>> scott san , the penalties are $250 a day. they have not been closed because of these proceedings. they can continue open through the process. i have concerns about continuing the violation of penalties. that provides very little incentive for anyone to actually file an application. they do have a 10 day hearing request period. we advised them since december to file a c u. i would hope they have prepared a c u application and filed within 10 days and if they file within the 10 days before it becomes final and diligently pursue the c u application i would with my authority suspend the penalties as long as they pursue that application. i would be willing to consider that. however i do have concerns that if it's just an open-ended continuation. >> i think what's being suggested is that we uphold the z a and allow the 10 day period for rehearing in which the z a stated would it drop the penalty if they are put in during that 10 day hearing. it's an incentive to get them moving in that direction. a big incentive. $250 a day since d

san jose. we're talking about the bart silicon valley berryessa extension project. we sent kron 4's scott rates to san jose to show us what people are saying about the new project. our team coverage on the expansion continues as kron 4's charles clifford breaks down the numerous road closures and lane restrictions drivers will be facing in the months to come the extension of bart from fremont to north san jose is 10 miles long and there are 11 places where the new railway crosses existing roads and crews will need to build new intersections. that means a lot of traffic delays over the months to come. in the very near future, there are two projects that will affect traffic. first, warren avenue in fremont will be close down this weekend between kato road and warm springs boulevard. that same stretch of road will be closed again the weekend of april 29th. now, starting next monday hostetter road in san jose between lundy avenue and flickinger avenue will be reduced from three to two lanes in both directions so that crews can start building a new overpass for the new bart rails. that work is

reporting live in downtown san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> scott's beat is business and technology. just over a week ago he covered the first robotics competition in san jose. it's where some of the best and brightest high schoolers show off what they can really do. >> a lot of them come from schools you'd expect but one rookie team came out of nowhere and you won't believe where they are headed next. our gavin thomas picks up the story and talks about our bay area proud series. >> reporter: when mikayla brant walked into apollo high school on her first ever day as a teacher, she said she had one goal, not get eaten alive. apollo is a continuation school, the place for students who weren't doing well or going at all to their regular high school. the kids though, mikayla says, surprised her and together they're surprising a lot of others. their accomplishment is tonight's "bay area proud." >> reporter: the very first, first robotics competition was held more than 20 years ago, which means a lot of the teams at this month's regional in san jose have lots of experience. >>

. >> we have a feature pitch as the team holds the draft day party in san jose. scott budman is here. scott, football, and a lot of cash registers going crazy. >> reporter: you are right. it's a good combination. let me get out of the way. thousands of 49ers fans are streaming in downtown san jose. they are going to watch the draft on a giant screen. they got to meet dwight clark and patrick willis earlier and 49er cheerleaders. all these people bringing their business to the restaurants and cafes here in downtown. just one night in what looks to be a string of good times for south bay businesses. >> it means we are going to be booming, whether it's in downtown san jose or closer to santa clara. it's great news for businesses like us especially in an industry whether it's restaurants or bars. i think we are going to blow it out of the water. >> reporter: it will probably be awhile before the niners pick anyone in the draft. chances are most of the fans will hang around for most of the night. again, good news for local businesses. back to you. >> thousands of people. th

getting to crunch time, 7 games left and playoffs hopefully in san jose. >> scott, thank you very much. >> all right, rob, one more quick thing, when is all this changing out there? >> by tomorrow night, we could dropping by, then the a few winds are really the big story. that is one of the reasons why tomorrow, you will notice the highs only in the 60s midday, so cooler finish to the weekend and slight chance of showers and then, monday, windy. the second half of the week, that is something worth waiting. >> thank you very much. >> good night. >> tonight, "class action." >> it's the biggest thing coming along in the last three decades. a proposal to end the era of bubble tests. >> that could be posi. skeptics hole. >> people should be talking about th >> a staggering amount of financial aid money going unused. >> we could be missing out on $17,000. >> why some kids get college cash and others drown in debt. >> grants that you never have to repay is what we are talking about. how things work is about every day life. online courses from consera are deemed worthy of college credit. >> i

