this is the southbound nimitz freeway. it is backed up to mission springs but still police solid as milipitas. third it is 9:36 a.m.. we will be right back. it's >>mark: another earthquake, a 3.5 magnitude. jim allison from bart is joining us on the phone right now. >> bart was shut down. the trains were held for five minutes. right now they're doing tracking sessions meaning they're going at slower speeds just double checking that everything is safe. assuming that everything is safe we will get back to normal speeds. >>darya: have begun reports of it being felt any stations? >> none of our alarms were triggered. i was in our offices in oakland but did not feel it. >>mark: do you automatically stop the trains were sent word to conductors? >> we have a series of levels in terms of earth quick response. this is the lowest level. the control center immediately notify as operators to hold their position. unless they're in the berkeley hills tunnel or transit aid to, they stay in place for five minutes and then resume a slow sp

we know there are at least two lanes blocked on the nimitz northbound. on the bay bridge, a wind advisory is in effect. credit conditions as far as congestion is concerned. there is no backup of the approach of the toll plaza although the metering lights should be activated in the next 10-15 minutes. >>darya: since most people take the bay bridge, let's take a live look of yoli aceves to see how it is being affected by the wind and rain. >>yoli: we are getting a bit of a break from the rain right now. the wind is still pretty strong and i believe the advisory is still on for the bay bridge. it still seems to be whipping up quite a bit but at least no rain for now which is a good thing. there is some puddling between the toll plaza and metering lights. that is something for drivers to be aware of when it is coming down hard, be aware of some of those titles. >>darya: at least it is a drying out. stay with kron4 throughout the morning to stay up-to- date and check in with our web site www.kron4.com and our facebook fan page. >>justine: here are live pictur

this is the nimitz near the coliseum.- and southbound traffic both about a 15-minute drive time between 238 and the macarthur maze. so yeah, we're looking pretty good across that stretch. at the bay bridge, no metering lights. usually this is our best indicator of how traffic is flowing all across the bay area. and no slowing at all really up the incline so things look good and your drive too many down the eastshore freeway -- your drive time down the eastshore freeway still 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. so westbound 4, you can see this is starting to get a little bit slow. there are some brake lights across that stretch. even a few red traffic sensors right there through antioch. now, once you get closer towards pittsburg and bay point st. peter's improve through walnut creek. -- speeds improve through walnut creek. westbound 24 light through lafayette, orinda and towards the macarthur maze. so we'll continue farther south now and get a check of the south bay. and coming up and down the guadalupe park

for those of you coming down the nimitz freeway, no problems to report. for those of you coming out of the fremont area, al giselle this hotly your vest says. really a light conditions on the san mateo bridge. there are no delays to speak of approaching the bridge. on the golden gate, take a look at that, barely any cause on the roadway. the public can is doing its part. bart is running on a sunday schedule however they will continue to run overnight service. the red dots on your screen are the 14 stations that will operate past midnight. >>ysabel: we are setting up a special section on www.kron4.com about the bay bridge closure including how to get around it. did the www.kron4.com to share your photos online. >>marty: everyone is hoping the weather will continue to stay dry and allow crews to to keep on plugging away at the work. let's go ahead and find out the forecast. janu >> this call front is pushing cold air out and bringing an increase in cloud cover to the area. some of the clouds are moisture pact. very light drizzle. nothing to maj. temperature

delays on the nimitz.t on the north and but because of a recent crash that is the third northbound at hagenbuger this of of san leandro. and almost hayward is completely jammed with 40 minutes. you are also going to be encountering difficulty of the interstate 880. the bay bridge has also been difficult with finally, a bit of a recovery. the metering lights were activated 20 minutes-30 minutes earlier from an a disabled vehicle. yesterday's backup did not clear out until the afternoon let us look at the san mateo bridge where you can see decent conditions and also a problem- free. and erica. >>erica: good morning this is compliments of yoli. stay possible. warmer temperatures even a beach day -- possible. many locations could see upper 70's. overnight we will continue to see mostly clear conditions with temperatures into the 40's. we are already seeing that warming trend in livermore, antioch. even getting to 59 degrees in napa, santa rosa, downtown san francisco. upper 50s on the peninsula. as we focus on

nimitz did that, and on christmas day he arrived at pearl harbor. which was still a mess, which was still full of oil slicks and bodies floating to the surface and wrecks, and nimitz knew for the first time what the reality is was of pearl harbor. pearl harbor would remain in our conscious for a long time, and it still does. when churchill left, though, he knew that the antidote to pearl harbor had finally been worked out, that we were going to gear up our industry, we knew what we were doing, we knew where we were going. and roosevelt said i want you to go with me to a new year's day ceremony at church. churchill had gone to church with roosevelt on christmas day in washington, and for the first time heard "o little town of bethlehem" sung. he never went to church, but he wouldn't have heard that anyway, because it was an american carol. it was actually written in philadelphia in 869. so this was all new to him. and churchill said why are we going to a methodist church? you're not a methodist. and roosevelt said, i like to sing with the methodees.

