that's where chez panisse is. an overnight fire. christie smith continues to be there monitoring the situation. we do have traffic control just off of that berkeley campus. over toward 880 a smooth drive south past the san mateo bridge to dumbarton bridge continuing to the south bay where the roadways and highway speeds are nice but we do have one issue. a spinout at the off-ramp. slick roads. minor injuries. lanes are clear. here's san jose to show you the slick conditions. water is kicking up. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. 5:18. in a shocking reversal, prosecutors dropped all criminal charges against a redwood city school district teacher accused of abusing young autistic students. they found inkoconsistencies in witness statements and didn't have enough evidence to prosecute. she was accused of kicking two students. she's always maintained her innocence. she still faces a civil lawsuit, however, filed by the mother of one of the children who was allegedly abused. she was sued and several redwood city school dist

we just learned that chez panisse will be closed through the weekend.tomers are saddened this treasure, this famous destination where california cuisine began is damaged. the most heartbroken of them all is founder, alice waters. >> i feel shaky, but i'm...i'm just glad no one was in the building. >> acclaim chef is finding good in the fire that burned only the dining area of chez panisse. she knows it could be worst she cannot hold back the tears thinking about this part of the restaurant that had been there since she founded the world renowned destination more than 40 years ago. >> very historic piece that has...has disappeared in the flames. >> the flames sparked beneath the porch in the early morning hours after workers had gone home for the night. the firefighters don't know how it started yet but they do know one small sprinkler stopped it all from spreading. waters did not want the sprinklers originally fearing they would change the look of the restaurant. but her builder insisted. >> if anything going wrong it will save the porch. it really did

now alice waters co-founded chez panisse in 1971. it became world famous for its organic local sustainable food and menus. firefighters say they still don't know exactly how it started whether it is suspicious, electrical or maybe if we even asked if someone was living there or trying to keep warm. they said at this point they still don't know but fire investigators on scene also say that it looks like the restaurant may be out of commission for a little while but certainly looks like something that can be fixed and they are hoping to see it up and running soon. that's what we have from here. investigators tell us they will be o scene for at least another hour. reporting live in berkeley, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> we also have another developing story. police in san francisco and oakland search for two men accused of pistol whipping a victim during a home invasion robbery. san francisco police say two men wearing dark clothing forced their way into a home on 23rd street in potrero hill. the suspects took the victim's ip

this is p chez panisse in berkeley. >> still an active scene. let me show you what is happening in front of chez panisse, this is an all wood fire. this fire is causing a lot of concern. it is mostly the exterior and it did get in the building and it is a while before the restaurant can open up again for business. we will take you through what happened. first call came in just after 3:00 this morning. someone saw flames and smoke coming from the outside of the building. called 911. the battalion chief was in the area. he was the first to arrive here and describe for us what he saw. >> i was the first on scene and we arrived in five minutes and had the whole front of the building on the first floor and down the south side of the building on the first floor. and with flames lapping up to the second floor. what had happened, this building is chez panisse, the restaurant. we have the manager that i am going to meet with. and discuss further what is going on. they are going to be out of business for some time. there is is some flame impingement to th

we know that chez panisse is a very popular restaurant in that area.dea how long it's going to take to reopen? >> reporter: well, originally when firefighters first got on scene we spoke with them they said it could be a while. after a closer look, they say because the damage was to the outside dining area, it might not be as long as anticipated. >> thank you, cate caugiran in berkeley. >>> it is 6:35 now. he was missing for a month and now turns out the man has been murdered, left inside his own home. 70-year-old stanley jacobson found at the hilltop manor senior housing complex in san jose. family says he was a hoarder and they searched his home after he went missing more than a month ago but only yesterday they found his body inside stuffed under the mattress of a foldout sofa bed. his granddaughter suspected the man's girlfriend was stealing his social security checks. she had neighbors watching for the woman to return, which she did yesterday. >> my phone rang three times the office rang three times. we all called 911. i was here within eight minu

the very latest on the damage at chez panisse. that's just ahead. >> we're 30 minutes until the sunrise and i expect sunnier skies in the forecast for your friday. what you can expect in your area, coming up mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ >>> good morning. it happened just hours ago. the small fire that's making big news in berkley. >> we have chilling new details on a home invasion here in san francisco from the victim of that crime. >> the last bit of wet weather is winding down. i'll have what you can expect for today and your weekend coming up. >> in just a couple of hours, a huge homeless encampment in san jose will be cleared out

