for the north bay temperatures in the 60s with the 65 degrees in oakland, berkeley, san francisco.around the bay the winter will return this week mid- 50s. mostly cloudy skies. and rainy and cold 40's and 50's. >> due to lack of funding three parks in marin county were in danger of getting shut down. but as kron 4's jeff pierce save them. >> well a couple years ago it looked pretty shakey. >> reporter: china camp state park in close when the state park system was battered by state >> we have been in triage >> reporter: historical china camp of the best single track mountain bike trails in the bay area, trails the tamalpais high school mountain bike team train on. >> we weren't allowed to come last year when the park was getting ready to close, rangers just didn't want us to come and hang out at the park. >> reporter: but concerned citizens of marin raised nearly a million dollars to save china camp from closure, money that was matched by another million dollars from state parks. saturday those fund raising groups signed a partnership with the state park system to formalize that agr

down street here we're on oakland berkeley border.his man made people feel good with coffee but on the other hand he made his neighbor uneasy. >> we just thought we're good neighbors then, learning this stuff is just weird. it makes me feel disgusting. >> in berkeley this morning alicia had a lot to think about. the man used to live upstairs with his twin brother was jeremy goulet. he died after shoofting two santa cruz police officers to death. >> he just seemed like a regular tenant until they fought and i knew that there is something up. alicia says the two had a strange relationship punctuate bid brutal fights. police came to the house at least four times. when alicia googled him she learned of the history as a sex offender in portland and read he got in trouble for spying on a neighbor in the shower. his apartment overlooked a private school next door he looked at me crazy creepy. >> what is creepy? >> you can tell you're being checked out. in front of my husband he would do it. >> alicia says he and his brother moved out a coupl

students from oakland, berkeley and emeryville are attending the event which includes plate spinningcers. it continues until 1:30. the alameda supervisors and burt are sponsoring the event -- and b.a.r.t. are sponsoring the event. >>> the countdown is on for the parade. it features gloats and costumes -- floats and costumes. you can watch it right here this saturday starting at 6:00 p.m. >>> a houston woman has given birth to four boys but they are not quadruplets. doctors say instead of quads, she actually had two sets of identical twins. the 36-year-old's two boys are called two sets of win because the babies had two different placentas. the odds of this occurring, about 1 in 0 million -- one in 70 million, doctors say. >>> bikes will be aloud on all b.a.r.t -- allowed on all b.a.r.t. trains starting march 18th through the 22nd. in addition to bikes on trains. b.a.r.t. is installing more security areas for bikes and will launch a campaign on bike etiquette. >>> we got video of a precool sight. investigators were testing the new bay lights projects. it features 25,000 white l.e.d. l

. >> the mayor talked about turning the stage and heading back out towards oakland, berkeley or treasure island so. they're talking. they're make prog gres. but... what would a new building westbound out controversy? live in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> happening now in berkeley people want to save the historic civil center post office are preparing a rally this, is one of almost 700 post offices nationwide the government wants to sell. some like the berkeley post office are registered landmarks. the berkeley post office is a exam -- example of revival inside. >> nothing is as rewarding as getting mail. it's ridiculous to think of shutting this down. >> the rally will start at 6:00 in front of city hall followed by a meeting with representatives to distuesday the planned closure. >> just when the clean up began after a storm, another wave the winter weather is slamming america's heartland. >> it's brutal. high winds helped bring down the wall in austin, texas. >> snow proved it could be destructive in oklahoma. a man died after a roof collapsed under fallen

sky 7 is over the scene at shaddock avenue on the oakland berkeley border. >> police say a man was shotis wounds. he apparently knew the person accused of shooting him and told them where to find the woman. she's barricaded inside of an apartment. >> an army of law enforcement is surrounding the building. we'll have more information as soon as we get it. up and dates on abc 7 news.com zabc 7 newsfÑv/÷ bay area. good evening, i'm cheryl jengs. >> a home invasion robbery with a hatch yet it nap happened in noe valley where that kind of crime is not suspected. >> thisn is unbelievable. >> people are shocked that this could happen with a neighborhood watch in place. san francisco police calling this a home invasion, some neighbors think the victim knew the three ahackers. >> he let them in. there was no forced enry. >> the safe neighborhood coordinator says he's known the victim who lived in this house mer than 25 years he had eastbound encounter was other house guests who have threatened and hurt him this, is not an isolated incident. >> san francisco police are calling the incident that h

