again from concord to san francisco this morning. live in concord allie rasmus. >>> now to our other top story it's monday evening in japan. concern is growing over a possible third explosion at a nuclear power plant. the japanese government says a reactor at the plant has lost its cooling capacity. in the last ten minutes we learned fuel rods in the plant are also exposed. raising the risk of overheating. two explosions have already occurred at two other reactors. they are moving some ships and aircrafts away from the japanese coast. another 1 thursday bodies have washed up a-- another 1,000 bodies have washed up. large areas of the country remain surrounded by water and are unreachable. survivors in the hardest hit areas are unreachable. ktvu janet is in japan covering this discovery. good morning. >> reporter: well hello. it's actually 8:30 at night here on monday evening and we've been out all day around tokyo. we actually started the day with an earthquake an after shock and i actually received an alert i had rented this japanes

the concord station. bart officials are still investigating why this derailment happened and according to a recording we listened to from barts chief spokesman they will not have another update until much later this afternoon. but repair crews worked all day yesterday and throughout the night fixing the line to restore service and we got word a couple hours ago that things

two thompson is live at concord bart. sue? >> good morning, eric.his was closed but they were able to get things back up and running for the concord station in time for what no doubt will be a busy commute. to make that happen crews had to work all through the night to get the derailment fixed. a bart train headed for sfo just left for the station. they switched to a single track mode to move around work happening on another track. 65 people were on board, three people suffered minor injuries. the derailment forced bart to shut down service for some 19 hours, and they just reopened and got things back up and running about an hour ago. those on board that train yesterday described what happened. >> it was like i was moving back and forth. i thought maybe the tracks weren't clear. it seemed like he kept on braking or something of that sort. >> the big job now for bart is try and figure out exactly this die railment happened in the first place and they were down some 19 hours. investigation for bart as well as state investigators were here yesterday. t

to normal in concord. they are operating on a normal schedule here. through the night crews were able to remove the derailed train from the tracks and complete the repairs so the first train left concord after 4:00 this morning. the derailment itself still under investigation. two cars from a 10 car train jumped the tracks yesterday morning outside the concord station before 9:30 and engineers and bart don't know if track work in the area played a role. >> there was some work in the area, some track work in the area, and we were single tracking around it. this was the first train to start single tracking around the work. when it was crossing over to go into the single tracking mode, that's when the slow speed derailment happened. >> reporter: when the train got to concord 65 passengers on board were told there would be a short delay because of track work but passengers said it started shaking back and forth as the derailment happened. three passengers went to the hospital with back injuries and police, who

. >>> i'm don knapp live in concord where work continues on a b.a.r.t. derailment trying to get it cleaned up in time for the morning commute. >> i'm ann notarangelo. good evening. the nuclear crisis in japan has just gotten worse. in the past few hours a second explosion has occurred inside one of the plants crippled by the tsunami and earthquake. six people were injured. the containment vessel is reportedly in tact. not known if any additional radiation has been released. some reports feeling the explosion some 25 miles away. linda yee has the latest on the nuclear crisis. >> reporter: another hydrogen explosion rocked the crippled fukushima nuclear power plant following yesterday's hydrogen plant blast in unit 1. it is broken into two sections. four faulty reactors at one and three faulty reactors out of six at the other. one exploded. experts feared pressure building up and now unit 3 has blown. more than 180,000 people have been evacuated from the area. up to 150 may have been exposed to radiation. officials are trying to reassure people saying the

trains will go from pittsburg to con -- concord. they get off the train at concord and board express buses to the pleasant hill bart station, and then they will reboard the b.a.r.t. trains and get to their locations. this is very fluid so stay tuned. tonight at 11:00, and we have the latest information at abc7news.com. abc-7 news. >> alan: good thing those train cars didn't role over the embankment. we're in for several days of bad weather. >> leigh: in the last 45 minutes, a very heavy band right there of moderate rain making its way quickly across the bay area. closer, you can see the band move from san francisco now over towards the berkeley area, concord, san ramon, the yellow getting close to your area. check out san bruno and san mateo. very heavy rain moving in. oakland getting hit with moderate rain, orinda, and moss beach, half moon bay, the red indicating heavy rain. so, this is the first band that will move through early this evening. we get a little break. more rain in the accuweather for the rest of the week. >> alan: n

after it was leaving the concord station. it happened as the operator switched to single track mode to get around work being done on another section of track. although the train was said to be going slow, three people suffered minor injuries. >> it wasn't too extreme. it was bumping around. it was like a bumpy ride almost. >> i was moving back and forth. it seemed like he was braking or something of that sort. >> reporter: people hope of getting east of pleasant hill were in luck today. many arrived unaware of the shut down rhia was trying to get to san francisco. >> we have to talk it out. but we have to go because we are trying to catch a show. my sister is performing. >> and others rely on buss to get to the stations. the bus ride added an extra 15 minutes to his trip. despite fixing the track they are confident the morning commute will go on as normal. crews are relying on the large crane to do the job. >> it will treat it like a ton caw toy. it's going to pick it up and put it down and move on its own. it will be pulled

