we have a good look at contra costa county and they have some slow traffic on antioch, there is ahead on collision -- a head- on collision and that's bypass at marsh creek and there is a head-on collision there. >>> it is still breezy and windy for some, towards the north things have calmed down and we are getting reports even into sonoma and napa and they will have enough of a breeze and it is pick up for many but nothing like what we had yesterday. temperatures are on their way up and it is kind of a transition day and it will top out on wednesday and it looks like it will cool down. lots of sunshine, big old low, we just talked about it and it is a 55-degree drop in denver because of that low out ahead and now they are getting a hole ditch ballgame but for us everything stays north and career weather you can see it is raining tore turning to the back site. 40s for some to the north napa airport and a lot of 50s, pretty breezy and finance everywhere else. north winded, that -- north wind that is a sign everything will warm up and eureka, 39 and once that wind stops that temperature

we have a good look at contra costa county and they have some slow traffic on antioch, there is ahead on collision -- a head- on collision and that's bypass at marsh creek and there is a head-on collision there. >>> it is still breezy and windy for some, towards the north things have calmed down and we are getting reports even into sonoma and napa and they will have enough of a breeze and it is pick up for many but nothing like what we had yesterday. temperatures are on their way up and it is kind of a transition day and it will top out on wednesday and it looks like it will cool down. lots of sunshine, big old low, we just talked about it and it is a 55-degree drop in denver because of that low out ahead and now they are getting a hole ditch ballgame but for us everything stays north and career weather you can see it is raining tore turning to the back site. 40s for some to the north napa airport and a lot of 50s, pretty breezy and finance everywhere else. north winded, that -- north wind that is a sign everything will warm up and eureka, 39 and once that wind stops that temperature

. >> reporter: in contra costa county a new budget calls for two more fire station closures. what firefighters say this could mean for the safety of your home. >> a little sneaky fog has moved back in along the coastline. what does it mean for our weather today? we'll talk about that coming up. >> they are picking up overnight roadwork in the east bay. northbound 880 approaching high street. the rest of your morning drive, we'll tell you coming up. >>> good morning, everyone. it's tuesday, april 23rd. i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 5:00. it was a bedside court appearance for the surviving suspect in the boston marathon bombings. >> the next legal step for johar tsarnaev is likely to be a federal indictment. he was questioned yesterday and wrote out his answers because his throat is injured. the 19-year-old tsarnaev indicated he and his brother were motivated by religious extremism. cbs reporter edward lawrence joins us now from boston with more. good morning. >>> reporter: good morning, michelle and frank. cbs news sources have learned actually tha

. >>> more fire station cuts could be coming to contra costa county. supervisors will take on the issue later on this morning. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins us live with more on what's on the chopping block. >> reporter: good morning. the president of the united professional firefighters of contra costa county says enough is enough and the organization is calling this plan unacceptable. currently as it stands, four stations have already closed in the past year and the new budget proposes two more closures for the upcoming fiscal year. staffing, although recommd at 365, only has room for 293. firefighters already say budget cuts could be the reason for delayed response time. for example, this fire back in september, two homes in concord were destroyed. firefighters say in these particular fires, response times were slower than normal. today's meeting is scheduled for 9:00 this morning. and the board is expected to review the proposed budgeted at 10:00. emotions will run high at this meeting. cate caugiran, kpix 5 in martinez. >> the board decided

this scandal affected them. >> contra costa college is almost ancient history. a scam aloud nonstudents to steal 83,000s ndz grant money just bont go away. >> i don't think it's right. it's unfair to kids that do come to school. >> the pell grants award as much as $5500 a year, at contra costa, seven out of 10 apply. but in 2011, 22 recipients took money, never attended classes and ran. >> we had one case, a 78-year-old signed up for fundamentals of basketball. >> since fall, the deputy district attorney has been track those so called students and prosecuting them. seven more go to court next week. convicted ring leader served jail time and promised to pay back the $83,000. >> what she did is set up a business advertising she would register people for classes get them financial aid and all they had to do was give her 25% of each check that came in. >> all checks went to this home where she lived. her roommate describes seeing tack stacks. >> a stack like this. and the postman says that is a lot of money right there. that i said absolutely. none of the people liv

