also contra costa county alameda county freeze warn through saturday morning. the cold dome of air sitting across california it's not allowing a lot of movement in the atmosphere. so as we head throughout tonight, relatively light winds, very calm here in san francisco down to san jose. throughout tomorrow it barely moves in the atmosphere. 2 to 6 miles per hour as we continue throughout the next 18 to 24-hour period. so that is going to set us up with stagnant air, just shoved right down the exterior valleys of the bay area. it's going to be worst across the north bay and throughout the bay including the peninsula, east bay, south bay moderate levels. it's going to be illegal to burn as we have a spare the air alert in effect. our next chance of rain and a big-time warmup in temperatures in about 15 minutes. >>> now let's turn to christie smith live in san francisco where folks are doing everything they can to try ask stay warm. >> reporter: that's right. we're along the embarcadero this evening. we're about the only people who seem to be dressing light, the p

of course there is some fog in parts of contra costa county. so be careful if you are traveling on 24 through walnut creek. otherwise, mass transit on time. bart systemwide no delay, ferries, caltrain, and "ace" train number one already left the central valley problem-free. remember kcbs, our radio partner, when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. all right, guys. that's the latest from here. back to you. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> here's something to wake you up. a boater in africa was minding his own business when something very unexpected pop up caught on camera. check out the boat just moving along when the hippopotamus comes right out of the water charges towards the boat. it's acomin'! and there it is! >> whoa! >> hello! luckily for the boater, the hippo missed. luckily, they were in a boat! that would be scary. >>> take a look at this wild discovery in an l.a. backyard. a big gator. animal control officers found this 8-foot alligator hidden in a box. there were two cat carcasses in the box, as well. turns out the homeow

the second zone under the freeze warning is contra costa county. also alameda county as we have been mentioning are you want to cover sensitive plants and bring the pets inside. temperatures not expected to be in the teens, probably won't have too many problems with pipes at this point. you can see on the wind future cast this is our next problem. this huge dome of cold air sitting across california. there's not a whole lot of motion in the atmosphere. so calm winds expected to continue all the way through saturday's forecast. only about 2 to 6 miles per hour. that's going to keep that air stagnant. while it's tempting to use the fireplace with this chilly weather, spare the air alert is in effect through tonight, also for tomorrow where it will be illegal to burn. worst air quality in the north bay. details on when you'll get relief from this chilly wither in 15 minutes. >>> let's get to christie smith live in san francisco. the cold is starting to wear on people. >> reporter: yeah that's right. now that the sun is gone it feels even colder here in

issued one a couple of hours ago but it's still in effect along stretches of 101 and parts of contra costa countyffecting traffic on 680. also 24 and smaller roads in contra costa county. highway 92 across the san mateo bridge both sides of the bridge starting to pick up speeds now. 13 to 14 minutes to get across the span. on the peninsula, sfo, everything looks great past san bruno down into the south bay. no delay. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> what caused a car to crash through the front door of a macy's store is still under investigation this morning. it happened at newpark mall in newark. kpix 5's kiet do is there. kiet. >> reporter: good morning. one man is still in critical condition after yesterday's crash and really this is not a good look for the macy's here. there's a huge hole in front of the front door plugged up with 15 by 15 feet of plywood out here. it is still a big mess inside. >>> reporter: it was 4:48 in the afternoon when this honda fit cut a path through the parking lot at the newpark mall and 80 feet into the ma

counties. with an annual salary of $97,000 per year, contra costa supervisors ranked last well below marin, san alameda and santa clara counties. the adjustment would increase contra costa's supervisors' salaries to $129,000 per year. $32,000 more than a state assembly member. >> there's no concept of what this job entails. >> reporter: this supervisor believes she and her colleagues deserve the increase. >> the vitriol against the board of supervisors that we don't do anything, we sit there, i actually had somebody write me and said if you work more than 40 hours a week it's only because you are out cutting ribbons. >> we agree you want to agree they should get a raise but

. >>> some good news in contra costa county. clayton's one and only fire station reopened today, and it will be staffed around the clock now it. the station closed in 2012 due to budget concerns. there were no layoffs but some firefighters did retire. now the county has hired 41 new firefighters. >>> it's taking patients longer to get help in emergency rooms in contra costa county. a report shows patients diverted from cash-strapped doctors medical center are packing other emergency rooms. dmc stopped accepting ambulance traffic last august. richmond kaiser medical center and alta bates in oakland are handling had the ambulances. response times are from 11 to 18 minutes for ambulances. >>> san francisco's version of the bachelorette has its finale today. self-proclaimed nerd girl stephanie robesky scored a nearly impossible reservation for two at a top rated restaurant in tokyo. she didn't have a date. so she put out an ad and many men applied. today she will pick a bachelor to join her in tokyo and she will pick up the tab for

