there was an earlier crash west of the interchange at san ramon road.furniture across lanes, half of the freeway blocked maybe an hour. that's what set off all of this. slew for a friday westbound 580 out of livermore where it slows down over toward castro valley. all of those folks are making a burst toward y., plan on slowing as well. they are all looking predictable as far as a friday. but in the south bay, i circled the area where laura reported the fire. willow glen that's not far from willow glen. and line 82 may have to reroute because the crews are blocking at curtis. 101 has recovered. that was unusual for san jose. that has cleared. we'll jump up to the bay bridge. let me give you a look. the sensors aren't such a big deal. the fast track lanes are moving. friday we don't see this until maybe 45 minutes. this is early. still a big change. we don't -- metering lights just turned on so there you go. we'll show you the slow drive. nothing unusual through berkeley or emeryville. this orange where the fog may impede your view around a quarter mile.

we are starting to see delays eastbound 580 from san ramon road to 680, the lanes

get off at san ramon road and take dublin canyon and you can see it is all green as you head furthert castro valley and toward 238. this accident blocking the roadway westbound 84 in sunol the drive is slow-and-go approaching 680 and in san jose, police activity is still there and matt keller is on scene with this, a homicide that is blocking the intersection of 2nd and st. john's with buses resouthed and lit rain is not stopping at st. james. >> the oakland radars are responding to the two cheerleaders accusing the team of violating labor laws. why the team says the radar yett -- the raider have no business taking them to. and i know there are many myths out there about a reverse mortgage, so i want you to know the facts. there are currently no credit score or income requirements to qualify. you can get tax-free money from the equity in your home. you can use the money to pay off your current mortgage if you have one. the remaining money can be used for anything. there's no monthly mortgage payments. and you still own your home! call today to get your free guide and dvd. it explains

we are starting to see delays eastbound 580 from san ramon road to 680, the lanes are blocked until 6:00 this morning. the headlights in the northbound direction, are accident free so far this morning. >> good to see you. >> breaking news in richmond where a dangerous high speed chase that began in sacramento ended with speed topping 100 miles per hour. matt? >> if you are driving this morning, be careful. if you exit the carlson boulevard exit off of westbound 80 one of the stoplights is actually on the ground at the exit because a car crashed into it. the c.h.p. started chasing the car in the sacramento area last night at 70 miles later it crashed after midnight. spike trips were used and the was war driving on rims when it entered contra costa county and c.h.p. stopped the pursuit because of safety reasons. the officers say the driver lost control of the car after he exited at carlson boulevard. it appeared driver failed to negotiate the turn and took out a light pole. however, the light pole stayed attach to the vehicle. >> the driver tried to run off. here is the suspect in the b

look how jammed it is passing by and over to san ramon road. there was a minor crash, one of them a truck carrying furniture and now there is furniture all over the road. as you travel west past that interchange into dublin and slow coming out of livermore for that. early in the friday commute. the south bay moving by comparison. but we have that crash north 101 looks like it's in lanes. basically the split, 85 and 101. both directions slow by the activity and the flashing light. you pick your path through the other areas, a smooth drive t bay bridge has stackup for the cash lanes. that's unusual for this early on a friday as well. >> busy out there. thank you so much. despite threats from u.s. and the eu, vladamir putin, what he did to escalate tension in the battle over crimea. >> two weeks after it vanished, the search intensifies for the missing airlines plane. >>> welcome back everyone. it's 5:42. in the last hour or so planes stopped searching for two objects that could be wreckage from the malaysia flight 370. they returned to australia w

they just cleared a crash approaching san ramon road. but you can really see the super slow speeds right now before the dublin interchange. it looks like delays begin around el charro even before that, though, traffic sluggish all the way from tracy. to the south bay now, and it looks like 101 from morgan hill still moving at the speed limit as well as 280 and the guadalupe parkway if you are traveling through downtown san jose. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." another check of your forecast now, here's lawrence. >>> all right. sea breeze is kicking in overnight that's carried with it some low clouds and fog this morning. a little thick especially in parts of the north bay. out the door we go. i think we'll see a lot of sunshine into the afternoon at least in the valleys and the bay. along the coastline low clouds and fog likely to stick around. so we'll keep you cooler today all across the board. temperatures outside right now not bad. we have some 40s and some 50s out there. but i think by the afternoon, we are expecting these temper

