still jammed up on the nimitz freeway in the southbound direction.g at a reasonably big back up at the bay bridge all morning and were not doing much better now. still 16 to 80 minutes even coming from the e shore freeway and even the nimitz approaches back up to the top of the ramp. we did however see a big shift here at the san mateo bridge which was a hot spot and. much longer than normal. as you head out and should have an easy trip if you >>:members of the same group have set up roadblocks in other towns.and seized weapons. there's still much more to come on the kron four morning news. >>: mickey rooney grew up in show business. a product of hollywood's golden age. by the time he played the puck and the 1935 film of midsummer's night dream. ronnie was already a veteran. he had made his acting debut before he was too. and his parents act. of what the bill would serve him well. he would sing, dance and act as a way for hundreds of failed spanning seven decades. in 1937 his energy and versatility it landed him the role of andy hardy, a witty comedy

>>george: monetary and a new accident on the nimitz freeway north found 880 at 23rd.ave a pickup truck and a big rig involved in an accident. initial reports indicated the pickup truck landed on its side of blocking lanes of the nimitz freeway. this could become a major snag and you talk spot for the east bay ride on the nimitz freeway north bound to read again its at 23rd. starting to see some slowing for the corridor for 880 southbound. typically have year to the altamont but now slowing from livermore out to dublin. and your dumbarton bridge still under a wind advisory this morning. at south bay freeway still look pretty good as we still have some schools on spring break so we don't have quite full traffic loads onto 8085 or 11 north bound iran ride still looks great still under 30 minutes in a bottle to the golden gate bridge. speaking of the bridges here's your favorite dry westbound if you're heading to the san mateo bridge highway 92, drive times were at 15 now they are back down to 13 minutes over to foster city and for your trip to this a richmond san rafael

north of the nimitz is fine. back to emeryville, this is our drive at the oakland maze at powell street we had a stalled vehicle and c.h.p. came in, did a traffic break, moved the car to the side and traffic is slowing up to 580 and at the bay bridge toll plaza there is heavy traffic because the metering lights show quite a few commuters on the roads. >> in san jose there was a two-alarm fire this morning. it happened at a commercial building at 3:20 this morning with several businesses and billings but officials say the fire break out at a landscaping company there with crews knocking down the fire at 4:00. they are staying on the scene and you can see there are many of them to make sure there are no flare-ups. >> in san francisco, police are investigating another fatal pedestrian accident that happened at 11:00 last night at van ness and golden gate avenue. a truck was traveling north and hit the pedestrian not in the crosswalk. this is the seventh deadly accident in san francisco this year. >> san francisco po

we're looking at potential hot spot here of the nimitz freeway 8 '80s out about in hayward with a mall vehicle accident that according to the chp that arrived on scene as blocking at least to possibly three lanes of the nimitz freeway southbound at industrial. there was an accident saw the bond at alum rock but did not have any impact on the southbound ride slowing the northbound direction hearing about all we look the we're going to slide this map of a love that really are lake until someone 01 the accident that was reported at the shoulder now becoming a similar to into backing of the 11 solve our ride as he tried to get into petaluma and go like the ride. leading into and ran. >>darya: 690 happening today drivers be one san francisco police and the see if the team enough to catch for drivers behaving badly in the city during today's commute this morning and again this afternoon. this special traffic enforcement operation. starts in about 45 minutes at 7:00 along less of an offense. >>: for bay area lawmakers breaking ground this afternoon on the bald mountain area and the sierra off

to the south, along the nimitz, beyond 980 there is a two-car crash causing significant slow down andyou are taking that as an alternate, not going to be a good one at this hour. >>> 6:31. breaking news from oakland where a fire causes tens of thousands in damage to offices belonging to children's hospital firefighters say this place is suspicious and our reporter is on scene with more. nick? >> this fire was first reported after 2:30 this morning and i want to show you the video shot as soon as we got here, you can see the flames jumping out of the eves and near the roof of the building and it is important to notice this because this is primarily where the fire was contained. it was a single alarm fire, and there were no reports of injuries, just a few seconds ago i had an opportunity to speak with one of the administrators of children's hospital the prosecute to whom the bidding longs. >> damage to the roof and a couple of computers that were damageed but they did an incredit edge job. >> what is the building used for? >> staff education and training and, obviously, the investigatio

as the worse and the nimitz was on top repeat through. according to a report by caltran, 84 percent of california highways are in good operating condition. but commuters that use the roads regularly are not so sure. >> there seem to be a lot of construction on 80 around the altamont pass -- no, excuse me, 880. they seem to try to fix that area. >> it is a challenge. >> a $3.9 billion infusion of cash the past several years for road paving is almost gone. money from the recovery act and proposition 1b was one time only programs. >> with people driving less, which they should, that is all good, but that is where the funding comes from so it is a double edge sword. >> one of ten miles driven in america is driven in california. 40 percent of all god brought to america are brought in on california roads. the bay area is mostly at the port of oakland. >> a fully loaded 18 threer is equal to 5,000 passes of an s.u.v. >> if you drive these roads regularly, you have an opinion to share. we want to hear from you. go to our facebook page and let us