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reporting live in martinez, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> the contra costa county board of supervisors wille reviewing the proposed budget tonight at 9:00. -- or today, rather at 9:00. >>> a groundbreaking later this morning in burlingame for the first new public elementary school there in a half century. hoover elementary school has been closed for the last 30 years. some neighbors want it to stay closed. they filed a lawsuit to stop it. they are concerned about increased neighborhood traffic. >>> a key step in the court ordered reform of the oakland police department. a compliance director is expected to present his proposed work plan and budget to city officials today. thomas frazier a former police chief in baltimore was appointed by a federal judge last month. he has powers to set an action plan and to fire or demote top police officials. >>> the state of nevada has apparently been dumping psychiatric patients and sending them to northern california. the "sacramento bee" finds as many as 1500 low income and one way bus tickets from the t state-run rawson neil hospital in las vegas. now

meals on wheels of contra costa county could drop 200 seniors. it's a drastic measure brought on by several factors including a gradual increase in need in the community when the recession hit plus the sudden loss of $100,000 because of the federal budget cuts. 1200 seniors currently get home delivered meals. >>> and let's get a glimpse of the sunshine over san francisco. >> looks good. lawrence karnow soaking it all in. necessary concord with the mobile weather lab and a lot of friends. >> reporter: yes, we are. we are with the fifth graders at monte gardens elementary school in concord. what a gort day outside today. we have brought our mobile weather lab out here. what's your name? >> jackie. >> reporter: can you tell me the temperature on our mobile weather lab. >> 79 degrees fahrenheit. >> reporter: do you think it's hot out here today? >> yes. >> reporter: is it as hot as yesterday? >> no. >> reporter: no, it's not and that is a very good observation. it's not as hot today but still, on the warm side. of course, we have those record- breaki

to allow them to work on their new $72 million network and that network includes every area in contra costa counties and those agencies pay an access fee but so far they have not been able to fork over $1.4 million to join and during a large scale emergency oakland will have trouble getting help from their neighbors. city leaders have expressed concern about how well their interests can be taken care of. oakland has a history as you know with its radios but a decade ago, the city tried to work with their radios rather than join this large network. and that's what is tying the hands of first sponsors and putting the public at risk. we have not been able to reach the city of oakland for comment, live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and in piedmont, they will test out a system to catch criminals after a rash of home invasions. they installed 12 surveillance cameras at key intersections and they record the license plates of cars that come in and out of the city. >>> new this morning, we are getting word that two nato service members were killed in afghanistan in a helicopter crash.

to allow them to work on their new $72 million network and that network includes every area in contra costa counties and those agencies pay an access fee but so far they have not been able to fork over $1.4 million to join and during a large scale emergency oakland will have trouble getting help from their neighbors. city leaders have expressed concern about how well their interests can be taken care of. oakland has a history as you know with its radios but a decade ago, the city tried to work with their radios rather than join this large network. and that's what is tying the hands of first sponsors and putting the public at risk. we have not been able to reach the city of oakland for comment, live in oakland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and in piedmont, they will test out a system to catch criminals after a rash of home invasions. they installed 12 surveillance cameras at key intersections and they record the license plates of cars that come in and out of the city. >>> new this morning, we are getting word that two nato service members were killed in afghanistan in a helicopter crash.

college according to our media partner, the "contra costa times" with the phony students receiverring money to attend the college. however, they never went to class. all 22 people involved used the same two addresses belonging to a richmond couple. the ringleaders. the 45-year-old and her boyfriend, a 54-year-old ran the scheme like a business, using flyers and contracts do recruit people. exchange they asked for 25 percent slice about $675 out of the nearly $3,000 a phony student received in aid. >> protesters are in san jose against mcdonald's which has been proposed for the corner of the street across from a middle school. concerned parents say not only is mcdonald's food unhealthy but the restaurant would bring more cars to already busy streets. >> traffic is a nightmare here. particularly during school and after school hours. now, imagine having another mcdonald's drive through that will increase more traffic. >> city councilman says he will recommend that the council approve the project. he says the developer has already made significant improvements to address people's concerns

contra costa county taking the final step to regulate e-cigarettes today. the board of supervisors voting to approve new regulations banning esmokers from most places. experts say e cigarette vapors are a health risk. they have given initial approve to the regulation. >>> san jose on efforts to remove graffiti in the city. the city began outsourcing graffiti removal a few years ago in an effort to save money. the contractor that ha focus on areas with high rates of vandalism in an effort to discourage taggers. some are upset freeway graffiti is still highly visible. the city says the contractor doesn't have authority to clean up state managed areas. >>> san jose will vote whether to allow google to add an executive terminal to mineta international airport. a green light will allow work on the facility where google execs could park and service their jets. airport officials are urging the city to approve the plan saying it will generate more than $2 million per year in rent. >>> boeing's troubled dreamliner jets could soon be headed back to san jose and back

we do have one accident and this is in pleasant hill in the contra costa county if you are headed along taylor boulevard there is an accident. no word as to the severity of

