eastbound interstate 80.fic for hours. fortunately, that bus was empty when it went up in flames. this happened around 7:00 last night near redwood parkway. the bus driver got out after smelling smoke. the flames ignited nearby trees threatening some homes and an apartment complex was evacuated as a precaution. >> we ran, made us all leave. just grashed all of our dogs and took -- gragged all of our -- gragged all of our dogs and took off. the tour bus driver was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> 8:32. a san pablo woman is recovering from severe burns after returning into her burning home to try to save her pets. the fire started early yesterday morning at the home on 12th street near broadway. the unidentified woman went back inside to save her cats but she was hurt and transported to the saint fran tis hospital -- st. francis hospital burn unit. firefighters were only able to save one of the cats. police say an -- firefighters say an unintended candle caused the fire. >>> a breakfast celebration will be hel

eastbound interstate 80. fortunately, that bus was empty when it went up in flames. this happened around 7:00 last night near redwood parkway. the bus driver got out after smelling smoke. the flames ignited nearby trees threatening some homes and an apartment complex was evacuated as a precaution. >> we ran, made us all leave. just grashed all of our dogs and took -- gragged all of our -- gragged all of our dogs and took off. the tour bus driver was treated for smoke inhalation. >>> 8:32. a san pablo woman is recovering from severe burns after returning into her burning home to try to save her pets. the fire started early yesterday morning at the home on 12th street near broadway. the unidentified woman went back inside to save her cats but she was hurt and transported to the saint fran tis hospital -- st. francis hospital burn unit. firefighters were only able to save one of the cats. police say an -- firefighters say an unintended candle caused the fire. >>> a breakfast celebration will be held at station 1

only one lane open eastbound.the san francisco oakland bay bridge. >> on to the market's traders looking at mixed results across the board. we of a mixed bag of attorneys that is driving in. all of the u.s. companies reporting arnes this year. the dow is currently down 20 points and the s&p only up about a quarter of a point. the nasdaq off by almost six points of current trading. we will continue to watch the numbers and at 9:15 a.m. rob black will be talking winners and losers on wall street. >> small businesses are in support of raising the federal minimum wage. according to a survey by the small business majority, they believe it will help the economy and in turn enables small companies to hire more workers. two- thirds of the 500 owners and a survey supported an increase in the current minimum hourly wage of $7.25, with an annual adjustment for inflation. 85 percent said they pay their employees more than the minimum. >> net flicks announced it will offer a new family plan. the current single user plan, which

one person is confirmed dead and that means this is going to be a long-term closure, eastbound 780 at military west and we have alternates and probably the best alternate would be to use the carquinez bridge and again east 780 military west, it is a fatal crash and it will put more pressure on some of the other roads and again the roads are wet and it is not going to be a great commute and the wet weather will add to that. it looks like 880 went bound and cars are beginning to slow down in oakland. and we are getting a little bit of a commute, and metering lights go on and you need to give yourself some extra time, there could be a stalled vehicle there as well. again not a great commute and an extra few minutes is needed. let's go to steve. >>> there is some rain and pockets of it near the oakland airport and also we are looking at darker green heavier than the lighter green and that does to pacifica, south san francisco and over towards marin county and you can see san pablo bay and hit and miss towards santa clara valley and some decent rain totals, 4.5 and that's not touchuppy. sa

one person is confirmed dead and that means this is going to be a long-term closure, eastbound 780 at military west and we have alternates and probably the best alternate would be to use the carquinez bridge and again east 780 military west, it is a fatal crash and it will put more pressure on some of the other roads and again the roads are wet and it is not going to be a great commute and the wet weather will add to that. it looks like 880 went bound and cars are beginning to slow down in oakland. and we are getting a little bit of a commute, and metering lights go on and you need to give yourself some extra time, there could be a stalled vehicle there as well. again not a great commute and an extra few minutes is needed. let's go to steve. >>> there is some rain and pockets of it near the oakland airport and also we are looking at darker green heavier than the lighter green and that does to pacifica, south san francisco and over towards marin county and you can see san pablo bay and hit and miss towards santa clara valley and some decent rain totals, 4.5 and that's not touchuppy. sa

eastbound accident on pulaski avenue. you can also take the east side of the beltway down to the key bridge. southbound 895, the right lane is close with an accident. side.utes on the west a number not accident on 295 at powder mill road. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> good morning. a nice start on this tuesday. 52 at the airport. we will make it up to 71 this afternoon. there could be a touch of rain tonight and tomorrow. foot-- waveayor o heights near a foot on the bay. >> state police arrest a driver. >> police arrested johnny johnson on monday. police say johnson was high on drugs when the hit and killed matthew hersl right in front of city hall. the orioles will honor matthew hersl before tonight's baseball game. walkinge say a boy was with a friend on mountain road on friday night when an suv hit them. police are still searching for a ford expedition. there is likely damage to the front passenger side. >> a new addition to the school of law. the vice president will visit .ith governor martin o'malley >>

