again here at ravenswood a fatal accident involving a woman.er name is not being released tonight. we'll have much more coming up later. reporting live tonight, i'm michelle roberts. >> such a tragic accident. thank you very much michelle. >>> still ahead, a break-in and a deadly gun fight and children were there. what police found inside the home that may have drawn the suspects in. >> plus the cost of going green. how california's commitment to protecting the environment may be adding up financially. a gun battle inside of a santa rosa home. when the smoke cleared, one man was dead and another hurt. this all started after midnight on acacia lane. a couple called 911 and said they had two young kids and several men with guns were trying to break in. police say the homeowner and the suspects exchanged gunfire. then the suspects took off in a truck. police eventually tracked them down. one had been shot. a third suspect was found dead. police say the home was a marijuana grow house. the family was not hurt. >>> when it comes to clean energy, cal

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this is from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news is in menlo park at ravenswood ave. that the trainee it was occupied 1 person in that vehicle has been transported to the hospital. the biggest nose is for the commute this evening because bowls in both directions the bart trains have stopped. the trying to figure out what exactly what happened will have updates throughout the show >> reporter: were currently sandwich between two systems right here in the bay area the winds ramp the yesterday and this morning. were now lower cities in 61 in san jose and 62 in concord. and even up north and santa rosa. the winds are starting to relax right now. as is what the makers starting to pilaf and depart. the dusting was sustained at 12 mi. an hour in santa rosa up. a 17 mi. an hour and vallejo. we're not looking at, near the bay area but certainly it will be chilly. we have the upper air system was a lot of coal a year in the atmosphere. the showers a pushing for monterey into 70 county. >> grant: get a lot of this to people were hurt after they fell into a sinkhole this is the s

the car stopped on the track at the ravenswood crossing yesterday. the area was closed to vehicle traffic overnight. >> pretty rare that there's any ice at all so it is a new thing. >> wintry weather causes problems in the south. an ice storm all but shut down some highways in texas yesterday. and when that storm now heading east, work crews have their hands full again this morning for the commute. >> appears that that home was targeted due to the fact there was large quantities of marijuana being grown there. >> drug charges have been filed against two santa rosa men who are the targets of a home invasion. early yesterday morning, three armed men burst into the house. a man inside the home shot and killed one of the robbers. the other two are now in jail. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >>> good morning, i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. nearly 5:00 on your tuesday. and i busy intersection in menlo park

passengers, and good news for drivers, the traffic as you can see is once again flowing through the ravenswood crossing here in menlo park. cal train crews were able to fix the crossing gate just before 5:00, just in time for evening commute. just a little while ago a man drove his car up here and stopped it then tossed a red rose near the tracks a sad reminder of what happened last night. >> this is an stent waiting to happen. >> jill jessop lives near ravenswood crossing. last night was the first fatal car collision here. people tell us it's dangerous busy el cam yeeno is one block away. cars back up all the time when the signal turns red. it's a pedestrian crossing >> the cars have to stop for a pedestrian. on a green light, you can be caught on the tracks. >> crews worked to fix the crossing gate before the rush. thousands were stuck because of the fatal collision here. just before 5:00, a train smashed into a car, killing a female driver. then just before noon another tragedy on the tracks. this one involving a train and a pedestrian, just over a mile away at the palo alto station. the vi

over here in palo alto, menlo park at el camino closed to ravenswood.e value pry sew past the train tracks. the train itself caltrain not reporting any significant delay through the area. south 680 and south 880 typical flow of traffic, both of those drives toward the bay bridge and approach, upper east shore freeway a smooth flow through richmond. easy drive 101 to the golden gate bridge and as we talked about the bay bridge itself, had a little different flow pattern here. the bay bridge metering lights are on, the backup is in all of these lanes but the left approach is light, unusual for a tuesday and we saw a break coming off of the maze. slowing 24 to 580 of the bay bridge. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. >>> a san jose woman connected to a crime spree in the south bay will be in court on murder charges bsy today. this is 19-year-old gabrielle &ñ laortiz. police say she and four other week. this video shows ortiz and another woman using heiser's w!Ñ san jose qt his she may not look quite the same, &háhp &hc& another picture of ortiz. l

