scene and it's compliments of photojournalist gregg welk and ryan takeo looking towards the richmond/san rafael bridge at sun-up. okay, everybody. oooo, isn't that pretty? compare that with what we have going on right now in san francisco. temperatures cooler than they have been in recent days in the 40s and 50s. and we have a lot of dry air mass in place. you're going to feel a little chill in the air livermore now at 41, santa rosa the fog is already cleared out at 41 degrees so clear out the door. it's going to be sunny and dry today through monday. and then record high temperatures are likely on thursday, friday and saturday. let's get to it. this is an area of low pressure right here. it's been in the development stages over the western pacific and as it advances toward the contiguous 48 states it's falling apart at the seams but some clouds may make it up over the ridge of high pressure and you may see clouds flow by but under the ridge of high pressure that we're now transitioning to out of our stormy weather pattern, we are going to see a dry weather pattern with above average temperatu

. >>> and this is a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. traditionally one of the bay area's most tedious commutes. doesn't look too bad now. there are plans though to do something about that commute but it's likely years away. kpix 5's ryan takeo is live in marin county to explain. ryan. >> reporter: that's right, michelle. we're talking about 2018 when construction could start on the richmond/san rafael bridge to add a third eastbound lane. the problem as many folks in the north bay know, the commute is very stressful. 28.6 minutes is the average commute. that's a little bit over the bay area average. so 28.6, that's the average commute from marin, and so the bay area council went through a plan last night to add a third lane eastbound to ease that congestion over in the morning. but commuters, they're frustrated by that 2018 timeline. >> it's frustrating that our public agencies are unable to get things done more quickly. >> all the politicians are here. they want to do something. but what he said, let's scrunch that schedule of timing.

we're looking toward the north bay on the san rafael side of the richmond-san rafael bridge thusly named. you see sheen on the right, still puddling and slick conditions. showers on the golden gate bridge. we'll look at the map through the area. starting to the top of the screen. oh, my goodness looking further south. mostly green. we will talk about that north bay at the top of the screen. we're looking at nevada south. millvale. no problems as far as the speed goes but slicker conditions could be a factor. you'll see green highlighting from time to time on the map where there is puddling likely left over. bay bridge on the right, on the left, we have eastbound where there is a slower moving vehicle and wind advisory as well for richmond san rafael and bay bridge. including san mateo. we have slowing coming out of tricia. for west 205 and 580. by the time you to altamont. things smooth out. now trees might be slipping down their. highway 39. be careful. back you to. >> saturated ground out there. >>> nothing puddling or myrrhky for this. sam smith at the grammy awards. >> i'm having a r

also the san rafael bridge, richmond-san rafael bridge and the bay bridge.is a wind advisory for the altamont pass on highway 580. >>> a noisy night for some of us because of the wind. they el be here until 10:00 the gusts up to 40 or 50 miles per hour are possible. watch out. there is a lost debris in the road. trash cans could be blown over. you may have to clean up before you head to work and school. we will talk about warmer weather before a slight chance of showers headed into the back half of the seven-day forecast. >> you may want to get an early start but it is still decent. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza, despite the wind we are looking at clear conditions and light traffic. no accidents to report. but watch out for the tree limbs and give yourself extra time to get to work. >> dock workers are on the job at port of oakland after a dispute over break times let to a work stoppage. truckers are lined up for the hauls and all west coast ports are bursting with cargo because of a in's long labor dispute. >> 11 students in connecticut are in the

wind advisory for the bay bridge span, same thing for the richmond/san rafael span and farther south san mateo bridge as well. we're looking at the east bay hills for possible wind gusts through the area as well. we have a lower drive past a fender bender at the dublin interchange, west 580 dublin out of livermore. new crash reported at the castro valley y area. we'll get more details from chp as they arrive. the south bay and peninsula move smoothly and the connector between the east bay and the south bay, fremont, we'll show you the volume of traffic starting to increase in our live shot here. we see traffic flows nicely southbound, your commute direction past the auto mall parkway sign toward milpitas. >> thank you very much. >>> the ac transit system going the extra mile when it rolls out a double decker bus for some of its more scenic routes. the 42 foot long bus will be part of a three-week pilot program for selected trans bay routes. the larger bus has a smaller carbon footprint. ac transit will gauge customer reaction and possibly add the bus to its fleet. best of all those r

announcement we do have some areas apache dense fog and as a wrap things up with a live look at the richmond san rafaelbridge bridge pretty easy conditions no weight at the pace >>james: will have new video showing the scene following a double shooting in san jose to people as i understand were wrong it just before 10:00 last night police said the motive in the circumstances are also unknown they have not made any arrests is a very beginning phase of the investigation we do know this is the third shooting within a mile and half of that location in the last eight days to help kron 4 will discuss this on site will have the letters from him in a live report also happen in the santa clara university student accused of attempted homicide scheduled to make its first appearance in court he use a knife to stab his sleeping room a number times at their campus and at an early to the morning he then turned map on his self were about the incident quickly spread among students. both teams were taken to hospital and expected to recover from the victim he and saw room same with the younger to the crime the request in

