bridge and the golden gate bridge itself will not be a problem spot but getting to and from the richmond bridge is already pretty badly backed up. >>darya: we have the emergency talks on the branch with emergency lights and they would use the to navigate through traffic for half to >>: is going to be congested and to the afternoon. >>: he did stop and he was cited and there is an investigation being taken place and he's been held accountable for spelling his load to my understanding it was some type of fan base of epoxy with some white paint and thus live look like an effort and that is why it made the more difficult for them to clean it up however they did work hard with the assistance of the chp and we did get it cleaned up ahead of schedule >>george: to france to strip boulevard and how to cure this device to motorist as more >>: if it is an option to use public transportation use bart however the proper and lawful before and it will become just as well just to be very patient and one that stuck in this mess in this column centers and russian and will take some time for it to catch up

then prisoners in richmond -- richmond is one of the primary military targets in the war. there's a lot of fighting around the city. having union soldiers in richmond makes that target everyone more attractive, and so the solution was to move the prisoners away. in november of 1863 there's this idea that southwest georgia is a very safe, very insulated place. it's far, far from the fighting. it's serviced by the railroad system of the south and this is an agricultural bread basket. food should be readily available. officers come here, locate a site in that expedition to find a site in some of the same modern concepts. we consider this idea of not in my backyard. the orders to locate a prison, specify an area that's essentially 100 miles north and south between fort valley, georgia, and albany, georgia. those are fairly big communities. you'll notice the prison didn't end up particularly near them. the county seat of sumter county america sits seven miles south of where we're at, and that's a fairly well established community. they didn't necessarily want the prison close t

and then, prisoners in richmond -- richmond is one of the primary targets of the war, there is a lot of fighting having unionity -- soldiers in richmond makes that target even more attractive. the solution was to move the prisoners away. that63, there is this idea southwest georgia is a very safe, insulated place, very far from the fighting. it is serviced by the railroad system of the south, and it is an agricultural breadbasket, food should be readily available. officers come here and find a site. some of the concepts that we consider -- this idea of not in my back yard. they specify an area that is essentially 100 miles north and south. you will notice, the president did not -- prison did not end up near a commr big communities. want the prison close to them. there are 20 people living at the andersonville station train stop. . those people do not have political power. there are willing landowners who are absolutely ready -- two of them make the deal. on paper, they are supposed to receive a rent of about $50 per year from the confederate government for leasing their property to b

>> richmond i only had one home the entire time. my father built the house himself. to me that is a reclamation of a family and they see what is going on in america today. it is very important to have a family and community bringing up children but it takes the community and government. what i try to show why can't you do it? eidenshink edits the testament but there left to themselves. at the u.s. conference of mayors spoke of the metropolitan engines and to put in domestic violence to build america from within. >> host: and john quincy adams fashion you went from governor to the mayor of richmond. what was the difference and why? >> guest: my grandson who was the senator and lieutenant governor isn't he going backwards? it doesn't matter richmond did not have a strong mayor form of government i thought it was time to change and got the people to agree. we changed how the mayor select and city council to a form of government. i had no idea they would say you are the guy. so i agreed for the one on one term. >> you miss being an elected office? >> no. but i lecture in

it was found at the richmond home on sunday and he was arrested. the mosque leaders are concerned this has taken so long. >> it is a shoulding dealt with immediately. >> they have taken concerns to the richmond city council where the members will investigate, in richmond, for abc7 news. >> police bust add new terrorism plot overnight in australia, they raided several homes and arrested two young men, 20 and 24 years old. though are accused of plotting attacks on a navy base in south wales with 13 charged since september. >> in china, doctors are trying to save the foot of a 19-year-old migrant worker who somehow survived after more than 60 hours after a massive landslide. rescuers got him out on wednesday morning in the southern cities of china, after being stuck in the debris since the massive landslide that overtook 33 buildings and an industrial park and 90 people are still missing. >> and a family of jahi mcmath is fighting to have their daughter ruled legally alive with the attorneys announcing a federal lawsuit saying she is not brain dead an

and then after i retired from the city service i moved back to the richmond district in 2010 and was appointed to be on prosack by supervisor mar in 2013, so i'm asking to be reappointed. district 1 is fortunate that most of our playground receive funding in the 08 and 12 bond measures, so accept for one, most the playgrounds have been modernized. i feel my roll on prosack is to help district 6 and 10 through open space funding to find spaces to put parks in their areas there. i also see my role as a liaison between rec and park staff and eric mars office and the rez sidents of the richmond district. i also-we had meetings about the strategic plan and i'm particularly interested in-besides rec and park having a lot of open spaces, they have a number of significant buildings in them with wpa murals and i have been working with the art commission in rec and park staff to make sure that these murals are open to the public, so that all could see them. i'm asking that you consider my application to be reappointed again. happy to answer any questions. >> very good. thank you mr. rothman an