in a standoff with a shooting suspect happening right on adeline street which is right on the oakland-berkeley the suspect is wanted in connection with a shooting this afternoon. streets are closed in the area. we'll monitor the situation. >>> hundreds of bay area gun owners who gave up their firearms finally got their money today. last month, marin county collected more than 800 guns. but the money that was set aside for the buy-backs ran out in about 90 minutes. well, the county raised $70,000 to pay off the vouchers that were issued and today, those folks have been able cash in. in fact, they have almost another two hours until 8 p.m. it's taking place at the showcase theater at the marin county civic center in san rafael. >>> now, what happens to all the firearms collected? trucked to crow's landing in stanislaus county where they are being destroyed. a crew in this video tossing the firearms into a pit. the pit is going to be set on fire and the metal melted. >>> coming up in our next half hour, it might seem like a cosmic coincidence. a meteor explodes above earth just hours before our c

picture there, and i will show you what it look like from south beach across the bay bridge to oakland and berkeley the air is. check out the five-day "spare the air" forecast and not supposed to have any. so no threat of worry about working in it or being outside. now, it is dry outside, and the lack of cloud cover, also. the temperatures show we were freezing this morning. sonoma, napa, livermore, pretty close in fairfield and concord at 33 and a lot of mid-30's to upper 30's to the coast, and san francisco is the odd number out there at 46 degrees. now, a look at what is going on right now temperatures are soaring in the north bay with a down sloping wind from higher elevation to lower elevation, it compresses and heats and you are in the 60's while we are in the 50's. to the monterey bay and inland from 48 in santa cruz to 55 in monterey. the he lights include sunny and mild this afternoon. clean and clear and chilly tonight and a few isolated areas could see frost inland. there you go, no strong storms for the next seven days is how far we will go. napa is three degrees warmer than average, li

. >> he had been arrested several times in oakland and berkeley. >>> also in the news tonight work on the new span of the bay bridge came to a crashing halt earlier today. a crane below the bridge collapsed. earlier i took a boat out on the bay to get an up-close look. >>reporter: the red section that you see the sparks coming off of is the upper section of the crane that came crashing down. just behind that to the left is the a piece of work that held up the roadway. that came crashing down as well under the barge. now we're going to swing underneath the bridge and you'll see the original crane that rolled over. there it is. >> still a very active scene out. there david action is on treasure island and has the latest -- considering the side of this, it's no -- it's a surprise no one was hurt. >>reporter: david snap ped these pictures of the crane and support steel coming down. he could see under the bridge and heard the first sounds of accident. >> it's shocking, like wow what's going on. we saw pieces coming down. >>reporter: others at marinas saw the collapse unfolding. >> it kept

we're seeing low cloud cover begin to form in san francisco, oakland and berkeley.loud cover get pretty widespread, even drizzle along the coastline tomorrow morning. organized rainfall, not seeing it. kpix hi-def doppler is once again dry. with clear skies inland, you'll hit the upper 30's. fairfield,36. napa, 38. there was a change coming. it's not a wet change but it's a cooler change. you felt it today. you dealt with the cloud cover in the city today. the on shore flow is back. simply the wind coming from the ocean. the wind will get a little stronger tomorrow. now there's two upper-level low pressure systems. you'll get some sunshine but it's going to be chilly and breezy. by thursday, we have a weak cold front coming through. behind the front, chilly. we're talking about a snow level down to about 2500 feet and temperatures that will only make it into the low to mid 50's coming up by thursday and friday. so a little bit of a sign that we're still in winter. showers are here by thursday. tomorrow, tuesday, a chilly day, morning fog around oakland but some afte

picture there, and i will show you what it look like from south beach across the bay bridge to oakland and berkeleynd how clear the air is. check out the five-day "spare the air" forecast and not supposed to have any. so no threat of worry about working in it or being outside. now, it is dry outside, and the lack of cloud cover, also. the temperatures show we were freezing this morning. sonoma, napa, livermore, pretty close in fairfield and concord at 33 and a lot of mid-30's to upper 30's to the coast, and san francisco is the odd number out there at 46 degrees. now, a look at what is going on right now temperatures are soaring in the north bay with a down sloping wind from higher elevation to lower elevation, it compresses and heats and you are in the 60's while we are in the 50's. to the monterey bay and inland from 48 in santa cruz to 55 in monterey. the he lights include sunny and mild this afternoon. clean and clear and chilly tonight and a few isolated areas could see frost inland. there you go, no strong storms for the next seven days is how far we will go. napa is three degrees warmer than

