san mateo bridge. two left lanes remain close at the toll plaza to the richmond san rafael bridge due to road maintenancelowing in the westbound direction as you make your way over to the san rafael area and we will take a look at san rafael speaking of which, southbound, 101, beyond lucas valley road and into central san rafael, light traffic conditions and a quick look at san jose, this is 87 in the northbound direction the headlights headed beyond the h.p. pavilion and this is the julian exit. >> the super bowl of dog shows is happening right new in new york city. pampered pooches have been preparing for the dog show when they arrived in new york. cute k-9's are pampered more than the vast majority of people, getting washed and dried and fluffed and exercised and they will strut their best stuff to the judges today going with hounds, toy, and herding bodies this morning and the toy airs tonight in prime time on two u.s. cable networks. >> today is the second day of the new year and the buzz in china is celine, a performance in mandarin on a chinese show. (inaudible lyrics). >> the first performance wa

bridge. no problems for the north bay. commute direction marked with arrow here southbound out of san rafael down past san rafael bridge. down toward waldo tunnel. construction in spots. no slowing obviously. north bay just fine. so is that richmond san rafael bridge and on east bay side richmond pd should be done with paperwork. this crash eastbound 80. i'll let you know if there are delays. consider this clear by the time you get there even if you leave your house right now. back to you. >> stick around for this one. a driver in houston, texas, lucky to be alive after his vehicle flips and lands right on the roof of a house. no joke. officers say he was allegedly speeding. there's a crazy sight. speeding and he failed to make a curve. his suv launched from an embankment into the air and flipped upside down before landing on the roof of another house. investigators at this hour looking to see if alcohol played a role in that crash. >> pull a crane out just to get it down. >> upside down on top of a house. >> not a good way to land. >>> still to come, the change that's taking place on streets in the south bay. >>> plus,

san mateo bridge. also at the limit, the san mateo bridge. overnight roadwork richmond/san rafaelbound by the toll plaza should be wrapping up shortly. there was overnight roadwork in lanes, again westbound 92 across the span. live look outside, the golden gate bridge no delay between 580 and the golden gate bridge toll plaza. mass transit, we mentioned earlier 18 bart trains were all running on time. well, muni, caltrain and ace train number 1 are also on schedule. back to you. >> thank you. >>> mississippi governor phil bryant will get a look at tornado damage in hattiesburg. the twister made its way through that college town yesterday. it caused damage to three counties. but there are no reports of major injuries. police there declared a state of emergency. they told students not on campus to stay away. >>> in the northeast nearly 150,000 homes and businesses remain without power after that massive snowstorm over the weekend. most of them are in massachusetts. emergency shelters remain open for those without heat or electricity. >> the power went out and the man said, well, if

down to san rafael, south 101 out of novato, this is lucas valley road area beyond the marin ymca southbound, everything is at the limit with no delays or incidents to report. san mateo bridge is getting busy on the flak section moving westbound to the high-rise and the foster city area but i do caught in see delays and it is 14 or 15 minute drive. checking with the richmond san rafael bridge about the maintenance work at the toll plaza, you may still find slowing three left lanes until action there, and they could still be out there and we are checking for you. now, the drive times, 24 westbound, 680, rather, 101 out of santa rosa area, and the east shore freeway commute into the maze. >> 5:21. >> still ahead, a big night for music at the grammys where the the big winners. >> more on breaking news coverage, the pope announced he will resign next month. hey, it's me, progressive insurance. you know, from our 4,000 television commercials. yep, there i am with flo. hoo-hoo! watch it! [chuckles] anyhoo, 3 million people switched to me last year, saving an average of $475. [sigh] it feels good to help people save... with great discounts like safe driver, multicar, and multipoli

san mateo bridge it was a good alternate route. they have no problems perry ed the golden gate bridge is still great but there is a problem on the richmond san rafaelthis way. few are better off on an estate 80 or sticking with the shore freeway. >> taking a look guess storm tracker 4 is not lit up. some of this weather has tapered off. we will not see too much in terms of rain fall. it has been a chilly start for the morning. we're still building went up a partisan napa in daly city. it is mid 40's for your e shore freeway. your afternoon highs will be mild once again. mid-50s for the peninsula and cupertino. the inland valley's will be looking at mid '50s and 534 livermore. 4 livermore. satelld radar shows that the system has pushed to the south of us and we do not have any more wet weather headed our way. we are expecting plenty of sunshine for the weekend and next work week. we will give back into the mid 60's by mid-week. >> we celebrate chinese new year in fact to stay. keeping up with the tradition perry e. the village project is proud to present the second animal marty grok san francisco stock fat tuesday. it and close the street artists an

san rafael, busy moving to golden gate bridge. >> the abc7 morning news continues in 25 minutes withe will continue to cover the news from the vat contain, pope benedict xvi resigning at end of >>> good morning, america. a major bulletin right now. pope benedict resigns in a stunning announcement this morning at the vatican. citing his advanced age and diminishing strength. the first pope to step down in almost 600 years. what this means for the catholic church. and more than 1 billion catholics. >>> it's going across the interstate! >> and breaking now, tornadoes slam the south. this massive twister tearing through a town at the dinner hour. hundreds of homes destroyed. dozens of people injured. people who caught it on camera said it looked like it was a mile wide. new blizzards right now. >>> good morning to our viewers in the west. we're live with the huge headline this morning. pope benedict xvi. speaking in latin to a group of cardinals in rome. and announcing his resignation. here's what he said -- after having repeatedly examined my conscience before god, i have come to a cert

