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christopher day took two water valves to the pittsburg cycling center. they tried to get around the waiting period for point. they linked to values to properties in pittsburg and antioch. >>> and a woman came forward, claiming she was touched inappropriately by a man posing as a doctor. 49-year-old carlos guzmangarza pled not guilty to charges of performing surgery on a woman without a medical license at a clinic on mission street. a second woman later accused him of inappropriate sexual contact. and today, the district attorney filed new charges based on similar allegations by a third woman. >>> and transportation secretary ray lahood in sacramento today promoting manufacturing jobs and products made in america. he toured the manufacturing plant that employs 800 people. they plan to hire about 200 more. lahood met with the workers there, discussing the obama policies on rail development. >>> and being called a middle class scholarship. the idea to cut tuition for students by two thirds. ken pritchett live at uc berkeley tonight, with why cutting college

. >>> jodi hernandez is live in pittsburg tonight and it draws a clear link to poverty and financial problems. >> reporter: here in contra costa county alone, hundreds of cases of child abuse are reported every year. this center here in pittsburg provides support for families and children who may be dealing with violence. in fact, there is a parent meeting going on as we speak. the folks here say they are not at all surprised to learn that child abuse is now a bigger threat than sids. taking weekly parenting classes helped this woman be a better parent, while dealing with growing financial strain at home. >> right now, we have like ten days to pay two months of rent or so we need to move another place. >> reporter: instead of letting that impact how she cares for little giovanni, she is learning how to handle stress in positive ways, including taking it out on plato. >> they help me with -- to take like play-doh and play with play-doh in my hands. >> reporter: a study says nationwide, child abuse has become a bigger threat to children than even sids. the study published today in the

we are seeing a few brake lights in the pittsburg area, as well.bridge of course the metering lights are on. you can tell. they have been turned on since 6137 this morning. 10 minutes to get on the bay bridge. >>> the vta is getting more federal money than expected for the bart train extension to san jose. kcbs radio's matt bigler is joining us live by phone with what this cash infusion means for commuters. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. yeah. this is probably being met with a big thank you uncle sam from transit planners in the south bay. the federal funding announced yesterday breaks down like this. $100million in from the federal transit administration. 150million from president obama's budget released on the monday. and that is $20 million more than what was in the president's budget last year. the transit planners say the extra money will help with cash flow as they begin construction this summer to extend bart from fremont to san jose. the project is expected to create hundreds of jobs and, of course, get cars off the freeways as mo

now, once you get closer towards pittsburg and bay point st.mprove through walnut creek. -- speeds improve through walnut creek. westbound 24 light through lafayette, orinda and towards the macarthur maze. so we'll continue farther south now and get a check of the south bay. and coming up and down the guadalupe parkway, really this is how you can see everything is moving fine. these sensors are really all in the green. so steady flow of traffic there northbound 280 heading out of downtown san jose. as we move along the peninsula, 101 looks great through san mateo county towards downtown san francisco. if you have a flight to catch over at sfo no brake lights across that area. and bart continues to be problem-free, as well. everything is on time. >> you know, i thought having two traffic reports was just the thing to do this morning. >> original, huh? [overlapping speakers] >> i delivered it. hey, let's go to traffic. >> we are brother and sister. i don't know if the viewers know that. >> they don't know that. >> we're kidding. >> grace and i ar

only 38 in pittsburg, 19 in marquette in northern michigan, and the winds are going to turn to the north, tapping into some of that. all that wet weather out near st. louis and southern illinois, parts of the ohio valley, that all moves in our direction. the possibility is a light coating of snow here tomorrow. computer models are generating anywhere from 1-3 inches of snow. we will show you which rush-hour we can expect the most problems with. the forecast is coming up in a little bit. >> raising the gas tax would be a crushing blow to families and small businesses. that is the opinion of state comptroller peter franchot. >> he hosted a roundtable discussion today on the potential impact of an increase. david collins had a seat at that table and joins us live from annapolis with more on the story. >> one thing we heard today is that applying the state sales tax to gas may cost more than a it is worth. the state's top tax collector believes raising the gas tax is an awful idea, and applying the state sales tax would come as a crushing blow to families and businesses. >> it is hard to ima

a man in critical condition from burns he suffered in a house fire in pittsburg.aze broke outç af(er 6:00 last night. firefighters had it under in 15 minutes. they found the victim badly burned in the house. firefighters did manage to rescue a cat. at last word investigators are trying to determine the cause. >>> more backlash over the decision by the susan g. komen foundation to cut all funding to planned parenthood. the alameda fire department is rerouting its $2800 donation to the breast cancer fund of san francisco instead. all of komen's california affiliates, including san francisco have come out in opposition. komen's ceo nancy brinker defending the decision in a web video. she says komen will no longer give grants to organizations under investigation by congress. critics think the charity is bowing to pressure from anti-abortion groups. >> scurrilous accusations are profoundly hurtful. >> i went on to the website and made an immediate donation over the last 48 hours they've been able to raise almost as much as susan g. komen has pulled away from them in f