the san mateo or richmond-san rafael. here is a look at tolls, it is light as usual, and what a surprise if do you not know about this mid-span and at a standstill or very slow crawl. right now, full closure on the san francisco side of the bay bridge with traffic diverted off at fremont treat with a sig-alert in affect. >> thank you, sue. the weather is activity but the next six hours we have few scattered light issues through the only commute and the steady rain is moving in after the morning commute is over. hitting santa rosa at 9:00. here is my 12-hour day planner with low clouds across san francisco from sutro tower. low-to-mid 40s. grab the umbrella. we will be touched by rain in the north bay by noon, heading through the bay and into the south bay by 4:00 and stuck in the south bay by 7:00 with temperatures in the mump 50s -- mid-to-upper 50s? kristen and eric? >> a she down at a south bay elementary school where a fight over a visit to santa could have parents pulling their kids out of school today. matt explains

that's the richmond-san rafael bridge approach.king at your approach from the emeryville camera, this shows the backup. this is a live camera. that's where the closure is. there's the backup starting to form over to the scene. this is flaching lights over there to help us. this with the reopening in the next couple minutes. we're looking west as well. in fact, that goes from the top of your screen out of san pablo and richmond. more distraction because of that activity. a lighter december commute. it's eastbound that's unusually slow heading through berkeley into richmond. pleasanton, 680, hayward, union city, typical southbound build towards fremont. nothing alarming about this. in fact, it's very nice right now. a slower drive across the san mateo bridge. northbound routes through the silicon valley out of san jose, a slight build. back to you. >> keeping our fingers crossed it stays that way. thank you very much, mike. >> when you need little luck on your side, who do you count on? >> my co-anchor. >> good answer. you can also c

just outstanding events in richmond, last weekend commemorating the fall of richmond. dr.s one of america's preeminent civil war historians, and i don't say that lightly. he's one committed not just to impeccable scholarship, but to reaching people beyond academia. he roots out stories, untold stories, he amplifies voices unheard. and he constantly challenges us to see events in new ways. always with a sense of historical justice for those who are there. perhaps more than any historian working in the field, he helps us accord meaning to events that were almost always far more complex and far reaching than we imagined them to be. he's retiring from his position at the university of richmond this summer. while it's a great loss for the university to be sure, a prospect of dr. aires devoting his immense energies, once again, to history is good news for the rest of us. it's my pleasure to introduce to you dr. ed aires. >> thank you. >> there are, indeed, very many of you. and it's convenient that all of you come labeled. i can see where everybody's from by the baseball caps. a

don't miss a day of brilinta. >> george: the worst traffic is at the richmond san rafael bridge.i have been covering trapped about this for a while and traffic is backed up westbound to one-hour time. jackson on the bridge has been cleared but the traffic is still this bad. it goes all a bad to bravado boulevard. not far away we still have a motorcycle accident on west 580 a central. then there's a crash here at andrade road that block three lanes. from dublin down fremont is still 33 minutes. bay bridge westbound we have slowed traffic down into the macarthur maze. at of hayward into a san mateo it is very slow. we still have that problem near the county line with a big rig ran off the roadway. that kept a lot of traffic into petaluma. >> james: with a quick look at the satellite greater view to the north we have the storm from the pacific northwest that could potentially give us a little rain tomorrow in the north bay. by 9:00 the conditions might have scattered showers across the north bay. by noon and by 3:00 the same story. clouds will build from time to time throughout the

on to the richmond bridge. >>george: the ride on 92 of the san mateo bridge than they free and commit to the richmond bridge is interesting to see what effect it will have it may have an effect even with and under 25 minute drive term. >>james: we report the girl was expected to map for recovery. >>jeff bush: after stealing her car and the whole thing started on 730 on monday night at the girl stopped by coleman and winfield to talk to some friends are she left the keys in the ignition and the car and still running when the suspect and her car and drove off the chase after the man and eventually caught of waltham at redline not too far when she confronts him and demand her car back but he shot her and the arm and then drove off short time later it was from but the suspect got away latinas there was not seriously injured and is expected to make a full recovery. >>james: man who filed a gross of our apartment complex and forced a kiss on to her cheek and paulo out to all this happened astrakhan to 1000 live she s