, and then run buses between concord and pleasant hill. but bart readily admit there's won't be enough buss to accommodate everyone. >> i think it's going to affect a lot of people. i commute to san francisco every day for work. and it's going to affect everyone. i'm going plan to call in sick for work if they don't have this fixed. and it's just a disaster. >> reporter: we're back here live in concord where just in the last few seconds, the massive crane has lifted one of the cars off the tracks. they seem to be make some progress. now about 10,000 commuters depend on this line to get to work in the morning. the first trains of the morning commute run at 3:30 a.m. so crews have about four hours to get this all done. for the latest updates of course you can check our website, nbcbayarea.com. don't forget today in the bay starts at 4:30 tomorrow morning. live in concord, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, monty. >>> and now to our continuing coverage of the disaster in japan. we're going to go live to narita and talk with our o

live in concord, monty francis, "today in the bay." >> thank you very much. this morning antioch has a plan to prevent police officer layoffs. city leaders unanimously agreed to labor concessions of the union. it defers scheduled salary increases and also requires that starting in july officers start paying 3% of their salary toward retirement pension costs until january 2012. they currently pay none. the agreement saves the city some $967,000. >> this morning east bay police are searching for a convicted child molester who appears to have skipped town after a court house run-in with a victim. he was last seen on the first day of testimony in his trial when he came face-to-face with a 13-year-old witness who according to the "mercury news" fell to the ground sobbing at the sight of him. four days after he went missing betty was convicted of molesting two teen girls while working as a family counselor in pittsburgh. betty is now facing more than eight years in prison and possibly more time for ditching his trial. >> on the 6 month anniversary of the san bruno

things between pleasant hill and concord all on time.r our radio partners, kcbs 740-am and 106.9-fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the owners of the fairmont hotel in san francisco may get an extension to build on a plan or extension on a plan to build condominiums. >> the fairmont lost business because a lot of hotel activity in the city is shifted south of market. they want to build some condos. now mayor ed lee is asking the supervisors to get more time for approval from the planning commission. >>> 5:24. allegations of corruption and mortgage fraud at the country's biggest bank. the classified e-mails a group of hackers just leaked out. >> and did you wake up late this morning? [ laughter ] >> or just wake up period? >> it's only 5:24. why your iphone may to be blame and it wouldn't be the first time. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, [ male announcer ] dandruff, meet micro-beads. any last wishes? new selsun blue deep cleansing micro-bead scrub goes to the source wiping out flakes before they flake. new selsun blue deep cleansing. moment the earth

mainly a pretty nice day. 55 in concord.t will be gloomy but enough sunshine for temperatures to climb to 69 in cities like los gatos. this is what we're expecting this week. a chance of showers each and every day. only about a 20% shot for thursday. so we'll call it partly cloudy. a few more showers on friday. today might just be the best second half of the day. so if you need to get outside, today might be the day to do so. back to you guys. >> good advice. >>> 6:21 right now. hear from an expert who says the bay area will be the scene of the next devastating earthquake. >> big change to the way you use your internet at home. a lot like your cell phone. >>> if you're hitting the roads, stick around for a couple more minutes. i'll let you know how things could be even worse for drivers because of a problem with the b.a.r.t. line. >>> good morning to you. live look outside, this time from the east bay this morning. kind of slick roadways out there. in fact, want to check the morning commute with mike right now. >> good morni

it derailed right after they left this concord station. the operator had just switched to a single track mode and it was trying to get around other work on another track. that is when two cars came off the track. 65 people were on board at the time. three suffered minor injuries. the derailment forced bart to close down service between pittsburgh and concord stretch for some 19 hours. they did have a contingency plan in place today if they did not have things back up to normal but thankfully they didn't have to go to that backup plan. they described what it felt like. >> it was like i was moving back and forth. i thought maybe the tracks weren't clear. it seemed like he was braking or something of that sort. >> and, again, three people injured, minor injuries yesterday in that train derailment here in concord. the big focus now will be for investigators both with bart and the state public utilities commission to try and take the information they gathered yesterday on scene and figure out exactly why this derailment happened in the first pl

reporting live in concord christie smith. >>> b.a.r.t.looking good across the board there. >> that's right. good news for folks taking those rals. reconfirming what christie said. no delay for the b.a.r.t. system. regular service from the pittsburg point. we'll take you over to the san mateo bridge where i do have to tell you about an issue there. that happened on saturday. heading over towards 880, either direction, north or south of of eastbound 9 2 you have to stay in the two lanes to the right. it did cause a stir for folks that i contacted on facebook over the weekend. rain causing some issue. but nothing going on in the castro valley. check the san mateo bridge. coming off the bridge, you're moving smoothly. westbound you might get some mist as you get over towards the peninsula side as well. 880 -- sorry, the bay ridge toll plaza. there is some ponding and there's been sprinkles overnight. this isn't the end of it, is it? >> no, but it will come to a close by early this morning. you can see most of the moisture has pushed through o

