the pinole valley freshman boy arrested tuesday after he allegedly told the school counselor that he planned to kill the teacher. the boy said he was he was angry because he believed the teacher embarrassed him in front of other students. a search of the boy's belongings turned up a notebook with the murder plot and an elaborate escape plan. >>> also tonight, an american airlines employee accused of ripping off nearly half a million dollars from passengers at san jose's airport. mark sayre reports investigators say she hatched a complex scheme to steal hundreds of credit card numbers. mark. >> reporter: allen, prosecutors say this fraud took place between october of 2007 -- rather, make that december of 2007 and october of last year, the same time period they believe the credit card numbers were stolen from unsuspecting american airlines passengers. 49-year-old micheline johnson of concord is being charged in a sophisticated credit card skimming operation that goes back more than three years. johnson is a former ticket counter agent with american airlines here at mineta san jose inte

there are a couple of breaks in the action. 80 is all right if you are driving from pinole -- pinole to richmond. slow traffic and gusty winds across marin county. on southbound 101 it slows right near the marin area to central san rafael. but not as bad as it can be in that area. let's go to the live pictures. westbound westbound bay bridge, there are no -- westbound bay bridge, there are no major problems. it's backed up about 8 to 10 minutes. 208 is slow, so is highway 0 at 17 trying to get -- highway 80 at 17 trying to get in the valley. here is a steve. >>> thank you, sal. snow levels 2500 here, up to 15,000 feet in lake county. the snow level is down to -- that's a very strong system. it's taking aim at the north bay first but it will affect everybody. mount hamilton's picking up light know. there are other areas picking up white there. had a lot of reports around 1,000 to 2,000 feet of snee. you can see a little break for some. there are maybe a few breaks in the clouds. but the system is beginning to pump in a lot of rain and again there's -- part of that system that shows sn

take deko --al parecer el adolescente, de la preparatoria "pinole valley", estaba furioso por que creiaque el maestro lo avergonzaba frente a la clase. --un oficial del plantel fue notificado y lo arresto.. --entre sus cosas, encontraron una libreta que contenia el plan para matar al profesor. stop open roll open cu --la violencia en mxico ha cobrado ms de 30 mil vidas en aÑos recientes, y ahora se ha convertido es una estrategia legal para inmigrantes del area de la bahia que enfrentan deportacin. --pero qu tan buena es sta estrategia? jaime peluffo nos trae la respuesta.. take pkg sebastian tiene 20 aÑos, es originario de mxico y una indiscrecin lo puso en manos de ice y en proceso de deportacin.. s.o.t. sebastian/enfrenta deportación 14:41:00 cuando me detuvieron a mi me trataron de hacer firmar la deportación voluntaria, entonces dije no. ahora sebastan tiene que pelear su estadia en el pas en las cortes. s.o.t. 12:50:00 voy a meter una aplicación de asilo en la próxima corte que tengo. nats.. el asilo no es comn para mexicanos, pero la creciente violencia del narcotrafico en ese pa

let's go back out to pinole. 80 approaching pinole valley road we have an accident blocking a lane of traffic. you can see it's slow going in those westbound lanes, as well. very jammed up as you pass hercules. the silicon valley commute unfortunately this isn't looking better just a lot of congestion, no incidents reported. but that westbound ride looks slow heading out towards zanker road. 880 through oakland, you know, usually we see a bottleneck in those northbound lanes. not the case this morning past the coliseum. so a quick trick up into downtown oakland. our cameras are moving around quite a bit, though. a lot of wind out there. a couple of wind advisories still in effect one for the san mateo bridge. you can see the caltrans warning sign out there. also, very windy across the bay bridge where we have a wind advisory in effect backed up well into the macarthur maze. mass transit is all on time. here's jim with your forecast. >> on this valentine's day morning, looks like lots of showers across the bay are

keit pinole wants >>> it may look like just a pile of rotting food in somebody's backyard but actuallyeep down inside they could be cooking up something beneficial. keith madison wants to know why do compost piles heat up? that's tonight's good question. >> stick your hand way down inside here. >> you can feel it. >> i can feel some heat. >> carbon nitrogen, oxygen and water. you mix those ingredients in just the right proportions you've got a hot pile. >> the owner of the house made a hot pile. he created a pile of yard waste and food scraps. there is also some chicken manure. some straw. >> reporter: a bay friendly gardening and landscaping coalition group says composting is all about the recipe and these will cook if you get them right. >> what really generates the heat inside the pile is bacteria. they usually occur between 100, 110 to 130 degrees fahrenheit. and in the center of the pile. >> reporter: this pile is up to 90 degrees on a cool winter day and if you dig way down you can feel the bacteria at work. >> isn't that cool. >> it is cooking down there, man. it is like 80 degr