. >>> contra costa county sheriff's deputies said three people sleeping in a home were robbed at gun point. it happened at 1:50 a.m. yesterday morning on crest avenue near highway 680. investigators say there were three robbers and one of them had a weapon. they woke up the people inside, threatened them and made off with valuables. deputies haven't released description. >>> a horrible discovery in san francisco. a headless torso in a suit case. ktvu's noelle walker is in san francisco where investigators are going through missing person cases to try find out if they could figure out who this person was. >> reporter: they are investigating this as a homicide but tonight police said they don't know that it is a homicide. they don't know if this person died of natural causes and the body was altered or they don't know where the crime occurred. they know this is a who done it and a who is it. >> reporter: crime scene tape and streets closed off for a police investigation are not unusual but the reason why this neighborhood became a crime scene is unusual. >> i couldn't believe. body par

the contra costa county d.a.'s office says more than 600 pictures and videos of children under 12 years old were found stored on a computer at his brentwood home. >> some people think that these are victimless crimes but they are not because viewers who watch child pornography create a marketplace for people to abuse children and place these images of these children on the internet. >> russell is currently gree on $150,000 bail. if convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. >>> investigators are now looking into the death of a 16- year-old foster child from antioch who was found dead in his bed last month. steven was prescribed the anti- depressant zoloft and the sedating antihistamine vistarel. but he didn't get medical care despite his grandmother's pleas. toxicology results are pending. >>> and officials at burton middle school are notifying parents about three students who overdosed on over the counter cough medicine. >> the 8th grade girls were taken to the hospital after they took up to 12 pills. the gi

. >>> the contra costa county da's office has decided it is not going to file charges against a richmond police officer who shot and killed a man last year. the shooting victim, 24-year- old richard perez was heavily intoxicated when he grabbed at officer jenson's gun outside a liquor store on the night of september 14. jenson opened fire. the da's office says he acted in self-defense. he is still facing a civil suit and an internal investigation. >>> two state firefighters were fired, another resigned after an investigation following a homicide. a cal fire academy instructor charged with murdering his girlfriend and then led police on a two-week man hunt. during the search for the man, allegations surfaced that firefighters with were having sex with prostitutes at the academy. in total, 16 firefighters were put on paid administration leave last month for violations that grew out of those sex allegations. >>> san francisco firefighters stationed on treasure island are dealing with more than just mold. rats and rat mites have now infested their living quarters. tara moriarty obtained docu

contra costa county. 680 from the benicia bridge not bad.0 and 85 we've had a couple minor noninjury accidents. but so far the general commute does look good. the time is 5:32. let's go back to the desk. >>> people who bought lottery scratcher tickets in san bruno you are getting a warning. they uncovered one man's scheme to figure out which lottery tickets were winners. ktvu janine de la vega is in san bruno this morning. you have all the details. good morning, janine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. investigators say the scam was going on here at this chevron station behind me. they say that a former manager here was using something sharp. like a pen to scratch off the bottom of a scratcher lottery ticket so that she could see a code. now investigators say that 27- year-old shib move staff fa used that code to see which ones were winners and which were losers. the person selling the lottery ticket has the ability to enter the code into the lottery system to check which one is the losers and which is the winner. that method of cheating is

. >>> this morning, contra costa county supervisors will give approval to repeal an ordinance that who is raised salaries by 33 percent. the ordinance created a hornet's nest of opposition for workers who fought for a 4 percent raise collecting 40,000 signatures for a repeal. the supervisors in contra costa county say they are the lowest paid in the state and this was not a raise but, rather a sal "adjustment." >> palo alto city council will consider raising pay 67 percent. that will boost the monthly stipend in $600 to $1,000 a month. the city council salaries have remain the same since 2011. if it is adopted it will not take effect for two years and will apply only to city council members who are going a new term. >> this flu season is making some hospitals impose restrictions on visitors and patients. two local hospitals are now asking anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms not to visit patients. they may >> visitors wear protective masks and allowing only those 16 and older to visit. the hospitals say children pose a higher health risk. this month, there have been four flu-related d

this commute in contra costa county still looks good. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> first it was black mold now san francisco firefighters on treasure island say they're dealing with another problem, rats and rat mites we're joined with the internal memos to the top brass that reveal the unsanitary conditions. >> they're similar to bed bugs, they feed off of rats, but they'll feed off of human blood. the trainers say they've been getting biten for weeks. they've obtained these documents and outlined the problem. they showed the training facilities silt where they say it's been infested with rats and rat mites. they say they've complained to the administration, but nothing is essentially being done about it now. this was sent to mark gonzalez yesterday. details how a pest inspector to come to the classroom to recover sticky traps that have shown a infestation of rat mites. he located and treated for rat mites through the vents and finding nests that need to be eradicated. they had to move out of their quarters because

