environmentalists will be celebrating anyway saying they have won. >> thank you, sharon chin in san ramon this morning. >>> a major boost for the bart extension to san jose. as part of the president's new budget plan, the federal transit administration recommends money to run bart from fremont to berryessa in san jose. the money would help build new tracks and new station in milpitas and berryessa. >>> there was no country, no passports, no money, because they were detained at guantanomo bay prison. christin ayers tells us today berkeley will vote on whether to offer some of those gitmo prisoners a home. she is live in berkeley this morning with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that vote will come down at 7:00. the recommendation came from the city's peace and justice commission and essentially urges the city to roll out the red carpet for, quote, one or two former guantanomo bay detainees who have been cleared of any wrongdoing. there is only one hitch. federal law prohibits transferring gitmo detainees using government money. still they want to pressure the government to c

later on this morning, environmentalists plan a rally here outside chevron's san ramon headquarters to celebrate the verdict, a verdict that chevron says it won't pay. chevron says it will appeal the $9.5 billion verdict from a judge in ecuador to clean up the rain forest. it blames chevron for the toxic wastewater from drilling dumped in the amazon river 20 years ago. the people sued, claiming they have suffered from cancer and birth defects as a result. chevron inherited the case when it bought texaco 10 years ago and says the judge's ruling is illegitimate and unenforceable. environmentalists say the oil giant could have prevented the damage. >> this verdict was from a judge, they didn't want it in the united states. they forced the trial in ecuador. >> reporter: they say in a movie there is talk of oil companies threatening judges and falsifying reports and chevron accuses a judge of relying on the movie in its ruling against chevron. so the oil giant raced the outtakes to a u.s. and international judge, who have both apparently put stays on the enforcement of the ruling. now, the

i don't live in san ramon. i need to retake all my cpr training. >> a normal reaction. >> two, i really want this for my city. how do you hope to get this to other cities? >> one of the things we've done. partnered with workday ceo, dave duff field. >> he was the one who actually was a ceo of peoplesoft and oracle bought peoplesoft and he ended up now starting workday. >> they have lent us world class engineers resources to start a foundation. that foundation will really be external and separate from the fire district now. they will be responsible to get an open source framework in place that will allow developers from around the world to get the application running in their jurisdiction. >> you're aware most fire chiefs do not say open sources framer. in the show i called you the geekest fire chief you ever want to meet. you have all kinds of stuff on internet. you are one geeky fire department. >> we're very technology -- >> geeky is a kilometecomplimen. >> we have a number of issues going on and projects in

workers at the san ramon, san leandro and clayton locations have been told their stores will be shut down in april. the san francisco stores on church street, slope boulevard and one on geary near 17th avenue will also close according to employees at those locations. now the manager at the geary boulevard store says starting friday there will be no more movie rentals. instead, everything will be for sale. block buster filed for bankruptcy last september. they said then that they would close about 250 stores but never gave details about 60 stores have already closed. >>> well, a toast to america's wine makers. one way the business is booming especially for those wine makers here in california. >>> plus, how "american idol" will give you a new way to pick the winner. >>> time now 6:55. vallejo police want to know if a man found dead was a homicide victim. an autopsy revealed 45-year-old died of blunt force trauma, but police still don't know if he was the victim of a crime. he went missing about three weeks ago after he was last seen leaving his home taking his dog for a walk. his body

workers tell us locations in san ramon, san leandro and clayton will soon close.gain block buster will not comment. >>> today the napa county sheriff's office reports that the man who was shot and killed was killed in sense defense. poccia was shot after he reached for a folding knife in his waistband. poccia's wife and daughter have filed a lawsuit claim saying that officers over reacted. >>> patrick joseph mccabe was living in alameda. since then he has filed for extra diction and claims h e has never abused anybody. >>> and charges that he attacked a -- williams lynch claims the priest, lindner assaulted him when he was a child. in 1998 the lynch brothers settled for $625,000 after alleging lindner had abused them during weekend camping trips. >>> today cal osha fined oakland children's hospital for safety violations including not having safety procedures in an emergency room. today a nurse told us there was chaos after a shooting victim was dropped off. they were not allowed to go back inside the hospital for several minutes because there were fears other gunm

workers tell us locations in san ramon, san leandro and clayton will soon close. again block buster will not comment. >>> today the napa county sheriff's office reports that the man who was shot and killed was killed in sense defense. poccia was shot after he reached for a folding knife in his waistband. poccia's wife and daughter have filed a lawsuit claim saying that officers over reacted. >>> patrick joseph mccabe was living in alameda. since then he has filed for extra diction and claims h e has never abused anybody. >>> and charges that he attacked a -- williams lynch claims the priest, lindner assaulted him when he was a child. in 1998 the lynch brothers settled for $625,000 after alleging lindner had abused them during weekend camping trips. >>> today cal osha fined oakland children's hospital for safety violations including not having safety procedures in an emergency room. today a nurse told us there was chaos after a shooting victim was dropped off. they were not allowed to go back inside the hospital for several minutes because there were fears other gu

