filled up at the old dublin pleasanton station, commuters had nowhere to go but not anymore. that's good news for the city of dublin. >> this whole area where the b.a.r.t. station sits is ripe for redevelopment and revitalization. we are expecting to build 1100 units in this area over the next several years. >> reporter: at today's new west dublin pleasanton station, the ribbon cutting began a few moments ago and just wrapped up. we'll tell you what they come to praise. the 44th station to be put on line. the new station cost $106 million and four years to build. it includes more than 100 parking spaces and garage. there was a 10-mile gap of unripted trek of tracks since 1997. now that gap is just a mile and a half. this station had been discussed ten years ago but due to costs will to be postponed. >> because of this station, thousands more people will be taking public transportation every day. the people that are coming in from cast for valley or dublin pleasanton and beyond, they were not able to take b.a.r.t. because our parking lots were full and the station shuts down w

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a ribbon-cutting for the west dublin-pleasanton station. it's unique in that it's the first station built between two others. it straddles interstate 580 and includes 1200 parking spaces. bart hopes the station will take a little pressure off the dublin-pleasanton station where the parking lot fills up by 7:30 a.m. eventually the station will be a transit hub where people live, work, commute, shop. the first train rolls through the station at 6:03 tomorrow morning. >>> next, an on air scare and everybody thought she had suffered a stroke. [ gibberish ] >>> a reporter explains the terror and the confusion when she couldn't get the words out on live tv. what really happened. >>> from reserving your rides to, well, meeting mickey. how you can completely book your next family vacation to disneyland from home. >>> and perfect timing for presidents' day weekend for that getaway anyway. how much snow in the sierra, what you need to know before you head there. >>> how amazing is this? it's been a one-two punch from the same storm and now storm 4 an

in pleasanton, juliette goodrich, cbs 5. >>> all right. let's head to the weather center and roberta, you have the very latest of what's going on. >> so let's kick-start our pinpoint forecast because we still will see some random scattered showers throughout the evening hours in the form of rain and even some snow. in fact, watch as i click this forward. as we go into 1:00, 2:00 in the morning, you have the light snowfall around sutro tower, twin peaks possible but these are random snowflakes, no accumulation anticipated. skyline boulevard right there and across the bay to grizzly peak. we see random snow overnight. we have a wind weather advisory in the east portion of the bay and also the santa cruz mountains and that's in effect until tomorrow morning. we'll talk more about accumulation, how much to anticipate and that's still coming up later on in this newscast. >> thank you. >>> to prepare for this weekend's freezing temperatures, san jose is opening several warming centers. they are going to be open 8 a.m. to noon both saturday and s

the first train rolls through west dublin pleasanton station 6:30 a.m. tomorrow morning. >>> something else that can affect your credit score. robert lyles on why renters better pay on time. >> reporter: it was once a first step towards independence. renting your own place. but since the mortgage meltdown renting has become a necessity in the bay area. as tens of thousands of former homeowners raced into anywhere accepting renters. >> they didn't do a background check? >> no >> reporter: one local landlord says that's how they were duped. >> we were in a situation where we didn't get paid for months on end. >> reporter: even though they checked credit but credit reports only show a sliver of a renter's history by mentioning evictions. >> they probably had another situation before us that we couldn't see into. >> reporter: a credit giant is changing all of that. for the first time ever they are incorporating monthly rental payments on your credit report which will affect your credit score saying this is imperative to reflect the true credit worthiness of

the 106-million dollar station is expected >>> the new dublin pleasanton b.a.r.t.tion is up and running. the first train left at 6:00 this morning. the $160 million station is expected to make public transit more accessible to the tri- valley area and it's hoped to ease traffic along the 586/80 corridor. >> if you've ever been on that freeway in the morning, it is an absolute gridlock. so what we're going to do and what we anticipate the ridership to be is to be about 4,300 people per day we'll be taking off the road and helping reduce the carbon footprint and lower congestion on the freeway. >> there will be 1,200 new parking spots for the train system. >>> most postal rates going up in april but not the price of a first class stamp. that will stay at 44 cents for the first ounce. each additional ounce will soon cost 20 cents. postcards rise by a peppy and letters to canada or mexico will increase to 80 cents. prices for express mail and priority mail will not change. the rate increases follow the formula that permits rate hikes within the rate of inflation. they

covering the hills overlooking walnut creek and dusting the hilltop peaks above orinda as well as the pleasanton valley and mount hamilton will be closed until monday at the earliest. if you're brave enough, you could always bike it. >> it is a little slippery. you have to be careful. but it is awesome. >> reporter: this is the mountain amphitheater -- yeah, it is slippery. as i was saying, all of the seats are covered with snow. but sitting seems overrated. >> we have made snow angels. and had snowball fights. and climbed snow mountain. >> reporter: on mount tamalpais, anne makovec, cbs 5 eyewitness news. >> beautiful and treacherous. as i would mentioned, could there be snow at sea level? meteorologist lawrence karnow is tracking the storm in the weather center. >> i don't think we will see the sea level tonight but it may change in the not too distant future. looking at a lot of showers around the bay area right now. winter weather advisories around 2,000 feet. the santa cruz mountains and diablo range, and east bay hills, scattered showers, just about to start the parade there and it looks l