this one out by the approach to the toll plaza at the richmond bridge, folks heading from richmond toward marin. it's wet out there. the numbers are mostly near 50 degrees. 50 at concord. oakland, 51. in livermore, 54. in san francisco, 51. not to -- fairly mild start but there's dense fog out there. here comes another one. a cold front on the way, the bay area will convert all of the these it be widely scattered showers that you see now into fairly decent rain by midmorning. look at the top of your screen. just before noon today. spreading over the rest of the bay area by this afternoon, evening commute looks wet as well. we are a he's roll this on to show you that showers exist especially in the higher elevations right through tomorrow morning. the future craft, again this, is -- terrific. pretend you didn't see that. more rain, showers this morning and then rain later in the day. more rain will be coming in tomorrow. and then christmas eve also looks wet and cold, cold enough the numbers come down, it will be a struggle on christmas eve and christmas day to reach 50. that's the higher

it stays slow towards the richmond or the san mateo bridges.look at the san mateo bridge. 13 minutes between 880 and 101. over to the golden gate bridge we haven't had any problems out of marin county this morning. 101 through novato, san rafael looking good. southbound from 580 to san francisco, will take about 14 minutes for the drive time. san jose we are seeing a few brake lights northbound 101. looks like it's starting to fill in a bit as you work your way from 280 north there. it eases up once you past that area towards 237 and it's clear all the way into the peninsula and no delays right now along 280. let's get a look at the forecast. here's roberta. >>> our live weathercam are looking at mineta international airport. 38 degrees there, clear skies, southeast breeze at 3. good morning, everyone. it is cold out the door this morning. 45 in san francisco. and 40 in oakland. otherwise everyone is in the 30s. it's freezing in santa rosa. and then even though the winds are slight this morning, when you pick up a southeast wind at 5 in san fra

>> guest: i was born in richmond virginia, my family only had one home during that entire time. my father built that house and had it built himself. to me, that is the reclamation of his family that many people talk to is not existing. i see what is going on in america today and what is taken place in some of the communities today. it's important to have a family and a community to be a part of bringing up children, it takes a community. what i'm trying to show in my book is that it means nothing, and i said my mother told me always that i could do it. i believed her. i knew she wouldn't tell me if it was wrong. i think it's a testament, the problem i see today is that unfortunately communities are being left to determine for themselves. one of the finest pieces i heard barack obama give, as marat this time is at the u.s. conference of mayors. he spoke of the need to have our citizens come to the module politician engines. for metropolitan growth. that never happened but we should do that. concentrate on building america from within. >> host: john's quincy adams fashion you went

is an important piece of history that was written in richmond during the 1940s.was my pleasure to introduce a woman whose experience and dedication to sharing a more complete american story is inspired so many, including me. please welcome betty soskin. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. i was last in washington on january 20, of 2009 for the presidential inauguration. in my breast pocket was a picture of my great grandmother, leontine ellen, a woman born into slavery in 1846 in st. james parish, louisiana. it is fitting that i return to washington tonight with my granddaughters in an area known as the ellipse because this is a full circle moment. one of the greatest joys of my job is the opportunity to share my life experiences to the

the richmond san rafael bridge and south to san mateo bridge. sounds like 6:30 before they plan to reopen those lanes getting over the bay bridge and into san francisco. the bridge, itself, does remain open. >> we'll ekekeep checking back h you. >>> threw another obstacles at the proposal. the suit says the ucsf chancellor overstepped his authority by giving away valuable property rights that belongs to all californians. the new warriors arena is set to be located on third street, a block away from ucsf medical center. the project has faced issues from the state. with opponents saying it would create dangerous traffic for people trying to get to the hospital during an emergency. it is scheduled to be ready for the 2018 season. >>> the sudden death of a kidney donor at ucsf could mean longer waits for thousands of patients in need of a kidney. the hospital voluntarily suspended all living kidney donor surgeries. well that death is under investigation. a 20-year-old man was scheduled for a life-saving kidney transplant later today. his donor is hi

area if can you and use central if you are there on the roads trying to get to westbound 580 in the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> a big shakeup in the san francisco police department if an officer points a gun at you, it will now be treated differently. this is in the wake of the out try over a suspect being fatally shot. >> the police officer union president is addressing the controversial shooting today. according to an article any officer who points his or her firearm at someone must now justify it. a bulletin outlying the policy want out to officers last week on the hollywoods of the fatal shooting of mario woods in san francisco. woods was a suspect if a stabbing. police say he refused to drop the knife. last week, protest protesters rallied and many are calling for the police chief to resign. woods' mother is suing the city for wrongful death. the shooting is "under investigation," and the department has not said if the new policy is directly related to the shoot offeds. the president of the police officers association will make an announcement today at 12:30. >> facebook is changing the

