tuesday fire station 16 in lafayette was one of four in contra costa county that was closed due to money constraints. worse times theres now a fear that fire response time, which is already below standards in contra costa county, will increase even more. >> when you start cutting service things get worse. >> reporter: fire crews say the reason that these stations have closed is because property tax revenues have dropped and the tax measure to pick up the cost on those lost revenues was voted down. now those who live in this area are just hopeful we don?t see a worst case scenario. >> there is going to be a big lack time. >> this lasted for over 90 minutes. and they are talking about using ambulatory services for response times and emergency calls. reporting a contra costa county, j. r. stone, kron 4 news. >> pam: and now to a developing story. japan's transport ministry says all boeing 7-8-7 planes are being grounded for safety checks. one of the 7-8-7s operated by all nippon airways made an emergency landing today in western japan after a cockpit message showed battery problems. no one

have >> in contra costa county there were 4 fire houses closed. y to increase because of this. in contra costa county. kron 4. >> reporter: the gun laws with new legislation introduced to make the city safer. this first will ban the type of military ammunition. possession would become a misdemeanor. the second requires police notification if somebody tries to purchase by a hundred rounds of ammunition or more. this also includes 500 rounds of ammunition, also an online purchase. for weeks-six months expected to pass. with nearly four months to six months expected to pass. >> reporter: >> people are getting as much as $200 per weapon. based on these success. the $43,000 was gone through quickly, and they started handing out vouchers. maureen kelly, kron 4. >> there are three proposals that would immediately put more officers on the street. >> and another police academy and a large number of police service technicians. the police service technician is a civilian the woodwork with the public and a short-term measure that would help with the element co

have to be from marin county, they've opened up the residents from sampras is go, sun, or contra costa counties. you do need to show proof you live in one of these four counties. >> news and the eyes of this morning revealed the pilot of the old oriole tanker that struck a tower of the bay bridge last week's which courses as he was approaching the bridge. just why 61 year-old pilot guy kleess changed course as the overseas right at near the bridge in january 7th is still unclear. also contributed to the accident were thickening fog, a fall to begin and dangerous currents. according to investigators, please add light of the tanker the past of the middle of the bridge between the c and d. towers at the last minute tried to switch the opening between the d and e towers ultimately hitting the e tower. a full investigation could take months to wrap up. kleess is a former exxon and oil tanker captain who has 1200 trips on the bay with large ships. >> said index futures point to a slightly lower opening on wall street this morning. dell shares rose 13% during the trading day yesterday on reports that

if to get you more news faster we will turn to jackie. >> contra costa county stated that they are packing that just the investigation of the fire is going on. the contra costa, a fire district stated that they're received a call about a fire on this abandoned pier. when they arrived they stated that this is what they discover. this stated that where it lies is in the middle but on the banks of the--this stated that it was hard for them to hit the fire due to where it is and goals. they had to wait for a boat to arrive so they can start using water. they stated that this pier is about 80 years old. they stated that it had oil on the wood which is why it kept burning. they had another issue and they stated that a sugar factory was right next door and they did not want the timbers to break off and affect the factory itself. at that point they alerted the factory if to let them know about the potential of this. the train tracks here was affected for a while. we did see trains that came through earlier this morning and a fire officials are still out here. these are just the avesta getters lyle

published reports say this may be one of the largest active cases in contra costa county.eds were absent on friday and that's ten times the number of absences on a typical day. norovirus is not related to the influenza virus and custodians spend the entire day scrubbing classrooms because the virus is extremely couldn't stage yours. -- contagious. this time last year nearly 30 schools in contra costa county have reported suspected cases within the first two months of the year however an interesting note is that schools are not required to report norovirus outbreaks and officials have not pinpointed the origin for confirmed it but they are working with health county leaders. now i will tell you according to the contra costa county health department, the way that you keep yourself clean or from spreading it is to wash your hands with soap and water do not use the anti-bacterial sanitizer because many of them do not fight that virus. we will speak with the health department and find out what exactly -p was the case at this -- exactly the case here at school and we will talk w

. >> if you are in the east bay there is no shortage of the flu vaccine at contra costa county healthrvices. >> @ the immunization clinic headquarters in martinez we got a look at the supply. the county has all the different types of vaccines and stock from the regular file, the shot for children, the nasal spray and even the shot may just for pregnant women. >> officials there tell us, there plenty of shots to go around. >> contra costa public health clinics have given out 15,000 flu shots this year and the flu season ends in march. >> everyone wash your hands. >> in other news a new study finds widespread, unsafe levels of mercury in people in fish. >> researchers by the biodiversity research institute found more than 82 percent of human hair samples from eight countries exceeded typically safe levels of mercury by the epa. >> generally, if found people and marine ecosystems across the world are contaminated with mercury levels in people and fish regularly exceed sales levels. >> the time now is 4:53. >> a live look at the james lick freeway. >> it is colder in some spots compared t

