we cannot afford to have cars from the peninsula coming up to the neighborhoods and not having a place to park. we have got to keep the train service. there is no alternative for these people other than driving, and that is going to be a disaster for the city. please, what ever you can do, keep those trains running. thank you. >> i'm here on behalf of the many san francisco residents who commute by caltrain and on behalf of the many san francisco members and friends of caltrain. i teach at stanford university and commit to stanford daily by caltrain. caltrain is what makes it possible to live in san francisco. teaching, like many professions in the modern world, is not a 9:00 to 5:00 job. we need caltrain to run in the evenings. otherwise, we will have to drive, which is more dangerous and bad for the environment. caltrain has done a fine job of wooing people out of their cars over the past few years. it is less than an hour for me, and a lot of us have realized that caltrain is competitive with driving with regard to time and better for the environment. if caltrain cut service in the

of peninsula avenue, the back up is at least 92. depending on how long it takes to clear this crash, this could affect the right of the san mateo bridge an offer of 92 eastbound. as well as backing up traffic through san mateo. your best bet is completely avoid 101. before much longer the back up will be south of the 92 interchange. you could cutback over on 1 01 at 380 or take 2 80 all the way into san francisco. currently this san mateo bridge looks good no problems here. you see the changeable message sign indicating the accident is on 101 affecting drivers coming off the san mateo bridge. interstate 80 your ride around the berkeley curve out towards the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights were not activated as of the beginning of this report they could be turned on at any moment now. no back up to the bay bridge toll plaza. let's get a check on the weather. >> louisa: we have wet weather, fortunately it will make it to your morning commute. right now mount tam the sun is rising, you see the clouds octant, we will continue to

one of the key reasons we moved here from the peninsula was public transportation. we have seen our 26-bus canceled. we are not -- we're now hearing about train service being threatened, and we hope we will find both a short-term and long- term solution to the continuing running of caltrain. thank you. >> i am also a resident of san francisco. i have been writing caltrain -- riding caltrain since i first moved here. i have found it an enjoyable and efficient way to get to my job. it is wonderful. like other people here, it has allowed our family to have only one car in san francisco. i have definitely been impressed with the wavy -- the way the caltrain has improved over the years. i have seen great increases in ridership. i have seen lots of efficiency. i would hate to see any of that be lost in the short term. having cut out stations -- my station is one of the ones being proposed to be eliminated -- would increase if i continue to try to bike -- it would increase my commit time by at least 10 minutes. i would have to be out of the office by 6:00. if i got a flat

north 101 at peninsula avenue.h chp and it's confirmed as a fatal accident north 101 three left lanes are blocked. that's according to members of the kcbs phone force. and you can see we are starting to see some yellow here on our sensors so traffic is definitely building as you pass the accident scene. it is involving a motorcycle. a couple of other vehicles. lots of activity on the scene and again, it is a fatality so this investigation may take some time so this may be how it's going to be for most of the morning on this northbound side of 101. so give yourself some extra time. use 280 as an alternate. that will help you avoid the delays along 101. elsewhere, we are not doing too badly in the east bay. so far, so good. if you are taking the eastshore freeway towards the bay bridge, vallejo all the way to the toll plaza, 30-minute ride. traffic looking good approaching the toll plaza. still very light this morning. the metering lights are off. if you are headed right now across the upper deck into san francisco,

my friends on the peninsula, on weekends. they come up because they are not driving. they drink and bars. they go to restaurants. they party. that is all money we would lose if they were driving. that is one person not drinking, and that is a big person. [laughter] i did not have any prepared remarks. i just want you to please do what you can, and a lot of people live in san francisco take caltrain all the time and rely on it. >> i have been living in san francisco for five years. all my family is in gilroy, so i ride the train down. just a touch on something that nobody else really touched on -- as far as facilitating bicycle movement, there is no other transportation aside from bart that really allows a lot of bicycles. there's only two bicycles per boss -- per bus. as far as cyclist that committed, that would really hamper that. thank you. >> thank you. i am the president of north mission neighbors, and i'm also a 30-year member and former officer of san francisco tomorrow. i do not own a car. i do travel around the bay area extensively for meetings. bay area rail

we've overpressurized the whole peninsula.he others reported in the san jose mercury news, the newspaper obtained a pg&e document from 1992. it shows pg&e could have replaced the line that exploded but decided the welds didn't look risky. the company was working on a major upgrade but bypassed this line. this contradicts what federal investigators have found. they said the line had more than 150 welding defects. so the official cause has not been determined yesterday. but pg&e decision-making and systems are being called into question. live in san bruno, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> 5:07 now. the judge in barry bonds' upcoming perjury trial is expected to hear arguments today on a motion from media representatives who want the judge who unseal jury questionnaires. the prosecute can produce evidence about other baseball players that received steroids from anderson. anderson served time in jail for refusing to testify. charged with lying to a federal grand jury in 2003 when he testified he never knowingly used steroids. >> the

