the south hayward station or the hayward station? i think south hayward currently closed. the hayward station last end of the line. south hayward, union city, freemont closed because of the continuing investigation after someone was killed on the tracks last night and they can't complete that investigation until after sunrise to see the tracks outside and the evidence in the area. look at the maps. now right now you see the bay area looking good. 519. this results, closure will have folks cut off, freemont, union city, south hayward, stations without access to the b.a.r.t. lines. ac transit trying to set up the bus bridge with b.a.r.t. but ac transit didn't have enough drivers in the area, so they can't get the full connection between freemont and south hayward yet. b.a.r.t. saying, use alternate forms of transportation, can't use the bus, b.a.r.t. system, must be your car, that's an issue for folk as long 880 adding more traffic. toward san mateo bridge, you might want to take the san mateo bridge across the bay because folks heading on 880 through oakland. bayfair statio

the hayward stop is different than the south hayward station, it's the end of the line this morning. we thought the investigation might be wrapped up but it's still affecting service for the start of the commute right now. we talked to bart. they are offering limited service to san francisco from the bay fair stop. south hayward is the only station shut downright now. they are also not able to run any shuttle bus services now between union city and fremont but you can use ac transit. all the buses are on time with no delay. all other mass transit looks good. in oakland it looks like this down towards the hayward exits no big delays right now on the roads. in fact, between 238 and the maze that drive time is still light, 15 minutes. i'm not seeing any roadwork across that stretch of freeway either. we are seeing some fog. lawrence will talk more about this. but chp issued its own fog advisory between pacifica and montera. so just a heads up if you are traveling highway 1. south bay commuters no problems on 101, 280 or the guadalupe parkway. here's lawrence. >>> a lot of moisture in th

south hayward closed. no service between hayward and freemont.ught they'd have in place, couldn't get the pennell knell rsonnel t going. 880 already seeing slow traffic making your way towards the hayward area. also, we're looking at delays on the san mateo bridge as sort of a follow-up. folks taking 101 instead. looking pretty good. road sensors on 880. yellow sensors but things picked up a bit. we have first unconfirmed reports of an accident. you're looking at red sensors here. north 101 before mckey, apparently multiple cars. mike up on the roof with your weather. >>> yeah, a little misty this morning but good news. looking at the embarcaderembarc where i'm standing, looks dry. the roller coaster of temperatures we're dealing with the next couple of days starting with san jose. average high 66. we're going to be near 73 degrees saturday and again tuesday and wednesday. so you can see in between we'll be in the mid to upper 60s. that's dupe e to cloud cover an winds. ful you're heading down south, 68 in san diego. 74 l.a. 85 in palm springs. t

there is no service between hayward and fremont stations south hayward, union city and fremont remainound for san francisco board recommends such as go to the bay fair station or use other means. 99 and 801 is available. >> happening now: major restrictions for e- cigarettes in l-a. the los angeles city council voted unanimously last night to restrict electronic cigarettes just like regular cigarettes. that means you can no longer use them in parks, bars, restaurants, beaches and workplaces. >> right now a team of international observers is headed to crimea. as top diplomats from the west and russia meet in paris to find an end to the crisis in the ukraine. talks had already been planned for envoys from the u-s, britain, france and russia in paris.to address the civil war in syria. but that changed after russia's military takeover of ukraine's crimea region. >> here is a live look from our helicopter partnership of abc 7 news. this is where bart service was stopped after a person was hit and killed. that accident happened at 11:30 p.m. and the tracks are still shut down. we will have

a 20 minute drive from hayward. mike is upstairs on the roof with weather. >>> good morning from the roof on this wednesday, where it's not wet. it's a little damp, but not really wet. there's mist in the air, maybe a sprinkle or two. live doppler 7. you can see the cloud cover over top of us. the radar returns, just outside of the north bay, and then to the central valley. as far as your day planner, we start with the bay and talk about gray conditions, 56. overcast by noon at 63. light rain in the north bay and mid-60s at 4:00. all of us should have rain around the bay by 7:00. temperatures falling into the upper 50s. inland, sprinkles, and mid to upper 60s with rain in the north bay becoming steady by 4:00. light rain for all by 7:00 and 61. drizzle and fog along the coast this morning. a little drizzle at noon. you get your chance of light rain starting around 4:00 in the north bay spreading southward by 7:00, dropping temperatures back into the upper 50s. so the evening commute, probably wet for most of us. her

south hayward and fremont. bart is running shuttle buses between those areas and if you're heading into san francisco you're going to want to get off of that a fair and transferred to one of the trains heading into san francisco bart is a warning of limited services. we do have a live crew heading to the scene. so more information heading here. we do us some problems for public transit but if you're hitting the road by getting in the car all is well here at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights are off. problem free at the san mateo bridge. drive time help holding steady. no issues or the way it's working your way out of marin county. as a ticket live look out of the golden gate bridge. no accidents to report grid of your ride. drive time right now 23 minutes out of nevada and to san francisco. it's sad francisco general hospital for call a support service. >>anny: netflix is asking subscribers to be careful of skimmers pretended to be tech support. the video streaming service says a group of skimmers

