and i busy intersection in menlo park is closed after a deadly train crash. a caltrain hit a car on the tracks killing the woman behind the wheel. kiet do is at the crossing where the accident happened and joins us live. >> reporter: good morning, that accident happened about 12 hours ago. you can see multiple crews still working on it now. they have been working throughout the night to clear the intersection for the morning commute. the tracks are open. the road is still closed to car traffic. they are also repairing the long red and white striped crossing arms designed to keep cars from getting on the tracks in the first place. it was a horrific scene yesterday evening. the impact threw the car 40 feet from where it came to rest against a crossing box and a pole. the damage was so bad it was difficult to tell what kind of car it was. firefighters pulled the 30-year- old woman out of the wreckage and took her to

we'll explain how. >> reporter: and i'm kiet do we're live in menlo park.hours after a fatal caltrain wreck. they are still trying to get this inters i saw a commercial that said you can save $500 by switching to progressive. that was me, mom. [ laugh ] i thought you said "that was me, mom." [ laughter ] >>> five things to know at the :55. congress has until friday to pass a bill funding the department of homeland security. yesterday, senate democrats filibustered a republican funding proposal because it would also repeal president obama's executive actions on immigration. senate republican leaders now plan to unlink the two issues. >>> recreational marijuana use is now legal in alaska and it all starts today. last november voters approved a ballot measure legalizing pot. it allows adults at least 21 years old to possess up to an ounce of pot and up to six plants. smoking in public is still off limits. >>> the measles outbreak appears to be slowing down. health officials say the total number of infected patients in california remains 123. the same as last f

stay with us. >>> on the peninsula in menlo park, a train hit a car in menlo park. cal trains is shut down in both directions. this is a live picture from our nbc chopper. cal tran is working to remove all the debris. it appears the car is now out of the way. the driver rush heed to the hospital. this happened at about 30 minutes go near the menlo park train station. no injuries on the train but again, cal train shut down in both directions after a train collided with a car. cal tran says it is looking quickly to clear the debris from the track but to expect major delays. this is the scene of the crash right there, a mangled mess. we will have more tonight at 6:00. >> we have new details on a deadly pedestrian accident in sunnyvale. the victims were a mother even daughter walking their dog yesterday. police say they were standing on the pedestrian island crossing. the mother, 56-year-old san francisco woman, is dead. her 21-year-old daughter, is in critical kgcondition. the dog is not hurt. the 32-year-old driver is cooperating with investigators who say drugs or al

stephanie chuang is live in menlo park. crews are still out there this morning fixing the tracks. >> reporter: that's right good morning, laura. it's blocked off from el camino reale to about laurel street. the caltrain has been here overnight and put in the two signals damaged by yesterday's crash and they will be letting the trains through this morning, the first one left at 4:30, supposed to roll through menlo park at 5:04 so in just minutes. the crash around 4:00 yesterday afternoon was so big this is what was left of an acura suv, an impact so great the suv's engine was knocked clear away. the woman behind the wheel just 30 years old had to be extricated, taken to the hospital where she died. traffic backs up frequently from el camino reale and there is a risk getting stuck on the tracks in the path of a train if drivers aren't careful. >> just a basic fund mem rule. don't stop on the tracks. don't start across the tracks until you're sure you can get all the way across. >> reporter: we understand caltrain will inspect

what we're learning about the woman who drove her car onto the tracks in menlo park. >> grant: a girl scout tells her about her encounter with the thief who grabbed hundreds of dollars as she sold cookies in san jose. and if you have been and you'd ever been frustrated by the lack of late-night public transit you are not alone. that's a the full hour of your choice of prime time news. >> pam: and east bay man catches what he believes is question of police activity on camera. the man who is the subject of my kron 4 story believes that he was profiled. but the police said they were well within their rights. >> reporter: this afternoon i spoke to it in time, he lives in rodeo one morning it was putting air and the tire of his car and a few minutes later he was in the back of a police cutes cruiser and an day later he still does not know why. >> reporter: in town house says that sunday afternoon he was tearing up the tire of his car at his gas station we saw the hercules police officers driving back and forth and he claims that they were looking at him. >>: i put my hand up to a knowledge