nimitz 880 through oakland looks great. nice and light all the way down to 980 towards the 238 interchange. south bay problem-free. a few more headlights out of downtown. 101 and guadalupe parkway look good. we continue to check in with mass transit. so far everything is on time for bart. as train number one got a great start -- ace train number one got a great start. bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries all on time. >> the boys have been talking about your shoes as you strolled across checking them out. >> that i'm wearing flats is. >> i thought you were wearing slippers. >> i can't bend that much. >> ... with your tights. >> what? >> never mind. >> they were talking about your shoes. >> i walk in this morning, frank. are you wearing boots? no, flats. >> i couldn't see. i had my contacts in backwards. >> we have all kinds of issues. >>> we're going to talk about the bay bridge. the new suspension span of the bay bridge will be open to drivers just in time for next year's labor day holiday. that's when caltrans expect

nimitz improving past the coliseum.backed up for at least a 15-minute wait. >> it was a perfect show until then, lawrence. [ laughter ] >> who wants to use regular dominos when you can have human dominos set up in new orleans? >> check it out. very special dominos. 850 people pushed backwards each landed on their mattress and knocked down another person following a traditional domino fashion. it beat last year's record in

the nimitz 880 through oakland, here's a live look there and quiet.jor incidents out there and not a lot of roadwork to slow you down. so your major drive times for the east bay so far still in the green including coming down the eastshore freeway. no major delays through richmond, berkeley, the nimitz as you just saw 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. and if you are traveling through walnut creek, so far everything looks great through lafayette, orinda heading towards the caldecott tunnel and commuting towards the macarthur maze. so let's get a check of mass transit. bart so far everything is on time including all those stops heading into downtown san francisco. we know the president is coming into town so you may want to avoid the road around nob hill, pack heights, downtown san francisco. i guess he is scheduled to arrive around 1 p.m. so maybe rolling closures as well along 101. so it's going to be a busy afternoon. >> commuter question? >> yes. >> say you have to come over from the east bay you don't want to take bart, would you go down to the

your access to those bridges would be from the nimitz. traffic looks great on the approach to either fill in fact both of those two alternates, san mateo and dumbarton. we were speaking with the sergeants' office, their voice to be an extra lane southbound. normally through the weekend they would have three lanes is northbound and southbound. this weekend there reversing that. >>pam: normally on a friday things are so backed up. caltrans has put up many signs alerting drivers about the closures. as reggie kumar tells us tonight already some drivers seem confused. >>reggie: fact take a look at west grand ave. the cones are up. these cars have to turn left or make a u-turn. the entrance to 80 on a ramp, they are only allowing caltrans crews to get to the game--bay bridge. i have had to deal with a lot of frustrated drivers. many of them are asking how they get to san francisco and i tell them, they have to take another bridge. this is video of some of the lane closures. i spoke of one driver who said his gps kept telling him to take the bay

so here's a live look at the nimitz.ight there by the coliseum where we have our camera. headlights are moving southbound so nice smooth ride towards oakland airport and mass transit continues on time for bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries. that is traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a rescue operation under way down in the south pacific after a passenger ferry sank there. it happened today off the east coast of papa new guinea on an island nation north of australia. so far rescuers have plucked more than 230 survivors out of the ocean. hundreds of people were on board at the time. no reports of bodies found. >>> more fallout this morning from the massive soccer ride that killed 74 people in egypt from a massive soccer riot. the prime minister dissolved the soccer federation board. hundreds stormed the field in cairo yesterday following an upset victory. it was the deadliest soccer violence worldwide since 1996. the area as police chief has also resigned. officers are accused of failing to intervene during

in the meantime, the nimitz, 880 as you pass the coliseum looks good up and down the nimitz between hayward and downtown oakland. southbound 880 is fine if you have an early-morning flight to catch over at oakland airport. looks good down through milpitas. we have another camera near the 880/237 interchange. and coming around the bend, those headlights making that turn that's westbound 237 traffic and so far traffic is moving at the limit pretty much everywhere you go this morning. in fact, we're all in the green. that means our drive times are up to speed. you can see it down the eastshore freeway. westbound 80 only a 19-minute commute from the carquinez bridge to the maze. no major slowing yet through berkeley. this is one of our spots usually to back up. only 14 minutes out of the altamont pass. that is your traffic. for an update on these misty weather conditions, is that a good way to call it? here's lawrence. >> yeah, a little slick, not real heavy raffle but light sprinkles and showers out there right now not real heavy rainfall. our high-def doppler radar all million vatts -- almost