. >> a toll lane on the richmond-san rafael bridge is closed as part of the automation toll collection. the lane is scheduled to between friday and monday. it's 15 years old and they say it needs to be replaced. >>> russian officials say more than 20,000 emergency personnel are recovery exploding meteor caused significant damage on friday. [ screaming ] >> katie: sonic boom and resulting pressure wave collapsed doors in an industrial city. they believe the meteor weighed about ten tons before entering the atmosphere. they are searching for remnants but found no delays of it. there is no connection between the meteor explosion and fireball spotted streaking across the northern california sky last night. somebody recorded it going down i-20280. they say another meteor landed in okay and caused a loud sonic boom. >> tiffany and company is suing costco where thousands of rings they claim were fakes. >>> plus, researchers have found an easy way to get kids to eat veggies and string priang in arizona. >> you know what else is going on to be back. winter, get ready for big mom, i invited just

. ♪ and it's beautiful >> the richmond san rafael bridge is closed for installation of the toll collectiontem. the current toll system is 15 years old and officials say it needs to be replaced. there are no plans to removal all toll-takers from the brim. >> a racing yacht ended their record-breaking victim on san francisco bay today. the 70-foot mazaratti sailed under the golden gate bridge 47 days after leading new york city. they set sail on new year's eve. the mazaratti easily broke the record set in 1998. the yacht saigd around cape horn at the tip of south america, ending at the golden gate bridge, total of 13,225 miles. >> still ahead, sea rescue caught on video. a kayaker spots a doll feign -- dolphin in trouble. >> a pleasant warm day is coming to an end, and unfortunately so is the sunny weather. >> now, here's david muir with a look at what is ahead on world news at 5:30. >> coming up tonight right here on world news, what turned into into a modern day gold rush, how much for the piece of meteor that came crashing into the earth. and we'll take a look at the image of the shooting

also kind of sluggish if you're heading towards the richmond/san rafael bridge.ve a little bit of late running roadwork on westbound 580 approaching the toll plaza. so we are checking to see the number of lanes blocked. it was supposed to wrap up that overnight roadwork by 5:00 this morning but again we are still hearing there may be some lanes blocked. elsewhere bart running about 48 trains so far all on time. and a quick check outside again here's a live look at the nimitz 880 near 66. it looks okay past the oakland coliseum. they are working to clear what sounds like a large boulder. that's what we are getting word from chp northbound 880 approaching fifth. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> a manhunt continues in southern california for the ex- lapd officer who allegedly killed three people. a citing in northridge was a false alarm. it's been eight days since police say christopher dorner killed two people. the grammys were or high alert. officials announced a $1 million award. it comes after the search winds down around big bear for the form

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

san rafael into mill valley, a build for volume. no slowing but watch approach toward the richmond san rafael bridge. we'll look at how things are for the san mateo bridge approaching foster city just about a minute ago the camera was shaking quite a bit. christina talks about gusting winds which is an issue over the high rise and south bay looking at 101. slowing from 680 toward the airport. we'll track the rest of your south bay coming up. back to you. >>> 6:05 right now. pittsburg city council looking to ban dispensaries. it would make some exceptions in limited situations. the ban if passed is expected to go into effect sometime next month. >>> hayward is cracking down on internet sweepstakes cafes. the cafes offer online sweepstakes games which are technically a form of illegal gambling. the city council will consider an emergency ordinance tonight that would shut down any cafes for 45 days. once the moratorium is in place, the council will discuss a long-term solution. a live look at one of the cafes that would be affected by the moratorium. "today in the bay's" arturo santiago getting new info

west 80 or east 580 off the richmond/san rafael bridge approaching the racetrack where headlights come down from the top of your screen, reports of a crash there. off to the shoulder. i scanned the entire area as best i can from this camera and i haven't seen any flashing lights. no unusual slowing. we see a volume of traffic. anything for a distraction around that route could cause additional slowdowns. we'll track that. on the map you see it coming off the bridge. slowing approaching that bend. that may be what's going on for that flow. also at the maze, just coming away from bridge getting toward 880 you have another crash there just off the berkeley curve. it's just enough to be outside of the main commute but a distraction coming around that bend. watch that. slow at the toll plaza over toward the san francisco side. westbound upper deck reports of a stall there clearing somewhere along the span between treasure island and city itself. you see the orange slowing there as well. the backup at the toll plaza live look shows you in the cash lanes. metering lights have not been turned

if you use the richmond san rafael bridge this weekend, expect delays.tarting tonight at 7:00, the far left lane of westbound 580, the fast track lane approaching the plaza will be closed. crews from caltrain and the bay area toll authority will install new collection equipment. it should re-open by monday morning. >> giant fans have the first opportunity since the big victory down market street last year to see the world series champions. the giants are holding the 20th annual dance fest tomorrow at at&t park at pier 48, as well. there will be more than 4,000 fans. the team has reconfigured the lay out to keep the concourses open to traffic. long lines and wait times are expected for autographs so they recommend other fan attractions including taking pictures with both the 2010 and 2012 world series trophies at pier 48 along with the america's cup trophy. admission is free. it runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. now we have told much i will have to wait in longer lines for the autographs. >> but will you wait with your umbrella? >> now, you will need sung

