the easiest ride is from the nimitz freeway.utes drive times westbound. the golden gate bridge is problem free although it is a wet ride southbound. we enjoyed a lighter than usual commute so far through marin county this morning. >> it is dark over at the golden gate bridge. umbrellas are officially out. piquancy of storm tracker 4, half of the bay area is dealing with a pretty steady rain. we are seeing a light rain over vallejo, heavier rain closer toward the knees up. yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain. zooming and we are catching a break for portions of san rafael, of the rain has shifted its way south. we're having grain or the rich and sam revell bridge. the golden gate bridge is picking up in intensity. the rain is really coming down right now at a steady pace. downtown richmond district and the sun set. most surface streets are affected. clement street, 19th avenue contending with wet weather. for those of you driving along cesar chavez as well. the east bay is dry for now it looks like dry weather right now for mi

if you're coming from the nimitz freeway., southbound 101 has been well behaved throughout the morning typical volume of traffic. it is slow and some spots in marin county. >> taking it to the south bay we had an earlier accident south bound 101 at san antonio. that was affecting traffic getting into mountain view. we have since recovered. traffic in the north bound direction indicated by the red on your screen. >> highway 101, downtown san jose approaching 87 slow and go conditions. the same for northbound 85 pass highway 17. >> interstate 280 typical slowing in the north bound direction. the commute coming out of marin county red on the road way censors that starts a round navato past high way 37. we have made significant improvement approaching downtown san raphael. >> a it would hollywit was hol's biggest night of the year. nischelle turn choses to one big. first lady michelle obama appeared from the white house to announce the biggest prize best picture. >> the oscar goes to argo . it was an especially sweet because refo

. >> little change in the order of things, we are looking at developing hot spot on the nimitz freewayis 880 and the northbound direction. of st. we had word of an accident are originally reported as a minor incident but is still rock blocked the right-hand lane. it is blocking of the traffic from embarcadero fifth as you head north. it has the potential to back up as ride on 880 in the northbound direction. we will be tracking this. that is the only incidence of bar that is have the potential return to a hot spot. otherwise, conditions not too bad. the bay bridge toll plaza meeting lights are now active, right on time. a backup started to form of the 880 approach is still a delay free. the salmon sale bridge is without the lake, 11 minutes and westbound direction. the golden gate bridge ride is an easy trip for a 1 01 southbound as you head in from marin county. public transit is still not tracking any delays except a sprained number-one. six minutes behind schedule out of the back of the station. >> if you behave badly you can't get banned from art. bart will be holding its second me

and here is george. >> we are tracking hot spots and the east bay, nimitz freeway.remont 880 and the southbound direction at stevenson. a motorcycle accident blocking lanes and bearing a lot of attention as motorists passed. 32 minutes drive times headed south coming from hayward down to fremont. no good alternate for you there. it is running about 8 to 12 minutes higher than it should mean. earlier occuring problems of the nets are gone now and the backup is breaking up in the northbound direction. to the three men have been added to the northbound commute time. you did use 580 as a alternate but there really is monday if you're heading out the next few minutes. the normal back up with the 1618, minute commute time. san mateo bridge is problem free, the ride to the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound still looks good across the span. that is still in easy rider marin county. the time is 6:52 a.m. and we will take a break in the kron4 morning news will be right back. [ male announcer ] you think you know me. believe i'm just glitz and glam when i'm so much more. i'm

>> an update on the situation on 880, the nasty nimitz.d 880, the early accident is cleared but the damage remains. southbound 880 cleared, and that is slow southbound and that is now cleared southbound 880 you can see very slow traffic backed now from dakota, an accident, a motorcycle that was in the lanes there and we will take a look or a look at our abc7 ways app the backup on to 880 northbound and southbound, again, backed from dakota. you can download this free app to navigate your commute at the apple app and google play. ahead, five things to know before you go. the magic begins when jif fresh roasts peanuts to make peanut butter so deliciously creamy. ♪ it can even be a game changer. that's why choosy moms and dads choose jif. >> good morning, this is the bay bridge with the golden sun, basking in the sun, no pretty, making the drive into san francisco more enjoyable this morning and we check with our meteorologist, mike nicco and sue half but, first, before we hand it off to "good morning america" five things to know. new video f

that backed up the nimitz southbound but it also backed up traffic getting to the nimitz from to 38. traffic is backed up because of a lot of traffic comes here and san leandro and. although all lanes are recovering but it is still slower than usual and both the southbound of 880 and the westbound direction of 580 leading to highway 238. the bay bridge toll plaza there are some incidents out by the metering lights. the lights were slow down and that is live at 880 approached is backed up. drive times a closer to 20 minutes and they are to 14. the san mateo bridge, things are heavy right now, 13 to 15 minutes drive times. the golden gate bridge, still smoke conditions here, we are still as it free on 1 01 southbound through marin county. >> one thing everyone will know this is this guy is not as bright as morning. we have some high clouds passing through, temperatures so colder than 24 hours ago. it will be sunny, up more met with high clouds and temperatures mainly in the upper 60s. i later on tonight, mostly clear conditions back down to the '50s for the most part. current temperatu