we continue to track delays on the nimitz freeway common no.n coming out of oakland, the backup is reaching beyond 29th, a minor accident and market street. it has jammed up the ride heading, 15 minutes you should use interstate 580 instead. >> the sacramento fire department is stand on the scene of this huge fire this morning. it brought through a commercial building in midtown a sacramento last night. investigators believe it is suspicious. the warehouse stores exotic cars. those may have contributed to this heavy flame. 85 firefighters could not stop the fire from damaging to nearby businesses. at this point, no injuries have been reported. >> another key figure in a federal corruption investigation involving state senator leland yee has made bail. political consultant-keith jackson is out free. prosecutors argued against the judge's decision, did to the serious nature of the allegations. they stated that jackson conspired with state senator to trade political favors for cash and trafficking of guns. jackson's attorney says the there is no r

northbound nimitz at the alameda if you are making your way up to the san jose aircraft it is in the lanes and be careful. the san jose airport, looking good. and highway 85, it is nice and clear. now, at the richmond and san rafael bridge, the tom -- toll plaza is looking good, and at the north bay you will be greeted with this: clear conditions southbound 101 with the head lits showing traffic is clear and accident free. katie and eric? >> watch abc is available to dish cuss continues who want to watch online or on smartphones and tablets by clicking on the "watch abc" to find out how to access it. you can search in your app store and watch your favorite abc fors live or on demand on your mobile device. >> new this morning, the porn production studio in the old national guard armoury could be converted to office space. the owner of the building and the porn website is applying for a city permit to make the conversion, as a plan to hold on the building if making adult movies there becomes unprofitable. health regulators aimed at curbing the spread of aids is driving the business out

shows now checking in with the accident in hayward and if you are traveling southbound along the nimitz you will find before you reach industrial parkway, we have wazers behind us saying, indeed, skit -- it is a traffic >>> 6:42. happening today, twitter will report its quarterly earnings and investors are focusing on how much money they are making. >> a major company that came close to buying a big site and why negotiations fell apart. >> is your favorite restaurant in the south bay a safe place to enjoy a >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> diners in the south bay can soon have an easy way to tell if their favorite restaurant is a safe place to eat. >>> matt keller is in san jose to show us how it is all in the cars. matt? >> the cards could be placed in the windows of the restaurants letting you know if your favorite place to eat has passed the most recent health inspection. the proposal requires green, yellow or red plaques letting you know the restaurant passed, has a conditional pass or failed health inspection. a similar measure p

but the nimitz and 580 through the livermore valley looks great. bart also off to a very nice start. so far all trains are on time. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >>> happening right now, the powerful storm system that spawned deadly tornadoes in the south and central u.s. earlier this week continue to wreak havoc os it moves east. as adriana diaz reports, some states have flooding. >> reporter: heavy rain caused flash flooding across the south well into the night. firefighters in mobile, alabama carried people from their homes as water blocked off roads. in pensacola, florida more than 5" of rainfall in just an hour. submerged cars and turned roads into a river. it was the same scene in north carolina. floodwaters took over a home. >> it was a glass in this door and it was totally blown out. >> water level here probably 3 feet here in the house. >> reporter: storms have been causing problems since the weekend. here in duncanville, alabama, downed trees lined roads. across the state the clean-up effort is under way after a ser

nimitz freeway in oakland looks great. westbound 580 through dublin, everything moving at the speed limit. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. >>> the search has been suspended for a menlo park woman who may be lost on mount tam in marin county. 33-year-old woman hasn't been seen in 10 days. a security camera captured this image of her walking across the parking lot on the 30th. her car was later found in that area. search crews scoured the area all weekend but didn't find any trace of her. glen could you ski's mother is refusing to give up hope that her daughter will be found safe. [ inaudible ] >> she would fight. >> crews say it's like searching for a needle in a haystack on mount tam. >>> the associated students at uc-santa barbara are requesting a civil grand jury investigation after a weekend street party turned violent. >> thousands of students filled the streets for the deltopia event. it was ugly as revelers lit fires, jumped on cars and tore down stop signs. >> it's a bummer. p

you are backed up all the way to the nimitz freeway.rive time is now 45 minutes outside highway 101. if you're or to take the dumbarton bridge, that is also starting to back up. >> nascar points leader dale are hard to your left early after a wreck at the duck commander 5 underspent cup race in fort worth, texas. earnhardt drove into the rain drenched grass and then had a crash against the wall after just three laps. by doing so he would-that's he wound up with his first- place finish in seven seasons. >> in maryland, a bus drivers faces several charges after police said a bus hit a boy. the driver left this bus unattended and drifted away. the little gor was waiting at the bus stop outside of a high school. witnesses just into action, of pulling the 8 year-old from under the bust. a second child, who was on the bus to the talks also suffered a minor injury. the driver is charged with reckless endangerment, leaving a child unattended, and other traffic offenses related to this accident. >> it will be sunday at 1 today for the game. the

