like a huge black cloud floating over. >> this is the source of the smoke, a fire on secluded sherman island. because the fire was on the isolated island, the solano county fire department said they let it burn out for a few reasons. it would be difficult to get resources there. there are no structures or people, and there was no concern that the fire would get off the island. what did get off the island was smoke, soot and ash and plenty of it. >> when i walked, you could clearly see big poof ash and it was fuming down, all of the soot and all of the ash was coming down in my hair and in the backyard. >> charred particles rained down on antioch for a couple ons and along street curves. >> any worries? >> i have asthma so i am sure that it won't help that any. >> though the ashes are scattered across antioch, local hospitals have not reported anyone seeking medical help or respiratory problems linked to the smoke. for some, the soot and ash was hardly an issue. >> because i used to live in l.a. i understood it. >> when you say l.a. you know the fires and the ash. >> county fire departmentals

like a huge black cloud floating over. >> this is the source of the smoke, a fire on secluded sherman island. because the fire was on the isolated island, the solano county fire department said they let it burn out for a few reasons. it would be difficult to get resources there. there are no structures or people, and there was no concern that the fire would get off the island. what did get off the island was smoke, soot and ash and plenty of it. >> when i walked outside, you could clearly see big poof ash and it was fuming down, all of the soot and all of the ash was coming down in my hair and in the backyard. >> charred particles rained down on antioch for a couple hours and collected on cars and along street curves. >> any worries? >> i have asthma so i am sure that it won't help that any. >> though the ashes are scattered across antioch, local hospitals have not reported anyone seeking medical help or respiratory problems linked to the smoke. for some, the soot and ash was hardly an issue. >> because i used to live in l.a. i understood it. >> when you say l.a. you know the fires and the a

because this are no structures on sherman island, crews were not called to fight it. the flames died out on their own. sherman island is about a mile and a half from antioch, and residents there say there were flakes of ash in the air along with the smoke. >>> traffic is moving again on interstate 680 after a crash that killed a motorcyclist. the accident happened about 6:00 p.m. south of ruddgear road. witnesses say the bike and the driver of another car were driving recklessly before the crash. one of the three cars involved burst into fliames. lanes were shut down in the northbound direction while the crash was investigated. it reopened about 8:00 tonight. investigators are urging anyone who saw the accident to please contact them. >>> a disgraced south bay politician is due back in court tomorrow where he is expected to plead guilty to charges of misusing campaign funds. santa clara supervisor george shirakawa resigned his post and admitted he has a gambling addiction. he faces five felony charges and seven misdemeanors for misusing public money and lying to inves

we are seeing a large plume from the fire burning near sherman island.ke being carried toward stockton, sacramento. sea breeze is back. temperatures to the 50s this evening. and high clouds will fill in during the day tomorrow. overall, monday will look a lot like today. increasing high clouds through the afternoon and very likely mostly cloudy skies. heading into the evening. temperatures tomorrow running a little bit cooler, we'll start off in the 40s. by lunchtime, 50s to low 60s, and highs for most of the bay area tomorrow in the mid to upper 60s. the changes we'll start to see, not impacting your monday, tuesday and wednesday, the system still on track to begin some light rainfall at times. we go to tuesday afternoon to wednesday. and seeing the rain spreading across the south bay. into the north bay, steadiest rain tuesday night on into wednesday morning. as soon as it splits off toward the east, the second half of the forecast warmer and drier as we head toward next weekend. rainfall projections, tuesday to wednesday, mainly a half inch of rain or

as far as the location reports this is on sherman island as we take a closer inspection with the live storm tracker 2 mapping system and there's the location. wind speeds we're talking about those and they are on the right side. typically this area, winds from 15 to 25 miles an hour. this afternoon the latest reports, a calm wind, fairfield, travis air force base and winds out in the west and concord out of the northwest at 9 miles an hour. we'll keep an eye in the forecast, as well and rain chances next couple days. >> some people were injure when had a pickup truck crash into a tryst store this afternoon. it happened just before 2:00 p.m. at the theft center on say know ma boulevard. a fire department captain tells us an elderly driver plowed into the store injuring four shoppers inside. the driver and some shoppers were taken to the hospital but their injuries are not considered serious. police are trying to determine what caused the driver to lose control. >>> a 97-year-old visually impaired woman was injured this morning when she was hit by a car in a crosswalk. it happened befor

this is burning near antioch on lower sherman island. this part of the island is uninhabited, so cal fire will not put any resources out there and let it burp. leigh glaser tells us winds are light in this area, up to five-miles-an-hour so we can expect to see the smoke in the air for some time until this burns out. >>> firefighters stopped a fire from spreading to any nearby homes after it broke out inside a carport in mill valley. the fire started around 2:30. firefighters saw smoke from several blocks away as they approached the scene. nobody was hurt. the flames did damage two cars. investigators are looking into what caused this fire but do not believe it's suspicious. crews also had to carefully dispose of paints and other chemicals that had been stored in this carport. >> a former supervisor, general shirakawa, jr. is expected to plead guilty to charges of misusing taxpayers money. he used public money and campaign money for things like parties, golf games. the district attorney's office says shirakawa faces up to one year in coun