hayward, south hayward, fremont, impacked by the closure., south bay starreded to build. concern is through freemont. northbound 880 from fremont, union city. southbound crash around highway 84. folks across the san mateo or dumbarton bridge, alternate to the bay bridge which is crowded today. >> thank you for joining us this morning for "today in the bay." back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> join us at bay area news at 11:00. >>> good morning. easing tensions. high-level talks underway right now on the crisis in ukraine. can the white house and kremlin put aside their differences and find a way to peacefully resolve that situation? >>> a house divided. an 18-year-old high school student suing her own parents after they stopped paying her bills. she claims they were abusive. they say she refused to obey their rules. this morning, the case that could set a legal precedent across the country. >>> security threats, witness at oscar pistorius' murder trial received

how you get to south hayward and hayward? we're not sure on that. christie will be on scene. volume for 880, your alternate to the b.a.r.t. lines now, you see how light traffic flow is. look at map, from fremont at bottom of the screen, thornton station up past this arrow toward the south hayward station around highway 92, south of there. that's the area blocked off. hayward station, end of the line for the b.a.r.t. system, you have to take freeway or buses if they link up to the east bay. hayward north, jump on it the b.a.r.t. line. no delays for that part of the system. trains are linked in and a lot of the -- a couple of lines go through the area, so they will be affected for service. so far traffic on 880 and 580 clear. that is your alternate to drive across the bay. those lines are going along there b.a.r.t. lines for 24 and east shore freeway, moving smoothly. bay bridge, traffic, no problem heading from oakland once you get to that portion into san francisco. that's good stuff. talking about the weather as well, finding alternate transportation. >> right now getting of

no service between south hayward and fremont. head to bay fair on your hayward stations instead.t's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> now for the latest on the crisis in ukraine. russian has agreed to nato's request to hold a special meeting in belgium today. that meeting will be to discuss the russian military invasion of ukraine's crimea region. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state john kerry has a meeting of his own today to be held in france. he will speak with his russian counterpart, a foreign minister. >> president obama and i want to make it clear 20 russia and to everybody in the world that we are not seeking confrontation. >> last night president obama talked about a possibly resolution with german chancellor angela merkel. the proposal would allow russian troops to stay in crimea but only on their bases in that region. international monitors would ensure ethnic russians in ukraine are protected. >>> happening today, the family of a woman found dead in the stairway at san francisco general hospital will file a formal claim against the city. l

so south hayward, closed for now. reporting live from hayward, amy holyfield, abc news. >>> sending people to the bay station. hayward is shut down. >>> new this morning while you were sleeping the oakland city council approved plans to build a controversy high-tech surveillance center. the council approved the domain awareness center overnight. the vote was initially tied, but the mayor broke the tie with a yes vote. $10 million center will be funded by homeland security and consolidate the city's existing camera and mapping systems under one roof. opponents are concerned it will be used for warrantless surveillance on the public. >>> the family are the patient who disappeared later found dead at san francisco general hospital is suing the city. 57-year-old lynn spaulding vanished from the hospital in september of last year. he bo her body found two weeks later in a stairwell there. they're faulting disappearance and the death on the hospital andsheriff's department. they're holding a news conference to discuss their

service is shut down between free montsouth hayward as police -- fremont south hayward as police investigate. the bayfair b.a.r.t. station is where passengers were to go. a richmond bound train was seen on the fremont side, just waiting to see if a san francisco bound train would roll through. an unrelated equipment problem between hayward and bayfair made for a bigger headache, i should say, this morning as well. >> trying to get back from work in the morning commute. pretty much like a 25-minute delay for me. my coworkers -- [inaudible] the spheks san francisco train is in 11 minutes. they are not telling us anything. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says they contacted other transit answers like a.c. transit but they couldn't gather the number of personnel needed in a short amount of time. but as the investigation continues as we approach the heart of the morning commute, you can expect residual delays for b.a.r.t. as we take it back out here live, passengers making their way to the station, running to the station. b.a.r.t. train just approached here, just the platform, some passengers are getting o

and the fremont stations but hayward station which again is different from the south hayward station will be the end of the line for you. there is limited bart service into san francisco but there was a fatal accident on the tracks last night about 11:30. the investigation continues. they hope to re-open that stretch of tracks sometimes after sunrise. so bart is up and they have been very busy tweeting giving us the latest updates early this morning. also we have a fog advisory for a stretch of highway 1 south of pacifica between pacifica and montera. that fog advisory issued by chp along stretches of highway 1. out the door not too much fog in some of our cameras. you can see westbound 580 traffic looks great so far. no big delays out of the livermore valley and once again bay bridge even those left lanes are blocked from the incline no delay on the roads heading into san francisco. that is traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> one theory about the gold coins found by a northern california couple involves a theft from the u.s. mint in san francisco. but mint officials say the

