in northbound at 237 we have another solo spinout. at the toll plaza it is wet at the research monday and san rafael bridge. lots of water is slashed up by the oncoming cars but it will only take 15 minutes to get to the or side. off of a 80 to 101 and south to san francisco it is dry. >> coming up, hollywood buzz over the end of a decade-long celebrity marriage. >> a stanford student takes the musical skills to jimmy kimmel. >> friends and family and fellow marines remember the bay area man killed in a motorcycle >>> covering novatos oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area this is use. >> if you are just getting up with us, consider this a warning: it is wet. be careful. this is the san rafael and richmond bridge come down all morning long. >> that is the case if san francisco, as well. here is a picture from our camera looking down on the embarcadero where the rain is falling with reports of hail. wet and wild morning here. >> hello in the south bay it is wet there, as well. don't feel left out, san jose, it is wet on the roads. be

that is a spinout as well. traffic is flowing by there nicely as well so far. outside we will go to the bay bridge toll plaza. minor stack up here, folks. paying cash in the left toll lanes not too bad. the rest of the drivers are getting on through nicely. there are no metering lights on at this point and no accidents or stalls on the bay bridge. i will tell you just coming in, a stalled big rig blocking the middle lanes, we'll hit that one next time. katie, kristen. >> sue, thank you. 5:46. now up to the roof. >> all right. it's kind of clear out there, right? a little colder than yesterday, mike. >> definitely cooler than yesterday. not as damp, that's for sure. dryer air over top of us. that's good news. as you look behind me, the first signs of sunrise. monday, that will be dark again. we're going to spring forward this weekend. your visibility on live doppler 7. still doing well in most areas. the patchy fog out there. the thickest at our reporting station at half moon bay about five miles. let's move on and talk about what will happen as far as temperatu

a spinout on the grass. not sure about injuries. lanes on 380 connector ramp heading to the airport. there may be slight delays using 280. the nimitz in oakland though still moving at the speed limit. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >> elizabeth, thank you. >>> prosecutors in newark say a pot smoking woman bludgeoned her mother to death. as andria borba reports, the 75- year-old victim made no secret how much she disliked her family's marijuana smoking habit. >> reporter: according to this affidavit the newark grandmother found beat to death in her home by a sledgehammer on sunday morning called 911 not once but twice the day before to report her daughter and grandson smoking marijuana on the side of her house. nancy burleigh was found in this home on macy landing on sunday morning. her daughter cindy lynn called authorities to say she had grabbed a sledgehammer out of the garage, cleaned it and then hit her mother five times with it while she was using the restroom. during an interview with newark detectives, c

we are seeing flooding on the roads with possibility of hydro planing and spinouts. is looking dry at the bay bridge toll plaza but we have areas of wet conditions across the bay area. >> three, a 23-year-old marine who just returned from a tour in afghanistan was the motorcyclist killed by a suspected drunk driver in fremont. andrew ill have a -- andrew silva was hit and killed by a speeding vehicle. >> overnight, several people are in the hospital after a car crashed in san francisco. it happened at 12:30 this only. witnesses say an s.u.v. rolled after hitting a car. police did arrest one person at the scene. >> family and friends of 28-year-old man shot and killed by san francisco police are planning a protest. last night the police chief suhr explained the events leading to the shooting saying he was carrying a taser in a holster that resembled a real gun. >> a satellite captured images of 122 objects. the father of one passenger has begun a multi million dollar litigation process filing a petition for discovery in illinois. >> a new study shows what many of us k

she survived a three-car spinout on 270 in gaithersburg. >> i was called into work. i was on my way there. this is my first time in an accident. i'm okay. >> reporter: we are back live now on the dashboard camera of my mobile newsroom. i've moved into traffic here on u.s. route 301 northbound. you can see yeah, a lot of blacktop, but also a lot of slush. the clean-up is well underway. the skies are brightening. the crews are out here still and in particular the county and municipal crimes on the side streets are going to work very -- crews on the side streets are going to work very hard right now. we're looking ahead to see how these bitter cold temperatures will impact the clean-up moving forward. reporting live from my mobile newsroom in prince george's county in bowie scott broom, wusa9. sorry, i almost forgot where i was. >> looking good on the roads right now. >>> this was the scene earlier today in d.c. near 14th and pennsylvania. businesses and just a bunch of folks out there took some time to clean off the walkways, the streets all but empty with the federal

northbound 880, a solo spinout at shoulder. we have flooding and standing water on 101 in the northbound direction at lucky drive but there is flooding on southbound. el cerrito has an accident with a car in businesses there. avoid that area, as well. kristen and eric? >> thank you. northern california couple strikes gold with an incredible find: the town of the century heist in san francisco that make explain how hundreds of rare coins turned up buried. >> a tender loving care a small bear cub is getting this morning. >> a new twist in deadly avalanche that destroyed a home and why it is new a criminal [dau [boy] mom!ughs] [mom] yes? [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom and dad] [laughing] [boy] whoa,whoa,whoa... [mom] you've got two left feet,boo. >>> covering correct, burlingame, campbell and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> good tuesday morning, everyone. a misty shot of san francisco on this tuesday morning at 4:41. can you see the mist there shrouding the ferry building and downtown. we will have more from lisa on how much