to the traffic situation this is alchemy of we are right in front of you cannot make a left onto ravenswood because of this accident was to please allow 445 yesterday afternoon and early evening she went through the crossing at all to men the park police officer this morning the gates were up at the time when she went through the traffic was backed up her car was stuck on the crossing the tracks the traps she probably should never saw the train coming when it slammed into her she was dressed to the hospital and later died by one she got into the crossing the gates went down to she could not backed up and get out of the way even if she did seem the train coming we talk to witnesses at the same here is what they had to say about this deadly collision. >>: is really scary same cars and people try and make those last-minute decisions there is notright here is really backed up it is a sad. >>will tran: my build here off and the distance you could hear a train coming along i can tell you that after the collision the herd car was pushed on to some of the crossing it which is why there were damaged

this happened just before 5:00 at the ravenswood avenue crossing. this is just off el camino real in a congested part of town. >> barry mcsweeney is live with the latest. what have we learned? >> reporter: we just saw a train going by here. they are working to repair the damage here in menlo park. i'm told the traffic often backs up from just a block away from this direction, and if you're not careful you can find your car sitting on a caltrain track, and maybe a train coming at you as it did today going 80 miles an hour. this pile of metal used to be an acura suv. the impact from the train so strong, the vehicle's engine was knocked clear and hauled away by a different tow truck. >> it's a tragedy. >> reporter: caltrain believes about 4:00 today, the woman driving the acura started across the ravenswood crossing but traffic prevented her getting her vehicle off the tracks. >> it's just a basic fundamental rule. don't stop on the tracks. don't start across the tracks until you're sure you can get all the way across. >> reporter: caltrain says there

passengers, and good news for drivers, the traffic as you can see is once again flowing through the ravenswood crossing here in menlo park. cal train crews were able to fix the crossing gate just before 5:00, just in time for evening commute. just a little while ago a man drove his car up here and stopped it then tossed a red rose near the tracks a sad reminder of what happened last night. >> this is an stent waiting to happen. >> jill jessop lives near ravenswood crossing. last night was the first fatal car collision here. people tell us it's dangerous busy el cam yeeno is one block away. cars back up all the time when the signal turns red. it's a pedestrian crossing >> the cars have to stop for a pedestrian. on a green light, you can be caught on the tracks. >> crews worked to fix the crossing gate before the rush. thousands were stuck because of the fatal collision here. just before 5:00, a train smashed into a car, killing a female driver. then just before noon another tragedy on the tracks. this one involving a train and a pedestrian, just over a mile away at the palo alto station. the vi

ravenswood is shut down between alma and el camino real for most of the morning. we have been getting lots of rots from kiet do from the scene throughout the early- morning commute hours and mass transit so far on time including caltrain. they are running through the stop. slightly slower speeds but not much delay. the rest of mass transit is on time. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> this is gorgeous the scene from our kpix 5 studios looking toward the bay. what a difference a day makes. yesterday we actually had whitecaps on the bay waters. now they are relatively calm. the sun is beginning to make an appearance officially this morning at 6:58. good morning, everybody. it's a chilly start to your tuesday. we are in the 30s, 40s and 50s. it is now below freezing in santa rosa and thank goodness we don't have a wind to speak of. this is the scene towards levi's stadium. clear skies there across the santa clara valley. today out the door clear and crisp. some mild afternoon temperatures anticipated. and looking ahead we do ha

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. >> reporter: are that like in ravenswood. we could tell you that there is a lot of spots along the peninsula were trying tracks and cars are not at the same level with many of the cars going under the train tracks. we will have those answers coming at 6:00 tonight. dan kerman >> pam: there has been another violent train crash. this time in southern californa. near oxnard. >> pam: fire investigators say the driver of a produce truck said he accidentally turned onto railroad tracks instead of a highway this morning -- and became stuck before the vehicle was hit by an oncoming metrolink train. >> pam: 28 people were hurt in the crash >> pam: reporter paul vercammen is in oxnard with the latest. >> reporter:the fiery pre- dawn scene is captured on amateur video. a voice off camera calls out what's left of a produce truck that was in the path of a commuter train. >> reporter:the collision sent train tracks just north-west of los angeles. the driver of the truck fled the scene but found later unhurt. >>"the driver of the vehicle is

