this stadium only seats 4,200 people, but if you can't extend a two-year lease with the oakland coliseumhis is one possibility where the a's could plate 2016 season. also looking at the san jose earthquakes new stadium being built on coleman avenue between brokaw and 880 and that will seat 18,000 people and he co-owns the earthquake. already asked the architects to look into temporary housing for the baseball team and baseball fans have mixed feelings about making san jose a temporary home. >> i wish that the oakland management would just come to an agreement to give them a new stadium because they do you in a new stadium. >> i'm from sacramento. i go watch the san francisco giants so i'm willing to drive from sacramento to san francisco, so this is only a two-hour and 15-minute drive so i don't think it would be bad, you know, if it's temporary. >> reporter: the oakland a's have been searching for a new home for five years because the oakland coliseum where the raiders play, some people say it's in a state of disrepair and not really a baseball stadium. an agreement was signed with san

it all hinges on whether the team's owner connection tend a two-year lease with the oakland coliseum. nbc bay area george kitiama is live at san jose municipal stadium, and if you want to believe this story, municipal stadium is one of the sites mentioned as a possible temporary home for the oakland a's. is this possible? >> this has been going on for five years, one of the more bizarre developments we have reported. the team owner is looking at municipal stadium where the san jose giants play, but there are limitations. the stadium only seats 4,200 people, and if he can't extend a two-year lease with the oakland coliseum, this is one possibility where the a's could play the 20126 season. he's also looking at the san jose earthquakes new stadium being built right now on coleman avenue between procaw and 880. once it's it's finished in 2018 it will seat 18,000 people and they have already asked the soccer stadium's architects to look for temporary housing for the baseball team. baseball fans have mixed feeling about the a's making san jose a temporary home. >> i wish that the oakland m

. >> plus, how the rain could cause trouble during tonight's home opener at the oakland coliseum. we're not just talking about with weather delays. >> but i am talking about with traffic delays, west 580 slows into livermore and through livermore we also have closures which are in transition now. we'll give you the latest. >> a live look outside at o.co, it's monday, march 31, and this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning everyone. thank you for joining us. i'm scott mcgrew. >> and i'm peggy bunker. laura garcia-cannon is off this morning. >> we are taking a live look at san francisco, you may not be able to tell but winds are going to pick up all over the bay area, that's going to push rain in. >> our team tracking the storm. let's check in with meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. i don't like to leave surprises, we give you the seven-day forecast at the bottom of the screen throughout all of my reports. i can tell you the active time frame you want to keep in mind is between noon and 6:00 p.m. we're going to see strong wind, in addition t

at oakland coliseum, we may get a break it will be wet, but maybe not a rainout. the heavy rain should be tapering off for the evening. right now, dry conditions with the exception of one spot on storm tracker 4. south san jose, a small tracker is taking place. it's moving to the east right now into the albany valley, and also this is headed to 101. aside from this, dry conditions right now. we could see a few stray showers overnight, but the big action is coming for tomorrow, and along with the sunshine, and the clouds we had today, relatively cool temperatures, upper 50s, lower 60s, and we are going to remain on the cool side as we are in the middle of the polar air mass that moved over the bay area. we have seen showers into the sierra and the central valley, but not really the bay area. the next system arriving for tomorrow, especially in the afternoon. heavy rain, strong winds on the order of 30 to 40 miles an hour, and the chance of thunderstorms as well. i will tell you about the timing later on. vicki? >> all right, brian, if you are headed out for the gam

we had 880 year the oakland coliseum, as you make the drive towards hayward and opposite side towards downtown oakland, it is looking good right now. 7:03. >> thank you, tara. >>> as steve just mentioned we are drying out after some pretty wild weather overnight. a powerful storm pounded the bay area bringing heavy rain and lightning and thunder. ktvu's alex savage live with new information involving this stormy weather. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. there were scattered outages throughout the bay area overnight. we just hearing, in fact, about a new outage in concord. pg&e is trying to restore power to 200 or more homes near ig naseio road. here in martinez, still a handful of people remain in the dark and it appears that lightning from some of those overnight storms triggered some of the outages. you can hear the thunder and see the lightning as this powerful storm cell blew through martinez overnight. this is right around the time the power went out to many customers in this area. the lightning and the thunder was followed shortly thereafter by heavy rain. a

. >> and a live look at the oakland coliseum. a new season getting started for the a's, an old problem bubbling up in the locker room. >> it's a gross one, that's for sure. also before we let you go, look at the bay bridge as we take this quick start. we'll be right back. good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. >>> welcome back. good monday morning to you. we've got heavy rain, fierce wind and thunderstorms in the forecast. we're going to take you through the timing of this powerful storm system, and i want to give you a preview of how much rain is coming into the bay area over the course of the next 36 hours.