a hair felt down ca >> if you are planning on using the richmond san rafael bridge this weekend expect delays. caltrain are making lane closures for new collection equipment. the far left lane of westbound his 80, the fast track lane, will be closed. crews will replace old equipment and drivers should expect up to 15-minute delays. it should be reopened by the commute on monday morning. >> if you have wanted to walk across the bay bridge you can get your chance. a proposed labor day grand opening celebration includes a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make the trip on foot from oakland to san francisco. 125,000 people willing be allowed to walk before it opens to traffic and will be discussed at public meeting. it will be closed for four days over labor day weekend and opening september 3rd. >> today is not a great day for doing something like that. >> unless you are a surfer. >> we have sprinkles out there. >> mike will have the forecast. >> most of the sprinkles are way up in the north bay. they will move south headed through the afternoon. the whole temperature is down, low-to-mid

. >>> delays are expected on the richmond san rafael bridge tomorrow night, new toll collection equipment installed there starting at 8:00 p.m. one lane will be closed there before the toll plaza. cal trans says closures may cause delays through march 5th. hercules police are investigating a violent road rage incident. a woman says she was assaulted by another driver tuesday afternoon near the intersection of sick sycamore and san pablo, she was punched in the face by the driver of a mercedes it all happened after other drivers honked their horns, the mercedes driver drove off and has not been located. >>> they are searching for the cause of a house fire in san jose, janine de la vega tells us how it woke up the neighborhood and shows us the damage. >> reporter: this cell phone video taken by a neighbor that shows flames shooting up from a house there. this fire started at 1:30 in the morning. fortunately it was vacant. a neighbor woke up to all the commotion think is his house was on fire. >> firefighters were spraying water on top of my house and when i looked out the window there was 5

. >>> caltran says expect delays at the toll plaza on the richmond san rafael bridge over the next two weeks. workers are closing one toll lane at a time to install automated toll. >>> google is on the publicity blits for its gloog l glass project. the mountain view company released new video today showing how people can use the glasses. google says the glass are voice activated. users can instantly record video, share experiences with friends even translate foreign languages. the company also announced a week long online contest to win a chance to own the glasses but there is a catch. the winners will have to pay $1,500. >>> yahoo users were introduced to a new home page today when they visit it had yahoo web site. the company says it hopes its redesign can reinvigorate its search engine which has lost users to competitors in rekrebt years. the new yahoo.com is designed to be simpler and more personal. it focuses on users' preferences. the home page can be customized to include news articles, stocks or flicker photos and videos. >>> on wall street stocks went south. the dow fell 108 p

bridge. no delays as you come into san francisco on the golden gate bridge. san rafaelas no problems as the tail lights headed southbound toward central san rafael and beyond the civic center and a little bit of slowing now out of antioch as you make your way westbound on highway four and it picks up from pittsburg to concord. >> worse than the soup nazi a restaurant in japan is fining customers if they do not finish all of their signature desk known for a dish of salmon roe piled sky-high on a bed of rice and working conditions for fishermen so so dangerous the restaurant sees it as a sign of appreciation if all the dish is eaten and that means every grain of rice, too. customer whose do not finish the dish must give a donation. >> my, my, my. winter weather returning to the bay area, with live doppler 7 hd tracking the approaching storm just ahead with mike nicco. >> blade runner is back do court, and a new courtroom outburst from oscar pistorius, the confession he made before a judge, and the new development in the last >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this i

earlier this morning we did see some rain pushed over the san rafael bridge.ow we are just dealing with scattered showers. we are dry and right now and the rain has pushed its way south. we are currently picking up rain in the burlingame area. 7:00 a.m. the rain should arrive here. his band of rain will continue to of go south. eventually it will cross the golden gate bridge and we are anticipating heavier rain for any hot and fairfield. this will continue to go out of the area. there are shades of blue where we may see snow as well. scattered showers are on the backing of the cold front and we may have been isolated pop up shower by 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> we do have a winter weather advisory and affect to 1:00 p.m. today. it will be more than 2 in. of snow. the snow levels can actually drop as low as 1,500 ft. and this is something that we will continue to monitor. the majority of the bay area will see between a 10th of an inch of rain. right around the heart of the bay that may see more. the temperatures are popping out in the early 40's. your kron 47 day aro

. >>> if you drive on the richmond san rafael bridge, it was open again. a new automated system was installed on the bridge. other toll lanes will be visiting. >> what are you keeping an eye on sal? >> well, we are delighted, it is the holiday for most and unfortunately we continued to get to more serious crashes because the roads are wide open. this is a look at the east shore freeway and certainly people are out there but it is not empty out there and it is not going to be as crowded. it this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza and we are not expecting a big crowd today. today we are off to a decent start in most areas. 507 let's go to steve. >> there could be a few little guys scooting by later and we have some rain but at least we will get something out of this tomorrow. there is a bunch of cold air with this system and it doesn't come tuesday into wednesday. some sun, cooler as well. because of that lower cloud deck, there is not a lot of rain, maybe some to a half inch but if we can get enough moisture, you can get snuff out of it in the gulf of a