near freezing in ohio, 35 and pittsburg right now. cover 40's and some 50's still being reported down through virginia. as long as we stay on the warmer side of the system, the only precipitation we are looking for is a few sprinkles of rain. the skies will start to clear as we get past midnight and into the early morning hours. snow showers in the mountains while we see partly cloudy skies by wednesday morning. early in the morning, temperatures in the outlying suburbs may dip into the upper 20's. most of the night it will stay well above freezing. there is not a strong area of high pressure moving in behind this system, so you see cloudy skies back to chicago and louisville. we are expecting sunny to partly cloudy skies tomorrow. at the end of the week, we deal with a couple more weather systems coming in. without the arctic are canadian air, the next couple of systems will be threatening us primarily with rain. sunny skies and mild temperatures tomorrow, then here comes that next batch of wet weather on wednesday. clears out on fri

you can see the pittsburg-bay point area of concord everything still in the green.ng to zoom into antioch where we'll see slower speeds. we have a longer line of red traffic sensors now so it is bottlenecking where it usually does right there by a street so watch out for that. just your usual brake lights across that stretch. 880 through oakland here's a live look as you pass the coliseum. not too bad. definitely busier than yesterday on the roads. quiet. weoverall traffic flow was nice all across the bay area. so westbound 580 we are starting to see some brake lights, as well. 17 minutes your drive time. 17 minutes from the altamont pass to the dublin interchange. speeds closer toward pleasanton closer towards the dublin interchange so far not too bad. so the south bay getting a south bay check, guadalupe parkway, 101, no major issues there coming out of downtown san jose on 280. there's that live look right there by the 880/17 interchange. so far nice and smooth all the way towards cupertino. san mateo bridge. we were following an earlier accident on eastbound 92

speeds good through pittsburg- bay point and into concord. the south bay clocking in problem-free.hour ago we had a problem near the tully road off- ramp from northbound 101 but that's long since cleared. so now 280 traffic looks great out of downtown all the way towards cupertino. so here's some popular drive times for the peninsula. from you commuting 101 or 280, everything is pretty smooth from san mateo county all the way towards downtown san francisco. and bart continues to run on time, as well. we just checked in with them. more traffic coming up. back to you. >> i'll take it elizabeth. thanks. it's 5:37. >>> new this morning the european union plans to impose harsher sanctions now on syria. that word comes as russia's foreign minister holds talks with syria's president assad. russia is pushing assad to end the bloodshed that killed thousands over the last year. activists say at least 50 people were killed in recent military assaults against government opponents. >>> it is now 5:37. rick santorum is on the campaign trail today with something to boast about after wins last nig

the steelers are such a great part of this town, and that is where my bge in this city of pittsburg. -- that is where my excitement is, to come back and be part of this city of great tradition. >> tiger woods and michael vick have been declared the most disliked athletes. tigers approached -- he hits the green and sets himself up for a birdie. he is forerunner in the opening round with five shots off the lead. a birdie for tony romo on 14. capitals fans could probably think a lot of words to describe a loss tonight, and i will wager you can probably spell most of those words with four letters. the big night for alex ovechkin. he finds alexander on the backside, but the jets got two goals in less than 12 seconds. a deflected shot to tie the game at 2-2. the capitals lose 3-2. value those two minutes, because in two minutes, tom tasselmyeres lacks a little snow on the horizon. -- >> a little snow on the horizon. another blast of snow showers saturday evening. it does not really get cold until saturday night into sunday, but surely enough that some of the snow might stick. in the northe

the southwest corner near pittsbu pittsburg, kansas. lots of power lines down and lots of damage and calling in crews from springfield to help with the cleanup and search and rescue in case it's needed. a situation in missouri, not far from joplin. that has been tornado alley the past year. a couple of tornado warnings through southern portions of the state. st. louis up here to the north in the tornado watch. those storms are now clearing out and leaving your area. we are going to watch next, right where the missouri river meets the areas of the mississippi and the ohio river near cape girardeau and passing into kentucky shortly and areas of tennessee. we will watch you next. the northern side of the storm as advertised a blizzard ongoing in areas of south dakota and watch that snow just north of minneapolis. icy mess right now in michigan. and northern wisconsin is getting hit with heavy snow. we are expecting that little area to get possibly above a foot north of green bay. eventually, all of this weather, the snowy part of it, it's

crash blocking one lane right there approaching willow pass so it is starting to back up even into pittsburg and on into the concord area as well. along the peninsula, 101 and 280, everything looks okay across the peninsula and westbound 237 traffic a few brake lights leaving 880 through milpitas. elsewhere, let's see, south bay drive time so far in the green on 101, 280 and the guadalupe parkway and bart continues to run on time. we have had no issues with bart. coming up a check of the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:36 now. you might need to take a loan the next time you fill up your tank with gas. lisa washington south san francisco with reasons behind the soaring prices at the pump. $4 plus and it's going up, right, lisa? >> that's right. going up. take a look at this sign. $4.35. that's just for one gallon of regular. south san francisco. the price we pay for gas as many of us know is directly related to the price of crude oil which jumped on monday to a nine-month high. what does that mean? take a look at these numbers from aaa. this is their daily fuel gauge report. it s