california highway patrol issued the winter weather advisory for the brick the bay bridge the richmond and san rafael and highway 580 the altamont pass. the san mateo bridge from hayward, you can see c.h.p. is advising drivers to be extra careful and keep both hands on the wheel. the winds whipped you on the bay yesterday at 11:30 in the morning with a canoe carrying six people took on water. it capsized 50 san francisco's crissy field during the high winds. the coast guard vessel rescued all six. no one was hurt. it is not known why the boat was taking on water. the wind was strong. there were small craft advisories for the bay. in fosterty the winds are keeping the temperatures up and the last reading was 54 degrees. however, as we take a look at the miles per hour for the winds you can see we are at 15 13, 14 miles per hour. really it is gusty this morning. >> matt, thank you very much. >> it is 4:31. dock workers are at the port of oak this morning after a dispute over break times led to another work stoppage. the pacific maritime association which represents the shipping companies, should a stat

times 45 minister you're ride out of novato of the san francisco as a tech alive the at the richmond san rafael bridge bridge where accident free no cars with the camera shot green on roadways sensors and speeds are over 50 mi. from our. >>james: we're getting our first look at the man arrested in connection with the dead body was found in hercules wednesday afternoon 27 year-old mark antony far he is from san paolo again that was wednesday afternoon the murder is the result of 50 your man was killed was on the side of his rise apparently died of head trauma the woman in her fifties described only as the victims at a close friend of the victim is still in critical condition choose from on crutches and side of the house this said that this of an error in a violent struggle wednesday evening whenever says he regrets not being home with his neighbor needed him. >>: i left for work 20 minutes before the incident happened >>james: she is also in her '50's is still in critical condition this morning also in the news now we have 01 for bart riders this morning the second time this month a person infec

>>erica: we do not have been instances to report for you're ride across the richmond san rafael bridge bridge bearing my traffic for both fast track using cash paying customers. >>james: the department, a security expects to run out of money on friday the fact that could run out of money on friday is raising the possibility of another government shut down a bill which would fund the department through september has been drawn into a battle from the president and the republicans in congress. >>reporter: brought--president obama lets not be confused the republican speaker of the house john van refused to call the bill. funded and is it on with the provision would have reversed the president's recent executive action on immigration but some republicans had to strip it for the bill could move forward is not clear house speaker john banham this is the service had zeroed in on the the test finding a deft little ways to fight over president obama is executive orders. >>reporter: went along with some of the government shut down there are concrete dramatic consequences for the home as security

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the richmond-san rafael toll plaza is not showing water off the roads yet. dry conditions so for. >>> if you think you felt an earthquake this morning, you are probably right. >> on the peninsula. a 3.1 earthquake in redwood city at 3:44 this morning centered along farm hill boulevard. that is right off 280. so far, no reports of damage or enjoy but people would felt it say it felt like a huge jolt rather than a rolling quake and a friend said it felt like a huge van hit the house. i got a tweet from brendon, patio furniture knocked over and it was a pretty big jolt. the furniture and watering can is knock over in redwood city. if you felt the earthquake perhaps, you want to send us pictures you can do that with e-mail votes to ureport@kgo-tv.com and we are getting reports this has been felt all the way east to fremont and south to sunnyville. >> our storm watch coverage continues in the north by. the rain is hit-and-miss rain but we will all see it. amy hollyfield is in healdsburg. >>> it started coming down in healdsburg. you can see this intersection wher

bridge drive times with five minutes ride out of novato into the city as a second look of the richmond san rafael bridge bridge very quiet conditions for both fresh track users and cash paying customers. >>james: will be if it is one with server star one person is dead following a loss of all shooting fish in san jose factor of 1300 block of sherman street just after 5:00 last night police said the man with a knife into her home that was not his employees of his arrival to confront him the order of after nine the police say he charged that and that is when they opened fire the suspect was taken to hospital where he died from centuries the cases on the investigation. >>james: new developments in the investigation of the suit is the was from with the head as a human torso the discovery was made last month in san francisco the victim now has finally been positively identified as omar should arm they believe. >>reporter: it comes at a devastating blow from his family who are ready for the worse his father lived in the from the share with the sun and vallejo omar was a wonderful son and brother to hav