it happened just south of the concord b.a.r.t. station and could hamper tomorrow's commute. >> reporter: these b.a.r.t. crews are expected to be out here all night working on the problem. now just a couple minutes ago they have to throw rain in the mix. service between pleasant hill and the bay is disrupted. getting the train off the track is part of the problem. they have to repair a portion of the electrical rail. the good news in all of this, just three minor injuries. the bad muss? -- bad news? a messy commute. >> the ten-car b.a.r.t. train looked like an accordion. the wheels of the eighth and ninth cars slipped off, leaving the train teetering on the rails. 65 passengers had to be evacuated to safety, three taken to the hospital. >> it was like i was moving back and forth. i thought maybe the tracks weren't clear. seemed like he kept on braking or something of that sort. >> that's when it stopped, and the operator went ahead and came out and said he was going to try to look at the problem himself. >> reporter: the derailment

n rosa at 83, now 83, concord 80. 78 in hayward, 79 livermore valley. we look for warmer temperatures today and into friday. we get down saturday with a slight chance of rain in the north bay but then we get back into warm territory monday and tuesday. >> george: easy start no hot spots to alert you to. your ride is a good one even for highway for westbound. and bridge check will start with the bay bridge and the westbound ride. the volume building a bit but still no problem spirit likely we will see the meter lights turned on this half-hour. for your san mateo bridge ride it will be an easy trip westbound, we are lighter than usual on the right side of your screen which is a trip from hayward over to foster city. no delays here and an easy commute. on city streets in downtown san francisco on a commercial building fire crews are in attendance there. sixth and seventh street are closed, they are expected those streets should reopen early. no major traffic snarls here, if you're headed in that direction be advising you could encounter those closures. the

it happened near the concord station yesterday morning. and sharon chin is live in oakland with a look at the work bart had to do to operate this morning. >> reporter: good morning. we got the good news just before 4:00 this morning that bart will be operating on a normal schedule. no need for a backup plan. crews have been working through the night lifting the derailed trains from the tracks so repairs by the time the first train left concord at 4 a.m. if not, bart would have had to go with a contingency plan following yesterday's derailment two cars from a 10 car train jumped the track before 9:30 sunday morning as it was pulling away from the

>> reporter: good morning, dave bart services at the concord bart station is back on track this morning. if you are heading in to san francisco from this station i am happy to report you will have no problem. a train just came through a few minutes ago you can see there is not a lot of people waiting. we watched the very first train pull in about on time around 4:15 this morning. and there has been several other trains go through taking passengers to san francisco. this is a relief for commuters this morning. yesterday service on this line came to a complete halt at 9:20 yesterday morning a bart train derailed at the concord station. news chopper two was overhead just after it happened. you can see the train jackknife on the track. they worked all day to fix the line. before that announcement came down there were several bart riders out here this morning very anxious about their commute. >> i'm going to get there today

service is back on track in concord after a train derailed. the train was headed to sfo yesterday when two cars came off the track leaving the concord station. a bart spokesperson says the train was switching tracks to avoid a construction project when that happened. and about 65 passenger, all evacuated. only minor injuries were reported. >>> checking other headlines around the bay area today, another clipper car glitch, the san francisco examiner reports more than 100 customers got overcharged last month, because of some sort of computer problem. and the extra charges totaled more than $14,000. that's about 100 bucks per customer. and the spokesperson for the metropolitan transportation commission says everyone now has been reimbursed. >>> and the search is on for this man. an inmate who escaped from a detention facility in solano county. 30-year-old nathan simson last seen around 9:30 last night at the delta conservation camp east of suisun city. and 6'1", 150 pounds and orange colored jeans and an orange shirt. he had been serving time for

no delays between pleasant hill and concord. if you are heading through the south bay, 880/237, problem- free. no delays through here, as well. live look at 101 in the south bay, around mckee, we have a live shot, traffic looking good. outside of the slick surfaces so far, so good on the roads. that's a look at your morning drive. back to you, liz. >> thank you, gianna. >>> just like new moms, fathers can get depressed too. a new study says 40% of depressed fathers spank their 1- year-old kids compared to 13% of fathers who weren't depressed. it's strongly tied town employment rates which are hire than a decade ago. >>> a diet rich in vitamin b may help some women suffering from p.m. new research found women who ate more foods like spinach and fortified cereal were less likely to suffer from pms. the same wasn't true for women who got b vitamins from supplements. >>> have you started your office pool for march madness? are you into the hoop? >> do we have one here? >> absolutely. >> i haven't checked my e-mails yet for today. >>

the concord station. bart officials are still investigating why this derailment happened and according to a recording we listened to from barts chief spokesman they will not have another update until much later this afternoon. but repair crews worked all day yesterday and throughout the night fixing the line to restore service and we got word a couple hours ago that things were going to be back to normal just before 4:00 this morning. we talked to commuters who were very relieved to hear that. >> i do depend on it. i had to change my schedule. i was going to pleasant hill. my dad woke me up earlier and found it was back on time. >> i didn't have to drive my car into work. very relieved. >> reporter: just before 4:00 a.m. this morning bart did have eight charter buses on stand by at this concord station just in case service wasn't restored in time. they thought they would as an alternative bus passengers to the pleasant hill station. that's what they did yesterday. service has been restored at the concord

