it looks good on the bay point side and to concord. 17 minutes from antioch in to concord. >> as ericaof the bay area bridges are cover and fog watch your speed and be careful. a bit of a back up for so the cash lanes. the lights are off less than 10 minutes from oakland into downtown san francisco. you can hardly make out the shot. it is the san mateo bridge. traffic at the limit. watch your speed. at your head lights and wipers on. 14 minutes between hayward and foster city. >> the golden gate bridge has all is well. 21 minutes fromnavaro into downtown san francisco. >> the first 49ers free agent to go is a tight end dklanie walker. who signs a four year call it 17.5 million deal with the tennessee tide inspirit including 8.6 million guaranteed. that is a lot of money for got caught 21 passes last year, but dropped around five or so. in seven seasons as san francisco walker never caught more than 29 passes. still walker is considered a great athlete with a big play capability but was not getting much playing time behind burnevernon davis. >> the oakland raiders have cut to a former f

the westbound come mute is slow, at 35 miles per hour into the concord area, and westbound 580, veryw from tracy up and over the altamont pass and eastbound road work is still there with three right lanes blocked until 11:00 this morning and drive times at 580, 37 minutes to the dublin/pleasanton area and highway four westbound into concord sluggish from antioch and the 80 commute is not too bad into the macarthur maze from highway 4 and under 20 minutes. >> tremendous relief this morning for a san bruno woman who was searching if her stolen dog. the woman was reunited with archie yesterday. she was riding bart with arrestally and she fell asleep and someone snatched thing do. archie is trained to help her deal with anxiety she suffered since surviving a plane crash. police identified archie through a microchristian and criminal charges are pending in the case. >> do not be jealous, he is not old enough to buy a drink but thanks to his genius and an area company's deep millionaire, he is about to be very well-known. trading is underway on wall street with the dow up 70 points. we wil

live in concord. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> ama: the look on her phase was amazing. >>> a republican leader in california is being admonished for a similar comment about rape and pregnancy that derailed a u.s. senate campaign. the president of the powerful california republican assembly said, quote-grant, the percentage of pregnancies due to rape is small because its an act of violence because the body is traumatized, unquote. the statement was made when she was being critical of the same public made last year my todd aken of monday. >> still to come... >> don't understand why you're not willing to help this patient. >> ama: bizarre story out of southern california after a nurse refuses to perform cpr as at an assisted living facility. future little league heros in the making, baseball season gets underway in petaluma. >> clouds and moisture are moving in our direction. how wet can we expect it to be? i'll get a look at the ♪ [ female announcer ] at yoplait, we want you to feel even better abou

concord, three tenths of a while there.ast is going through the golden gate and into berkeley. tack on a couple minutes to your drive time but the fog will burn off into the afternoon. by 2:00, '60s and '70s are ready for the inland spots. the yellow really dominates the screen. we have the potential to see some eighties indicated by the horns and the south bay. my 8:00 p.m. tonight, mild conditions '50s coast side and low 60s everywhere else. afternoon highs, mid-70s fremont, mountain view's 78, 81 campbell. 81-unveiled, upper seventies fair fell concord, of walnut creek and 78. we could see some upper assemblies for napa up, mid- 70s petaluma, down some severance cisco 68 and 72 oakland. 7 day around the bay forecast shows a nice stable weather for the foreseeable future. the next opportunity for rain is tuesday night into wednesday. if you and up to tahoe, snowbound .com. and ours are a base of 38 to 88 in.. squaw valley a base of 25 to 107 and is very 653 a m in the kron4 morning is will be right back. well, well, well.

. >> the public works director here in concord showed us one that needs to be sealed. he says the city may also be borrowing an idea from a neighboring city to spoil burglars plans. two years ago, valejox began embedding electronic tracking devises invisible to the naked eye of copper wiring. thefts have since plummetted and for the first time in years, there is no wire missing from city streets. >> we get a message that the wire is being removed and it's literally moving and we get notification, pd gets notification, and they go after it. >> now the technology was used to snag 32 year old daniel meyers accused of stealing more than $1000 worth of copper last year in columbus parkway. concord spent more than a million dollars repairing and replacing copper wiring since 2007, so it's really eying valejo's strategy. >> we have to be practical and sneaky. practical in the sense that we look for easy wins. we've even tried placing large boulders on top of these boxes so that you can't access them and then looking at technology i guess would be a little sneaky. >> now tax p

, santa rosa, temperatures are from 68 in san francisco to 78 in concord. in san jose we will hit 75. oakland will hit 74. here is what is going on across the state: it is quiet. you need sunglasses and sunscreen. tahoe is 68 degrees today and 78 in yosemite. low-to-mid 80's through the central valley down to los angeles and 94 in palm springs. wrap your head around that. today is only march 13. >> unseason blow warm -- unseasonably warm. >> on the eastern portion of the toll plaza and in san francisco it is clear. it is patchy fog around the bay. in san jose, southbound 85 between 237 and 280 we have road work. we are still tracking the fatal accident in the marin sonoma border. c.h.p. is investigating. they have given us no time. the right lane is blocked near san antonio road. >> green day is back on the road and ready for the delayed world tour now that the front man is out rehab. he sought help after a meltdown on stage last september and the band already has a gig under their belt. this weekend they rocked the crowd in southern california and dipped i

