it is continuing into the san ramon valley from walnut creek. the accident on stone valley road has been cleared of the damage is done. drive times are running 20 minutes from concord to stone valley road. those are bigger delays in the usual. the ride to dublin will also be extended. bart is suffering from earlier problems at the coliseum station. there was police action that is affecting trains on the fremont mind. that includes fremont to richmond. that means delays to daly city and sfo. >>darya: new this morning, if you want to go to the 49ers game, the team owner will treat you if he chooses york tweet. he is giving you until 5:00 p.m. to send his a tweet on why he should give you tickets, for tickets and pregame field passes fell to the big game this sunday. it's just visit him on twitter so, if you are not on twitter get, just registered and send him a tweet. give him your story, the best answer by 5:00 p.m. today will win. zones >>mark: reggie kumar tells us more about increased security measures. >>reggie: a 49ers spokesperson says simi

roadwork going on 680 scheduled through the san ramon valley. waze traffic maps, this is a free traffic app that you can download to your smartphone. we have an abc7 news traffic spotter on 680 now i'm going to click on that person they are moving at 40 miles an hour along 680, roadwork not causing delays. you can be part of this. go to abc7news.com/waze, download the free application and have this tool available to you while you are driving. join the traffic spotters' group. >> apparently we got a lot of new traffic spotters, welcome. >>> president obama tests a new campaign line. next, his fiery defense of the last three years. >> reporter: i'm katie marzullo. voting underway in the new hampshire primary. the first test toward who will be the president's opont -- opponent in the race for the white house. >>> miracle, unbelievable. >> san francisco's newest lottery millionaire. why she now feels twice, i might venture three times, when your deep-dish masterpiece doesn't stay in the dish easy-off oven cleaner cuts through five times more grease

kirk and >>george: call another hot spot at san ramon valley. traffic is backed up into san ramon. a lot of people are avoiding using the freeway. here is a quick bridge check for you. south there are no delays or backups, even with the metering lights on. the sanity of bridge right has been problem free all morning long. it is getting lighter now. we are still incidents free for the ride from nevada to the golden gate range. here is a check on whether with erica. >>erica: plenty of blue skies from the mt. tam cam. as you probably imagine, a pretty clear start to the morning of the cold. cut yes kron artists if hanses cost >>erica: by 12:00 a.m., test just 12:00 p.m. we will see 60s along the eastern shore and the inland valleys as well. cooler along the coast line. foot san francisco and san bruno will hover in the '50s call as we turn our attention to the north bay, we are anticipating hazy sunshine. 65 expected for santa rosa. 59 for downtown san francisco. the kron47 day around the bay forecast shows partly cloudy conditions for the rest of the work week the reef we will see su

. >>> there's welcomed news for drivers on interstate 680 through the san ramon valley. the contra costa county time reports merging lanes will be bim on a two-mile stretch. construction should begin this fall and wrap up in 2014. the $34 million project should cut driving time and the number of accidents. >>> the fel transportation department today announced that a project to -- the federal transportation department today announced that a project is in line to fix damage that occurred in 2004 and 2005. the money is part of $1.6 billion going to states and u.s. territories to repair damage from natural disasters. some of the money will go to reimburse work that's already been done. >>> up next, we'll check on the gas prices. it's called the super bowl for nerds. we'll tell you what is hot as the consumer show is about to open. >>> traders are looking ahead to alcoa's results. the unofficial start to the corporate earning season. >>> gas prices are going up again and industry experts say that could be a sign of much higher -- higher prices this summer. right now a gallon

even traffic trying to get into the san ramon valley will be affected by this a multi vehicle accident that is blocking it 2-3 lanes of 24 westbound. sadly, there is no good alternate route. pleasant hill road is already starting to back up. that will have some updated drive times and a complete check coming up. >>darya: we are four days away from the 49ers and norman's saints. remember what happened because of the transformer that blue? pg&e says this will not happen again. it happened on national television. the mayor says it was quite embarrassing. >> pg&e that these giant fliers and rewired everything. in and arrested on saturday. those cables have to be tested. they connected 4,000 ft. of new wire from candlestick to the daly city substation. the mayor says again, this is not going to happen. >>caller: pg&e has replaced the entire line. we have tested and retested everything. we are ready. everything is a go. the only lights out will be on norman's. >>darya: really? >>mark: he is guaranteeing that the lights will not go out because it is a day game. >>darya: that is a good one! >>

stay close contender, the san ramon valley in livermore rallies. slightly warmer in the south bay but not by much. this afternoon we will be in good shape. by this afternoon, but widespread '60s, but today ensure our we will be 44 record highs. things will change on us come sunday. we have a system near alaska that will bring in a lot of cloud cover. this is the martin of the king jr. holiday forecast. sunday, a slight chance of snow. >>george: a very good commute under way. we have not tracked any major delays or hot spots. the incidents we are contending with are very minor. the san mateo bridge ride is doing well. the golden gate bridge ride is also a problem free with light traffic in both directions. for the two is the drive, there are no delays. green on the entire stretch from the 101 interchange towards highway 85. public transit, no problems to report so far this morning. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. >>james: a quick weather update. on the national front, if you are flying for the holiday weekend, there is some na

