traffic on dumbarton bridge is expected to even out today. the fourth toll booth will reopen during peak commute hours. the booth was closed since the beginning of the year due to funding cuts. >>> more than 700 patients may have been exposed to hiv and hepatitis at a veterans hospital in new york. that hospital says insulin pins were accidentally reused on diabetic patients. doctors say risk is small but double-checking all insulin pins to ensure they are being used correctly. >>> cars of the future will be on display at the detroit auto show this week. a lot of buzz around the corvette and design elements from vintage cars like the '63 stingray. >>> it's 6:13. massachusetts institute of technology says it is launching an investigation into its role into prosecution of an internet activist found dead over the weekend. >> scott mcgrew says aaron schwartz's death has been called a suicide. m.i.t. wants to know what role it may have played. >> good morning. schwartz was a very young and well regarded computer programmer. he was accused of break

reporting live at the dumbarton bridge, "today in the bay." >>> going from action on dumbarton, let's check in with mike inouye to see what's happening on your commute. good morning. >> hopefully it will bring relief for the dumbarton. clear right there. we're looking to the san mateo bridge. its neighbor to the north. more heavily traveled right now. westbound with taillights away from us over the high rise and to the peninsula. a clear, chilly drive. over on the peninsula side we'll take over with our maps and we're looking at 92 between 101 and 280. speeds down around 60 miles an hour. a light flow of traffic. our average is liberal there. trust me. no incidents there. no slowing between the two freeways. over the san mateo hills, 92 snakes its way past the pumpkin farms or christmas tree farms or whatever they are growing right now for the season. a smooth drive. other than that a report of black ice east 92 heading out of half moon bay past skyline reports of black ice on the freeway blocking your two eastbound lanes. be careful there. we'll check that out more closely with a cre

anyone that covered the dumbarton bridge knows the problem. it's the middle toll lane which you can't see but you can see above this semi the closed sign indicates a lane is shut down. toll lane number four that's been shut down since the beginning of the new year because of budget cuts. they haven't been able to man it with a toll taker and more people have had fewer lanes to use creating a backup that has gone as far back reportedly as 880. that's a significant distance. what's happened right now, our traffic anchor talking to shortly did speak with someone authorized to speak on behalf of the bay area toll authority and yesterday they told us that they are evaluating the situation. they will have somebody out here today to look at what the traffic backup is. and then over the weekend they may come up with one or two solutions that could be possibly put in effect as early as monday. one solution is let's find the money and restaff that position so that toll lane is open and we don't have the backup. the other is making that lane a fastrak on

. >>> we had some road work on the dumbarton, but the traffic is very light westbound, all the lanes have been reopened and looking at 880 and 101 and traffic looks good, see a little road work approaching 9th. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following developing news. they both happened on 25th and connecticut streets just 90 minutes within each other. paul chambers is live at the scene, paul, what do you know this morning? >> reporter: i will tell there are two separate incidents, a stabbing and shooting and we will take a look at some video. police came out here after a shooting and they say that person was possibly shot in the foot. after a person left the scene a person called 911 saying there was a stabbing. that person had three stab wounds and they are in stable condition and they do not believe either crime is committed and they were both taken to the hospital in non- life threatening condition. they are trying to talk to witnesses and we are definitely trying to stay on top of this and there was a shooting about two hours later, police responded to a stabbing, both pe

we have several areas of thicking for including dumbarton bridge advisory right now and san mateo bridge, in fog with moderate traffic toward foster city. the toll plaza shows no metering lights just lights to san francisco with in fog. >> hockey fans, good news. businesses in the south bay are gearing up for the return of national hockey league action after a bitter lock outwas lifted but will the fans return with so season return? >> well, this is where the shacks will practice, the sharks ice here. will the fans be back? if history is any indication there is in doubt, they will be back. since they got here to the pavilion they have packed hp to 90 percent capacity each season and 96 percent capacity all but three years so they will be back. the sharks show a season starting with the nhl and players reaching a agreement after 113-day lock out a ten year agreement. it is not official but considered a done deal. >> the details of this need to be put to paper. we have to cross a lot t's and dot the i's. >> we are excited and we have been preparing for a variety of outcomes and we are happ

>> reporter: people who have been coming to dumbarton bridge noticed it this week. of the toll lanes, we're talking about that one in the middle, toll lane number four has been shut down since the first of the year because of budgetary reasons. the bridge has not been able to staff it with a toll taker. as a result you have one less lane and during the commute hours specifically between 7:00 and 9:00, you have seen a tremendous backup sometimes extending all of the way back to 880 and anyone who has gone on the dumb baarton bridge knows that's substantial. someone authorized to speak on behalf of the bay area toll authority said this week and through this morning's commute they've been out here evaluating the traffic situation and they do hope to have a plan, a remedy in place, perhaps as soon as monday. it would be one of two options. one, they find the money to man that toll lane number four so that toll booth is back open or two, it is fastrak capable so instead of making that closed, they could make it a fastrak only lane helping alleviate congestion. it won't b