a check of the east bay where the nimitz is flowing nicely from hayward to downtown oakland exits. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> suspended state senator leland yee has pleaded not guilty to corruption charges. he and 20 other defendants swept up in raids two weeks ago appeared in federal court in san francisco yesterday. yee is charged with gun running and political corruption. he is free on $500,000 bond. also in court, raymond "shrimp boy" chow. his arraignment was put off until next week because he has a new lawyer with a long colorful history here in the bay area. tony serra wasted no time firing off explosive allegations aimed at the government's case. >> and the government ensnared my client by their affirmative acts tantamount to entrapment, tantamount to outrageous government behavior and throw in from our perspective a modicum of racism, unadulterated racism. >> serra says at no time did chow participate in a crime and he looks forward to his day in court to prove it. >>> one marine is dead and another in custo

we are not seeing much roadwork this morning up and down the nimitz freeway so this is a nice little break for folks if you are traveling northbound 880 taillights moving northbound past the oakland coliseum, oakland airport actually 16 minutes between 238 and the maze. there should be still some overnight roadwork maybe in the clearing stages now westbound 580 approaching the dublin interchange. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> and we thank you, liz. >>> if you get caught texting while driving today don't say we didn't warn you. the chp and other agencies all across the state are cracking down on distracted driving this month. and there's a special effort today. more than 426,000 california drivers were convicted last year for texting on using hand- held phones. >>> gm's ceo says it's okay to keep driving the recalled cars plus with obamacare behind him the president now focusing in on raising the federal minimum wage. jill wagner has that and a whole bunch more on your moneywatch. >> reporter: day 2 of general motors' ceo mary barra's testimony on capitol hil

here's a live look at the nimitz freeway. we had an earlier accident on oak street another fatal accident on high street. everything is free and clear and no longer seeing any delays between hayward and the downtown oakland exits. that's traffic. back to you guys. >>> developing news in san francisco. investigators search for what caused a deadly explosion and fire in a home half dozen family members injured as well. kpix 5 reporter anne makovec has details now from the sunny daily neighborhood and joins us with the latest. >>> reporter: castillo road is open but the devastation is done in the sunnydale neighborhood. >> reporter: an 86-year-old woman was killed around 5:00 last night. this was the scene right after the fire. that is the second story window from which a man jumped for his life. the fire broke out again around 5:00 and moved very quickly through one building and then into another. >> we have heavy smoke and fire showing from the top floor and also the rear of the building. >> none of us could go to the top floo

this is the nimitz freeway. and as you conceive of the directions are completely clear. traffic is very light moving at the limit. >>james: thanks george. happening now.the 108th annual great san francisco earthquake commemoration is about to kick off in san francisco. that's in the intersection of third, kearny and geary. later the "gliding of the fire hydrant" will be held at 20th and church. we'll check back in with a look at the start of the event a little bit later in the show. new this morning. police in concord are trying to figure out what lead to a deadly shooting. the shooting happened last night around 8-55 at adelaide street. officers arrived on scene to find a man lying in the road suffering from at least one gunshot wound. will check and right now with the memorial. >>: we mentioned of course adana huggins was vicki the lily alive for just as long cans and a special honor rate ron, as was generous support for the commemoration activities flow to honor. let's give run a nice hand. and while i'm thinking. here it would give the round of applause. the guardian

. >>: for morning news us where tracking a house by a parent on the nimitz freeway in of all directions ride on a downtown oakland even though the backup is pretty sure it's a 25 minute and root time in the same time it'll take to to get north from. but the slow traffic will continue much further south found at nearly 70 minute drive time from oakland into millipede is. >>: its a 11 renown and settles a police are investigating a 13th murder a woman was found dead in her apartment on jose furriners ave. the body was discovered there o'clock that afternoon they don't know how long it been there and they'd have not yet determine the cause of her death. >>: up just five points rainout very low numbers coming in with gross domestic products the u.s. economy will need to grow 0.1 percent the last three months of the year. >>: for is a severe weather that's hitting the southern part of the nation the storms the major flooding in the tornado damage coming up ahead. [annncera hethy g is ayfudog. 's coriemartnd ttes veggs. mulealickod.y, beful althweig...fm rina spicis t spi at hlshiofife. th's

here's a live look at the nimitz 880 in oakland. all these taillights that's northbound traffic. the oakland coliseum is there off in the distance so as you can see everything is free- flowing. 15 minutes between 238 and the maze. remember kcbs when you hit the roads at 106.9 fm or 740-am. that's a check of traffic. for more on your forecast, changes, here's lawrence. >>> elizabeth, i know you love the rain. so we'll get to that rain but not quite yet, elizabeth, right now it is dry outside. our hi-def doppler radar scanning your skies and so far we have a couple of clouds moving into our skies right now but we do see the rain showing up in far northern california. it will take some time to get here probably not going to arrive until later on tonight into early tomorrow morning. so with that in mind, we have a lot of clouds beginning to move into our skies. they will be on the increase throughout the morning. and because of that, it's not quite as cold. mostly cloudy in the afternoon, still some mild temperatures and then rain beginning tonight spreading across the bay area on fr