i will show you slow traffic on the nimitz freeway.in the san mateo bridge has a 11 minute drive time. we are delay free as well as for the golden gate bridge, 101, in the south bound direction. it is light traffic coming in from marin county. heavier in the north bound direction. there was an accident on the nimitz. not a big one. the chp closed the lane for a while on a to clear it. slow traffic leading up to 980 however, it is still much lighter than on a normal commute day. >> good morning gary. good morning to youdarya . it did not work for st. mary's i am sorry. >> sometimes you have to say the other team is better. no bad breaks. i know you were watching when they cut it to four points late in the game. the kid with a long hair is good. >> it ruined my valentine's day. >> you about that. you deal with adversity this morning. >> what do you think about the cruise ship people? >> can you imagine that? >> it was only four days. it did not sound pretty. >> you went there to relax. >> what a vacation! >> i would imagine the carnival

now, if you are traveling up the nimitz freeway northbound 880 and southbound 880 they have various lanes blocked from the oakland coliseum all the way towards the macarthur maze and the downtown oakland exit so heads up. scheduled to wrap up depending on the direction between 5:00 and 6:00 this morning. that's according to caltrans but, of course, it's not causing much of a problem spot in either direction yet. elsewhere westbound 580 i mentioned still looking good the nimitz and down the eastshore freeway 19 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and getting a quick check of mass transit, so far there's no problems reported bart systemwide on time, muni, caltrain and ace also on schedule. that's a check of your time- saver traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> an officer's punch led police to name christopher dorner as a suspect in a double murder. dorner killed himself during a manhunt last week. teresa evans had trained him and worked as his partner in the l.a. police department. he accused her of police brutality. leading to his dismissal for making false st

the nimitz is jammed up.o 238. 580 is not a good alternate, backed up into san leandro because of a lane closure. >> it is a tale of two forecast storm tracker 4 shows rain impacting the heart of the bay area. morgan hill and gilroy is seeing at sunshine and blue skies. some are waking up to cloudy skies and light rain for the east shore freeway. sam francisco is completely under the gun. the yellow of around brisbane indicates moderate to heavy rain. it depends on where you are located. rain approaching from the coast line and packs south at city crossing the bay. most of the south bay still dry. places like the delta and livermore valley have not seen any rain yet. feature cast four to track the timing coming up in my next report. >> the latest on a manhunt out of southern california. the manhunt continues for christopher dormer a former lapd officer water for the murder of two people this past sunday and a shooting spree this morning that has claimed the life of one police officer and riverside and the wou

we are tracking hot spots on the nimitz freeway 880 southbound the ride is starting to back up.rive time is 43 minutes. the slow traffic reaches back to highway 92. the riding to the san mateo bridge as well. our newest hot spot is on interstate 680 southbound at el ce rro . 20 minutes for the south bound ride from walnut creek to dublin. >> san ramon about bboulevard is backed up do not use a dozen of the group. >> looking at the bridges. first at the right to the bay bridge. traffic is flowing. 18-20 minute drive times. even slow coming from the nimitz freeway. >> the san mateo bridge ride slowing on the approach to the span but conditions here litigant. >> the golden gate bridge, 101 southbound. we are still basically not looking at any major delays from iran. it is an easy ride across the golden gate bridge south. >> let us find out about the weather here is erica. >> george, i love the shot you show of the golden gate bridge. crystal clear conditions. typical will be in the mid-60s to date. right around the seasonal average. it is a chilly start we were at the freezing mark

similar things through the nimitz and the eastshore freeway. are still in the clear. so not picking up any delays at all. if you're heading southbound 101 overnight we have some roadwork approaching the waldo tunnel. that's gone, as well. that was set to be picked up by about 6:00 this morning. and now we have some more cars heading southbound in the commute direction heading into san francisco. things are starting to pick up steam. that's a check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> she gave us some tips on how to prepare for tax season. now she is back with ways to save or make money with uncle sam's help. >> that of course is jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com. good morning, jill. >> reporter: good morning. >> well, you said we should pay attention to tax credits. fill us in. >> reporter: this is the best deal going. credits reduce your tax bill dollar for dollar. instead of being calculated on your tax brackets. some of the best credits, the earned income tax credit. it's a refundable credit for low to modera

a little less of your coming from the nimitz.ack up and at about 8:00 or 8:15 a.m. when we are not tracking the incidents. 11 to 30 minutes drive time from the san mateo bridge, no problems here. the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound is still an easy drive across the span. drive times 29 to 32 minutes from about the golden gate bridge. >> take a look at this! the remember? george and i remember it the! 1976 and bay area, not kidding you february 5th. you may remember it but cars and buses and rose were covered. kids have a lot of fun, we had a sliding video and their 2. a little bit of some movsnow falls but this was real. >> actually, we could see a light dusting of snow and our mt. areas thursday and friday. another rainmaker coming this way and a cold front is passing through the bay area. when a lot of cloud cover right now, no moisture associated with it. we're looking live amount tam cam and it is kind of foggy in some spots and gray as you start off your morning. the clouds are keeping temperatures on the warmer side. upp