otherwise, due east pleasanton at 62. clear but breezy. currently livermore with a northeast breeze at 12 miles per hour. and some of the sheltered valleys tonight where we do not have a breeze we'll have numbers dip down to the freezing point in santa rosa, the delta, also the tri-valley around 33 degrees. otherwise, 40s will be common across the central bay. 37 degrees in willow glen through san jose. next area of low pressure watch this one more time, it's winding up very impressive, but heading due north on the course of the jet stream. now, the difference between yesterday and today, high pressure. it's strengthening. and as it does so we'll see a string of sunshiny days but everything is blossoming earlier at least two weeks ahead of time. so if you suffer from allergies, it's the alder, juniper and ash count they're probably sneezing about. meanwhile tomorrow, a little tinge north of the golden gate bridge as some of the pollutants get trapped in the marin headlands until the late day breeze kicks in. tomorrow's numbers unseasonably

overlooking walnut creek, and dusting the hilltop peaks above orinda as well as the hills above pleasanton in the try valley and almost a half foot has foulen on mount hamilton and mount hamilton road closed until monday at the earliest. if you're brave enough, you can bike it. >> it is a little slippery. you have to be careful. >> reporter: this is the mountain amphitheater. yeah, it is slippery. as i was saying, all of the seats are covered with snow. but sitting seems overrated. >> we have made snow angels, and had snowball fights. and climbed snow mountains. >> reporter: on mount tamalpais, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> a good amount of snow on the sierra mountains as -- as well. more on that late nert newscast. >>> antioch where pros prosecutors say a 2-month-old bay when his father allegedly punched his son in the face. he admitted to punching him tuesday to stop him from crying and that left the baby brain dead. he was removed from life support yesterday and the father is charged with murder and the 23-year-old is also charged with assaulting another son and his wife. >>> in east oakland,

tonight, the station in pleasanton is $3.63 a gallon and this is not the most expensive station. as you mentioned, all of this is being delayed blamed on the crisis in libya. as one analyst put it. refinery explode easily and rioters like to see them burn. the average bay area driver saw the average price at the pump post $1.09. an unbelievable spin of the dial because it happened in just one week. >> i actually didn't feel it. >> sticker shock means tina torres will piecemeal this trip. you're filling up enough to get you to stockton. >> yes. >> it may be that it rose about a nickel but it's a dime here. >> it's 5 1/2 gallons and you're at $23 already. >> exactly. that's pretty pricey. >> not enough to put it in park? consider pump prices have jumped here 20 cents just since january amounting to a whopping 63-cent increase over this time last year. now ad lib ya to the take. the price per barrel just jumped to $105. that has them worried that libyan oil supplies could be reduced if not cut off. that means engines may get cut off. >> definitely less travel for us. >> reporter: no

>>> also a pleasanton middle school facing very serious reprocushions this morning. why it could lose federal funding. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning. thank you for joining us. it is thursday february 17th. i'm pam cook. >>> and good morning. i'm dave clark. let's check weather and traffic. here's steve. >>> thank you very much, pam and dave. a cloudy, rainy, cold morning. looks like some snow no doubt about it for areas to the north and even around livermore hills. but for us we are going to see some of this, well, more rain today than i think hail like we had yesterday widespread. still look for a very active day today. temperatures stay very cold with upper 40s and low 50s with low snow levels. here's sal. >>> steve, right now traffic is moving along okay here if you're driving through the bay area. highway 4 going to be okay driving up to the grade. the rain is coming down. very wet freeways. also the same thing goes obviously if you're driving on 24 on the way to the tunnel. now let's go back to the desk. >>> topping our news this morn

. >>> plans to build a luxury housing development in pleasanton's southeast hills will not go forward. voters said no three years ago. the developer took it to court where a judge agreed with the voters. the planned called for 51 homes on 67 acres owned by the builder at the end of hertz drive in pleasanton. >>> a new report shids shines light on what schools spend money on. the pepperdine school says the brentwood union allocated 3/4 its money towards classroom spending. that's more than any district in contra costa or alameda counties. brentwood performed well in the state performance index. all of one of the middle schools tested as proficient. >>> it is going to be a heck of a day out there. it is rainy, it is cold, it is messy. we'll go to christina to find out how long it will last. >>> it will last for a while. if it lasts through tomorrow morning, we are talking about historic conditions. the 26th of february will go down as a historic date. when it comes to weather, we'll show you why. right now the east bay looks pretty good. the most of the rainfall, the heaviest rain is co

