. we'll get through it. the commute looks like it would at 6:00. let's go outside and take a look at what we have here on the bay bridge. we are getting a little bit of a crowd here. usually the crowd starts getting really big at 6:15. that's when metering lights turn on. also the morning commute looks good on interstate 880 north and southbound as you drive past the coliseum. on the peninsula 101 and 280 still looking pretty good if your trying to give a drive to the airport. 6:07 let's go to steve. blood count thank you. very happy monday morning. mostly clear. cold out there. 30s and 40s. that syst

we just checked with cal tran and chains are required on both 50 and 80 today. the storm is also being blamed on a fire of an oakland power pole. this was seen on cleveland street. fire officials say a wire came down during the storm. once mg excut off the electricity firefighters were able to put the flames out. electrical wires caused problems in another part of oakland. three ac transit passengers were stranded after a live wire came down on top of their bus. firefighters helped the passengers get off the bus making sure no one touched the bus and the ground at the same time. >>> this morning a jet blue pilot that suffered a meltdown during a flight is in the hospital for examination. cell phone video captured the unidentified captain being wrestled to the floor by passengers. he ran through yelling about bombs, 9/11 and al qaeda. >> he said something we heard the word like they are going to bomb us. other people heard him say something about iraq and afghanistan. >> off duty pilot who was a passenger on the flight luckily was there to help land that plane sa

cal tran plans to shut down the entire dumbarton bridge over the memorial day weekend. the closure will allow crews to complete a major part of the bridge's seismic retrofit project. it will close from 10:00 p.m. friday may 25th until 5:00 a.m. tuesday, may 29th. drivers are being advised to take public transit or alternate routes. >>> an ambulance raced to the scene of a car crash early this morning in san francisco. the vehicle slammed into a tree in the area of thomas way. the car was totaled while three people inside were taken to the hospital for treatment the accident closed off a stretch of road near the campus for two hours. >>> the u.s. army sergeant accused of killing afghan civilians is now officially charged in connection with that deadly rampage. staff sergeant robert bales was charged just a few hours ago with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the killing of eight afghan adults and nine children. he is also charged with six counts of attempted murder and six counts of assault. bales is being held at the u.s. military prison in fort leavenworth,kansas. pr

traffic is very slow as cal trans worked to remove the snow. chains are required over interstate 80 and highway 50. earlier an accident closed the interstate. the viewer sent us a picture of this traffic in near whiteout conditions. here is another picture of traffic moving eastbound. it is covered with a frosty white icing. we will be tracking the storm throughout the weekend. we can go to abc7news.com and it will affect our interactive live doppler 7hd and you can get street level radar. so check that out there. sand yaw of course will be back with a full weekend forecast. >>> search teams are looking for a plane missing since wednesday. the sheriff's office was not told to look for this plane until yesterday. the plane was scheduled to go to san jose airport. the search teams began looking as soon as they got this news. the crash site is estimated to be in a 10-mile radius between new adria and clear creek in the diablo mountains. >>> gilroy police fear the mother of an iraq war veteran has died at the hands of her son. 27-year-old able guti

this is a lye picture of traffic on interstate 880 in oakland adding to this back up cal trans crews had to close two lens to make emergency road repairs to a gaping pothole. the weather is also causing problems for drivers in the north bay where crews are busy working to clear a mudslide. that slide is up around the highway, one lane was shutdown after the mud rock slid on to the road. it connects snow valley with highway one. it happened about 3:15 this afternoon. so much rain is falling reservoirs are expected to reach 97% capacity by midnight. the strict about 5% above average. this rain that fell this month has more doubled the seasons total making this one of the wettest marchs on record and there are still 4 days left in the month. >> and things are changing a bit in the -- it's been raining thereupon all day the system is starting to move out. so you're starting to see some clearing. we go outside and i'll take you up to that area. you'll see santa rosa here, it's between livermore and you can see actually -- let's take live storm tracker two. you can see the main rain right

. >>> cal trans board was scheduled to vote to increase fares to push people toward using clipper cards instead of one-time tickets and passes. the proposal on the agenda is less severe this morning than first proposed. it cuts in half the discount for an eight-ride pass and also adds 25 cents to the price of each one-time ticket. >> it is inevitable. that is how i feel about it. i don't even worry about it any more. as long as i am safe and comfortable. >> and get where you are going. >> yeah. >> cal train officials say that if at least half of the riders don't switch to clipper cards in the coming months, they might have to again consider another fare increase. >>> claims for first-time unemployment benefits have dropped to a four-year low. according to a report out this morning, the number of people who filed initial jobless claims last week, slid to 351,000. that's 2,000 fewer than the week before and the lowest level since march of 2008. first-time claims have dropped more than 14% since last october. >>> and meshes spent -- americans spent more money in january than december. spen

