westbound 80 between pinole valley east to pinole valley west with traffic smooth away from highway four and to the south, we get closer to the hoffman split we are at top speeds and eastbound traffic through albany is a little bit of a slow down. it is reasonable just one or two cars up the speed limit as we continue through berkeley to the maze through emeryville, it is a cheer commute with the nimitz away from 98062 miles per hour. good news, as we take you to san leandro we had an fire hydrant that was sheared off block the on-ramp to northbound 880 and now all is re-opened. across the san mateo bridge over the water to the peninsula, traffic is clear up to the peninsula and it will only take you nine minutes. >> happening today the 29th annual san francisco home and garden show kickoff in san mateo rated one of the top ten garden shows in the world and features 200,000 square feet of space filled with thousands of plants and flowers and displays with flowers and plans for sale, hands on children's activity and cook, demonstrations. the flower and garden show opens at 10:00 this morn

his death comes after his older brother earl was shot to death outside of a pinole bar in february. another brother was killed almost three years ago near a neighborhood market in richmond. >> no reason at all. nobody should die just because they live wherever they live. >> five alleged gang members have been arrested in the pinole shooting. the other two shootings remain unsolved. >>> san francisco firefighters are still watching for flair ups after that huge fire at at & t park. demolition crews finished their work. tons of twisted metal, burned wood, is all what is left of what was supposed to be the new recollection apartment building. videos and photos are helping them pinpoint exactly where that fire started. >> in san francisco you have a lot of people with a lot of electronic devices. there is a lot of things people can put together. >> investigators believe welding equipment may have set off the huge fire. two forecasts firefighters sufficient -- two firefighters suffered minor injuries battling that fire. >>> dozens of farmers have received some devastating news. the santa

we have big delays at 80 westbound in the richmond area, and traffic becoming to pinole with two cars four cars still blocking the middle lane and when 80 at central. expect delays. that is why the traffic is not bad headed into the macarthur maze. southbound we beyond millbrae to broadway, now cars here and one possibly facing the wrong direction so jamming up the commute southbound on the peninsula and toward fremont southbound 880 two cars, middle lanes, blocking here as well. >> coming up, a gift card give away from wal-mart but a catch. details are next. >> another medical set back facing the california baby gorilla delivered by emergency c-section but, first, breaking news story from south bay, a picture from the scene of a homicide investigation in san jose and police find marijuana at the scene. try >>> covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we continue to follow breaking news out of the south bay. right now, a homicide investigator is at the san jose home. >> matt keller joins us with what we are lending of the investigation and wh

his death comes after his older brother earl was shot to death outside of a pinole bar in february.as killed almost three years ago near a neighborhood market in richmond. five alleged gang members have been arrested in the pinole shooting. >>> president obama is hosting the irish prime minister at the white house today in an early st. patrick's day celebration. they will start the day with a meeting in the oval office. they will then attend the traditional st. patrick's day lunch at the capitol. in the evening they will host a st. patrick's day reception at the white house. downtown san francisco will be decked out in green tomorrow with the annual st. patrick's day parade. steve has been predicting more than 100,000 people are expected. this year's parade includes the first ever contingent from the san francisco lgbt private committee. >>> coming up on mornings on 2, a sexting scandal involving several students at four contra costa county schools. the criminal charges being made. >> and quite a situation last night at city college. we are out there live this morning to find out wh

fremont boulevard right now is the best alternate with road work eastbound 80 in the pinole area and the commute between foster city or, rather, between hayward and foster city is 14 minutes. you are looking good. >> 4:49. days of rain last week if hollywood had many fashion lovers looking for backup plans for their outfits and a nominee, including this one, wearing her hair up, and lupita nyong'o who took home the best supporting actress oscar fund heads in the pale blue prada gown. >> jennifer lawrence wore a $2 million 100caret diamond >> what fashion! >> parents use it to lull their infants to sleep but a big warnings to moms and dads that could put their baby's hearing at risk. >> he showed up to offer encouragement to runners and the way they turned the tables on >> monday after the oscars. this is a look at the bay bridge: it is drying out. some of us could still get a few showers. we will talk with mike nicco about how it looks. >> arby's has won the bid for during an oscar winning song "happy," that looks sort of like the arby's logo, when they tweeted they wanted their hat