this is san ramon. we just got back from trying to reach that school f. you saw that map up a second ago the map doesn't do how remote this school is service because it was way out there. in fact we never got all the way out there. we had to come back. no telling how many fifth grade fresh this school were at the camp. according to officials there are mostly almost already home right now. now the principal at walker creek ranch told me this morning that the kids began getting sick yesterday afternoon. the ranch school has been operating since 1963 is an outdoor residential science camp. the principal says it's not unusual of course for a bunch of fifth and sixth graders sleeping and eating together to pass a virus among themselves. but then the number of sick kids, chaperons and staff members started to grow. that and the symptoms forced school officials to call paramedics. >> we had what we believe was probably some kind of viral flu bug where students were getting sick to their stomachs and mainly vomiting, maybe a little diarrhea. >> reporter: so with

heading toward 24 or down to san ramon valley and san mateo bridge, here is westbound on the right-hand side. that was out of hayward. eastbound no problems out of foster city in san mateo. south bay we have a light traffic at the interchange. of course, still following that "h" train delay number 1, running 16 minutes late. get traffic when you want at www.abc7.com. >> some drivers spent part of their weekend waiting in line to buy gas. not because of any giveaway but because they were concerned how much they would be paying. the price shot up as much as a quarter for a gallon this past week. >> reporter: as tensions thrive in middle east so do gas prices in bay area. the average gallon is now 3.80. in oakland, 3.75 and same in san jose it's a trend that makes some drivers anxious. >> i just bought a house. i'm getting ready to take a loan. >> these high prices may just be the beginning depending on what happens overseas. >> prices are largely driven by investors and how they are purchasing oil. because there are potential impacts to supply in the middle, that is an indicator to them a

in san ramone chevron issued a statement saying it plans to appeal and call the ruling illegitimate and unenforceable and the product of fraud. the if. >> middle east where today that spark of rebellion first lit in tunisia and fueled by 18 dramatic days in egypt caught on now in iran. protestors took to the streets. sign of solidarity that sparked a fierce show down with iran security forces. jim has details. >> reporter: protesttors tens of thousands of them flooded through the streets of tehran defying a massive police presence. the spirit lifted by a single young protestor who climbed a giant crane. government response was swift and brutal. inspired by the revolution in egypt iran took aim at their own leaders chanting death to the dictator. l puss officials voice strong support. >> let me very clearly and correctly support the aspirations of the people who are in the streets in iran today. >>reporter: they were the largest protest in iran since june 2009. when iran took to the streets enraged by a presidential election they saw as stolen by the president there. we there. >> just br

in the '30's were san ramon. 36 = lafayette. close places are below freezing tonight.along with the thread for freezing fog. north of dallas. here is lake tahoe. sunny skies. a beautiful day. tons of fresh powder on the slopes. past seven days it has been a very snowy in high country. 152 in. of snow for kirkwood in the last seven days. it is nearly 13 ft. of snow. about 10 ft., close to it. perhaps a few storms of bed and chile. temperature only in the highs. here is featured pass. midnight, tonight, next door. cold temperature. the clouds increase for today but the bulk of this situation is with the state out over the ocean. this is for all of that. is plentiful. low to mid '50's. a cold day. i temperatures are in the list 60s. here is the seven day at around the bay. we are going to enjoy nice weather and tuesday, wednesday with high is getting into the upper 50s. mostly sunny skies. at the end of the week exchange. we will see some rain. possibly for snow in the hills. we have seen a lot of that this week. up of around one for it. kron4 news maureen kelly it spent

she was last seen at the intersection of san ramon road. >>> storm and blizzard warnings are posted and preparations are underway. the mid-west and east coast are bracing for another major winter storm. one 3rd of the u.s. is expected to get heavy snow, ice and fridged temperatures. a second federal judge ruled against the obama administration healthcare reform overhaul calling it unconstitutional. 26 states filed suit. the administration will appeal, the plan may go to the supreme court. iran has summoned share achordate return and stand trial on february six along with two other americans still in custody there. they were arrested hiking near the boarder and accused of spying. she was released on bail and not indicated plans to return. >>> we will see fog overnight. it's forming close to the coast line. you can see it here. this is the sea breeze components to the fog. we will see the inland valley fog pushed in by the wind. 3:00 a.m., the fog runs the bay shores. it will spread into the delta over night. by 6:00 a.m. around antioch, livermore, but around the bay shores it peals back.