investigators think the man was making his own explosives at his home on mcbryde avenue in richmond and tell our joe vazquez they think he may have been planning to use them against the local muslim community. >> i think it's crazy. it's scary, too. >> reporter: most of the day cops were swarming over the 5100 block of mcbryde. >> helicopter, had the s.w.a.t. team come in there. >> reporter: police surrounded the house and arrested. owner, 55-year-old william celli who police say threatened to harm the muslim community. police found a device inside his house. neighbors say they saw the police bring out what appeared to be a milk crate. police say it may be a homemade explosive, maybe more than one. >> there was something in there. i just heard a little pop. >> reporter: that pop was the sound of the bomb squad detonating the device. nobody was hurt. richmond police say they can't elaborate on the threat right now other than to say this celli's actions and statements drew the attention of law enforcement and they were very concerning to officers. so they say in an abundance of caution th

i'm jeff bush in richmond, kron four news. the other big story tonight. >> grant : protesters at san francisco city hall.in the second day of demonstrations over the police killing of mario woods earlier this month. they want the officers criminally charged.and the police chief greg suhr to resign or be fired. kron 4's jr stone was with protesters and caught up with the police chief later. >>:the first demand is something that the mayor can do himself >> j.r. :that is a message up from thursday in the wake of the police shooting of mario woods and many want a new chief >>:the mayor has the authority to do it and the mayor should do it >> j.r. :protesters marched through city hall and shouted outside his office he is out of town and not back until next week but the shooting death of woods to refuse to drop the knife was caught on video earlier this month and a separate location in san francisco we made off with police chiefs to give his reaction to protesters >>:i am trying to do what i can so that we don't have to a repeat of

the richmond rid bridge improving, the back up from richmond parkway.lden gate bridge chip is problem free crossband. >> mark: the fda is trying to figure out why a passenger went rolling off the runway in tennessee. the flight landed from houston. all passengers and crew members were moved from the plane and people were taken to the hospital one, most with minor injuries. to came found in the woods behind the fairfax the police department. there were small rooms in zero holes sleeping kia in. >> darya: bar is rolling out signs of a brighter. they're not reliable, sometimes they're big chunks of the standards not licked. the new sign is 38% larger and has a higher contrast of the current signs. the new center be rolled out to a sentence asko stations. >> go back a woman killed others while driving. up rain without consequences was partly to blame for the accident. a psychologist said that he suffered from affluence at. he was ordered to 10 years' probation, now his probation officer says he's in his mother are missing. he is now facing prison time. >> d

problems down in the richmond area and south. on the west coast as long as this jet stream -- you can follow these clouds coming toward the northwest -- as long as this continues, the warm pacific air floods the country, keeps the arctic airway up to our north and we stay mild. in fact, we may be setting reports here by sunday. 57 today. a chilly start. nice finish. mid-40s tonight in town. low 40s, upper 30s in the cold spots. closer to 60 on thursday. closer to 65 on friday. make it a three-day weekend if you can because temperatures upper 60s saturday. 70 sunday and the rain holds off until monday. coming up on 6:16, hello, bev. >>> hello, howard. challenges out of southern maryland. the crash on 210 in accokeek at berry road. initially callers told us it was the left side of the shoulder that was block. may be a slow merge on 210 northbound. i-295 north, police still blocked off the exit ramp to malcolm x avenue with a crash having shim pact for 295 north heading -- an impact for 295 north heading to the base. i-270 south out

this is the approach to the richmond/san rafael bridge standing proudly and boldly since it was open in 1956. concord, 53. oakland, 52. san francisco, 51. mild start really to your monday morning. look at this plume of moisture headed to name. you think big time rain. well, rain, but not big time. we'll pick up an inch by the time all is said and done by the morning. plenty of showers around the bay area. cold front on the way that's now just edging into sonoma county. it will enhance the moisture that we're getting falling over bay area this morning. so to sum it up, showers this morning and it will turn into rain later in the day. first north bay and then south bay. showers licker through tuesday morning and then we get a break on wednesday but christmas eve looks not only wet but cold with a more robust system. it will feel like winter by thursday which is appropriate because tonight is the weather solstice. >>> the rain brings a lot of problems on the roads right now. we have troubles in marin. this ongoing alert continues. northbound 101 near sir francis drake boulevard. all lan