bay gets heavier, slow traffic on highway 4 and interstate 580 and also the king of slowing on the nimitzrstate 8684 this an old grade. south bay peninsula and north bay freeways still look pretty good. >> 631 a m in following the latest out of santa cruz were 2 officers were shot and killed tuesday before the suspect was killed as well. will tran is live in santa cruz with the latest on a growing memorial. >> it occurred just moments ago because i saw a woman stop by here and drop off some flowers and a letter. new this morning the santa cruz police department officers were off agreed yesterday but today we back to work. they will be met by grief counselors. this is uncharted territory for them, they have never had a police fatality and a line of duty ever in their history. then all the sudden, to end one day. they were in shock on tuesday and that is why the police department steps up to help their colleagues cope. they're still on standby 8 just in case all 84 police of the serbs do not return. most of them should return. the pending plans as far as federal services at a citywide memor

this is a big problem for the nimitz freeway northbound and traffic is building.ow let's talk about the hit- and-run in san jose, somebody died as a result of being hit by a car and the car sped away and police are not releasing any details except that it was a dark car they are looking for and we will bring you the latest as soon as they are set up and ready to go. >>> we have developing news from oakland, the fbi is busy helping police in a major homicide investigation. they are questioning for than a dozen suspects with a standoff that ended hours ago. it started yesterday afternoon. s.w.a.t. teams surrounded a house on 88th avenue. several streets were shut down and police moved in. one neighbor tells us her son is among those being questioned in connection with a reason homicide. >> i am angry and mad as hell. it is not cool the way they do this. >> reporter: tara moriarty has -- >> tara moriarty has been out there since 4:30 a.m. and she will have more on the standoff and investigation coming up in the next half hour. >>> a search is underway for a family th

the lowest number of courses if you are coming from the nimitz freeway.time weather eased down or westbound. we speculated the golden gate bridge might open up the third lane in the northbound direction before 10:00 and indeed they have. the southbound traffic flow has been so light this last hour. >> it has been a chilly start of the morning, we are expecting all round mild afternoon. plenty of sunshine. tomorrow mostly sunny conditions. a look at what's in store for us beyond, we could see a shower and on saturday in the north bay. a little warming trend as the head into the work week. temperatures right now warming up nicely everyone most in the 30, but 30 center rose amid 30's and the bottom mid-40s and livermore by noon time. into the afternoon we will see more 60s on the board compared to yesterday. for those of you head out for this friday evening it will be not as chilly as yesterday, many fifties on the bay shore and 47 year and in areas. after an noon the 60s for sunnyvale low 60s along adults up, 60 in danville, 50 pleasanton, livermore 68 rich

that will make the nimitz nasty this morning.inutes out of fremont and other mass transit on time. >> we are continuing to follow developing news from santa cruz. the beachside town in mourning after the shooting deaths of two police officers. we have live coverage with katie marzullo in the newsroom with what we are lending of the fallen officers but we begin with cornell bernard, live in santa cruz. >> it is a dark day here in santa cruz as this small beach community deals with the loss of two officers killed in the line of duty. it happened here at a home in midtown santa cruz, the crime scene has just cleared. we do have new video to show you, the garage of the home covered with bullet holes. clear evidence of a dramatic shootout. also, two cars were removed from the property a short time ago, a lexus s.u.v. with bullet holes and a white toyota, possibly involved in the incident. detective sergeant baker and his colleague, detect ever elizabeth but her lost their lives. the officers responded to the home on north branciforte

a 80 the nimitz freeway through a word is move., two 80 after the west valley and 85 through the west valley. the north bay, no delays that for 1 01 southbound. a strain which had some problems is not delayed this morning. the public transit not reporting any problems caltrans, muni metro. >> president obama plans to release a long-awaited executive order aimed at improving the nation's defenses against cyber attacks as early as tomorrow. the order comes after congress failed to pass cyber defense legislation last year. it is meant to improve the protection of critical industries in infrastructure from cyber intrusions. the white house hopes to improve information sharing about attacks between private companies and the government. the order is expected to give the department of homeless security a lead role in protecting critical u.s. infrastructure. >> one in four consumers had an error and a credit report issued by a major agency. according to a federal trade commission study, 5% of the consumers identify errors in their reports

coming from the nimitz freeway.ait at the toll plaza tops speeds up the incline and across the upper deck. >> the drive time that the san mateo bridge 12-13 minutes. >> south bound 101 headlights making their way to san francisco. >> monitoring east bay freeways of our traffic maps no backups. traffic coming from 205 out of tracy and over the altamonte pass no incidents to report for the nimitz freeway. >> a lot of green on the road way censors for those of you commuting along the mid peninsula. >> public transit is good to go. no delays for those of you taking a.c. transit, bart, or h train no. 1. >> oil tankers and other large vessels will now be restricted from sailing beneath the bay bridge in dense fog. >> the san francisco bay harbor say committee passing the new guidelines. the move comes five weeks after in in the oil tanker sideswipe one of the stance hours. video from our partnership with abc seven news of the repairs. >> under the new rules, ships larger than 1600 gross tons are restricted from sailing of

there are no major problems on the nimitz freeway. in fact, we still have a nice looking drive southbound on 880 between hayward and fremont. probably won't stay this way for too much longer. let's go to the bay bridge toll plaza. it's light coming into san francisco. at 5:18 let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you. our system is rotating pretty rapidly out of the area. still bringing some scattered showers around. we are not done yet. there is a little bit upstream. still a winter weather advisory out until 10:00. the snow has tapered off but it will pick up. 30s on the temps. 40s. coldest air rises about noon today. tonight and tomorrow and even into sunday morning very cold. one heck of a system developing. you can see the system exploding off the carolinas heading up and merging with another system. the combination of the two mean areas around boston north. possibility of one to fourisms of snow around new york. and then also out toward the atlantic. this is a whopper of a system. it will be the big story over the weekend. for us a