into marin county and back to san francisco as well over to richmond, berkeley, over to the san rafael bridgend what does show up on radar is back in san francisco heading to daily city as well. it is extremely cold and it is coming right over your house and mine which means temperatures 30s and 40s and 50s, 30s in santa rosa and some of highs will only be a couple of degrees higher. colder with rain, cloudy to mostly cloudy, winter weather advisory out for this afternoon for bay area peeks and 40s to 50s on the temperatures. not much from the extremes, there could be a couple of hit and miss friday another system will move into the south and east and temperatures will remain cool. >>> new safety concerns at uc santa cruz, a woman was raped and beaten during a daylight attack and we will have the latest on a search for a suspect. >> the white house memo about immigration and the reaction to it this morning... traffic looks good this morning, we will be back to let you know more about the morning commute. stay tuned. . >>> here is a quick look at some of the top stories we are following, a man

. >> a toll lane on the richmond-san rafael bridge will stay closed for most of today. it's all part of the ongoing installation of the new automated toll collection system. the lane is scheduled to reopen tomorrow tomorrow's commute. the current system is 15 years old and it needs to be replaced. there are no plans to remove all the tolltakers from the state run bridge. >> about 5,000 people are expected to converge in san francisco today to demand a halt to a proposed oil pipeline. the key phone pipeline would extend from alberta canada to the gulf coast. it's one of several pipeline projects in the works. it would carry oil from the oil field which environmental groups say it's a big step in the wrong direction. the rally will involve protestors surrounding the san francisco office of the state department. it's at one market street. everything starts at 1:00 this afternoon and there will be speeches from 2:30 until 3:00. >> happening now, runners are overtaking the financial district for annual celebration. you can see them heading along the embarcadero. this is vide

at san rafael, southbound, 101, looking good from the novato area into central san rafael, and wet roads, with four lanes southbound in the golden gate bridge to san francisco. west 24 at highway 13 the spinout is cleared from lanes on the oakland side of the tunnel. kristen and eric? >> despite hollywood's best efforts you can watch top movies on the internet. for free. that is coming up. >> and a major league pitcher whose contract is setting a record. >> sharp shooting six-year-old becomes an instant hero with his classmates. >> today on "katie" we have an exclusive interview with the widow of joe paterno the first time that she has spoken out since the child abuse scandal that rocked the country leading to the conviction of a former assistant coach, jerry sandusky and talk about the unanswered questions that linger a year after his death. an emotional welders. gotta change jobs. >>> that's "america's money," i'm rob nelson. hey, there's a photo booth. come on! okay. ♪ okay, we gotta time this just right. okay. ready... mm-hmm. ...smile. ♪ happy valentine's day. [ female announcer ] time it just right for valentine's day and save 30% on

. >>> right here, on the richmond san rafael bridge, traffic delays are coming beginning at 8:00 tomorrow. one lane will be closed on westbound interstate 880 before the toll plaza and caltrans has single lane closures through march 5th which could cause delays by up to 15 minutes. >>> and you can actually walk on the eastern span of the bay bridge before you even drive on it. they are thinking about hosting a big party over the labor day weekend which would allow you to publicly walk on that bridge. there is also talk about a marathon, a concert is and fireworks show. it will be free but you have to sign up in advance to get a ticket. it is open to traffic september 3rd, right after the labor day weekend. >> sal and i were talking about allowing people to walk on the bridge, it was the 50th anniversary, the golden gate bridge and then 205 years later they said it was a bad idea. but on the bay bridge, it is different construction on that bridge, it's going to be a cool event, let me tell you. that is editorial comment let's go back to the news of traffic. westbound highway 4 coming up he

a follow lane on the richmond-san rafael bridge will stay closed for most of today. it's part of the ongoing installation of a new automated toll collection system. it's expect today reopen in time for tomorrow morning's holiday commute. the current toll system is 15 years old and officials say it needs to be replaced. currently there are no plans to remove all the toll-takers from from the state run bridge. >> about 5,000 people are expected to converge in san francisco today demanding a stop to the proposed oil pipeline. the keystone xl tar sands pipeline would extend from alberta, canada to the u.s. gulf coast. it's one of several multi-billion dollars pipeline projects in the works. it would carry oil from the landlocked tar sands oil field which environmental groups say is a big step in the wrong direction. their so-called forward on climate rally will involve protesters surrounding the u.s. state department's san francisco office of the office at state market street. it will start at 1:00 this afternoon. there will also be speeches from 2:30 until 3:00. >>> hap

. >>> a follow lynn on the richmond san rafael bridge will stay closed most of today. it's part of the ongoing installation of a new automated follow collection system. the lane is scheduled to reopen in time for tomorrow morning's commute. the current follow system 15 years old. officials say it needs to be replaced. currently there are no plans to remove all follow takers from the state-run bridge. >>> about 5,000 people are expected to converge in san francisco today to demand a halt to a proposed oil pipeline. the keystone xl tar sandoval pipeline would extend from alberta, canada to the u.s. gulf coast. it's one of several multi-billion dollars pipeline projects not the work. it would carry oil from the landlocked sandoval oil field, which environmental groups say is a big step in the wrong direction. their so-called forward on climate rally will involve protesters surrounding the san francisco office of the office at state market street. there will also be speeches from 2:30 until 3:00. >>> happening in just a few hours, runners will take over parts of san franci