. >> reporter: caltrain this stop in both directions and menlo park after a train is in a car.m our helicopter partnership with abc seven news is in menlo park at ravenswood ave. the vehicle that the trainee it was occupied 1 person in that vehicle has been transported to the hospital. the biggest nose is for the commute this evening because bowls in both directions the bart trains have stopped. the trying to figure out what exactly what happened will have updates throughout the show >> reporter: were currently sandwich between two systems right here in the bay area the winds ramp the yesterday and this morning. were now lower cities in 61 in san jose and 62 in concord. and even up north and santa rosa. the winds are starting to relax right now. as is what the makers starting to pilaf and depart. the dusting was sustained at 12 mi. an hour in santa rosa up. a 17 mi. an hour and vallejo. we're not looking at, near the bay area but certainly it will be chilly. we have the upper air system was a lot of coal a year in the atmosphere. the showers a pushing for monterey into 70 count

we are live at menlo park. the train crossing there where unfortunately a woman in a car hit and killed by cal train. coming up in two minutes, janine de la vega will have more on the important reminder for other drivers in the wake of this horrific crash. very sad story to start with. it is tuesday, february 24th i'm pam cook. >> good morning, i'm dave clark. let's talk about your weather and traffic. did steve tell you it would be cold outside? >> he did, of course. >> it is cold. a lot of 30s out there. the wind has tailed off, that has allowed the temperatures to take a drop here. 30s and 40s for most. it will be a cold morning. sunny and nice day. a few high clouds trying to work their way up. the low that is now until arizona is far enough away but the breeze is not a factor. there it is still producing some weather. 33 napa. any puff of a breeze will keep the temperatures above freezing. wood side at 32. los altos hills much warmer 39 degrees. there goes the low. higher clouds trying but then too much dr

was heading south in continue traveling in that direction when was released the train tracks in menlo park have been cleared from the democrats involving a car and a cow trying the 30-year low was killed late yesterday afternoon in the press this was video from a helicopter for the ship of abc's seven news trains in both directions will stop the gulf the elections. >>reporter: mangled beyond recognition the train had the right of way it was going top speed when it hit the vehicle sitting on the track is really scary same the car the to try and make a last-minute decisions there's not aright here is always really back the is pretty bad. there was bumper-to-bumper traffic it was a flashing light started there was nowhere for the car to go with the real victim was rushed to nearby hospital but died a short time later. the crash metal left over from a to of the 15 men had to figure out the make or model of the vehicle none of the form and the passengers on board were injured there was damage to one of the brake cylinders on the train. >>james: the santa clara county medical exam as office inve

caltrain tracks in menlo park reopened just about an hour ago.they have been closed since yesterday when a train crashed into an suv. the driver of that suv died. >>> former secretary of state hillary clinton will be dlifrg a keynote address at the conference for women today. the first time the event has opinion held. >>> today santa clara county leaders are expected to vote on a proposed cell phone tracking system that allows law enforcement to track all phones in a specific area. >>> a mystery in the sky above paris. place want to know who is flying drones over city landmarks. overnight police spotted at least five drones flying over locations like the eiffel tower, the louvre and the american embassy there. french authorities say they don't believe the drones pose a threat. >>> closer to home, berkeley could soon become a no drone zone. city council meeting tonight to discuss a dwo year ban on drones. many local governments have been scrutinizing drone use over privacy concerns. >>> can you ban a drone over your own property? the law is strugg

woman is dead and an intersection is closed after her car was hit by a cat train in -- caltrain in menlo park at

the latest, the prolojis site, 21 different buildings in menlo park. what is facebook doing with them? it's not quite sure it says, but facebook says it wants public input. >>> let me put that back into grocery just because wouldn't have to travel all the way to the city. >> reporter: what kind of businesses would you want in your neighborhood? >> any business to help the people, you know. >> facebook says the purchase is an investment in its future and the future of menlo park. >>> people living near candle stick park are complaining about dust, lots of dust. neighbors met tonight with the city and lennar, the company that is demolishing the building. near concerned all the dust will cause health problems. lennar has a monitoring system but won't go into detail about it. >> they constantly violate. they will not water or do anything to protect us. >> san francisco's department of public health is looking into any potential health risks. >>> tonight we are marking exactly 50 weeks until super bowl l in the bay area and here's how levi stadium is celebr