it's because of an accident just past there approaching san ramon road.ve an accident blocking now two lanes so westbound 580 in the commute direction. you can see it's beginning to slow the drive now out of livermore. so the accident is right there. sounds like there's debris in the roadway involving a pickup with a trailer and another small car. again, the two lanes blocked it may take a little while to clear this or get traffic to recover. right now the delays actually begin out of tracy like we usually see and just kind of one continuous line of slow and go traffic conditions. so that drive time is only about 21 minutes now but it continues to grow as that accident remains out there blocking lanes. mass transit might be a great idea. so far bart systemwide is on time. we just looked 43 trains no delay. ace train number one still on time. that is your latest "kcbs traffic." anne, frank, back to you guys. >>> developing news on that airliner search now. australia says the hunt will be extended for another day. military aircraft from several countries al

you may have to pull over by san ramon on 680. the roads and visibility getting very low. en the south bay. they've seen sprinkles, but san jose, high and dry. this is all about the north bay, this weather system. the next one coming in is going to impact it. it leaves a few lingering showers tomorrow. high pressure builds in quick, and temperatures warm up quickly. thursday, friday, and saturday, we're back into the 70s. when you wake up, this is a distant memory. overnight lows in the 50s. we're looking for plenty of cloud cover in the morning hours. then it should clear out pretty quick, as this system moves in. we're getting thunderstorms now. here's your day tomorrow. a slight chance in the morning, then that's it. it dries out, and we warm up. computer model takes us through there tomorrow morning. in the afternoon, you're dry. we go into friday. there it is, friday morning. saturday. here comes your weekend. saturday looks good. saturday afternoon looks good. on sunday, we've got a chance, you'll see it in the five-day forecast 689 a chance for more rain. similar to

you may have to pull over by san ramon on 680. the roads and visibility getting very low. hen the south bay. they've seen sprinkles, but san jose, high and dry. this is all about the north bay, this weather system. the next one coming in is going to impact it. it leaves a few lingering showers tomorrow. high pressure builds in quick, and temperatures warm up quickly. thursday, friday, and saturday, we're back into the 70s. when you wake up, this is a distant memory. overnight lows in the 50s. we're looking for plenty of cloud cover in the morning hours. then it should clear out pretty quick, as this system moves in. we're getting thunderstorms now. here's your day tomorrow. a slight chance in the morning, then that's it. it dries out, and we warm up. computer model takes us through there tomorrow morning. in the afternoon, you're dry. we go into friday. there it is, friday morning. saturday. here comes your weekend. saturday looks good. saturday afternoon looks good. on sunday, we've got a chance, you'll see it in the five-day forecast 689 a chance for more rain. similar to

reporter:in the south bound, direction the hot lanes will extend from rudgear road in walnut creek to alcosta boulevard in san ramon. northbound, the new lanes will stretch from alcosta to livorna road. >> reporter:converting the hov lanes to hot lanes will involve re stripping the lanes, installing signs, video cameras, and fastrak readers. the entire project is expected to cost about 45 million dollars. return to index of stories... >> reporter: allthe conversion is just one part of a long term plan to create 270 miles of express area. in contra costa county, charles clifford kron 4 news. a rally today in san francisco. calling for changes in the state law >> pam: the group - disability rights advocates - announced its landmark settlement with the federal national park service today. it includes increased wheelchair access. as well as braille, audio and tactile signs. three -million dollars will also be spent on additional accessibility projects. ahead at eight. more than a week since a people aboard - vanished. new developments on the all out search. and later: big bang theory. local scientists think they have m

san francisco toward the santa cruz mountains. i do want to concentrate on this area where we have seen heavier returns around the east bay. alvarado niles road and out toward the 680, san ramonu can see san ramon valley boulevard is getting heavier rafall. as far as the rainfall totals, .91 of an inch. .69 in santa rosa. only .01 in san francisco. trace amounts sfo and out toward concord. this bill all be changing as the rain continues to shift. a look at the morning forecast that does include showers. dan? >> thanks very much. you can see how effective live top leer 7hd is. you can use it on our website, abc7news.com and track the weather anytime you wish. >> we will have cornell bernard in a few minutes talking about what is going on in the north bay and the rain we have had there. a seventh grade teacher is under arrest tonight uh accused of sexually abusing students. he was arrested at mira vista in richmond and being held on $1.4 million bail. the investigation into the molestation allegations began while he was teaching at making waves academy. why didn't they know about it? alan wang reports. >> 32-year-old ronald ginto was charged with 14 counts of child molestation.

