it gets underway at 11:00 from justin herman plaza in san francisco. >>> what again with the best ofons turned into a fight between a homeowner with chickens and a marin county neighborhood association with rules against them. wayne freedman picks up on the story in kentwood lands. >> before the chicken, before the egg, even, there was the coupe. the question is which will be longer, the birds or their $13,000 home? >> we wanted to build a nice coup because we didn't want to have a problem. >> now andy and his wife, tracy, and most important, their daughter, who has four chickens, they do have a problem. >> the one that's laying the egg is loose. the black one is izzy. this is collette. >> the neighborhood association has rules against these pets. >> they attract coyotes, they attract roadents, they make noise. and the people here just didn't wish to have them. >> we tried really hard from the beginning to work with the community and figure out a good solution. they have stuck to their guns that chickens are not common pets. >> they really love me and i love them. they really are my

today's bike ride gets underway at 11:00 from justin herman plaza in san francisco. >> what began with the best of intentions turned into a fight between a homeowner with chickens and a marin county neighborhood association with rules against them. wayne freedman picks up on the story in kent woo lands. >> before the chicken, before the egg, even, there was the coop. the question is which will be longer, the birds or their $13,000 home? >> we wanted to build a nice coop because we didn't want to have a problem. >> now andy and his wife, tracy, and most important, their daughter, who has four chickens, they do have a problem. >> the one that's laying the egg is loose. the black one is izzy. this one is felipe and this is collette. >> the neighborhood association has rules against these pets. against barnyard pets. this man is the enforcer. >> they attract coyotes, they attract rodents, they make noise. and the people here just didn't wish to have them. >> we tried really hard from the beginning to work with the community and figure out a good solution. they have stuck to their guns that

the train is at the justin herman plaza in san francisco from right now until 7:00 tonight.his is the first stop. the model train-shown off throughout the bay area over the next several weeks. these new cars go into service in 2017. >>> happening today right now in fact, some nature is university students are taking part in an unusual protest. they are holding a so-called faint-in to draw attention to dudley moorhead high school one of the university's oldest buildings. protestors say it's an unsafe environment because it has insufficient heating and no air- conditioning. >> san jose councilmember says it's time for the city to start regulating electronic cigarettes. rose herrera, who is running for mayor this year, says because ecigarettes are so new, the city doesn't have any laws to control them. she proposes a citywide ban on using them in public. the city council will discuss it at a meeting later today. >>> an l.a. dodgers standout may have a price on his head. his crazy connection to mexican drug cartels. >> a good meal can do a relationship good. the connection betwe

they are displaying the new car in san francisco's justin herman plaza until 7:00 tonight. it will be at various b.a.r.t. stations through may 9th. bart will ask the public for feedback before it manufactures and tests the cars. >>> good news for people looking for folks in san francisco on -- in san francisco on sunday. the board voted to stop charging for parking on sundays but bus fares will go up to 25 cents to help make up for the loss from the parking meters. changes take effect july 1st. >>> jessica goldman is several hours into what she hopes will be a record-breaking run across america. the 41-year-old runner set off on her journey from san francisco city hall at 8:15 this morning. she's hoping to make the trip in a record 63 days which means that she will have to run the equivalent of two marathons a day. goldman also says she's running to raise money for people suffering from brain injuries. >> what's gonna motivate me on a daily basis are people going on and making donations to the brain injury association of america. if people can do that and i wake up and i'm

earth day festival highlighted the current climate crisis, through speeches and a march around justin herman plaza. organizers say the parade is a good way to show today's youth how much the earth and its climate need our help. >>> well, it looks good on its own for tomorrow with high pressure building into the bay area. so we are going to get right to the headlines. the critical easter sunday forecast looks nice for the bay area. it's going to warm up a little bit tomorrow. we have plenty of sunshine and the temperatures will range from the low 60s along the coast to the low 80s inland. so there's a 20-degree spread there between the cool coast and the warm inland and for this time of year, not atypical. in concord now 68 degrees. oakland has 62. livermore 67. and san jose 66 degrees. 71 in santa rosa. if you are heading out tonight, not bad. there's fog hugging the coastline along the peninsula through san mateo county in san francisco, not so much up in marin but still, patchy low clouds by the coast. otherwise clear, temperatures near 60 degrees. surf's up for tomorrow if you are headed