>>darya: 1 driver in the middle of the tracks just one block away from what the menlo park have and look at that and we talk to her she tried to get around the tracks by driving into oncoming traffic she had nowhere to go the cars would jam of your stuff in the middle you have to go somewhere and then the light sounding the train coming the next half hour you have more from area drivers and caltrans about the safety concern. >>mark: the federal investigation try to see a white pickup truck driver drove onto tracks and then abandoned his truck leading to this massive commuter train crash that the rally on the side and to others the drilling of upright on four people not critical condition of the ntsb is sent this was the command the emergency brake was on and high beams on the 54 year-old driver was from about a mile away and arrested on suspicion of hit and run. >>darya: bay area man behind bars a cusecs the abusing a young girl for the past seven years police arrested 34 year- old michael mauldin model in mexico on february 13th on federal sex crime charges but was not until now there t

they are working to repair the damage here in menlo park. i'm told the traffic often backs up from just a block away from this direction, and if you're not careful you can find your car sitting on a caltrain track, and maybe a train coming at you as it did today going 80 miles an hour. this pile of metal used to be an acura suv. the impact from the train so strong, the vehicle's engine was knocked clear and hauled away by a different tow truck. >> it's a tragedy. >> reporter: caltrain believes about 4:00 today, the woman driving the acura started across the ravenswood crossing but traffic prevented her getting her vehicle off the tracks. >> it's just a basic fundamental rule. don't stop on the tracks. don't start across the tracks until you're sure you can get all the way across. >> reporter: caltrain says there were 400 passengers on the train, none injured. locals familiar with the intersection have seen many close calls at the same spot. >> it's difficult because i see cars hanging over the edge near the tracks and it's scary. it's danger

. >> reporter: there is no doubt that the train tracks in menlo park are active threat act to say the least wear these days dropped down several and our third book to this very be another accident waiting to happen? >> these kind of intersections are dangerous. >> reporter: dr. lawrence n. doyle thinks so, he has lived and this mail park neighborhood for 14 years and has seen the problems get worse. >> as i understand it several people died here at every year. >> reporter: wahl today i stood out at the intersection up old-growth avenue and elm street for a couple hours is just one block down from where a train struck a and and killing the driver in the short time i was out there i saw several cars stopping on the tracks including this lady. when she saw it may she tried to get all around the tracks by driving and to coming traffic he says something needs to be done before the tragedy like this happens again. >> this last accident was needed is we need some kind of safety device. >> reporter: caltran is continuing to investigate the crash for a woman was killed in mellow part where her

on monday night, there was a fatal cal-train collision in menlo park. that is now bringing up concerns about other possible accidents. menlo park was the scene of a tragic accident between a caltrain and a car.and part of the problem is the intersection that is block down from where the collision happened. the intersection of oak grove avenue and alma street causes cars to back up all the time when the signal turns red. several cars are stopping on the tracks putting themselves in dangerous situations. >>:this last accident was needless, we need some kind of safety device for example a laser ranger could tell the train to stop >> pam :caltrain says that in order to solve the problem cities need to build grade separations at crossings. but grade separations are costly so in the meantime, officals are telling drivers stop, look and listen at crossings before another accident happens. this caltrans accident was one of three in the last few days tonight berkeley could become the first, large bay area city to ban drones. the controversial issue is at the cen

we are in menlo park.re was a deadly accident out there and crews worked over night to fix a busy railroad crossing on the peninsula. right here. coming up in two minutes, ktvu fox 2 janine de la vega is there. she'll tell us about a message this morning that cal train has for drivers. stay tuned. good morning. thank you for joining us. it's tuesday, february 24th i'm dave clark. >> i'm pam cook. thank you for joining us. 6:30. just like that february is almost done. it hasn't felt like -- >> we were just talking about things are blooming. >> i definitely have allergies. >> i blame the trees. pine, ash. >> i usually don't have that until april, may. >> california poppies are coming up. >> ash, cedar, pine, and juniper. very prestigious law girl. [ laughter ] i'll be here all week. everything seems to be blooming early. i went on a hike yesterday and oak trees are coming out. clear skies. it's cold for many. not brutally cold but there are a few 20s. a couple reports up near st. helena. san jose today 67 an

. >> developing news now crews are continuing their repair work to fix a menlo park train crossing after being damned in -- damaged in a deadly crash. we have more on impact on the commute. matt? >> i talked with the supervisor for a timetable open repairs at the crossing and he has no timeline. you can see the workers are trying to get the crossing arms up. the good news we have seen the trains roll through including the first northbound train 10 minutes ago. this is video of yesterday's crash. a car was hit by a southbound express moving at 79 miles per hour. crews extricated the 30-year-old female driver and rushed her to stanford. she died at the hospital. reports indicate the gate crossing was working. >> when the light towns red and there is a lot of traffic cars back up across the tracks. what happened is one person stopped on the tracks. >> 400 passengers were on the train that made impact. the train suffered significant damage no one was injured. thousands of additional commuters had delays and caltrain resumes service through the area on a single track. another deadly caltrain