of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch brentwood in oakland today due to a grass fire on sherman islandthis is a startling sight to people and according to fire officials the blazes started around 3:30 p.m. this afternoon on the island located with the san joaquin sacramento rivers meet and also viewers sent in these photos of ash testing homes firefighters decided to let the fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. tonight an investigation continues after a deadly shooting and a 10 hour standoff in oakland. the standoff started just after 1:00 o'clock this morning when police went to inspect the residents after two gunshot victims where hospitalized police traced a potential suspect to a home on 25th avenue the scene was cleared of 11:30 a.m. and according to police they detained several people for questioning but at this time it is not clear the shooting suspect is in custody. one of the victims has died and the other victim is in serious condition tonight. >>> the dome of city hall san francisco bay is ingrained for tonight. obviously because of st. patrick's day. tod

they say it does not pose a threat on lower sherman island where the second meadow rivers comes together with the san joaquin. you can see thick black smoke in the air. the fire department is letting it bun because it will be difficult to reach and no person or building is threatened. the smoke drifted over antioch bringing down soot and ashes. >> you could clearly see big ash that was coming down with all the soot, in my hair, in my backyard, all over my dog. >> local hospitals have not reported breathing problems from the smoke. >>the opening session of the national postal forum begins in san francisco at the mascone center with protests planned by american postal workers and the mail handlers union. the post master is scheduled to speak to the forum which is a gathering of executives of the direct mail industry. their business depends on the post am service. the workers' union is protecting plans to cut saturday delivery service. congress also is are asked a move to try to keep mail delivery on saturday but it is not clear what they can do because the postal service does not receive f

the fire is burning on sherman island where the sacramento and san walk -- sawn joaquin rivers come togetherfire is not going to commit resources to the eye fire. the island is ininlab -- uninhabited. >> leigh: you can see the column of smoke is going straight up, which means there's not a lot of wind. the higher sell vagues, -- elevations, sheering off and it starting to drift, moving southwest, five to eight miles-per-hour. so areas that could be affected by this smoke and the ash, apt york, pittsburg, oakly, boy ron, discovery bay, brentwood, and livermore valley area. hopefully this will dissipate quickly and move out. but in terms of wind speed, three to five miles-per-hour above mt. diablo. we had rain in the accuweather seven-day forecast. that's in a bit. >> carolyn: we're learning new details about the deadly crash at a racetrack near sacramento. a teenager from santa rosa and a man from grass valley were killed when a car driven careened out of control and into the pit. thomas roman is live in santa rosa with the story. reporter: we learned that 14-year-old marcus johnson was also

columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, brentwood and oakley due to a grass fire on sherman island the startling sight people in the east bay saw according to fire officials, the blaze started around 3- thirty in the afternoon on the island. it's located where the sacramento and san joaquin rivers meet. firefighters have decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. roaches crawling out of air vents. up seats and windows. passengers on a greyhound bus trip from atlantic city to new york on friday. say tons of roaches were crawling everywhere. and falling on them. crawling up check out the cellphone footage that shows the pests scurrying across the bus floor and steps. a greyhound spokeswoman said the bus driver had acted swiftly when passengers alerted him to "bugs on the bus saying the driver immediately pulled the bus over and radioed dispatch for help. a second bus was immediately sent to continue the trip into new york. greyhound spoke to each passenger, apologized and provided full refunds to everyone. the latest figures in from dataquick sh

columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, brentwood and oakley due to a grass fire on sherman islanding sight people in the east bay saw yesterday. according to fire officials, the blaze started around 3- the island. it's located where the sacramento and san joaquin rivers meet. kron 4 viewers sent in these firefighters have decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. new this morning. a weeklong test program allowing bicycles on all trains on bart bart mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! don't stress. we can figure this out. [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ at&t. the words are going this way-there's no way. oh, the lights came on. isn't technology supposed to make life easier? at chase we're pioneering innovations that make banking sim

black smoke rose from lower sherman island sending ash and soot into neighborhoods. now there is no access to island so crews just let the fire burn out no. health problems related to smoke reported as a result. >> intart allowing bikes on trains for this week only. >> it's a test of the we wanted to find out how things were going out there. he is coming to us live via cell 7 technology. how are you doing jonathan? >> here in the bart station the hours have just begun as of a couple minutes ago. before 4:30 and 6:30 p.m. is the most-crowded time f you look behind me, you can see you'll probably watch bicycles walking through because during this week, monday through friday this is a test of bicycles on part in all trains during all hours including the commute. they're not allowed to bring bikes on the escalator. you can see people were quickly trying to take advantage that has been publicized by bart. the rule is that you can bring bikes on trains but not a car overly crowded. bart is asking people to use common sense to determine which cars are too crowded. they say i

