san rafael police hope surveillance video will help them catch an armed robbery suspect. north dpeat drive. the suspect -- on north gate drive. the suspect comes in and -- police believe this man also robbed a union 76 gas station on delpry sid grow boulevard -- del police sid yoboulevard. -- del pricidoi boulevard. 8:34. martinez police are trying to determine why a man brut a loaded gun -- brought a loaded gun near the alhambra campus. the man was arrested yesterday afternoon after receiving an anonymous call. he's identified as michael woodall. >>> let's get you going. tear vau back -- tara is back. she has good news and bad news. >> that's right. the good news is that the macarthur maze is finally clear. a lot of people were waiting for that. but the bad news is that the east shore freeway is looking pretty backed up from oakland all the way past golden gate. you can see just how stop and go it is. definitely give yourself some extra time. i know that -- you can kind of see on the left-hand side, the carpool lanes are not really in effect. there are sections that have

among the special guest at the white house, a san rafael police officer. check out these pictures tweeted by lieutenant dan fink this morning. he was selected as one of a select group of twitter users to live tweet the arrival of british prime minister david cameron. he certainly did his job, tweeting comments including "i think the president is running late. perhaps tea with @number10gov went long. also "feeling so patriotic. overwhelmed with emotion." >> a much quieter day on the stock market fresh off yesterday's spectacular effort. on the nasdaq shares in apple jumping more than 2.5% on talk that the stock could eventually double. here is scott mcgrew with more. >> good morning. a morgan stanlly analysts says they expect apple share to be worth near lids 96. there's the opening of markets in china and brazil. the expectation when the iphone 5 comes out, everybody will ditch their own iphone 4s. the fed released the results of the stress test. you may have heard a number of ban fx failed that test including citibank which has locations in the bay area.

. >> san rafael police are asking for help finding an armed bap did it targeting local gas stations. the robber describe as tall thin white male between 20 to 30 years old with a wispy mustache. video seen during a valentine's day hold up at the gas station. in another robbery two days ago at a station open del press way police say he pistol whipped a clerk. >> first time ever californians will get a chance to vote on a measure that would ban the death penalty. this morning supporters of the safe california act turned if 800,000 signatures in support of this measure. the initiative would replace capitol punishment with life in prison without the possibility of parole. it would also put in mates serving life sentences to work. >> only one percent of death rowen mate work in prison. this act would hold inmate accountable and mandate that they pay restitution into a victim compensation fund. >>reporter: ballot proposal requires that the state budget 100 million dollars per year to investigate unsolved murders. >> coming up. dramatic car chase on airport runway. the scare it caused and w

. >> san rafael police are asking for help finding an armed bap did it targeting local gas stations. the robber describe as tall thin white male between 20 to 30 years old with a wispy mustache. video seen during a valentine's day hold up at the gas station. in another robbery two days ago at a station open del press way police say he pistol whipped a clerk. >> first time ever californians will get a chance to vote on a measure that would ban the death penalty. this morning supporters of the safe california act turned if 800,000 signatures in support of this measure. the initiative would replace capitol punishment with life in prison without the possibility of parole. it would also put in mates serving life sentences to work. >> only one percent of death rowen mate work in prison. this act would hold inmate accountable and mandate that they pay restitution into a victim compensation fund. >>reporter: ballot proposal requires that the state budget 100 million dollars per year to investigate unsolved murders. >> coming up. dramatic car chase on airport runway. the scare it caused and w

. >>> in other bay area headlines, san rafael police believe two gas station robberies were committed by the same man. one robbery happened last tuesday on dell presidio avenue, the suspect hit the clerk on the head with a gun and took cash. two weeks earlier, a similar scenario on northgate drive. police describe the suspect as 6'6" tall with shoulder length belonged hair pulled back into a braided ponytail. >>> a man's in jail tonight accused of using a meat cleaver to slash a woman's face in san francisco. now, police say that about 8:00 last night, a 54-year-old woman got into an argument with a man in her apartment on 6th street. that's when police say the man picked up the meat cleaver cut her face and upper body. she was taken to the hospital. she is expected to be okay. >>> right now, san francisco police are launching a crackdown in golden gate park after neighbors complained about a surge in drugs and problems with the homeless. joe vazquez is there to tell us more about it. >>> reporter: that crackdown is under way as we speak right behind me here. this is the area of the p