we have a fog advisory on the dumbarton bridge. our abc7 traffic app in 685/80 corridor we have fog reported and in livermore and danville, as well. to download this app it is available on apple app store or google play to navigate around your commute each day. kristen and eric? >> secretary of state, hillary clinton will return to work today for the first time since sidelined by flu, and concussion and blood clot after being admitted to the hospital she found a blood clot in a vein between her skull and vein. >> doctors found the clot during a test related to the concussion. she will attend a meeting with assistant secretary of the state. >> the state department is describing battled syrian president bashar al-assad as "out of touch with reality." in the wake of the first public address in six positives, in front of a support ever crowd he was defiant in the face of demands he step down and vowed to continue to fight the rebels in the civil war that is now two years old. bashar al-assad proposes a peace plan to allow him to stay i

there is not much slowing either direction on the dumbarton bridge and no reports of fog. north 880 for oakland from the colisieum down to one lane because of road work that is picked up at 6:00 a.m. >> more problems for the boeing 78 dream liner, 787 operated by japan was taxiing yesterday in boston and a pilot in another plane noticed fuel coming from a wing and the control tower immediately averted the flight and the plane was towed to a gate and another dream liner had a fire on monday at the same airport. the incident comes as all airways will start nonstop service from san jose to tokyo, on friday. >> a pair of turkeys, rather risk? >> the turkeys are running lose in san jose neighborhood and officials worry they could be in danger. they have been spotted nearst and 880. emergency services took this video after neighbors complains. they will not remove the turkeys but and oppose taking the birds away. the group says that if the birds remain they could be killed by a car, a person, or a dog. >> facebook has an event at the headquarters next week to unveil something ne

and to our maps now, some areas of overnight roadwork still in lanes both directions of the dumbarton bridge. westbound wrapping up in the next 20 minutes, eastbound extends until 6 a.m. and up and down the nimitz southbound 880 between fruitvale and 66 various lanes blocked. again, that is supposed to wrap up here by 5 a.m. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a dozen luxury cars nabbed during a daring east bay heist. police say the suspects drove off with the vehicles from this used car lot in hayward on monday. they included mercedes, jaguars and bmws. officers found one of the cars nearby. the suspects apparently ditched it when it ran out of gas. some of the surveillance cameras were working and caught the suspects in the act. >> seen about four or five young guys, saw them kicking the doors. it shows them running on my lot with random keys checking which cars. >> the owner estimates the damage of at least $200,000. the thieves also took all the keys so now he can't move or sell the cars he has. >>> a woman is accusing michael crabtree of assaulting her at the "w"

dumbarton bridge has areas of overnight roadwork eastbound 84. no roadwork we're told in the westbound lanes just eastbound until 6:00 this morning. and bart so far off to a great start. no delay on any of the bart lines including all those stops heading towards downtown san francisco. that's a check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> bay area music legend rick stevens is doing what he does best singing. it's a rare sight considering the singer spent the last 36 years behind bars. 72-year-old stevens performed at bimbo's in san francisco last night. the late '60s and '70s he was the leader of tower of power then he got involved in drugs and murdered three men. he said music helped him get around the dangerous world of drugs. >> music is what enabled me to just safely walk the line with the mexican mafia, norteno,crips, bloods, bikers, skinheads, anybody that was everybody in a gang showed me respect because of the music. >> stevens was sentenced to death but released on parole last year after the death penalty was suspended here in t

there is one for the dumbarton bridge. the ride across the golden gate is problem free from marin county into san francisco. >> the alameda county coroner has identified a man was run over and killed on 880 in oakland over the weekend. chp says 44 year- old david mayorga crossed his craft his honda civic into the center divider near high street last night and then attempted to run across four lanes of traffic. he was struck by two cars and killed. the crash brought crafted for several hours at the initial crash remains under investigation. >> the man accused of murdering seven people at tokyo's university will be back in court today for a mental competency hearing. one goh hasn't charged with murder and also faces attempted murder charges. this is video of his court hearing in april. he is accused of light on a shooting rampage at tokyo's university in april of last year. administrators say he was upset about the tool is in dispute allegedly confessed to being a shooter. >> a san jose family is lucky to be alive this morni

eastbound dumbarton bridge, two right lanes there in the reverse side. shoreline highway to oregon expressway, road work for the next ten minutes. kristen and eric? >> thank you very much. new this morning in the last ten minutes, san jose police found a missing at risk 96-year-old man who disappeared yesterday. investigators say they found him last night alive and well at the caltrain station in sunnyvale. he was disoriented and wandered there. the missing man, a 96-year-old, was found in the caltrain station in sunnyvale and appears okay. >> competitors who lost out to patrick dempsey in a bidding war over a coffee chain hope to resuccess state their chance. a company that teamed up with star backs to buy actually's is challenging the winning offer made by dempsey saying they bid more than $10 million compared to dempsey's $9 million. another claimed the rules changed. ought best gadgets from the consumer electronics show in las vegas are aimed at you. lg has a refrigerator with several doors for easy access and extra energy saving features. they have