some current numbers for your friday evening. 67 degrees in campbell. 62 in san ramon. 66 in san mateo temperatures still in the 50s and 60s with the abundance of clear skies for the most part. overnight tonight, not as chilly has it has been, 43 in santa rosa. also in san jose, mid-and high 40s. there's the clouds. they're streaming overhead. they broke off to the north of us, but we're still under the influence of high pressure. bottom line is this is intensifying. we will all be experiencing warmer conditioning over the weekend. albeit on the windy side, it's blowing some of the pollen around. he said i believe this is the cherry blossoms in bloom. now, air quality, it's going to be more of a north wind tomorrow. heading due south, it will be you shall -- ushering all the pollutants. we have a few clouds by monday. otherwise, near highs. we will certainly have some records on sunday, and we have a bone dry forecast each and every day all the way until this time next week. in fact, all the way through next weekend as well. tonight, this is my pix. we invite do you send us your pictur

highway traffic flowing well towards highway 24 and the san ramon valley. stbound 4 slow out of antioch. heading across the san mateo bridge shortly, here's what you can expect. traffic flowing well in both directions and no big problems 880 through hayward. north bay, a light shot of san rafael shows traffic moving at or aboveyor speed limit southbound to the golden gate bridge. get traffic when you want by going to abc7news.com. click on the bay area traffic link. eric, kristen and. >> frances, thanks a lot. 5:54. >> spring is coming in home depot is in the hiring mode. >> good morning. spring is in the air at home depot, the home improvement chain hiring more than 60,000 temporary workers, also looking for employees for permanent jobs. home depot also gearing up for its biggest selling season of the year. the meantime fedex probably hoping to put this winter in the rear view mirror. the package delivery company slashing its earning forecast and blaming rising fuel costs and the worst winter weather in years. marriott international says the unit hurt by sl

no delays heading into the san ramon exit and caldecott is a nice ride. that is about ten minutes. north bay commuters a live look in san rafael. taillights southbound along 101. drive time from 37 to 580 is only nine minutes. 2 -- at the 880 overcrossing nice and light. san jose 101 at 880 overcrossing making your way out of morgan hill and heading up the peninsula. >> what was the weekend's big event? >> the botched national anthem. the aftermath, you will hear christina aguilera and what she says caused it. >> new technology that will i say to you see the first superbowl play of the ome back. a hearing before the national labor relations board in oakland is scheduled today involving kaiser permanente employees. they filed an objection last fall. it accused kaiser and service employees service international union to prevent workers to represent them. labor board issued a report that could result in another vote. >> heads up streets of san francisco will be closed today because of filming for a new tv series. a scene from the pilot show alcatraz will be filmed between hyde and leav

san ramon, san leandro and clayton locations as well as the san francisco stores on church street, slope boulevard and the one on geary near 17th avenue. now even though there are no signs up, the manager at the geary boulevard store says it will close april 15th. and the last day for movie rentals is tomorrow. workers say everything will go on sale on friday. and customers say the shutdown will leave another empty store front and a gap for families looking for entertainment. >> always hoping come in and on a friday or weekend and let the kids run around and look at all the neat trinkets. >> employees hope they'll be transferred to other stores, but they haven't heard anything about that yet. block buster filed for bankruptcy last september and closed 60 stores then. >>> apple shareholders will gather in cooper tee know later this morning for their annual meeting. the main topic this year will be the future of the company after steve jobs. management has not been saying much about the ceo's condition since he took a leave of absence last month. shareholders are now asking for more transp

we've got wet weather over to the san ramon valley.ivity is further to the south from morgan hill to the santa cruz mountains. check out all the activity continuing to slide on through around santa cruz. and this is where we'll definitely see more wet weather today with heavy downpours. perhaps some hail embedded with the heavy downpours. look at the temperatures. 36 degrees fairfield. 39 fremont and mountain view at 42, the warm spot in san francisco. so we are looking at more scattered showers today. snow levels continue to be low with that cold air trapped sometimes down at the surface. and so you saw mount tam. let's continue to see some rain/snow mix there. the snow level 1500 to 2,000 feet but all ends later on tonight for a sunny and dry day tomorrow. another weather system moving through. that continues to destabilize the atmosphere and that means more rain. here's our computer animation showing the pop-up showers with emphasis later on this afternoon will shift south from half moon bay to morgan hill, san jose and the santa cr

she was seen with this header section of san ramon and this will begin at 7:00 p.m. and retrace your steps from her elementary school. >> the jean quan and police chief, anthony bats. these to announced that they're going to retire 10 of the 0 pd officers that were laid off in july. and also active sergeants and promoting for officers to enhanced supervision and prioritize 0 pd maintenance of the vehicles. and look for money for new cars and chief anthony bats speaking out about equipment problems and also wanting to be the new chief of police in san jose. the timing of the comments. >> and there is a lot of things that were said and some of those for mean- spirited to. and they did not ask me and they're making a speculative statements. and as such my integrity and my credibility was put on to blind ahead to readdress. put my- integrity, and i think that it was necessary for public safety. and weather or not we should done that is that this cut fixed! that is the most important thing. >> and getting the dispatch and the patrol radio system. . they believe that if on

the area they cover is martinas, walnut creek, danville, san ramon. they say the task force is available 24 hours a day seven days a week. the work with the stories from different areas 1/2 to run certain cases. did you keep a low profile, they use informants from time to time and they say probably to keep them safe and to keep their officers say if they really don't broadcast a lot of details. >>pam: a lot more unfolding in this case in the coming days. >>catherine: storm watch is under way kron 4 is tracking the storm across the bay area. in the south bay the winds picked up furious waves. in the mountains, winter weather in compass city streets. from oakland to san francisco, we saw a massive scale pounding the pavement. kron 4 storm watch continues now. >>pam: jackson is here with our weather map. we've had a little bit of everything today. hell, sunshine, rain and cold temperatures. what's next? >>jacqueline: the sunshine is what helped the hail (laughter) rate now were seeing a bit of a break, a few places in showers right now. were seeing areas