pleasanton 57. rain starts thursday evening and friday looks like a cold rainy day with snow in the hills. and then friday night, saturday morning snow will make it to very, very low levels. it will be gone saturday night. sunday looks good. but cool and breezy. >>> all right. thank you, steve. this morning lowe's reports net income jumped 39% during the final three months of last year. the nation's second largest home improvement chain followed the number one home depot with good numbers and says shoppers are starting to spend again and are taking on home improvement and repair projects. >>> all right. let's check in on the numbers. they are down. we have oil at a two year high. that's certainly effecting things because of the unrest in libya. dow jones live look at the big board off 35 points to 12,177. some good news though -- actually bad news. hewlett pack hard down 11.5%. apple shareholders another local company to watch, they are meeting today to talk about what life will be like after steve

east bay from daly city out towards the east bay on the pittsburg-bay point line and the dublin-pleasanton line. they were doing equipment maintenance. everything they have been doing is pretty much wrapped up so hopefully the delays will dissipate as well. but 15- to 20-minute delays right now towards the east bay. all trains coming into san francisco are on time other mass transit on time. the live look at the san mateo bridge looking good towards foster city and the peninsula and at the bay bridge toll plaza, haven't had any reason to really talk about it much. there was a little bit of overnight roadwork from the incline towards treasure island. should be wrapping up here very shortly. and obviously, no delays right now as you approach the bay bridge toll plaza. back to you. >> thank you. >>> it is 5:07. they are some of the worst words that you could ever use to describe a city. >> miserable and dying, is that accurate? >> oh, yeah. >> those aren't good. now one city in the bay area has landed on two dubiou lists. why the people who live there say the tri-state may surprise you. >>> n

they will be in pleasanton, castro valley, el cerrito, campbell, los gatos and burlingame.rt of a plan to compete with rifle grocery stores. a spokesman said each new safeway will have about 200 employees. >>> new teeth whitening products are hitting the market offering a do it yourself all turn testify alternatives. wine and pearly whites are little pads moistened with whitening ingredients like baking soda and hydrogen peroxide. they get a vote of confidence from a dentist. >> i wouldn't expect to have a big whitening effect but it is a good way to clean your teeth after a meal. >> she has good teeth. good model. whitening treatments from a dentist probably are still the most effective. but the inexpensive floss and whites are available online and they are expected to hit store shelves soon. with more health news, here's betty knew when. >>> reporter: a new link between tonsillectomies and weight gain in kids. a study of nearly 800 children found those who have their tonsils out were more likely to become overweight after surgery. researchers say the surgery allows childr

livermore, a smooth drive at 13 minutes through dublin and pleasanton.'ll cross under the cool looking overpass marla just showed you. it will be bright lights. you have seen that through a week or so. it won't be a surprise. the getaway out of the area starts at 3:00 p.m. for the slowing. get out early through sacramento downtown. here's a live look at the web cam through highway 50 and myers. just ten minutes ago i saw cars lined up here getting their chains checked and hooked up. so there's the slowing conditions heading through the south shore. we'll poouf move to antioch with highway 4 close to the limit. no problems until a later start for friday with the backups there. heir here's the maze approach. more live shots coming up in our next report. >>> the beginning of the end. a local teen starts the final season today. >>> plus, what the mommaing a oe is saying about a possible run at the presidency. >>> a budgetshowdown could happen at the nation's tap toll today. the house of representatives will try to pass the republican budget plan with spendin

pleasanton 35. stanford at 36. and the marina district is 44. i know that's not real cold, but for them that's pretty cold. i've seen some 42s and 43s around the mission also cole valley. there's some chilly readings in the city officially 46. 36 concord, livermore 32. 37 oakland airport. 29 napa. that's at the airport. but i've also seen an upper 20 north of town as well. concord starting at 26. buchanan not far away. 56 go for a high of 63. everything looks good to go. sunshine cold morning sunny and warmer days. pattern showing signs next week of changing. it will be a slow process but it looks like it's happening. weekend will be okay those with valentine's day plans saturday looks best. rain returns next week. big question will it last for a while or be here for a couple days of rain? 29 to 46 to start. 52 to 58 and by 4:00 60 to 66 on the highs. low to mid-60s. 61 fairfield. 66 santa rosa. pleasanton at 63. san jose 65. santa cruz at 68. no change through about saturday. mostly sunny, partly sunny sundays and then increasing clouds monday.