it is 55 fairfield and 57 concord. a lot going on out there. this looks like the beginning of what could be a rather active 7 to 10 days. we'll see more rain moving in from the next system. we do have a high surf advisory out. waves 10 to 15 feet. rain gives way to clouds. partly sunny later on. a little warmer, highs in the mid-to upper 60s to near 70. it would not surprise me to be a 70. a muggy air mass and a colder one arrives on friday. it will take us into saturday. sunday is clearing. >>> time is 7:27. overnight developments in japan, the long list of worries now includes is there enough food to survive? >>> why is u.s. coast guard pollution response team feels the santa cruz harbor was lucky following the tsunami. that and more when mornings on 2 continues. ♪ [ female announcer there's only one you. that's why sutter health created thedoctorforyou.com, where you can find a doctor based on criteria important to you. and because it's sutter health, you can choose a doctor from some of the most respected medical groups and hospitals in nor

later today we'll look at 60 degrees for concord and 63 in oakland. so not a bad day to be outside, even if you are someone who enjoys the inside world and your ipad like scott mcgrew. >>> and the a's, i like them as well. they will be taking to the field to play the mariners at 12:05. oakland lost its spring training game to the padres. the shortstop cliff pennington made his spring debut recovering from surgery on his left shoulder. >>> tonight is the night for st. mary's the gales to play gonzaga for the wcc championship. the winner goes to the big dance. now st. mary's beat santa clara last night to make it to the championship. if they want to win the wcc for the third year in a row they have to play better than last week when they lost to gonzaga. >>> an east bay bakery is giving away free food for a year. >>> plus, where your best chances of finding a job are. >>> we'll get you through your drive in the east bay underneath university avenue where we are mooolyysmoothly. bua little note crossing the water and a little note about the water is comi

concord police say four of the convenience stores in concord and walnut creek have been robbed in the past four days. in each days they say the robber had a gun. they have released a photo of the suspect and they say he robbed at least one of the stores in the city. concord police have a physical decision description of him that match one given before. >>> garbage rates are rising for residents and businesses in san mateo and beginning april 1st the cost to pick up compost and recyclables will raise 22%. a typical home will see their bill jump from $39 to $48 per quarter. the city council is expected to give final approval for the rate increase tomorrow night. >>> she has gone crazy, she is out of control. come here, hold all these clothes. >> it's legendary, the white elephant sale in the east bay, the interesting items, the interesting people, and the good cause that brings people out looking for bargain treasures. >>> showers continuing around the bay area. right now we've got several more storms headed our way. we'll talk about that next. i tore both my rotator cuffs. first i inju

water world held a job fair today in concord.day to be thinking about water slides. >>> it won't be long. we'll be talking about the sunshine and weather, but we've got a lot of winter to get through. >> you were saying it was going to be spotty late this afternoon and it was. rain, clouds, rain, clouds. >> now it's coming down pretty good. we've got a front moving on shore. outside right now we're looking to moderate to heavy amounts of rainfall right now. over the bay, it's pretty wet around there. we're seeing that front beginning to make its wayly. it looks like it's going to taper off just a bit. you can see the line stretching out through fairfield, concord and right on through the peninsula. it's coming down pretty good in places like half moon bay. you've got more of the moisture move through. not a whole lot towards the san jose area. light showers have moved through, but it's coming. it's going to start to drop down and get things wet there as well. east bay, heavy amounts of rainmaking their way through. concord is goi

she joins us live in concord with the very latest. >> good morning to you.ou know there's a little bit of confusion among b.a.r.t. riders this morning. they were wondering if the trains would be rolling through here this morning. they say they'd have to take a bus bridge to get to work bought of that train derailment yesterday. turns out, good news service is restored with the first trains rolling through 4:00 this morning. they were rolling kind of slowly when they first started after service between pleasant hill and bay point was disrupted. now this morning a fleet of buses ready to move riders from the concord station, turns out it wasn't necessary. they spoke with the drivers this morning, he was told to get here very early and make sure they watched the first train go by just after 4:00. as long as that happened, they could just go home and not pick up any passenger. about the derailment, though, yesterday around 9:20 in the morning mere the concord b.a.r.t. station, the last two cars derailed. 65 people had to be evacuated. three had minor injuries. b

inland valleys where we could see record highs in concord, napa and santa rosa. upper 70s. low to mid-70s around the bay shore and into morgan hill and santa cruz and about 55 at half moon bay. draw back is pollen, very high amounts of tree pollen. seven-day forecast, even more warmth and record threatens tomorrow and temperatures will be cooler friday and cool breeze will bring in saturday and sunday and bring us back to average. once the breeze leaves us, temperatures running above average. let's find out if traffic is the same. >> we are following transit delays, train number three delayed about 11 minutes. in solano county, the ferry is out of service for emergency repair work. sig alert in the south bay, highway 85. ramp to highway 82 is closed right now due to a trailer getting stuck in construction dirt. let's go outside for a live look at the east bay. heading flew the berkeley area, it's getting crowded, heading off the carquinez bridge toward the maze, drive time about 22 minutes. once you do reach the bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights have been tu