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

bridge. we see a bit up toward waldo tunnel. san rafael, there's your commute direction. still wet as far as sensors go but smooth as far as sensors go and rain and mist through the area. 121 and highway 37 as you come over from vallejo to the north bay. we'll give you a quick look at oakland. 880 past the coliseum. a nice smooth flow of traffic starting to pick up. this is traffic tuesday. with rain involved, it could be a tough back. back to you. >>> 5:38. folks at the san jose rep are fighting to keep the beloved theater open. auditors say the rep has to do more to keep the doors open. the fight to survive going on now for years. back in 2006, the theater almost shut down before the city stepped in and bailed it out to the tune of $2 million. an amount the rep will have to pay back over the next 25 years. the theater says shutting down would leave a big hole in the arts community. >> the arts are very often the reflection of the soul of the city. i think that it's important to have groups like san jose rep. >> the rep says it has an action plan to get the auditors off

folks across that richmond san rafael bridge without delay. a live peek shows you san jose picking up the volume here. we'll monitor this is it continues for the next 20 minutes and we'll get the first big burst. >>> 5:25 right now. we're continuing to follow breaking news out of vatican city this morning. pope benedict xvi announcing he's stepping down. we'll have live reports on this one coming up. >> b.a.r.t. finding a new way to crackdown on bad behavior. why some people could soon be without a ride. >>> let's take you live over san francisco before the sun comes up. we'll give you a nice look of the city by the bay. christina loren telling us get ready for a nice monday to help jump-start the week. we'll be back. >> reporter: a surprise announcement for many catholics in the bay area. news that the pope will be resigning. i'm bob redell. we'll have the latest coming up. >>> a record reward being offered in the hunt for former l.a. county police officer accused of three murders. marla tellez will have the latest on the manhunt coming up. >

checking in with caltrans now to see if this overnight roadwork is still going on, on the richmond/san rafael bridgeght they had lanes blocked westbound 580 approaching the toll plaza. of the it was scheduled to wrap up by 5:00 so it looks like it should be gone now. we'll let you know in our next traffic report for sure if it's completely gone. down the eastshore freeway, westbound 80 not too bad through berkeley towards the macarthur maze. and mass transit so far all on time. everything is reporting no delay for bart, muni, caltrain and ace. let's check a couple of our live traffic cameras. here's a live look across the bay bridge toll plaza. an easy commute across the upper deck into san francisco. >> delays in the overnight hours all week long. they have wrapped up it for this morning. but again, that roadwork continues tonight. that is a check of your time- saver traffic. exciting about these temperatures especially by the end of the week. >> i know what happened to you guys last night with your throats. it was the grammys. you guys were singing too loud. >> ha! >> i like that. very good. folks

slow down as you head south from the richmond san rafael bridge down toward the bay bridge itself. construction away from the bridge. earlier debris in the roadway. road hazard north 680. chp cleared that from the incident report. good stuff. into the north bay, we do have reports of a cow laying in the roadway. flashing lights as crews approach the scene. sounds like the cow was hit overnight. we'll see what's going on. this is 113. not a major concern. we'll track this for local traffic and we'll end here and send it back to you guys. >> thank you very much. it is 5:06 right now. the brentwood school board is now asking parents to be very patient this morning as they continue to look into an incident involving a special education teacher and a 5-year-old student back in 2010. the teacher was accused of throwing the student to the floor and kicking him. the school board president said the board will study an independent review of the incident and also continue the ongoing evaluation of the district's superintendent but the board has not fired him for the way he's handled this case

we'll also track traffic through the north bay and richmond san rafael bridge not a problem from interstate 80 through 101. live look out there shows you conditions as we talk about one traffic hazard reported southbound 101 as you come out of roanoke park. sounds like maybe some tires in the roadway but still no details from chp. we'll track it. back to you. >> thank you, mike. it's 5:10. still ahead, we'll go south to scottsdale to check in on that giants spring training. >>> an unusual way to unlock an iphone even one that's not yours. we'll take a look coming up in business news. >>> apple is working on a fix that could allow someone to unlock your locked i iphone. >> it's similar to a problem we saw a couple years ago which apple was able to fix. it involves a series of button presses as described in this video from youtube. it doesn't allow you to totally unlock the phone but you can see call history and pictures stored on the phone. again, apple says it should have a fix shortly. >>> the former head of blackberry meanwhile has sold all of his stock in the company. that's not an encou

. >>> allow some extra time driving this weekend if you're going over the richmond/san rafael bridge. construction crews will reconfigure the toll plaza. workers begin installing a new automated toll system. the work will begin tonight at 7:00. everything should be back to normal in time for monday's commute, but the work will begin again next weekend. >> san francisco's infamous double fine zones with so many pedestrians are due to expire at the end of the year. the law's sponsor now wants to make it permanent. the two zones are in high-traffic areas at 19th avenue and van ness. fatalities dropped immediately after the double fines were imposed. there's no doubt they make the corridor safer. >>> the giants swept the tigers in the world series, and now the team wants to continue cleaning house. today giants outfielder hunter pence visited lyincoln high school in san francisco to kick off the giants sweep. it's an anti-litter campaign sponsored by the giants, the mayor's office, and the public works department. the message? simple. join the team, keep sf clean. >> i challenge every one

