past golden gate field toward the berkeley curve. u have a crowd because the metering lights are on. a look at berkeley, see the volume down past university avenue. we don't have a live picture. here we go. westbound 80 down university avenue. this is nice if you don't use it that's okay. it's a good flow to the bay bridge toll plaza. the north bay as well. southbound 101, not a problem through san rafael. a little slowing into novato. you're fine in toward the golden gate bridge. back to you. >> ask mike, thank you. >> thanks, mike. >> well, should we talk about baseball? the giants opening up the season on the road against the arizona diamondbacks. >> they are. but thousands of fans will flood the stands on at&t park tonight, we're going to tell you about that in a moment. we want to get you updated on the situation in los angeles of course with all of the earthquakes that have been happening. we want to go live to los angeles right now and check on jacob who is live right now in la habra. what can you tell us? >> reporter: yeah, in

the metering lights are on out of the maze and off the berkeley curve. the rest of your approach pretty standard. the earlier slowing approaching has cleared the earlier stall looks like it's cleared. north of the san mateo or dumbarton bridges. on the ride side typical slowing, we'll look at these speeds and we have the orange zone out of almost into dublin. a smooth drive for south 680. speed into the south bay or the northbound routes so they are just starting to kick in. on average you're at the speed limit. we'll show you a look, give you palo alto, nobody, a smooth drive in both directions, no delays between the south bay and the city. back to you. >> thank you so much, mike. breaking news from the north bay, investigators on the scene of a deadly county. a person was found shot to death at cam bround. this happened near the lawson area of dylan beach. so far no word on what led to the shooting but they are questioning two who knew the victim. >> a woman tied up as robbers ransack her home. what excuse the men used to force their way inside that hom

but the drought is on the minds of many, especially in the berkeley hills. ting ritual is under way. but the future of those mating is in question. >> reporter: if you know the berkeley hill, you recognize south park drive. and even know why the county closes it every rain in season from november to april. and you'd know the answer to this question. not so much in this drought year. when just off the road, a person is more likely to find errant golf shots from tilden park than newts. >> this year, i've only seen two. but how many rainy days have we had? >> if it's a crisis, here is the man to ask. why did the newt cross the road? >> to get to the other side. to get to the pond. >> reporter: what's in the pond? >> water. a place to breed. >> reporter: he directs u.c. berkeley's botanical gardens. he is one of the foremost newt experts. but newts are hard to find, due to the drought. >> it's prevented them from starting to breed and starting -- well, starting to feed and starting to breed. >> reporter: this curious newt, one of a few arrivals at a time when the

slowing a little through the berkeley area. west 80 shows the build. west 580 coming through out of the maze. heavier than it was yesterday. now a slower drive but at least a crash. you have build from hercules, 4 down through san pablo and approaching golden gate field off of the richmond/san rafael bridge no. problems off the san rafael side. we had it new big deal a half hour ago but over the hours of that to they got there, there were a series of crashes now. this on eastbound 380 away from 280 off the connector, that's not heavily traveled but if that is the way you wake your way keep in find there are crashing lights. you mitt be down a lane or to. three miner injury crashes. north 880, a minor trash as well. the off ramp partly blocking a lane but the freeway moving both directions through fremont. the tri-valley, speeds moving nicely. into livermore now that the earlier crash has cleared. nothing unexpected there. and the south bay will give you a peek here with the northbound 101 shot. a flies flow of traffic. we expect that to start building

backup off the berkeley curve. ook at the map, it's a slower drive and developing through berkeley. not the surprise, there is a caltrans crew that did hit the road cutting boulevard in the middle of the freeway in the middle of the commute they had to repair a pothole. they made their way in the last few minutes a. slow drive developing but now we'll start to recover. the rest of your bay looking typical for a friday pattern. we have the south bay, you want to call out northbound 101 and 87. 280 and 85 kicking in off 101. we have bob redell's after this fire. aetna avenue closed. that's a surface street. mentioned capital expressway and 101, both clear and on and off of the freeway not this problem. it's the freeway itself that shows a slowdown because of the build kicking in. over in the east bay a slower drive for southbound 880 off 238 through hayward and union city. a typical pattern there. this is where christie smith follows the two fires, the second one that kicked in here around c and seventh, that is not a

from the east bay hills, in the berkeley hills we had 59-miles-per-hour gusts and thunderstorm threshold is 58 that is how fast it was. sunny. windy early. then it will be dry and calm as we head to the overnight hour and 20 degrees cooler inland and the warmth peaks this weekend. temperatures as we look at the sunny san jose is eight to ten degrees warmer-than-average and you can see the sun will society at 7:14. elsewhere, the upper 60's to nearly 70 and low-to-mid 70's not rest of us and we may not feel that warm around the bay shore blowing east cold water. santa rosa and napa upper 30's and palo alto and livermore and morgan hill and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 40's. as far as what is going on, the low pressure down around southern california and the high pressure to the north, the pressure grident, the difference of the pressure between the two is what created the strong winds with the wind flowing from the high to low pressure and that will bring us the 50 shore wind and keep the storms away from us for six or seven days. you can see on the seven-day forecast temperatures fl

