drove through the gates. kron four's jackie sissel joins us live from the golden gate bridge with an update. jackie? >> good morning, anny. we will see how everything will work out with no stopping! there are no toll takers. i can tell you are around 20- 30 minutes ago and i saw one cargo through. the car did stop. and locked. they have been putting up electronic signs and black tape/paper over the glass sections of the toll collection booths. if you have not signed up? do not worry, they will already have your license plate number and send you something in the mail. you could see some backups with that is part of the issue today. we are going to be out here all morning long. >> the big test could be this weekend with out-of- towners. thanks, jackie. as you can imagine. it was a very tough day for some of the bridge toll workers. some had started at the district more than twenty years ago. so saying good bye was difficult. there were a lot of hugs and a lot of tears as the workers wrapped up their shifts for t

. >> it is still a lighted easy ride the golden gate bridge. we have no backups yet despite the change to electronic toll collection. all around the bay the heaviest traffic is still in the east bay on interstate 580 and highway 4. >> the commute is different at the golden gate bridge. this is " officially gone automatic ". as of midnight, the last poll taker has left the toll plaza and the last car to pay a toll drove through the gates. kron4 will tran joins us live from the golden gate bridge with updates. >> have saved a little bit of road rage. so far, everything is great. according to the spokesperson 86% of the morning commuters already have fasttrack so they should be used to going through here. for the first time in 76 years they are no longer taking their money here and you have to keep going. if you stop and you try to pay this is what you will hear. >> according to the person behind this he has had to say this 15 times so far. because people do not seem to know what they're doing. they may have to have a cop come here just to make sur

the golden gate bridge has officials agone automatic. as of midnight, the less a toll taker has left the toll plaza and the last car to pay a toll drove through the gates. kron4 will tran joins us from the golden gate bridge with an update. >> if it is awfully quiet and we do not hear a lot of car horns. 86 percent of the commuters already have fasttrack so they do not have a problem with stopping. here is say shot from our camera. overnight, they had to tell some people not to stop. here is how is sound as if you happen to be a person who stops. >> thesthis is a little intimidating. but it is not a problem. you are forgiven. if they just want you to drive through and they will send you a ticket. the ticket would be just the price of the actual toll fee which is $6. we had 28 collectors who took the other jobs or either took a severance package. we had a chance to talk to the last toll taker who left work. this is what they had to say. >> i have family and sometimes i am happy and sometimes i set. this is something that i believe that the

the golden gate bridge is empty. why is that, sue? (inaudible). >> there are boulders in the road and cars have hit the boulders so past the waldo, all lanes of 101 are closed. sausalito entrance is not blocked so that is a good alternate. it will be rather jammed and the other alternate to get around is richmond san rafael bridge if you are coming from further north from marin county. c.h.p. is on the scene trying to get flares out there so one lane should get by shortly south 101 leaving the waldo tunnel approaching the president reagan bridge all -- golden gate bridge all lanes are shut down with boulders in the roadway. >> sig-alert northbound and sig-alert southbound. uc berkeley police are warning students of a crime spree at the gym. 25 thefts have been reported at the recreational sports facility. campus police say people do not keep an eye on their things when they are working out and police do not know if this is one person or a group of people committing the thefts. police say students should use common sense and lock away t

so you step through the gate. and find yourself admiring a serene woodland vista. individual leaves are wiped in preparation for the guests arrival. during the summer, water is sprinkled to give the garden a cool and refreshing moistness, as if a light rain has fallen. it's just one of many thoughtful touches. a small building comes into view. this is one of the garden's tearooms. let's step inside for a moment. inside, you immediately feel at ease. maybe that's one effect of the green tranquil garden you've just passed through. there's a saying, a tea garden is simply a tearoom without a roof. to the right of the window gate lies another one. this is a little different. the path is narrower. you can feel almost as if you're on a trail, deep in the mountains. he said his ideal road would con injure up a remote lonely road up to a remote temple. think back on this trip to reach the remote mountain temple. can't you just taste that hot delicious tea you'll receive inside? a path of weathered flagstones. the flagstones make it easier to cross wet ground and also guide

as we see with increasing clouds south of the golden gate. further offshore some disturbance in the rain near eureka. already rainfall locally towards tomorrow. the increase with clouds and mild temperatures. spotty shower activity but mainly in the early afternoon. thursday will be similar with steady rainfall for the weekend. we will time it out on futurecast, coming up. >> pam: coming up the tallest building on the west coast is coming to san francisco. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just stay alive... but feel alive. the c-class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz, through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. >> ground breaking for the tallest building on the west coast is set for tomorrow. kron 4's alecia reid has the details on the tower that will be in san francisco's south of market neighborhood. >> reporter: take a good lookthis empty lot will soon house the tal