you can take a tour of the train and give feedback at justin herman plaza. the unveiling is part of the agency's "blue sky festival". also, the first five thousand people to collect six stamps from vendors will get a free six dollar bart ticket. you can also be entered in a drawing to win a folding bike. today's event is from 11 a- m to 2 p-m. heading into the five o'clock hour we have some great video we wanted to show you. check out this coast guard rescue in the gulf of mexico. it happened yesterday in rough seas more than 200 miles off the coast of new orleans, louisiana. two coast guard members had to be rescued from a vessel after one of them dislocated their shoulder. another severed the tip of his finger. they were airlifted to the hospital and are expected to be o-k. a family out of brazil is asking for help because their infant son weighs an astonishing 40 pounds. this is arthur. and at eight months old. he weighs 39 point six pounds. his mother says he is so big, he needs to use adult diapers. a new report out this week finds that 39 percent of br

the model train will arrive at justin herman plaza in san francisco around 11 a.m. model train will be shown off throughout the bay area over the next several weeks. these new cars will go into service, got to wait, 2017. >>> coming up, bad boys beware. "cops" is coming to the bay area. it may be a recruiting tool. >> the breaking bad prom proposal that works. coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> we have some developing news out of south korea right now. a massive rescue operation is happening right now to save hundreds of people on a sinking ferry. you see the ferry right there. this is out of south korea. the rescue operation is happening as we speak. a number of people lost right now. 459 passengers were on board that ferry. many of them were high school students that were on a trip and sadly 300 are reported missing at this hour. passengers wearing life jackets told to jump into the sea and await rescue. family is waiting to hear from loved ones. coast guard and navy divers are searching inside that ship for any survivors. >>> 4:46. new this morning, the son of a senio

they contoured this new train at justin herman plaza and give feedback. the first fleet is expected to go into passenger service in 2017. you can view the next generation of b.a.r.t. cars at several other events around the bay area happening through may and be sure to go to our website ktvu.com and click on web links to find out the location near you. >>> tomorrow the chp will head out to the scene of last week's deadly bus fire and crash. their investigative team will conduct testing near orland and be using vehicles similar to the bus and the truck involved in the collision. they'll be looking for information about braking, viz and the other visibility and other possible information. the drivers of the bus and truck died in the crash along with eight other people. ktvu will be there for the testing and we'll update you all day on twitter, facebook and then on our news beginning at 5. >>> another delay in the case against a man accused of killing missing south bay teen sierra lamar. garcia torrez was in court in san jose to set a trial date. his defense

. >>> reporter: with the tug of a sheet, the bart cars of the future were revealed at justin herman plaza, free of upholstery, the collective stink of thousands of daily commuters can be hosed away, allot with other improvements, too,. >> i like the fact that you're able to park three bikes in one location. >> reporter: but reviews aren't all raves. >> this is small for someone like me. >> reporter: offender number one for the disabled community this pole meant to ease the burden for standing riders, right in the doorway. the executive director of the independent living resource center says the pole's placement reduces accessibility. she says riding bart with her service dog phoenix is already a challenge. and no easier for folks in wheelchairs. >> there was a lot of conversation from the bart board today about, oh, well we have to balance the rights of everyone, to which i say, balancing the rights, uhm, of everyone does not -- it doesn't seem right that my community has to take a giant step backwards. >> reporter: there's already pending litigation from disabled advocates about a simila

the public will get a look at the new car design at justin herman plaza in san francisco at 11:00.ino we go and there is an accident there blocking one lane. you can see our sensors are showing the backup all the way into downtown san jose. unfortunately, 101 isn't looking better from morgan hill. here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. we have been looking for something going on. there's no incidents reported but it is jammed solid at the richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza and all across the span until you get to marin. if you're traveling through silicon valley westbound 237, also pretty heavy from milpitas to at least zanker road and then a little sluggish continuing toward 101. here's a live look at the nimitz in the east bay. 880 now backed up looks like 238 out to your embarcadero exits. that's the latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's lawrence. >>> a lot of sunshine coming our way. we take you out to ocean beach this morning haze hey, patchy fog near the coastline but looking good there, ocean beach hazy sunshine. a little warmer all around this m

