traffic is still backed up into el cerrito. let's look at 80 southbound heading south because of several crashes it is slow all the way down to fremont. >>> this morning at the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light, let's go to steve. >>> at san jose airport, it's cold and off in the distance, i love when it is stacked up and you can see them coming in. i believe it is from phoenix and it is on time. good morning folks actually i was thinking about it. the cold morning lows, mainly north bay and that's near sonoma, bethel 29 cordelia 29. i did see a 32 and also loss alto. we just took december and rolled it in, 48 to 50 almost 70 degrees. and that's at the sonoma airport and that's beau canon and livermore 34, a hint of a northeast wind, nothing too outrageous like we had on the weekend and we will start to warm up fast. low pressure will break off right here, drive right down on us tomorrow and it will give us a lot of clouds and cooler temperatures, maybe some very, very light rain. although the forecast has no rain in it and i

an 81-year-old el cerrito wn who was beaten, and may have been sexually assaulted, isn critical condition tonight. richmond police say workersa car tire company on san pabo avenue found the victim when they opened the store this morning. right now police have no les on a suspect. a rookie standout for the 4s is charged with driving undr the influence. miami beach police arrested outside linebacker aldon smh last night. he is due in court tomorrow. smith was the seventh overal draft pick-- out of the university of missouri last year. during his first season, he had 14 sacks - a franchise record for a rooke linebacker. the 23-year-oldo ranked first in the n-f-l in sacks among rookies. in a statement, the 49ers s, quote: "we take these issues very seriously, but l reserve further time, as this is . >> the 49ers say in a statement, we take these issues very seriously, but will reserve further comment at this time, as this is an ongoing legal matter. >>> detours and delays around the clock roadblocks throughout the the bay area this weekend. >>> continued dry here through the weekend and into

hi, i'm steve rudy welcome to my el cerrito cellar. let me show you around. most wine cellars do the job -- storing wine and such, but when steve built his cellar... it's a little secret hideout. he didn't know his project would turn into a backyard retreat. before we started it was basically dirt, weeds and basically behind the garage area where we threw junk. steve created an above ground "cave." my favorite part about the cellar is probably the entry. it's probably what i put most of my time into designing and trying to create a sense of oldness. i tried to find a door that looked old and what i wanted, but couldn't find it, so i ended up just making it myself. when you walk up you'll see the travertine paving, which is outside the cave and also inside the cave. the columns are made out of terra- cotta flue titles which are used in chimneys. the structure of the cave is basically concrete. steve's cave is now part of the landscape. you see banana plants, morning glory is basically on the top of it growing everywhere, a mexican fan palm, some cannas, some v

road rage may have led to a deadly accident of interstate 80 between richmond and el cerrito. haaziq madyun spoke with investigators about what led up to the fatal crash. >> the vehicle changed lanes, accelerated in got ahead of the driver of the van and tapped his brakes and then continue driving down the freeway. >>haaziq: investigators are looking into whether or not this is a case of road rage. the incident lasted nearly five minutes. >>pam: caltrans had to close to lanes after a hole appeared under a highway. this is not the first time emergency repairs were needed. last year, the same area had to be close to three times. in all of these incidents into lanes had to be closed so that caltrans to make emergency repairs. they have said the age of the structure and constant use are most likely the cause of the problems. >>pam: repair work has begun telegraph hill after a massive rock slide earlier this week. trawls clifford is there and joins us live with more on the cleanup. >> the cruise went in with backhoes and loaded 13 dump trucks. >> geologists do believe that more roc

this is on the border of el cerrito and it will be a major delay for your commute. let's go to other pictures, bay bridge may be lighter as a result more people will not be able to get through. a lot of people are coming in from that area using the bay bridge and you may want to get ahead of the crowd if you can they will be arriving and at some point they will all be late. 6:19 let's go to steve. >>> we have more clouds to the north, it looks like a mostly sunny day on tap. you can see what is going on and everything continues to push north, there is some rain up on mendocino coast, up towards trinity and we have some lower 50s. san rafael mid-to-upper 40s, if we get a few breaks in the clouds temperatures will cool off and high pressure will kicking back in for the next four or five days. mostly sunny, some morning low clouds and temperatures are starting to come up and they are getting a little bit above, low 50s and 60s and your extended outlook shows a pattern, friday into saturday sunny warm days. >>> the company will track what users do online using video e-

a brutal attack has an 81-year-old el cerrito woman fighting for her life. police say she was beaten and possibly sexually assaulted. the victim livesowing the >> reporter: the victim lives just three blocks from where she was found clinging to life. we're told by friends of the woman she often went for early morning walks in the neighborhood. sometimes as early as 4:30 a.m. they say it's possible that is when she was attacked. >> he is the manager of this big o tire store. he doesn't usually look at this corner of the property until late in the day but at 9:00 a.m. when he went to park a car near the tires he saw the g on the ground. >> asked her if she needed help. she looked up at me. her face was swollen and blood everywhere and she just nodded. >> he called nine one one. -- 9-1-1. >> the victim is in critical condition at a local hospital. at this point we're not a even sure she is going survive her injuries. >> the 81-year-old victim on the right had to be airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. she has lived here for more than 15 yea