concord, san francisco, san jose all 10-12 degrees warmer. miss m i had to upper 70s throughout the south bay. low to mid-70s on the peninsula today. about 75 in palo alto. mid-50s along the coast to low 70s in downtown and south san francisco. 71 in sausalito. mid to upper 70s in north bay valleys. then santa rosa and cloverdale, near 80 for you. asterisk near santa rosa, record shy possible. low to mid-70s along the east bay shore. no threat of records here but definitely when you head inland, 80 possible in concord. 70 in monterey. 57 in carmel. mid-70s for the rest of monterey bay in salinas. heading to the game tonight, can you imagine any better weather to be at at&t park. sunny and warm, temperatures in the lower 70s and a high burn factor. we're all a little pale this time of year. temperatures in the low to mid-50s tonight and springboard us to a chance of warmer weather now that the high pressure is developing over the great basin. that will come into the forecast tomorrow when we hit the mid-80s inerrand, upper 70s around the bay a

mountain view, 61, same for concord. upper '70's. topping of in the mid-upper '70's the east bay and south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. more sunshine, we'll get used to it this week. big change on saturday potential of some showers out there it will not last long. we will try out by sunday. >> erica: no hot spots, a great conditions bay area why. a lot of green on our traffic map spuriou hims. a smal weight heading towards the toll plaza we have cleared out the slow traffic. westbound and northbound 580 look good. for those of you having over to the san mateo bridge, westbound-92 light, problem free. no problems along the nimitz or highway 101. cells bay, 101 looks good. a live look, this is very close to downtown, traffic is flowing freely. speeds at about 65 mi. per hour. drive town of just 14 minutes. >> justine: big hitters to expand on tuesday in the barry bonds trial revealing new details about punsters reduced. they pointed the finger at his trainer craig anderson, saying he was their source.

: elizabeth, we are in the concord friendship gardens. since 1974, they have been sister cities and ever since the earthquake hit, there's been a flurry of email messages to find out how to help. >> we wish to express our gratitude for the persons in a lot of countries including the americans sending to japan warm support. >> reporter: florence was relieved to hear her former exchange student is okay after the earthquake. like those of us here, they are prone to earthquakes like this one in 2008. >> there are a lot of earthquakes in japan and every time there is one -- >> we always email back and forth. we have always done this. >> reporter: the artwork shows the close ties with japan. 40 years ago there was a sister city relationship with a japanese city. both cities host visitors regularly. they have had student exchanges, young ambassador programs, and teachers to teach english. >> it's 70 miles north of sendai, about 40 miles inland. >> reporter: the city was shook but spared the tsunami. mike is the president of concord ambassadors a

concord, alamo and danville. nothing too extreme here, but still enough to wet the roadways and there, once again, is the live doppler sweep showing you the current pattern. we'll show you the perspective over the entire bay area. not a lot to show you in the south bay, but that will be changing over the next few hours. as far as the forecast with the rainfall this evening, i have more with our updated forecast model and the change in the overall weather pattern expected for tomorrow. that is coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, mark. >>> why this could be a crucial week form balancing the state budget? >>> governor brown's push for special elections. >>> the budget battle in wisconsin heads in a new direction and mais planned now that that controversial bill has passed. >>> rebels are waging what appears to be a losing fight in libya and we have the latest from the battleground there. >>> you can expect a new reality at the gas pump when you fill up this week. . >>> a helicopter pilot is in serious conditio

an hour through as the fall, 18 in concord, into fairfield.through the livermore valley, and in the top zero area we aran tahoe area we are seeing snow. we are currently in the 40's and '50's. by the afternoon bringing the highs up into the low 60s we will stay that way for the next couple of days. chance of showers tomorrow morning, by wednesday proper 60s, that be the warmest day of the workweek. we will have on and off showers through the work week, and towards the weekend we could see a chance of rain. keep in mind sunday is bring forward. >> george: the bay bridge, there had been a stall in the early morning hours before the activated the metering lights. it was reported westbound rate at your balbuena island.right ad have slow hand here tying up the westbound ride. a bridge or other chp wind advisory for the west bound ride. if this backs up pretty quickly, this may become a hot spot. otherwise we have not been tracking any. here at the san mateo bridge, a wind advisory is in fact issued in the early morning and our spirit is still activ

we could close in to 70 degrees in napa, concord. mid- 60's around the bay in down in the south bay 66% jose. but bush'66 for san jose. check out wednesday san francisco 71, oakland 74, now at 83, san jose 77, san rosa sai82. by the weekd we cool and often bring in a slight chance of rain, certainly nothing compared to last week. >> mark: all this nice weather but we are still dealing with clean up from the storms. they are trying to stabilize this hill here. you can see how it is exposing the road underneath after water mains and gas line expose right now. due to soil erosion it was so saturated the road some 6 ft.. mark o'connor says they saved their road from crumbling altogether prevented at gas line ruptured and water mine break. >> it opened up the shoulder that began to sag away from the roadway. at one. the roadway actually stayed in place but the soil beneath it completely said await expulsion to inch gas line. the pilings that we put in over the last 24 hours to make sure the road we stabilized did not interrupt utilities.