i saw the gate open, i knew what my job was. i was trying to contain the elephant. >> but cindy is too quick for the keeper. she pushes the gate with her enormous head, as this tourist catches it all on camera. >> he's thrown against the side of the block wall building. and then she comes after him. >> and i looked up and saw cindy running right at me. and that will never leave my mind. that was terrifying. >> he couldn't get away from her. i thought she would kill him. >> hearing david's screams, the other keepers rush to the rescue yelling cindy's name. eventually the elephant backs away. and david dives into a mote, howling in agony. >> while i was laying in the moat, i realized i was alive, the adrenaline wore off and the pain kicked in, then i could really feel horrendous pain. i felt like everything in my body was broken. i damaged disks in my lower back, broke my clavicle, lost a half inch in my arm. my knees were cut down to the bone pretty good. >> despite his injuries, in one sense david is lucky. when cindy pushes him

the gate that separates the two areas, and the lion used his paws to open the gate. >>> police in bakers charges will be filed in the casave nurse who called 911 but refused to perform cpr. >> he family says she did not want to be resuscitated and they had no intention of killing the company or its workers. >>> company who says she refused perform cpr is on leave. >>> the golden gate district made good on its promise to save moony to be the first bridge in the nation to go with all automatic toll taking doing away with toll takers. tom has more on what they are facing. >> golden gate the bridge toll taker, 26 years the district knew it was coming. >> we're all upset. some of us have our moments where you see somebody crying or really upset. >> when the lay off notice came in the file yesterday, the disappointment to this army veteran was no less painful. >> it's very hard to read the letter and -- it's like they almost don't care. >> nine of the 38 terminated toll takers are long time employees, the rest part-timers. >> i don't know the details of the package. i know we have in the past

here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. rica who is tracking the forecast. >> you can see it rained for martinez into walnut creek. we are also seen spotty showers in danville and it may affect your drive through the san ramon valley. there are light rains for novato and highway 37. here is the wider view. there is are a lot of clouds of are associated with this system. this is a system that is approaching from the southwest. we will continue to see this through out the day. honestly we have only say traces for downtown san francisco in the past 12 hours. a 10th of an inch for livermore. if we did see more for santa rosa and portions of the north bay. >> future cast 4 shows that we will just see light rain for the rest of the day. the showers will pass through. by 11:00 a.m. although the showers will be tapering off we certainly will be holding on to the possibility of isolated pop- up showers. into the evening it should decrease. currently the temperatures are sitting in the 40's and '50's. 53 degrees and pleasanton. your k

try to bide himself some time. >> what he did is nonchalantly walk away from the window through the gate. >> stop, stop, stop. hey, you, stop. stop. >> he runs away. >> i wanted her to drop the flower pot on his head or something. >> yeah. >> knock his butt out home alone style. >> she did call police. she handed over the footage to them and they tried tracking him down with canines and didn't make any arrests. they're still looking for this guy. >> hello. >>> his name is tanner, he is in a dental chair and about to be internet famous. >> something is wrong with me. >> yeah, something is wrong with you. a little dental surgery video magic next. >> the guy flying this jet figured out how to give it a real life after burn zero wow. and doesn't burn it? >> maybe at first and see how high it is flying now "right this minute." dd >>> funny pranks are great especially when they're on our show. >> that's why we're teaming up with matt draid he will from e bomb world to find awesome prank videos. >> if you have one upload it using the my channel feature and there is a chance will you see your pr

it happened two years ago when the gate was closed at night time. it had nothing to do with the fact that the gates were open. when the gates were open and more families are in the yard playing, it sent a strong message to the neighborhood, especially the teenagers. hey, this is a community playground and let's respect the property. and in fact they have. and cannot be any happier to see that. the facility is being used to the fullest. lastly, i wanted to say you know i am hoping that more principals can be convinced. because i know i would like to see that they can open the gates and open the minds to this concept. because i have been trying hard myself. hey, open the playground, you see less graffiti and vandalism. >> thank you for being here, i have a couple of questions. and if committee members have questions, press the request to speak. several years ago when i saw this on the other side, board of education. there was a lot of resistance of principals and concerns of how this would impact the monday mornings and find the schoolyard in disarray.