authorities say an suv was stopped on the truck at ravenswood avenue in menlo park when it was hit by a southbound train around 4:45 yesterday afternoon. the collision sent the vehicle 40 feet across the intersection. the female driver in her 30s was killed. caltrain says it's likely the woman got stuck on the trucks because of slow traffic ahead of her. >> sometimes at peak commute hours traffic will back up across the railroad tracks. that's what happened. somebody stopped on the tracks. >> caltrain is reminding drivers not to cross unless you are sure you can make it across all the way. they say it can take five, six miles for a train to become to a complete stop. >>> today marks six months since a 6.0 earthquake struck napa. while parts of the city have rebounded, others still linger in limbo. we took a tour of downtown napa this morning and saw many places still closed due to quake damage. no word when the post office on second and the safeway on clay will reopen. many small business owners say disaster relief was not enough to cover their losses. so they've been slow to bounce b

year-old bomb from east palo alto was killed on monday when her suv became boxed in by traffic at the ravenswood avenue crossing. people in the area say the intersection often gets backed up and can get confusing. caltrain says the solution may be what's called grade separation where traffic crosses above or below the tracks. >> any time a pedestrian or vehicle has to cross the tracks there is a safety concern. so it would be a significant imprompt -- improvement. >> menlo park is working on this. burlingame and palo alto are also considering similar measures. >>> we're following developing news in the east bay where several high school students have taken ill on campus. the albany fire department says two ambulances were called to albany high school about 11:00 a.m. at least three students got sick after ingesting an unknown substance. we don't yet know what the substance is. crews are assessing the students right now. we have a crew on the way and we'll update you as we get more information. >>> a jury in texas has convicted a former marine in the shooting deaths of american sniper chris kyle

woman as you the into it will show you the video this happened at kron 445 in the afternoon on ravenswoodsection near the crossing gates she was stuck there according to the menlo park police department she went through their while the gates were up and the cars were backed up the car was stuck on the gate and on the tracks according to one investigation did not see the train coming slammed into her she was rushed to the hospital but died at the hospital 30 you're a woman her name has not been released to the public is sick hours to clear the wreckage with track down the caltrans spokesman here we have to say about the deadly collision. >>: stops on the tracks and then it was tragic. >>will tran: will want to show you is a lot of work to be done. because on the other side of this the alchemy in riyadh the man the park police department are out here controlling traffic will say that in the next report a lot going on and this money adjutancy it is quite busy they tend to be released for the next several hours. >>mark: the san francisco supervisor is pushing to have public transportation run

a woman's suv became boxed in by traffic at the ravenswood area crossing.say that intersection often getting backed up and can get confusing. the solution may be grade separation where the traffic causes bosque or below the tracks. >> any time a bed or vehicle has to -- a pedestrian or vehicle has to cross the tracks there is a safety concern. it would be a significant i ro. >> menlo park is already working with caltrain to lower the road under the tracks at the ravenswood crossing. the design phase could take a couple of years. it could be five years before all of the work is complete. burlingame and palo alto are considering similar measures. >>> investigators say a truck driver deliberately abandoned his truck yesterday on train tracks in ventura county causing a metro link train to derail and crash. at least 28 people were injured and hospitalized, including four people listed in critical condition. the truck driver's wife claims the truck stalled out. the driver from arizona was found by police about a mile away from the crash scene. >>> his name is jo

the chris happened at the ravenswood avenue crossing around 4:45 yesterday afternoon.t street is still closed. janine de la vega joins us live with the warning for other drivers now. good morning. >> reporter: this was a dev dating accident. the vehicle involved in it was stopped here. that's a situation you never want to be in. you can see crews are out here working to replace those crossing gates right now. the accident happened before 5:00 yesterday afternoon and an suv was stopped on the trucks when a southbound train coming from san mateo crashed into it. it sent the vehicle who feet across the intersection, totaling it. the female driver had to be extricate and was taken to the hospital and died. it's like lick the woman got stuck on the track -- likely the woman got stuck on the tracks because of the traffic backed up ahead of here. >> sometimes at peak commuter hours, traffic will back up across the railroad tracks. that's what happened. somebody stopped on the tracks. >> reporter: trains are back to running on schedule through the ray venswood crossing. crews