. >>> cal trans plans to speed up a safety study on a notoriously dangerous curve in santa cruz county. it is a stretch of the highway where there is no center divide. now the highway patrol's asking to extend the median barrier there. a driver died friday morning in a head-on crash on laurel curve. the 57-year-old man lost control of his car in the rain and hit an suv. two others suffered minor injuries. >>> medical marijuana users in the east bay may soon be able to shop at a wider selection of dispensaries. the richmond city council deciding whether to increase the number of pot clubs from four to six. they'll also be deciding whether to ease restrictions on locations allowing them into commercial zones near residential neighborhoods. currently they are confined to two areas in the hill top and pacific east mall areas. >>> they will discuss creating a task force to fight the exploitation of children. tonight's meeting is at 7:00 at berkeley city council chambers. >>> rob is in for christina this morning. spring has sprung officially. >> and temperatures are not that bad this morning

we just checked with cal tran and right now chains are required on highway 50 and interstate 80. >> as far as this is going over the pass, it's really windy, tough to keep up right now. we've got all the trucks chain up maximum. >> reporter: to issue an avalanche advisory. warning skiers to stay out of back country terrain. >>> the storm moved through quickly dumping about half an inch of rain in most places. the drenching caused problems for people who live in the santa cruise mountain. >> reporter: at about 4:00 this afternoon pge and made their way down the old county road to replace a power pole that was cracked in half but a huge 150- foot tree that came crashing down on the line just a couple of hours earlier. homeowners were relieved the tree fell in the right direction away from their home. >> the tree fell down the street and it ripped the power out. >> the wires are -- there are two or three poles that are ripped out of the grounds and laying in the mess. so they're waiting for them for pg&e. >> there were quite a few homeowners waited to be rescued today at one point pge rep

. >>> cal trans road work means two busy stretches of highway will be closed until tomorrow morning. in menlo park after midnight all northbound lanes of highway 101 between marsh and willow road will be closed until 4:00 a.m. it will close again during the same hours on thursday morning, by the way. and two left lanes of the westbound interstate 580 approach as you can see here on the map to the richmond san rafael bridge are closed and will re-open at 4:00 a.m. crews are doing emergency repair work. >>> apple is expected to unveil its latest ipad tomorrow. and even though the details of this new model are being kept secret, a lot of people are already thinking about an upgrade. here is abc7's jonathon bloom. >> it might just be the ultimate tease. apple is expected to unveil the new ipad next to a conference full of game developers. and most of them don't have tickets to see it. >> an event for the special guests. >> do you have a ticket? >> no. >> you don't have a ticket, do you? >> no, not yet. >> reporter: but it has president -- but it has bt kept them from speculating. one ven

. >> we just checked with cal tran and all the major sierra roads are clear. the resorts are expecting a very busy weekend. >>> low rainfall is forcing water officials in the north bay to do something they haven't done in 20 years. the marin water municipal water district is pumping water from the phoenix reservoir. water levels across marin are below levels. the district does not plan to put any water restrictions into place. >>> we know how the $23 million settlement for oil spill will be spent. for more than four years after the spill the plan includes spending $5 million for restoring bird life. $4million for improving bird habitat. almost $19 million to improve recreation around the san francisco bay and the beaches. >>> the winter spare the air season is now over. the season runs from november 1st to the end of february. bay area air quality managers say there were 15 spare the air days during that month. the air direct got more than 3700 complaints about wood smoke and sent out 336 warningish letter -- warning letters. >>> the price ofiphones and ipads