be careful of spinouts, though. we aren't seeing as many accidents today as yesterday. quite as rainy. but we are seeing this one in vallejo. it sounds like it's already off to the right-hand shoulder. it's a solo spinout southbound 29 to eastbound 37 mainly just some activity right now on the right-hand shoulder. if you are planning a trip out of town towards the sierra, make sure you pack your chains. chains are required this morning on highway 50 and interstate 80 both directions. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." frank and michelle, back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. 4:49 now. >>> president obama is at the vatican right now for his first meeting with pope francis. the president arrived at the vatican today taking part in a slow procession before he was introduced to the leader of the catholic church. they looked at coins on a proof on display at the vatican and it started the meeting, the president called it a great honor to meet with the pope. mr. obama is the ninth u.s. president to make an official visit to vatican city. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and

that's the reason for this solo spinout. in heyward, 880, side of the road, a pickup truck stuck in the mud. folks driving by and taking a look. on ramp, coliseum on ramp 880 shut down for roadwork. you're doing guardrail repair until 6:00 this morning. we'll take a quick look out of the antioch toward pittsburgh, bay point, sensors looking good. san mateo, drive from foster city to heyward looking good. a 14-minute drive. sorry, thought we had the live shot. we'll get to it next time. kristen, matt. >> major road in san jose fully reopened after being closed most of the night following a pedestrian accident. nick smith live at the expressway. nick. >> kristen, good morning. all of that because of a pedestrian accident that san jose police started to look into last night. we understand that an adult male was found unconscious when they got here around 9:00 p.m. here is what we know. police tell us a male was killed when he was hit by a call at 9:00 p.m. police received a call to 911. when they got here they found a male unco

was back in montgomery county and i- 270 to talk to one of the many people who were involved in a spinout. >> well, the road is slippery and the car in front of me started sliding. so i couldn't stop and i hit it. it happens. >> everybody looks okay. >> reporter: was it scary whether it happened? >> it was because i've never been in an accident before. this is my first time. i'm okay. i'm okay. >> reporter: did it surprise you how conditions were this morning? >> well, kind of expected it. we've been listening to the news and they said the weather was bad. i was called into work. i was on my way there. i work right here right off shady grove road. >> reporter: what job do you have? >> i'm a medical receptionist. >> reporter: her name is nancy marble, one of those essential workers that had to come to work because she's in the medical industry. there were a lot of those folking out today. this was not axle deep snow so i think a lot of people wanted to take the chance on getting to work but the roads still remain very slick. thankfully it's lightening up. crews have made progress. once it

there's a spinout. >>> team coverage of the rain all morning long. mike checking changes to the commute. we'll continue to check in as they have reports coming up in a few minutes. >>> blareaking news san francis. police are looking for three people who ran from a hit-and-run crash that hurt seven people and shut down a major intersection for hours. the crash happened 1:00 at intersection of geary and van ness. christie smith with an update on the investigation. it's a well-traveled area. >> reporter: it is. very busy street here in san francisco. it was shut down for a time, but van ness is back open in both directions. right now san francisco police are still trying to piece together what happened here but i want to show you what's left of this accident. that is a light that's down in the center median. witnesses are saying they saw a collision that they just couldn't believe. they saw one car roll, and a second car, they say, that actually started the whole thing. the injured people inside got out and ran. this happened after 1:00 on van ness at g

but, first, eastbound 80 out of hercules we have solo vehicle spinout block one lane. c.h.p. issued high wouldn't advisory for benicia bridge. be careful with both hands on the wheel. 101 southbound is 4 minutes from santa rosa to san francisco. through the santa cruz mountains, 23 minutes. from the maze to san francisco, there is another high wind advisory from c.h.p. so drive slower. >> state hopes to have regulations in place for driverless cars bit under of the year with an open house yesterday to discuss safety with the public. there were questions of where riders would sit and how much insurance would cost and would would be at fault if an accident. also of concern is how the driverless considers utilize people's personal information. >> they are operating and traveling down the public roads and getting information how to maneuver the vehicle and that information is stored somewhere and the people are concerned. >>> manufacturers can test out cars on roadways when they have paid $5 million for insurance. >>> the sonoma county sheriff is have thing 52 home burglar

focusing on areas with a spinout along march view. puddling and pondle we hear about spinouts. just getting kicked in for the bay. crossing the bay, smooth drive across the san mateo bridge, highway 92. peninsula showing highlighted with green and that's because the rain or the mist and drizzle coming in making damp roadway conditions. watch speeds. be careful, drive defensively here. south bay, for the most part, escaping this so far. rain is coming into the south. we have northbound 101 with a bit of a bill there just from 680 to 880. not bad. altamont pass, typical schedule for west 580. >>> we'll track the wet weather all morning long. anytime not on the air, check out nbcbayarea.com. we've put our interactive radar on the front page. track the spring storm to your doorstep. >>> breaking news overnight, seven people recovering after an alleged hit-and-run driver slams into an suv at a busy intersection, flipping it several times than collision happened around 1:00 at intersection of geary and van ness. "today in the bay's" christie smith live by the crash scene with an upda

