nobody was hurt in the fire at rafael lumber. sprinklers limited the damage. >>> eight northern california school district employees are on leave after allegations that a special education teacher kicked and slapped students there. the redwood city school district probe comes after child cruelty and assault charges were filed against teacher alexia bogdis. >>> and accused former penn state coach jerry sandusky's sexual abuse case back in court today. prosecutors want to tighten up his bail conditions while sandusky wants the right to see his grandchildren. >>> we have some red-hot explosions of lava shooting out of the italy's mount etna . let's look. it's already erupted several times this year but geologists say there is no risk to nearby residents. mount etna is europe's largest volcano. >> i never get tired of shots like that. but i don't live right next to it, either. [ laughter ] >> might be a different story. >>> hey, folks, around the bay area today, we have some changes come our way. clouds beginning to move back in and

up all the way to san rafael, four lanes are open coming into the city. if the bridge hasn't slowed down traffic enough, rain could declay he work on the bay bridge this weekend. >> coming up. leigh glaser has that report. and what eps eps has to say about publishing a racial slur about knicks sensation jeremy lin. also... >> alan: those closest to whitney houston gathered at a church in new jersey to celebrate and mourn and say farewell to a musical icon white house voice defined an era. >> reporter: whitney houston's casket was carried into the church on this cold saturday morning in february. its privacy guarded by numerous road closures around the new hope baptist church. ♪ >> the service, fittingly filled with music, scripture, and some of the biggest names in show biz. >> the whitney i musician despite her success and worldwide fame, still wondered, aim good enough? the burden that made her great. and the part that caused her to stumble in the end. >> billed as a home-going for whitney houston, the farewell was held at the same church where the hem

. >>> a lumberyard fire in the north bay in san rafael. we have a reporter on scene with the very latest. >>> and they are back. "occupy cal" is at it once again. what they are fed up with this time around. >> so nice yesterday. the clouds are back. maybe some rain, too. we'll talk about that coming up. >>> and the commute is a great one through silicon valley. coming up, a check of the south bay. >>> good morning. it's friday. and we are so glad. february 10. i'm grace lee. >> we are indeed. hi, everybody. i'm frank mallicoat. it is 5:00 straight up. and we begin at this hour with a developing story from the north bay. >>> a lumberyard burst into flames overnight and anne makovec is in san rafael, where firefighters are still on scene. good morning. >> reporter: the fire is out but as you said there are still several firefighters on scene to make sure there is nothing smoldering inside of the building. but check out these flames. the fire broke out at around 2:45 and the smoke could be seen from highways 580 and 101 here in san rafael. a

>> reporter: new this morning, 50-foot flames pour from a lumberyard in san rafael. we'll show you the video plus what firefighters say they had on their side. >> oakland takes two hotels to court in an effort to shut them down. while they are doing it coming up. >> and san jose mayor chuck reed why he insists pension reform . should be on the ballot. >> a live look outside golden gate bridge this friday morning. it's friday, february 10th. this is "today in the bay." >> that is right. we're always extra amped up on feel good friday. it's 4:30. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. it's nice to sleep in on saturday. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. we're going to have a little rain. it's nice to sleep with raindrops, the pitter-patter over the rooftop. we have showers in the works but today, sunshine, a gorgeous day down from the south bay. we'll get a few showers up in the north bay later on this morning. we'll tell you when and of course we've got the weekend and valentine's day forecast ready to go. first we want

i'll show that to you in a minute. >>> a san rafael woman gets her special gold necklace back.ind out why the way she lost would it make you believe she wouldn't want it back. >>> sanitation bourquers in the north bay are making a splash -- sanitation with workers in the north bay are making a splash with a family by returning a gift that went down the toilet a late night bathroom run flushed a gold necklace she thought it was gone forever her friend reported the loss to the san rafael sanitation district. last month workers performing routine pipeline maintenance found the necklace and remembered the call. an employee cleaned it and hand delivered it. >> with gloves on? >> well. >> no need for gloves today in terms of keeping warm it is mighty warm out there >> it is. >> nice one. >> got out of that one. >> i was with wondering what you with two were going to do with that one. glad we left it alone. make up the jokes at home while we are talking about with what a beautiful day, gorgeous picture from emeryville looking back towards san francisco this from south beach looking so

live in san rafael i'm paul chambers. >>> 5:32.appening right now occupy protestors once again camping out at uc berkeley's plaza. ktvu tara moriarty joining us live now to tell us what the students are demanding. tara. >> reporter: well, that is right. we are here in front of prowl hall. you can see the protestors gathered on the front steps. there is about 20 students from uc berkeley. there are a handful from occupy oakland that come here to show their solidarity. all are basically trying to draw attention to the occupy movement. they are not sure how long they will stay. but they have been here since 1:00 yesterday afternoon. they pitched a handful of stunts. uc berkeley place asked them to leave. they said we're not occupying the tents they are more just a symbol. demonstrators say they felt it was important to remind people that they an their message haven't gone anywhere. >> i think it's a lot of goals for occupy. economic justice. to keep tuition affordable. to have accountability for arrackicked a -- academic administratio