the transition road from southbound 101 to eastbound 80 will be shut down until 6 a.m. and we are starting to see slowing there as you head over to treasure island in the eastbound direction. as we take a look at drive through pleasanton southbound 680, the your has not caused slowing with the drive through livermore and dublin/pleasanton is not too bad. >> new bombings in iraq this morning adding to a deadly day yesterday. two new car bombs went off this morning injuring nine people and -- actually killing nine people and injuring 27 people. another car bomb hit an army patrol north of baghdad killing two shoulders. yesterday there were a series of car bombs across the country that killed 55 people. the blood shed comes days before the first elections since the united states troops withdrew. >> the state senate public safety committee takes up a package of gun control measures. at 9:00 this morning, teachers, doctors, and religious leaders will deliver petitions with tens of thousands of signatures calling for action to prevent gun violence. the life act includes bills

and as we go into san francisco, the eastbound 80, highway has a lane blocked until 6:00 a.m. eighth street on-ramp to 80 is shut down until 6:00. >> san jose famous city hall falcons are getting company this morning. what we hope to learn from the dirting -- daring visit. >> moving is already a couple but a local company turned it into a full out nightmare. and now >> this is abc7 news, in a few hours we should know whether the falcon chicks on top of city hall are boys or girls. this morning, a biologist will go down the side of city hall to put identification bands on the baby pair of falcons. this is video from the santa cruz predatory bird research website from years past and mom and dad, clara and fernando welcomed their first chick on easter sunday, and at least two more have hatched. the banding begins at 7:00 a.m. to much wait go to abc7news.com. helicopter pilots will testify about the danger of wind mills to pilots also during the construction of windmills in places like the altamont pass but the construction towers do not have adequate safety lighting according to

headed back out to the altamont pass right new, eastbound 580 between greenville road to gasoline road we will see a couple of lanes blocked. plan ahead for the commute to the central committee. headed over to oakland, northbound 880 we have construction at fruitvale until 5:00 a.m. so it should wrap up shortly. >> 4:37 now. a hero comes forward, the man who rushed in to stop a driver on a rampage describes the moments of terror and confusion inside a san jose walmart. >> san francisco takes action to make thousands of homes safer in an earthquake. what it will mean for renters. first here is the tech byte this morning. >> would you be willing to watch tv ads in exchange if free access to video content? that is the concept with users earning cash and buy new movies or tv episodes to view on the mac or pc. the "wall street journal" reporter likes this. >> a good deal considering i spent 10 or 15 minutes of my time and was able to quickly watch some content for free. >> it is not currently available on mobile devices. a new app lets you create works of art while you sleep monitoring your

eastbound 37 at 101 was shutdown for close to three hours. at this time, the california highway patrol says its unclear if alcohol and or drugs were involved in this crash. in novato, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> tonight police investigating a fiery crash that shut down highway one along the sonoma coast. two people are dead. kron four's jeff bush shows us the scene and explains what happened. >> reporter: it happened around 11 am on highway one near stewart's point-skaggs road. chp says the driver of this, once red, ferrari lost control of the sports car and crashed into the trees you see on your screen. the car burst into flames shortly after the crash. there were two people inside. >> they were killed, pretty much, instantly. >> reporter: chp shut the highway down in both directions for several hours to investigate the accident. >> our only witness heard a loud noise and observed some smoke, ran up, called 911, some other vehicles came on scene. >> reporter: you can see just how intense the fire was. take a look at the tires, which

this crash is southbound 101 to eastbound of the freeway, with no slow downs but watch out.are on the way. the drive along the golden gate bridge great marin county to san francisco, it is looking clear. >> we have developing news from vallejo where a gun battle wounds four people, one seriously. police are trying to figure out how it began. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the police department with the latest information. amy? >> we got a briefing from an officer who was on the scene. he tells us that at least 30 rounds were fired in this gun attack. he says it happened about after 10:00 last night in north vallejo. four people were shot. they were all inside one car. they believe the gunman or more than one gunman was in another car, they were chasing the victims and shooting at them while rolling through a neighborhood. >> it is very dangerous. generally the people that get hurt in these situations are the citizens. we were fortunate we did not have any residential properties hit or did we have people who were inside the houses injured by any of the gunshots.

both lanes blocked in the eastbound direction. you are looking very slow traffic. tells us, drive along the shoulder but you want to avoid the area completely. that is best way around it. solano ramp to westbound 4, that is ride is also looking bad now. that will be around until further notice. so drive to concord could be slow there, as well. >>> it could cost you lot more to park in one east bay city. berkeley city council will consider raising the price of a street parking permit by 60% to $55 a year. the city has been cracking down on parking violators citing people who use disabled placards to boot go cars of delinquent violators. they say the programs of expensive and will consider the price hike tomorrow night. >> eric: it is april 1 and that means time for practical jokes. how bay area tech companies are joining in on the fun. >> friagd is under way on wall street. here is a live look at the big board. the dow is up 17 points. we'll go live to jane king live at new york stock exchange. >> eric: growing concerns in texas that there might be an assassin on th

the lower deck eastbound.driving along and somehow hit the top part of the bridge and caused some debris to come down eastbound on the lower tech, just east of treasure island. no significant damage is reported to the actual structure of the bridge. however, there's debris all over the place. they are cleaning it up. one lane is closed eastbound as you drive from san francisco to oakland you will see an unexpected slowdown. this is not affecting traffic from oakland to san francisco. that commute is normal. back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> breaking news out of oakland. right now, police are at the scene of a deadly stabbing. it all happened less than two hours ago at 5:15. a person called police after finding a man with stab wounds on the 2300 block of international boulevard. the man was taken to the hospital where where he died. tara moriarty is heading to the scene. >>> another shooting in the bay area last night, in then on gasser avenue. ktvu's paul chambers joins us live to tell us many critical