time now 4:44 this is south of the south hayward bart station. last night a train hit and killed a person and as of now there is no service between the hayward station. there is also him ted service from the pay fair tender as well and we will have a live update at 5:00. >>> president barack obama called for $3.9 trillion in spending. he increased it for spending in education public works and job training and ends tax breaks for the wealthy. they don't like it and house speaker john boehner said it is his most irresponsible budget. the budget calls for $37 million to help restore the bay and more than 3 million for the border crossings in missionco and would bored it from 445, i had ward snow dap, he will take part in a southwest festival. what the community can do against mass surveillance. edward snowden is still in russia where he was granted asylum. he faces espionage for leaking classified information about surveillance programs. one of the biggest airlines is now strictly enforcing its carry on luggage policy. they will no longer tolerate o

police are involved and you can see it remains and we are in hayward this morning. this is a train that struck and killed that person last night. the train that hit that person was headed north approaching the south hayward station. at the time they had 11 persons. then they were all put on to a fly move and also we can't say much about the person who was killed, we don't know if it was a man or woman but a coroner arrived and it could be quite some time before these tracks are reopened and offsly that will affect the morning commute. live in hayward alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> as alex said, there is no service between union city and fremont. we are at the fremont station and they are getting an unwelcomed surprise. >>> not a lot of happy people, service is essentially shut down and people are getting turned right back around and a lot of them are taken surprise that a lot of this has happened. is a about 40 minutes ago, bart sent out an advisory to look for alternate means of transportation there will be limited service from bay fair so you can try

. >>> we are following developing story from hayward. a large fire just broke out in a carport near the scene of another large overnight apartment fire. ktvu alex savidge was out covering that other fire when he smelled smoke and you saw flames from this fire. what is going on? >> reporter: here's the situation. this is an apartment building here where a fire broke out late last night. several people jumped from a window to escape. and a short time ago a new fire broke out here. basically on the backside of this apartment building. you can see the hayward fire department just arrived here. let's get to the video. huge flames pouring from what we are told is a carport at an apartment complex that is on the backside of the building. again it burned earlier in the evening. we saw a lot of neighbors they were running. ma of them went out and hopped in their cars and they were all moving their cars trying to get them out of the way here as this new fire broke out. again the fire department just got here a short time ago. in fact, we were the

this is between union city and south and hayward situations.r as not been here approaching the south hayward station. they had 11 passengers on board at the time and none of them were injured. all of them were injured at the time and they were put on to other trains. bart police say they do not know how the victim wound up on the tracks. >> there was a trespasser and no indication and there is evidence. >> reporter: somebody came in and moved the train away from the scene herein involved in last night's crash but again we are not seeing any train between union city and south hayward station and that's because there are some workers up on the tracks right now and it would seem many inspections are on the track but there is still some work to be done before. if you are taking bart this morning, please expect there will be delays. >>> we will have more on the bart delays and will throughout the morning. you can also follow us on twitter and facebook and our reporters will have the latest on this developing story. they are searching for the people

stations, this incident occurred, south hayward is closed, this hayward station is open but if your destination in san francisco bart is stating that she should just go straight to the bay for station. >> so now we have everybody stuck here. >> so they will not have a more passengers, the probable be on the platform but the number people would not be any different. that profit will rise by some other means. >> so, bart is able to handle this? >> that is what they're saying. >> how about the buses? >> they have to bus lines, 99 and 801 that parallel the station. they are at capacity. >> this is bound to be a problem. >> we have had some reports of extra traffic but i have not said anything in the way of increase of drive times. there's no confessiocongested tt the bridges. >> thankfully, we are freed from any hot spots on the freeway this morning though the 85 ride through the alta mount valley in the north on direction is starting to slow down as is the guadalupe parkway north from leading up to two waiting. >> we are taking a look at the day planner. the temperatures are in the '50

we're live in hayward.hort distance apart, within hours of each other. the little boy was thrown out of a second story window to his safety to get away from those flames. ktvu's alex savage talked to the little boy. he'll bring you that story coming up in just a couple of minutes. it's friday march 7th. i'm dave clark. >> and i'm tori campbell. a quick look at weather and traffic. steve, we have a couple nice days on tap. >> we do. i have patchy low clouds around. most seems to be toward santa clara county and north bay. mostly sunny, higher clouds, about the same on saturday. we spring forward on the clocks. set them ahead, late saturday, early sunday morning. then it will be cloudy. we'll see a system coming in. there are a few high clouds, patchy low clouds, the system we're talking about is out here, most driving northward. it will give rain to northern california, maybe early sunday and for us late sunday into early monday. the next couple of f days look good except for night and early morning fog. tem

next to an apartment in hayward. we'll have live reports on both those fires.let's begin now in hayward where the big flames flared up at a carport next to an apartment building that also burned earlier in the morning. this sending a toddler to the hospital. both fires burned steps away from one another at seventh and c streets not far from the hayward loop. christie joins us live at the scene. we talked to the boy and his mother moments ago. >> reporter: good morning to you. we did. we heard from the mother of the little boy who was tossed from a second story window. that boy's name is maurice. they did that, the family members, to help him escape. he says he was brave through this whole thing and this morning he's sleepy but otherwise doing pretty good. he is awfully cute. 3-year-old maurice says he wasn't scared at all, even though he was tossed 20 feet down after a fire ripped through his grandmother's apartment here on seventh and c street. his grandpa and cousin all inside the apartment at the time but the flames were moving so fast all three went out the