a woman is in critical condition and was badly beaten and it was located on the border of el cerrito. >> reporter: richmond police say she was attacked right here in this parking lot. i do want to swing you right over here and take you to this back corner. the manager tells me all of a sudden he notice add woman in this back area if you could see these tires, that is where he found the victim and he has never seen anybody so badly beaten. >> her eyes were swollen shut, she was badly bruised and pretty beat up. >> reporter: he called 911 when he found an 80-year-old woman by these tires. >> she was like around here but on her knees facing the wall this way. >> reporter: he was opening up e the shop and at first glance he thought she was homeless and when i got closer i noticed she was covered in blood. there were bloodstains everywhere. >> reporter: they say she was attacked in this parking lot and is now in critical condition. it was between 4:00 and 9:00 a.m. during her routine walk. >> was she sexually assaulted? >> we are still waiting to see the reports to determine if this was a

right now tough driving conditions extending to every area including the east shore freeway and el cerrito but also for example antioch, pittsburgh and bay point, some tough driving there as well. it looks like a little bit of a delay starting in the cash lanes, let's go back to the desk. >>> the rain is causing some problems for the morning commute. paul chambers joins us from the bay bridge toll plaza with more on how that looks, paul? >> reporter: actually as you can see before people start going to the toll things are running smoothly and the winter storm is causing problems at the toll plaza but the water has been causing problems. here is some flooding video from overnight on interstate 880 at the broadway off ramp and give yourself some extra time in that area. now let's take a look at some video over here in berkley. this is interstate 880 westbound, there was an accident this morning and we are still trying to go the the details out but we know the accident happened in a car as rain pounded the area and two vehicles collided, a truck crashed into a concrete barrier where it will n

the ferry ride in el cerrito will go up $15 and if it is approved it will begin july 1st. >>> let's goin on traffic, sal? >>> we are getting more crowded certainly if you are leaving the house you will notice things are a little more crowded than they were when i first started reporting this morning. there goes bart and bart is doing well. highway 4 is coming across the bay point curve here and it is also stop and go as you come to the antioch area. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza and it looks more like it traditionally looks. this is the way it looked in 2011 and here we are it looks like it is almost full strength. in fact if it stays this way for another hour we will be back to the morning commute. we have more slowing and no problems on 101 and 280 and as you look at the peninsular it also looks very nice and westbound 580 looks good all the way to caster valley. and and at the surface, wind is picking up but you have to get up about 1,000 feet. and towards the south bay, monterey peninsular, we are good to go, pattern change, it will not be today and rain totals are ba

. >> reporter: advice that resinates with el cerrito's new chief. >> i felt i had to do a little bit level the playing field so i could have more room. >> it was hard for people to accept me, some of the guys struggled with it. >> reporter: but proof is in the performance. and tonight the newest bay area chief had her badge pinned on by her life partner who's an oakland cop. and she looks forward to even more barriers falling. >> this is the new chief of police here, this is the new chief of police there, in gender or ethnicity won't matter. they are now trail blazers. chief bishop taking over here in san rafael next week. we're live in san rafael. >>> a woman from san martinez has been sentenced to here in jail and five years of probation for stealing a car with a 1 -month-old baby inside. maribel mejia turned herself in after stealing the car. police found the car and the baby unharmed several hours later. mejia has pled not guilty to charges. two other felony charges including kidnapping were dismissed. >>> in san bruno five vehicles have recently been hit by thieves who made off

. >>> police in richmond looking for the person who attacked an 81-year-old el cerrito woman taking herorning walk. she was found hours later when the manager of a tire store discovered her on the ground. she had been badly beaten. police say her injuries are life-threatening. she may have been sexually assaulted as well. >>> continuing a troubling trend. nine people arrested and three police officers injured after a series of fights outside walnut creek bars in weekend. the fights come days after the city council began discussing several proposals for cracking down on drunken after hours violence downtown. the proposals come in the wake of several fights including a parking lot bar brawl involving more than 30 people. >>> estimated 22,000 kaiser hospital workers are making final preparations for what could be the largest one-day strike the hmo has seen. the planned walk-out involves health maintenance organization mental health and optical employees. nurses and another union agreed to walk out in solidarity. similar but smaller walk-out took place last september. they are locked in a c