good news here at chez panisse.d renowned alice water restaurants could have been saved by what appears to be one small sprinkler at the front of the restaurant. we will show you the video from the last half hour, if we still have it...okay, great, thank you. you can see there is extensive damage to the front exterior of the building, just a small portion of a front dining room inside is damaged. other than that, berkeley fire says the restaurant didn't even suffer much smoke damage. it sounds like a miracle. the fire ignited below the restaurant in a subfloor basement as crewed call it. it did not spread in the main areas of restaurant and they believe the entire restaurant could be closed for weeks or months and now here is what berkeley fire tells abc7 news. >> i imagine the front portion of the restaurant could be closed for a little bit of time but it looks like the majority of the restaurant is still intact. any need the home department to make sure they are ready to serve food there. the fire did not spread t

a fire at the maim fuss chez panisse restaurant in -- at the famous p chez panisse restaurant and it shows even more damage. >>> we're continuing to follow break news for you here in berkley. take a look behind me. that's the chez panisse. the landmark in the city. it caught fire. we'll tell you what we're learning about the damage inside. >> what you can expect coming up. >> overnight news only on 2. a violent home invasion robbery in san francisco. >> in a few hours the city will come in and tear down a homeless encampment in san jose but still people holding their ground. we'll tell you more about what's going to be happening. >>> well good morning. it's is friday. a day personally made for pam cook. >> thank you. >> it's friday march 8th. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. get to sleep in tomorrow. it's international women's day add. so happy international women's day. >> congratulationses to you. >> thank you. >> in honor of that, how about we warm it up. >> nice. >> we'll warm it up. it's going to be a fabulous weekend. if you like 70s. if

the fire at berkeley's famous restaurant -- chez panisse -- has done a lot of damage.not open. this is a look at the interior. the top rated dining spot is still closed. as chef alice waters and her team figure out what to do next. >> a developing story tonight-- the first day of voting at the vatican's papal conclave ended with black smoke billowing from the sistine chapel-- that means. no decision on who the next pope will be. >> reporter: this chimney is the only glimpse the outside world has into what is happening inside the sistine chapel, where catholic cardinals from around the world have gathered to elect a new pope. after the first ballot -- black smoke, signifying no one has yet been chosen. the 115 cardinal electors celebrated a morning mass at st-peter's basilica. they chanted prayers as they processed into the sistine chapel. one-by-one they touched the gospel and swore an oath of secrecy. >> priest: "extra omnes" >> reporter: everyone but the cardinals was required to leave the chapel, before the doors were closed, sealing them off from the outside world

chez panisse restaurant in berkeley. firefighters were called out >>> a damaging fire closes the iconic chez panisse restaurant in berkeley. firefighters were called to the world famous eatery about 3 a.m. they think that it could have been burning for a few hours before that. the porch, the outside dining area, received the most damage. a single sprinkler saved the inside of the restaurant. co-owner alice waters had to come see the damage for herself and the sight brought her to tears. >> all the beams are charred and the porch and -- the porch is gone. we have to rebuild. >> had it not been for that single sprinkler, we probably would have more significant damage. >> waters plans to open the cafe part of chez panisse as soon as possible. as for rebuilding, she says they may extend the dining room out to the porch area and actually expand the restaurant. >>> a walnut creek man who recently lost his job can stop looking for work now. he just won $33 million. he said he usually picks up a bag of pumpkin seeds when he stop

the world renowned chez panisse indicate fire here in berkeley this morning. we have video from two hours ago. crews arrived on the scene and found the fire starts outside and quickly spread to the second floor. the kitchen, though, is in the rear of the building so it is mysterious as to what started the fire the no one was here at the time. firefighters were able to keep the fire from spreading to next door businesses. they are actually touching the restaurant. crews told abc7 news this morning. >> at this point, it appears to be an exterior fire that was working its way on the interior. our fire investigators arrived on the scene and said they would do a further investigation and it will be, they will be able to determine if it was completely on the exterior or some other cause. >> many questions remain, the investigation, of course, is in the early stages here at alice waters restaurant. since 1991 it

'chez panisse'...the site of this restaurant fire. >> it is still not known but the damage seems to be significant. there were not even sure if it was of the inside with the outside but they just responded at 3:00 a.m. let me show you video of one this actually was active. when they showed up the officials knew that it was a landmark restaurant. they have quickly figured it out that it was more of an exterior fire and an interior fire and were able to put it out. they just want to make sure that there is no further damage inside the building. so they are trying to tear down the branches because there is a large tree in front of the restaurant. making sure the there are no pockets of flames or smoldering inside. it seems to be pretty significant damage. they are saying that this is a out of commission. but the good news is that this is salvageable. there were sprinklers. once those fires activated the sprinkler system it really helped. if food was not for that we could see in a burnt down building but t