two fires break out within steps of each other in hayward. ends up being a toddler tossed out after second story apartment to save her. >> criminal investigation at the scene of a san jose house fire. what may have made it tough for the couple inside to get out. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. >> fire, fire, people jump out the window. there was a baby. >> breaking news, a toddler thrown from a second story burning apartment now flames burning at the building next door. we're live with all of the details next. >> arson investigators at the scene of another fire in san jose. we'll tell you why bars on the windows of this home could have gotten in the way of a safe escape. >> lovely weekend shaping up. anthony slaughter in for christina loren. next chance of rain for sunday. we'll detail that coming up. >> talking about speed limit for much of the commute but we have slow spots developing and a new stall. i'm scanning the area. i'll let you know what we

they plan to march from hayward bart, around hayward loop, to city hall. the event begins today at 5:00 at the hayward bart station. alameda county water district board has declared a water shortage emergency. what added to our weather. pay erica. >>erica: warmest greetings will be down in the south bay to de los gatos and 76, 72 and mountain view. temperatures are actually between 10 and 15 degrees warmer than where we should be for this time of year. i think we will see a little bit of a sea breeze along the coastline which is why temperatures are in the mid- 60s there but now but a little bit more inland reaches 74 and 71 in oakland. high pressure dominance over the bay area and that's what of the rain we are scene to the north will stay there. the storm track will stay in north. temperatures will only increase as we head into the weekend. it is evident around the bay forecast highlights sunday as the warmest day of the week. and we will see widespread 80s a record-breaking highs. it did agree job as we start the next work week. we'll keep sunshine arou

the problem is that the hayward fault is full of buildings and cars and roads and things. but the old mine is actually fairly excluded so that when the hayward fault starts moving, we can hear it doing something. >> reporter: an old mine with new tricks all part of a plan to give the bay area a little heads up before a big quake hits. under the cal campus, andria borba, kpix 5. >> cal hopes to have the seismic equipment installed in the mine shaft in the next six weeks. >>> it is 4:52. some new developments in the search for flight 370. coming up at 5:00, the first signs of possible wreckage 13 days into the search and the conditions standing in the way of getting confirmation. >> but first, the newest dinosaur discovery with the very interesting nickname. the reason sign it is are calling it the chicken from hell. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, to crash and explode in sea. in the mean time, the wife d in the >>> it could take a year to figure out what caused the news helicopter to crash and explode in seattle. the family of the man killed in the crash is talking. bill strothman was an aw

katie utehs is in hayward this morning. katie, reporting that firefighters are the ones who stumbled on to the plants while trying to put out a house fire. >> reporter: that is right. i spoke with lieutenant who tells me that hayward investigators are still trying to obtain a search warrant. so they can recover the marijuana plants that were found. but both the lieutenant and officers on scene tell me they were quote a lot of plants. here's what we know so far. a 911 call came in just before midnight with the caller reporting a roof fire at the house of a 23500 block. no one was home at the time. police forced into entry into the home. they is when they discovered the house fire. you can see household items but it's hard to tell if anyone is really living here. nobody was home at the time as we said. pg&e crews responded to shut off the power. police tell me they are investigating the possibility whoever was growing the pot was also stealing electricity. now at some point in the next few hours, officers are expected to arri

the problem is that the hayward fault is full of buildings and cars and roads and things. the old mine is actually fairly secluded so that when the hayward fault starts moving, we can hear it doing something. >> reporter: an old mine with new tricks. all part of a plan to give the bay area a little head's up before a big quake hits. andria borba, kpix5. >> amazeing to see that. well cal hopes to have the seismic equipment installed inside the mine shaft in the next six weeks. >> all right, he is installing a weekend, you are probably going to like it pretty well. >> this is a good one to get outside. maybe a hike before things turn brown again. maybe the backyard picnic. maybe a barbecue at ken's house. >> you are all invited. >> saturday? >> come on over. >> ken will be out of town this weekend. [ laughter ] here is our weather, it is going to be fantastic. anything outside saturday or sunday, well tonight, it is wednesday night and we are clear in the south bay. have a little filtered sunshine. a gorgeous sunset. tomorrow morning which is the final morning of winter beca

hayward, 73. more neighborhoods, san jose, mid-70s. mid- to upper 70s out towards morgan hill and gilroy. here is a look ahead at your five-day forecast. those temperatures not a big change for tomorrow but into the weekend we introduce the lower 80s for both saturday. a few spots on saturday could be around 81, 82 and then we'll shave off a few degrees on monday. spring begins a week from today. >> really? >> actually feel like a heat wave this weekend. if you are heading to lake tahoe, they could have temperatures approaching 70 this weekend. >> thank you, mark. >>> well, talks -- stocks, rather, tumble on wall street, we'll explain why and show you how the market is doing now. >>> and target is pulling a controversy bikini ad. why some people feel it could be potentially damaging for young women. [uncle]okay? [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight! [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay? [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven! [uncle laughs]there's ten spaces,you want to try again? [uncle]yeah? safeway presents re