we start with a live shot 680 walnut creek southbound great through the san ramon valley roadwork scheduled in both directions of 680, not slowing anyone down. contra costa county is fine. no trouble across the san mateo bridge, good across dumbarton bridge. toll plaza, -- here's a shot, no delays -- [ unintelligible ] i want to show what is going on right now. these are commuters on the roads. some have the abc7 logo they've joined the traffic spotter team. we've got a lot of folks starting to hit the roads, no problems in that area. you can have this free traffic app available to you waze. you will learn more by going to abc7news.com/waze. >>> 4:38. >> next, the tweet that has made a richmond police officer the target of the hacker group anonymous. >>> mobile technology from silicon valley that allows pg&e to sniff out a dangerous gas leak. >>> drive to derail plans for a commuter freezing rain in the north bay hits3q on average 5,000 people a day switch from cascade to finish - over two million so far. maybe it's because finish quantum gives them cleaner, sparkling dishes without rinsing

costa commute, 680 looks great, southbound moving along towards highway 24 down through the san ramon valley. south bay clear northbound 280 no problems out of downtown san jose area. a little roadwork going on westbound 80 near red top and highway 12, lanes should be picked up by 5:00, you can see traffic moving at 70 miles per hour not slowing anyone down. >>> 4:39. good to have you back. >>> major shift in u.s. defense prioritys that president obama is set to unveil this morning. -- >> reporter: you heard nice guys finish last? newt gingrich fresh off a fourth place finish in iowa is ready for a when a sore throat strikes, the pain can leave you feeling dreadful. and all you want is for it to go away. cepacol works fast and gives powerful sore throat relief. that's because the numbing medicine in cepacol is the maximum strength you can get without a prescription. and it stays there after the lozenge has gone. tame your painful sore throat with cepacol. >>> good morning. live look bay bridge incline folks heading into san francisco looking at this picture no fog here mike says probably onl

we are looking at a slower traffic southbound as you head through the san ramon valley. this is still a fairly typical ride with no unusual delays in the southbound direction. the 580 ride is a little better than usual. checking the bridges as a live look at your ride on the bay bridge, you will see that it has been a light and easy commute all morning long with no problems across the upper deck. a high wind advisory is still in place because of a stall that occurred here just past the toll plaza. has managed to tie things up for about 40 minutes. traffic on the stand is moving well. on the golden gate bridge we have seen some slower traffic through northern iran on 101 southbound. the big surprise is, it is slower than usual and southern iran. traffic is moving slower than usual because of the wet pavement. >>darya: and a developing story in san francisco, occupy protesters have chained themselves together at wells fargo bank. yoli eceves is live on the scene. >>yoli: this is the headquarters of wells fargo. these people are chained to the front door step right here. >>

south bound 680 is smooth and easy to the san ramon valley.est bound 24 has no accidents to report. safety regulators are no longer pacifying this project as a dangerous, so they have relaxed restrictions and this is scheduled to open in late 2013. it will be a full closure open underneath interstate 880 and open this morning. that is a part of the interchange retrofit project. that closure starts at 8:00 a.m.. >>james: currently this oceanfront course has come under fire. the board feels there should be a way to protect the habitat for the endangered species. also said the to the board of supervisors are standing by their overriding some environmental and community groups concerned. ron they cited concerns about pollution and other aspects. the board unanimously certified are the environmental impact group. date not guess this will generate about 8000 jobs at put $8 billion into the local economy. >>justine: facebook is now making its time line future for all users want to goes live you only have seven days to hide any photos, videos or thing

road conditions look great. 680 walnut creek north main looking good southbound through the san ramon valley. traffic quiet all around the bay area another live shot of 280 and 17 interchange in san jose. i want to take you to the waze traffic maps. traffic going to get crowded for the 49er playoff game later today this is an application you can download for free and use. right now we have someone heading on 101 you can see speedy part of the abc7 traffic spotter group is moving along at over 40 miles an hour. the cool part is if you are trying to decide whether to take city streets or different routes heading to the 49ers' game if there are other wazers on those streets you will be able to get their speeds this might help you, you might decide to pull over and take a bus instead. quite a few wazers on the road now. if you would like to be part of in go to abc7news.com/waze. download the free application to your iphone, android or blackberry and join our abc7 traffic spotter group. we are now over 1,000 members. we just started last week. we were at 24 members. it is really gaining a lot of

both directions roadwork between al costa and -- farther south through the san ramon valley. tl at the bay bridge -- toll at the bay bridge, metering lights off. jut a few cars heading into san francisco through ti into san francisco with no delays. >>> our time is 4:34 41. >> gentleman next the incentive -- police are offering for help in finding the suspect in the city's first murder of the year. >>> byob, big changes coming to the east bay as another county says good-bye to plastic bags. >>> battle over a bay area city council. the group that says minorities are not being represented. introducing the new flip & fresh from air wick with 100% fragrance oil. it's something new to brighten your home with two scent levels to choose from for when you want something light or something more. it's the new flip & fresh from air wick. the lasting fresh fragrance that brightens your world with a flip. something in the air wick. guys... [ female announcer ] pillsbury cinnamon rolls with cinnabon cinnamon are an irresistible sunday morning idea. nothing calls them to the table faster. su