. >> we just checked with cal trans and right now chains are required on interstate 80 on all vehicles except for four wheel drive with snow tires, there are no chain restrictions. go to ktvu.com for more coverage. right at the top of the home page. the search is on tonight for a gunman who opened fire on a car -- 8-year-old richmond boy what police are causing a road rage incident. the boy's father was driving on interstate 80 when he cut off another car as he exited on hill top road. the gunman followed the father's car to birmingham drive and once there, the gunman shot at the car several times striking the boy. richmond police say the shooter was a man driving an older model black crown victoria. jc made her first public appearance over the weekend. >> the facilities are incredible, my god. >> the 31-year-old was in new york city where oprah winfrey presented her with the inspiration award and in a recent video she says she plans to remain in hiding until the daughters are mature enough to understand what happened to them. she had her daughters while she was being held for 18 years

traffic is very slow as cal trans worked to remove the snow. chains are required over interstate 80 and highway 50. earlier an accident closed the interstate. the viewer sent us a picture of this traffic in near whiteout conditions. here is another picture of traffic moving eastbound. it is covered with a frosty white icing. we will be tracking the storm throughout the weekend. we can go to abc7news.com and it will affect our interactive live doppler 7hd and you can get street level radar. so check that out there. sand yaw of course will be back with a full weekend forecast. >>> search teams are looking for a plane missing since wednesday. the sheriff's office was not told to look for this plane until yesterday. the plane was scheduled to go to san jose airport. the search teams began looking as soon as they got this news. the crash site is estimated to be in a 10-mile radius between new adria and clear creek in the diablo mountains. >>> gilroy police fear the mother of an iraq war veteran has died at the hands of her son. 27-year-old able guti

. >> your ticket to ride cal tran could cost more. the peninsula board's powers board can increase one-way cash fares by 25 cents. round-trip tickets would go up 50 cents, but people who buy eight ride tickets would get a discount. the increase is aimed at getting more people to switch to the clipper card system which keeps fares at their current rates. >> some big time changes at google.company has unified everything it knows about you in the one giant data pool. scott mcgrew says that has people worried in europe absolutely beside itself. >> indeed it does. >> good morning, europe this morning declared the whole thing illegal, in fact. here we're sure washington will forced to work with the ftc as part of the lawsuit settlement. what does this mean to you? google will take what it knows about you and its searches and combine that with other properes and youtube, gmail and picasa and google plus so it can better understand who you are and how it can advertise to you. google's been warning about this for months now. you may notice if

. >>> come july, cal tran riders using the old fashion ticket system will have to pay more. the peninsula corridor approved higher fares. the goal is to encourage riders to switch to clipper cards. the price of the cards will not go up, but those that pay cash will fork over 25 cents more. >>> tickets lined up to take part of a white elephant sale. it benefit the museum. money will help support the museum's exhibitions and educational programs. >> what we don't use, we give away to women shelters and the growers and the pickers that need help and we have a wonderful system to recycle all of the pieces of merchandise that are given to us. >> in the even's history, it raised more than $16 million for the museum. >>> tim lincecum takes the mound for the giants first game of the spring and two bay area teams fight for a spot in the wcc finals. the minute is next. bay area ! here's big news from verizon wireless and xfinity from comcast. now get the xfinity triple play and verizon wireless together. call 855-704-7400 to sign up and get a free smartphone. choose one of our hottest

. >>> cal trans road work means two busy stretches of highway will be closed until tomorrow morning.menlo park after midnight all northbound lanes of highway 101 between marsh and willow road will be closed until 4:00 a.m. it will close again during the same hours on thursday morning, by the way. and two left lanes of the westbound interstate 580 approach as you can see here on the map to the richmond san rafael bridge are closed and will re-open at 4:00 a.m. crews are doing emergency repair work. >>> apple is expected to unveil its latest ipad tomorrow. and even though the details of this new model are being kept secret, a lot of people are already thinking about an upgrade. here is abc7's jonathon bloom. >> it might just be the ultimate tease. apple is expected to unveil the new ipad next to a conference full of game developers. and most of them don't have tickets to see it. >> an event for the special guests. >> do you have a ticket? >> no. >> you don't have a ticket, do you? >> no, not yet. >> reporter: but it has president -- but it has bt kept them from speculating. one vendor

visibility fell to a quarter mile forcing cal trans to impose chain requirements on interstate 50 and highway 80. that is a big change and good news for chain installers. >> a couple weeks ago there was no snow whatsoever. >> it looked like august. >> i think we are going to get a lot more snow. >> an avalanche advisory was issued today. officials say high winds and intense snowfall and a weak snowpack combine to make dangerous of avalanche conditions. skiers are advised to stay out of avalanche terrain. in the bay area, a high surf advisory is in affect until 9:00 tomorrow morning. swells were expected between 10 and 16 feet. these conditions will produce strong rip currents. sandhya patel will be here in a few minutes with the full forecast. >>> jury selection is underway for san francisco's sheriff. his wife lost a battle to block a key piece of evidence. the video taken after the abuse showing a bruise on her arm. alan wang is here with a look at the questionnaire potential jury members have to fill out. alan? >> reporter: carolyn, normally we don't see a jury questionnaire in a m