. >> the richmond san rafael toll plaza is nearly empty and not too many cars. take you five minutes. we have big construction happening in san leandro and this is happening during the week. if you are traveling along subside of 880 to thursday morning from midnight until 4:00 a.m. just before the commute is underway you will find the marina boulevard bridge it is shut down. detours are in place, however you will see lanes being blocked off starting at nine. along the northbound direction it will take place next week, next tuesday and when a foreclosure of 880 at 9:00 p.m. lasting from midnight to 4:00. detour are in place so travels will make be too different and right now everything and green and at top speed. >>> 5:20. straight heed, seven things to know as you start the day. the first lady slow dances where a muppet for a good cause. >> you real life bumper cars caught on camera. >> as the day is if gear keep on top of weather and traffic. the tom toll plaza is ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ yoplait. with a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. don't miss yoplait's excit

richmond. this is a shot great our camera at the san rafael richmond bridge toll plaza. right now where you live, we will get to meteorologist mike nicco. mike? >> we start with live doppler hd. good morning again, everyone. the best radar runs is coming up in the north bay where the storm has been hitting for the better part of the early morning hours. a lot of the rain has not reached the ground at least now it is starting to. we are getting .1" to .2" of rain in the area. we are seeing waves of rain. most of our recording stations around the bay, although we have dark green, there are a couple hundredths. in san jose most of the south bay, too it is dry right now. theory car is looking more impressive than the rain reaching the ground. the winds are 30 to 40 miles per hour from sfo to the coast so we have three hour and 30 minute flight arrival delays. gusty winds are heavy at times through early evening. lighter showers and breezy tomorrow but the storm system on sunday could be a repeat of this one and maybe stronger. >>> so far no flooding yet in the north bay alth

again traffic is light in the westbound direction no big surprise no probably to report the richmond san rafael bridge bridge is a handful of headlines heading from the east bay into marin county >>james: we have some breaking news to update you on an earthquake that was reported near japan a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that we are falling here and 4.4 magnitude was followed the most recent quake will let you know if any more reported. >>james: we noted three self was strikes were canceled and according to the five south with its flights were canceled although not clear the plan to ground because there are overdue for maintenance check for the stand by hydraulic system >>james: questions are being raised about possible cal train accidents menlo park was the same number and address the accident part of the problem is believed to be the inspection that was a block down from the intersection that intersection at the grove avenue and on the street column of cars the backed up when the signal turned red and as a result several cars off the stock on the tracks putting themselves in dangerous situations

. >> and richmond and san rafael toll plaza have a winter weather advisory but traffic does not seem to mine. we have traffic at the toll plaza move without problems

>>erica: we're accident free for those who were heading to richmond san rafael bridge notice is to reportn the southwest syphilis i traffic is running for the solicitor you're ride into a out of downtown san jose and saw if all one of very light conditions wellfleet is stasis with drop the morning. >>james: the store their local on the heart strings her parents sat down with us to talk about how they're using the web to raise money to fight this disease and save children like her. >>reporter: should the billion speak walk to even swallow last december her parents were seen started or line fund raising campaign with a website solicit for done this is what this video spreading word about the disease and how people can help. as of now the family has raised more than $200,000 to go is half a million with the funds going to help at armed university in alabama. what they need more help. >>james: 1 that sure is turning on is a share that these are looking for a man called on surveillance video stilling bras and putting them on. that caught the smell walk into a for your early wednesday morning h

a high wind advisory positioned for the bay bridge, the richmond san rafael bridge. and the san mateo bridge. so it's gusty outside. and chp drove around the bridges early this morning, and said they are going to issue their own high wind advisory. 92, should take you 12 minutes to get to hate wood or foster -- haywood or foster city. >>> just sluggish all the way out, and loosens up been, and slows closer to the dublin interchange, which we can show you live. and looks good through the dublin grade. mass transit off to a great star, no delays for bart, and others. >>> heavy rain in southern california is causing concern about possible landslides. a wildfire last fall left the hills of silverado canyon barren. the downpours have left the area vulnerable to landslides, and residents preparing with sandbags. and with just one road out, some are preparing preparing to evacuate just in case. >>> u.s. intelligence experts are sketch california that a group could -- skeptical that a group to carry out attacks. al shabaab called on muslim to do that. mall owners animators ar

but the green is highlighted on the richmond-san rafael bridge. d gusty winds for the richmond san rafael bridge. and as the morning progresses winds will be an issue as folks travel in the area. a couple surface streets have fender-benders but nothing big. as we move over to the east bay, a nice smooth drive and we had a spinout at 8 p 7 and 101, and slippage on highway 9 and 35. >>>ups of people actually waking up in the dark following the weekend full of heavy storms. >> yes. many of you probably experienced this where pg&e ha been pulling in thousand from worker, even from other states. seems their work is now paying off. good morning. >> good morning. some of the busiest people right now in the bay area are pg&e workers trying to navigate the spaghetti mess of downed power lines. like when the strong winds took down this tree in vallejo, knocking down a tree. you have close to another 800 in san rafael, waiting for the lights to come back on. hundreds more had been without power on the peninsula, slugd so including some in redwood city. pg&e a