walnut creek, antioch, concord, load 60s in fairfield.oing to show you the system that is going to bring us that rain. still a few hun miles off the coastline. the center of the system, but already sheeing some of this southerly moisture pull in, these clouds that will continue overhead as we get into tomorrow morning we'll start out with the cloud sxhs that will help hold our temperatures up just a bit so isle show you those numbers in just a moment but overnight lows not too bad. we will have the mid and high-level clouds with us, and here is the rain as early as 6:00, 7:00 tomorrow so perhaps some light rain in time for the evening drive, but up until that point we're going to be mainly dry. so the first half of tuesday, dry, cloudy, maybe a sprinkle, and then the light rain will move in by the evening so if you have evening plans you may need the umbrella. we start out wednesday morning with a few scattered showers but by 8:00, 9:00 moving into the north bay. as we get in 10:00, 11:00, down in the central bay. for the lunch hour still

concord, walnut creek @ weather cell moving up 680. rainfall near the south. steady rain fall but now in daly city. oakland, hayward, with light rain up and down the peninsula. of course, the walnut creek area towards the sesurrounding sunnyvale. even some snowfall at the el diablo range. at the satellite and radar the core of this system. still plenty of moisture. as this continues to the golden gate antar of the evening. flurries. there is that moisture. that we mentioned. that more juror could taper off. it will be partly cloudy with sprinkles in the south bay wit your cclick forecast. complete forecast >> this just in to the kron 4 news room the weather has cost cancellations of this are rina. the basketball court heads being cancelled with san jose state. our team coverage continues now. kron 4's scott rates is live in the east bay.. on to a developing story jacqueline mentioned there was a bit of a weather cell? >> yes. it has not been raining that much but in the last couple of minutes it has increased. people have people in wal

he owns several properties in concord and in alamo new at 11.four's philippe djegal shows us what neighbors are calling a blight. i think he keeps it that way so we cannot see what is going on in this neighborhood or home. >> reporter: from this concord neighbors yard, you can hardly even tell that there's a home next door. the weeds and trees are so overgrown, you can barely see the front door from the driveway. records show former contra costa county fire captain jon wilmot owns this home on iowa drive, and has for more than 20 years. clista nelson has lived across the street during that time and says wilmot's home has looked like this. the >> forever. as long as we have been here we have considered him always as a hoarder. >> reporter: nelson says up until wilmot's december arrest on stolen property and embezzelment charges, he'd stop by once a week to drop stuff off at the home. but she says he's never lived in the house, or rented it. over the yearsm she says several neighbors have called code enforcement on wilmot. she also says the overgr

that, my friends, is troutman motors in concord, north carolina.t this minute" via skype to tell us about this shoot, we have, my dad, wayne troutman from concord, north carolina. so, how did you end up having pepsi come to shoot a prank video with jeff gordon at troutman motors? >> we had a guy come by one day. he was looking for a site to do this prank video. he decided we had the best location to do all these tricks and stunts they wanted jeff to do. i got to tell you the funny part about this. my dad who is 87, was in the dffice that day.

concord mid- 70s even 80s by wednesday. will talk more about this warmer forecast, coming up. >> at this time next week. we should know who will be the next pope. cardinals from across the globe will meet in the coming days. and will vote to decide which of them will lead the church. kron 4's mike pelton breaks down the process. >> reporter: the process of choosing this next pope will start on tuesday when the 112 cardinals will cast their first vote tuesday afternoon. the two-thirds majority is required. after each vote the ballots are burned using a special chemical. white smoke will signify that there has been a choice made. black smoke will signify that there will have to vote again. there has been no american however, there has been one that is possible such as timothy dolan.. every it is anybody's guess. in san francisco, mike pelton, kron 4. >> we have team coverage on kron4's maureen kelly went to sunday mass in san the faithful here are >> reporter: here at saint mary's cathedral.prayers were lifted up for those in

still have a mile flow from the southwest and that will keep us in the ballpark from yesterday in concord san jose and fremont and oakland and san francisco and maybe cooler than that in santa rosa because of the fact you get sprinkles and light rain before the rest of us. we will look at our lander today, in the upper 40's to low 50's through the morning with sprinkles at noon and a better chance at 4:00 with mid-60's and lighter rain will develop as we head into the knowledge hours but it will be light and it will be scattered. notice how mile it is, near 60. more news with kristen and eric. >> happening right now, today is 10 years since the start of the war in iraq. >> at this hour, american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> former president george b. burn made the announcement the forces were entering iraq manner 19, 2003, saddam's rule in the country ended after that. although the conflict has ended, a new poll finds 53 percent of americans believe going into iraq was

clearing up a little in concord and still scattered sprinkles. when we come back we will break down the weekend. >>> a new report suggests steep cuts in education funding are driving students away from california community colleges resulting in the lowest enrollment rates in two decades. according to reports, since $15 billion for cuts since 2008. community colleges have reduced classes and staff. the report found the community college system has lost a half a million students since 2009. >>> hp pavilion may get a new name. why city leaders are looking for a new corporate responser. >>> a monumental business deal the concessions made to keep samsung in silican valley. >>> a new trial is ordered for amanda knox. why the american may never step inside an italian courtroom to defend herself. >>> the city of san jose and high tech giant samsung agreed to a monumental deal. it means more jobs for the city. san jose had to make unprecedented concessions to keep samsung from moving to texas. samsung completed a big deal today and it is a big deal for ev