going to be safe but it will start to get wetter as we progress beyond 9:00 so be came of the solo spinouts and slick conditions. in the north bay you can see the area shaded in orange an indication of where we could have fog affecting the commute that could bleed over to 101 through santa rosa and all dry and clear conditions with top speeds. in the southbound direction through san rafael up to the richmond-san rafael bridge at top speeds and south of mill valley over the golden gate, 53 miles per hour so clear into san francisco. 80 to the maze is short four minutes and 880 southbound is 14 miles per hours and 101 to cupertino is 11 minutes and 280, it is dark and not too many folks on the road. >>> president obama is in the netherlands and a main focus will be the crisis in ukraine. the president arrived yesterday for the first leg of a four day trip including stops in belgium, italy and saudi arabia and rebound met today with a close ally of russian president vladimir putin as he isolated man over the russian forces received out ukraine base in crimea. >> amazing transformation on what

earlier that caused some numerous spinouts is and fender- benders on the highways and roads throughout the bay area. take a look at how hard the rain was coming down in contra costa county earlier this morning. this was taken by one of our photographers on highway 24 approaching the caldecott tunnel. besides the downpower in the east bay, san francisco received a soaking. there were even some port report -- reports of hail. you can see hail here. definitely enough for umbrellas. in san jose, the roads were slippery. the california highway patrol is reminding people, even light rain is deceiving because of the oil buildup on the road. >> it's a lot more dangerous as well. it's been raining. there's a lot of oil on the roadways. it makes it a lot more slippery. you definitely want to slow it down. if you see the roads are wet. >> reporter: officers are advising drivers to keep a safe distance between their vehicle and the one in front of them. they say it's not necessary to drive the posted speed limit. they want motorists to slow down. they've been responding to accidents. they are urgi

we had a number of different spinouts earlier this morning. some of our earlier accidents all clear so everything is very quiet leaving the east bay heading out into marin county as you cross westbound 580. the nimitz freeway also looks good. but definitely starting to get a few more cars out there if you are heading near the oakland coliseum. and mass transit gosh, by now, they should have, what, more than 40 trains all on time. bart systemwide reporting no delay. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." what's going on in your forecast, here's lawrence. >>> it's been an interesting night. we had thunderstorms around the bay area but things beginning to settle down just a little bit. our hi-def doppler radar has been tracking the rain and some heavier amounts of rainfall coming down overnight as well but some of that sliding out of town. you can see it making its way up to the sierra nevada where it looks like they could still see a couple of thunderstorms up in that direction and more showers there. and you can see some numerous lightning strikes

we have a couple of crashes including a spinout facing the wrong direction southbound highway 29 so from american canyon to vallejo you will see that. this is southbound 880 we have an accident with everything on the shoulder. this area shaded in green is where rain could affect the commute. >> tracy to dublin is 23 minutes westbound highway 4 westbound antioch to concord is 15 minutes and san rafael to seven is 17 minutes. >> rebound meets with pope francis at vatican. behind closed doors the meeting is more frank. >> the south bay's large of the water agency faces a dilemma: is now the best time to drain a major reservoir? >> how excited are we? the giants and the a's bring a home run >>> covering novato, oakland, sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> pope francis welcomed president obama at the vatican. it happened two hours ago. it is the first meeting between the two. president obama told the pope he is a great admirer but president obama considers the pope a kindred spirit on economic inequality but they are split on abortion and contraception. the meeting is a chan

in chicago, spinouts during the morning commute. car accidents killing at least two in ohio. with this season, now the third-snowiest winter the windy city has ever seen, chicagoans have had enough. >> tired. ready for it to be over. >> reporter: chicagoan matthew wallburg measured his driveway and sidewalk, and got a crew stat. he shoveled more than 25 tons of snow this winter. and along with the snow and wind, wild temperature swings. it's tuesday here in chicago. and the temperature is about 43 degrees. one of the warmest temperatures we've seen all year. fast-forward 24 hours. >> and today, in chicago, the temperature plunged to 20 degrees. and in some places, there's as much as six inches of fresh snow on the ground. indianapolis, 68 degrees tuesday. tonight, headed for a low of 10. today's fast-moving storm, headed east. >> can't really see much of anything now. >> reporter: parts of new york and new england could get as much as two feet of new snow. and behind this storm, cold. across the east coast, windchills dropping to the single-digits tomorrow. winter's chokehold