the way down to san jose. phillips 66 at first denied it would go through berkeley. but later they said it's not up to them where the trains travel. it's up to union pacific and railroads have special rights under federal commerce laws. >> that's the only map and that's what it shows. >> reporter: this scientist and engineer was commissioned by the sierra club to submit comments on the eir and says the train route through the east bay is inevitable. >> there is no way you can get crude oil without sending it through one of the major metropolitan areas. >> reporter: she says the only alternative to the berkeley- oakland route would be to run the trains on union pacific's 8th line from stockton over the steep altamont pass through livermore and pleasanton. >> it would be an unlikely route. >> reporter: as to what kind of crude they would be carrying, the report says the most likely source would be the back enfield of north dakota and points out that accidental oil spills along the tracks would be significant and unavoidable. >> these railroads are regulated at the feder

according to the national weather service in the berkeley hills. gusts have been as strong as 59 miles an hour and it is only expected to get worse. lyannelisa amin gulezian, back to you. >>> facebook's headquarters were evacuated after receiving some kind of threat. sky 7hd was overhead the social networking company's building. menlo park police have given the all clear and say the threat is not credible. >> coming up, a san jose cop accused of sexual assault. tonight what the police department is planing to do about it. >> we are following the apartment fire in san francisco. they are dousing the wreckage with water. >> and here is what the fire looked like from the giants ballpark. they sent us this video looking forward first base. e-mail us at you report at kgo-tv.com >>> an update on breaking news. the massive building fire in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood. you are looking live from sky 7hd. you can see the fire is not out yet. the rubble there is steel smoldering. is still smoldering. >> look how huge the fire was at 5:30 this aft

the backup off the berkeley curve. 'll get you back out to look at the green, wet road conditions on our traffic system. traffic and weather tied together. you have south 101 slowing, petaluma, it's tough to make out all of these roads. southbound 101 coming through san rafael despite the slowdown, a typical volume. and an easy drive across the golden gate bridge, watch we'll be slick as well. >> mike, thank you. >> still ahead on "today in the bay," dangerous drop. new details about the sage collapse that sent two dozen high school students to the hospital in southern california. >> plucked from pounding waves. why rescuers had to use a helicopter to save a surfer. >>> welcome back to you. it's 6:25. we take a live look at the embarcadero, you will be amazed by christina's forecast. stick around for that. >> investigators are trying to figure out how a stage at a southern california high school collapsed sending 25 students to the high school. it happened at a school in anaheim saturday night. about 250 girls from the

this is between the berkeley curved and paul street. nt has now been ruled and all lanes are now open. jackie is now on the scene. >> this was not clear altogether just yet. with a less minute or so, they had two legs that had stalled even though they did clear of the coalition now you are starting to see a stall in the number two lanes and the traffic is starting to back up again. we thought we had this clear but it is starting to back up again. >> we have this circled on the screen. you can see it in the westbound direction. the big problem here is that the backup is already pretty severe. >> the drive time is 46 minutes. that is already twice the normal commute time for the west all right. any hope that this will improve is disappearing with the addition of a stalled car in the same location. the impact on the bay bridge, the westbound direction has a lot more traffic than the started to flow in. the metering lights are not activated. you can see on the screen that this traffic is filling into this level and lane. >> on this thursday

according to the national weather service in the berkeley hills. the wind gusts have been as strong as 59 miles an hour and it is only expected to get worse. lyannelisa amin gulezian, back to you. >>> facebook's headquarters were evacuated after receiving some kind of threat. sky 7hd was overhead the social networking company's building. menlo park police have given the all clear and say the threat is not credible. >> coming up, a san jose cop accused of sexual assault. tonight what the police department is planing to do about it. >> we are following the apartment fire in san francisco. they are dousing the wreckage with water. >> and here is what the fire looked like from the giants ballpark. they sent us this video looking forward first base. e-mail us at you report at kgo-tv.com. back in a moment. don't. i want you to be kind.ff i want you to be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor.tk to speak my language. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. quiero que me hagas sentir segura. i want you to be aweso that's

the berkeley police department is on the scene tells us a 75-year-old was trying to maneuver the vant and when over the embankment into the water. he says maybe the gas pedal was stuck ending up partly submerged. the man was able to get out. the van is another story. the police and fire department put their heads together and decided $1 million rotator tow truck was the only way to go to lit the van out of the water rather than drag it over the rocks. >> our concern is we didn't want to have any type of damage to the fuel tank or chemicals spilled in the water. >>> the 75-year-old drive was not work and the sergeant says he is lucky the van didn't go all the way under the water and roll. they didn't know what they were encountering the police department called for a rescue swimmer but was not needed. >> two salinas women are accused of unthinkable, abusing and starving throw children and chaining one to the near so she could not reach her food. they were found friday when the sheriff deputies were called to a home on russell road. the victims were severely malnourished, beaten and ab

according to the national weather service in the berkeley hills. gusts have been as strong as 59 miles an hour and it is only expected to get worse. lyanne lyannelisa amin gulezian, back to you. >>> facebook's headquarters were evacuated after receiving some kind of threat. sky 7hd was overhead the social networking company's building. menlo park police have given the all clear and say the threat is not credible. >> coming up, a san jose cop accused of sexual assault. tonight what the police department is planing to do about it. >> we are following the apartment fire in san francisco. they are dousing the wreckage with water. >> and here is what the fire looked like from the giants ballpark. they sent us this video looking forward first base. e-mail us at you report at news. the massive building fire in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood. you are looking live from sky 7hd. you can see the fire is not out yet. the rubble there is steel smoldering. is still smoldering. >> look how huge the fire was at 5:30 this afternoon. part of the building u

, christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the city of berkeley hopes to reach out to san luis obispo next which is the only city with jurisdiction over the project because the refinery is located there. >>> 4:48. i'm looking off in the heather here. i can see the hi-def doppler and it looks ugly. >> doesn't it look great? all those colors out there right now. >> all that green. >> rough commute this morning, i think, for a lot of folks headed out the door this morning. it hasn't rained in your neighborhood yet. a lot of rain beginning to move onshore. the heaviest amounts of rain into parts of the north bay right now and sliding into the east bay, as well. towards vallejo look at this line of storms that's moving through now in hercules. if you are traveling there along 80 and 580, be prepared for heavy rainfall and more rain continuing up into the north bay. you have some heavy downpours all the way up through petaluma, santa rosa you're seeing some heavier amounts of rainfall and there's still plenty more to come off the coastline. i think the bulk o

saratoga 75 degrees in the south bay but cooler near the water. berkeley 66. fica only a high of 61 degrees. pacifica is where we find the kpix 5 mobile weather lab tonight. this is linda mar beach. i'll told by joseph our fine photographer working the lab tonight, 59 degrees but feels warmer because of the sunshine. surfers may be out enjoying a little bit of rough surf this weekend. there is a high surf advisory in pacifica and all our beaches on sunday into monday morning. kpix 5 hi-def doppler showing you a few returns offshore. no rainfall close by. we will be rain-free through the weekend and into next week. here's our drought report card. we are doing better when it comes to reservoirs. they are up to 63% of normal. but a dry week the past week has dropped our snowpack down and our rainfall is down, as well. big ridge of high pressure building in from the south. it wasn't here yet, so we had that light onshore flow this morning. you had the fog. you had the clouds. it wasn't as warm today compared to yesterday. but high pressure will be building in over

the new policy just ten days filed a lawsuit against uc berkeley claiming the university mishandled the cases. in berkeley, abc7 news. >> authorities in the south bay have solved a 25-year-old murder weeks after publicizing new evidence. last month, police showed off this quilt, we brought it to you here on the news wrapped around kathy zimmer when she was found strangled in 1989. today, police arrested kathy's husband, david zimmer, charging him with murder. investigators credited new evidence and police also charged the victim's brother-in-law with murder as well. a man sentenced today to 52 years in prison for a gang rape in 2000 the 36-year-old was convicted of kidnapping the woman on 33 ready street taking her to oakland hills sheshg was raped by four men, police used dna evidence to link him to that crime. >> a suj bay lawmaker introduced legislation he says would bring justice to victims of cyber bullying and make laws more relevant to the connected society. it's called audrey's law named after audrey pott. the 15-year-old took her life in september, 2012 after she was sexual ass

aboutanted to ask you the berkeley center. how did that happen? >> i have to tell you. ied to the ceo of the center. it is because we have great food. >> that is probably your most severe critic. >> it was very awkward. mom said, no way. he would use bruce ratner. >> who was bruce ratner? >> he is the man. husband and alayna's were customers of the restaurant so it kind of all went together. it started with good food and it went to the heart. >> it doesn't matter your name is on the door -- does it matter that your name is on the door? >> it does matter. >> and there are many companies, technology companies, they create names rather than having the name of the people who actually own the business. >> we want our names there. we want people to know that we are waiting for them. i am the main scotto. i don't have any children, i just had eight grandchildren. i don't have children at home waiting for me. >> they are in the restaurant. >> we have them work in the restaurant and pay them very small wages. rosanna, just to tell people about your career little bit. how the rest

the east shore freeway, through richmond and berkeley, again the bay bridge toll plaza and the berkeley curve and 580 slammed down because of the earlier crashes. moves nicely for monday, around the bay other than the bay bridge a predictable commute. may see more folks because of avoiding the bay bridge. down in the south bay 101 and 87, your typical pattern slowing into the 40s and 50s. north 101 and 87. west 580 slow into dublin and south 680 with a good build. again that pattern slow for pleasanton but we know that's likely on a monday or tuesday. there is a live look at dublin. you do see westbound 580 moving with good spacing. we'll let you more of your top headlines. >>> welcome back. 6:40, getting you up to speed on this earthquake that happened moments ago reportedly a 4.7 felt strongly near los angeles. many people across the city are saying they felt it very strongly. again about 4.7, close to the ucla campus. >> about five miles east. no reports of damage but a lot describing it as a really quick and strong jolt that they felt. we heard reports of it being felt as far as lon