the employees said let's close the gate so he can't get out. my first thought was i hope he scent get in the truck and try at that ram him. >> who are those cars pulling up? >> that is the detective showing up to come talk to this guy. hoe he was arrested on the scene. >> any idea if this guy was responsible to some of the other burglari burglaries? >> yes, he's been linked to the five other recent burglaries and accumulated a total of 16 felony charges and some misdemeanors. >>> i've got a crazy car video three-fer. first one, it's a flurry of crunch. pay attention to the right side. this red car is going to zoom up, try and juke in between those cars. he gets out of shape, crash! look out, goes back in front of the dash cam. whoa, missed that car, but it's not over. >> this guy is an idiot. >> everybody is trying to miss each other but trying to hit each other. >> it was like he was trying to hit as many cars as he could. and the dash cam we're riding in keeps trucking down the road. >> i wouldn't look back. >> that's a master driver. >> move

on to the san mateo bridge delay free. 11 minute drive time. golden gatedge drive time from the bottle to the golden gate bridge toll plaza to a degree minutes. -- navato. there is a wrong way driver north bound to 80 north of black mountain road. we will continue to monitor that incident. claude on to the east bay a delay free ride ticket the 13 minute drive the south bay to the macarthur maize problem free. >> will finish of the north bay. no problems to report. south bound 101 through marin county is delay free. james. >> thank you janu . the golden gate bridge will start electronic telling next wednesday the speed limit the total will change. the speed limit through the tolls will no longer be 50 mi. for hour instead they will become 25 mi. per hour to keep traffic moving smoothly. on other bridges and the bay area the fast- track plans and said it was mlanes are set at 25 mi. per hour. >> the speed limit has been here for quite a while everyone will adjust to the new thing. we will make sure the transition to everything that is new hopefully once as s

a live look at the golden gate bridge and the fog. is keeping an eye on that. >> happy friday erica. >> happy friday james. >> the golden gate bridge is not all are only area of dense fog. some of our other interior dollars are not seeing much. we have limited visibility in napa and santa rosa. >> temperatures mainly in the '40's. a couple of spots dropping to the upper '30's. >> san francisco 49. 45 in concord. taking a look at the visibility chart we're down to zero driving around santa rosa. a half mile in napa. visibility now about 7 mi. from oakland. 3 tenths of a mile in mountain view. we have some fog no doubt about that. into the 6:00 hour we are dealing with widespread fog affecting most of the bay area. that will burn off and we will see sunshine and blue skies into the afternoon. temperatures are expected to be the warmest day of the week. 71 and fremont. 73 for santa clara. 72 in redwood city. >> a gorgeous, beautiful day the east bay. fairfield 74. 72 walnut creek. seventies castro valley union city. >> downtown san franc

sliding towards the golden gate. embarcadero and the bay bridge i think that it could hold off with a ifew more hours. towards midnight, some salt or progression. for the south bay but not quite getting it yet. to the livermore san jose and some breaks up through the north bay. we will continue with spotty showers through the central valley. 5:00 p.m., nine in the early afternoon but the coverage will decrease. just isolated showers by 7:00 and 9:00 p.m., tomorrow. the rainfall headlines going until at least 4:00 a.m. and spotty showers all day on wednesday. the rainfall totals will be under three- quarters of 1 in. with a couple of exceptions. the santa cruz mountains could seek a bit more in the other locations. whins with 36 mph in some locations and cooler air temperatures are dropping. they will continue to be cold. 50s for the most part. some areas will be in the upper 50s, briefly. a look at your extended forecast. schuller's on thursday but notice the temperatures are going to decrease. a local snowfall level

bay to breakers -- happening -- sunday, may 19th less than a week after the golden gate bridge loses toll takers. next up - we find out how commuters are doing going all electronic. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] call to get u-verse tv starting at $19 a month for 2 years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. days since the golden gate bridge got rid of the toll takers and switched over to a new way of doing things. kron 4's jeff pierce is out on the bridge seeing how drivers are adjusting to the new toll plaza. >> reporter: it's not quite a week into the electronic toll collection on the golden gate bridge and it appears that most everyone has made the transition. those in doubt tend to slow down through the unoccupied toll gates and are prodded by their fellow travelers the fe