and earlier this evening a driver was killed in menlo park. we'll get alecia reid on that in a moment. first, jeff with the latest tragic case. jeff? >> jeff :the corner just left the scene a couple minutes ago and sadly they were carrying the body. this was in a tunnel not too far away from our location's year at 16th street and mississippi. police tell us that that man was a homeless man who was walking along the tracks that was struck by a train heading south bound. there were no passengers in sight except for the conductor. the coroner has taken the body away and cleanup crews are on scene trying to finish up with the mess so they may release the train to its destination. >> pam :the earlier cal-train accident was in menlo park. a mangled vehicle hit on the tracks by a train. likely at top speed. the woman inside the car, had to be pulled from the wreckage and taken to the hospital. this video from our helicopter partnership with abc-7. kron four's alecia reid. at the scene, when word came down the woman in the car did not survive. go >> a

menlo park, 4 inches. obviously, wherever you live your various microclimates make a big difference how much rain you receive with a storm system like this. everybody picked up at least an inch of rain. that's a great story to tell this morning and we're still tracking light showers on your radar as we head throughout the morning hours. p count on slick condition, debris likely caused by pretty fierce wind. that's starting to subside as we speak. showers will ramp up, especially north bay. not exacting much activity south of the golden gate bridge. 2:00, 3:00 clearing, temperature in the low to mid 60s and a big warming trend coming your way as we get near tomorrow and the rest of the week. stick around. i'll show you if your city is fair game for the 70s as we head for wednesday and valentine's weekend. you know what, mike we don't want you to forget it b it. >> no. my daughter is reminding me over an over that we need to get stuff for mom. i said remind mom about me, too. >> looking at north bay where tr

michelle roberts joins us live from menlo park. know they've been moving that car out of the way but emergency crews are still there. so are investigators. what have you been able to find out? >> reporter: there's sad news tonight. i spoke to officials on the scene and they say this accident was fatal. the woman driving the car was taken to the hospital but did die at the hospital. take a look at the car behind me. this was an acura suv. it is completely mangled. this happened at about 4:45 this afternoon at ravenswood in alma. it's about a block from el camino real. the woman was backed up in traffic and trying to get to the red light. the driver apparently stopped on the tracks and witnesses do say the safety rails went down. and told officials the woman appeared to be looking down in her car and didn't notice the rails going down. at this time, it is no reports of injuries 6 anybody on the train. there is one track that is cleared. and trains have been going by although very slowly. if you are taking caltrain tonight, expect maj

the menlo park fire took us out on the air rescue boat to drive in the point boaters are getting careless lately. in an average year they do 15 rescues but this january they have already had 8 already. >> what do you think is going on? are people gettin careless? >> they're not prepared. preparation is important. >> reporter: it's a nature lovers playground with miles of water and if you don't plan ahead you will get stuck in low tide. inexperienced boaters often try to walk out. >> some places it's like quicksand. they step out into the mud, they get sucked in. and once they get sucked in, the vacuum, they can't get out. >> reporter: after struggling for five minutes i barely made it seven steps off the island. i got 10 feet at most maybe. the airboat with its v-8 turbine and flat bottom glides over the mud. even then it's not an easy rescue. wow. that's no joke. >> there's a reason why you tell people not to get off the boat. >> that's the reason. >> reporter: detailed maps and tidal charts are available and carry a cell phone maybe even a dedicated gps unit. why do you think so many pe

caltrain station -- near a menlo park caltrain station.es commuter can expect after a deadly crash at one intersection. bulldog: oooh! mattress discounters' $197 mattress sale! television announcer: get a serta mattress any size for just $197 each piece when you buy the complete set. the $197 mattress sale... bulldog: oh boy! television announcer: ...is on now. ♪ mattress discounters ♪ >>> there's been another big earthquake in japan. the up sgs says a magnitude 5.9 quake -- usgs says a magnitude 5.9 quake rocked japan. this follows a 6.9 quake off the northern japanese coast earlier this month. there's no word yet on whether this newest quake caused any injuries or damage. >>> a deadly crash at a caltrain station is progetting new calls for -- prompting new calls for safety along the train tracks. a woman's suv became boxed in by traffic at the ravenswood area crossing. people there say that intersection often getting backed up and can get confusing. the solution may be grade separation where the traffic causes bosque or below the tracks.