to the south bay now, and in mountain view northbound 85 at 237, this was a solo car spinout.they already cleared it out of our chp reports. so that is no longer an issue this morning. 101 is a little slow though as you approach mckee coming into san jose. bay bridge traffic stacked up into the macarthur maze. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." with the forecast, here's lawrence. >> been an active morning a lot of rain coming down in spots now. heavy downpours. check out your hi-def doppler radar, lots of yellows, some oranges, even some reds showing up outside right now. but boy, we had some very strong cell moving through san francisco. look at that one off the coastline. just about to head into south san francisco likely to bring some heavy rainfall maybe some more hail. we have had some reports of hail this morning, as well. we could see isolated thunderstorms. so a wild morning. the afternoon the bulk of the moisture comes through and by the afternoon maybe some partly cloudy skies and the temperatures still going to be on the cool side but the rain becoming more widely s

we had some solo spinouts. this car spun out. not blocking the lane but looky-loos slowing down. tow trucks should be on the scene soon. ramp closure, roadwork 66 coliseum ramp to 880 until 6:00 this morning. we'll go outside and look at the east shore freeway as you make your way from golden gate fields, mcarthur, no delays to the bridge. >> look at that. >>> a virginia man facing kidnapping charges for putting his own mother in the trunk of his car because he didn't want to move without her. 20-year-old lopez said he did it because he was moving to miami and was lonely. troopers pulled him over in south carolina. you can see on the dash-cam video they opened the trunk, guns drawn, and out comes mom. she had been trapped there for five hours. lopez was arrested and mom is home safe and sound in virginia. >>> a plane with barbie could limit girls career choices, a university researcher. a group of four to seven assigned to play with barbie doll or mrs. potato head. after a few minutes the girls were asked about careers. the girls that played with barbie thought they could do fewe

eastbound 580 another spinout blocking lanes as you come up to the maze. westbound traffic moving pretty well. >>> we'll ask mike nicco when the rain will en >>> good morning. live doppler 7. still showing impressive radar results. along the east bay shore and heading into the east bay valley. a couple more hours of heavier shower and small hail and thunder possible >>> how does that work? how do you make that work? >> it's not easy to be married for ten years. you know, we definitely have big ups and downs but we're very close friends and we laugh a lot so, you know, so far we're sticking it out. >> that is gwyneth paltrow talking with our nick watt about the difficulties of marriage. that was back in september. now the actress and coldplay's front man chris martin announcing they are separating after more than ten years of marriage. we'll have more about what was behind the split. they said they're now -- something about uncoupling right now. >> seems like they are taking their children into account. putting them first and that's good news. the best news

chp has been very busy working espnouts and sew -- spinouts and solo car accidents.s one in the south bay they're working right now. traffic break northbound 280 is where the multicar crash happened and they ran the break at bird. now see stilling some delays out of downtown san jose and continue on into cupertino. big backups continue as well over at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights were turned on just slightly before 6:00. so now you are stacked up nearly to the macarthur maze and the approaches are slowing as well. again best advice take it slow and leave plenty of distance between you and the car in front of you. >>> the overnight rain is likely been a factor in a number of accidents and that includes this crash on church street in san francisco. a car hit the side of a house leaving wreckage in the front yard. the fire department says one person suffered a head injury and was treated at the scene. >>> an injured black bear cub recovering now after he was found on the california side of the heavenly mountain resort. the bear was seen yesterday morni

flooding and slick roads, plenty of frustrated commuters, hundreds of spinouts and rollovers. our bay area reporters are stationed throughout the bay area tracking the trouble the rain is creating and our micro climate weather team is also tracking the storm as we get to saturday and sunday. let's begin with jeff ra ne. >> the core of the low pressure is offshore and heads towards los angeles. we'll get side effects from the system. namely the possibility of isolated thunderstorms throughout the next 12 hours that could produce gusty winds and small hail. the radar, it's not extremely active but plenty of areas of light to moderate rainfall and that's all you need to make the road ways continually slick. we're looking at the green towards livermore and extremely heavy rainfall but enough to keep 680 and 5 80 wet. rainfall totals

in north carolina, icy conditions caused spinouts and wrecks. temperatures remain below freezing for this morning's commute. and as craig boswell reports, it's slowing life in washington. >> reporter: snowblowers and plows tackled heavy snow in washington, d.c. as a late winter storm shut down much of the nation's capital. janet hubnell travelled from colorado to her brother's courthouse wedding. >> that was plan "a." we don't know what plan "b" is. >> reporter: forecasters lowered expected snowfall totals but there's still enough on the ground annoy residents who have endured a harsh winter. does this come to an end anytime soon? >> we hope so. we're about done with it. >> i'm done with it. i moved here from san diego. i'm ready for it to warm up a little bit. >> reporter: here in d.c., they didn't just close school. the house and senate canceled votes and the white house canceled press briefings. the snow dumped around north virginia and around philadelphia. rick stacey is hoping this is winter's last blast. >> i think we've seen enough, i thi

fact, chp has already been busy this morning working no major hot spots, but we are seeing some spinoutsou can see, the commute is moving along just fine through the oakland coliseum area but we'll break it down for you and show you your problem spots coming up. >>> she went out for a solo sunset cruise and it turned into a night of terror. kpix 5's betty yu reports the woman set out from monterey harbor, got blown out to sea, and was finally found two miles off the lover's point. >> reporter: a woman who set out to chase the sunset on this inflatable raft ended up