. >> family and friends gin together in the celebration of the life of a berkeley firefighter when a tractor rolled on him, a giant american flag was draped in front of the pavilion on the berkeley campus where the celebration was held. he was a graduate of san jose state and 28-year veteran of the perk become fire department. >> a medical breakthrough holds promise of changing the lives of millions, with a new test that could determine if you are at risk of alzheimer's disease. >> new locations the a's are considering if they cannot reach a dole at uncle go one,two,one,two,one [uncle]thistwo,one.cotch,okay? [niece]okay! [uncle]okay? [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight! [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay? [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven! [uncle laughs]there's ten spaces,you want to try again? [uncle]yeah? >>> good morning, everyone, at 4:52. you can see the pavement is wet and mike says there is drizzle. we will find out more on what is going on with the weather in a few minutes. >> a plan for a rail plan is getting underway with crews clearing brush a

. >>> new this morning, a driver is fine after a dramatic scene at the berkeley marina. he drove right into the bay. when you hook into the dark water it is scary when you realize how close the call was. berkeley police department or the scene say it was a 75-year-old man behind the wheel trying to maneuver the van and he went into the water. the van was only partly submerged but it was very dangerous. it could have been worse. >> very lucky. lucky the car did not go in the water and turn over. >>> the man was able to get out of the van on his own and not hurt. authorities brought in a rescue swimmer but that person was not needed. the next big issue to get the van out of the water the police and fire department decided to bring in a $1 million rotator tow truck. the sergeant did not want to drag up the van and risk damaging the gas task so they brought in the heavy duty equipment to lift it into the air to the pavement. >> why something like this could have happened the sergeant says he things possibly the van's gas pedal was stuck. >>> two salinas women are accused of a

on the minds of many finding an animal mating ritual is underway but the future of those mating is in question. if you know berkeley hills and why the county closes it. and the answer. in this drought here, just off the road a person is more likely to finderant golf shots than newts. >> if it's a crisis here is the man to ask. >> to get to the pond. >> what is in the pond? >> water. a place to breathe. >> as it turns out there is a pond but newts? >> there is one. >> newts are still hard to find due to drought. >> it's prevented them from starting to breed. and to feed and breed. >> this newt is one of a few arrivals that should have thousands. you might find the male grappling a female. >> what we're looking at is newt foreplay. scientists have another way of describing it. >> ham plexis. >> within days she leaves behind a fertilized egg sac. the two mated newts live happily. separately. >> this is a pick up bar. >> a practice encouraged by the closing of a road which at this time without a drought would be helping to prevent massive newt genocide. >> if rains come now it will extend newt season. it probably shoul

the event is held by the berkeley forum, a nonpartisan forum run by undergraduate students at uc berkeley. >> someone would but the a ticket in the bay area is waking up a millionaire after matching five of the six numbers last night in the mega millions grouping. the ticket was sold at huntington liquor store in san bruno and get all but the mega numbers, five out of six worth $1.9 million. two tickets sold in florida and maryland mapped all six numbers and they will split the $414 million jackpot the six county largest prize in united states history. >> congratulations to everyone. >> and the san produce know liquor store because they get a caught of $10,000. >> still to come, breast cancer no longer the number one health issue facing women. >> milk jacker -- mick jagger's loss of his long time girl has rocked his world. >> kanye west's proposal to kim kardashian went viral. >> now, a look at the bay in a gorgeous shot and plenty of sunshine and warm temperatures ahead. >>> scotland yard has a new lead in the disappearance of the british girl who was with her family vacationing in portu

police say the man was trying to leave a parking lot at the berkeley marine when he drove over an embankment and right and the pay. the van was only partly submerged and he got out on his own. a sergeant said it is possible the gas peddle was stuff. the tow truck was brought in but officials didn't want to drag the van over the rocks and risk damaging the gas task. >> they are trying to figure the cause of a fire at a san jose bar. it broke out in a storage area in the back of the eldorado club. workers noticed the fire as they closed up at 1:45 this morning and tried to put it out but were unsuccessful. crews knocked it down after arriving. >> south bay arson investigators are getting federal help in the search for the cause of a fire that damaged the san jose church. matt keller is on the scene at minnesota avenue. matt? >> the a.t.f. has been notified which is standard. as i step away from the camera you can see the santa clara county arson task force is now in control of the investigation. they are trying to figure what started the fire. >> the fire and brimstone was not coming from the

. >> this was the project for the berkeley art museum. it was -- this is from william wiley's retrospective, when he got up onstage to sing a song, 270 people put on the cat. >> it is not just a bookstore. it is a store. can you talk us through some of your favorites? >> these are made in china, but they are made out of cattails. >> these pieces of here, you have a whale head and various animals and their health over there, and they are jewelry. >> we do fund raisers for nonprofits, so we are doing a project for the magic theater, so there are some pretty funny cartoons. they are probably not for prime time. >> you sort of have a kind of holistic relationship where you might do merchandise in the store that promotes their work and practice, and also, prince for them. maybe we should go back and look at the print operation now. >> let's go. >> before we go into the print shop, i noticed some incredible items you have talked back here. what are we standing in front of? >> this is william wiley, only one earth. this is a print edition. there

