. >> that leaves us the two remaining items in the richmond district and does anyone know how richmond stands on this? >> i will be speaking on behalf of officer tobe moore. >> and before you do. let me officially call the items they are two separate items. let's go back to 6 e, malik aslam dba jack in the box, 4649 geary, extended hours permit amply indication. application. >> it is located at geary and 11th avenue. this issue, this location came before the commission on january 24th, 2012. and then, after a process that involved a lot of community groups, the supervisor's office, residents, sfpd and the owner of the commission, granted an extended hours and permit with conditions. one condition approved operating hours between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.. but not after 4:00 or before 6:00. now after a year of operation, the operator has returned to ask full permission to operate between 4 and 6. operation at those hours will allow the venue to serve breakfast and i will let sfpd and the applicant take it from here. >> thank you. >> welcome. >> good evening commissioners. >> my name is art brid

we have good bustlines in our richmond district. i'm always looking at creating more efficiencies and finding where the needs e. there have been some cuts over the years, so -- to bus lines, like along the outer richmond district area that have led many seniors without a bus route to get up the hill or to get down the hill to go either grocery shopping -- so we are looking at how the system might not be closely enough based on the needs of people like, especially seniors, or disabled people. there's also some bustlines that are less used in the richmond district that we are now working with the muni system to think about continuing but maybe reduce its frequency, but continue its access for many people that live in isolated parts of the city. i strongly support stronger youth discount passes and supporting the bus system so that younger people have strong access. we are trying to work with the school district right now and city agencies to ensure that young people get more support. we want them to be lifelong transit riders as well,

. >> man in critical condition tonight after being shot by richmond police. sky 7 hd sho shows officers investigating the scene. earlier police responded to call of man with a gun on west 97 i hope avenue about the same time police shot technology detecting gunfire in the area. shortly after cop fronting the armed man several officers opened fire. >> disturbing discovery during routine maintenance of tunnel in richmond. what they found could turn into a serious structural problem. the tunnel is the main road natural point richmond neighborhood and tonight it is closed indefinitely. allen is live tonight to show you what they found. allen. >> real surprise. >> this all started out as cosmetic job to cover up those water leak that are seeping through the tunnel wall. but when a piece of coat broke away in a construction worker looked inside the hole, he realized they had a much bigger problem on their hands. >> concrete wall of richmond continual holding back the earth for 101 years. but a pest of the tunnel ceiling broke away on friday revealing an alarming di

. >> man in critical condition tonight after being shot by richmond police. 7 hd sho shows officers investigating the scene. earlier police responded to call of man with a gun on west 97 i hope avenue about the same time police shot technology detecting gunfire in the area. shortly after cop fronting the armed man several officers opened fire. >> disturbing discovery during routine maintenance of tunnel in richmond. what they found could turn into a serious structural problem. the tunnel is the main road natural point richmond neighborhood and tonight it is closed indefinitely. allen is live tonight to show you what they found. allen. >> real surprise. >> this all started out as cosmetic job to cover up those water leak that are seeping through the tunnel wall. but when a piece of coat broke away in a construction worker looked inside the hole, he realized they had a much bigger problem on their hands. >> concrete wall of richmond continual holding back the earth for 101 years. but a pest of the tunnel ceiling broke away on friday revealing an alarming discov

at the richmond branch library. i wanted to thank the osv of economic and work force development, the mayor's office on disability, and one of our community partners, northeast community federal credit union and really low and asian neighborhood design that provides a lot of support to our smaller businesses. it is an important town hall that will support our small businesses and our city's effort called invest in neighborhoods that is supporting small businesses that are challenged with these types of a-d-a lawsuits. and i'll also be walking with mayor ed lee down geary boulevard on thursday at 12:30 to raise awareness of the invest in neighborhoods program that's helping not only geary boulevard, but balboa and clement and merchant corridors in my district. and coming up in a few moments we're going to honor the history of grassroots community organizing and talk a little bit about the history of fred roth and his legacy in supporting not only the farm workers movement, but making our constitution a reality for ma