you want to get outside if you can. 80 in concord. we have one concern with the warm weather and the breezy conditions comes that high pollen count. we'll talk about when it's expected to peak. right now let's get you actually i'm going to send it back to the man in charge. >> you can do that. the bay bridge series moved across the bay last night as the a's hosted the giants, before opening day. the bottom of the sixth, down by one. they tie it up. powell brings in oakland's only run with the rbi. the giants add two in the seventh and one more in the eighth as nate leaves the yard. the finale exhibition games at 12:45 at china basin. coming up a new job for oakland's police chief. >> as you get moving i'm focusing on the san leandro area. a hot spot. e focusing on this and the commute coming up. e >> oakland's police chief is reiterating he is going to stay. in his first briefing in months anthony batts said his quest for a new job is over and he is focused on oakland. his commitment was called into question when he was a finalist for

antioch, concord. 62 degrees. that rain, you can see that the forecast model is putting it into the north bay. this afternoon perhaps the wind shield wipers 32 times. significant rainfall later this week. the windshield wipers a couple of times today >> isabel: more of the tsunami coverage and how it impacted a small, north ccalifornia town. and it is still a bit overcast 60s. we will be back. ñ >> isabel: 7:10. this is video from pacifica. in anticipation of the tsunami that was traveling at the speed of an airplane. and beaches, peers were closed off. and low lying areas were voluntarily evacuated but no damage. in the pacific beach, the creek high was open. with waves only hitting the-pacific coast highway. and people were warned to stay out of the water until least 2:00 p.m. because of strong water currents. police are continuing to monitor. one fatality in crescent city. one of the worst near the oregon border. boats ripped apart, and the missing man was photographing the damage. with the 5 mi. stretch of hig

don knapp is in concord tonight. don. >> reporter: ann, the bart train jackknifed as described to us by bart earlier today. you can look up the embankment and see the 8th and 9th cars a of a 10-car train. they are continuing to work on this throughout the night. they have a plan in place. a very large crane gingerly lifting two of the cars that derailed outside the concord bart station and put them back on the tracks. crews on the scene all day getting them back in service. the track has been tied up since two cars derailed about 9:20 a.m. this morning as the training was pulling out of the station. >> just started shaking back and forth. moving around. and it almost felt like we were going over stuff. and one of the ladies that was sitting next to me was like, i don't think we should be moving right now and she started getting up and that's when we started panicking. >> reporter: causing significant track damage and engineers are trying to decide if work in the area played a role. >> this is the first train to start

>> reporter: and dana, this is the concord friendship garden. but this is more than just a sister city status in name only. they really have developed deep, deep friendships over the years. it is certainly apparent when you look at the number of e- mails that have crossed the pacific asking: how can we help? all the japanese mind is very damaged because of earthquake. we wish to express our gratitude for the persons in a lot of countries, including the americans sending to japan warm support. >> reporter: florence was relieved to hear her former exchange student is okay after the earthquake. like those of us here, they are prone to earthquakes like this one in 2008. >> there are a lot of earthquakes in japan. every time there is one? >> we always e-mail back and forth or we call. we have always done that. >> reporter: the artwork at concord city hall shows the close ties the city has with japan. nearly 40 years ago they established a sister relationship. they exchange every five years and both cities host student exchange and young a.m. because

you see here san francisco at 46 today. 68 in concord. we still have 80s on the horizon just around the corner. we'll talk more about that with the possibility of some record- breaking heat. >> i think we deserve it. >> i think so. >> it was a glorious day yesterday. it was just fantastic. thank you for that, julie. i'll give you credit for that. >> julie, elizabeth, thank you. >>> barry bonds' ex-mistress is back in the hot seat this morning for cross-examination. in her testimony so far, she has provided some pretty graphic details about bonds' body. sharon chin is in san francisco to tell us what's coming up today. >> reporter: good morning. the giambi brothers top the prosecution witness list for today. but first, continuing the cross- examination of kimberly bell. barry bonds' ex-girlfriend spent most of yesterday on the witness stand in bonds' perjury trial. she told the jury that in 2002, late in her nine-year relationship with bonds, she noticed a big lump on his left elbow. she said bonds told her his steroid use caused his muscl

terry mcsweeney is live in concord.erry, they had another proposed surprise for folks last night. >> yeah. they are talking about shortening the school year by five, maybe six weeks. what is that going to do to parents' day-care costs. they're definitely sending out employees saying we may not need your services next year. they're living a less son of economics. if you're students, greater costs to employees making a bad situation worse. last night's meeting, it was pretty edgy at times. they are trying to figure out what to do about that $22 million school district deficit. they voted to send out layoff notices to 180 employees including 27 elementary school teachers, 33 music teachers will also be notified. >> there is absolutely no way to run a school district 175 days. they've already cut the permission for five days. so 175 days of education on the amount of money that's left that they cut. so i think that there will be a shell that's called education but there won't be education. >> now, all of this or much of thi