a sig-alert eastbound 80 beyond treasure island.er crash we are following, through fremont, southbound 880, heavy backup to this three car crash and the good news it is on the shoulder. the drive along san mateo bridge is hooking -- looking busy out there but it is still slowing. >> five things to know before you go. >> the morning news >> as we get ready to hang it off to "good morning america" here are five things to know before you go. number one, developing news in the north bay where an assault suspect is in the hospital after being shot by a police officer in napa. it happened in a diner parking lot last night during a steak out when agents tried to arrest him. a struggle broke out and an officer shot the suspect in the chest. >> number two, a bay area paramedic is in critical condition this morning after getting shot in the head while driving through oak. family members and coworkers say he is quinn boyer and he works for santa clara county ambulance in san jose. police are still searching for the shooter. >> number three, a

we will take it to your eastbound 80 freeway, the off-ramp is shut down until 5:30 and we are look at volume building here. also, the transition from southbound 101 to eastbound 80 is also closed and you can see it is causing a backup in that area. >> 5:03. giants' fans you get your baseball fix. the defending world series champions host the cardinals in the home opener at at&t park. barry is on the mound. abc7 news reporter cornell better nerd joins us live from the park with preparations for game day. >> live from the dugout, no doubt, giants' baseball is back if san francisco. the field is ready. the lights are coming on at at&t park and a beer pickup just arrived. the excitement is building, the defending world champions host st. louis in the home opener and the team will be raising the 2012 worm series championship flag. the giants return home after winning two of three games in los angeles to start the 2013 season. the starting pitcher had an mazing come back season with no reason to look back but is focused and ready for a brand new season. the team is keeping a lid on who will

eastbound looks okay.work eastbound highway 4 should be picked up if it's not already. really westbound we're watching now. 10 miles per hour. super slow speeds. usual tapping of the brake lights. and a quick look at 880 and 237. no issues here. westbound 237 coming around the bend still in the green and free and clear all the way out towards sunnyvail. that is a check of your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. dire consequences for employees accused of patient dumping. nevada's governor says anyone who violated discharged policy will be disciplined or fired. since 2008 as many as 1500 poor and mentally disabled patients got one way bus tickets from las vegas to northern california. a chaperon is required for all patients leaving the hospital by bus. >>> a woman from southern california filed a multi million dollar lawsuit after an out break of hanta virus. cathy curillo became ill last june. she says she now has a million dollars in medical bills and suffered from diminished lung capacity and low energy.

along eastbound 80 between 101 and 4th street until 6:00 a.m. a couple of lanes blocked and also the 8th street on-ramp to eastbound 80 is shut down and also the great highway is shut down and slow between lincoln way to slope boulevard and as we take the travel to san jose where we look at top speed on all our major freeways, 280, 101, it is looking good out there and the 880 headed into milpitas and 72 miles per hour still looking good and as we jump out to the drive out of the central valley and over the altamont pass, that is what is slowing right now and you down to 30 miles per hour in livermore. >> thank you, two branches of the federal government are fighting over a controversial proposed oil pipeline, the environmental protection agency is objecting to the state department report on the environmental impact from the keystone pipeline that would carry oil from western canada to the texas gulf coast. the epa has asked for oil spill risk and alternative pipeline routes and says they are planning further analysis and will put out a final en

further down the peninsula, the eastbound 237 to northbound 85 is also shut down until 6:00 a.m. so you may see the detours in place and we are looking at clear conditions. if you are traveling 101 we do not have too much traffic and we are this good shape at 280. we have this accident, a solo vehicle spinout northbound highway nine at sanborn and that is not causing any delays through the santa cruz mountains. eric or christian? >> california would no longer get psychiatric patients without escorts from neighboring nevada, any mentally ill patient discharged from nevada state facilities is accompanied by a chaperone, family member, legal guardian or state employee after a federal probe into one nevada state psychiatric hospital buying gray hour tickets for discharged patients many ended up in san francisco or los angeles. >> four national park sites are facing budget cuts because of the federal sequestration. according to our media partner, the "contra costa times", the following parks are open fewer day, eugene o'neal national historic site and john muir in martinez and the wor

as we head over to the richmond and san rafael bridge eastbound, you will notice one lane open out there between the toll lazy and canal boulevard, the cones will be picked up at 6:00 a.m., on northbound highway nine the crash is leaving a lane blocked and we are seeing some delays in that area. >> 5:09. brace yourself for more airline fee hikes. the bloomberg business report is next. >> we are just under three hours away from a gathering of all five living presidents, an event bringing them together today is ahead. >> how much would you pay for a coffee date with a c.e.o. of apple? he is auctioning himself