the staff says 'chez panisse' is cancelling reservations three weeks out. this is the time of year when gas prices often go up. but they're actually inching down a little right now. new at 11. kron four's jeff bush talked to drivers who are happy about that. this 76 station on powell street in emeryville is selling their gas for 4.13 a gallon. the station is just off the freeway and there are cheaper prices farther away but drivers were more than happy to see the price drop. while the price drop is not really all that much in the grand scheme of things the drivers i talked to say that any reduction is welcomed and they hope the gas prices will continue to go down. that might not be the case because the summer driving season is about to kick off and traditionally, prices start creeping upward during that time. i'm jeff bush in emeryville, kron four news. let's take a look at gas prices around the bay area. in san francisco. it's $4.22. in oakland. $4.11 and in san jose. $4.13. >> jacqueline: reduced visibility. along the coast. we will see the north bay and

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rebuilding on the chez panisse restaurant in berkeley got underway today.ire earlier this month. it's now hoped it can re=open the first week of june. today, kron4 talked to a member of the chez panisse board of directors about the rebuilding process. ".a long time." the march fire is believed to have been caused by an electrical problem. a woman who fell asleep on bart says she woke up to find that someone had stolen her dog.. he's a service dog named archie. his owner is now offering a $3-thousand dollar reward for his safe return unemployment rates in parts of the bay area went up in january. the state-wide rate stayed the same -- at nine-point- eight percent. the highest jobless rate was in solano county. at 10 percent. san francisco's unemployment rate rose to six-point-eight in january. up from six-point-five percent. the lowest rate was in marin county-- at five- point-eight percent. >> clear skies for your friday night. here is a live look at the bay bridge. it will be breezy and remember you can watch the weather forecast whenever it is convenient

the chez panisse has had a fire. but, first the dry conditions. >> the rain is over., everyone, you can see live doppler 7 hd and the national weather service radar and the rain shifted south and an the bay, today, at the coast it is cool, and temperatures in the low 50's and we are now in the low 40's but no rain. you will see sunshine and numbers around the bay. in the mid-40's and hold on to cloud cover and fog in livermore and upper 50's with afternoon highs in the lower 60's and inland, yes, starting out cool. you do have some fog, upper 40's and to the nearly 60 degree temperature at noon. the warming trend is set for the weekend, and the upcoming work week. we will talk about that later. >> we have an update better news at west 24, at college in oakland area, with an early big rig that lost a load of metal debris, with a motorcycle hitting it and it is now in the clearing sames and remark is getting by with caltran on the scene there getting the mess cleaned up. you are still seeing delays. new accident westbound 80 in the richmond area, there was a roll of car

chez panisse. thing firefighters say saved the restaurant from becoming a complete loss. >> plus, time to go. homeless in san jose brace for a major camp clean-up. >> do you have that need for speed on a friday? we are at the irace center in fremont. we are going to show you the latest and greatest technology in racing plus your weekend weather forecast coming up. >> if you have the need for speed, don't travel right now across the bay bridge. things are looking good towards the "s" curve. much more on your morning drive coming up. >>> good morning. it's friday, march 8. i'm michelle griego. >> it is friday, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00. we begin with breaking news in berkeley. a fire at a world famous restaurant on the north side. >> the damage is bad but right now the cause is unknown. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran is live at the scene. good morning, cate. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle. at this point, firefighters tell me it looks like the majority of the fire happene

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flames the chez panisse restaurant first reported around three.s been honored as one of the best in america but it's going to be closed for the time being. claudine has been out there since 4:30. you talked live on the air to the owner and founder of chez panisse. >> reporter: that's right. she was very upset over this but also said she feels lucky because the damage could have been much worse. i want to give you a look at what's happening. you can see they have opened the street up to traffic. if you take a look on the front porch area you can see firefighters still up there. investigators still taking a look. we are just over there in the last few and got the up close look at the area they are focusing their attention on this morning and we have new video we want to show you. if you take a look you can see investigators underneath kind of looks like a crawl space. it's the underside of a porch. that is where they believe the fire started. it broke out from that area, came up onto the porch and that's when it setoff the sprinklers and the firefig