there's a bit of fog on the san mateo as was the dumbarton bridge this morning. almost disappeared from time to time. the golden gate bridge is an easy ride across the span and there is no slowing from marin county on 1 01 southbound. >> the latest installment of the texas chainsaw franchises and the top spot at the box office this weekend. though morris siegel said texas chainsaw 3 d was number one with a 23 million-dollar debut. is a follow-up to the 1974 film. meanwhile quentin tarantino's or revenge in side- django unchain held the no. 2 spot with just over $20 million. three weekends after climbing box office gold part one of peter jack's as the hobbit trilogy was in third place was $17.5 million. >> them forget to watch dr. phil right after the kron4 morning is at 10:00 a.m.. we will be right back. >> the national archives is displaying really seen that gets an item showing milestones and manned space flight from president nixon's administration. as is the first man to the moon on apollo 11 mission during nixon's presence presidency and follow with five or

dumbarton bridge roadwork is gone. so both directions of 84 free and clear.e sensors the green means speeds over 40 miles per hour. so 92, highway 84, and 237 a little farther south still all show some nice traffic conditions. here's a live look across the golden gate bridge northbound and southbound 101. problem-free incident-free between marin county and san francisco. so overall the drive to work hasn't been bad since 4:30 since we've been on air and slowly a lot of the overnight roadwork is being picked up. westbound 137, the silicon valley ride great from milpitas to sunnyvale. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." we have traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. >>> a book exposes the dark side of the personal finance industry. here with highlights of a pound foolish is jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com. i guess you interviewed the author, helene olin. what's her concern about the personal finance industry? >> reporter: let me start boy saying that i come from this industry? so it's hard interviewing this and getting so

dumbarton bridge, thicking for and san mateo bridge, as well.the drive times show traffic bunched up a typical monday morning back to work from the central valley and highway four from antioch and east shore freeway all considered very slow this morning. kristen and eric? >> eyes of the technology work are in las vegas at the convention center the consumer electronics show looking for the latest innovation and upgrades. as you can see by this video there is great anticipation at the convention and cisco will apply their network capability to cable carriers and intel will discuss their new my -- micro computer chips. >> ahead, president obama and his second term, the two new faces he wants to join in his administration. >> trading is underway on wall street as investors react to a new foreclosure settlement tempered by other factors. the dow is down 66 points and we will >> radar shows across the state the south is clearing out. that is good news that way. most of the fog is going by the time you get there. another system is coming down that will

dumbarton bridge, westbound until 5:00, a few more minutes and this is road work, eastbound, lanes are blocked until 6:00, of course, the reverse commute direction. san jose, southbound, aye from 101 to fremont avenue the road work for another ten minutes until they get it cloned -- cleaned up. the bay bridge is a minor delay in the right toll-paying or cash paying lanes headed in the westbound direction with no delays on the upper deck and a look at the san mateo bridge, light traffic moving from hayward to san mateo. christian and eric? >> now to the bizarre romantic hoax involving notre dame linebacker manti te'o who is giving the first televised interview about the online girlfriend hoax on the katie show on abc7. he sat down with a a one-on-one chat with his parents talking about the hoax and how he fell for it. we have the first exclusive sound from his parents later this morning on the abc7 only news at 6:30. on "good morning america" we will hear from manti te'o and his entire interview with katie will air tomorrow at 3:00 right here on abc7. >> it is now about 4:51. >> lands f

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eastbound dumbarton bridge, lane closures, two right lanes until 6:00 this morning with road work and reports of a lake pickup, the southbound 680 ramp to eastbound 580 is shut down because of road work. we will follow that for you. >> the san jose sharks return to the ice, next we will show you who is more excited than the fans. >> the 49er fan whose collection is so big even the niners want part of it. >> but, first the tech bytes. >> video in your tweets, twitter's new app allows users to share second 6-second video clips, available only now on apple. >> a new mobile device is available on droid that was down loaded 20 million times in four days. the next iphone will likely have a fingerprint sensor for security. you sweep your finger to unlock it rather than a pin, which can be hacked. >> if you are tired of fumbling in your pocket to use your phone there is a transparency pocket which are a cross between jeans and leggings with no word on price but men's jeans with a similar pocket are >> cupertino, concord, wine country and all bay area this is abc7 news. >> good friday morning.

eastbound dumbarton bridge, road work until 6:00 a.m. and westbound is wide open.sula, southbound 101 to 92 only one lane until 6:00 this morning. kristen? >> the u.s. supreme court has set the schedule for arguments on the legality of same-sex marriage and will hear arguments on march 26 open proposition 6, an amendment that bans gay marriage in california which was overturned by a federal judge. then there will be a related case challenging the defense of marriage act which makes gay marriage illegal on the federal level. the justices are not expected to rule on either case until late june but whatever they decide will establish a new legal landmark. >> the san francisco zoo lost the mother of the chimpanzee group. she was in her late to mid-50's and many zoo visitors will remember her as the children with -- chimp with the blanket. her face served as the inspiration to yoda of star wars. >> little bit. >> environmentalists are expected it show up if huge numbers at a hearing in san francisco to demand clean safe energy. groups urge the california public utilitie

eastbound dumbarton, the road work is in various lanes until 6:00 this morning. westbound, the major commute direction is looking good so far with no problems or road work. kristen and eric? >> the investigation narrows to what forced the emergency landing of a new 787 dreamliner in japan. what could be the culprit. >> and an -- one lucky 49er fan will have a memorable trip to land attempt. >> facebook intremendous douses free cell phone calling. users who download the messenger app can make phones free of calls to anyone else with the app. there is more good news for iphone customers. at&t is making face time widely available on the cell network. until now the video calling service was limited to wi-fi only for those with early models of the phone. and a video game took only 12 hours to hit the number one spot on free apps. could being a bad speller make you safer? researchers say computer users who passwords contain misspelled words or poor grammar are less likely to have their accounts hacked. >> antioch, petaluma, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news , fri