clearing up a little in concord and still scattered sprinkles. when we come back we will break down the weekend. >>> a new report suggests steep cuts in education funding are driving students away from california community colleges resulting in the lowest enrollment rates in two decades. according to reports, since $15 billion for cuts since 2008. community colleges have reduced classes and staff. the report found the community college system has lost a half a million students since 2009. >>> hp pavilion may get a new name. why city leaders are looking for a new corporate responser. >>> a monumental business deal the concessions made to keep samsung in silican well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 y

it looks like rain is north of concord heading into walnut creek. as we turn our attention to the north bay this is such a waited along the coastline for moderate to heavy rain and it may impact highway 1 01. we will see off and on showers for today. it looks like we will see more sunshine as we head into the weekend. i will have full details coming up. >> as we continue to monitor a hot spot free ride around the bay. we have a little buildup in the volume. it is 11 to 12 minutes. the heaviest traffic is still on highway 4 and interstate 580. we are seeing a little bit of congestion on highway 1 01. the peninsula especially marin county is problem free. >> right now, contra costa county fire crews are working to contain off a house fire on the island. the 2 alarm fire broke out early this morning as one for 80 taylor st.. you can see where it is happening here on the map. >> there are a few reasons to why they are having a hard time battling the blaze. off crusaded there have a hard time because there are active power lies in the area, there are als

concord, fairfield. temperatures will be an increasing by a two-five degrees. >> gays and taxes. soon, same-sex couples could be in line for a tax break. later this month, the u-s supreme court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on proposition eight. the voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage. tax experts say if the ban is eventually overturned. and, a provision of the defense of marriage act is stuck down. some married couples and gays whose spouses have died. may be eligible for retroactive income and estate tax refunds. kron four's philippe djegal speaks with a local tax attorney who says depending on the court's ruling. same-sex married couples could see a pay off. >> if they have had their same-sex partner pass away the surviving partner should come see us so we can help them file a protective claim. to help the timing and putting the irs on notice. >> reporter: 2009 is significant because you have to three years from the time you file to ask for a refund. one half of his clients are gay. >> if th

vallejo 47 and concord 46 degrees. the radar, don't pay attention to that green.n fall out this. had some fog at the coastline today. had some fog, because that's because we had a light on shore flow. all the rain fall headed towards the seattle. we are protected. tomorrow, forget about the on shore wind. it will be at its strongest to give an goff shore wind. that will warm up everybody, you'll get up near 70 and some of you will have the warmest weather since early november. getting up to 80 degrees. high pressure begins to move, but far enough to the south that an online air will come back. it will be mild and dry, but it won't be as warm. tomorrow will be the peek of this heat wave we are going to go through. warmest weather since early november, we'll stay inland through the morning, and also at the coast. not tomorrow, highs approaching 80. san jose, 80 degrees. santa clara 79. fremont 77. san ramon and concord, 80 for napa. 80 for sanoma. we will stay in the 70s through the weekend. mainly dry, trending cooler next week, but i don't see any rain fall and 80

in sant san carlos, livermore and concord. we could face a government shut down by the end of the month. >>> a loom time beloved -- long time beloved hog dog restaurant was damaged. happy pound went up in flames before 5. much of the interior of the restaurant was unscatheed but as you can see in the video, there was -- that was not the case for the half of the exterior. the hot dog joint opened up in 1971 and the owner says he will rebuild and fast. >> we will be back, and hang in there. we will be back just as good as ever. >> damage is estimated around 100,000 dollars and investigators they don't know yet what caused the fire but they say it doesn't appear to be suspicious. >>> and tell ahead, a major breakthrough in the medical world. >> a child cured of hiv. what it took and will it lead to a universal cure? >> another member of the royal family is hospital identitiesed. why -- hospitalized. why royal watchers say it's so rare. >> i am lawrence karnon we have a little rain coming in our direction. we will talk about that

attend the mile in concord, 2 mi. an oakland.mperatures warmer than yesterday. santa clara came coming in at 74, 77 cupertino. 77 danville, mid- 70s its bird ever 60s hayward and downtown san francisco, not napa 77, 66 san bruno. satellite and radar show up we are dealing with mainly clear skies. we have pockets of dense fog. temperatures are on the warmer side. tomorrow will be the warmest of the week. 8:46 a.m. and here is traffic. >> the bay bridge is still a hot spot as you work your way into san francisco. it is slow and has been a busy ride since the 6:00 hour. we had one minor clashed and that quickly cleared. the 880 over crossing is the worst coming from the east shore freeway. it will be slow on the anne klein had across the upper deck headed into san francisco. it is still a hot spot and has yet to loosen up. the cemetery of bridge is so good and we have had no problems all morning. the drive time as those 40 minutes. the golden gate there's sam francisco is a little slow on sao paulo one headed towards ever felt. the