southbound 110 at the guadeloupe parkway and tenison, northbound 880, that ramp cleared with a solo spinoutay, a closure for about another 30 minutes. north 110 from fulton to shiloh due to workwork. here's mike with a look at weather. >> thank you very much. >>> good morning, folks. look at live doppler 7 hd. zoom dip on the north bay. sea ranch towards cloverdale, clear lake, into the central valleys seeing light rain this morning. there may be drizzle some sporadic light rain in the north bay for the morning commute. for the most part you can see all dry this morning. look in to the future as we look at downtown san francisco. all wait over towards the east bay hills. a little hard to see from time to time because of a few sprinkles this morning. for the most part r commute will be dry. rain is best in the north bay during the north and int to the afternoon hours. south bay towards the evening. upper 50s to mid-60s along the coast. more news with eric and kristen. >> thank you very much. >>> 4:29, make that 4:30. more now on the fatal incident that caused that b.a.r.t. shutdown last nyp.

we've seen spinouts and accidents today. hell us check in. >> we have stormy weather with us you can see parts of the south bay here, it's a line of rather heavy down pours. i'll have a look at the accu-weather forecast. >> in south san francisco, take a look at what happened outside during the down pour here. garbage in bins were sent down the street. >> don't be surprised. >> we want to see your pictures please e mail them to us. and you can post them on our abc7 news facebook page. >> now, to mystery of the missing malaysian airlines flight yet to produce definite answers about where that plane went down. abc news has the latest. >> the black boxes have about six days of battery life left. mr. being silenced forever. >> one of the masteries we have is being applied and brought to bear here. >> australia has a special ship with high tech detectors. so many times ocean debris has been spotted. only to discover it's another false lead. it turns out old fishing gear. >> depends upon how effective we are. right now it's the si

we have a solo spinout on the transition road between southbound highway 29 to eastbound 37 so we haveane blocked and the car is facing the wrong direction. be careful headed on to the roads because it is wet. as we look at the bay bridge toll plaza the traffic is empty with some construction in the westbound direction. it will last until 5:00 at the first tower and then we have a high wind advisory and if you thinning of takin mass transit, bart is on time. >> a dozen people are burned out of their homes after a fast moving apartment fire in livermore. one purpose has major injuries with amy hollyfield on the scene. >> this happened at an apartment complex in livermore. the fire is out. they are trying to figure if they can find a place if everyone to stay. i am joined by the fire chief. can you tell us of the injuries to the person would was airlifted out of here. >> there was one male adult in the apartment of original gin with burns on his hands and face. he was airlifted to a burn center. >> everyone else was okay? >> yes, no other injuries. >> the building? what was the damage? >

it's a solo spinout blocking two left lanes so i wouldn't be surprised if we start to see a little bit of slowing. fire and chp are heading to the scene. in the meantime, westbound 24 leaving walnut creek to contra costa county everything looks good to the caldecott tunnel. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza and the approach, the left lanes are still blocked from the incline to yerba buena island until 5:00 so another 20 minutes to go. no delay out of oakland. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." back to you guys. >>> pg&e now says that it expects to face federal criminal charges for the 2010 pipeline explosion in san bruno. as kpix 5's betty yu reports, many people are welcoming that news. >>> reporter: next to new homes, construction equipment and stacks of building material, you can see physical reminders of the pipeline explosion that leveled the san bruno neighborhood 3 1/2 years ago. >> i have always said that the death of eight people because of the inept ituudt of people is criminal. >> reporter: the fireball destroyed 38 homes and injured dozens. tom's family felt the heat

the spinouts. >> whoa. >> reporter: the sub zero suffering. even freezing niagara falls. >> it has been a terrible winter. >> reporter: but next winter, we may catch a break because scientists, today, issued a watch for the return of el nino. it shows up every few years. warm, pacific waters, shifting the jet stream from the pattern we're stuck in now to one that looks more like this. for the northeast and midwest -- winters tend to be warmer and drier. out west, places suffering years of record-breaking drought and wildfires get more rain. and in the atlantic, weather systems can be torn apart before they grow up to be hurricanes. >> the atlantic hurricane season tends to be very whimpy under el nino conditions. >> reporter: but el nino can bring more devastating cyclones to the pacific. >> a lot of the heat, then, comes out of the ocean that produces a miniglobal warming. and it has real consequences in terms of droughts and floods around the world. >> reporter: if this el nino is strong enough, soon, the record cold we've been used to could

deja vu exact same place in san bruno, solo spinout.ending out. over to the heyward area, southbound 880. also an accident, this is a little truck stuck in the mud a foot off the roadway. caution there. roadwork out there 66th avenue on ramp to northbound 880 close until 6:00 this morning. kristen, eric? >> take it slow. thank you. students returning to a richmond school after finding out one of their teachers sexually abusing students he taught at another school. amy hollyfield live with the stunning story. amy. >> reporter: he was teaching here add and martha's say they had no idea he was accused of molesting kids at another school here in richmond. 32-year-old ronald ginto was arrested yesterday, being held on 1.4 million bail. he's charged with 14 counts of