he hopes to extend the lease in oakland coliseum. >>> free prom dresses are available today in san franciscoks to the princess project 12th annual prom dress giveaway. young women who can't afford a prom dress can get that perfect gown. >> my mom helped me. you just look at what colors you kind of wanted. if you found one you liked, you just got it and tried it on. >> doors open today at 8:30 this morning on market street between 14th and 15th street. the prom dress giveaway will also happen next weekend. >>> still ahead on the abc 7 sunday morning news, the impact of social media on astronauts and their space aboard the international space station. and here is a live look from our exploratorium cam. 9 to 12 degrees above normal. is that happening where you live? lisa argen has the answers [ sally ] i had a pre-existing condition, so i was basically uninsurable. now that i've got coverage, my doctor is a phone call or an e-mail away. i'm in. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? visit coveredca.com and get covered today. >>> it's time for the crack of the bat a

have to get to work on time, well, you'll be in this and it's a nice flow of traffic near the oakland coliseum and oakland airport. that's northbound and southbound. headlights are moving southbound into hayward. speaking of hayward, if you are leaving hayward crossing the san mateo bridge, it is nice and light in those westbound lanes of 92 as you head out over the high-rise and continuing to the peninsula. in the east bay, westbound 580 out commute hasn't begun yet through the altamont pass and the livermore valley so everything is flowing nicely and continues out to the dublin interchange. mass transit nice start here as well with bart now running and systemwide no delays. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. 4:35. >>> some san francisco policemen and women are coming to the aid of their fellow officers. joe vazquez says a raffle is one way to raise money for officers being accused of being dirty. >> reporter: the police union says it believes its members are being judged guilty prematurely in the public eye. they will be raising money to help the legal de

start on this tuesday is morning, we are looking being at a road that looks good in front of the oakland coliseum and as you drive up to the mcarthur maze and the bay bridge toll plaza traffic does look good all the way into the city. drive time is 10 may be less than that and also looking at the commute on 580, it doesn't look bad into the livermore valley and in the east bay traffic here looks good. 4:31 let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with developing news as the investigation is underway into an early morning fire in oakland. ktvu's i believe they are telling you the location much this fire and that's raising some red flags. >> when they first got here on mcarthur boulevard this morning, they found two separate fires, one was near the front of the store and one was near the back of the store. that is why an arson investigator was called in according to investigators and this fire was reported and this small market is near 82nd avenue. 20 firefighters were able to get this under control quickly and right away there appeared to be fire in two distinct locations of the store. crews found

they won 4 to nothing. 2 teams play again tomorrow in san francisco and at the oakland coliseum on saturday. highlights of tonight's bay bridge match upcoming up in sports. >> how fun. baseball we are still chuckling at that. that's what you get. >> we assume she was a passenger right. she wasn't driving. >> we hope so. >> we assume that's the case. >> for sake of argument we say it. >> check on the weekend forecast. >> sand why is here. >> hi. yes we have rain coming in this weekend. tomorrow exhibition game second one looking dry because that storm won't get here immediately so look at live doppler 7hd right now. few sprinkle report entered santa rosa just short time ago but most of the green that you are seeing here is just moisture up in the cloud actually not reaching the ground. exploring camp are showing awe lot of cloud cover here in san francisco. and here are the temperatures. they are in all a any 0range. 57 san francisco. san jose. oakland 59. 55 half moon bay and view from the view the tower cam are visibility is good. no fog over the city writ now. 52 in santa rosa. mid 50's n

its attention now on chinatown, west oakland, the broadway area and the area right around the oakland coliseum. >>> a suspected drunk driver plowed through a crowd of people outside a music festival in texas. >> multiple people down. >> it was a horrific scene on the streets of austin around 12:30 a.m. at least 23 people were hurt. two were killed after the suspect drove through barricades put up for the south by southwest festival. police were chasing him when he slammed into a moped, a taxi, a bicycle and a van. . >> driving through it ten people. >> i just remember seeing people bouncing up in the street. >> police say the driver tried to run but police tasered him. he faces capital murder and aggravated assault charges jo. some developing news out of malaysia, transportation authorities there denying a "wall street journal" report saying the missing airliner may have kept flying for hours after it lost communication. still no sign of that boeing 777 that went off the radar six days ago. according to the "wall street journal" u.s. aviation investigators and national security officials belie

the nimitz freeway 880 in oakland, both directions look great near the oakland coliseum. and oakland airport. and we are already picking up a few delays actually through the altamont pass. can't see it in the drive time but it is pretty sluggish approaching grant line. looks like 14 minutes so far between those wind turbines and the dublin interchange. we'll get a check of mass transit on this rainy morning commute coming up. in the meantime, back to you guys. >>> 4:37 now. the motorcyclist killed by a suspected drunk driver in fremont was a 23-year-old u.s. marine. andrew silva of union city had just returned home from afghanistan. he was hit by a mini cooper on fremont boulevard yesterday. the driver, 23-year-old alexander yohn of emeryville. police say yohn crashed into a utility pole after hitting silva. they found him hiding in a field nearby. if it wasn't for a taco bell employee tipping off police, yohn may have gotten away. >>> a suspected thief looking for love ended up with a date with police officers. a 31-year-old was arrested over the weekend for a burglary in