. >> man in critical condition tonight after being shot by richmond police. sky 7 hd sho shows officers investigating the scene. earlier police responded to call of man with a gun on west 97 i hope avenue about the same time police shot technology detecting gunfire in the area. shortly after cop fronting the armed man several officers opened fire. >> disturbing discovery during routine maintenance of tunnel in richmond. what they found could turn into a serious structural problem. the tunnel is the main road natural point richmond neighborhood and tonight it is closed indefinitely. allen is live tonight to show you what they found. allen. >> real surprise. >> this all started out as cosmetic job to cover up those water leak that are seeping through the tunnel wall. but when a piece of coat broke away in a construction worker looked inside the hole, he realized they had a much bigger problem on their hands. >> concrete wall of richmond continual holding back the earth for 101 years. but a pest of the tunnel ceiling broke away on friday revealing an alarming di

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an officer involved shooting in richmond.have a crew on the way to the scene and we will bring you updates as soon as we get more information. >> reporter: commutes taking caltrains expect delays due to a collision. a train hit a tractor-trailer crossing the traction. the collision happened about 2:30 p.m. news chopper 2 shot this video. you can see the cab was pushed away from the tracks. incredibly there are no reports of injuries. trains have been single tracking around the seen since the accident and that led to delays of 50 minutes. >>> president obama offered his resignation today saying his age stripped him of the strength needed to continue. >> he surprised the world by announcing he will step down february 28. he read his statement today in latin. this is the first time a pope resigned in 600 years. the big question, who will take his place? ktvu's allie rasmus is live in oakland now with more information. >> reporter: whether they were here in oakland or in other parts of the globe catholics were surprised by this n

i know that supervisor avalos and councilman ritter man from richmond, california, who championed the soda tax that unfortunately didn't pass, but i know that there's a lot of great people that will be there joining and celebrating in the 40th anniversary for the institute's impact in our communities. so, i'm urging you to join me in declaring february 27th ucsf philip r. lee institute day in the city and county of san francisco. and i'd just like to ask dr. schmidt, if you could introduce who is here with us, too. >> yes. we have here dr. [speaker not understood]. she is the director of the institute for health policy studies. roberta vargas as you already mentioned, and ms. paula fleichser who is one of our experts. i wanted to make a very brief statement. it's a real honor to be here to speak to this commendation on behalf of our staff. we have over a hundred faculty and staff at the institute for health policy studies. ucsf is by far one of san francisco's many, many treasures. but the newest discovery for medicine and population health often get locked up in the ivory tower and t

their destination, the richmond shipyard. henry kaiser recruited southerners with a promise of a better life. [music] >> reporter: louisiana creoles helped build ships, they brought with them a rich culture. >> it changed the character of the bay area. the greater bay area for all- time. [music] >> reporter: they always brought about the revival of an old tradition. the house dance. >> there was food and drink and everybody had a nice time. >> reporter: in the '60s first encountered this community at a dance hall in south san francisco. >> it was real community, you know? it was wonderful. >> reporter: he wishes andre all of the best. >> i think he is really wonderful. i have gone to hear him many times. [music] >> reporter: he now has a son and wants to keep the traditions alive. >> i see it as a responsibility to carry it on. [music] >> reporter: at a show in point richmond, the house band and the creoles. >> juliet good rich, kpix5. >> love the music. the 55th grammy awards airs tonight at kpix5 starts at 8:00. just sit do

she sends her special thanks to supervisor mar and all the re dents of the richmond district. and from me to you, happy black history. * re dents (applause) * residents >> next up we have supervisor mark farrell from district 2. >> actually, supervisor cohen, i actually had another institute that's connected to -- >> excuse me. eric mar has another award. >> thank you, supervisor. [laughter] >> this is another important connection. i learned about black studies at sf state through this institute, and i'd like to share in honoring them with supervisor breed from district 5 who is kpoo or kpoo has a strong history. but i learned about black studies through a lot of leadership. i see that arnold townsend is back there and a number of kpoo community jj parsons, if you could come forward. it's my honor with supervisor breed to acknowledge kpoo radio 89.5. (applause) >> and i'm really hoping that in future airwaves we'll be hearing you're listening to kpoo radio, kpoo 89.5fm in san francisco. we could hear that broadcasting our san francisco board of supervisors meetings like they d