san jose. we're talking about the bart silicon valley berryessa extension project. we sent kron 4's scott rates to san jose to show us what people are saying about the new project. >> this is exactly where it will be let me show you exactly where it will be. work on the bart extension from fremont to san jose is starting to ramp up. you can see the of equipment is out here and i spoke with people in san jose and they are excited. >> bart is great. because it is beneficial not only for the south-bay but for the community. >> a live right around the corner so traffic would be bad. but i think that it is positive. in the months to come. >> to connect the out door out landing neighborhoods, to san francisco it is a memory building tool to and unite the entire bay area. drivers in the area can expect numerous road closures and lane restrictions. kron 4's charles clifford brings us an update on the progress. >> reporter: the extension of bart from fremont to north san jose is 10 miles long and there are 11 places where the new railway crosses existing roads and crews will need to build new inte

san francisco. and many people are disappointed to hear. that they will not be coming to the bay area this year. kron 4's scott rates is live tonight in san francisco with reaction from business owners. scott? the ahead >> it is a shame because it brings a lot of this is for the entire area. had it is one of the busiest weeks that we have for the entire year. >> reporter: how is it going to impact your business? >> a lot! it is significant. >> reporter: the one thing that they all agree on is that they hope that this is temporary. and that the blue angels willn 2014. >> pam: a pleasant evening tonight across the bay area. and warmer weather is heading our way. here is a live look from our camera atop mount tamalpais. >> jacqueline: temperatures for about 10 degrees warmer with nearly 86. it is only going to get warmer. tomorrow, with 50s and even 60s. kron 4's jacqueline bennet with how temperatures are expected to rise. jacqueline? for the later afternoon hours, the coast. this see breezes will also increase. temperatures tomorrow. 80s. 80s also an oakland, hayward, san jose. this warming trend will be short

with the drive time traffic in a moment but we will look at your 17, 35 miles per hours from scotts valley to san jose and the 880 from 238 to fremont is 18 minutes so not too bad in the east bay and 101 from highway 85 to 237 is 22 minutes and a look at the drive through berkeley and it looks like 80 is moving smoothly westbound direction. oakland a's are sleeping in after an epic battle that lasted 6 1/2 hours going 19 innings. the game began last night after 7:00 and ended at 1:41 this morning. a's first baseman process hit a two run homer in the bottom of the 19th to bet the angels in a game that had a 7th and 14th inning stretch. it lasted beyond the final bart station the longest game ever in history, nice to get a win at the end of that. >> two more inning, it could have been the 21-inning stretch. >> the warriors can clinch the series against the nuggets and advance to the next round in denver tonight with a 3-1 lead after beating the nuggets on sunday. if they win game five tonight they take on the spurs in next round at 5:00 p.m. and if the warriors da not win they face the nuggets agai

reporting live in downtown san jose, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much, scott. let's turn things over to rob mayeda. i hope some of the people at the muji store bought some shorts. >> yeah, shorts weather coming our way by the end of the workweek. outside right now mostly 60s except closer to the inner bay in san francisco where you've got that stronger sea breeze, 58 degrees. mid-60s from oakland over towards livermore. notice the wind direction, in off the ocean across san francisco, but a cooler, drier wind out of the north reaching into fairfield and the north bay valleys. those locations as the air dries out and enclosure skies overnight, that will allow our temperatures to dip maybe into the 30s tonight. 40s elsewhere for inland valleys. a little warmer for tomorrow. as we get towards thursday and friday, that's when you'll see the temperatures start to climb on up as the winds start to back off. today snow in the sierra. still ongoing around interstate 80 and lake tahoe. that should subside as the sun sets. as high pressure builds in, it will give us clea

san francisco. and as you can imagine -- many people are disappointed to hear about the cancelation. kron 4's scott rates is live tonight in san francisco. scott -- you've been talking to business owners? >> reporter: they are, pam. i have been speaking with residents and business owners up and down north beach. now that the blue angels are no longer a part of fleet week. >> we are going to see a significant drop in sales. a lot of people come to this neighborhood to see blue angels. we will see a significant drop. >> reporter: how is it going to impact your business? >> is one of the biggest sales for us. >> reporter: the business owners also hope that somebody comes in and plays for the blue angels to keep people occupied. reporting live in north beach, scott rates, kron 4 news. >> pam: the windy weather around the bay area -- has mostly blown away. and now warmer weather is on the way. by now. jaqueline, when can we break out the shorts and tank-tops? >> jacqueline: certainly, tomorrow, pam. it is warmer than yesterday. some places even 80 degrees 73 in redwood city. 77 in vallejo, napa and even