some of the best radar returns around berkeley heading down to hayward and over to san ramon. rainfall amounts much less as you head farther to the south. scattered in the nature in the south bay and santa clara valley. this is what to expect the wave of light rain showers and breezy. that is will be with us all day, cold weather could bring us some snow, we'll talk about it later. >> police in several cities are warning businesses about a serial armed robber who has at least ten stores over the past couple of months. he has pistol whipped one clerk. hit stores in five cities. terry? >> five of the armed robberies have happened here in hayward and most violent was the walgreens on mission boulevard. he used his gun to pistol-whip a clerk and police are concerned that he might use a gun in a different way and take it to next level. take a look where the most recent happened, it happened in fremont at a subway sandwich shop. this robber, he robbed only sandwich shops and drugstores, nothing else so far. he has struck in berkeley, oakland, san leandro as well as fremont and here

some of the best radar returns around berkeley heading down to hayward and over to san ramon. rainfall amounts much less as you head farther to the south. scattered in the nature in the south bay and santa clara valley. this is what to expect the wave of light rain showers and breezy. that is will be with us all day, cold weather could bring us some snow, we'll talk about it later. >> police in several cities are warning businesses about a serial armed robber who has at least ten stores over the past couple of months. he has pistol whipped one clerk. hit stores in five cities. terry? >> five of the armed robberies have happened here in hayward and most violent was the walgreens on mission boulevard. he used his gun to pistol-whip a clerk and police are concerned that he might use a gun in a different way and take it to next level. take a look where the most recent happened, it happened in fremont at a subway sandwich shop. this robber, he robbed only sandwich shops and drugstores, nothing else so far. he has struck in berkeley, oakland, san leandro as well as fremont and here

san ramon elementary school in novato, tassajara in danville and redwood day school here.n oakland. all the people affected their parents came to pick them up. and several other people did stay at the school. the marin county health department is investigating all of this. >> thank you, anne makovec in oakland this morning. >>> three schools in northern california are closed today after a popular principal was shot and killed allegedly by a janitor, who is now under arrest. police say he opened fire yesterday at the louisiana schnell school in placerville possibly after an argument with the victim. and those two men were reportedly friends and had golfed together as recently as sunday. the schools are expected to re- open tomorrow and grief counselors will be on hand. >>> time now is 6:35. let's get another check of your forecast with lawrence. >> everybody is my friend but wait until it starts raining. people change in a hurry. overlook the bay looking great starting out nice and clear out at least the bay and the interior valleys but we have seen some fog sneak in along

northbound 680 at bollinger canyon, look out blockage of the right lane through san ramon. bridge toll plaza metering lights have been turned on so traffic is now backed up almost towards west grand. a ten-minute wait as you make your way into san francisco. eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you very much. time now is 6:38. >> trading is underway on wall street. we have a live report from the new york stock exchange straight ahead. here's a live look at the big board. the dow is down about 12 points. >> also the new study raising big questions about whether a popular breast cancer treatment is really necessary in most cases. >> waiting for a tipping point. i'm emily schmidt in washington. egypt's protestors and government spar over how much disagreement that country can take. story's coming up. >> school closures in concord caused heartache and even ♪ >>> welcome back. 6:42. look at all the sunshine across our wonderful state. upper 50s eureka, big sur and into fresno. low to mid-60s sacramento and chico with upper 60s san diego, palm springs. the warm spot l.a. 75. the cool

the stores closing here are near all me a idaho, pleasanton, union city, san ramon, los gatos, san mateo and two in san jose, two in san francisco. >>> wall street reacting to news that apple's ceo steve jobs has been spotted going to a cancer center several times. radaronline says jobs has been seen visiting a treatment center on a regular basis. the revelation rekindled the debate over how much information the public should have about mr. jobs. he does have the second most valuable company in the world. the apple co-founder is on his third medical leave from the company in seven years. he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004. he is scheduled to meet with the president tonight. by the way, jobs turns 56 next thursday. >>> every tech company in the valley is picking fights with apple. lately it has been verizon with the latest iphone. and i believe we are going to talk about technology. there's a scientist who is working on technology to turn your byfocal glasses here by just swiping your finger on the side. >>> tickets go on sale tomorrow for two big shows next monday and wednes