san francisco toward the santa cruz mountains. i do want to concentrate on this area where we have seen heavier returns around the east bay. alvarado niles road and out toward the 680, san ramon area you can see san ramon valley boulevard is getting heavier rainfall. as far as the rainfall totals, .91 of an inch. .69 in santa rosa. only .01 in san francisco. trace amounts sfo and out toward concord. this bill all be changing as the rain continues to shift. a look at the morning forecast that does include showers. dan? >> thanks very much. you can see how effective live top leer 7hd is. you can use it on our website, abc7news.com and track the weather anytime you wish. >> we will have cornell bernard in a few minutes talking about what is going on in the north bay and the rain we have had there. a seventh grade teacher is under arrest tonight uh accused of sexually abusing students. he was arrested at mira vista in richmond and being held on $1.4 million bail. the investigation into the molestation allegations began while he was teaching at making waves academy. why didn't they know about it? alan wang reports. >> 32-year-old ronald ginto was charged with 14 counts of child mo

san francisco toward the santa cruz mountains. i do want to concentrate on this area where we have seen heavier returns around the east bay. alvarado niles road and out toward the 680, san ramonrea you can see san ramon valley boulevard is getting heavier rainfall. as far as the rainfall totals, .91 of an inch. .69 in santa rosa. only .01 in san francisco. trace amounts sfo and out toward concord. this bill all be changing as the rain continues to shift. a look at the morning forecast that does include showers. dan? >> thanks very much. you can see how effective live top leer 7hd is. you can use it on our website, abc7news.com and track the weather anytime you wish. >> we will have cornell bernard in a few minutes talking about what is going on in the north bay and the rain we have had there. a seventh grade teacher is under arrest tonight uh accused of sexually abusing students. he was arrested at mira vista in richmond and being held on $1.4 million bail. the investigation into the molestation allegations began while he was teaching at making waves academy. why didn't they know about it? alan wang reports. >> 32-year-old ronald ginto was charged with 14 counts of child mole

. >>> and the heavier shower right now to the west of the san ramon valley around norris canyon road. i'll let you know where else it's raining in the bay area come up next. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of ncaa march madness. ow to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. >>> time now 8:28. a look at the top stories this evening. a busy street in san francisco's north beach neighborhood reopened to traffic following an investigation into an accidental shooting involving a san francisco police officer. it happened around 150:45 this morning on broadway when an officer approached a stolen car. police say the car door hit the officers arm causing the officer to accidentally fire a single shot. the driver got away. the car was found abandoned a short time later on clay street with a bullet hole. >>> a brutal armed robbery and attack in san francisco's burno heights neighborhood cau

san ramon is lightening up, but they are still seeing damp roadways. in the sierra nevada, all roads are leading to tahoe. the snow is still falling at this hour. we are under -- they are under a winter storm warning. take a look for yourself. san francisco is just under three quarters of an inch and just over that in santa rosa. only .16 of an inch. up to .71 of an inch in fairfield. still some clouds lingering toward the bay. mid50s around san francisco and oakland and it is 53 in san jose. here is a view from our exploratorium camera. looking at the clouds 51 in santa rosa. 50s pretty much for everyone else and napa 49 degrees. our view from our lake tahoe camera at the time, the snow here this time has let up for the time being. a few showers overnight and scattered showers. we are expecting heavier rain to come in. you will see the timing of all of this in a moment. here is the deal. this is the trough that went through. here is the one for saturday and here is the one for early next week. we are not done. it is an active pattern. more showers are approaching and tomorrow mornin