heading toward the richmond/san rafael bridge, reports of another issue. a stalled rig in lanes or just off to the shoulder. chp heading there to check it out. did see slowing at the richmond bridge toll plaza but nothing as far as slowing to speak of toward the north bay side to san rafa rafael. i'm tracking it. back to you. >> it's 6:35. the search continues this morning for more suspects linkeded tolinked ed to to a triple killing. this man may be linked to a suspect arrested last thursday in alabama. these pictures are from a chevron gas station taken the day before three men were found dead inside of a cabin. investigators say a pot deal led them to the shooting deaths of those three men. >>> 6:36. a $1,000 reward is being offered for information about a raccoon found shot in south san francisco last month. these are x-rays of the raccoon's injuries taken before it was put to sleep. the raccoon was found resting its head on the curb of palm avenue on sunday. anyone with information should call the peninsula humane society. >>> 6:36 right now. a bizarr

the richmond city council approved that development deal in november. it will be finished in july. >> that is right around the corner. let's get a check of the weather. >> good to be here. right sunshine. tomorrow, we are starting to pick up on features and our atmosphere that could come together and bring a little snow. let's get to it. let's start with a time lapse we have from damascus. look at that coating of snow they have. a picked up about an inch and a half. they had a little snow. we could see another coating again tomorrow and into tomorrow night. temperatures are not far off from average. 45 in the district. hagerstown 39. gaithersburg at 39. that is the result of having snow packed on the ground. here is our overall pattern. we have a series of cold fronts off to our west. they will push through late tomorrow. they will drop our temperatures for the weekend. it will be much colder. we will go from 50 degrees back down to the 30's for highs this weekend. as we transition into colder air and the fronts move through, it could produce a low pres

joe's wife owns numerous condos along richmond highway, apartments she rents out to people in need. they say she's a generous landlady who helped people get their lives back together. jacobs is one of those people. she believes someone may have targeted this couple. >> and then to kill a man like joe rohrs? >> if they knew him, he was sweet, he was so funny. he was an outgoing man. this was a 94-year-old man. who would -- it was just -- it was heartbreaking to even hear about. >> reporter: now back to the woman picked up this morning, charged in that november burglary here. please looking at a possibility she may have rented an apartment from this couple. what do police have to say about her? more on that coming up at 6:00. live in alexandria, pat collins, news4. >>> georgetown university police catch a burglar in the act. the man they say was trying to open doors at townhouses here on prospect street. police tell us he had a backpack full of burglary tools. after arresting the suspect, they discovered he was on probation for a previous burglary and still had his ankle brace lett on

so is that richmond san rafael bridge and on east bay side richmond pd should be done with paperwork. this crash eastbound 80. i'll let you know if there are delays. consider this clear by the time you get there even if you leave your house right now. back to you. >> stick around for this one. a driver in houston, texas, lucky to be alive after his vehicle flips and lands right on the roof of a house. no joke. officers say he was allegedly speeding. there's a crazy sight. speeding and he failed to make a curve. his suv launched from an embankment into the air and flipped upside down before landing on the roof of another house. investigators at this hour looking to see if alcohol played a role in that crash. >> pull a crane out just to get it down. >> upside down on top of a house. >> not a good way to land. >>> still to come, the change that's taking place on streets in the south bay. >>> plus, a fire at a care home on the east bay sends at least one person to the hospital. >>> and taking a live look outside. looks like we're out by sfo this morning. if you are coming or going, stick

slow san pablo in toward richmond. over on the north bay side across richmond san rafael bridge, there may be thick fog as christina is talking about. santa rosa especially. a look at san rafael itself, the move over here is moving nicely south just glow to lights because there is moisture in the air. palo alto 101 along the peninsula, no problems. smooth drive at the limit for 101 and 280 and in the south bay we're showing a smooth drive for northbound routes. 101 slows a bit past the airport. 87 into downtown and there's fog creeping in through mountain view and maybe los altos. back to you. >>> half moon bay heartbreaker. ♪ >> don't break my heart. we'll tell you why valentine's day is the last day for you to see this seaside performer just ahead. >>> how about a dozen long-stem red roses. a live look at all of the roses inside san francisco flower mart. sure to be a very busy place of business today. >> i'm sure on fire. inspiring gentlemen all over the place and it's not too late if you are behind the curve still