i'll show that to you in a minute. >>> a san rafael woman gets her special gold necklace back. find out why the way she lost would it make you believe she wouldn't want it back. >>> sanitation bourquers in the north bay are making a splash -- sanitation with workers in the north bay are making a splash with a family by returning a gift that went down the toilet a late night bathroom run flushed a gold necklace she thought it was gone forever her friend reported the loss to the san rafael sanitation district. last month workers performing routine pipeline maintenance found the necklace and remembered the call. an employee cleaned it and hand delivered it. >> with gloves on? >> well. >> no need for gloves today in terms of keeping warm it is mighty warm out there >> it is. >> nice one. >> got out of that one. >> i was with wondering what you with two were going to do with that one. glad we left it alone. make up the jokes at home while we are talking about with what a beautiful day, gorgeous picture from emeryville looking back towards san francisco this from south beach looking

this time it was san rafael at 76 degrees. but wait, san rafael should drop 17 degrees on saturday. it's live. it's our cbs 5 weather camera. if you are able to see the bay waters right now, you would be able to see the ripples on the water top. sfo with gusts up to 35 miles per hour. we have a windchill out there right now. it is cold and it will get colder overnight tonight. in the 30s north of the golden gate bridge. 38 throughout the trivalley. 43 throughout the santa clara valley. your weather headlines are off. some patchy fog to begin your saturday. it will be breezy and much cooler. you're going to feel the difference. it will be unsettled next week. this is sinking to the south and as it does so, sideswiping, leaving us with partly cloudy conditions tomorrow and a cooldown. today was 72 in san francisco. tomorrow 13 degrees cooler. many areas anywhere between 10 and 15, possibly even 17 degrees cooler than what we experienced today. good-bye to the 70s for quite some time. 62 in san jose. the winds will blow out of the northwest 10á pho 20 miles per hour. the extended forec

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fire in san rafael. it started a few hours ago... but rious damage. >>> this is video just into the newsroom of a lumberyard fire in san rafael. you can see just how active that scene was. it started a few hours ago but didn't cause serious damage. anne makovec is on scene. we'll have a live report from her in less than 20 minutes. >>> 4:43. a top lawmaker in our nation's capital under investigation. spencer bacchus the chairman of the house financial services committee. investigators believe he may have violated insider trading laws. the probe opened last year after several suspicious trades on his annual financial disclosure form showed up. it's the first of its kind involving a congress member. >>> yesterday the house passed a measure to tighten rules against insider trading by lawmakers. >>> a catholic broadcasting network is the latest organization to file a lawsuit against the obama administration over birth control coverage. the ewtn global catholic network opposes the government mandate that religious organizations provide fr

. >> lupe was in a car with her boyfriend, rafael, with rafael and maria, all coming home from a funeraldnesday night on highway 101 in monterey county, the chp says a drunk driver crossed a dirt median and hit their car head on. a mother of four kids was beheaded and killed instantly. rafael was ejected and died at scene and ochoa died at the hospital. her daughter never got to say good-bye. >> the last time that my mom called me, i didn't pick up because i was too busy at work. and i didn't get a chance to call her back. and now i can't. >> lupe was air lifted to san jose medical center and survived, but the left side of her face was torn off. she and rafael talked about getting married one day. >> that was one of the first things she said when we broke the news to her. how am i going to live without him? and there is no answer for that, you know? >> the chain reaction crash injured six more people. the suspected drunk driver, vivian ramirez suffered major injuries. the chp says she was drunk and reaching for her cell phone. >> can you even begin to fathom forgiving somebody for doing

our 24 in the sun rafael. 35 m.p.h. francisco, and some rafae -- san rafael good te stronger winds. as we take a look to the afternoon high is. s expected to see 60s. 54 in mountain view and half moon bay. 60 in oakland. upper 50s in san francisco. taking a look a look at your 7 day around the bay some drizzle for the coastline tomorrow night with a patchy showers in the north bay on monday with dry conditions on tuesday. >>marty: a disturbing story from southern california a 12 year-old girl was found naked and eating out of a trash can. the girl's mother is a teacher's assistant at an elementary school she left her daughter in the car wash went to work. neighbors spotted the girl. she was trying to cover herself from one of the formats.-floor mats m the car. the mother has of course been arrested. >>isabel: this occupy demonstration has sparked student protesters at point- blank with pepper spray. the uc davis academic whether or not this faculty support this pepper spray incident. it will impact the future. >> more o