of the accident occurred at a set down the eastbound lane headed over toward the knees up.ere. not too badly backed out but definitely delay in the ride. we have had a number of problems on a lower east shore freeway with our third accident reported now. one of the five eighties turn off, another at san pablo dam road and westbound direction, a 25 minute drive time from the upper edge of the lower east shore freeway. having backed into san pablo already to the berkeley cares. the bay bridge westbound with traffic held up on the east shore freeway, there is not as much of the back up here at the toll plaza. this and the sale bridge ride drive times are 11 to 13 minutes with no surprises. the golden gate bridge, a wet rag this morning but still fairly smooth for the southbound 1 01 commute. right is not bad either. drive times are still under 30 minutes from nevado. 6:52 a.m. a news amities curry village is back open and ready for spring and summer visitors. this after being the sight of a deadly hantavirus outbreak last summer. the outbreak of the popular lot is by killed th

eastbound on the icc approaching georgia avenue. crash there had traffic squeezing by to the right.o th that's a check of your fox 5 ontime traffic. >> thank you, julie. >> we continue to follow the developing story out of bostonry this morning. the f.b.i. is now leading the investigation into the deadly explosions at the bostonio marathon.ns attack is called an act of terrorism. police are also searching an apartment in a boston suburbton only saying a search warrant related to the attack has been issued a federal source confirm that's a saudi national in the t u.s. on a student visa is being questioned in the bombing. but so far not classified as a suspect. president obama vows to bring whoever is responsible toob justice. >> we still do not know who did this or why. w and people shouldn't jump to conclusions before we have all h theav facts. but make no mistake: we willke get to the bottom of this and a we'll find out who did this, we'll find out why they did this. >> three people were killed in the explosions including eight-yea

driving northbound on 101 and actually it is more like roadwork, eastbound 80 and one lane, it is so early that it is not causing a big traffic jam and we are going to watch that for you. let's go back to the desk. >>> there was a sexual assault at st. marys and tara moriarty is live and knows more about how he got into a disarm room. >> reporter: police are searching for a suspect, and they have confirmed a woman of college age was sexually assaulted in her townhouse resident hall and they believe the suspect came back after a meeting in berkeley friday night. she is one of the people here at the resource centers here. >> when it gets reported it means the system is working and the student felt safe enough to come forward and it means they felt they could get support in resources. >> the victim is white with brown hair and blue eyes and a local hospital treated the victim and sent an anticrime alert and anybody with information is asked to contact police. ktvu channel 2 morning news. >> tara, thank you very much. >>> a candle light vigil, for a person who died over the weekend. >> s

there is southbound 101 and there is the ramp to eastbound 92 to give you a perspective and traffic will be backed up big time on the east shore freeway on the peninsular and i would recommend using 280 as an alternate route and as you can see this will be there for a while and chp said traffic will be a mess in the southbound direction, again southbound 101, we have two lanes closed down to one lane on the freeway because of this truck crash. now let's look at 880 northbound and this traffic looks okay. ten son on the right shoulder, that traffic is moving along well. >> it looks like it is winding down beginning to push off east and south and there is one more left in the pipeline, yesterday's high is 54 and today we will be 62. average high is 63 to about 70 and today we will be close to average or slightly below. we can see some of the cloud cover which is off towards the mother load. any low clouds will start getting pushed offshore. there is light rain towards chuckky and kirkwood and right there coming off the mountains, a couple will be coming through the picture in the next hour

are looking at these cameras and wet weather on the mcarthur maze, we have a report of a crash on eastbound 580 at 80 the mcarthur maze right in that area so we will take a look at that for you and there is also a report of a crash 580 on 24th and we are checking those in this area. they are running along majorly well and it doesn't take long to get flooded and we have a lot of standing water. looking at the traffic on 280 northbound that traffic looks good getting up to highway 17, let's go back to steve. and then you have to crank things up and it will be here for the morning and there is definitely more on the backside of it so we will have partly cloudy skies, i know it is tough when you have to look at it and any snow levels will be extremely high. i mean right there, that will come by at 10:00 or 11:00, not today, we will drop it to 60 degrees. and it looks like a fast moving system giving us a lot of clouds not much else saturday and sunday we could have another round of rain before the next warmup and middle of next week, pam? >>> they are searching for two lost hikers in southern c

this is the berkeley curve eastbound 80, with the good at natural at san pablo avenue from berkeley to macarthur maze you will be in good shape. fremont has another accident along southbound 680 before washington boulevard it doesn't look to be causing any slowing as a result. and construction that is lasting until 8:00 a.m. and north access road to southbound one is going to be shut down again until 8:00 a.m. >> people in several bay area cities my have to wait another week to have their garbage picked up because of a traffic collector sympathy extreme. union members picketed yesterday outside the daly city headquarters of waste and allied services so garbage trucks did not make rounds in fremont, daly city, half moon bay, forward and san jose, and pacifica and it will not today, either. they walked off the job do sport a strike in ohio. >> ahead, a big box retail is caught comparing news size dresses to a large mammal. >> oscar pistorius is free to leave south africa but does he plan on competing again? his family is revealing details >> daly city, dublin/pleasanton, los gatos, and a