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the students were enrolled in tri-valley in pleasanton.osecutors said it illegally granted visas to 1500 students. >>> the state department evacuated more than 1200 americans from cairo. the flights are expected to continue in the days ahead. but as rita williams reports, not everyone wants to fly out of egypt. >> i'm a big sister now. >> reporter: as a mother and wife, 28 year old noha is torn. the cal grad, along with 3 year old merriam returned to her parents home to give birth 7 weeks ago to her daughter, sarah. her egyptian husband stayed in cairo. >> last time i talked to him was saturday. i've been trying to call him since then and haven't been able to reach him. >> reporter: the mom and girls were scheduled to move back to cairo next week, but now -- >> for now, i'm postponing my flight, probably. >> reporter: here in san francisco, reporters are getting a firsthand look at coverage and translating it into english. some of the channels monitored, al jazeera. >> they are ten hours ahead. that's live picture. >> reporter: even the eg

pleasanton 66. mountain view 66. half-moon bay 59. same for daily city.t will be warmer over the weekend. we'll carry that into tuesday. >>> just a few minutes ago the monthly jobs report rouse released. 36,000 jobs were added last month but most economists expected an increase of 103,000. despite that the national unemployment rate fell to 9%. that is the lowest rate since april of 2009. that does come in part because of a large number of discouraged job seekers that have stopped looking for work. >>> more americans are using a wi-fi connection to get on the net. that is up to 18% who worried wi-fi in 2008. sharing an open wi-fi might not seem like a problem but a noisy neighbor can use e-mail to hack into your information. >>> there is a good chance moppet field will hold -- if selected it would feature exhibits from all over the world. the world expo attracts millions of visitors over six months. it's expected to generate thousands of jobs. now in the coming days economic impact report is expected to be released. >>> it happened more than 30 years ago.

the students were enrolled in tri-valley in pleasanton. prosecutors said it illegally granted visas to 1500 students. >>> the state department evacuated more than 1200 americans from cairo. the flights are expected to continue in the days ahead. but as rita williams reports, not everyone wants to fly out of egypt. >> i'm a big sister now. >> reporter: as a mother and wife, 28 year old noha is torn. the cal grad, along with 3 year old merriam returned to her parents home to give birth 7 weeks ago to her daughter, sarah. her egyptian husband stayed in cairo. >> last time i talked to him was saturday. i've been trying to call him since then and haven't been able to reach him. >> reporter: the mom and girls were scheduled to move back to cairo next week, but now -- >> for now, i'm postponing my flight, probably. >> reporter: here in san francisco, reporters are getting a firsthand look at coverage and translating it into english. some of the channels monitored, al jazeera. >> they are ten hours ahead. that's live picture. >> reporter: even the

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and then in the inland valleys, quite cold but 65 in pleasanton. monterey, warming up, pebble beach will be cool in the low 60s, 5-6 degrees cooler there. dry day today, the last one, valentine's day, wet in the north bay but everyone should see rain, low snow levels maybe mount hamilton. >> i got it. thanks, lisa. >> coming up next, why a valentine's day >>> tomorrow is valentine's day, you can expect to see things flying in justin hermann plaza, it's time for the great san francisco pillow fight. thousands of people gather in front of ferry building to quietly wait for the clock to strike 6:00 then it's just crazy. it looks like fun but it ruffles the feathers of the department of public works. the cost of cleaning up runs about $35,000 each year. by the way today, south bay is getting in on the act with the pillow fight at noon at caesar chavez park in downtown san jose. it will be dry for them. >> yes, today. >> even some sunshine out there right now but in oakland, pretty cloudy out there. overall today, partly cloudy, cooler on average, about

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complete west dublin -pleasanton station.ction crews are still putting the finishing touches on the newest stop along the dublin pleasanton line. the station is the first to ted in >>> bart's almost completed west dublin newest line. the station is the first to be constructed in the middle of an active transit line. b.a.r.t officials say it made the project even more difficult. >> we are also right in the middle of a freeway and this kind of construction has never been done in our history. so it was not only an engineering challenge, it was a learning curve on a continuous basis. >> the station aproximity to to interstates hope to reduce traffic congestion along that busy corridor. the grand opening is next friday with full service beginning on saturday. >>> the outcry over those new full body x-ray machines at the nation's airport have certainly died down but even though passengers may not be thinking about them, some scientists are. why is that? a heavily sensored government study that is adding to concern about how much ra

more 70s around pleasanton, 67. concord and danville, walnut creek 68 for you.y the monterey bay, 5 degrees warmer than our east bay valleys. you'll enjoy 75 hollister as well as watsonville. the accu-weather 7-day forecast sunny, mild today, cooler tomorrow, increasing clouds. look for rain to arrive early on valentine's day. it will be a soggy one with heavier rain perhaps on tuesday and then cold showers. we're talking maybe a couple of inches of rain by the end of the week and that should translate into maybe 2 to 4 feet of snow. but during the week we're talking 100 mph winds at sierra crest. so very windy up there. quite a change. and then the big holiday weekend next weekend. >> president' weekend. crews have been carving out the 4th bore of the caldecott tunnel. the project is still a couple years from completion but crews have been working around the clock and facing some rereal dangers. here's alan wang with this morning's assignment 7 report. >> for every 5 feet this road header carves through the east bay hills. a quick coat of shockcrete is on the w