traffic coming from the east shore freeway quiet from the nimitz freeway approach. >> no wait at the gates and zero leading lights to deal with. >> for those of you heading to the san mateo bridge in the easy ride. traffic is building on the right-hand side of your screen. >> the golden gate bridge ride a lot of space between cars. the drive 23 minutes from navato into san francisco. >> the time is 4:3. 5 >> 10 month old baby girl was found dead in a field and salinas after family members reported her missing. little angels negron was found under a bush. >> the last time and joe's family saw her was back on february 2nd when her mother's boyfriend pace jesus espinoza picked her up to watch the super bowl at his home. but after two weeks, an him telling them he took part to disneyland, loved ones got worried. they alerted the authorities on saturday and that is in the search of a little angel began. the monterey county sheriff's office however, did not issue an am alert. officials say that is in part because they did not have a description of the suspect car. >> jesus espinoza was arr

no delays in either direction for the nimitz and bay bridge is clear at the toll plaza. we'll send it back to you. >> okay. great. thanks, mike. >>> time is 5:38. scary scene here. a woman wakes up in the middle of the night with guns pointed right at her head. we'll tell you about the terrifying and dangerous prank that's been a joke that police say is becoming more common. >>> when giants spring training gets into full swing, there will be a very familiar face there. details from scottsdale next. >>> welcome back. 5:41 now. washington congress goes home with a lot of work undone including filling two key national security jobs. and there are billions in automatic spending cuts scheduled to take place once lawmakers return. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill with more on the issues congress is facing. good morning, tracie. >> marla, good morning. let's start with those cuts. congress needs to do something to prevent 85 billion in automatic cuts from happening on march 1st. so far congress has failed to act if they leave a schedule today they'll on

here's one up and down the nimitz. 880 as you pass through oakland. the hegenberger exit where they are doing a widening project. they are adding a carpool lane so crews have been hard at work in the overnight hours. they have been blocking lanes on southbound 880 from hegenberger towards san leandro. by the way it is wrapped up for the morning. elsewhere, to our maps, beginning tomorrow those new metering lights are going to be activated on northbound 280 through downtown san jose so it could get congested especially on that ramp from the guadalupe parkway to northbound 280. that's tomorrow morning 6 to 10 a.m. milpitas drive so far, so good westbound 237 towards sunnyvale. no delay. bart good to go. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> late night for some last night. the best in the music business picked up trophies as the grammys were handedout in los angeles. >> the big honor of the night, album of the year presented by adele to fellow british musics mumford & sons. . >> we are grateful for all of this country and the grammy foundat

we'll end with this shot and build for the nimitz without incidents. thank you very much. we'll have an update on breaking news we brought you earlier about an amber alert in the bay area. >>> we also have new controversy surrounding around the 49ers this morning and it has to do with the it gets better project. oh! progress-oh! -oh! -oh! oh! oh! ♪ what do you know? oh! ♪ bacon? -oh! -oh! oh! [ female announcer ] with 40 delicious progresso soups at 100 calories or less, there are plenty of reasons people are saying "progress-oh!" share your story for a chance to win a progress-oh! makeover in hollywood. go to facebook.com/progresso to enter. >>> breaking news out of oakland. chp issued an amber alert this morning for a missing baby girl. terry mcsweeney is live at police headquarters with details. what's the latest? >> reporter: this happened about 12:30 this morning. california highway patrol issuing the amber alert meaning they are looking for help from the public in trying to find this man who kidnapped this 1-year-old girl. say off the top, these

the nimitz is moving fine this morning despite overnight roadwork and the eastshore freeway delay-freeall on time. no delay for bart, ace, muni, caltrain and ferries. that's a check of traffic. we have traffic and weather together every 10 minutes. back to you guys. >> liz, what is your boyfriend's number again? >> i know. i'll give you his email address. >> wake that guy up! >>> 5:49 now. the bart board meets this morning to consider ways to deal with budget shortfalls expected over the next dozen years. one proposal is to extend a program of fare hikes based on inflation with increases every couple of years. the board will also look at higher fees for parking in the bart parking lots. the board meets at 9 a.m. at barred headquarters in oakland. >>> 5:50. a bay area couple that proved it's never too late to find "love." >> didn't think here i'm 70 years old and i would get married again? >> why not? their secret to staying young at heart plus how a toyota sion almost made them miss their first date coming up. aren't you sweet! licensed phone-ups available 24/7. ca 00-progressive. what

onramp to 880 freeway nimitz in the south bay. that's what had construction where jon showed you. that area will see it through the week. we'll give you notes about that. right now north 87 on 280 north that transition is also closed through downtown. you can loop back on from opposite side of 87 just take julianne or park or one of the downtown exits and loop back on 87 toward the area. live look outside shows you fremont no problems into the south bay with headlights or out of fremont into newark with those northbound taillights. back to you guys. >> thanks a lot, mike. >>> time to mark your calendars. this week marks the one-year cou countdown to the start of the 2014 winter games in russia. >> to get us in the olympic spirit, we have bob redell and told him to go hit the ice. he joins us live from the san jose ice center this morning with one of the more unusual sports of the game. good morning, bob. >> reporter: which is a sport that certainly has become more popular in recent years. good morning to you there, jon and laura. we're already talking about 2014 winter olympic gam