. >>> san rafael police released these videos in hopes they can catch a suspect in two other recent gas station robberies in this february 14th hold up on north gate drive you can see the suspect pull his gun. the police in the other robberies say the same person struck a clerk in the head with a gun before taking off. the police are looking for a white man between 20 and 30 years old about 6 '6 with shoulder length hair. >>> now, our continuing coverage of the trial of the sheriff. tonight the legal battle shaping up is focusing on one potential witness. >> i have no comment. >> christina flores, his ex- girlfriend, attend a closed court hearing today. she recently filed the police complaint saying he had a raging pit-bull aggressiveness in their relationship in 2000 skpefpb 2008. he once bruised her arm at the center of the current case is a video of his wife, lopez, with a bruise on her arms. the defense wants to keep flores off of the stand. >> that kind of evidence tends to be so powerful because it it is as look if he did it once before he is probably guilty this time. >> the hear

among a special guests, a san rafael police officer. check out the pictures tweeted this morning. fink was selected as one of a group of twitter users to live tweet the arrival of the british prime minister which included one saying feeling so patriopat, overwhelms with emotion. >> george clooney testified about the humanitarian crisis in sudan. he told the senate foreign relations committee about his recent trip to the border. he said he saw death and destruction after bombs were dropped. to help end the crisis, he advised government officials to track war criminals, the same way it tracks terrorists. >> rattles nerves rattled buildings. a series of earthquakes shoek tokyo, northeast japan after the one-year anniversary of the massive quake last year, and in the same region ravaged by the n tsunami. this time around, there were no injuries. the strongest quake, a 6.8 magnitu magnitude, was off the east coast, about 456 miles northeast of tokyo. a tsunami advisory was issued and canceled a short time later. just this last sunday, they marked the fist an vsry of the earthquake and

san rafael. the last time i mentioned when pam asked me about the white house, there is a group of police officers or one of them from san rafael that is at the white house right now for a sweet up event with the president. that's what i started to say. san rafael looks good. westbound bay bridge here that looks good. so as marked mentioned. it was pretty rainy here. let's move along at one more here. the suite behas been realtively commute. but it's on the waller sure and these things seem to be not as series. >>> san jose barely picking up any rain fall. just trace amounts. we do have cloud cover and the winds. and on live storm tracker two you can't all the -- moderate downpours. focused in parts of the north bay. sonoma, napa, and vallejo. also from san francisco crossing the bay bridge and the winds coming out of the south. you get an idea that creates a problem crossing the bridge span itself. in the south bay as i mentioned san jose reporting cloud cover. we do have a few light showers nearby. the bulk of the rainfall really has been focused in the santa cruz mountains. picking up five inch

. >>> san rafael police asking for help finding an armed bandit targeting local gas stations described as a tall thin white male between 20 and 30. he is seen here during a valentine's day hold-up and another robbery two days ago. police say he pistol whipped a clerk. >>> 60-year-old institution in daly city is closing. sarah has been setting pins since 1951. according to the owners the landlord has refused to renegotiate the lease. >> i want to thank the community for supporting us for so many years. >> owners say they actively looking for another site. the lanes go dark now on april 5th. >>> a good samaritan is a finalist for a national award honoring heroic acts. last october, 22-year-old kena williams saw the truck crash in her rear view, ran over dragged the driver out after he passed out. now she is one of 20 finalist for the honor as awarded by the congressional medal of honor foundation. winners will be announced march 12th. >> she needs a trophy case. >> she does this is special in association of congressional medal of honor winners. those are people who know what it takes to