>>george: we're continuing to track slow traffic on the nimitz.aviest of the traffic. drive times are still higher than they should be. the heaviest traffic is just south of 92 around of raw niles road and then, things really slowed down as we continue down through fremont. checking the bridge's four years, on the bay bridge, the backup is nice. we do not believe there is a wind advisories still in effect, that is a very good ride. on the senate to bridge a things look better but the wind advisory is still in place. it is suspected that several tornadoes hit parts of missouri overnight while people were sleeping which makes the storm that much more wars. these are pictures out of branson. the storm knocked out several windows of the hilton hotel. inside the lobby there is a wood and debris everywhere. we are now hearing from a firefighter and a business owner who said they could not believe what they're seeing when the storms ripped through. >> it skipped over and just disappear. is unbelievable. >>darya: here is video of the damage in illinois. w

here's a live look at the nimitz 880 past the coliseum. looks great up and down the -- really, the east bay not too bad. a lot of green on our sensors. northbound 880 by stevenson boulevard on that on-ramp, there's been an accident. we can't tell if the -- the on- ramp is partially blocked. again, the main lines of the freeway are looking okay. but again that's northbound 880 by stevenson boulevard. we have an accident there at least partially blocking the on- ramp. all right. highway 4 usually one of our first spots to back up and just a couple of yellow sensors there in those westbound lanes. otherwise, not too bad on westbound 4. and to the south bay now getting a south bay check 280 traffic looks great this morning heading out of downtown san jose. there may be some roadwork across this stretch of southbound 101. that's why i think we're seeing slowing on our sensors out of san jose. but 280 traffic so far looks great just a couple of headlights there heading out of downtown and bart we just checked in with them, they have all trains r

and the nimitz 880 through oakland. this is one of our "timesaver traffic" cameras and everything is quite the up and down the nimitz if you are traveling past the coliseum. northbound 880 between 238 and the maze is about a 15-minute drive time. and otherwise westbound 580 this still looks great. thanks, frank. >> no problem. >> looks good past the wind turbines towards the dublin interchange. >> wondering at home in order to stand over there you have to stand on boxes. >> otherwise i would look like this. not good for tv. >> we have a birthday girl here. >> your birthday. >> it is. >> happy birthday. >> yeah, i know. >> i know you knew. he has been wishing me happy birthday for the last two weeks. >> in our contract we get our birthday off. >> what am i doing here? [ laughter ] >> better one than i did. >>> 4:53. san francisco's elementary schools aren't getting great marks in p.e. a new ucsf study found most of the fifth graders are only getting half the state required gym time. researchers say budget cuts and pressu

different story on the nimitz. 880, the high street off-ramp remains shut down until about 5:00 this morning according to caltrans. we'll go ahead and show you one more camera. mass transit is on time. that's traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> oakland police firing back at "occupy." why demonstrators are now on the defense. >> plus, soccer fans rushing the field. dozens are killed. what caused all the mayhem. coming up. >>> and one airline skirting the law. the new fee that some passengers are calling bogus. riot in egypt. >>> time now 4:41. more than 70 people have died in a massive soccer riot in egypt. hundreds of fans stormed the field in cairo after a victory. some were stabbing, others suffocated while they were trapped in a narrow exit. people threw sticks and stones. it was the deadliest soccer violence since 1996. >>> it is now 4:41. this morning, "occupy oakland" may file a class action lawsuit against police. they are accusing officers of misconduct and police brutality during saturday's rally. more than 400 were arrested that day. now, the allegations com

>>george: we cleared up the nimitz freeway hot spot. >>george: the san mateo bridge ride is pretty steady. the backup diminishing quickly on the approach to the toll plaza. for the golden gate is an easy commute as you had southbound from marin county. no delays and even the deck is a drying out. >>darya: private sector companies were hesitant to hire according to a new report from adt. the private sector added 170,000 jobs in january. the nation's job report comes out friday and is expected to show 132,000 jobs added in january marking a steep slowdown in hiring compared to december. >>mark: chrysler is according a profit for the first time since 1997 saying they earned 183 million. chrysler says they expect even better results this year. make believe is the corporate slogan of sony. they have said they're hoping to turn around its fortunes. for the past seven years the shares have fallen 54%. the new president will take over in april. >>darya: if you take birth control pills, you want to pay attention to this recall. pfizer is volunta

otherwise the nimitz, 880 through oakland off to a great start here. there is a warriors game tonight. warriors take on oklahoma city at 7:30. and hopefully by then the rain will end so shouldn't be too bad for people heading towards the game but for right now again the nimitz up and down 880 quiet. and the south bay quick look here not much roadwork to tell you about and coming out of downtown san jose a live look at 280 traffic looks good towards cupertino. that's traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> mcdonald's has apologized and pulled an ad that generated a lot of backlash. the ad said eating a chicken mcbite is less risky than petting a pit bull. it was cancelled last friday. they got a ton of complaints on their social media site. some say mcdonald's should now donate to organizations that care for pit bulls. >>> it's now 4:54. we have a surprise for members of the petaluma fire department who are part of a commercial that you may have seen that ran during the halftime of the super bowl on sunday. >> we all rallied around what was