we have a very active slow down from pinole into the macarthur mayes. plaza, the metering lights are now on. it is a long ride to getting into san francisco. westbound getting from about 880 is starting to loosen up. it is still a little sluggish from westbound 92, 580, has a slowdown getting to the richmond san rafael bridge you are delay free, eastbound traffic is not so bad, the golden gate bridge has been the only well behaved span. >> we're looking at cooler conditions and also windy conditions. here's a live look from our roof cam. we had a warm weekend, we are expecting a drier conditions, gusty winds and tomorrow we may have shrunk or winds possible the highs from seven day. it will be very nice, springlike conditions but unfortunately i'm not seen any brain in the forecast. right now, temperatures are 54 degrees. san jose is a 54 degrees and the more it is windy. the far east, strong winds, if your headed towards sacramento even tall is looking at stronger winds. it is still 13 but not too bed, this is for these immediate bay area. half moon ba

this morning between buchanan and pinole valley road that's westbound and eastbound 80 as well as the counter-commute, this is just eastbound lanes of highway 4 coming into antioch. two right lanes are blocked until 6 a.m. right now the commute traffic westbound looks pretty good all the way out past your pittsburg- bay point exit. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. they have the left lanes blocked once again right around 5:00 that's when caltrans says they should be re-opening all lanes. but you may find some slight slowdowns from the incline to treasure island. and no metering lights so far at the toll plaza. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> san jose is not as safe as it used to be. that's coming straight from police officers. at a community meeting officers said they are understaffed and they are questioning city leaders who say 200 officers will be added to the force over the next four years. >> city leaders need to -- >> with projections that they have, we cannot get to those numbers and it's disingenuous to tell the people or to tell our officers that help is co

. >> in pinole chp blaming speed and rain for a rollover accident overnight happened onion ramp to eastbound 80 around 11:30. she was treated on scene for minor injuries and is expected to be okay. >> very cloudy outside, but no real rain, i think. >> right. let's go to spencer christian. >> well put, no real rain, correct. you can see clouz and spots of moisture, there may be an isolated sprinkle or two. and you can see this is the movement of spots of moisture, you can see wetter conditions in the north bay. look at the small amount at redwood city. 2/100ths. you can see rainfall not evenly distributed a live view showing lots of clouds. temperatures 59 in san francisco. a live view showing clouds over san francisco international airport. 61 in napa. 59 san rafael. and looking live, clouds over the lake. no snow is falling. mostly cloudy skies this evening with spots of drizzle possible. areas of drizzle possible in the morning and we'll see north bay showers tomorrow before developing late in the area, i'll give you a look at seven days ahead later. hairy and ama? >> san jose sharks fans

we will begin with a shot from the north, where we have light sprinkles, and the directional pinole istle bit of wet weather. it is headed in that direction. san francisco has not much going on. also, sfo has sprinkles in the direction of alameda and san leandro. maybe that will make his way over. we are looking at the dublin and pleasanton missing light rain. castro valley, light traffic as these systems work their way through. also light rain in walnut creek. >> of course, near concord on highway 4 towards pittsburg yours a light rain. that is what it is looking like right now as you are out and about. the morning sprinkles, this afternoon we will see mostly dry conditions and that will be the same store for tomorrow. the next actual bonafide does not arrive until saturday. more details to come. >> over to the traffic map, george is keeping an eye on the traffic. >> we are not tracking any hot spots, the back up this year the bay bridge. 18 minutes for your drive time but if your headed to public transit, bart has no problems and cal train has no delays. the muni metro is reported no

reporting live in pinol, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the jury has convicted a 19- year-old man of second degree murder for killing an innocent bystander at a gas station. kenneth leeks was waiting for a bus on january 19 of last year. prosecutors say he was caught between two groups of young men who were shooting at each other. bennett of oakland admitted he shot the victim but said he didn't mean to kill leeks, it was an accident. >>> a group of east bay residents worked to get the word out on thieves. they warned of people posing as pg & e workers or alarm workers. while one suspect distracts the victim, another ransacks the home. hearing safety messages from neighbors or friends can be more effective than warnings from officials. >>> fremont police are asking for the public's help in finding this man. he is suspected of stealing a ups delivered package from a doorstep last week on alamo terrace. police say this picture is from a surveillance video that captured the entire incident. they're hoping that someone will recognize the men. >>> back now to california's drought.