and the menlo park accident is still unclear why the woman was on the track at the time the train came creek >> unfortunately she had pulled onto the train tracks instead of waiting. as a result the real harm came down the gates came down she was trapped. why she did not move off of the tracks? or exit per vehicle? when it came apparently that the train was approaching, we do not know. >> reporter: those who tried or, those who tried this rose still cannot believe what happened. >> reporter: ivars are not supposed to cross the tracks unless it's free of traffic and they know that they can make. some drivers said it does not necessarily happen that way. >> i think, during rush hour people are concerned with getting to where they need to be an safety is not always a part of that decision making. >> reporter: are that like in ravenswood. we could tell you that there is a lot of spots along the peninsula were trying tracks and cars are not at the same level with many of the cars going under the train tracks. we will have those answers coming at 6:00 tonight. dan kerman >> pam: there has be

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stephanie chuang is live in menlo park.ws are still out there this morning fixing the tracks. >> reporter: that's right good morning, laura. it's blocked off from el camino reale to about

day a woman in her car who cal train says likely got stuck on the tracks was hit and killed in menlo park. that happened a the the ravens wood avenue crossing. the impact sent her car 40 feet through the intersection. the 40-year-old woman was taken to stanford hospital where he later died. cal train tells us she likely got stuck on the tracks because of traffic ahead of her. >> sometimes at peak commute hours traffic will back up across the railroad tracks. that's what happened. >> reporter: cal train is reminding drivers to never cross the track unless you are sure you can make it all the way across. it could take 5-6 miles for a train to come to a complete stop >>> the warning to parents who use social media to post photos of their children, you might want to think twice about that. police are seeing a growing trend known as digital kidnapping. people exhale steal foe -- actually steal photos of children and post them on their own pages claiming the chin are theirs. a lot of teenage girls are using the photos to role play their future. parents are pushing sites like facebook and instag

authorities say an suv was stopped on the truck at ravenswood avenue in menlo park when it was hit by a southbound train around 4:45 yesterday afternoon. the collision sent the vehicle 40 feet across the intersection. the female driver in her 30s was killed. caltrain says it's likely the woman got stuck on the trucks because of slow traffic ahead of her. >> sometimes at peak commute hours traffic will back up across the railroad tracks. that's what happened. somebody stopped on the tracks. >> caltrain is reminding drivers not to cross unless you are sure you can make it across all the way. they say it can take five, six miles for a train to become to a complete stop. >>> today marks six months since a 6.0 earthquake struck napa. while parts of the city have rebounded, others still linger in limbo. we took a tour of downtown napa this morning and saw many places still closed due to quake damage. no word when the post office on second and the safeway on clay will reopen. many small business owners say disaster relief was not enough to cover their losses. so they've been slow to bounce b

marianne favro live off interstate 101 at menlo park. it's clear now, but it was a huge mess earlier today. >> it really was and it caused quite a few delays terry. i'm here on march road over highway 101 and i want to show you the area that caused so many headaches for motorists earlier today. the same area flooded causing major delays back in december, but once again as you can clearly see, both directions south and northbound highway 101 it created backups for two miles. motorists complained of delays up to a half hour. flooding in this area has created problems in the past. there were major delays back in december but as you can see tonight, traffic is smoothing smoothly here at marsh road in menlo park but as rob may e mayeda says there are flood chances. >> it proved to be challenging for many drivers. nbc's bay area's nanette has that story. >> fit wasn't that it kept the occasional pedestrians on their toes. >> whew scary. that was real hard bchl careful. be safe out there, man. crazy out there. floods out there. all that. >> rep

so it would be a significant imprompt -- improvement. >> menlo park is working on this. burlingame and palo alto are also considering similar measures. >>> we're following developing news in the east bay where several high school students have taken ill on campus. the albany fire department says two ambulances were called to albany high school about 11:00 a.m. at least three students got sick after ingesting an unknown substance. we don't yet know what the substance is. crews are assessing the students right now. we have a crew on the way and we'll update you as we get more information. >>> a jury in texas has convicted a former marine in the shooting deaths of american sniper chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. the verdict was announced late last night and today we're hearing part of the testimony from chris kyle's widow. fox news correspondent jackie ibanez has that and the emotional reaction to the verdict. >> we the issfind the defendant eddie ray routh guilty of the felony offense of capital murder as charged in the indictment. >> reporter: a follow form --