. >> scott mcgrew, one san jose company fighting it as best it can. >> ebay says it is against the ideal hurt small businesses. it would give states the power to require online sellers to charge the sils tax as part of the trance six. so, click that in your charged attacks. this already exists. you are supposed to set aside money to pay your state sales tax. few people do that. amazon already does this. taking a look at the markets. the dow industrials an the nasdaq, about even this morning. not a lot of movement. apple is up ever so slightly. we are watching netflix up quite a bit, nearly 5%. netflix reports profits after the closing bell. we will see how well house of cords did and apple does tomorrow. >> sounds good. big week. thanks. 6:58. a final check of some of the days other top stories. a memorial service will be held thursday for the victims in the texas fertilizer plant explosion. more than 200 were hurt. investigators know where the blast originated from. they are not saying what sparked it. >> the boston marathon bombing suspect started to communicate with investigators. 19

in san francisco, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >>> i think that is worth it. >> something else -- who the heck is calling me at this hour, i apologize for that. >>> let's get a check of the forecast. blue skies today, we'll see a lot more. >> and we'll see a lot more sunshine and warmer temperatures if you're dining outside. what fork you want to use, outside, it is going to be nice. temperatures cranking up, looks like june or july, where you had temperatures consistent. now, cooling off. reaching into livermore now, around 580, 680, the tri-valley, winds picking up. tomorrow morning patches of low clouds on the coast, temperatures not changesi inch- changing much, starting sunday that is when high pressure will strengthen build right on top of northern california. that is what will lead to the warmer temperatures pretty much everywhere. tomorrow, you will notice the patches of low clouds off to the west. high clouds drifting by. high pressure keeping us quite clearly dry as you head to the pacific northwest. that is where you will find the rain. clears things out up and down the

and reporting in oracle or read not scott rates, kron 4 news. >> the san francisco giants didn't play like champions louis cardinals. perhaps because they were weighted down by some seriously heavy hardware. the team received their 2012 world series championship you rings before the matchup this afternoon. these are some pictures tweeted by our world champion giants. you see pablo sandoval with his ring. ryan vogelsong's ring. and finally brandon crawfords baby with his daddy's new piece of jewelry. kron4's maureen kelly shows the highlights of the celebration. the tiffany rings were brought to the ballpark by a motorized cable carwith a police escortthe fans roaring and clapping as the team members claim their prizeslead off by the general manager brian sabean and coach bruce bochy the crowd chanted mvp when buster posey got his ringand broke out with another chant when barry zito got his. nats it was one of the most touching moment for some of the fans in the stands giants closer sergio romo says this chunk of gold and diamonds is more than just an expensive and flashy bauble. >> it

supervisor carmen chu and scott wiener and supervisor eight district san francisco monique myoand executive director port of the san francisco and general forerodney phoning, president of s f planning commission and, from the city of oakland. deana santana city mr., fred blab below assistant city administrator robert bert bra burn director on the board and councilmember knoll gallow district five. city attorney, barbara parker, debra ally smith director port of oakland so we have our two port directors in the room which, is wonderful and if i miss someone please forgive me or come up and harass me about it latter. we had a. q. year at the business times, i'll say in 2012 and everything is up, print six declaration, web audience one .2 million page views a month and growing advertising is up and so far so good in 2013. we made our first month, all right so that is always a good way to start the year, so. i hope you subscribe. i hope you also receive all of the digital information the expanding array of information we send out in that way if you don't subscribe today, you can save a little mo