oakland, 62. berkeley tomorrow, 60 degrees. sunday a little sunnier. couple degrees, milder. still nice to get outside with the winters. mid-60s on wednesday as we say good-bye to february on thursday. mid to upper 60s with a hello march on friday with a high near 70 degrees. it is amazing how much activity that there will be. everywhere else in the country as we cannot get a drop of rain here. and now it will be good weather to get outside, but it is interesting how we don't have that. we don't want to be stuck in this pattern. >> we're balanced. balanced is good. >> yes, it is beautiful outside. >> yes, at least we're not white. at least we all have a little base color on us right now. >> yes. >> and less pasty white. >> the glass is half full. >> yes. >> the year of the snake is upon us. now, 1 million people expected to come out to china town's new year parade. that's tomorrow. today, builders were busy putting the finishing touches on their elaborate float. they happen to be famous for posting one of the biggest and the best chinese new year's celebrations in the entire

they came from oakland, richmond, berkeley, many of them here for the first time, didn't know each other. there was really only one thing i was worried about. i didn't know their socioeconomic status, had some poor kids in here, middle class kids, so i wasn't concerned, there was only one thing i was concerned about. even if they had violence on their minds, the only thing i was worried about was whether anybody had a gun. to me it's the most significant factor in violence. i can handle some of those other things. i have no chance with somebody who has a firearm. >> thank you, joe, i thought it would be useful to get a one-minute wrap up from each of our participants here who may not have addressed some of the other concerns. council woman spear, thank you for your leadership. >> thank you all for being here. our no. 1 responsibility is to protect the public safety and this is a no. 1 issue in that regard. we've got to stop being afraid of any group that is out there that wants to shut us down. it is time for us to do what is necessary to make sure that no one has to be afraid to walk a

now as we look at the east bay you can see oakland and berkeley right here, oakland is 44 and walnutreek is 38 and richmond is 41 and 35 at pleasanton and antioch at 44 degrees a warm spot. and the south bay this morning you can see 280 and 17, san jose at 41 and cupertino at 36 and we have mid-to-upper 30's around gilroy. santa rosa, 32 degrees with frost and possibly petaluma, also, napa at 34 and novato 36 followed by sausalito at 42 degrees. now what will happen today. we will have more cloud cover as the storm systems passed to the not and it will shave a few degrees off the high. partly cloudy, milder tonight, though more freezing temperatures tonight and our warmest days are tomorrow, friday, and saturday. in santa clara valley we are around 66 at cupertino and 68 in loss gets. santa cruz at 69. the peninsula is mid-60's. to the north, we are in the upper 50's along the coast and breezy and near 60's downtown south san francisco and mid-to-upper 60's north bay valley and upper 50's at the beeps and east bay at 64 or 65 degrees. headed into the east bay valley, san ramon at 63

on the east bay, 64 oakland and berkeley. 67 in concord and fairfield. and...he accu-weather forecast. temperatures rising zpits clouds thursday, highs topping out at 74 degrees inland friday. that mild pattern remaining throughout the weekend. we have a little bit of a rainfall deficit right now. >> thank you. >> okayhod)t. >> coming up ropes of hope. a unique idea to stop a health threat in developing countries. >> winning an oscar and an embarrassing moment with jack nicholson. want to co >> another big win for pixar, the 27th academy awards for the computer animation studio and the 7th time pixar has won since 2003. they're holding a celebration right now. we're there covering it for you. pixar is owned by disney. >> what did you think of seth mcfarland. >> it's an impossible job he was getting mixed reviews. >> his edgey humor, some people loved it, others hated it. washington post described it as fairly middle of the road. atlantic called his demeanor unpleasant. usa today called himself indull jent. tv ratings for oscars up over 19çç, while his act may h

and out toward oakland, and the berkeley region. >> look at this, out towards the san mateo.se -- you can see the increase, approaching 15 hundredths of an inch an hour. >> so far we'll hold on to the possibility of some thunderstorms. still that chance starting out today in the 30s and 40s. santa rowses, 35 degrees. the cold front -- santa rosa. generating the light rain showers, round that is set for tonight. >> tonight, cold showers, snow levels down to about 2,800 feet, tomorrow, this moves out to the east. we're going to hold on the to chance of some lingering showers first thing friday morning. >> this will be a snow producer in fact, it already is. a winter weather advisory in place until 10:00 tomorrow morning. >> here's our forecast model into the overnight hours for your friday are holding on to still some scattered showers, at least a fairly good chance first thing tomorrow morning for the commute. >> the cold air remains in place and the winds do pick up through the weekend, gusting 20 to 30 miles an hourly maybe. >> here's a look ahead, cool and windy for your we