. >>> otherwise, the nimitz, 880 through oakland, looks pretty good up and down. pretty good all the way out of oakland and the downtown oakland area and heading southbound, it looks pretty good as well. past the airport, heading down toward hayward. and there is a game tonight, the warriors take on the l.a. clipper, 7:30 by the oracle. you could see extra heavy traffic up and down the nimitz late other on this evening. -- later on this evening. 880, 237 commute, so far in the green. all the way out to san jose. but we're seeing a lot of green on a lot of the sensors, major routes for the east bay, and so far, so good, on westbound 24 through walnut creek. and 580 out of the altamont pass. the east shore freeway is nice and quiet. 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the bay. >> amazing. they finished early. the bay bridge. >> incredible. >> it saves me an hour on my commute this morning. >> i bet last night, we're up at 7:00 and getting word, you're like yes! >> that's exactly what happened. >> you had to work saturday and you went over the golden gate bridge.

outside right now, show you a live look at the nimitz. 880 through oakland. there is a stall reported near 98th avenue that's blocking one lane. it's still early. it's not causing delays. heads up across the stretch. to the south bay we go now a bit busier now. seeing two headlights instead of one coming out of downtown san jose on 280. 101 looks okay. and the guadalupe parkway also in the green this morning. and just a few brake lights so far getting closer through livermore but your drive time there is 15 minutes to the altamont pass so "friday light." >> okay. >>> coming up in the next half hour a firefighter responds to an emergency and finds his stolen stadium. >> the bizarre coincidence in one northern california city. >>> a dramatic shootout. the bold move a taco truck vendor made right after getting shot. >>> people have been waiting all night here at the cow palace for mortgage loan modification help. we'll tell you about the big event put on this weekend. >>> bar fights in walnut creek tarnishing the city's reputation. find out what the city plans t

the people coming down the nimitz freeway. ---toll.also, the highway interchange 880 is looking pretty good. fremont will be taking the dumbarton with heavier-than-usual on the westbound. that is traffic on the right side. small delays at the toll plaza. we are not seeing it that bad of a drive with no accidents reported at concord city. of course it looks good now with no problems. 20 each car. w plent of space -- between each car. bart to in their service. however, 14 of the 44 stations will be open and only once per hour after midnight. transit service but they will be rerouting those buses to the close of sport service. and also additional ferry service. >>janu: good morning. the stormtracker 4 is showing shower activity stain to the north. temperatures outside are slowly starting to warm up with 50s along the coast. 48 degrees in fairfield. as we go towards 10:00 a.m., more widespread 50s indicated by the light blue. towards the afternoon, a mixture of 50s/60s. tonight by eight p m. a chilly with only 40's. overnight, we could see

tunnel and up and down the nimitz towards the downtown oakland exit.kcbs once you do hit the roads. they're our radio partners. and you can find them at 740-am and 106.9-fm. all right. that's traffic. back to you. >> thanks, elizabeth. 5:47. headlines around the bay now. >>> pg&e says it has finished checking more than 2,000 miles of gas pipeline in urban areas of northern and central california. "the examiner" reports the utility had 300 people on the job that involved digging to reach the pipelines. next up, inspections of gas lines in rural areas of our state. >>> san francisco the plastic bag will soon be history. the board of supervisors approved a ban on all plastic bags in every retail store and restaurant here in the city. if you like a paper bag, you will have to pay 10 cents for each one of those bags. the new restrictions start in october. >>> you might be surprised by the number one source of sodium in your diet. the cdc says it's bread. while bread is not saltier than most snacks that we eat, people eat more of it. cold cuts came in second

check the conditions outside on the nimitz. obviously winds are going to be an issue as well along with the slick conditions. chp did have a wind advisory in effect for the dumbarton bridge. they issued that overnight. it is our only wind advisory in effect but obviously breezy conditions are an issue across the bay area. more traffic coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:03. at 10:00 a.m. we'll have the latest ruling on california's ban on same-sex marriage. lisa washington is in san francisco where a panel of federal judges releases their decision this morning. >> reporter: good morning. it is a long-awaited ruling from the ninth circuit court of appeals. a panel of three federal judges issues their ruling on the constitutionality of proposition 8. background information prop 8 defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. it was approved by california voters in november of 2008. prop 8 came after the california supreme court ruled in may of 2008 that the state's constitution prohibited the state from discr

nimitz looking good as well heading towards downtown oakland. coming up a check of other bay area drive times and mass transit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> opening day on the new span of the bay bridge has been set for labor day of 2013. that's when caltrans expects to open up both lanes of traffic on the completed suspension span. crews say both directions will be able to open at the same time thanks to all the work to speed:the construction. they are way ahead of schedule. that includes the presidents day closure coming up. >> mayor quan delivered an optimistic state of the city address. only officials, invited guests and the press were invited. mayor quan didn't mention the "occupy oakland" movement or troubles related to it but praised oakland as a livable and opinionated city. she focused on the positive mentioning youth programs, growing businesses and the city's critically acclaimed restaurants and art scene. >> the cynics among us will criticize me for being too optimistic at the end of this report but let's be real. if i were not an