. >>> san rafael police hope this video will help them identity a suspect in the armed robberies of two gas stations. you can see the suspect pull a gun and demand money from a clerk at a gas station on north gate drive. in the other robbery he hit a clerk in the head with his gun before running off. police describe him as a white man between 20 and 30, about 6'6'', with a slender, medium build. he has shoulder length blond hair pulled back in a braided pony tail. >> this afternoon an elderly man died from injuries he had when his car plunged in to iatric. family members released a photograph of him. this morning he drove up from the drive -- from his home to pick up newspaper but this time he missed a driveway and rolled 80 feet down in to the creek. his wife reported him missing but it wasn't until four hours later a neighbor saw him. >> i saw the door was open and i saw his legs in the water and -- water was up to his chest. was in the water and he managed to keep his upper part of the body out of the water. >> that neighbor called for help and he was pulled from the wreck. he was pu

. >>> san rafael police asking for help find ago armed bandit who has been targeting local gas stations. the robber described as a tall thin white male between 20 and 30-years-old seen here during a val -- valentine's day hold up. police say he pistol-whipped a clerk in the latest robbery >>> police looking for a someone who slammed a stolen suv into a home. the driver crashed into four cars before ramming a stolen dodge into this house on linden lane yesterday. >> i don't know what is happening, i look up all this debris in front of me. i saw this big suv pick-up truck inside my bedroom, crashed through my bedroom. it broke my air conditioner you get these people doing -- [ unintelligible ] >>> antioch police say the real owner of the suv was robbed at gunpoint. police have not released a detailed description of the suspect. >>> 6:05. huge warning going out to skiers at start what is expected to be the biggest ski weekend yet this season. the skier who got caught in an avalanche yesterday has died. terry mcsweeney is live in crockett the gateway to tahoe. >> reporter: it going to be a

and among the special guests at the white house for this occasion, the san rafael police officer.heck out the pictures tweeted by dan fink. he was selected as one of the twitter users to live twitter the arrival of prime minister cameron. >>> next at 6:00, sticker shot. whiek some say a plan to electrify caltrans's track is not with a price tagg. >>> plus, a light plane with a heavy impact. the governor unveils the latest plane that employs thousands of californians and why it could be the future of ecofriendly zwravl the st. mary dales pack up a little bay area love on their trip to the ncaa tournament. >>> good evening. i'm jeff ranieri in the weather center. we're twraking a wave of energy still producing heavier rain across the santa cruz mountains and in the east bay around with some moderate rain heading toward you in dublin. we'll have more coming up in my full forecast on two more storms headed your way in just minutes. >>> caltrans is look for trains to move faster and more quietly. they want to electrify it. he's asking the state for a billion and a half dollars. commute

. >>> san rafael police hope surveillance video will help them capture an armed robbery suspect.om the gateway gas station on north gateway drive. you can see the robber enters and points a gun at the clerk. here is a sketch of the suspect. police believe he also robbed the union 76 gas station. in that incident the police say the suspect hit the clerk with a gun. >>> 5:11. we are getting new details about the unsolved killing of a san francisco man last month. the body of 47-year-old richard sprag was found february 19th in the mission district. a preliminary indication shows he was strangled. his domestic partner says he went to buy cigarettes with cash but wasn't carrying his wallet or cell phone. so far no arrests have been made. >>> a menlo park laboratory is facing seven citations and almost $56,000 in fines over an explosion that killed a scientist last year. 56-year-old adrian martin was killed in september at membrane technology and research. he was reportedly adding methane to a tank containing methane, nitrogen, and butane when the cylinder exploded. pressure in the cy

san rafael police have surveillance video they hope you will see and help catch an armed robbery suspectgateway gas station on north gate drive you can see the suspect walks in, points a gun at the clerk who hands over money from the cash register. all of this happened february 14th. look at this sketch now. this is a police sketch of the suspect. police think he also robbed the union 76 gas station. at that time, police say the suspect hit the clerk with a gun >>> metal thieves are being blamed for two bronze ornaments. the bronze pieces each weigh about 200 pounds. they were bolted on to the statue. city officials are asking recycling companies keep an eye out for anybody trying to sell those pieces. they say if the missing pieces are not returned, they will try to raise the money to replace them. >>>s owner of the -- the owner of the new jersey funeral home that held whitney houston's wake denies taking a photo. she says she knows who took the photo that ran in the national inquire but she won't identify that person. she says that is up to the houston family. >>> time now 6:17. there