they won 4 to nothing. 2 teams play again tomorrow in san francisco and at the oakland coliseum on saturday. highlights of tonight's bay bridge match upcoming up in sports. >> how fun. baseball we are still chuckling at that. that's what you get. >> we assume she was a passenger right. she wasn't driving. >> we hope so. >> we assume that's the case. >> for sake of argument we say it. >> check on the weekend forecast. >> sand why is here. >> hi. yes we have rain coming in this weekend. tomorrow exhibition game second one looking dry because that storm won't get here immediately so look at live doppler 7hd right now. few sprinkle report entered santa rosa just short time ago but most of the green that you are seeing here is just moisture up in the cloud actually not reaching the ground. exploring camp are showing awe lot of cloud cover here in san francisco. and here are the temperatures. they are in all a any 0range. 57 san francisco. san jose. oakland 59. 55 half moon bay and view from the view the tower cam are visibility is good. no fog over the city writ now. 52 in santa rosa. mid 50's n

they won 4 to nothing. 2 teams play again tomorrow in san francisco and at the oakland coliseum on saturdaypcoming up in sports. >> how fun. baseball we are still chuckling at that. that's what you get. >> we assume she was a passenger right. she wasn't driving. >> we hope so. >> we assume that's the case. >> for sake of argument we say it. >> check on the weekend forecast. >> sand why is here. >> hi. yes we have rain coming in this weekend. tomorrow exhibition game second one looking dry because that storm won't get here immediately so look at live doppler 7hd right now. few sprinkle report entered santa rosa just short time ago but most of the green that you are seeing here is just moisture up in the cloud actually not rground. explorine showing awe lot of cloud cover here in san francisco. and here are the temperatures. they are in all a any 0range. 57 san francisco. san jose. oakland 59. 55 half moon bay and view from the view the tower cam are visibility is good. no fog over the city writ now. 52 in santa rosa. mid 50's nap a.no have the o. concord. livermore. one last live picture fro

here's a live look at the minute near the oakland coliseum. as you can see, it's the snooze commute. if your commute takes you down into redwood city, northbound and southbound 880 offramps remain closed until about 6:00 this morning. we have one accident on the right-hand shoulder in livermore and it's countercommute from vastco. westbound in the commute direction, everything looks great from tracee straight on out into the dublin interchange. once again, the freeway. latest traffic. back to you. >>> in ukraine's crimea region. sue susan mcginnis has more on the u.s.'s response to the situation. >> reporter: the white house said russian troops have taken control of ukraine's crimean peninsula. sending john kerry tomorrow to talk about the crisis. trying to force russia out of ukraine. >> there are going to be repercussionings. >> reporter: u.s. and top other top economic nations in the world known as the g7 issued a joint statement condemning the russian invasion. the group is also suspending preparations for an economic summit scheduled to b

plans for a temporary stadium are only a possibility and that he hopes to extend the lease at oakland coliseum. >>> lisa argen, where are you, up there on the roof and the nice temperatures. >> but i miss you, carolyn. temperatures in the upper 50s right now, very mild here so with the cloud cover we have some insulation. our camera shows the cloudy sky and it's balmy all over the place but will we see rain before our later sunset at 7:12? i'll let you know when we return. >> thank you, lisa. >>> also ahead a dream come true for a "wheel of fortune" fan. how you can still try to be a contestant. uncle go one,two,one,two,one [uncle]thistwo,one.cotch,okay? [niece]okay! [uncle]okay? [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight! [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay? [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven! [uncle laughs]there's ten spaces,you want to try again? [uncle]yeah? ♪ [ male announcer ] spring is calling. save 25% when you buy two scotts fertilizers -- one to use now and one for later. >>> if you are a "wheel" watcher you have another chance today to line up for a shot at bei

live look at the nimitz right now in oakland and southbound 880 near the oakland coliseum. except for that real mccoy forry everything on time, including bart systemwide. that's your latest kpix traffic. >> thank you. >>> u.s. stock futures are flat ahead of this morning's opening bell. asian markets sank on disappointing news about chinese trade. >> reporter: this week investors will find out if americans are shopping again. reports on retail sales and consumer sentiment are due in the coming days. on friday the dow rose nearly 31 points. the nasdaq dropped 16 points. u.s. employers stepped up hiring last month despite the brutal winter weather. the labor department said friday the economy added 175,000 jobs in future. the unemployment rate inched up to 6.7% from 6.6 because more americans started looking for work. a recent recall for faulty buckles. grieco has to march 20 to explain why the recall did not include infant seats which have the same buckles. graco has said that the buckles get stuck. and credit card companies mastercard and visa have formed a cross group. the

