check in again with sal because there's still a serious problem 580 eastbound. >> that's right, eastbound 580 near santa rita road a pedestrian was hit and killed in traffic. now the big backup is westbound as people slow to look amount the activity and the investigation which is in the three left lanes. they still have some traffic getting through on eastbound 580, so at this point if you're driving on eastbound 580 you don't need an alternative route unless you're will by enough to get on the freeway after santa rita. but the traffic is getting by with a minor delay eastbound. westbound is a different story. it's really slow, driving past the scene. let's go out and look at some live pictures, bay bridge. we have a slow backup, backed up to about a 15-minute delay here, 580 slow just west of 24. and this morning's commute is going to be slow on 237. they did clear up an accident nearby 880 at 237. let's go to steve. >> thank you very much, sal. very good morning. lots of clear skies now. the wind surface is change, going more southerly or westerly and higher elevations still offshore bu

the eastbound ride has been backed up into castro valley.way 4 or 152. the westbound ride is finally starting to break up a bit. there should not be this much slow traffic and would not be except for this eastbound crash. they have opened up the number 3 lanes. that means only two of the lanes are blocked in the not commute direction. that will not help the ride westbound. drive times are still running above 40 minutes. on the bay bridge, the backup is starting to break up reaching between 880 and west grand. a 16 minute drive time. the san mateo bridge has been problem free all morning long. it is an easy commute headed over on 101. an easy ride from and through marin county southbound this morning. we're going to enjoy a nice warm day but it may not last for long. >>erica: it looks like we will be able to squeeze out one last day of warm weather around the bay area. right now we're looking at mostly clear conditions. into the afternoon it will still be nice. temperatures a little cooler compared to yesterday. into the overnight hours mostl

i'll give you a travel speed eastbound. making your way from the beltway to gw parkway, 62 miles per hour. only taking 11 minutes to make that trip. and the rails are open with no reported delays. over to you, eun. >> thank you very much. 5:02. >>> right now police in northern virginia say keep an eye out for a suspicious man as you send your kids off to school. a 15-year-old girl says a man sexually assaulted her around this time as she walked to the bus stop. the incident happened near the intersection of fair lakes parkway and monument drive in the fair oaks area of fairfax county. news4's tracee wilkins is live with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, eun. we're standing in the area where this happened. police say that this young girl was on her way to school, 6:20 a.m., wednesday morning when this unfolded. the girl was walking near the intersection as you said of fair lakes parkway and monument drive. she says a man started following her. she said the man made comments of a sexual nature and touched her

it is eastbound most folks heading westbound.on 60 miles an hour westbound 55 miles an hour. hopefully this will clear soon we'll keep you posted. still fine across the san mateo bridge looks great, westbound traffic out of hayward heading towards foster city, san mateo no problems 880 or 101 on the other side of the bridge. i-80 in berkeley a little more volume traffic heading westbound near university overall find out of vallejo. i want to take to you the waze traffic maps, we have slowing westbound 4, 25 miles an hour as you head through antioch then it gets better into pittsburg. hopefully i can find this cool traffic spotter heading up towards walnut grove. this person just joined five days ago. you can engine too go to our website, abc7news.com/waze. some of our viewers have had the best wazer names. you can put it on your smartphone or iphone and become a traffic spotter. >> i have to give thought on whether that's the best name. >> the labor department just released a rose picture of the economy. unemployment applications

the current westbound lanes are in the path of the new bridge's eastbound lanes. caltrans spokesman bart ney explains how all the pieces of the new bridge construction will fit. >> last may, we put eastbound traffic coming into oakland on a new alignment and then over the past year, we have been widening what we call the incline, the part that takes you westbound on the bridge

morning to the crew in sky fox they are hovering above the belt way in virginia making their way eastbound along 66 you will find your lanes are open no problems to report just wall to wall traffic as you continue to work your way eastbound headed in towards the capital belt way. we will take it back inside. if you are travelling well north of town delays on the belt way, leaving 95, georgia avenue, and inner loop will slow, leaving around bw parkway accident reported 108, near 32, that is a check of your fox 5 on time traffic. >> jury selection begins in the murder trial of george hughly. >> he is the university of virginia student accused of killing his girlfriend yeardly

is the eastbound lanes coming towards us from sonoma county from 101 in marin county. it had been closes more than three hours. terrible day for drivers unless you happened to be a tow truck driver. it was one vehicle after another. all smashed all lining highway 37. was chain reaction of approximately 10 different vehicle collisions from a motorcyclist to several cars. >> reporter: drivers tell me it was the fog that led to the pile-ups. >> i was able to stop six feet from the guy in front of me. the woman in front of me, behind me was able to stop, the woman behind her she came smashing in that bumped her up into me i was able to liftoff my foot abú8j- little and it ket going back and forward there must have been 100 cars out here. >> reporter: fog was a contributing factor drivers following too close was the real problem. >> rule of them i remember is three second intervals, 1,000 one, 1,000 two, 1,000 three to leave that space cushion. >> reporter: chp stopped by to say there were 11 separate accidents. 31 cars total, 37 open in both directions now there's going to