and checking the nimitz freeway now out in the east bay, here's a live look at 880. near the oakland coliseum. taillights are moving northbound towards downtown oakland and right now there are no delays in either direction. where we are seeing delays it's still a problem in benicia. the left lane is blocked southbound 680 approaching industrial way. the accident was involving a number of cars couple of cars, pickup truck, big rig. everything is mostly in the median but again emergency crews are blocking the left lane and now we are seeing delays stacked up beyond lake herman and also westbound 580 our radio partners kcbs their airborne flew over and they have stop and go traffic from tracy 205 to vasco road. the same thing on live sensors. that's a check of tour "timesaver traffic." you know lawrence wears his morning turtleneck when it rains so what are you going to do? they are all going to be sitting in a heap. >> i have had to leave them on a shelf for quite a while. maybe this next week. but in the meantime enjoy the sunshine, folks a great day ahead. we are loo

smooth drive for nimitz. picking up volume on a friday. it tends to get slow.. >>> it's 5:26 right now. parents out there keep in mind when you tell your child something, often times they listen, sometimes they don't. when they do listen, they are serious about it. a 10-year-old boy who got a visit from police. he was so upset about being sent to bed, he called 911. his mom was, like, hey, don't go to bed, call the police then. he called 911 and hung up before talking to anybody. police decided to stop by to be safe to check things out. his mom decided to turn the incidents into a learning experience. >> he wases go to leave without talking to my son. i said to him, can you please speak to my son about the importance of this a learning lesson instead of it being the police came out and that was it. i said make this a learning experience for him and he went and spoke with him. >> we don't recommend doing that. abusing 911 system can be a criminal offense. we're happy to report no charges were filed in this case but we did hear that the young man jumped right int

and getting a check on the east bay, the nimitz, 880 in oakland, no delay past a the oakland coliseumward oakland airport and drive times moving at the limit. and a quick look at the san mateo bridge where bridge traffic right side of your screen, westbound 92 in the commute direction, green clear over the high-rise. that's traffic. for your forecast we have rain coming,. >>> haven't seen that in a while but outside today we don't have to worry about that. we have an exclusive cam from the new bay bridge being built and ready to go. you can see the bridge off to the right and looking good as the count down is underway until that opens up. still around the bay area we have a lot of clouds moving across our skies. thick fog in the north bay. and this afternoon becoming partly cloudy, cool to mild, cool out toward the coastline, the fog likely to linger and maybe some rain later this week. high pressure overhead, and we have the system that rolls over the top of the bridge. probably going to make for a busy, windy day. 60s in the central valley. 55 degrees in the monterey bay and compute

that's coming up. ,,,,,,,,,, scene on the nimitz.edes >>> a fiery mess caused quite a scene today. take a look at this. a mercedes-benz caught fire at 3:00 p.m. near west 8th street in heyward. it took firefighters an hour to put that fire out. >>> a surprise for police officers raiding a suspected drug house. they did find a stash of drugs and cash, but as kpix5 reporter shows us, they also found an alligator. police stopped fairfield residents in modesto for a traffic violation. police then say they discovered $250,000 worth of processed marijuana and a handgun. a search of their home in the 400 block turned up, according to police, more evidence of marijuana, seven guns including one used by military snipers, nearly $30,000 in cash and a three foot long baby alligator. by law, you need a permit to have a pet alligator. >> to our knowledge, they didn't have a permit. we called out human services to take possession of the animal. it was later turned over to the oakland zoo. that's where it is today. >> do you get the sense this was

traffic tuesday we've had a lot of slowing basically the nimitz earning the nasty nimitz nickname this morning. south 880 slammed down as far as speeds go because of that crash around the stevenson boulevard area. motorcycle is down in the lanes and so is the driver. fire truck was on scene basically a paramedic emergency crews just cleared the area and just closed the incident as far as chp is concerned so now we see slowing that you saw bleed down here toward the area. bleed is a bad choice of words. no major injuries reported and a all lanes are cleared. in just ten minutes, we have traffic a steady stream out of union city clamping down when you get to fremont passing off the dumbarton bridge and down toward stevenson. it's tough. fremont may get you through. just stick it out and you can stay on 880 there. also slow 880 south of 238. earlier crash nothing really came of that. sounds like everything is on the shoulder. hayward into union city also off castro valley y. north 880 at oak. crash cleared. all traffic starting to recover. still very slow around the coliseum. live look sh