trains will officially start running from the west dublin pleasanton station.on's grand opening. it's located right in the middle of interstate 580 between the castro valley and dublin pleasanton station. there are 12 hundred needed spaces there. caltrain's coffee mugs around the house? still soon be [ alarm clock buzzing, indistinct conversations ] [ female announcer ] important events can sneak up on you. oh, i am not ready. can i have a couple weeks? you could be ready. you could lose 5 pounds in 2 weeks when you replace breakfast and lunch with a fru, ain, and yoplait light. betsy bets. you haven't changed a bit. oh...neither have you... sean. well, yeah. [ female announcer ] go to yoplait.com to start your two week tune up. >>> san francisco sheriff michael hennessey has announced he's retiring after 31 years on the job. he told staffers in an e-mail yesterday he will not seek re-election in november. he won his first election back in 1979 and he's the longest serving of san francisco's current elected officials. governor brown wants to get rid of key chai

juliette goodrich live in pleasanton with a look at some of the storm damage there. juliette? >> reporter: it was pretty widespread throughout the bay area, allen. once the sun went down i can tell you temperatures have certainly dipped too. it is chilly. we have seen rain, flooding, high winds throughout the day today. the question now, how low is this snow going to go? >> the snow in the sierra and on the higher peaks in the bay area, powerful winds and rain and widespread flooding, northern california is being blasted by winter. >> i keep my heater down at 64 degrees at night. just really low. it has been even cold so i bumped it up even more and the heater has been kicking on. >> reporter: power outages have kept pg&e crews scrambling all day to restore power to hundreds of customers. and this tree couldn't compete with the high winds. it came crashing down in san francisco knocking down a power pole. the most anticipated element to hit the bay area, snow, expected to fall in san francisco. and check this out. there is even a dedicated website called "is it snowing atsf ye

the pleasanton authorities you a they don't want it going through their back yards. others say they would welcome it as a way to revitalize their downtown area. >>> tonight b.a.r.t., this could be the end of a very long quest to bring b.a.r.t. to the south bay. >> reporter: this b.a.r.t. train leaving fremont could soon be bound for san jose now that the federal transit administration is recommending the project gets $130 million in federal funding. >> this is a terrific idea. b.a.r.t. has been around the bay for a long time and connectioning the airports. >> reporter: for commuters like victor ortiz, b.a.r.t. service to the south bay would save him a shuttle ride to work from freedom where he is forced to getov b.a.r.t. >> it now takes me about two hour if i take public transportation. about 1:15 if i drive in traffic. this would really make it easy to get to work and would probably cut about 45 minutes. >> reporter: the extension would run from the fremont station, currently the end of the line in the south bay, to the district in san jose. it would also include a

the stores will be in pleasanton, castro valley, he will sear wrote tow and burlingame. the please san tonight-based chain is trying to get stores in emeryville, berkeley and new ones in oakland. safeway says each store will create about 200 jobs. >> it is 5:08 on this tuesday morning. once again various fog for you to encounter out there on the roads. >> but is it widespread? let's check with lisa argen. >> good morning. no, not widespread. we're looking at fog in the north bay valleys oozing into our east bay valleys by the delta. but elsewhere, peninsula, you're fine. san francisco good visibility, 47. the coast no problems. 50 fremont. chilly in fremont. a quarter mile visibility or less santa rosa out by the delta and then it improves. we're going to see those winds kick up throughout the day today, especially over our east bay hills. colder nights tomorrow and thursday. milder days though. watch out for the fog if you're heading through napa around 80. throughout the day today we'll see warming temperatures in the 50s turning sunny and mild with highs in the mid-60

located right in the middle of interstate 5 80 between the castro valley and dublin pleasanton stationthis marks the first time since 2003 that bart has opened a new station. >>> he nearly 1 million people expected to attend saturday night chinese new year parade in san francisco. event begins at market and second street and will proceed down geary and post before ending on kearnyy and columbus avenue. public work crew have been sprucing up the parade route for week now, removing graffiti steam cleaning streets and broadway opportunity he. if you take bart you should exit at the montgomery or powell street station. parade start at 5:15. streets along the route will close to traffic beginning at 5:00 p.m. so dheep in mind if in the city. >> so the question will it rain on the parade? let's go back to update the forecast with experience. >>reporter: chance diminish it will rain on the parade as we may have widely scattered showers but chance will diminish as the parade goes on. we have showers now and we have snow. snow in the bay area. still snowing at mount tam started this afternoon a

pleasanton is checking in at 44 degrees. low '30's in moscow as.in san francisco. hers feature cast. not impressed with the rain. 3:00 a.m.. spotty it light showers. largely a eighth will be dry. look for a couple of showers. a slight chance of rain and that the county for the rest of the area. dry conditions. this system will go back. it will return as a stronger system on tuesday night. this is the second wave of this system of writing. rain on wednesday. heavy winds 30-40 mi. per hour. when stab her name.on thet was snowy and we are going to seat any conditions. morning temperatures are below freezing for napa and livermore. thirties' near the bay and san francisco. made it-upper 50s with partly sunny skies. chance of showers. seven day are around the bay for one state is rain. it could be heavy. sticking around for thursday. vicki? >> vicki: of royal wedding. you might want to make your reservation right now. some of the bloom has some suggestions. paramount look at the millions of tourists year round. there are experiencing will circumstance. there is so much