. >>> and this morning across the san mateo and dumbarton bridge it has ban nice drive.e of the road work on the dumbarton bridge is being picked up but the traffic is very light. no road work at all on the san mateo bridge. that traffic is moving along very nicely. it's 4:55. let's go to steve. >>> our little low pretty big low for southern california. still syping in bands from south to north. actually from southwest up to northeast. light rain. a lot of cloud cover and fog. almost most locations do have patchy fog. very mild temps. upper 40s. even mid 50s. 54 mountain view and half-moon bay. you can see the showers hit and miss. little guys. but they are still around. mainly from san francisco oakland south. this is probably on the northern fringe of that low that is really painting southern cal with pretty good rain. system to the north will bump some of this out of here. light rain south. highs mainly low 60s. i mean top to bottom. doesn't matter. everyone will be within a couple degrees of each other. too much cloud cover. extended outlook has a colder system on su

. >> if you have noticed a backup on the dumbarton bridge as you head to work, you are not alone. since the start of the year the commute has been especially bad. there is the reason for it. the metropolitan transportation commission says it closed toll lane four because it can't afford to staff it. coming up at 5:00 this morning, bob redell will be live at the dumbarton with what mtc is trying to do to fix that problem. >>> there are new efforts to protect personal data of clipper card users. the metropolitan transportation commission will meet today to talk about reducing the amount of time it holds under your personal data. last year the bay citizen reported a clipper card travel record can be stored for as long as seven years after the account is closed. today the mtc will look at options for reducing the time to three years. >>> 4:40 right now. with niners soon getting a new stadium in santa clara, the city has a chance to host the super bowl but it may not want to. we'll tell you why coming up. >>> patrick dempsey, the man known as mcdreamy, may change his nickname to mcstea

this morning on the dumbarton. eric? >> it is 4:49. this is word that boeing 787 dreamliner knew of problems with the batteries in the new 787 dreamliner jets before two fires that grounded the new fleet. "new york times" says japan's airways had to replace ten of the batteries last year and said they toll boeing of issues they were having with the batteries and regulators are asking boeing to provide detailed information on the batteries. the 787 is the first plane to be fully powered by the new batteries. >> john kerry is sworn in today as the next secretary of state. the senate confirmed him to the post yesterday. on friday he replaced hillary clinton who is stepping down after four years. this is the first time since colin powell served under president george w. bush that a man will be sworn in as secretary of state. >> the war against mosquitoes is on this morning as the north bay. the health concern that will have workers spraying the air today. san francisco's battle against public nudity get as major boost fromñ!ñcús >> welcome

also on eastbound 84 and the dumbarton bridge approaching university, paseo padre parkway roadwork until 6:00 this morning. and mass transit no delays for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> today we'll find out just how bad the flu virus has been in california. a report is expected from state health officials. cbs 5 reporter elissa harrington joins us now with more on the first flu-related death in the bay area. elissa. >> reporter: hi, michelle. that's right. an elderly woman died from the flu. she lives in santa clara county and the flu season -- excuse me, the flu is now widespread throughout california. so the demand for a vaccine is up. 200,000 doses of the vaccine have been shipped to safeway pharmacies all over the united states. the vaccine is the best prevention against the flu and has a 62% level of effectiveness. there have been five deaths from the flu in the state so far. the latest a 98-year-old woman from santa clara county. she marks the first bay area death. a health official said the woman died from the flu and pne

maps, more overnight roadwork this time westbound and eastbound 84 the ongoing roadwork across the dumbartonridge. the westbound should wrap up here soon by 5 a.m. and eastbound continues until 6 a.m. quick check of the marin county commute, no delay so far across the golden gate bridge. and mass transit no delay. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> it took 13 years but becker finally has a beautiful brand- new state -- berkeley finally has a beautiful brand-new state- of-the-art animal shelter. one of the improvements is what you don't hear. cbs 5 reporter john ramos takes a tour. >>> reporter: even the people who worked at berkeley's animal shelter say the place was a dump. >> the old one had sort of the prison feel about it. >> reporter: but that was then. this is now. the dona spring animal shelter opened in november and with it came an unfamiliar sound almost nothing. the kennels are separated by soundproof plexiglass and what a difference that has made. >> as you can see most of them are quiet and sleeping. in the other please for eight hours a day they were barking at