supervisors in contra costa county were supposed to get a 33% raise beginning sunday, but ryan takeo shows us thousands of opponents say not so fast. >> you can't hide. we can see your greedy side. >> reporter: this group of contra costa county workers is angry and judges by the amount of signatures, a lot of others are too. the group known as 33% showed off 39,000 signatures in san martinez and delivered them to the clerk. the term of leadership to make sacrifices while you yourself are doing the opposite and pursuing self-enrichment. that's a crisis of leadership. >> reporter: if the group has 25,000 signatures, they must revisit the raise they approved a couple of months ago. if they don't undo it, it will go to a special election. the supervisors argue those ahead of them have approved of raises here and there and a 33% raise is overdue. >> we have been behind so long. >> reporter: county supervisors were the second worst paid in the bay area, but with their raise and a new salary of $129,000, they jump to the fourth high nest the region behind santa clara, alameda, and sonoma. t

contra costa county hazmat was notified. they respond to the scene, they work with san ramon fire and they rendered the scene safe. at that point there was a search warrant that was authored and the remainder of the residents were searched. >> reporter: police arrested oneman who was at home at the time. they identify him at 31-year- old ahmad soleman. he was on probation at the time. he is now facing numerous charges including cultivation of marijuana for sale. >>> sam licardo is getting sworn in as san jose's new mayor tonight. the ceremony just started. hours earlier licardo shared his first council meeting. there was also a friendly demonstration tonight. >> reporter: that is still going on. in fact, a group of homeless advocates some who lived at the homeless encampment the jungle they are here holding signs to highlight homelessness in the city. publish safety, economic development, among the issues for licardo's new role. sam licardo presided over the meeting of the new city council. >> we're all excited to get going.

today it's focusing its energy out towards parts of eastern solano, contra costa county.y it was over the bay from the bay bridge about alameda oakland south. not today. and there is a little bit of an easterly breeze which will make for a beautiful day on the coast. but around highway 4 also out to oakley, brentwood, concord, martinez, pleasant hill, benicia, that seems to be the focus so far. if you are stuck in that, that's a cold, cold fog. morning fog, sunny. the week ahead looks dry here. in fcket, it looks dry for a while unless we get rain. itnot look like it will be much. but it might make it to santa rosa north. although, i would be surprised if it makes anything south of that. last rain was christmas eve, december 4th. there is a possibility for this weekend. it looks weak and north. so the rainfall data for san francisco. we're just focusing on san francisco. january is usually the wettest month. january, february. 4.5 inches of rain is average. so far this january, steer row. not a drop. a little mist yesterday. but that can't click the gauge. 2014 was the tr

. >>> doctor at east contra costa county facing very serious charges. he's accused of possessing child pornography. 74-year-old dr. michael russell worked at this hospital before retiring. russell was arrested on friday charged with child pornography. the da's office says more than 600 photos and videos of children under the age of 12 years old were found stored on the computer at his home in brentwood. >> some people think these are victimless crimes but they are not. viewers who watch child pornography create a marketplace for people to abuse children and place these images of the children on the internet. >> now russell right now is free on $150,000 bail. if he is convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. >>> students are taking action against a plan tuition increase at uc. they passed a vote of no, ma'am confidence during its first meeting of the year. it will withhold confidence until uc president janet napolitano review their increase plans. >>> senior defense department official confirms the united states central commands twitter and youtub

in contra costa county, laura anthony. >> stand has been in contra costa county more than 30 years.ll it was one of four to receive part of a $2.6 million grant to help prevent domestic violence homicides. >>> happening today the oakland city council will meet in a rare saturday session to hear from residents and community groups about the black lives matter movement. the movement grew as a response to the deaths of several unarmed black men across the country last year n. oakland peaceful protests have often turned violence with windows being smashed and items set on fire. some of the protests have ended up on the freeways blocking traffic. a discussion begins at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. >>> authorities have tracked town more than $300,000 worth of wine stolen from the iconic restaurant french laundry. the bottles were taken on christmas day. bottles varied in price from several hundred dollars to near nearly $10,000 each. here is the bizarre part. yesterday the napa county investigators said they found 76 bottles at a private seller in greensboro, north carolina. but no a

contra costa county traffic has been very slow.r center. >> sal, run, don't walk. it -- it mels really good -- it smells really good. some of that fog -- i just -- really tough for some. visibility will be awful. about zero of visibility. other areas it's lifting a little bit. but i think most locations had to deal with some fog and that includes the coast, coaler. mostly sunny in the afternoon to partly sunny. the higher clouds up above slowly working their way out of the picture. but they will still with us for a mostly cloudy morning. some of the fog lifts and comes right back that's been the case for a couple of locations. 40s on the temperatures had a few 30s but the lows were noticeably cooler than yesterday. by a good 10 degrees. upper 30s for lakeport, low 40s a lot of fog around petaluma. calistoga reporting fog. santa rosa, it's all there. the valley fog is not moving anywhere any time soon until maybe thursday or friday. a lot of cloud cover. mostly cloudy and then partly sunny by this afternoon. thick fog, though. after

