grateful to it for hosting this event and for being a center of education in scholarship in downtown richmond. based on the feedback we received from last year's person of the year 1861 symposium, i think it's safe to say that this person of the year series is becoming a signature event of the continuing commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the civil war. as chairman of the museum, i'm obligated to remind everybody we are a member-supported institution. to learn more about the museum and our activities please go to www.moc.org to become a member, renew your membership, make a donation, and also to learn more about our grand opening on march 31st of our $10 million new exhibit -- new museum, excuse me, to open. it's a great building. it's going to be a great museum experience. and it's really going to allow us to expand our mission and our reach to people from across the country and the world. let me introduce to you waite rawls, the president of the museum. i hope you have a great day and thanks for coming. [ applause ] >> good morning, everybody. and welcome to 1862. today we're going to

descriptions in the "richmond enquirer" they suited themselves up nicely and pranced around downtown richmond. but there was no fund, early on, that that money should go to the benefit of the war effort. or that it should establish credits overseas for the purchase of -- of weapons and other materiel. which is exactly why the confederate government felt that it needed to get involved in this. not only did it require certain percentages of the cargo to carry government owned cotton to get credits overseas so it could buy material to be brought in. but by late 1864, davis actually took over blockade running, the ships were commanded by confederate officers. and, all of that money, by then, of course, very late in the war. all of that money did go to the benefit of the confederate government. but by late 1864, the government was already in trouble financially. the great assistance overseas was through the trenholn and prelow exchange company that advanced credits in liverpool, to the confederate government so they could make those purchases. blockade running, especially in the first, 2, 2 1/2 ye

downtown oakland. be wet as the meet director of richmond.peninsula shows that we have a majority of the weather leaving the peninsula right now. that lead you easy ride as we head towards the morning commute. let's take a quick look at future test to see how this will develop. we're looking for the possibility of light rain around the bay area. it breaks up around noon. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. through friday, on an offshore activity. saturday and sunday looks awfully nice. third >>george: it is a pretty easy ride around the bay area and perhaps another commute full of spring break traffic. that is what we saw yesterday, in light ride around the bay area and so far no hot spots for your commute. south the commute looked and on highway 92 eastbound and westbound. this is the commute direction on the right side. the golden gate 101 southbound coming in from marin county is problem free. like traffic conditions here, interstate 80 showing green for the entire stretch, so is 680 and through the san ramon valley for walnut cre

maybe it might be okay with residents downtown but i know in outer richmond people are outraged like i am. >> abc 7 news enquired about the truck's whereabouts. there is wayne freedman asking that question but received no comment. supervisor mar issued a couple warnings saying he intends to draft a new policy preventing the trucks from parking in suburban neighborhood. >> a mystery tonight at marine mammal center, under nourished baby seals showing up in huge numbers thchl is trudy, having trouble learning how to ee. he's separated from his mother. and there are other pups just like him. right now workers at the center are treating twice as many baby seals and are not sure what is going on. >> some animals are actually impacted by human actions. so... here we're able to provide care they need and give them that chance back in the ocean. >> there is probably going to need more this year, also more medicine and volunteers. >> tonight another update on the whale in southern california with a rescue boat in tow. stay with us to see if they're making progress. >> whoo do you have planned

all of the cloud cover that we are seeing, temperatures on the warmer side. 51 in richmond, the same for oakland and downtown san francisco. i will have a look at your 7 day around the day forecast coming up in my next report. >>mark: we have team coverage of the weather around the bay. yoli eceves is live in an early game along 101. >>yoli: we are catching a break from the rain right now. the wind has calmed down, but there is still a lot of standing water. that is something the drivers should be careful of. >>will: look at my windshields. it is basically one sheet of water. not only is the rain coming down suddenly, it is coming down heavily. if you are leaving your house this morning, give yourself that extra cup of coffee, you will be in for quite a battle as i am right now. >>mark: the good news is the heavy rain is winding down. >>george: to left lanes are blocked at capitol ave. aha cost in this is the southbound side that we're closest to. >> applications have old vault in a recent weeks. numbers out today are suggesting that there is caution about hiring. dow futures dropping this morning on the new

downtown south san francisco. along the east bay shore richmond 65, 68 oakland to fremont at 70, east bay valleys mid to upper 70s,upper 70s in brentwood. low to mid 60s carmel and monterey. low to mid 70s monterey and santa cruz mid to upper 70s, morgan hill, gilroy and hollister. stray shower possible tahoe same chico 71, rain eureka 5, central valley mid to upper 70s. 94 today in palm springs. won the game last night giants did over the phillies 4-2. today the third game of the match, cool and dry 7:15, 61° dropping to 56. upper 40s palo alto, morgan hill, santa cruz, santa rosa, everybody else in the low to mid 50s tomorrow. storm track to our north close enough for that rain in the north sections of our state under the influence of the warm front and the warmer air that it brings. it will kickoff high clouds warm air invection clouds today. mostly sunny tomorrow warming trend will start to ramp up inland 80 tomorrow inland probably won't hit 80 around the bay until saturday mid 60s at the coast will hold on to the 80s inland sunday and then temperatures choser to average monday and tuesday. have a great day.