our reporter is in menlo park with the latest for us. matt?ur we watched as workers put in the base for the crossing arms in the middle of the median. no word open how long the crossing be closed to vehicle traffic but the train tracks are clear. this is video from sky seven yesterday of the crash. the car was hit by a southbound express moving at 79 miles per hour. crews got out the 30-year-old female driver from the passenger side of the vehicle and rushed her to the hospital. she die add short time later. people reports indicate the railroad gate crossing was working. 400 passengers were on the train that made impact. the train suffered significant damage but no one on board was injured. thousands dealt with delays. another deadly caltrain action happened in san francisco four hours later, an out of service caltrain hit a person on the tracks inside a tunnel near the 22nd street station after 9:00. that person died at the scene. here at the ravenswood crossing the tracks are clear and we saw a southbound train come through the intersection

upper 30s menlo park and palo alto. 35 today. 40s for the rest.ud deck on the martha means it will be cooler coast and bay. but for inland temps they are still cold. arcadia at 36. the big news isn't the colder temps anymore, it's the next system coming out of texas. you can see the snow ons go as it goes into arkansas and fine line between freezing rain and drizzle. and also denver is zeroing in on the snowiest february ever. the record is 22 inches. 3-8 expected today. a lot of changes here. just not for us. our system from the north looks like a pretty good change. low clouds. cool, sunny, mild. a little cooler coast and bay. low 60s. upper 60s to low 70s for some inland. fog on the increase. >> travel everies should be braced. >> i think there will be delays in the deep south. >> i was just looking at this guys website. he has 133 orders. i said could you cover all of lake tahoe. >> was this guy out of boston? >> yes. >> they have 100 inches of snow. >> haven't they had three months worth in a weekend or something? >> most of it came in the la

>> one person was killed in a cal train versus vehicle collision at the raven wood crossing in menlo park yesterday. >> vic lee tonight on what cal train says should be done to make railroad crossings safer. >>reporter: crew work non-stop to fix a crossing gate before the evening rush you thousands of commuters stuck for hours because of fatal collision at the crossing in menlo park. before 5 train smashed into a car on the track killing a female driver. then just before noon today another tragedy open the track. >> this one involving a train and pedestrians. just over a mile away at the palo alto station. adult female victim was taken to sanford medical center still conscious. >> initial reports indicate that it appeared to be an intentional act. >> every year on the afternoon 12 pedestrians die on the tracks according to cal train. almost all ruled as suicide. car versus train accidents cal train says they average about 1 a month. since 1992 6 of them have resulted in death. >> i think the one in menlo park is an accident wait to go happen. >> jill lives near the raven wood crossing. al

drivers, the traffic as you can see is once again flowing through the ravenswood crossing here in menlo park. cal train crews were able to fix the crossing gate just before 5:00, just in time for evening commute. just a little while ago a man drove his car up here and stopped it then tossed a red rose near the tracks a sad reminder of what happened last night. >> this is an stent waiting to happen. >> jill jessop lives near ravenswood crossing. last night was the first fatal car collision here. people tell us it's dangerous busy el cam yeeno is one block away. cars back up all the time when the signal turns red. it's a pedestrian crossing >> the cars have to stop for a pedestrian. on a green light, you can be caught on the tracks. >> crews worked to fix the crossing gate before the rush. thousands were stuck because of the fatal collision here. just before 5:00, a train smashed into a car, killing a female driver. then just before noon another tragedy on the tracks. this one involving a train and a pedestrian, just over a mile away at the palo alto station. the victim was taken to stanford m

drivers, the traffic as you can see is once again flowing through the ravenswood crossing here in menlo park. cal train crews were able to fix the crossing gate just before 5:00, just in time for evening commute. just a little while ago a man drove his car up here and stopped it then tossed a red rose near the tracks a sad reminder of what happened last night. >> this is an stent waiting to happen. >> jill jessop lives near ravenswood crossing. last night was the first fatal car collision here. people tell us it's dangerous busy el cam yeeno is one block away. cars back up all the time when the signal turns red. it's a pedestrian crossing >> the cars have to stop for a pedestrian. on a green light, you can be caught on the tracks. >> crews worked to fix the crossing gate before the rush. thousands were stuck because of the fatal collision here. just before 5:00, a train smashed into a car, killing a female driver. then just before noon another tragedy on the tracks. this one involving a train and a pedestrian, just over a mile away at the palo alto station. the victim was taken to stanford m