stall reported at somersville it should be cleared quickly traffic moving well out of antioch into pittsburg the ride looks good elsewhere. even though we have a few problems traffic still light no problems southbound through the san ramon valley and sunol grade, 280 and 17 interchange we have things moving along 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains. >>> kind of a problematic drive for friday. 4:39. >>> california's top republicans are gathering in the bay area. the message they will be hearing from a presidential candidate with >>> warning for pedestrians after a woman ended up being trapped under a san francisco muni train >> big decision expected tad that could yank the welcome mat out from hundreds of college bound students in the south bay. ab >>> welcome back. 4:41 on a friday morning. is that a beautiful shot that is fantastic. looking out at the bay bridge. mike is going to tell us how warm it is going to be. >>> a woman recovering from injuries she suffered after being trapped under a san francisco muni train. i was a frightening scene at second and irving -- it was a frighteni

. >> this was a berkeley-based drug dealer who happens to live in the city of pittsburg, who had residences in castro valley. we will go to where -- within reason. >>> more drugs were found in a home associated with moore a few blocks from the stop. moore is on federal parole. he remains in critical, but stable condition with a gunshot wound after being shot when he tried to back over an officer with his car. >>> the domestic violence case involving san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi will be highlighted on a billboard scheduled to go up next week in the city's south of market neighborhood. a shelter for victims of domestic violence says it has raised the $4,000 it needs to pay for the billboard. message will read: domestic violence is never a private matter. it will also offer a hotline number to call for help. the campaign is in opposition to the sheriff's statement that the alleged domestic violence against his with wife is a private matter. >>> a woman who died from a rare brain disease did not have the human version of mad cow as was feared. the 59-year-old aline shaw died of creutzfe

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temperatures up in the mid-60s into livermore and pittsburg and about 65 degrees in the napa valley. as you head toward the coastline daly city going to be cool today. plan on 59 degrees, sunshine in santa rosa at 66. so looking out over the next couple, the holiday weekend, not bad. although maybe a little wet tomorrow morning, as that weak system slides on through. much cooler temperatures i think highs struggling to get out of the 50s in most spots as we head throughout the weekend. slight chance still we could see some showers as we head in toward sunday night and possibly monday morning although looking very iffy. so presidents day not too bad although 50s and 60s around the bay area. have we talked about the snow. >> let's talk about the snow yeah we actually have snow to talk about. 18" in heavenly. more snow over the weekend. looking good at kirkwood. bring your chains especially if you're staying until sunday and monday as we expect another storm system to move through. squaw valley another 14" of snow there and maybe a little bit more on the way. the ski resorts couldn't as

lots of sunshine into the east bay today, 63 in livermore, about 63 in pittsburg and 63 degrees in the napa valley. warmer temperatures with the offshore winds in the north bay, 67 degrees in santa rosa, 56 petaluma, 60 sausalito. next couple of days looks like a great weekend if you want to head outdoors and enjoy the sunshine, we have plenty of it, just a few passing clouds, otherwise temperatures very mild. clouds move in late on monday night bringing a chance of rain to the bay area, rain expected now on tuesday. then we dry out on wednesday and thursday. of course, we did get some snow, that's right, early on in the week so got a couple of inches at northstar so if you are headed up in that direction, partly cloudy skies over the weekend should stay dry. roads looking good getting up into squaw valley up to 38 inches now of snow there. and it looks like sugar bowl also looking good. a couple of new inches if you happen to get up and ski, look, very nice. and we have more on the bay next week. a lot more i think. i think it will be a good storm on tuesday. >> i have one word for yo

. >>> a man in critical condition from burns he suffered in a house fire in pittsburg.blaze broke out in a home after 6:00 last night. firefighters had it under control in 15 minutes. they found the victim badly burned in the house. firefighters did manage to rescue a cat. investigators are still trying to determine the cause. >>> service on muni back to normal. crews worked overnight to complete repairs on wires at church and market that went down affecting k, l and m lines. a big rig proved to be too big and took down the muni overhead bus wires at van ness and market. the roof of the semi was almost ripped off. crews repaired lines by late afternoon. >>> 49ers have taken another big step in their effort to build a new stadium in santa clara. yesterday nfl owners approved 200 million dollars in loans for the one billion dollar project. the pham final financing hurdle the 9 -- the final financing hurdle the 9ers needed. the 9ers had already secured 850 million dollars from bank loans. >> this is obviously, an unprecedented day for the san francisco 49ers. this is a ver