and there will be something new on the menu at the oakland coliseum when the regular season starts on monday. the a's official sponsoring soft drink will be zivea. it has no artificial sweeteners and zero calories. the a's have always done things differently on and off the field but pepsi and diet pepsi will also still be available. >>> facebook says it has big plans to use drones to provide worldwide access to the internet. he wants to help five billion more people get online. mark zuckerberg says that would happen at what he calls a connectivity lab or top aerospacing communication where experts would work together. but zuckerberg would not comment on reports that they plan to buy titan aerospace. >>> we will continue to have the coverage of the corruption charges against leland yee. how his arrest could have a major impact on two important proposals dealing with guns. >> the biggest project of its kind in 30 years. the major changes that will happen this morning. >> good morning. traffic is moving along pretty well if you are driving on northbound 101 approaching the 80 split. the

as you can see, the commute is moving along just fine through the oakland coliseum area but we'll breakup. >>> she went out for a solo sunset cruise and it turned into a night of terror. kpix 5's betty yu reports the woman set out from monterey harbor, got blown out to sea, and was finally found two miles off the lover's point. >> reporter: a woman who set out to chase the sunset on this inflatable raft ended up

. >> we're looking here, a little blurrier look from the oakland coliseum, traffic flows, the moisture in the air. what i see coming up. >> we're all a little blurry this morning because it feels like 4:00 a.m. but it's 5:00 a.m., monday, march

we'll talk about the traffic and what we find by the oakland coliseum. >>> speaking of the giants, they and the a's waking up back in the bay area. rivals will square off tonight at at&t park in the spring training version of the bay bridge series. tim hudson who played for oakland five seasons will take the mound against scott kazmir. our coverage starts at 7:00 p.m. the two giants not making the trip back from arizona, second baseman marco scutaro and jeremy afeld. affeldt with a sprained knee and scutaro with back problems. you can feel it, right. we don't play ball. >> no. but you know what, i still get the aches and pains like a pro because i'm on the couch a lot. we're -- stretch out the legs once in a while. oakland, the bottom of the screen is hagenberger, the northbound area with the headlights i was watching, reports of a fender-bender but sounds like the trailer involved was moved off the road so. we see no problems. the green, damp roads. that's the case for much of the area around the maze. the oakland hills. we're seeing less over the last half hour things are starting to

steady rain flooded the warning track and created large pools of water in the outfield of the oakland coliseum. the a's' and giants preseason game was canceled buzz the flooding wasn't off. third base coach mike gallego shot video of the a's locker room of water bubbling up from shower drains and popping up out of toilets. the field is 22 feet below sea level. and there have been a number of problems like this in recent years when it rains. >>> well, andrea will have more on sports coming up. >> last september the same thing happened. the rain canceled the last game of the bay bridge series. but plenty of action off the field and the sharks trying to keep the top spot in the pacific division were dealt a blow in the mile-high city. this and more coming up next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, their last five games. the news is that >>> well, the sharks only have one win in the last five games. the good news is the sharks are still in first place but the bad news is they likely won't be for long. the team on the power play with the game. tied at 1 against the avalanche. but the sharks give up their fifth sh

toward the oakland coliseum, though, the main lines of the freeway as you can see right here approaching 66 and continuing toward high street. so far no delay in fact that travel time still in the green 15 minutes right now between 238 and the maze. but our cameras have been bouncing a little bit so you can see that it is still pretty windy outside as lawrence said. so we have one accident out in san mateo county. it's involving a deer. that deer is blocking the number three lanes. southbound 280 approaching highway 92 in san mateo county, so watch out for that. 101 still looks great. and if you are traveling westbound 580 one of our first spots to slow down so far everything looks perfect. everything is fine on our sensors right now through the livermore valley. san mateo bridge traffic moves fine so far out of hayward and from the opposite direction coming off of the high-rise. bay bridge and benicia bridge those are your chp-issued high wind advisories for this morning. they should be wrapping up the overnight roadwork on the incline span to treasure island any minute and mass transit

as you can see, the commute is moving along just fine through the oakland coliseum area but we'll break it down for you and show you your problem spots coming up. >>> she went out for a solo sunset cruise and it turned into a night of terror. kpix 5's betty yu reports the woman set out from monterey harbor, got blown out to sea, and was finally found two miles off the lover's point. >> reporter: a woman who set out to chase the sunset on this inflatable raft ended up clinging to it for 15 hours overnight, lost in the icy monterey bay waters. the coast guard says once the engine fell off and pudgetured the boat -- punctured the boat, she had just a small oar and will power. >> from the looks of her skin she still had some red in her and stuff so she must have been swimming, just fighting, you know? she said she had flares but it was really foggy. >> reporter: these fishermen spotted her two miles off lover's point. the raft was folded up and 80% under water. >> she was just too cold to react to anything. she was just -- "i'm cold." >> reporter: the pair didn't have the strength to lift h