we know for sure it's been ragging here on the peninsula but this is -- ranging here on the peninsula. newschopper2 looking at the 92/880 interchange. as you know, they've recently changed some of the lane configuration -- configurations here. you can see traffic backing up past the southland mall and up to 238. westbound 92 traffic is moving well. you know one day they will finish this brand-new interchange. it will be later this year and they say it will be a lot easier to get through here it looks like they are putting the finishing touches on. it picks up at dankor road. westbound bay bridge happens been slow. right now traffic is still slowing down trying to get across. >>> let's go to rosemary. >> good morning to you. looking at some sunshine there in downtown oakland. seeing a mix of sunshine and clouds a moment ago. tori explained the weather as weird yesterday, kind of a similar setup. we remain unstable. we have scattered showers in the forecast. we have a little bit of sun. we have clouds as well. taking a look at the peninsula where we start to -- start to see -- to see th

the korean peninsula and towards china, much drier conditions again today.lenty of dry weather for you. high pressure in control. in the south of china there's going to be this little bit of rain that comes in from the inland portions. nothing too widespread, however. nor is it going to be very heavy. now the indochina peninsula will continue to see a couple of scattered showers and even thunderstorms are going to be possible here. and for the philippines too, pretty wet picture across the country today, towards the north too, continuing showers throughout the day. highs for wednesday, 11 in tokyo. hoping for sunshine this afternoon. 2 in seoul. 6 degrees in beijing. then minus 10 up along the core. pretty frigid picture for you again. looking calmer and quieter out towards the east. we've got that long frontal boundary bringing that severe weather yesterday, that's headed out to sea. the tail end of it does linger over the florida peninsula but that should be pulling away as well. we have this low pressure area bringing snow to eastern canada. that will con

sun towards the peninsula. bay for some early morning hours and then after that, start to see the clouds are in. up ears for some. low 60s for many. and east bay, south bay and peninsula, mid-60s. mild side toward margin hill. but even with the sun, the clouds will roll in. clearing tonight and tomorrow looks good. saturday, morning sun. you're fine unless you're north. cloudy and rainy on sunday. showers on monday. >>> governor brown has asked for state lawmakers to hold off on a vote originally scheduled for today on the special election to let voters decide on a tax extension proposal. now the governor is asking for more time to negotiate with the five republican senators whose votes he needs to get the tax extension on the ballot. >> we want to make sure that voters have all the right choices before them on the ballot if we get to that point. but it's not clear we're at that point. >> governor brown wants to let voters decide whether to help bridge the state's $26 billion deficit by extended taxes currently

heading into the peninsula from the east bay, we are looking good. i have updates on the accident near northbound 101. the updated location is doree avenue. we are told the coroner was just called to the scene. so the motorcyclist that was involved probably sustained the brunt of the injuries. we'll follow this situation. it could take an hour to clear there. there's the golden great bridge from the northbound 101 running smoothly. back to you. >>> a warning for women walking on the uc berkeley campus. police say that a sexual predator is on the loose. an attack happened just before 11:00 tuesday night. a female student was walking near grinnell pathway when she noticed somebody following her. she told police that a man exposed himself and tried to grab her. she screamed and other students came to help her, but the man got away. now officers are looking for an african-american male in his 20s. he's about 5'10" and about 165 pounds. he has a skinmy skinny to medium build. bulging eyes and droopy eyelids. if you have information about the attack, call

go to the peninsula. you see lines forming and then right over the san mateo, foster city over to hayward and over to fremont. east bay seems to be taking pretty good rain over to clayton, pittsburg and antioch. from yountville and a line forming over to sabasta pool. moderate bands. of this -- they've had a lot of rain. for us scattered showers, a lot of 40s. once we get into the low and mid-50s, that will provide a little by yancy. the next system is getting farther to the south. looks like we'll all get light rain out of that tomorrow. today sun, cloud showers. severe weather is possible out to the valley. that would not surprise me. more rain saturday. things calm down sunday. most of next week looks quiet. >>> people will have top find a different way to get to the bay area. coming up, why ace train service has been canceled today. >>> get your quick picks. why there's such a run on megamillion tickets today. >>> also, danville, number one in the new study, what residents spend more money on than the