a smooth drive over the bridge and towards concord and pittsburg. >>> this is one of the unusual honors for the celebrities, the duke and duchess of cambridge soon to be a set of barbie dolls. mattel making william and kate royal dolls. the set of dolls will be released in april to coincide with, of course, the royals' first anniversary. the gift set will cost $100. >> the royal ken really kind of captured his image. >> had the nice earrings on kate. >>> a bay area hospital admits it accidentally made some patient information public online. we'll have details next. >>> and amazing video this morning of a shuttle bus hitting a pedestrian. we'll tell you how this happened and what happened to the individual coming up next. >>> and for all your news, weather, traffic updates check us onut on facebook just search nbc bay area news. >>> new this morning, new surprising information about the deadly prison fire in central america. good morning, we'll tell you what we're learning about the prisoners coming up. >>> plus people in one bay area city pushing a new ballot measures to raise the minim

we just came up -- we could have thrown in the towel against pittsburg in the first half. i think everyone should be proud, and we expect that again in a few days. >> seeing tom brady in the super bowl matchup this year. >> the news/of attention swirling around peyton manning, eli manning is growing used to and weary of his brother's shadow. the giants went on sunday, the law will have twice as many super bowl rings as his brother peyton. -- eli manning will have twice as many super bowl rings. he knows what he does will become his legacy and enable him to cast a shadow of his own. >> we are both excited to be in the super bowl. you just try to get a championship, work hard to get to this position. having been in the nfl for eight years, you realize how rare it is, how special and what a great opportunity is. you don't want to let these opportunities slip away. >> it is so hard to watch the super bowl hoopla play out and not be completely better. >> that brings us down to our super bowl text question. how much would you pay to watch your team in the super bowl? text a deal

not a problem. 60s all the way through pittsburg and bay point in the westbound commute direction. eastbound we have a minor accident no. injuries and the cars should be off to the right shoulder but that's around the interchange between 680 off of the benicia bridge and 242. this is as you head through concord. again no slowing at the scene. we'll track that. the construction we often see through the san ramon valley is not there. not there in many spots. 14-minute drive out of the altamont pass to the dublin interchange, 680 and 580. we'll get a live look at oakland. 880 fast coliseum. look how light that traffic is. it's really light even for this time on a monday. we'll track the traffic. this is probably going to be a light load until folks can wake up after that super bowl and all of the commercials they have been watching. >> thanks. >> we'll talk about big time motivation. the new york giants, they owe the super bowl victory in part to a teenager. >> you might remember this video of holland reynolds crawling across the finish line during a race more than a year ago. the cro

eastbound i4 at prosecutor avenue, pittsburg, there's also a direction. take a look at interstate 880. as you drive both directions, traffic looks pretty good. no construction work there. on the san mateo bridge, traffic looks good, headed up to the high rice san francisco approaching the 81 split. that traffic moves well. it's 4:30. let's go back to the desk. >> this morning marks the start of the bay bridge closure. the upper deck headed into san francisco will be shut down until tuesday morning. we're joined from joined from the toll plaza. >> well, good morning. if you have not heard, the bay bridge westbound lanes only into san francisco will be shut down. take a look behind me. this is exactly the area we're talking about. they will remain closed until tuesday morning at 5:00. make sure you have ways to get around this closure if you need to get out and about this weekend. this closure has been well publicized. most people should already have a plan in place. for many, that plan will be public transportation. >> it's going to be crowded and run a li

are actively leaving or getting picked up but no delays reported through either direction between pittsburg and antioch. out of the altamont pass with the commute direction, 14 minutes, but eastbound heading out to is the sierra, interstate 80, there is a chain control over to the sierra. applegate is where they are starting to screen. we'll look at oakland, 880 moving nicely with a light volume. the camera is shaking a tad bit. there are gusty conditions from time to time especially as you reach the higher elevations so hold on. back to you. >> appreciate it, my man. the aids memorial quilt is home where the idea was born. it was 25 years ago aids activists began creating this quilt. each 3 by 6 feet, the same size as a grave and it's grown to more than 44,000 panels representing some of the millions who have died of aids. for many an emotional return and reunion. >> it's very moving to see it again after all of these years, and to hear the names called out like that. and names you know, and all of the others you don't know who have been affected and the people who knew them. >> sections w

. >> this was a berkeley base drug dealer who happens to live in the city of pittsburg who had residences in castro valley. >>reporter: people who used to live next to him in berkeley call the family a drug dynasty. >> surprised but not surprised. >>reporter: paul robert lives next door to the home moore and his family lived in for decade decades. neighbors finally got the city to declare the home a nuisance and the moore forced out to move out years ago. he got a bullet through the front window. police once came to help us turn off the burglar alarm running and they said do you know that you are living next door to the most infamous house in berkeley. >>reporter: moore under arrest on narcotics charges out on federal patrol relating to narcotics and weapons n.berkeley, 7 news. >>> in san jose mayor reed gave the state of the city address tonight amid growing tension with city workers. employee say the mayor misled the public. today they filed an ethical complaint saying the mayor intentionally inflated the cost of future retirement benefit. tonight the mayor stood by those numbers. >> 10