of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, brentwood and oakley today due to a grass fire on sherman island was the startling sight people in the east bay saw today. according to fire officials, the blaze started around 3- thirty this afternoon on the island. it's located where the sacramento and san joaquin rivers meet. kron 4 viewers sent in these photos of ash dusting homes in the east bay. firefighters have decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since no structures are threatened. it made for smokey skies above the east bay, right brian? attempts to they were pretty nice. the '60s and '70s. if the temperatures. -with low 70's and fairfield. 70's this afternoon. as for go for tonight look for some high clouds approaching the storm system and precipitation on tuesday. low and patchy clouds. and sunshine and for the afternoon oppose high clouds will increase. more about the rainfall coming up. tonight an investigation continues after a deadly shooting and 10 hour standoff in oakland. the standoff started just after one this morning when police went to inspect a residence after two g

it happened on lower sherman island.rday sending a column of thick black smoke in the air. the fire department let the fire burn because it will be difficult to reach and there are no people or buildings threatened by the flames. the smoke drifted over antioch for several hours and bringing soot and ashes on the neighborhoods. >> former santa clara supervisor will plead guilty today to charges check to the misusing taxpayer money. the prosecution says that the veteran politician used public money and campaign funds for parties, golf outing, and gambling. he has agreed to sign documents admitting to ten counts of violating the political reform act. he faces up to a year in county jail and $50,000 this fines. >> a run for office? the bay area executive who wants to make a big career change. >> coming up, parking in a san francisco neighborhood could soon get a lot more difficult. we will tell you about a proposal under consideration and how you can voice your opinion tonight. >> here is a look outside the san mateo bridge,

as far as the location reports this is on sherman island as we take a closer inspection with the live storm tracker 2 mapping system and there's the location. wind speeds we're talking about those and they are on the right side. typically this area, winds from 15 to 25 miles an hour. this afternoon the latest reports, a calm wind, fairfield, travis air force base and winds out in the west and concord out of the northwest at 9 miles an hour. we'll keep an eye in the forecast, as well and rain chances next couple days. >> some people were injure when had a pickup truck crash into a tryst store this afternoon. it happened just before 2:00 p.m. at the theft center on say know ma boulevard. a fire department captain tells us an elderly driver plowed into the store injuring four shoppers inside. the driver and some shoppers were taken to the hospital but their injuries are not considered serious. police are trying to determine what caused the driver to lose control. >>> a 97-year-old visually impaired woman was injured this morning when she was hit by a car in a crosswalk. it happened befor

it is happening on lower sherman island where the sacramento and san joaquin rivers come together. it broke out yesterday sending a column of knick -- thick black smoke in the air. it was a difficult fire to reach and there are no people or buildings threatened so they let it bun the smoke drifted over antioch for several hours. >> you could clearly see big ash fuming down, all the soot and ash in my hair and all over the dog and in the backyard. >> officials are monitoring the air quality and the local hospitals have not reported problems. >> the opening session of the national postal forum begins in san francisco at at the mascone center. there will be protests. the postmaster will speak with a gathering of executives of direct mail industry, whose depend on the postal service will be there. there will be protests to cut saturday delivery service. congress is considering a move to try to keep the mail delivery going on saturdays. it is not clear what it can do sin the postal service does not receive federal appropriations and gets all the revenue from the sale of stamps and other

columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, redwood and oakley during a grass fire on sherman islandfire officials, the blaze started around 330 in the afternoon on the island. it is located where the sacramento and san j aoquin rivers meet. kron for your sent in photographs of asked dusting homes in the east bay. firefighters have decided to let the grass fire burn itself out since their and no structures in the area. >> in let us get the details about the pilot program for bikes to ride on the bart trains. >> you can tell the bikes right here at the macarthur bart station this we did not have to put them in iraq they can bring them on all traines at all times. it is part of a pilot program that started today that will run for the entire week. there was a partial pilot program in august when they allowed bikes on bart trains during the commute hours on fridays. they are extending it for the entire week. there are some exceptions. they are allowed on all trains would not all cars. the first three cars are reserved for passengers only. if you do play as a jew nt take the escalator tak

sherman nation and the sanctity of sovereignty. ok richard i don't think anyone denies the british minister of the people living on those islands but why should it be their island the british government have always felt that it has a very good claim to the islands and i'd like to put that directly for luke because throughout the history of the islands they have the british of being very very nervous about about the argentine claim and i went to the islands about forty years ago with a british minister who was planning those states at the end of empire the wind up of empire to get rid of the island and we did get rid of the. diego garcia at the end of the one nine hundred sixty s. and we handed over the islands to the united states as a military base at the same time we tried to persuade the islanders to accept the idea that their future lay with argentina just as something like quarter rumanian british people people of british descent have always lived all since the nineteenth century have lived in argentina mainland. ok luke so what makes these islands different things considering what richard just said. well technically diego gar