so here's a live look at the nimitz.usy both directions but no delay in the drive time, 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. coming up we'll have a check of mass transit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> european union plans to impose harsher sanctions on syria, that word coming as russia's foreign minister holds talks with syria's president assad. russia is pushing assad to end the bloodshed that killed thousands over the last year. assad telling the russians he is assigning his vice president to hold talks with opposition groups. >>> it's 6:35. and rick santorum back on the campaign trail today. he has something to boast about. he won last night in all three states that held presidential contests. >> conservativism is alive and well in missouri and minnesota! whoo! >> the victories in colorado, missouri and minnesota don't make santorum the overall front- runner among republicans. but they can revive his campaign and they can also make things tough on mitt romney who is actually the leader in the number of delegates righ

up and down the nimitz through oakland. we're just getting reports of flooding on a south bay freeway. details on that in just minutes. >>> good morning, everyone. it is monday, february 6. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is 5:00 a.m. we begin this monday morning with a murder mystery at a san jose neighborhood. >> the victim was found last night outside an apartment complex on the 4300 block of blacksford avenue. on the city's west side. and lisa washington explains this is the city's third homicide of the year. she joins us with more. lisa? >> reporter: that's right, frank the third homicide of the year for san jose police. and several san jose police officers and investigators are still on the scene here. as you said, that victim, a 21- year-old man, was found hine an apartment complex last night. around 10:15. he had been shot. that person was later pronounced dead at the santa clara valley medical center. now, police have not released his name. they are waiting to notify the relatives. earlier, san jose polic

elsewhere, 880 the nimitz through oakland live look at a "timesaver traffic" camera right there by the 66 exit. there appears to be an accident blocking the 66 off-ramp right there by the coliseum. so overall main lines of the freeway don't appear to be showing much signs of trouble still in the green. 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. let's get an update on your forecast. here's lawrence. >> weather looking good. we are seeing patchy, dense fog now thickening up. delays at sfo for arrivals of over an hour. temperatures right now running in the 40s and 50s. visibilities down to a quarter mile now in santa rosa and also the don napa valley. patchy, dense fog. wasn't bad. today it's going to be something else, temperatures in the double digits into the afternoon, 10, 11 degrees warmer, 60s and 70s, warmer wednesday and thursday. then cooling down on friday. much cooler temperatures over the weekend. that's the latest weather, guys, back to you. >> thank you. >>> greece has received a second massive bailout that will likely cause more anger in the streets there. european finance minist

the nimitz as you pass the coliseum.y streets in oakland are kind of a different matter as you may have heard, our reporter anne makovec giving a live report from the scene. we are following this breaking news this morning out of oakland. a shooting. and there are some street closures, 34th and adeline where she is standing southbound lanes of adeline remain shut down just for about a block. they were able to reopen those northbound lanes at adeline. otherwise your bridges, the golden gate bridge quiet. smooth commute through marin county. silicon valley so far looks great on westbound 237 no issues there. and a quick check with bart, everything is on time so far including all those trains heading into downtown san francisco. back to you. >> thank you. >>> new this morning, two americans have been shot to death in apparent anger over the burning of the koran at the military base. violent antidemonstrations have erupted in afghanistan after coalition soldiers burned the koran on monday night. officials tell cbs news that

>>george: we are clearing up our hot spot of the nimitz southbound. even though it looks like it's still slow, it is actually quite normal out. we just tried to the drive time. it is down to about 29 minutes. a normal commute should only take 20-29 minutes. looking at the bridges, let's start with the commute to the san francisco oakland bay bridge. here is the end of the back of. it is an easy trip with no problems westbound. your ride on the san mateo bridge has been a good one. the golden gate 101 marin county we are still looking at a 35 minute drive time through marin from 37 in the central san rafael. that is where the slowest traffic is to be found. >>darya: someday, yourself on could save your life. as gabe slate reports, there is an act for that. >>gabe: i have a new application for smart phones to tell you about. it is an act that everyone should have loaded. it will give you peace of mind for yourself or loved one during emergencies or a dangerous situation. it turns are falling into an emergency response begin. it is simple to use the defe

better if you are coming from the nimitz. your ride from the san mateo bridge looks good heading across from hayward to foster city. engle little bit of slowing on a 101 coming from 92. there are no problems on the stand. it is a will crowded in a northern marin the drive times are still under 35 minutes from novato to the golden gate laws of. >>darya: our developing story, investigators are now looking at what caused an oakland man to be trapped for three hours in a sewage trench in brentwood yesterday. the san was basically stuck in a small confined area when the ground and gave way. he is in stable condition after being stuck for three hours. he was doing work in the front of a home on don view drive when the worker became trapped. will tran is in brentwood this morning it takes a look serious >>will: here is where the man was trapped. there is a mountain of mud. while they were doing this, they used all kinds of devices. paramedics were also on the scene. while there extricating him, and paramedics were giving him oxygen