the first event will be held at justin herman plaza on wednesday, april 16th, 11:00 a.m.ew cars are expected to go into service in 2017. again, weigh in if you take bart you may want to give your opinion on what you think they ought to do with those new cars coming into service. >>> i'm calling for ice cream served on all bart cars. >> that would be great. that would make me ride. no ice cream for you but i think you'll like what's coming our way. a few clouds offshore. mainly clear skies at the moment. we do expect skies to become cloudier during the overnight hours. tomorrow statewide, as a matter of fact, quite a bit of cloud cover from top to bottom. in fact in the northernmost part of the state showers from eureka to chico to the northeastern corp of the state. a bit of snow will still be falling over some parts of the sierra, mainly in the highest elevations. there will be mild weather down south. 68 in los angeles. in the bay area, clear now, clouds increasing overnight. that pattern will continue through the daytime hours tomorrow. although we will have filtered s

. >>> it's not often you see this, a bart train off the tracks and in justin herman plaza in san francisco. the idea was to get people to walk through the trains and get their feedback, really. some of the new features include padded seats, a cooling system and color-coded routes. there will be more disabled seating for seniors and disabled. every car will be replaced by the year 2017. >>> there could soon be a many farm in space. lettuce seeds are being sent to space so that astronauts can plant it in the international space system. if it's safe to eat, astronauts could be cleared to eat the second batch. they were set to go up this week, but it was rescheduled for friday. >>> this cute little youngster's name is hoppy. his visit at 50 miles from the ocean was not exactly beach front property. you might recall chippy made the same journey in 2004. he was found boldly lounging on a chp car. after chippy was treated for a bullet wound he was returned to the ocean. caregivers say hoppy will swim free once he's fattened up, according to them. he's seen here in the middle with two other new fr

the first one is at 11:00 this morning at justin herman plaza in san francisco.y tour the model car and fill out a survey of what you think. the model will be on display in various cities until the middle of may. >>> i just remember the one complaint people had was the seats. well, the colors were blue and green. seahawks. >> find of funny. let's check in with sal right now. let's see how things are moving on the road. b.a.r.t. and the bridges. sal? >> one of the things we've noticed as we get closer to what is the easter holiday, this sunday, we have more schools taking time off. we have a little bit better than usual traffic but still slowing out there. let's start off with a look at the toll plaza. still about a 25-minute drive time into san francisco. if you are driving across the bay, and that's including the time at the toll plaza and on the span. moving along and taking a look at the san mateo bridge. the traffic here doesn't look all that bad. i can see some slow traffic as you drive westbound to the high rise. just pockets. now, 880 is backed up pretty s

the first event is at justin herman plaza on wednesday at 11:00 a.m.o service in 2017. >>> well, from trains to planes. a bit of the irish just came to san francisco international airport and this time it is not a new bar. just a few hours ago air lingus landed its flight from dublin to san francisco. they are offering five direct routes per week between the two cities. tech companies are driving the irish economy these days so a direct flight between dublin and san francisco is just a natural fit. >> nearly all of the big silicon valley companies, facebook, twitter, have their headquarters in ireland and we're increasing seeing irish people going backwards and forwards for training and vice versa. >> you'll be able to get to dublin in just under 11 hours. tonight at 11:00, michael finney looks at whether this new air service is good for consumers. >>> there is much more ahead in our next half hour. seaworld visits the state capital to defend one of its main attractions. the bill that would ban killer whale shows at amusement parks. >>> also microsoft