they have the eastbound lanes shut down. at glen cove, for fear of accident occurred with the degree all across the lanes. we continue to have major delays on highway 4 this morning. normally the slow traffic ends before pittsburgh and bailey wrote westbound but a minor crash at well as is still on the shoulder and the backups have been horrendous. a drive time of 54 visits could be as much as 58 minutes headed west out of antioch for 242 and concord. all the bay bridge toll plaza, the westbound ride is backed up to west grand ave. 18-20 with a drive time coming out of the macarthur maze. >>james: foggy conditions all morning long particularly in the city is in north bay. we have some leftover clouds from the system that came to yesterday. this afternoon a very different looking forecast if falsely sunny skies of temperatures in the low 70's. here is a look at temperatures. we're looking for moseley 43 whether pearson's facts here is where we see the fog the heaviest across the north they fear a half mile-1/4 of a mile visib

highway 37 eastbound has been closed at highway 121. the closure is also affecting the westbound lanes. there are multiple accidents in the eastbound direction and as many as eight tow trucks have been requested by the chp. it is a pretty serious problem. as i mentioned, it is also affecting the westbound ride coming out of vallejo. traffic is moving much better there than here and 27. >>mark: today is the third day of thin air has stressed. --today is the third day of strikes with air france airlines. they are protesting a law that would require transport workers to give 48 hours' notice before striking. a technical called the strike is expected to last until friday's. >>darya: europe's your state the authority is calling for checks on an entire fleet of super jumbo jets. they want them check for cracks on parts inside the wings. this is an extension of the first directed the are checking the metal brackets haag and >>george: of which 37 had been closed eastbound. how can >>george: the standard tale bridge has been light- moderate all

is the eastbound lanes coming towards us from sonoma county from 101 in marin county. it had been closes more than three hours. terrible day for drivers unless you happened to be a tow truck driver. it was one vehicle after another. all smashed all lining highway 37. >> at 7:45 this morningz was chain reaction of approximately 10 different vehicle collisions from a motorcyclist to several cars. >> reporter: drivers tell me it was the fog that led to the pile-ups. >> i was able to stop six feet from the guy in front of me. the woman in front of me behind me was able to stop the woman behind her she came smashing in that bumped her up into me i was able to liftoff my foot abú8j- little and it kept going back and forward there must have been 100 cars out here. >> reporter: fog was a contributing factor drivers following too close was the real problem. >> rule of them i remember is three second intervals 1,000 one 1000 two 1,000 three to leave that space cushion. >> reporter: chp stopped by to say there were 11 separate accidents. 31 cars total 37 open in both directions n

so this is in the eastbound direction of 580 by estudilio avenue. they issued a traffic alert within the last 15 minutes or so because they expect those lanes to be blocked for a half hour or more. we did take a call from dana with the kcbs phone force who says there is minimal delay. our sensors are picking up the same thing still in the green. it is going against the commute. maybe a visual distraction in the westbound lanes of 580 so something to be aware of. westbound 580 out of the altamont pass we are starting to get a few brake lights across that stretch and a little sluggish, a bit sluggish, through livermore so overall not too bad yet for your drive. nimitz 880 through oakland looks great. nice and light all the way down to 980 towards the 238 interchange. south bay problem-free. a few more headlights out of downtown. 101 and guadalupe parkway look good. we continue to check in with mass transit. so far everything is on time for bart. as train number one got a great start -- ace train number one got a great start. bart, ace, muni, caltrain

that new eastbound will sit right off to the side of where traffic is now. then labor day weekend 2013 we'll open up the entire bridge at once eastbound and westbound and we'll shift traffic over there. >> reporter: but first comes the pain. all westbound traffic on the bridge this three-day weekend will be closed. on a normal holiday weekend, 220,000 vehicles cross the bay bridge in both directions. >> there are a number of operations that we have to do while the bridge is closed. we have to do grinding and what we called conform work which is basically connecting this new detour to the new incline that we built and the freeway system. >> reporter: after that work is done, caltrans will do the striping using old-fashioned paint because it is going to be a temporary roadway. westbound traffic is expected to reopen by commute time 5 a.m. tuesday unless it rains. >> if a sudden storm came in and continued rain after we have the bridge closed, and we've already started this process, we would not be able to open until we were done. >> reporter: so what caltrans