a lot of 4 s san rafael is close at 48 but that's a big drop for in a. they get a wind pick up on the east side of that area and high pressure will continue to deflect everything to the north jetstream has been on vacation mainly along the coast as well, but this is an easterly breeze and we are starting to see low- to-mid 70s. i don't think we will set any records. we will still be way above average for this time of year. windy and warm on thursday, it will be the warmest day of the week and a cool down takes us into the weekend, pam, dave? >>> a lawsuit fired against the san mateo coroner's office, why one family claims the body of their loved one was mishandled. >>> you might be surprised to hear how often it has occurred. >>> traffic looks good, san rafael right through the central san rafael area, traffic looks good, we will have more on traffic and weather coming up. [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic.

richmond bridge to san rafael, smooth drive as well. a look at the san mateo bridge, got a lot of traffic this weekend westbound, hopefully will settle out but still have a lot of folks probably planningtake that. plan for a little bit of a different flow even if it is presidents day. might have slower spots than you expect. >> thank you very much, mike. >> the uc-berkeley graduate who lost her passport 60 years ago has it back thanks to social media and a clever student. >> the student bought the old passport as a souvenir while he was studying in paris. he wanted to find the owner, a woman named betty worther who traveled around the world after finishing studies at uc-berkeley. >> i started looking on facebook and google. i contacted people back in the united states and at berkeley and california, and i got some answers. actually i got her address. >> worther now lives in paris. she is happy to have her passport back so she can relive some of the memories. look at that. a little champagne, flowers. >> a nice move by that guy. i'm not

overnight lows tonight, again mostly in the 30s and 40s. 37 in vallejo. 41 in san rafael.ing to be a little chilly, but we will see peaks of sun in the midst of those clouds. 59 in vallejo, 54 in san rafael and 54 in san francisco. check on the forecast. over the next several days, for tomorrow, mostly partly cloudy skies, but we will keep those slight rain chances, mainly in the north bay. on sunday night through monday afternoon. and then should be completely clear by monday evening, and then, check out the forecast for the remainder of the work week. we'll see widespread 70s, especially in some of the inland spots, through the remainder of the week. definitely above average for this time of year and once again, president's day, a lot of people get monday off, so a slight chance of sprinkles, temperatures should be in the 50s. >> but after that it looks pretty good. >> yeah. wednesday i wonder if we'll be calling in sick. gorgeous. >>> here we are mid-february, inching towards march madness. >> i can hardly wait. looks like st. mary's will have to win that conference tou

. >>> we are looking at marin county and it looks good from san rafael to the 580 interchange and it also looks good on the 101 approaching the 880 split to san francisco, let's go to dave and pam. >>> they will make a decision on whether to expand the search for human bones and remains. those remains are tied to two serial killers so what is happening today, tara? >> reporter: well yesterday, crews pulled up 5 to 7 miles of -- piles of dirt and there were few remains in those piles so they are going to send a camera to make sure they didn't miss anything. so far no victims have been identified from this site. about 1,000 bones and bone fragments have been unearthed along with women's shoes and jewelry. closely watching this is lisa and her grandmother. lisa was just eight years old when her mother went missing in downtown modesto in 1986. >> it is hard growing up when you don't know where your mother is. >> reporter: now they learned about this from relatives and investigators were drawn by maps. he and lauren are responsible for several murders in the 1980s and there is another wel

>>mark: a live look in san rafael on this tuesday morning. a few bright lights on 101.

. >>> el presidente de ecuador, rafael correa, perdonó la sentencia de cárcel a dueñosno n notiaccionote último estado el as pi rants mets romney frente a santos rum nos dice lourdes, para él hay mucho en juego. >>> mitt romney lucha por cada voto en michigan, donde nació, creció y su padre fue gobernador y una derrota también la primaria puede ser fatal. allí está virtual td empatado con rico santorum según encuestas aunque lo aventaja en arizona. le dijo que dieran el primerivio paso a un mejor futuro. el suyo depende de michigan. >>> el que tiene mo univuenuniv disin aditivo tiblmente necesita afirmar la ventaja. sant sant santorum tiene todo para ganar. tiene que decidir en la misma comisión republicana en tampa. dijo el presidente del partido. >>> entre barack obama y hillary clinton hasta el verano del 2008 y se resolvió dijo el gobernador paour rico que respalda a romney. >>> puede enfocar el tema en lo que nos preocupa a todos nosotros en este momento. quien quiera tener un empleo tenga un empleo la gobernadora de arizona respaldó a romney. no sé cuanto ayudan los respaldo, dij