. >>> here in the bay area, caltrain has released the name of a woman killed in menlo park last night. when her suv was hit by a train. she's identified as 35-year-old jennifer jayane of east palo alto. witnesses say her suv was boxed in by traffic at thewoodland's traffic. the collision is raising new questions about the collisions between traffic and trains. cara liu is live with that story. >> reporter: great separation as you see here at university avenue in palo alto where traffic crosses below the train tracks is not only expensive, the design, engineering and construction can also take years. caltrain says it's one of the best ways to increase safety. monday's fatal crash between caltrain number 360 and a car at the ravens wood crossing has many calling for increased safety measures. >> i hope something gets done fast because this is a major, major loss. >> reporter: joey davey was working when he heard the crash. >> it was just a pretty traumatized type of experience for a lot of people. it didn't even look like a car. it looked like it was just metal pieces everywhere. >> rep

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this morning's forum begins at 9:15 at saint anthony's church in menlo park.ge people to apply for the president's deferred action programs and hopes the injunction will be overturned. >>> we are down to the final few hours before the oscar ceremony. this is a live look again at the dolby theater where the oscars get underway later today. one man who will walk the red carpet is a bay area filmmaker whose documentary is up for an oscar. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has his story and some red carpet antics from the dolby theater in hollywood. >> with this documentary "white earth" playing on the silver screen jay justin johnson watches from the back of the theater. >> i never fathom that it would ever reach the oscars. >> but it has. the 20 minute short chronicles the oil boom in north dakota as seen through the eyes of migrant children. it's exactly the kind of film embraced by the international documentary organization. >> to bring a sense and being critical for an informed intelligent, connective electorate. >> he spent nine months in north dakota making

. >> menlo park is already working with cal train to lower the road under the track. but the design phase could take at least a couple of years and could be five years before construction is complete. burlingame and palo alto are considering similar pressures. >>> investigators now say a truck driver deliberately abandoned his truck yesterday on train tracks. causing a metro link train to derail and crash. at least 28 people were hurt and hospitalized including four people in criminal condition. if the struck stalled out. the 54-year-old driver was found by police about a mile away from that crash scene. >> his name is jose ramirez. he was a truck driver for a company and he was driving the vehicle in question. he was taken into custody for a felony hit and run violation. >> the train engineer saw that truck and hit the brakes but there wasn't enough time to stop. the truck exploded into flames and three of the trains five cars derailed. back in 2008, a deadly head on crash between a metro link train and a freight train led to new safety improvements. metro link offic

reporting in menlo park i'm michelle roberts.bay area news. >> bam, boom. >> investigators still on the scene of a devastating train crash near oxnard. 28 people hurt. four of them critically. we've just learned in the past half hour that the driverf c of the truck hit by the train has been arrested in connection with that crash. coming up in 15 minutes, we'll have more on that particular crash. plus the train car technology that may have saved lives on board. >>> also new at 6:00 spit it out. there's a new rfy players including the giants and a's. mark matthews is at at&t park. we mentioned the pros. this applyies to little league and high schoolers. >> it does in san francisco. it's interesting. a pair of coordinated announcements today, an assembly man in sacramento and a supervisor here in san francisco both announced legislation thatv@k would barriball players from using ballpark. >> tony gwynn. >> hall of fame player tony gwynn died last year. oral cancer killed the 54-year-old. he blamed it on 30 years of chewing tobacco.

this morning's forum begins at 9:15 at saint anthony's church in menlo park.rganizers will encourage people to apply for the president's deferred action programs and hopes the injunction will be overturned. >>> we are down to the final few hours before the oscar ceremony. that is live look at the dolby theater where the oscars will get underway. one man who will walk the red carpet is a bay area filmmaker whose documentary is up for an oscar. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has his story and some red carpet antics from the dolby theater in hollywood. ♪ >> with this documentary "white earth" playing on the silver screen, jay justin johnson watches from the back of the theater. >> i never fathomed that it would ever reach the oscars. >> but it has. the 20-minute short chronicles the oil boom in north dakota as seen through the eyes of migrant children. it's exactly the kind of film embraced by the international documentary organization. >> to bring attention and being critical for an informed intelligent, connective electorate. >> he spent nine months in north