. >> reporter: of the students attending that ranch school, they were from three area schools: san ramon elementary school in novato, tassajara hills elementary school in danville, and then here again at the redwood day school in oakland. there were about 250 people at the ranch total at the time according to th principal and 56 people went home. so some people are remaining at the ranch and hopefully they will be healthy. elizabeth. >> all right, anne makovec live for thus morning in oakland. thank you, anne. >>> 5:02. right now egypt's military is rounding up journalists after they came under fire from supporters of egyptian president hosni mubarak. this roundup may be for the safety of the journalists. also happening this morning in cairo, several army tanks have moved to protect an anti- government protest camp. gunfire overnight in the square at the center of the demonstrations, both rifle shots and automatic weapons fire. the government reports at least three people have died, 200 injured. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is urging egypt's new vice president to investigate t

happen, but your best bet for sea level snow is going to be marin county and out in moraga avenue, san ramon. the forecast model shows us where snow will be by 12:00. lunchtime by thursday. and then boom it's all along the west slope of the sierra nevada. the cool air continuing to come down. it's raining thursday night. we needed the rain, but this is a cold storm so don't expect a lot of rain. expect showers as we go into thursday. friday morning a wet morning commute. at this point we're looking at probably snow on tam, up on hamilton and obviously in diablo. here friday at 2:00 you have snow showing up in parts of the bay area. the real story, on saturday morning is when you're best bet is for snow in the sea level. we haven't seen something like this since 76. we'll see how it goes. lots could change. but we're looking for snow on bay area peaks as we go into thursday and friday. overnight lows will be cool. daytime highs are cooler than they were today. because the winds are coming out of the west. it's a nice day tomorrow as we transition into this very cold weather pattern that takes

we were mugged in san ramone so it happened everywhere. clearly crime is higher in areas like oakland where there is such high unemployment and not enough jobs. quite frankly for some of our young pe enough h not enough ho. >> i want to talk about some of the programs that need to be implemented. we need to take break right now. in just a moment we'll hear more from the mayor and about breaking the vicious [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. a throne for the tv... room for movies... your workout gear... non-stop football... it's a man cave! the boys next door will never leave. who says we want them to? >> reporter: welcome back to beyond the headlines. today we are tal

a san ramon home previously at $830,000 sold for just $219,000. in concord, a home valued at $510,000 had a starting bid of only $59,000. >>> gmail users are complaining their old e-mail messages are disappearing. google says the problem is only affecting a small number of users and does not appear to be widespread. the company posted a notice on the app status dashboard saying they are aware of the issue and they are investigating the problem. >>> it seems the world cannot get enough of a real cat burglar on the peninsula. we told you about the prolific thief several weeks ago. since then he has become even more notorious. vic lee returned to his hideaway to see if the cat burglar's new found fame has changed his ways. >> remember dusty? the cat neighbors call clepto. this house cat has become a household name. >> two weeks ago dusty was our cat. now we are dusty's people. >> dusty and his owners have become celebrities in their san mateo neighborhood. >> hi, super stars. >> it all happened after we featured this prolific cat burglar in our story

so far looking good on 680 walnut creek as you make your way southbound through the san ramon valley. northbound lanes scheduled to be blocked for road work until 6:00 this morning. let's check out san jose. it's still quiet at the 280 and 17 interchange. headlights there, a few of them heading on northbound 280 and that's highway 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains and also the drive times look good if you're coming out of morgan hill and gilroy. 20 minutes, it's less than the 30 minute drive out of santa rosa southbound. get more drive times by going to our website abc7news.com. you can get personalized drive times. just click on the bay area traffic link. kristen. >> frances, thanks. it's 4:55. the officers, prosecutors and judges responsible for putting three kidnappers behind bars 35 years ago will come together in san francisco today to ask that the men be released. james along with hills brother richard and their friend woods were convicted at the school bus kidnapping. they took the kids and driver to a quarry and buried them in a van hoping to get ransom. the three esca

there you see san ramon, pretty close to 70 degrees. right now, cooling, san jose 57 degrees. you can see the wind starting to pick up. this is a sea breeze. also bringing in low clouds, eventually to the coastline. 56 in oakland. 57 right now in san francisco. running a tad breezy for your saturday evening. you can see the temperatures around the bay area dropping into the low 60s around livermore and sunnyvale. there comes the sea breeze, the reason why your sunday forecast will be cooling down a little bit. as we get back into the snow and rainy pattern, i want to get you up to date on the sierra snow pack. 110% of average due to all the snow that came down really in last december when we saw the snow coming down. the snow pack just fine. here you go, south bay locations, mountainview southward, 67% of average to 66% of average for san jose. many of our reservoirs could use a little more rain. i think we'll have an opportunity for that towards monday. low clouds approaching the coast. the pattern is about to become much more active as we wrap up the weekend and head into mo

low 70s in san ramon, danville and alamo and walnut creek. low 70s in san jose. the extended forecast calls for still some mild temperatures on sunday. but increasing clouds leading to rain on monday. rain and wind on tuesday, wednesday. and then more rain all the way through friday. but a great weekend for the mostly sunny skies at the at&t national pro-am tournament and maybe you want some beach time. thank you for the photo. keep them coming to mypix@cbs5.com. >> that picture is going to change a lot, isn't it? thank you, roberta. >>> they are everywhere and so comfortable people where ugh uggs. why that could be a problem. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, ♪ [ female announcer ] starbucks via is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. it only makes sense it would taste the same. so, try it for yourself. buy a pack of 100% natural starbucks via ready brew. we promise you'll love it or we'll send you a bag of starbucks coffee. it's the starbucks via taste promise. look for it where you buy groceries. her daughter's kil