trying to get from san rafael to richmond. the daily bridge backup typically runs 7 miles. >> it's difficult. just sitting in your car all the time when it can be done. >> reporter: a proposed third lane eastbound is barreling down the red tape expressway. but the total $74 million fix including a bike lane is just a blip on the horizon with construction not slated until 2018. >> it's frustrating that our public agencies are unable to get things done more quickly. >> reporter: a meeting of the bay area council laid out the fix and the timeline. much to the chagrin of stranded drivers, who want a faster commute sooner. >> well, if we look, for example, at how quickly the bay bridge earthquake damage was fixed and how quickly the damaged bridge at the maze was fixed, certainly it doesn't seem it should take three years to fix this problem. >> everybody is in favor of this. all the politicians are here. they want to do something. but what he said, let's scrunch the schedule of timing. >> reporter: ryan takeo, kpix 5. >> and the k

here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge approach. sterday. it's not too bad. just a couple of delays in the far right lanes but overall it looks good between the east bay and san francisco. we have an update now on these bart delays. now they are saying 10- to 15- minute delays kind of in all directions out of daly city so this is the latest bart alert they sent out on twitter. let's see, 10- to 15-minute delays at daly city in the pittsburg-bay point, richmond, sfo, so to the airport and millbrae directions all because of equipment problems. the rest of mass transit looks great, no delays on ferries, caltrain and ace out of the central valley. so checking east bay drive times, you can see it is probably the busiest right now through the livermore valley. there's fog slowing down the ride on westbound 580, eastbound looks okay. the nimitz is fine. and the eastshore freeway. but once again really busy conditions out of tracy starting on 205 and then just slow and go all the way through the livermore valley out to the dublin interchange

. >>> the richmond/san rafael bridge one of the worst commutes in the bay area. the upgrades that could make the ride much smoother in the near future. >> one south bay community is taking the neighborhood watch to a whole new level. how people in almaden valley are banding together to fight crime. >> it is "hump day" but we're already looking ahead to the weekend where highs will top off near 80 degrees. the full forecast is still straight ahead. >> and it sure has not been a very good start as far as accidents go including two now in san jose. we'll tell you about lanes blocked and where the delays are coming up. >> thank you, liz. good morning, everyone. wednesday has arrived. it's february 11. i'm frank mallicoat. >> and i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:30. >> rescue teams on the peninsula are dealing with a spike in the number of people getting stuck on the bay. >> only on "5", kiet do went out with a crew and got a hands- on feel for the source of all that trouble. >> reporter: it is low tide in a slough somewhere near redwood city and there's a hard dirt

it's a trip from san rafael to richmond where the daily bridge backup typically runs 7 miles. last night the bay area council discussed a proposed third eastbound lane on the richmond/san rafael bridge. but many in attendance were not pleased to find out construction would not begin until 2018. >> all the politicians are here they want to do something. but what he said, let's scrunch that schedule of timing. >> a recent study suggests drivers in marin county spend an average of 28.6 minutes stuck in traffic. >>> well, a marin county town is trying to get more people out to the polls on election day. as kpix 5's mike sugerman reports, they are looking for a little help from teenagers. >>> reporter: who thinks it's a good idea for 16-year-olds to vote? >> me. >> reporter: everybody, huh? not that they have a say now but there's a grownup in fairfax who agrees with them. >> as ed kennedy said in the '70s, we need to bring them into the process. >> reporter: he started the process of lowering the voting age in this marin-iest of marin county towns. >> they are heads and shoulders a

it's nearly empty right now on the richmond/san rafael bridge approach. no delay there heading into marin county. same thing if you are heading on 101 maybe by sfo no delay through san bruno or millbrae. and i want to just show you a quick live look at 880 in oakland where so far we are problem-free from downtown all the way into hayward. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." roberta is standing by. >> it is clear and crisp. good morning, everybody. currently we have temperatures at freezing in the santa rosa area. we have a variety of numbers in 30s, 40s and 50s. 54 degrees in san francisco. now san jose at 41 degrees. good morning, livermore, at 36 degrees. all right. the most notable feature today less wind in comparison to yesterday. those northwest winds will be flat five to ten miles per hour. temperatures from 64 degrees in pacifica to 69 degrees in oakland through berkeley into emeryville. and approaching 70 in santa clara as well as in willow glen so these temperatures are above average. and as we look ahead towards our extended forecast, we have a s

you can see a little bit of slowing right now in the approach to the richmond/san rafael bridge. oo bad. it looks okay actually across the span. but it's a completely different story between san lorenzo and fremont. this is the hot spot. if there's an area to avoid it's this area here because of an earlier crash on the shoulder at thornton in the southbound 880 lanes. eight or nine miles per hour solid traffic between 238 and fremont. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> the sunrise is amazing. you have to stop and take a look at this because you have to keep in mind right now it's 15 degrees in chicago and snowing and we have this for your morning commute or getting the kids out the door. sure, it's a partly cloudy. but an amazing sunrise in progress and our temperatures 40s and 50s. currently, 43 in santa rosa. hint of some fog there. 53 in oakland. this is the scene at mount vaca official sun-up right now setting tonight at 6:00. sure a little patchy fog later today. spring-like with temperatures 60s and 70s. we do have some rain for friday

