the group in hercules is a big step closer.on knapp is in hercules. >> reporter: after allegations of high-flying development deals gone bad costing hercules. >> milo: ions of dollars and a sweet heart contract from a city manager with a company run by his relatives they have said enough is enough. enough have signed petitions to force a recall election perhaps in june. while just about everyone else in herc you he's was at a super bowl party leaders of a recall effort were having a pea tillings party with the help of antoine young, validating petitions to make sure the 2850 names they have collected are enough to force the recall election. anton young says they were more than ready to sign. >> i think they are angry. of all the people we have asked to sign the petition, i would say less than 35 have actually not wanted to sign. they know about it, they are angry, and they want to do something about it as it is sense. >> reporter: the recall campaigners worked hard and fast, putting in a thousand hours at community gathering po

ago. >> reporter: this would call the first recall in the city of hercules.ts turned over 6,000 signatures demanding two city leaders leave office. >> the citizens of hercules understand the problems that are occurring in our city and have overwhelmingly signed these petitions. tonight i'm the executive kpháe committee and all the volunteers that worked the last few days want to thank the city. >> reporter: the former major stepped down a few weeks ago but council members don keene and diane ward are fighting the recall. >> i would very much love to keep my seat till my term is up. so it's you know, i should have until the end of 2012. >> i feel that they have made any false accusations and misrepresented my record. >> reporter: the recall leaders say they are being misrepresented and threaten to sue the councilman unless he retracts and apologized about what he said about retracts. >> have you had no sense of decency. at long last, have you no sense of decency. >> reporter: the city council didn't respond. once the petition signatures are verified, hercules

hercules a tree fell down on the connection ramp westbound 4 to westbound 80.nd this is blocking that connection ramp. caltran won't get there until 6:30 so they're actually going to ask the hercules and pinole police department to clear the tree. to get around it if you need to get around westbound 80, you may want to find a place to turn around and get on westbound 80 or also consider willow and that will get you on westbound 80. speaking of 80, a live shot here in berkeley. traffic flows well westbound. if you're heading eastbound out of the sierra, you need your chains. you'll need them on interstate 80 and highway 50. you can get the latest traffic anytime by going to abc7news.com. click on the bay area traffic link. >> it's now 5:54. >> if you're buying just about anything, get ready to pay more for it. >> here's jane king with the "moneyscope" report. >> if you're buying just about anything except a flat screen tv, get ready to pay more for it. planning price increases on clothes and an analyst predicting cotton, wheat, corn to continue going up and stay

. >>> an update now on a recall in the city of hercules. the recall is targeting the acting major and the city council member. ktvu's ken wayne is live in hercules tonight where tonight's council meeting wrapped up about an hour ago. >> reporter: this would call the first recall in the city of hercules. residents turned over 6,000 signatures demanding two city leaders leave office. >> the citizens of hercules understand the problems that are occurring in our city and have overwhelmingly signed these petitions. tonight i'm the executive kpháe committee and all the volunteers that worked the last few days want to thank the city. >> reporter: the former major stepped down a few weeks ago but council members don keene and diane ward are fighting the recall. >> i would very much love to keep my seat till my term is up. so it's you know, i should have until the end of 2012. >> i feel that they have made any false accusations and misrepresented my record. >> reporter: the recall leaders say they are being misrepresented and threaten to sue the cou

the other one says hercules finances are a big mess.ad he known he never would have run for public office. >> thank you very much. >>> well, two of the three americans accused of espionage in iran appeared at a closed- door session in their trial today. they entered not guilty pleas. their court a pointed lawyer was barred from' seeing his clients before the trial. both men appeared healthy and gave their investigation -- version of the incident that has kept them in prison since 2009. [ audio difficulty ] >> reporter: the third defend was released in september on 500,000 dollars bail. she did not return to iran for the trial and will likely forfeit the bail. >>> on day 13 of the protest in egypt, gunfire at the center of the conflict. >> the army fired warning shots into tire -- tahrir square. the protests continue even though the egyptian government made a move towards reform. the conflict is cripling tourism. some things are getting back to normal. >> reporter: egypt's most famous tourist attractions stand quiet. traffic flowed throu

. >>> in the east bay city of hercules, organizers of a recall drive against two city leaders say they have enough signatures to put the measure on the june ballot. at last night's city council meeting recall supporters presented the receipt showing they have nearly 6,000 signatures from hercules voters. the petitions accuse council member and new mayor ward of supporting questionable development deals that put the city in a financial crisis. but the two leaders say they were deceived by a former city manager. >> we were you know acting on information we had. it wasn't the right information. and now we're you know trying to get everything shipshape. >> hercules former mayor resigned a few weeks ago over the fiscal mismanagement accusations. if all the petition signatures are verified, voters will decide whether or not to recall them in the june election. >>> san francisco police are exploring new training options for dealing with the mentally ill. it is in response to three recent shootings including this one in december when police shot a man in a wheelchair outside a mental health fa

don knapp on their recall campaign. >> reporter: while just about everyone else in hercules was at a super bowl party leaders of a city council recall effort were having a petition party in the home of anton young and lori chin preliminarily copying and validating petitions to be sure the 250 names collected are enough to force a recall collection of the city council members. citizens are more than ready to sign. >> i think they're angry. of all the people we asked to sign the petition less than 35 have not wanted to sign. they know about it. they're angry and they want to do something about it as citizens. >> reporter: recall campaigners worked hard and fast putting in 1,000 hours at community gathering points and going door to door. the petitions claim council members donald heene and joanne ward supported the former city manager's questionable sweetheart development deals, that completed the city's development funds and had overruns in the tens of millions. >> these things come out that the city mayor had multimillion dollar contracts with his daughters. those things made citizens