. >> breaking news from contra costa county the c.h.p. is on the scene of a fatal accident in alamo and investigators say a man in his 20's crashed in a wooden pole and the road is closed in both directions. it is expected to re-open soon. >> more breaking news, flames ripped through an elementary school in san leandro. we are joined with a look at the damage and new information we have learned in the past 30 minutes. >> firefighters say that arson is suspected in this blaze and the fire did a lost damage to the campus of james madison elementary school in san leandro. the portable classrooms, six of them, in the rear of the school, as you can see they have been destroyed. we have pictures. the fire was incredibly intense. firefighters got the call at midnight. when they arrived the units were fully engulfed. they could not be saved. firefighters say the six units were combined to make one large classroom and they were delivered just yesterday. that makes this blaze very suspicious this morning. >> we have something we don't know but righ

. >> cheryl: contra costa county health officials are dealing with a case of tuberculosis at a student in antioch. that means students and staff were exposed may have to be tested a couple of times. amy hollyfield joins us outside the health department in martinez. >> reporter: good morning. health officials tell us the student is okay. is no longer infectious and is back at school. now the focus is making sure that t.b. doesn't spread. >> health care workers will be at deer valley handgun to test students for tuberculosis. some parents say they don't think they can wait that long. >> i wish it were today. i'm sure everything will be fine. >> i'll get her tested. as a matter of fact when we get home from school today i'll take her. >> a student tested positive for t.b. in march. after conducting an investigation they decided all kids in the infected students's classes and extracurricular activity should be tested. parents were called yesterday. >> it's a little unnerving. its serious situation. i think they are doing what they can to inform everybody. >> the last time health care worke

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the fight heats up to prevent more fire station closures in contra costa county. that's one of the top stories. good afternoon. i'm tori campbell. >>> a fake tweet this morning briefly sends the stock market sharply lower. at 10:07 this morning, a tweet that appeared from "the associated press" said "breaking -- two explosions in the white house and barack obama is injured." the tweet was fake. the a.p. twitter account was hacked. the president's fine and there are no explosions. within minutes, the a.p. suspended its account. it released a statement saying the account had been hacked and the tweet about the white house was false. that's at about 10:12. between the hack statement and the tweet, the dow jones fell over 150 points. also markets went down. by 10:13, stock, bonds and crude oil were all trading before about where they were before the tweet. the dow is back up 123 points at 14,691. the nasdaq is up 30. s&p is up 13. >>> budget headaches strike again in contra costa county. four fire stations were shut down earlier this year and now two more could be on

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. >>> back in january the contra costa county has shut down a fire station. and now the city is considering closing another station. >> reporter: all signs are counting to this fire house as the next one to be shut down. it is station 87 here in pittsburg and all of this is coming right as we're entering fire season. green grass turning brown and some neighbors around here getting particularly concerned. >> we are very concerned, that is where we get our service. >> reporter: the contra costa fire district is very big. >> it's a very big district. very busy, high community threat type of district. >> reporter: but since the recession the district has gone from 306 firefighters to just 219. it's budget slashed for more than $105 million to 94. and it's not enough. today the contra costa county board of supervisors suggested even more cuts. >> there's alternatives we can do, at this point we have to get a budget together, looking at the budget it looks like we will have the station closed unless we come up with something creative before. >> reporter: although h

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it includes nearly every other public safety agency in alameda and contra costa counties. the problem is oakland has not paid the roughly $1.5 million to join the network. oakland officials say they are concerned about how oakland's interests will be treated if the city joins the network. >>> more than a dozen people have been wounded in a stabbing attack at a texas college. it happened less than three hours ago at lone star community college in the houston suburb of cypress. at least 14 people were stabbed. at least ten have been taken to the hospital. no word on their conditions. one suspect has been taken into custody. >>> as many as 200 students at an antioch high school may have to take an additional test this week. this one is to find out if they have tuberculosis after a classmate was diagnosed with that infection. testing will take place this thursday at deer valley high school for students who shared a classroom or were in a club with the sick student. health authorities say the risk of getting tuberculosis from tb infections is only about 10%. but parents at deer