. >>> 10 bulldogs were saved after a house on concord. they found a small fire, a bunch of smoke and several bulldogs. the flames came from a pot on the kitchen stove and quickly put out. no one was hurt, and as you can see the dogs are fine. >>> a 19-year-old giant fan from millbrae was arrested last night after witnesses say they saw him stomp on a man's head during a fight in willie may's plaza. this happened after after the a-giants game at at&t park. he was booked on suspicion of assault and other violations. sometime during the game this scuffle broke out as the two men grappled a woman came and got her shots in. >>> we are learning more about how a college student who lied about being raped suffered beating injuries. 20-year-old morgan claimed she was raped last month in this area on a campus. she placed an ad on craigs list for somebody to shoot her in the arm. then she posted another ad looking for somebody to punch her in exchange for sex. she pleaded not guilty for faking a false police report. she was ordered to continue menta

concord spent more than a million dollars repairing and replacing copper wiring since 2007, so it's really eying valejo's strategy. >> we have to be practical and sneaky. practical in the sense that we look for easy wins. we've even tried placing large boulders on top of these boxes so that you can't access them and then looking at technology i guess would be a little sneaky. >> now tax payers are the ones footing the bill for copper theft. the repair cost, well in san jose $160,000 to repair 500 lights. in freemont, nearly half a million in 2011 and 2012 and for bart almost $100,000 in 2011 to replace wiring along its tracks and on bay area highways from the south bay to concord, about 60-metering lights have been vandalized off the past year. caltran replaced 18 at a cost of $35,000 a piece. now, another trick cities are using to pull off, they are making the spools of copper worth more than $1000 so that makes it a felony to steal. basically their message to copper thieves is we aren't taking it anymore so beware. live from concord, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile silic

oakland, 67. 77 in concord. santa cruz, 72. another shot over the bay. san francisco, 68. the embarcadero, seeing a lot of activity this hour. santa rosa, 9. we had 70 in fairfield. ayre werd, 60, and loss georgia -- los gatos, 69. we'll continue to see high clouds overnight. look for a voigtly cooler day tomorrow. slightly. maybe a degree or two. we still have plenty of sunshine and then get ready for big changes. rain returns tuesday night and wednesday. you can see some of the high clouds that continue to venture across the bay area. now, they'll increase over the evening so overnight, 40s across the bay, the high clouds inlating us. 41, santa rosa, and livermore

. >>> 10 bulldogs were saved after a house on concord.y found a small fire, a bunch of smoke and several bulldogs. the flames came from a pot on the kitchen stove and quickly put out. no one was hurt, and as you can see the dogs are fine. >>> a 19-year-old giant fan from millbrae was arrested last night after witnesses say they saw him stomp on a man's head during a fight in willie may's plaza. this happened after after the a-giants game at at&t park. he was booked on suspicion of assault and other violations. sometime during the game this scuffle broke out as the two men grappled a woman came and got her shots in. >>> we are learning more about how a college student who lied about being raped suffered beating injuries. 20-year-old morgan claimed she was raped last month in this area on a campus. she placed an ad on craigs list for somebody to shoot her in the arm. then she posted another ad looking for somebody to punch her in exchange for sex. she pleaded not guilty for faking a false police report. she was ordered to continue mental he

away from the coast still pretty mild stir in antioch. 57 in concord.will see those temperatures shifting from the overnight hours. they will be fairly mild with only 40's tonight. it will clear out with a shift in the wind. i will show you how warm it is going to get, coming up. >> pam: ahead at eight. the man wanted for gunning down an oakland rapper on the las vegas strip. is found by police. where he was located. to ride bart. how much it will cost you. >> and: firefighters in southern california battling an out- of-control fire burning near homes. get whatever you want, baby. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? she's beautiful smart and sensible. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's extra value menu. the simple joy of having more to love. ♪ >> a large wild-fire burning near southern california is forcing residents from their homes. this is in the city of riverside - at rancho jurupa regional park. more than 50 acres have burned and mandatory evacuations were just ordered for people living on two near-by roads. voluntary

throughout the bay shore, san francisco, mountain view, 47, oakland, hayward, san jose, 45, and 43 in concord and livermore. through the afternoon hours we will have mostly blue skies, no lightning. and a lot of sunshine. we will have temperatures starting off in the 30's, the 40's, and around 60 at the coast and 74 inland this afternoon and during the evening hours we are in the 50's to 60's. sue? >> thanks. the lightning is still going off behind your head and that is distracting. hopefully that is not the case for the morning drive. the san mateo bridge, fog free, visibility is good and the tail lights headed westbound on the flat section and everything is moving nicely and very, very light conditions on the bay bridge right new with an early state of the stall eastbound, and otherwise, just road work and we will look at your eastbound out of the central valley, and maybe we will not look at it...there we go. the maps are slow to move this monday morning. eastbound 580 from greenville to north flynn until 11:00. highway 4 out of the antioch area, right now it is moving at the limit and loo

coming down through concord and pleasant hill. no problems. highway 4, typically, one of your first spots. back to you. >> thank you very much. we are going to talk about b.a.r.t. riders this morning. they better get ready to squeeze in a little tighter. bicycles will be allowed on all trains no matter what time of the day. normally, bikes are banned during commute hours. there is a week-long test run to see if the bikes hold up commuters. they are working on making them more bike friendly. in june, they are expected to be reconfigured to allow more room for bikes, strollers and wheelchairs. the only place you can't take your bikes is the first car, for safety reasons. >>> the world baseball classic continues at at&t park tonight. people facing some going are going to face some parking prices. meters operate until 10:00 p.m. every night. on event days like today, you are going to pay about $7 per hour to park. last night was the first night of increase rates. >> kind of steep for baseball. team usa, already knocked out. the games must go on. t