visibility fell to a quarter mile forcing cal trans to impose chain requirements on interstate 50 and highway 80. that is a big change and good news for chain installers. >> a couple weeks ago there was no snow whatsoever. >> it looked like august. >> i think we are going to get a lot more snow. >> an avalanche advisory was issued today. officials say high winds and intense snowfall and a weak snowpack combine to make dangerous of avalan conditions. skiers are advised to stay out of avalanche terrain. in the bay area, a high surf advisory is in affect until 9:00 tomorrow morning. swells were expected between 10 and 16 feet. these conditions will produce strong rip currents. sandhya patel will be here in a few minutes with the full forecast. >>> jury selection is underway for san francisco's sheriff. his wife lost a battle to block a key piece of evidence. the video taken after the abuse showing a bruise on her arm. alan wang is here with a look at the questionnaire potential jury members have to fill out. alan? >> reporter: carolyn, normally we don't see a jury questionnaire in a misd

cal tran closed off the number 4 lane as well as number 3.nd. despite that the traffic is only backed up here. the backup haven't reached up the 92 interchange. that's something of a miracle. it's a little slow northbound from 85 as well. it's affecting traffic in both directions. i don't think this is a big enough problem you need to worry about. it's easier option for you than taking 101. it's only going to add about 6 minutes to your drive time. that's really the only incidental we had to track this morning. that's of course qualify it as a hot spot. for example, your ride to the bay bridge has been good one. barely back up now for the westbound ride. the san mateo bridge has been lighter than usual through the entire commute and what commute is now over in the westbound direction. your golden gate bridge drive has been end of easy trip all morning long. at 9:16 over the weather center, maybe a nice day today and that's going to change tonight and tomorrow. >>> good morning to you. we do have big changes in store as we head into the overni

i checked with cal tran the and we check with future cast 4. we could get another foot of snow and check out waking up tomorrow morning, it looks like friday into saturday we could accumulate between two and 3 feet of fresh new powder for the resort. taking a look at the sierra forecast. we will see rain/snow mix for the next several days. it looks like temperatures will rang from the low 50s to the mid-50s and 9 inches expected for tomorrow and snow with gusty conditions expected for saturday with an afternoon high of 30 degrees. you will want to bundle up and look at the the ski report coming up later on this hour. >> this is 7:25. new figures out today show the foreclosure activity shot up across half of the states in the u.s. realty trac says it occurred around 26 states where the courts supervise the process. state including california where it is where the court are not a factor. they saw you it decline. activity dipped 2% from january and down 8% from february last year. realty trac projects that the foreclosures will rise 25% to 1 milli

cal strand is calling to -- cal trans has a deadline to submit art deco drawings. it has eliminated students from kindergarten through high school. you creative adults need not apply. >> i am not creative, my kids are, not me. >> 6:07 is the time, let's check in with sal. >>> the art deco, it is very catchy. >> it will be really neat. >> let's go out and take a look at the commute, traffic is moving along relatively well, i would say in san francisco, where so many people are trying to come in from every which way, san francisco is coming in from the peninsular and it looks good all the way through south city and up to the james way freeway, up to the and we are off to a good start. we have had so many rainy days, yesterday even though we didn't have that much water on the roads, the same thing goes. oakland is looking pretty good. also off to a good start, this is the time when things given to change let's go to steve. >>> we have mostly cloudy skies, fso says there is a 40 minute delay, visibility is still 9 miles. clouds and sun, mild to warm more clouds to the

as for public transit, you are good to go with bart and cal tran this morning. >> modest gains for the industrial average. up 1 points after the big rally and the dow was up over 160 points as we had ben where nan key insuring us with the u.s. economy. >> other stories we are following right now. former giants' employee will be going to jail for embezzling from the team. she was she must pay back the club more than $1 million. she admitted to embezzling $2.2 million from the team and its employees. >> 6:50 is the time right now. we will be back with more in a couple of minutes. we will get a live look from the roof in san francisco. you can see the shrouds that are over us this morning. we have rain widespread. we have been talking about it and we will have the team coverage continuing on kron 4 this morning. . >>> good morning and welcome back to the corn four morning news. >> -- kron 4 morning news. everybody is getting rain except for the south bay. we have the heavier spots where you can see the yellow on the satellite. that is up around san rafael and novato and fairfield as bell.