. >> reporter: the contra costa county health department will be here later this week testing any studenthat may have shared a class or been in some sort of student club with the student that was diagnosed with tuberculosis. the testing comes one week after the student was diagnosed. exactly how many students will be tested here at deer valley high is unclear. it is estimated to be at least 200 students. now, the principal sent a letter home explaining exactly what happened here. letting parents know that the testing will be going on. there is no evidence that there is any other case of tuberculosis at the school. the students that contracted the disease, that one student, back at school and is okay, actually came back yesterday. tu ber kilo sis is an airborne bacterial infection of the lung spread through the air when a person coughs, sneezes, shouts or talks. the symptoms include a prolanged weakness or fatigue, rapid weight loss of ten pounds, fevers, night sweats, chest pain and coughing up blood in some cases. testing is expected here on thursday. it is the first in the contra costa

. >> open burns are banned to limit the risk of fire in alameda, contra costa, santa clara, san mateo and santa cruz counties. officials state lack of rainfall and slow humidity and dry vegetation are the reasons for the open burn ban. buns can take place for agriculture, land management and fire training but only with permits. >> an attempted copper theft may have sparked a grass fire in san jose yesterday evening. firefighters determined the flames came from a power box at caltran. the fire was quickly put out. there was evidence someone may have been trying to steal copper wire from the box. >> another fire in mountain view damaged a form former hotel that was scheduled for democrat mission. the building has been used for training. >> the two tri-valley sisters charged with child abuse at a daycare center will appear in court today and will enter a plea to three felony counts of child abuse and misdemeanor neglect. the sisters ran a preschool in livermore. the prosecution says child care workers wrapped seven infants so tightly in swaddling blankets they had trouble breathing. the

the burn ban includes alameda, contra costa, santa clara, contra costa and santa cruz counties. >>> they are expected to tell us more about the stabbing of an off-duty police officer. the uncle says his nephew, an off-duty berkeley police officer was stabbed several times and is listed in stable condition. >>> and security is a lot more as the search goes on for the killer of an eight-year-old girl leila fowler. they are right now working on dna evidence found. >>> we want to take you there live where workers will install the final two sections of a 408- foot fire making it the tallest building in the western hemisphere. the stainless steel building, that piece will make it 1776- foot tall building and that height will mark it for memory. >>> they are believed to be one of the plains that crashed. they are having problems getting it out due to the size and the tight space it is wedged into. >>> the new suspect in the ricin letters case has a court appearance today. they arrested everett dutschke saturday in tupelo mississippi. he is accused of sending letters with poisonous rici

. >>> back in january the contra costa county has shut down a fire station. and now the city is considering closing another station. >> reporter: all signs are counting to this fire house as the next one to be shut down. it is station 87 here in pittsburg and all of this is coming right as we're entering fire season. green grass turning brown and some neighbors around here getting particularly concerned. >> we are very concerned, that is where we get our service. >> reporter: the contra costa fire district is very big. >> it's a very big district. very busy, high community threat type of district. >> reporter: but since the recession the district has gone from 306 firefighters to just 219. it's budget slashed for more than $105 million to 94. and it's not enough. today the contra costa county board of supervisors suggested even more cuts. >> there's alternatives we can do, at this point we have to get a budget together, looking at the budget it looks like we will have the station closed unless we come up with something creative before. >> reporter: although h

. >> san mateo, contra costa county, santa clara and alameda counties as far as the burned ban. if you are in a dry area if the sun does not give you the miskitos will. >> thank you will. enjoy the comfortable conditions. >> the sequestration cuts of washington we saw of exxon air traffic controllers last week and now we're seeing it hit the u.s. coast guard. they are suspending routine patrols on potential terrorist targets right here in the bay area. kron 4 stack is is a live from the coast guard station to explain. >> good morning mark i am down below the golden gate bridge. the coastguard station golden gate where normally there will be getting ready to go out for their routine patrol of the golden gate bridge. this would be for security purposes. as you said because of a sequester they have to cut back and basically it is all about the fuel cost. they have been told to cut back on fuel. they had to make a choice between security patrols on the golden gate bridge, the bay bridge and the transit tunnel. the search and rescue also. they had to cut back all the security patrols

