when she get past macarthur things improve. ongoing roll work in antioch eastbound lanes of highway 4 scheduled to be blocked until 530 this morning west on were seeing slowing. just in antioch everything improves after a point. the wall belgrade more lines blocked schedule until 530 or 6 this morning. the international olympic committee has bear down the list of cities line to host the 2020 summer olympic games which would istanbul, tokyo and madrid. final votes in september. another late-night for the bay area's best bird callers >>> piedmont high school by their annual appearance last night on late-night with david letterman. >>> that been practicing for months. the winners appeared on johnny carson's tonight show for years letterman has continued the tradition a biology teacher started a contest in 1963. >>> video from australia and 18 ft. shark goes after a small blue shark that last itself on the fishermen's line. according to local papers the encounter had been 200 yds offshore and you can see the men taking turns trying

macarthur's speeches were written by eisenhower.and he had a marvelous command of the english language. and was very critical of staff members who weren't. and h he also knew how to get along with people, he knew how to get along with macarthur which was not easy. he knew how to get along with general marshall. and later, of course, with de gaulle and churchill. what were his shaping influences growing up in abilene? >> he his parents were extremely religious, his parents, ida and david were extremely religious fundamentalists and he had five brothers, and they read the bible in the morning, they read the bible in the evening. this was a very religious household, and so religion played a big part in his life growing up, but the curious thing is none of the six brothers took that forward after they matured. they left it totally, and eisenhower's -- after eisenhower proud from west point, he took pride in the fact that he never went to church again. >> rose: pride in that fact? >> he took pride in that. mca sure once chided him for no

the drive times are 11-12 minutes even of the macarthur maze.he golden gate is light enough across the bridge that traffic is still pretty late on presidio parkway. starting to back up at the signal light at the end of the coil drive a bypass. as we pick up the road sensors and look at the right to the east bay, 680 south is still pretty light in getting a little heavy through the will look past. that is really a new work pattern. over the last several days traffic has been getting heavier for the last stretch of highway 4. usually that has been an easy ride but lately we have noticed in getting here. a 14 minute drive time. it will be twice that before the commute is over. your ride on 680 south is clear to the san ramon valley. heavier on 580 on the sunol grade. some hist 101 is the only freeway showing any slowing. it starts to begin to slow on the 280-1 01 interchange and the 80-11 interchange. that is always where we see a traffic forming. >>darya: this city of milipitas is making major cuts. 9.2 million budget shortfall next year. for the

j >>> first the macarthur maze flowing smoothly from -- from 80, 580 to the macarthur maze and the tollyou will find on the incline section a stall left lane there in the process of being cleared. elsewhere, new accident westbound 580 past the livermore truck scales. road sensors aren't showing significant slowing. if that doesn't get out of there we will follow that. fire westbound 580 in the oakland area. it will have a little significant slowing as rubberneckers are taking a look and crews are on scene. accident still remaining in the san jose area, san tomas south of homestead car vs. a pole. if you look at the waze app, free downloaded app, traffic slow. you might want to take saratoga or kiley as your alternate. >>> southern california company is recalling dried mushroom slices sold at costco stores that may have been contaminated with chemicals the corporation issued voluntary recall for the mushrooms with a sell by date april 16th 13. the mushrooms may have been contaminated by a side used to control plant diseases -- it was found after federal inspectors tested a sample. -- >>>

you are looking live at the scene at macarthur boulevard and 99th avenue.ppears the fire may have been out, it was a one alarmer firefighters checking it out. the fire started at 4:30 this morning it took more than half an hour to knock down. too early for firefighters to say what the possible cause may be or what type of building that is. we know that police are controlling traffic in the area. we have terry mcsweeney headed to the scene right now with the latest coming up. >>> developing news from pleasanton. police investigating serious shooting deaths of a 13-year-old girl and her mother. bodies found in their home last night. amy hollyfield is live at the scene on stacey court. >> reporter: police have gone home after a long night of gathering evidence here on stacey court, a very quiet cull sack police responded 6:00 -- quiet cul-de-sac. police responded 6:00 last night, a call of a double homicide came in. a woman and her daughter were dead her husband found her and their daughter he called police. investigators are not calling him a suspect but has