no problems approaching the san ramon valley. the problems towards elmont or dental. he west bound is completely in the clear. cross have freeways in san francisco look good. right where the james lick meets the and the and central. we're at it slid it free and problem free. if he were headed towards the eastbound section there is a problem for a stretch. >> we are following the latest pictures coming out of australia as they're picking up the pieces from cycling or her can't yet see. they're sending in troops with the cleanup efforts. as you see, the acres of sugar cane crops that have been destroyed. banana crops as well. we're learning now about major damage that is in the area. the homes are destroyed. boats are picked up and lifted it. look at these boats, they have been gathered for the hurricane which is a category five. power has been lost in two cities. the power is slowly backward rather it about one death. two people are still missing. >> just cruising the internet taking a look at some of the pages from pages of other parts of the country and i've got to fo

robert liles is at the company's headquarters in san ramon. robert? >> reporter: well dana, for 178 years a small group of ecuadorrans have claimed they have been poisoned by chevron and on the other hand chevron has been told there were four judges and they have been intimidated. the final judge ruled gents chevron, nearly 10 billion- dollar will h go to the ecuadorans but listen to why chevron tells cbs5 tonight they won't pay. >> this judgment is completely illegitimate. >> reporter: chevron says it expected today's 9 1/2 billion dollar verdict which includes $8.6 billion in damages and another 10% in mandated reparations, so they have no plans to pay. >> it is unenforceable and we're going to appeal it. >> reporter: they say the verdict is fraught with fraud. >> this verdict is handed out in the court that seth ron asked it to be. they forced it to move back to ecuador, they didn't want it to be held in the united states. >> reporter: paul pazymino bought them in 2001. texaco was convicted of dumping wastewater when they were drilling, they sued c

about 250 students total were at the camp, fifth and sixth graders from redwood school in oakland, san ramon elementary school in novato and tassajara hills elementary in danville. the camp is now closed. >> it's no indication it was food-borne. so someone may have brought it into one cabin and it spread from there. >> reporter: anne makovec, cbs 5, oakland,. >>> looting, arson, gangs of thugs it's chaos in cairo again today. for a second straight day, supporters and opponents of egyptian president hosni mubarak are clashing in the streets. now, it is just after 10 p.m. in egypt right now. in tahrir square, where hundreds of anti-government protestors vow not to leave until their president steps down. [ sound of gunfire ] >> two days of rock throwing battles have killed at least 8 people and injuries hundreds of others. now gangs of government supporters are attack foreign journalists. the u.s. has already evacuated more than 2,000 americans and more departures are scheduled today. the obama administration is stepping up pressure on mubarak, a long-time american ally. they want him to leave

yesterday a police officer found him several miles away in a safe way store in san ramon. it's unclear just how he got there but his family says it's not unusual for him to take walks of up to 10 miles or more. >>> a davis company has come up with a new way to keep two dreaded muscles out of lake tahoe. they are developing a treatment to kill nonnative species in the wild. the treatment used is a new bacteria that kills the invasive zebra mussels without harming other wildlife. boat inspections will continue. the davis company hopes to win federal approval for its treatment in the next two months. >>> police arrest a warriors player last night. hear what landon guard charlie bell in hot water with the highway patrol. so you always stay in balance. ...to crescent pose. chase what matters. just four more times. ♪ >>> player for the golden state warriors has been arrested for driving under the influence. warriors management says charlie bell was pulled over in oakland early friday morning. he was acquired by the team in the off-season from the milwaukee bucks as part of a tra

along 580 out of oakland along -- right around the dublin grade heading into dublin-pleasanton, san ramon. also precipitation in earnest from vallejo through benicia into martinez, pleasant hill, as well. up and down north and south of the peninsula, you have heavy rain from san francisco through the airport all the way into san mateo and crossing the bridges. in addition, the winds are gusting out of the northeast 10 to 20 miles per hour. now, the rain began on the 14th of this month. up until then, no rain at all. so totals so far this month over a four-day span, approaching of 6.75" in cupertino, other notable numbers, more rain today in the southern portion of our district than to the north. how odd is that? and that's because of the area of low pressure that's backing back up into our area. temperatures right now in the 40s with rain and snow in our mountains dipping down to near freezing in santa rosa. now, this area of low pressure again is backing up in a northerly direction. on tap for tomorrow, more rain from storm number 4. here's how we're playing it out. overnight rain begins