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to the santa cruz mountains southbound 17, we have a solo spinout in the slow rainsa6ç and san mateong good but the fog and rain so take your time. the tail lights are headed over to foster city. >> seven things to know before you go. >> the morning news is back in 60 >>> good morning at 6:54 and traffic is looking okay at macarthur maze. it is foggy and misty in some areas. be came. >> seven things to know before you go: one, breaking news on the peninsula, the c.h.p. is on the scene of a car over an embankment that plunged 50' over the hill. the tow truck driver is pulling it on the road at 280 at connection ramp to eastbound 380. >> police in hurricane cheese -- in america lease are investigating a sexual assault against a transgender student who was attacked yesterday at school. police are investigating this as a hate crime. >> a vigil is held for a martinez teen hit and killed by a freight train on sunday. the 14-year-old jenna betti was hit while trying to retrieve the cell phone she dropped on the tracks. >> a $10 million substantial of gold coins covered in the sierra nevada

. >> the traffic is getting busy with a solo spinout blocking a lane, and fortunately, it is non-commute direction and westbound is bunching up at the bay bridge toll plaza with no metering light. accident westbound 580 stalling the track and over to the livermore area we have a big rig on fire so there are struggles from the central valley. san rafael has headlights beyond the ymca and the freitas parkway area, and we do have damp ground and slick roads with windshield wipers across the golden gate bridge so take it down a notch and give yourself a safe ride. >> arson investigators in fremont are at the elementary school campus after a fire broke out at a daycare center for the ymca with a fire, too at warm super bowls elementary in a shed of the little league so the field and a shed burned and a third fire broke out at warm springs park inside the woman's bathroom. this is the elementary school: the trailer is being used for day care and investigators arrived the past hour and our reporter is there gathering any information with the latest at 6:30. >> developing news, people in the bay

we have a solo spinout with a car on the shoulder. it is possibly blocking the left lane.an see this green affecting the roads because slick roads are a factor. the bridge is very slick so it may not be coming down heavy you have slick roads so be extra cautious. our drive up and over the altamont pass, very slow traffic, speeds up to 30 miles per hour up and over the altamont pass and we switch to yellow sensors in dublin/pleasanton and that is 50 miles per hour and into castro valley westbound 580 it is 51 minutes and under an hour. it is a grind if that is the commute. give yourself plenty of time. at the bay bridge toll plaza we have no metering lights but stacked inned cash-paying toll lanes it looked like the fast track and commute lanes are moving well on the bay bridge. take care. here is mike with the weather. >> drizzle is coming down which is a nuisance, i am seeing a combination of both, though, you can see the best chance of wet weather is moving out of the north bay and headed across san pablo bay and the golden gate bridge and to san francisco and 80 from va

pushed up against the center divide and we have waiting for a tow truck and san jose we had a solo spinout north of 101 which is a truck that is pushed up against the center divide and unfortunately the driver is stuck and can not get out so they are waiting for a they truck. and 80 berkeley traffic is flowing smoothly and getting heavy headed to the macarthur maze. >>> general motors new c.e.o. says he is certificate and the unprecedented apology from the head of the automaker facing fallout. >> out of gas? what is threatening to push uber and sidecar out of a major american city. >> right place at right time, an apartment complex is the seen of an unusual rescue involving ad to since i had had health insurance -- icy i needed. of since i had hwhat policy i needed.- within 4icy. [ female announcer ] everyone deserves health insurance. are you in? find free, confidential, local help at coveredca.com. >>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east bay and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> 6:13. clarification of breaking news, the prime suspect in the death of a castro valley woman has

few hours ago, lots of heavy rain so that forces chp to put out a warning saying it had lots of spinouts on the wet road. the warning go slow, be cautious and don't drive too fast. >> bay area homeowners are worrying about landslides but most take time and we haven't had major storms in awhile. this is on wild cass road back in 1998. a consultant tells us it took over 20 years to develop. he says landslides probably won't happen this year because of the drought. >> even if we were to get big rains now, the ground is so dry, so strong because it's dry it's not likely to have any landslides. >> one of the most recent happened in san pablo in 2011. that's when a massive landslide destroyed homes. >> a developing story, hundreds of rescuers continuing to dig through tons of mud and debris in hopes of finding survivors from saturday's massive slide in washington state. jennifer joins us from arlington, washington with the very latest. >> reporter: jessica, it has been a very difficult day for family members and friends of the missing who joined rescue crewed today in the mudslide zone. >> so