minor delay eastbound because it is in the left lanes of eastbound 580, it is slowing the westbound 580e possibly for folks out of livermore and altamont pass more details as we hear more about this odd fatal crash in pleasanton. here's a -- the waze traffic app. i'm going to show you what it looks like now westbound 580 out of the livermore if things get really badly backed up because this is a fatal crash we could see the back-up extend too livermore even though it is a friday. you may want to consider possibly the altamont pass later on. you may want to consider ace train this morning. big back-up expected for westbound 580. quickly, live shot of the bay bridge toll, now backed up to the 880 overcrossing. you can have real-time traffic information available to you when you need it by going to abc7news.com/waze. you can put it on our phone and then hopefully this will help you around some of the big slow downs. >>> two cities in san mateo county considering running a fire station in the hills. one operated by san carlos, redwood city, san mateo county they each get one or two calls a

we start on 70 in the eastbound direction. we have an accident that may be causing some eastbound delays. 29 street, watch for an accident in the city. building on the west side, a 55 as you make your way past 70. still at 61 out of white marsh. building around the area. we will see some usual delays. 83 at york road, a lot of volume just past the york road exit. you'll see some delays around padonia down to the beltway. captain roy looking at the outer loop of the beltway on the north side. so far looking pretty good. we will see some delays around harford as you make your way towards providence. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> thank you. we're learning more about the alleged shooter accused of gunning down five students in ohio on monday. investigators say the suspect t.j. lane is not a student at the high school, at the scene of the crime. it is not clear what prompted that shooting. a bumpy ride aboard a commuter ride in newark, new jersey. the nose gear collapsed upon landing and passengers were forced to exit

eastbound 580 a pedestrian was hit and killed. eastbound 580 shut down.talking about opening up lanes but the three left lanes will be closed for quite awhile. westbound 580 backing up into livermore. bay bridge toll splay we have a backup that -- toll plaza we have a backup that is pretty normal. let's go to steve. >>> sunny and nice today. not as warm. 60s and 70s. the wind in the higher elevations still northeast. at the surface it's turning southerly. that will usher in a cooling trend in sat. we'll talk more about this on mornings on 2. >>> also coming up a boat flips over in an east bay harbor. how the accident lead to an arrest. >>> san francisco sheriff goes back to court in two hours. the biggest decision expected today.

there is some roadwork against the commute eastbound 80 between 4 and willow. it will wrap up by about 6:00 this morning. we are seeing slowing on our sensors in that hercules area so watch out for that eastbound 80. westbound is fine. 18 minutes on the eastshore freeway from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and mass transit looks good no issues for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> city of hercules is on the verge of financial ruin. the city defaulted on its bond payment and owesambeck insurance company $4 million a quarter of the city's budget. if it orders an immediate payment city leaders say hercules could go bankrupt. there is another hearing next month though and now the city does have a plan. >>> there are a number of parcels that the city owns that can be sold. we still try to work out a solution so that we can avoid being backed into a corner where we just can't pay. >> the demise of redevelopment agencies which took effect this week is a major cause of the problem not only for hercules but

volume is up eastbound and westbound. let's check the traffic sensors and the mounts around the bay. 80 looks great with no problems for you there. the san ramon valley ride is smooth with sluggish conditions coming out of livermore and some slowing on 101 northbound with an accident on the shoulder at developers. >>darya: this weekend, a gop candidates have their eyes on the nevada where that state's caucuses take place. from a santorum and paul steady yesterday in the reno. romney's lamp a white house proposal that could result in the transfer of prisoners from guantanamo be thick-just guantanamo bay. this comes one day after getting the endorsement of donald trump. >>mark: the u.s. consumer products safety commission is offering a free app to let consumers know about the safety of products that people are using more thinking of buying. we do have one recall to tell you about. michaels foods recalling hardboiled eggs in brine, health officials say the product could be contaminated with listeria that could cause serious

eastbound and westbound, very light volume. a great eastbound travel speed. 61 miles per hour., head out of the house now. making your way from the beltway to gw parkway, it will only take you 11 minutes. joe and eun? >> i'm gone. thanks. >> thank you, danella. >>> and another traffic alert if you drive in the district overnight. a portion of the southeast/southwest freeway will close tonight and stay closed until tomorrow morning. crews will be closing the freeway eastbound between 11th street and pennsylvania avenue at 9 clock tonight. it will stay closed until 5:00 tomorrow morning. the 9th street ramp to the freeway eastbound will also be closed. tomorrow the westbound lanes will close in the same direction. >>> you can also expect delays on metro all this week. red line trains will single track between friendship heights and medical center. between 12:00 a.m. -- sorry, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. through friday. trains will also share tracks between van ness and medical center and new york avenue and rhode island avenue beginning at 8:00 every night through thursday.