southbound past north main construction between al costa and sycamore valley road towards the san ramon valleye aware of caltrans crews. toll plaza light no metering lights on to the incline section upper deck into san francisco no problems you are free sailing right through the tunnel into the city and we'll follow that of course for you the rest of the morning. >>> free and smooth sailing, thank you sue. 4:40. >> moving a step closer to reality. san francisco's central subway project clears a major hurdle in washington. >>> city parking made easy. there's a new app for that and it talks. new odor detect from air wick. a new air freshener so smart, that it detects and overcomes unpleasant odors. odor detect works on more than a thousand odors, to keep your world at its brightest. new odor detect. something in the air wick. >>> good morning 4:42 on the abc7 news morning news. when i stepped out it was bitterly cold. mike says things are warming up as that warm, moist air pushes in that will bring rain and this afternoon's commute may be greatly affected. mike will have more on that as will as

nearby we have southbound 680 at the 580 interchange, dublin interchange out of the san ramon valley. we have flooding reported there blocking at least a couple of lanes as far as the water goes. no lanes are closed. that's the issue. be careful as you get out there. crews will check the drains. we'll follow this, but no major slowing there. highway 24 at the orinda off ramp we had lanes affected by water. chp cleared that incident, saying the flooding is not a major issue. it will be a problem as water continues to be on the roads and off ramps throughout the morning. we'll continue to follow no. problems through the maze as far as the flooding goes. a look at the the san mateo bridge. the camera from time to time is shaking. to the right it says high wind advisory. that's the case for the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge had a warning. the bay bridge, and watch all of the crossings, as you hit the high rises you can get caught with a gust or two. back to you. >> thank you very much. a dutch teen has unofficially become the youngest person to sail around the world by herself. >

earlier, they are warning you ahead of time there's a little slowing on 680 between alamo down to san ramon valley. you can be part of this traffic-based application by going to our website abc7news.com/waze. you can download the free app to your iphone, android or blackberry. you can even choose the wazer mood, whatever you are feeling that day, once you gain a certain amount of points, you do that by diving around and turning the application on. >> commuting has -- has never been so much fun. >>> our time is 4:40. >>> frightening moments for travelers at a northern california airport. next the confrontation that lead to security officers tasering a passenger. >>> riding night new hampshire after back-to-back wins the next move for mitt romney. new odor detect from air wick. a new air freshener so smart, that it detects and overcomes unpleasant odors. odor detect works on more than a thousand odors, to keep your world at its brightest. new odor detect. something in the air wick. >>> a sheriff's deputy used a gun three times on a passenger who refused to complete the screening process at sacrament

construction through the san ramon valley northbound and southbound between el costa and sycamore valley road. light traffic through the area. no slowing here. i'll show you more spots that i have my eye on. back to you. >> thank you. >>> a financially strapped east bay city could soon be facing more money problems if a long list of homeowners get their way in court. >> "today in the bay's" christie smith live where homeowners are asking the city to pay up for damages caused in a police chase. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the question is how much is too much when searching for a suspect. three claims have been filed against the city by homeowners who say that vallejo police caused damage to their property when they were searching for the person suspected of shooting officer jim kapoo in november. officers were looking for the shooter and suspected bank robber. video shows that s.w.a.t. teams were breaking down fences an going through back yards. the claims, though, total nearly 11 grand including emotional distress. our sister station in sacramento tried to talk with the city

it is cold through the san ramon valley. temperatures are in the mid 30's. let's walk through what we are expecting. sunny and mild today through saturday. that is the way the weather will be at least through the first half of the weekend. sunday will be 9 soft cover possible cool off the tax. as we head to the martin luther king holiday partly cloudy conditions and slightly cooler temperatures. tuesday-thursday we are expecting the possibility of rain to become soft reality- aha this is what we are seeing outside doors. cysts 35 in oakland 38 in san jose. chilly. the son has been up for about 35 minutes 54 the fog is beginning to shift. that is pretty much gone high, we are seeing it off the coast. we have dense fog with visibility down to under a half mile but it looks pretty limited. temperatures this afternoon are very similar to yesterday. we are looking for 65 in oakland 61 in antioch, 64 in livermore and 64 will be the forecast for san jose. low-mid-60's for most of the bay area. here is what the satellite how is showing us. staple whether of a head.

a citizen called 911 explaining that the escapee was at a chevron station near the corner of san ramone valley boulevard and dublin boulevard and he was on a bike wearing his prison issue blue pants and brown shirt that said alameda county jail on it. >> i saw the guy. he came rolling into our parking lots and then he stopped talked to a customer and he started leaving the parking lot in dublin police officer showed up flashed his sirens and lights and he took off. crashed his bike right around the median there then he took off running and the cops came in and then couple of the police officers head him off and finally he they got him right in front of video only right over there. >>reporter: investigators still aren't sure how9/$ he got the bike. they conspire toured him 3 miles away from the area where he was last seen which is a vast area that includes the camp park shooting range and the creek regional park. sheriff's deputy say 57-year-old jose franco was arrested for burglary in oakland and returning from court today on a minimum security inmate bus and escaped while being processed back