it happened at 99th avenue and macarthur boulevard. fire officials believe it may be an old barbershop. >> how did a burglary suspects managed to slip out of handcuffs and escape from a patrol car? that is what oak lawn police are trying to figure out this morning. kate is in oakland right now at the spot where the suspect was last seen running away. kind of a strange story? >> that is right. it appears like a disease during act. how did he do it? if they catch him, will be sure that secret? that is one thing oak lawn police will try to be figuring out. but last night dispense the area around six and jefferson looking for the suspect. right around 7:45 p.m. last night oak lawn police caught a suspected thief and then they thought it was a job well done but just as they were headed back to headquarters the suspect ran from the police car, and again the big talker is that the officer looked back into his car and all that he sees left is a pair of handcuffs. they have no idea exactly how he got out and they continue to search the area. he

macarthur -- this was a digression, because you asked me about macarthur -- that macarthur program gives grants to individual writers without an institutional affiliation even. and they prefer things that are cross-disciplinary and daring that the normal academic treadmill won't produce. c-span: what have people been telling you to your face on -- about this book as you travel about? >> guest: oddly enough, most of the interviewers on the shows are people who remember the era and say, "oh, bob mcnamara, we remember him." there was one interviewer who said, "folks, go in the bookstore, look at these eyes from -- looking at you from the cover. don't you remember that focus and intensity?" and it was sort of neat because one doesn't have to spend half an hour explaining who mcnamara was. they've been telling me that it's an ambitious book and that they like it. c-span: anybody upset with you from, you know, the folks that were big john kennedy or lyndon johnson supporters? >> guest: oh, well, i get a little bit of feedback from people who were close to the kennedy crowd that -- whom i won't

he became the only -- the second farmer to receive a macarthur genius grant. his latest book is cled "the good food revolution." good to have you here. i have been to your spot a few times, most recently last summer. i put my hands in the worms. the fun part was watching the tilapia jump. how was the project going? >> it is going good. toaren't adding new folks our system. we have 100 employees and we're hiring 150 more in the next year and a half. tavis: there was a controversial story in the new york times about whether or not the food deserts are real. if you go to miles this way, you can find good food and fresh meat and fresh vegetables, assuming you have transportation to get their. leave it to them to make a story about that. did you see that story? >> i heard about it. i did not actually read it. it is pretty ridiculous when you think about the folks without cars, a lot of middle-income and lower-income folks. without cars, they have to get their food to go on the boss. a lot of them are single families. elders. to carry food over a mile is a sure. esp

macarthur was closed while firefighters stripped off part of the roof to vent the fire. fire crews were initially sent to the wrong address but any were diligent and noticed smoke in the air and found the fire themselves. >> there was a good heads up. it's a small commercial building, not in use, boarded up. it's currently under investigation. >> firefighters searched inside the building just in case any victims were inside. no one was hurt. >>> an alameda family is grieving over the death of a soldier killed in afghanistan. the u.s. defense department says 30-year-old army staff sergeant thomas fogerty of alameda was killed sunday in an ambush. enemy forces attacked the unit he was in with an ied. he was assigned to the fourth brigade combat team 25th infantry division without of alaska. >>> we found out today a tip from saudi intelligence officials helped cia operatives in yemen break up an al qaeda bomb plot targeting americans. the fbi is now closely examining a device that it says al qaeda in yellen was prepared to use to blow up a u.s.-bound airliner. reportedly, i

he was shot near macarthur and park boulevards. police lockdown oakland high school for about a half an hour while they searched for a gun but did not find one. they're still investigating will lead to the shooting. >>mark: here is the scene from a few hours ago as the drag of spacecraft had town. this is the world's first commercial supply ship. it is due to splash down in the pacific around 9:00 a.m.. on board our science samples and old space station equipment. last week the california- based company was the first to send a cargo ship to the international space station. >>darya: a commercials six passengers spacecraft has been cleared by the faa to begin a rocket powered sub orbital test flights. the spaceship received a one-year experimental permit for test flights beyond the atmosphere. the first made three sub orbital hops around the atmosphere, each with a solo pilot aboard ultimately reaching an altitude of nearly 70 mi. above earth. >>darya: we are back with more and toothless minutes on what is going to the toasty thursda