reporting live in contra costa county, kron 4. >> here are the four stations closing today in contra county. in martinez - station 12 on shell avenue. in lafayette - station 16 on los arabis avenue. walnut creek loses station 4 on hawthorne drive. and in clayton, station 11 on center avenue. you can see how wide-spread the impact of longer response times is. >> pam: the oakland public safety committee is expected to make a decision. which is already stirring up contreversy. city council members decide will whether to adopt a resolution. to hire crime - fighting consultant william bratton. new tonight at eight. kron 4's reggie kumar is live outside oakland city hall. where tonight's meeting is already heating up. reggie? >> reporter: yes, pam. this former police chief and police commissioner in new york. he he is a advocate of this technique called stop & forest but this is also being possibly feud as racial profiling of the " stop and -- frisk'... this however, resulted in reactions from the crowd yelling out obscenities. some people had to be removed. residents, strongly opposing thi

and contra costa county, kron 4. >> jacqueline: slightly warmer.quite chilly for the morning hours. temperatures in the 30's in a number of areas. still the afternoon high temperatures are going to be in the 50s bay-area wide. 60s. friday, saturday. as we take a look at the satellite & radar we do have a blocking pattern. it is the driving the storms well to the north. towards canada. not quite rainfall for quite some time. and we're also going to see warmer temperatures tomorrow. chilly. warmer and oakland and san mateo. 30's in redwood city. as for the afternoon highs we are going to see upper 50s and 60s. 60s and san mateo. as for the sierras, we will see unseasonably warm temperatures. the morning lows will be in the single digits. areas of a freezing fog over the next several mornings. taking a look a your extended forecast with the chilly conditions. still, a few degrees warmer than what we saw today. for the afternoon, slightly warmer conditions. 60s. hello, gary radnich [laughter] and a breakdown of this pattern with more cloud coverage and

alliance also provides the recruitment for all the positions in contra costa county, which i think was interesting. they were asked to -- the references were asked to rate the quality of the candidates and they said that they were outstanding and this was specific to a question about a chief building official recruitment. and the other thing that he found out was that this vendor is flexible in working with the hiring authority to meet the specific needs including scheduled meetings with subject matter experts, development of recruitment strategy and presentation of the final list. that really basically says they were willing to craft the recruitment based on what the entity wanted rather than a preconceived notion. bob murray and associates, he was the individual who did the last recruitment for the director. he knows the department as it was 7 years ago, is that how many years? he is, he brings a lot of skills, knowledge and abilities to the forefront and he has dealt with stake holder groups in high profile positions and they also can customize the services to meet the budget and se

we spoke to contra costa county barry gross this afternoon. he told us this is an ongoing investigation and says there's still more details he needs to file any charges against the four suspects arrested. saying he still hasn't learned just exactly what happened last tuesday the night of the deadly stabbing. this case sparked interest after police say it turned out the husband who fought back a home invasion robbery attack and stabbed to death the intruder lindsay had been set up. they say she convinced the new boyfriend and three other men to help her scare her husband out of the apartment they shared. in exchange police say the wife promised the would be burglars pot plants the husband legally grew. >> there are many cases where it takes more time than is allotted by the court system to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. and before we charge somebody with a crime we need to know exactly what happened so we can file the appropriate charges. sometimes that takes longer than we have to hold them in custody. >> reporter: as we mentioned

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. >> reporter: it's also similar to the bug that hit us in 2003- 2004 but contra costa county healthials say the current flu vaccine seems to be right on target. >> early signs so far show it is a good match. what's in the vaccine is what's seen in the community. >> reporter: in fact, statewide so far, this seems to be a typical start to flu season. >> certainly california, contra costa county is not an island. so we anticipate we'll see more flu disease in the next few weeks or months. >> reporter: the flu season usually lasts from november to the end of march and typically peaks in february. it's not too late to get vaccinated. while there isn't a demand for flu clinics like in the fall, there are private and public immunization clinics which still carry the vaccine. the flu is already striking those who didn't plan ahead. kaiser's call center is busier than usual. >> we all of a sudden increase staffing levels and the hospital and the clinic and those kind of things. >> reporter: are you at that point yet? >> yes. >> reporter: but with the flu shot now behind him, isaac is as prep

checking other stories around the bay area, this is a closure day for some fire stations over in contra costa county. stations in lafayette, martinez and walnut creek are being shut down all to save money. and a station in clayton will remain open but only for 36 hours a week. contra costa county supervisors approved the closures after voters rejected a property tax increase. >>> and the san mateo city council is ordering a convenience store to close just weeks after it opened. neighbors of the 7-eleven on north san mateo drive complained that it was on property that's zoned residential. the city council agreed and voted last night to shutter the door. an appeal is expected. >>> we're continuing to follow breaking news in the east bay. a fire in crockett. we are going to elizabeth with the very latest. >> okay, thanks, guys. yeah, it's a building fire in crockett right there along the waterfront in a residential neighborhood. and with us on the phone we just got fire battalion chief from crockett dean "columbo." thank you so much for joining us this morning. are the problems fighting this fire? -- a