but the issue prompted a lawsuit by the contra costa county sheriff's deputies association. the union says it stems from a series of threats by two county supervisors who led the pay raise effort. >> this is exactly the type of behavior from government officials that citizens don't want to see. if the citizens have a problem with their local government officials, they should be able to speak up. they should be able to address the situation without fear of retaliation. >> the supervisors have ordered county staff to keep looking for other ways to increase their salaries. >>> big doings at sfo. the giants world series trophy is off to the big apple. >> yes. kpix 5's kiet do is live at the san francisco airport where all three trophies are on display and kiet, pretty cool to see them in person. >> reporter: i will tell you this is one of the most unusual live reports that we have ever done. we are on an airbus 320 sitting on the tarmac at gate 54 at sfo and check this out. the 2014 world series trophy is sitting right here flying first class white leather seats, live tv, um, thi

in contra costa county, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> stand! in contra costa county tore more than 40 years. last year they received a $2.6 million grant to prevent domestic violence homicide. they were one of four in the country to receive that grant. 6:14 is the time. >>> happening today the oakland city council will meet with a rare saturday session to hear from residents and community groups about the "black live matter" movement. the movement grew out of the response of several unarmed black men across the country last year. in oakland peaceful protests have turned violent with items smashed and things set on fire. some of the protests have ended up on freeways, blacking traffic. discussion begins at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. >> bad news for bart riders who use e-cigarettes. the board has given approval to put a ban on vaping devices. it would go into effect on february 12th. that's when the board is expected to give it their final approval. they have had complaints about people using e-cigarettes inside trains. >> authorities trac

in contra costa county, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> stand slight has been in contra costa county tore 40 years. last year they received a $2.6 million grant to prevent domestic violence homicide. >>> happening today the oakland city council will meet with a rare saturday session to hear from community groups about the black lives movement t grew out of the response of several unarmed black men across the country last year. in oakland peaceful protests have turned violent with items smashed and things set on fire. some have blocked traffic. discussion begins at 1:00 this afternoon at city hall. >> bad news for bart riders who use e-cigarettes. the board has given approval to put a ban on vaping devices. it would go into effect on februaryth. that's when the the council is expected to give their final approval. >> authorities tracked down more than $300,000 of wine stolen from from an iconic restaurant. they were taken christmas day. the bottle vary if price from several hundreds to nearly $10,000 each. the investigator said they found 76 bottle at a private seller in north carolina, bu

in all, the contra costa county fire protection district says the fines caused more than 300- thousand dollars in damages. live in martinez philippe djegal, kron four news. pam moore>>: jack del rio is the new head football coach for the oakland raiders. he worked as the head coach for the jacksonville jaguars. before working as the defensive coordinator for the denver broncos. the bay area native grew up playing football at hayward high school. the memories he made back then have not been forgotten. del rio's records are still hanging from a sign in the men's locker room. today. he remains an integral part of the hayward football alumni association. only on four tonight. newly minted oakland mayor libby schaaf. meeting with the oakland raiders and league officials today. to press the n-f-l to keep the team in oakland. the mayor spoke to us after the hours- long meeting at raider team headquarters in alameda. mayor schaaf did not specify whether the city and county are still considering the "coliseum city" plan. which was favored by former mayor jean quan. the san francisco 49ers also

. >>> debate in contra costa county after supervisors decided to give themselves a raise. ob roth tells us union workers in the county are not happy at all. >> reporter: for months contra costa county public employee unions have been trying to stop them from collecting a 33% pay increase. >> we are barely coming out of the great recession and the most we got was 4%. they stepped to the front of line and gave themselves a 33% raise. >> reporter: union representatives delivered 39,000 signatures from voters today. that is more than the 25,000 needed to force them to reverse the pay raise or let voters decide. >> for them to not have the care or feelings about the workers and their well being. we are all struggling. >> this is one of the most unpleasant tasks we have had to face. >> reporter: last october the board of supervisors voted to raise their salaries from $97,000 a year to $129,000 a year. that would have made them the 4 4th highest pay in the 9 bay area counties. now the signatures may force the board to back pedal. >> we are not going to send it to the ballot. >> re

reporter: a 33% pay increase expected to take effect next week caused friction between the contra costa county board of supervisors and unions representing its public employees. >> this is the same board that asked the county employees to make tremendous sacrifice over the last seven years. >> it seems a little bit unfair and hypocritical. >> reporter: a petition to block the pay raise was submitted. if enough of the 39,000 signatures can be verified, the issue will be turned back to the board. >> there is more going on here than the simple anger over what some perceive as a raise. i call it an adjustment. we are the lowest paid of all the supervisors in the bay area given our population. >> i have great respect for my fellow supervisors. sometimes we have to agree to disagree. >> candice anderson was the lone discenter when it came to voting for the bump in salary. >> it was the right thing to do. in this case where we have over 9,000 county employees that every day work very, very hard to implement the policies we as the board set, when we can only give them a 4% raise, it did to the seem fa