upper 60s for pleasant hill and san ramon, and upper 60s for novato and berkeley. oaklandw 70 degrees again. mild through saturday. there's the change on sunday still sunny but cooler. then only the upper 50s coming up on monday. and much needed rainfall next tuesday wednesday, and thursday. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway gives you real big club card deals each week. right now, tide is $5.49 for 50 ounces. that's under 20 cents a load! skip the warehouse. charmin is $8.99 for 16 double rolls. and chobani greek yogurt is just a buck. real big deals this week and every week. only at safeway. ingredients for life. but not everybody: 3 seconds nat sound of pillow fight >>> most people celebrate valentine's day with romantic gestures. >> but not everybody. >> hundreds of people showed up at justin her man plaza tonight for a -- herman plaza tonight for a pillow fight. now in its 8th year. how'd they get off work? >> last year the cleanup cost about $

start the morning in vallejo, 43 in oakland, 46 san francisco. 36 santa rosa so still chilly in some areas. 74 santa rosa for tomorrow mid 70s in napa. upper 60s for berkeley, oakland. low 60s san francisco. low 70s concord, antioch, into livermore you're looking at 69 for tomorrow. 66 san jose. 68 greece in santa cruz. the extended forecast there, the up warde trend will continue thursday, friday looking good, and into the weekend not bad. partly cloudy skies. the cooler day will be sunday. gasia. >>> seek sing dancing and controversial oscar hostset macfarlane said he won't host the award show again. his brand of humor seems to have offended some women's jewish and african american group. he made this statement on twitter when asked by a follower if he'd host again he said, quote, no way. a lot of fun to have doeven it, though. >>> thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks. i'm gasia mikaelian, and our coverage continues with 10:00 news. tonight we are following the shooting in santa cruz that killed two police officers. we're always here for you at ktvu.com. tmz is up next here on tv 36. mom, i invited justin ov

downtown san francisco at 59 and oakland, alameda and berkeley tomorrow in the lower 60s., that's a lot of sunshine. all the way through friday. check out the numbers here as we will talk about that specific claim 68 -- specifically, 68 at the bay. we'll stay mild next weekend. outdoor, folks, love it. the baseball season is starting for the little league coming up in the next few weeks. you know, we could use the balance here. some rainfall. but to get on outside, no place better in the country right now when it comes to the sunshine. >> it's gorgeous. >> and the lack of the severe weather. >> it is hard to complain. you know, especially when you are looking at what's happening back east. >> the miracle march. [ laughter ] >> still holding there. >> you're talking about rain coming on in. >> i know what we're talking about. now, we'll need that big march this year. >> all right. we'll cross our fingers. >> right now it is just a fabulous february. >> all right, we'll take it. thank you, paul. >>> today is a celebration in many parts of the world as the first day of the lu

upper 60s for pleasant hill and san ramon, and upper 60s for novato and berkeley. oaklandthrough saturday. there's the change on sunday still sunny but cooler. then only the upper 50s coming up on monday. and much needed rainfall next tuesday wednesday, and thursday. people with sore throats have something new to say. ahh ! mmm ! ahh ! finally, there's cepacol sensations. serious sore throat medicine seriously great taste. plus the medicine lasts long after the lozenge is gone. ahh ! mmm ! cepacol sensations. 3q i can't stand these spots. those spots are actually leftover food and detergent residue that can redeposit on your dishware during the rinse cycle. gross. jet-dry rinse agent helps wash them away so the only thing left behind is the shine. jet-dry rinses away residues for a sparkling shine. running out of aerosols can get pretty frustrating. try the air wick freshmatic. it automatically fills the air with its captivating scent. just one freshmatic refill lasts as long as 55 aerosol cans. and with so many rich, indulgent fragrances to choose from, you can get lost i

downtown san francisco's low 60s, berkeley oakland lower 60s for the east bay. 7 day around the bay lotsor the seven day forecast. maybe some patchy morning fog tomorrow, friday and saturday it lower '70s. it will feel really nice and springlike. 6:18 a.m. and here's erica with traffic. >> the backup to the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. the meeting sites are active but is really slow down your ride. using fasttrack as morning. as a 80 over crossing, a little awake here for the nimitz freeway approach. better speeds 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 yo

probably beneficial for oakland and berkeley. a lot of sunshine here. the morning is cold inland. use rain but there is no rain in sight. 60s on the temps. 50s and 60s. 59 brentwood. but 62 in oakland. because they get that offshore breeze. 63 in gilroy. 63 santa cruz. 60 half monobay. 62 redwood city. pretty quiet and it will continue to be sunny and warm. we'll top it out thursday. weekend will still be okay but it will be a little bit cooler. >>> people on the east coast are cleaning up after a powerful storm slammed the region over the weekend. at least nine people were killed after a record amount of snow. reporter tori is in boston this morning with more on the recovery effort that is now under way. tori. >> reporter: all right. so pam, you can obviously see people are out walking about this morning. trying to return to some sort of normalcy. it just started sleeting here. i can also tell you that the workers have been pretty hard at work this morning with the snowplows trying to clear off the major streets behind me. what that has done is created the huge snow piles that ar