. >>> noelle walker is live with more on how chez panisse helped transform a neighborhood. >> reporter: the restaurant is a major part of this restaurant. >> you never know who you're going to see. >> reporter: even presidents. >> i saw clinton walk in there. >> reporter: a fire here this morning claimed the iconic restaurants front porch. one of the neighborhood's key ingredients. >> an institution, it's been here so long and it represents a lot to the gourmet ghetto. >> reporter: the affectionally named gourmet ghetto is a place where people stop slow down to smell the roses. >> it used to be about politics and forces and now it's all about food. >> reporter: the original pete's coffee, chez panisse and the cheese platter. >> we hope that if it gets busy, we'll be ready. >> reporter: if pizza is the gourmet food, then chez painesse is a farm to table because they leave big tips. one of the tasty benefits having this sidewalk office in the gourmet ghetto. >> reporter: now it's going to take some time to make repairs to the lower level of chez panisse. but waters took to tweeter and sa

. >>> noelle walker is live with more on how chez panisse helped transform a neighborhood. >> reporter: the restaurant is a major part of this restaurant. >> you never know who you're going to see. >> reporter: even presidents. >> i saw clinton walk in there. >> reporter: a fire here this morning claimed the iconic restaurants front porch. one of the neighborhood's key ingredients. >> an institution, it's been here so long and it represents a lot to the gourmet ghetto. >> reporter: the affectionally named gourmet ghetto is a place where people stop slow down to smell the roses. >> it used to be about politics and forces and now it's all about food. >> reporter: the original pete's coffee, chez panisse and the cheese platter. >> we hope that if it gets busy, we'll be ready. >> reporter: if pizza is the gourmet food, then chez painesse is a farm to table because they leave big tips. one of the tasty benefits having this sidewalk office in the gourmet ghetto. >> reporter: now it's going to take some time to make repairs to the lower level of chez panisse. but waters took to tweeter and sa

. >> it is not the first fire at chez panisse. the last fire was 31 years and a day ago. she said that fire started in the fireplace between the dining room and kitchen. memories that haunt her today. >> it was right before my partner died and...it has a lot of...a lot of emotional sadness. >> insurance saved the restaurant then. waters assures she will be fine this time. she will rebuild and perhaps expand, with devoted diners look forward to that day. >> she will be rebuilding and it will be beautiful. she believes in excellence and quality. that place will be as beautiful as before if not even better. >> chose announced they are canceling all reservations through manner 31 and she would like to re-open the undamaged portion of the restaurant, the upstairs cafe as soon as possible but the problem is in order to do that she has to figure out how to rebuild the downstairs hall so people can get upstairs and enjoy the culinary destination while the downstairs porch goes under a much longer transformation to be used once again. reporting live in berkeley for abc7 news. >> y

. >> reporter: world famous chef alice waters got a look at the fire damage at chez panisse firsthand. >> the extent of the damage is really the front porch, which, of course was built from the very beginning by beautiful woodworkers and so it's a very historic piece that has -- that has disappeared. >> reporter: overnight smoke and flames poured from the front and side of the popular berkeley restaurant. firefighters knocked it down quickly and pointed out the good fortune of a well-placed sprinkler. >> had it not been for that single sprinkler, we probably would have had significantly greater amount of damage. >> reporter: water, known for her california cuisine, said on the advice of a builder sherks had it installed. >> i didn't want any sprinklers because it would destroy the look of the downstairs. and he said, you know, it's all wood. and i'm going to build a light fixture around the sprinkler so that you won't notice it. >> reporter: she said there was a fire here in 1982, and this reminds her of that ordeal. once again picking up the pieces. >> it was frightening for my -- my

. >> and chez panisse in berkeley continues to rebuild after a fire. there is now a new date on which customers can dine again. >> live look outside at golden gate bridge commute. our meteorologist, mike nicco, is tracking the forecast. traffic and weather are next as >> our temperature spread from 50 in brentwood to 41 in bodega bay and 46 in san ramon and cupertino and san mateo and richmond district. if you are at milpitas we are at 49 degrees. in the afternoon, sunshine and mid-to-upper 70's inland to 80 around livermore and upper 60's to mid-70's around the bay. at coast, upper 60's. temperatures remain above average but cooler than today, and that will occur thursday, it from, and saturday. >> limited visibility at the san mateo bridge where there is heavy fog on bridge stating the obvious. take extra time as you make your way from hayward to the foster city side. as eric mentioned, we have followed the fatal accident in novato south of the marin-sonoma border, you can see southbound is now very slow approaching the scene and northbound the right

. >>> another hurdle for chez panisse.he world famous berkeley restaurant is pushing back its reopening again. >> it is gadget friday. what is that? what is it used for? put your guesses in. i'll tell you coming up. ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusters of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >>> welcome back. take a look at these live pictures from pittsburg, pennsylvania, where firefighters are really trying to attack this massive five-alarm fire happening at an apartment complex. look at how they are going after it from all angles there. we don't know how many if any people have been injured there. one we are keeping an eye on this morning out of pittsburg, pennsylvania. >> famed bay area restaurant, chez panisse, is facing another delay in reop