crossing getting this clear from the far right lane but nonetheless worry on the nimitz freeway. it's getting out of oakland or san land for union city. the crash is only blocking one lands already in the clearing status. into san francisco light. some will get less than two men from the maze to downtown. and a quick check of 92 that's looking good of course have more cars on its route to its is the what is a ride between the nimitz freeway and highway one >>:some roadways around the bay area will be cleaner after today. caltrans and c-h-p are awareness of litter clean-up today as part of earth day activities. bay area highway changeable message signs will remind california". alongside our highways. caltrans spent about $62 million statewide cleaning up litter and collecting more 155,000 cubic yards of trash last year. a long lost 19th century shipwreck has been found in san francisco bay. the remains of the steamer called - "city of chester" have been found just east of the golden gate bridge. u-s president barack obama meets with the heads of japan on his first stop of a four-n

light beyond the thank subwith tail lights moving along pine and accident preand 101 away from the nimitz we had an early program which new cleared and remark is flowing smoothly. eric and kristen? >> coming up, what two napa county wines have in common with abraham lincoln's hat and neil armstrong's space suit. >> coke's $1 billion bet to get you to bay more soda. >> a family swept away at san francisco ocean beach and a teen surfer comes to the rescue with his quinn actions and the search still taking place this morning for one of >> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> developing search teams are dealing with cold water and thick fog searching for a 14 yearly swept into the sea at san francisco's ocean beach. >> that is where we are with the coast guard. nick? >> good morning, this is what we have been waiting for: daylight to aid in the search. you can see in this video a rescue boat in the water doing a bit of searching. this started yesterday afternoon after the current overcame two cousins and a father. neither could get to the shore as they bat

>>erica: an accident on the nimitz freeway north bound 880 ride around 110. your ride heading down to the san mateo bridge but we do have a crash to report currently blocking up to two lanes. looks like the chp and freeway service patrol roadways sensors are green indicated speeds of 50 mi. are greater per hour. as for the rest of the bay area we're looking at very calm conditions with no backups or delays as ahead to the bay bridge toll plaza. over at the san mateo bridge reinstalled vehicle westbound closer to the high-rise block in the slow lane right now the chickens feed traffic still flowing freely in. it's very quiet as a merger with and to marin county. in fact the chp not reporting in the incident in the area and the lawn of his most of the cars from molding and using the cash lanes. so very fast as a right to marin county. >>: president obama scheduled to visit the site of the deadly mudslides in washington. the announcement comes as the death toll climbs three officials said 35 people have died in there working to identify four of the bodies with a

could block one lane in an accident were in san jose, starting with 101 as you come away from the nimitz you can see the traffic which is smooth and not too many cars at the san jose airport. from one end of 101 to the other, the headlights in the southbound direction coming away from 580 to san francisco will take you under 20 minutes. >> in oakland crews are cleaning up after a tree fell on the street last night. three cars were badly damaged when the tree fell at 10:00 and another received minor damage. the trees took down power lines and knocked out electricity to homes and three homes are still without power but no one was hurt. we will check on the crews and the progress when nick joins us at 5:30 from the scene. >> in san francisco crews cleaned up the damage after this tree crash down in the castro take down power lines on 20th and shut down a block for an hour. power was quickly restored. a huge oak street fell on a house at jefferson street splitting the roof and this is a tweeted by the register, two baths and a closet were damaged went tree came down with two people home at t

northbound, along 101, 40 miles per hour is the top speed as you travel define the 280/680 split to the nimitz. a wide view of san jose and nothing but green. on the bay bridge, you can see traffic is still funneling through in the cash-paying lanes and fast track lanes and car poolers. the san mateo bridge is moving along but a now extra folks are moving across the water. >> we have to talk about that food you eat at the ballpark. >> fire crews on sign of a house fire all night after flames chased seven people from their homes breaking out before 3:00 yesterday afternoon at a home near the campbell murder -- circle. the flames spread to two other houses. the neighborhood is made up of homes that the firefighters say are a design that can work against them. >> very nice hopes. they are build for open space. a lost natural air flow, natural lighting, bringing outdoors in and open configureation it helps the fire spread quicker. >> the crews for the fire under control at 11:00 with no injuries. the cause is under investigation. >> novato police hope you can find a man linked to a homicide. inves

because we expected nimitz to be blocked for such a long time. let's take a look at your ride to the bay bridge as if you're heading their coming out of the macarthur maze your drive time is now up to 20 minutes and traffic is now backed up beyond the 580 flyover of oakland 580 westbound. >>: we will begin with the san mateo bridge camera shows a nice shot of the cloud cover out there this morning. that's a part of this system rolling through. it gave us a few sprinkles overnight. rain is not falling right now. as we take a quick look at the satellite and radar loop we will see most of the wet weather is confined to the western slopes of the sea and at lake tahoe. so we have rain and snow. at least for getting that out of the system because it really did have fought here over the bay. we will get that change. let's walk you through weather. the low fifties for san jose in concord. looks like upper forties for santa rosa. when we come back at 715 will have your free day out look and talk about what to expect wednesday and thursday as we head to mi