mid-60's for downtown san francisco and richmond. the five degrees warmer than the seasonal average. there is a little bit of warm-up slated until tomorrow. it is expected '70s by the 11:00 hour. we are flirting with 84 look of lot of locations. into the weekend it looks like the warm weather will stick around through the weekend. there is nothing of sunshine for the next string of days. the temperatures in the upper 80s for the inland spot, low inland's for round of pay double-low eighties for around the bay. this note but up from -- this no doubt come ski report. four or more affirmation and these resorts go to www.snowbomb.com. >> there is some heated testimony at the capitol building. it ended with mark klaas storming out of the building. he storms out after the public safety committee killed two bills that would speed up the duck penalty. clast did say that some of the words he used may have offended some of the people on the committee. >> >>darya: let's get a bead will be a badly >> let's show you something really quick member

you can see dry conditions for parts of san francisco, ocean beach, the richmond district, light rain in downtownan francisco surgeon of laydowns a redwood city. you can see areas of moderate intensity over the altamont pass. as we take it up to the north bay, dry conditions the santa rosa coming down highway 1 01 down through san rafael. future cast 4 shows that by 6:00 a.m. we could see some heavy rain. partly sunny skies into the afternoon. we do have the potential for thunderstorms later this afternoon. as we head into friday we will be dealing with a little bit of wet weather here and there. we will see rain hugging the coast line, heavier in intensity. >>george: we are continuing to monitor conditions in oakland. we have the looking at potential hot spot with a vehicle on its roof in the macarthur maze jeff serious 5 we are also getting more that there could be a problem in the south bay as the drive northbound on highway one a waterbury is a row. >>mark: the man responsible and a dui hit and run it was back in a sense of this court room for sentencing. here is video from the scene back on

downtown. green light it for basically everyone, 81, 70, 95 between richmond and baltimore. i want to show you a couple pictures. 395, traffic headed away from us shape on dry pavement at the 14th street bridge. rockville is our final camera. is beautiful. this is the mixing bowl. 355, a smooth transition. now to the weather. >> we will take it here. it's. of a clot on dot amazing pictures from north texas. is 5:00 on the dot. >> more than a dozen people injured in texas. they took cover as the tornadoes approached. the car started shaking like this. i started setting jesus! >> some neighborhoods have of a curfew. the storms damaged more than 100 airplanes at dulles airport. >> the weather affected flights there and and other parts of the country including in our region. brianne carter is live at reagan national airport where some passengers were left scrambling out a backup plan. >> yes and some this morning are still feeling that. there's still one flight to dallas. airlines 6:00ican a.m. flight that is cancelled this morning. still scheduled on time for those headed to da

so warming up pretty nicely along the delta, holding on to the upper 40s for places like richmond and downtownrancisco. as we take a look at what is coming up next, it looks like we'll see the mostly sunny conditions. temperatures are at least at, or if not above the seasonal average. take a live look here as you can see 70s for fairfield and santa rosa and the same goes for sunnyvale. we'll see more coasts alone -- we'll see more sunshine along the coastline. as we head into the middle of the week, we do have some changes to talk about. temperatures could drop by as much as 10 degrees. we do have a slight potential for some rain. in fact, future cast shows 11:00 on tuesday evening we'll start to see a sprinkle right around the santa rosa highway right around 101. and that will blanket the bay area. as we advance the clock into the overnight hours, potentially at 3:00 a.m., you could see a band of rain over the delta area, oakland, portions of the peninsula. but it looks like we will start to dry things out and lift in the way of the cloud cover. so looking ahead, it looks like we will continu

napa and fairfield, all getting to the 80s, and then about low 70s along the shores. 72 for richmond, 69 for downtownrancisco. a little cooler on the bay, and then upper 70s on the south bay. i'll have your full week ahead coming up in the next forecast, but for now still ahead on news weekend, an arrest has been made on the hit-and-run that injured two bicyclists, and we'll have an update. >>> plenty of sunshine, traffic moving nice and easy this early saturday morning. we'll be right back. >>> police have made an arrest in a case of two bicyclists hit that happened wednesday afternoon. officials say that the driver reported his car as stolen to oakland police after the crash. police arrested him on charges of possession of heroin, ammunition, felony hit-and-run and probation violation. now a closer look at the video. >>reporter: two guys were riding bikes in berkley, and the bike rider behind this one actually has a camera mount onto his bike. you can see the wheel there, handlebars there. they're on tunnel road near the entrance to highway 24. you can see they're clearly on the shoulder, not in a