reporting live in pinol, debora villalon, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the jury has convicted a 19- year-old man of second degree murder for killing an innocent bystander at a gas station. kenneth leeks was waiting for a bus on january 19 of last year. prosecutors say he was caught between two groups of young men who were shooting at each other. bennett of oakland admitted he shot the victim but said he didn't mean to kill leeks, it was an accident. >>> a group of east bay residents worked to get the word out on thieves. they warned of people posing as pg & e workers or alarm workers. while one suspect distracts the victim, another ransacks the home. hearing safety messages from neighbors or friends can be more effective than warnings from officials. >>> fremont police are asking for the public's help in finding this man. he is suspected of stealing a ups delivered package from a doorstep last week on alamo terrace. police say this picture is from a surveillance video that captured the entire incident. they're hoping that someone will recognize the men. >>> back now to california's drought.

times reports that hamilton had lost two brothers to deadly shootings including one last month in pinole in petaluma are searching for a man caught on tape stealing money from a mcdonald's drive thru. this is a surveillance photo from the mcdonald's on lakeville. police says man reached through the -- says the man reached through the window yesterday at 2:00 and grabbed about $00. anyone with information is asked to call petaluma. >>> state lawmakers have sent governor brown two bills designed to strengthen the campaign finance rules. both measures are in direct response to $50 million in anonymous donations funneled into two 2012 initiative campaigns. that prompted the largest campaign reporting fine in california history. supporters say these new bills close loopholes in california's campaign rules but opponents say they could des courage people from -- discourage people from donating to political campaigns. >>> since the last. >>> snow survey at the end of february, we've had rain, snow and storms to start off march. sensors put the snowpack at 30 thrs of normal. that's down 1% from t

. >> five alleged gang members have been arrested in the pinole shooting.otings remain unsolved. >>> a railroad project in east contra costa county is designed to help a track passenger trains move through the area more quickly. work crews are installing ties to add a second rail extending west from vintage parkway. currently a track has to share a single track with freight trains meaning one train has to pull on to a siting to let others pass. >>> right now it is 5:47. brian flores is nice enough to fill in for sal. how is traffic? >> i'm doing great. and so are the roadways. good morning, pam. good morning, everybody. traffic not looking too bad out there as more people wake up, that will be changing in the next few hours. 680 sunol grade traffic is looking good. northbound into pleasanton looking pretty good. this was a trouble spot the last couple of days because of a couple accidents. hopefully it stays pretty free and clear for you. moving on as we take a look at the maps. south bay looking pretty good. 101 northbound as you approach 880. a little bit

up the east shore freeway at pinole valley road, debris in the road. we marked it as a crash. looking at the rest of the commute. the tri-valley speeds at the green zone, coming out of the altamont pass, good stuff there. no problems for the dublin interchange. the south bay, in san jose, a smooth drive there. light volume 101 right now. we'll show you the rest of the south bay. there were a lot of crews out overnight. we'll show you coming up. >> 5:11. plans for a new campus in the east bay have been scrapped. we'll tell you why. >> elon musk looking to get in the business of spy satellites. it's a wondrous sensation of clarity and alertness... it's owning your opponent... it's knowing beyond a doubt "you got this"... it's keeping your head down, your eye on the ball, and knocking it out of the park... it's getting in the zone... it's keeping on your toes... on target... on top... focus is staring the world in the face and saying "bring it"... focus is power... focus is life... and 5-hour energy is focus. capitol hill this morning to give the opening prayer at the senate foll