. >>> days after a virus scare at a contra costa county school a senior is recovering from a norovirus outbreak. 80 people got sick at the redwoods. two of them died. a virus also sickened more than 100 students at burton valley middle school. the best way to prevent the virus is washing your hands with soap and water. >>> let's get you going. sal, you are watching the south bay. are they behaving out there? >> yeah, they are. we are looking at a pretty good south bay commute right now dave and pam. on 237 and 101 and 85 they are all at the speed limit here. as we see 237 there is not a lot of traffic. later on it will get busy. also looking at 880 in oakland the traffic here looks good. we have light travel times so far. we're looking at your travel time between 380 san bruno and highway 92. still about eight minutes. that is a great drive so far. i have a feeling it's not going to stay that way. give yourself plenty of time. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. very cold to mild lows in san francisco. it's 45 to 50 on the range. 50 is by the presidio. north wind 45. temperatures ar

orinda, contra costa county in general. it's moving along very well from walnut creek to oakland.rive time of about 15 minutes. not that bad at all. bay bridge toll plaza very light. we do have a little bit of waiting now. still maybe two or three minutes before you make it on to the bridge. and if you are driving on the 880 freeway in oakland, that traffic is moving along nicely in both directions. it's 6:57 let's go to steve. blood count sal, thank you. we have mostly cloudy skies. patchy fog. a little bit of sun. there is a lot of rain in southern california. if you are heading down to disney land keep that in mind. more coming up. >>> coming up on mornings on 2 a disturbing incident near a bay area school that has led to an important warning for parents and students. >>> there there is a big change you can see at san francisco bars on super bowl sunday.

. >>> a man in contra costa county fatally stabbed a burglar in his apartment. pittsburg police say four people are in custody accused of what began as an elaborate plot to scare the man. investigators say the woman was having an extramarital affair and wanted to frighten her husband out of the apartment they shared on east leeland lane. >> she plotted a burglary with her current boyfriend to scare him and persuade him into leaving the residence. >> police say they enlisted three other men to help. it happened tuesday morning. investigators say the husband got know a struggle with one of the other suspects lindsey. they stabbed lindsey to death in self defense. the woman, boyfriend and two other suspects were arrested. they are eligible for murder charges. >>> governor brown says the state budget deficit has dropped below $2 billion. that doesn't mean he plans a big spending spree. quite the opposite. his budget includes more money for education, thanks to voter- approved tax hikes. but it stresses continued fiscal restraint everywhere else. that means many stat

all this, because of the contra costa county fire protection district is facing a $70 million budget downs coming this year that the fire response time, which is already below standards in contra costa county, will increase even more. >> the contra costa county fire protection district say that reason these stations have close is because property tax revenues have dropped and the tax measure to pick up the cost on those lost revenues was voted down. >> san jose police are investigating an attempted kidnapping of its 2 year-old girl. it happened around 5:30 p.m. last night in the 200 block of adayo courts. the mother was uncomfortable and picked up the child. the man then grab the girls' legs and tried to pull her out of her mother's arms. the mother was able to wrestle her daughter out of the man's hands and then he ran a way. at the man is described as hispanic, between 20 to 30 years old, when a red baseball hats and blue jays. >> oakland safety committee has unanimously voted to hire a " safety consultant " to help the city's police apartment combat rising crime. the men they're co

back to you. >> thank you. >>> contra costa county is operating with four fewer fire stations this morningty board of supervisors voted to close stations in four towns. it will save them $8 million a year. they have 24 other fire stations and no firefighters were laid off. >>> this morning, san jose mayor chuck reed is continuing a new year's day tradition. he is visiting police officers and firefighters who are all working on this holiday. right now, the mayor is attending a police briefing. then he will go to a half dozen fire stations around the city. >>> a noontime vigil is planned in oakland today for a man who was shot and killed while detained by bart police. family members are hold the vigil at the fruitvale bart station where oscar grant was shot four years ago today. officer johannes mehserle was later found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. he was released from prison in june of 2011 after serving his sentence. >>> in other bay area headlines, the reward is now up to $15,000 for information leading to an arrest in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl in east oakland. inves

department for 27 years. >>> other bay area headlines, this is closure day for some fire stations in contra costa county. stations in lafayette, martinez and walnut creek are being shut down to save money. and a station in clayton will remain open but only for 36 hours a week. contra costa county supervisors approved the closures after voters rejected a property tax increase. >>> the san mateo city council is ordering a convenience store to close just weeks after it opened. neighbors of the 7-eleven on north san mateo drive complained that it was on property that is zoned residential. the city council agreed and voted last night to shut the store down. an appeal is expected. >>> 6:09 now. the tanker that scraped a bay bridge tower last week made a sudden change in course right before that crash. the ship was on course to pass between the c and d towers on the bridge but the bay area news group reports it made a quick turn to the right to go between the d and the e towers instead and that's when it bumped the e tower. >>> settlements are expected in more than 300 claims against pg&e after the san bruno p