really along the peninsula.et me take you to the north bay and show you where the showers are coming down. it looks like the heaviest rain now the coming down in places like santa rosa but we're seeing a break along the peninsula and the coast. as we head throughout this afternoon our temperatures are going to end up right around 60 degrees, we're going to see breaks of sunshine, the bulk of the moisture has come through. you can see all of that green. and even a little yellow and red embedded in there. that's heavy to moderate rain pushing into the sierra nevada which means a lot more snow in places like south lake tahoe where they already have a lot of snow. looks like we're going to see more added to the snow pack. as we head through the afternoon tomorrow, showers continue. but we're not expecting a lot of moisture. somewhere upwards of maybe a quarter of an inch in the north bay and below that in the south bay. probably .1 inch. not a lot of moisture but gray days ahead. today and tomorrow overcast with a f

the same goes for everyone along a peninsula.nd the north bay, you have received the most rain, we have had a lot of rain here the past couple of weeks. we have a storm watch in place. it is already starting to push in. and we have a flood advisory in place. by 9:00 a.m. the bulk of the moisture pushes in along the coastline. san francisco is hit hard along your lunch break. same for san jose. this will continue for several hours. we are just going to get dumped on. so you just want to take it easy, be aware. if your backyard is not already a river, it will probably be one later on today. getting through all that rain is not going to be easy this morning, but we'll make it easier for you with mike inouye. >>> good morning, christina. now i'm going to sing justin timb timberlake's "cry me a river" all day long. the latest news is a pickup stuck in the mud at the interchange. all lanes are cleared and they pulled the truck out of the mud. slippery conditions and muddy road sides will make it tough if you have a flat tire. the penin

that's a great note for the peninsula. if you don't have to do anything until midday, that's horrible. a lot of traffic through san mateo. right now the altamont pass is where we are concerned with the wind farms. also christina talked about the wind developing in many spots near the bay area. just a 15-minute drive through the wet roadways. 580 and the dublin interchange, we are looking over here to the walnut creek interchange and the maze. smooth roads through this area as well. we have a couple issues with trees but none down on major freeways. a live look shows the toll plaza with backups in the cash lanes. we'll watch this throughout the morning, back to you. >>> we are following the wet weather all throughout the morning. we'll take you live to the trouble spots as they pop up, but first we'll take you live to san jose for an update on a strange homicide that happened overnight. and it is the latest in a disturbing trend this year. marla tellez is at the scene of the crime. marla? >> reporter: good morning, brent. w

your electric bill. >>> traffic on the peninsula. this is a live look at northbound and southbound 101 as you pass popular in san mateo. more bridges and check of mass transit coming up. >> it is 6:24 it. a 19-cent is your charge on your electric bill, everyone pays it, adding up to $62 million a year. the california energy commission has been using it to study things like salmon habitat restoration and bird migration habits. >> is it the best priority for tomorrow? who knows. but we stand by that as an appropriate example of research. >> when do the ratepayers recover their cost to see reduction in their rates? >> the energy surcharge expires automatically next year unless lawmakers and the governor decide to continue it. >>> 6:25. one of the countries's best college basketball teams is without a star player. brigham young let go of brandon davies for violating the honor code. he admitted to having premarital sex with his girlfriend which is against the rules at byu. it applies to all students. among other thing, the school asks to

looking at the peninsula, no delays for the speed sensors.nterchange is causing a problem as well because folks from the east bay are heading over to the san mateo bridge. he's a live shot of the san mateo bridge, it is getting worse near the interchange. we'll track this on twitter and facebook throughout the morning. >>> a hearing is set to get underway at capitol hill today to investigate radical muslims in the united states and the threat they pose. new york congressman peter king organized that hearing. he has been called everything from a hero to a bigot. king says raid calls are recruiting muslims right now to become terrorists in the united states. he says it is his job to investigate that. he says most mosques are led by radicals and muslims are not helping authorities to root out potential terrorists. >> i'm aware of virtually no cooperation from leaders in the muslim community. >> i will challenge him to come up with any evidence supporting that. >> that was minnesota's keith ellison, the only muslim in congress. he will also testi

if you are driving this morning on the peninsula so far so good. here is steve. >>> we have light rain moving through. very cloudy, mild. 50s in the temps. the rain wants to hang out south of marin county and san jose. a lot of clouds just will continue to stream in. it looks like a rainy week. not only rainy week but the 7- 10 day outlook looks very wet as well. close to the dumbarton and over to danville. parts of san pablo bay. some of the rain was okay in the higher elevations. all over an inch. but then after that it was a couple .10. look at the temps. some are near 60 degrees. santa rosa is near the coolest. look for a lot of clouds and then rain continuing off and on. more likely tomorrow evening and again on wednesday and heavier system moving into the week. cloudy with rain in the morning. 50-60. mostly cloudy at noon. very muggy and kind of mild. we have a high surf advisory taking us. so stay away from the cost. 50s and 60s unless you're a surfer. we will give way to near 70 degrees for some. this looks like a very mild pattern for mond