westbound 24 is a clear shot to the caldecott towards the macarthur maze.o accidents to report on the east shore freeway. a lot of green on the road with sensors for those in the coming of of the altman passed. if you're taking a public transit, and you're good to go for ac transit, bart in ace train. >>james: the ms and tore came through the east bay. " it was staged three of the course. this was the first time the tour has ever climbed smell diablo. for hard-core cycling enthusiasts, the action was as good as it gets. >> this is almost as good as torture front. >> this is encouraging to see. it is agreed that they finally caught got to mount diablo. hmm per concurrent upon thames them stage for is today, 130 mi.. we will take a break and give you a quick look outside at the bay bridge approach, and was down 80, it is moving well in a relatively clear. " >>justine: as zazzle bay to breakers is on sunday, may 20th. you know that the rays can get a little bit wild. stanley roberts shows us how crazy things can get. >>stanley: this is mr. snuffled up against

we are on macarthur and police cars are still here. over several occupants were inside and the officers came out of their car the occupy and started running. here is the caveat, they seem to know this person is. they have a name but they are refusing to give it to us. they say perhaps the next thing they need to do is go to the serbs but still believe he could be hanging out. as far as the other occupants in the car it seems to, maybe three of its people in a car. one car managed to drive to this location. it seems like they could be wrapping up 10 hours after the holding went down. >>darya: we will keep you posted on the investigation. >>craig: a fire happened just after 10:00 p.m., a fire alarm fire. firefighters from all over the area came in. if several structures were under construction. a lot of lumber went up in flames. we will show you pictures and earlier in the evening. news and see how intense the flames were. he could see them a mile away. what is amazing, here at the boulevard homes in santa clara just all of el camino rie

the 18 year-old was shot near macarthur in park boulevards around 3:30 p.m..oakland high school for a half an hour as they searched for the gunman but they did not find anyone in the they're still looking at what led up to the shooting. costs >>mark: officer's place in the vehicle into the area under surveillance. they found copper wire in the truck and arrested the two men. police determined that the copper wire was taken from a nearby field. >>darya: the sonoma county sheriff's office is trying to identify a body. an open field near fort st. west and west macarthur street, reports of a body found by a resident as he was walking through the fields. sheriff's deputies did not suspect foul play because of the condition of the body. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here's a look outside on this beautiful thursday morning. we're getting ready for a big warm up. more on the forecast as the kron4 news continues until 10:00 a.m. to. " >>mark: knew this morning, the drag and spacecraft has detached from the international space station and is

early morning fire has damaged parts of a commercial building on macarthur boulevard.terry mcsweeney is live at the scene with details. >> reporter: macarthur boulevard reopened at 99th avenue across the street from me is where the building burned. take a look at video showing you the other side of the building where the roof is gone where the fire burned. we are told this is a unoccupied building, not abandoned unoccupied. i don't know what it was, it does have a barber pole like design on the front. >> it is an abandoned, -- not abandoned but vacant commercial structure with two units. the owner has been on scene. >> reporter: nobody was in the building. firefighters are tweeting that one firefighter was injured, minor injuries, battling this fire. we do not know the cause of this fire. one firefighter, minor injuries as a result the fire out. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> 6:03. >>> developing news in pleasanton. police investigating the circumstances surrounding the shooting deaths of a mother and her 13-year-old daughter. inside the house they found 37-year-old a

it's really jammed once i get past north macarthur drive. we are getting reports of construction in the area. it looks like, it's heavy in the eastbound direction for the very short stretch. download our free app and put it on your smart phone or iphone zbloorgs hand did a win is a court victory over its had i bidder. >> and san francisco five-star rating. major move planned in the city. >> hollywood studios go to bat for veterans of the war. >> and president obama at progressive, you can bundle your home and auto policies and save. don't worry, tiny people. flo is a gentle giant. bundle home and auto at progressive.com. >>> good morning, it's taking a while to find the right first job. a study out this morning, many college grads are settling for any job rather than holding out a dream job. >> postal service is suspending plans to close 3700 small post offices and will instead cut hours they are open. >> honda will not have to pay a hybrid owner $10,000 after all. they have reversed the small claims the judge that found honda had overstated