commuters should expect delays at the richmond san rafael bridge toll plaza. starting this weekend workers will replace old equipment that's used to collect tolls. caltrans officials say it could cost 50-minute delays. work will continue for several weekends and it should be done by early march. >>> brace yourselves. movie fans, tom cruise in a t-shirt back in the day and the need for speed all in 3-d. >> feel the need. the need for speed. >> that's right. maverick, goose, slider, iceman pr all in "top gun" hitting theaters today in 3-d. a six-day fly by in theaters before it is released on dvd. >> there you go. one of your favorites. >> indeed. >>> texas governor getting more aggressive in his attempts to lure away california businesses. >>> pressure grows on apple to give up some of its cash. we'll take a look in business news just ahead. >>> welcome back, everyone. the port of oakland always all lit up this time of the morning. look at those clouds hovering out there. you'll notice some wet roadways. add extra time if you need to before you head out the doo

a little slowing out of richmond toward that merge off that richmond san rafael bridge.s here in the north bay. 680 at interstate 80, road crew still reporting a few crews there but no major slowing. earlier slowdown as some of those guys cleared the scene. we're looking over here toward west 80. coming off 505. earlier crash off the roadway. slowing coming off 505. keep that in mind heading into vacaville. west of vacaville your fine. the south bay shows a smooth drive. quick peek at 101 north of 680. you see light volume of traffic. we should see a burst in ten minutes. we'll see what that has in store coming up. back to you. >> 5:00 somewhere here. not 5:00 we're talking about. custome customers want maker's mark to keep the formula the same. they were going to drop the alcohol level because of supply shortage. they got massive backlash from customers on social media. the company says it will restore the alcohol content back to its original level. >> people very passionate about their buzz. 5:37 right now. coming up, we'll head back to scottsdale, arizona, to meet the

approach to richmond san rafael bridge is fine. slowing west 37 probably foggy coming out of vallejo. the carquinez bridge moves smoothly. a new crash at the bottom of the screen around san pablo. slowing on the commute. more slowing and more fog through concord and walnut creek. the issue is the build. the commute starts to build for 680 and 24 and at the bay bridge toll plaza of course the live look shows you metering lights are on. backup past the end of the parking lot. 880 over crossing. back to you. >> thanks a lot, mike. >> it's 6:22 right now. coming up, we'll tell you about the fan favorites. which super bowl ads scored with spectators. we'll let you know just ahead. >>> and john kerry officially takes the role of secretary of state. he was sworn in and looks like he's already very comfortable with the position. we'll keep tabs on that as the rest of the day's news unfolds as well. a lot more ahead. 6:22. [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the new fiber o

let's enjoy the summer first. [ laughter ] >>> big heads up if you use the richmond/san rafael bridge starting friday night and continuing through march 5. that's because new toll collection equipment is now being installed at the toll plaza there. some lanes will be closed at times which could mean delays as long as 15 minutes so if you use the bridge, take note. >>> iran tv is broadcasting footage it says was taken from a u.s. spy drone captured in 2011. the video shows an aerial view of an airport and a city said to be a u.s. drone base in kandahar, afghanistan. iran says it used the drone to build its own unmanned aircraft. no comment on the video from the u.s. >>> and the death toll in the solomon islands is growing as aid workers struggle to reach remote tsunami-ravaged villages. three more bodies were found today bringing the total dead to at least 9 people on santa cruz island in the south pacific. strong aftershocks following yesterday's powerful earthquake and small tsunami are preventing many villagers from returning home. >>> the 61st annual national prayer breakfast is un

you're into upper to mid 50s coming down off the richmond san rafael bridge.to you. >>> in the east bay, 2,000 people are at risk for identity theft after thieves stole private information from a mercedes-benz dealership in walnut creek. information includes social security numbers, credit card numbers, and driver's license numbers. the information was stolen from a locked office at the dealership on parkside drive between february 7th and 8th. >>> happening right now, some police activity going on at that sit in that's been under way since last night at city college of san francisco. these are live pictures from the scene where police at this hour want to move protesters over to the side of that building so they can open up for business there and have classes. students insist these protests will continue today. students have been occupying that hall as we said since last night. they would like to meet with the chancellor to talk about how the school plans to avoid closure. the college could lose its accreditation coming up in june. the school was cited becaus

. >> san rafeal looks dry carly over the ridge in san rafael bridge. oks dry over the golden gate bridge in san raphael. >> we saw spotty showers in the menlo park area. you can see spotty showers ahead expecting to slide into the bay area. it will be a wet day. by a a.m. the cold front pushes through. it will arrive in the north bay first. a lot of clouds, cool air associated with the system. it will dive south as we head into the 10:00 hour. the majority of the bay area is affected. moderate to heavy rain indicated by the yellow fairfield, antioch, livermore valley and the east bay shoreline and the mid peninsula. >> once the cold front pushes through scattered showers on the back end, cloudy conditions will continue. later tonight 5:00 p.m. your evening commute contending with light rain for the 880 corridor, highway 1, is a 5802 livermore. an isolated showers early possible into the overnight hours. >> we're expecting a quarter inch of rain for the east bay. up for a covenant for some of our heels. 54 for oakland. 51 for redwood city. 49 and sunnyva