livermore, maybe concord, maybe walnut creek. today we'll call it 73 in san jose, 75 morgan hill, 73 sunnyvale, 74 palo alto, 76 in san francisco, the patchy fog for the first half of the day. today is going to be a warmer day, tomorrow is going to be the warmest day. as we get into thursday, friday, saturday, into your weekend, with your weekend in view, notice the numbers begin to cool off, but still very nice and mild. back to you. >>> 4:56. plastic bags are no longer welcome in palo alto, the ban was expended to include retailers and restaurants. that means if you shop, you'll have to bring your own or be charged for a paper bag. most cities in california charge for paper bags, few, if any, restrict restaurants from using plastic bags. >>> the 49'ers have picked up a player who helped the ravens beat them in the super bowl. wide receiver anquon boldin has been trade, the deal can't will be official until 1:00 today. >>> a ground breaking law for bicyclists, the new authority bike riders may have in one bay area county. >>> th

east bay, you will look for a mixture of sun and clouds and 70 for brentwood and 69 con card and -- concord. my accu-weather seven-day forecast, dry day on monday. increasing clouds on tuesday. showers developing on tuesday afternoon. it looks wet on tuesday and wednesday. cooler on wednesday, the first day of spring. and then we will warm things up on friday, saturday and sunday. the temperatures inland in the 70s to near 80 degrees. abc7 news has a great weather resource for you. follow at live doppler 7hd for the latest conditions. plus get video forecasts and the power outages and information and weather tweets from your famous weather team. 4:30 to 7:00 mike will be here with updates. >> tracking that latest system coming in. thanks, leigh. >>> let's turn our attention

sharing the temperature with concord and hayward at 49 and 48 in fremont and half moon bay. 47 in antioch and livermore and san jose. temperatures are cooler but dry this morning. we will hang out in the mid-40's to 50 through 7:00. notice the coast, stuck in the low-to-mid 50's spiking in the upper 50's for an hour this afternoon. we will be near 60 at noon around the bay and you will notice the breezes this afternoon and temperatures are in the low-to-mid 60's. sue? >> so far, a good ride from east bay to the peninsula on the san mateo bridge, tail lights making the turn to the high-rise a few brake lights but other than that you are looking at 14-minute drive from hayward toward san mateo. good looking commute at this time. otherwise, we will check out road work still in the lanes on the peninsula, south 101 the embarcardero to shoreline picked up shortly and checking the drive out of the antioch area looking sluggish and eastbound we still have road work between hillcrest to lone tree and that

topping the list today would be concord and livermore add napa. mid-70s today. beautiful day outside. oakland cooler 68. san francisco cooler downtown, 65. and check out the coast. it only hit 55 degrees at half moon bay so a 21-degree temperature spread between our inland locations and at the coastline. i checked this out. did a little number crunching. the average first 80-degree day over the past three days in santa rosa it's early april. all three of you, san jose, livermore and santa rosa may hit 80 tomorrow. in mid-march. something crazy is going on. we have a ridge of high pressure which is in the perfect location not only to keep us dry, that's the easy part. the hard part is getting the wind direction to be exactly where it needs to be to get us that offshore wind. it happens in the fall not as often in the springtime but it's in the perfect location to give us very warm weather tomorrow. now, as soon as thursday, things begin to change. high pressure will sink to the south. the ridge will flatten if you will. we get more of a zonal or west to east -- w

mid '40's for concord. upper '40's in san francisco. temperatures you can see by lunchtime slot we've already reached the seventies inland. holding on to '60s. by 2:00 p.m. your afternoon highs the seventies will fill in. you can see an increase in the yellow. by 8:00 p.m. tonight we still hold on to '60s for most of the bay area. >> as we write down your afternoon highs temperatures between 6 and 12 degrees warmer than yaverage. >> santa clara 73. 71 for fremont. 72 in redwood city. >> for the most part we're generally in the '60s for this time of year. fairfield a high of 74. 70 for castro valley. upper 60s for richmond and san leandro. >> downtown san francisco a high of 68. >> 74 and apple. >> satellite radar shows that iran in the pacific northwest that is not affecting us. we are dry right now. we have areas of locally dense fog. you can expect that driving along the coastline from some of our north and valleys. >> that will burn off into the afternoon. saturday into sunday a slight chance for rain in the north bay. sprinkles. a 1

concord.ng towards tuesday. it 70's for some of the valleys. nearly 80 degrees on wednesday. >> still ahead on kron 4 news at 8. the site of a deadly lion attack reopens to the public. then. a vallejo special education teacher found guilty of preying on one of his students. the disturbing details. plus. protestors for the free tiber movement take over the streets of san francisco. -- free tibet... [ male announcer ] with citibank it's easy for jay to deposit checks from anywhere. [ wind howling ] easier than actually going to the bank. mobile check deposit. easier banking. standard at citibank. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. get u-verse tv for just $19 a month fo