san francisco. and let's dig down into the east bay. 580 westbound has been slow over the altamont pass. now getting word of a new crash. northbound 680 at crow canyon road in san ramonnd 880 heading down to fremont. most of it is stop and go. it doesn't get better until you pass stevenson boulevard. the slowest freeway is 101 followed by 85 but 280 is slow from bascom all the way into cupertino. 8:02. back to the desk. >>> back to our developing news in san francisco. an accused gunman remains in a standoff with police. s.w.a.t. officers with their guns drawn have surrounded a home along alemany boulevard. i want to say police have authorized us to show the pictures of the officers. the suspect is accused of opening fire and wounding a man in the leg. now, the standoff has already gone on for nearly four hours this morning and there are no indications it will end any time soon. ktvu's alex savidge joins us from the scene. officers have been pushing you farther back as they extend the police perimeter, right, alex? >> reporter: yeah, they have. good morning to you, tori. i want to let you know in the last minute, we saw police take a person into custody here at this

san ramon is lightening up, but they are still seeing damp roadways. in the sierra nevada, all roads are leading to tahoe. the snow is still falling at this hour. we are under -- they are under a winter storm warning. take a look for yourself. san francisco is just under three quarters of an inch and just over that in santa rosa. only .16 of an inch. up to .71 of an inch in fairfield. still some clouds lingering toward the bay. mid50s around san francisco and oakland and it is 53 in san jose. here is a view from our exploratorium camera. looking at the clouds 51 in santa rosa. 50s pretty much for everyone else and napa 49 degrees. our view from our lake tahoe camera at the time, the snow here this time has let up for the time being. a few showers overnight and scattered showers. we are expecting heavier rain to come in. you will see the timing of all of this in a moment. here is the deal. this is the trough that went through. here is the one for saturday and here is the one for early next week. we are not done. it is an active pattern. more showers are approaching and tomorrow mornin

san ramon is lightening up, but they are still seeing damp roadways. in the sierra nevada, all roads leading to tahoe. the snow is still falling at this hour. we are under -- they are under a winter storm warning. take a look for yourself. san francisco is just under three quarters of an inch and just over that in santa rosa. only .16 of an inch. up to .71 of an inch in fairfield. still some clouds lingering toward the bay. mid50s around san francisco and oakland and it is 53 in san jose. here is a view from our exploratorium camera. looking at the clouds 51 in santa rosa. 50s pretty much for everyone else and napa 49 degrees. our view from our lake tahoe camera at the time, the snow here this time has let up for the time being. a few showers overnight and scattered showers. we are expecting heavier rain to come in. you will see the timing of all of this in a moment. here is the deal. this is the trough that went through. here is the one for saturday and here is the one for early next week. we are not done. it is an active pattern. more showers are approaching and tomorrow morning du

san ramon valley into this area. so plan for that. west 580, an earlier crash moved to the shoulder. no real slowing there. redwood roadnd north on 38. the typical build. another crash around eighth street. no reports of lanes blocked heading to the san mateo bridge in the build. the nimitz heading down into union city and fremont for your typical flow. the dumbarton bridge moves nicely, so does the san mateo bridge with no delays north of the dumbarton bridge. nothing unexpected. northbound 101 does show slowing from capital expressway up past an earlier crash as well as another at 880 off to the shoulder those caused the slow down. coming down to this area we'll check with fremont, south 880 shows slowing. i want to show you this which was hanging slack now starting to move around. the wind is starting so keep that in mind. the northbound 101 through san rafael slowed the last few minutes. starting to move again. we may have had a stall. i'll track it for you. back to the desk. >>> right now, a check of today's top local stories. first this situation that is under way where a plane is trying to land at the san jose a