i quickly want to pick up some of our traffic jams, was down 580, no accidents on the nimitz is just yet. as we take things over to a peninsula you will see that all is well on the bayshore freeway. interstate 280 is a problem free. the green on the screen in the case speeds over 50 mi. per hour. >>justine: oakland police are offering a $7,500 reward for anyone who could help catch the man who attempted to sexually assaulting a woman on valentine's day. this happened on east 10th street in oakland. alajandra cerball explains how the victim managed to get away. >>alejandra: detectives tell me that the 37 year-old woman did not know her attacker and that she is still visibly shaken. on thursday, officers were working on a sketch of the suspect. 10:00 a.m. on tuesday the woman was walking home in this neighborhood. when she walked in the front door a man with a knife came from behind and forster inside before attempting to sexually assault her. a neighbor came to the house after hearing her screaming. that is when the suspects ran away. police are looking for a hispanic man in his 20s,

kind of a similar story on the nimitz.ously a lot of drivers are taking it extra easy on the roads. very slow right now past the coliseum all the way towards the downtown oakland exits and the san mateo bridge is backed up, as well. we have high wind advisories on the san mateo bridge and bay bridge. lawrence has the forecast. >> the rainfall shifting further south. let's take you outside. lots of clouds in the skies and the rain continuing into mount diablo, pleasanton and also into the south bay. they are seeing heavy rainfall into the san jose area. it is going to taper off to showers over the next couple of hours. temperatures are going to stay cool. plan on highs only in the 50s outside. more showers for tomorrow. major warmup over the weekend. ,,,,,,,, >>> santorum got to the point where he released a robo call calling democratic voters to vote for him since michigan's republican primary is open to voters of all parties. mitt romney did not care for this tactic. >> it's outrageous and disgusting. >> do you have a cli

there are no problems as you come in from the macarthur maze or the nimitz freeway. your ride on the san mateo bridge is still a pretty quick trip. 13 minutes to get from hayward out to foster city. the golden gate bridge and 101 southbound, no delays coming from were heading to marin county. >>james: the westbound deck of the bay bridge will be closed in a week from today. motorists will not be able to drive on the upper deck. if the >>yoli: starting at 8:00 p.m. on friday, the upper deck will be closed. you will be able to use the lower deck. it is not going to affect the morning commute, >>yoli: there are making a detour. >>justine: fell the president will announce a flan today to accommodate religious employers who are outraged by a rule that would require them to cover for control for women free of charge. off the president is expected to make the white-- is expected to make the announcement today. >>craig: district officials say the abuse happened here at the roosevelt school in redwood city. the redwood city superintendent put the teacher on administrative lea

the toll plaza and the approach, past the 880 overcrossing and smooth off the nimitz.ook with our chopper over the peninsula or lower bay shore, through alo alto. a smooth flow but it's starting to build as well as san jose so another check coming up. >> thank you, mike. hundreds of workers in the east bay could soon hit the unemployment line as some of the largest banks begin its effort to eliminate thousands of jobs. christie smith joins us live where bank of america is issuing pink slips. not good news for some. >> good morning to you. you know, overall we're hearing the job situation may be improving but still this is a tough pill to swallow. for 450 bank of america employees here in concord who just got word yesterday that come may they will be out of a job. these workers are in the customer services unit. why is this happening? bank of america says it's constantly looking at opportunities to operate more efficiently including optimizing building space. apparently there is a lot of excess space at the concord campus. the impact goes beyond the workers. the mayor o

the nimitz is great between hayward and san leandro. the south bay freeways continued to do well. >>mark: the oakland police department wants to add more officers to hot spots where many shootings have occurred. the chief says he wants the public's help in catching what he describes as the top four most wanted criminals in oakland. >>darya: ross mirkirimi goes back to court today to try and fight a stay with order preventing him from seeing his wife and their young son. the order was issued after mirkirimi was arrested and charged with misdemeanor domestic violence battery, travel and dangerous and dissuading a witness in connection with alleged fight he had with his wife and new year's eve. >>darya: police now have a suspect in company for the federal officer shooting in new work. demand their arrested and the agent exchanged gunfire in front of the agents home. the fbi is taking the lead in the investigation. >>darya: we are back with more in just a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside at the james lick freeway in san francisco. traffic seems to be moving at the limit.

you need to have patience on the nimitz freeway if you are planning for that today. >>> the meteringe backed up for a moderate delay. the rain is not with us for the morning commute and that's really making it a lot better and the 580 is a little slow coming around the take shore curve. >>> and southbound 8 0 at decoto this crash is really doing a number on the nimitz freeway. if you happen to get on the freeway after dakota road. a possible alternate might be dakota road. let's go to steve. >>> it's cold out there. a lot of 30s. bundle up. a system that's moving over us right now, about 90% of it stayed offshore. it went right along the coast and mitted us by that -- missed us by that much. there's one more right there and that will move into the picture late this afternoon and into this evening. i don't think it will give us any rain, could give us some drizzle. it's another weak, little system. it's a fast mover. fog, sun, cold. mostly sunny at noon and then we'll start to cloud it up. some fog out there. temperatures 234930s -- in the 30s. a lot of cold lows, though. sebastopol,