that is just not the case right now. >> developing news. 4 fire stations in contra costa county haveple are concerned and the communities and they met last night to talk about the closures. to get you more news faster we will turn to mike pelton who joins us live from lafayette. >> this is live up but do not let this for you. this is one of the four stations that is officially closed. this is due to what happened in november on the proposal for measure q. this was a $17 million budget shortfall. the measure did not pass so that is why the four stations are closing. there is one in lafayette here and a few others. the station in clayton will have other resources and will remain open on a part-time basis. there will be a community meeting were that will talk to the residence. >> we had an emergency at our house and it took them a while to get here. >> when you start cutting services it does not get better, it gets worse. >> they stated that this will increase at the time and despite the closures there are no firefighters lost their jobs. >> the time now is 5:34 a.m.. help is on all the

thank you. >>> in contra costa county, there's much more to the story about a man who killed a suspectedr in his apartment. four people are now in custody accused of what pittsburg police sagan as an elaborate plot to scare the man. investigators say charmaine taijeron was having an extramarital affair and wanted to frighten her husband into moving out of the apartment they shared on east leeland lane. [ pause ] >> and police say they enlisted three other men to help. it all unfolded tuesday morning. investigators say the husband got into a struggle with one of the suspects, robert lindsey, then managed to stab him to death in self-defense. taijeron, her boyfriend and the two other suspects were later arrested. they are now eligible for murder charges accused of a felony that led to a death. >>> a palo alto bank robbed by a suspect in flip-flops. police say the man hit the credit union on el camino real yesterday. according to the officers, he threatened the tellers with a handgun and ran away with some cash. officers say he has a scar near his right eye, he also carried a bright yellow

the contra costa county fire protection district is shutting down four fire stations because of a deficit. meetings are scheduled for peoples that live near stations. tonight's meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. >>> san francisco's mayor is shining a light on a neighborhood. >> the mayor joined other leaders in touring the first phase of the public housing project. over the next two years 107 new units wild be built. it comes thanks to millions in local, state and federal money. so far 25 families have moved in. >> my unit wasn't up to date. it was bad, plumbing, my babe has asthma so i was happy. i feel like i am in a 5 star hotel. beautiful. my kids are so happy. >> her old units had problems with mold so bad her son had to go to the hospital. they have been in since just before christmas and she said her son looks great. >>> officials may be having second thoughts about hosting the super bowl at the 49ers new stadium. they are trying to determine if the city can deal with the nfl demands. tax breaks, giving up tax revenue from hotels during super bowl events. the 49ers new stadium is a finali

. >>> we will start off with an issue in contra costa county and this is actually alameda county northbound 680 as you come to the san ramon area and it is right there just at the off ramp at costa boulevard so watch out for a traffic accident at the off ramp which is good. >>> 880 southbound, today is a holiday and it will make it easier for some and at the bay bridge toll plaza, it will make it easier for some to get in as well. >> it is tough to look good at 4:30 a.m. pam seems to pull it off though. >>> well it is 34 degrees and partly cloudy skies and low 40s not too bad warming up and some very cold air in the east, our pattern might change a little bit, but we still have an easterly component and we have increases clouds and it looks like rain maybe, we have a long stretch of weather, inland temperatures, you get that easterly breeze and in fact near santa cruz we will have increasing clouds, not as strong as it was over the weekend. temperatures anywhere from lower 70s and we will hold that west breeze until tomorrow and things will change. we get a strep of this until the winter --

row inmate found guilty in 1966 of kidnapping, assaulting and killing two teenage girls in contra costa countyled from jail. >> vice-president joe biden is meeting with the national rifle association today to discuss ways to curb gun violence. if the meeting is part of the obama administration review of gun safety laws that bike and misleading. mr. biden will make recommendations on gun policy by the end of the month. >> joining us now to talk markets is our financial expert on rob black. >> we have heard a lot about herbal life. >> this is something that i have to be careful about. a lot of people say that this is not a scheme. alternately, what they have is that they go out and sell nutrition items. if they get people to sign up and then sign their friends of. it has a feel of a pyramid scheme. there is really no winner here. >> countries like china banned this type of item. this is really at their root of this problem. even if you go to their web site they do have it on the site if it is a pyramid scheme. there is a lot of talk about herbal life. >> you have hedge fund managers who never di

to the marin county gun buy-back program which includes guns coming from san francisco and contra costa county and marin county, you can find the information on our web site at abc 7 news.com see it on tv we have a link to it and it will take about 30 days for them to raise the cash but next monday martin luther king jr. birthday they are going to have another buy-back program. they will be handing out vouchers instead of cash but they are hoping for another big turn out. reporting from police headquarters here in novato. abc 7 news. >> tomorrow president obama will propose new federal assault weapon ban and background check of all gun buyers. mean while today new york state voted in the nation toughest gun restrictions. governor cuomo signed the bill. out law military style weapon. restrict ammunition magazine to 7 rounds. and requires background check to buy bullet. another provision requires mental health professionals to tell state authorities if a patient threatens to use a gun illegally. >> develop nuts tonight. japan 2 largely east airline grounded the flight of boeing 787 dream liner.