san rafael bridge bridge as well as the richmond san rafael bridge.r:this is the bay area news station,kron 4 morning news starts now >>darya: good morning the bracken new story this morning the major problems on the bay bridge after a spell of plaster on the sky way in san francisco. >>mark: all line shut down come off the bridge and the 4:00 hour and one lane open now all the lands have reopened traffic finally starting to move again but a massive back of stretching into the east bank. >>george: and has had a chance to affect the backed up all the problems that are starting to run allowed through the east of them to the other bridges the continent like the san mateo bridge and the richmond bridge and the golden gate bridge itself will not be a problem spot but getting to and from the richmond bridge is already pretty badly backed up

richmond, showers. south san francisco, richmond district now, seeing the yellows.resenting rain. you get the idea. none of this -- not like the thunderstorms and the heavy winds. low grade deal. which is fine. down south. burlingame will be wet in a little bit. storm gets in here now, it lingers into the morning hours. scattered showers. number two, here it comes. sunday afternoon, sunday mid- day. and lingers into monday morning. saturday afternoon through sunday early morning that is your break. if you have stuff to do, saturday will be nice. this one in san francisco now, 55 degrees at 5:00 p.m. tonight. showers falling out there now. right? makes sense. rainfall accumulation has been light. 7:00 p.m. up to 10th of an inch of rain. 53 degrees. into the evening .3, .4 inches of rain. 10:00 p.m. rain showers continuing. that is afternoon through the evening. -- that is san francisco through the evening. that is saturday. saturday afternoon. not bad. sunday morning not bad. sunday afternoon, scattered showers. and then monday and another system comes down the pipe

he found it at his richmond home and arrested him. mosque leaders are concerned that the whole thing has taken so long. >> this is the type of thing that i would and anybody would classify as terrorism. our concern from the get go is this should be dealt with immediately. >> they have taken their concerns to the richmond city council. members also planned to investigate. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> the rain has stopped and more is expected, but it is causing problems around the bay area. look at this video as our crew hit a huge puddle on the connector ramp from 580 to 680 early this morning. the wind gusted up to 40 miles an hour and it took down several tree. one fell on to a parked car. look at that. luckily nobody was hurt. here is how it looks outside from the exploratorium camera. it is dry now, but it is about to changing. here is meteorologist sandhya patel with more from live doppler 7hd. >> that's right, ama. we are in a break right now. check out live doppler 7hd and you will notice we have cloud cover. the rain ende

the richmond side, the toll plaza on the richmond-san rafael bridge is raining right there. we will have a break tonight afternoon and saturday afternoon into sunday a storm just like this with almost the same results coming in. hour by hour look at the rainfall is remaining up next. >> in san blocking the slow lane with a bit of the red brake lights. otherwise remark is getting by nicely. it is fortunate it is this early. that hour is typically very, very slow so, again, southbound 101 an accident in the slow rain. the early accident in the bay point and pittsburg area near bailey has been cleared. the dam is done. you are looking at a 40-45 minute ride out of antioch westbound 4, usually very slow and even more so this morning. a sig-alert in again i guerneville at 1st street, a car is under the tree blocking the road. it will be a couple of hours until it is out of there. >> kristen and eric? >> supreme court justice who is in stranger to controversy is, again, drawing fire. in a few minutes his regards about black students that is making headlights this morning. ♪ hallel

>> reporter: richmond has a serious problem with abandoned houses. there are so many here, they've become an eyesore and a huge drain on the city. richmond has a unique solution that could be a win-win for everyone. >> so this is our typical zombie property. >> reporter: you're looking at one of the 100 or so abandoned house this is richmond. properties that have become a magnet for squatters and an eyesore. >> it's a health and safety hazard. it's a nuisance. a neighborhood nuisance. >> reporter: many of the houses sat empty for years. after owners couldn't afford them and walked away. banks never fully foreclosed. >> they're huge problems. they attract squatters and drug dealers. they attract rats and other vermin. they look ugly and bring property values down. >> reporter: now the city has come up with a solution. richmond has teamed up with a community nonprofit and mechanic's bank to use social impact bonds to buy the properties, fix them up and sell them to families in need. >> i'm ecstatic. i'm just waiting. hurry up and rehab a house. >> this