>> we have construction on the maps in the south bay if you are traveling along 237 eastbound and westbound connection to southbound 880 will be closed and that is until 6:00 a.m. caltran is out there working to repair the connection at this hour. as we take you to the bay bridge toll plaza, we have a report of an accident, a solo accident near the toll plaza at five or six, so to the center left area and that is where we will be seeing some delays from oakland to san francisco. kristen and eric? >> happening now, a big step this morning for the long planned san francisco central subway connecting the south of market to china town. the first tunnel boring machines arrived on site and abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is there. >> the first parts of the giant tunnel boring machine arrived here shipped over from china in the last couple of weeks. a construction worker told me there is nothing "boring" about it. more pieces will arrive later. when it is assembled it will be 300' long and now comes the hard part, lowering them into a hole at the starting point for the excavation, the launch bo

in the east bay we have this construction project, eastbound highway four between harper to leverage,ve a couple of lanes blocked. check out westbound traffic at 15 miles per hour from antioch and it starts to pick up the further you head into concord. this is the drive through walnut creek headed southbound along 680 toward 24 and busier at this hour but still moving and know accidents. >> a big birthday bash is being held this morning at pier 39 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the port of san francisco. san francisco's waterfront is unmistakable. the port was created when hinge link was president -- when abraham lincoln was president. there will be a day long activity including a treasure hunt. >> test flight of a solar powered plane is called a big success the solar impulse flew over the golden gate bridge and bay bridge yesterday with 12,000 solar cells on the 230' wing span in preparation for a cross country trip in may with the ultimate goal a drip around the world on solar power the. >> officials at at&t park will figure out who made off with a huge plaque honoring barry

we have a new crash with an overturned big rig in san mateo approaching eastbound 92. so far, we are starting to see a little bit of volume building, one or two lanes are blocked out there and on the other side of the san mateo bridge we have this going on, on the nimitz, northbound 880, before highway 92, a car fire. that, has like it could be slowing traffic down. speaking of which, here is a look at the san mateo bridge, a high wind advisory with traffic actually on the bridge is not too bad. >> two breaking news stories, the land line phones, 9-1-1 system down in the unincorporated area of santa clara county to gilroy. very important, but you can still call 9-1-1 open your cell phone. the fire stations can not even make calls. so verizon said it went down at 2:00 a.m. and they are working on the program and it could be a fiber optic issue. >> following breaking news in san jose, there is a hazardous material situation at pg&e substation. a couple transformers leaked installation oil from the cooling systems and the spill involved thousands of gallons of oil. it is

eastbound still really slow, the san mateo bridge?they are talking about opening one lane up soon. they have one lane opened. two blocked. one person was trapped inside a car. a serious crash. westbound is the big mess. most people are heading that way, westbound at this time. traffic is really slow heading out to the foster city area. they even have the signs up there. dumbarton bridge. i want to put up the maps here. dumbarton bridge is a decent alternate. we had a minor accident at the toll plaza. nothing really major and also using the bay bridge as an alternate. westbound 580 traffic through livermore is fine. driving from hayward to union city is a little bit slow on 880. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. still lighter than normal. about a 15-minute delay. let's go to steve. >> when we get a strong onshore breeze. this tree is usually flying. not today. we have a fog bank. for us here it's mainly a big, big fog bank. so it's giving us a decent push on the sea breeze. still, i think, partly sunny. fog, sun, but noticeably co

are looking at these cameras and wet weather on the mcarthur maze, we have a report of a crash on eastbound 580 at 80 the mcarthur maze right in that area so we will take a look at that for you and there is also a report of a crash 580 on 24th and we are checking those in area. they are running along majorly well and it doesn't take long to get flooded and we have a lot of standing water. looking at the traffic on 280 northbound that traffic looks good getting up to highway 17, let's go back to steve. and then you have to crank things up and it will be here for the morning and there is definitely more on the backside of it so we will have partly cloudy skies, i know it is tough when you have to look at it and any snow levels will be extremely high. i mean right there, that will come by at 10:00 or 11:00, not today, we will drop it to 60 degrees. and it looks like a fast moving system giving us a lot of clouds not much else saturday and sunday we could have another round of rain before the next warmup and middle of next week, pam? >>> they are searching for two lost hikers in southern califo

eastbound 37 at 101 was shutdown for close to three hours.this time, the california highway patrol says its unclear if alcohol and or drugs were involved in this crash. in novato, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> police are investigating a fiery crash that shut down highway one at bodega bay near the sonoma coast. it happened around 11 a-m saturday. the c-h-p says the driver of this, once red, ferrari lost control of the sports car and crashed into the trees the car burst into flames shortly after the crash. there were two occupants in the car. >> they were killed, pretty much, instantly. our only witness heard a loud noise and observed some smoke, ran up, called 911, some other vehicles came on scene. >> firefighters remained in the area for several hours to put out flare ups that occurred and to make sure the fire did not spread to the nearby trees. officers go on to say it will take longer than usual to positivly identify the two people who were in the ferarri because their bodies were so badly burned. >> visitors to san francisco often

that's headed in the eastbound direction. that's the bottom span. the big rig hit the roof there. definitely will be inspecting that as they head through the morning hours. accident in danville on 680 headed towards sycamore valley road. still an obstruction on 280 northbound in the redwood city area right at bunker hill because of an obstruction -- apparently chp says there's a dead carcass in the slow lane. south bay, things moving smoothly. yesterday this is where the cement truck tipped over 101 northbound in san jose. traffic is moving. good news, no accidents to report in that location today. you should be on time if that's your route. back to you. >> thank you, anthony. speaking of time, it is 6:08 right now. price tag for the high-speed rail project in southern california to here in the bay area just continues to grow. california high-speed rail authority now says it needs an extra $97 million for office and field work to design the line. this would bring the total preconstruction budget -- preconstruction -- up to $878 million. overall, construction kochts have doubled to