you take the richmond bridge and golden gate bridge into san francisco or else you go south on the nimitz and take the san mateo bridge. both are going to be time-consuming for people. we think those two s are going to be very conjested. -- >> bart will run 24 hours beginning friday into tuesday morning. after midnight bart will run every hour at 14 of the 44 stations. >>> you can become a traffic spotter by downloading our exclusive waze app for iphones or androids, it is free and could come in handy during this bridge closure period. for information, visit abc7news.com/waze. >>> still ahead, important warning about arsenic that may be hiding in your baby's formula and energy bars. >> looking to be health question skip the turkey sandwich. >>> no more king size. changes about to come to some of mission's most popular >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> another health warning. high levels of arsenic this time not in juice, but in baby formula. katie marzullo joins us with more what is the source? >> reporter: the study points to one particular ingredient organic

so far, so good up and down the nimitz. really quiet westbound 580 maybe a few brake lights but overall no major delays and incidents. all lanes open at 101 northbound at atherton avenue. overnight roadwork is gone. southbound 101 smooth through novato, san rafael and down towards the golden gate bridge. at the bay bridge no major roadwork on the upper deck so everything is quiet so far heading into san francisco. coming up we'll get a check of mass transit. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> the vta is getting more federal funding than expected to extend bart train service down to north san jose. it will get $100 million for the current fiscal years and another 150 million for the next fiscal year under the budget plan released yesterday by president obama. the extra money means less money will have to be spent on issuing bonds. that's good news. groundbreaking on the bart extension for fremont to san jose berryessa area scheduled for april. >>> the state of a bay area healthcare center will be decided to

the nimitz okay, good news. >> thank you very much. good news there.rly morning fire created a scare at a lumberyard. calls came in just before 3:00 this morning. by the time firefighters arrived at the building the flames were 50 feet high. the owner of the business says they got lucky. >> could have been a lot worse. could have been our dry shed or something like that. they wouldn't have been able to put that out quick. it's all dry timber in there. >> firefighters say an automatic springler system in the building helped douse the flames. no word on a cause. >> san jose police now looking for answers this morning after the city's fourth homicide of the year. somebody dropped a man off outside of kaiser medical center suffering from stab wounds. he later died. officers still trying to figure out where the stabbing happened. >> accused killer joseph nasowill be back in court to re-enter his plea. nasois accused of killing four women between 1977 and 1994. during a pretrial hearing last month a judge decided there was enough evidence to try nasofor the

another one on the nimitz southbound 880 before 92. so a couple of different accidents we're following in both cases lanes are blocked and we are starting to see delays. your bridges moving fine this morning across the san mateo bridge either direction although it is getting busy on westbound and eastbound 92. bart might be a good option. everything is on time. drive times for you, more popular routes this time. morning, westbound 80 down the eastshore freeway slugish through berkeley. and the altamont pass ride westbound 580 slow and go towards livermore. all right. that is traffic. for your weather, here's lawrence. >> yes. sad story guys. we have a dying cold front slipping through the bay area. that means not much rain left behind but we are seeing drizzle and light sprinkles heading out so the roads are slick. be careful this morning. skies should part toward the afternoon. we'll begin to dry out. temperatures are going to stay very mild into thursday and friday. dry through the weekend. maybe some showers on tuesday and by the wa

the nimitz is quiet. westbound 24 towards walnut creek towards the orinda area. bart might be a good option this morning. everything is on time including all those stops heading into downtown san francisco. and a quick look back outside. live look at the san mateo bridge. commute direction westbound 92 looks great. 14 minutes toward the high-rise heading between 880 and 101. we'll have much more traffic coming up in the meantime back to you. >> thank you. >>> fans of whitney houston won't see her funeral in person but you can see it online. the ap is streaming the service online saturday. the funeral is in her home state of newark, new jersey. flags will be flown at half- staff to coincide with the funeral by the way in that state. new jersey's governor says it's only fitting for the state to honor her. >>> meanwhile celebrity website tmz says houston's family is trying to block her ex-husband bobby brown from getting close to the couple's daughter. >>> there is now a reward offered to help catch the men who killed a small dog in san jose on saturday afternoon. 7

you take the richmond bridge and golden gate bridge into san francisco or else you go south on the nimitz and take the san mateo bridge. both are going to be time-consuming for people. we think those two s are going to be very conjested. -- >> bart will run 24 hours beginning friday into tuesday morning. after midnight bart will run every hour at 14 of the 44 stations. >>> you can become a traffic spotter by downloading our exclusive waze app for iphones or androids, it is free and could come in handy during this bridge closure period. for information, visit abc7news.com/waze. >>> still ahead, important warning about arsenic that may be hiding in your baby's formula and energy bars. >> looking to be health question skip the turkey sandwich. >>> no more king size. changes about to come to some of mission's most popular honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i just get a c