but out along the peninsula we are seeing this cell making its way onshore. if you are traveling in that direction, more rain on the way and it's going to be like that all day long. scattered showers and a little mix of sunshine in between. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> even despite wet rainy weather throughout to start the morning commute, not much going on, relatively problem-free this morning. here's a live look at the bay bay. you can see a little puddling in the middle lanes but no big problems heading into san francisco overall. same thing across the san mateo bridge. we have areas of overnight roadwork. we'll tell you where those spots are coming up. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> three protestors have court hearings this morning after their arrests last night at uc- berkeley. anne makovec joins us now from the campus where actually 17 people were arrested last night. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. three out of the 17 people arrested are still in jail this morning. we know that all of the 17 were accused of trespassing. an

a new accident just reported on the peninsula.01 and tully road, the off-ramp maybe be blocked. you may want to consider north 87. >> thank you for joining us for the abc 7 morning news. >> an

down towards parts of the peninsula and south bay only trace amounts. watch right there that rain over has since moved off. occasional showers zipping in under the west-southwest direction. jet stream still funneling in some moisture. scattered showers today. partly to mostly sunny. dry forecast for friday and slightly warmer. look at the temps. 40s and 50s. cooler to the north, warmer towards the cloud cover and rain especially towards the south bay. we're waiting for that system on the weekend and there it is. we have a couple days to fine tune that. but also signs are pointing towards heaviest rain being on the weekend in the north again just like yesterday and temperatures will stay very, very mild. 44 to 54. fog, clouds, some breaks in the clouds. few showers. partly cloudy, partly sunny, few showers by noon. overall more clouds than anything else. 58 to 65 today. some low to mid-60s on these temperatures especially towards the east bay, peninsula and south bay. temperatures near average for the first time in a long time. mostly sunny friday. cloud

balkan peninsula, alpine region a chance of snowfall today. fairly settled picture for the rest of europe. the winds will be strong across the skand knavian peninsula and norway could see snow. three in stockholm and three in warsaw. cold but not the frigid temperatures we have been seeing the past few days. that's a look at the weather conditions for now and i will leave you with your three-day outlook. here's one of our lead stories this hour. new zealand's government says it will end rescue operations in the earthquake hit city of christchurch, the country's ministry of civil defense and emergency management informed reporters on this on thursday. it said the hopes of rescuing anyone else alive from the rubble are gone and the focus is now on recovery. authorities say they have so far recovered the bodies of 161 people. they say the final death toll could reach 240. >>> and we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo . this is rainwater .. collected from the roof and sent through underground pipes into this 1500 gall

a rash of burglaries on the peninsula.hat thieves are stealing and what all the cars have in common. >> plus the celebrity chef's stolen lamborghini spotted in the bay area. where video surveillance captured the ritzy ride. >>> and why governor brown is pushing a budget vote back and what the impact could be on public schools. >>> and you have heard the stories of doom and gloom. caltrain is in a fiscal emergency and that could really affect riders. well, turns out that may not necessarily be the case. we'll explain when we come back. >>> and it doesn't look bad now, folks, but bring that umbrella if you are headed out. we have a chance of some rainfall today. we'll talk about that coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. >>> good morning. it is thursday, march 10. i'm elizabeth wenger. sydnie is off this morning. >> i'm frank mallicoat. the time is 6:30. we are going to start with traffic right now. a deadly accident down in san mateo on the 101. gianna, what can you tell us? >> re

the peninsula is very clear. we'll focus on 880 heading into the trouble spot area. 880 itself past the coliseum is moving smoothly. of course, we could have more congestion close to the 7:00 or 8:00 hours. we'll watch this very closely, back to you. >>> right now world powers are meeting in london to talk about the future of libya. leaders of western and arab nations are meeting to seek a possible deal for moammar gadhafi's exit from power. in an agreement on plans for libya's future, the foreign secretary says the conference will look at humanitarian needs in the country and also make plans for a democratic future in libya. 44 foreign ministers and the united nations secretary along with secretary clinton are attending the meeting. >>> the u.s. heard from the commander in chief last night about the crisis in libya. president obama told the country the u.s. strategy is working. innocent civilians are not being slaughtered in the civil war. he said the u.s.-led response has stopped gadhafi's advancers. mr. obama