along the nimitz you are looking clear into fremont and 680 and then slowing in the northbound direction up the pinole grade but southbound traffic is nine through hayward on 880. >> a few extra cars from the east bay and any construction in the westbound direction is all wrapped up. >> still ahead, the jaw dropping cost of childhood obesity in american's money report. >> yahoo tries the tv business. . i want you to be kind.ff i wantsuper o be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i want you to be awesome. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. i want you to return my emails. i want you to keep me doing this for another sixty years. at kaiser permanente, we want you to choose the doctor that's right for you. find your perfect match at kp.org and thrive. >>> covering benicia, san mateo and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good monday morning at 5:13. the embarcadero in san francisco shows the beautiful bay lights on the bay bridge and a gorgeous morning. very warm. we will talk about the week with meteorologist mike n

head down the nimitz freeway.t's move along to the peninsula the bay shore freeway southbound 101 traffic looks good. southbound 280 there was a car that hit a deer near wood side road. 5:50 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. good morning, everybody. cooler today. way above average yesterday on those temps. you know it has to come back down some way. a little band of high clouds here and there. but more fog for sure. coast and bay and some inland. temperatures yesterday they sored up there. good anywhere from 10-20 degrees above average. officially 75 in san francisco. livermore 86. 19 above in san jose. today temperatures will come down 10-15 degrees. not 75. not 80. we are getting closer to near average. there is a little bit more fog for some. there is a lot of it for others. the low clouds will be enhancing here. a little low is coming in. it will track toward southern california and result and increase in fog and low clouds and more of a westerly breeze. they are running a little cooler today than yesterd

in san jose, remark is moving smoothly although we do see a little bit of slowing on 280 at the nimitzre we have the project that is in the works between northbound and southbound 880 between 280 and forest avenue. if you are headed along 101 and a flight at san jose, 70 miles per hour and 85 is clear and accident free at 67 miles per hour. the san mateo bridge is at top speed, too, and drive time traffic, 580 is slow down at 37 minutes from tracy to dublin and highway four is clear. san rafael to san francisco that is a quick drive. berkeley, headed westbound, the headlights up to the maze, we had a stall out there and a car crashed and that iserred so all lanes are re-opened. >> seven things to know use start your day the. >> unique way the sharks are asking fans to celebrate as the team heads into the stanley cup thanks, guys. i think this is the best thing you made all week. steve, we love you but you know you live next door, right? uh-huh. don't your brothers and sisters miss you? no. we text. ok. [ female announcer ] here's to moms who know what a dollop of daisy can do. unlike o

your best bet is to use the nimitz freeway. of you going to the san mateo bridge, there is a lot of space no slowdowns. over all of the richmond san rafael bridge, the first sign of slowing. traffic is starting to slow down in the fasttrack lanes. cash paying customers are now seen at the lake. the drive time is about 15 minutes from interstate 81 on one. >> i was monitoring an incident at candlestick point. there were areas of slow traffic but a lot of activity shows a car almost ran into the water. again, not of the traffic lanes are tied up. for the south bay, they're still dealing with slow traffic for one on one approaching san mineta. you cannot specs' slow and go conditions for cupertino and into mountain view. >> i can't remember pulling the trigger, my lady. >> but you did not aim at thieves. >> but firearm was aimed at the door at the time, my lady. >> did you want to shoot the people coming out of the door or not? >> i did not have the time to think about if i wanted to or did not want to, my lady. i heard a noise co

on our traffic map you can see there is slowing northbound 101 away from the 280/680 split to the nimitz and that traffic is building. we have a brand new accident northbound 87 to julian street a two-car crash is on the shoulder and southbound is moving look fine and if you are driving along the nimitz up to 17 and 280 it is looking clear. tracy to dublin is 44 minutes and holding steady, and southbound 680, dublin to mission boulevard is five minutes. and a look at the east bay, walnut creek, southbound 680, looking clear out there and not too much traffic, starting to bunch up near highway 24. >> it is 6:10. the mega messager that could be in the borks between the largest drug companies. >> toyota to texas? new speculation that texas could be hijacking california jobs. >> the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 takes a new turn and help now being brought in to fine the p e know when pars and teachers work together... woman: our schools get stronger. man: as superintendent and teachers work together... of public education, that's been tom torlakson's approach. woman: torlakson has

san jose airport up to sunnyvale it is looking clear and milpitas at 67 miles per hour along the nimitz and down to the 280 freeway, 55 miles per hour along 85 and 280 through cupertino is not a problem with drive time traffic walnut creek to dublin is 14 minutes and 101 southbound from santa rosa to san francisco is 41 minutes. outside we go, and a picture of the bay bridge toll plaza and you can see a few cars coming in away from the maze with light conditions and that the legal construction we had baby direction that is all wrapped up. kristen sze? >> a major online retailer is offering to pay their employees. to quit. do you know who it is? america's money report is next. >> the technical giant announcing a major investment in san francisco that could tied to a new city lap -- landmark. >> we could say goodbye to the california drought's the year is wireleare awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but for half the