san francisco residents more than 30 and contra costa county more than 34 minutes. >> the longest commutesngly are found in places like eastern contra costa county like antioch, oakley, brentwood by and large have the longest commute times. >> reporter: those who use caltrain average 42 minutes getting to and from work. another tidbit, our commutes are still better than those southern mayor metropolitan areas including new york, dc and l. a. frank back to you. >> one of the benefits of working 3:00 to 11:00, you don't have to deal with the commute. >>> sega said it will move operations from its building at the foot of potrero hill to southern california. the move is expected to be completed -- we talked to one gamer tonight who called sega the god father of video games. >> it would be like sega actually leaving the city like dying. but what are you going to do, it's the industry. >> the company has had its struggles lately. it also said it's going to offer early retirements to almost 300 employees most of them in europe. >>> and there's a new controversy surrounding the owner of a cafe. an

. >>> a 36% pay increase that the contra costa county council members approved for themselves is not g over well. the board chair says they deserve the increase. for months, contra costa county public employee unions have been trying to stop members of the board of council members from passing a pay raise. it seems this box of petitions may make that happen. >> the most we got was 4%. they stepped to the front of the line and give themselves a 33% rate. that's unfair. >> reporter: workers delivered signatures to the court clerk. that's more than 5,000 needed to stop the pay raise. >> it's unconsciousable for them not to have the care for workers. we're all struggling here. >> this is the most unpleasant task we've had to face. >> reporter: the supervisors voted 4-1 to raise their salaries to just over $129,000 a year. that would have made them the fourth payest paid supervisors in the bay area. neither signatures must still be validated they forced the board to back pedal. >> we're not going to send it to the ballot. that's a waste of taxpayer dollars. >> reporter: in that case, the b

the contra costa county board of supervisors today repealed an ordinance that would have given each of them a 33% pay hike. back in october, you might recall, the supervisors voted to raise their own annual pay from $97,000 to $129,000 per year. the supervisors say they have the second lowest salary in the bay area and that even taking a pay cut during the recession. opponents were in the process of trying to overturn that raise. the supervisors say they'll look for other options when they meet again next week. >>> san francisco on the road to picking up more commuters. the city announced today it will add 40 more light rail cars to muni's fleet, on top of the 175 that were already approved last year. the addition will help alleviate jam-packed trains. plus, the new ones will last ten times longer and need far fewer repairs. commuters can look forward to riding the new fleet of cars by the end of next year. >>> social media comes through again. this time it helps reunite mochi, the stolen pit bull with her san francisco owner. mochi disappeared during a break-in on friday and was later

the chp says contra costa county sheriff's deputies called off the chase before the crash happened.one man avoided getting hit. >> i didn't know, i thought somebody side swiped somebody and it caused the accident. but you could hear sirens and they were not far behind. >> witnesses say one of the two suspects tried to run after the crash before being taken away in a ambulance. two other drivers are hospitalized. the contra costa county sheriff's office says it started when a deputy tried to pull over the stolen car. investigators say the suspects may have been involved in a shoplifting incident at a store. >>> a catholic monastery in san jose is grieving the loss of one of its members that was killed yesterday in a car crash. he died in a collision sunday morning as he was on his way to visit his brother in san francisco. he was a member of the monastery in san jose. he was a native of san francisco and had lived at the monastery since he became a priest in 1992. before that he worked for bank of america. a spokesman said he was a quiet man and did whatever they needed. the chp says

in contra costa county. >> last year they received a $4.2 million grant to prevent domestic violence homicides. >>> and the serial killer who police say killed five victims the zodiac killer claimed he killed 32 others, but now, reporter vic lee says there is a new theory on who the zodiac killer is. >> reporter: in september 1999, a man killed one person, the police confirmed this was a zodiac killing. at the time l.a. publicist chris harris was making a documentary about the zodiac and he went to napa, he was sitting in a diner not far from another customer. >> then he turned around and said do you have any idea what it's like to know you have to kill? no i didn't say a word. i sat there in terror. >> reporter: decades went by and last year, this book, "the most dangerous" was published. this man claimed his father was the zodiac. chris harris was stunned. >> but this is the man in the diner. >> reporter: harris says he has further proof that best is the zodiac. in 1969 the cab driver paul stine, was killed in san francisco. days later, the zodiac sent a letter saying he did it alo