that is eastbound 580 right by santa rosa road exit.nt. several lanes are blocked. they may do a traffic break. in the meantime, westbound 580 in the commute direction is still really backed up, as well. let's go to the maps. you can see that long line of red sensors. it is jammed solid into livermore. nearly 45 minutes out of altamont pass. bay bridge stacked up here, as well. 25-minute wait. we had an earlier accident past the metering lights and now it is jammed well into the macarthur maze. that's traffic. for your forecast, here's lawrence. >> nice and quiet around the bay area right now. we have changes coming up offered to the next couple of days. beautiful from our mount vaca cam. blue skies, sunshine. temperatures all over the map now. we have 40s into the napa valley. 60 in mountain view and 46 degrees in pacifica. this afternoon, though, should be a gorgeous day again although we'll see changes especially at the coast. 50s and 60s for highs. maybe patchy fog the 70s in the valleys and much cooler temperatures though over the

traveling eastbound at route 27, now the good news is once you get past this accident, eastbound drive on 70 hooks good through marriottsville and west friendship to 695. let's see how things are look object i -- look on i-95. south of mountain road, very light volume especially for this time morning. pace picks up as you make your way closer to 43 heading to the top side of 695. and as we head back to howard county a look at your drive on u.s. 29. a bit heavy southbound between broken land parkway and 32 but still a good choice making the drive into montgomery county. charley, back over to you. >> we have been work overnight gathering new information on the deadly school shooting in north an ohio. the schools are closed in chardon ohio outside cleveland. sherrie johnson is here with anupdate on what's taking place in a few hours. map shows how close that is to cleveland. and here's sherrie with the details. >> reporter: we have all new information starting with today at 3:30, the suspected teen gunman t.j. lane will be in court for his first appearance. area clergy have planned anothe

two of the four, so half the lanes are blocked eastbound 580.hp says it's a sigalert if it has a major impact for a half hour or more and they do not think that's the case. a smooth flow now past the scene so as far as chp no sigalert. what i say there is an accident. be careful toward the castro valley y. >> a settlement between the government and the biggest mortgage lenders could soon be signed today and california playing a key role in reaching this deal. business and tech reporter scott mcgrew live with what this could mean for you. >> good morning. honestly, it could mean little. not totally a done deal but it looks as if california has signed off on a multi-state agreement with some of the largest banks to collect its share of 26 billion. sounds like a lot but remember, americans have millions of americans are under water with their homes, they have fallen behind on payments or foreclosed on. some people will get help, the times estimating that a family kicked out by foreclosure might get a check for $2,000 within three years. we don't kn

no problems eastbound. in fact, eight minutes as you make your way 301 to the beltway.veling the beltway in prince george's county, looking for accidents, not seeing any. i am also seeing light volume. good news for you. this is route 50. 50 on the outer loop this time heading to i-95, 62 miles per hour. that trip only taking you nine minutes at this time. joe and eun, back to you. >> thank you. >>> georgetown hoya fans may want to just forget last night's game against seton hall. georgetown fell to the pirates 73-55. the 18-point loss was the biggest margin of defeat for the hoyas this season. they are now 20-6 and 10-5 in the big east. they will try to rebound from the loss on saturday against villanova. that game will be played at verizon center. >>> the terps had better luck in their match-up with miami, though. maryland came back to beat the hurricanes 75-70 at comcast center. the tapers trailed by five in -- terrapins trailed by five in the final minutes but rallied with the 10-0 run to take the lead. maryland is 6-7 in the acc and 16-11 overall. they face georgia

street eastbound 66 will slow down to look at all of last night's.out 95 between richmond and baltimore because that's moving very well. a live picture of 270 shows a quiet ride at old georgetown rd. all the way to navy medical in bethesda, looks good. back to you. >> thank you. we begin with an interview that you will only see on 7. a husband wants answers into what led a call police officers to shoot and kill his wife. brianne carter is in the newsroom joining us with more. what happened? >> there's a number of questions as to what happened yesterday morning that led to the death of 54-year-old patricia cook, a woman people described as very active in community. around 10:00 thursday morning police received a call for a suspicious vehicle. when an officer of id became engaged in a physical altercation with her. witnesses say that when she tried to drive away, the officer fired shots into her car. she died on the scene. her husband is still asking why. >> the police drove up and from there escalated and she was shot at the catholic school parking lo

they are looking at the crash. 66 eastbound at 50, should be gone by the time they get there. a beautiful morning. >> not a bad start to the day. deborah brazil little above average in the metro area. this afternoon will be right on target for this time of year. the let's look at the numbers. -- temperatures are a little above average in the metro area. it's 39 in arlington right now berkeley springs at 32 degrees. germantown, 38. 39 in centreville. a beautiful afternoon expected, not as warm as yesterday, but pleasant. 52. light northwesterly breeze. areas of rain tomorrow off and on throughout the whole day highs near 50. a good amount of rain. >> glasses are canceled in chardon, ohio, a day after a teenage gunman opened fire in a high-school cafeteria, killing at least one person. >> four other students still in hospital. the suspected gunman is due in court for the first time. brianne carter joins us in a satellite center with the latest details >> . not only our classes canceled, flags are flying at half staff in the community as people continue grieving over the deadly h