. >> if you are taking the nimitz freeway this morning, stand by for my report. we have an issue that might affect you getting on that freeway. >>> a live look at city college in san francisco where students are camped out this morning trying to get the chancellor's attention. they want to talk to him to avoid closure. they've got accreditation problems going on there. a story we're covering and many others on this friday, february 22nd. this is "today in the bay." >>> good friday morning to you. thank you for joining us. 5:00. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. we're following breaking news out of south africa and we're just moments away now from a decision in the oscar pistorius bail hearing. the paralympian is facing charges for the death of his girlfriend. >> the hearing reconvened 20 minutes ago. i've been listening live to the magistrate as he considers the bail of oscar pistorius. going over all of the details laid out in pistorius's affidavit explaining what he says happened in the early morning hours of valentine's day w

smooth flow for the nimitz. we'll take that northbound with those taillights north past high street there's a construction zone both directions basically between high street and the embarcadero exit downtown. both directions lose a couple lanes and a little slowing in the area but slow for the cone zone. no other incidents through that stretch. a smooth drive through the area through hayward, south 880. we see slowing with speeds dipping down toward 60 which is unusual. nothing going on there. we'll track that because the castro valley y and 238 can be trouble spots as well as if anything happens early on the commute. tri-valley commute, dublin interchange smooth flow west 580. on the peninsula, you're at the limit as well. palo alto, 101, past the shopping center, that's where all of the activity is. lights at the shopping center and a few of them -- nice precision driving lined across 101 northbound with those headlights. back to you. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," a bolt on the tracks may be the cause o

there's the southbound easy drive along nimitz and road crews through oakland.outh bay with headlights into san jose not a problem as far as speeds go. 880 in the middle of your screen shows slowing and down to 60. no construction and no delays really expected through that portion. north 280 to south 85, that is your construction going on at that connector. the rest of the connector off 280 and 85 are open this morning. watch for those crews to be there for another 20 minutes. should be clearing soon on a friday. tend to do that earlier. palo alto, let's get a view of the peninsula here. well lit up is that parking lot by home depot. you see ikea. not a lot of cars to show you as far as flow goes northbound past university. southbound even lighter heading back into the south bay. let's check 101 for north bay. southbound direction through the curve at tara linda. no delays reported in through san rafael. back to you. >> thanks so much. 4:55. new movies hitting theaters today including bruce willis back in action as officer john mcclain. >> new york. >> are you a

if you're heading into the san francisco and here a live look at the nimitz. everything is pretty quiet between downtown and hayward. they've been doing a widening project and we'll check in with caltrans. here's the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights so at 4:46 you're cruising right along. we are watching this one overnight fatal accident. we have a crew on scene at blossom hill road. it's closed approaching highway 101. the main lines of the freeway are not impacted. the rest of the south bay, throughout san jose looks pretty quiet. southbound 101, a nice drive across the golden gate bridge, heading toward doyle drive. b.a.r.t., ace, muni, if you're using mass transit to travel anywhere around the bay area, that is a check of traffic, back to you guys. >>> the weekend crowds at the vatican were larger than usual as pope benedict the 16th made one of his last public appearance before he retired. >> the pope announced last week that he'll retire at the end of the month. a hundred thousand people jammed st. peter's square yesterday. >> we knew sunday wou

nimitz freeway between hayward and fremont.lly takes 15 minutes it's taking about the normal amount of time. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. a cooler pattern starts today. nice, nice sunday. but already the low clouds being pushed in by a system. it has more cold air. i think .25 to .50 will probably cover this. system is coming right out of the gulf of alaska. there's not much behind it. it may be one of those one and donees again there's a come -- done -- dones again. there's much, much colder air coming in here tomorrow. .25 to .50. some locations .10. 54 in san francisco. santa cruz which was 74 on saturday, 64 on sunday will be 56 today. already a lot of low clouds up and down the coast all the way down to southern california which is really socked in. there's our system. there's not a lot to it. but the cold air means a change in the weather pattern in a big way. starts today, a little cooler and much colder, tuesday into wednesday and a slow recovery. low clouds fog, sun. temperatures will be cooler today. already

reports of a disabled vehicle on the nimitz.e'll check out what we find coming up. >>> and as the frenzy in the niners quest for six builds, we took a look at one of the greatest players of all time. >> montana throwing under ple i pressure. clark has it. it's a touchdown for the 49ers! >>> you're looking live right now at pictures from turkey where a suicide bomber has reportedly blown themselves up outside the u.s. embassy. right now two people confirmed dead. several others are hurt. this bomb is said to have gone off on a side street right next to the embassy. we'll continue covering this and monitoring this all day long and give you new information as we get it into the newsroom. >>> the bay area of course has spent a lot of time spotlighting 49ers in the buildup to the super bowl on sunday but new orleans the city itself also taking center stage here. for many this is the first real good look at the city since hurricane katrina. after all, the super bowl is set to be played in the superdome. the same place surrounded by fl

and there is a little bit of fog lingering and also on the nimitz between 235 it's clearer. >>> some of that fog is really tough but for most today, sunny and warmer especially away from the coast. >>> coming up on mornings on 2, a murder and a game of dice, what we now know about the victim. stay with us. >> reporter: we're live in san leandro where an elementary school is closed due to a homicide investigation. we'll tell you how friends say a teenager was shot and killed. >>> an olympic bombshell. the world-class athlete now facing murder charges. >>> the misery's almost over for those passengers stranded on a crippled cruise ship. how carney viewses is now doing damage control. >> reporter: we're live at the san francisco flower mart this morning. yes, it's valentine's day, one of the busiest days of the year for the flower industry. we will tell you how much people are expected to spend. ktvu "mornings on 2" starts now. >>> well, good morning. welcome to "mornings on 2." i'm dave clark. >> i'm tori campbell. it's thursday, february 14th. >>> we begin with a homicide investigatio