india picked a new fighter for its air force, the rafael built by france's d sioux but can france seal the $11 billion deal? we'll talk to a leading aviation expert. first the army's big overhaul to push the acquisition process. it began eight months bago with the first integration test at white sands missile range in new mexico and fort bliss, texas. the goal is to test it in a setting before the army commits to buying anything. they also aim to field equipment gradually so instead of equipping the entire army all at once, they want to buy small equipment, upgrade as they go. the effort begans with tactical equipment like radios and intelligence gear but expanding. the next n. i.e. in april will send ground crews through paces as well. this is the land battle command which makes procurement recommendations gained during n. i.e.s. welcome to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> wh various network components together in one place. what we weren't doing previously was fielding an integrated network capability and that's really from a command post, to that commander on the move all the w

she is identified by her ex-husband and 59-year-old san rafael resident aline shaw.s say there is no known link between the two victims. disorder can be acquired -- there is no direct proof to support the theory it is caused by eating contaminated beef. health officials saying they are looking for the source but say there is no public risk. >>> the announcement come this morning that help is on the way for struggling homeowners in california and across the country. help stems from a deal between the states and five mortgage lenders that california initially rejected. katie marzullo is live with more. what is at stake here? >> reporter: just 430 million dollars to help more than two million borrowers only in california. some lawmakers call it a drop in the bucket. others say it is more than california would have received if not for the attorney general holding out. the multi-billion dollar deal is between all states and bank of america, jpmorgan chase, wells fargo, citibank and ali financial it is worth between 25 and 39 billion dollars. it includes reducing loans and

quarter mile visibility in santa rosa, napa, fairfield and concord less novato and san rafael, that'sangerous right now. fog will hang around in some capacity through the 8:00 hour some filling in the a just not as thick and as widespread as in our valleys definitely out there, mid 40s to near 50 for your 8:00 temperature, noon, should be mostly sunny, a few high clouds from time to time mid to upper 50s, a few 60s around palo alto, fremont, san jose and morgan hill by 4:00, sunshine, warmer than yesterday, a few high clouds, low to mid 60s except for the coast into san francisco or upper 50s around 4:00. seven day forecast, fog again tomorrow, mainly in the north bay valleys warmer afternoon we may get near 70 in some areas cooler with more clouds, mild for this time of the year friday through tuesday. >>> good morning still looking good on bay area freeways you just have to deal with the fog. here's a live shot of the bay bridge toll delay-free. still a fog advisory in effect for the bay bridge, expect one across the golden gate bridge look at all this fog towards san francisco, no

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in east bay there was huge back-up on westbound 580 approaching the richmond-san rafael bridge. in marin county, southbound 101 was crawl from san rafael through the waldo tunnel. >> it's really bad. a lot of people of honking. >> took us a long time. >> reporter: about how long? >> i would say about an hour and a half from san rafael. >> carolyn: traffic was backed up on san francisco on lombard street on doyle drive, but remember the eastbound direction of the bay bridge is open. so you can take the lower deck out of san francisco to get to the east bay. our exclusive waze traffic tracker is helping people. this is live gps data sent by traffic spotters. you can download the waze app for your smart phone, go to abc7news.com/waze. it's free and it can help you get around all that congestion. now, if you still want to get into an san francisco this presidents' day weekend you do have options. two major alternatives are bart and are the ferry. bart is running nonstop while the ferries are shifting their schedules. >> i would have been home by now. >> if you had driven? >> yes. >>

take a look at one of the victims of creutzfeldt-jacob this is 59-year-old aline shaw of san rafael executive director of love is the answer, a woman who dedicated her life to helping seniors. a public health nurse is telling family members she died of creutzfeldt-jacob, one form of that is mad cow disease. cows get it by eating contaminated feed, humans get it by eating those cows. there was outbreak in england in 1990 and shaw lived in england in 1990. you can get it contaminated medical instruments, heredity there's no known cause. take a look at what creutzfeldt-jacob does it causes a loss of brain function similar to alzheimer's. very rapid progression, in fact, from the time that the symptoms come on, to death, is about six to eight months. it is always fatal there is no cure. it is not contagious between people which has added a significant element to this investigation. these two people in marin county apparently did not know each other. here they are in this same county with the same disease. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> 6:03. this morning an undercover berkeley police officer is

southbound 101 near the central san rafael exit. big rig may have lost a couple of tires and that may have caused an accident a chain reaction kind of thing so we'll let you know if that's causing delays through san rafael. in the meantime in the last five minutes they also went ahead or actually more than that, in the last few minutes they went ahead and turned the metering lights on at the bay bridge toll plaza. so we are starting to see some delays now behind the pay gates. not too bad just backed up to the end of the parking lot. and this is a live look past treasure island. traffic heading into san francisco so far looks okay on the upper deck on the san francisco side of the span. that's traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 6:37. we have some new fallout this morning from that massive soccer riot that killed 74 people in egypt. the prime minister has dissolved the country's soccer federation board. hurricanes of fans storming the field at cairo -- hundreds of fans storage the field at cairo yesterday. it was the