we have a little bit of roadwork both directions in the san ramon valley between alcosta and sycamore valley various lanes blocked. not causing major delays. not seeing much in the way of delays all across the bay area. still good coming out of the altamont pass. there's a look at your drive time still only 13 minutes on this thursday morning so you're still good in the westbound lanes through livermore and continuing towards the dublin interchange. the south bay problem-free. 280 no problem towards highway 85. it could be a wet commute home so mass transit would be a good option. bart, ace, muni and caltrain and your ferries all on time. back to our "timesaver traffic" camera at the bay bridge toll plaza, no delay here this morning. so looks good right now heading into s you may find some lanes blocked in the lower deck heading against the commute heading towards the east bay. live look at the san mateo bridge where it's 13 minutes out of hayward so overall, we are off to a good start. that is traffic. back to you. >> there's a few cars on the road. >> we can see cars on the san mate

it is also called to the east in and through the san ramon valley, dublin and pleasanton. temperatures in the mid '30's along 580 in the livermore valley. upper '30's down in san jose. 45 and mild in san francisco. this afternoon we will jump 30 degrees in some spots between now and 2:00 p.m.. we're looking for mid-60s with maybe even possible upper 60s. 64 is will we are expecting in oakland. 65 in los gatos and morgan hill. 63 for concord and walnut creek. the 60 degree temperatures are what we will see, nevada and in napa, 66 for people there. here is a quick look at the satellite view. although we have high pressure over head that will keep us dry and stable, it is on the seventh and eighth day, tuesday into wednesday when we have a cold air coming in that could possibly phosphorite rain and snow 50 if from this is a quick look at the holiday weekend. on sunday clouds begin to build. to have a slight chance of rain or snow. now down to the newsroom. >>justine: mitt romney raised $24,000, his campaign just put out these numbers this morning. in all, mitt romney raised $5

that san ramon valley along 680 and that livermore valley stretching out along 580 toward tracy reallyflirting in the low to mid-30s. down in the south bay slightly warmer but not by much. 39 in san jose and 37 currently in freemont. 74 in san fran. take a look at how temperatures should develop throughout the morning. at 9:00 the sun will have been up for at least an hour and a half. we're looking for conditions to be slieptly warmer than -- slightly warmer than 40s and 50s. by noontime mainly 50s with a few 60s popping up. by this afternoon around 2:00 we're looking for wide sped 60s. again -- widespread 60s. again the range will be in the low to mid-60s. clear skies. we're looking for a nice day today. it's tomorrow that things get a little dicey for us. this is the system bringing a lot of rain to seattle and portland. the lower edge of this thing they're expecting might break out. we're talking about meteorologists with the national wester service. they've been tracking this since it's been way out in the pacific. they're looking for a bit of this energy to break off and head our

a citizen called 911 explaining that the escapee was at a chevron station near the corner of san ramone valley boulevard and dublin boulevard and he was on a bike wearing his prison issue blue pants and brown shirt that said alameda county jail on it. >> i saw the guy. he came rolling into our parking lots and then he stopped talked to a customer and he started leaving the parking lot in dublin police officer showed up flashed his sirens and lights and he took off. crashed his bike right around the median there then he took off running and the cops came in and then couple of the police officers head him off and finally he they got him right in front of video only right over there. >>reporter: investigators still aren't sure how9/$ he got the bike. they conspire toured him 3 miles away from the area where he was last seen which is a vast area that includes the camp park shooting range and the creek regional park. sheriff's deputy say 57-year-old jose franco was arrested for burglary in oakland and returning from court today on a minimum security inmate bus and escaped while being processed back

if you drive through the san ramon valley and merging lanes will be built on a two lane stretch between sick more valley and cross canyon roads. that is $34 million construction job that should start this fall and be finished in 2014. >>> sal is checking on your commute this morning, sal? >>> we are watching the bay bridge toll plaza because we are expecting more of a crowd and we go right to it and i am glad to say i am not seeing the big crowd that even i thought there would be. sometimes you turn out to be flat out wrong, look at that, traffic looks great and i will be happy if it stays this way. >>> i thought it would be more crowded and so far so good. southbound 80 as you pass the coliseum is moving a long nicely. and 880 southbound, we have a little bit of a backup because of this injury there is also another crash in the backup and unfortunately even though traffic was light, now that there is a crash here it is getting busier. as we move to the other side of the bay, 101 has recovered from other problems. >> sal, how are you this morning. >> yes, we had the fool moon at 11:30 a

drive from pleasant hill towards highway 24 past north main traffic moving at the limit into the san ramon valley problems towards the 580/680 junction. let's take a look at our app, the waze app, a free app, downtown san francisco you can see coming off of the bay bridge, slow traffic -- excuse me at the fremont street exit, eddie, turk and ellis in the tenderloin slow traffic there. if you would like to join our traffic spotters you can download the waze app it is free. join our traffic spotter group. for more information, abc7news.com/waze. >>> it is 5:38. >> this morning you have something in common with the biggest stars in hollywood. >> what is that? >> we are all up early to find out who is being nominated. >> live now to the samuel goldwyn theater where the nominations will be announced. this year the oscar buzz is about a film with no dialogue. >> "the artist." there could be anywhere from 5 to 10 best picture nominees. to be a nominee you have to have 5% of the first place votes cast. we are beginning the process now. >>> hello everybody, good morning. welcome to the academy of motion p