. >>> thursday night the community in contra costa county will talk about closing the fire station alongith stations in lafayette clayton and martinez. they were shuttered to help close a budget deficit. >>> a man who escaped from a california prison has been captured after 17 years on the run. jose was living in a home in southern california. he was convicted for a couldn't sold substance for sale. he is now at the county ups actual for men. >>> a flight to new orleans will new orleans will be on wait. >>> and as you drive over to 101 and 280 is also looking good in the south bay, stay with us and we will have a report on all the bay area commutes as morning news continues.

at the hall of justice, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> in the east bay deputies a contra costa county investigatingctim's. anybody with information is asked to contact a contra costa county sheriff's department. >> coming up the man who shot a deputy two years ago learns his fate. >> this live look with rainfall, and overcast conditions. sleep train has your ticket to tempur-pedic. experience the pressure-relieving comfort of tempur-pedic, and sleep risk-free with sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee. get 36 months interest-free financing: no down, and no interest for 3 years. plus, get free same-day delivery. sleep train's 100-day money back guarantee, interest-free financing, and free delivery? that's the ticket! sleep train's ticket to tempur-pedic is on now. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> coming up this man is facing his fate after a santa cruz tragedy. he has mean convicted on 39 charges with kidnapping and attempted murder. >> authorities are investigating what is a suspicious fire at a mere 1:00 in san jose. this was reported that the health center there was

the contra costa county coroner identified the victim of ray smith jr. of pittsburg.have identified a person of interest, 22-year-old brian keith fox. authorities are looking for him, and say he should be considered armed and dangerous. >>> city leaders and law enforcement are reaching out to san francisco's asian american community ahead of the upcoming chinese new year celebration. volunteers handed out flyers in chinatown today. warning people about the typical increase in crime, surrounding the new year. police say most of the scams target the elderly. the year of the snake begins february 10. >>> one bay area high school is losing thousands of dollars every day, because of kids who skip class. so they've come up with an unusual way to try to boost attendance. the school is now planning on offering some incentives, things like free pizza. movie tickets, even an ipad. >> reporter: this parked art class has some of the best artists on campus, many of whom need no help getting to class. >> our family really emphasizes education and the importance of it. >> advanced d

the event is open to people in marin, sonoma and contra costa counties. but you have to bring proof of residency. it is open from 7:00 this morning until 8:00 tonight. also on the list, the larkspur facility and st. andrews in marin city and the point rays substation. >>> president barack obama is now reviewing a series of policies on how to curb gun violence. one man is starting impeachment proceedings against the president. >>> the house will take a vote on an extra $51 billion on helping the people of super storm sandy. one gives $17 billion in emergency funding. the other would include money for fema's disaster relief fun. conservatives are opposing this and they are saying some of that money will be used for things that have nothing to do with the storm or its victims. >>> they are allowing a boat to stay in pete's harbor and some say they are not going anywhere. today is eviction day after the remaining boaters are there and some people say they need more time since their beaten jins are not working. the boat harbor is planning on building a private

the contra costa county coroner identified the victim of ray smith jr. of pittsburg. police have identified a person of interest, 22-year-old brian keith fox. authorities are looking for him, and say he should be considered armed and dangerous. >>> city leaders and law enforcement are reaching out to san francisco's asian american community ahead of the upcoming chinese new year celebration. volunteers handed out flyers in chinatown today. warning people about the typical increase in crime, surrounding the new year. police say most of the scams target the elderly. the year of the snake begins february 10. >>> one bay area high school is losing thousands of dollars every day, because of kids who skip class. so they've come up with an unusual way to try to boost attendance. the school is now planning on offering some incentives, things like free pizza. movie tickets, even an ipad. >> reporter: this parked art class has some of the best artists on campus, many of whom need no help getting to class. >> our family really emphasizes education and the importance of it. >> ad

reporting live in antioch noelle walker ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a contra costa county high school student to the hospital after an argument intensified over the internet. the principal at freedom high told the contra costa times that two girls bumped into each other at the hospital wednesday. they later exchanged angry online posts. one of the girls then attacked the other in the school cafeteria yesterday. the victim fell and hit her head. we don't know the extent of her injuries. the principals urged not to air disputes over social media. >>> they are looking far group of young men that are responsible for a deadly stabbing last night. janine de la vega is in san jose where investigators are looking for a motive behind the attack. janine. >> reporter: police are trying to track down this group of young men that stabbed a man here on south side drive which is just off of monterey highway. it's a residential area. there is a church here at the intersection. now at this point, they don't know what prompted this attack. police say a man was approached. some kind of confrontation occurred an

the public defender here in contra costa county estimates that thousands of prisoners are eligible for possible release. reporting live in contra costa county, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> jodi, thank you. >>> a san jose community is rattled after four of its neighbors came upon burglars in their home in the middle of the day. san jose police say they're trying to be creative with their resources but neighbors have to do their part as well. kris sanchez joins us from police headquarters with why police think the suspects are getting bolder. kris? >> reporter: hi there, raj. san jose police response times are up. the burglary unit is no more, nor is the truancy unit that lowered the burglary rate in the daytime hours by rounding up teenagers who were suppose d to be at school and now san jose police say the fact these burglars are striking in the middle of the day and they're coming upon homeowners may mean they're getting more bold. maxine walker's security gate was locked when a man rang the doorbell at her home in east san jose tuesday afternoon. >> he said is michael ho