grant is poised to capture the confederate capital of richmond, virginia. [cannon fire] abraham lincoln has 13 days to live. [female singing] tom hanks: on april 3nd, 1865, confederate forces set fire to their own capital of richmond, virginia before evacuating ahead of advancing union troops. confederate president jefferson davis escapes by train. abandons his white house of the confederacy. and abraham lincoln lands in richmond to view the devastated ruins of this american city. soldier: form up! abraham lincoln: do any of you know the way to general weitzel's headquarters? freed slave: yas-suh, master lincoln. i know the way! admiral porter: fix bayonets! [train whistles]. abraham lincoln: look. [whistle]. crook: window. abraham lincoln: thank god i have lived to see this day. on we go. tad lincoln: papa-day. old slave: may de good lord bless and keep you safe, massa lincoln. abraham lincoln: you are a free citizen of this republic. kneel to god only. and thank him for the liberty that is yours. tom hanks: it's one of the most unforgettable scenes in ame

the panthers beat richmond last year in cedar falls, 55-50. they're looking for their 5th straight win. today's game in progress right now, richmond up big, 50- 33 with five minutes gone in the second half. and the loras duhawks mens soccer team in the ncaa division three championship after they upset number one seed calvin college last nighgh 1-0. about 30 minutes into this matchup against amherst, they're tied at one goal apiece. thanks mark. here's the storm track 7 day sunday, weweek... maybe you've seen it -- priceless faces following a moment -- with santa! boyd hupert has the story of mommy kissing santa claus... a picture worth a thousand words? sometimes all mary and bill petersen were taking the standard said to my mother, now give me a little kiss on the check." "it's so genuine." - and a made for social their early 90s - who found each other in their 70s after losing their spouses. from my mind." no. and she said i know, but i first to second that. "merry, merry christmas to all." yourself lacking... here'e' the storm track 7 day f

we're talking about folks headed toward the richmond san rafael bridge. you get off the roadway and take san pablo past the scene. i think central should get you past it, i'm checking with chp. >>> new details on a landmark decision in milpitas. the city council approved a 65% water rate hike. residents, as you might imagine, are fuming. "today in the bay's" bob redell has more on a very expensive decision. >> reporter: very expensive is right, sam. good morning to you. when this water rate hike goes into effect, customers will be paying on average roughly $28 to $30 more per month. that's a 65% increase in the water rates increase, they will go up 30% in january and up again by 35% in july. the council chambers were full of upset residents last night as the council listened to their concerns. the city leaders passed this hike in a unanimous decision a few months prior but could not give their final approval which thaid they did last night until hearing from their constituents, some of whom are very worried about how to make ends meet with a significant i

this is what it looks like from the richmond san rafael bridge. there is rain doting the landscape and it really has been the haves and the have notes. the north bay has seen an inch of rainfall. mill valley is coming in over two inches of total rainfall. san francisco over an inch of rain in oakland and santa rosa coming in half an inch of rainfall. as you look forward into tomorrow this is what you can expect. a brief wall before the next storm arrives about noon. upper 40s to mid50s. the next storm brings downpours and a foot of snow. we will do hour by hour on what you can expect by the forecast. sergio is live in san francisco with more on how the rain was quite the inconvenience. sergio? >> right now the inconvenience may be for people walking around in the morning. there are lots of streets with pools and standing water and this intersection seems to be the worse we have found so far. it is the corner of howard and first street. you can see i am still on the sidewalk here. i am not even in the street where it is even deeper. some cars sped

we are heading from san rafael to richmond. i amy hollyfield. >> be careful. >> many people wake up without power this morning mostly in the north bay according to pg&e with the biggest outages are in marin and sonoma county. 1,200 customers are without power in >> and yosemite has closed one of the passes that usually closes in the fall and re-opened in the spring. yosemite is reminding that all drivers are required to carry chains in the park in the inwith december even if you have four-wheel drive. >> crews preparing for impending wet weather knocked out phone and internet service. the crew cut a fiber optic cable with a backhoe anotting -- affecting at&t customers. >> if you see stormy weather where you live, take a photo or video and share it with us using video and share it with us using #abc7now. city hall last night with outrage at the police department after a 26-year-old man was slot and killed by officers. natasha zouves said public comment was heard for five hours audit police chief is renewing a call for tasers but