. >> reporter: the snowstorms, the spinouts -- >> whoa! service issued a watch for the return of el nino. shows up every few years. warm pacific waters shifting the jet stream from a pattern we're stuck in right now. for the northeast and midwest, winters tend to be warmer and dryer. out west places suffering years of record-breaking drought and wildfires get more rain. and in the atlantic, weather systems can be torn apart before they grow up to be hurricanes. >> the atlantic hurricane season tends to be very wimpy under el nino conditions. >> reporter: but el nino can bring more devastating sooib cyclones to the pacific. >> a lot of the heat, then, comes out of the ocean that produces a mini global warming and has real consequences in terms of droughts and floods around the world. >> reporter: if this el nino is strong enough, soon the record cold we've been used to could be replaced by record heat. clayton sandell, abc news, denver. >>> this is the weekend some dread. others welcome it. the beginning of daylight savings time. that means

a solo spinout. we were just talking about it in the newsroom.g tomorrow the giants and the a's are playing games here in the bay area. steve. and i wonder will it be raining for tomorrow's game? >> i think thursday and friday are all right. saturday looks iffy. >> okay gotcha. >> are you going to toss to me now? >> that is fine. >> okay. [ laughter ] >>> we have a lots of cloud cover over us. a couple people say hey are we going to get rain in the south bay? yes, you will. we also have pretty good rain to the north. coverage increasing pretty rapidly here. rain heaviest will be to the north. i bet there is an inch plus coming in before everything is said and done. breeze all pick up. especially higher elevations and also on the coast possible thunderstorms today. maybe pockets of hail. things are active here. but you can see the rain definitely much stronger system today than we had yesterday. it looks like right around st. helena. the backside of that is calming down a little bit but wrapping back over to santa rosa and petaluma. also light rai

they were solo spinouts. i want to mention the traffic is going to be busy in this area. let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you, sal. we are on storm watch and the chp has an parent warning for drivers this morning. ktvu channel 2 reporter alex savidge is in emeryville right now with how the chp is asking people to prepare. alex. >> reporter: good morning to you. it will be in all likelihood a wet ride into work. we are here at the bay bridge toll plaza right now. you can take a look at the conditions. the roads are dry but that may change very soon. strong storm cells are moving through the area. according to the national weather service. there is a possibility of lightning and hail with some of these cells. the rain of course arrived yesterday here in the bay area with showers on and off all day long. this is the start of a long period of wet weather and the chp is preparing for problems on the roads. when it rains officers typically see twice as many crashes as they usually do. and even during breaks in the rain drivers still have to stay alert according to officers

we haven't seen a lot of spinouts.rom this area we're seeing a slower southbound drive in toward pleasanton and sunol. your northbound routes. 87 kicking in harter from capitally way up into downtown san jose. starting to develop north 280 around 880 and 17 interchange. around the rest of the bay, we did hear about a crash south 880 at a street approaching the san mateo bridge. i'll track that, bring you more. if there is smig of note there. we'll give you a live look, show you palo alto. there is some haze. visibility along 101 and in and out of san francisco. >> a new documentary premiers on mark bingham one of the passengers on united flight 93 who fought back against hijackers during the 9/11 attacks. christie smith joins us live by camera 12 in downtown san jose where the film is being held at the film festival. >> reporter: yes, good morning to you. mark bingham became a national hero on 9/11 but it discusses his bold and interesting life before that and how he had a history of standing up for himself and other p

no major rain going on here like yesterday so not seeing the number of spinouts and accidents that weay but just a heads up, maybe a little slower than usual in those northbound lanes. taillights are heading into downtown oakland. we have also been seeing a couple of problems now in this westbound 580 drive. it's very slow from 205 out of tracy. first we had that stall at north flynn. and then now we have an accident actually on westbound 205 on the 580 approach so right in that area. once you get past there, though, actually speeds improve 16 minutes between the altamont pass and the dublin interchange. so it's because of all the traffic farther east that's making a nice ride actually right now through the livermore valley and pleasanton. bay bridge still pretty typical. even a touch lighter than normal for this time. just backed up to the middle of the parking lot and mainly just the cash lanes. if you are a fastrak user no delay across the span and mass transit also looking good, too. bart has more than 50 trains all reporting no delay. ferries, caltrain and ace train number one ha

the slick roads caused spinouts this morning including one in emeryville that was actually more likewreck involving 8 cars. for a while several lanes were blocked. all lanes are back open for the last 20 minutes. traffic is improved. but we are still seeing a lot of slowdowns on our sensors. that was a live look at ashby but obviously the backups extend -- looks like slow speeds around cutting and continue all the way out into the macarthur maze. so for a while, it took a while, they didn't have the metering lights on. they were able to activate them once the emeryville crash was cleared. now we have delays in the cash and the fastrak lanes. you're backed up beyond the first overcrossing already. so a good 15 minutes at least to get you on to the bay bridge. and that's not counting any of that traffic right now on westbound 80 on the eastshore freeway. quick look at the south bay where we are seeing some slowdowns a few tapping of the brake lights on northbound 101 approaching mckee. that's traffic. back to you guys. >> thank you, liz. >>> new this morning, the mystery surrounding th