historic morning for the golden gate bridge. ince its origin there are no toll takers in the toll booths this morning. all toll lanes are wide open and speed is 25 miles an hour. no stopping as you make your way southbound into san francisco. it's a full moon out. so good visibility. no delays here coming out of marin county. here at the san matteo bridge, your bridge update at this hour we have light traffic. a few brake lights as you make the turn toward the high rise but basically a 15-minute drive from hayward over dword ttowardn mateo area. >>> a fire this morning at a building that houses residences and businesses. we'll go live to the scene at mckinnon avenue and 3rd streets. firefighters do have some fears. >> reporter: firefighters don't know what the cause was yet. the building inspector, though, is now here. he is yellow tagging some of the buildings. they are worried there might be some collapsing going on there was so much damage done. take a look at this huge fire. it spread quickly. firefighters got the call at abo

we are taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. some days in it. bad. >> let us find out about whether and traffic. us start with the weather. good morning erica. >> good morning james happy friday. we're starting off with clear conditions around the bay area. though winds howling over night. gusty winds from the coast the water. strongest from the north bay mountains. right now we are dealing with tippers in the '40's. not to bad of a start as we head into the afternoon. we will see plenty of sunshine. we could see low seventies for a handful of locations. >> letter to my id will be clear and mild temperatures back down to the '50s and '60s. >> looking at conditions. 40 degrees and napa. vallejo 37. mild in oakland. 50. 45 in hayward. >> future cast 4 shows by 12:00 we will see more in the way of '60s. you can see that indicated by the green color on your screen. we could see pops of yellow indicating potential seventies by your afternoon highs. >> the wins will start to decrease heading into the evening hours. strong to the afternoon. by 8:00 p.m.

. >>> also it's a new era for the golden gate bridge. what commuters won't see on their ride to work. it's all ahead on the ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> good morning. welcome to a brand new day wednesday, march 27th i'm dave clark. >> good morning, i'm pam cook. thank you for waking up with us. steve paulson i heard you say a little rain on sunday. >> sure looking like, pam, dave. >> we feed to plan. so good to know. >> things could obviouslily change. today we have a few showers up to the north. partly cloudy, partly sunny skies. the breeze has really tailed off. so 50s to low 70s. here is sal. >>> steve, good morning. westbound 237 nice looking drive here. no major problems driving through. it's nice and early for your commute. this is a look at san francisco northbound 101 traffic is really light. let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following developing news in san francisco where two firefighters were injured fighting an apartment building fire. huge fire. it started just before 1:00 this morning in the bay view district. tara m

moderate to heavy rain anticipated north of the golden gate bridge. is is indicated by the yellow on your screen. >> later tonight dry in livermore and allow the delta and in downtown san jose. >> the heaviest rain will fall overnight while most of us are sleeping. once the main rain ban goes through we will see scattered showers on the back in. waking up wednesday or by lunchtime hit or miss showers. >> showers could continue into thursday. perhaps three-quarters of an inch of rain for both of the bay area at it and have for the sonoma hills. >> looking at today's headlines temperatures in the '30's and 40's into the afternoon. again the rain began approaching from the north bay first. >> rain will continue into the evening hours. to show you that on futurecast 4. >> temperatures leading the house now bring a jacket but perhaps an umbrella you will need it for later. >> 42 for fairfield. 37 in vallejo. 48 in hayward. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast ttled whether r activity for the next couple of days. >> temperatures will start to warn an

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he went to the gate and tried to get his seat upgraded from coach but they could not accommodate his request. authorities say he boarded the plane and went to the cockpit and sat behind the pilot in what is known as a jump seat, but the pilots became suspicious when he could not even figure out how to fasten the straps. when requested, he didn't have any of the proper paperwork and became argumentative. >> this has happened before -- >> one retired airplane pilot says how pilots from other careers have to show credentials. >> in order to have access to the cockpit, the paperwork you would have to have would normally come from the ticket counter or the gate agent, and this specific company specific paperwork following federal guidelines. >> philippe jernnard was carrying what france called a bad fake id, and he is now facing charges, and the fbi is also investigating. law enforcement officials say investigators have not found links to terrorism, and passengers on the plane had similar reactions. >> that's pretty scary. i fly every week, so that's actually pretty concerning. >> that's n

at&t. ♪ >> a live look outside from the golden gate bridge camera. razier than yesterday. after the weekend, we will see a slight cooling. further cooling as we head into the next work week would showers bushing and it week. current temperature, 50 and have monday, the upper '40's east bayshore, up mid 40's they're not of the layout, up 36 vallejo, 45 sunnyvale. by noon, we are looking at widespread 60s indicated by the green on your screen. by 2, the yellow pills and for the '70s. for those of you added out this evening, 60s and the north bay and '50s and the east bay and south bay. it will bring us to the '70s this afternoon. 73 laws got us in campbell, 74 evergreen, mid '70s on the delta, 73 pleasanton, 70 hayward, upper 60s union city, along the coast low 60s, 71 ocean beach, los the mid-70s for the north bay. 7 day around the bay shows as we will continue to feel a gradual cooling through out the weekend partly cloudy saturday. we will only be seen the upper 60s and saturday. tuesday wednesday, dropping a load to mid-60s with the rain going wides