starting in contra costa county. >> we're looking at that. it looks pretty good pam and dave. so far 680, 24, 242 not a big commute so far. things are getting more crowded definitely. highway 24 right through lafayette and orinda looking pretty good. when you get to the toll plaza the metering lights went on about ten minutes ago. and the traffic is backing up beyond the 880 over crossing. that is about a five to ten minute delay. no problems on the bridge getting into san francisco. if you're driving into livermore valley westbound 580 we have slow traffic now from grant like to 680 is taking a little less than a half hour. especially for that traffic coming off of 205. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. very good morning. partly cloudy skies. but already clearing taking place. ukiah, santa rosa saying clear. it's a little bit cooler air mass. high pressure will be our fair weather friend today. system moving a lot of its points. there could be a few little showers. 30s and 40s on the temps. kind of held up by a breeze and some of that cloud cover. tomorrow morning will b

contra costa county officials say you should contact their healthcare provider first to see if shotsare available. >>> a nurse is refusing to get a flu shot and so kaiser says she must wear a mask while working with patients but that is something she doesn't want to do. >> i am not saying they work or don't work. it is my decision not ohave one. -- not to have one. what i discourage is the mandating of masks for those who didn't get one. >> she says wearing a mask interferes with the nurse- patient relationship. she says she washes her hands frequently. kaiser said it is carrying out policy corrected by the health department. earlier this month a hospital fired 8 employees for refusing flu shots. >>> another round of frigid temperatures is expected. cooling off into the 40s in some areas. clear skies over head. any heat we obtained today exiting. 47 in santa rosa. 36 in napa. 43 in concord. 44 livermore. 40s along the peninsula. upper 40s in san francisco. 45 palo alto. this is something we will see, temperatures continue to fall. already chilly and then turning bone chilling into th

turning in guns way to show proof they are from san rent--from marin, sonoma, san francisco or contra costa countiesthe surrender locations on january 15th include the police departments of novato, san raphael and larkspur, the point raised substation of the marin county sheriff's office and the st. andrew's church in maine city. the surrender locations on game or 21st of san raphael and mill valley police departments. >> the results iran, and the bar pilots on board the tanker that hit the bay bridge monday morning passed his drug test. by klees already passed its alcohol test. >> we learned the damage to the base of the tower on the bridge suffered $2.3 million in damage. you can see the worst of it right here on the fender. this is on the western span. >> close to the treasure island. >> these vendors are here made of wood and plastic. you can see the damage pretty clearly. officials said the center on the tower that was hit exactly what it was supposed to do in protecting the bridge. the bridge is structurally sound and drivers were never in any danger. >> for many san francisco 49ers fans to mo

> they experienced the first gun buy back program and people who live in san francisco and contra costa counties can also participate. they will offer $200 for semi ought weapons and they will also select violent video games. now the buy back is on tuesday. they are at police heats in -- headquarters in novato and in a substation out in path rays. >> -- point rays. >>> he was asked to close the budget gap. that is far less than facing the state two years ago. according to the sacramento bee, k through 12 will receive more money thanks to the tax hike. still he is facing fiscal discipline for the year ahead. >>> they plan to hold rallies state wide. they are calling on leaders to restore funding for programs for children with disabilities and elsers. -- elders. >>> they are looking into the investigation into the oil tanker accident from san francisco bay. they are looking into whether the sign was issued properly. a day after, it indicates there may have been trouble with the radar that guides the towers but not directly tied to that incident. >> we will try to figure out if any of those had any

the contra costa county health district is investigating a possible norovirus outbreak in at least two schools in lafayette. kron four's jeff bush explains how many students were affected and what the district is doing to address the issue. school officials notified that students here at the burton valley elementary school might have been in contact with the norovirus. this all comes after fridaythere was a higher than normal number of students who called in sick. at least 100 students were school and another school in the district. as you can imagine, parents are very concerned about the situation. >> thomas dwyer, concerned parent: they were doing a couple thingsone of them was to make sure the kids washed their hands before eating and, also, they were going in and disinfecting all the school buses. they figure that a lot of the kids that were out ride the bus also. so, they were doing a lot of cleaning on the buses. >> reporter: in addition to those school buses, district officals hired a special crew over the weekent to make sure that all of the classrooms here at burton valley ele

. >>> they are expanding ferry service in three cities in contra costa county they will provide $27 millionunding to antioch, hercules and new terminals can cost between 50 and $60 million and some can cost million more. >>> morning lows were anywhere from 27 degrees to almost 50 degrees and that offshore breeze helped along the coast down in pedal right now and down there it is 68 degrees. look like a pattern change and owen day the winds has turned westerly and this sister will given us more as we head to wednesday night. -- wednesday night, temperatures are, whatting up and the warmest are along the coast. i think more by tomorrow it will be westerly and sunny and warm today and increasing clouds for tuesday and the first is to come through an extended area but some light rain is possible and warm weather will be coming to an end. 57 in san francisco, 5 one. i was really close but still we have an offshore breeze for many and these will all turn by tomorrow. severe and clear a little haze around the edge. the timeline up there tuesday, we are okay but all the way into tuesday afternoon a