there's a new accident and the san ramon valley area, 680 is a hot spot. the crash is the sycamore valley roadur mayes. the slowest commute to the bay bridge is from highway 24. >> the san mateo bridge is good nils, it continues to be as good ride, the richmond sent rafael bridge, the trip to more ran town's eight no backup for delays. >> and the time is 9 6:10 a.m.. >> it is exciting starts here wednesday morning. you will want to bring your umbrellas just in case. it is cloud we might get a few breaks. the widespread rain should arrive by the evening. tomorrow, maybe morning drizzle otherwise we would try out and then warm things up for the weekend. widespread 70's. i will let you know just when in the seven there round the bay. >> right now, most of us are in the upper 50s. 54 degrees for san francisco and 55 for vallejo. oakland will get up to 67. here is a look pitcher satellite and radar, the storm that is come until later on tonight, the bulk of the more stress fall in the north bay. lunchti'd about the rain. by 3:00 p.m. we are still holding on to cloudy conditions. you can see at 6:00

road. the slug irk rush hour commute between -- sluggish rush hour commute between walnut creek and san ramonou are willing to pay. the first lanes are oathed x open on interstate 680 by mid- 20 16. the $45 million project will create 28 miles of fastrack express lanes that will allow solo drivers to use the carpool lanes. construction is expected to begin early next year. >>> kind of suffer a little bit. let's check in with brian to find out how the traffic looks right now. >> not many people are suffering. it's friday light for the most part, decides the heavy parts of the -- besides the heavy parts of the roadway. take a look at the maps. this morning, westbound 580 in the livermore valley, not too bad. as you approach san leandro, northbound 880 on the nimitz freeway, a little bit heavy even as you approach the coliseum. let's go to the south bay. 101 typical traffic, northbound. highway 82 from to page mill road. doesn't get any better until you reach the point. traffic pretty slow there. finally taking a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, we've seen pretty heavy traffic earlier this wee

road exit. the chp said that he was speeding and may have been racing before the crash. he was a student at fusion academy in walnut creek and attended san ramonefriends and family gathered to say their good-byes to 14-year- old jenna. she died sunday after being hit by a train. she ran on to the tracks to pick up a phone she had dropped. the pastor of the church where her funeral was held said that her death was to soon and to tragic and she had made a lasting impact during her life. >> bail has been increased to $17 million for a teacher accused of sexually abusing students. the 32-year-old plead not gilty to charges. until a few days ago he taught seventh grade english and science in richmond. he is a ceus of is a accused of molesting students december of 2012 to october of last year when he worked there. >> this did fall through the cracks but we will make ame ends and do better. this person was caught before they did any damage to our students. >> the school board president said he had planned a three day overnight field trip to yosemite with students without the principal's knowledge. his bail went up due to added felony charges which inc

san ramon valley. in fact a whole series of problems of interstate 680 north bound, the worst of voice and to that had cannon roadhere's a live look at our walnut creek ride. ... beautiful lawyer stuck in traffic. police and austin arresting a suspect drunk driver that ran through barricades and into a crowd at the south by southwest at the south by southwest festival in austin texas. two people have been killed in the incident and 23 others injured. the austin police chief says the man and woman killed were on a mo-ped that the driver hit. the pedestrians were leaving a club where a concert had been held. the man also struck a cab before jumping out of his car and trying to run from police. officers shocked him with a stun gun and took him into custody. emergency officials say most of the injuries were minor, but five to seven pepole had more serious injuries. we're just a week away from the beginning of spring. but you can't tell by the way the roads are looking right now in the midwest. snowy conditions caused pileups on the ohio turnpike yesterday. three people were killed and a state trooper seriously injure

road. very slow traffic approaching the scene. you can see that southbound 680 commute has been very heavy leaving the walnut creek interchange heading through the san ramon up into the macarthur maze. fortunately once you pass all this traffic picks up heading across the bridge into the city. and remember, fremont city streets we do still have that major closure fremont boulevard at decoto road expected to be shut down until at least 12 noon today for accident investigation. here's lawrence. >> all right. those clouds starting to roll into our skies now. the rain not too far away. overlooking the financial district in san francisco, getting gray out there now. but check out our hi-def doppler radar. you can see all the yellows and oranges even the reds on the screen now. rain coming into ukiah and cloverdale. scattered showers making their way into santa rosa. by the afternoon, that rain spreading further to the south. the rain will be on and off into the afternoon across the rest of the bay area. 50s and 60s today for highs. more rain on the way. maybe some thunderstorms for tomorrow. showers possibly into thursday. another storm over the weekend. so yo