if you are traveling the nimitz right now this is a live look in oakland near the oakland coliseum. roads are slick. not seeing too much rain in our camera and a lot of the overnight roadwork has been suspended. caltrains may have put a hold on it overnight due to the wet weather. right now there's no delay all the way up to your downtown oakland exit. be careful of spinouts, though. we aren't seeing as many accidents today as yesterday. not quite as rainy. but we are seeing this one in vallejo. it sounds like it's already off to the right-hand shoulder. it's a solo spinout southbound 29 to eastbound 37 mainly just some activity right now on the right-hand shoulder. if you are planning a trip out of town towards the sierra, make sure you pack your chains. chains are required this morning on highway 50 and interstate 80 both directions. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." frank and michelle, back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. 4:49 now. >>> president obama is at the vatican right now for his first meeting with pope francis. the president arrived at the vatican today taking part in a

we have a camera near the oakland coliseum where things still look okay. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." michelle, frank, back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> 4:37. president obama demanding russian forces withdraw from the ukraine's crimea region. crimea has scheduled a vote to break away and join russian now. the united states around european unions have responded by sanctioning moscow. president obama called the move a violation of international law. he called russian president vladimir putin and urged him to come up with a peaceful solution. russian deliberately sank a warship off the crimea coast. it is now blocking at least 7 ukranian naval ships. but some of the ukranian fleet may have escaped before russian sealed off the waters. >>> the u.s. senate has vowed to pressure from the pentagon and killed a measure that would have changed the way the military handles sexual assault cases. more now from cbs news' susan mcginnis. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: a move in congress to combat a growing number of sexual assault cases in the mili

meantime, if you are traveling anywhere through oakland right now everything looks good near the oakland coliseum and on the approach to high street southbound also moving at the speed limit for the most part between 980 and the airport. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. they still have those left lanes blocked. they should be picking up the roadwork probably as we speak 5 a.m. that was the deadline to get it all cleared on the span heading into san francisco. no metering lights and no delay yet approaching the pay gates all the approaches look good, as well. and other bridges, san mateo bridge traffic, still moving at the speed limit. coming up we'll get a check of mass transit. in the meantime, back to you guys. >>> the tv show who's line is it anyway returns to our sister station kbcw. we put bay area flavor to the test. >> can i throw you a scenario? can you play it out for us? >> colin, you're kind of a very conservative businessman. you just got on bart. you're commuting in from the east bay. ryan, you step in you sit next to him on the bart train. you're oblivious to the fac

investigators tonight are looking for the driver who ran from a scene of a deadly crash at the oakland coliseum. it was around 3:00 this afternoon when a black sedan and mini van crashed. that mini van flipped over. highway patrol investigators say the driver of that black sedan took off on foot. one witness describes him as a man in his 20s. >>> what a difference a few days make, this was the scene late this afternoon in san jose which saw temperatures hit 90 degrees yesterday making it the warmest day of the fall. >> things they are about to change yet again. here's a live look now at tracker 2. a system that green approaching the bay area kind of knocking on the taor -- door of the bay area there. >> let's talk to mark tamayo. >> that storm track, it's been focused up in northern california. a very well defined source of rainfall. here's a satellite and radar. it's been happening during the past few hours. up toward eureka and mendecino. we are expecting things to change. here's the coverage right now. rain for eureka, rain for redding, rain for ukia. we could have a few rain showers develop

north looking good here in oakland and the drive times are low in fact they are pretty good from oakland coliseum up to downtown and back. it is still less than ten minutes coming into san francisco westbound and this is as good as you are going to get for the morning. if you are driving southbound traffic looks good, santa clara valley all the freeways are looking good and now 5:02 let's go back to the desk. >>> we will begin with new information about a long intense standoff. s.w.a.t. members shot and killed a man after he shot and killed an officer. here is the dramatic video of how that standoff ended. >> reporter: law enforcement officers spent 6:00 hours -- six hours trying to coax him out but he refused and that's when officers tried a different tactic. the s.w.a.t. team deployed flash grenades where the man had been hold up for hours. after they stormed inside he stabbed a s.w.a.t. member and that's when the man was killed. the 34-year-old asian male was acting paranoid. he was carrying an axe. they tried to take him into custody but he he refused. they learned he has access to a rifle an