humans aren't needed here anymore. >> the golden gate bridge will become the first in the u.s.ing to miss you, too. >> license plates will generate bills you'll get in the mail if you aren't hooked up. a 75 year tradition is in progress. oh yeah, the people, too. >> i've had people, guys propose to the girls in the lane. i have had people meet in the lanes. pay for the person behind them and then months later, they're a couple now because he paid for the lady behind him. >> it will cost $16 million over eight years. $2million. $2million to buy a house to knock it down. didn't seem like that money. 66million in the hole every dollar, every six dollars, counts. >> hello. >> i think it's lousy. they need jobs. >> i think it will ease traffic. >> angelina's cafe. thank you. >> today, poll takers were treated to lunch by a grateful leading business. you wouldn't think people who take your money would bring out such feelings. >> we don't want to say good- bye. >> and progress clearly is taking its toll on jackie dean and her colleague. mike sugarman, kpix5. >> a bit of history going

there is also a good ride for the golden gate bridge. rs to bay and little debt and the crows are reconfiguring the lines. as well that the traffic maps will take a look at the east bay they have typical conditions. it is a 14 minute drive time from hercules to berkeley. there is an accident and leverage world and the westbound direction. this is an end to the slow traffic. there are no delays for 101 and the earlier recurring problem has improved. the ride to the north bay is also problem free. it is about a 24 minute drive time out of novato as you head south to the golden gate bridge. >> people are taken to the streets to part protest about a closure of schools. the union of the schools is leading this rally and they stated that it would this portion heard that african- american students. they stated that the closure will improve education and health a deficit that the school was having. they do have a hearing that is scheduled for may. >> the police is tracking down to people who rob a toys r us. they walked into the toys r us and up

and the golden gate park preservation. and michael wyans is the director and counselor for the golden gate auto bann society and myself i run several neighborhood groups and i was there to basically give the neighborhood response. and this was, this was the group who was going to be speaking on the fifth of may. it goes on to say, basically, did an investigation on us. because it is the recreation parks' letters and then to satisfied that the panel is well qualified and collectively they do not present a general bias that we can detect. so, any how, they at that point, on april 25th, we were acceptable as a group.

the golden gate bridge looks good for 1 01 southbound. asy ride as you head and from marin county with no delays. traffic maps and checking the ride year, first interstate 80 now 19 minutes to drive time as things start to heat up for the east shore freeway. we've picked up some slowing for walnut creek coming out of concord on 680 southbound. some slowly as well for 1 01 northbound, especially here the guadalupe parkway. this is where it meets up with 1 01 north. the north bay is also experiencing some delays is we're at 26 minutes from nevado down to the golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound. >> 6:52 a.m. and we will be back with more and a couple of minutes. i live look at our mt. tam cam. this is beautiful, we will be back at and a couple of minutes. [ engine revving ] ♪ [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken. ♪ to help you not just stay alive... but feel alive. the c-class is no exception. it's a mercedes-benz, through and through. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers

the golden gate bridge where our problem free and delays free. e saying a little bit of slowing than other days of the wake. where a of getting some drive time for you. the east bay commuters still 16 to 18 minutes. there is not much of a commune under way. it is slow for 680 south approaching walnut creek. the north bay they have some slowing as you head past lincoln and the civic center. the drive time is still under 30 minutes. there are delays on public transit just for the a's train no. 5. i'm sorry, no. 3. march and muni are not reported any real delays. >> the time is 7:19 a.m. perry ed gun-control advocates scored a big victory on the weapons ban, but not without the emotional fireworks between lawmakers. the senate judiciary committee has approved an assault weapons ban if that was proposed by california senator dianne feinstein. if she was clearly angry when a member of the tea party and senate colleague tried to " educate " kerr about the constitution. >> i am not a sixth grader. senator i have been on this committee for 20 years. i was