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several reporting complete standstill accident, major accident traffic through el cerrito slow.d parkway is clear. it is richmond parkway to 580 east back on to 80. you can take san pablo avenue that alternate is starting to bunch up to get you afternoon this accident. once again fatality at carlson westbound 80. it will be sometime before in clears. >> once you get past the accident, live look at berkeley, it is moving well as you head towards macarthur maze that's a shot past university avenue. once again, your alternate, richmond parkway, 580, back to 80 and here is what you will find. >>> beautiful picture of the impending sunrise as we look from mount tamalpais this among. definitely looks different than yesterday low clouds aren't as prevalent mid#?wu and upper level clouds there not as numerous. slightly warmer weather for the afternoon. 50 oakland, also santa rosa, 51 san francisco, the rest of us mid to upper 40s around monterey bay and inland mainly cloudy mid to upper 40s. three things about this forecast, sunny this afternoon, at least more sun than we saw yesterday

. >> reporter: advice that resinates with el cerrito's new chief. >> i felt i had to do a little bit more to level the playing field so i could have more room. >> it was hard for people to accept me, some of the guys struggled with it. >> reporter: but proof is in the performance. and tonight the newest bay area chief had her badge pinned on by her life partner who's an oakland cop. and she looks forward to even more barriers falling. >> this is the new chief of police here, this is the new chief of police there, in gender or ethnicity won't matter. they are now trail blazers. chief bishop taking over here in san rafael next week. we're live in san rafael. >>> a woman from san martinez has been sentenced to here in jail and five years of probation for stealing a car with a 1 -month-old baby inside. maribel mejia turned herself in after stealing the car. police found the car and the baby unharmed several hours later. mejia has pled not guilty to charges. two other felony charges including kidnapping were dismissed. >>> in san bruno five vehicles have recently been hit by thieves who m

. >>> police in richmond are looking for the person who attack an 81-year-old el cerrito woman who was taking her morning walk. the victim was found hours later when the manager of a tire store discovered her lying on the ground badly beaten. police say they are injuries are life-threatening. she may have been sexual assault -- sexually assaulted as well. >>> budget problems may force closure of an elementary school in santa rosa. the board of education will hear public comments tonight about the proposed closure of doyle park elementary. officials are propose ago the closure because of failing academic performance. >>> more than 100 workers of san francisco's redevelopment agency will get lay-off notices. the agency with 400 others around the state will be dissolved wednesday because of budget cuts. they won't officially leave until the end of march as part of a transition period. lay-offs come after california's supreme court upheld governor brown's plan to end state redevelopment funding. >>> it might be tough to close the rain gap. >> no control over it, but boy we need it. >>> goo

. >>> an 81-year-old el~cerrito woman is fighting foreher life this after being brutality assaulted yesterday. she was going for a walk. >> the manager of this tire store on an pablo avenue in richmond, doesn't usually look at that corner of the property until late in the day. at 9:00 a.m. when he went to park a car he saw a woman on the ground. when i asked her if she needed help, she looked up at me. her face was swollen, blood everyone where and she just nodded. she didn't answer. >> he called 911. richmond police arrived within minutes. >> the victim is in critical condition at a local hospital. at this point we aren't even sure she's going to survive her injuries. >> the 81-year-old victim had to be airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. she's lived here more than 15 years. it was three blocks away from where she was found. a neighbor who doesn't want to see on camera said she often went to early morning walks. >> he saw her walking 4:30:00 in the morning. one. our neighbors saw her. she would go very early. >> a friend of the victim, and also in this photo, is now fri

walnut creek to dublin very little traffic hard to see because of the thick fog this is 80 berkeley, el cerritochmond, emeryville hard to see as you head into the toll stkarbgs mcarthur maze, light but foggy, abc7news.com/traffic for the latest. 9fát desert. [ inaudible ] >>> a santa barbara man accepts a challenge by former nba all-star shaquille o'neal to get a tattoo. we'll show you the unique ink. r. and that's "america's money." i'm paula faris. have a great morning. nene we know everyone's looking for ways to save. why not save on car insurance? [ coin drops ] [ high-pitched voice ] thanks. [ normal voice ] you're welcome. get a free quote at progressive.com. [ male announcer ] get ready for some deli-style delic-ious-ity: the subway big hot pastrami melt. dive into piled-high pastrami, spicy mustard, pickles and melt-a-licious cheese. treat your taste buds to a fresh toasted subway big hot pastrami melt. subway. eat fresh. . >>> 5:23. our director tells us this is a shot of san rafael 101 headlights heading southbound. if you can see it is murky out there, foggy. folks are having bad tim

like richmond pinole area, west 80, and then slow traffic in el cerrito over towards berkeley. live pictures now. bay bridge pretty slow. and the fog is thick here, at the toll plaza. no major problems on the bridge. upper or lower deck. and if you're driving into the south bay on 680 that, looks good. when you get there, still plenty of fog. 237, 880, 280 in the middle of san jose. let's go to steve. >> thank you. it's either mostly sunny, sunny, few high clouds or fog, but most of the higher clouds are out of here. you can see there are a lot this morning but now they've blown off towards the south and southeast with high pressure building in. still we had a lot of fog out there. so bay and inland fog, most around the bay now and it's pushing south. visibility terrible for another -- i don't know, half hour, 45 minutes. then it will lose out. there's more clearing or sunshine than higher -- areas of fog. but it was really thick for a while. the low will stay in southern california, the high to the north. that will give us windy conditions, higher elevations, loss on the coast