and as you can see, it is "friday light" out there so far up and down the nimitz. we just checked the drive times. 15 minutes in those northbound lanes of 880. that would be the commute direction between 238 and the maze. by the way, southbound looks pretty good as well if you have a flight over by oakland airport, quick ride to hayward. thanks for those live pictures from chopper 5. all right. just getting word of a new accident in vallejo eastbound 780. multi-vehicle crash at lemon street. we are already seeing quite a bit of slowing there on our sensors. some speeds under 40 miles per hour. so it looks like one or more lanes could be blocked. we'll have much more details on this coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> it is mitt romney's big chance to make a comeback. >> how he is trying to win over support with conservatives today. we have a report. >>> plus a contraception compromise. how the president may be caving to outrage over his recent birth control decision. >> he has been called a visionary but newly released fbi files are reve

nimitz 880 in oakland no problems. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:21.ackson's doctor wants out of jail while his manslaughter conviction is being appealed. a lawyer for conrad murray will ask a judge today to let murray out on bail or on his own recognizance. prosecutors will argue against that though. they say murray is a flight risk and potential danger to the community. he was sentenced to four years in the death of michael jackson. >>> new study finds that many surgeons have a problem with alcohol. >> 7,000 surgeons responded to a survey headed by a psychiatrist at the university of washington. the results show that 15% have an alcohol problem. the authors called the findings a significant problem with a potential to impair a surgeon's ability to practice with skill and safety. >> that's a problem. >> it is a problem. >> yikes. >>> 6:22. a huge deal for fans of harry potter. the risky new book from author j.k. rowling. >> a couple of seconds later this could have been a very different outcome. a woman's narrow escape from a train. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

so here's a live look, the nimitz you can barely see the northbound traffic. it's okay as far as your drive time goes. 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. coming up a check of the sierra driving conditions if you are planning a trip up there. in the meantime, back to the desk. >> thank you. >>> 5:04 now. more motions in the domestic violence case involving the san francisco sheriff. the lawyer for ross mirkarimi's life is trying to get key evidence kept out of the trial. the motion is based on the prosecution's release of these pictures showing bruises on eliana lopez's arms. the photos were taken from a video recorder by a neighbor. >> the judge says the video is admissible in evidence. the jurors will be given questionnaires to fill out and the trial will take three weeks. jury selection begins monday. >>> walnut creek police department is making changes to the way it does business. their police chief joel brighton announced a reorganization yesterday aimed at making better use of limited resources. among the changes, more officers assigned to downtown wher

here's the nimitz 880 through oakland past the coliseum. no issues in the green in both directions northbound and southbound 880. but our news crews have been following this break news overnight in oakland. city streets we have some road closures around 34th and adeline. the southbound lanes of adeline are still shut down between 30th and 34th. they were able to reopen the northbound lanes of adeline but in the meantime, for the morning commute, use peralta as an alternate. more traffic coming up. back to you. >> thank you. >>> can anything be done to stop these soaring gas prices? the president tackles the pain at the pump today. plus rick santorum goes on the defense. >> when you're part of the team, sometimes you take one for the team for the leader and i made a mistake. >> how he tried to fight off his rival's attacks at the gop debate. got very heated there. >> and we got a perk for south bay students. it gets the axe. why it's going to be harder for locals to get into san jose state. getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is li

. >> we're looking at oakland and 880, the nimitz shows a light volume of traffic northbound with the taillights past high street. continuing up towards market. we still have reports of that disabled vehicle. chp has yet to get on the scene. it sounds like everything is out of the lanes and the smooth drive on the sensors out there. and let's show you what things are like over across the bay. a smooth drive, construction clearing from the north side and no problem with visibility. good stuff, you see the lights. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> we want to take you 35 a b.a.r.t. news conference that's going on right now. we've been keeping tabs on it this morning. they'll be talking about the bay bridge closure over this weekend for the presidents' day weekend this morning. we've got the reporters on the scene to gather information so you know what will happen what b.a.r.t. stations will have open to help the commute over the weekend. we'll keep tabs on that this morning for you. >>> it's 5:01. a manhunt continues in san francisco for a would-be kidnapper. police released a com

and the nimitz, 880 through oakland. and a bit busy in all lanes, northbound and southbound 880, as we head toward downtown oakland and if you're traveling farther south and all the way to hayward. we have been following a violent night overnight in oakland. still police activity near 83rd and international. and just want to let you know, a traffic impact and various lanes are blocked around that intersection. there was an overnight earlier police standoff and shooting, and so once again, just streets blocked off in that area. and at the bay bridge, no metering lights yet. and just slight delays. mostly in cash lanes. and that's traffic. back to you. >> all right. elizabeth. it is 6:21. apparently it is more important than her most basic needs. the strong temptation we have to tweet. >> we have a late entry, named mr. quigly. >> everyone is talking about the ads from last night. we will have a roundup of the favorites, all coming up. country. "san fran gas prices dot co" reports the local average ip about two and a half