a live look here at the golden gate bridge. headlights heading into san francisco where they will not be paying tolls to human toll takers. as of midnight all electronic. so far the reports are that things are going well. we'll check weather and traffic shortly. >> not a single driver on your screen pulled out any money to hand to a toll taker. a head shaker out of philadelphia. a mother and daughter are accused of trying to cheat the transit system and in the process leaving baby behind. new surveillance video shows the 15-year-old mom and her mother pushing a baby carriage toward the cashier. this happened on monday as the baby's mom goes through. she slipped her pass back to her mother who was going to use it at another station to avoid suspicion. but in the hand off, the two of them apparently forgot about the baby. you see it's still there. the cashier noticed the stroller and called 911. an officer says the pair were frantic about leaving the baby behind and because of that police are not going to charge them with fare eva

let's go to the golden gate bridge right now and traffic is pretty light. your job is to be extra alert as you drive through. pay attention to the people around you. someone will try to stop. that's what they don't want you to do. don't stop. it's so light i don't see any cars coming through. we'll be watching that all day. let's move along to the toll plaza. westbound the traffic here looks pretty good. it's also very light with no major problems here. and if you're driving on san jose and there goes the train. northbound 280 getting up through highway 17 the traffic is moving along very well. i don't know why it's so cool when the train happens to go across when we do our traffic stop. let's go to steve. >> somebody needs to raise the get there. i didn't see anybody. >> i didn't see anybody either. >> we have a little shower activity to the north. you can see some rain for those that watch. steve why don't you mention us up here in fort bragg? crescent city. there is a honey doo, pam. a little bit of rain up toward elle more. for us there could be a little

so, the golden gate bridge port, i serve on with great appreciation for the golden gate workers i worked on for a year and a half. i look forward to the leadership of supervisors breed, yee and wiener on the golden gate bridge board. a number of families brought to us at that board was one of the issues that we approved in concept and the 25 million more that's needed to build some barrier to acknowledge the dangers of the golden gate bridge is some of the unfinished business that will be before you. also, the all-electronic tolling that i know that supervisor chiu and others have been working it to educate our community about. it's going to be starting in several weeks. * the human beings that have been the toll takers for years, the district is finding additional jobs and training for them, but it will be all electronic tolling by the end of -- or by early march. i think it's march 1st. also for the bay area government that i've been in alternate to, i am now kind of active on the administrative committee and the regional housing needs assessment appeals committee. so, there's a lot of

this is a change for the golden gate bridge. what we are looking for is for anyone who might be confused by this who unfortunately may try to stop. the golden gate bridge is trying to get the message out. whatever you do don't stop. just keep going through. it will be okay. let's move along and take a look at northbound 101 that traffic is moving well passing highway 92. good morning, steve. >>> sal, you think you all see this on all the bridges eventually? >> i think so. >>> a little system clipping extreme northern california. not much going on. we continue to get low level clouds just streaming in here. not a big deal. there could be a few hit and miss showers. mainly to the north. 40s and 50s on our temps. the wind has really tailed off. yesterday was a pronounced westerly breeze. 30s in the mountains. a little bit cooler in the mountain cue dew to mountains lack of cloud cover. our system for the weekend is drop into the picture. here it is. this is a computer model forecast. that is the system right there. thursday we're al

. >> a live look at the golden gate bridge. e fog again as you work your way out of the north bay. james. >> thank you very much erica. >> new this more net for corn 6 magnitude earthquake struck early this morning. we had a map showing where it was located. it was in the north bay center 3 mi. southwest of kabul and 13 mi. southwest of clear lake. according to the u s g s is struck just after 2:00 a.m. and was followed by a 2.9 aftershock. the worst in sonoma county safe they felt to but, as it stands, there are no reports of damage or injury. >> cardinal lorge bergoglio of argentina down as pope francis has been elected as the next leader of the catholic church. the announcement was made yesterday on the balcony of st. peter's basilica . >> as melissa of raney reports, people said the pontiff could bring change. >> as he began he said before i can feel my blessings on you i need your blessing on leave. that spoke volumes about the kind of poke you want. >> he was the archbishop of dublin skerries making him the first pontiff f

off at the golden gate bridge. lenty of sunshine as we overlook san francisco and the james lick freeway. we will continue to see sunshine and mild weather for the afternoon. we have changes to talk about 4 to mark. there is a warm-up that will kick in. the warming will continue in fact, we will enjoy a mid '70s as we start the next work week. >> grab a jacket if you are headed out the door right now. it is 45 degrees in hayward. future cast 4 is tracking the temperatures 50s and 60s by lunchtime. by 2:00 p.m. we will gain a couple of degrees. it will be sunday just a few high clouds. by 8:00 p.m. tonight the temperatures will drop to the 40's. as we break down the afternoon high it will be plenty of 50s. 574 richmond and 59 degrees is expected for oakland. 62 degrees for downtown san jose. i do want to talk about daylight savings time. i want to compare a saturday and sunday. sunrise saturday it will be at 6:29 a.m.. but on sunday, would push the clocks for it will be 7:27 a.m.. sunset on saturday is 612 and aftern