this is into the eastbound 880 in oakland. if you are heading toward oakland airport, everything is looking good. headlights are moving southbound toward hayward. and the bay bridge no road work. great time to get into san francisco. coming up a check of mouse transit. >> thank you. wall street is on a roll investors voluntary seen in years. -- haven't seen in years. >>> this afternoon stocks are set to finish april on the positive side. 6th straight month of gains, longest monthly winning streak in four years. the dow added 106 points. the nasdaq gains 27 to reach a 12-year-old and s&p hit an all time high as well. >>> another fed meeting today in washington. keep interest rates low and keep buying bonds as a way to stimulate the economy. the unemployment rate will have to fall another percent before they let interest rates rise. >>> the u.s. government is paying down its debt. now expects to payoff $35 billion this quarter. the increase in the payroll tax and steady economic growth. >> 4:49. southwest airlines is tightening

the passenger's going eastbound here. ( garbled radio transmission ) ...he's running. yes, yes, yes. where's he at? he's laying right in here. i thought i heard something. he went this way and he went here. two of them... two of them went eastbound. the driver had the multi-colored and the baseball hat on. he's wearing orange. why did they get in the damn car when he..? no, this was a separate car. this was a maroon car that was pulling... i caught it on 33rd street. i couldn't get on the radio because the copter was on it. shaffer: can they follow you, colonel? another vehicle checked out, but we couldn't see them. of boulevard in the alley north of 30th. a tan-colored vehicle along .... building... go get him. there he is! ( yelling ) show your hands! show your hands! let me see your hands. you give up? yes! shaffer: we have this one under control. keep the perimeter up. we still have one over here. irwin: turn around, face the fence. where's your buddy at? where's your buddy? i don't got no buddy. where's the guy in the orange coat? the dude came through the alley h

. >> eric: chp is investigating a fire that broke out on a bus on eastbound interstate 80 in vallejo last night. flames spread and threatened a nearby apartment building. lilian kim shows us how close it came to people's homes. >> had is video shot by a motorist going west on interstate 80. it shows a tour bus engulfed in flames. luckily there were no passengers aboard and the driver made it out safely, but the flames spread quickly to several trees that sit between the interstate and an apartment building. people that live down the street ran out of their homes to see a dark plume of smoke. >> i saw sparks were coming down and people were getting their stuff. >> the vallejo vallejo fire department said embers burned a fence and other lawn equipment. firefighters were able to keep it from burning down. firefighters say it could have been a lot worse. trees are full of oil and highly flammable. >> keep in mind, they have needles, pine needles and other types of leaving on top of the roofs that caught fire. >> reporter: traffic on interstate 80 slowed to a crawl as the fire was happeni

it is on mission boulevard, not actually on the highway but the eastbound side of the ramp.ellow censors are on the westbound side. if you are taking the route, just remember that there is an accident right now. it should be cleared in the next few minutes. that's on mission boulevard. back to you. >> that pinstripe suit looks so strong. we try to keep you on camera as much as we can. 4:57. new information this morning about the bay bridge. engineers should have seen it coming >>> a taxi cab driver crashes on highway 1. we'll let you know why that guy is now in jail. >>> a san francisco cabby arrested after an early morning crash. we'll let you know what police say he was doing right before he went off the road. >>> how sacramento plans on curbing gun violence by targeting bullet sales. i'm bob redell. i'll have the details of proposed legislation coming up in a live report. >>> we're done with the rain. now, it is the thick fog we are watching for your morning drive. expect reduced visibility. we will let you know when it is expected to clear and when that sun will come out

the merge, the split with eastbound 80 and eastbound 580.we are looking towards that as folks are heading off the richmond brinl. richmond bridge. back to you. >>> investigators this morning analyzing fingerprints and our dna evidence at the northern california home where an eight-year-old girl was sadly stabbed to death. this morning, her killer still on the loose. authorities going door to door in the cal abear ras county town of valley springs checking storage sheds, horse stables and attics, located 30 miles east of stockton. investigators following leads from all over the area. in spite of increased security, residents said this murder has shattered their sense of safety. >> a lot of parents that have to commute and go to work and they all latch key kids. so they come home and unlock the doors. i'm really concerned about our neighborhood now. >> the calaberas sheriff's department will have extra security. a candle light vigil tomorrow night. >>> a candlelight vigil will be held for brandy martell, the transgender woman killed last year

eastbound 580 between live more avenue and vasco you have intermittent lane blockages from one, two, or three lanes until 6:00 a.m. where we see fog that is along highway one to half moon bay into princeton. >> thank you, leyla. >> a bay area neighborhood that never sleeps allowing businesses to stay only 24/7. >> an off-duty bay area cop saves the day on way home from vacation. would he ♪ ♪ if loving you is wrong ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. bee happy. bee healthy. with clusts of flakes and o's. oh, ho ho... it's the honey sweetness. i...i mean, you...love. >> welcome back, at 4:41. palo alto could get a new elementary school to keep up with increasing enrollment. san jose mercury news reports the school could be. between montrose and antonio road, the same campus where the district currently houses the adult and early education programs. the school board takes up the issue on tuesday, and it will be pal