when the hayward fault starts moving, we can hear the hayward fault doing something. >> reporter: anine with new tricks all part of the plan to give the bay area a little heads up before a big quake hits. underneath the cal campus, andria borba, kpix 5. >> cal hopes to have the seismic equipment installed inside the mine shaft in the next six weeks. >>> it's a first day of spring and come on along for the ride as we take you to the san francisco flower & garden show. it promises to be better than ever. a complete look with mobile weather. >> and the market opened up about 10 minutes ago. take a quick peek at the early numbers. we're out of the gate a little on the slow side down 24. but we'll crunch the numbers. much more all things business with kcbs radio's financial reporter jason brooks coming up. >> checking out your pollen report today, the spring sunshine will send pollen to high levels tomorrow through sunday. mulberry, ash and oak the big concerns. ,,,,,, female announcer: what will you man:with your new i'm getting a camera!? - i'm getting an espresso maker! - i'm getting a

hayward firefighters are here on scene trying to knock it out. we're seeing that it's white smoke now so that's got to be a good sign meaning that they are really making a good effort of knocking out those flames. we will bring you the latest on this separate fire as we have it. reporting live in hayward, cate caugiran, kpix 5. >> again, firefighters say the two adults who jumped from the burning apartment had minor injuries but should be okay. the toddler didn't have any known injuries but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. >>> well, a bay area man is suing a monterey county sky driving company claiming a faulty parachute led to a serious crash and injuries. anne makovec has more from the newsroom. >> reporter: in this lawsuit gerardo flores says the parachute opened prematurely and we have the chilling video flores shot of the jump that could have killed him. >> call 911, ambulance! >> reporter: flores was recording this video of that jump in 2012 when the parachute opened prematurely. he passed out in midair crashing to the ground near

. >> developing news out of hayward this morning. a fire burning * right next to another dramatic fire that played out last night.where a family tossed their 3- year-old out a second story window to escape the flames. kron 4's mike pelton is live. mike? >> we were all here earlier ready to report this first fire that happens right behind me when a second fire broke out and it carports. some of us were the first called 91. here is the scene and firefighters were working to knocked this fire out. their rushed back and that were tried to put the second fire out. neighbors had to rush job. fire officials stated that nine cars were damaged. no injuries. >> my 98 honda was destroyed. >> >> that second fire came just hours after the first one occurred this was the second floor apartment just a short distance away fire officials stated that the rebels had to jump down. that is about a 25 ft. fall. at three year-old child had to be tossed out the window. i spoke with a neighbor who gave the neighbors a jacket. >> i am re vietnam's of that, ju

a hayward family's terrifying brush with death as a 3-year-old boy is thrown to safety from the second story of a burning building. good morning. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm cheryl jennings. this dangerous real life drama played out in a four unit hayward apartment building, three people jumped about 25 feet around 11:00 last night, but everyone made sure the 3-year-old was saved first. amy hollyfield joins with us this incredible story. >> reporter: his great aunt caught him, caught him leak a hot dog, used her legs, said her legs are sore, but she is okay. he fell a long way, but there he is. safe and sound, hanging out here, talking to the neighbors. he's very lucky. 3-year-old maurice and his relatives woke up last night in hayward to find their apartment was on fire. the only way out was the second story window. the family had to jump. >> told them what happened. >> what did she do? >> she jumped out the window. >> what was mama doing? >> she jumped out the win he did too? >> maurice's great aunt was waiting for him down below and caught him. he is foin. . >> what if someone didn't ca

everything is free-flowing between hayward and downtown oakland. bart also a great idea systemwide no delay. in fact all mass transit, bart, muni, caltrain and ace all on schedule. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." lawrence has your -- kind of what a little 50/50 for this weekend? >>> yeah a split decision. hey, i want to be part of your phone force. just call you? >> yeah, just give us a call. >> i will do that then. telling you all about nice weather today and saturday. high pressure now building in overhead. a few high clouds going to stream across your skies. other than that we are looking good today. plenty of sunshine coming our way and the temperatures going to be warming up in a hurry. looking towards san jose, we have some mostly clear skies and because it's clear outside, the temperatures acolder this morning. 42 degrees in santa rosa. 50 in san jose. and 43 degrees in concord. as we head toward the afternoon, though, enjoying some spring-like conditions outside as high as 70 in fairfield, 68 in san jose, maybe about 70 degrees in gilroy