. >> reporter: the historic town of hercules just south of the straight is roaring with allegations ofcandal. a public trust badly beaten. >> not one council person ever asked a question about any of the expenditures. >> reporter: the mayor roughly resigned at a public meeting weeks ago just before he was to be served with recall papers. the recall forces are still after two other members of the city council who refuse to step down. the city council has hired and pushed out two city managers in the last six months. the contra costa county is back investigating again. it may soon have to start firing city workers and start shutting down city services. >> they signed a blank check. >> reporter: recall leaders such as dan romero says much of the mess started with this simple 6.5 acres. >> i am not going to say they have done something criminal. i don't know. >> reporter: the city council voted to invest this land and then give it for free to a southern california real estate realtor in exchange for his promise to develop it. instead, the project is now dead and the owner is trying to sell

. >>> some voters in hercules say they have had enough. they want to members of the city council removed and the recall effort has entered a new phase. christien kafton is live. >> reporter: that councilmembers just now sitting down right now and 6000 hercules residents have signed petitions and one of those councilmembers is vowing to fight any effort to remove him from office. as for p him, they delivered thousands of signatures to city hall. backers were gathering signatures as late as this afternoon. they say the council squandered millions of dollars. >> you find out all of these things were going on behind the scenes. >> reporter: the former mayor has sit down --has steppedd down and we spoke with don chaney by phone this afternoon. >> they are trying to rewrite history saying they were not aware of the problem. they had the sufficient information in front of them. >> reporter: if you take a look at our live shot, you can see them speaking right now. the council is not expected to fully address the effort tonight. it will be verified

. >>> in the east bay city of hercules organizers of a recall drive against two city leaders say heff enough signatures to put that measure on the june ballot. at last night's city council meeting recalled supporters presented nearly 6,000 signatures from hercules voters. the petitions accuse council member don and new mayor ward of supporting questionable development deals that puts the city in a financial crisis. but the two city leaders say they were deceived by a former city manager. >> we were acting on information we had. it wasn't the right information. and now we're you know trying to get everything shipshape. >> hercules' former mayor resigned a few weeks ago over the fiscal mismanagement accusations. if all the petition signatures are verified, voters will get to decide whether or not to recall them in the june election. >>> time now 5:35. the san mateo county transit district is responding to news reports. now the report claim cal train ceo is the highest paid transit boss in california. earning more than $400,000 a year. the district says his basilaris a little more than $

>> reporter: the hercules recall committee delivered thousands of signatures to the city clerk for the two members. starting at the beginning of the year with 100 people at the first meeting and it gained community. >> i think the community has answered and said we want a clean slate in the city of hercules. >> reporter: it took 75 volunteers 16 days to collect 3000 signatures for each council person's recall. >> they are angry. i think we had less than 30 people that we asked to sign the petitions that didn't want to sign. people knew about it. they saw our signs. they came up to the post office with these signed. >> reporter: the signatures still need to be verified but if they do qualify then in june voters will be asked to decide whether the two should go and if so who should replace them. dan says he will run for one of those spots. >> we had a very strong city manager and we had a very weak city council. and the two added up to a lot of misused money. >> reporter: the recall efforts believes the city's redevelopment agency will be $62 million in the hole over the next five years.

vallejo, hercules, those showers are going to be rotating back, endown towards mill valley. a little precipitation now toward diablo there all of this is slowly sagging south, but it was going to take some time before it exits the bay area. still picking up quite a bit of moisture, the pink on the screen indicating the frozen precipitation. hamilton, picking up the snow. and rainfall. if we had it. san francisco, the big winner. over an inch and a half in the last 24 hours. over an inch in oakland. lesser amounts in concord and san jose. and it looks like the rain will continue for at least the next four to five hours before we start to see it clearing. first in the north bay and then the south bay. current temperatures. it's cold out there, 41, san francisco, 42 in concord. 46 in san jose. scattered showers overnight. a chance of maybe few drops tomorrow morning, mainly south of san jose, the rest of us get ready for afternoon clearing and there's a slight chance we may see a few more showers on monday. this is the satellite radar projection. you can see all of this rotatin