. >>> today more delays are expected on the richmond san rafael bridge because crews are installing atoll collection system. this morning, one lane will be closed westbound interstate 580 before the toll plaza. caltrans says single lane closures may cause delays up to 15 minutes. the closures will continue through march 5th. >>> chains are snow tires are still required on highway 49 in northern california's gold cun. it was a mess for drivers yesterday. the chp says it was called to rescue between 50 and 75% that either crashed or became stranded. but no major injuries were reported. >>> 8:35. sal you've been so busy, you've barely had a chance to talk. can you stop and take me to the bridge? >> i would be happy to tell you. what are these guys talking about? >> talking about it again. >> let's go to the bridge. right now, southbound 101 -- and a beautiful bridge at that. southbound 101, you are doing very well at the toll plaza. you can get up there and do your thing on the bridge. let's take a look at the westbound bay bridge. this commute has improved a little bit. i don't know if

bridge. no problems. typical road work over the bay. light traffic flow. getting by the tunnel no problem. orange here. that means there's fog moisture up there in the north bay. maybe san rafael. the bridges are okay heading up through the north bay those routes will take you to the sierra and interstate 80 and 580 out of the area. watch early afternoon for that congestion. no problems right here. smooth drive for 580 and 680 through dublin interchange. a quick look at palo alto on the peninsula side. easy light flow for 101 heading north into the city or south back through san mateo and north bay 101 looking nice here. south 101 at the curves. back to you. >> i like that. al roker is man candy. it's official, ladies and gentlemen. go out and get some. 5:22. showing off that niner pride. we'll have that coming up. we'll show you san francisco organization that are bleeding red and gold. >> we'll follow the 49ers quest for six with a big look at one of the plays that brought us here. >> gore takes it into the end zone for the touchdown. ♪ ♪ i'm halfway to your heart ♪ you have to let me know ♪ so i don't make my worst mistake ♪ ♪ turn around and let you go [ female announcer ]

. >>> drivers should expect delays on the richmond san rafael bridge in the coming days as crews workxcitement is building here outside of at&t park! [ crowd cheering ] >> reporter: they are going crazy, as you can see! we'll tell you which giants players the fans are excited to meet today. >> if you couldn't hear them, that's the fan fest. that's what it's all about, fans going crazy as they welcome the baseball giants. >>> you are looking live at hartford, connecticut, where most of the roadways are closed to vehicles, except the plows and first responders. i can see a couple cars going along that roadway. this is all due to the massive snowstorm. several flights to the east coast are also canceled from the bay area today. if you are heading out to the airport, make sure to call that airline to see if that flight is on time or canceled. time now, 9:43. you're watching mornings on 2. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids g

san francisco. then you go just north of the golden gate bridge. also 63 in san rafael. we will have sunny skies and then throughout next week we waiver with the rain chances on and off again. i was going to open the sunroof, but i have allergies. >> you're conflicted. >> the conflicted weather man. all right. still to come here at 5:00, the results shocked the researchers. what we're learning about the long-term impacts of childhood bullying. >> >> and the benefits of nurturing. how doctors can see the way a mother treats her child. >>> a first of its kind study sheds light on the long term impacts of bullying. researchers looked at 1400 kids in north carolina at ages 9, 11 and 13 and again between the ages of 19 and 16. they first asked them questions about their experiences and later researchers asked about the current mental health. the people who were both bullying and victims were worse off than the people in other two categories. they suffered the most severely from suicidal thoughts. experts say this psychological damage doesn't just go away because a person grew

. >>> well, if you plan on crossing the richmond san rafael bridge this weekend, expect delays.ng down one lane to work on the installation of a new automated toll-taking system. the lane closure is set to continue through monday morning at 5:00 a.m. and additional closures are scheduled for later this month. >>> if you're flying in or out of san francisco, this weekend, you may also run into some delays. a construction project could cause a slowdown for inbound and outbound flights. one of the main runways shut down at 10:00 last night and will stay closed until 8:00 on monday morning. air traffic could be reduced from 60 flights an hour, to just 30 an hour. and that temporary runway closure makes it possible for sfo to do federally required upgrades. >>> a cooler pattern is settling into the bay area for your weekend. a live look here. at the bay bridge. we have patches of fog out there. right around the bay. our relative humidity is up just a bit. and high clouds over most areas this morning. and again, those changes coming from a system that won't bring us any rain just yet.

the new store is scheduled to open near the richmond san rafael bridge in october. >>> alameda countying 580 and 680 a little safer. 93 accidents have been reported in the past four years on crow canyon road between castro valley and san ramon. one stretch of the roadway is even referred to as dead man's curve, due to the number of crashes there. the first of several public meetings, residents said speed limits need to be lowered. many also recommended installing rumble strips, more traffic light, stop signs and a center turn lane. >>> filling up the gas tank continues to come at a high cost. according to aaa gas prices have gone up 12 cents since last weekend. the increase is again being blamed on rising oil prices. here in california, the average price for a gallon of regular gas is 4.15. in san francisco, people are paying about 4.10 a gallon. 4.08 in san jose. in oakland the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gas is 4.04 a gallon. >>> new this morning, if obama administration says it has grave concerns that delays in filling critical government posts will affect nationa