dave and tori. >> in richmond and pinole, it's very slow. moving down to the nimitz freeway, it's been very slow from hayward and fremont. take a look at 237. we have some slow traffic there, as usual, coming from 680 and picking up at zanker road. on 880, we had a report of an accident, southbound at 16th but doesn't look like it's there. northbound on the left. that traffic is a little bit busy. but fortunately things look to have recovered. remember, at the bay bridge, we still have a delay of ten minutes. >>> sunshine out there. temperatures will start to rebound from the 20s and an dash yes, 20s and 30 this morning. look at that sunshine. wall to wall, it looks good. i ficked it was about time. 30s. we're starting to warm up. not a lod of -- lot of mid-40s and 30s. there is -- today and tomorrow, all right. there is a very cold low dropping down. there is also a low north of the hawaiian islands. somehow this whole mix is going to play in our weekend weather. the system to the west gets drawn into the low. if that's the case it will be

caltran won't get there until 6:30 so they're actually going to ask the hercules and pinole police departmento clear the tree. to get around it if you need to get around westbound 80, you may want to find a place to turn around and get on westbound 80 or also consider willow and that will get you on westbound 80. speaking of 80, a live shot here in berkeley. traffic flows well westbound. if you're heading eastbound out of the sierra, you need your chains. you'll need them on interstate 80 and highway 50. you can get the latest traffic anytime by going to abc7news.com. click on the bay area traffic link. >> it's now 5:54. >> if you're buying just about anything, get ready to pay more for it. >> here's jane king with the "moneyscope" report. >> if you're buying just about anything except a flat screen tv, get ready to pay more for it. planning price increases on clothes and an analyst predicting cotton, wheat, corn to continue going up and stay higher longer than expected. the government putting out a report on consumer prices this morning. boarders planning to close about 200 stores. the books

. >>> a freshman from pinole valley high school is under arrest accused of threatening to kill a teachercampus there. the "contra costa times" reports the student told the counselor he was mad at the teacher for embarrassing him in front of some of the other students and he planned to kill the teacher. he allegedly repeated that threat when police caught up with him outside that school. >>> a hearing is set to begin today on a proposed gang injunction for the fruitvale district in oakland. the city wants to impose curfews and restrict gatherings in an effort to cut down on crime but critics say it's racial profiling. the judge could allow a preliminary injunction until the issue is decided by a full trial, which is expected to begin in december. >>> it is 5:12. saving a few bucks here and there pretty great. but we are going to show you a simple way to save $50 a day. >>> plus, it's the secret that's out. the newspaper that may have leaked the most famous recipe in the world. all coming up. >>> and if you are coming into san francisco on 101 this morning, you will not be able to connect

eastshore freeway at mcbride accident there everything over to the off-ramp but traffic backed up to pinoles down to 14 miles an hour. busy westbound 580. 45 minutes from grant line to airway. very slow and go. earlier accident east side, spectator slowing backing up traffic there. wind advisory for the san mateo bridge. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a gang of thieves stopped in their tracks by a fearless granny armed with her handbag. it was all caught on tape. this is in northampton, england. six men wearing helmets were trying to smash their way in a jewelry store with sledge hammers when an elderly woman came out swinging and beating them with a purse. look at her go. the men jumped on motorcycles to get away but two fell off, apparently in shock. witnesses were able to hold them until officers arrived. two other suspects were eventually caught later. don't mess with her. >> trying to get into the rolex store. good for her. hero now on that. wow. that's great. >>> well, thank you for watching cbs 5 "early edition." and thank you, elizabeth, for filling in. >> it's been fun. >> our new