in contra costa county. >> last year they received a $4.2 million grant to prevent domestic violence homicides. >>> and the serial killer who police say killed five victims the zodiac killer claimed he killed 32 others, but now, reporter vic lee says there is a new theory on who the zodiac killer is. >> reporter: in september 1999, a man killed one person, the police confirmed this was a zodiac killing. at the time l.a. publicist chris harris was making a documentary about the zodiac and he went to napa, he was sitting in a diner not far from another customer. >> then he turned around and said do you have any idea what it's like to know you have to kill? no i didn't say a word. i sat there in terror. >> reporter: decades went by and last year, this book, "the most dangerous" was published. this man claimed his father was the zodiac. chris harris was stunned. >> but this is the man in the diner. >> reporter: harris says he has further proof that best is the zodiac. in 1969 the cab driver paul stine, was killed in san francisco. days later, the zodiac sent a letter saying he did it alo

a contra costa county fire station is back open two years after it was shut down because of budget cuts. it is center street. ktvu's rob roth is live with what allowed the station oo reopen. rob -- to reopen. rob? . >> the clayton fire station is back online, fully staffed and ready to roll. >> reporter: firefighters were checking their engine today at station 11 in downtown clayton. for the first time in 2-1/2 years the station is open for business. >> it is good to be back. >> reporter: this is the only fire station, it was one of four the contra costa county fire prevention district closed in 2012 with stations in martinez, pittsburg and lafayette. >> when recession hit that had a big effect. proper values is how we receive taxes. >> reporter: with an improving economy, the fire district elected to reopen clayton because it is near wild landslide. >> we -- wild lands. >> we have responses to the south and east of here, which is a rural area. so that played into the decisions. >> reporter: when clayton was closed the nearest station was in concord six miles away. >> isolated. so it is

the contra costa county investigating sheriff department is out here looking into the shooting.on sunday creek the liquor license was suspended today the nightclub was warned in regards to the potential of issues that could occur. >> reporter: our attempt to reach the club owner for comment was unsuccessful. maureen kelly crop for newsprint >> reporter: and out of control vehicle drove right into the macy's retells corporate she is thankful to be alive. >> that is not me. i am not gone. kress >> reporter: in into the front door driving almost 50 ft. inside of the car before the vehicle came to a stock. kron 4 news. --stock. s >> reporter: non union pacific says they will clear the site on january 21st the people that we speak with a system will be out of here before that time creek where they will go? they do not know. >> reporter: after a very wet november and december, california has gone dry. the u.s. drought monitor released a map on thursday setting california is still dealing with an exceptional and extreme drought conditions. the water resource departments is statewide th

pam moore>>: contra costa county sheriff's deputies are looking for three suspects. who broke into a house in alamo, and robbed residents at gunpoint early yesterday morning. the three threatened the family, demanded valuables and left soon after. deputies responded to the robbery around just before two o'clock in the morning. and set up a perimeter. they used a police k-9 to try and find the suspects. but were not successful. the three suspects are still at large. new at 11. three men are under arrest. suspected in an armed convenience store robbery and shooting that left one man seriously injured in san pablo. this is surveillance video of. the robbery last wednesday at the bonfare market. you can see the men climb over the counter and make demands at the clerk. the clerk complies. but the men still shoot at him. he was hit twice. police arrested samson tatum of concord on tuesday. and today. investigators arrested two oakland men also suspected in the robbery. berkeley police are trying to track this man. he is accused in a strong -arm robbery involving an 83- yea

we talked about contra costa county.it light on 680 from 242 as you drive down into the alamo and danville area. it's a little bit slow as you can see. if we move down part of the 880 freeway is also slow from 238 as you head down to fremont, the scene of some earlier problems on the freeway. but again a touch, not a lot, but just a touch lighter than usual still on this week after the holidays. 8:17. let's go to steve. we'll have some nice weather, i hear. >> we are indeed. better than most of the country. a little bit of a breeze for a few. if you are in on the breeze, it can be about 15, 20 miles an hour. occasionally maybe a cloud or two coming up from the south. it will be sunny, nice, mild to warm. in'. sunny and warm. this will be the warmest day of the week. thursday continued nice. clouds roll in. it will be cooler. we'll see temperatures get back up. closer to where they shouldable. clear skies, breezy for a few. sunny for everybody and it will be mild to warm even though the lows are all over the place. 30s, 4

some shops opens -- -- [ indiscernible ] >>> a short time ago the contra costa county board of supervisors rescinded their 33% face hike in the face of public pressure. the vote was unanimous following a backlash of county employees and citizens. union members had delivered thousands of signatures calling for a referendum. next week supervisors will consider new options for a raise presumably smaller [ indiscernible ] >>> focus of protests in santa cruz last month the city council voted to accept a quarter million grant from the department of homeland security to help pay for the police vehicle. >> the counterattack truck will gather outside city hall at 4:00. >>> the oakland raiders could be zeroing in on a new head coach. denver broncos defensive coordinator jack del rio is going to have a second interview. he is a hayward native and his parents have raiders season tickets. meanwhile the 49ers are expected to interview adam gase for a second time today. >>> it is hard to get into the uc campuses. there are more freshman applications this year. uc wants to add 5,000 more in state students