this downed tree in hercules is blocking the connection ramp westbound 4 to westbound 80. they're still trying to clear it. they need a chain saw and it's been out there a while. keep that in mind. you may want to take willow and turn around as a detour. check out the live camera shot for you. here's interstate 80 in berkeley. so far headlights moving westbound. a little bit more crowded but overall no major problems towards the bay bridge toll plaza. eric, kristen. >> thank you, frances. it's 6:09. >> just ahead, the change starting today that could make it a lot easier to get to the big easy from san francisco. >> plus the bay area airport employee now accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars fromomomomomomomomomomomomomomox my second diagnosis-- i was told to go home, retire, and enjoy the time i had left. to say it was a shock is just a complete understatement. i mean, i don't think there are words. she had put up a really good fight, but it was her time. you... don't have a choice of getting breast cancer. i had no choice. i wanted to do something bigger t

breaking news coming from hercules right now. ktvu's claudine wong just arrived on the scene where a tree crashed down over a major freeway. claudine is getting set up there. you know this just happened. we're going to bring claudine back and get those details as soon as we can get her in a couple of minutes. again, this just happened in hercules. tree crashed down on a major freeway. we'll get all the details. >>> all right. we also have an update on a crash in the south bay. let's go to sal for that. >>> all right. it's a car that flipped over on highway 85, dave and pam. northbound 85 just after highway 17. this car flipped over and then landed back on its wheels. the person inside understandably was hurt. there's a very small back up there. and the police and fire department are on the scene. again, this is 85 northbound as you drive -- a lot of people drive from southern san jose and use 85 to get up to cooper tee know. also 280 northbound -- 280 southbound at page mill there's an accident. i think i messed that up again. i'

coming up, hercules voters hand in their signatures that could have two council members recalled in a matter of months. we spoke to one of them today. learned how he plans to call the recall in 30 minutes on tv 36, that is our report for now. i'm frank somerville. >> i'm julie haener, thanks for joining us. good night.

the ramp to westbound 80 in hercules.tly some cars were driving by the tree hit it and then we saw a couple of accidents in the area. anyway, apparently the tree is now blocking the entire ramp in the area. so caltrans crews heading out there now to hopefully remove it. here's a live look at what it looks like out there. wet, flooding in the middle lanes. and yesterday, we saw lots of reports of standing water as well just past the metering lights as well so right now, we still have a high wind advisory in effect for the bay bridge. most of our bridges across the bay area have high wind advisories. you can see it in this nimitz shot. here's 880 through oakland. so far, so good though past the coliseum into downtown oakland. mass transit use it all on time. back to you. >> thank you. stay home or use mass transit. and you can keep traffic your weather in your neighborhood. just go to cbssf.com and we have realtime hi-def doppler on our weather page to help you out. >>> 5:33. this morning oakland police tell us they have no

some hercules residents have been signing petitions. later today they will be delivered.l backers pointed to keep products refers to is known as sycamore north. they say the problem, the $57 million project was approved when the city only had funding for half the projects. the concern is there's no money to finish it. market town, recall backers say the city turned the property over to the developer for free. parties seeking more than $11 million to what remains an empty lot. the city councilman says he was not part of its. he says the city manager kept the tinsel in the dark. it is for those reasons that he believes the recall is necessary. >> of and an advocate of change, and will make this city better. will be stronger when we have some of these problems together. >> james: the other recall target mayor joanne board has are returned our calls. >> darya: sentences there is facing a multimillion- dollar deficit, yet during these tough times the city is selling at payless for retiring workers in our continuing series " you paid for " we sure you have three retirees are ca

>> george: we have been tracking a back up and hercules. reported a downed tree was grading the problem. the shot from jackie sizzle, jackie looks as though the crews are working at the end of the connecting rep. >> reporter: the lanes on your left hand side is highway 80. or that truck is coming right there, westbound for. this is the on ramp to westbound 80. it is blocked by downed trees that happened at 5:00 a.m., they don't know what caused the tree to go down but there is a grove of trees over here. that tree spilled into the on ramp, and westbound for. crews are out here trying to clear the debris. the high winds and the saturation we have experienced or last couple days will play a part in this. nobody hit this with car or anything like that. some cars that were passing through the on ramp did hit the tree, no major injuries but traffic issues. let me give you an idea of what the traffic looks like. the ramp is really backing up. >> george: think you for clearing that up. our originally the first reports did say the tree was downed,

got an interim city manager in there, we didn't get the real story. >> now, the former mayor of hercules resigned a couple of weeks ago. if all of the petitions are verified, voters will decide whether or not to recall the two officials in the june election. >>> 7:18. a uc davis chemist may have put a cork on terrorism with the development of a new scanner. the inventer is adapting technology to detect liquid explosives at airport checkpoints. with this kind of scanner --- >> different compounds bring about different rare yos. >>> taco bell's legal fight over the quality of the meet that it uses could mean you get a free taco. taco bell is offering a coupon for a -- for a free taco to the first 10 million people who "like it" on facebook. the restaurant says it uses 88% usda quality beef. >>> 7:19. captain sully sullenberger may be headed to court. the lawsuit he's filed, straight ahead. >>> right now, northbound 101 is recovering from earlier problems. how does the rest of 101 look and what is the rest of the commute like? we'll tell you straight ahead. >>> captain sully sullenberger is