westbound 80 at pinole and willow. it's a 30 minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze.you get to the bay bridge toll plaza, we really haven't seen a bad backup all morning, only towards the ends of the parking lot. but at least i mentioned there is snow and that caused an accident on highway 29 which is closed between bradford and tug. you will need chains, of course, if you're heading up to the sierra. we're telling people to wait until saturday if you can. >> between now and 4 a.m. saturday. frances, thank you very much. thank both of you very much. thank you for joining us with %@%%%%%%%%% i%% i%%%%%%%%%%%%%%ñ >>> good morning, america. i'm robin roberts. >> and i'm george stephanopoulos. it's thursday, february 17th. we have breaking news overnight. more chaos in the middle east. crowds run for their lives as the arab revolution ramps up and riot police crack down. miguel marquez caught between police and an angry mob is beaten. >> journalist. journalist. >> i'm going. i'm going. >>> senator's secret. scott brown reveals he was sexually abused as a child. why he nev

he tells us it is slow and go from as far back as appian way towards pinole.long that stretch of the eastshore freeway. metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza, backed up to the 880 overcrossing so 15 minutes to get on the span. our sensors though look at good speeds from the incline towards the "s" curve now and let's go out to chopper 5. it's live over the san mateo bridge, where you can see traffic across the span, you're cruising in either direction. no problems here. but chp letting us know about a fog advisory on 92 closer to skyline boulevard, 280, also portions of 280 through san mateo county. visibility under 50 feet in some areas. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we close with kind of a fun little story here. giants closer brian wilson you never know what to expect with him. actor charlie sheen flying wilson out to his los angeles home friday. wilson said he was invited to meet with sheen and some movie makers to consult on a fourth installment of the "major league" film series. you might remember, sheen played rick the wild thing vaughn in the

police say a freshman at pinole valley high school told a school counselor he was angry because the teacher had embarrassed him in front of the class. the boy then walked off campus. soon after, an officer assigned to cover the school arrested the student a few blocks away. investigators say a search of the boy's belongings turned up a notebook with a detailed plan for killing the teacher. >>> a san pablo man is facing charges after he allegedly tried to lure children into his suv. san pab police say steve moore approached a 13-year-old girl last thursday near helms middle school. she reportedly ran away from him, and then the next day the 47-year-old man allegedly approached the same girl at a bus stop on church lane near el portale drive. the girl and her two friends ran into a nearby business are an employee called police. moore faces a pair of misdemeanor charges of annoying a child. >>> still ahead at 6:00, a two-wheeled takeover in san francisco. why restaurants say the new bike plan is driving up their costs and forcing them to break the law. >> i'm damian trujillo, live at san jose

after you pass highway 4 there's a disabled vehicle just reported in the lanes near pinole valley roadin mind passing the upper east shore freeway. >>> developing news overnight, we have more information about the marin county man who could be buried in his own backyard. 74-year-old dale smith was reported missing earlier this month. fbi investigators found human remains on his novato property yesterday and now his wife is a person of interest. marla tellez is live in novato where investigators are going to continue their dig later on this morning. marla, we also are hearing from smith's family for the first time. >> reporter: brent, that's right. we are certainly hearing from his family. i'll get to that in a moment. first, let me give you a look at the home right behind me here. you can see crime scene tape surrounding this home. we are right off 101 in a very quiet cul-de-sac. we took the afferton exit to get here this morning. the police officer is on the site and does not think dale smith's wife evelyn who is a person of interest in this case, that she is currently living here. th

we did get word or problem in pinole highway-4, there was a report of an accident where a vehicle struckree is now blocking the ramp. that means traffic coming at franklin canyon west highway-4 could be affected. if that's your room, you may want to change it to port chicago highway. caltrans crews will be responding. when the advisory up for bay area bridges, san mateo, benicia , a richmond san rafael bridge coming here at the bay bridge, no backup or delay. san mateo, windy as you can see the camera shakes around just a bit. for your ride to the golden gate, no wind advisory, pretty good traffic conditions cents bound, early-morning problems with a truck that got crossed up in the toll plaza meant the traffic was held, no residual effects. >> mark: thank you, we're tracking power edit this pacific gas and electric company is scrambling was some outages, we will take a look at the area where the outages are. 1700 customers with a out power. the affected area is to this out of 37, fair grounds of drive, redwood street, at broadway, the outage was reported around 3:15 a.m. pacific gas and