still working more than a dozen i think about 15 different accidents or spinouts all across the bay areas a live look right now near the oakland coliseum. actually one reported southbound 880. so we're not seeing much of a delay because of it. in the commute direction heading towards downtown. so far, everything is open and clear. but again the roads are slick. hey better news now in san jose. that off ramp has reopened. northbound 280 by saratoga avenue. police had been investigating a body found in the roadway since early this morning. that happened shortly after 3:00. never impacted the main lines of the freeway. pretty typical commute right now out to the bay bridge: but you can see the rain drops still forming on the cam la lens. and the -- camera lens. and the delays are really just building in the far right cash lanes, no metering lights yet. they turned them on pretty early yesterday and we'll have to wait and see when but in the meantime no big delays yet. again take it extra slow. you can see the reason why in all of the cameras, this is westbound 585 traffic right now heading

most recently, we've heard from management that they're contemplating a spinout of the retail business business, the most productive mall portfolio in the world, bar none. and anyone who invests in real estate has to own the stock and overweight it if they do. >> your take on what happened last week, and you've got a couple of nice days here bouncing, but what happens next? >> i think there's a big rotation going on out of growth names and into value name. we're not in this name as growth investor or value investor. we see a tremendous amount of real estate value and the growth is enormous. they're going to grow ebida 80% this year. there's no new supply. to invest in china, where there's no supply competing with you, it's incredible. one of the most incredible stories i've seen in my career. >> a question on reits. you've been a longtime investor in them. worried about the prospect of higher interest rates hurting that sector? >> rates have gone up and down many times over past 25 years i've been in it. typically a rising rate environment is favorable to investing in reit until the en

we have seen spinouts along the road and other treacherous conditions.rator who was hauling a pickup truck out of a ditch. he complained a lot of these cars are coming way too close to disabled vehicles on the side of the road. he has almost got hit a couple of times himself. those are the conditions we are dealing with here. part of the problem earlier today and it may happen later. the snow was coming too fast for the salt truck, the snow truck and the plows to operate. they couldn't get the roads cleared fast enough. here is some of our interview with james williams a short time ago. >> it is dangerous right now. the situation where i have to pick this truck up from the rear and turn my truck facing the direction of the traffic, which makes it very hard. people come and they can barely see. they are coming awfully close. all i ask is that everybody slow down. >> we're going to show you just what we're dealing with here along i-95. i'm going to get out of the vehicle. we can switch our cameras over to our photojournalist, oliver. a lot of the times you

chicago, i-55, that spinout. the roads are just a wreck around chicago.'ve been seeing tweets everywhere, don't drive if you don't have to. as far as air travel goes, right there we're looking at another camera from detroit. so the snow extends all the way to toledo. cleveland right now are getting thunderstorms. they will transition into snow. and very windy behind it. when we're talking snow totals, chicago has already had 5 plus inches. some get a half foot from detroit to buffalo. when this moves into new england, it ramps up in the higher elevations you could see up to 2 feet in some places. and a warning around buffalo. severe weather potential with all this windy but severe violent storms from philly to north carolina. so much more to talk about in the nation's weather because i just can't get it all in. believe me, even out west we've got headlines. >> something for everyone. all right, ginger, thanks very much. >>> all right, robin. a massive fire burning here in new york city. in east harlem this morning. that's in upper manhattan. 116th and par

with all of this is that it creates travel nightmares just here in the philadelphia area, there are spinoutsplace, a jack-knifed 18 wheeler on i-95. over the weekend, airlines had to cancel 2,000 flights and today, at least 1500 flights have been wiped off the board. del. >> chris, thank you very much. what's next? who gets hit hardest and where is the storm headed now? good morning, ebony. >> we are continuing to watch the snow coming down around virginia and to the maryland area. that's where it's going to stick around really as we go through the day. you can see that we started off with rain early this morning, but it has pushed over to snow around d.c. there's that fine line, we're still talking about icing, but here, we're only expecting about a tries, but certainly less than a quarter inch. it's really going to be the snow that continues to fall, making for slick spots on the roadway, so keep that in mind. going through the day, everything winds down as our front pushes off the east coastline. by tonight, the front will clear the coast, and we'll have the tail end of this front hung up

we're seeing spinouts up there on highway 101.hat seems to be where the focus is as the storm is moving south. >> absolutely. we'll show you just that on storm tracker. but, look at this. >>> 15/100ths of an inch reported there. the south bay is dry as well. as mike mentioned this storm is moving from north to south. let's look at storm tracker 2 and where we have a good amount of rain falling along highway 101 stretching from petaluma through nevada, you've got quite a drive through here. this is where you would have some concern. if you're watching it from your window, no problem. it's a beautiful sight out there. we have rain falling san mateo bridge. it's reporting light rain. you can see if reaching into berkeley and oakland reporting light rain this morning. we're not seeing it on the radar, but this just our guide, right? as we get into san francisco, we have light rain falling. christian showing you light rain over the city. some of the moderate rain is moving on its way. some areas and areas like livermore san jose, you'r