i've seen one copping off the okay -- oakland and berkeley hills. i mentioned fog because some could show up between 5:00 and 7:00. sonoma 72. 74 walnut creek. 70 brentwood. 73 morgan hill. 76 santa cruz today. 68 san bruno. looks good for saturday. a little cooler on sunday. increasing clouds monday. colder on tuesday. >>> boeings air bus has not decided to use lithium ion batteries in its plane. >>> a new poll shows social media is gaining popularity with minorities. the pew research center shows studies between african american is surging. tv% are on twitter. that is up 8% from mid 2011. 19% of hispanics are on twitter. and 14% of whites use the microblogging center. >>> as the san francisco business times reports this morning san francisco restaurants are having a hard time finding cooks. restaurant owners say that is because there are so many restaurants competing for kitchen workers. they also say now graduates don't want to start as line cooks. they want to start at the top. >> i found a cook right there. [ laughter ] >>> time now 5:52. a bay

will start in the east bay, i wanted to show you the back edge of the steady rain passing by berkeley and oakland and to walnut creek and the san ramon valley you can see the blip in pink and that was mount difficult an -- mount diabolo snowing. the dry line is moving through san francisco and daly city to san mateo but here is the san mateo bridge. you can see it is still raining right hire. the next ten minutes or so that will taper, and down in the south bay you can see across the dumbarton bridge, and, 237, we have an increase in rain headed to the south by, light-to-moderate rain, and here is 87 right now you can see the heavy rain falling right here on 87 near the shark tank so be careful in the south bay. you getting the heaviest rain now and for the next hour. you can see the snow working toward the sierra, with winter advisory until 10:00 with a foot of know and a low is coming in behind the system bringing thunderstorms with small hail in the evening and overnight and mostly over the ocean. we will go from a steady rain to scatter showered, and measurable snow to around 2,500' and 1 itc

berkeley 59, downtown oakland 68. santa cruz 60 and 68 in gilroy and ukiah.ther, thursday into friday and into the weekend it will still be nice but just a little bit cooler. >>> the ntsb are looking into weather tiny fibers played a roll in the fires on the 787. the aircraft does not plan anymore test flights but instead they will analyze the battery information they gathered on inn flight -- on in fight yesterday. >>> -- on in flights, yesterday. >>> power aid, china totals sales dropped by 4%. >>> the new item chipolta is testing out in its bay restaurants and we will tell you why some customers have a beef with it. >>> we will have more on the new added benefits the military will get this summer, stay tuned for more. nd dad was recg his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. . >>> take you life from new york to the nasdaq, s&p 500 is up slightly nasdaq is down but the markets are star

in your valley but notice the benches, upper 50's and headed to the east bay shore, oakland, 65 degrees with berkeley, richmond, and everyone else is 64. temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60's with livermore at 68. tonight, the temperatures have more cloud cover and we are in the upper 30's to low 40's and in the low-to-upper 40's around the bay and to the coast. thursday we have more cloud cover but that is the warm air coming in and you can see friday is still the warmest day with let to mid 70's away from the coast and sprinkles are possible in the north bay on saturday night and sunday with snow showers at the same time in the sierra. have a great day. sue? >> we will take a look at the west shore freeway, the commute takes you through richmond and to berkeley and emeryville past the university overcrossing and you can see head lits moving at the limit with no delays moving toward the macarthur maze and light conditions south 101 through marin county, this is beyond lucas valley road and north san pedro with no delays. we have good news in the oakland hills the early accident west 580 has been cle

according to the "oakland tribune," cherry had been arrested several times in oakland and berkeley mostly on gun charges. >>> the san jose woman who lied about finding a finger in a bowl of chili at wendy's is facing more jail time. investigators say anna ayala concocted a story to cover the fact that her son shot himself in the foot. when the pieces didn't fit, ayala was arrested. she could be behind bars for four years. back in 2005, she claimed to find a dismembered finger in a bowl of chili but it turned out that her husband had bought the severed finger from a wendy's employee and it was all an unsuccessful attempt to try to get money from the fast food chain. i remember that happening. >> yeah, i do, too. she is in more trouble now. >> very bizarre. 5:04 right now. >> never is the forecast more important than on a friday because the weekend is approaching. >> got the weekend coming up, guys, and i think it's looking great. we'll see a lot of sunshine outside as high pressure is building in overhead. still a bit chilly if you are stepping outside this morning but that is not a big su