. >>> berkeley's chez panisse could reopen as soon as next weekend.uch worse in the fire. >> reporter: mow of the damage was in the front porch area, the outside dining area. the inside was saved thanks to a single sprinkler. >> the porch is gone. we have to rebuild. >> reporter: the alice waters walked through what was left of the front porch. >> it reminded me of the first time, no lights in the building. it's just, uhm, the whole part of the front of the downstairs dining room is very torn apart. >> reporter: a fire in 1982 took down a wall and it brought up heavy emotions. >> it focuses attention on what's important. it's like i guess i have to pay attention to my home. >> reporter: the restaurant has been here since 1971. it's known for starting california's cuisine and using local and organic products. the good news is, thanks to a single sprinkler, the restaurant will continue. >> had it not been for that sprinkler, we probably would have significantly more damage because from the char that's on the structural members underneath the front area,

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. >> fighting back tears the owner of chez panisse agonizes over a fire in her restaurant. >> vowingreopen and repair her landmark restaurant as soon as people. -- possible. wayne? >> this is a world class restaurant. a destination restaurant. they call it a bucket list restaurant this, would be the time diners would be coming in having waited for weeks and months for their reservation buzz no one could plan for the fire, especially owner, alice waters. >> i'm heart broken. >> bit time alice waters spoke with reporters this afternoon, flames had long vanished and investigators thought they found the cause. a faulty electrical box beneath front porch. >> underneath that area was fire burning on the right side of the building and up the wall to the first floor eves. >> it's the second fire in 31 years at the fabled restaurant just three hours past the anniversary of the first one. the fire broke out in front of a then-empty building. >> koit have been 200 people in the building at one time. so that is a great relief. >> nor is the damage as bad as it looked outside. a sprinkler doused

firefighters are on the scene of a fire ant chez panisse restaurant in berkeley this morning., located at 1500 block of shattuck avenue and started just after 3:00 a.m.. >> san francisco police are searching for two suspects to rob a house then fled across the bay bridge. authorities said the two men forced their way into a home in the 2100 block of 23rd street in san francisco's potrero hill neighborhood. >> good news for the economy. in the month of february the u.s. added 236,000 jobs, bringing the nation's unemployment rate to 7.7%. this is the lowest in four years. >> a large winter storm is dumping plenty of snow and ice see whether on the northeast. snowplows like the one in new york are tried to keep roads clear. the icy, wind remix is expected to lasted through early tomorrow. the storm is producing heavy snow in lynn and flooding along the coast. >> it was decided not to the east bay. no heavy rain the steady drizzle off as you can see in this video out a fremont. the city got less than half an inch of rain overnight. >> over to san jose state where the rain caused p

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yeah, what better place to go to chez panisse for your birthday. that was the plan. we are lucky we live down the street. we will come back. >> reporter: the fire started just after 3:00 in the morning. the apparent cause was a faulty electrical box. the main dining room is fine thanks to a sprinkle system but the front porch will need repair work. it opened in 1971 and most famous restaurant on shadock avenue. owner alice waters hopes to open next weekend. >> it's rebuilding to the upstairs but i can see the upstairs could open very soon if we find some way to camouflage the front of the building. >> throughout the evening, people stopped to look at the damage including one woman who had her wedding dinner here. >> my husband said it burned down and he said, no, but it looks like it will be already all right. >> reporter: there was another fire here 31 years to the day. insurance will cover the repair work as well as the salaries have employees. >> katie: bay area rapper mc hammer saying that charges have been dropped. he was pulled over last month because he was dr

and when the famed "chez panisse" will reopen. plus: new information tonight about the victim in a deadly lion mauling. and: thousands of jobs added last month. but what do the new numbers mean? we break it down for you. coming up. >> in san jose. police say they've solved two recent murder cases in the city. this person is behind bars, accused of a stabbing a man to death. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. the victim, in his twenties, was found near guadalupe oak grove park on wednesday. an arrest also made in another murder. this woman is behind bars -- accused of stabbing her boyfriend to death in his apartment. this was the scene yesterday. the victim -- who suffered from dementia-- went missing in early february. police say at some point over the last few weeks, he showed up without anyone noticing. and was killed. this marked san jose's eighth homicide of the year. >> new tonight-- operators of the cat haven wildlife sanctuary say they will re-open on sunday. just four days after the death of volu

chez panisse.rred. but a firefighter says the sprinkler system saved the inside. about $150,000 worth of damage, no cause yet. >>> a suspect is in custody in the murder of a 70-year-old man at a senior center in san jose. family members found the body with stab wounds stuffed under the mattress of a foldout sofa bed in his home. his family says his 47-year-old girlfriend regina butler confessed to the killing. >>> this is the day san jose officials plan to close a homeless camp. warnings went out several days ago that about 100 homeless people had to leave. the camp is on underdeveloped parkland near the guadalupe river. the city will help the homeless find shelter and a place to store their belongings as they move them out of there. >>> we have your weather and your traffic on this friday coming up. >>> good morning. the counter commute eastbound 4 approaching loveridge eastbound highway 4, and westbound is pretty backed up as well coming off the antioch bridge. in pacifica, sharp park road and co