>> that is in the richmond, that is what i am trying to find out. >> good evening, commissioners, my name is rich from the alcohol unit of the police department in the interest of proceeding and the parties that are present, this is a critical one and incident that is continuing. so i will speak on behalf of the limited live performance so i guess dirty trix >> okay. >> i spoke to the officer on the phone and he has no objection. >> is there anybody here that objectsing to dirty trix saloon? or in general? >> no. okay. >> could you speak in? >> with reference to the ten p.m. entertainment. >> yes. >> from what i have seen, my name is john i live on geary and second avenue. what i have seen the reality is that when it begins at ten it always has overflows. >> okay. >> everything will overflow in the area. my question would be why not just make a full evening's entertainment and why not take the full license >> that is up to the applicant. >> this is much more cost effective. >> right. >> what happens on the security level, my i ask then? for example, if it is cost effective i am presu

holding property owners responsible is the help in richmond stanley roberts kron 4 news >> if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e- mail us at 'people behaving badly' at kron- four-dot- com. >> electronically toll collection. >> 60s but it is even going to be warmer tomorrow. some cities try and sweep the homeless off the street. coming up, we'll take you to one bay area city that's paying the homeless to sweep up the streets. and they don't want your cash on the golden gate bridge anymore. but you're not off the hook. we've got an update on the new electronic-only toll booths. the streets of san rafael could be getting much more tidy. thanks to a new program that will pay homeless people. to help clean up the city. kron 4's scott rates shows us how the program will work. >> the city manager telling me this program will provide food, clothing and cash to the homeless here on these streets in exchange for helping keep the city looking sharp! last night the city approving funding to bring in the non-profit organization downtown streets team. the $272,000 one year program will

. >>> and in just hours, lawmakers in richmond decide on legislation that will affect millions of drivers. good morning. welcome to news 4 today. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm richard jordan. it is 6:00 on this saturday morning, february 23rd, 2013. right now the midwest digging out of another massive snowstorm. snow and ice blanketed most of the midwest this morning. kansas appears to have gotten the worst of it with some places getting a foot and a half of snow. thousands of travelers are looking for flights after numerous delays and cancellations in st. louis, kansas, and chicago. >> the windy city only got around 4 inches of smnow, but i was enough to tie the highest one-day total of snowfall so far this season. it caused problems for people all over the city as plows roamed the streets trying to clean up. however, not everyone was upset about it. of course, the kids took advantage of a day off from school. always nice to squeeze a little sledding in. you know chuck bell is watching this and salivating at the mouth. >> he's jealous. >> if i can just wipe the droll off. yikes. yeah, awful

>> we will take a look at the west shore freeway, the commute takes you through richmond and to berkeley and emeryville past the university overcrossing and you can see head lits moving at the limit with no delays moving toward the macarthur maze and light conditions south 101 through marin county, this is beyond lucas valley road and north san pedro with no delays. we have good news in the oakland hills the early accident west 580 has been cleared out of lanes and the traffic is slowing nicely. otherwise, we have road work on the peninsula embarcardero road to shoreline if the lanes for another 10 minutes until 5:00. crib -- kristen? >> the court will hear arguments that could strike down key parts of the voting rights act challenging the 1965 law that made voting a reality for blacks in the south. it won extension by near unanimous vote from congress in 2006. critics say it is outdated and unfair and claiming they are using it to reconfigure districts that favor blacks. but it was cited in preventing a voter i.d. law from moving forward in texas and redrewing districts that favored g.o

richmond just hit by rain as well as berkeley. wet roads throughout the approach and down the east shore freeway. the map will show you overall conditions where the green is highlighting on my maps is where we are integrated with the weather system so that means wetter woods and puddling on the surface streets. keep that in mind. yellow slowing to the 50s around 50 through berkeley and approaching the emeryville area. slow for 880 at the bottom of your screen. a big concern south 680 approaching that walnut creek interchange just before you get to 24 there's a crash sounds like maybe at least one lane is blocked and now backed up off 242 and blue meaning puddling through walnut creek. some more slowing now toward the castro valley y with a crash now a new one heading south approaching 580. northbound side. commute direction is slowing slowdown. there's the shift. continuing down toward union city. we'll show you the south bay as well. starts in pleasanton. slowing starts heading toward san jose. no big surprises for livermore and