this tuesday morning. 680 walnut creek southbound towards highway 24 now on of 80 through the san ramon valleynes may be still blocking by overnight roadwork that should be cleared by 6:00. commute 101 through san rafael southbound fine novato now in the northbound direction most people not headed that way there's roadwork through novato northbound until 6:00. good ride in the south bay headlights northbound on 101, that's 880 across your screen. can't find trouble even when i look at the waze maps. we have the commuters on the roads and still no slowing reported. a few abc 7 traffic spotters one named chester and another one. join this abc7 community by downloading this free traffic app, abc7news.com/waze. you can learn more about it. it is like a free gps for your smartphone or iphone and it lows you know the current traffic conditions. -- and it lets you know the current traffic conditions. >> the generous gift that going to give stanford a leg up on innovation in the media. >>> get ready for oscar sunday. oscar.com is your complete source for the awards predict winner watch live video from

both directions of 680 through the san ramon valley should be clearing up. that may mean some slowing. all your construction crews are on the base through the area. 14-minute drive out of the a tlrks tamont pass into livermore without accident or incident. a live look and a clear view southbound with the taillights around the bend. let's catch up with these folks down in the south bay here. a nice easy drive. we just have construction at the embarcadero offramp. >>> the december jobs report is due out in just a few minutes now. good morning, brian. >> about 11:30, we're geeky here. we have the countdown to the jobs report. economists expect hiring was still solid but sluggish in terms of making a dent? the unemployment rate. they are calling for an increase 155,000 company payroll increase. unemployment edging up slightly to 8.7% as more people likely are looking for work. europe a touch higher. stocks clawed their way back from early losses yesterday and closed mixed. the dow was down two points. january is bargain food month at fast food chains. which is f

contra costa county looking good, no trouble southbound towards highway 24 fine through the san ramon valley sunol grade. looking good across the span westbound drive time still 14 minutes from 880 to 101 probably a little less if you are going over the limit. 280 and 17 interchange in the south bay and san jose northbound 280 fine up towards cupertino no problems on highway 17. i want to take to you the waze traffic maps to show you where it is slow. this is a driver reported traffic app. you will notice someone on westbound 205 reported heavy traffic, eight minutes ago this allows you to tell other drivers what to expect. all you need to do is turn the application on. once you turn it on it tracks your speed and shares that with other drivers. dave part of the traffic spotter team is moving along well over 40 miles an hour. a few more drivers on the road on highway 4. so far, no slowing reported in antioch if you want to be part of our traffic spotter group download the free traffic app, abc7news.com/waze. you can put it on your iphone or android. you can even choose your driver mood, if y

as the head west towards san mateo and foster city. 680 southbound is a clear shot into the san ramon valleya report of an accident in marin county at linkedin in the southbound direction. for a moment or two it was in the left-hand lane but has clear to the right hand shall. we do not have any concern that that will become a hot spot. hot >>darya: class is at the creative arts a charter school, the school was damaged and destroyed several apartment will things. kay thompson says the school is racing to rebuild. >> six classrooms, the cafeteria and a library or destroyed by smoke and water damage. air >>james: a positive way to start the trading. the s&p gained almost 20 in the nasdaq rose more than 43. some of the economic reports we're looking for today may shed some light on the state of the country's manufacturing industry. >>darya: oil prices soared yesterday as tensions grew over key persian gulf oil shipments. they softened slightly this morning in asian trading. >>james: a burglary suspect has been trapped on the side of telegraph hill. a live report coming up momentarily. if >>darya

walnut creek, light traffic headed southbound on 680, going past north main headed to 24 into the san ramon valley, no problems. >>> now 5:20 >> not just the mayors, everybody wants a piece of the action. two popular breweries make a bet on the outcome of the game. what they are putting on the line. >>> iran yanks the welcome mat from one of the world's most popular toys. >>> bad sleeping habits that could add pounds to your waistline. are losing money. that's "america's money." i'm rob nelson. >>> failing to get enough sleep at night could be sabotaging your diet. that's the conclusion of a new small study swedish researchers looked at a dozen men over two nights. they found the men tended to be hungrier after getting no sleep. researchers say the findings show lack of sleep could be leading us to eat more when we don't need to >>> barbie stirring up new controversy this time in iran. police have closed down dozens of toy shops in tehran that sold the iconic american doll. the stated aim to stop western influence. iran last enacted a barbie ban in the mid 90s to fight what they called a cultural

times heading out right now, 680 to the corridor, san ramon valley 80 to the maze 20 minutes, slowing and over the altamont into the dublin area. abc7news.com/traffic is the latest, where you can go as you head out >>> what did you do over the holidays? a bartender got national attention because of a unique tattoo in a challenge by former nba star shaq. shaq said he would give $1,000 to the first person to get a tattoo of charles barkley and a referee kissing at the nba all-star game in 2007. emmett got that tattoo saturday. he signed up for twitter and posted a picture of his new ink. >> at least if he responds, i get the $1,000, great if i don't it is still cool to get my 15 minutes. >> his body already sports unique ink, including skulls, mug of beer and homage to ac slater a character from the 90s tv show saved by the bell. >>> 6:20. is it better than barbie? the new toy for the apple addict who has everything. tes." i'm rob nelson. -thatis there a prize in there? is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart

we have a few areas of roadwork including that stretch through san ramon valley looks like both directions of 680 between alcosta boulevard and sycamore valley road. various lanes blocked until about 6:00 this morning for at least another hour. so watch out for that. otherwise, in the south bay we are nice and quiet but i did want to mention later on tonight we got a sharks game. they take on the ottawa senators at 7:30 over at hp pavilion so between that and the rain it could get hectic by the guadalupe parkway. and one more live look at the silicon valley ride westbound 237 so far, so good all the way out of milpitas to san jose. we'll have much more traffic coming up including a check of mass transit. back to you. >> thank you. >>> controversy for a cruise ship captain his excuse for leaving a singing ship. plus no tuition to go to college? one group's plan that's being considered here in california. >> i think this is a techily bad choice. >> the turf war brewing in the north bay with george lucas. that and more when we come back on this thursday. ,,,, missing people on a cruise ship..