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we begin with the latest on news in san rafael, firefighters and fire investigators are on the scene of an overnight lumber where yard fire. the fire started around 2:30 on 9900 -- on the 900 block of anderson drive. firefighters managed to knock it down in 20 minutes. they will spend the next few hours watching for hot spots and looking for the cause. >>> in redwood city eight schoolworkers on administrative leave while administrators widen their investigation into allegations a teacher assaulted a special needs student. terry mcsweeney is live with more disturbing details. >> reporter: it is believed that these eight newly removed employees of the school district placed on administrative leave are not guilty of abuse or suspected. it appears they are suspected of knowing something they should have told authorities and didn't report it. these are teachers and teachers aides placed on administrative leave. take a look at the woman who is facing charges as a result of what is going on this is alexia bogdisis a special needs teacher down here at roosevelt where the district operates a

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in all, two distress calls near the richmond/san rafael bridge. he said he had four people on board and that a person in another boat, the one he collided with, he believed had jumped in the water. now, earlier this evening emergency crews have been out here searching by boat, by air, they shot flares up in the sky so to try and light up the water. but they haven't seen any sign of him or any of the boats. again, they are saying when they get calls like this they are obligated to search. the one thing they say that is working in their favor is that conditions are rather mild. that's the latest from here. christie smith, "today in the bay." >> 5:32 now. occupy protesters have a new target outside the east gate of san quentin prison from noon until 3:00. occupy san quentin demonstration part after national day in support of inmates, because of today's protest, san quentin village's main street will be closed to traffic and no parking along side east sir francis drake and east francisco boulevard. >> two pilots lucky to be alive this morning after a

. >>> new this morning a fast moving fire at a san rafael lumberyard. it started after 2:00 this morning. paul chambers is at the scene where the fire is contained but we are hearing it could have been worse. right? >> that is correct. it's the lumberyard. whenever you deal with lumber you expect major things happen. you can see they are actually in a cleanup stage an investigation stage. i will tell you we can see the smoke from as far away as 101. the call the two alarm fire came in at 2:00 this morning. crews reported seeing 30-40- foot flames leaping into the air hen arriving on scene. in all 35 firefighters were able to have everything under control within an hour. there was limited damage to the main building thanks to an interior system. >> we had the advantage of the sprinkler system and the firefighters working on the inside of the building. there was some extension into the building but that was controlled for the most part. that is limited to smoke and water damage. >> reporter: there wasn't anyone inside the building and no firefighters were

flooding in the north bay south 101 san rafael past lucas valley. look pout for a lot of flooding in all the -- look out for a lot of flooding in all the lanes you want to have traffic information available to you while you commute, i didn't show it just now but i've been showing it lots the past month go to abc7news.com/ waze it will show you where the problem spots are. >>> 4:55. starting this morning and for the next 45 days, no new payday lenders will be able to set up, relocate or expand. there's a 45 day moratorium. critics say those businesses prey on the working poor by making loans and charging interest rates equivalent to 400% annually. the county will explore a permanent ban on payday lender. critics say the ban would close a legitimate emergency credit option. >>> san francisco police want your help finding a man who set a fire inside a main public library on larkin seat. police released video that shows the man walking inside a storm room this a closed section sunday. flame erupted minutes later, damaging books and equipment. >> when we

. >> breaking news in san rafael. fires on the scene of a lumberyard fire. >>> occupy protesters erect new tents on the uc berkeley campus. >>> good morning i'm mike nicco. clouds hanging around downtown san francisco right now these are not dropping rain some are in northern sonoma county. >>> looking like a friday light commute now. no delays at the bay bridge toll. major muni news coming up. >>> good friday morning, 4:30 a.m.. i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm k -- and i'm katie marzullo in for credit card this morning. fires are on the -- in for kristen sze this morning. >> the first reports came from drivers on 101 who said they could see flames from the freeway. firefighters managed to knock it down they will watch for hot spots and look for the cause. no reports of injuries. >>> a teacher abuse scandal in redwood city is widening. eight workers are on administrative leave while the district investigates the way they handled the case of a teacher accused of assaulting a special needs student. terry mcsweeney is live