quick look at macarthur maze some sort of activity with a tow truck on the side if you are coming off 580 looks like traffic is cleared through the maze no problems at the bay bridge toll. >>> 5:11. >>> next, how a loud peacock brought steve jobs and larry ellison together. >>> the close encounter that caused heart-stopping moments for pains as a small plane. -- for >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> state regulators set to take a big step toward green energy by requiring new buildings be solar ready. the energy commission set to approve new standards today for homes and commercial buildings many they won't require roofs have solar panels just that they be suitable for solar panel installation that could affect architecture, shading and direction the new standards would take effect january 24 teen and include other energy-saving requirements. >>> -- >> the house is expected to take up a 148 billion dollar measure to fund veterans programs and construction projects at military bases. president obama will veto the bill fit gets to him. the veto comes because h

macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. and by reva and david logan, committed to investigative journalism as the guardian of the public interest. additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening public awareness of critil issues. and by tfrontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. >> narrator: reporter ghaith abdul-ahad's journey in yemen began here, in the dangerous no man's land between the yemeni army and al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> the government doesn't allow journalists to go see al qaeda. >> narrator: they had to take a risky route through the desert. >> we had to leave the main road, as it's been blocked by the military. and all along the main way we saw military installations, we saw tanks, pickup trucks, mounted with machine guns. >> narrator: just days earlier, ghaith, an iraqi journalist, had heard from his contact inside al qaeda. it had taken months of secret negotiations. >> we're trying to hit a bedouin settlement and find

macarthur maze all points moving smoothly into the bay bridge toll where the sun is coming up, beautifulrd to see, very light traffic metering lights remain off. traffic is flowing smoothly at the incline on to the upper deck. back to cupertino, the accident we had earlier is still blocking, that cement truck the ramp to northbound 85 from 280 and terry mcsweeney is predicting that from the chp will be reopened by 8:00 this morning. traffic flowing through the area not bad, wanted to show you the alternate route would be foothill expressway to stevens creek or homestead back to highway 85 and terry was reporting to us that traffic is flowing well through the area. we'll get you an update on that opening hopefully, 8:00 this morning. >>> 6:20 is our time. >>> the bay area middle school student advancing to today's semi finals of the national spelling bee. >>> why president obama is welcoming george herbert walker bush and george w. bush to the er >>> welcome back. the national spelling bee semifinal round stars 36 pins from now. one bay area 13-year-old will be there. an 8th grader in san

but there have been a dozen biographies of douglas macarthur.theauther -- the editor said yeah that is because people are interested in douglas macarthur. it i suppose if i were sufficiently imaginative and ahead efficient sources maybe i could elevate a relatively obscure woman, to a level that would grab people's attention and make that person famous. may be. it's a tough sell especially here. other questions? yes, maam, in the middle. [inaudible] >> he a very good question. how was that the letters were saved? before i answer that question i am going to give you sort of the broader reflection and this actually gets that the question asked, how about the suffrage or how about people that aren't so famous? it is almost a truism of history that it is possible to write about extraordinary people or extraordinary minds. you can write about extraordinary people in ordinary times. so, you can write a biography of george washington because george washington was an extraordinary individual and by extraordinary i mean famous to the extent people saved

it happened at 99th avenue and macarthur boulevard. three engines responded and firefighters were able to put the fire out quickly. traffic is apparently blocked off in that area. >> a burglary suspect is on the loose after escaping from an oakland cop car but how did he get out of the handcuffs? >> it sounds a little bit like a disappearing act. offers, also furs, officers are still scratching their heads. around 745 last night, oakland police thought they caught a suspect and a job well done is what they thought, i am sure. as they were heading back to detain him he took off from the police car. when the officer makes a call about the break he tells his colleagues he has no idea how he did it but the handcuffs are still in the back of the car. officers searched the area where the suspect did the disappearing act. the suspect is described as a 19 year-old male about 6 ft. tall, 200 lbs. with a mustache and medium complexion. he was being investigated for attempted burglary and possession of stolen property. if they find him i'm sure t