richmond 62. a high of 63 in concord. 60s down the 88 the road corridor. 62 in redwood city. >> satellite and radar pictures shows the system right now entering the pacific northwest. this will sag south. as of now any moisture with the system will stay to our north and east. we could see isolated slow showers in tahoe and light rain and the north bay. >> the rest of us should be dry. the cold front will allow temperatures to drop expect cooler conditions into saturday afternoon. >> beyond that stabled whether mild weather and plenty of sunshine to go around. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights a gradual warming trend. tinters biking in the upper 60s as we head into next>> mored forecast in my next report. >> taking a look at traffic. i want to start off with the bridges. >> the approach the bay bridge toll plaza doing fine. we do have overnight road work it is not producing any slowdowns. >> the san mateo bridge is good to go. a typical commute. the drive 12-13 minutes. >> south bound 101 problem free

go up the james river to richmond. an walk through the streets of richmond. and admiral porter, one of the, his admirals who was going to take him said this is a dangerous trip. it's a crazy thing to do. and porter was really horrified when he learned that lincoln was going to bring his son tad who turned 12 the day that they left. and he said to lincoln you can't bring a little kid on this trip. it's-- it's criminal. i mean as a kid we could die on this trip. he. >> which is an odd thing, because it really was a genuine, they saled under confederate force that was still manned by soldiers who may not have heard that the war was over, or at loews that richmond had fallen who still had guns on the river. and i remember calling doris and saying i don't understand what kind of father this is. and why don't more people talk about this. this is actually an irresponsible thing to do. we discussed it and we're still discussing it. it's a fascinating aspect of lincoln that there is this-- it's i think sort of emblematic of his

>> a look at the east shore freeway as you move westbound out of richmond through the berkeley area through emeryville and the macarthur maze it is light as you make your way to the bay bridge or on the way to the destination, we have no problems here, no metering lights yet, upper deck is good and clear and no problem into san francisco and checking in with bart and muni and caltrain, all mass transit is off to a great start this delays, and here is a look at the drive times, popular out there, westbound 580 from the a passion to the dublin/pleasanton area and highway four westbound, east shore commute from the carquinez bridge to the macarthur maze is over 15 minutes. kristen and eric? >> bay area freeway traffic on lots of facts and another factor caltrain is dealing with thieves stealing copper wiring. >> you may not think that the terrible rush hour traffic can be made worse by copper thieves but it can be and it is. they target metering lights and our media partner is reporting that because they steal the valuable copper that powers the light, they are made useless. some lights have b

richmond, upper 50's today. very mild temperatures just to the south of our area.will stay in the seasonal rains tonight. -- range tonight. maybe a few clippers -- a few flurries with the clipper. the coldest air will slowly back from the northeast. we will get a little bit more of a mild pushed out of the south. it has not developed yet. computer models, it will be interesting to watch. our hunch is that it will be friday morning. keep a close eye on it -- rain on friday morning. keep a close eye on it. we do have clippers moving again. clearing skies tomorrow as high- quickly built in. an eye steak, a very pleasant temperatures. sunshine into effect -- it will day, at a very pleasant temperatures. rain, a coastal friday.eveloping on cooler on saturday. sunday, the upper 40's. trend early next week. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by your local toyota dealers. >> what a party it was. >> it is not over yet. >> the baltimore ravens move the newy from baltimore to orleans. the love has become overwhelming. ec had nothing on charm city today. -- the

the city of richmond will know who to contact. house is deemed unsafe, but apparently, someone kicked the front door in and may be inside. on the front lawn, this lovely couch. in fact, couches seem to be the item of choice when it comes to illegal dumping. this new ordinance will give richmond code enforcement another tool to cut down on blight. if you aren't aware, it's what makes your neighborhood look bad. these guys just finished putting up new plumbing at a house that was stripped twice before. now the house has been sold. this means there is home for some of these. but before there's hope, there needs to be help. holding property owners responsible is the help. in richmond, stanley robert, kron4 news. >> if you have a comment or story idea for stanley, e-mail us at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.com. >>> still ahead, why the search associated with a killer is now over in the central valley. and incredible video out of colorado. skiers survive being buried by an avalanche. that's next. >> we have some increasing cloud cover throu