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it's moving as you head past the oakland coliseum and downtown oakland exits. peninsula southbound.eo and the fatal pedestrian accident we were watching since early this morning. fremont p.d., closed between osgood. latest kcbs traffic. here's lawrence. >> we start to see rain drops showing up outside. out the door we go to sfo. no delays on arriving flights there but major delays out of the parts of the country with a serious storm that's working its way to the east coast and storm clouds rolling in and thickening up. the chance of showers develops throughout the day today. temperatures are only going to be in the 50s and the 60s. >>> it is 8:00 am in the west. welcome back to "cbs this morning." russia tightens its grip on the ukraine. taking stot sky. elizabeth palmer is in crimea. >>> new generation of oscar gold in hollywood this morning. e.t.'s nancy o'dell talks with the actors of "dallas buyers club" and more. >>> and a billion dollar business taking advantage of the winter storms. >>> here is today's eye opener at 8:00. >> the russians have been at the gate and said we want

oakland this afternoon calling for higher pay. >> no justice. >> no peace. >>> about 200 members of the local 2850 staged a rally outside the mariott hotel on tenth street. hotels, restaurants, airports and o do the, t coliseum workers rallied. >> union members are pushing for a november ballot that would raise oakland's minimum wage from $8 to $12.29 a. >>> researchers at arizona state kwraouft say the city's job growth was 3.9% from 2012 to 2019. only river side in southern california was higher with 4% during that time. nationwide job growth remained flat at 1.7% for the two years studied. >>> the labor department said today first time claims fell by 9,500. this is the first week the numbers were down and they reached the lowest level in four months. >>> fans poured into at&t park. we asked fans from each team who's better. >> the a's are a better team because we were the first time. hey, yo. we love the haters. haters love us. >> we have two world series in the last decade. when was the last time they won? >> the season starts next week. monday for the a's at home, tuesday for the giants in arizona. and coming up a bit later. sports director mark ibanze will have all the highlights from tonight's game. >

oakland this afternoon calling for higher pay. >> no justice. >> no peace. >>> about 200 members of the local 2850 staged a rally outside the mariott hotel on tenth street. hotels, restaurants, airports and o do the, t coliseum workers rallied. >> union members are pushing for a november ballot that would raise oakland's minimum wage from $8 to $12.29 a. >>> researchers at arizona state kwraouft say the city's job growth was 3.9% from 2012 to 2019. only river side in southern california was higher with 4% during that time. nationwide job growth remained flat at 1.7% for the two years studied. >>> the labor department said today first time claims fell by 9,500. this is the first week the numbers were down and they reached the lowest level in four months. >>> fans poured into at&t park. we asked fans from each team who's better. >> the a's are a better team because we were the first time. hey, yo. we love the haters. haters love us. >> we have two world series in the last decade. when was the last time they won? >> the season starts next week. monday for the a's at home, tuesday for the giants in arizona. and coming up a bit later. sports director mark ibanze will have all the highlights from tonight's game. >

the next day will be tomorrow night at the oakland coliseum. night, is sunday night but the giants did not plan to monday. this is a chance for fans to get back out here at at&t park. i am looking over at the line, i do not have any tailgaters out there yet. >> these games i understand are more reasonable, cheaper. >> i am not sure. i am sure that a lot of people if they want to see them, this is their first chance. >> and do not forget this sunday night, at kron 4 sports special where he will talk with giants manager bruce bochy. there was talk about the upcoming season. that is sunday night at 9:00 p.m.. >> will be right back. >> welcome back. what colleges do you think have a smart students. you might say harvard, yale, stanford. it turns out the chicken find a lot of smart students at public universities it to. one is right here in the bay area at the top of the list. one of the oldest public universities in the country, the college of william and mary is number one for have been the smartest of is that a survey by college review website ni

. >>> two problems at the oakland coliseum today. one you could easily see and one you did not want to see. the third and final game of the bay series was wiped out due to weather. they'll need to do something about the sewer system before the a's open on monday. the a's set their 25-man roster. sam full, the former stanford player has made the team as out fielder. he played three years with the cubs and then three with tampa. some are some of the highlights. catcher steven vogue and el more will gi fwin the season in aaa. pitchers ryan cook and aj griffin and gentry all begin the year on the disabled list. >> wild card inch fielder on the giants staff made the roster. arias fills the voild at second base. lots of new faces on the giants roster. pitchers ron guiterrez and david huff. tim hudson one of the offseason acquisitions. the giants hope to ghetto fenn sieve punch that wasn't there last year. >> reminder you can get in the opening day spirit with a couple of special shows here. giants back on top can be seen tomorrow on four a

but not the usual bottleneck in the northbound lanes near the oakland coliseum. >> let's roll outside this morning. good morning, everybody. mostly cloudy skies a few peeks of sunshine air temperature relatively mild. livermore now up to 52 after the 40s. later today, numbers stacking up from the 60s all the way to the low 70s. we do have rain moving in but not until later on tonight. rain heaviest on saturday morning. ♪ >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday. happy friday to you, march 28th 2014. welcome back to "cbs this morning." a busy hour ahead, including an interview with president obama. first, here is a look at today's "eye-opener at 8:00.." >> he may be entirely misreading the west and he is certainly misreading american foreign policy. >> what will he do if putin pushes into ukraine? >> he hopes these sanctions will be enough to detour putin. >>> the authorities moved the search area because of new analysis. >> as daylight arrives, we are waiting for the announcement to raise that number significantly. >>> and then critics called the