downtown area, east of the van ness. and another set of meetings in the fillmore area. richmond as well. there will be a focus on the major nodes in each of these four segments. a potential option to fill the underpass. the masonic intersection which is very complex. in the western terminus will be engaging with washington high school and the school community on that part of the corridor. we are available, and we will be making the rounds to the various community groups and ensuring multi-lingual access and materials. the draft eis/eir would continue falling this round of outreach. we hope in the spring of 2013, and that maintains our schedule to small starts, the federal program later that year. the pdm partnership project is a reference to a climate strategy grant received from mtc. we're working with the department of environment, planning to permit, and sfmta on ways to figure out how the city and the players can work together to reduce vehicular trips-making and to reduce the carbon emissions from trips. in this area, we're working with cpmc and kaiser permanente a and ucsf and the

downtown. 56 for the high temperature. highs in the lower 80's on a weekend. >> travel times in our favor. driving on 95 between richmondre, and in good shape on the beltway between the wilson bridge and 95. across the american legion bridge is spectacular. nice and quiet in loudoun county on the greenway, the toll road, 66 between centreville and the beltway. a good run along 270 between father hurley and 495. 50 in maryland is just fine. the beltway at colesville road headlights are the outer loop. not much happening on the inner loop right now. if we will keep an eye on mass transit once they start to kick off for the morning, so stick around. back to news. >> it is a little chilly out there this morning. >> the last day of school could come earlier than expected for students in fairfax county. what the school board is expected to vote tonight? . >> a while descending to the search for a bank robbery suspect >> the man charged with killing for a teenager trayvon martin could make his first court appearance today. george zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder now in connection with the 17-year- old's death in fe

richmond san rafael to the bay bridge. off the golden gate bridge down towards park presidio and 16th, 19th, you can go left on california and geary to get downtown "sig alert" 680 closed both directions until further notice. amy is reporting for us between burnell ansa noel. alternates would be highway 84 to get around or foothill boulevard. that "sig alert" 680 big rig crash at sunol is tying things up. hopefully they will get a couple of those southbound lanes open shortly we go to katie now with a live report on the doyle drive. >> let's do right that the new doyle drive detour on track to reopen in less than a half hour. >> details now from katie marzullo at the scene. >> reporter: good morning. we'll walk you through the details to let you know what you need to know to have a safe commute. behind us at the construction we've been here about 45 minutes. when we go on scene there was still construction going on trucks were making noise makes you think, are they really going to be open at 5? it is quiet out here. that does lend itself to the notion which the spokesperson told me they are on schedule to open at 5 a.m.. take a look at this video

downtown san francisco. keep that in mind. there is illegal left turn sign on california but we'll keep you posted on that. other detours are heading to the richmond-san rafael bridge down to the bay bridge, right now at the toll plaza things are light. you are good to go no matter which detour you take right now. >> terry: thanks very much. great to have you on this saturday. >> at age 75 the gd bridge is looking good thanks to ongoing earthquake safety upgrades. but it is unsafe seismically. heather ishimaru has more on that. >> reporter: the fire department was here doing tests right outside the new tunnel. it will go into use on monday carrying both directions on monday. when the project is completed in 2016 it will carry southbound traffic only. in a major earthquake the tunnel walls are designed so there might be damage but no collapse. seismic retrofitting was rejected with a frighteningly low safety rating. >> 2. it's pretty low. out of the inventory of all the bridges in california. it's probably the lowest. >> reporter: replacement will require demolition of the structure. first phase with take place at record speed with a if you are ful

richmond and san roof fell bridge is not too bad. the bay bridge is backed up on the upper deck. heading into downtown francisco, heading towards the skyway. we have been talking about ferry service, the other great option. doubling up very service between marin and san francisco all weekend long. city streets are expecting big delays. especially on the park presidio boulevard approached heading towards 101, that will be the only route to head into the golden gate bridge. 19 avenue, calif., the bottom line is to stay away. >> you can find alternate routes and real-time traffic mess on cbssf.com. when you are in your car, tune into kcbs 740 a.m., 106.9 fm. ,,,,,,,, [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin... [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the doctor told me i had two brain aneurysms and that one of them had ruptured. [ female announcer ] fortunately, she was treated at sutter health's california pacific medi

mid to upper 60s downtown and south san francisco microclimate along bodega bay, inland 15 to 20 degrees warmer low to mid 70s. low to mid 70s east bay from berkeley 70 fremont 75 richmondo upper 70s east bay valleys first signs of 80 antioch and brent food -- and brentwood. mid to upper 70s -- tonight clouds along the coast a few will spill into the bay partly cloudy mid to upper 50s another mild night. warm front pushing off to the north we are going to get into that flow starting today as high pressure with clockwise flow and low with counterclockwise flow pull warm weather into our neighborhoods we will be 80 everywhere tomorrow except for at the coast also saturday, sunday back in the 70s along the bay mid 80s along the coast 80s monday inland and then everybody 10° cooler tuesday and wednesday. have a great day. >>> unfortunately, i think we have a hot spot in san jose, new injury crash just reported north 101 at alum rock, right lane blocked i put a sensor at the scene, 24 miles an hour will keep an eye on this you may want to consider highway 87 as an alternate. traffic not back to normal yet some folks might still be on spring break or extended spring break. li