. >> cheryl: contra costa county health officials are dealing with a case of tuberculosis at a student in antioch. that means students and staff were exposed may have to be tested a couple of times. amy hollyfield joins us outside the health department in martinez. >> reporter: good morning. health officials tell us the student is okay. is no longer infectious and is back at school. now the focus is making sure that t.b. doesn't spread. >> health care workers will be at deer valley handgun to test students for tuberculosis. some parents say they don't think they can wait that long. >> i wish it were today. i'm sure everything will be fine. >> i'll get her tested. as a matter of fact when we get home from school today i'll take her. >> a student tested positive for t.b. in march. after conducting an investigation they decided all kids in the infected students's classes and extracurricular activity should be tested. parents were called yesterday. >> it's a little unnerving. its serious situation. i think they are doing what they can to inform everybody. >> the last time health care worke

this morning, so is 680 in contra costa county.s we move over to the east shore freeway, we've had some slow traffic this morning from pinole to richmond, definitely seeing a change in the pattern from last week when a lot of people had the week off. today, not so good. probably gonna stay this way for the next -- well, gonna be back to school, back to work for everyone. >>> let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning. we had rain overnight. about .10 to .3. the most i saw was dublin. .3. in livermore, .25. ben lomond, santa cruz mountains, .25. about .10 or less. the wind is the big story. 65 to 705 miles an hour along the coast. right now we're seeing about 15 to 35, occasionally gusts at 40 miles an hour. sfo gets into the vicinity. a lot of reports of garbage cans all over the neighborhood. it was a very windy morning. ronald thompson in crescent city said that's a cool map. what was that? can you show that again? >> this is showing the windfield in this area. the pivl or the -- the pink or the -- fuchsia? somethi

rain really beat down on the of contra costa county. un is gathering legislators for an annual spring parliamentary session, one day after top party officials declared that building nuclear weapons and the economy are the nation's top priorities. the meeting of the supreme people's assembly follows near-daily threats from pyongyang, including vows of nuclear strikes on south korea and the u-s. india's supreme court has rejected drug maker novartis's right to patent a new version of a lifesaving cancer drug. the landmark ruling monday is a victory for india's $26 billion generic drug industry that provides cheap medicines to millions around the world. the ruling is a precedent that prevents international pharmaceutical companies from obtaining fresh patents in india on updated versions of existing drugs. advocates say such a ruling would help poor people get access to affordable, generic versions of lifesaving medicines. india's patent office had rejected the company's patent application because it was not a new medicine. south africa's

. >> reporter: it allows all cities in contra costa and alameda county to communicate on the same system. with the exception of oakland and piedmont. but if need be those cities will also be brought into the fold. >> we've already connected our system to the b.a.r.t. underground system. so if our first responders go into the tunnels they can respond with oakland. >> to have resources come into this county, they can tell them what conventional channels to use when they come here. >> reporter: in this first responders training the east bay communication system works successfully but those from san francisco, san mateo and marin county. allowing all of the first responders to talk to one another. but if they're not on that county system there's no need to worry. >> if there are agencies coming in that don't have that capability that can provide them radius so they can have that capability. >> we have a special section dedicated to our continuing coverage of the bombings in boston. you will find a slide show of the moving images from the day and also updated information on the ongoing invest

. >> this brushfire in contra costa county could be a sign of things to come. firefighters throughout the bay yeah are ready for what could be a very busy couple of days. a red flag warning takes effect on tuesday at 6:00 p.m. and the fire station is prepared with sex engines staffed rather than two and it is not even fire season. >> we are starting early and ahead of schedule, two or three weeks. >> the concern is primarily areas of 1,000'. gusts are expected to reach 50 to 60 miles per hour and the vegetation is at record dry levels. firefighters worry that people may not realize the danger. >> the fact we are two or three weeks early and the fact that we will have the red nag warning with the northeast winds...it is a concern. >> the red flag warning continues until can p.m. on wednesday so be extremely cautious with any outdoor burn ing. >> yesterday it wasn't so windy. it looks like it could pick up. >> that is the key. you have the hot weather. you have the dry field. now the wind. those are the three, three strikes and we are out. hopefully you have clea