low to mid-70s in east bay shore. 80 in concord. danville and brentwood. everybody else in the upper 70s. even some 80s around gilroy and hollister. 12:45, first pitch, sunny and low 70s. >>> mid to upper 70s through the valleys. a little breezy around l.a. palm springs is the warm spot in the state. low to mid-50s. look for breezes to develop. especially in the north bay and east bay hills. and the offshore, land breeze is going to develop and the reason why we'll be near record highs for the next few days with temperatures reaching in the 80s and even more so tomorrow. we could be in the mid-80s. upper 70s around the bay and upper 60s along the coast. that breeze will move in friday and cool us about six degrees. then about another 6-10 degrees cooling. it it's still a slight chance of a shower on saturday but most of that will fall in the central valley and sierra. >>> federal health officials begin hearings on the safety of artificial food coloring. fda has decided to take a closer look at allegations there may be a link between colorings and hyperacti

, 83 napa, concord, santa rosa.ick check on where we're this morning. upper 50s for the most part, 54 san francisco and half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. conditions warrant, 83 degrees. probably the maximum temperature. tomorrow warmer, getting up to 85. maybe starting to cool it down friday into saturday. justice system rolling through the may give us a slight chance of a sprinkler to. it does not last long by the weekend we warm back up today will be a hot one. record-breaking temperatures coming up. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: that describes the situation there are no hot spots, it is a good morning. no problems. heat 0 ride looks good. soda's 101 bridge checked,--so does. your yousan mateo, is a good on, here's the ride on the approach heading in from hayward that's good. back from foster city doing well. 13 minute drive time. the red on the terrace, let's show it to you, this is the lower east shore freeway. traffic is moving pretty well headlights westbound that is

live in concord allie rasmus. >>> time now 5:02. turning to japan where there is growing concern of report there is may have been a third explosion at a nuclear power plant. japanese government says a nuclear reactor lost its cooling capacity and in just the last half hour officials say nuclear fuel rods in the plant for fully exposed. two explosions have already been reported in two other nuclear reactors in the plant. the u.s. navy has started moving ships and aircraft away from the coast of japan. the estimated death toll has topped 10,000 from the earthquake and tsunami in japan. that is after 1,000 more bodies washed ashore an long japan's northeast coastline. large areas are still surrounded by water. they are unreachable. survivors in the hardest hit area have been without running water or electricity since that 8.9 quake hit on friday. ktvu jana katsuyama is in tokyo for us this morning. think will bring us a live update that is coming up in the next hour. >>> safety concerns will keep the traffic away from boat harbors. doc

bart is providing buses now around the concord station.e derailment not immediately available but a passenger tells abc7 there were bits of metal on the track after the train derailed. we'll have more tonight at 5:00 and 6:00. let's get a quick final check of accu-weather forecast. >> you can see all the clouds out there. we are looking at temperatures in the 50s right now with a few light returns, mist and drizzle, main rain is well to the north. we'll see the rain move in the north bay. san francisco, by 1:00 to 2:00 right through the evening hours. many opportunities for the rain. >> thank you for joining us. have a good sunday. switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today.

now, by this afternoon, 82 in concord and santa rosa. they get those nice down slope winds. 82 in napa. 77 oakland, 79 fremont, 78 san jose, even out into san francisco those offshore winds continuing those temperatures running into the 70s so you get the idea, some nice dry weather coming our way. we really need it with all the rain that we have had. the ridge of high pressure will strengthen, even warmer for tomorrow, then cooling off into the weekend and, yes, there is a chance of a few showers on saturday. all right. let's get a check of traffic with elizabeth. >> thank you, lawrence. let's go back out to san lorenzo the scene of our earlier traffic alert. so yeah, within the last couple of minutes they got all lanes completely re-opened. turns out it was a multi- vehicle crash but one of the drivers fled the scene so chp conducted an investigation and temporarily closed all lanes for 25 minutes. but again, they now have all lanes re-opened on eastbound 580 around the 238 interchange. and we are told there is no more -- no longer a d

just after it left the concord station. there were 65 people on board. bart officials say the train was traveling at a slow rate of speed when the last two cars came off the tracks. three people were taken to the hospital with minor back injuries. everyone else was all right and evacuated safely. again, the work here could take all night and there's a chance it might not be done in time for the morning commute. >> the second to last and third to last cars somehow came off the track. we have investigating why, we just don't know. as i also understand it, there was some work in the area, some track work in the area and we were single tracking around it. this was the first train to start single tracking around the work. >> reporter: in the meantime passengers are being bussed between the pleasant hill and pittsburg bay point bart stations because there is currently no train service east of pleasant hill. bart officials are working on a contingency plan just in case this work doesn't get done by morning, but they're hoping that it won't come to that. live in