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>> we're standing in the middle of ravenswood avenue.say they're about to open the street so we're going to have to step out of the lane of traffic. you can see this area is still filled with investigators from other agencies trying to still figure out what happened we know this, that a car was on the tracks, on top of the tracks when a southbound train going about 79 miles per hour, hit the car and driver. the driver indicated has died in the where hessage. we'll give you a better sense of the damage. there appears to be a single passenger vehicle. it is demolished from impact of a 79 miles per hour impact. the cal train was going from san mateo station on the way to make its next stop so that is why it's going at a rapid speed. you can see damage caused to the crossing gate so the westbound lanes will be open soon. that is what we have now the latest. we know 400 passengers were on that train and will continue to keep you updated. >> thank you very much. >> still ahead at 6:00, a north carolina single mom needed a win and got one. big

>> we're standing in the middle of ravenswood avenue.say they're about to open the street so we're going to have to step out of the lane of traffic. you can see this area is still filled with investigators from other agencies trying to still figure out what happened we know this, that a car was on the tracks, on top of the tracks when a southbound train going about 79 miles per hour, hit the car and driver. the driver indicated has died in the where hessage. we'll give you a better sense of the damage. there appears to be a single passenger vehicle. it is demolished from impact of a 79 miles per hour impact. the cal train was going from san mateo station on the way to make its next stop so that is why it's going at a rapid speed. you can see damage caused to the crossing gate so the westbound lanes will be open soon. that is what we have now the latest. we know 400 passengers were on that train and will continue to keep you updated. >> thank you very much. >> still ahead at 6:00, a north carolina single mom needed a win and got one. big

this happened at ravenswood avenue and elm street cough crossing >>: don't even start across the tracks until you're sure that you could get all the way across she stopped on the tracks and was now tragic. >> reporter: the train was carrying 400 passengers no one on board was art the northbound track has been reopened. they're sitting single track trains in both directions until the damage train has been told away. reporting live a leisurely >> pam: new tonight at 8 and took a half a dozen police officers to wrestle away a draw up at a droid added of stranger legibly terrorizes gold campus today. it happened at addison school and at alameda. around noon today at a staff member called 911 about a suspicious man police say the man tried to steal from the school staffers. then grabbed worker and the all school off as an example in the employ outside officers arrived all with the man and then arrested him they said he was under the influence of drugs and no officer was sort and no students were involved they were kept safely away. >> pam: police have confirmed and santa rosa home that was t

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. >> reporter: trains are back to running on schedule through the ravenswood crossing.ws are working around them to make repairs. the area near el camino will remain closed. there are crossings like this through the bay area. they want to remind people don't take chances and stop on the tracks if you are stuck in traffic. now in the crash yesterday, we don't know why the woman didn't get on the -- didn't get out of her car. we're not sure how much time she had or if she just froze. but still a very sad situation. >> janine de la vega until menlo park. thank you. >>> time is 6:35. some san francisco crosswalks are about to get a bold new look to make it safer for people to cross the street. instead of the standard two white lines, crosswalks will be zebra striped with bolder white lines. you can see them near schools and mid block crossings. the bolder stripes make the crosswalks more visible. the change is part of an effort to end pedestrian fatalities in san francisco by the year 2024. >>> a nine-year-old boy in antioch was air lifted to the hospital after a fire crack

that happened at the ravenswood avenue crossing near alma street. officials say the impact sent the woman's acura suv 40 feet through the intersection. the 30-year-old woman was taken to stanford hospital, where unfortunately, she was pronounced dead. a caltrain official told us the woman was likely on the tracks because of traffic ahead of her. >> sometimes in peak commute hours traffic will back up across the railroad tracks. that's what happened. someone stepped on the tracks. >> the accident shut down caltrain service for the start of the evening commute, delaying passengers up and down the peninsula. tracks in both directions reopened by 7:30 this evening. >>> george shirakawa has changed his mind and entered a plea of no contest in a mail fraud case, involving a fake campaign flier. he served about 6 months in another case for illegally funneling campaign contributions into a secret slush fund. >>> new at 10:00, we're hearing for the first time from the attorney who's defending the san mateo county sheriff's deputy who ran for sheriff a few ye