. >>> another accident on i-66 eastbound. this time this is as you approach blake lane making your way to nutley. eastbound multi-vehicle accident taking up the left shoulder lane. and chopper 4's reporting about a two-mile backup at this time. again, this is a new accident on i-66 eastbound. luckily it's on the left shoulder lane. you're going to start to really see some delays right around route 123. they will continue as you make your way toward the beltway. now if you're traveling i-95 northbound, hitting the brakes at fairfax county parkway, not seeing any accidents on i-95 northbound. as you connect to 395, your travel lanes are open. you are seeing volume as you make your way past fairfax county parkway to the beltway. eun? >> thanks. 6:02. >>> we have breaking news in the middle east. at least 25 are dead and more than 175 injured in syria where two explosions rocked security compounds this morning. according to syrian state tv, the plasts happened in the northern city of alepo. it is considered to be a key city to pr

this is a look at eastbound 580 we have a crash that is reported blocking all the lanes on 580 eastboundtraffic and a lot of emergency vehicles nearby on 880 northbound. we have very slow traffic getting up to high street. let's go out and take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it looks typical for this time of the morning. you will see some slow traffic. it's not too bad once you get on the bridge some gusty winds in and out of your commute. the rain moving through the south bay look at this rain on 237 the traffic will spot normal. there is a lot of slow traffic and a lot of hydroplaning going on. >>> thank you. i want to show you kevin from richmond viewer photo checking in on wednesday showing the leading edge. the angry sky. it unleashed its furry overnight. find me a system that came by in a year where we haven't had too many. usually they come by. this -- it's moving really fast. snow is stacking up in the sierra. heaviest rain pockets around san jose. campbell. saratoga. cupertino and mountain view. that is the biggest. that is where the front is right now. it continues to wor

they have closed the eastbound lanes of 580. the nimitz is not much better. 880 is just jammed solid because of numerous different accidents heading towards downtown oakland. flooding reports along 880 as well and portions of 101 through marin. coming up a check of of the south bay. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 6:38 now. just a few hours, the lawyer for ross mirkarimi's wife argues to have the domestic violence case completely dismissed. eliana lopez's lawyer wants keep evidence kept out of the trial. that evidence is the video showing a bruise on lopez's arms. these are stills from that video. prosecutors released the pictures from the video. the judge has ruled the video though admissible. he is being asked to reconsider that today. >>> and just into the newsroom, north korea has agreed to suspend nuclear activities according to to a u.s. state department spokesman. north korea will suspend uranium enrichment and agree to a moratorium on long range missile tests. inspectors will check it. >> one crew member died and thr

so again eastbound 580 santa rita road chp telling us to expect some big delays especially for the eastboundere able to get a couple of lanes open here within the last minute or so. but westbound 580 is still really slow, as well. you can see it in our live traffic sensors growing now to nearly half hour in those westbound lanes. so big delays westbound and eastbound 580 there through pleasanton. we'll have more traffic in a minute. in the meantime back to you. >> thank you. >>> a boat slammed into an east bay shoreline and right now, crews are just trying to keep any fuel from going into the bay. and they are still looking for anyone who might be in the water. this story just keeps changing all morning long. gil diaz tells us the boat is stolen. gil. >> reporter: good morning, frank. grace. yeah, that search continues for that supposed missing woman since 1:45 this morning but take a look at this. this is fresh video of the coast guard's chopper hovering over us just minutes ago looking for that woman. they believe the woman was part of the capsized boat. the reason they are looking for a m

we have this accident on the san mateo bridge in the eastbound direction. approaching the toll plaza. it is on the shoulder. at this point i don't expect it to cause much of a delay westbound traffic heading out of hayward into foster city and san mateo. the oakland maze everything is open and flowing this is westbound traffic heading to the bay bridge. this was an interesting shot over the weekend as we saw it, sectioned off, blocked off for the bay bridge closure. it is looking good and a lot of folks will be dealing with that new lane configuration it is not expected to cause problems. south bay no delays northbound 280 that's highway 17 across your screen, traffic is light. i want to take out to waze traffic app. we had a few reports from some traffic spotters in the area. there was construction reported on lakeville in petaluma, we also had foggy weather reported by another commuter in the area. this is a great tool for you to have handy while commuting. you can go to abc7news.com/waze. put it on your smartphone, iphone. and become a traffic spotter we