our cheryl hurd is live in concord. boy, the hits keep on coming for folks there. >> reporter: they do, jessica. you know, this meeting just ended moments ago. parents and teachers coming out in force. you know, schools are closing in this district. and parents know that more cuts are on the horizon. >> i could not imagine experiencing anything greater than that. >> reporter: you can hear the emotion in concord. parents and students still reeling from the closure of two schools in their district are vowing to fight to keep what they have left. >> i refuse to stand behind the board that treats my children as if they are petty cash and me as if i am unintelligent and disposable. >> reporter: the new challenge, $28 million in proposed cuts to help balance the school district's budget. 180 positions could be cut including teachers, custodian, librarians and the entire vocal music program for elementary students. programs that teach students to play instruments are already gone. this is a major blow for students who live in

just after it was leaving the concord station.t happened as the operator switched from single track mode to get around work on . >> i thought maybe he -- the tracks weren't clear. it seemed like he kept on braking. >> people hoping to get on bart east of pleasant hill were out of luck. many arrived unaware of the shutdown. rio was trying to get to san francisco. >> we gotta talk it out but we have to go because we're trying to catch a show and my sister's performing. >> the bus ride added an extra 15 minutes to his trip. >> nothing we can do so it's okay. okay. >> despite getting these tracks rerailed, they're confident the morning will go on as normal. >> that train will treat that bart car like a little tonka toy. listen up, rerail it, put it down. that way it can be moved on its own or be pulled or towed away. >> that was lillian kim. you heard them say this morning's commute will be normal and trains will be arriving and in fact that is the case. but sue thompson will have more at 5:00. >> time now 4:33. in japan 2800 people a

low to mid-70s in east bay shore. 80 in concord. danville and brentwood.y else in the upper 70s. even some 80s around gilroy and hollister. 12:45, first pitch, sunny and low 70s. >>> mid to upper 70s through the valleys. a little breezy around l.a. palm springs is the warm spot in the state. low to mid-50s. look for breezes to develop. especially in the north bay and east bay hills. and the offshore, land breeze is going to develop and the reason why we'll be near record highs for the next few days with temperatures reaching in the 80s and even more so tomorrow. we could be in the mid-80s. upper 70s around the bay and upper 60s along the coast. that breeze will move in friday and cool us about six degrees. then about another 6-10 degrees cooling. it it's still a slight chance of a shower on saturday but most of that will fall in the central valley and sierra. >>> federal health officials begin hearings on the safety of artificial food coloring. fda has decided to take a closer look at allegations there may be a link between colorings and hyperactivity in c

just starting at 70 degree mark in places like concord. five degrees warmer than yesterday. 60 santa rosa, 66 in livermore, four degrees above yesterday's temperature and napa. tomorrow, you will feel that warm-up. look good these temperatures, it feels like summer. expected to get up to 80. the could break a record set more than 10 years ago. tying a record, coming in around 82, overall were really starting in nice warmup to grab hold of those. 69 degrees for napa, 68 for oakland, mid-upper 60s in the south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. showing as of the sun chung for this week. we will stayed dry all next week. craig tastier to the beach. schoolbus significantly. >> george: thank you, starting this report with the hotspots, it is particularly slow. it has ever been a hot spot for two-three hours, starting december accident in the north and southbound direction, still looking at a slow grind on northbound 101. it will be heavy up towards the peninsula. it will be released) from 237 up towards palo alto. southdown traff

two other schools in concord are slated to be shut down.night board voted to approve the layoffs of 180 employees including 150 teachers. the cuts are tentative and won't be finalized until the state's budget is passed and the deadline is in june. the district is faced with declining enrollment and $28 million budget shortfall. the future is uncertain for 33 music teachers, 28 high school teachers, 27 elementary teachers and 20 librarians. >> i refuse to stand behind the board that treats my children as if they are petty cash. >> reporter: the cuts would also effectively rid all elementary schools in the district of their music programs. board members warned if a measure doesn't tax in june that more closures and layoffs could be on the way. monty francis, today in the bay. >> looks like the east bay schools will get an infusion of money. preliminary election results in alameda show that voters support higher property taxes to help local schools. the proposal calls for property owners to pay 32 cents more per square foot. that tax will help

sitting at 60 in oakland. 59 in concord. 58 in napa. even with the storm, we're above average for this time of year. these storms are relatively warm. satellite and radar, you can see the brunt of that storm now off to the east. look what is in store as we move through today. we are going to continue with the mostly cloudy skies, the onshore westerly flow, and this next storm already scooting closer to the coast. by tonight and into tomorrow, we're going to be wet once again. just a brief lull for the next few hours. your forecast into the evening, we are mostly gray. by 11:00, midnight, you can see off the coast a few sprinkles. tomorrow morning, we're waking up and wet once again. it's going to be a wet ride for most of us. make sure you plan ahead and give yourself some extra time. we are looking at mostly cloudy skies. a little bit of drizzle for the afternoon. tonight, the next storm approaching. we are soggy as we move through most of the workweek. highs for today, not bad at all. you may need a raincoat, but it won't be a real th