by the way we are looking at the nimitz freeway.ve a little bit of slow traffic on 880 south as you approach highway 82. 5:49 let's go to steve. >> thank you. >>> nice tweet from brooke martinez. she says i love the smell of this rain. she says can you please make it stick around? well, i have the power, you know. i will do my best. we do have snow up in the sierra nevada. i will have more on that in a second. there is not a lot of rain. there is a little bit. .02 in san francisco. .04 san brew foe mountain. and also out in milpitas. there has been a little bit. most of the rain has been confined to the south bay and peninsula or east bay. cloudy, cool, the rain has begun. off and on rain. maybe some thunderstorm activity later today. best bet would be hail. not a lot to the north. there is a little bit here as we go up to mendocino county and lake county. it is steady. that report from hernandez said steady rain down here. there is a little bit here but not a lot. it looks like the heaviest will be in areas to the south so far. 50s

everything else also cruising right along, same thing on the nimitz, this is near the oakland coliseumhat northbound task still moving from heyward and 238. only about 16 minutes to take you past your downtown oakland exit. here's the latest tweet with the traffic. metering lights were turned on 5:50 this morning, little bit on the overall side considering no major problems coming into san francisco, traffic was height far while, now it is backed up into the maize. 20 minutes or so to get you on to the span, things look great once you get past the metering lights. also we haven't heard reports of any problems due to a pothole that was blocking lanes. this is coming into daley city. a couple cars, couple drivers not having such a good start to the morning, wicking up with flat tires as they drove pasts that. overall you can see no delay on 280 or 101. leaving san francisco, and they did clear that big rig approaching grant line, delays now, usual stuff through lovermore, let's check with your traffic, lauren, gorgeous sunrise. >> it is a beautiful start to the day outside as we're just

so for another 20 minutes or so, you can see the traffic is moving freely into cupertino and the nimitz northbound and southbound. 580 and tracy to castro valley is 33 minutes. 101 northbound to san jose airport is 12 minutes. the san mateo bridge is quiet and it will only take ten minutes to head across the water over to the peninsula with no accidents to report there. >> it is 4:39. a spring break may >> did all americans listen t to ] when i said that...we weren't ready to have a baby, we're actually eight-weeks pregnant. [women] shut up! [brother-in-law off camera] we're pregnant! [woman] you're kidding me! [man] shut up! [woman] shut up! [screams] take the kid,take the kid,take the kid! [woman] oh my god! [everyone laughter,crying] >>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> any student who took part in the spring break party that turned into a riot will be punished. police and sheriff deputies used tear gas to break up a street brawl near uc santa barbara. 100 were arrested after the party became violent on saturday.

freeway is already over 20 minutes of the five posed drive times sometimes the best approach is the nimitzreeway and that's about a 60 minute proposition into downtown san francisco. more reaction continuing to pour an overnight. >>even more reaction coming in overnight over the donald sterling tapes. we're hearing from not only african american leaders. but leaders in the n-b-a on and off the court this morning. responding to what appears to be the clippers owner telling his girlfriend to not only delete pictures of her posing with magic johnson and other black professional athletes. but to not even bring them to his team's games. here's some of the latest to come in. our top story this morning. we continue to follow to controversy surrounding comments made by the clippers owner. game 5 in the series against the warriors is tonight in los angeles. and now there are questions on how this will affect the game and ticket sales. there's a call for a protest outside los angeles outside the stable center. the bay area ridge kron4's jackie sissel is alive. kron 4's jackie sissel is live from ora

the nimitz freeway 880 in oakland.ood all the way to your downtown oakland exits. >>> it is friday, so on fridays we want to know what drives you crazy? we got an email from helen in petaluma. she wrote in to say, you know, her commute is only about three miles or so but she hates the drivers who stop at those roundabouts when no cars are coming. she says when there's no stop sign, don't stop. all right, helen. when someone mentions roundabouts i'm always reminded of this hilarious scene in national lampoon's european vacation. he gets stuck going around and around in a circle in london and can't ever catch the exit lane. roundabouts can be confusing so here's a few tips for you. number one, yield to cars to the left. number two, reduce your speed. and number 3, if you are already in the roundabout, don't ever stop unless of course to avoid a crash. we want to know what drives you crazy during your morning commute. ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see

here's a live look also in the east bay 880 the nimitz freeway.way it's quiet smooth sailing between hayward and your downtown oakland exits. at the bay bridge sadly you are stacked up well into the macarthur maze. 580 slow approach, as well. >>> the sea breeze kicked in more clouds around the bay area today and pushing onshore. looking good toward mount diablo. just a few high clouds but the low clouds and fog moving in even some drizzle near the coastline this afternoon fog camping out toward the coastline. 60s and 70s there. 80s elsewhere. cooler weather on the way through saturday. city, oklahoma, was making a routine traffic stop when a distracted driver crashed into his car. the driver was fined for texting while driving. the driver who was pulled over suffered minor injuries. the police officer is okay. ob that took hostages at the american embassy in 1979. >>> and "the tonight show" moved from southern california to new york city this year. now l.a. is looking for revenge, trying to bring the late show to the west coast after david letterm