spin outs and cal trans deems it up safe, there is a potential to close 80. >> reporter: there have been a number of spin outs. so fur traveling up -- if you are traveling up i 80, chains are required. back to you. >> thank you. in oakland right now a tree is blocking a street in the upper rock ridge section. the tree came down a little more than an hour ago. police pulled out flares to warn drivers. >>> the weather caused hour long delays. cross country and international flights have been largely unaffected but commute for and regional legs are facing delays and cancellations. delayed up to 2 and a half hours. no delays reported at san jose and oakland. >> unincorporated areas to know sand bags are available. the sheriff's department says they can be picked up at the west county detention center, fire station 4 in walnut creek and ambrose park. water bird way. and the fire protection station in walnut creek. >>> and you can always find weather alerts as well as live updates on our website ktvu.com. >> george cloony was released from a jail hours after he was arrested. he was arrested to

a plan that could change bay area, to elect few the tracks of cal trans. they will spend $460 million for federal resources but that will take money away from other agencies like bart and muni. >> speaking of bart and muni, let's check in with sal. see how traffic is doing today. >>> it is doing well so far, pam, also it take a look at what we have and steve and i have been telling you it is a little windy and our building is mounted -- our camera is mounted on a tall building and it could be that way for causeways and bridges as well. so be careful. on that span we will get some gusty winds getting into san francisco and this morning's commute is looking good on northbound 280 and 101. let's go to steve. >>> light rain reported all the way from livermore and that will be in tonight, late this afternoon tonight and then a break and very windy for a while, we have 30 along the coast and there is nothing too heavy there. kind of darker and understanding right in front of the rain. it is already approaching in the north bay and it will continue to do that and

cal tran will install new dividers.at work will start on tuesday between 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.. it will continue on wednesday and on thursday. so that highway is going to be closed in both directions for ten minutes at a time which of course could cause delays. >>> for the second time in three months a mountain view liquor store has sold a winning lotto ticket worst $250,000. this time it's worth $259,000. it matched five of six numbers. no one matched all of the numbers so the jackpot is expected to jump $356 million for tuesday's drawing. >>> so the question is, rosemary, is the rain going to keep falling today or will it stay gray? >> my guess is it's gone. >> the steady rain is gone. >> steady rain. but not all the rain. >> we will have a few passing sures overhead from time to time. this morning we are waking up partly sunny. mostly cloudy. most of us are dry. but the showers are going to continue to stream across the area for today. a live look over the bay area where we can see the overcast skies. we are just a

. >> reporter: moments ago cal tran cleared the coolage avenue onramp. at 3:00 this morning a 70-foot tree had fallen. luckily no one hurt there. as mark tamayo has been mentioning, the bulk of the rain will be here for your morning commute and then it will dispate and not return until tomorrow night most likely in the north bay. it is still pretty windy out here. you can see how the wind is blowing the rain. definitely take it easy. a lot of standing water out there. going across your bay area bridges pretty hazardous. live from berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >>> also overnight crews worked to remove a large tree from grizzly peak. the tree was blocking part of the area. spokesperson for public works says the incident was definitely rain related. it looks like the hill the tree was on gave away. >>> aside from trees drivers should also prepare for windy conditions on bay area bridges. our storm watch continues with ktvu lorraine blanco who is on the san rafael side of the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> reporter: good morning, we drove to the san rafael sid

cal trans imposed chain requirements and a a 30-mile an hour speed limit. chains are also required on highway 50 where the conditions are just as bad. wayne freedman on the dangerous driving conditions to tahoe. >> reporter: it is a beacon of hope to the snow weary traveler. a neon sign and old truck parked in a muddy lot. get off i-80 in apple gate and take a right at the motel and ask for christopher brown. >> apple gate chain sales. when weather turns bad he is a good guy to know. problem is there hasn't been enough of that bad weather this year. business is down by 70%. >> i think we are going to get a lot more snow. i think all of march i am hoping. >> during seasons like this a big rig pulling in becomes a bow nut. >> want to help put chains on? >> his name is ricky bean. he is headed for reno en route back home to kentucky where he picked up a slight accent. farther up the road near alta, here is the snow that required the chains. take a good look. snow has been a rarity this season. >> calm of weeks ago there was no snow whatsoever. it looked like a