the mountaintops. breezy in san jose 9 miles per hour. 11 miles per hour in berkeley. through the delta stronger gusty winds, northerly winds at 30 miles per hour in fairfield and 26 in napa. so the winds blowing around this morning. that will just make for some sunshine into the afternoon and some very nice weather ahead. looks like comfortable temperatures not only today but as we head in toward the weekend. some of these numbers may sneak in low 80s. high pressure taking over now and as it builds in we get that offshore wind going today and probably in through tomorrow so skies going to stay clear all the way to the coastline. nice around the state. 70s into the central valley, 63 in yosemite and 67 into monterey bay. clouds staying far away from the bay area today. that offshore wind will keep low clouds and fog away. so sky is clear through today and into tomorrow, as well. nice weather on the weekend, as well. temperatures beautiful this afternoon. 60s and some 70s in the south bay. you're looking at mid-60s even out toward the coastline. about 70 degrees in pitts

the view earlier today from berkeley, we have the sunshine now. wait until you see how warm we get over the weekend. we'll talk about our rain chances for next week coming up. >> and a spooky sleepover. your chance to stay overnight at the bay area's most famous haunted mansion. co o. crews are >>> firefighters have wrapped up their hoses and left the scene of that massive apartment complex fire in san francisco. crews are still demolishing what's left of the burned-out shell. now the investigation into how it started can begin in earnest. flames erupted just before 5:00 tuesday afternoon at the complex under construction in mission bay. the working theory on what caused it, welding. >>> the highway patrol is investigating how welding problems were handled on the span of the new bay bridge. the chp hopes to find out if anything improper happened. the highway patrol says this investigation is administrative not criminal. one focus is the way caltrans transferred a quality control contract involving bridge welds from one private company to another o

the first ever berkeley benefit featureed an academy award award-winning actress. >> product is astonishingection, the script, all have been wonderful. >> she raced money for the berkeley film foundation. >> the living and protecting oscar statues took center stage last night, the return to the emerald center gala raise money for aids and charities with food and drinks from the fine of the restaurants. academy of friends has been fighting aids and h.i.v. for 30 years. >> we saw the good witch and ellen looked adorable, don't you think? >> i know she changed several times. >> it was a good show. they had the rain, of court, the stars. >> that happens once in a while and it is nice to see how they accessorize. >> good morning, everyone, at 5: 17. here is a look up north, you can see we are looking at that area showing possibly dillon beach could be getting wet and rohnert park to santa rosa with the light rain moving through is starting to break apart into sprinkles and we will zoom out and give you what happened the last hour or so and it is pretty much moving just a little bit north of east

the heavy wind knocked down this tree in berkeley with downed limbs causing power outages. a fraction of the people are still without power. >>> more on the winds from mike. >> very gusty on the freeways. >> absolutely. if you are driving south, it is great. the fastest gusts were in the berkeley hills at 59-miles-per-hour gusts and speed at 58 is what is considered threshold for severe thunderstorms to show you how fast the winds were. we have fast moving northwestern swells to the monterey bay. risk of rip currents and sneaker waves. if you want to enjoy the warm weather, be careful. today it will be windy with mid-50's to around 60. it will be breezy by anyone with mid-60 and calmer and warmer this afternoon with upper 60's to low 70's from the coast to inland and enjoy a mile evening low -- mild evening. temperatures are the same on thursday and friday and the warm ing trend is slated for the weekend. >>> because of the gusts c.h.p. has issued high and toward dublin interchange: 580, tracy to dublin is 24 minutes. westbound four, antioch to concord is 14 minutes. 101 fro

and no problems, just a gradual build out of the maze and off of the berkeley curve. we look at the map, our sensors show a smooth flow toward treasure island off of the incline. eban earlier -- slowing out of the city. the east shore freeway speeds come down through richmond, approaching golden gate field. the rest of the bay north of san mateo bridge, 92, we have a smooth flow for the peninsula and the east bay, 880 and 101 the major routes this time of day. an easy drive for the south bay, the northbound routes start the slowing, the second for 101 from 680 to 880 and 87 into downtown. the top left you see cupertino. a green patch, wet roads because we had sprinkles there as well as los altos. we'll look at palo alto, 101, signs of water on the road, just damp, all the way from here, off the san mateo bridge into the city. this is from the westbound direction, earlier flashing lights a concern. no incidents on the peninsula so we have a clear flow for 92. >> good deal. thanks, mike. still ahead on "today in the bay," the airport strike that prompted one airline to c

. >>> this morning a driver was driven into the berkeley marina overnight. katie marzullo, crews brought out high-tech gear to get the van out? >> no ordinary tow truck. something bigger and stronger was needed to get the partly submerged van out of water and it mate for a close call for the man behind the wheel. he is 75 years old. he was trying to maneuver the van from the parking lot and maybe the gas pedal was stuck. he went over the embankment into the bay, a very dangerous situation but it could have been worse. >> he is very lucky. very lucky. >> he get out on his own and not hurt. the next issue is getting the van out of the water. they brought in a $1 million-to-truck. -- million tow truck and didn't want to risk pulling the van over the rocks but brought if a massive tow truck to lift it out the water. they brought in a rescue swimmer but that person was not needed. >>> two women are accused of unthinkable, abusing and starving three children and chaining one to the floor so she could not reach her food. they were found on friday when sheriff deputi