it is 42 degrees currently in richmond. your afternoon highs will be mid to upper 50s.see some low 60's. 68 degrees for cupertino. the east bay temperatures will be about the same. it will be 59 degrees for walnut creek. downtown san francisco will be in the mid 60's. it will be 57 degrees for those of you in vallejo. the satellite radar shows clear conditions and a cold front will drop down overnight and when you wake up tomorrow morning. we will see some instability for the nighttime hours. this will bring in some thunderstorms and potentially strong showers. >> light rain is expected to tenths of an inch. future cast for states by 7:00 a.m. mainly along the coast and the heart of the bay. you will notice the light green on your screen indicates that will be pretty light rain. we will catch a break for the north bay. range just east and south and you could see that we will hold on to some stray showers overnight. here is your 7 their around the bay forecast. will have unstable weather from thursday and friday. we will be back on the dry side for the weekend. >> t we'r

making its way down towards richmond, notice what's happening right here. this yellow, this reddish, this is actually snow in the upper levels that's melting. it is falling as rain in richmond, but there is a little bit more in the way of cold air across the region. that's why the national weather service has extended the winter weather advisory in towards montgomery county, howard county and baltimore. we could see some sleet, some snow and potential is also there for freezing rain. so in this area in purple, watch out. early tomorrow morning, we could be seeing sop problems. d.c. metro and areas to the south, this should be all rain. we should not be seeing any problems here. the storm coming together. the northern portion, the southern portion coming together. just off the coast, moving right up towards new york and boston. both of those big cityings are really in for a monster storm. jim cantore is awaiting this storm right now. >> good evening from boston here. it's rare that i bring a yardstick to do a snowstorm, but this one we're pretty confident tw

affecting the richmond and san rafael bridge with maintenance on the toll plaza. three left lanes in the lanes until 5:00 so another half an hour out there. we will look at the golden gate bridge where traffic is light you have two lights and eventually four lanes for southbound with all clear here. kristen and eric? >> 4:31. the search for a former has a -- former lapd police officer has people being anxiety. there was a reported sighting yesterday in big bear which has gone cold and schools will re-open this morning under extra security. the mayor of los angeles announced a huge reward to bring dorner to justice. >> this group, led by my office, is posting a reward of $ 1 million for information that will lead to his capture. >> the los angeles police chief announced that the 2007 firing case would be re-opened. he was fired after he accused the training officer of kicking a mentally ill man in the face during an arrest. stay with abc news for the latest developments in the driver donor manhunt with instant updates of developments on twitter as well as on our we

it was 63 for nappa, 60 in richmond, 61 in concord, and 61 in antioch.e more 40 degree reads, but still chilly in some spots. we'll see increases in clouds as the storm passestous the north. sunday, we'll rebound nicely. let's look behind the door for more. 53 in richmond, 72 in, san losal. as for our afternoon highs, still in the 60s. in fact, fairly widespread 60s tomorrow, same thing in valejo, concord, 62 in san jose, and in sunnyville. clear skies right now, but we do have a weak system passing us to the north. it does look like some of this cloud cover and rain will take a dive to the south. let's look on futurecast. here comes the cloud cover and the rain from the north. at 5:00 hour, it's still well north ofs by 8. and see, it's drying out as it moves down through the cloud cover. we will see a little snow overt see rare. let's look at the forecast for the see rare. partly cloudy tomorrow, a chance of snow into saturday morning. temperatures will take a dive on saturday, but they will rebound into sunday. temperatures are real nice tomorrow after

amber lee is live now at richmond city hall. officials are hearing plenty of opinions but only have two options, amber. >> julie, the special meeting is going on right now beyond these glass doors inside city council which chambers. city leaders are deciding how to fill an empty seat. it was a full house tonight as richmond residents came to city hall to determine how the vacancy will be filled. >> hill due to his illness was unable to take his seat. >> reporter: gary bell won a seat but a severe sinus infection has kept him from filling his seat. >> since it's been such a turmoil, i think they should have an election. >> reporter: one by one -- >> i have lived in richmond for almost 50 years. >> reporter: the 12 candidates who want the job spoke including martinez who lost the vote by 25 votes. >> hope flip you will agree that an appointment rather than a special election is the right thing to do. now let me explain why it should be me. >> the voters should make the decision, this is the democratic process. >> reporter: before