burglars have ripped off a charitable organization in concord.aking into the agency's warehouse in martinez. stealing and destroying close to 100- thousand dollars worth of gifts and furniture for the needy. this is video of volunteers setting up a past event for the non-profit group called - "christmas for everyone." the charity organization provides meals. and hands out gifts on christmas day to poor families in contra costa county. charity founder, mary perez. speaks with kron four's philippe djegal. and, shows us how the thieves broke in, and what they took. >> there is the whole -- hole. we have shot it up but it has to be a small person to crawl through there but they took a truck loads. over several days. they cut our alarm system, electricity and fold the copper out of the wires. so all our alarm did not work so we do not have any electricity. this used to be neat and organized it is used to be clothing and furniture for people that needed and the type of furniture. we have a brand did you referred to ritter and that was gone and a stove

highs in the '70s for concord, santa rosa. even 70's on monday.f places in the '70s like oakland. low 70's and even warmer after that. >> this gun buyback and vallejo with mike pelton shows us what is next and this will help keep the community safe. >> there was a semiautomatic rifle at the big concern is my children getting ahold of it. teams involved in the brawl. this was hosted by law enforcement. >> i turned in a 3030 and a 33 rifle. >> one is a 12 gauge shotgun. >> a good portion are stolen guns. >> lt. o'connell says that the goal is to get illegal and used guns off the street and out of the home. authorities will destroy these guns they hope that this turns into a crackdown on violent crime. >> these crimes are committed with illegal firearms. it is a great way to get them out of the criminals. >> many of these people cashed in. they received a gift card. $200. >> get rid of them. >> i thought it was cashed. >> wahl there is a lack of statistics some say that it is common sense that it would reduce crime. >> give them to the police departm

. >>> 10 bulldogs were saved after a house on concord. they found a small fire, a bunch of smoke and several bulldogs. pot onmes came pot on the kitchen stove and quickly put out. no one was hurt, and as you can see the dogs are fine. >>> a 19-year-old giant fan from millbrae was arrested last night after witnesses say they saw him stomp on a man's head during a fight in willie may's plaza. this happened after after the a-giants game at at&t park. he was booked on suspicion of assault and other violations. sometime during the game this scuffle broke out amen two men grappled a woman came and got her shots in. >>> we are learning more about how a college student who lied about being raped suffered beating injuries. 20-year-old morgan claimed she was raped last month in this area on a campus. she placed an ad on craigs list for somebody to shoot her in the arm. then she posted another ad looking for somebody to punch her in exchange for sex. she pleaded not guilty for faking a false police report. she was ordered to continue mental health c

concord in the upper 40s at 49 degrees.ighs -- temperatures ranging from the low 60s coast side, warmest locations inland on track to reach the mid- to upper 70s. today a little bit cooler, filtered sunshine with high clouds moving in. patchy, coastal fog this morning. no big changes tomorrow. by saturday we'll cool things off slightly. pretty much the same deal for sunday, st. patrick's day. >>> 7:56. a suspected car thief leaves deputies on a pursuit over land and water. the wild chase that ended in the oakland estuary. >>> we're live in pleasanton at foothill high school where we'll speak to school officials about security today in the wake of a threatening note. >> reporter: we're live at st. mary's college in morago. we'll have a live interview with a vatican scholar about the new pope. >>> welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >>> parents of some high school students in pleasanton keeping their kids home because of a specific threatening note mentioned today. tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30 t

concord in the upper 40s at 49 degrees.our forecast highs -- temperatures ranging from the low 60s coast side, warmest locations inland on track to reach the mid- to upper 70s. today a little bit cooler, filtered sunshine with high clouds moving in. patchy, coastal fog this morning. no big changes tomorrow. by saturday we'll cool things off slightly. pretty much the same deal for sunday, st. patrick's day. >>> 7:56. a suspected car thief leaves deputies on a pursuit over land and water. the wild chase that ended in the oakland estuary. >>> we're live in pleasanton at foothill high school where we'll speak to school officials about security today in the wake of a threatening note. >> reporter: we're live at st. mary's college in morago. we'll have a live interview with a vatican scholar about the new pope. >>> welcome back. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >>> parents of some high school students in pleasanton keeping their kids home because of a specific threatening note mentioned today. tara moriarty has been out ther

concord, you may hit 80 tomorrow.a 75 today, 76 napa, napa you may hit 80 degrees tomorrow. san jose, morgan hill, you may see 80 by tomorrow. today 75 in morgan hill, 73 san jose. we peak on wednesday, the warmest day. thursday, friday and into your weekend, temperatures begin to drop off, we still remain above average, upper 60s to low 70s in the forecast with your weekend in view under fair skies. back to the desk. >> all right, rosemary. later this morning nasa scientists will tell us what they learned from the first rock powder sample taken from mars. last month the rover curiosity drilled a hole in a flat rock on the surface of mars, that revealed an unexpected gray interior to the rock, contrast to the red-orange surface of mars. at 10:00 nasa will tell us what they know about the rock. >>> the reasons behind the san francisco symphony to go on strike and cancel tour. >>> a story of survival, the man able to walk away after being trapped in an avalanche. e in 20 minutes! [ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this