now, the san rafael firefighters responded to put out the flames. no one was hurt. investigators say a smoke detector alerted a woman and the two kids to a fire. it's believed the fire started in a kitchen, possibly from a heater. the red cross is now helping the affected families. >>> this morning, president obama is waking up in san francisco after his appearances in three fundraisers in the city yesterday. channel reporter is in staff to tell us how the president's visit went and where he's headed next. >> reporter: well, at this point it looks like he can chalk up this visit as a success. you can see security is tight. the president, well, he's way down the street there. the intercontinental hotel is down there. as you can see the streets streets are blocked off in and around this area. for a couple of blocks the barricades are up. you're looking at a command vehicle. his visit is essentially over, but he got a warm reception in the city by the bay. >>> statue of liberty right there. that's outstanding. i love you back. >> the president wrapped up his speech las

help came not on a white horse but a white san rafael sanitation truck. before you tell me the story sucks, it does but in a good way. >> me and gennaro sat up on the shorter one and cleaned it and the first pull, there it was. >> reporter: bill and partner gennaro had no horse, rather a hose. the necklace apparently stuck on something in front of her house in the pipes and held there for four months until a few days ago. >> we just brought it over that morning and knocked on the door and handed it to her. >> and he held it up and there it was. my necklace. >> reporter: and this is where she's keeping it for now a plastic cup. the clasp is still broken. she's not going to wear it. she had one more chance to say thank you today, still flush with gratitude. mike sugerman, cbs 5. >>> necklace. at least there was a whole neck. if it was a ring probably would be harder to find. lucky. >> yes. >> you may be able to see a ring around the moon tonight. it's called a halo formed when you have a high cirrus clouds overhead and the light shining through the ice crys

>> san rafael. >> but people heading north guard the gate also got gummed up. she took a break to drive home because traffic was at a standstill. >> i think people misunderstood and thought they couldn't go across the bridge at all. i know the sign said westbound, not eastbound, but nobody got the message. >> among those who may have gotten mixed up about the partial closer on the oakland bay bridge is peggy thomas. >> i just called my husband and said i'll wake you up when i get home. >> it took her 45 minutes to get to lombard and from union scare. she thought the route was home until i reminded her the bay bridge opens to east bound traffic. >> it's only closed coming this way, not going back. >> i didn't know that. i thought the whole bridge was closed so i thought i had to go this way. >> traffic over the golden gate bridge did thin out around 10:00 and is now flowing smoothly. at the golden gate bridge, abc67 news. >> abc7's exclusive waze traffic tracker is helping people navigate around the bridge closer. this is live gps data sent by traffic spotters.

. >>> it happened near the san rafael bridge. authorities received a distress call reporting a collision between two boats and one person being tossed overboard. know sign of any victims and they say it is possible the pal was a hoax. >>> a small collision between a mid-air helicopter and a plane happened north of the antioch bridge. the collision forced the helicopter to make a rough landing in a nearby field. look at these pictures but the nearby pilot man anded to get herself out and initially she isn't want to go to the hospital. >> and now the plane that collided hered saferly okay. >>> two people in the hospital or they were hit by a car in san francisco. it happened near lump barred street. the driver is cooperate willing. one is said to be in good condition and the other is said to be in stable condition. >>> the first cars moved across the western span after shutting down on friday and tara moriarty tells us there is one more tut down to take place. you didn't notice but were you seeing any red or pleaserring lights so l

a live look from san rafael towards the city this morning. it's a cool start out there, and fairly strong breezes blowing across the bay area. >>> new this morning, nato is recalling all personnel from afghan ministries after two americans were shot to death inside the interior ministry in kabul. officials are not saying much about the attack except that it happened in a secure room. nato is rejecting initial reports of a shooter was a westerner. the gunman remains at large. >>> rioting continues for a fifth day against the korans at the military base. protestors tried to storm a government building. at least 25 people have been killed since wednesday. >>> a fireball inside a maryland home has injured seven firefighters and two are in critical condition this morning. fire officials say while firefighters were fighting the firing a sudden rush of air went into the house, creating a fireball that engulfed the firefighters. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. >>> following the shooting death of a washington state trooper, there

>> san rafael. >> but people heading north toward the gate also got gummed up. she took a break to drive home because traffic was at a standstill. >> i think people misunderstood and thought they couldn't go across the bridge at all. i know the sign said westbound, not eastbound, but nobody got the message. >> among those who may have gotten mixed up about the partial closer on the oakland bay bridge is peggy thomas. >> i just called my husband and said i'll wake you up when i get home. >> it took her 45 minutes to get to lombard and from union scare. she thought the route was home until i reminded her the bay bridge opens to east bound traffic. >> it's only closed coming this way, not going back. >> i didn't know that. i thought the whole bridge was closed so i thought i had to go this way. >> traffic over the golden gate bridge did thin out around 10:00 and is now flowing smoothly. at the golden gate bridge, abc67 news. >> abc7's exclusive waze traffic tracker is helping people navigate around the bridge closer. this is live gps data sent by traffic spotters.