here at the ravenswood crossing the tracks are clear and we saw a southbound train come through the intersection it did look like it slowed down significantly. >>> thanks matt, a pedestrian was killed after being hit by a car on an interstate 880 off-ramp in milpitas. the accident happened at 10:15 at the off-ramp connecting northbound 880 to highway 237. investigator say the was war silver lexus and was not a hit-and-run accident. there is in word on the identity of the pedestrian. >> the family of a san jose fruit vendor killed by a suspected drunk driver is getting outpouring of support in the community. a viewer who saw our story of francisco hernandez is setting is up a fundraising page with a goal to raise $10,000 for hernandez wife and three children. hernandez wife was injured in the crash on saturday and is recovering at him. we have a link to the gofundme fundraising page. >> a san jose. would. appear in court in the murder of a man found dead in his home with tips leading to the arrest of a 19-year-old woman who is the woman seen in this surveillance video on the right using the credi

cal train says the northbound track at ravenswood avenue has been reopened but the southbound track remainsfor repairs. a flatbed truck is hauling away the remains of what's left of the car that was hit. what a mess. you can see there is not much there that even looks like a car anymore. not clear why the driver was stopped on the tracks. one woman inside the car was killed. no one on the train was hurt. cal train tells us crossing guards were fully functional at the time. >>> police think they have found a woman who brutally murdered a gilroy man. 19-year-old gabriella bernice ortiz is behind bars tonight for allegedly killing 56-year-old robert heiser last week. police used this surveillance video to narrow in on their suspect. they say ortiz used the victim's credit card at a convenience store just two days after the murder. heiser was found in his home a week ago. he died of blunt force trauma. police are still looking for the other woman caught on the video with ortiz. >>> in other bay area headlines, students had to evacuate at summer prepatory charter high school in redwood city toda

i'm here on ravenswood avenue where the fatal accident occurred just before 5:00 last night.outhbound train smashed into an acura suv. investigators saytayci the 35-year-old driver identified as jennifer giune was stopped in traffic approaching el camino real. her car was pushed 30 feet and she died at the hospital. the lights on el camino do not coordinate with the train schedule. some people think that should change giving drivers more time to clear will the tracks when a train is coming. >> people are in a hurry. the traffic backs up from el camino and they think if i squeeze in a little closer i'll make the light. thkú4 light is too short anyway. i've never made it. it is a tragic reminder. my heart goes out to that family. >> reporter: caltrains said the guardrails were working yesterday when witnesses said it appear add#i the driver was not aware the rails lowered behind her and said this was the first fatal accident at this location involving a car and many people i spoke with today just say it's a tragic reminder to be extremely careful at this intersection and any w

a side street at ravenswood where he said dozens of cars got stuck.parents learned to overcome winter obstacles to get students back to school on this messy morning. cdot says help it on the way with more than 450 pieces of equipment currently working the roads. today 200 pieces of rented equipment was added to clear snowy neighborhoods. for priscilla, patience and time have run out. >> what are we going to do in case of an emergency? how is an ambulance going to get through? firetrucks, how are they going to get in here? there's no way. >> reporter: and it is very clear that additional 200 pieces of equipment will really come in handy. just take a look at the street i'm standing in now and how much snow is packed down here. look up we're even getting more snow right now. an additional 1 to 3 inches on top of the 19 inches we already saw in sunday's historic snow. just doesn't end for us here in chicago. michele reliford. >>> another drone mishap. when one gets stuck, 120 feet up at the jersey shore. >> i lost total signal. it was interrupted somehow.