south, you are going to see some road construction in san francisco along southbound 101 to the eastbound 80 freeway until 6:00 a.m. back to san jose, along northbound 280 to southbound 85, that transition will be worked on until 6:00 a.m. eric and kristen? >> there is confirmation that san francisco has a taxi short average. today, "san francisco examiner" reports a consulting firm report concludes the city will be better served by adding 700 more cabs on top of 200 already approved. operators complained they are losing business to unregulated ride share companies but at san francisco international airport officials are telling the ride shares to "hit the road" for now. >> next, neighbors at an east bay community have a new crime-fighting crime if police do not catch you, the camera will. >> exploring the wonders of the new exploritorium, a look at a major new points that -- that mixes science and arts. >> is microsoft ready to unveil the next generation xbox? the new system will require a constant intent connection and cost $500. >> the htc1, a new droid smartphone features a 4.7" scree

the first one, eastbound 80 side. approaching 580. you can't see it on our map but you can seate it on the traffic map. the other accident at 580 westbound headed to the 24 connector on the on ramp. traffic is slowing. water stacking up on the roads. a little bit of localized flooding approaching the tunnel. 580 approaching the castro valley area at the boulevard. you can see traffic slowing down as one lane is getting by at 580. more coming up in a few minutes. we have two hours to get through and get you out the door on time. laura, back to you. >>> take a look at this, an australian pilot lucky to be back on safe ground this morning. his landing was caught on camera. watch it going great until the front wheel of the twin engine, see it dangling. it wasn't able to lock into place. the pilot was amazingly able to touch down on the roadway, just nose down skidding in. the plane slid for several hundred feet before stopping. you know what? even better. no one was hurt. no doubt, a little rattled, though. the cause of that accident is b

all eastbound lanes closed for 90 minutes. the flames all over the place set nearby trees on fire which, in turn, threatened an apartment complex. it was evacuated. we'll report no damage. chp also says more good news, nobody was hurt. >> this morning a memorial continues to grow in san francisco for a college student and star athlete shot and killed during his spring break vacation. 19-year-old jacob. was killed. they are leaving flowers at the site of the shooting. he was walking home with a friend when a man got out of the car, asked if he was in a gang and shot him. he died at the hospital. he attended lewis and clark in portland, oregon, where he played football. >>> new details this morning in the colorado cedar shooting case. prosecutors will seek the death penalty against james holmes. last week prosecutors rejected a plea deal from the 25-year-old to avoid the death penalty. holmes charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the mass shooting that killed 12 people and injured 70 more. a judge enter

in san francisco southbound eastbound 80 still have that ramp closed for road work. northbound 280 getting up to highway 1 this traffic here looks good. let's go back to steve. >>> sal, is there a full moon around? >> look around you might see it. >> well it's actually tomorrow. tomorrow at noon but it's close enough. if you are over on the coast you are saying what are we talking about? with have a little bit of cooling tend. temperatures yesterday we topped out two days ago. the key was napa and santa rosa had a north wind and then it turned southerly. fog is out there. and it continues to lift a little bit. it is making a push on the inland area. not really inland. it's making a push over the bay. yesterday was confined just to the coast so it was moving south to north. a lot cooler. san francisco yesterday was 73 and that sea breeze kicked in. 48 we'll go at 7:00 a.m.. 56 a high of 62. day baseball at at & t park it will be nice. it will still be on the cooler side. 58 at game time. yesterday at this time we had a lot of 60s. napa is now 43. fairfield was 68 now

we also have construction that is scheduled until 11 a.m., eastbound 580 between greenville to north flynn there is road work until 11 a.m. so if you are going through the central valley you could be slowed down out there. christian and -- kristen and eric? >> a bill intended to punish the boy scouts for banning bay members and would deny tax-exempt status to groups that refuse to accept atheist or transgender or gays. >> the boy scouts will reconsider the policy in may. >> high school graduation rates are improving in california but there is still a huge achievement gap between the rich and the poor. according to the state department of education in 2012, 78.5 percent of high school seniors graduated with their class. that is up 1.4 percent from the previous year. at richmond high, a third of the seniors did not graduate with their class. a nonprofit program called college is real helps students graduate and get to college. >> we are all in the same boat. it was the money. we were scared of going somewhere we would not be able to make it. >> locally, santa clara, san mateo, and cont

jump down to oakland where we have the roadway flooding, 880 to eastbound 980.there. >> eric: thank you. >> general hospital is celebrating it's 50th anniversary today. >> 50 more years. [ cheers and applause ] >> cast members past and present celebrated with change and champagne, best way to celebrate anything. it debuted april 1st, 1963. this season general hospital will offer fans plenty of story line surprises. there is one special guest coming up on one episode this week. who will it be? stay tuned. the anniversary special starts today at 1:00 p.m. right here on abc7. >> eric: it could be the easter bunny? we'll find out later but the easter bunny got busted. this photo was taken at san diego county after a chp officer pulled over a bunny for not wearing a helmet. the he said he was on his way to a charity event. look like he is crying there. officer let him go with a warning. let it be known if you are wearing a bunny suit. >> did anybody check? san francisco police searching for a gunman that opened fire on muni bus overnight. the passengers and victim an