. >>> we are also following developing news from hayward. two huge fires just a short distance apart. fire created these huge flames. you can see this from blocks away. the latest fire started on seventh street about an hour ago in a carport. fire investigators say nine cars were damaged or destroyed. but there are no reports of any injuries. ktvu alex savidge is on the scene. he is talking to witnesses and investigators. alex will have a live update in our next half hour. the carport fire is right near a fire that started around 11:00 last night. it started at an apartment on seventh and c streets. firefighters say a three-year- old child was thrown to safety from a second story window and was caught by a neighbor down on the ground. alex savidge just talked to that little boy about that daring escape. >> reporter: you jumped? was it scary? >> three adults also jumped to safety. there were no serious injuries. the red cross now is helping provide shelter. >>> happening today cracking down on cyber bullying. a new law is in the works called

that's in hayward.l be getting those animals out of the way. 880, northbound and southbound. northbound not looking too great as you approach the coliseum. moving toward the map, highway 4 typical traffic as you head towards 242. southbound, typical as well near walnut creek. highway 24 westbound looking like it's picking up as well as you pass pleasanton road. 30 to 35 minutes to get you from oakland into san francisco. back to the desk. >>> topping our news at 8:00, a blackmail is exposing a sexting scandal in the east bay. case is spreading to four schools in contra costa county. our reporter just spoke to the school suent who has a mess -- superintendent who has a message for parents. >> reporter: we talked to him about 30 minutes ago. he wants to let them know that everything is okay. he's greeting parents in case they have concerns. we got our hands on the letter that was sent home to parents explaining what was going on. this all stems from allegations that a teenaged boy here at adallas was alle

even the station agent at south hayward was surprised by the news this morning. she quickly made signs that would soon surprise passengers, announcing no train service south of hayward. customers were not happy. >> going to be a really bad commute for me now, i have to go all the way to berkeley for work. >> reporter: trains did not run because someone was killed on the tracks last night. investigators wanted to wait until the morning light to make sure they got all of their evidence before they let the trains through here. >> it was obviously a long shutdown and inconvenienced about 7,500 people, and it's not something we want to happen, but when there's something of this nature, it takes time to investigate. >> reporter: the station agent at south hayward did her best to greet people before they even got out of the car, which meant she did a lot of running. even though she tried to keep people moving and informed, the lack of trains frustrated many. >> some days on strike, it's just driving us crazy. >> reporter: much of the burden then fell to a.c. transit. th

it goes right through berkeley, oakland and hayward. it was a 2.8 earthquake at 1:38 this afternoon. >>> a narrow escape in hayward. a toddler and his grandparents jumped from their second-floor apartment to escape a fire. it all started last night just before 11:00 p.m. flames roared through the apartment unit on 7th street in hayward. you see dramatic images here. the toddler's aunt and uncle ran out the front door. the toddler and his grandparents were trapped inside. the only way out, a bedroom window 25 feet from the ground. >> she heard her saying get the baby. she caught him. >> the aunt and uncle waiting below did catch the child. he wasn't hurt. but the grandmother broke her hip and the grandfather broke his ankle when the two jumped. firefighters say the fire started after someone left a boiling pot on the stove. >>> another fire, this one in the south bay, in san jose. cell phone video was taken early this morning by a neighbor. you can see san jose firefighters here trying to determine how to respond. you see them standing i

hayward police investigating a large marijuana grow following an overnight house fire. the neighborhood with what we have learned about the investigation. katie. >> reporter: pamela, just a moment ago narcotic officers drove away with a truck bed full of marijuana plants that they put in boxes. city workers have secured the house. closed the garage. that upper corner where the power connects to the garage that is where the fire was. it doesn't appear that the wiring was jumped but the strain on the electrical may have caused the fire. the strain that is to grow the marijuana plants inside. narcotic officers could not tell us how many plant plants they removed but it was about three boxes full. they were on scene for nearly two hours. we watched them take boxes inside. snap photos and then remove the plants just moments ago. around midnight someone called 911 to report a roof fire at this home in the 23500 block. apparently no one was home so firefighters broke through the side wall. and once inside they discovered the marijuana plants. pg&e crews responded to turn off t

that includes the hayward portion. 7:34.o back to the desk. >>> violence has once again rocked hercules high school. police say a transgender student was sexually assaulted in a boys' bathroom. ktvu's tara moriarty, live in our newsroom and tara, you just got off the phone with the school board president. >> yeah. i just spoke to charles ramsey. he said the school is holding an emergency meeting. two of the district top school officials as well as hercules high school staff and police will be at the meeting. school psychologists will be on campus today to help students who have been trauma iced by these e-- traumatized by these events. they want to hold a town hall meeting. so the city council is working on that. police say a 15-year-old freshman who identifies himself as a male was attacked by three boys, ages 16 and 17 after using the bathroom yesterday afternoon. the victim says the teenaged boys shoved him in a stall, beat him and sexually assaulted him. because the suspects called him derogatory names, police say the at

live from hayward to tell us what all of that extra money would be used for. >> reporter: frank, city officials tell me hayward must do something to address the need for more police and other infrastructure improvements. but a tax hike that would bring the rate here to a near double- digit rate might be a tough sell. if only money flowed into city coffers, as well as the fountain outside city hall. >> we've been hit very hard by the recession. >> reporter: the economic downturn has left hayward with a $500 million backlog in much needed capital improvements. >> you can see public safety ranks very high. >> reporter: they have been hoping to gain support for a sales tax hike. so projects such as hiring additional police, library upgrades. >> that's what these revenues would be aimed at dealing with. >> reporter: please don't tell me they're going to raise it. right now, the sales tax is 9%. it would boost it to 9.5%. here are the highest rates in each county. napa's 8% to albany's, 9.5%, the same rate hayward is considering. >> you don't think it's too much. >> residents will have a ch