san ramon, mid-7 ohs. north bay, upper 70s for one more day. you'll see we'll finish the weekend on a warm note. we'll be watching the winds back off a little bit. as quickly as things have warmed up, i think you're going to notice temperatures dropping off. a colder system on tuesday. 50s and 60s for highs for the work week ahead. >> and to have it come during a d,eny er t vceg.niweinim >>> we'll be right back. [ man ] i was deciding what to do with my citi thankyou points when it happened... [ glass breaks ] ...again. ♪ [ child ] run! [ man ] first it was the mailbox, then my squirrel... and now, this. so i used my points to make a donation to get the park down the street built. when it finally opened, i also used my points for... car repair. [ male announcer ] use citi thankyou points for almost anything. and earn them fast with the new citi thankyou preferred card. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>> on the super bowl weekend, a woman gave birth to a super-sized baby. who is so big, his parents already dreaming of him playing

southbound 680 as you make your way towards highway 24 or down through the san ramon valley. you can always get traffic whenever you want by going to our website abc7news.com. click on the bay area traffic linking. eric? >> frances, thank you very much. the 18-year-old san jose woman struck and dragged by a hit and run driver is showing signs of improvement. they've upgraded her condition from critical but stable. now the driver who hit her actually dragged her about 2,000 feet. that's much farther than first reported. the teen's family is offering a $2,000 reward for information on the driver. they've put up fliers all over town as well but investigators say they have not yet received any credible tips. >> for many women with breast cancer, a new study finds doing less surgically may be just as effective. it affects women with a tumor 2 inches or smaller. here's dr. richard bester. >> it used to be the standard of care, doctor would go in and remove that tumor but also remove all the limp nodes under the arm, 15 to 20 to make sure there wasn't cancer in there. when you remove

most-wanted suspect number two is ramon delgado. >> he could be in san jose or santa clara county still. >> reporter: delgado is accused of murdering his girlfriend on july 10th, 2003. she was the mother of his 11-month-old daughter. >> we've investigated every lead we can. we've made every attempt, reasonable attempt, to try to find each of these two suspects in these respective cases, and we haven't had any luck. we are really relying upon somebody to come forward with some knowledge. >> reporter: while those are the cases that have gone cold, milpitas officers are using hot spot maps to direct their patrols and tackle the city's most frequent crime. >> we do know that being primarily a residential community, that that is what really affects our residents the most is the fear that they'll be burglarized. when they are, it's difficult for them to sleep at night. our crimes are all property related. they would be in the form of theft, such as shoplifting, auto theft and commercial and residential burglar ya. >> reporter: with 87 sworn officers to patrol the city, police say they're also

. >>> environmentalists planning to be outside chevron headquarters in san ramon this morning to declare legal victory in a long legal battle. a judge in ecuador ordered chevron to pay $9.5 billion. the case involves the dumping of toxic wastewater by texaco, which chevron thought about 2001. plaintiffs -- bought in 2001. plaintiffs said it causes cancer, birth defects and countless deaths over the past 45 years. >> now chevron is declared the largest corporate criminal on earth. the trial of the century they lost. >> it's unenforceable and we'll appeal it. >> chevron says it's a fraud and won't pay the fine. >>> the president is coming to the bay area this week. barack obama is scheduled to meet thursday evening with tech leaders and then spend the night here. it will be a private meeting to talk about the president's new budget plan, which includes money for research and development, education and clean energy. meanwhile, on capitol hill, several hearings about the new budget plan are scheduled today. michael herzenberg with what's at stake. >> reporter: today the white house gets a ch

these headlights on the north bound ride out of this san ramon valley, no back up in the southbound direction.m., border supervisor are talking trash. the city's garbage contract. it proposed 10 year deal with the company called trichology is under consideration. it's worth a hundred and $10 million shifting the trash to you but county. they have opposition from the current garbage contractor. >> james: we will take a break 6:52 a.m., a shop for mount tam. we have blue skies and a beautiful shot. clear conditions on the ground. back with more >> james: first lady michelle obama michele obama says her daughters are not on facebook. and she likes that. her girls have restrictions that other children do not have because of security measures. she adds she's not a fan of young kids having facebook. she thinks it's ok when you're older but not young. >> darya: the top three golfers will play head-to-head in the by this week. cnn had a chance to sit down with tiger 41 01 interview. tiger insisting it's not about golf. his priority is his children. >> whenever they wanted to we do. when i don't have

will be conducted by a team that includes the county district attorney, the sheriff's office, and san ramon police. >>> there was a call today for the release of the bus kidnappers more than 30 years after their arrest. some of the officers, prosecutors, and judges responsible for putting the three kidnappers in prison 35 years ago have written to the parole board in support of their release. back in 1976, brothers james and richard along with their friend, fred woods kidnapped a school bus filled with children and the bus driver. they buried them in a moving van hoping to get some ransom from the state. hours later, everyone was able to escape. >> that was 35 years ago. that's why -- i think it is gross injustice for all three. >> all three were sentenced to life with the possibility of parole and to date, they have each been denied parole at least a dozen times. >>> there are stories of survival coming out of new zealand tonight following tuesday's deadly earthquake. amist the rubble, people are being found alive. this remarkable rescue is caught on tape as a woman climbs up a ladder afte