. >> this was a berkeley base drug dealer who happens to live in the city of pittsburg who had residences in castro valley. >>reporter: people who used to live next to him in berkeley call the family a drug dynasty. >> surprised but not surprised >>reporter: paul robert lives next door to the home moore and his family lived in for decade decades. neighbors finally got the city to declare the home a nuisance and the moore forced out to move out years ago. he got a bullet through the front window. police once came to help us turn off the burglar alarm running and they said do you know that you are living next door to the most infamous house in berkeley. >>reporter: moore under arrest on narcotics charges out on federal patrol relating to narcotics and weapons n.berkeley, 7 news. >>> in san jose mayor reed gave the state of the city address tonight amid growing tension with city workers. employee say the mayor misled the public. today they filed an ethical complaint saying the mayor intentionally inflated the cost of future retirement benefit. tonight the mayor stood by those numbers. >> 10

firefighters were called to the 2200 block of fairview in pittsburg, around 6:00 tonight. they know the blaze started in the attic. they still don't know why or how. they found this also, the family cat. they saved it, too. both the cat and its owner are recovering tonight. >>> one of the most well-known community colleges in bay area is in mourning, tonight, over the sudden death of their football coach. 52-year-old doug boyette was at a meeting on the foothills college campus on friday. he went to bed that night and never woke up. george kiriyama is on the campus tonight, george? >> reporter: this campus is still coming to grips over the death of head coach doug boyette. a father figure and a key figure to so many of his players. >> he all know he put the kids first. >> reporter: in his 30 years, at foot hill college, the last five as head coach, doug boyette helped build one of the top football programs in northern california. as much as he stressed the xs and os, boyette was more than just a coach to his players. >> we lived every day for him. everyone gave everything

everything looks great across that stretch from antioch towards the pittsburg-bay point area. towards the south bay, coming out of downtown san jose, here's a leave look just a couple of headlights like we usually see at this time of the morning so not much going on there. there is some roadwork, though, on northbound 101 as you approach coyote creek drive. they have actually got two lanes blocked off because of some construction in that area. so caltrans crews are hard at work. they should be wrapping up that pretty shortly. otherwise, your drive times for the east bay as you can see, all in the green. i'm not really finding much slowing anywhere. so coming out of the altamont pass, usually one of our first spots to back up, no issues there. no brake lights. and coming down the eastshore freeway, everything looks good and then once again the nimitz and westbound 24 out of walnut creek, everything is quiet. >> did you get outside and read a book in the sunshine like you planned? >> what did i do yesterday? >> i'm sorry, i shouldn't have asked. >> what did i do?! i took a nap.

this is -- well, out towards bay point, looking towards pug pittsburg and -- towards pittsburg and antiochere's tori. >> thank you, steve. >>> we're now learning that california lieutenant-governor gavin newsom donated $500 to steven colbert's super pac. yesterday, his pac reported to the federal election commission that it has raised more than a million dollars. newsom says he supports him for exposing the absurdity of our current financial system. >>> the republican race for the white house now turns to nvd -- nevada and maine. alison burns reports, mitt romney's pig win in florida gives him a big advantage as they go forward. alison? >> reporter: dave, mitt romney is taking a victory lap on morning tv. he's said in several interviews this morning that he is feeling good about his chances to take the gone nomination. his win in florida was decisive. he didn't churred 46 -- captured 46% of the vote. newt gingrich finished second with nearly 32%. gingrich is i have you -- gin dwrich is vowing to stay in the race. -- gingrich is vowing to stay in the race. >> i welcome the fact we'll be bat

. >>> a heads up tonight for those who drive on highway 4 in antioch and pittsburg.und lanes are scheduled to be closed overnight this wednesday, thursday and friday. eastbound lanes are scheduled to be closed thursday night. detour signs should be in place to direct drivers to alternate routes. >>> san francisco's transportation agency is looking to erase some of its red ink with parking fees. the mta has projected deficits up to $53 million over the next few years. even after slashing it's budget. it also plans to cut salaries and benefits. >>> and checking the fog that was at the coast. most of the day today, a lot of coastal fog out in the avenues of san francisco out by the golden gate bridge. fog out toward montero and pacifica. the fog is going away. just got off the computer there talking to folks out in the avenues and they have a little bit of fog left right here. a little bit of fog remaining along the coast. tomorrow the winds are going to do this. that's an offshore flow. first thing it does it scours the fog away from the coast. it also lets us know tha

it gets better by pittsburg. >>> thank you. a very cold morning.our system you're like did i hear rain last night? yes, you did. fast moving system. and there it is. it's also producing snow up in the sierra nevada. and it's going to move rapidly out of the picture. it's on its way down to southern california. the dublin station shout out there. after that not much. napa a tenth. i did see mount madonna near gilroy santa cruz mountains about a tenth of an inch as well. hayward had .07. not much but the system made it. the mere fact it made it is a positive sign. windy and cold this morning. upper 50s and low 60s. 30s and 40s on the temps. again the breeze only thing holding us up. it's a west, forth west breeze across the board from santa rosa all the way down to san jose. the low dives down into the four corners. it will fill it with wind. sierra has a winter weather advisory until 10:00. the wind will also pick up later on. it will turn noticeably coaler up there as well. sunny looks good. it's a cool direction. upper 50s very, verily 60s today.