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. >>> a lot of disappointed people tonight after berkeley's world famouses she chez panisse cancelled all regs vacations because of a fire. the fire destroyed the front porch dining area. the cause what a faulty electrical box. at first the owner said the restaurant could open as early as next week but has now pushed back the date. >> supporterred held a rally today at a mall near sacramento after a bay area okay couple was kicked out for kissing and holding hands. nearly 300 people showed up. last saturday two east bay men say they were kissing when a security guard came up and asked them to leave. the mall's management says the couple was never asked to leave but were talked to by security after they displayed, quote, overly sexual affection. >> a love of frisbee has evolved into an effort to fight cancer. a man who beat the disease has come up with an ultimate way to help others. plus... >> getting rid of unwanted guns on the spot. this brought u brought out hundreds of people. >> springlike weather is coming our way. leigh glaser will let us know when after the break. now here's a

it's going to be quite a bit longer before anyone will be getting a table at the chez panisse restaurantberkeley. the damage from a march 8th fire turns out to be worse than initially thought. the front part of the building -- surrounded here by scaffolding - will have to be torn down and rebuilt. other structural work is needed to bring the 1970's restaurant up to code. it was originally hoped that the restaurant could re-open next month. but the opening has been pushed back indefinitely. coming up what went wrong during a training exercise in the nevada desert. that led to an explosion killing 8 marines. plus: why more and more elephant seal pups are being taken in by the marine mammal center in marin county. and: the popular yoga pants being recalled. for being too revealing. details ahead! more and more elephant seal pups are being taken in by the marine mammal center in marin county. the pups are being abandoned by their mothers and are showing up malnourished. the center says storms or people may be to blame for separating the pups from their mothers. some of the pups have even suf

unlocking mysteries of parkinson's disease by tapping into brains of living patients >>> berkeley's chez panisse restaurant may be reopened by june n a statement the owner says she's confident the restaurant will reopen the first week of juchblt she has business interruption insurance so the staff will be paid during this rebuild prog ses. >> san francisco first new fire station in 43 years is open for business. trucks went out on calls after the mayor and pir chief cut the ribbon to new fire station 1. the city avoided spending mill dwroinz retro fit by swapping properties with the museum of modern art. moma paid for costs to build the new station that is more than state of the art. it also has decontamination area, firefighters can wash clothes and rinse chemicals intended to cut down exposure to carcinogens. >> the force brings star wars fans to a museum. >>> new at 6:00 a south bay family goes to court to keep the county from forces them out of their home. the i team tells us what the judge decided today. >> also, michael finney helps a couple with tv trouble. they found out canceling an off

chez panisse now says that reservations are canceled through the 30th, extending it another week. it is believed the fire may have started in an electrical box. >> take a look at this, quick action by firefighters got a gas line fire under control before catastrophic explosion could occur. the fire ignited when a construction worker unintentionally dug into the line in a densely populateed north berkeley. you can see from sky 7 a truck and a house were damaged but no one was hurt. >> that is a very densely populated area, i went to that school. >> the big story is the fog this morning. >> as we saw, dense pockets of fog on way in. >> not as widespread as yesterday. the low clouds will leave us quicker than it did yesterday. we are waking up and now, dress for 41 at petaluma, a cooler spot with american canyon at 39 and palo alto at 41, santa clara at 45 along with half moon bay and 48 in richmond and san leandro and union city and saratoga and walnut creek at 49 and pleasanton at 47 and tracy is not far behind at 50. today we will have clouds for the morning in the form of fog and