it caused an emergency medical situation at hayward high school. the incident happened wednesday, after a 16-year-old female student. allegedly sold pot brownies. to five of her classmates according to police witnesses on campus say, 2-of the students became seriously ill she was woozy. i was like what is going on. everyone just came outside. we hear screaming and see commotion outside. everyone is worried about it so we go out and see this girl passed out. ".she's passed out" school medical personnel were called in, as well as hayward police. officers arrested the 16-year- old student for allegedly selling the pot brownies. the hayward unified school district is also reviewing possible disciplinary action for the five students who ate those brownies. a bittersweet anniversary for a morgan hill father who lost his daughter. he talks to kron-4 about his emotions. stay tuned for inside edition with deborah norville. see it, after the news. see it, after the news. safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to find big savings on the things yo

the problem is the hayward fault is full of buildings and cars and roads and things.n adit the old fine is actually fairly excluded so when it starts moving, we can hear the hayward fault doing something. >> reporter: an old mine with new tricks all part of the plan to give the bay area a little heads up before a big quake hits. underneath the cal campus, andria borba, kpix 5. >> cal hopes to have the seismic equipment installed inside the mine shaft in the next six weeks. >> i spent four plus years there. i never found that tunnel. how about you, liz? >> no. i wasn't naughty. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> that's for naughty cal students. [ laughter ] >>> let's go out to mass transit, because everything is on time. we just checked in with bart, 44 bart trains all on time systemwide. ace train also looks good with no delays. hey, check out the bay bridge in the last 10 minutes or so, we're suddenly starting to see delays, mainly just in the cash lanes. they haven't turned on the metering lights yet but i have to say just about every day this week they have been turning them

live from hayward to tell us what all of that extra money would be used for. >> reporter: frank, cityicials tell me hayward must do something to address the need for more police and other infrastructure improvements. but a tax hike that would bring the rate here to a near double- digit rate might be a tough sell. if only money flowed into city coffers, as well as the fountain outside city hall. >> we've been hit very hard by the recession. >> reporter: the economic downturn has left hayward with a $500 million backlog in much needed capital improvements. >> you can see public safety ranks very high. >> reporter: they have been hoping to gain support for a sales tax hike. so projects such as hiring additional police, library upgrades. >> that's what these revenues would be aimed at dealing with. >> reporter: please don't tell me they're going to raise it. right now, the sales tax is 9%. it would boost it to 9.5%. here are the highest rates in each county. napa's 8% to albany's, 9.5%, the same rate hayward is considering. >> you don't think it's too much. >> residents will have a chance

fire crews are mopping up a fire in a seventh street carport in hayward.ed around 4:45 this morning. nine cars were either destroyed or damaged in the fire. no one was injured. and on the same street.last night . a family tossed their 3- year-old out a second story window to escape a house fire. officials say the two fires are not related. kron 4's mike pelton is live on the scene with more from this dramatic scene. hist mike? the little boy is fine. he was a smiling early this morning. fire crews are still on the st. a mopping up. they believed the car was a total separate incident but it's the same fire crews together. you could see those windows are open. that's for several family members had to open up. i would ever again capt. nicholson >>: there's five adults that were inside the residence. and one child. and two of the adults had to jump out of the second-floor window. one of them tossed this child down to a waiting family member. given those conditions what are they going through. >>: it's a very steep drop. about 20 to 30 ft.. and the base of the

we have a crash in hayward. southbound 880.ctually on the border of hayward and san lorenzo there and it's causing slow traffic on 580 and 238 getting to this triangle here where a lot of cars transition from 238 to the anymore its freeway -- nimitz freeway. the crash itself doesn't appear that serious but it was in the fast lane for a bit. as you drive through fremont and hayward, your drive is mostly going to be good with slow spots. and then we look at the valley itself. you can see 280 and 85 are still doing very well. this commute usually gets going a little bit later. now let's go to live pictures. i want to show you 880. it is pretty windy out there. steve and i have been telling you about the gusty winds. especially if you drive a small car. on the bay bridge right now westbound that back up is about that is a drive time of about 25-30 minutes getting into san francisco. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. very windy indeed. in san francisco a couple reports of 42 miles an hour. some above 50 right above the caldecot

he surrendered to police last night in hayward. >> he just walked in and said i have a warrant. he told them he didn't want to speak to them. when our investigators arrived, he also told them he didn't want to speak to them. we haven't had any conversations with him about his whereabouts for the last few days. >> reporter: university officials tell us that mi had no connection to the university that they are aware of. they found his silver rav4 with paper plates abandoned close to campus at the hillcrest apartment complex. deputies say feng mi has two registered firearms, one was found inside the home. the others that not been located. investigators say they -- the other has not been located. investigators say there responded to the family home three times in spine -- in 2009 on domestic violence related calls. we're told their daughters are in a safe place. back to you. >> thank you. >>> san jose police are investigating the city's ninth homicide of the year. it happened in the south end of the city on eppling lane. someone called police to say there was a man unconscious in a