as we head towards noon time we might see wet weather and on the peninsula and the east bay.g too heavy. hit or miss showers throughout a good portion of your afternoon. we will dry a out thursday, soared friday and saturday. as we head into your sunday wet weather continues into next week. >> george: the westbound ride at the bay bridge toll plaza is that a cup. no big delays on any of the approaches. your ride to the san mateo bridge problem free on highway 92, the approaches are just a little slow approach in the toll plaza. a 80 is still looks good at 92. marin ride is a good one no delays through the county from 37 down to central san rafael, the trip across the golden gate bridge is problem free. the right through san francisco updating the james lick freeway, you can see it is still light traffic on inbound central here was no delay. mark? >> mark: napa state hospital suspected of attacking a nurse is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. he is charged with assault with intent to commit rape and two counts of sexual battery. he is being held in jail. the assault was

gary a school class has lived in the small settlements of on the peninsula since birth there are more than twenty school cos here his grandfather knew only a few english words gary however doesn't speak russian my grandfather passed away a couple of decades ago and my grandmother. passed away soon after that just some distance from here my father is buried and most of my relatives and one day i will be to. right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the seashore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. government one of the older buildings is right down below it doesn't have a window in it. and the old law dovetail design with the dovetail corner there are several other buildings that are better throughout here including sheds that were used for fishing the older ones were built as as old as the late eighteen hundreds all the residents of new chick are related to each other one way or another for this irene she died in one nine hundred eighty five one of the most successful pe

decreasing rain but heavy rain on the peninsula right now. tough morning for the commute. >>> traffic is moverring along okay as you drive over to the high-rise of the san mateo bridge. there are no major problems heading to the high-rise. this morning's commute is okay on westbound 24 driving up to the tunnel. now we are looking at the flooding conditions. in fact, flooding has also made it -- impossible to park at park and ride. that's where ktvu's kraig debro is right now. kraig. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, sal. it's kind of a fluctuating situation. this is very close to richardson bay. there's a high tide and there's rain you get flooding here. but if you take a look behind me, see the upside down no parking written on the ground. that was completely covered just 30 minutes ago. the water seems to be rapidly receding here. with the rain tapering off and high tide receding, the lot may be able to service original purpose but not until later this morning at the very latest. that's almost exactly what we had two days ago. we arrived her

his friends are embarking on a second expedition to the peninsula. once again they will retrace the steps of early russian explorers. team will have to go through a strenuous course of training before the second expedition they intend to use the same gear that the early russian explorers had no motorboats only canoes. since we're repeating the historical roots of the alaskan discover a. then we want to know the actual truth and that's why we didn't have a choice of transport means. then haakanson head of the community of indigenous people living in kodiak island takes a dim view of the desire of europeans to make their lives more difficult. his ancestors used to put out to sea in. keeper for. there's motorboats. certain things giving up the perks of civilization is a foolish thing to do. yet despite him bracing the modern era inwardly he still remains committed to the simple principles preached by his ancestors. we were here for thousands of years. but you know we didn't have this system of paper saying that we can claim this land because in our phil

right after the peninsula was sold to the americans the village was built on the sea shore all of the employees of the russian american company who refused to move to russia had been banished here by the u.s. government one of the older buildings is right down below it doesn't have a window in it and built in the old log dovetail design with the dovetail corners there are several other buildings that are there throughout here including sheds that were used for fishing the older ones were built as as old as the late eighteenth hundreds all the residents of new chick are related to each other one way or another. this is irene she died in one thousand nine hundred eighty five one of the most successful people born in india we learned that lehman who is a distant relative of gary. four years ago he was the lieutenant governor of alaska because he's only passing through today and has decided to stay with his uncle and aunt their ancestors were russians and they still use russian words in their everyday lexicon. presidio. was married were given to a few hours later he will visit his father

traveling north 101 at the peninsula.ll those details coming up. >> police warning students walking on the u.c. berkeley campus to beware after a man exposes himself and tries to assault a young woman. exactly 5:30 this thursday morning. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping our news, san jose is accelerating its efforts to clamp down on a recent explosion in pot clubs. city leaders took action last night. amy hollyfield is live. 110 pot clubs is 100 too many. pot clubs have not really been regulated in san jose so the number has grown tremendously. the mercury news is reporting at a meeting last night council members decided they're fed up and time to step up and get this under control. they'd like to cut back from the 110 they currently have open in san jose to ten. residents are complaining about the pot clubs. even the pot club owners at the meeting agree that they do need to be controlled but they don't think ten is enough to serve this large city. they also question how is the city going to decide which ten g

is another russian on klav in alaska it emerged here on hundred years after the sale of the peninsula. its four hundred inhabitants trying to stick to a lifestyle reminiscent of siberia rather than america didn't you get thirty people first came here in one thousand sixty eight year this is the first house they have built here we take why they feel me hugh you're not young enough how do you choose an oval mind for some reason try to guess why there's no escape for you dressed to kill. and even if a feel of it is famous in nicholai of sc and she is known for causing a stir the locals are not particularly fond of her because she is the only settler who is always ready to talk to journalists. the reason is that all believers live in the settlement and they always prefer a reclusive lifestyle. the founders of nikolai a fled the soviet union to america to escape persecution on religious grounds in alaska the old believers are trying to distance themselves from civilization much like they would do in russia. initially it was a private no doubt about that but the signs had been removed and n