the city of berkeley, a hazardous material situation has forced the evacuation of a berkeley hotel athis hour. we're showing you the scene here live outside the berkeley city club hotel. it's on the ramp between dana and elwood street. this is south of uc berkeley. police have closed down duran in front of berkeley as a precaution. the incident started at around 2:00 this afternoon. we see a number of emergency vehicles and police cars there. at this point we're still trying to get a good read on what exactly the hazmat situation is for having called all these crews out. we'll bring you more information later in the newscast. >>> why big names in basketball are talking obama care. >>> plus shifting course midair. what experts are suggesting on the path of malaysia207. >>> now that i think about it it was crazy. i can't believe i really even did that. >> how their decision to cut class turned into an act of bravery and saved lives. >>> plus are these iconic theaters an important part of san jose's history. how the answer to that question could save them from demolition. these stories a

you are not at the federal university of california berkeley but the university of berkeley. -- the universityf california at berkeley. you are a state school. and so, education is primarily been at the state level. there is federal influence like pell grants. i decide to leave those alone when i create budgets. a lot of people are dependent on them. we have to figure a way forward. the big problem is that getting an education. we have plenty of grants. people are getting into school. that is not the problem. the problem you need to think through is not getting a grant and getting and school but getting a job but when you get out and how you'll pay your loans back. what is happening is, the loans are so big and the income not as large, a lot of people are making something inadequate. one of the ways we can fix and help students is maybe give tax credits to students as they get out. and not forgive your loans but reduce your taxes because most people will be working. let you reduce your tax burden some as a way to pay off your student loans. >> thank you, everybody. [applause] >> this is the co

the skyline. from hercules to berkeley the traffic is unaffected. ramon valley and 60 minute commute time. problem free so as the ride was off 580 south bay freeways are free of any delay is still led 28 to 25 minute commute time. >>: of facebook headquarters in menlo park back to usual this morning but it was a different story last night as employees evacuated around 15. reporting a possible threat to campus from sfpd. the officers a bomb sniffing dogs came on the scene after a thorough search to determine the threat was unsubstantiated not credible. please cancel cleared the facebook and to run a 30 last night. >>: missing malaysia airlines jet, new details are raising authorities searching for the missing malaysia says airlines plane have not ruled out any possible cause in the disappearance. there's still been no sign of the plane. mystery. a couple accused of stealing luggage during the asiana flight disaster at sfo last year have pleaded no contest to the charges against them. united airlines employees dashon-- sean crudup his wife raychas tho

. >> the berkeley city council will launch a review to see whether they should have officers wear video cameras. supporters say this regulates the behavior of police officers and help maintain trust with the public. opponents worry of privacy and who gets to access the camera and when the oakland and bart police use body cameras. san francisco is considering it. >>> with weather we had a nice warm day in the south bayer. mike, we will see rain? >> not in the south bay in the morning but in the afternoon, absolutely. most of the rain in the morning is in the north bay as the storm comes in from the north. here is the rainfall deficit, we need 20" in santa rosa to be normal and san francisco needs we have a healthy storm coming in it will not put a dent in our drought. as far as visibility, an that rose has improved thing for situation from 2.5 miles to 6 miles visibility. the fog will move around. be prepared for light rain in the north bay in the morning. it will move into the bay by lunch. it will move in the south bay in the afternoon. it will taper quickly during the evening. not a v

that makes everybody else un uneasy. >> reporter: the berkeley police department says the reward being offered is for any information that leads to an arrest and conviction in addition. -- in addition. victoria will not sleep well until he is caught, she says. >>> east bay officials are warping tonight that someone stole a maintenance truck may be trying to impersonate a worker. it was stolen on thursday, and an official work badge, hard hat, and vest were inside. this is the license plate. if a worker comes without a scheduled visit, ask to see a photo id. call police if you feel suspicious. >>> holy crap. >> reporter: coming up, a pep rally turns tragic. we have the cayotic scene. then new changes could revaism the way doctors prescribe medical marijuana. plus, police can take about -- see if this crime fighting drone ever makeatize to the streets. i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. i want you to be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. to speak my language. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. quiero que me hagas sentir segura. i

when he was backing out of a parking space overnight and that his van ended up in the water of the berkeley marina. the driver managed to crawl out and on the rocks before police alived. a special tow truck had to be called in to make sure no fuel spilled into the bay. >>> let's bring in jeff ranieri now. we're 42 minutes away from the weekend? >> i love your weekend countdowns. fog building across the bay. you'll also notice back here for the trivalley, areas of low cloud cover, impacting areas towards morgan hill and gilroy. that's not going to go anywhere throughout tomorrow morning. let's take you outside to that sky camera network. all of the bay area dealing with cloud cover. in the south bay, it's not bad in the lower levels. a high fog here in the santa clara valley and wind speeds are calm. in san francisco, you can notice that fog really beginning to thicken up right now. winds out of the west at 12 miles per hour. so let's take you into the winds. they're on shore, they're going to stay on shore throughout tomorrow. that's the reason we don't have any major beach weather for satu