we're looking at contra costa county.still slow but the rest of the commute in contra costa looks good. 8:25. let's go to steve. >>> well, some areas of fog this morning. a little bit more than we had yesterday. that will play into a little bit cooler forecast. it's not much of a push inland. so it will be clear, a lot of systems continue to move in up into oregon and dive into fvgd. a very -- nevada. a very cold system looks like it's on tap for monday. very chilly this morning. 30s and 40s for some. 40s and 50s right now. mostly sunny but we'll keep an eye on the system that's coming right down out of the north. not bad today. 60s and 70s. looks like a big change early next week. we could see some dramatic cooling. enjoy the next couple of days. >>> 8:25. a major league pitcher what a $147 million -- with a $147 million contractor, this morning, his left arm is in a sling. >> this is wild. >> a broken collarbone suffered during this bench-clearing brawl. >> reporter: we're live at san lorenzo high school where students

in contra costa county.panicking but they are not taking any chances as well. those tests are scheduled to take place on thursday and will be administered by health services. yesterday a letter was sent to rnt as -- to parents. it says health services will be on campus testing students this week, in that anybody who was in contact with that student, whether in class or a club will be tested. it also says there's no evidence of any cases of tuberculosis in the school. they are not recommending that students and -- it's also being reported that the student was diagnosed and treated and, in fact, he was -- [no audio] >> i'm not really sure what the -- what the incubation period is or how it spread. definitely makes me nervous. >> it gets me nervous. i told my daughter to be safe, wash her hands and stay away from anything that's different to her. >> reporter: there were some parents who say they are nervous because the teen is no longer affected. this is a serious airborne bacterial infection. according to the

the contra costa times reports an analysis found 288 of the bolts could become brittle and snap. 32 of the bolts broke in early march. >>> a man is recovering after being hit by a vta train in san jose. at 9:00 last night fire crews were called to north first street. they found a man in his late 50s trapped underneath the southbound tracks. the man was badly hurt but conscious. investigators will be looking at surveillance video to try to see what happened. >>> in just a few hours a group of teachers plan to picket in front of their school. they are protecting -- protesting what they call a lack of safety. teachers say they there have been recent incidents of students threatening other students, vandalism, along with other problems. the patrol test is scheduled to start at 7:15 this morning. >>> late last night the vallejo city council anonymously approved a 45 day moratorium on new medical marijuana dispensaries. they can operate at any time of the day and at in any kind of space. >> should they be close to recreational areas? city facilities? >> most of the community wants a moratori

thursday blood test will be the first at contra costa county school since 2009 that's when student at antioch high school tested positive for tuberculosis. live in antioch, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> one of the newen 0vait i have ways to get a ride around san francisco. so-called ride sharing businesses are getting the brush off from san francisco international airport at least until sfo can figure out a way to regulate them. john is live at the airport to explain. john? >>reporter: carolyn, there is a battle involving the airport cab drivers as well as those relatively new ride sharing businesses. the fare are said to be lower than taxi ride but sfo wants them to hit the road those ride share businesses until they can get the proper permit. >> probably seen them around san francisco. those cars with the fuzzy pink mustache. part of business called lift. one of several independent ride sharing company around town. one place not welcome san francisco international airport which sent satisfies desist order to 6 ride share business. cab don't care for the competitor either. >> release

this morning, so is 680 in contra costa county.we move over to the east shore freeway, we've had some slow traffic this morning from pinole to richmond, definitely seeing a change in the pattern from last week when a lot of people had the week off. today, not so good. probably gonna stay this way for the next -- well, gonna be back to school, back to work for everyone. >>> let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. a very good morning. we had rain overnight. about .10 to .3. the most i saw was dublin. .3. in livermore, .25. ben lomond, santa cruz mountains, .25. about .10 or less. the wind is the big story. 65 to 705 miles an hour along the coast. right now we're seeing about 15 to 35, occasionally gusts at 40 miles an hour. sfo gets into the vicinity. a lot of reports of garbage cans all over the neighborhood. it was a very windy morning. ronald thompson in crescent city said that's a cool map. what was that? can you show that again? >> this is showing the windfield in this area. the pivl or the -- the pink or the -- fuchsia? something

we're looking at contra costa county.ch is still slow but the rest of the commute in contra costa looks good. 8:25. let's go to steve. >>> well, some areas of fog this morning. a little bit more than we had yesterday. that will play into a little bit cooler forecast. it's not much of a push inland. so it will be clear, a lot of systems continue to move in up into oregon and dive into fvgd. a very -- nevada. a very cold system looks like it's on tap for monday. very chilly this morning. 30s and 40s for some. 40s and 50s right now. mostly sunny but we'll keep an eye on the system that's coming right down out of the north. not bad today. 60s and 70s. looks like a big change early next week. we could see some dramatic cooling. enjoy the next couple of days. >>> 8:25. a major league pitcher what a $147 million -- with a $147 million contractor, this morning, his left arm is in a sling. >> this is wild. >> a broken collarbone suffered during this bench-clearing brawl. >> reporter: we're live at san lorenzo high school where stu