rate at peninsula ave. lanes were cleared about 20 minutes ago, kron 4 as will tran reported live from the scene they had cleared the investigation side of the fatal accident that occurred this morning interstate 2 80, still your best alternate, but 92 is backed up this morning, the bay shores the freeway to avoid for a while longer gulf, it as having an impact on the san mateo bridge in the westbound direction from here we will take you for look at the cemetery bridge. because they did for awhile have this of changeable message signed. but once they had the accident cleared the clear the message. the right to sand and cisco good one, northbound into the city now back up for delays from the 2 80 interchange, a lot of traffic still held up further south. the bay bridge, my apologies to the control room. this westbound bay bridge, is a bad one this morning. the back up reaches all the way to the berkeley curve, we have been answered and free, look at how slowly the cars are moving. this is the meter and light

awful i mean hardly anything towards the peninsula and south bay. some really impressive totals from marin county north. that may be the same pattern as we go into the weekend as well. mostly cloudy, few showers here. 48 to 54 on the lows this morning 55 to 60 sun, clouds, mild occasionally light showers. but, again, just a lot quieter day than we saw yesterday. clouds and sun and highs today low 60s to mid-60s. brentwood 64. 65 gill roy. 62 san mateo. 63 fremont and 64 san jose. we're getting on the mild side. we'll continue that theme on friday. cloud it up saturday. rain to the north sunday for everybody. >>> time now 5:39. san francisco police have made an arrest in connection with a homicide in north beach. a 58-year-old homeless woman is now accused in the shooting death of lynn magson. police also arrested a 31-year- old man on burglary charges, but officials say he is not facing murder charges. >>> many sports fans are getting ready for march madness. but something happening tonight could lead to big trouble for pro football this fall. >>> a

--trouble, a hot spot at the peninsula.ved was a motorcycle also involved, it went down in the fast lane is now that to left lanes impacted by this accident. sadly the corner has been called, it is being reported as possibly fatal. that is the way the accident is coded, it the corner has been called it's a pretty in good indication that it is a fatal crash. that also means a lengthy investigation and what is likely to be a snaksnake for the morning commute. --snake----problem. this is likely to become a major problem, it could even start to affect the ride coming off the san mateo bridge for westbound highway 92, it could back up traffic at towards foster city. it could even affect 92 east bound a lot of that traffic coming down from the san mateo hills turned north on 2101. the two left lanes are blocked, will trent is in route. -- will tran. this being regarded as a fatal accident and the corner on the way to the accident is likely that lanes will be blocked for well over an hour, possibly to.wo. bay bridge interstate- 80

a little more mild along the peninsula this morning. we are also not noticing any fog along the peninsula but we have some fog in the north bay. take it easy out there. we'll break down your forecast for the south bay. we already looked at the north bay and the peninsula. this is what it looks like for today at 7:00 a.m. in the south bay. 37 degrees. you'll need the jacket all the way until noon. mild conditions right around 52 degrees. and our breezes are really going to pick up. howling winds through the east bay hills tonight. 59 degrees. the breeze picks up in the south bay at 3:00 p.m. we have a wind advisory in place starting at 9:00 p.m. lasting until tomorrow morning. a lot of rain on the way to the bay area. we'll tell you just how much coming up. right now, though, you want to get to work on time. it is a tuesday, tuesdays can be tough. how is it looking, mike? >>> so far for a tuesday we are on schedule, christina. but i have incidents the report out of the bay bridge, actually leaving the bay bridge area, i'll show you that

palo alto, the peninsula, mid-50s. 55 for san francisco. north bay, you'll be dodging afternoon showers. petaluma, 53. 55, napa. east bay locations, most reporting locations, in the mid-50s. interior east bay, concord, 56, and 56 for what conville, the accuweather seven-day forecast. get ready. a little dry patch on tuesday. and then get ready for rain could be heavy at times. wednesday and thursday. going to have to watch that. things are saturatedful might even have more wind problems this. >> alan: great weather to stay home and watch basketball. that's what shu has been doing. final day to get into the sweet 16. >> mike: not going to be able to play golf again so hope the tournament lasts forever. duke, fought off a hungry group of wolverines. last shot rimming out. a full slate of hoops next getting ready to plant? chances are your soil is like this: compacted, drained of nutrients. it'll hold your plants but it'll also hold 'em back. the solution: miracle-gro garden soil. the perfect mix of rich, organic ingdients, and miracle-gro pla