as we led back to the east bay, we have debris floating around in lanes eastbound 24 as you come out of the tunnel it is impeding the traffic. >> 6:22. people across the bay area are waking up as we just discussed to downed tries and power outages and we will go live to the peninsula. there is a brand new problem there. >> they call them lores of -- ls of the k9 advantix ii not only kills fleas and ticks, it also repels most ticks before they can attach. the leading brand kills, but doesn't repel. a tick that isn't repelled or killed may attach and make a meal of us. get veterinarian recommended k9 advantix ii! >> welcome back, cisco systems and 3m and dm involvement not three organizes you group together but that is exactly what computer world magazine is doing. the sacramento bee reports dmv is recipient of computer world 2013 honors award for innovation including that dmv youtube channel that distributes driver training videos and clips, and a spokesman says the department is always trying to stay ahead of tech trends. >> the san francisco giants welcome the colorado rockies to at

we got problems eastbound alongn university boulevard at georgia avenue the repairs are underway with only one lane gettinging through. because it's early this morningn there's very little traffic outt there, really no delay, dela something to watch out for, eastbound university boulevarded approaching georgia avenue. lanes areing open southbound 3, the road work, i encountered that out of kensington toward bethesda, now clear.th lanes arees open continuing towd chevy chase and the d.c. lane. out loop of the belt lane, and northbound 95 in the clear, clea leaving wood bridge, continuingt northbound toward norton, no issues reported in the mainorte lineths or the express lane lane continuing toward springfield.n. that's the check of fox 5 on fo time traffic. traff >>> julie, thank you very much.. >>> today marks 6th years sincec the virginia tech shooting. shoo >> a mother who came close toe o losing her daughter that day is refusing to give up her fight ft for gun control reform. fox 5 beth parker has her story this morning. >> reporter: lorie haass is a mom on a mission. miss >> went

and in san francisco we have construction blocking the transition road from southbound 101 to eastbound 80, with construction wrapping up at 6:00. >> thank you, leyla gulen. a bayer set up to save birds has actually killed dogs of -- dozens of them, at look at the problem. >> extending bart service to the south bay is a milestone. when the heavy digging is expected to begin. first, though, we have the tech bytes this morning. >> the ipad mini will get some competition. the "wall street journal" reports that microsoft will start producing a 7" version of the surface tablet this year. it is a big day for t-mobile after years of waiting the carrier finally started selling the iphone 5. current owners who want to switch to t-mobile can trade in their older models for zero dollars down and receive a credit of up to $120. >> what will happen to your online accounts after you die or become inactive for some reason? a new tool from google called inactive account manager lets you assign your google accounts to someone else or have it deleted. those are >> covering fremont, palo alto, north bay a

we are focusing on westbound as a commute and eastbound, a little bit of a blip. looks like it has cleared from interstate eastbound heading toward the car okay nis bridge. just after 2:00, deadly crash, stone valley road. that roadway is closed, stone valley road. that is a large roadway. i will follow that as they will let me know if they have to keep that closed for the time being. a deadly accident. the investigation will continue. you are okay on the on and off ramp there through alla mo. 580 and 680, the dublin interchange, no surprises. no slowing. a little blip here and there. >>> state senator leland yee will be at the tesla headquarters in menlo park announcing some good news for green drivers. his sb-286 passed on the senate floor. it would extend the state's green and white sticker program until 2018. the stickers emission cars to drive in hov lanes even if there is only one person in the car. >>> the golden state warriors bringing playoff fever back to oracle arena. with the series tied at one a piece, will steph curry wb healthy enough to play. he ha

the eastbound traffic is not seeing any problems and light at this hour. we will talk about travel times, as we take a look at 4 and 580 and 101 everything is moving along at top speed before antioch and concord at 15 minutes and 22 minutes away from the central valley to dublin and 101 out of san rafael, from the golden gate bridge it is a short 12 minute drive. >> thank you. >> south korea makes an offer to the north to diffuse a growing nuclear crisis. north korea's unmistakable reply. >> new cases of the bird flu and their location is making doctors worried about the spread. first, though, this morning's america's money report. >> good morning, topping america's money it is general motors and ford developing a new transmission assembly lines could be installing it in vehicles by 2016, expected to meet new feel standards and carbon dioxide admission. 42 is the best opening, ever, for baseball movie, the jackie robinson picture brought in $27 million over the weekend. >> that is america's >> covering benicia, san ramon, san mateo and all bay area, this i

road eastbound lanes are open, eastbound 66, the pace quite qu slow leaving manassas and as aa you travel and 123. 123. no accidents to report between e annandale and maryfield. we will continue with the our cameras, show what you iss, s happening on theho eastbound sie of 66. 66. that backup from the east 634, , you will find on northbound 3 knife the pace slows leaving thv roadway to seminary road. traffic coming, high tenne heigd security downtown. thing street blocked off between pennsylvania avenue and 8th 8th street. there's a closure on long e street, and penn street shutdowh between 14th and 15th 15th street. that's a check of fox on timen e traffic. >>> head at 7:00.at the latest on the explosions at the boston marathon. we will hear from a terrorismte expert coming up next. >>> referred alshareverend alshd we will talk about the emancipation parade, and security will be running high. we will be getting an update from them coming up. [ male announcer ] the new malibus are getting a lot of attention at your chevy dealer lately for good reason. like