to drive following a 0-month government investigation. 12million ca >>> voters in hercules are lookingo recall members of >>> facebook is looking to expand. they are -- will start the move in juneverizon iphone 4 starting at 12:01 tomorrow anyone will be able to purchase from the verizon website. and the iphone will be available in verizon retail stores on thursday at 7:00 a.m. they are available on a first- come, first-served basis. they took preorders from current customers and those preorders set record sales numbers. >>> a live look on san francisco. notice the camera shaking. we are seeing gusty winds in the hills. it will continue tonight. i have trended the temperatures up tomorrow morning. it will not get as cold in fairfield where it is breezy out there right now. 39 degrees expected tomorrow morning compared to 34 earlier. napa 37 degrees tomorrow. 34 in santa rosa. and 33 in liver moore. cold but warmer than thought because the winds have not died down as much as expected. 64 in santa rosa tomorrow. 61 in valley hoe. 06 in fairfield. not as strong of winds. so it will be war

hercules and richmond upper 50s.therwise low to mid-60s along the east bay shore. 68 carmel, low to mid-60s the rest of the bay and inland neighborhoods. look at the wealth of 30s tonight. inland valleys stretching to santa rosa and palo alto. low to mid-40s for the rest of the bay shore and out to the coast. it's this low pressure and the cold front creating the winds this morning. as this high moves in tonight, that's going to calm us and notice colder air straight in from canada. but the transition is going to be a gusty one. that's why we have these locally windy conditions. in fact, they'll be fastest around fairfield. the cardenas straight, that's where we have the 50 mph gusts. 7-day forecast, even with the cold morning we'll still have sunshine and 60 degree temperatures in the afternoon. slightly cooler this weekend with that slight chance of rain on sunday. have a great day. here's frances. >> i hope this crash will clear in the next ten minutes as planned. livermore, eastbound 580, the right lane blocked b

. >> james: things heating up bin hercules last month the mayor and two city council members resignedeing targeted for recall. now the new mayor and city councilman face recall as well. opponents accuse them of being responsible to greet the financial crisis, two weeks some hercules residents have been sending petitions. those petitions will be delivered today. don said he was not part of the council during much of the time that the decisions were made. he says the city manager kent most of the council in the dark. for those reasons he believes the recalls and necessary. >> i will leave the city and we will be stronger when we have solved them together as a community. >> the other recall target at this point has now returned calls for comment. >> darya: it has been one month since a gunman opened fire outside of a brush to restore the shooting gabrielle differed in the head. today lawmakers are proposing a bill that would ban long large capacity magazines. another bill would make schools notify about terminations, and suspensions resulting from pilots are threatening behavior. tv cove

at last night's city council meeting recall supporters presented almost 6,000 signatures from herculesoters and residents. the petition accused council member don keenny and the new mayor, ward, of supporting questionable development deals that puts the city in a financial crisis. however, those two city officials say they were deceived by a former city manager. >> we were acting on information we had. it wasn't the right information and now we're trying to get everything shipshape. >> now hercules former mayor resigned just a couple of weeks ago over the fiscal mismanagement accusations. now if all the signatures are verified, voters will decide whether or not to recall them in the june election. >>> fans of cal sports are anxiously awaiting tomorrow's big announcement. uc's chancellor will reveal whether uc berkeley will be able to save cal's baseball team and other major sports programs. now two women's programs are among those in jeopardy, gymnastics and lacrosse. and if that happens, cal could find itself in violation of the gender equality law known as title 9. that could lead to

. >>> the city of hercules is in turmoil. some are losing faith in city government.ems from the city spending $15 million it doesn't have. a group of voters wanted to recall the mayor but he resigned a few weeks ago. and there are questions about expenses the city reimbursed officials for including the former mayor. >> in the two invoices i reviewed were charges were extra leg room on airline flights, car rentals and cities on the east coast, $3,000 for the miss hercules pageant, and cost for advertising and city publications to name a few. >> the council members and former mayors say they have done nothing wrong. the contra costa grand jury is investigating. >> time now 6:57. coming up on mornings on two another suspicious fire in san franciscos castro district. this one reported a couple hours ago. >>> and another sign the world champion giants have moved into unchartered territory. stay with us.