and this is a look at the nimitz freeway. hayward. northbound 880 it looks like there could if announce stent there. the traffic continues to move along despite anything going on. the traffic is so light even an accident on the shoulder really won't effect much. it's 4:55 let's go to steve. >>> thank you. a very good monday morning. offshore breeze. everything is taking north wind. it lookalikes this pattern is in place for awhile. expect for patchy fog forming later in the week. some of that breeze holding a photechys up. but a lot of 30s or 40s in san francisco the forest 48. a lot of is here. et awe transudates into sunshine. a cold morning. upper 50s and low 60s. everyone is folk o be pretty close here. a lot of 60s. weekend a little cooler but still okay. >>> thank you, steve. oakland a's pitchers and catchers report to spring training in arizona today. they will have their first work out tomorrow. the full squad reports to spring training on saturday. the defending american league west champs are hoping to build on last years su

this is nimitz north of the coliseum. high street and north of there there are spots for construction. on the maps we marked southbound 880 through downtown losing a couple lanes but no slowing because of light volume there. san leandro, that should clear around the marina, davis area and no slowing and no wind advisories for the san mateo bridge this morning. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. >>> happening right now, oscar pistorius back in court in south africa for what is expected to be the last day of his bail hearing. this is video from inside that courtroom just a short time ago. prosecutors arguing pistorius is a flight risk and he will flee the country if he's granted bail. but in a potentially damaging blow, a strange twist to the prosecution, the lead investigator in this murder case now facing murder charges himself. south africa police say the charges against him stem from an october 2011 shooting. he and two others officers fired shots while trying to stop a minivan. of course we'll have continuing c

a smooth flow across the nimitz. bay bridge and incline moving nicely. light volume as you can see for both decks. road crews there on both decks right now but no problem because you can get by those few lanes where crews are without any problem. the maps will show you approach is also a smooth drive coming through berkeley and emeryville. traditional road crew and not a surprise to folks now. north of the carquinez bridge we show eastbound 80 traffic flow slowing a bit. there are road crews in both directions and cause for slowing but not this extensive. we'll track that. also note the fog is not there yet. things will change over the course of the morning. we'll send it back to you. >>> new this morning, santa clara police hope surveillance video from an overnight robbery will lead them closer to suspects. robbers held up the shell station along great america parkway not far from the theme mark park. the robbers drove off in a white car heading toward highway 237. >>> we're expecting to learn more today from police about a deadly crash on an oakland st

traveling the nimitz, there is overnight roadwork, closing the left lanes on southbound 880 between 23rd and high street. more roadwork on southbound 880 between davis and marina as you make your way into san leandro. should wrap up between 5 and 6 this morning. more overnight roadwork out of livermore. eastbound lanes of 580 approaching north greenville road, various lanes blocked. they are saying until 11:00 this morning. in the meantime in the commute direction it's still free and clear out of tracy towards the dublin interchange. here's another live look at the golden gate bridge. they haven't started the lane changes yet. a few headlights coming into san francisco. so far no delay all the way through marin county. and a quick check on bart which just started operating this morning. all trains are on time. back to you. >> thank you. >>> anyone who droves here in the bay area knows that gas prices are high now but there may soon be some relief. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran in emeryville to explain. >> reporter: this is according to the survey that came out yesterday. i'm sure drivers

here's a live look at the nimitz. 15 minutes is the drive time between 238 and the maze. if you're traveling across the upper decks should have no problems up the incline and finish island. there are testing the new led lights, no the metering lights and delay. san mateo bridge, same story crossing westbound 92. this is the view across the span. it's a flat section and coming off the high-rise, a pretty easy commute. this is one we've been following in contra costa avenue. it is on the city streets. a car actually ran off the roadway, hit a power pole. there are live wires down. just a heads up if you're in the area. we're not sure about the extent of the damage done but not on the main lines of 680 freeway. >>> and one earlier crash, northbound 101 at mce key, it is gone, out of here, and 280 and guadalupe parkway, everything moving at the limit. and 880 and 237 nice and quiet and the golden gate bridge doing lane changes across the span right now. other than that, no delay into san francisco. that is traffic, back to you. >>> thanks. 4:47, developing news in southern ca

the nimitz, 880 in oakland, right by the oakland coliseum and 66, they are going to start a wideningthis area by oakland airport. heads up various lanes blocked overnight. but for right now you're good to go. on the maps, this is that accident i was telling you about northbound 880 approaching highway 92. it is not slow at all in the area even though two lanes are block. tow crews should be on scene now. so it's still early. it's not causing a delay am but just heads up if you are about to head off in that area. 65 miles per hour as you make your way towards the san mateo bridge. also at the limit, the san mateo bridge. overnight roadwork richmond/san rafael bridge westbound by the toll plaza should be wrapping up shortly. there was overnight roadwork in lanes, again westbound 92 across the span. live look outside, the golden gate bridge no delay between 580 and the golden gate bridge toll plaza. mass transit, we mentioned earlier 18 bart trains were all running on time. well, muni, caltrain and ace train number 1 are also on schedule. back to you. >> thank you. >>> mississippi gover