part is about to open the new west of dublin pleasanton station. today officials gave kron 4 a preview. the first asian to open in the years presented the chance to challenge as it never really faced in station construction before. >> this is an engineering feat. this is a station never been done before in the history of art. we actually have a line that has weddinnew frames with it. we put an operational bart station right on top of it. >> the station will open to the public on saturday the 19th of the month. a cruise ship docked in san francisco for repairs has now been fixed and ready to go again. the carnival's splendor was scheduled to leave dock this afternoon for a test run back in november you might remember, it lost all power knocking out the air conditioning, telephoned and the hot food service for more than 4000 passengers and crew members. caltrans is serving eviction notices to people who live in a homeless encampment near concord. up to 20 people live in the area near highway 4 which is littered with piles of garbage and debris. caltr

. >>> those popular water slides in pleasanton may be on their way out. tonight the east bay water district will be discussing getting a face-lift. the district wants to create a more park-like setting there. right now there's no timetable for taking out those water slides. >>> two bay area neighborhoods are on a nationwide top ten list of places where cars are most likely to be stolen. according to the research group neighborhood scout, there is a one in seven chance a car will be stolen in west oakland around adeline and man delaw parkway. -- mandella parkway. the second is near zanker and taz min drive -- tazmin drive. >> there is ale bit of money here. it's easy to come pick off cars. everyone is work and no one is here to protect their things. >> police say one reason for this is leaving the cars running and unattended. not a good idea. >> no. >>> let's check in with sal. >> things are getting busier. sanjose traffic if you are driving up in the valley, it should be only a momentary delay coming up on highway 17. we're also looking at highway 85. it'

mid-60s for petaluma. 68 calistoga. 65 union city and out over the hills, danville, as well as pleasantoney bay low 60s. pebble beach about 62. a look ahead then, dry day today. valentine's day, just a little rain favoring the north bay. less than a quarter of an inch. by tuesday into wednesday, colder weather system and you'll notice more rain. we're talking low snow levels. maybe snowy peaks by the middle to the end of the week so unsettled and back to february. >> i don't think i'm ready. >> you gotta get ready. >> yeah. (laughter) >> don't be spoiled. >> yeah. >> thank you, lisa. let's check out sports. this evening the warriors host kevin durant and the northwest division leading oklahoma city thunder. last night usf played saint mary's in one of the biggest games on the hill top in years. mike shumann has the highlights. >> we'll tip off with a wcc showdown, usf hosting saint mary's on the hill top. won six of their last seven. michael williams keeping usf in as the floater falls. trails by two at the half. the gails went wild at the second half. he had 19. rob jones muscling his wa

up to 64 degrees at concord, danville, pleasanton and antioch. monterey bay mild of course. skaiv at gilroy. 65 at salinas. accu-weather 7 day forecast we'll have 7 days of dry weather ahead and he's agent chilly in the morning on wednesday and thursday but things will warm-up nicely on friday and saturday with high pressure inland at 70 degrees and we say tuesday is ground hog day he will see his shadow but much winter like weather immediately following the sigh sighting of the shadow. >> maybe not 6 more weeks of winter here but maybe back east. >> about i'll show you the path of this big storm. snowstorm ice storm and blizzard conditions. probably about 2,000 mile path. >> 2000 mile. that is exactly what they don't need. thanks spencer. >> high school student in texas has been hit with a 6 40 dollar fine. 6 40 bucks for swearing in class. the student was arguing with the classmate. she was given detention along with the fine for disorder easterly conduct and abusive language. teach her filed a police complaint saying she was offended and that victoria language was quota b

east by valleys, danville and pleasanton 68.t of the monterey bay, mid-60s monterey and caramel. tonight the 30s become less likely. livermore, fairfield, napa but that's it. the rest of us low to mid-40s. here is that warmer accu-weather 7-day forecast. especially this weekend where we have low to mid-70s the bay and the coast. mid to upper 60s -- i should say around the bay and inland. slight cooling trend on tuesday. a quiet weather pattern wednesday and thursday. next weekend looks like it might be wet. enjoy this weekend. get outside and have a good time. >> mike, i don't think you need to rush this morning heading to work. it's been nice and quiet out there. the only slow spot i mentioned earlier was antioch. that's a normal delay. toll plaza still delay-free. heading through the north bay shortly, you can find a nice quiet ride across the golden gate bridge as well heading into san francisco. let's check out the san mateo bridge. drive time still 14 minutes across between 880 and 101. that's westbound traffic on the right