same for concord.xtended forecast to break on monday and tuesday and wednesday we will suh increased clouds late in the day on tuesday in time for the evening commute. it will get wet and stay that way on wednesday and thursday. the extended forecast looks for things to dry out on friday and saturday. & was quizzing me closely about just how much rain will fall. >> you like to put him on the spot, ann, right? >> yes. how else do i make him earn his salary? [ laughing ] >> we are expecting an inch at the most over a three-day period. not a lot. we are only 75% of average and we need more rain. looks like we will get a little bit but not nearly enough. >> there is a prediction for you, drought in the horizon! [ laughing ] >> you work for the newspapers! >> i wouldn't go that far! >>> oakland mayor gene kwan is upbeat about the city's future. the main issue was the focus of the annual state of the city address this week. kahn admitted it would be -- can juan rd juan said there will be progress. >> the que

concord and antioch at 78.e will have clouds along the coast and fog but like this only it will not be as widespread as it was the day before. mid-40's, to upper 40's et cetera to our neighborhoods. check out this stubborn area of high pressure all of our storm systems are still headed to the north and that means we will keep the warmer-than-average weather in the profit with morning clouds giving way to afternoon and hazy sunshine and a few high clouds and temperatures in the 70's through saturday away from the coast and 60's will work into the bay and inland by tuesday. is a great day, everyone. sue? >> fog is not a factor through northern san rafael beyond the marin ymca with headlights headed southbound. we have fog over the waldo and the golden gate bridge where thing for is chick. good news in northern marin, a fatal accident has been cleared. the tow truck could be on the scene but not blocking the lane that was north 101 near the border near san antonio road but southbound traffic is slow from petaluma

sprinkles in concord around martinez. now. >> a wider view and sell and radar cloud cover streaming in this is a weak system. it will not produce a lot of rain. we had a stronger one arriving to the bay area saturday to sunday. full details on your easter weekend forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you erica to the board that it is morning after being injured and a police shooting in the southern port of san jose. the is it happening on alamaden row kron 430 yesterday afternoon. they were investigating a stolen car when they arrived they found a man and woman in the car officers confronted them. the woman put the car into gear in hit one of the officers with the car. that is when the officer opened fire in self-defense hitting the woman at least once. >> this situation the officer felt in danger. he feared for his life. he did what he had to do is start firing. >> it is unclear whether the male passenger was hit by gunfire. both suspects are expected to survive on their injuries. this is san jose's third officer involved

concord, napa, santa rosa. upper 50s san francisco.day's highs, plenty of sun. 70 degrees santa rosa. 56 san jose, could be breezy this afternoon. once again, very similar to yesterday around the city, the coast, parts of the bay. you can expect that. tomorrow even warmer, sunday will be the warmest day of the weekend and notice the forecast, the warming trend continues, temperatures warming from five to ten degrees above norm alabi tuesday into wednesday. mid70's in the forecast for wednesday, under mostly sunny skies, upper 30s to low 40s and we spring forward tomorrow morning. as we know the bay area rainfall, low at this point. we will look at those totals coming up. >> thank you. this weekend the princess project is giving girls a free shopping experience. since 2002 its been providing free prom dresses and accessories to girls who can't afford to buy them. this year the project hopes to help 4,000 girls at their locations in san francisco, silicon valley and san diego. today's event runs 8:30 to five. its being held at 2099 marke

concord, very mild and mixture of sun and clouds. you'll notice the temperatures coming down. a chance of sprinkle or two on tuesday, maybe a sprinkle on wednesday. then as we head towards the weekend, a better chance of seeing an organized system move in here friday, possibly saturday and possibly over easter sunday. we'll keep you update on that. >> ama: thanks so much. shu is here with sports. cool thing about march madness you get a good story or two out of it. >> every year ncaa tournament a team comes out of nowhere. cinderella team has to be florida gulf coast. they could not contain the high flying act. aaron mcknight. just getting starting. chase, that is vildz, and closing in the second half. bernard thompson, 2 of his 23. gets the team pumped up. then mcknight finishes with the alley-oop. is it fun to watch or what? and 81-71 victory and they will get third seed florida. thriller of the day, kent state and iowa state. he drives and there is a foul. under two minutes left. cyclones up by one, but they call an offensive foul

concord. 68, livermore. nice shot from the high definition peak cam over the bay. nice setting sun shot right there. san francisco, 56. oakland right now, 54. san carlos, 54. a nye shot from the roomtop cam. santa rosa right now. 63. 60 in napa and fairfield. livermore, and 64 in gilroy. we'll keep it clear tonight. cool inland with the north end east bay communities in the thumber 30s. get ready to spring forward as we mentioned. 2 al-sunday morning, and the warmer days into next week. here's a look at the radar and satellite composite. low pressure brought us the rain showers friday morning, pushed off to the east and it's going to park near the coast. so look for temperatures to warm gradually. each day. looks like wednesday and this of next week. the warmest days with highs in the mid-70s. here's a look at the lows. clear sky. we're not going to have as much wind tonight so temperatures are going to start to bottom out. so santa rosa, tonight, 36. 39 in vallejo. cool in antioch, 39. but also more moderate towards the bay. san mateo, 42, 45 for san francisco. he