we've been looking at road work on the dumbarton bridge. eastbound. that is not causing a big delay. 4:56 let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. frost advisory freeze warning even though overnight lows are not held up. friend of mine observer kent is in west santa rosa. 30 and 40s. the temperatures are not critical yet. it's cold. believe me that wind stops temperatures will take a plunge here. very similar pattern than we had yesterday. coming straight down the favorable areas. along the coast. although today i think inland will get a little bit more in the way of buildups. 30s and 40s. the breeze is really keeping things a lot warmer than it could be. there is a little system clipping to the north. that will move in a little later. cool and breezy after a cool morning. isolated showers possible today. highs really struggling again. upper 40s, very, very low 50s. it's coast bay and inland. livermore only 49. santa cruz 52. breezy and chilly. another system drops in on saturday. really cold sunday morning. after that next week looking sunny and gradua

more roadwork this morning across the dumbarton bridge looks like on the westbound side of 84. coming up we'll get a check of mass transit. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a star football player is the victim of a hoax involving a woman he said was his girlfriend. cbs 5 reporter anne makovec is in the newsroom this morning reporting the case has a bay area angle. anne. >> reporter: it's a bizarre story has a lot of people talking. the couple supposedly met after a game at stanford. the big question this morning, how could a football star good- looking eligible bachelor fall for a fake girlfriend and how could they continue this for three years? here he is talking about her after he believed that she had died of leukemia. >> every letter she sent me being humble, gracious, always i love you. >> the notre dame football player and his 22-year-old "girlfriend" had an online relationship for three years before she supposedly died. it turns out she never existed. here's the woman who was believed to be his girlfriend, the website deadspin.com discovering this woman is actually fr

westbound 84, dumbarton bridge, work scheduled to wrap up at 5:00. caltrans says it's still in lanes, a heads up if you're crossing the dumbarton. road work up and down the 101, peninsula, southbound between oyster point and grand avenue until 6:00. between 92 and kehoe, that's scheduled to wrap up at 6:00. it's still early, traffic is light. you can see a drive time sensor picking up speeds, about 64 miles per hour. coming up we'll get a check of mass transit. back to you. >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> today work gets underway to fix damaged fenders at the base of the bay bridge tower after a tanker hit it earlier in the month. the work will cost several million dollars. elissa harrington has more on what's ahead. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. the repairs will cost about $3 million. caltrans will begin the work today. there's money in reserves but the metropolitan transportation commission also wants the ship's owner to help pay. that's osg ship management. it's been two weeks since an oil tanker struck the bridge the morning of

and there are no major problems on the san mateo or on the dumbarton bridge.o steve. >>> we have a pretty good little breeze going on. there is another system dropping down. a couple reports coming in the pacific area. brandon 46. the only reason they are not colder because of the north wind at 16-20 miles an hour. so clouds, sun, a knot breeze holding up the temps even though we have a frost and freeze warning. if it wasn't for that breeze it would be really cold. a cool and breezy day with shower activity parallel to the coast again. i think there is a little better opportunity today inland than yesterday. novato says 37. i saw 14, 33 -- i saw 41, 33 near nava toe. a lot of 30s and 40s. this system right there looks to be favoring areas a little bit more to the east today. keep an eye on that. overall it looks like again near the coast a best opportunity for anybody to get shower activity today. a couple upper 20s. i think over the weekend we'll have a better opportunity for that. another cold morning saturday. clouds and sun. one more system clips us saturd

this is a tough drive as far as visibility goes on the hayward side watch the dumbarton bridge., bay bridge a clear view but not a clear road. look at the backup because metering lights were turned on. backup back to the berkeley curve and coming down the east shore freeway. the commute is on here. slow drive in many spots. north bay not so bad. we'll show that to you coming up. back to you. >> right now we have brand new video just into our newsroom. secretary of state hillary clinton returning to work today in washington after a month in the hospital. her car right there was seen pulling through a security gate on capitol hill. clinton back to work after recovering from a blood clot doctors found in her head. she was released from the hospital and expected to make a full recovery. she got out of the hospital last wednesday. >>> back here in the bay area, something new on the menus at school in san francisco this morning. they are partnering with revolution foods to provide healthier options for kids. it was started in 2006 with a focus on using local ingredients to create hand

we are looking over to the high- rise from san mateo and that traffic looks good and dumbarton lookswell. eastbound you should be aware of and 101 and 280 are still doing well and there is less than 10 minutes on that stretch. let's go to steve. >>> there is still some patchy fog but over by half-moon bay 48 degrees and concord is in there child star of the 1970s san rafael, -- santa rosa, now it is kind of a damp fog and we have a dry forecast storm track stays to the north until next wednesday, but a warmer pattern and it is hazy coast and bay. low 60s mainly in the area near the coast and also santa clara valley. we have some warmer weather going into the weekend. >>> we have developing news coming out of algeria, that hostage standoff involving americans has just turned violent maybe even deadly, we will have the very latest. >>> what they will be revealing about san francisco restaurants starting today and it may make you think twice before you pick where to eat. >>> the maverick surfing competition and we have more on what makes it possible. . >>> good morning. welcome back. i