it's about a ten minute drive across the span and no major problems if you are driving on the nimitz freeway. 580 we keep watching that because this is one of the busiest early east commutes but so far so good. let's go to steve. >>> thank you. happy friday. a lot of clouds over us. low and high clouds. associated with a low that is coming in. but it is spinning a lot of clouds. so clouds and fog might be a little drizzle. so far no reports yet but it's still early. partly cloudy but then mostly sunny. high pressure give it credit it didn't want to budge. it's slowly moving off toward the east. it will increase the low cloud deck and give us some more drizzle. morning low clouds, higher clouds, cooler forecast by the clouds but the lows are running warmer. more 50s. yesterday we had a ton of 40s but now it's more into the 40s. cloud cover will thin out as it goes south to north. it's heading more toward los angeles but it will keep the fog bank going. 34 up in tahoe. 47 reno. 52 in ukiah. there is the low driving in a lot of cloud cover but there is a drier edge toward the back cover

here's a live look at the nimitz up and down oakland into hayward.verything is moving at the speed limit. southbound it's only about 15 minutes in both directions on northbound and southbound 880 between 238 and the macarthur maze oakland into san leandro. all right. here's a live look at our sensors now westbound 580 up and over the altamont pass beginning to see some slowdowns, as well. once you get past vasco, everything improves in the clear still that drive time. this will likely change any minute now but out of tracy also some slowing approaching mountain house and again that's 16 minutes between the wind turbines and the dublin interchange. speaking of the dublin interchange all those headlights are moving westbound. past 680 it's smooth sailing into the castro valley y. there was an accident reported near strobridge i should mention this is castro valley but so far no details. we are not sure if it's blocking lanes. a quick look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights so far and no delay cash or fastrak. that's your latest "kcbs traf

this is east bound now heading back towards the nimitz freeway. it was an overturned accident here. but a kron4's will tran those live on the same pretty good morning will. for the >>vicki: good morning george pretty good news to pass a law. the chp just pulled out from the scene here about three minutes ago. you could see now both lanes of is about 84 open to the public. this happened around 4:00 in the morning when a solo driver got distracted according to the chp. she was coming from menlo park. either someone called her text of her and she looked down at her fault got distracted loss control for st and ultimately slammed into a guard rail. and then she slipped. you could see on the road will bear some skid marks. that's where she ended up. miraculously come up her car was crushed but she did not suffer a scratch. no injuries. the chp not went inside her. it was a very happy with what happened. he wants to get the word out. please do not drive distracted because he believes that was the cause of this accident. as you can see we're going to leave the same. you have any problems ea

the roadwork has been cleared up and down the nimitz freeway.are traveling through marin county, chp says this dense fog advisory is still in effect for the span across the golden gate bridge northbound and southbound 101 between san francisco and marin. all right. it is friday. we want to know what is driving you crazy this morning. melody wrote in to say, what drives me crazy on my commute is when people throw their cigarette butts out the window. thank you, melody, for that email. well, of course it might be easier to flick the ash but it's a fire hazard. that's why california has tough laws to put the brakes on littering, especially drivers toes out cigarettes. first time offenders could pay $500. and on top of that, complete eight hours of community service. so you don't want to get caught with that. if you enjoy smoking while driving, use your ashtray. we want to know what drives you crazy during your commute. please ask a question or share a gripe by emailing crazy@kpix.com. or tweet me at #ewengerkpix and watch to see if your question ge

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right now we are looking at a commute that is still slow on the nimitz freeway. effected by a truck accident. coming up we will show you what the best way to get around this problem in oakland is. >> weak little cold front slid by it didn't do much. >>> we are live in richmond where a burglar is shot and by the person who lives inside the home. we will tell you what police are saying. >> east bay teacher is arrested after disturbing charges against him. and why some students say they are shocked. >> these are live pictures and there is san francisco mayor ed lee speaking right now. it was 108 years ago today that the great 1906 quake struck the bay area. the annual tradition that is already getting under way right now to commemorate that anniversary. >> new developments from south korea overnight. the arrest warrant just issued as hundreds of people remain missing after this weeks sinking of the ferry boat. it's all ahead on ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and good morning. we are following breaking news. you are taking a look live at pictures from richmond wher

happening, the crash wasn't blocking any lanes and now it is blocking two, northbound side of the nimitz at the parkway is not causing any delays and the traffic is headed in the southbound direction and look out for that. terrorism time traffic, 580, address to castro valley is 39 minutes. 101 to the san jose is 11 minutes. >>> the local group that is trying to buy back the oldest black-owned book to could not raise the money by community members are estimate ole miss tick they can save marcus books after buying the victorian in 1981 that was for closed last year for $1.5 million. the owners have been offered a loan to cover two they ares of the rich price but they have been unable to race the $1 million in matching funds. they are continuing to look for investors. >> a sweeping ruling for gays in ohio. the june will order ohio to recognize out-of-state gay marriages allowing gay couples to obtain the same benefits at any other married couple in the state and is not expected to force ohio to perform gay marriages. the state plans to appeal the ruling arguing that ohio has a sovereign ri