customers say chez panisse helped define the community. the area is nicknamed gourmet ghetto because of the high concentration of fine eating. pete's coffee open there's in 1966. chez company in 1971. >> used to be about politics and protests and now it's all about the food. local. >> it runs along shaddock avenue. >> time 7:07. we didn't get as much rain as we need but it's shaping up to be a beautiful weekend. if someone is ready for sun. >> we are going to warm it up. we are drying it out. . we have nice weather in store for outside. a lot of little leagues getting out early this morning. bundle up. bring extra layers, we have a chilly start out there. giving you a live look at the bay bridge and city of san francisco in the backdrop. most of us waking up with mostly clear skies, little bit of patchy fog and over the south bay and areas of mountain view i'm seeing a few low clouds and the low cloud deck over san jose. mostly cloudy. in the 30s to 40s. once again. 37 in santa rose a.38napa. i want to point out this is slightly warmer tha

chez panisse is in the east bay and berkeley.ly they were doing something at some other fire. they just came back. you can see the arson investigators that are still here and it will be here for quite some time. they're not saying it is arson but they have to sit as some that something was suspicious. they do know where the fire started, it was summer on the outside in the patio area. the flames reached up and damaged even the second story. how it started? they do not know. it was shut down at the time. it happened between 1 and 3:00 in the morning. a berkeley police officer drove by and saw the flame and he or she was the one who called the berkeley fire department to come out. it took them 45 minutes to knock down the flames and get it under control. the good news, there was not a lot of damage done inside. this place is not destroyed, people are happy about that. when it will reopen, no one knows for sure. we get a chance to talk to alice waters. she is so famous, so loved and that politicians and celebrities come out here. sh

. >> there has been another set back for both world renowned chez panisse after a fire two weeks ago. we are learning the damage is much more extensive than originally thought. the owner and chef alice waters say it damned the downstair and upstairs porches. she says that the repair work will be more significant project since both areas will need to be demolished. she hoped to re-open the restaurant in mid-april but that is unlikely to happen now. >> relatives of a san jose man shot to death by police are outraged this morning. the officers say the man in a stolen car tried to run down an officer last night and ram him with a car last night. cornell bernard is in east san jose with an interview with the man's family. >> we are learning more of the officer-involved shooting which happened not far from here. the suspect is dead and the family is telling us they are outraged and demand answers from police. >> a white honda civic is towed away from the crime scene. the san jose police say it was stolen during a monday night chase. the driver used the car as a weapon, ramming undercover po

chez panisse is taking new reservations for dining after march 23. it burned on friday, most of the damage outside. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> redwood city could join many of its neighbors on the peninsula banning plastic bags. the city council will vote on the issue tonight. in addition to banning single- use plastic bags, retailers would have to charge 10 cents for paper bags. san mateo county adopted a plastic bag ban in november. >>> minimum wage workers in san jose just got a raise. and as kpix 5 reporter elissa harrington tells us, there are hopes the pay hike will boost the local economy. >> reporter: this is the largest minimum wage raise in the country. businesses hope they will spend the extra $2 in the city. they say what goes around comes around and businesses in san jose hope the extra $2 minimum wage workers will earn will come back to the the city. the downtown association launched the earned and spend in san jose campaign. low wageworkers who got the raise will spend the money here in san jose. it's like an econ

. >> chez panisse will be back on its feet after a devastating fire.restaurant will begin taking new reservations. they canceled reservations through march 23 because of a fire on friday morning. the abc7 news morning news was live on the scene all morning. the fire damaged the front porch, the entry way, and downstairs dining room. repairs are underwait on friday, the owner said on twitter she hopes to re-open the undamaged upstairs

friday fire of berkeley same as chez panisse restaurant. has done a lot of damage.ed up officials say it is believed the fire was started by an electrical box that caught fire underneath the restaurant front porch. the restaurant is canceling reservations three weeks out. >> nasa says that mars may have been capable of supporting civil life form. >> the rover ride in august of this. >> for the past couple of months the curiosity rover has been exploring in areas south of the martian equator near what is called a gale crater. the rover is sitting on the northern edge of the crater in what is believed to be an ancient stream bed. there are a variety of scientific instruments on the rover they are using them to drill into martian rocks and analyze the results. >> what they found is so far, nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, and carbon the basic building block of life. >> the found mineral clay dry out mud which indicates that at some point in the distant past probably millions of years ago this area was covered in water. >> the water was probably fresh not too sal

as for re-opening chez panisse, waters said she hopes to open the cafe portion of the restaurant as soon as possible. in berkeley, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> early estimates show the cost of the damage is between $150,000 and $200,000. >>> early-morning raids in oakland netted at least 12 suspects linked to some of the city's most violent crimes. the bust began early this morning around 5:00 in more than a dozen locations across the town and around the bay area. in addition to the arrests, authorities see several guns -- seized several guns. local officers collaborated with federal agents from the fbi, atf and the dea. >> we can't do it alone. so in addition to all of our federal, state and local partners that have joined us today, we have commitments from them to be here as long as necessary so that they can help us reduce violent crime in oakland. >> officers are still looking for at least 7 more suspects. >>> well, police in san jose have shut down a massive tent city. hundreds of homeless are being told to leave and as kpix 5 reporter anne makovec tells us, officials are offering alte