the closures will save the contra costa county fire protection district more than $1.5 million a year. voters had a chance to save the stations but they rejected a parcel tax measure in november. >> the people that will be most impacted will be the people that live within the area where the stations are being closed. right now, we anticipate on average about a minute to a minute and 15 seconds increase in response times. >> in about 20 minutes fire administrators will meet with the community in lafayette to talk about the station that closed in that city. the meeting will be held at the veterans memorial building on mount diablo boulevard. >>> breaking news. yet another boeing 787 dreamliner has made an emergency landing. this latest problem in japan. the all nippon airways flight touched down at the airport after a cockpit message showed battery problems. the u.s. government is conducting a review to find out what caused those problems on several other 787s over the past two weeks including fire and a fuel leak. >>> proud to tell people -- >> what price would you pay to get a degree?

. >> reporter: prior to this year if you worked in healthcare in contra costa county, getting the flu shot was voluntary but this year the county health department mandated employees either get the shot or -- >> or while they are working in patient care areas to wear a surgical mask. >> reporter: at sutter delta medical center in antioch, as of november 96% of the staff got the shot up from 67% two years ago. >> best thing to do for the patients. it's for patient safety. it's for my safety, my family. >> reporter: alameda and santa clara counties also adopted this mandate this year. contra costa county says it is gone from 64% when it was voluntary to 74% this year. >> there are a few people that vocalize that they weren't happy with the requirement. >> reporter: the california nurses association strongly encourages its members to get flu shots but does not like that it's mandatory. a spokesman said it would be better to isolate sick patients and give nurses better sick leave so they don't have to work when sick. at sutter those who have been vaccinated have a sticker on their badge.

it is be at sonoma and contra costa counties but you must proof residency. here is a look at the five locations. they are open until 11:00 this morning and 5:00 at night including the novato police departments. also st. andrews church in marin city and at the point ray substation. >>> it could soon be on the books in new york. there are three things included in the legislation that is expected to pass the state's assembly this morning. >>> it is now likely there will be legal consequences after his interview with oprah whimphrey. now the u.s. government will make a lawsuit against him for making false claims. in australia they will ask for repayment for appearance fees there. >>> and in the san francisco bay, investigators now say the bar pilot made a last minute turn just before the tanker swiped the -- sideswiped the bridge. they are not clear on what caused the change in course. it caused $7 million to the bridge and to the ship. >>> in just a few minutes we will find out what facebook's secret is. they are making an announcement that members of the commu

coast bay a little cooler toward the eastern contra costa county. 50s to low 60s.santa cruz as well. redwood city 59 rain likely on sunday. and next week dry and very cool ask breezy. >>> up next, interesting story, a controversial ad campaign on muni focusing on one specific word, the positive reaction the creators are hoping to accomplish. >>> i was crying and the mom had tears. >> touching story from the east bay, what a little girl did to trigger the chain reaction of love. >>> good morning, westbound 237 still not app significant delay here -- not a significant delay here. we'll tell you more about the morning commute for a friday. >>> good morning, a little bit of patchy fog, 30s mainly on the lows. mostly sunny, partly sunny today. highs mainly in the mid to upper 50s. >>> welcome back, good morning to you, a quick look at some of the top stories we're following for you right now at 5:43. the fbi is joinings search for a missing petaluma woman last seen in the tahoe area on new year's eve. investigators are checking alyssa byrne's cell phone that she used on

. >> the west contra costa county unified school district is waiting to learn more details before commenting. www.ktvu.com is continuing coverage. you can hear more from the governor. >>> san francisco police have arrested three men in connection with a robby of a group of young -- robbery of a group of young people. they are each facing five counts of robbery and child endangerment. on december 21 the men approached a group -- approached a group of juveniles and demanded money. >>> dangerous reptile has died. the kaman was taken to the zooarve authorities found it -- zoo after authorities found it guarding marijuana. the animal was in poor health and died today. the man who authorities say owned it was arraigned today but didn't enter a plea. >>> a city helped california hit a major energy milestone. regulators said a thousand gigawatts of solar power has been installed in the state. san jose installed almost 55 mega watts through the program making it the top solar city. >>> coming up, how bay area schools are amping up security and explain how a small peace of hardware could save lives. s

if it's true, this could be one of the largest active cases in contra costa county. as they said, a report stated that on friday at burton valley elementary school. there were about 100 students missing. that's ten times the number of absences as a typical day. it said many students sent to them had symptoms of norovirus. it's being reported that school officials notified parents on friday and custodians spent the entire weekend scrubbing classrooms, because the virus is extremely contagious and spreads. once again, the school has not pinpointed the origin of the outbreak or confirmed if it is know row voice. we can come back out here live, i can tell you that many of us have hand sanitizers. this will not protect you from the norovirus. in many cases it's not strong enough. do the old-fashioned thing, wash your hands with soap and water. we're waiting to talk to parents to see what's going on as well as a call to the health department to see if this is a case of norovirus. back to you. >> thank you, paul. >>> pleasanton are asking for the help of the public to find