. >> overnight roadwork including the nimitz. this is 880 near the coliseum. 23rd all the way down to hayward. we'll talk much more about that plus the rest of your morning drive. it's all coming up. >>> we are getting live pictures now out of florida. a bakery truck is hanging over the edge of a freeway overpass. this is in fort lauderdale. police say two people were inside when it crash. one person was rescued and taken to a hospital. another person is said to be inside and unresponsive. >>> we have developing news from the north bay of a triple murder. investigators are still on the scene this morning and they are searching for the killer. three men were found shot to death in a home on ross station road outside sonoma county town of forrestville. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec is in sonoma county and has the very latest now. anne, good morning. >>> reporter: investigators have been doing more interviews overnight. they are

this is a live look at the nimitz 880 northbound and southbound relatively quiet right now between hayward and downtown oakland. getting a check of some of your bridges, you can really see the slick spots across the san mateo bridge. so this is the flat section. this is right after the toll plaza. west wound 92 the drive time 14 minutes out of hayward towards the peninsula. bay bridge, in our first traffic report we saw overnight roadwork in lanes. looks like they cleared it. they had two lanes blocked approaching the toll plaza. so far, so good towards the pay gates and up the incline, no major delays into san francisco. overnight roadwork may slow you down on eastbound highway 4 approaching loveridge out of pittsburg towards antioch. they have one lane blocked until about 5:30 this morning. more overnight roadwork in danville southbound 680 approaching sycamore valley. a crash in that area just cleared to the right-hand shoulder. coming up, we will get a check of mass transit. in the moon time, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 4:39. new this morning another big earthquake rattled the

elsewhere here's a live look at 880 the nimitz. southbound 880 between embarcadero and fruitvale they got three right lanes blocked until about 5 a.m. so far not causing big delays. more overnight roadwork southbound 101 near the waldo tunnel left lane blocked until 6 a.m. we have that full freeway closure. the eastbound lanes of 4 approaching loveridge road heading into antioch from the pittsburg-bay point area. there is a short detour in place. caltrans hopes to pick it up by 5:00 this morning. mass transit no delay. bart, ace, muni, caltrain and your ferries are all reporting everything on schedule. that's a first check of traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. it is 4:38 now. >>> neighbors in san francisco's nob hill area are talking about a proposal to put new limits on nightclubs in the neighborhood there. supervisor david chiu is calling for a ban on new bars along a six-block stretch of polk street. there was a community meeting about it just last night. >> i'm not talking about increasing the number of liquor licens

right now things are improving beginning to pick up the overnight roadwork on the 880 freeway on the nimitz past the coliseum. just a few minutes ago we saw traffic nearly stopped in the northbound lanes but again they are working to reopen that roadwork. it was extending from 66th to fruitvale and is scheduled to be picked up by 5 a.m. this morning. elsewhere to the bay bridge now, see if we can see any more flashing lights. a little earlier around 4:30 we saw some police cars blocking a couple of lanes towards the toll plaza. no longer the case, but again caltrans has lanes blocked in the upper deck from the cantilever section towards the island until 5 a.m. that's a check of your bay area traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> what caused a 61-year-old water main to break in san francisco remains a mystery this morning. that rupture damaged dozens of homes and cars. so much water yesterday morning. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joins us from the neighborhood. how is it looking this morning? >> reporter: it's looking a little bit better than yesterday but you want to take a look at

outside here's a live look at the nimitz 880 in oakland. they continue to work on that widening project from oakland all the way down into san leandro. so it sounds like they are in the clearing stages now. technically according to caltrans supposed to be picked up by 5:00 this morning. that's from hegenberger down towards marina on southbound 880. elsewhere to the bay bridge now, no delay approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. you will find various lanes blocked on the incline section of the span once you get past the pay gates but obviously it's still so early not causing much of a delay getting into the city and a quick check near the dublin interchange, westbound and eastbound 580 both at the limit. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> and we thank you, liz. >>> a maritime safety group may adopt some new rules on thursday limiting ships from staying under the bay bridge during foggy conditions. this follows an accident last month when an empty tanker called the overseas reymar struck the base of a tower and now a working group of the ha

as a 80 over crossing, a little awake here for the nimitz freeway approach. of the anne klein and cars the upper deck. though the 30 minutes from the foot of the maze t. southbound 1 01 is still relatively quiet coming out of the more space. the east shore freeway, die from heart hercules to berkeley coming in at only 12 minutes. we're still pretty quiet in the south bay with a lot of grain on the roadways sensors. >> obama please is still looking for the person assigned ac transit bus over the weekend. you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? [ both laugh ] ♪ [ fancy voice ] brilliant idea, darling. ♪ [ female announcer ] the wireless receiver. get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. eat tomato sauce on my spaghetti. the acidic levels in some foods can c

this is hang on cedar court which is near the nimitz freeway.king at live pictures of the scene right now. police say two men robbed a bank in fremont earlier today and a vehicle matching the description of the getaway car was traced back to that easy 8 motel. one of the suspects surrendered around 4 p.m. but police tell us he has been uncooperative. we'll bring you more developments as they come in. >>> a surprise for police officers raiding a suspected drug house in fairfield. they found a stash of drugs and cash but also an alligator. kpix 5 reporter ann notarangelo at the vacaville police department with details. >> reporter: allen, they did get a tip from the public to the police department. they say the tip led them to a bay area pot grower and a baby alligator. vacaville police stopped fairfield residents laurie and william riley for a traffic violation and discovered $250,000 of processed marijuana and handgun. a search of their fairfield home in the 400 block of begonia turned up, according to police, more evidence of marijuana, seven g