we did see some light rain over the dumbarton bridge.our satellite and radar view. you can see exactly where the rain is. >> on we are 10 degrees warmer that yesterday future cast 4 shows the timing of the rain. about 10:00 a.m. most of the rain will be affecting the bridges. putting the clock into motion at 2:00 p.m. we will have light rain and this will push its way eastward to the delta, livermore valley. we are still drive for the peninsula and the south bay. at 8:00 p.m. tonight was still have lingering showers. it looks like it will start to taper off later on tonight. there is another chance of showers when you wake up for tomorrow morning. here is a look at your afternoon highs perry ed >>\ / \ >> for. >> your kron 47 day around the bay forecast highlight some major changes in to talk about. we are not expecting too much ran out of today. it will be about half an inch north of santa rosa. most of the bay area will have a 10th of an inch or probably a less. we do have lingering showers for tomorrow morning with a mix of sun and sh

. >> the morning commute is looking good headed out to the dumbarton and the we are looking at the dumbartonays it can be picked up there. >>> good morning, it is snowing on the grapevine if you are heading down southern california. for us the cold air is not here yet. the rain is turning to a snow mix where they had a winter weather advisory for low snow levels and again most of this should be above 10,000 feet and it should be above 1,500 feet. the frost advisories and freeze warnings are posted for tomorrow morning so get ready. it will be clearing and very cold into the morning. 30s and 40s on the temperatures and although the breeze is holding things up a little bit. it is napa and san jose say it is too cold to check the thermometer. it favors areas parallelled and also towards skyline and san jose and headed towards monterey. that looks to be the was the eastern and some of that is turning to snow. it is probably above 2000 but things have moved off a little bit and they will continue to filther in throughout the day. could we get snow? absence lightly. the problem is, this is not off

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we have road work at dumbarton bridge eastbound until 6:00 this morning. kristen and eric?> coming up, a snake on a plane. you may remember the movie but it actually happened during a flight. >> hours after the oscar nominations remain announced the critics choice movie awards are handed out. we will tell you who the big winners are. >> woman would went without doing hair and makeup for a year. could you do it? what she says about going natural. >> that is 3:00that's "america'" i'm rob nelson. >> good morning, welcome back. we are getting word of a power outage, two of them, in pleasanton, affecting 2,040 customers who are in the dark. no word on restoring the power. >> they are work on it now. you will want the heat are going this morning. hopefully we will get the power back on soon. >> in pleasanton it is 32 so you need to be warm. the radar shows wet weather to the forth that is falling apart. and wet weather around santa barbara and snow showers possible along the sierra and temperatures in the south, it will be much cooler, mid-to-upper 50's compared to 70's earlier.

otherwise, we have only road work at dumbarton bridge eastbound until 6:00 this morning. we do not see slowing to the newark area. and san jose, northbound 280 road work, there is a sand barrel they are repairing until 7:30 this morning so the on-ramp is closed. >> new this morning the oakland city council has voted to hire the former top cop of los angeles and new york as a police consultant. last night the city council listened to public comment and debated until 2:30 this morning before kidding to hire bill bratton known for zero tolerance strategy including the stop and frisk policy. opponents say that gives officers too much discretion and leads to racial profiling. bratton helped bring crime down in los angeles and will help the city of oakland. our news reporter will have a live report with much more on the heated hearing last night in 30 minutes. >> the council approved another crime-fighting measure to bring in outside help to oakland. all on the council approved to bring in the alameda county sheriff deputy to patrol the streets, helping the oakland police with

at the dumbarton bridge there is a flood advisory.ng to get a little heavy on her to go commute rates interstate 580 and highway 4. heavier traffic through the also my than antioch. >> a severance is go 49ers are gearing up for this weekend's match up against the green bay packers. tickets for the great big game go on sale this morning. jackie sissel is joining us live from candlestick. good morning jackie's >> good morning. today is the big day where the tickets for the game go on sale. because the 49ers have such a high season ticket base we are not sure exactly how many tickets will be on sale. they do go on sale this morning at 10:00 a.m. and you have to get them through ticketmaster. pricing wise, you're looking at tickets between $116.430 dollars. that is face value. you can go to the other places like craigslist or stub hub they are more expensive. here saturday night at 5:00 p.m. will be the second time the 49ers pays the green bay packers this year. let's hope they have the same results they did in the first game of the seaso

road work on the dumbarton bridge should be picked up any time westbound with slowing eastbound direction. we have debris in lanes two and three southbound 87. cars are swerving there to avoid that. >> crews have been installing on the bay bridge the largest light sculpture. our reporter is live in san francisco with a look at the first segment of the project. >> a lot of you watching this are just starting the day. they are up there wrapping their day up working all night, installing the first of 25,000 l.e.d. lights with upclose access to their work overnight. look at this. the team on the project says it will be the largest light sculpture. it will be almost two miles wide and 500' high honoring the 75th anniversary of the bridge. a lot of thought has gone into the details. >> intelligent lighting. each can be controlled individually with a lost accuracy. that is what is unique. that involves a big network and data and things that most people do not want to be aware of. >> the land is to finish the construction in february and you will see the finished product on the western span of th