he found it at his richmond home and arrested him. mosque leaders are concerned that the whole thing has taken so long. >> this is the type of thing that i would and anybody would classify as terrorism. our concern from the get go is this should be dealt with immediately. >> they have taken their concerns to the richmond city council. members also planned to investigate. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> the rain has stopped and more is expected, but it is causing problems around the bay area. look at this video as our crew hit a huge puddle on the connector ramp from 580 to 680 early this morning. the wind gusted up to 40 miles an hour and it took down several tree. one fell on to a parked car. look at that. luckily nobody was hurt. here is how it looks outside from the exploratorium camera. it is dry now, but it is about to changing. here is meteorologist sandhya patel with more from live doppler 7hd. >> that's right, ama. we are in a break right now. check out live doppler 7hd and you will notice we have cloud cover. the rain ende

is an important piece of history that was written in richmond during the 1940s.was my pleasure to introduce a woman whose experience and dedication to sharing a more complete american story is inspired so many, including me. please welcome betty soskin. [ cheers and applause ] >> thank you. i was last in washington on january 20, of 2009 for the presidential inauguration. in my breast pocket was a picture of my great grandmother, leontine ellen, a woman born into slavery in 1846 in st. james parish, louisiana. it is fitting that i return to washington tonight with my granddaughters in an area known as the ellipse because this is a full circle moment. one of the greatest joys of my job is the opportunity to share my life experiences to the parks education and community outreach programs. i cannot wait to get back and tell everyone about this most special one in this season of open and promise, reflection and celebration it is my honor to present to you the president of the united states. barack obama. [ cheers and applause ] . >> merry christmas, everybody! [ chee

richmond-san rafael bridge to marin county, the golden gate bridge and i look at it in a second and itgreat alternate or san mateo or take bart to avoid all of this and the estimated time of opening is teen 7:30 and 8:00 and it is optimistic, and, again, avoid the bay bridge if you can. we will look at the other part of the span, the western part of the span bumper-to-bumper traffic and the golden gate is drizzle, but, light, continues and that is going to change with the overflow from the bay bridge. how are we zoeing with -- doing with the rain? >> the only tower camera that shows anything with the wet reaching the ground at the lower elevations. rain chances not just in san francisco but indicative of all of us a chance every day starting today through even on christmas. next friday. here is where the rain is, the light-to-moderate rain right around ukiah and it is taking the time to get to the higher elevations of mendocino. you can see right here on the camera we are sliding under the clouds, a little bit of drizzle and umbrella is needed for us as we have steady rain today and mo

poch richmond street -- port richmond street is closed between i-95 and allegheny. i-95 is heavy a cottman allegheny into girard. watch out for a ramp 195 south to 29. an overturned truck 259 southbound at pennsville everything is cleaned up all lanes reopened by the delaware memorial bridge. matt you have more details on what happened during the overnight hours. >> crews scrambledded -- scrambled to clean up the sheet metal that slid off the truck. the debris blocked the portions of the hey. the scene is clear. >>> atv burst into flames in the city's port richmond section on emerald street at 2:30. there was minor damage to the home, and the vehicle was melted down to its frame. officials say nobody was hurt. >>> a massive blaze at a south jersey auto body shop is under investigation. chopper 6 was over performance plus haddonfield road pennsauken last night. it took 70 firefighters two hours to get it under control. crews say they got a late start because someone else tried to put the flames out on their own before they called 911. >> it went to a defensive operat

in richmond.t is my pleasure to introduce a woman whose dedication for sharing a complete story has inspired so many. including me. please welcome betty. ♪ [applause] betty: thank you, director jarvis. i was last in washington in 2009 for the presidential inauguration. in my breast pocket was a picture of my great grandmother, a woman born into slavery in 1846 in st. james parish louisiana. it is fitting that i return to washington tonight with my an area known as the -- firste, because this is a -- full civil moment. i have an opportunity to share my experience with the community outreach programs. i cannot wait to get back and tell everyone about this most special one. in this season of hope and promise, reflection and celebration, it is my honor to present to you the president of the united states. barack obama. [applause] ♪ president obama: merry christmas, everybody. [applause] president obama: thank you betty for that introduction, for your extraordinary service as one of our park rangers, a

and an accident in richmond west 80 at richmond parkway. it's off to the shoulder but it is causing a backup now just about to the highway 4 interchange. meantime, for the dublin commute we have better news. that earlier accident west 580 at hopyard has been cleared from lanes. i'll have more "kcbs traffic" in less than 10 minutes. >>> crab season should be in full swing in northern california but now the season is in jeopardy. kpix 5 reporter lisa chan is live at san francisco's fisherman's wharf with the latest on the crab concerns. liza. >> reporter: good morning. well, the crab pots here at fisherman's wharf and throughout california remain dry and unused ever since the crab season was put on hold last month. yesterday lawmakers scientists and crabbers met to talk about the continued closure of the dungeness and rock crab fishing seasons. the commercial fishery brings in 60 to $95 million a year. but it was closed after health officials found toxic levels of domoic acid in the crab. now, this can cause seizures, coma and even death when