there is a ban coming in along the peninsula. right over the bay in marin county and napa county and up toward sonoma and parts of mendocino and lake county. some of the details that will come in for the rain and wind today about 10:00 and 2:00 that's the time when the front will barrel in here. half inch to 2.5 inches of rain. the winds are already beginning to quick up. we will have gusts up to 40 along the coast. 50-51-52. san ho 50. san francisco san rafael at 51 degrees. pretty good looking system. yes, it is. it may slow down a wee bit. there is a little low family rooming on the -- there is a little low forming on the front. so for the morning scattered showers but still some of these can be brief and heavy and then you will clear it and then there won't be anything. later this afternoon late morning early afternoon that colder system begins to work its way in for double barrel here of rain and wind. much cooler and a possibility of thunderstorms for the sierra if you can go early that would be great. snowfall around lake

in the east bay there are 1500 customers without power. 600 customers are affected along the peninsula where we had power lines down onto a transmission power line in foster city. in the south bay, no reported outages in san francisco right now. >> if you are trafblg today or picking someone from the airport call ahead, officials at sfo say arriving flights are delayed an average of 90 minutes. no major delays are reported in san jose and oakland at this time. for up-to-the-minute information check out flight tracker at www.abc7.com. >> you can once again get to yosemite national park. highways 140 and 120 reopened with restrictions this morning after being closed since sunday when a massive storm closed those roads and knocked out power to the park. hotels are running on generators and existing lodging reservations are being honored but campgrounds remain closed. traffic on highways 140 and 120 are allowed tw between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. chains are required. >> it's an absolute mess getting into the sierra. this is video from the caltrans camera which is west of donner summit. that

towards the east bay, south bay or peninsula, slightly warmer b. generally 50s and 60s on the coast. sun many the morning for a while, and then clouds roll in, rain starts in the morning and everyone by this afternoon. friday looks good and saturday all right. and then cloud up, rain develops and carry some into monday morning. >> thank you. >>> the number of home owners receiving some sort of foreclosure notice dropped to their lowest levels in three years. that report in this morning says notices still went out to more than 5,000 homes during february. but-- more than 255 how homes in february. continuing-- 255,000 homes in february. >>> zillow.com is offering a new service. the company's website will estimate the rental fee for 90 million homes, whether they are listed as rentals or not. >>> google's new search formula is steering traffic away from some websites it helped make very popular. the family, one of the most cooking sites is complain. google used to deliver 70% of traffic. and now traffic is down 39% because of google's new formula tha

the peninsula the chance of rain by 2:00, 3:00.en for the evening hours we keep the chance of rain from the peninsula half moon bay. and town to the south bay. it's really not until after midnight we see the skies begin to clear and our pattern finally beginning to shift. rainfall amounts very light but looks like the north bay and santa cruz mountains will see rain up to a quarter inch but elsewhere only about a tenth inch. the east bay and peninsula doesn't look too likely. north bay, east bay, mid-and upper 50s. elsewhere look for lower 60s today and light rain. but around the monterey coast, 62 in gilroy with partly cloudy skies. so the rain becoming likely this afternoon throughout the latter evening hours. temperatures tomorrow climbing up, mid-60s with sunshine, upper 60s. yes, it gets warmer and warmer with an offshore flow. but we are looking at increasing clouds, cooler condition next week. but a chance to dry out and enjoy that sun! >> yeah, we need it. we -- it! >> yeah, we do. >> thanks, lisa. >>> well, for more than h

we're overpressurizing the whole peninsula.oon after the pipeline in san bruno exploded killing eight people. a cause of the explosion has not been found yet and finding that cause is the utility's main objective. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> final check on weather and traffic. mike? >> a quick look at live doppler 7 hd. notice how it is getting drier by the moment. still flight arrival delays and still patchy drizzle and patchy fog for the next couple hours. this afternoon the mid to upper 60s in most areas. mid to upper 50s along the coast. remember, tomorrow is the warmest day. set those clocks ahead saturday night one hour and change the batteries in your smoke detectors. frances. >> bay bridge backed up to west grand and slow to the metering lights. again, look out for the thick fog mike was mentioning, especially if you're driving on highway 1 near skyline boulevard between pacifica and daly city. so far haven't been major problems on the freeways there but visibility has been reduced down to 25. >> be very careful. tha