here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. everything is fine right now across the span on 580 and 880 also looks good now that all the overnight roadwork has been picked up. let's get a check of your forecast. windshield wipers may be necessary. >> i had to use mine early this morning at that 580/680 corridor making tracks towards the bay area. good morning, everybody. this is the scene looking out from san francisco due east towards the bay bridge and if you look very carefully, come on, get closer to us, look carefully you can still see the red airplane beacons. see right here? it's flashing. another one over here. bridge stands 526 feet tall. and if we could see those lights then the receiving must be above 600 -- the ceiling must be above 600 feet. no reports of local airport delays but pretty overcast. it's foggy. we have areas of drizzle. we are right now in the 50s. that's a scene in san jose. not as foggy this morning as it was just 24 hours ago. hey, this weekend, we are setting up an offshore flow. and looking ahead

just a few cars over at the richmond/san rafael bridge. that commute was fine yesterday actually. it was unusually quiet heading into marin county. your other east bay drives clear. great time to get going. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> u.s. labor secretary tom perez has set a deadline of today for dock workers and port operators to reach a contract agreement. if a deal to end the port slowdown is not reached, negotiators will have to go back to washington, d.c. with perez and continue talks there. the dispute has caused massive backups at west coast ports and is costing millions of dollars. meanwhile, kcbs radio's doug sovern reports the big unresolved issue is whether the arbitrator should remain appointed for life. >>> a north bay woman allegedly held against her will for weeks is free. and the people accused of kidnapping her are now behind bars. police raided a compound of homes yesterday on stony point road up in santa rosa. neighbors say officers put cuffs on several men, one woman. the victim told police she was abducted at gunpoint, then beaten and sexually abus

. >> and over at the richmond/san rafael bridge toll plaza, traffic is backing up earlier than normalhe rest of your bay area bridges coming up. >> thank you, liz. good morning, it's wednesday, february 18. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:30. >>> public officials in the bay area are concerned about a potential disaster like this week's train derailment in west virginia. the explosion and fire involved the same bakken crude oil that's moved through the bay area. kpix 5 has learned about a big change. environmentalists have called them bomb trainings. they are full of the same volatile bakken crude oil that's fueling this explosion in west virginia. for months, the trains have been rolling through the city of richmond. but kpix 5 has learned kinder- morgan has abruptly halted the trains. the last one carrying bakken crude passed through this area november 22. >> they don't plan on having any more crude come in until prices rise with the barrel of crude. >> reporter: fire marshal terry harris says kinder-morgan told him with the price of oil so low, it's no lon

. >>> drivers who commute across the richmond/san rafael bridge could see some relief. but not for a few years. the metropolitan transportation commission is meeting today to discuss traffic improvement proposals. they include adding a third eastbound traffic lane and a bike and pedestrian path similar to the one on the bay bridge. and this is a live look at the golden gate bridge right now. crews began retrofitting the tollbooths this week making them more structurally sound during an earthquake. lanes will be closed at times during the next few months to accommodate the work. >>> pg&e wants customers to foot the bill for a plan that would keep electric vehicles on the road. the utility now asking state regulators for another rate increase so it can install 25,000 charging stations across the state and the service area. the project would cost more than $650 million. if puc approves the rate hike, the average customer would pay about 70 cents more a month starting in 2018. >>> san jose is showing off its streetlight conversion project. the largest of its kind ever here

looking at the rest of the bay a smooth drive, wind vuzryes for the dumbarton, bay bridge and richmond/san rafaelbridge. bay bridge a smooth drive despite the wind advisory. the cameras shake from emeryville and san francisco side because of the breeze coming across the span. golden gate bridge we have a smooth drive here into the city. this is the one bridge that does not have the wind advisory. it's kind of parallel to the wind and b.a.r.t. issues a 15 to 20-minute delay reported out of macarthur station, mechanical problems. often happens in the morning commute. they should be able to recover but we'll track that, right now 15 to 20. >> thank you very much, mike. 6:09 right now. >>> coming up next on "today in the bay," glitz, glamour and controversy, a look back at hollywood's biggest night, next. >>> last time the nasdaq index c ross ed 5000 with he had the dot-combust. we'll talk about it. my tin man has a big toe the size of a house. the lion is small like a toy poodle. and has webbed, duck feet. my scarecrow has wooden teeth... and his clothes have tubes on them. and that's dorothy. she l