bay area cities that no longer allow foam food containers include san francisco, palo alto, oakland, and berkeleyotes today. if they skied to move forward, this will be a phasing out process so we actually won't see changes until january of next year. in san jose, elissa harrington, kpix 5. >>> an oyster farm in the point reyes national seashore has won a break from a federal court. a panel of three judges from the ninth circuit court of appeals granted an injunction that will allow the drakes bay oyster company to stay open for the time being. the owners are challenging a decision to deny a permit extension. arguments will be heard in san francisco in may. >>> today is the 20th anniversary of the first attack on the world trade center. thousands were injured and several killed when a truck bomb struck a garage in 1993. today the port authority will present a plaque to relatives of those killed if the first attack. >>> the parents of trayvon martin will be in new york for a delight vigil to remember their son killed a year ago in sanford, florida. neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman wil

according to the "oakland tribune," cherry had been arrested several times in oakland and berkeley on gun charges. >>> 6:03. the bay bridge is still on schedule for its labor day opening. but work came to a screeching halt when a crane collapsed under the new bridge. hundreds of tons of steel fell right down into the water. kpix 5's anne makovec is on treasure island now where people are amazed nobody was hurt and it happened right in the middle of the day, right, anne? >> reporter: yeah. and the investigation into exactly how this went down continues. that should take a while. construction was halted yesterday right after the accident but that is also set to resume this morning. the crane was working under the deck of the new eastern span and collapsed just after noon. it was lifting a large steel segment when it slipped loose and fell on to a barge taking the crane down with it just grazing the bridge on its way down. >> the crane tipping over only caused some cosmetic damage to one of the crossbeams of the new east span. it just scraped some pant. there is no apparent damage to the

we have light rain moving through berkeley, alameda, richmond, oakland, that area stretching across theay bridge into san francisco and close to south san francisco maybe stopping a little bit short of that area. you can see as you cross richmond and san rafael bridge a little sprinkle there and one moving across the bay will head over to vallejo and possibly martinez over the next 15 to 20 minutes you could get a shower. we had showers earlier on 101 but now it is clear. more are moving in around bodega bay headed to the east. this is out ahead of the bain -- main batch that will move in at 7:00 and sweep across the bay through 1:00 o'clock. light, scattered showers for the morning commute and then it will be steady and we will have scattered showers this afternoon. with the colder air, that is when we could get lightning and possibility of small hail and the snow will also develop to around 2,000'. beyond that we have chilled sunshine, and mid-to-upper fists and mid-50's at the coast with low 60's elsewhere and it will be dry. >> we have at the golden gate bridge, rain. it is wet. tra

berkeley, oakland, 66. livermore, though, 63. there is a 70. gilroy and also santa cruz. 60s on the coast and in san francisco. not much change for your weekend except for the higher clouds. maybe some rain late next week. >>> a suicide bombing at the u.s. embassy in turkey this morning. what the state department is saying about the attack on what's already a pretty intense day for the department. >>> also, the city of oakland unveils a new i.d. card today. why critics say it could drain some bank accounts. at the sa. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible. when you bundle tv and internet. >>> 7:13. we're continuing to follow the developing news this morning out of turkey. that's where a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device right outside the u.s.

these numbers anywhere from 3 to 6 above average. 63 in berkeley. 65 in oakland. concord, 6 a.cord you -- 65. concord you are typically 62. 64 san jose. 64 los gatos. a gorgeous day in santa cruz. mid-60s in the forecast. here's your extended forecast. there goes the numbers. afternoon highs upper 60s for tomorrow. low 70s, thursday, friday, holding onto this pattern through at least saturday. we have a system that will bring our temperatures down a little bit. a little cooler on sunday. still remaining dry with the uptick of the afternoon highs, our lows will go to the 40s in time for the weekend. >> thank you, rosemary. >> you are welcome. >>> it's a big day for highly -- for a highly-red member of our ktvu news team who happens to be a great lady and a wonderful friend. the city of oakland declared today, rita williams day. she officially received the official proclamation that honors her award-winning careers as a ground-breaking journalist. she's retiring tomorrow. she will be sorely missed. >>> the moods of investors are upbeat on wall street. you will hear why and some b

high of 68 at santa rosa. 67 at sonoma and nap a.on the east bay berkeley. oaklandan leandro 64 degrees in inland east bay mid upper 60's. 67 at concord fair field and 66 at life more and mraes pleasanton and accu-weather 7 day forecast looks like this. see even milder toward the end of the week by thursday up to about 70 agrees inland. friday mid 70's inland. low 70's around the bay and mid 60's on the coast see graduate drop-off in temperatures through the weekend. we have a spap of lovely spring like weather coming our way. it's dry. we do need the rainfall. no complaining about the weather conditions. >> no nice to enjoy really is. >> thanks very much. >> all right. head to head contest there is no contest. even drenched in olive oil and with nut the diet that beats low fat diet. see that stay lo[ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite clim