. >>> an 81-year-old el~cerrito woman is fighting for her life after being brutality assaulted yesterday. police say she was beaten and possibly sexually assaulted while going for her morning walk. >> the manager of this tire store on an pablo avenue in richmond, doesn't usually look at that corner of the property until late in the day. at 9:00 a.m. when he went to park a car he saw a woman on the ground. when i asked her if she needed help, she looked up at me. her face was swollen, blood everywhere and she just nodded. she didn't answer. >> he called 911. richmond police arrived within minutes. >> the victim is in critical condition at a local hospital. at this point we aren't even sure she's going to survive her injuries. >> the 81-year-old victim had to be airlifted to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. she's lived here more than 15 years. it was three blocks away from where she was found. she was found on san pablo avenue. a neighbor who doesn't want to see on camera said she often went to early morning walks. >> he saw her walking 4:30:00 in the morning. our of our neighb

things have started to bog down especially passing richmond parkway heading into el cerrito. your drive time has jumped up to 28 minutes for westbound interstate 80. so when potrero tantau we're story is our stock it would rain and clouds. one of the big stories is the airport delays at sfo. yoli eceves is there. we are also following conditions on the bridges. it is really windy. the bay bridge is quiet right now but conditions there, there was a heavy downpour. >>james: take a look at storm tracker 4. most of the wet weather is still confined to the north bay in the east bay. this system had been centered over napa and fairfield it has pushed its way into the delta and central valley. the east bay is still holding on to some of those showers. antioch brentwood, still dealing with a string of rain. light-moderate at times heavy in some spots. we did have some pretty serious rain going on in dublin but as you can see that has since moved on to livermore. we continue to see showers heading to the east and out of our area. it is still a little dusty and will stay breezy draw mo

here is a live look at interstate 80 in el cerrito. we have had a backup long after an accident has been cleared. >> as parents and drop off their kids, news of the alleged attack on monday is getting out. 19 year-old velazquez kidnapped and sexually assaulting a female employee in a school parking garage. administrators say it is a blow to what is normally peaceful the arctic environment. >> we are using this as an unfortunate opportunity to look at safety precautions and make sure that we have a really safe culture. >> the school have a community meeting tonight to talk about the attack. >>james: the official overseeing the search efforts of the cruise ship in italy says it will take a miracle to find any survivors nevertheless recovery operations will continue until they have surged as much as possible. today, more explosions of the submerged third floor deck to allow easier access for divers. rescuers have found 16 bodies so far it 17 people are still unaccounted for. this ship is still have the submerged off of the tuscan coast. w

and el cerrito is where things really bogged down. the drive time is 31 minutes and it continues to creep up for. the commute on 92 eastbound and westbound, no problems, but still some volume. on the golden gate bridge, 101 southbound, the volume drops a little bit. the commute in iran is already winding down. time for a check on the weather. >>erica: it is shaping up to be a beautiful morning fog around the bay area. clear conditions and it's pretty cold. we have a couple of locations in dealing with a valley frost. we have made some improvement in a couple of spots. we do anticipate sunny and warm conditions although today has been declared a spare the air date. here's a look at numbers right outside the door. santa rosa in the upper 20s. he will certainly want to bundle up there. check out downtown san francisco. they are sitting at 46 degrees and still contending with upper 30's. the future cast 4 shows by 11:00 a.m. a good mix of fifties in most locations. we could squeeze out some low 60s in places like santa rosa and petaluma.

the woman was found near a big o tire store on the border between rich and and el cerrito. >> she didn'te at all. as soon as i saw her she had blood everywhere. >> officers arrived. they contacted the female. they were able to at that point get her name and information. >> the woman was air lifted to a hospital in critical condition. police are not sure if she was robbed. the woman does live in that area and known to take morning walks. no arrests have been made. >>> police in san leandro continue to look for the man suspected of fatally stabbing a young mother. they say he is the father of the 15-year-old victims nine- month-old child. the teenage victim was found with several stab wounds friday night inside a home on pacific avenue near castro street. paramedics tried to performing cpr. the girl later died of her injuries. police are looking for 19-year- old henry leom. he's driving a dark blue cadillacs coo laid. license plate 5sbe608. >>> the girl that vanished from dublin 23 years ago will hold a candle light vigil tonight. a walk tomorrow night will retrace her route beginning at t