. >> police in san rafael released surveillance video in hopes of finding an armed robber. the two robberies appear to be done by the same person. both happened during the day in one case the man hit the cashier in the head with his gun. the suspect is described as a white man, tall and thin between 20 and 30, with a light mustache and stubblefield. >> a man accused of stabbing his roommate is in court. he was charged with murder but he didn't give a plea. he stabbed his female roommate authorities say in pittsburgh after they reportedly argued. investigators aren't releasing any details about what may have started the fight. >> uc staff members rallied for public education as part of a march to sacramento. staff members joined the march for about an hour at bay front park. the rally called for lower tuition, affordable textbooks, access to classes and more full time staff. the 99-mile march started yesterday in oakland and will end monday morning with a rally at the state capitol. >> many students at san francisco city college are rushing to figure out what to do after lea

police say they were called to a loud party around 11:45 on san rafael court. 80 people were in the street and some of them were fighting. police say as they tried to manage the crowd a woman slammed her suv into the police cruiser. investigators say a test showed her blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. >>> the man found off the marina has been identified. the coroner said the body is that of a 31-year-old douglas jones there. are no signs of foul blay. the cause of death is under investigation. >> san carlos police have arrested a homeless man in connection with a string of home burglaries, they arrested him friday at a motel in redwood. he was found early we are jewelry that matched descriptions of things taken in a home. he is set to be arraigned tomorrow, police believe he is responsible for many of 23 burglaries reported. >>> another gray whale seen in san francisco bay today. this a week after a mother whale and her calf were seen in the bay near the bridge. whales frequently swim in to the bay as they migrate. they won't say where the latest whale was seen becau

san rafael highway 101 through 580 looks pretty good. this mornings drive on northbound 280 that looks good getting up to highway 17. let's go back to the desk. >>> this morning police are investigating an overnight shooting at an oakland apartment billing. two people were wounded. allie rasmus joins us live with the very latest. >> reporter: we've been in touch with oakland police trying to get more information on this shooting. here's what we know. around 11:00 last night when gunfire broke out at an apartment complex. police arrived to find shell casings scattered across the driveway of that apartment building and found two men have been shot. one of the shooting victims was sitting upright and appeared to be alert. both he and the other shooting victim are described of having nonlife threaten injuries. police had not revealed the shooting victims age or identity. at this point investigators are trying to determine a possible mote i and put together the -- motive and put together the circumstances that lead up to the shooting. >>> u.s. soldier of a deadly killing spree is in custody. the president called karzai yesterday to of ever his condolences for the 16 deat

san rafael. >>> here's a quick look at some of the top stories we're following right now. fairfield policere investigating the city's fourth homicide in less than six weeks. the latest one happened last night when officers arrived on utah street, they found a 47- year-old man who had been shot several times. the helicopter flew the man to the hospital, but he later died. >>> san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi's domestic violence trial has ended with an 11th- hour plea deal. yesterday prosecutors agreed to drop a domestic violence charge and two other misdemeanor counties. in exchange, the sheriff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment charges stemming from a new year's eve argument with his wife eliana lopez. >>> in afghanistan, security forces are now accepting -- stepping up patrols in kandahar after a shooting spree left 16 civilians dead. a u.s. soldier remains in custody accused of carrying out that massacre. protesters are now demanding the soldier be put on public trial. >>> here in the bay area afghan-americans held a vigil at u.c. berkeley. >> students prayed for the v

san rafael and bay bridges. motorists should also watch out for flooded roads from heavy rains which are coming later in the day. >>> fairfield policeting. it happened at about 8:30 last night on utah street. as ktvu's allie rasmus tells us, this is now the fourth homicide investigation in fairfield in the last six weeks. reporter: that's right. we talked to fairfield police a short time ago and we asked them about their crime rate and they told us there have been five homicides in fairfield so far this year, four, as you mentioned, in the last six weeks. they say that is higher than the number of homicides this time last year. the latest round of violence happened 8:30 last night. neighbors in the 1100 block of hayes street in fairfield called police to report hearing gunshots in the area. when police arrived, they found a 47-year-old man suffering from several gunshot wounds. police just clarified something for us. they think this 47-year-old victim of the shooting was not shot in his house. they think he had just parked his car, he'd just come home, he was in the driveway when the gunman approached him and shot him several times.