we have eastbound 80 roadwork at highway 4 that is only going to be there the next 20 minutes. now the waze traffic maps we debuted this on air exactly a month ago. with we now have over 2300 abc7 traffic spotters. we can get a quick look around the bay area with all these commuters who have turned the free traffic app on. no major problems looking good through the east bay and south bay and on the peninsula possibly a little slowing on eastbound 92 not too many problems. you can get this free app by going to abc7news.com/waze. >> really quickly, waze is taking users' suggestions now on what they want to see? >> good point kristen, yes. you can submit requests and go on twitter and go to their website and they are looking for input on ways they can improve. >> we'll keep talking about that later on. >>> oakland's mayor says things are looking up for the city. next, the outrage over what jean quan left out of her first state of theçç city address. >>> the protest message they want to delivero$o$jjjp p p ú the word is swapportunity. can i have the definition? swapportunity:

eastbound looks open. westbound, hardly anyone on the road. your eastbound travel speed, you're up to 64 miles an hour, only taking seven minutes to get from the beltway to glebe road. and if you're taking the rails, so far not seeing any reported delays on the metro, marc, or vre. over to you. >>> dan.ella, thanks a lot. >>> tolls could double and triple by 2015. board members say the current rate of $2.25 to travel the entire road could go up to $4.50 next year and f$.75 by 2018. the increases are being considered because virginia lawmakers are threatening to pull $150 million in funding for metro to dulles. >>> well, if you have driven in the district during a snowstorm or power outage, you've probably been stuck in gridlock. we now know one possible explanation for the traffic delays. the regional council of government found that only 20% of the traffic signals in the washington region have backup power in the case of an emergency. the traffic signals played a big roll in last january's sudden storm that knocked out power and jammed roads

they said they sought a suspect we eastbound -- flee eastbound from the home. they said there were still subject in the house with guns. a shot had been fired immediately after hearing the murdered man say, "are you really doing this?" they also pointed out a bullet had come through their wall from next door. the next-door neighbor showed the officers a hockey mask that was discarded

they said they sought a suspect we eastbound -- flee eastbound from the home. they said there were still subject in the house with guns. a shot had been fired immediately after hearing the murdered man say, "are you really doing this?" they also pointed out a bullet had come through their wall from next door. the next-door neighbor showed the officers a hockey mask that was discarded. the officers could have waited. believing the violent crime was still in progress and without regard for their own personal safety, they decided to make immediate entry into the residence through the front door. they did this risking their own lives to protect the occupants of the residents and further serious injury or another death. lane and august kicked the door open and observed suspects over the son of the victim. it was later discovered he had been pistol whipped by the suspects. they moved to contact and arrest the suspects. they observed the lifeless body of dixon on the floor. a 9-year-od

the current westbound lanes are in the path of the new bridge's eastbound lanes. caltrans spokesman bart ney explains how all the pieces of the new bridge construction will fit in. >> last may, we put eastbound traffic coming into oakland on a new alignment. and then over the past year, we have been widening what we call incline, the part that takes you westbound up onto the bridge with a new structure. this presidents day weekend we'll connect that and put all westbound traffic on it and then we'll demolish the part that was in the way of the new eastbound part of the bridge. and that new eastbound will set right off to the side of where traffic is right now. then labor day weekend 2013, we'll open up the entire bridge at once eastbound and westbound, and we'll shift traffic over there. >> reporter: but first comes the pain. all westbound traffic on the bridge this three-day weekend will be closed. on a normal holiday weekend, 220,000 vehicles cross the bay bridge in both directions. >> there are a number of operations that we have to do while the bridge is close

around 5:45 she was stuck in the eastbound direction.standstill. 880 area where we've had five to six accidents reported right near winton and a street traffic still going by, not too slowly on 880, i think the slick roads may have contributed to all these accidents that you see. 880, hayward, even on to 238 be extra careful i'll tell you more about how you can have that waze app. here's a live shot bay bridge toll, metering lights were turned on it is starting to back up beyond the end of the parking lot. looking good in san jose headlights northbound 280 that's highway 17 across your screen. i wanted to show you the south bay that's where mike was showing radar returns. of course the waze app is a free traffic app, you can learn more and download it from abc7news.com/waze. >>> it is now 6:20 this morning a police cruiser's dashcam is offering the world a look at two heroes. what you are hearing is two police officers in new jersey yelling to a driver in a car that is on fire. you see the flames right there. when they got no response th

we're looking at 580 eastbound through oakland around 14th. fruit zral is the sign on the map but it's close to the sign that says the 14th street exit. there is a disabled big rig. all lanes are clear but there is a chance it's sticking out in the slow lane so stick to your left as you head away from the bay bridge for 580. 48 near the top of the screen heading into the caldecott, out of the orinda side. not a major issue. we're looking at an accident clearing from southbound 280 as you come by san jose avenue, heading down out of san francisco into daly city. the northbound side approaching the area shows slowing on the sensors. there may be distraction. we had a few lanes blocked. the flashing lights enough to distract any one at this time of morning. a look outside shows you what things are like across the golden gate bridge. no major issues. we have doyle drive construction in the city getting to the golden gate bridge, but nothing else going on in the marin side. >> thanks. >> appreciate. 4:40 now. we're talking about rising gas prices.