pretty shot from the golden gate bridge. blue sky with traffic flowing nicely. ation on the peninsula, southbound 101 at ralston, a car fire is off on the shoulder the kristen? >> sue, thanks for that update. thanks for watching the abc7 news continues in 25 minutes with news, weather and traffic during "good morning america" but we will follow the developing story from san francisco with police swat stand off. >>> good morning, america. and here it comes. that major snowstorm already dumping up to a foot across the midwest now becoming a nor'easter along the east coast with heavy snow and wind to the big cities. the federal government closed today. a thousand flights canceled. sam tracking it right now. >>> and breaking now, the dow set to surge even higher at this hour after zooming to an all-time record. what's fueling the soaring numbers, and what does it mean for your money right now? >>> and brand new this morning, a startling confession broadcast overnight from a world famous ballet dancer revealing his sinister acid attack. against the man behind the bols

changes coming to the golden gate bridge. we will have a look at that and all the day's news on this monday, march 25th. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. thanks for joining us. >> i'm laura garcia cannon. >> good morning. i'm marla tallez in for jon kelley. thousand rs gathering in washington, d.c. to be a part of what's set to be a historic week in this country. they are lining up as a chance to get one of 250 seats available for the supreme court arguments on the con s constitutionality of prop 8. >>> both sides of the debate are finally getting their day in court arguing in front of the supreme court of the united states. the court will hear a challenge to california's proposition 8 which defines marriage as being between one man and one woman. that challenge will be heard tomorrow. people have already been camping outside the supreme court for days. back in 2004, then mayor of san francisco, gavin newsom, ordered city officials to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. six months later, the state supreme

the golden gate bridge is looking at normal drive times. way problems through marin and we have been problem free across the span. >> that is a lot of fog at the golden gate bridge. it is definitely a big story. the fog is not as widespread. temperatures pretty mild, upper 40's and sampras's go 49 concord, low 50s and san carlos and livermore. we have a dense fog and advisory in effect. the national weather service has expiring at 9:00 a.m. this morning. a dense fog along the san mateo peninsula coastline. it is stretching all way down south toward monterey. visibility is less than a quarter of a mile. we have some delays at s f o this morning. afternoon highs, 71 oakland, daly city low 60s, upper 50s have monday. 7 day around the bay forecast shows gradually cooling weather. the potential for some rain as we head into the middle of next week. >> ♪ >> time to talk a little football, basketball and a little something else. i'd ask you something work related. when people call in sick and they get caught. good morning. >> what's wrong, are you

you may see a few sprinkles around the golden gate bridge. in the north bay, you will see possibility of a few drops. 65 in santa rosa and 63 san rafael. heading out to the east bay, low to mid60s will do it. 63 hayward and 65 in oakland. 234* the inland areas, you are out of the low 70s. some of you made it up there, but tomorrow it is a little cooler. 67 in concord and 68 for livermore. here is a look at my accu-weather seven-day forecast. a few sprinkles and giving way to a chance of showers on thursday. your weekend is now looking like you are going to need the umbrellas. a band of rain, showers and pretty much right on through easter weekend. >> so a soggy easter egg hunt? >> i am hoping not. i will pinpoint it as we get closer. right now just a shower band. >> let's move on to sports now. >> should we wait for larry? >> no, i want you to say it. >> stanford alum. very proud of her cardinals tonight. they advance with a win over michigan. most of the damage in her last game and >>> as expected stan forked is the -- stone ford -- stanford

and i think that way even in the foundation. >> but here's the irony. bill gatess spending a huge chunk of warren buffett's money on poor farmers in africa, giving them hybrid seeds and synthetic fertilizers. it's exactly the kind of high-tech approach howard tried and now feels is doomed to fail with farmers who make barely $1 a day. >> they're pushing a system that really is similar to what we have outside this door. >> but isn't that wonderful? >> no. what i would argue is that at some point, those guys are gonna go home and the money's gonna not be there. it's exactly the same thing we did. and i don't feel it worked. >> you know bill gates. have you said to him, "80% of what you're throwing down there in africa is not gonna work"? >> well, i've said it a little differently, i think, and that is that we need to quit thinking about trying to do it like we do it in america. >> howie's the farmer here, so he can speak with knowledge. i'm the city boy on the panel. >> bill gates and howard buffett were both honored recently at the state department for their work o