in our inland valleys, remember gusty winds here, 72 pleasanton, 69 pittsburgh. 72 gilroy.ast. the warmest weather tomorrow but overall this weekend we'll see the warm weather and day-to-day we'll see temperatures drop back a little bit. the winds kicking up and then we'll see hopefully a pattern change but not until the late period of the weekend. so i guess we have to enjoy it. >> i know. i guess t-shirt weather all weekend. incredible. >> usually we have the ridge in the west refer the trough in the east. that's going to switch. hopefully the eastern part of the country and central part will warm up. >> thanks so much, lisa. speaks of the east coast, what's coming up on "good morning america." >> jenelle, it's not warming up enough on the east coast. snow on the ground and i think more coming. protestors in egypt refuse to let up pressuring their country's president to step down but he is defiantly refusing to do so. president obama is urging a quick transition of power. we'll have the latest live from cairo. also thousands of flights are cancelled as fans try to make it

. >> neighboring cities in pleasanton, danville and clayton have all passed similar bans. >> the marinh school pitcher nearly killed by a baseball last year is back playing the game he loves. a ball hit off a metal bat hit gunner sandberg in the head. he spent weeks in intensive care. i threw out the pitch at at&t park. now he took part in the first day of practice at school yesterday and the coach says he may consider starting gunner at short stop or third base. >> thousands of anti-government protestors in cairo's square have been chanting the name of the google executive calling for him to make an appearance. meanwhile egyptian president hosni mubarak took the first steps to implement reform. he set up new committees to discuss and recommend constitutional changes that will relax eligibility rules who can run for president and impose term limits. it's the latest effort by mubarak to diffuse public anger following two weeks of protest. >> the google executive we mentioned in that last story says he's not a hero for overseeing a website that began the uprising. he spent 12 days in gov

last night, a station in pleasanton that was selling regular unleaded for $3.63. pump prices have jumped in the bay area almost 20 cents since january. >>> 5:03 your time. a warning for shoppers in the east bay. police say thieves are following people home and then robbing them. christin ayers is in oakland, where it's happening. christin, i understand most of the victims are elderly, is that right. > >> reporter: that's right. elderly women who were shopping at this safeway here in the oakland hills. police are saying it's happened already at least half a dozen times here in the past month alone. oakland police say two men are targeting elderly woman who shop here. they are tailing them to their homes after to leave the store, then robbing them, sometimes at gunpoint in their own driveways as they unload their groceries. the attacks have been happening generally in the evening hours and while none of the victims has had serious injuries, in one case authorities say a woman was thrown to the ground before one of the thieves made off with her purse. police have onl

they are live over pleasanton. they are showing you traffic on westbound 580 approaching the 680 interchange. definitely getting busy now on this monday morning. but so far, so good as you head out of livermore, just seeing our usual brake lights out of the altamont pass but i just checked and it's still about a 15-minute drive time on westbound 580 from the altamont pass out towards 680 and the dublin interchange. to our maps now, still dealing with these ace train delays. ace train number one is still about 15 minutes behind schedule. they have an earlier switching issue coming out of manteca. so they just left pleasanton again about a 15-minute delay. ace train number 3 is on time. bart systemwide is about 40 trains on time. muni metro, caltrain, also report knowing delays. all right. out to benicia we continue to follow this accident, as well. a car went down the shoulder embankment. southbound 680 approaching herman road. main lines of the bridge are quiet. highway had still a nice ride through martinez. that'

that could have been the disruption through the sunol grade out of pleasanton. keep that in mind.ng here. the golden gate bridge, i want to show you the conditions here at the bottom just underneath the bridge. you can see the clouds hovering around ready to pounce on folks coming from the north bay into the city. from time to time, i have seen that drift aacross the river. it could be an issue later in the morning. >>> thank you for that, mike. the "today" show is coming up with an exclusive interview with the american woman trapped in her apartment for days in cairo, mary thornberry. and they will also see the little boy who is behind the darth vader mask. >>> in the meantime, have a great day. i lopet bald eagle brock, my bison sara, i love my pick-up with the custom constitution paint job... i celebrate jury duty... i love america so much, i'm making an all american jack combo two jumbo patties, with melting cheese, lettuce, tomato and pickles, plus fries and a drink for only $4.99. i've celebrated every american tradition...except one... spring break cancun yo!!!!!!!! try the

keepin' on ♪ ♪ keep on >>> early tomorrow morning, trains will begun running at the new dublin pleasantonthe first new station in eight years. it will have close to 1200 new parking spots. bart pleads there will be 4800 riders. >> state audit reveals freebies are not so free. this blink go light cost taxpayers $7.5 million between 2007 and last year. caltrans spent the most money on giveaways more than five million dollars during that time. the governor hasn't decided to do with the stockpile of promotional items but he is open to suggestions. >>> and larry? >>. [ laughter ] >> n.b.a. festivities are underway in illinois. star of the show. the kid. j being being honored in the celebrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrb >>> good evening, n.b.a. extravaganza is in l.a. but behind closed doors. who will get denver superstar is carmello anthony. he has turned down nuggets offer of $365 million. nets supposedly have a trade all worked out with denver but they won't pull the trigger unless he agrees to sign the extension with them. there is a new rumor, a secret meeting with the billionaire owner this bid