. >>> time now 5:55 the stay of hercules is swirling in political turmoil.ems from the city spending $15 million it doesn't have. they are still trying to remove two city council members after they approved real estate development deals that now seem to have no future. there are big questions about expenses the city reimbursed officials for including the former mayor. >> in the two invoices i reviewed are charges for extra leg room on airline flights, car rentals and cities on the east coast, $3,000 for the miss hercules pageant. >> now the city council members and the former mayor say they have done nothing wrong but the contra costa county grand jury is investigating all of this and the public trust has been shaken. >> anyone that gets a phone call asking for a money wire to help a realtive in need should be suspicious. they received calls from scammers claiming to be in legal trouble. another victim was told to send a cash advance to cover taxes on lottery winnings in the philippines. police say if you receive a similar call, you should hang up and contac

>>pam: and hercules, highway no. 4, and the connector. these fell near the roadway and then even hit a couple of cars. the c h p and public works with chain saws, cut it up and threw it over the wall. there was also plenty of flooding through the bay area. video from 14/oakland. and with several intersections causing cars to slow down. and even water damage near homes, schools, and maureen kelly. how the coastal flooding is happening in san francisco. >>reporter: take a look of the bay waters over the seawall at pier 14. flooding these sidewalks. it is because of the storming conditions and high tide. it is one of the highest tides of the year. here, you can see another wave crashing up on sidewalks causing difficulty for drivers, pedestrians. let me show you how these are cooling off onto the westbound lanes of the embarcadero. you can see that one driver is right near that standing water. >>reporter: the national weather service for willowbrook creek into law until noon. this was 61 ft. and rising. and you can see that water was moving

. >>> an effort in hercules heading for the june 7th ballot. we first brought you this story in a special report earlier this month. the petition so recall hercules mayor joanne ward and city councilman john keaney each have enough signatures. officials have now certified the recall petition. supporters of the recall say they hope to discuss the issue at the city council next meeting on tuesday. >>> a san francisco police officer is recovering this morning after he was allegedly beaten by a teenager on a muni bus. on the 38th geary line on wednesday. police say the officer was responding to a brawl in the bus when a 17-year-old boy turned on him and repeatedly punched him. the officer was treated at a hospital and remains off-duty while recovers. the teen was taken into custody by another officer on the scene and was charged with resisting an officer and causing serious injuries. >>> just about an hour ago, bart service began at the new west dublin pleasanton station. the transit agency 44th station is located along interstate 580 and includes

road work in hercules and i'll have those details. >> good morning, everyone.t is friday, february 11th. >> yes. >> i'm jenelle wang for kristen sze. it's 5:29. >> i'm eric thomas here topping our news this half hour there is confusion and anger on the streets of cairo this morning now that the army has thrown its support behind president mubarak. all this may be mute because of the indication abc news is reporting this morning that president mubarak may have left the country. amy hollyfield is live in the news room with the latest developments. did everything we see yesterday, was that just political theater? >> well, eric, this could be a huge development that could have resulted from all of the crowds that are there this morning. we are just now hearing this. it came into the news room a couple of minutes ago. all we can tell you abc news is saying there's a strong indication president mubarak left the country. so interesting to see what the crowds do when the news travels to the square. take a look at the live pictures there. these are the largest crowds we

hercules, sunshine in your neighborhood, 54, 56 for concord, danville. 54. 55 for brentwood, and watsonville tomorrow, 55 degrees, and morgan hill, 56. the accuweather seven-day forecast, we're going to thick 'up the clouds on monday. monday morning not as cold as the clouds move in. by monday night, north bay communities may be seeing rain. rain could be heavy at times on wednesday. a chance on thursday, and then we start to dry things up next friday and saturday. >> alan: unlikely we'll get any snow. >> leigh: you're right. >> alan: shu is back from giants camp, and march madness sneaking up. >> i came bam where the weather was warm. it was 40 degrees in arizona. stanford set a new record at maples. cardinal not only set one but clinched a >> all new oprah: the day after hollywood's biggest night we're taking over oscar's stage! ((oprah)) hooray for hollywood! it's our ultimate after oscar party from the kodak theatre in los angeles! >> mike: there's no place like foam for the snooped win. with the win over orange oregon the zed set -- set a new record

at 5:30 >> and the city of hercules chaos has been sued. the mayor resigned last month after being targeted for recalls with two other members of the city council. now, the new member and the city council members are refacing recall. and with the city's financial crisis they're being held responsible. dan kerman? >> for two weeks, hercules residents have been signing on the dotted line to recall to members of the city council. with backers accusing joanne ward of field leadership. >> what they have done is never asked any questions and-the of the chief field leadership. >> and a note with the result of-failed leadership. >> and with that lacking. >> sycamore north, currently under construction and the problem is that the $57 million project was improved approved one there was only have--the funding and now no money. >> the market town development at sycamore and the south possible. authoritiesy that the town turned over the land for free to the developers. however, still no developing. and they think that the entire project is in jeopardy.