eastbound dumbarton bridge we have road work until 6:00, and westbound the road work is picked up so you have no problems to menlo park. coleman to north bascom, road work until 7:00 this morning. otherwise it is looking good. >> all this frigid morning extra help is going out to the hopeless who have been struggling in dangerous conditions for days. we go to san jose. >> in a few hours, people in need are expected to line up around the building to get cold weather essentials. sacred heart gives out 100 backpacks twice a month separated by gender and by size of the person. personal care items are inside, socks, underwear, and highly coveted flannel blankets, a hot commodity. the give away is not just for the homeless but all those in need who cannot afford to keep their families warm at home. >> prolonged cold snap and people are still struggling. we do not believe we have seen the end of the recession. hour holiday programs were extremely busy. a way people balance the budget is by turning down the heat. sometimes not running it at all. >> the backpacks will go quickly when they are

just road work eastbound dumbarton bridge until 6:00 this morning. kristen and eric? >> thank you, sue at 5:03. sue will be able to use the online review site yelp to find out more than whether the food is good, you will find out if it is hazardous to your health. our reporter has more on the problem to be announced by the mayor today. >> good morning, eric. there are 3,500 restaurants in san francisco, believe it or not, and many like sparky here in castro on church street is a favorite but finding a restaurant can be a challenge, a good restaurant. many log on to sites like yelp to make it easier and you can tell how clean and safe a restaurant is. yelp is partnering with san francisco's health department to provide inspection information for the public. it is all in the name of transparency and food safety. many customers love it. >> we want to know it is place has a bad health rating. >> if you go somewhere and it is gross...you don't go there. there are enough places to go you can make your own decision. >> she is not wild about it and prefers to go on first impr

you will find light rain across the dumbarton bridge and union city. look for some sprinkles in oakland, as you head toward san leandro on 880 and 98th avenue and light rain also being reported in livermore at this point. we are seeing some returns as you head through here. for this morning we can speck the showers to continue, but we will see some sun shine later on this afternoon. temperatures in the 50s and then this evening clouds return, i'll have your full forecast coming up shortly. carolyn. >> frances, thank you. get ready to shell out more money to park in san francisco. new rules for park meters take effect today for drivers who fail to feed the meters on sundays getting warnings for now, then come the tickets. abc7 news reporter sergio has the details. >>> high noon will mark the end of free parking on a sunday in san francisco. for the christian community, it's not a welcome change. >> so many people have left the city because it's such an expensive place to live and their only connection with the city is their congregations. >> he said sun

east dumbarton bridge the reverse commute we have road work for another hour, less than an hour at 15 minutes blocking eastbound, two lanes, and if you are headed out from the central valley, from antioch there is a pileup. >> next, planning ahead for the lunar new year and what san francisco is doing to make sure china town is safe. >> another landmark faces the wrecking ball, what could give a couple beginners a great idea, and they won't be beginners for long. they'll go to where they can get the skills, the savings, and the supplies they need - to go from beginning... to doing... to beautifully done. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now this shaker vanity cabinet is a special buy at just one hundred, ninety-nine dollars. call (star star)thd to shop now. >> los altos, antioch, petaluma, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good friday morning, everyone. 5:12 on the abc7 morning news with the lights on the ferry building more meaningful than ever as the niners go to new orleans for the super bowl. more on that coming up. more on the track and

the san mateo and dumbarton bridge are still looking okay. >> sal, what is it 30 days until pitchers catchers? >> nobody is counting but yes. >> we will keep an eye on things and there were some pockets where i was like what? so just be careful. lows have come up and it is kind of a damp colder day. you get a really good look to the west and that's high pressure building and not much moisture. now today after the fog sunny and warmer weather so morning fog overall it's nice and big changes come in late wednesday and thursday and friday but it's cold and there is hardly any moisture with this. you can get some snow down around 1,500 feet and today it will be mostly sunny and warmer. after that dense patchy fog temperatures will warm up quickly. it was warmer in the sun but cold and unsettled weather returns tuesday to wednesday. 50s and 60s but a little cooler out towards antioch and that fog from the valley but not so for morgan hill gilroy even redwood city, los gatos, it looks nice. that cold air just. >> reporter: in and tell -- that cold air just roars in and that cold air with s

some road crews on dumbarton to the south but 84 moves close to the limit as well. and we'll get another live look outside. past the coliseum where 880 we had road crews that have cleared from the northbound side. southbound still has construction 980 into downtown. back to you. >>> 5:05. a controversial new proposal is taking aim at gun owners in the south bay. the new measure brought up yesterday at a san jose rules committee meeting has some people wondering this morning if local government has gone too far. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live by san jose police headquarters with a look at this controversial plan. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning. this would not fly with some gun owners who would see this as an infringement upon their second amendment rights. smith, a private attorney in san jose, proposed this ordinance that would require owners of assault weapons in san jose to register with police and store those weapons here at san jose police headquarters. now, gun owners would have to provide a reasonable explanation as to why they would wan