you're at the limit through oakland and through berkeley and emeryville. caldecott tunnel eastbound we're showing a slowdown as they shift the commute directions. only one tunnel open in the eastbound direction. four lanes for that tunnel. one tunnel. and then westbound you have your two tunnels for the morning commute. off the carquinez bridge, it could be an issue. orange on maps means there's fog likely in the area and could affect your view. 680/24 interchange earlier crash that cleared from 680. as far as buildup, no big deal right now. back to you. >> sounds good. thank you. 5:26. still to come on "today in the bay," the boy scouts talking about lifting its ban on gays. the action this week that could make it happen. >>> let's take you live outside for a look over fremont. you can see the traffic in some of that fog hanging out. sage advice to take it smooth if you see that. we're back in a matter of minutes. >> i'm devastated at the outcome but so proud of our guys for how they fought. >> 49ers ceo jed york down but promising another trip to the sup

low 60s in vallejo. 66 for berkeley. 66 in oakland. 63 in san francisco. we could use some rain but it feels good out there. 67 for you, san jose. upper 60s morgan hill. 70 for gilroy as well as santa cruz. the extended forecast here, notice the clouds here, the ridge will drop. sunday looks to be the coolest day of the weekend. if you have the farmers market you are heading to, it will be chilly. monday and tuesday remain dry. temperatures will continue to cool. our first chance at rain looks like it may hold off until thursday now. >> thank you, rosemary. >> you got it. >>> ahead of the super bowl festivity festivities -- super bowl festivities, the officials are asking you to celebrate safely. >> no matter the outcome, let's respect the city of san francisco. >> that means there will be no place for bad behavior when we win this thing. >> 49er fans are world class. let's show the world how great we are? >> who was it better -- who has it better than us? nobody. go, niners. >> also coming up -- a big day on wall street. the mark reached for the first tim

on the east bay we see high of 65 berkeley oakland 64 union city and fremont.t bay a little bit milder upper 60's there. 68 at life more and please anton. 67t concord. here's accu-weather 7 day forecast. up to about 70 grease inland on thursday. up to mid 70's on friday. low 70's along the bayshore line and mid 60's on the coast. that is true spring lake weather. just few degrees cooler on saturday. few extra cloud in the sky on sunday. warm sunny again on monday and tuesday first chance slight chance of some precip. taiingts fall an we certainly need it despite the enjoyable lovely weather getting pretty dry out there. rainfall total well below seasonal afternoon so we need rainfall. >> dray for weeks. >> it has. >> thanks very much. >> frainers new stadium needs a lot lot of power and team planng to use the sun to do it. we have that story and blame game. accusations fly over collision accusations fly over collision in the antarctic. r over 60,000 california foster children, accusatnights can feelollision in the along and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my o

blockbusters but we have-newborn [inaudible] have been trying to lure other companies -- and oakland you can attract the berkeley base -- there. so there are a lot of people who want to live and work in the east and that is happening or and more. >> may be you are lucky you didn't get -- [inaudible/incomprehensible] >>> i know i noticed. >> mayor lee for san francisco you can turn that question entirely on it's head so much of the city's prosperity has been from tech company leastings and hiring and there are signs that, that might be slowing in 2013 and 2014 at least from what it's been in the past and so does the city need a plan b for economic development or should they study issue those. >> i'll not depend upon one industry to solve all of our plummet tech growth is very visible and dominate right now and as i stated earlier, 1800 technology companies employ 42,000 people is huge but having said that there are other industry that is just as important to pay attention to our healthcare industry by-the-way, scene .7 billion industry today employees 400,000 people and it continues to glow and that is why to get

up to 69 in berkeley. 71 in oakland. newark, inland communities mild to warm afternoon.bove average temperature. 72 in livermore and fairfield and for the monterey bay 72 in santa cruz. 75 for you in gilroy. 7 day forecast sprinkling warmment sticking around through saturday. caller sunday. president's day temperatures drop-off some more partly cloudy rain on tuesday now latest computer model bringing in a chance of showers wednesday an chance of written on thursday. temperatures much caller carolyn and dan so big pattern changes lack like they are ahead next week. >> all right thank you. >> back to rlt. >> academy awards are justin days away so now is the time to down load the official oscars app. provides details on all number necessity and the my pick feature can help you keep track of the favorite. >> it's available for i-phone i-pad android and kinnell fire. oscars air sunday february 24th. the only police you can watch them right here on abc 7. >> stay with us. sports is up next. >> one of college basketball >> one of college basketball best rivalry rae newed >> ri