. >> crews are still working to repair a rail crossings right now in menlo park after a deadly crash claims the life of a woman last night. new video from sky 7 shows the work under way at the crossing this morning. it will take into the afternoon to get it all repaired. last night a caltrain also hit the woman at 80 miles per hour and she died at the hospital. officials say her car was stuck on the tracks when the train came speeding to her and flew 40' across the intersection and 400 people on the train were not injured. another fatal action involved caltrain happened with an out of service train hitting and killing a man on the tracks in san francisco inside a tunnel near the 22nd street station. >> a person is dead after a five in a house in sunnyvale. we looked at the aftermath near the situation that broke out at 5:00 a.m. this morning and when firefighters found the bodies inside. the roof was caved in. firefighters say exterior walls are clearly unstable and that makes it dicey for them to go in to investigate. the victim has not been identified but neighbors say an early --

the first one as rob just told us was on the tracks in menlo park. the second was last night in san francisco. a man was hit and killed inside a tunnel near 18th street and interstate 280. later this morning, there was a third accident. someone was hit, we're told that person is still in the hospital. >>> not enough women in powerful roles. women not making as much as men, and a possible run for the white house. those were just some of the things that hillary clinton spoke about today here in the bay area. the former secretary of state spent the afternoon in santa clara talking to thousands of women and ali rasmus was at the conference and has more on hillary clinton's message. ali. >> reporter: that conference wrapped up a little while ago. you can see from the people leaving the convention center who the conference was geared towards. 5,000 women attended and it's fair to say most of them were eager to hear what their keynote speaker, hillary clinton, had to say. >> the numbers are sobering. on the forbes list of the top 100 venture investors in te

this morning's forum begins at 9:15 at saint anthony's church in menlo park. programs and hopes the injunction will be overturned. >> it's not going to be just awards and fashions at tonight's oscar ceremony. let's take a live look right now at the dolby theater. again," you see those big statues there at the top of the stairs and a whole beehive of workers getting ready for tonight. there will be a big emphasis on social media and the show's host is doing his part. abc dan harris reports. >> it will be hard to top this. the selfie that last year's oscar host ellen degenerous took with some of the biggest stars on earth. it was retweeted more than 3.3 million times. >> your selfie shot was the most spectacular successful thing. >> this year's oscars they admitted the selfie. >> it was a horrible dark cloud above my head now. how do you beat the selfies that broke the internet? >> i don't know. >> even before the show started. harris has been doing his best to make it the most social academy awards ever. >> tonight oscar sunday live on abc. >> check out a twitt

yet another incident on monday in manhattan and menlo park a woman was killed when a train crashed into her vehicle which was on the track. her car as you can see here mangled mess for hulk of their partnership with abc seven news over the some of that accident. president >> reporter: some that area saying that the whole situation more accents letting happen because several drivers and a stumble in the middle tracks, because it can get out of traffic and that's where they end up. this is not enough warning for the train operators. this less saxon was needless we need a better safety in the area. we need a better safety device on the trains always. your ranger could tell a train when to stop. and hopefully no one ever does is the best course of action adds your vehicle. >> reporter: caught one driver right there in the middle of the tracks and the menlo park accident that no other to go been here saying are you get off the ship toward ago social and an oncoming traffic to a kind of pull the siding get off the tracks. >> reporter: the next half hour we'll hear more wrote drivers and the s

the menlo park officers found him burglarizing a building on willow place in november. police say they used a taser when he tried to run. and they say when he pulled out a gun, police fired back. >>> the uc system will require all incoming students to be vaccinated for certain diseases. beginning in 2017, students will have to have their shots for tuberculosis, measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox before attending class. currently students are only tested for hepatitis "b." the uc says the plan is designed to help protect the health of the students especially during this current measles outbreak. >>> all 29 ports on the west coast of the u.s. are shutting down this weekend. that includes the port of oakland which is caught up in a big labor dispute. the pacific maritime association operates the ports. it says that since the union workers are already in a slowdown, it doesn't see a reason to hire them this weekend. a lockout could happen this monday if a deal is not reached. >>> the tesoro oil refinery in martinez is shut down. that's because its workers are on strike.

the menlo park fire department took us out on the bay on their rescue airboat to drive home the pointt boaters lately have been getting careless. in an average year, they do 12 to 15 rescues. but this january alone, they have already had eight rescues. what do you think is going on? are people careless, cocky? >> they are not prepared. preparation is important. >> reporter: the slough is a nature lover's playground with miles of snaking waterways. if you don't plan ahead, you'll get stuck in a low tide. here we go. inexperienced boaters often try to walk out. >> some places here it's like quicksand. step out into the mud, they get sucked right in. and once they get sucked, they can't get out with the vacuum. >> reporter: the harder i try, the deeper i just get -- oh!! after struggling for five minutes, i barely made it 7 steps off the island. i got maybe 10 feet at most. the airboat with its v-8 powered it your by an flat smooth bottom glides over the mud. even they it's not an easy rescue. that is no joke. there's a reason why you tell people not to get off boat. >> that's the reason