in contra costa county.they are not taking any chances as well. those tests are scheduled to take place on thursday and will be administered by health services. yesterday a letter was sent to rnt as -- to parents. it says health services will be on campus testing students this week, in that anybody who was in contact with that student, whether in class or a club will be tested. it also says there's no evidence of any cases of tuberculosis in the school. they are not recommending that students and -- it's also being reported that the student was diagnosed and treated and, in fact, he was -- [no audio] >> i'm not really sure what the -- what the incubation period is or how it spread. definitely makes me nervous. >> it gets me nervous. i told my daughter to be safe, wash her hands and stay away from anything that's different to her. >> reporter: there were some parents who say they are nervous because the teen is no longer affected. this is a serious airborne bacterial infection. according to the centers for di

contra costa has not recovered like some areas in the bay area. not have any sales tax. many communities have saw their revenue increase would sales tax. we are strictly based on property taxes which is not recovered as quickly. >> it is a challenging time for the community. >> it sounds like we will have to get used to this time. >> we are already seeing warmer response times and the community sent to close the four stations. actually, since january of 2011 that we had to be staff and we are seeing increased response time already. the two additional stations will impact that even further. >> thank you chief. we're looking at the four stages that are already closed with maybe two more slated for closure. [ female announcer ] this is a special message from at&t. [ male announcer ] it's no secret that the price of things just keeps going up. [ female announcer ] but we have some good news. it's our bundle price promise. [ male announcer ] a price you can definitely count on for two whole years. from at&t. call now for a new low price. u-verse triple

thursday blood test will be the first at contra costa county school since 2009 that's when student at antioch high school tested positive for tuberculosis. live in antioch, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> one of the newen 0vait i have ways to get a ride around san francisco. so-called ride sharing businesses are getting the brush off from san francisco international airport at least until sfo can figure out a way to regulate them. john is live at the airport to explain. john? >>reporter: carolyn, there is a battle involving the airport cab drivers as well as those relatively new ride sharing businesses. the fare are said to be lower than taxi ride but sfo wants them to hit the road those ride share businesses until they can get the proper permit. >> probably seen them around san francisco. those cars with the fuzzy pink mustache. part of business called lift. one of several independent ride sharing company around town. one place not welcome san francisco international airport which sent satisfies desist order to 6 ride share business. cab don't care for the competitor either. >> release

. >> this morning, contra costa built officials will spray insecretary side to handle the mosquito problemeastern part of the county starting at 5:30 a.m. until 6:30 a.m. fours say there is a high concentration of mosquitoes in the area and they do not carry disease such as west nile virus but they are a nuisance for those that live nearby. >> coming up, grab your binoculars when the sun comes up, so will a special piece of technology over bay area landmarks. >> the battle against smoking take as new turn in new york and it could be harder for youn >> just a couple of hours from now a very special aircraft will circle the skies near the golden gate bridge and the sunlight powered solo impulse takes off from the field at 7:00 a.m. and will circle in a holding area west of the bridge for several hours and at 3:00 p.m., the solar impulse will make the first of several fly brings over the bridge at an at duty of 3,500' before landing at the airfield at 11:00 tonight with a total time of 16 hours in the air. may 1 it leaves the bay area for a cross country trip that winds up in new york. >> som

. >> a contra costa county city is moving to ban internet cafes. they want to keep establishment with four or more publicly accessible computers out city limits. they are worried they will become magnets for online gambling. the staff says other communities have seen an increase in crime around internet cafes. >> everyone has high-speed connections, though. >> we have high speed direction of the weather forecast. mike? >> those suffering from allergies, the pollen count, it is very high. grandson -- grass pollen is low and ragweed is low right now the big story today as we look to the port of oak, temperatures are two to nine degrees warmer-than-average. we are 67 in san francisco. low-to-mid 70's for redwood city and napa and oakland. 77 degrees in live more. nine degrees warmer-than-average antioch at 80. fairly at 78. mid-70's to near 80 inland. mid-60's to mid-70's around the bay. mid-60's and falling to the upper 50's for the coastal communities. it will be bright tomorrow. notice the cooling trend tomorrow, windy and cooler on sunday and mond