a live look at the golden gate bridge. again as the fatal accident in marin county keep that in mind. >> we are seeing dense fog keep that in mind as you're heading out the door. >> the time is 4:38. [ male announcer ] you think you know me. believe i'm just glitz and glam when i'm so much more. i'm downtown and ocean front. my nights are just as busy as my days. the arts are my passion. food my obsession. and when you finally think you know me. you'll realize, there's still so much more to discover. los angeles. endlessly entertaining. plan your getaway at discoverlosangeles.com >> we are back. 4:40 on the clock. >> taking a look at wall street this morning futures trading showing all three indexes in the-this morning. stocks ended the day yesterday's mixed but the dow's winning streak has extended now to eight days. there is a look at yesterday's closing numbers. the dow was up three. in the f-14 thousand 450. the nasdaq fell 10. spirit and the s and p dropped nearly four points. will be keeping an eye on the stock market

if you add more cabs, you have to let the gate for the companies to make the gate less otherwise 20 dollars a day and that's not fair and thank you so much. applause. we will be breaking in about five. >> thank you i started driving in 79. we were picking up at the airport. my pet peeve there's a line double parked limos and town car and see right in front of the clift hotel so you can't even get down to pickup those people and they think they can do anything they want. i want to echo we could shut this city down you guys are pissing off a lot of people. we're better than the united nations we're not getting paid to come to this you guys got to help us you got to rut route for us. these people don't have to pickup the paraplegic people. these people don't have to do any of the things that we have to do absolutely nothing any way i love you all i think you are great you do your best and you are better off than most of us. applause. i have two things i'd like to say here first thing is taxi is the backbone of the city and it is not it's also a culture representing our city and if the other da

you may see a few sprinkles around the golden gate bridge. th bay, you will see possibility of a few drops. 65 in santa rosa and 63 san rafael. heading out to the east bay, low to mid60s will do it. 63 hayward and 65 in oakland. 234* the inland areas, you are out of the low 70s. some of you made it up there, but tomorrow it is a little cooler. 67 in concord and 68 for livermore. here is a look at my accu-weather seven-day forecast. a few sprinkles and giving way to a chance of showers on thursday. your weekend is now looking like you are going to need the umbrellas. a band of rain, showers and pretty much right on through easter weekend. >> so a soggy easter egg hunt? >> i am hoping not. i will pinpoint it as we get closer. right now just a shower band. >> let's move on to sports now. >> should we wait for larry? >> no, i want you to say it. >> stanford alum. very proud of her cardinals tonight. they advance with a win over michigan. most of the damage in her last game and >>> as expected stan forked is the -- stone ford -- stanford advance to

. >> he has declined to talk about serious issues behind the gates of the california national guard.al david baldwin goes on the offensive when we return. >>> in recent months we've heard members of the california national guard describe what they call a toxic hidden culture. some accuse the highest ranking officer of ignoring the problems. for months general david baldwin has avoided questions. in recent weeks we met general baldwin before a public appearance in san francisco. this time he was unable to avoid our camera and our questions. >> general baldwin? tony kovaleski do you have a few minutes to talk to us? members of his leadership team have said that general david baldwin has a great story to tell. >> like to have your answer to questions. >> but for some unknown reason he has avoided our request to sit down for 15 minutes and answer accusations raised by more than two dozen members of his guard. >> i can tell you the culture and the 129 rescue wing is toxic in my opinion. and i recently let the general know that. >> i'm angry because they don't think it's significant enough

you can see traffic cruising as you hit the pay gates. once you get on the upper detective, no delays to report. we have road work length 880. that should be wrapped by 5 this morning. else r lookout o for road work, north 680 at mission. three left lanes shut down until 6:00 a.m. and. brake lights at eastbound 580. and the west side of the alta altamont pass not showing any delays. >>> get ready to pay more for parking around at&t park during major events. cate cauguiran is live at the ballpark this morning with more on how much it's going to to cost you to park there especially during baseball season, sounds expensive. >> reporter: i think it's going to be. transit leaders say the idea is to cut down on drivers circling around the area and keep up with increasing parking demand and the new type of metering will start tonight. meters on blocks within walking distance of at&t park will go to 10:00 p.m. the new rates, during nonevent nights, rates at sf, mta meters, will be 25 cent per hour. during games and events, rates will be between 5