economic downturn, the first phase of the project will only extend from santa rosa to downtown san rafael. but not everyone is happy. for more than six decades, the whistlestop has been offering senior services in this building. but a smart train platform will remove bus access and they will have to move. >> we are looking for a solution so we can continue to do the work we do and we need

this morning at rafael lumber on anderson drive.. >> we have a cool front sliding into town. the clouds are beginning to thicken up. we've seen scattered showers. more of that on the way, just light showers. if you're headed out the door, grab that umbrella. looks like the temperatures will be cooler. highs today 50 toward the coastline. expect 60s in the bay. as we head toward the weekend partly cloudy skies on saturday and sunday. temperatures will be cooler and breezy. look like storm clouds move in monday to bring another round of rain and dry conditions toward the middle of next week. we have time saver traffic coming up next. >>> good morning. we're following a couple of accident, including this one. this is an accident involving a motorcycle still blocking one lane. a long line of slow centers including red ones, speeds under 25 miles an hour. we have a new issue northbound 280. there is a stalled truck, a stalled tractor-trailer. so that is blocking one lane but it's southbound where we're starting to see some slowing on our

usual pocket around san rafael, richmond, oakland, san francisco, san mateo and half moon bay low tomid 40s. area of low pressure continues to sit south still going to bring rain and mountain snow in the extreme southern parts of our state we are under the influence of high pressure, high clouds trying to overrun it today mostly sunny jet dream sitting on top of us that is going to steer this next system towards us starting tomorrow. for today, you can see how sunny it is going to be with a few high clouds and calmer than yesterday overnight clouds increase as we head towards tomorrow morning. those are some of the high clouds we were talking about. low clouds start to move in during the evening hours friday by 9:00, 10:00, a few light showers possible in the north bay if you have plans don't worry about the rain it will move in well after all of the establishments are closed if you get my drift. saturday morning, a few chances of scattered light rain mainly cloudiness saturday, sunday, cooler weather tuesday wednesday of next week sunshine and warmer trend again. let's turn it over

here is a live look at 101 through san rafael. ninth comes 101 >>justine: a federal officer has been shot this morning in a new work. we're hearing from police that the shooting happened at that federal officers home following a fight at his house. the officer is at a local trauma center being treated for unknown conditions. we have crews on the way, they're gathering more information and we will have more updates. >>jackie: it is a dark morning out here. it has been raining all morning long. at times the rain has been heavy but things have lined up quite a bit. >>james: the rain is coming from the south and west. is moving in this direction. it looks like a moderate rain near santa cruz and scotts valley. the band of wet weather will head towards santa jose and the east bay. as for how the rain will progress throughout the day, we're currently in the 7:00 a.m. hour. scattered showers all day long. by 10:00 p.m. things will dry out and we will start tomorrow morning on a dry nook. by 8:00 p.m., these are the totals we are looking

-el presente ecuador rafael correa dijo que perdona a los reporteros del directivo que a los cuales fueronal juez baltasar garzón por investigar atrocidades durante la época civil, su inhabilidad por trabajar con señas a un siguiente y. >> juliana: volvemos a hacer una pausa pero ya regresamos. >> juliana:una de las quejas más comunes que recibe la policía es cuando alguien está teniendo una fiesta y el volumen de la gente está muy alto, nuestra abogada nos dice la ley y usted qué hacer y qué no hacer si la policía toca a su puerta. >> usted está celebrando su cumpleaños con familiares y amigos, y de pronto escucha un estruendo, es la policía que golpea la puerta de su casa, esto conserve la llevaron a manejar la situación con aplomo, como dueño de casa salga con un testigo fuera de la puerta a hablar con los oficiales, no se siente intimidado, usted no ha cometido ningún delito, y no los invite a entrar, si es que algún vecino se ha quejado de que están haciendo demasiado ruido, asegure al oficial que van a pagar la música de inmediato, ellos no pueden ingresar a su casa a menos que tenga

valleys fremont, palo alto, san jose, morgan hill to santa cruz low to mid 40s around the bay san rafael mateo, san francisco and the coast half moon bay cold front swept through last night brought the last chance of rain until sunday night into monday the storm track is going to shift inland a little couple inside sliders will bring more snow to the sierra while we'll see varying cloudiness the next couple of days warmer weather. storm system weak trying to slide down the coast push light rain into the neighborhoods overnight into monday morning a 10th, maybe two in some of the higher elevations monday afternoon it is over and the storm track retreating north and bringing us warmer weather for tuesday. until we get there the next couple of days tomorrow and friday near 60 along the coast with mid 60s for the rest of us. hope you have a great day. >>> we have a couple injury accidents. we've had quite a few problems this morning. just been a tough ride. westbound 580 at airway, injury crash a couple lanes were blocked now they are saying only the left lane there's debris in the lanes tra