oakland, piedmont, concord, walnut creek.t's where the low clouds will be an issue for your drive down toward berkeley and the bay bridge toll plaza. live look shows you the toll plaza itself or what we can see of the toll plaza. lights backed up. metering lights are on. slowed down a bit because of lower visibility from oakland in toward treasure island. you can't make out that 880 crossing but it is there and backing up as well. by contrast, look at the peninsula side of the approach. san mateo bridge picks up the volume but much clearer view. >> thank you very much. >>> new at 6:53, black smoke from the sistine chapel chimney means still no consensus of who the next pope will be. t two-thirds of the cardinals must come to a consensus for a new pope to be chosen. all of those voting at the cardinals right now, they are on lunch break until the next round of voting actually will take place. while you were sleeping, cardinals participating in the conclave started their day with mass at the pauline chapel, the most private pla

anywhere from about four degrees in oakland and concord, hayward, mountain view, and half moon bay, to about 15 degrees in san jose and you saw the latest update napa at 11 degrees cooler than this time yesterday at 39 degrees. santa rosa and novato at 41, and oakland at 50, and we had 48 in san scar lows and mountain view and 47 in san jose, livermore and antioch and 46 in concord and 43 in los gatos. through the day we will see a few clouds from time to time and the breezes will pick up and they will be brighter and dry compared to yesterday. we will be in the low-to-mid 50's and upper 50's at noon and low-to-mid 60's at 4:00, and everyone in the upper 50's by. it will be breezy and two to six degrees warmer and high clouds and sunshine away from the coast and average if not warmer. nice spring weekend on the way. >> he low, weres happy thursday, and back to the bay bridge where a few minor delays and a few cars are stacked up to pay cash in the toll plays otherwise it is moving at the limit with no metering lights in san francisco and the upper deck incline is looking good. we have

upper 60s for napper concord fairfield, 68 antioch.ellite and radar shows cloud cover streaming into the bay area. we have areas of locally dense fog. sea breezes keeping temperatures on the cooler side as we head into the afternoon. it looks like tomorrow will be very similar to what we saw yesterday. as we head into wednesday, up we are talking a mix of sun and clouds. your extended forecast shows the potential for wet weather. a 20 to 30 percent chance. models are starting to back off, perhaps some light rain thursday into friday. into the weekend, we are talking possibly rainy conditions. i will have the full details and your 7 day around the bay forecast in my next report. 6:51 a.m. and here is george. >> have to do the little ree cheer as we check the ride for the bay bridge toll plaza. the westbound to me it looks pretty good even though it is backed up we have been incident free on the upper deck of the bay bridge. no incidents reported, the backup is reaching only to the 880 over crossing westbound. because of that, drive time

of antioch is looking good this morning, very minor delays as you move toward pittsburg and into concord on westbound 84. >> making a pitch to hispanic voters, significant immigration plan that a republican senator will unveil this morning. >> smartphones, stab lets and streaming video, a survey reels how -- reveals how connected we are. >> but first this morning's money report. >> feel the effects of cyprus, markets lost ground over the we island nation and possibility of a euro zone crisis with the dow jones industrial average falling 2 points for the second consecutive loss. and yoga is -- a yoga company is pulling yoga pants. >> and a fast food chain is offering a turkey burger for limited time and if it is popular i could be part of burger king's regular menu. that is america's >> walnut creek, burlingame, calculate bell, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> on this use morning, it is the last day of winter. this is the embarcardero and bay bridge. we are checking traffic and following the weather with updates on both. >> the marine mammal center is caring for an increasing numbe

on san francisco, it looks very inviting with temperature in santa rosa eight degrees warmer and concord is six. san francisco, today, is 61, a degree warmer than yesterday. and hayward and san jose and oakland, a degree or two from yesterday. cold front came through yesterday, and high pressure is taking over right now and with the high pressure, the sinking air is giving dry breezes and we have more sunshine that yesterday. the temperatures are 66 in san jose today, most of the santa clara valley in the mid-to-upper 60's and up the peninsula, we drop counsel to 59 at millbrae and you will be cooler because of a breeze coming in all the way through san bruno and upper 50's and near 60 in downtown, south san francisco, and low-to-mid 60's in the north bay valley but the beep is brick and temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's and let to mid-60's along the east bay shore with san leandro and oakland at 64 and east bay valley is warmer with concord and brentwood the warm spot at 68. around the state it is quiet, 48 in tahoe, upper 60's to low 70's through the central valley and through that

and concord as well as pittsburg, low 70s. the accuweather seven-day forecast. more warming tuesday, wednesday, inland temperatures near 80. a terrific day on wednesday. ask then you'll notice temperatures starting to drop off. next weekend we'll be talking about a chant of showers on sunday. abc7 news has a great weather resource, follow tennessee live doppler 7 hd on twit are for the latest bay area conditions, rain or shine, get forecasts, "spare the air", power outages and weather tweets from your favorite weather team. >> ama: thank you, leigh. shoe -- shu is here with sports and baseball is getting closer. >> mike: going to my the semis and finals in san francisco. canada, no suspensions of yesterday's bases clearing brawl against income. michael saunders down the line and it's gone. gives the canadians the lead. but united states rallies. top eight. two men on. adam jones doubles into the gap. willie bloomquist and david wright while score. us a takes the lead. then greg kimble, comes in to close it. gets joey votto looking. u.s.a. wins. they and italy ad