our sensors are picking up a few slowdowns though if you are coming out of pinole.n once you get into berkeley actually traffic looks okay into emeryville. westbound 580 from tracy into livermore, this drive time pretty typical for this time of the morning, too. about a half hour between the altamont pass and 680. that's a check of your latest "kcbs traffic." here's lawrence with more on the west commute to work. >>> a lot of showers heavy downpours beginning to show up sow heading out be extra careful on the roads. our hi-def doppler radar has been tracking this storm system. look at all yellow and red showing up outside ride now even the possibility we could see some thunderstorms embedded in some of these systems so be careful out the door. look at the cells now just about to push into san francisco into the sunset. look at that impressive cell that's now just about make its way onshore. we could see some thunderstorms with some of these as they move through. so not only downpours and lightning strikes but some gusty winds to go along with that. the rain will con

all the overnight roadwork should be picked up between pinole and richmond. mass transit also looking good bart systemwide on time with no delay and ace train number one left stockton also with no problems. it sounds like this accident was just cleared from our chp reports. it was southbound 101 approaching blossom hill coming noon south san jose but as you can see we're still seeing a little bit of slowdowns on our sensors mainly in the northbound direction getting into san jose but again it looks like that accident now cleared out of lanes. if it was there at all. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. >>> developing news this morning, more and more children here in california being diagnosed with a mysterious disease that leaves them paralyzed. kpix 5's cate caugiran live now at ucsf in san francisco. and cate, we're learning another child was affected down in southern california. >> reporter: yes, frank. 2-year-old lucien olivares is the latest kid to be diagnosed with this illness. meanwhile, parents are still struggling

we can show you that the situation from the hercules, pinole area along the eastshore freeway, you can southbound from concord to danville slow and then your drive out to the call dill cut tunnel westbound as well as 880 northbound from the hayward area to oakland. san mateo bridge, we have backup there. you can see it's very slow going on the right-hand side of your screen. a lot of folks decided not to take the bay bridge and instead opted for the san mateo. so definitely give yourself some extra time if you need to get across the bay at all. 237 milpitas. traffic on the upper portion of your screen, westbound as you make the drive towards sunnyvale. it's experiencing some delays. give yourself some exthat -- extra time. back to the desk. >>> a teenager is dead in the south bay and police think a homeless man is responsible. police have been investigating this overnight and it has led them to a popular park in campbell. that's where janine de la vega is now. you have new information you've learned from the police. >> reporter: police say the suspect is a transient to their knowledge.

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this is from san palo all the way to pinole. the drive time is 46 minutes, still about twice the normal commute time. if you are coming out as a lot of cal state down for a vacaville you might want to consider using the 680 junction. i this is still early enough that they is a not too badly backed up. >> here is a quick check of the bridge, the bay bridge is backed up because of this. this benefits people coming from 24 and for fighting. the ride to the san mateo bridge, we are still a problem free in the westbound direction. the commute to the richmond san rafael, it is slow mostly in the right hand cash lanes. >> you can expect a brighter day and here is storm tracker 4 who is the picking of anything. we have plenty of cloud cover. we're actually starting to see if you breaks of sunshine. the temperatures are in the '50s. partial clearing by 3:00 p.m. we will see highs and lows 60s. i will focus on your weekend forecast coming up. >> a richmond teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes was still is at another school where he

and so is highway 80 as you drive out towards the richmond area from hercules and pinole.e. >> hold on there, sal. >> beautiful day yesterday. >> yes, it was. it was a forejis day -- gorgeous day. >> yes. some areas hardly any around san jose. had very few reports of breeze. yesterday was up there. one of the leaders of the pack. windy conditions. things are calming down it looks like a little bit. it will be another beautiful day around here. wind advisory for another eight minutes or so. 25, 35. there were gusts of 42 in san francisco. 45 on the golden gate bridge. noe valley had a gust of 49. that's what i had reported to me. 42 from a couple locations. we could still get gusts in the higher locations. 76 today in downtown oakland for forecasted high. as long as the offshore breeze holds. a few clouds down towards the san joaquin valley. that will do it. 50s, 60s and upper 40s. santa rosa at 60 degrees. 60 in san francisco. i did see a 59. north at 25. fairfield, east at concord, nornlt at napa, northeast santa rosa. northeast oakland, 21 miles per hour. that will hopef