today cal tran will shut down the number four lane from lake shore avenue to park boulevard. the closure will last until 3:00 this afternoon. maintenance crews plan on trimming trees. >> good thing they are not doing it at this hour. it would be a mess out there. let's check in with sal castaneda and see what is happening. >>> that is right you used to work the morning shift a long time ago. >> long time ago. >> good morning, ken and maureen. traffic is moving well around the bay area. no problems right now. but any little thing could make it go south on us. so far so good on the east shore freeway and getting out to the bay bridge toll plaza. if you are coming up to the toll plaza there is nothing new or different. everything is the same getting into san francisco. of course we want san jose very closely. and so far so good here. let's go to steve. >>> thank you very much. a very good morning. our system is to the north. it will not get here until tomorrow. today mostly sunny. low clouds will be advancing azoths system slowly works its way in. i'm sure you hear the message h

spin outs and cal trans deems it up safe, there is a potential to close 80. >> reporter: there have been a number of spin outs. so fur traveling up -- if you are traveling up i 80, chains are required. back to you. >> thank you. in oakland right now a tree is blocking a street in the upper rock ridge section. the tree came down a little more than an hour ago. police pulled out flares to warn drivers. >>> the weather caused hour long delays. cross country and international flights have been largely unaffected but commute for and regional legs are facing delays and cancellations. delayed up to 2 and a half hours. no delays reported at san jose and oakland. >> unincorporated areas to know sand bags are available. the sheriff's department says they can be picked up at the west county detention center, fire station 4 in walnut creek and ambrose park. water bird way. and the fire protection station in walnut creek. >>> and you can always find weather alerts as well as live updates on our website ktvu.com. >> george cloony was released from a jail hours after he was arrested. he was arrested to

we did check with cal tran. chains required on the 50 and 80 today. >>> 5:42. the fbi accused of spying here in the bay area. the specific religious group it was said to be targeting. >>> also being called a pink slime swap meet. you want to hear this. >> and the los angeles dodgers sold for $2 billion. the basketball star who is buying the team. >> good morning, we still have a crash on westbound 580 connector ramp to eastbound 80. traffic is getting by now. >>> good morning. we have scattered showers moving through. they will decrease later on today. a little break on thursday. and cloud it up friday. rain moves into the north. the whole system spreads south. clearing on sunday. >> all right welcome back. good morning, to you. here's a quick look at some of the top stories we are following for you right now. this morning the san francisco airport slowly getting back to normal after a lot of flight delays caused by the storm. look at all the people waiting around. dozens of flights were canceled at sfo yesterday. some people were stuck there at the airport for

chp and cal-trans closed off large sections of the 2 roads because of heavy rain that flooded the entire area. highway 121 where it connects to highway 12 in shellville closed late this afternoon by the chp. this is an area usually floods in heavy storms and today was no different. before the closure some drivers seeming indifferent to the flooding just plowed through the water. chp says this kind of driving is what causes accidents. >> the obvious danger is that they are going to hydro-plane and lose control of the vehicle and either slam that the railing here or go off in a ditch or worse case scenario head on with another vehicle. we ask everybody to slow down. >>reporter: now the closure and resulting detour create traffic jams in the early in the evening. chp is keeping a close eye on the weather in case of more flooding. back here live. high tide is expected just about now and chp was concerned that would actually contribute to the flooding. but because the rain let off so much a lot of the water receded but still a lot of standing water behind me so the chp still has the road clos

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cal tran removed the tree and cleared that place within two hours. the morning commute has been snarled by this weather. back here live you can see -- i don't know if you can tell it's very windy out here. we are getting the water thrown at us. make sure you give yourself extra time with weather you need to go. live from berkeley i'm tara moriarty. >>> kidnapped survivor jaycee dugard is making progress but will live in seclusion as she tries to protect her two daughters. despite the public appearance, dugard told dianne sawyer in an interview last night she plans to stay in hiding because she wants her girls to have a normal life. >> we were in that situation together and they know what happened. and it's time to move on and start fresh. >> dugard who survived being kidnapped and held captive this a backyard near antioch for 18 years has beenlying in seclusion since being found in 2009. phillip garrido are serving life sentences. >>> republican presidential candidate rick santorum pulled off a surprise southern sweep winning the primaries in alabama