. >> there has been another set back for both world renowned chez panisse after a fire two weeks ago. we are learning the damage is much more extensive than originally thought. the owner and chef alice waters say it damned the downstair and upstairs porches. she says that the repair work will be more significant project since both areas will need to be demolished. she hoped to re-open the restaurant in mid-april but that is unlikely to happen now. >> relatives of a san jose man shot to death by police are outraged this morning. the officers say the man in a stolen car tried to run down an officer last night and ram him with a car last night. cornell bernard is in east san jose with an interview with the man's family. >> we are learning more of the officer-involved shooting which happened not far from here. the suspect is dead and the family is telling us they are outraged and demand answers from police. >> a white honda civic is towed away from the crime scene. the san jose police say it was stolen during a monday night chase. the driver used the car as a weapon, ramming undercover po

we have more information about chez panisse, it was founded in 1971 and named for a french film character. the restaurant has earned best restaurant in america in 2001. alice waters was named best chef in america for her work at the restaurant in 1992. >>> clear skies and beautiful day. let's check in. >> quite the change from around this time last night, we are seeing the rain pushing in. it's windy right now as high pressure is building in from the west. we are seeing temperatures mostly in the 50s and santa rosa jumping in the 50s. and down to 51 in livermore. through oakland and down towards sfo, the gusts are close to 40 miles an hour. 35 winds in novato, we should see the wind speeds come in. a slight risk of one more chance of showers and we will show you where coming up in our future cast, and hour by hour forecast. tomorrow, will be continued clearing, dry, gusty in the hills and then the headline, sunday into next week, warming temperatures we should see plenty of 70s in the forecast. right now, the radar is relatively dry, if you look off to the east, it's still snowing good th

. >>> famed bay area restaurant, chez panisse, is facing another delay in reopening bumping the target date to june. the fire earlier this month damaged more than they expected. they are working on a new steel frame to replace the damaged wood frame structure. they have managed to salvage every piece of wood. chef and owner, alice waters, who opened the restaurant in 1971, hopes to have it reopened the first week in june. investigators say an electrical failure most likely caused that fire >>> it is 4:50. up next, baseball back in the bay. the giants and a's get back in the swing of things with the bay/bridge series. what fans are notices that's different this year. >>> this morning, we are tracking a little bit of dense fog. we will let you know how your morning commute is going to shape up. here on this friday, we will have all your accidents and your delays comesi delays coming up in just a few minutes. stay with us. >>> you are watching "today in the bay." a live look at san francisco. you can see all the cloud cover out there. meteorologist, christina loren is tracking the forecas

. >> diners ready to enjoy a meal at chez panisse >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 >> good wednesday morning. our time is 5:00. thanks for waking up early. i am kristen sze. >> there could be a visual impediment on the way to work. or, fog. >> i like that. mike nicco? >> visual impediment, i like that. very nice. thank you very much, eric. good morning, everyone, live doppler 7 hd shows not a drop to be found. if you drive through the clouds they are full of moisture and you could get mist on the windshield around oakland down to an eighth of a mile. it is dangerous in some areas of oakland this morning. one and a quarter mile visibility at napa and three quarters of a mile at santa rosa. we have more fog than marine layer fog so it will burn off quicker. that is why today will be warmer. low-to-mid 70's and upper 70's and near 80's inland. >> good morning, everyone, 2:15, c.h.p. got reports of the faith accident in north marin at the border with sonoma. we have video. it is a nasty accident with a truck off the roadway and you can see investigators and it is not a

. >> reporter: breaking news out of berkeley this morning where the world famous chez panisse restaurantaught fire overnight. we'll show you the damage coming up. >> reporter: good morning. i'm bob redell. we'll take you live to the south bay where a few hours from now the city of san jose will be taking down a very large homeless encampment. that story coming up. >>> we're still tracking showers on the radar this morning. we'll let you know how much rain we picked up in your city and a welcome warmup on the way. temps in the mid 70s. we'll sort it out for you. >>> right now live outside. they said they were going turn lights off at 2:00 a.m. so far this week they're treating us to an extra bonus. we love it here. nice way to get your friday started. march 8th. this is "today in the bay." >>> indeed it is feel-good friday. good morning, everybody. thank you for joining us. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. the south bay got hit by rain last night. this is what it looked like late last night. did you hear it on the rooftops? showers so heavy the san jose state basketball game wa