what that means for the east bay, livermore, you're looking pretty good for snow showers as well as san ramon. we'll go into detail who has the best bet for seeing the snow this weekend coming up. let's detail your traffic drive now with mike inouye. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we'll detail who has the best chance of seeing slowing. this is antioch highway 4, yesterday we saw a good amount of slowing down to the 20s, likely to see that today. starting in the 30s right about 5:30. folks come across the bridge out of the north bay. to or from the north bay here the bridges are moving smoothly southbound for the benicia, 680 and westbound for 80 the commute directions, north of there talking about the very cold temperatures and watch for black ice, we're watching the cold air and maybe the smaller bridges might be affected. the bigger bridges no big deal. approaching the biggest traffic, this is the bay bridge, smooth through the maze a. live look at oakland, past the coliseum with the taillights, there you go, very smooth drive, 15 minutes off 238. fast coliseum. the warriors played. t

brandon smith from san ramon with the three, nice. he had 11 and freshman allen, he's coming up big, too. he had another big three from nearly the same spot. the bears pull away 66-62. cal winning it. stan ford at maples tonight hosting the top team in the conference, arizona and the cardinal making it a game by pushing the action. jeremy green taking off and launching for the tomahawk. that guy's brutal. led the cardinals with 21 points. it's not black jack you can't push. arizona bears down for the 78-69 win. >>> with all of the super bowl talk you're probably headquarter a lot about the guys on the packers from cal, aaron rodgers and desmond bishop of fair field but you can't forget the south bay native, james jones, green bay wide receiver. voted the schools most athletic his senior year making his mark in football, basketball and track before heading to san jose state. we talked to the good folks at gunderson today. >> a typical teenager here and he was kind of a rascal but we loved him and he played more than football. he also p

other stores that will shut down are in san mateo, san ramon, fremont, pleasanton, union city and alameda. those closures will leave hundreds of local employees looking for new jobs. workers at oak ridge mall in san jose say they were surprised by the news that their store is closing and they feel bad about the way they were told. >> i didn't even hear anything from the supervisors, upper management or anything. i heard it straight from facebook. kind of disappointing to get my news from facebook. >> borders expects all the store closures to be complete by the end of april. and says it still has more than 400 stores across the country that will remain open. >>> well, in san bruno another business is closing its doors because of increasing competition from the internet and big box stores. the family owned baby furniture store lullaby lane opened 60 years ago. final days of business is this saturday. >>> almost 10,000 infants and toddlers are injured every year in crib-related accidents. according to a new study in the medical journal of pediatrics most involve toddlers between the ages of

otherwise san ramon, double ton, all in the upper 30s, 40s common across the peninsula and around zoomay back the to vallejo. grab the sunglasses, another full sunshiny day, albeit cooler for the winds increasing during the afternoon hours. winds will be tightening up due to the fact we have high pressure right around here. notice the anti-flutter right there, that area of low pressure. the pressure between the two causes the wind. that's why we do have a wind advisory in effect for tomorrow afternoon for the cardenas straits and the delta. some of it wind gusts are 45 miles per hour across that area. generally across the bay out of the north 10 to 20. temperatures as a result of the wind will be coming down. 6 to 11 degrees in comparison to today when it was 73 in livermore, 70 in san jose, that record in santa rosa, 60 in santa rosa, 66, an average winter day here in the bay area. not so average, moderate air quality the north, to the east, also to the south until that northerly wind does pick up during the afternoon hours and blows all those pollutants away. meanwhile numbers from t

low snow levels, we could see snow on the peaks but down to sea level in places like danville and san ramon. san francisco, twin peaks rises to nearly 1,000 feet. so it wouldn't be hard to get a little bit of snow on twin peaks forever you would have snow in san francisco. we're going to watch this weather system, it is going to impact your weather weekend. i have the computer models set up and ready to go. we'll talk about that, we'll look into the weekend as well, see you back here. >> to keep track of this weather situation at any time just go to our website, ktvu.com and click on the weather tab. >>> and the city is looking at a challenge, how to pay millions of the dollars in pensions for workers who retired years ago. one option being considered is to borrow more money to cover the payments. tom vacar has the story, he says it's like kicking the can down the road. >> reporter: critical decisions are moving into the squarely do or die. among it's many financial problems, the city of oakland has thousands of retired police and firefighters that have a sweet deal. they get an increase in

but southbound 680 as you make your way from danville to san ramon also blocked.ic conditions where and when you want them by going to our website abc7news.com. it's under the bay area traffic link. kristen? >> frances, thanks. it's 4:54. a critical federal investigation into what caused a random acceleration problem that forced toyota to recall millions of cars, trucks and s.u.v.s will be released today. investigators are expected to say they can't find a cause. automotive safety experts tell the los angeles times that nasa investigators found no significant defects that would cause the problem. in the past year and a half, dozens of people have died in crashes where toyotas reportedly took off at high speeds and drivers said they couldn't stop the cars. experts say toyota may now use this new report to defend the company from many lawsuits. >> the house will vote today on extending parts of the controversial patriot act. that's the law passed after the 9/11 attacks to help law enforcement sniff out potential terrorism. house members will vote on three measures,