live from a big night in downtown san jose, scott budman. >> they gave away 8,000 ticket and then oh, bon jovi also performing. they will let you know who they picked later in sports. >>> still ahead at 6:00, a new tool in detecting autism. how doctors may be able to determine a child's risk at bih. >>> i'm steven stock. it was supposed to help struggling homeowners, but a nine-month bay area investigation with our partners found problems with the homeowner bill of rights and tens of thousands of homeowners trying to fight to keep their home. >>> another target the boston marathon bombing suspect had their sites set on new york city. the landmark that police say was their next planned attack right after the break. these pictures tell a great story. a boy injured in the blast made an emotional return to the scene of the crime this afternoon. he suffered shrapnel wounds to his leg. he's seen in a wheelchair. he was in boston with his father and younger sister to cheer on his mother who was running in the marathon. >>> investigators say the bombing suspects had another target. it was new

want to check scott mcgrew. lots of san jose families will be hitting the slopes one last time. christina says there is still 92 inches of snow at the base of tahoe. scoot mcgrew says he has that. >> i'm a renter for the skis. i do have the goggles. our gadgets for spring break are the smith goggles. they have a head's up display in them. they are the skiing version of google glass. there is a tiny video monitor. see if they are on the right. that gives you information about how fast you are going, how fast you are traveling, even what music is on your ipod or iphone. they are pricey at $650. here is some video. you can see right below the nbc bug there. we should put our advertisements in there, right? that's where the monitor would be. this is what it looks like. so 37, 38 miles an hour. the goggles, rather. i see goggle, i see google. they will report the gps data as well from your ski run. not the video but the location. you can take them home and plug them into a computer and see where you skied and data about  how fast you were going. bottom line, i do feel like i have gl

scott. thanks a lot. a live look over san francisco. the clouds starting to disperse. the sun coming down for world champion giants. they had a home opener come up in a couple hours. back in a few minutes. >>> bay area community college doing something they have not been able to do for a long time, add classes. several classes boosting thanks to funding from prop 30 funding initiative. it will more than double last year's selection. several other schools adding dozens of classes. schools probably knew they had to cut back summer classes during the recession to try to make up for losses in funding. administrators say things are finally starting to turn around. >> new details about plans for cupertino headquarters. apple founder steve jobs apparently had a specific vision in mind. the chronicle business insider said he wanted the building to look polished with no seams or gaps or paintbrush strokes visible inside. the wood must be maple and heartwood, which means it's from the center. the bent glass will be produced in germany and shipped here. the bathrooms and cubicles

reporting live in san francisco, scott rates crop kron 4 news. >> grant: this justin to the kron 4 news government sues armstrong. the complaint claims that the use of prohibited drugs constitutes a breach of contract with the postal service. but he boasted >> visual distractions are considered the greatest risk to drivers, so now the department of transportation is releasing new guidelines designed to keep motorists safe. third the agency wants automobile manufacturers to limit the distrations of electronic devices in vehicles. that includes communications, entertainment and navigation tools. devices should be designed so drivers don't have to look away from the road for more than two-seconds at a time -- or 12 seconds total. the voluntary guidelines also recommend disabling text messaging and video communications unless the vehicle is stopped. according to a new study by texas a&m although drivers felt they were safe like using a program with a series, they still reacted slowly then using a manual series, they still reacted slowlsofa... desk...manual you know what? why don't you go ge

scott. >> ethics. why do we need the disclosure rules now? >> i think san francisco has been a leader with sunshine transparency. you need differing laws for different times. the laws we have had on the books based on the experience of supervisor chiu and i that we needed updating. >> what has changed? some complaints have been around for a while. >> i think because based on the shared experience and what you hear and what you see through experience since the last round of changes, you see there are loopholes and gaps. there are things you can do to tighten them up which will inspire confidence in the public about the integrity of the government. i think everybody wants transparency. >> whenever you hear we have to tighten up ethics, you think there is corruption. >> i don't think from is necessarily corruption, but there is certainly complaints from people when you go around the city about a certain opaqueness and while people are not violating the law, but there are people who have special access or inside access and anything that can inspire access. you