that happened late last night near the willow avenue off ramp on i-80 in hercules. the driver crashed his car during a police chase. officers pulled that passenger out of the burning car and rushed him to the hospital. he was unconscious at the time. his current condition is not known. >>> homeless people in santa clara county will soon be able to use public transportation for free. the valley transportation authority has approved a plan to give qualified homeless people free bus and light rail rides starting in april. participants will be required to be registered in a program that is helping them find permanent housing. more than 3,000 people a year are expected to take up that offer. >>> filagree doe is mentally stable enough to stand trial. gore redo is accused of -- garrido is facing charges with friday -- with kidnapping. >>> students will return to school for the first time today since their principal was shot and killed on campus. the suspect in the case 44-year- old john lubert confessed to shooting john. lubert told police he was fired from his janitor job

on the east bay shore, rain richmond, hercules.ht now but by the time it hits hayward and treatment, probably take about another 45 minutes or so the storms moving off to the east about 35 mph. stronger ones are moving near cloverdale. you can see the lightning strike and we'll have waves of showers in the forecast. locally gusty winds outside and these already gusting near 30 mph at sfo, livermore, hayward, fairfield. definitely going to be a breezy day. temperatures in the low mid-50s most areas. santa rosa, livermore mid to upper 40s. monterey bay low to mid-50s if you're stepping out right now. headlines, brief heavy rain could cause local flooding. we know there will be hail. we already heard some. we'll have more rainbows today also because of the showery nature of the storm system. snow level dropped to 2500 feet. diablo, hamilton all could get a dusting of snow. rain possibly friday and looking drier this weekend as it did yesterday. the low that developed on the front and caused it had to slow moving across the bay. why we

hercules and richmond the upper 50s. everybody else in the low to mid-60s.nly low to mid-60s in the east bay valleys and mainly that around the monterey bay and inland. slightly cooler monterey and carmel upper 50s. watching the cold front back its way across california. the difference between this strong level and this strong high creating the pressure gradient. this high will eventually take over and calm these winds. until it does, it's going to be locally windy today with winds 45 to 50 mph. the most dangerous ones the central valley. that's why the wind advisory in effect until 7:00. once those winds collapse, mid to upper 30s inland. 38 palo alto. low to mid-40s the rest of the bay shore and coast. those chilly nights means we have to pay to keep the house a little warmer than the last couple days. but during the afternoon sunshine and low 60s around the coast. mid to upper 60s the bay and inland until that chance of rain sunday and it's a small chance. >> we'll keep watching it. thanks, mike. >> if you like eggs, there's good news. the department of a

hercules, 54. interior east bay. 66 for concord and danville. livermore, warm to 56.s 50s as well as you head down towards watsonville. so earnings here's a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. we thicken the clouds sunday night and monday, so not as cold start for monday morning, chance of showers developing in the north bay. a chance for us on tuesday, but we'll all see rain on wednesday, and then start to taper those showers off on thursday, and right now friday and saturday look dry. >> alan: on to shu. get you pools ready. guess what? >> mike: march madness. the only time i watch college hoops, building the resume for the big dance. a share of the regular season title on the line. that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. ♪ [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal tastes great and can help lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healthy. i'm in pain... that's ever happened to cinnamon. introducing cinnamon burst cheerios. 20% daily value of fib bursting with the delicious taste of cinnamon. new cinnamon burst cheerios. prepare your taste buds.

on the east bay shore, rain richmond, hercules.ght now but by the time it hits hayward and treatment, probably take about another 45 minutes or so the storms moving off to the east about 35 mph. stronger ones are moving near cloverdale. you can see the lightning strike and we'll have waves of showers in the forecast. locally gusty winds outside and these already gusting near 30 mph at sfo, livermore, hayward, fairfield. definitely going to be a breezy day. temperatures in the low mid-50s most areas. santa rosa, livermore mid to upper 40s. monterey bay low to mid-50s if you're stepping out right now. headlines, brief heavy rain could cause local flooding. we know there will be hail. we already heard some. we'll have more rainbows today also because of the showery nature of the storm system. snow level dropped to 2500 feet. diablo, hamilton all could get a dusting of snow. rain possibly friday and looking drier this weekend as it did yesterday. the low that developed on the front and caused it had to slow moving across the bay. why w

hercules and richmond the upper 50s. everybody else in the low to mid-60s.nly low to mid-60s in the east bay valleys and mainly that around the monterey bay and inland. slightly cooler monterey and carmel upper 50s. watching the cold front back its way across california. the difference between this strong level and this strong high creating the pressure gradient. this high will eventually take over and calm these winds. until it does, it's going to be locally windy today with winds 45 to 50 mph. the most dangerous ones the central valley. that's why the wind advisory in effect until 7:00. once those winds collapse, mid to upper 30s inland. 38 palo alto. low to mid-40s the rest of the bay shore and coast. those chilly nights means we have to pay to keep the house a little warmer than the last couple days. but during the afternoon sunshine and low 60s around the coast. mid to upper 60s the bay and inland until that chance of rain sunday and it's a small chance. >> we'll keep watching it. thanks, mike. >> if you like eggs, there's good news. the department of a

members of the hercules recall committee marched into city hall late this afternoon with their petition, each one had 2800 signatures and that's more than enough to call for an elections. >> we made hercules history today. today in 16 days we accomplish what most cities take four months. the recall started it and its ended today. those ballots will be verified. we have a sufficient amount and the role the election in june. >> members of the recall effort have accused the city council of mismanagement and fiscal irresponsibility in handling the city's affairs. new details, president barack obama is expected to introduce a new budget on monday of next week and part of the plan will include a $53 billion spending plan for high-speed rail. vice- president joe biden talked about how the plan is good for the u.s. economy and will not be a burden. >> we all agree we need to cut spending and get the deficit under control. clear, when it comes to jobs there are three key places where we cannot compromise. we cannot compromise in education, innovation or infrastructure. >> president barack obama