ford aircraft carrier, the new "nimitz" is $12 billion. it doesn't include planes. for more than the cost of an aircraft carrier they bought whatsapp. explain to someone like my dad, $19 billion. how is that possible? >> we can all chat about this. you can only understand the number if you've been a founder. it wasn't $19 billion. it was 10% of facebook fall you. mark zuckerberg is running this. he has an epic mountain to climb. he's making a bet with himself, if i spent 10% of my company, will it increase my value more than 10%. for him, it probably took about six minutes to make the decision. >> we get a little my opinionic here in the u.s. >> a little bit. >> a lot bit. we focus only on ourselves. when whatsapp was purchased for such a large amount of money, it made the instagram purchase look like nothing. everyone is like, what is this whatsapp? it's a global play, correct? >> it is. last time we were here we chatted at snap chat at $2.9 billion. >> i remember that. talk about inflation. >> whremember in the old days wn $3 billion was a lot of money. >> whatsap

it is even less if you're coming from the nimitz. bridge, we have all boarded stop and go conditions. that is good, it isn't easy ride but if your headed to richmond, it is very light traffic for was five they, >> mark: even higher hopes this morning in the search for the black boxes from the missing malaysia airliner.. australia's prime minister says they're confident several signals detected in that section are coming from the flight data and voice recorders from flight 3-70. despite those optimistic words, the leader of the search operation says there's been no major breakthrough in the past couple of days. officials say the latest underwater sound reported thursday by the crew on an australian plane is probably not related to the boeing triple-seven. 15-planes and 13-ships are involved in the search today. australia's prime minister says the search area has been narrowed to 18-thousand square miles. bill nye "the science guy" explained why it's a line >> in my experience, it was never just one day, it is just too bad that this ha

with this nimitz freeway ride. so much lighter than usual.f that would normally be read almost the entire stretch with a nearly 30 minute drive time into downtown oakland but that's not the case this morning. here in the south bay 85 to 81 01 all good. and the grand prize still under 30 minutes from the auto heading south towards the golden gate bridge. f >>darya: check out this live video we are getting out of long island. one person is dead in the crash involving a charter bus and a pickup truck on long island in new york. if the crash happened around 9:00 a.m. local time. the collision sent the bus ride into a tree. it's unclear how many people were on the bus but the driver of the pickup was killed. >>mark: happening today in the bay area, caltran will open their new san bruno station today. the new station is located on san mateo avenue about a half mile north of the old san bruno station onsylan avenue. the new station won't affect a train schedule in any way. caltran has posted flyers place notices on car windshields and is adding aler

between oak and washington on the nimitz three lanes blocked northbound. once you get into oakland everything is good through downtown oakland exits. bay bridge still problem-free between the oakland area and san francisco. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." >> thank you. >>> a pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing east of livermore. the two-seat cessna 152 lost power yesterday evening before setting down in a field near greenville road. the pilot, passenger both unharmed. there is no significant damage to the plane. >>> and two men that robbed a person at gunpoint in fremont were caught on camera trying to use the victim's credit card. the robbery happened at a bank of america atm on fremont boulevard last wednesday. this video is from a 7-eleven about an hour after the crime. the suspects used the victim's credit cards at the store and took off. both are described as indian an in their teens or early 20s. >>> stolen cell phones could soon become use less. wireless companies now planning to include anti-theft devices to erase your data remotely

the better ride is a san mateo bridge, come from the nimitz, this is your best bet and the drive time is about 13 minutes. all right the richmond san rafael, we're starting see the first sign of slowing. he could see the majority of the traffic is using the fasttrack lanes. >> as we take it over to the traffic maps we're attracting a fog advisories and he should keep that in mind that the visibility is less than a quarter of the mall in for lou rest of the traffic very light conditions. >> new information now on oscar pistorius this shows him shooting and a watermelon. this is video that is being used as evidence for the prosecution. they are comparing this to the gunshot wound that the girl france reeva steenkamp received to the head. today he refused to look at the fall of the crime scene. things became pretty heated. >> i think that is just extremely unfair to say. >> he stated that he shot her by accident, that he mistook her for a intruder. yesterday, he broke down in court, causing this trial to be adjourned. >> new this morning. president obama and first lady who had to 4 held

. >>> everything looks good now traveling up and down the nimitz freeway, from hayward straight on into the macarthur maze this evening could be tricky oracle, a game being played there. 15 minutes between 238 and the maze. altamont pass and 680, there was some overnight roadwork approaching hacienda as you got closer to the dublin interchange. should all be picked up by now and as you can see, it is all green on our sensors even on 205 so far coming from tracy. so i'm sure that commute will start to pick up any minute. in the meantime, the bay bridge looks great all the emergency repairs were made in the middle of the night. they finally reopened the westbound lanes at 2:30 this morning. eastbound opened earlier. all the repairs have been made. gridlock that happened last night is now over. everything is quiet in both directions and the san mateo bridge same thing really only see those taillights that's the commute traffic heading out of hayward. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> it was a bizarre day at a shopping mall in place

we want -- nimitz freeway. we wanted to show you some nice traffic. continues to look good into the downtown oakland. in livermore