. >>> a man accused of threatening to kill muslims in richmond is out on bail tonight. tonight a show of support for the mosque in the area. >> reporter: muslims who pray here say knowing a man who shouted death threats at them is out of jail tonight is concerning but members of the community in richmond came here to ease the concerns. >> we came from the world. this is an international country. this belongs to everyone. who lives here. >> muslims and non-muslims gather outside the islamic society of west contra costa county. a show of solidarity following the terrorist attacks in san bernardino carried out by radicalized muslims. richmond police say this man shouted death threats at muslims after a prayer here this month. the imam says that people are afraid. >> we have children and families. we come here. this is a safe place. we have been in the community for a long time. but it's concerning. >> reporter: the fear deepened sunday when police found a homemade pipe bomb at the man's richmond home. on wednesday he pleaded not guilty to a charge of making threats with a

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and port richmond, richmond street remains blocked for construction, aramingo is a possible alternate and the tacony palmyra bridge coming down, traffic just started to move on it's heavy on both sides of river, we'll check it again and hopefully can you find me in the next half hour. >> much more to come on "action news," a new jersey woman's important mission why she is lobbying lawmakers for a next of kin bill. >> pregnant women have a higher risk of developing complications of the flu and details are in health check. cecily tynan is check with alowser look at the forecast. it's the holidays. which means a house full of people -- who all want to get online. so it's the perfect time for verizon fios. it has the fastest internet and wifi available. with speeds from 50 to 500 megs. and right now, you'll get 50 meg fios internet, tv and phone for 79.99 a month online for your first year. and with a 2 year agreement, we'll give you all the premium movie channels for a year. plus, 400 dollars back. so go online or call now. get out of the past. get fios. >>> rowan university is mourning

as noted, i'm the states politic editor at the richmond times dispatch, and i'm proud to be in sort of what's become a select fraternity of virginia political reporters who first encountered doug wilder back in 1985, 30 years ago when he was barnstorming the state as part of his historic campaign for lieutenant governor. and back then i was one of two reporters at a little newspaper in virginia up in the shenandoah valley. and i remember distinctly this day in 1985 where the door burst open, and doug wilder bounds in with his son and chauffer, larry, in tow. and it just goes to show you that he was and is a force of nature. [laughter] but this grand son of slaves was a public figure in virginia years before his first historic run for statewide office. the first black member of the virginia senate since reconstruction, he served in the state senate for 16 years before he was elected lieutenant governor, becoming the first african-american elected to statewide office in virginia. of course, four years later he followed that up in 1989 when he became the nation's first elected african-ame

>> richmond, virginia. the family has only one home during the entire time. mymy father built the house had it built himself. to me that is a reclamation of the family that many people thought was nonexistent. i see was taking place. it is very important to have a family and the community to be a part of bringing up children. the community in terms of government, and what i am trying to show is that they mean nothing. i believe. and ifand if she would not tell me what was wrong. one of the problems i see today that unfortunately communities are being left. it was a the us conference of mayors. he spoke of the need to have our cities become the metropolitan engines for metropolitan growth. that never happened. concentrate on building america from within to show how great we can be as a nation. >> in john quincy adams fashion you went from being governor to the state of virginia to mayor of richmond. what was the difference and why did you do that? >> my grandson asked his mother, my daughter, granddad, senator to limited government. did not have. i thought it

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fairly light pretty much of which are seen the rain falling out for the east bank vallejo pinole richmond also berkeley also in marin out near san rafael we're just looking at some scattered showers this out for the milpitas we are seeing some scattered showers this morning offer early light once again again will hold on to the chance for scattered showers the rest of the morning hours from 6:00. >>anny hong: it is not going to be as widespread in the plot might get a little break before the majority of the bay area to concede starting the north bay approaching santa rosa we may start to see some more rain coming through heavy moderate professionally in this rainmakers way for the south for the afternoon hours in the slot at 1:00 when looking at widespread rain once again most of it should be like but it may be heavy at times 5:00 still holding on to some but whether as we start the evening commute home 9:00 still wet conditions out there definitely the umbrella overnight into early tomorrow morning at 6:00 still holding onto my rent once again all across the bay area here was a quick che