the construction for 680 through the san ramon valley has picked up.o we have a smith drive, toward the dublin interchange. out of the altamont pass, 16 to 17 minutes. all the way in toward livermore. a smooth drive past the isabelle exchange. a little blip starting up. >> alzheimer's experts will begin a meeting to help the government realize its goal of finding an effective treatment for the disease by 2025. the obama administration is developing the first alzheimer's plan to find better treatment for the disease. a newly released droft of the over all goals sets a deadline but doesn't say how to fund the research to meet that date. >> a family, their son ryan, was buried by sand. he was able to survive but his future is very different. the freak accident happened in santa cruz. ryan's father says the 17-year-old, lacrosse player and musician, dug a tunnel from one direction. >> when they be connected in the fidle. after they connected one was coming out, line was going oyn and the tunnel collapsed on him. >> ryan was buried alive for 15 minutes. he

as we pick up some traffic maps, you'll see no problems for south bound 6802 the san ramon valley.e have a clear shot through the caldecott tunnel. as we focus in on conditions on the shore freeway. we have a lot of green on the road with sensors. speeds are over 50 miles per hour. in fact your ride right analysis of the minute this morning. for those of you taking public transit it looks like you are good to go. >>justine: 2 hot tech products can now begin this year. we have made a map of time before to show you. i will push played to let it start to move a little bit so that you can see be areas that we are talking about. the california transportation commission has set aside over $86 million to widen part of highway 4 and highway 4 bypass. a 1.7 mi. stretch in any out will be wide and from four to six lanes. when >>james: and we are following the latest developments in the domestic violence cases and is your --read the domestic violence case against sheriff mikarimi clear yet he is accused of losing her arm during an argument on new year's eve. there have been some changes in hi

this is 68 through the san ramon valley. el costa boulevard up to sycamore valley road and vice versa. both directions, a lane or two at times. but these crews not causing slowdown. that's north of 580 out of walnut creek. ly give you an update on the truck fire in dixon. but we'll give you an update to see if any lanes are blocked. >>> the first caucus of the gop presidential race officially in the books. >> congratulations to governor mitt romney. congratulations to senator sanitorium for a very close second place finish and an excellent race here. >> there you have it. mitt romney wins the iowa caucus by a mere eight votes, narrowly edging out rick santorum. that is the closest they've ever had in that thing. next up, tuesday's primary in new hampshire. coming up at 5:40 we go live to des moines to see how candidates are responding to the caucus results. >>> it is 5:01 this morning. it was a tragic end to a police chase. now homeowners are demanding the city pay for damage left in the search for a bank robber. christie sm

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if south of that, it is an easy ride in the san ramon valley. outthrust fact we are waiting for the crash to clear from the left hand lanes. that has been our loan hot spot for a while. traffic on the bridges are doing pretty well. a bit of a backup from the middle of the east lot. this is traffic getting into the open toll lanes. on the san mateo bridge we have been problem free all morning long with no delays eastbound or westbound. on the golden gate, is moved to me if. >>james: here is a live look from mt. tam this morning. a really pretty shot out there. pleasant conditions. a few high level clouds. is cold. for the chilly, especially in the north bay. conditions are near freezing in. at 32 in an old model and fairfield. left there is not much rain. it does not look like anything will intensify. we will get more cloud cover and it breeziness out of this system. we will have winds and clouds. temperatures right now are in of the '30's and 40's. in a lot of sunshine and mild temperatures throughout the rest of the week. we will stay dry for t

the livermore valley and san ramon valley, los 60s for you. the same story across the north bay. 63 in santa rosa. richmond and san francisco will be in the upper 50s. we will hold on to the warm weather pattern as we head towards the middle of the week. cooking >>george: the drive is problem free from nevada to the golden gate bridge. >>darya: a developing story of a san francisco, one dozen people have been left homeless by this fire that broke out yesterday. a damaged three buildings. one person was injured. investigators say the fire is being investigated this morning as typical, they have to check for our sins. cox hata eckhard hah and love and >> you could see the wind blowing the smoke in one direction. we're very lucky that we did not have the high winds. >>will: that was the assistant chief at a news conference. lucky conditions. it was not windy. the flames were going of and not to the side. that is why these homes are only partially damaged. >>darya: knew this morning, there were fires in los angeles. officials believe an arsonist i