he is accused of stealing fixtures in pittsburg and antioch. >>> the family of a 73-year-old san francisco who disappeared and died last year has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit. he was missing for ten days last february after taking a shuttle bus to his assisted living facility. his family says he was dropped off at the wrong location, left standed in the cold, and left wandering for days. he had died from hypothermia. >> they had a substitute driver who didn't know the route, didn't know where he was going to be dropping off his client and didn't really speak the language very well. and that resulted in gross negligence. >> the lawsuit names met sam enterprises, it's driver and jewish family and children's services. they have all refused to comment on the lawsuit. >>> several dozen parents, educators and students rallied outside the oakland meeting tonight. they say it's unacceptable the district is planning to close five elementary schools at the end of the school year. parents from lazeer are calling on the district to convert their school in a charter school. the district says the

starts to slow at hillcrest and then remains heavy into pittsburg then picks up a little and once youe it looks like it is better. this is traffic information that goes down to the street level we get in information by commuters who have downloaded the free app, abc7news.com/waze is where you can get it, learn more, put it on your phone all you need do is turn it on while commuting. >>> changes in store at apple's itunes. >> here's jane king with the bloomberg business report. >>> good morning. tunes may be getting a makeover to make it more user-friendly, redesign considered a top priority for apple with growing competition -- watch for a new angry birds game coming march 22nd. and launch date out for taco bell co-s, mar of 8th, after -- gas prices moving higher aaa puts prices up more five cents a gallon compared to a week ago. --. >>> the world's first test tube hamburger could be a reality soon. a dutch scientist has taken stem cells from a cow and created muscle tisch sue in the -- tissue in the lab. he says his goal is to produce inexpensive meat. the doctor hopes to grow enough

antioch approaching ville earlier crash blocked the left -- lane beyond that sluggish until you pittsburgwhile commuting go to abc7news.com/waze to download the free traffic app and become a traffic spotter. >>> 6:39 now. >>> apple is told to get rid of its cloud in one european country. that story ahead. >>> latest on the early trading live from the new york stock exchange. here's a live look at the board we are so close to the magic number of 13 now. we'll have an update shortly. >>> -- does this bike belong to you? the craigslist bust that has police looking to help nearly two dozen people who had their bikes stolen. >> reporter: the pain at the pump has big political ramifications. i'm tahman bradley hear what president obama and republicans are saying, coming up. >>> reminder, abc7y movie ticketsa to seven lucky fans. go to facebook.com/newson faceb. that for your chance to win.úúúú >>> welcome back. thanks for sticking around checking out your california forecast 54 eureka, low to mid 70s big sur and fresno 81 palm springs see rather near record highs again today tahoe breezy mid 30

he is accused of stealing fixtures in pittsburg and antioch. >>> the family of a 73-year-old san francisco man who disappeared and died last year has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit. he was missing for ten days last february after taking a shuttle bus to his assisted living facility. his family says he was dropped off at the wrong location, left standed in the cold, and left wandering for days. he had died from hypothermia. >> they had a substitute driver who didn't know the route, didn't know where he was going to be dropping off his client and didn't really speak the language very well. and that resulted in gross negligence. >> the lawsuit names met sam enterprises, it's driver and jewish family and children's services. they have all refused to comment on the lawsuit. >>> several dozen parents, educators and students rallied outside the oakland meeting tonight. they say it's unacceptable the district is planning to close five elementary schools at the end of the school year. parents from lazeer are calling on the district to convert their school in a charter school. the district says

antioch not only does it tell you slow there, once you get past summersville traffic picks pup into pittsburg will show you the slowing on ramps, it will show you slowing wherever waze commuters have turned on in tree app. go to news that.com/waze. -- go to abc7news.com/waze. >>> unchartered territory for apple. huge win for google. both those stories just ahead. >>> we see the dow opening off 30 points. >>> gay and lesbian couples will be doesn'ting on city halls across the state -- will be descending on the city halls across the state this valentine's day. >>> a little move, an order bay the government. the country whose bureaucracy is getting into the match making business. >> reporter: i have the story called looking for love. starts out sad, 15 chihuahuas unable to find love in the bay area to new york they go. could they find it there? the story coming up.úúúúúúúúúúúú >>> welcome back. california forecast, most of it is die. towards vegas by the afternoon everybody is dry with mid to upper 50s the central valley big sur san diego low to mid 60s l.a. and palm springs 37 and dry today in