they pulled him over one block from the macarthur. instead of staying in the car, and this man ran from the police officers. when the police officers saw him grab and they said that they followed and thought he had a gun in his hand. there was gunfire. be -- he returned fire. the investigator said that only one person ran from the car. there were other people in the car at that time and they were able to tell the investigators who he is. investigators will probably go to his house or other places he hangs out and make that arrest there. the man is still on the run. >>mark: their leases description -- will they read these his description? >>will: the officers are waiting to make a positive identification. >>mark: here is the description. he isn't blackmail -- african american male. >>darya: there is a big fire in an apartment complex. that were a back away yesterday. behind there. right now regency the water is still being put on the wreckage the flames went up very high creating an incredible heat. neighbors said it was quite an exper

like traffic coming in for the macarthur maze. right looks good coming in of the golden gate, a traffic looks could allow the span. >>mark: the dow is down 635. spirits but looks like a bit of a rebound. strong data coming out of germany. we are also watching j.p. morgan chase. shareholders have their ed will meeting in tampa, florida. there are tried to explain it loss of $2 billion in six weeks. if >>darya: facebook is raising the price of its ipo saying that it expects to sell its stock for 34-$38 a share. that is higher than the previous range. that is a sign of high demand from investors. the ipo islam of the most highly anticipated in years. to melanie facebook would be worth more then $100 billion. a new poll suggests that almost half of americans think case of a passing fad and candidates in the ipo is too high. three of every five facebook users say they have little or no faith that the company will protect their personal information. only 13 percent of facebook users trust facebook to guard their data. only 12 percent ma

man.it happened yesterday afternoon on the macarthur causeway off-ramp, here police responded to aacallbouu two men fighting. turns out a naked man was chewing on the faae of another man. police ordered the mma to back aaay. but when he didn't, the officer shot hhm. witnesses say the man conttnued to attack the other man even after being shot. pduring this confrontation an officer did ischarge hii weapon striking one of the individuals and ttat individual has lost hhs life now."thh man died on the sidewalk. the person he was fighting was taken to an area hospital with severe innuries. two men are or what they were fighting about. convicted of driving drunk and want to get your license back &p... you have to prove you're sober to get behhnd thh wheel. but it could soon be a nationwide mandate.fox news correspondent ddm housley has more frrm los angeles. 3 more than ten- thousand peopll are killed and more than a million arrrsted each year for mixing alcohol and driving. now there's a rrnewed push toostop drunk drivers and save lives by says, "the ignition interlock is a device thattattac

general macarthur set the combat up. robbie had more fuel. acr he had to go back north. he decided he would shoot him down in front of his own troops . just think about that. that will be the ultimate loss of face. i just define the warriors spirit and that is what he did. there were 19 mig's on the ground. he got 14 in one pass. these are the details. there's not one black mark in his record. general macarthur took all of the heat. i said, "how could you only get 14 on the ground?" you can imagine the response i got from robbie. robbie went on to vietnam. he was on the cover of "time" magazine. he was hit bya s a sam missile. they put this great man in a box and capt. for five years -- and kept him for five years. he never broke. he inspired other prisoners to stay alive by tapping on the box. ?ow is that for the sh leadershp after five years in the box, they decided to let him out. it took him a few weeks to regain his ability to walk and talk. they did not have church services. he ordered church services. a pow said, "we don't have any hymnals." he said, " writwrite t