this installment is in contra costa county. >> stanley roberts: >> i wasn't behaving badly that whatys! there were a few people caught behaving badly today in operation drive safe on highway 24 today it's speed enforcement conducted by the contra costa office of the california highway patrol >> at the highest speeds they can be in any lane because usually their using the whole freeway to back and forth the driver of thse red sentra was clocked at 88 miles per hour in a 65 so the motor units conducting the enforcement pulls the driver over and has a chat with him then goes to grab his ticket book. i asked the driver why he was driver so fast his answer >> i was going with the flow of traffic the next car watch the lidar gun it goes from 86 to 88, 89, then 90 yes the driver od this bmw was doing 90 in a 65 >> how are you the reason i stopped was for speed can i see you driver license and proof of insurance while the driver looks for his papers the officer explains how he was caught as you were coming towars us about a quarter mile back we were sitting there i got you on radar one at 88

he tells the "contra costa times" that basically caltrans was inadequate with its

that's what prosecutors say took place at contra costa college in san pablo. the so-called students range in age from 40 to 78. investigators say none of them had any intention of using that cash for college. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez has more. >> reporter: students at contra costa college are reeling after learning as many as 40 people may have made off with tens of thousands of dollars in financial aid without ever attending class. >> as soon as they get the check, they disappear. they never go to class or they withdraw from classes. >> reporter: deputy d.a. calls the scam pell grant running and he says this woman, 45-year-old yvette hummel was the ring leader. >> she ran it like a business. she produced flyers and contracts and advertised saying i can get you free money from the college district. this is free public money. >> reporter: hummel and five others have pleaded guilty to grant theft. seven more are due in court next week, while investigators are still looking for eight other suspects. the prosecutor says one woman, a 78-year-old, got federal a

as you can see it was nothing but blue skies today in contra costa county and a clear view of san diablo. >>> the sun seemed to be sparkling in the water. you can see a handful of boaters enjoying very nice weather. >> and warm weekend. it was just a preview of what's to come. mark tamayo has been tracking this warm weather and you say get ready for more. >> we have a lot to talk about this last week of april. we're talking about more 90s over the next few days. the temperatures are warming up. as far as temperatures from today they range from the 60s and lots of upper 80s and lower 90s out toward antioch and livermore. things will still be changing over the next few days. so april we're going to wrap up the month here the last several days with this, a warm to hot week ahead. clear skies at the coast. lots of sunshine there. temperatures warming up into the 70s, 80s and low 90s. winds do pick up. especially by tuesday night and wednesday morning. with that, it feels strange to be talking about this, but elevated danger. we'll fill in all the details with the warm numbers we will also br

thursday blood test will be the first at contra costa county school since 2009 that's when student at antioch high school tested positive for tuberculosis. live in antioch, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> one of the newen 0vait i have ways to get a ride around san francisco. so-called ride sharing businesses are getting the brush off from san francisco international airport at least until sfo can figure out a way to regulate them. john is live at the airport to explain. john? >>reporter: carolyn, there is a battle involving the airport cab drivers as well as those relatively new ride sharing businesses. the fare are said to be lower than taxi ride but sfo wants them to hit the road those ride share businesses until they can get the proper permit. >> probably seen them around san francisco. those cars with the fuzzy pink mustache. part of business called lift. one of several independent ride sharing company around town. one place not welcome san francisco international airport which sent satisfies desist order to 6 ride share business. cab don't care for the competitor either. >> release

in the meantime, in contra costa county, they are going to take final steps to regulate e cigarettesay. the board of supervisors will vote to approve regulations banning ecigarettes from most places. they are a health risk. >>> the time is 5:22. i believe i heard christina loren telling us, it is probably a pretty good day for mike inouye to break out one of his tank tops. >> is it ever a good day? >> i prefer the crop mankini. oh, yeah, it is not just weather that is going to be warm. 58 in livermore, 53 in san mateo and 53 in sunnyvale. it is going to be a little bit breezy for the first part of the day. we will see the winds relax afternoon. between noon and 3:00 p.m., starting to calm down. highs today are going to be comfortable in the upper 70s. now, to the mesh mankini. let's get to that report. >> tomorrow, maybe the mesh. today, i'll do the hawaii half shirt. we are looking over here with the tube socks and the short-shorts. we're looking over here toward the peninsula. i wanted to show you that live look, a smooth, easy drive for the peninsula. the other side of the bay. we