in the east bay there are 1500 customers without power. 600 customers are affected along the peninsula where we had power lines down onto a transmission power line in foster city. in the south bay, no reported outages in san francisco right now. >> if you are trafblg today or picking someone from the airport call ahead, officials at sfo say arriving flights are delayed an average of 90 minutes. no major delays are reported in san jose and oakland at this time. for up-to-the-minute information check out flight tracker at www.abc7.com. >> you can once again get to yosemite national park. highways 140 and 120 reopened with restrictions this morning after being closed since sunday when a massive storm closed those roads and knocked out power to the park. hotels are running on generators and existing lodging reservations are being honored but campgrounds remain closed. traffic on highways 140 and 120 are allowed tw between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. chains are required. >> it's an absolute mess getting into the sierra. this is video from the caltrans camera which is west of donner summit. that

you talk about the rain coming down the peninsula, the lower peninsula is moving smoothly. we should see on a thursday the slowdown southbound into 880 and in east palo alto at 7:00 or 7:30. same for san mateo, both directions of 101 and 92 will slow at the same time. there could be rain coming through, we'll watch for issues on this side of the bay. the other side, 880 is looking smooth on the drive past the coliseum. an easy drive but the glow of the lights indicates moisture in the air. and there are slick roadways around the east bay as well. we are looking at the approach to the bay bridge, we have an 18-minute drive from the cartinas bridge down the berkeley curve. if you are heading north to the north bay, you have that near fairfield, some sprinkles. it is also near wine country. >>> thank you very much. 5:11 right now. an update on oil and gas prices this morning live from cnbc world headquarters. >>> and a court ruling that could make it tougher for a lot of people to find jobs. >>> plus, the brownies being marketed as a chocolatey way to melt your problems away.

along the peninsula, powerlines came down along with trees, trees, and even more trees. this video sent to ureport shows a tree that just narrowly missed a house in belmont. >> extremely wet and dangerous right now. a lot of debris down on the roads. heavy big puddles. so drive slow and be safe. >> reporter: this is a mess neighbors woke up to. >> sounded like the roof was going to come off. it was amazing. sounded like a plane taking off or something-didn't it? >> yeah. >> reporter: did you hear the same thing? >> i heard it. it was pretty amazing that came down. but, pretty bad. blocking the whole street. can't get through. >> reporter: this 70-year-old month ray -- monterey pine will cost the homeowners $1,500 to clean up. the storm caused headaches around the bay but not for this arbor wrist. >> a good day to be in your line of work. >> a good day, yes. >> reporter: the water levels had nowhere else to go but up. the reservoir is almost full from the rain in the mountains, but with the water being push out faster than it comes in, observers don't previc a spillover a

along the peninsula light, spotty.own to places like south san francisco are seeing some showers pushed to the south. making its way along the peninsula seeing some showers defroster city as you head to the bridge. often the sierra continuing with snowfall to pile up. on highway 50 continuous coverage snow showers. we had a high surf and advisory a top arafat about 20 seconds we could see those waves breaking. ray knight air temperatures are sitting in the '40's. by the afternoon it will bring those wise to the upper 50s. 55 san rafael and san francisco. mid-upper 50s to the east bay, san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. one day after another bringing the wet weather and the mets. tuesday night will notice a bigger star moving in. heavy rain, strong wind this will continue to read greek even till about thursday. friday about more showers. expecting another wet weekend. >> george: finally seeing some improvement here at the bay bridge off the back at one time reached to the bay bridge now at the end of

pretty nice ride so far along the peninsula.betting on that it's going to be friday light and so knows as many cars on the road. so we haven't seen any huge issues, no major hot spots yet this morning. live look at 101 traffic near the third street off-ramp. so far, so good heading into downtown san francisco but mass transit might be a great day to use it. everything is on time. that's your weather and traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:56. elementary school students sickened by cocaine. we'll tell you how it got into their class and the shocking thing one student told her mom. >> and a race against time in japan. the efforts today to restore a crippled nuclear power plant. much more coming up. >>> uc-berkeley scientists detect some of that radiation from japan here in the bay area. but they say not enough to worry about. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and our u.s. senators asking for an emergency order that could help prevent another disaster like what we saw near san bruno. we'll tell how they are appealing to an

when you get to the peninsula, 101 is okay. 280 is not that great. it's backing up through daly city heading southbound through san bruno. this morning's commute in san francisco is okay. northbound 101 is a little wet approaching the 80 split. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. sanfrancisco's rainfall yearly average has been surpassed. we're at 22.5 now. theirs more on the way -- there's more on the way. flash flood continues in the the santa cruz mountains. a -- in the santa cruz mountains. a flash flood warning has been issued for clearlake at lake port up in sacramento county. excepted to go to flood stage today. if not today, then thursday. we have the system moving on through. it's been tense. the weather is decreasing in the north bay. not so bad in the north bay. but we do have towards the east bay, trying to pick up some pretty good rain, especially on 80 back to highway 4 and then over towards 580. but decreasing now. you can see the same for the santa cruz mountains. but on peninsula we're still getting rains. the good news, maybe in a