pushing into portions of banal pinole. and along the peninsula eight light rain pushing through. also through the interchange, livermore, light showers. winds are strong, 25 mi. an hour at sfo. 26 mi. an hour winds at half moon bay. concord, hayward, 18. future cast four, gives you an idea of what you can expect, heavy downpours now. by 7:00 it the best chance is from livermore south. what we are dealing with is a continuous stream of moisture throughout the day. they will be on and off. 10:00, a continuing to see scattered showers. into the afternoon spot showers even up into the north bay. wet weather throughout the day for everyone and strong winds. looks like we'll continue with showers pushing through into the midnight hour. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today is not the end of it, more rain tomorrow, friday. looks like we will back off for those chances on saturday, sunday. slight chance continues to the weekend and into next week. pretty chilly overnight temperatures in the weekend. temperatures dipping down below freezing. erica? >> erica: we do have report

also this morning, 80 is slow from pinole to richmond.marin county, the slowdown begins near roland boulevard heading south. it's busiest to marinwood. 7:37. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal. get ready. if you are listening to us but not watching, there's the day. there's always a what? but? gusts are over 40 miles an hour. everything is riding over the pressure. no fog. that's been chewed up. it will be very chilly tomorrow morning. sunny, breezy, a decrease in the wind. there's no rain forecast right now to about the -- until about the 15th of february unless there's a bugaboo in the forecast models. and i don't think there is. wednesday today, gusts 25 to 55 miles per hour. 61, grizzly peak, 45 miles per hour. fairfield has had gusts to 36. richmond tiburon and also some areas in the city, about 20 miles per hour. not too bad. east wind 12 right now at sfo. but tore you start to pick up the -- but santa rosa you start to pick up the wind. but the lows -- there are some 30s, especially up to lake county and mendocino county, but ar

that's a good looking drive -- that's a good-looking drive. 80, pinole, richmond, just some slowing in richmond. and if you drive on the nimitz freeway, it's lighter than usual. let's go to steve. >>> we do have mostly cloudy skies. a lot going on. some very cold readings. north bay, yet we're still getting clouds in the higher elevations. east bay, santa cruz mountains and mostly cloudy skies. a little low is forming off the santa cruz coastline. you get monterey, the santa cruz mountains. there is another low to the north. fine details are incredible right now. some of the lows coming in. lake port, 27, lake county, oak montnear kenwood. watch how -- see how it is moving north? cloudy skies. snow in the east foot hills. losgatos, moving north to the north almost halfway and also into the east way -- east bay. there are some areas that are getting cold readings, 30s and some fog. other than that, it's a very quiet morning. snow up in the sierra -- sierra, the snow has made it down to 1800 feet. there will be another one to two feet likely today. snow level around 2,000 to 3,000 feet.

an earlier accident in richmond, still really backed up through pinole all the way down into berkeleythe bay bridge toll plaza, things easing a bit backed up to the 880 overcrossing and sluggish on the upper deck heading into san francisco. speaking of san francisco, city streets, there was an accident involving a motorcycle, another car that t-boned it, southbound van ness avenue at sacramento street. lanes are blocked in the area. and it's jammed on van ness from at least broadway. here's jim with your forecast. >> looks like a lovely sunny day out across the bay. a cool start to the day as we saw some low 30s in the north bay valleys. we are warming up today, probably the warmest day of the week as we see across the south bay sunshine prevails headed for the mid- to upper 50s for most locations. we'll keep this trend going into an through tomorrow. thereafter, a change due comet end of the week into the weekend as we head back to a wet and cold winter pattern. ,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back. half past the hour here. it is a big, big weekend in hollywood. the oscars. and everybody loves

an hour is to make your way out of pinole.this is your commute this morning allow yourself extra time. this is not our only hot spot. 680 walnut creek, very sluggish towards san ramon valley. speeds at a crawl right now. all the yellow approaching the 24-680 split whatever direction you go you'll encounter delays. that's where speeds drop 12 mi. an hour. same with the ride in the southbound direction towards i'll mow and dimbulb. believe it or not one ofthe alamo. no way that the pay gates, a good drive time of 11 minutes from the foot of the maze towards fremont streets in francisco. great day for public transit no problems to report. >> bay area new spirit bart police are now patrolling train spiri. >> police are being beat up on the trains. it's called the critical asset. patrols began january 11th, seven officers will be on the team more than 3 1/2 million dollars in federal funds are slated to help police. >> we will serve as a dual function able to respond to crimes on the trains. >> there's enough funding for three year