robert lyles is in pleasanton, ers are noticing the >>> the unrest in the middle east is pushing up gas prices. drivers are definitely noticing the difference. robert? >> reporter: i want you to consider this. just one week ago, the pinch at the pump was a little less than 3.50 at the gallon. now it's 3.63. as one analyst put it, right outers like to see things burn. >> the average driver saw the average price at the pump hike. it happened in just one week. >> i actually didn't fill it up all the way. >> reporter: tina will piece meal this trip. riding on fumes may be the reality for many. it's nearly a dime hike here. >> it's 5 1/2 gallons and you're at $23 already. >> exactly. >> reporter: consider pump prices have jumped here almost 20 cents just since january amounting to a whopping 63 sent increase over this time last year. now, add libya to the problem. the price just jumped to $105 a barrel. locally, that means engines may get cut off. >> definitely less travel for us. >> reporter: now consider this, analysts go on to warn that the loss of libyan oil could lead to another 10% spi

the west dublin pleasanton station will be open to passengers starting tomorrow. it's located in the median of interstate 580 between the castro valley and dublin stations. that $106 million station has a couple of garages with, get this and this is at a high premium, 1200 parking spaces. >> got have those to get on the train. >>> it's 5:07. a week after hosni mubarak gave up the egyptian presidency, there is a huge victory march in cairo going on right now. niece are live pictures. a million people are expected for the celebration of the pro- democracy movement. egyptian prosecutors have arrested four former officials from mubarak's government as part of a corruption investigation. there is also a counter demonstration today by mubarak supporters. but a million people in the middle east. >>> 5:07. he says he is being a gentleman. the high school controversy of wrestlers. >>> the dangerous substances found missing. >> and there is no more money. the well is dry. >> massive cuts to police and firefighters may be just the beginning. the new sacrifices that workers w

upper 70s in the interior valleys as well. 77 in danville. 76 in pleasanton, and if you want to head to the beach, go ahead. it's t-shirts and shorts weather in santa cruz. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. another warm, sunny day. record highs again expected. the sea breeze returns on monday so see cooling mid-week but looks dry throughs. >> alan: we deserve this. >> frances: yes. >> alan: on to shu. a pretty big basketball game. >> mike: a lot of big basketball games. the warrior hosting the bulls. chicago, one of the best defenses in the nba. we have it next in sports. i, am the turkey, bacon and cheddar. ruler of the grilled sandwiches. boy king of delicious meats. i am the deli trio. lord of genoa salami, ham and roasted turkey on grilled artisan bread. my grilled artisan bread is adorned with turkey, bacon and sundried tomato spread. tomatoes dried by the sun. do you hear me? the sun! [women's voice] sir? are you making your sandwiches talk? no. so our grilled sandwiches actually speak? yep. >> mike: the warriors hosting the bulls. former warrior great, nate thurmon i

our inland valleys a little breezy at times, higher elevations 64 at pleasanton.he monterey bay, looking good, 65 salinas. but if you want new snow, we have none of that in our seven-day outlook. a little breezy this afternoon and take a look at that 70s over the weekend. >> wow! >> that's what it is. big change of springtime in the winter. >> all right. guess what? the bart himself will be so proud. a notorious criminal case that waited 400 years to go to a jury finally had his day in court. >> in the matter of the crown versus prince hamlet. anthony kennedy presided over the murder trial of hamlet, the prince of denmark. it was a mock trial held yesterday at the university of southern california. in the shakespeare play, particular, hamlet fatally stabbed the king's advisor. they determined whether hamlet suffered from a mental diseases. jurors deliberated 20 minutes and ended in a hung jury with two finding him sane and two finding him insane. finding him insane. >> i wonder were prese >> >> today on oprah at 4:00, the vegan challenge. can you go without eating

today wechbd did i schmidt lives in pleasanton. sherned to returned to sun valley mall but despite all the pain and the scars she carries to this day. she believes it's important to remember what happened that day 25 years ago. >> things are going to happen. things and weird things will happen to you and you have to get through them. >>> now we turn to abc7 report. send us your videos of something that needs fixed in your neighborhood that needs fixed. now a report on a graffiti problem. >> these photos from a viewer showed the extent of the graffiti in the two public stairwells that connect harrison and field streets. it covers am every inch of the wall from top to bottom. it's on pipe and all over the stairs. they left behind spray cans, empty bottles of alcohol and piles of trash. they are visiting from atlanta. he says this kind of graffiti leaves tourists with a bad impression for san francisco. >> it's vandalism. >> there is a graffiti aby the. crew. he sent workers to paint over the graffiti but the vandals struck back just