the richmond san rafael bridge. look what happened up here. we have mike up in the north bay. saw him earlier, starting to back out of here. so the major downpours are moving south of the area. at least out of the north bay. hayward right now, you're getting hammered. redwood city, fremont, you're getting rain. look at out on 580 and 880, lots of rain falling. this is always slow anyway. this area, this time of night. but given the heavy rain fall, rain fall rates as we pointed out already, in some of these cells like by pleasantton. an inch an hour. that is significant rain. that is what you find in a tropical storm. a lot of rain coming down. .61 towards livermore. heavy rain right now. we take a look at the valley. west menlo park, it's coming down there as well. let's check the rain fall rates. .37. rain fall rates are a big deal. we see a back edge to this system, but the rain fall rates really just, the amount to the most pooling of water on the roadways and cause the most problems for folks running into puddles. last rain was december 24. rain today, so it's been 43 day

the richmond side shows the toll plaza on rich man san rafael bridge is wet. on the other side of the live doppler hd you can see as you head to san san quentin there is a lighter shower there and that will head right to the north of richmond and to san pablo. a better radar return shows 116 on the western side of rohnert park at stony point road and a few more areas of yell he and red near jenner, a brief downpour is possible as they race off to the east. you can see the wind blowing southwest to necessary and up to 14-15 miles per hour at our reporting stations. i looked at the golden gate bridge which we are seeing gusting to around 35 miles per hour. it is going to be a tough drive over our water. or on our bridges this morning. it will be bride and calmer dug the afternoon. we will flip the switch. limited fog tonight with dry air behind this system. building warmth will feel like spring by the end of the week and into to weekend. here is the low: lieu -- look how wrapped up it is. it will take another five or six hours to get out of here and take the sho

a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge. chp has their own high wind advisory for bridges. we said at the top of the hour this is starting to stack up in the fast lanes, no meet meter -- metering lights. quick check along the peninsula, so far, no delays along 101. >>> sound good. >>> it's 5:00 now. events are planned this week to mark 50 weeks until super bowl l in santa clara. and big game now 349 days away. we are live at levi stadium where the super bowl will be played. it's going to be a busy week, i guess, right? >> reporter: yeah, it's a busy week, busy year when you think about it, so they are calling it 50 weeks until super bowl l celebration, and it starts with a count down clock,

the tom authority aproved spending to draw up plans for a third lane on lower deck of the richmond-san rafael bridge. the bridge has two lanes of traffic each direction. it is the worst bottlenecks. caltrain wants to add a pedestrian bicycle path cross the upper deck. bicycle advocates proposed the bath pack back in 1978. the final design must be areserved by caltran. if all goes as land it should be ready by 2018. >> the deadline for enrolling in health care plan undercover california is two days away. officials say the state is falling short of goal to sign up 1.7 million for private insurance in the second year the federal health expansion. officials say they are 400,000 short of the goal. make an appointment before sunday deadline and you have until february 29. enrollment fairs are held through the bay area. most who do not get health insurance in 2015 must pay a penalty of $325 or 2 percent of household income whichever is higher. >> thanks obama. >> this is totally going viral president obama using humor for remind americans of the health care deadline the white house put out this vide

here's the richmond/san rafael bridge. very quiet so far into marin county from the east bay. now that they cleared that full freeway closure in san leandro, everything is moving along even with the overnight roadwork between oakland and san leandro for the next 10 minutes. here's a live look at the bay bridge. the toll plaza now just slight delays in the cash lanes as you can see there. everything is fine between oakland and san francisco. westbound 580 livermore valley roadwork clear. we are beginning to see delays out of tracy and eastbound 580 you actually may still hit some roadwork still in lanes approaching hacienda. i mentioned mass transit all on time including bart systemwide. no delays. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." frank and michelle, back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> this week californians have a chance to see what the future of transportation might look like. workers in sacramento assembling a life-sized model of the bullet train. it will be open to the public at the state capital tomorrow and thursday. it is being put together by the

let's get a check of the richmond/san rafael bridge.sh that was just past the toll plaza. it's now on the right-hand shoulder but unfortunately you can see the delays backed up all the way to harbor trying to get on the span. bay bridge, not a lot better. it is not "friday light." it is still backed up east of the maze. and slowing between richmond and berkeley causing a delay of 34 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze. and heading out of downtown san jose, still a grained because of an earlier crash at lawrence expressway. you can see all the backups there on 280 extending to 101. with the forecast, here's roberta. >>> hi-def doppler radar is in search of any raindrops. not picking up anything at this time at all. in fact, we don't even have mostly cloudy skies anywhere except for santa rosa at 51 degrees. increasing cloud cover today winds increase out of the northwest 10 to 20 gusts up to 30, it will be a windy >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. it is friday, february 27th, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning."