the first event is at justin herman plaza on wednesday at 11:00 a.m.he new cars are expected to go into service in 2017. >>> well, from trains to planes. a bit of the irish just came to san francisco international airport and this time it is not a new bar. just a few hours ago air lingus landed its flight from dublin to san francisco. they are offering five direct routes per week between the two cities. tech companies are driving the irish economy these days so a direct flight between dublin and san francisco is just a natural fit. >> nearly all of the big silicon valley companies, facebook, twitter, have their headquarters in ireland and we're increasing seeing irish people going backwards and forwards for training and vice versa. >> you'll be able to get to dublin in just under 11 hours. tonight at 11:00, michael finney looks at whether this new air service is good for consumers. >>> there is much more ahead in our next half hour. seaworld visits the state capital to defend one of its main attractions. the bill that would ban killer whale shows at am

they showed off a model at the presentation at justin herman plaza yesterday.l have better seats, bike racks, more hand holds, and led screens that show the location of a train and its next stop. the first of the 775 new cars are scheduled to arrive in 2017. the next public showing of the new trains is tomorrow at the west oakland bart station. >>> all right. tori, time is 8:26. san jose state university students staged a very unusual protest over what they call dangerous conditions in certain classrooms. >> [chanting]. >> dozens of students and even some faculty members conducted a feint in in dudley morehead hall. students say even though temperatures were in the 70s yesterday warm air was blowing in from the buildings vents. they say students have passed out because some of the classrooms get too hot and their windows don't open. >> it's very hot in this building. there is no air-conditioning. the heaters are on in the classrooms. the heaters are on. >> while university officials say the old building will probably be demolished and probably won't be renovate

the model train will arrive at justin herman plaza in san francisco around 11:00 this morning and it shown off throughout the bay area over the next several weeks. these new cars go into service in 2017. >>> one of the longest running series on network television is shooting on location in san jose. "cops" which follows law enforcement officers across the country has been on the air since 1989. but it's the first time the show has come to san jose, where a crew will spend more than two months. sjpd's spokesman says the hope is to boost morale, provide greater transparency and attract recruits to the force. >>> as the giants host a series with the dodgers there is a disturbing report about a top dodger player and a run-in with a mexican drug cartel. who here's kpix 5's andria borba. >>> reporter: the dodgers' brighters star yasiel puig was signing autographs for fans before the game. the men in orange and back are not the cuban defector's biggest enemy by any stretch of the imagination. in a bombshell article in l.a. magazine author jesse katz tell -- tells how puig fled from cuba to

. >>> back here, justin herman plaza, bocce ball business with the kpix 5 team.at with a nice form there. in come from behind fashion over the san francisco marketplace group, kpix victorious and the strength of joe vazquez and his form as he was able to get us out of danger a couple of times. final score, 13-11 in the opening game of this particular league. so that will do it from "roar- acle" arena here. the clippers and the warriors game 3 we'll have highlights coming up on the late show. the clippers have lost five straight here at "roar-acle" so hopefully they will make it a sixth tonight. back to you in the studio. >> it will be exciting. >> oh, yeah. do or die tonight. got to do it. got to show them who's boss. >> i'm impressed with our bocce ball team. >> the guy with the sunglasses and the jacket on at the end, keep your eyes on him. [ laughter ] >> good form. >> all right. >>> for news throughout the evening, the latest news and weather are always on our website, kpix.com. you joey fatone: it's time to play "family feud." give it up for steve harvey! [c

visitors got a tour of the model at justin herman plaza in san francisco.he new fleet of cars is expected to go into service three years from now, and the public will be able to comment on the new design and suggest changes before those new b.a.r.t. cars go into production. a member of the b.a.r.t. board of directors said the new cars will be a welcome edition. >> we're over 400,000 riders a day, and we have the same number of train cars as we had ten years ago when we had under 300,000 riders. so our goal is more cars and longer trains. >> a prototype of the new b.a.r.t. car will appear at several other events around the bay area through may 19th. you can find the times and locations by going to our website ktvu.com and clicking on the web links. and tonight at 6, 2 investigates reporter melanie woodrow. >> they make the list of america's high value targets for terrorists but they are still vulnerable. now washington is getting involved. the investigation into the mysterious attack on a power plant substation in morgan hill that prompted a gathering with m