we do have a pretty good chance of 60's for berkeley and oakland. >> as we change to satellite and radaronditions. the cold front will spent by and it will bring some light rain for the east. there is some instability that is associated with this. we may see a pop up thunderstorm for a person identified a morning. this is something for you to be aware of. it will not bring a lot rain for the district but as i want you to future cast 4 by 7:00 a.m. when you are heading out to work the area will have rain along the coastline. putting the clock into motion the calls will stick around. as we head into the overnight hours a lot of people will be embed and the rain will be especially for the southern half of the bay area. the yellow on your screen indicates heavy rain and we will have lingering showers as we wake up to 7:00 a.m. on friday morning. >> the seventh day of round the bay shows that we do have wet weather but according to the national weather service downtown san francisco may not receive a lot rain then this will be the driest part of the season for a record. it has been very dry t

up to 69 in berkeley. 71 in oakland. newark, inland communities mi to warm afternoon.perature. 72 in livermore and fairfield and for the monterey bay 72 in santa cruz. 75 for you in gilroy. 7 day forecast sprinkling warmment sticking around through saturday. caller sunday. president's day temperatures drop-off some more partly cloudy rain on tuesday now latest computer model bringing in a chance of showers wednesday an chance of written on thursday. temperatures much caller carolyn and dan so big pattern changes lack like they are ahead next week. >> all right thank you. >> back to rlt. >> academy awards are justin days away so now is the time to down load the official oscars app. provides details on all number necessity and the my pick feature can help you keep track of the favorite. >> it's available for i-phone i-pad android and kinnell fire. oscars air sunday february 24th. the only police you can watch them right here on abc 7. >> stay with us. sports is up next. >> one of college basketball best rivalry rae newed in moraga [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands bisc

up to 69 in berkeley. 71 in oakland. newark, inland communities mild to warm afternoon.bove average temperature. 72 in livermore and fairfield and for the monterey bay 72 in santa cruz. 75 for you in gilroy. 7 day forecast sprinkling warmment sticking around through saturday. caller sunday. president's day temperatures drop-off some more partly cloudy rain on tuesday now latest computer model bringing in a chance of showers wednesday an chance of written on thursday. temperatures much caller carolyn and dan so big pattern changes lack like they are ahead next week. >> all right thank you. >> back to rlt. >> academy awards are justin days away so now is the time to down load the official oscars app. provides details on all number necessity and the my pick feature can help you keep track of the favorite. >> it's available for i-phone i-pad android and kinnell fire. oscars air sunday february 24th. the only police you can watch them right here on abc 7. >> stay with us. sports is up next. >> one of college basketball >> one of college basketball best rivalry rae newed >> ri

marin county, berkeley kensington, el cerrito back over towards oakland and san francisco as well.here is not a lot in advance of this but it is beginning to pick up in mendocino county as well. a very brisk day and mendocino has had issues with their thermometers and that's why they are not reporting. right there, you are seeing a lot of low snow levels and the winter weather advisory is taking us from low snow levels here, cold rain upper 50s on the temperatures and it will not get much warmer. rain will decrease only about a quarter of an inch, cool breezy pattern will take us to the weekend. >>> there are new signs on battery, they found a problem with the secondary battery problem which was forced to make an emergency landing last month. the battery has slight signs of swelling in two of the batteries 8 cells. office depot appears to be in serious talks to emerge with office max, both companies are boosting profitability. they are increasing leverage with suppliers and they are already competing with stables which is the biggest office supply company and now there is more comi

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oakland, 65. berkeley, 63. 67 gilroy to 65 saratoga ga. fremont at 63.pper 50s, low 60s on parts of the coast. mid-60s on the peninsula of menlo park. redwood city. sunshine and warmer weather. a few high clouds. otherwise it will be in the 70s. saturday. >>> 7:42. find out what's moving the markets right now. which part of the country is seeing a 45% jump in home sales. >>> and setting new precedent, we just learned what the retiring pope will be called and what he will be allowed to wear. >>> strong earnings reports from home depot and macy's are helping to lift stock indexes. the dow had its worse fall in three months yesterday after closely done tested -- contested elections in italy. taking a live look at the big board, the dow is back up 65. the nasdaq is up 1. s&p up 3. >>> taking a look at the housing market now. the -- there's fresh evidence, the housing recovery is accelerating. the commerce department says new home sales rose nearly 16% in january. the percentage increase was the largest in nearly 20 years and in the western region, sales skyr

oakland public schools. he was -- became the superintendent in 2009. he's a local boy including university of california berkeley background where he was captain of the football team and he did not include this in the biobut i know it and he wrote his under graduate thesis on emily dickon son so he's kind of a renaissance dude and he's 6-foot something. next to him is -- [applause] and next to him is george gaston and elect to the district attorney of the city and county