eastbound, nothing in the roadway for you.tbound, travel speed eastbound really good as you make your way from the beltway to gw parkway, you're at 58 miles per hour. that trip only taking 11 minutes now. i'm back in ten with another look at your traffic. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> 4:42. still to come, cleaning up the mess. the progress crews are making weeks after the "costa concordia" disaster. plus -- ♪ there's a fire starting in my heart ♪ >> stealing the spotlight on music's biggest night. the big winners at the grammy awards. >>> riots in greece did not stop lawmakers from approving harsh new austerity measures designed to save the crippled nation from bankruptcy. under the plan greece will receive $170 billion in rescue loans from the european union and international monetary fund. it's the second bailout package from the agencies. as part of the deal, greece agreed to cut 150,000 jobs from the public sector as well as implementing spending cuts to the minimum wage and pension. >>> this morning, investors on wa

eastbound direction has been fine out of san francisco. a lot of folks have been heading to the san mateo bridge as an alternate. it's looking great right now across the span. probably a little bit busier than normal, than what you would expect for a saturday. but do look out for busy traffic especially monday, and then also traffic will be busier on 880 heading to the san mateo bridge and, of course, 101 on the peninsula. also if you aring it mass transit. bart is running limited overnight service during the closer. there's no transbay service on a. c. transit but they will stop at a better stop so you can get across the bay that way. and extra ferry out of vallejo and the east bay. there's a new juriry crash in san jose. apparently it's a rollover crash and traffic still getting by okay. terry. >> thank you, francis. major changes may be coming to the south shore of lake tahoe. a grand plan is in the works to overhaul many of the old developments and improve the development at the same time. in this morning's assignment 7, abc7's dan ash

eastbound, 54 miles per hour. you get from the beltway to gw parkway, that trip is going to take you 12 minutes at this time. back to you. >> we'll have to get you a cake for the flyovers. >> -- a cape for the flyovers. >> will be fun. maybe the next break. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:43. 43 degrees. still to come, creating a political firestorm. the criticism president obama is facing this morning for his mandate on birth control. >>> plus, being late for school is no laughing matter. why one family's consistent tardiness has landed th >>> welcome back. overnight we learned new disturbing details in the double murder/suicide involving a man and his two sons. the medical examiner says josh powell and his sons died from smoke inhalation in a house explosion and fire that he intentionally set in washington state. the examiner also found that the 7-year-old and the 5-year-old suffered wounds to the head and neck. the boys' grandparents are devastated. >> we know that the children are with their mother. and they're

heavy traffic on eastbound 580 approaching 164th avenue overturn crash that temporarily blocked all laneskland. we've had accidents all around the bay area. still fatal crash blocking hillsdale boulevard on-ramp in san mateo to southbound 101 look out for that. you may want to consider mass transit this morning. also, you can go to abc7news.com/waze to download a free traffic app that will help you get around the slow spots and let you know where the accidents are. >>> thank you frances for keeping track of all that. it is 6:54. >> let's recap: overnight winds made an already dangerous job harder for firefighters on each he end of the we start with terry mcsweeney in napa where firefighters are cleaning up after a massive house fire. >> reporter: they've got this knocked down no thanks to the wind, no thanks to a lack of water believe it or not on a rainy night. flamesed burned -- fire broke out 9:30 last night firefighters got out here wind a factor pushing the flames around this attic fire. they couldn't find a hydrant the nearest was half a mile way. they finally knocked the fire down

we do have a slow drive now registering eastbound across the dumbarton bridge. overnight maintenance crews were there, maybe they are on the way moving around. i'll confirm that but likely that's what happened. it's likely what's going on as the crews clear. a look at the bay bridge, we did check out the skies above it but we're going to look at the roadway. a smooth drive from the toll plaza across into san francisco for the upper deck. no accidents since the early problem cleared on the incline. the the lower deck moves over to the oakland side. back to the maps and show you there is slowing for 80, eastbound eighty from 4 up coming skyway, there is construction blocking three lanes. three lanes this morning so prepare for that heading up to the carquinez bridge, benicia bridge, southbound from the north bay. and we're watching for slowing and seeing a little bit, 46 over on highway 4 in antioch, pretty standard build. slower than the rest of the days but we'll see slowing here and 580. back to you guys. >> it is 5:17. the monthly jobs numbers are due out in a