the oakland coliseum oakland airport, and as i mentioned a little earlier it's international transit workers' day. so aac transit is sponsoring the event and give your bus driver a hug today. go ahead everything is on time. b.a.r.t. system wide also looks good. more than 25 trains and caltrain and ace still no delay. remember kcbs once you hit the road at 106.9 fm. that's your latest kcbs traffic. lawrence a gorgeous forecast in store period. >>> just give everybody a hug today liz why not? >> give your anchorman a hug. your weatherman a hug. >> your weatherman. i was hoping you were going to get there. folks around the bay area today a lot of sunshine. the temperatures going to be nice too and the winds are calming down a bit. not like yesterday. so we're working on a beautiful day ahead and see plenty of sunshine into the afternoon. these temperatures will be warming up nicely. and in fact mostly sunny skies all the way to the coastline. and just some minor changes in high pressure during the week. so a dry week ahead as winter well comes to an end. high pressure in control now. th

this morning the chp is looking for the driver who left the scene of a deadly crash near the oakland coliseumaround 3:15 yesterday afternoon. the mini van flipped over. killing the male driver. a passenger in the vehicle was also taken to the hospital. the chp says the driver of the black sedan took off on foot. >>> we now know the identity of the man killed in a dui crash saturday night. police say the man who died is the cousin of the driver who was arrested. now this cell phone video shows the aftermath of the crash at washington avenue in castro street. the impact sent an accra integra up on the sidewalk. the driver was not hurt. a passenger in the integra juan jesus was killed. >> they swung around and the rear end was on that tree. the passenger side was dented. >> the driver of the integra was arrested for dui and gross vehicular manslaughter. he could make his first court appearance as soon as tomorrow. >>> jury deliberations will continue in the trial of a bank robber. 48-year-old byron williams faces life in prison if convicted of the attempted murder of four chp officers in 2010. n

good evening everyone worries home from the road they got oakland coliseum.ut the king tonight as centennial braun james got rid of the masked the broken nose but after a first couple minutes fort get peace accord 61 months. wasn't his 926818 from the floor 19 points to deal with james in miami every time the coming to an arena it's a big deal. san antonio was waiting for him to the rematch the championship. year-ago which of course the heat won a tony parker. 11187 san antonio. those minor. james says majority of the game. without the face mask protecting his broken nose every time i see this stuff address me up the wall because you have adults granted the kids have to have some self control to is the illinois boys high school basketball tournament. i'm not sure the majority of the adults trying to break it up then you get a few clowns of the stance that get in their own punches and its school district said there'll be no discipline handed out to any of the people involved a particular way the coaches this and that they're doing everything i could stop. elli

the east bay, if you're traveling up and down the nimitz freeway, everything is quiet near the oakland coliseumit's opening night for the a's, so we're expecting traffic try-ups. game time is at 7:50. here's a live look at sensors right now, 101, 280, both moving at the speed limit coming into and out of san francisco, along the peninsula. that's your with latest traffic. more on your forecast now with roberta. >> rain is moving into the bay area. good morning, everybody. we are firing it up. right now, a little bit of light precipitation off the immediate seashore. otherwise, that's the leading even of feeder bands. as you head out the door for work or get the rids ready for school, don't forget the umbrella. rain will develop the heaviest in the afternoon hours, and we have the possibility of thunderstorms all the way through tuesday. this is it. the core of the center of area of low pressure still offshore. this is a frontal boundary that will slice through the bay area. as the rain moves in, it's going to become moderate to heavy at times. a lot of unsettled air mass with the system as well

investigators suspected there was more to this march 9 crash on interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum and now evidence to back up their suspicion. >> we're very thankful this surveillance video came forward. it's going to be huge for this investigation. >> reporter: home surveillance video was turned in. watch as the driver jumps out and puts on a hooded sweatshirt. a few moments later, he gives a sign that he started the car. then the jeep and stolen honda drive away. >> that the point we see the mini van take off behind the jeep and the honda. a few moments later, the driver of the red honda trying to get back his car. the two collided near hagenburger road, killing the mini van driver, cao paul. >> lock your car, get low jack. not much you can do. >> reporter: authorities hope that the video will lead to an arrest in additional to charges of being in possession of a stolen vehicle. reporting live, heather holmes. >>> now to new developments involving another hit-and-run crash. this one in concord that we've been following all day long. tonight police have made an arrest. the suspec

right now, everything looks great for the nimitz freeway, 880 as you pass the oakland coliseum.ater on tonight could be slick. take bart if you. this is what it looks like on the road as you pass 66. so far, there's no delay. we still have the ace train delay, about 15 minutes behind schedule. bart system line on time. every other mass transit looks good. into the south bay, you can see maybe a little sluggish traffic coming up northbound 101. typical stuff. no huge problems. looks heavier from 280 to past the mckee exit. if you're heading out to town, there are no chain requirements right now for traffic heading up to the sierra. a quick look at travel times westbound 580 the busiest, begins on 205 out of tracy. that's your latest traffic. more on our rainy commute home. here's roberta. >> it will be rainy heading home tonight. >>> hi, everybody. good morning. take a look at high def doppler radar . we have feeder bans. these are cells running ahead of the main energy, now entering the northern portion of our district. let's focus in on the bay area, where we have light rain sh