a jam coming off hercules and highway 4 down to the merge off of that richmond bridge.n for interstate 880. the travel time for the east shore is at 35 minutes off the cartinas bridge. berk lee is close to the limit. that's better news through that portion. 580 and 880 are looking really nice for those approaches to the bay bridge. a live look at the oakland coliseum camera shows a very light volume northbound. things have calmed down quite a bit for the freeway through that portion of the east bay. southbound through 680 in the sunol grade, a live shot shows slowing approaching the bay. a live look from the chopper over the san mateo bridge, no problems except for the wind and the fog along the coast along 280 in san mateo. >>> it is cold out there, thank you. thank you for joining us this morning. the "today" show is coming up next. >> we'll have a local news update for you in a half hour. try to stay warm this morning. see you back here later on. >> bye-bye. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that.

take a look at that long stretch of red backing up well past hercules.llow yourself extra time and this is your commute. the good news is the right mix up on your ride to berkeley. that is not our only slow down hotspot, taking an lick next at the richmond san rafael bridge long stretches of yellow, red. earlier accident rate at the end of the toll plaza slow conditions. red, yellow on your screen. no. 2101 is a slow ride out of novato passed by 37. but is wary have speeds down to just 12 mi. an hour. allow yourself an extra 15 minutes for your ride of novato pass highway 37. bay bridge toll plaza, no problems. you can see the back up word and three here. , it ends right here. drive time of 13 minutes from the macarthur maze towards san francisco. louisa? >> louisa: gusty conditions this morning to start your day off, mt. tam camera shows the breeze. really strong gusts of rain over the early morning hours. oakland hills 54 mi. per hour as of 037, fremont 24, 27 napa, 20 san jose. redwood city is about 34 mi. an hour winds. keeping a wind advisory in the

as we take a look also towards suisun bay, vallejo, hercules, benicia, martinez, all with moderate rainfall containing small hail and anywhere up and down the peninsula, we have pounding rain that continues to left up in a northerly direction. fog is now also a problem in throughout the santa cruz mountains and portions of the north bay right around the petaluma area. and this is not over. the weekend pinpoint forecast allen is still coming up. >> thank you. going to need that. >>> an explosive revelation in court. a top narcotics officer and a private investigator charged with stealing confiscated drugs and reselling them appeared before the judge today. joe vazquez shows us one of the guys says he did it for his family, joe. >> reporter: that's right, allen. he has a sick daughter and according to the defense attorney, he was trying to take care of that daughter. a little more on that in a moment. you don't usually hear a lot of details on the first appearance before the judge but first we heard how they are alleged to have pro cured the judge and then sold them. for example, in one case

back through alamo and hercules.he extended forecast, the number goes back up wednesday but i want you to take special note. it should be frosty, very cold, wednesday night. if you are out there in your garden this past weekend, temperatures go back into the 70s thursday and friday, but then a good chance of rain by sunday. and through tuesday, yesterday, chinese new year was celebrated in foster city. she explained pinwheels are a sign of good luck. it's all about it. keep it coming. >> i didn't know that. >> isn't that pretty. >> yeah, thanks roberta. >>> have you ever wondered why some people have innies and some outies in any about that for a moment? we're going to talk about that and pose the question when we come back. >> announcer: pinpoint weather is sponsored by mancini sleepworld. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "eyewitness news" is brought to you by cadillac. the new standard of the world. visit your cadillac dealer today. >>> yeah, they come in different shapes and sizes, even colors. but everybody does have one. wh

over on the east bay shore upper 50s from hercules and richmond. else the low 60s until you get to fremont at 63. the south bay we'll have low to mid-60s here. los gatos about 65. low to mid-60s around the peninsula. the coast temperatures upper 50s for you. near 60 downtown south san francisco. sausalito also mid to upper 50s with your inland valleys in the low to mid-60s. monterey bay and carmel the upper 50s. low to mid-60s for the rest of the bay and also inland. around the state today, everybody's cooler. we'll have mid-60s, upper 60s l.a. and palm springs with mid to upper 50s throughout the central valley. also breezy just like big sur at 55. tahoe 37 degrees but no new snow from mother nature. bring is back home tonight. see how much colder it's going to be with low to mid-40s most of the bay shore and out to the coast. the exception palo alto 38. that's like the temperatures inland, mid to upper 30s. cold front pushed through. now we're into that air mass and it's the dry one as the high pressure continues to keep us well away from any of