. >> kevin collins' mother lives in contra costa county and told ktvu's rita williams she is finding comfort in her family. >> today i don't know what i am feeling. i was numb all day yesterday. still numb. i didn't sleep well last night. >> she said she learned from the media, not police that authorities found something in the home. despite that she said she is thankful that maybe she will know what happened toher son. -- to her son. you can watch the interview on our website, www.ktvu.com. >> kevin collins disappearance drew national attention. ktvu's mike mibach shows us how the story touched so many people so long ago. mike? >> reporter: julie, a lot of people who live in the city weren't living here in san francisco then so we dusted off our coverage from 1984 and what we found was an old san francisco coming together for one of its own. >> last seen on friday. >> reporter: 29 years ago -- >> not a run away case. >> reporter: made national headlines. >> a lot of people have brothers and sisters and it is like they are scared because what if it was their brother and sister? >> re

. >>> next week, four fire stations will shut down over in contra costa county. the stations are in martinez, walnut creek, clayton and lafayette. the remote clayton station will remain open for six hours each day monday through saturday. closures start on tuesday. contra costa county fire protection district is facing a $17 million budget gap. >>> a follow-up on the man at the helm of that oil tanker that bumped a bay bridge tower earlier this week. the bar pilot who was in charge was sober at the time. an attorney for captain guy kleess says all drug and alcohol tests had come back negative. kleess is an experienced navigator who has had a few minor scrapes over the years. the cause of monday's bump still under investigation. >>> the families of two of the oikos university shooting victims have filed a suit against the school. a 23-year-old and 21-year-old were among the 7 victims of the shootings last april. the families claim the school knew the alleged shooter one goh posed a serious danger after dropping out. goh pled not guilty and was found incompetent to

being disinfected this weekend after dozens of students got sick in could not croft -- could contra costa county. it includes vomiting, dire rae and -- diarrhea and stomach pain. classes will be held tomorrow, though. >>> in the north bay, authorities in petaluma have identified the body of a man found in a recycling center. the sonoma county schaefers office says the body -- sheriff's office says the body was found by an employee early friday afternoon. investigators say there's no obvious signs of trauma to the body but they are calling the death suspicious. they say it looks as though the body was in the dumpster that was then emptyied into a recycling truck. an autopsy is expected on monday. >>> among the bay area three biggest cities, san francisco had the most significant increase in homicides last year and yesterday a memorial walk was held in honor of those murder victims. there were 68 homicides in san francisco last year, an increase of about 1/3 compared to the previous year. participants in the memorial walk carried crosses symbolizing each one of those killed. the walk was organized

. >> reporter: it's also similar to the bug that hit us in 2003- 2004 but contra costa county health officials say the current flu vaccine seems to be right on target. >> early signs so far show it is a good match. what's in the vaccine is what's seen in the community. >> reporter: in fact, statewide so far, this seems to be a typical start to flu season. >> certainly california, contra costa county is not an island. so we anticipate we'll see more flu disease in the next few weeks or months. >> reporter: the flu season usually lasts from november to the end of march and typically peaks in february. it's not too late to get vaccinated. while there isn't a demand for flu clinics like in the fall, there are private and public immunization clinics which still carry the vaccine. the flu is already striking those who didn't plan ahead. kaiser's call center is busier than usual. >> when those things kind of hit certain thresholds we all of a sudden increase staffing levels and the hospital and the clinic and those kind of things. >> reporter: are you at that point yet? >> yes. >> reporter:

the new year means fewer fire stations in contra costa county. supervisors voted unanimously last month to close the stations in in clayton, lafayette, martinez and walnut creek. the move will save up to $8 million a year for the district. the closures did not cause any layoffs but it means longer response times in those fire districts. >>> it's going to be a community meeting to talk about the closure of the shell avenue fire station in martinez. contra costa fire chief and members of the district board all expected to answer some questions about the closure. the meeting will be january 10 at the martinez junior high school. >>> a vigil at noon in oakland for a man who was shot and killed while detained by bart police. family members will hold the vigil at the fruitvale bart station where oscar grant was shot four years ago today. officer johannes mehserle was later found guilty on involuntary manslaughter. he was released from prison in june of 2011 after serving his sentence. >>> in other bay area headlines, there is a ban on wood-burning toda

. >>> a warning and search in the delta region of contra costa county. it was about 8:00 last night when a 17-year-old walked away from the byron boys ranch. search dogs and a helicopter were brought in and he couldn't be found so they are warning neighbors to be on alert. the teenager apparently was wearing an orange jumpsuit and blue sweatshirt when he left. >>> oakland can add a super cop to the payroll in an effort to fight violent crime or they might like to. bill bratton led police departments in both new york and los angeles. and he is ready to help oakland for a substantial fee of course. but as anne makovec reports, not everyone is rolling out the red carpet for him, right? >> reporter: that is true. last night a committee did approve the contract but they didn't confirm that bratton is going to be the man. the council has been ordered to look at alternatives because bratton has been raising some eyebrows with comments basically in support of "stop & frisk." that is a policy that some other police departments across the country are using. bratto