good for richmond. >> coming up tonight, monitoring metro. we're learning what caused a melt down on the green line and how passengers may have contributed to all the confusion. >> american airlines and u.s. airways are joining forces. an aviation expert joins us to tell us what this megamerge her could mean for you. >> one of the richest men in the world is getting into the ketchup business. details when we come back. lucky charms?! ♪ yer always after me lucky charms! whoa. i forgot how good these taste! [ lucky ] ♪ they're magically delicious ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> it started with a miscommunication and led to a melt down that created chaos on the green line last month. part of an investigation by metro into what happened out there. thousands of passengers became stranded on trains between the navy yard and an tec ostia. >> the first failure was because of a miscommunication. but the entire situation got worse when a passenger on one of the trains deep in the tunnel decided to lead people out against orders. >>> two green line tra

>> right now traffic is busier in vallejo and also in richmond on the way to el cerrito. you can see it is on the way to the bay bridge toll plaza and it looks like those metering lights are going on. once you make it on to the bridge it does look okay. there are no major problems if you drive across the san mateo or the dumbarton. highway 4 is still looking good as you drive between 680 -- 680 and 80. >>> it will get chewed up and there is a slight on shore component and there is still an easterly breeze in place. yesterday 63 and with the addition of low clouds and fog today we will push for 50. we will start 46 and 57 by noon and 59 later on. no doubt about it, it will be cooler but nothing that screams rain. our system that did bring our last rain on friday has moved into texas and the panhandle. look at the severe weather in oklahoma city and snow on the backside of the area towards wichita. our system has picked up a lot of strength. 30s and 40s we have some cold readings inland and a half moon bay is 47 and i have seen 34 near embarcadero. there is more of a wester

richmond 47. so those folks are all rain. we're going to be mainly rain this afternoon into tonight. we've got temps in the upper 20s in restton right now. leesburg is 32. dumfries also 32 with baden at 37. one of our warmer spots. 32 up at bwi and in washington now, a good looking morning. a little bit of cloud cover here. that's kind of a neat sky. let me step out of the way with a little light coming in across the eastern horizon now. not quite 40 minutes or so before the sunrise with a temperature of 35 degrees. mostly cloudy skies. feeling like 28 with that north, northeast wind at 9 miles an hour. bigger picture. lots of moisture down south from south texas all the way to the southeast. that's a tornado watch by the way in southeastern georgia this morning with this upper low coming out of oklahoma through missouri now, coming in toward southern ili. that's today's rain and snow maker. first it's going to throw the clouds at us like it's doing now. as we get into the late morning, some showers will start to move in, sou

virginia governor bob mcdonnell and the mayor of richmond joining the team for the event. the $9 million facility is part of a development deal which was approved last year. the new training center expected to be finished by july. in florida, the washington nationals will give the field today for their first practice with pitchers and catchers during spring training. it's the first official practice. >> we are excited. the team is looking at what is ahead. during nazis and the nationals signed picture rafael soriano. -- during the last year, the nationals designedsigned rafael soriano. the team is looking for some mascots that will be able to run fast. they also have to wear a 45 pound costumes for several hours. applications are due by wednesday and are additions are march 2. the current mascot will spend presidents' day at mount rushmore. they're looking for the newest president william taft. >> adam caskey would be the perfect person. a metro board committee is expected to vote today on a proposal to offer nearly 80 acres of land near the greenbelt metro station to the

amber lee is live now at richmond city hall. officials are hearing plenty of opinions but only have two options, amber. >> julie, the special meeting is going on right now beyond these glass doors inside city council which chambers. city leaders are deciding how to fill an empty seat. it was a full house tonight as richmond residents came to city hall to determine how the vacancy will be filled. >> hill due to his illness was unable to take his seat. >> reporter: gary bell won a seat but a severe sinus infection has kept him from filling his seat. >> since it's been such a turmoil, i think they should have an election. >> reporter: one by one -- >> i have lived in richmond for almost 50 years. >> reporter: the 12 candidates who want the job spoke including martinez who lost the vote by 25 votes. >> hope flip you will agree that an appointment rather than a special election is the right thing to do. now let me explain why it should be me. >> the voters should make the decision, this is the democratic process. >> reporter: before