. >>> changes could be coming to the richmond/san rafael bridge. members of the metropolitan transportation commission will discuss traffic improvement proposals later this morning. proposals including adding a bike and pedestrian path in third eastbound traffic lanes. >>> changes at the golden gate bridge could lead to more traffic backups for a few months. crews will be retrofitting a couple of the tollbooths for more support during an earthquake. work got started monday night on booth number 5. lanes will be closed at times to accommodate work. >>> contra costa county supervisors trying again to give themselves a pay raise. this time, they are talking about a 7% raise. that's much smaller than the 33% raise they originally gave themselves last year. it was later withdrawn after they received backlash. the new pay increase will bring them salaries to about $104,000 a year. >>> a former president of the puc in hot water again after an allegedly secret and potentially illegal meeting with another power company executive. michael peevey stepped down

here is a look at theory -- richmond and san rafael bridge. traffic is check collecting at the tolls but it is a short drive across the water to the north bay. >> breaking news from the north bay where police are trying to determine if a home invasion robbery is connected to a stand off with officers at a local hospital. amy hollyfield has what you just learned. am amy? >> a system was taken to surgery, and the parking slot a crime scene robed off with crime tape trying to figure out what happened. they found one dead man here in the parking lot and one injured man who was taken into the hospital for surgery. this started at a home in santa rosa at 1:00 o'clock this morning. police say the homeowner cape -- came out shooting and hit two. police put out a word to watch out at the local hospitals to watch out for injured men. a sheriff deputy did that and pulled this truck over pulling into the kaiser permanente parking lot. the men did not give up right away. the deputy ended up in a stand off for 30 minutes. a -- the truck. one man gave up, an

farther north we look at an easy drive approaching the bay bridge and also the richmond/san rafael bridge. north of the carquinez bridge and bay bridge. we're looking toward novato on the left, a little orange there there triggering some clouds and fog and the san rafael camera we have farther to the south and we see the glow to the lights that indicates moisture in the air. we'll track your commute but so far no major problems, just a little bit of indication on our maps and we'll track that. back to you. >> all is quiet out there, thank you. >>> the final chapter in the crumbling of candlestick when the walls finally come crashing down. >> we knew this day was going to come and here it is again. these imables and it yesterday from our chopper show the inside of candlestick park, that's already hollowed out. crew also knock down the tad m stadium's facade piece by piece. they plan to build a hotel and shopping center as well. now it's just a memory. >>> coming up a new treatment that promises to add more than a year of life to people suffering from a deadly disease. >>> plus -- >> when i

as we look toward the north bay and anywhere north of the bay bridge, richmond, san rafael bridge moved as well. no delays north bay to the upper east shore. we're looking at novato on the left. 101 slows around highway 37 but a light volume of traffic to san rafael and the golden gate bridge so we should see that clear itself up but this may be low cloud cover that might be a little bit of a distraction as well. looking toward whipple we had no slowing for the last couple of minutes. little bit shows up over the last couple. the crash on the northbound side, the slowing on the southbound side there was a traffic break and we'll track any more details but chp has calmed things down nicely. south of there, san jose and the rest of silicon valley an easy flow of traffic. some south bay school districts are off@s>$%m week so we shoul see a lighter flow here as well as a few other spots around the bay. your typical easy 440 commute. back to the bay bridge for a live commute, low clouds across the top of your screen. you can't see anything besides the lights on the east shore freeway. no de

and high profile i was getting blown all over the place not only in the bay bridge with the richmond san rafaelbridge the san mateo bridge up on 580 and all to my past once said that on the bay that is when we really started to feel the strong winds for someone to travel across the bridge slowdown because you will get tossed a bomb on the bridge itself budget on the stand against it extremely strong. >>reporter: track in belgium and the condition and we're looking at when adviser is right now the golden gate bridge not looking at the when adviser in will do a quick check of your traffic right now of the good news aside from the one advisory we're looking at very light traffic conditions right now across the bay area you can see a little bit of a line here backing up at the toll plaza on the bay bridge presumably the castellanus but we're looking at hot spot free all across the bay area this morning it is a the time to leave the house i will also tell you about the out to montana has and to underrun did rise three on 580 keep that in my in fact were getting reports of very strong when along the

north of the heading into downtown san francisco headed southbound 101 in a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge bridge is a very much traffic condition of the interstate 580. >>james: back to the news to the bookstore mcfarlane this market operations are starting to return to normal for caltrans this morning after two fatal accidents reported just yesterday the hit and killed a man in the tunnel from nine less like the train was released from the st. this before 11:00 p.m. the accident happened in total one official said the train was heading south in continue traveling in that direction when was released the train tracks in menlo park have been cleared from the democrats involving a car and a cow trying the 30-year low was killed late yesterday afternoon in the press this was video from a helicopter for the ship of abc's seven news trains in both directions will stop the gulf the elections. >>reporter: mangled beyond recognition the train had the right of way it was going top speed when it hit the vehicle sitting on the track is really scary same the car the to try and make a last-minut

and here's a live look at the richmond/san rafael bridge. just a couple of cars heading into marin county not too bad so far with a 14-minute drive time between 80 and 101. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." frank, michelle, back to you guys. >> all right. thank you, elizabeth. >>> an oakland-based girls group says it will no longer be called the radical brownies. according to a facebook post, the girl scouts congratulated the group but respectfully let the group know the use of the word brownies was causing confusion. a division of the girl scouts is called the brownies. well, the radical brownies is a troop of 8 to 10-year-old uniforms who wear brown uniforms and have badges. instead of selling cookies and learning how to sew, they are learning social justice. the girls earn their first badge a fist emblazoned with the words "black lives matter" after marching in oakland on martin luther king, jr., day. >> they are big issues. but we also feel like these are conversations that they are not too young to be having. >> it's really good for me