there's welcomed news for drivers on instate 680 through the san ra mown valley -- san ramon valley. merges lanes will the built in both directions on sick sycamore and -- sycamore. this should cut driving time and the number of accidents in the area. >>> all right. 7:07. let's check in with sal. already you are busy on a monday morning. >> it's busy. you know, some of the traffic patterns are nobility exactly what we -- are not exactly what we expected. traffic is going to be a little bit slow in san jose here down to about 58 miles an hour which is not all that bad. i would say that's pretty good for highway 85. if you are driving on the nimitz freeway, let's say from hayward, we had a couple of earlier crashes. that traffic has been slow in the stretch. also this morning's commute looks not bad at the bay bridge toll plaza. as a matter of fact, the traffic is moving along pretty nicely. is. >>> -- you are driving, it's slow. let's get to steve. >>> good morning. we had the full moon last night, 11:30 last night and you temperatures have dipped in the upper 20s. i will show you som

a little slowing and 680 out of walnut creek into the san ramon valley. that is to be expected. the problems on 2 of 5 westbound have meant light traffic through the of the mob has into livermore. the north bay right, while it has picked up slowing southbound, it has not delayed things. the drive time only 31 minutes. >>james: a burglary suspect still stuck on telegraph fell after trying to get away from police. yoli eceves is live with the latest. >> they do have a palm print, they need to match that of the suspect, they do have of fingerprints that they could possibly feed into a machine. as far as we know the suspect is still on the hillside. we have police officers in the chokepoints' where we believe he could escape. we are hoping that we have gotten those covered. >>yoli: do you believe he lives in the area? >> there is no way to know. the way they he was moving around in the area, we believe he does live in the bushes. >>yoli: he has been on the hillside ever since? >> yes. the manager chased the suspect outside and that our officers showed up. >>yoli: at this point, they

on 80 westbound there is no slowing. 680 to the san ramon valley looks good so that's 580 and south 680. 101 northbound at the coyote valley looks good up to mountain view, said its 85 to the west valley. 101 southbound in berlin is delay free from to nevada to the golden gate bridge area >>darya: a high-school teacher in livermore is behind bars, accused of having a sexual relationship with the boy under the age of 15. officers arrested marie johnson yesterday. police say that she had multiple sexual encounters with a student over a six month period of time. cuthat this point investigators believe only one boy is embarked. the man accused of raping three women in the mission district is due back in court tomorrow. he faces 26 felony counts including attempted murder, attempted rape and multiple kidnappings charges. he has not entered a plea stand is being held without bail. >>mark: we could know by tomorrow at san francisco's new share of will face a domestic violence charges. the alleged victim is his wife. the incident was reported to police by a neighbor. the district attorney is re

we are still in the thirties for concord, walnut creek and most of the san ramon valley.t we're dealing with in terms of temperatures. as for rain, the only thing storm tracker 4 is picking up phil is will to the north. in crescent city we have some light rain. it is very scattered right now. the wide you on the satellite is showing as the length of the cold front. the lower keys of this me she'd in our direction. any rain associated with that will stay off shore. the rest of the bay area looks fairly drivey. the temperatures around the bay in the '60s. upper 50s in downtown san francisco. a mix of partly cloudy skies today. a little bit of sunshine and cloud cover. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. sunny and mild for the rest of the week. it looks like a holiday weekend looks pretty good. it will stay cold overnight. we are near freezing for most of the week. >>george: we're tracking an accident on highway 92 and the peninsula just west of interstate 280. secedes the report is that both leaves could be blocked. a head-on crash on highway 92 just west of 280. a

the san ramon valley was awfully cold this morning. we are looking for today and tomorrow to be the best today's. sunny and warm conditions. the same conditions affected-- expected for the 49 a game. clouds come in edit temperatures cooled down. monday will be cool and breezy. how best to be outside is sunday and monday. >>james: napa is at 40 degrees. more '40's on the map that we had in our last update. oakland, a redwood city, mt. view, los gatos and morgan hill, all of those locations will be in the '60s. mid-60's for the east bay shoreline in the east bay valleys. 62-66 for depending on where you are. the same story in the north bay. fairfield is a 62. slightly warmer in nevada. 60s the expected high in santa rosa. today's forecast will be similar to tomorrow, just in time for the big game. if the 49ers hosting the saints at 1:30 p.m.. the game time temperature will be at about 62. cloud cover building and by wednesday and it looks like there's a will be our day for rain. >>darya: new gingrich is opening his headquarters in florid

interstate 80 westbound and on interstate 680 added to the san ramon valley, it is still well within the normal range and continuing into the east bay. was down 580 still looks the same. heading to the oakland airport, there was a pedestrian accident. 680 south, we mentioned a slower ride through pleasanton. heavier traffic is at the north end of the drive. your overall drive time leading into milipitas has not increased. 101 northbound is typically slow. 85 starts to slow through saratoga. your ride through marin county, picking up some slowing at the north and near no bottle siri the drive time is up to 20 minutes for 101 southbound. >>justine: the national highway safety traffic administration is investigating these liberty is tv's from 2002 and 2003. there has also been an upgrade. if you have any questions, contact your dealer. >>darya: registered nurses and nurse practitioners will hold a 1 days of the strike , there are striking to protest kaiser demands for substantial cuts in health care coverage and short staffing of a mental health care coverage. they also share concerns a