the dumbarton bridge fog advisory issued by chp likely over toward the newark area as you come over ther those things might start to clear up. one earlier issue northbound 101 at middlefield. old middlefield way an accident. sounds like activity on the shoulder but lanes are clear northbound. southbound slowing just ticking in around 60. no incidents. we'll keep track of the yellow through this portion. live look here coming off the peninsula and pushing over toward the westbound commute. we end with the next shot here through emeryville as we see a smooth flow of traffic. no drama. a lot of company. we'll see slowing starting in today. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> new this morning, the five men accused of gang raping a woman on a bus in india have made their first court appearance. two of the accused agreed to testify against the other men in order to escape the death penalty. police say a 23-year-old woman was brutally gang raped on a moving bus last month. she later died in the hospital. the horrific act sparked protests across india and calls to do more to protect women from

kilometers to get to the lake vostok which has been sealed for some twenty million years now our geezer dumbarton told me how it is not just any old frozen lake. not all ice is the same we consistent pictures here from last year in february when the first breakthrough was made down below this huge thick ice sheet to what's called a sub lake there and some samples were taken here we go this is the the water taken out then. it was found then they hoped that they could sample that water and see the composition of what was inside that. deep underneath the glasses sadly that was contaminated they couldn't work out where precisely that water had come from now they've gone back down it again and they're looking three thousand four hundred six meters they drilled down as you can imagine a lot of work in very difficult conditions and now they have this amazing piece of as they described it white ice with rich with bubbles it sounds almost tasty doesn't it doesn't taste it now we understand that it's been a russian team of scientists who've been there it's actually it's not an international team so what so

heard about possible problems at the dumbarton bridge but so far that's looking good, as well.every 10 minutes. >>> a giant dust storm hit a small beach town in australia. a red cloud of dust swept across the dose of onslow. dry conditions -- across the coast of onslow. dry conditions and winds were the perfect conditions for this cyclone. this is on the ground right now. can you imagine this coming at you? >> and they are on the beach, you know? expecting a nice day. gets spoiled. crazy. >>> all right. get ready for beyonce overload. i guess so. it's the former single lady gets ready for her halftime super bowl show next month. expect to find her just about everywhere i guess. for starters "gq" magazine named her the hottest woman of the 21st century. and in true beyonce fashion she will release another album soon along with a documentary starring herself. she also is working on a new song with a new group, destiny's child. >> she is hot. she deserves that, right? >> i'm going along that. >> why not. [ laughter ] >> it's 5:56 right now. in the next half hour, you don't hear th

dumbarton bridge roadwork should be wrapping up on westbound 84 scheduled until 5:00 this morning. no delays on west or eastbound 84 across the span so they may have picked up the cones already. in the meantime, eastbound 4 one lane continues to be blocked approaching loveridge. that's scheduled to wrap up about 5:30. slowdowns are against the commute. westbound 4 looks good. 280 south bay sensors showing things moving at the limit. we'll have much more traffic and weather coming up. back to you guys. >>> new this morning president obama is losing yet another member of his cabinet. the tier yor secretary ken salivar is stepping down. the interior secretary is stepping down. he is leaving to spend more time with his family. secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary leon panetta and several others are leaving the team in a couple of weeks. >>> in just a few hours from now, president obama plans to unveil his plan to reduce gun violence. cbs news says the plan calls for bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines as well as including criminal and mental health back

some of your bridges had some overnight roadwork including the dumbarton bridge. they have often been doing overnight roadwork doing retrofitting work so now all eastbound lanes have been reopened shortly after 6:00. mass transit is all on time. show you a few more live traffic cameras. this is 880 and 66 by oakland airport. southbound looks good and continues to move well towards hayward and the san mateo bridge looks great as well on the right side of your screen westbound 92 towards the high- rise. this is a check of your "timesaver traffic." for more on your weekend, here's lawrence. >> yeah. weekend is upon us and looking good weather-wise. you have a lot of clear skies right now a little hazy outside in spots but otherwise, we're looking good as we sail in toward the afternoon. temperatures chilly in spots inland but mild at the coastline. and then this afternoon mild temperatures for everyone. hazy sunshine continuing. it is a "spare the air" day. high pressure continues overhead. that ridge remains in control and will stick around for the weekend so any th

looking good up and over the pass at less than 20 minutes to pleasanton and we have road work on the dumbarton bridge until 5:00 a.m. with one lane blocked and eastbound a lane is blocked until 6:00 a.m. >> next, a prominent member of the 49ers abruptly closes his twitter account. now he is telling abc7 about the vicious online attacks against him. >> the bus ad that is raising eyebrows. and what it has to do with jihad meaning. >> in tech bytes a big win for google after two year investigation the federal trade commission found no antitrust or anticompetition violation in how google highlights their search results with 70 percent of all searches in the united states going through google. polaroid has a chain of photo bars where you can edit, store, and print on the paper or wood or bamboo. >> a new report suggests apple will voice a line of voice-act have ited apparel in the next 1 lows altos, and petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good morning, thank you for joining us at 4:42 on friday morning. this is the embarcardero in san francisco the ferry building and the bay bridge.