we're about a quarter mile south of the south hayward b.a.r.t. station. that key piece of evidence is along a fence line similar to what you see right here. not too far from here bart is examining at least two holes found along the fence line that enclose esthe b.a.r.t. tracks and may provide more answers into how this happened. it's unclear how big the holes were but sources say it appears that one of the cases somebody somehow took the bolts off the fence and simply slit it open. now, these fences are not easily accessible to the public and there is an encampment nearby where the holes why found. a man was hit by a train and killed. he has yet to be identified but b.a.r.t. says he was a trespasser and not a b.a.r.t. employee. they say as the investigation continues it does not appear there was foul play either. >> our tracks are protected by very high seven-foot chain-link fences. it has sharp edges and it's not easy to access the trainway. but there are people who do it. sometimes they get in there and steal copper or whatever. we're not sure why this

here is a live look at our sensors and drive times through the hayward area. holding steady, 13 minutes on 92, 880 and 101. that wind advisory is still in effect, by the way, between hayward and the peninsula. the nimitz freeway looking clear near oakland airport if you have a flight to catch. the overnight road work did not. find the left lanes blocked on the incline out toward treasure island. that's your latest kcbs traffic. back to you, guys. >>> honda is recalling nearly 900,000 mini vans because of a risk of fire from fuel leaks. the recall involves 2005 through 2010 odysseys. honda says the fuel pump cover can deteriorate and crack causing a leak. it says replace. parts won't be available until summer, but it can provide a temporary repair in the meantime. no fires or injuries have been reported. >>> time now is 4:47. republicans gather in the bay area to reunite and reinvent the party. but as you'll hear it seems more like they are at war. >>> and why a hugely popular bay area burger joint featured on national television is shutting its doors. tell you

take a look at san mateo bridge now from hayward to foster city. not too bad.n as you approach the high-rise but no big deal. traffic moving nicely. as you take look at the maps now. eastbound 580 starting to pick up from tracy to 205. that will be the usual suspect traffic. as we go toward the south bay really not too bad. mostly green. a little bit of yellow. let's go back to the desk. >>> new this morning in the next 60 minutes hayward police are expected to reenter the house at the scene of a drug investigation. a large marijuana grow is discovered by firefighters battling an overnight house fire. this is happening at the home on stone wall boulevard. detectives say they were called to the home just before midnight by fire crews. when they arrived they found a large number of marijuana plants inside that empty home. katie utehs is on the scene. trying to talk to some neighbors about who was living in that house. she will join us in the next 25 minutes with an update. >>> also happening a group of students continue to occupy the administration building at sa

hayward, mountain view and also san jose.eratures when you're stepping out right now up in the north bay we're at 48 in bow dega bay. take it to about 50 in san rafael. that's where it's coolest in the east bay valleys. mid to upper 40s. lafayette, 47. 46 in coop perfect tina. san jose up to the bay 50 to 52 degrees. now what's going to happen today? high clouds are rolling in. look at the temperatures, mid to upper 60s. even a 70 possible in fairfield. near the coast we'll be in the upper 50s to low 60s. we'll have a chance of fog. some fog forming there. the rest of us will have patchy fog. we'll be in the 40s inland throughout most of the south bay and bay shore. around 50 in oakland and san francisco. let's take a look at what's going on here at home. you see high pressure building in two areas of high pressure. they'll get overrun by the high clouds. they will push the jet stream and the storm track away from us for now. so enjoy this warm sunshine we have on the accuweather seven day forecast. low to mid 70s away from t

live in hayward, christie smith, "today in the bay." >> astonishing. thank you. >> also breaking news to tell you about in san jose where firefighters have called for backup to help with an out-of-control house fire in aetna way and capital expressway. bob redell just arrived on the scene. bob, we heard of at least a couple people hurt. >> reporter: yes. seriously burned. good morning to you, peggy. a man and woman here at this home behind me, this fire started around quarter to 4, you can see this fire is now out thanks to sjfc. they had to call for backup making this a two-alarm fire. when they arrived both those people had been able to get out on their own, the fire department tells us one reason they might have been burned and not get out as fast as you can see there are bars on the house. they had to be cut down. that might have slowed their escape whether they were coming out through a window or the front door which has a gate in front. that part is unknown. fire department tells us that when they arrived it was fully involved, it appears the fir

traffic very light leaving hayward, helding into foster city. that's -- heading into foster city. >>> a plan to roll highly explosive oil through the bay area. lawmakers are scrambling to prepare for potential accidents. >> reporter: it's a game of roulette on the rails. highly explosive crude oil being carried from canada to north dakota, destined for refineries in the east bay. state senator jerry hill referred to the potential of derailment disaster on kpix 5 sunday morning. >> the preparedness and the responsiveness, if something were to happen, that's where the problem is. we're back to the 1980s in the level of preparedness we are today. >> reporter: crude used to be transported by tankers on the water which carried its own risk like the oil spill in 2007. but now it is coming by train in more massive quantities, up to 2.7 million-gallons per load. >> we move a lot of hazardous materials not only in california but around the country. well over 99% of the time, those shipments arrive without any incident. >> reporter: but if there is an inc