work crews spent the day replacing the gate and fixing damaged poles at the ravenswood avenue cal train crossing. one woman heard a loud bang that shook the nearby building she was in. >> i saw the firefighters arrive and tried to -- they were gathered around the car and they had to cut her out. >> authorities say cal train struck a car just before 5:00 yesterday evening. the car flew 40 feet. the driver described as a 35- year-old woman was taken to stanford hospital where she later died. her name has not been released. she was apparently caught in a traffic backup and ended up on the tracks with nowhere to go. >> if she had backed up, she would have been in an intersection and going forward, she may have had other cars in front of her preventing her from moving forward. >> people who work near the train crossing say the intersection is often crowded and confusing. >> many times, it's like can i go? no, it doesn't look safe. can i go? i've been sitting here for, you know, five minutes almost. >> and just today, there was a minor accident a block from last night's collision. and the wom

this happened just around 5:00 yesterday at the ravenswood avenue crossing off of el camino in a congestedof town. "today in the bay's" stephanie chuang joins us live from menlo park this morning. stuck on the tracks due to the traffic with a tragic ending. good morning. >> reporter: absolutely. good morning to you, sam and laura. this is rush hour last night, the woman who was behind the wheel was heading toward el camino reale, toward 101. this morning they just installed -- >> that is stephanie chuang reporting from menlo park this morning, at about 5:00 yesterday -- we're having some trouble ow our audio. we'll goet that fixed. about 5:00 a woman got stuck on the tracks in menlo park and the train came through, not able to stop and authorities are continuing to look into that matter this morning. we'll be checking in with stephanie once again. >>> caltrain is investigating another deadly crash, late last night a man was hit in the tunnel just south of san francisco. transit police have not said why he was on the tracks. >>> a san jose woman connected to a crime spree in the south bay w

the ravenswood caltrain crossing in menlo park is still closed to car traffic.ossing signals. a woman died there yesterday when a train hit her car which was stopped on the tracks. >>> two state lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the archdiocese of san francisco. the issue, morality clauses in teacher contracts. lawmakers want to know if that violates antidiscrimination laws. >>> today a bill will be introduced to ban all tobacco from california ballparks. that includes chewing tobacco, a staple among baseball players. the goal is to set a good example for kids and protect the players. >>> stay with us. traffi >>> sky one is over a scene of a crash in richmond jamming up the works again on the eastshore freeway. this time westbound 80 at hilltop the crash is still there. you can see it is super slow right now from at least highway 4 trying to get out of hercules. and it remains heavy all the way into berkeley and emeryville. if you are heading to the bay bridge toll plaza, it extends east of the maze. 580 back to 24, 24 backed up to at least the roc

similares se registran manana y debido al accidente de ayer de caltrain en menlo park las calles ravenswoodh y hope estaban unidas por sus cajas prÁcticas y compartÍan varios Órganos vitales, como el hÍgado. vilma tarasona nos muestra los momentos de zozobra que vivieron sus padres antes de la operaciÓn y la emoción al poder abrazarla por primera vez separadas. >> Éstas imÁgenes registraron el milagro de la ciencia que protagonizaron las pequeÑas siamesas hope y faith, cuyos nombres traducen fe y esperanza. elis y eric, los padres de las pequeÑas, habÍan esperado por este momento desde que las niÑas estaban en el vientre. las abrazaron tan fuerte como pudieron minutos antes de que entraran a una complicada y riesgosa cirugÍa para separarlas. la madre les hablaba en silencio, mientras sus lÁgrimas reflejaban el temor y ansiedad que sentÍa. vino una oraciÓn. llegÓ el momento en que las niÑas tuvieron que ser separadas de los brazos de su madre para ir a la sala de cirugÍa, y con mucho cuidado las pusieron sobre la camilla que las llevarÍa a quirÓfano. vinieron los Últimos besos de despedida d

mike at a wind farm in maine matt at a hydroelectric station in vermont and angelo in a ravenswood stationn -- they are all helping bring clean energy to the united states. for 13 straight years, they say transcanada has been recognized as the dow jones sustainability index, a world leader in north american energy infrastructure. transcanada has long been committed to the environment and being part of north america's energy future. a full-page ad this morning. as the role -- as the debate continues in washington. another debate on capitol hill is over homeland security funding and whether or not republicans should continue to block the funding for the agency over the president's decision to take executive action on immigration. as we told you earlier this morning, texas judge put an injunction on the president's executive action. another headline from "the washington times" -- "gop urged to shift tactics on homeland security bill." congress will return off every 23. the deadline for funding the agency is on february 27. randy in hyattsville, maryland a democrat. good morning to you. caller