san rafael and upper 30s in napa. concord. hayward and the stretch and once again it is cold and reporting 39 in the low 40s the and palo alto you are sitting in the mid- to upper 30s and forecasting highs. we will take a look around. >> santa rosa, and expect 66 in richmond. heading to walnut creek for the afternoon or maybe hanging out. 66 thereful and looking at customer valley and in oakland for today off to the santa clara valleys and it will be near 70 degrees. >> 69 in morgan hill. san francisco for the afternoon is going to be a nice day. >> 65 san francisco and six in redwood city and palo alto and having a super bowl party. it is going to be sunny skies. kids will be able to play out in the backyard. forecast is turning cloudy by tone. holding on out through monday. here comes the rain. it is falling between now and then. and tuesday will be wet and cool. overnight cloves are improving. partly cloudy skies and thursday looks to be a mild day. >> talking about the primary impact to the drive on tuesday. i will show yo

let's talk about temperatures, 60 in antioch, low to mid 50s around santa rosa, san rafael, oakland,alf moon bay, mountain view, fairfield 59 everybody else mid to upper 40s except 40 at nap paplt mid to upper 40s monterey bay and inland -- not as affected by the winds as our temperatures are this morning. three highlights, sun, record highs again today, probably a two and done system as cooler weather is coming in tomorrow and all the way through the weekend. you will start to feel the cooler weather tonight once the winds start to calm after the sunsets, temperatures back in the 40s for post of us out of the 50s and 60s. compared to average, san jose 75, 10° warmer than average. redwood city 75, 12, oakland 13, 78 today in livermore, 16° warmer than average. sunrise at 6:50 it will set at 5:57. put an asterisk next to the areas that are going to threaten record highs, 75 palo alto, san jose, 78 livermore, 76 concord and santa rosa 79 along the coast in san francisco low 70s around the monterey bay low to mid 70s inland mid to upper 70s with gilroy the warm spot at 78. 40 fairfield,

everybody in the low to mid 40s upper 40s san rafael, fremont, 50 oakland, san francisco 48 in antioch. the tail end of the system very, very light scattered showers today nothing to change any plans over. upper 50s north bay valleys san francisco along the coast rest of the bay inland into the east bay around 60°. once this system moves we get a break saturday afternoon through sunday afternoon the next system sunday night into monday one with weak system for valentine's day before drier weather comes in wednesday and thursday. >>> we start off with a nice shot of the golden gate bridge traffic flowing well four lanes heading southbound now. the other side of the bay i-80 westbound headlights moving through berkeley looking good out of vallejo to the bay bridge toll there wasn't a delay at all. i want to give everyone a big heads-up for mooney the n judah line will be closed for -- six tpwbgs -- six weekends. there will be bus shuttles once you are on church you can hop back on to the underground six weekends starting february he tourth. that could cause a major --. february 24th. loo

>>darya: a fire broke out in san rafael at a lumberyard. >>jackie: you can see some of the workers starting the cleanup process. the center felt fire department received a call and when they got here they saw a huge flames and a large amount of smoke coming from the back of the building. anytime there is a fire at a lumberyard it is a major source of concern. the fire was at the contractor's service center. there was not any lumber there. it took them about an hour to put the fire out. the firefighters said that the good part about this story was that there were indoor sprinklers that helped put out the fire. " who the bad news is soft fire sprinklers went off through the entire building. firefighters say they do not know what caused the fire and no one was inside or injured during a fire. >>erica: good morning. you will see some light cycles north of santa rosa, a little bit just reaching the coast line. a couple of people waking up to scattered showers this morning. those scattered showers become more widespread as we had throughout the d

if you are heading through the north bay this is a live shot of 101 san rafael southbound, a lot of flooding reported in all the lanes particularly in the left. >>> meantime, we have developing news in san jose. firefighters are battling a win-whipped fire at an apartment complex on the 1100 block of denise way. this fire started before 3 a.m.. early reports say at least part of the building has already collapsed. there are concerns about powerlines in that area. this is cell phone video tan by our photo journalist. no word on how many have been displaced no injuries reported. we don't know how many live in the complex. no injuries right now. amy hollyfield is gathering more information on the scene she will join us with a live report in about half an hour. >>> strong winds complicated efforts to fight a massive house fire in napa overnight that fire started last might in a large home of a woman who runs an antiques business in napa she, her husband and two dogs escaped a 6,000 book library and huge antiques collection was probably destroyed. no word on what started that fire. the couple sai