>>reporter: 2 most after they gave themselves a 33 percent pay increase it looks like contra costa county supervisors may vote to rescind it. that is thanks to the effort of opponent most of them county workers who have submitted 39 workers who have submitted 39,000 signatures on petition demanding the board reverse the vote. >> asking others within the county to make sacrifices while you yourself are doing quite the opposite and pursuing self enrichment that's a crisis of leadership. >>reporter: supervisor karen mitchell says she will likely vote to resend but maintenance she and her colleagues deserve the increase. >> when people are constantly telling you that your job is worth nothing and you don't do anything and you don't deserve it and that goes to all of us that's a little hard to take. >>reporter: in november supervisor voted 4-1 to ascrews their own annual pay to be commensurate with other bay area counties. with annual salary of 97,000 dollars per year cocoa supervisors rank last. well below marin, san francisco, san mateo, alameda and santa clare counties. adjustment would inc

parts of eastern solano and parts of contra costa county. and then it will burn off. it will be sunny here and looks really nice by the coast. that is the fog which is working its way back over from the delta and san pablo bay. 30s for many here. a lot more 30s. wood side is at 35. menlo park, palo alto. 39 san mateo and foster city. these are all running cooler than yesterday. high pressure is just says nope i'm until charge and nothing is coming in here any time soon. sunny and mild. patchy thick fog though. 60s for highs. unless you are stuck in the fog then you can see upper 50s for some. here is sal with an update. still on the south bay? >> yeah we have been looking at that. and we've been looking at the east bay. we are trying to cover the whole thing. as you know and steve knows because he listens to what i say. the commute start is really getting thick. here we are at 6:02 and you can see it for yourself. a little bit more traffic. more traffic but not a lot of stop and go traffic on the east shore freeway. bay bridge toll plaza as you come up to the pay gate

two bay area families and their newborns now have in common when it comes to highway 24 in contra costa county. >> if you ride bart into san francisco you need to be warned about a protest that will be happening in just about a half an hour from now. it's a demonstration over police violence. it will get started at 7:00 this morning. we'll tell you how police are preparing for this action. >> and right now we're looking at the roads and it does seem as though more people are out than on a normal friday. especially in some of the east bay commutes. here in the south bay 280 looks good. >> some rain up to the north from about windsor north. mendocino county and lake county. fog to the east. what about the weekend? more sun or more clouds? >>> good morning. welcome back. you are looking live at the montgomery street bart station in san francisco. we are there because if you ride bart, be prepared for the possibility of big delays during this morning's commute. not what you want to hear fist thing on a friday morning. coming up in two minutes alex savidge is out there now. he will tell you more ab

it has happened again, another baby born on highway 24 in contra costa county.hp posted this picture of what they're now calling the miracle highway. the latest birth happened a couple of hours ago during the evening commute. the proud new dad pulled over to the shoulder near interstate 680 and his wife gave birth to a healthy baby boy and we're told that mom, dad and baby are doing just fine. this is the second birth on highway 24 in just the past two days. ktvu's rob roth spoke to the first set of parents who's son was delivered right there on the shoulder of the road yesterday morning. >> it is said that all babies are miracles. >> all right. >> but that's especially true in the case of little gabriel just ask his parents. >> you know i looked down at him and it's just amazing. >> reporter: gabriel all 6 pounds and seven ounces was resting fine with his mom and dad. but the hospital is not where he was born. the story of his arrival begins yesterday morning when his mother was having labor pains at home in el cebrante. so they got in their toyota for the half

. >>> a doctor in contra costa county is facing serious charges for allegedly possessing child pornographyce manager said dr. russell had recently retired and other doctors were handling his cases. he was arrested last friday after prosecutors said they found more than 600 pictures and videos of children under 12 at russell's home in brentwood. he is currently free on bail. >>> san francisco police say a store security video should help track down the gunman who shot down two people in a convenience store. the shooting happened after 1:00 p.m. at the store in the tenderloin. police say the gunman fired on a man who was assaulting a woman inside that store. the victim suffered life- threatening injuries, and the store owner was hit by a stray bullet, but is expected to recover. the woman has not been found. >>> new information tonight on a pedestrian who was hit, and killed by a car in san jose last week. the county coroner identified the victim as 53-year-old harrold wilcox. authorities say he was a transient. the incident occurred near the castle end motel just after the highway near san

the second zone under the freeze warning is contra costa county. meda county as we have been mentioning are you want to cover sensitive plants and bring the pets inside. temperatures not expected to be in the teens, probably won't have too many problems with pipes at this point. you can see on the wind future cast this is our next problem. this huge dome of cold air sitting across california. there's not a whole lot of motion in the atmosphere. so calm winds