berkeley taking any action? >> reporter: well, yes. most certainly they are, we know that ther has introduced a resolution opposing any plans to bring those trains through berkeley and that she said she is hoping lawmakers in washington can help. but ultimately the city that can stop this is san luis obispo. they can reject it altogether. >> cate caugiran live in berkeley, thank you. >>> well, a 5-year-old boy and his babysitter were hit by a car in san francisco. they were in a crosswalk at 37th avenue and fullston street just after 5 -- fulton street just after 5:00 yesterday evening. they were slightly injured. they were taken to the hospital. the driver was ticketed. >>> a police officer shot in san francisco may have been wounded by his own partner. the shooting happened during a traffic stop on saturday over the weekend on florida street in san francisco. that led to a police chase through several counties. surveillance video captured the end of the chase at this gas station in east san jose. officers arrested 50-year-old jeffrey ruano of san francisco. but so far, ruano

you see clouds hanging over the berkeley hills. right now. rain will turn tomorrow. some very gusty winds, and then april showers will be with us as well as some thunderstorms on thursday as well as wednesday. here's a look at that storm system. this is the one that moved through yet bringing us the rain. this is the nice break we have had today but you can clearly see upstream the cold front, the heavy clouds. stormy conditions expected across the bay area, beginning tomorrow morning, and this is our timing. monday, 5:00 a.m. commute, fine. maybe a little mist and drizzle. for all spents -- intents and purposes its will be better than the evening commute. 5:00, you can see the cold front moving in here. very heavy rain expected. we gate nice break, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and then the secondary wave will move in just in time for tuesday morning commute. so very sloppy day on tuesday. isolated thunderstorms expected. here's a look at tuesday evening. trying to get home. and right into the 7:00 period as well. we'll keep moderate rain across the bay

the organization and chancellor's office. >> noernl influential person is the former dean of the u.s. berkeley school of law. >> so he can under score uc as a success model talking about the needs to preserve it for decades still to come. >> students weighing in on the possible visit. >> it's exciting. i would love that to happen. >> good opportunity for students, too. >> the only president to deliver a commencement speech was john f kennedy in 1962. republicans think berkeley is too liberal. pretty much any major politician will have protests if they come to berkeley. >> a response from the white house will come in owe 15. >> a rude awakening for people across southern california. a 4.4 earthquake struck around 6:25 centers five miles from westwood. it rattled nerves of a lot of people including at a los angeles tv station. >> earthquake. yup. >> we're having an earthquake. >> that is the morning news team on ktla ducking for cover. no damage or injuries were reported. this is a reminder for all of us to stock our emergency kits ask don't forget that manual can opener. >> ernl quakes one of t

you see clouds hanging over the berkeley hills. right now. rain will turn tomorrow. some very gusty winds, and then april showers will be with us as well as some thunderstorms on thursday as well as wednesday. here's a look at that storm system. this is the one that moved through yet bringing us the rain. this is the nice break we have had today but you can clearly see upstream the cold front, the heavy clouds. stormy conditions expected across the bay area, beginning tomorrow morning, and this is our timing. monday, 5:00 a.m. commute, fine. maybe a little mist and drizzle. for all spents -- intents and purposes its will be better than the evening commute. 5:00, you can see the cold front moving in here. very heavy rain expected. we gate nice break, 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, and then the secondary wave will move in just in time for tuesday morning commute. so very sloppy day on tuesday. isolated thunderstorms expected. here's a look at tuesday evening. trying to get home. and right into the 7:00 period as well. we'll keep moderate rain across the bay

. >>> family and friends joined in a celebration of the life of a berkeley firefighter. th when a tractor rolled on to him. a giant american flag was draped in front of hoss pavilion on the uc berkeley campus. he was a graduate of san jose state and a 28-year veteran of the berkeley fire department. >>> tonight russian president vladimir few pin says -- putin says next saturday's referendum followed international law. putin made the statement to european leaders as forces scuffled in the ukraine. ukraine's prime minister is vowing not to give up a single centimeter of the territory. crimea has been part of the territory for 60 years. in san francisco a ukrainian crowd gathered at justin herman plaza. they waived signs, sang songs and asked for help. >> for president obama to make sure we create a plan and go into ukraine and real estate -- and really a provide economic stability. >> president obama will meet with ukraine's prime minister at the white house. >>> still to come on abc news at 11:00, it has been three years since the nuclear disaster. and now the experts say

we will now go over to the berkeley hills where we have some type of activity. there is shower activity to the west of martinez but other than that we are looking pretty good. dublin is given a few sprinkles will be back with a full look at your forecast. >> we are still attracted a hot spot free ride, interstate 580 is heavy and most of the traffic is backed up into tracy on 2 05. here at the bay bridge, the metering lights are active and we are starting to back up in the westbound direction. highway 4 has a little bit of slowing. 580 as we mentioned a slow from to 05 into the alta month but the past is looking good. >> now to our top story.the arrest of state senator leland yee.in a corruption scandal. >> yee -- who made "gun control" a signature issue of his campaign -- is accused of connecting people with gun traffickers in exchange for campaign donations. among other >> kron-4's mike pelton is live, outside of the senators house with the latest in this case this morning. >> he returned home and he did not have anything to say. he just went inside. he was arr