[music] >> i'm elsa scott and i'm a retired federal employee and i'm a native of san francisco. i use paratransit because, i've been using it for about six years because six years ago i had to start dialysis treatments at cpmc. so i'm very dependent on paratransit three times a week, coming and going.. my current driver is brian berquist.; he's just such a friendly, sort of a teddy bear kind of a guy. i don't know what it is about brian, but all of us old ladies want to feed brian. [music] >> hi, my name is fred lein. i'm most proud of driving a ramp taxi since the beginning of the program in 1994. [music] >> fred, you are the absolute best! thank you fred for providing transportation for me and opening up my social life, and taking care of medical appointments, taking care of my mother [music] >> hi, my name is ann bailey and i've driven for luxor for almost five years now. i drove for desoto cab for 10 years prior to that. i drove in 1976 for the old, old yellow cab. this is frances mecchi and i've been driving her for about 11 or 12 years to her alzheimer's day program, which

san francisco. the person that portion that study tour was supervisor scott wiener. i would like to welcome him to our states. [applause] >> i like what supervisor chiu said i will have to put you under anesthesia more often, i think. [laughter] thank you for allowing me to be here to give my perspective around entertainment. we all intuitively know the cultural benefit of not life on our city without entertaining and night life, it would be a completely different city. a lot of us might not like it as much. if you do not have that community building, that tool does not exist anymore. it is not just about that. it is about keeping this city diverse, and having young people that actually want to come here. i cannot tell you how many times i walk home up market street and see a line of young people waiting to get in to hear live music. even though i am an old fuddy- duddy now and i do not stay out as late as i used to, it is important to me to know that young people have things to do today. audrey asked the economic question of me almost immediately after taking office

from scotts valley to san jose, you are looking at at least a 35-minute drive. we will look at 87 as you pass the julian avenue off-ramp into downtown, san jose are looking busy at this hour. >> our meteorologist, mike nicco, will have >> we are back and starting with the wind. 5:00 tip, through 11:00 foam morning gusts up to 50 miles per hour. that means we could have power outages and heightens our fire danger for the same region. 6:00 this evening, through 6:00 tomorrow evening, above 1,000'. be careful. as far as the forecasted temperatures, we are still ten degrees warmer in san francisco to 16 degrees warmer in livermore. this is the cooler days this >>> i was in the courtroom when they were calling me a devil. i mean, it's one thing to be called certain things in the media, and then it's another thing to be sitting in a courtroom fighting for your life while people are calling you a devil. >> that is from diane sawyer's riveting interview with amanda knox. she is now speaking out for the first time in that exclusive interview. and diane is good enough to

scott. >> thank you very much. officials in sans skating back the planned concert series for the america's cup. the san francisco entertainment commission meeting tonight at city hall. neighbors have raised concerns about noise and traffic all around the planned concert venue at piers 27 and 29. now, instead of 40 concerts, there will only be 30 and most of them will end sooner than originally planned. >> an outdoor venue may be good forred to. i think the weather will cooperate. we want to check the forecast with meteorologist, christina loren. >> improving skies, laura and john. good morning. happy tuesday. temperatures today. right now, running rather mild. want to start with this live picture at 6:55. a beautiful start over san francisco. you'll notice perfection in our a air quality today. 51 in san francisco. 46 in novato. you did notice from the picture the fog settling in along the golden gate bridge. right now, looking pretty clear for most of the bay area. 53, san jose, 52 for gilroy. we are headed toward the 60s at noon

san francisco neighborhoods. i wanted to say quickly that many neighborhood groups do not support what scott wiener has been representing. the groups he mentioned are just about a small fraction of what san francisco neighborhoods are all about. i think one of the problems here is [speaker not understood] amendments, supervisor wiener's legislation has been a moving target and many people cannot keep up with it. jane kim is introducing legislation tomorrow. people by right would like to see both side by side compared and would like to look at this and [speaker not understood] the best part for both pieces of legislation could be combined . i think that would be a fair thing for the public to look at as this has been a difficult process and a quick process, and as howard wong said earlier, ~ people don't get it. i'm going to bring up what i think was extremely unfair categorical exemption. it's, the soccer field in golden gate park were listed under different lot numbers and they were supposed to be supposedly nothing more than another grass hill. turned out it was going to be a thousand-seat stadium with lighting. this

san francisco neighborhoods. i wanted to say quickly that many neighborhood groups do not support what scott wiener has been representing. the groups he mentioned are just about a small fraction of what san francisco neighborhoods are all about. i think