san rafael bridge. we'll tell you all about your morning commute coming up. >>> good morning, it's tuesday, march 6. i'm frank mallicoat. >> i'm grace lee. it is just a little bit before 6 a.m. >>> oakland police sorting out a bizarre string of events this morning. it started as a shooting ended

san rafael and coming out of navado. all the way for 580, 880, heading to the toll plaza with no metering lights. back to you. >>> it's 5:49 right now. north ameri navado policeeed your help finding a bank robber. this man entered the bank passing a note to the teller demanding money. he took off after getting an undisclosed amount of cash. anyone with information about the robbery should call navado police. >>> and a spike in home robberies in palo alto has police trying to calm fears. dozens attending a community meeting to learn how to protect themselves. lock your doors, windows, and report all suspicious behavior. now, one recent victim says thieves do know what they want. >> i could see the door was open. and i said to my husband for some reason i said go look -- go see if the tv's still here. and he said it is and i went to my jewelry box. and it wasn't. and they had taken all the gold. just gold. >> palo alto police say there have been 71 daytime burglaries this year alone compared to the 31 in the first three months of 2011 and 22 in 2010. now they say cities like redwood city are also seeing a spike. >>> spoiler alert, we're about to tell you how th

san rafael. >>> they are trying to figure out what caused a fire in sonoma county, they killed an early woman who lived alone. the windsor fire department responded and it was the policein the front door. they couldn't get inside because of the intense heat and flames. >> to oakland, where they arrested five people. this is in connection with two robberies. they were arrested in downtown oakland. the location here on the google maps and 500 block of 18th street at 8:00 on sunday. later on in the day, 4:30 in the afternoon, two other suspects were arrested. they matched the description of suspects in previous robberies in the area. police are investigating if they are all connected. >>> taking a look at decision 2012. four bop presidential hopefuls remain. mitt romney won wyoming and rick santorum took kansas. now it turns to pivotal races in the south. alabama and mississippi are set to vote tomorrow. take a look at where the candidates stand. romney has the most delegates so far. 454. but a candidate need 1,444 to win the nomination. the other candidates say they do not plan to give up. a defiant newt gingrich calls romney the frontrunner. and they stressed the upcom

san rafael. a blanket of clouds over the area. a few sprinkles in the forecast for your sunday. >>> news helicopters captured a high speed chase in california overnight. policeursued a truck for about a half hour. that chase ended when a police cruiser rear ended the suspects vehicle causing it to spin out and crash into a light post. >>> right now an extense i search is under way for four fisherman missing off the washington coast. after the -- a helicopter crew tracked it down and found a fishing boat and lifeboat on board but no one on board. >> people are very concerned and from the coast guard standpoint i'm telling the community we are looking as hard as we can. we are putting a lot of resources to bare to try to find these individuals. >> search and rescue effort includes two coast guard helicopters, two lifeboats and a plane. >>> in our election 2012 coverage the race to win the republican presidential nomination heads to alabama and mississippi this week. that is after rick santorum and mitt romney split a pair of caucuses. alicia has more. >> reporter: conservative voters in the heart land handing a victory to rick santorum in kansas. santorum easi

san rafael. the storm now onshore moving south over the course of the morning. >>> sever southern california teenagers arrested on suspicion of committing a hate crime and police are looking for three more. the teenagers all african- american from 13 to 16 are accused of attacking a 15-year- old hispanic boy, captured on video and posted on youtube. they say it shows the teenagers knocking the boy to the ground, kicking him in the head, and knocking out several teeth. >>> last night about 30 people marched through oakland, protesting the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. some of the demonstrators wore hooded sweatshirt, which have become a tribute to the florida teenager. martin was wearing a hoodie when shot and killed last month by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman hem says it was self-defense. and he has not been charged. >>> christopher lee carlson is now charged with sending threatening letters and including false and misleading information in politics. a grand jury added several counts to an indictment accusing him of mailing about 100 envelopes laced with white powder to members of congress. it was not toxic. carlson is due in co