we'll see isolated areas of alameda and contra costa county. we do think it will be across the east bay. also marin, napa counties. we'll see rapid clearing by 10:00 and 11:o 0 in the morning. any areas with fog will have sunshine and sunny skies throughout 4:30 in the afternoon. they get a little bit of cloud cover, possibly towards half moon bay as well. we'll take you into the overall micro connick forecast throughout your thursday. sunnier conditions expected in san jose 69 degrees. it's very comfortable and enjoyable enjoyable. if we can't get the rainfall i guess we could call it -- for the peninsula 66 expected in pacifica. palo alto, sunny skies. for san francisco, forest hill the marina low to mid-60s. breeze off the bay may at times trickle in areas of clouds. i think for so many a, downtown at 68. north bay, east bay and tri-valley biggest, napa and santa rosa. -- a dry north wind into that micro climate keeping you warmer. otherwise the try valley 67 in pleasanton. stays dry for saturday and sunday on the extended forecast. saturday

first of all we will start with a problem in contra costa county highway 4.ntwood. let me read it right from the list. it's highway 4 at ball four. it's a crash involving a head on collision. now one lane of the highway is two lanes there. one direction is closed so they are doing single traffic control there. and it's causing a big delay in the brentwood area. this is not effecting highway 4 in antioch which is heading west toward concord. the commute direction. if you are driving through brentwood or that area, you will see some delays. let's go to live pictures now. this is a look at the westbound bay bridge. traffic is okay here. no major problems coming through and all of the lanes getting into san francisco and also this morning if you are driving in san jose northbound 280, 87, 85 were off to a good start. at 5:19 let's go to today's weather and here is steve. >>> we do have setting up this is the pattern we usually see when we get the valley fog and high pressure kicks in. that is the fog creeping back in from the east. from the valley. sacramento has

this is the commute in contra costa county. highway 24 in the east bay.re heading > low gas prices are helping people as shippers pass on the savings they get at the pump. bay + gas and road star trucking expects $200,000 ;$( savings. >> d> the price of gas is $2.60. that is more than a dollar lower than a year ago. ride sharing drivers say they are also reaping the benefits of more affordable gas. >>> police in ].nnzhsan francisco are investigating a shooting that injured two inside a convenience store. it happened after 1:00 p.m. this afternoon. according to police the gunman opened fire on a man who was assaulting a female inside the store. the man suffered life threatening injuries. the store n't find the woman or the gunman but they have a good jp$ idea of where they might be. >>> quoit tower is so a drone could shoot a commercial. a grou

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and two in contra costa county. and a number of babies are now being quarantined. out of fear they may have come in contact with measles -- at a local hospital. kron 4's annie andersen spoke with an east bay mother. who was told to keep her six- month- old baby isolated. >>annie anderson:when livia simon went to kaiser on january 2nd, to be checked out for a cold everything seemed normal. at least until 2 days later when her mother, jennifer got a call from the doctors office saying livia could be at risk for the measles. >>:"they said she could besometime when we were there." >>annie anderson:at 6 months old livia is too young to get the measles vaccine. the doctor gave her an immunity boost to help fight off the virus. the county also decided to take precautions >>:"then on friday we got a call from the county. that's like the world." >>annie anderson:the simons are following the voluntary quarantine. there is still a week left of that quarantine but the simons are optomistic that livia won't get the measles. >>:"she's not had any symptoms at all 10 to 12 days."

then we can pull out the numbers truly associated with san francisco versus alameda county and contra costa county or sonoma county. i think those were some of the counties listed in the regional listing. another example would be the construction jobs. the tables indicate numbers of jobs and their titled construction jobs. there is a footnote that makes it clear that they also include indirect i think, so they're not all construction jobs and part of the reason why in the commentings we said the numbers look big to us in the construction in our experience and it needs to be clear to the reader they're not construction and construction indirect induced outcomes. >> what would that be a construction job versus a indirect induced job? >> i think the report blends the two so the folks actually working the manpower hours to construct the facility that's being referenced i would call a construction job and then jobs that are not actually job site employment but are perhaps equipment or services because there's -- a cup of coffee the kree chief buys while they're there those are indirect jobs. >> so the

contra costa county supervisors are rescinding a big salary increase. >> thanks for joining us. >>> the supervisors veto take ambassador the pay hike they gave themselves comes after a huge public uproar. amy hollyfield is at the county administration building in martinez. has the vote happened yet? >> they passed a motion, kristen to rescind the salary increase and will have a second reading of it next week. this morning there was plenty of defensiveness and scolding and laughter at one of the supervisors. they voted to give themselves a 33 percent raise which trigger add wave of anger. the supervisors say they have not had a raise since 2007 and they conduct add salary survey before coming up with the figure. the people were so upset they started a petition campaign collecting about 40,000 signatures and convinced the board to come back to the drawing table and rescinded the increase today. they got scolded in public comment but supervisors say they do need a raise. >> today's reconsideration of that ill conceived ordinance is a good step forward, it never should have come to this. if