. >> the model train will arrive in justin herman plaza in san francisco around 11 a.m. it will be shown off throughout the bay area over the next several weeks. they will go into service, just like i did, in 2017. [ laughter ] >>> ukraine may be on the brink of a civil war. the latest military action adding fuel to the fire. >> new water restrictions in effect in the east bay. who is now required to cut back? >> a slight change in the wind could bring nicer weather to the bay area. we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we have a new accident this time reported in the southbound lanes of 880. it's in fremont. we'll tell you how it's impacting your morning commute. but first we want to know what drives you crazy during your morning drive. ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question gets answered on air. korea... rescuer,, bulldog: [yawning] it's finally morning! i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event is ending soon. i'll have first pick from the huge s

francisco's green community will hold a special parade down market street starting at 11:30 from justin herman plaza. the parade will end at the united nations plaza, where 10,000 attendees are expected to gather for earth day celebrations. there will be speakers, live music, special performances and demonstrations, today's earth day celebrations run from 10:00 to 6:00 at the united nations plaza. >>> today will be okay, but tomorrow will be nicer, warmer, anyway. >> and the easter bonnet to shield all the sun tomorrow. today, a little breezy out there and lots of egg hunts and things going on today and tomorrow. but we still have the marine layer to deal with. and that is obscuring some of the view from our live cameras. and the fog will bank up along the coastline again. the san mateo coast and we'll have a strong westerly wind. so it will be cool and you can see higher elevation winds blowing around the camera on top of mount tam and some scattered clouds, it's 50 in the city. 54 in oakland. good morning, san jose, 52 for you in gilroy, checking in at 51 and down at the beach in santa cruz,

kpix 5's ann notarangelo is live at justin herman plaza with that part of today's story. ann. >> reporter: ken, there are about 2500 people who have already come through this model of the new car to get a look seeing things like the new bike racks that will be on some of the cars. bart is touting this as the train of the future. they are saying it's aluminum, lighter weight, it's more energy-efficient but as with anything that's new, some will love it, some won't. one complain is how loud trains are. bart's new cars will have microplug doors that will help keep out the noise and will be quieter to those who live near the tracks. >> people wanted us to find a way to give them quieter ride. we have accomplished that. >> reporter: it's the oldest fleet in the country and the new cars will arrive in 2017 eventually 1,000 new cars. >> i think the customer satisfaction of the ride is just going to be incredible. >> reporter: bart will double the number of seats and hand holds and those grossed out by the current upholstery will find the seats easier to clean and bart promises m

the tickets for and give feedback at justin herman plaza. sky festival. the first 5000 to collect six >>: from vendors will get a free $6 bart ticket read it can also be entered in a drawing to win a folding bike. today's event is from 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. >>: quiet now but at&t park was a rocking just after midnight last night as bay area sports teams are facing off against their southern california rivals. the giants were at the tip of the iceberg. >>: we will continue kron4's jacki sizzle is live. >>: absolutely a perfect morning out here and at&t park three the only thing that would be better. beat the s 3 it was also the a's. between the two games it was more than nine hours of baseball. more than 23 innings. but in the end about bay area teams to come the w s. the first on here at&t park lasted until after midnight when hector sanchez stepped up and the 12th and knocking brandon car for crawford to the go-ahead inculcated loss angeles dodgers. that game lead to more than five hours. the oakland a's were down in anaheim. the against th

will show off its new cars starting at 11:00 this morning during the blue sky festival in justin hermanlid owe of the new cars, three doors to get passengers on and off faster. disability advocates say the new cars have less space available for people with wheelchairs and the new poles on board make it harder for people in wheelchairs to get on and off the cars. >>> with your morning commute, here's leyla. >> if, you're not thinking of taking mass transit hopping into the car, we have two accidents to get to, the first on peninsula on 101. if you're traveling northbound, right at 92, you'll find we're seeing slow-going traffic moving out of foster city and also the southbound direction this accident east palo alto, southbound along 101, right at embarcardero. heavy backups behind it. eric? >> she'll be checking your forecast and give you all that info fuel reward card is really what makes it like two deals in one. erson salesperson #2: actually, getting a great car with 42 highway miles per gallon makes it like two deals in one. salesperson #1: point is there's never been a better time