. >> plans to add a third lane and bike path to the richmond/san rafael bridge have been given a booth. the marin county board of supervisors voted to send a letter to fastrak the project. it doesn't make mention of the $74 million to change the bridge. the hope is the design environmental review work could happen at the same time to speed up the process. >>> ' new bike station for bart riders opened today in oakland. the 19th street bart station will offer free bike parking during the day. cyclists can leave their bikes overnight for five bucks. people can also have their bikes repaired. the project is part of a plan to make oakland more bike- friendly. >>> san jose firefighters rushed to put out this brush fire. it popped up this afternoon. this is along willow street and mcclellan. firefighters had to cut through the fence to get to the flames. investigators think the fire may have been started by homeless people. >>> frogs are back in a presidio lake. the presidio trust added them as part of the restoration project at mountain lake. last year the city killed off everything in the l

sfo is not reporting arrival delays and you are still going to find areas like this, the richmond and san rafael toll plaza wet but you can see the rain is not falling right now but the rain last night has left many streets slick. be careful and something that we will watch for you. headed into the 50, dry and calmer, and we have clearing and cooler and dry air coming in to keep the fog from forming. in the north bay, that could be it. we have building warmth through the week with close to record highs. it does not look like we will be setting any records. today, clouds at 7:00 the best radar is across the north bay and that is where it will be at noon and they fade away at 2:00 or 3:00, increasing sunshine as the sun sets and it is clear in the evening and overnight hours. tomorrow a lot of sunshine and a few high clouds in the afternoon hours clouds keep us in the low-to-mid 60's today and upper 50's to low 60 at the coast. 63 in san francisco, richmond vallejo, fairfield, out 80 and in san mateo and oakland, 66 is a warm spot in san jose. tonight, we are cooler with 38 in santa rosa and upper

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few cars and from the north bay into downtown san francisco and tech in a live look at your richmond san rafael bridge regency we have very very light traffic conditions nothing should be slowing down you're ride at this early hour time not for three. >> james: the big story we're following this morning police are releasing pictures of a sexual assault suspect there looking for out of hayward office to say the man molester a little girl she was shopping with her mother is solid for september surveillance camera in the 99¢ store and mission boulevard the use of the suspect police said he approached the you're on sunday water mother was shopping in their momentarily separated the man forced his hand down the tile chance and since also to the child. >> james: he told lorna 71 another had arise when there from the defense attorney is questioning great chargers 19 you're brad turner pleaded not guilty by sony account in court yesterday suitors told investigators they saw him on top of a woman outside of the for turning out that generates and both have been the party inside of that house the woman th

good drive times about two to five minutes out of novato into the city as a second of to the richmond san rafaelbridge bridge is required and not for the westbound truck. >>erica: we're doing some residual the latest about 30 mi. from our tour antioch solo conditions they're the right certainly improves as you like it will close the pits bird we have for the easy conditions for iraq to the san ramon valley green larissa answers will speeds over 50 mi. our. >>james: it will start in palm springs where three men are behind our laws with charges of human trafficking in child for modesty the man targeted to children and offered a stake modelling contracts of some of those big of a force into child pornography and sexual assault and one of the suspects said with as a foster parent and were to special-education children. >>james: in this is asking anyone blessing children and interacting with these men to contact police also happening today as a ton our attention to sports we have forty-niners quarterback and having a court hearing and will be facing felony what the charges from had run accident last

that would include the bay bridge, the richmond san rafael bridge and the san mateo bridge. >> all rightank you. >>> time is 5:36. security is being tightened at shopping malls around the nation after a new terror threat. brian flores is in our newsroom. >> the al qaeda ricked group is calling attacks on western malls. one of the malls says it has increased security as a precaution. over the weekend a video released by the terror group al- shabab calls for attacks on shopping malls in the u.s., canada, and britain. al-shabab is blamed for the deadly attack that killed more than 60 people. the call top action video shows the tactics terror groups are changing. >> this latest statement reflects the new phase we have id to in the global terror threat. calling for independent actors in their homelands to carry out attacks. >> now in the video also the group specifically calls for attacking the mall of america in minnesota. mall officials there say they have increased security but the group also singled out westfield shopping malls. we have not heard from them this morning. here in the bay ar

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