it started around 10:30 on richie street near macarthur boulevard. surrounded a home there where a man may be armed and holed up. the man is wanted for allegedly beating his girlfriend and committing robbery. police say he ran into the home and forced the occupants to leave. we'll update this story online and at 5:00 -- and at 5:00. >>> check your lottery tickets. someone in the bay area has won a lot of money. the $227,000 ticket was purchased at fox liquor's in san francisco. someone bought it two months ago when the megajackpot was worth a record breaking $600 million. the other ticket was purchased in hollywood. those were the only sotickets -- those were the only two tickets. >>> today on the news at 5:00, the high point of a monumental construction project that's part of the conviction skyline. see how the building could yield the information that we need to better protect ourselves from major earthquakes in the future. thank you for trusting -- thank you for trusts the news. be sure to -- thank you for trussing the news -- trusting the news. w

so he was one of the first ones in at landing of enchon, douglas macarthur's famous maneuver to outflankeans. he was one of the first to land there. and then he spent the miserable winter following that up on the hills as he will tell you. freezing and watching the chinese mobilize. again, he's one of our native warriors who's seen the worst of the worst in combat. and to think he was still a teenager suffering through all that at the time. but one of the things mr. emhoolah, it was not lost on him that he was fighting for the united states but he was also fighting for the kiowa nation. and when he came back from the war, he became a strong defender of tribal sovereignty. these treaties that tribal nations signed mean something to the tribes. they are enshrined, the agreements are enshrined in our constitution. it's mentioned twice in the original constitution. it's also mentioned in the 14th amendment to the constitution. and mr. emhoolah is one of the early pioneers in indian country who said, you know, these treaties are to be respected. after the war he went on and got his education

it happened last night at 79th avenue and macarthur boulevard. no sign of the suspect just yet >> two brothers suspected in the murder of san jose man are now in custody in utah. they were arrested yesterday in salt lake city after an officer recognized them from fugitive photos. they were named as suspects last month not long after a 51 year-old was stabbed outside a home on cleveland avenue. it led to a police standoff but it was determined that two suspects fled before officers arrived. more than 40 people are dead from two explosions in syria this morning. the blast damaged the headquarters of syrian military intelligence as people were arriving for work. i also left many cars in ruins outside the building. there have been no claims of responsibility. >> just one day after making an historic announcement the president will be here in california in l.a. for a fund- raiser with george clooney. tickets cost $40,000 each. clooney started in a play that was based on proposition 8. next month the president will attend a fund-raiser with leaders fro

street we told you police had area surrounded in particular at a home on the 2700 block of richie at macarthurome invasion suspect. they've determined he is not there so they've ended the search. >> thanks for joining us. >> who wants to be a >> who wants to be a millionaire is next.

the fire happened at 99th avenue and macarthur boulevard. officials think it might be an old barbershop. occupy activist on the east bay farm have lit up their demand saying that they're leaving the land if researchers stop using pesticides and other chemicals. protesters also wants continued access to the farm. berkeley scientists say that the protest has disrupted research and are considering legal action to remove the demonstrators. >> artist thomas kincaid died of an accidental overdose of alcohol and valium. the autopsy concluded that he stopped breathing because of alcohol and prescription tranquilizers. his brother said that he had a relapse of alcohol problems just before he passed away. the popular children's book author maurice sendak has passed away. he died today in connecticut after complications from a recent stroke. he's best known for " where the wild things are ". he won a prestigious medal for the best children's book of 1964 and it became a big hit movie in 2009. he was 83 years old. >> my kids are big fans and i was a fan

names like world war i's general pershing, world war ii's general douglas macarthur, and desert storm's schwartzkopf. >> two of the three astronauts on apollo 11 were west point graduates -- michael collins and buzz aldrin. you think of all our great generals and officers -- most of them were educated at west point. we've had two u.s. presidents that gained their education here. we've had all kinds of incredible personalities come through here and serve. >> when we return, we'll learn what it takes to attend west point. the talking. [announcer:] new revlon® photoready 3d volume™ mascara the round tip brush coats even the tiniest lash. the innovative formula reflects every lash... for a 100% more magnified look. >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ screaming eagles >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> ♪ pick up your ropes and follow me ♪ >> the u.s. military academy at west point doesn't look like your typical college. and it's not. students here are called cadets. in all, some 4,000 attend the academy. >> and the author describes it as, it's basically the mechanical efficiency of that pump/