. >>> a heads up tonight for those who drive on highway 4 in antioch and pittsburg.bound lanes are scheduled to be closed overnight this wednesday, thursday and friday. eastbound lanes are scheduled to be closed thursday night. detour signs should be in place to direct drivers to alternate routes. >>> san francisco's transportation agency is looking to erase some of its red ink with parking fees. the mta has projected deficits up to $53 million over the next few years. even after slashing it's budget. it also plans to cut salaries and benefits. >>> and checking the fog that was at the coast. most of the day today, a lot of coastal fog out in the avenues of san francisco out by the golden gate bridge. fog out toward montero and pacifica. the fog is going away. just got off the computer there talking to folks out in the avenues and they have a little bit of fog left right here. a little bit of fog remaining along the coast. tomorrow the winds are going to do this. that's an offshore flow. first thing it does it scours the fog away from the coast. it also lets us know t

. >> this was a berkeley-based drug dealer who happens to live in the city of pittsburg who had residencesalley. we will go to where the 10 dills take us with within reason of course -- 10 drills take us, within reason of course. >> moore is on federal parole he remains in critical but stable conditions with a gunshot wound after being shot when he allegedly tried to back over an officer with his car. >> the domestic violence case involving san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi will be highlight billboard schedule go up next week in the city's south market neighborhood. the shelter for victims of domestic violence says it has raid -- it has raised the $4,000 it needs to pay for the billboard. it will offer a hotline number for people to call for help. campaign is in opposition to the sheriff's statement that the alleged domestic violence case against his wife is "a private matter." >>> now 6:35. marin county health department says mad cow disease or the human version of it is not to blame for the death of a san rafael woman. 59-year-old aline shaw died of creutzfeldt-jacob disease, a neurol

. >>> excitement is being in contra costa county, a create was arts building in pittsburg is being opened asked to pick up tickets first. >>> the highest quality cars according to a new survey. >>> the new york knicks are still winning, and [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting her book club that day, guess what...you missed it! we couldn't just move the tv all willy-nilly all over the house. ohh! ohh! kids today have it so good. ok. [ male announcer ] the new wireless receiver from at&t. get u-verse tv for $25 a month with free hd for six months. at&t. >>> so how about this. even president obama is caught up in lin-sanity. the president is very impressed with the player who two weeks ago, no one knew. but has since led the new york knicks on an undefeated streak. live tonight in lin's hometown, where everyone's watching him now. >> repor

marshals today announced that remon daniels was captured yesterday in pittsburg. mcdaniels is wanted for the death of white. white was shot outside his home on east 25th street. police say outrage over that killing is what led to several tips from the community. >>> an about face in the state assembly today, as lawmakers approved a bill they voted down yesterday involving the controversial three strikes law. voters asked that a third strike be a serious or violent felony. right now lower level felonies qualify as a third strike. the author of the bill says, it would save the state $50 million over three years. the measure now goes to the state senate. >>> multiple invest tkpwaeugs are under way in -- investigation are under way in milpitas after a worker died on the job. >> reporter: an aerial view of the milpitas hill shows where cal osha investigators have been examining the construction site where the fatal accident took place. officials are looking over the spot where 39-year-old raul zapata was buried alive in a trench. zapata had a wife and three daughters i

have slowing westbound 4, 25 miles an hour as you head through antioch then it gets better into pittsburgfind this cool traffic spotter heading up towards walnut grove. this person just joined five days ago. you can engine too go to our website, abc7news.com/waze. some of our viewers have had the best wazer names. you can put it on your smartphone or iphone and become a traffic spotter. >> i have to give thought on whether that's the best name. >> the labor department just released a rose picture of the economy. unemployment applications last week -- fell by 15,000 to the second lowest level in nearly four years. >>> co-announces thousands of lay-offs. -- pepsico announces thousands of lay-offs. >> the world's largest snack food maker cutting 8700 positions to increase productivity. pepsico boosting market spending s&p rising to a seven month high on optimism the greek debt will be con taped. surprised loss from groupon and bigger than expected profits from visa. google getting ready to launch a free cloud storage service to compete with drop box and apple's icloud. mcdonald's taking sham

westbound 4 slow hillcrest to lone tree, 23 miles an hour, drive time is 16 minutes its picks up through pittsburgrake lights throughout altamont pass. bay bridge toll stall reported in the left lane i don't see much damage like yesterday when we had that four-car crash they will probably clear i quickly. here's what traffic -- clear it quickly. here's what traffic looks like off the bay bridge into san francisco. in the eastbound direction that will be open all weekend a lot of folks forget that and they tend to avoid the bay bridge all together. here's a look at the waze traffic map. it gives you an idea of what traffic looks like whichever commuters have turned on this waze app. if you are heading into san francisco we can zoom in to that area, nob hill get ready for street closures with president obama's visit. you can get it by going to abc7news.com/waze download it, it takes a day or two to get used to but the learning curve is pretty steep. >>> our time is 5:54. >> wherever you are driving you know that new car smell? it might not be so good for you. >> here's jane king with the bloomberg b