it is slow commuting eastbound.f you're heading out of town, be aware -- taking i-95 north now, it's closed at exit 80, the maryland tollhouse. back to you. >> thank you. >>> this morning an elementary school in virginia is closed because of a norovirus outbreak. a number of students and teachers at the cople elementary school in the town of hague in westmoreland county have come down with the virus. as a precaution, the school will be closed today. virginia health department officials say if your child experiences any symptoms, keep him or her home for at least 48 hours after the symptoms have ended before sending your child back to school. >>> metro is helping george washington university in a cleanup effort to prevent the norovirus from spreading. this week, nearly 100 students have gotten sick. school officials are asking students to wash their hands more often. metro wiped down surfaces at the foggy bottom metro station which services both the g.w. campus and the hospital. >>> a struggling hospital is asking th

it's eastbound lanes we're seeing a little bit of slowing on our sensors. okay. elsewhere, towards marin county, northbound 101 right there by highway 1, there are reports of a vehicle that ran off the road. no delay on northbound or southbound 101. heading towards san francisco, the golden gate bridge, everything is great across the span. coming up, we'll get a chance of the san mateo bridge plus update you on some roadwork overnight on the dumbarton. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> glad i didn't have to go after lawrence, elizabeth. >> i can't keep up. >>> it's now 4:35. experts are working to identify more human remains that may be victims of the "speed freak" killerses. cadaver dogs helped searchers find the remains in calaveras county. they were on land once owned by wesley shermantine's family. it's the first place remains

. -- after 123 on 66 eastbound the left lane is closed. leaving 50 to 123, you will lose the left lane. and the first accident at nutley street when you get there nobody cares by then. look at all the lights coming out of centreville into vienna. >> temperatures hovering around 30 degrees across the metro area. it's friday morning, 6:00 a.m., 33 in oxon hill, 29 in poolesville. some morning sunshine, then increasing clouds midday. 49 degrees for the high temperature, near average. this evening some rain will develop close to a dinner time tonight. that will mix with snowflakes through the nighttime. you will wake up to a light wintry mix locally with no accumulation in the metro. north west of town where it will switch to all snow you could see up to and from frederick's of hagerstown cumberland, westminster, a student by midday tomorrow. back to you. >> thank you. still more questions than answers in culpeper after a police officer shot and killed a woman near the church parking lot. this happened a little more than 24 hours ago along nor

eastbound direction, traffic is flowing. traffic out of san francisco to the east bay will be open all weekend. occasionally we'll see some muni buses come back to san francisco muni line 108 will be ruin on to and from treasure island. bart will have extra overnight service and transit service, they will be starting at bart stop. extra service for ferries out of the east bay and 108 line will be running out to treasure island. >> terry: caltrans is due to give us a progress report about an hour from now. they say the closure went very well last night. it was no simple task to stop traffic at five different points. tomas ramon has more. >> reporter: bay bridge traffic started to slow to a trickle a little before 8:00. last car passed through almost exactly at 8:00. dozens of chp officers blocked off access to the bridge beginning about 7:30. they say the chp and motorists were listening to the warnings helped make this a smooth operation. >> there are so many different feeders in the bay bridge, it take up to an hour for chp

eastbound 80 by willow avenue. so once again, right lane blocked but it is going against the commute. not seeing any slowing on our sensors and westbound 80 smooth ride towards the eastshore freeway. metering lights are off. but obviously they will be turned on any minute. slight delays already at the bay bridge. that's traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> as we have been reporting all morning long, mayor reed will deliver his annual state of the city address tonight. kcbs radio's matt bigler is with the mayor now. good morning to you, matt. >> reporter: hey, guys. good morning. yeah, we are here at mayor chuck reed's house in san jose. good morning, mr. mayor. >> hi. >> reporter: how are you this morning? >> i'm doing great. it's a beautiful day. >> reporter: yeah. you are giving your state of the city speech this evening. you have given it in the morning the last couple of years. actually last year was in the evening but you're going to give it tonight. a lot of positive economic data coming out about the econ

eastbound travel speed cool 57 miles per hour.t from the beltway to glebe road. back to you both. >> thank you. >>> 5:41 the time. taking a look at gasoline prices, they might have you doing a double take. where the latest surge has left prices and how our region stacks up against the nation. >>> plus, whom are you buying flowers for this valentine's more colors. same edge. droid razr by motorola. buy one for $199.99, get another one free. and back for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. okay... is this where we're at now, we just eat whatever tastes good? like these sweet honey clusters... actually there's a half a day's worth of fiber in every ... why stop at cereal? bring on the pork chops and the hot fudge. fantastic. are you done sweetie? yea [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. hey, i love your cereal there-- it's got that sweet honey taste. but no way it's 80 calories, right? no way. lady, i just drive the truck. right, there's no way right, right? have a nice day. [ male a