. >> they start flying from san jose to l.a. tomorrow. >> scott, you have an interview scheduled with the airline ceo. can you ask him about the man's claims? >> i suspect the ceo will say it is ongoing litigation but i absolutely will. richard branson will also be part of the interview. you are looking at a test flight monday morning's virgin galactic, spaceship two. the spaceship is in the middle of the airplane you are seeing. it is built by scale composites. its first powered flight flew faster than the speed of sound. spaceship 2 will take you into sub orbital space for a $200,000 ticket starting sometime soon. >>> yahoo! announced new employee benefits to bring the company more in line places like google. the statement came out a couple of seconds ago. the company is now offering longer child care leave, eight weeks for dads, 16 for moms. they are going to pick up the bill for things like house cleaning or food delivery while you are out on parental leave up to $500. the company offering eight weeks unpaid leave for every five years of servi

san francisco. it is official, the power ball is available. scott rates shows us how people at a particular store were purchasing tickets at this particular lucky store. >> the fever look at this line is it is all the way to the back in san lorenzo. employees have been printing tickets constantlyit is official! powerball is here in california. today is the first you can buy a powerball ticket anywhere in the state. and new tonight at eight. kron 4's scott rates show us how people at a particular store. were lining up to buy their ticket. powerball fever is here! look at this line! it starches all the way to the back of kavanagh liquors here is san lorenzo. employees have been printing tickets constantly, all day long. as these people want to buy their first powerball ticket here! this is a lucky store. there have been several lotto winners here in the past. people here say the biggest difference for between other lottery games and powerball is the bigger jackpot! right now the estimated jackpot for the first powerball drawing on wednesday night is $

---el otro sospechoso "scott bailey" de 51 aÑos y del sobrante se encuentra profugo. blanca ---la policia de south sansco pide la colaboracion del publico para dar con el paradero de un sujeto que ha entrado a varios negocios para robarse los telefonos "iphone" de los empleados. take vo ---el hombre se ha identificado con el nombre de mike o michael y al entrar se hace pasar por un cliente, empieza conversaciones con los empleados y cuando estos se distraen, se roba los aparatos electronicos de uso personal. ---hasta el momento, se ha robado 5 "iphones" y una tableta "ipad". cesar ---mientras que en san pablo, la policia detuvo a dos jovenes en conexion con el asesinato de una pareja perpetrado el pasado nueve de diciembre... take vo --"pedro garcia" de 18 aÑos fue detenido e identificado como el responsable de abrir fuego contra "edgar carpano y su esposa blanca argueta"... ambos murieron como consencuenci a de las heridas recibidas.. ---la hija de la pareja, de tan solo cuatro aÑos quien presencio el asesinato, resulto ilesa... ---el segundo sospechoso, "kevin benavides", tambien de 18 aÑos, fue det

johnson and scott bailey stole gold nuggets on display at the white house last year. >>> davies hall in san francisco. ♪ [ music ] the san francisco sympathy and it's first concert since ending that strike. management reached a deal over the weekend and plan to play all concerts for the remainder of the season. >> i think we all always it was important that we engage in really thoughtful instruction discussions to move this forward. >> the new needs ratification which is expected had the next couple of days. today was the first of several free concerts for children. it's part of the music program. >>> mike soft cofounder paul allen is set to open a new office. the office will focus on new investments and internet companies and as a rule can capital. he left mike soft in 19 -- >>> tonight we are learning more about what happened moments before police shot a man in lafayette today. >>> mild weather around the bay today, i see a repeat for tomorrow but keep that um brett will in reach. i have your time line coming up. >>> today relatives remember the victim of the mass shooting at oikos today.