san rafael. there's a crash just south of that richmond san rafael bridge causing a slowdown. >> for the record,young. that's a whole other story back in a half hour with more. hope to see you then. >>> we're back now, 8:00 on a friday morning, the 15th day of february, 2013. that's a great band. they're called the drop kick murphys, singing the unofficial anthem of the city of boston. i'm shipping us to boston from the great movie "the departed." and they're going to be providing some music for us in just a little while on this friday field trip for "today." i'm matt lauer, along with savannah guthrie, here in faneuil hall marketplace. such a big crowd of people that have been here all morning long. just want to give you this view, walk around and actually show the people back home. thank you so much for coming. this crowd goes all the way to your side. >> we had to divide and conquer. we have so many great fans. i just met a lady who has -- skipped going to the doctor today because she had to be here. >>> coming up, we are going to talk about all the things that make this such a great town. an

bridge. so showers began in the north bay. southbound 101 okay so far through novato, san rafael down towards the golden gate bridge heading towardsg delays. grab your chains if you are heading towards the sierra. we have chain requirements in effect this morning on interstate 80 between kingvale and donner lake and highway 50 and highway 88. mass transit is on time. might be a great option. that's a check of your "timesaver traffic." back to you guys. >> i'll take it liz. 5:33. >>> the storm is certainly not going to help one east bay family left homeless after a monster oak tree some 50 feet came crashing down on their house. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran live in danville. cate, today's rain not what they are looking forward to, i would imagine. they have a lot of cleaning up to do. >> reporter: yes, they do. the rain won't make things easier. there is a lot of clean-up to do. a lot of debris from that oak tree still in the yard. you can see just how bad that damage s and the combination of this extensive damage and this morning's rain is going to make things a little more difficult to salvage. this 50-foot oak tree became an un

is beyond marin civic center toward lincoln and central san rafael the tail lights are headed south and moving nicely and no fog. to the bay bridge traffic is nice, into san francisco, and for your holiday mass transit, bart on saturday schedule, muni also saturday, and caltran modified holiday. kristen and eric? >> you this morning from san jose, police were investigating a chase that ended in a deadly crash. we are joined live from blossom hill road which just re-opened the past few minutes. >> that is right. we had to move from there because traffic is freely flowing on the overcrossing over monterey road that was closed for seven hours. a 20-year old hispanic man stole an s.u.v. and tried to hit the police officer with it and crashed leading to his own death. we have the scene from an hour ago as police surveyed the overturned s.u.v. it was pulled out of a ravine on monterey road unblossom hill road overcrossing a result of what happened after 11:00 last night. five miles away on capital expressway an officer was pulling over a driver and another driver unrelated tried to hit him. the officer was able to jump out of way, get

no other mass transit problems. 280 north in san jose to 85 and 101 from san rafael at the golden gate bridge is 20 minutes and macarthur maze to c bridge is looking good. >> today is start of a new era for the gold dust lounge has a new location at fisherman wharf closing last may after the lease was ended. many fixtures have been moved including the bar stool of the columnist with a v.i.p. party tonight followed by a public grand opening on sunday. >> we are continuing to physical breaking news in oakland and an amber alert issued for a one-year-old girl. >> also ahead, john kerry is in. hillary clinton is out. a transition and the beginning of president obama's cabinet changes, the heavy fire a nominee is facing from >> daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> just updated the visibility. can you see it is improved in napa and novato but santa rosa the fog will stay for the morning, with half a mile. you can see a lot of haze around the rest of our neighbor, ten miles visibility from yesterday are there but it is not a "spare the air" day. more fog, more haze

san rafael, south bay, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning. hope you had a nice long weekend. this is a live picture of the san mateo bridge with traffic moving fine. it does not appear to be raining just yet. when will the rain hit the bay? it could be during the height of the commute. >> a daring heist out of belgium. police are looking for eight men who made off with a staggering $50 million worth of diamonds in the biggest heists in history. it happened at the brussels international airport. the masked men cut a hole if a security fence, drove on to the tarmac and stole the precious gems from the hold of a swiss plane. police later found the torched van not very far from the airport and they are combing over it looking for clues. >> the coast guard has released the preliminary findings in the cause of a fire that crippled the cruiseship. officials say the fire started with a leak in a fuel oil return line connected to one of the generators. a fire broke out in the engine room knocking out power to the entire ship. more than 4,000 passengers and crew were stranded in the gulf of mexico with no air conditioning. or worki

101 beyond lucas valley road with just a few headlights toward central san rafael and clear all the way to the golden gate bridge for the drive from marin county. still a good drive from antioch as you can see speeds at the limit making your way to pittsburg and highway 242 and concord, it is moving nicely westbound on highway 4. road work out there south 280 before highway one in daly city, two left lips -- lanes are blocked and westbound 80 partly blocked until 5:00 county so, for another ten minutes. >> christian? >> 4:48. ongoing problems with boeing 787 dreamliner is forcing cancellation of all future flights including those at san jose's airport. the canceled flights include trips from san jose to tokyo with the risk of battery fires grounding the fleet in mid-january after just five days and the inaugural flight is right here. world-wide, ana has scrubbed 3,600 boeing 787 dreamliner that would have carried 16,000 passengers. >> a speeding s.u.v. made a crash landing going airborne and crashed upside down lodging into the roof of this home in houston yesterday. police said the driver was trafficking at 90