marshals today announced that remon daniels was captured yesterday in pittsburg. mcdaniels is wanted for the death of white. white was shot outside his home on east 25th street. police say outrage over that killing is what led to several tips from the community. >>> an about face in the state assembly today, as lawmakers approved a bill they voted down yesterday involving the controversial three strikes law. voters asked that a third strike be a serious or violent felony. right now lower level felonies qualify as a third strike. the author of the bill says, it would save the state $50 million over three years. the measure now goes to the state senate. >>> multiple invest tkpwaeugs are under way in -- investigation are under way in milpitas after a worker died on the job. >> reporter: an aerial view of the milpitas hill shows where cal osha investigators have been examining the construction site where the fatal accident took place. officials are looking over the spot where 39-year-old raul zapata was buried alive in a trench. zapata had a wife and three daughters i

no problems through pittsburg. across the benicia and car see news, they move slowly.hings moving lies any. down 680 where construction crews maybe all the way down to al costa. crews should be clearing over the next is. the glow to the lights right here past the golf course we often have fog. that's going on now. this shoot, but it's okay. much clearer view. a smooth drive. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >> some nice shots out there. 5:39. whether the body scanners are bad for your health. >> an amazing french rescue bought on tap. crews working against the clock to try to save a man after he was nearly buried alive. what some say should be done to prototect american public healt. ♪ [ male announcer ] no one just hands you the title, most advanced technology in its class. it needs to be earned. earned with smartbeam head lamps. earned with vented temperature control seats. earned with an 8.4-inch touch screen. and if you're driving one, you know what it means to earn something. ♪ the droid razr is now $199.99. exclusively from verizon. >> welcome back everyone. a ve

. >>> excitement is being in contra costa county, a create was arts building in pittsburg is being openedre asked to pick up tickets first. >>> the highest quality cars according to a new survey. >>> the new york knicks are still winning, and why palo alto can't stopwatching the jeremy lin story. >>> the next chance for rain in the five-day forecast. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. >>> so how about this. even president obama is caught up in lin-sanity. the president is very impressed with the player who two weeks ago, no one knew. but has since led the new york knicks on an undefeated streak. live tonight in lin's hometown, where everyone's watching him now. >> reporter: frank, it all started here in palo alto six years ago. jeremy lin led palo alto high to the state champio

police say he's a known berkeley-based drug dealer he lives in pittsburg but he has homes in castro valley. his former next door neighbor in berkeley says the city declared the home a nuisance and the moores were forced to move out a knew years ago. >> police came -- out a few years ago. >> police turned off the burglar alarm running they said do you know you are living next door to the most infamous house in berkeley? >> moore remains in critical. he was on federal parole. the officer who was hit has been released from the hospital. >>> optician charged with shooting a federal officer in newark may have been infatuated with the agent's wife. documents reveal dennis bag withwell was obsessed with her he met her at the bay area optical school. bagwell who was an instructor attempted to initiate a relationship with her. when she turned him down he began behaving erratically. he appeared believably in court yesterday. >>> this morning 78-year-old serial killer suspect joseph naso due back in court on charges he murdered four pros -- prostitutes between 1977 and 1994. last month a judge ordere

closer to 60 in san jose, 60s in pittsburg.peratures climb up just a little bit there. 62 in santa rosa and 57 around san francisco. so the holiday weekend looks a bit on the cool side. you're going to notice it tomorrow morning with our clear skies that start tomorrow morning. we'll wake up to 30s and then late tomorrow and to monday, slight chance of a few showers, should not delay the bay bridge construction that is going on throughout the weekend. there's the good news. look at that, wednesday and thursday, 60s on the coast. mid-70s possible for a few places. there you go. warming up as we head towards the middle part of the week. >> out of school, you have a long holiday weekend, some have a week off. they used to go skiing and now -- >> now they'll be heading out to santa cruz this year it looks like. >> swim at lake tahoe. >>> no such thing as a free lunch but this morning you can get a free breakfast. ikea wants to fill your belly before you fill your cart. head to the cafe restaurant for eggs, bacon, hash browns and co

but now slowing through pittsburg and bay point.reek and lafayette for 24 in the next half hour or so. a look at the toll plaza shows you all of those folks are passed up. continue to build, back to you. >> acat that. >> it is 6:38 now. palo alto's jeremy lin, tonight a monumental challenge. >> president obama will talk aboutngoa s gas prices today. a live report is next. [ female announcer ] what would you call an ordinary breakfast pastry that's been wrapped in a flaky crust stuffed with a gooey center toasted up all golden brown then given a delicious design? a toaster strudel. pillsbury toaster strudel. so delicious...so fun. here's a better idea... pillsbury grands! flaky layers biscuits. in just 15 minutes, the light delicate layers add a layer of warmth to your next dinner. pillsbury grands! dinner ideas made easy. [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beve