. >>> the victim was driving a minivan that flipped after collide being a sedan near oakland coliseum. tonight the alameda county coroner identified the victim as 32-year-old paul could. highway patrol said they saw the driver of the sedan ran from the scene. the car was stolen. investigators are asking anyone who saw the accident or suspect to contact them. >>> two high school students in san francisco may now be expelled after apparently taking a self-ie at school posing with a gun. a story you will see only on 2. >> reporter: a gun brought to balboa high school was kept a secret until a photo popped up online. two 16-year-old students posed with the loaded gun a bathroom and posted it on facebook. >> why would you put something like that on facebook period? that's stupid. >> reporter: justin is a senior who said he was in the bathroom when the group of boys were taking the picture last week. >> they said this thing is loaded. i heard the gun click like that i was like oh, yeah, they definitely got a gun. >> reporter: a student saw the facebook photo and notified administrators the

investigators suspected there was more to this march 9 crash on interstate 880 near the oakland coliseum and now evidence to back up their suspicion. >> we're very thankful this surveillance video came forward. it's going to be huge for this investigation. >> reporter: home surveillance video was turned in. watch as the driver jumps out and puts on a hooded sweatshirt. a few moments later, he gives a sign that he started the car. then the jeep and stolen honda drive away. >> that the point we see the mini van take off behind the jeep and the honda. a few moments later, the driver of the red honda trying to get back his car. the two collided near hagenburger road, killing the mini van driver, cao paul. >> lock your car, get low jack. not much you can do. >> reporter: authorities hope that the video will lead to an arrest in additional to charges of being in possession of a stolen vehicle. reporting live, heather holmes. >>> now to new developments involving another hit-and-run crash. this one in concord that we've been following all day long. tonight police have made an arrest. the suspec

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. >>> the chp is looking for the driver who left the scene of a deadly crash near the oakland coliseumd around 3:00 when vehicles crashed north of hegenberger. the mini driver flipped over killing the male driver. a passenger in the car was taken to the hospital. the chp driver of the black sedan, police say took off on foot. >>> happening today, jury deliberations will continue in the trial of a convicted bank robber accused of getting into a gun battle with chp officers four years ago on an oakland freeway. 48-year-old byron williams of tuolumne county faces life in prison if convicted of the attempted murder of four chp officers in 2010. prosecutors say williams was planning an attack on of the tide foundation and aclu in san francisco when he was stopped by the chp on interstate 580. he was wearing a bulletproof vest and had three guns. williams was shot four times in a gun battle but survived. >>> family and friends are remembering a man killed in a shooting in north richmond. earl henning died and three others were injured in a shooting in front of a home on first street. friends

. >>> the chp is looking for the driver who left the scene of a deadly crash near the oakland coliseum. it happened at 3:15 yesterday afternoon when a black sedan and mini van crashed on northbound 880. the mini van flipped over killing the male driver, a passenger in the car was taken to the hospital and the chp says the driver of the black sedan took off on foot. this is cell phone video showing the aftermath of a deadly drunk driving crash on saturday night. police say the impact sent an accra integra and chevy camaro up on to the sidewalk. the driver of the camaro was not hurt. a passenger in the integra juan jesus flores was killed. the driver of the integra is flores' cousin was arrested for dui and vehicular manslaughter. >>> time 16:35. a suspect connected to the shooting of a san francisco police officer is in custody. ktvu channel 2 reporter tara moriarty is joaning us live from san francisco general hospital where the police officer is still recovering. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. 28-year-old adam shaw is recovering after having shoulder surgery. he is reportedl

. >>> the victim was driving a minivan that flipped after collide being a sedan near oakland coliseum. tonight the alameda county coroner identified the victim as 32-year-old paul could. highway patrol said they saw the driver of the sedan ran from the scene. the car was stolen. investigators are asking anyone who saw the accident or suspect to contact them. >>> two high school students in san francisco may now be expelled after apparently taking a self-ie at school posing with a gun. a story you will see only on 2. >> reporter: a gun brought to balboa high school was kept a secret until a photo popped up online. two 16-year-old students posed with the loaded gun a bathroom and posted it on facebook. >> why would you put something like that on facebook period? that's stupid. >> reporter: justin is a senior who said he was in the bathroom when the group of boys were taking the picture last week. >> they said this thing is loaded. i heard the gun click like that i was like oh, yeah, they definitely got a gun. >> reporter: a student saw the facebook photo and notified administrators the