. >>> family and friends joined in a celebration of the life of a berkeley firefighter. he died last month when a tractor rolled on to him. a giant american flag was draped in front of hoss pavilion on the uc berkeley campus. he was a graduate of san jose state and a 28-year veteran of the berkeley fire department. >>> tonight russian president vladimir few pin says -- putin says next saturday's referendum followed international law. putin made the statement to european leaders as forces scuffled in the ukraine. ukraine's prime minister is vowing not to give up a single centimeter of the territory. crimea has been part of the territory for 60 years. in san francisco a ukrainian crowd gathered at justin herman plaza. they waived signs, sang songs and asked for help. >> for president obama to make sure we create a plan and go into ukraine and real estate -- and really a provide economic stability. >> president obama will meet with ukraine's prime minister at the white house. >>> still to come on abc news at 11:00, it has been three years since the nuclear disaster. and now

that's the upper east shore into the bay bridge and berkeley curve. we'll give you a live look and show you what it's like at the bay bridge toll plaza. water on the roadway, not a lot of puddling. a smooth drive into san francisco. so we're going to end with this shot and send it back to you. >> for the first time we're getting a detailed description of what happened after oscar pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend. a neighbor described in court how the olympian knelt next to reeva steenkamp praying as he tried to help her breathe. the neighbor says he was the first one on the scene saying pistorius's first words were i shot her, i thought she was a burglar, i shot her. pistorius put his hand over his face and moved them to cover both ears during the testimony in court. he says he shot steenkamp by mistake thinking she was an intruder. prosecutors say it was on purpose. >> deputies looking for a wheelchair bound man suspected of punching several women. they happened near san francisco general hospital. in the latest attack the man reportedly punch

off the berkeley curve, a smooth drive to the straight away, then things slow.uild out of the maze, not a problem as far as the speeds are concerned for 580 or northbound 880. it's where they all intersect and merge. looking at the rest of the bay, a pretty smooth drive. no big surprises for the peninsula over there via the san mateo or the dumbarton bridge. off the dumbarton bridge eastbound 84, decoto road, we have the closure t deadly crash. christie smith followed the details. that affects getting off the bridge, use the first off ramp, takes you around or tonight bridge, knew thornton from the south. the parking lot you have to reroute getting to the parking lot on surface streets. we have slowing as you approach the dublin interchange. a heavier volume. no surprises. the south bay, you're all in the green as far as speeds are concerned. to the north bay for live looks, a little more company but no big surprises. back to you. >> thank you. this morning the navy says it will soon test the nearly 1,000 homes on treasure island for dangerous levels of radiatio

use exactly the same track for these hazardous cars, totally unacceptable. >> reporter: the hazardous cars berkeley's vice mayor linda mayo is talking about could carry a highly explosive crude oil fracked from the bakken region of north dakota as flammable as gasoline as we saw when this 100 railcar carrying it derailed in quebec last summer. 47 people were killed and the town was reduced to rubble. >> i can't even imagine what would happen if there was a major derailment and explosion right at this pharmaceutical plant. it would be devastating. >> reporter: myo just recently was made aware of the possible route. it's buried in a 700 page environmental impact report for a crude by rail terminal at a phillips 66 refinery near san luis obispo on the central coast. 80 car unit trains of bakken crude would run on union pacific railroad tracks, the same tracks used by amtrak's congested capital corridor commuter line. it goes from sacramento through richmond, el cerrito, berkeley, emeryville and oakland down to san jose. phillip 66 at first denied trains would come through berkeley or here through jack l

police now tell us the material in question was part of a suicide at the berkeley city club under rant avenue. officers are not saying what type of material they discovered but they do say it is being removed from that building. so far no word on the name of the person who died. also durant avenue remains closed at this hour in the area of elswor -- elsworth street. >>> john sasaki is here now and tells us one step involves an old fashion letter, the other a modern day online approach. john-- >> reporter: frank, this is a dear john letter you do not want to receive. it's a letter that richmond police want to send homeowners to say that their car was seen in a high prostitution area. two areas most affected are residential and commercial zone on ohio avenue and much of 23rd street in downtown. police will be doing what they can to publicly shame the johns they've arrested. that means their faces could appear on the department's twitter and facebook account. men like these were busted last year. just hanging around in that area can get someone to report your license plate which could cau

all lanes backed up and slow off the berkeley curve as well as east shore freeway. >> 6:36. ears as a teenager lives up his dream on the ice. emotional tribute by the sharks and make-a-wish foundation that brought the crowd to its feet. >>> welcome back, everyone. a very good wednesday morning to you. halfway through your work week. this is last day of within ter. not too bad. as we tack a live look outside, sunrise over the south bay. 640. >> emotional night on the ice for the san jose sharks but not because the team lost to the panthers. >> incredible moment for a lifelong fan dealing with a heart-threatening life condition. sam signed to a symbolic one-day contract. he's the first nonteam member to skate through the shark mouth on the ice. he got the chance to line up with players during the national anthem and got to practice with the team. an emotional moment for the teenager as he got a standing ovation from the crowd. the teen has been playing hockey against doctors wishes since he was 6. >> he's been through a lot. the video gets you every time. players moved by that