we're looking for low- mid-60's through many of the areas through the east, the san ramon valley, livermorey and the delta. 61 in that all the way to 66 in santa rosa. we're looking for more clouds to roll in as a part of the system in the pacific. we will not see any major rain associated with this system. potentially we will have a legal but that will break off and had our way. in texas a tornado warning was issued near houston. third >>justine: the tornado warning is for houston and surrounding counties. they say there is a 100 percent chance that rain and thunder will be on and off all day. more as more information comes through. >>mark: there a bid to shootings in san francisco and the last 24 hours. yesterday afternoon in the bayview district and a child was also injured by breaking glass from the bullets. a second shooting in the myrtle heights neighborhood around 7:00 p.m.. the victim was shot outside a liquor store. that person is expected to survive. >>darya: 7:21 a.m.. a manhunt and police standoff in livermore has come to an end. you can see the large response to the situation a

up towards the fairfield area as well as dixon, and we have some moderate rain, alamo, san ramon, and livermore valleya, and rain pushing into the cust by accept -- santa cruz. this is the band of showers that moves in, and in the low back here and that's going to race in tonight to bring us rain, heavy at times. we'll take a look at the timing in a bit. >> thank you. crews in oakland continue to make repairs to a portion of road that gave way after friday night's heavy rain. a chunk of the road collapsed when the ground gave way and crumbled on to the street below. more than 100 neighbors were left without power and water. crews are continuing to work on repairs to one of the water linessed damaged in the collapse. there's no word on when water service will be restored. >> tonight, president obama is describing arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords as an inexpression. she announced her resignation earlier today. giffords says she intends to step down to concentrate on recovering from wounds she suffered in a shooting last january and posted this on her facebook page. thank you for your prayers and

san mateo to stanford. redwood city, atherton, menlo park. if you're headed to the city, oakland city. tri-valley, san ramon to pleasant don't, dublin, 64. 62 santa rosa. 63 lake port. morning time at nbcbayarea.com, don't forget, it's our watch, win, give-away tonight. >> heard about that. >> it's a kindle, head to our website for that. dry this weekend, no raindrops right now in that seven-day forecast. running about 5 to 6 inches below for the rainfall season. right now, really the best thing we can do is keep our fingers crossed. it's not cooperating. >> almost 70 tomorrow, or wednesday. >> yeah, yeah. >>> twitter sensation banana sam is back home at the san francisco zoo tonight. someone kidnapped the two-pound squirrel monkey from his exhibit thursday night or friday morning. then on saturday night, police received a call that a monkey in stern grove about a mile from the zoo. a man says he found the monkey and was able to coax him into his backpack. banana sam appeared to be cold and hngry but okay. the $5,000 reward in this case has yet to be paid. banana sam's latest twitter update? gonna try and g

tonight chilly, freezing inland especially right there near the tri-valley. san ramon blackhawk at 32. mid-30s across willow glen and cupertino. clear and chilly skies tonight. otherwise, spring is definitely sprung for your saturday. then a chance of a few sprinkles far north bay by sunday night. santa rosa to the north and this right here is an area of low pressure that wants to undercut our huge ridge of high pressure that's dominating this weather pattern. that's why we have mild conditions. clouds roll in sunday night with a few sprinkles possible. otherwise we need rain and don't have any measurable precipitation in the forecast until february 10. right now averaging 47% of where we should be in san francisco am our monthly january total now is 2 and a third inches when we're be 4.5. it's going to be like the 11th driest january dating back to 1849. saturday's high temperatures across the state of california into the 60s in throughout the central valley. mid-40s in the high sierra. low 50s in yosemite. your temperatures for saturday, i'm going to get out of the w

in mountain view and redwood city. 59 hayward. 58 pittsburg. 59 concord. 60 san ramon and danville. 60 petaluma. 59 mill valley. so for the next few days, looks like we're staying high and dry. no low pressure systems moving in anytime soon. so high pressure is the big story. we could see a little bit of valley fog in the night and morning that could be an issue over the next seven days. so check out the temperatures. friday and saturday, we're calling for mostly sunny skies and those temperatures are above average by the way. we should be around the upper 50s to low 60s. >> we're always looking at the weekend. >> we are. >> with binoculars. >> i arrived here on super bowl sunday it was 80 degrees the day i got here. my wife had never been here in february and she said, is this standard procedure? i said absolutely. >> is that really true? >> it was 80. >> bring it on. >> take some more of that. >>> it is 4:55 now. starbucks is going to start selling beer and wine at some of its locations. it's all in an effort to drum up business during the afternoon and evening hours. the coffee store chain will sell beer an

on tonight we're talking about freezing temperatures in pleasanton, san ramon, dublin, danville, livermore, pretty much the tri-valleyslightly above freezing in santa rose. this is a gorgeous shot. this is our live cbs 5 weather camera looking out from mount vaca. this good visibility is rare. clear and chilly tonight. spring has sprung on saturday. bumping up cloud cover on sunday night leading to sprinkles santa rosa to the north. let me show you y out here this is a disturbance. we're still under the influence of high pressure that will produce a very strong offshore flow tomorrow. that means the winds will blow out of the northeast inland to the coast drying out the atmosphere. temperatures unseasonably warm. but these clouds to the north will underride this ridge, undercut it and we'll call it cloudy by sunday night with those few sprinkles. anything we can get we welcome. right now, 32% of normal as far as where we should be for this time of the year in san jose. now, as far as your getaway friday, heading around the state, this weekend into the mid-60s throughout the central valley. we have a few clouds in the