. >> this morning hercules on the verge of making history with what's believed to be the first recall of elected leaders. organizers turned in signatures from nearly 6,000 people yesterday demanding the recall of the city's acting mayor and city council member. it comes after accusations of mismanaged money including bad development deals. newly installed mayor joann mayor is fighting the recall and don keen says his record is misrepresent misrepresented. if signatures are verified voters will decide the fate of the leaders in a june recall election. >> neglecting to pay your traffic ticket in berkeley will no longer mean your car will end up in a tow yard. the council voted to put a boot on cars with unpaid tickets. that will eliminate the headache of getting your car back. the device will be placed on a car's wheel when the owner has five or more unpaid tickets. when the tickets are paid for the owner gets the code to unlock the boot. >> antioch looking for a few good men and women to speed up and step up, rather, and volunteer, including graffiti abasement, neighborhood watch and h

back through alamo and hercules.ded forecast, the number goes back up wednesday but i want you to take special note. it should be frosty, very cold, wednesday night. if you are out there in your garden this past weekend, temperatures go back into the 70s thursday and friday, but then a good chance of rain by sunday. and through tuesday, yesterday, chinese new year was celebrated in foster city. she explained pinwheels are a sign of good luck. it's all about it. keep it coming. >> i didn't know that. >> isn't that pretty. >> yeah, thanks roberta. >>> have you ever wondered why some people have innies and some outies in any about that for a moment? we're going to talk about that , [ female announcer ] when it comes to keeping small spaces fresh cones can dry out quickly. that's why there's the febreze set & refresh. 100% scented oils eliminates odors for 30 days. for freshness from start to finish. the small space odor solution that's a breath of fresh air. the febreze set & refresh. with so many it's hard to see the d

. >>> este pequeño hércules, fue invitado a participar en el próximo torneo nacional donde su padre estrago. >>> si, se trata de un extraño fenómeno que hizo que la tierra se abriera, fue en perú, dejó incomunicada a una comunidad, varios resultaron heridas. aquí están pasando muchas cosas aquí, y cerramos con esta fuerte tormenta que se desplazó desde el noroeste, no se descarta la posibilidad de que en san francisco, fresno, pudieran tener una a dos pulgadamos de nieve, y pudiera depositar de 6 hasta 12 pulgadas, y se mueve sobre el centro del país, y esta tormenta que afecta fuerte, al menos fuertes lluvias en el sur de nueva york se reportan cantidad de nieve de 6 a 12 pulgadas, fuertes vientos, y hay retrasos en los aeropuertos, y con los avisos de alerta de condiciones invernales, fuertes vientos en todo el noreste, y tenemos avisos de fuego de maleza, y condiciones invernales en todo el sureste de california. y los fuertes vientos dejan retrasos en los aeropuertos, y continúa el frío, nieve para el fin de semana en chicago, en miami condiciones placenteras, máxima en los 64 grad

. >>> we have developing news from hercules right now where a high speed chase came to an end.car crashed off of highway 80. the driver ran off, a passenger was still inside badly injured. police tell us the man was breathing but unconscious and was air lifted to john meir medical center. the chase started with contra costa deputies tried to pull over the vehicle for a traffic violation. >>> in the castro, dozens of people gathered tonight to show their support for gay activist david cato who was killed last week. attendees held signs that read stop the violence and they chanted that message as well. others spoke to cato's worldwide influence. >> steven cato's denomination to live his life authentically as who he was, who he was created to be touches our hearts and touches our souls. >> reporter: cato was found beaten to death in his home last beak. uganda police say one of his employees confessed to killing him, and that his sexuality had nothing to do with the killing. >>> president obama called yemen's president today urging him to follow through on promises to reform the go

. >>> we have developing news from hercules right now where a high speed chase came to an end.a car crashed off of highway 80. the driver ran off, a passenger was still inside badly injured. police tell us the man was breathing but unconscious and was air lifted to john meir medical center. the chase started with contra costa deputies tried to pull over the vehicle for a traffic violation. >>> in the castro, dozens of people gathered tonight to show their support for gay activist david cato who was killed last week. attendees held signs that read stop the violence and they chanted that message as well. others spoke to cato's worldwide influence. >> steven cato's denomination to live his life authentically as who he was, who he was created to be touches our hearts and touches our souls. >> reporter: cato was found beaten to death in his home last beak. uganda police say one of his employees confessed to killing him, and that his sexuality had nothing to do with the killing. >>> president obama called yemen's president today urging him to follow through on promises to reform the

hercules, castro valley, fremont 67 and 68. brentwood and livermore, 69.low 70s in the valleys. gilroy the warm spot at 71. tonight, upper 60s livermore, fairfield and santa rosa and also cloverdale. everybody else in the low to mid 40s except for san francisco at about 50 degrees. here the clouds we're taking about. the cold front, notice the brighter clouds and system will miss us but the high clouds will help us dim the sunshine and then once we get into the colder air mass, we will be five to eight degrees cooler tomorrow. next of the week, near 60 around the coast and a chance of light rain on saturday night into sunday. >> good news we have a crash but it's on an on-ramp so it's probably not going to slow you down. it's on milpitas. on northbound 880. a car slammed into the metering lights there and actually locked it down. caltrans is going to be on the scene for a while trying to repair that. if you you may want to take another on-ramp to avoid delays. drive times, westbound 580 through altamont pass, about half an hour to make your way to 680. wes