. >> reporter: the traffic association says on average, one pedestrian and one cyclist are hit by a car each month along polk. >> there could be more demarcation between the bike space and road. i think that would help everybody's safety. >> reporter: but a plan to improve safety has pitted cyclists against business owners. this public parklet beside me takes up too parking spots. it shows you the balance that has to be made between improvements and access. the mta plan, which has been two years in the make, have bike lanes, sidewalks extensions and other safety measures but it comes at the cost of 140 parking spaces. >> parking is so precious in the city. you need to keep the parking. >> reporter: a group named save polk street plans to attend the board meeting this afternoon in an effort to keep parking available for businesses. the by licks coalition is urging its members to attend as well. >> i think we have to give up things to make our environment a better place and make our city more livable. this is one of the directions because of climate and otherwise we can move toward. >> re

. >> approval of the various traffic notifications associated with the streetscape project. >> are you presenting. >> i'm going to ask lewis montoya the lead to give a brief pay attention i think fact or facts folks are fairly familiar it is more specific has been in the works for many years strong opinions on both sides of the issues i want quo commend lewis and his staff and team with the liveable streets to work through a challenging process do grief presentation we'll be happy to take public comment. >> good afternoon. i'm. >> i think you need to get a little bit closer. >> it is on oh no, it was not on okay. >> good afternoon there you go. >> thank you for that introduction ed i'm lewis montoya the mta's leads on the polk street project i'm existed to be here to present this comprehensive project on polk streets the energy in the room a lot of people care of about this and existed to have this proposal before you today. >> polk have the a a very vibrate commercial district our project focuses on the $1.3 million between unity and mcallister that portion is diverse from the civic c

coordination opportunities for the cycles included in the project with the traffic taimg u cadging implementation that funds the design work associated with all concrete bulb out from the san francisco cadging traffic plans that had strong committee support with the sfmta revenue bonds for the construction and the sfmta seeks the funding in june that allows the construction to begin this year anticipated in november the final request from jonathan to speak about the bicycle education classes. >> thanks i'm jonathan with the mta i wanted to take a few minutes to respond to the question last month about the allocation one was the overview purpose of the bicycle education and with the costs of the individual classes so the first one was overall we're trying to accomplish with the black history month has to do with first start the bicycle strategy we've laid out a number of manufacturer to get us one today to a 20 percent of ridership that's within the ridership we've reported to the board 4 percent of the various improvements including investments in safety education to help us to slowly move up the policy goal one goal we have bicycle

worked in various safety capacities with make roads safe campaign the american automobile association and the national highway traffic safety administration. and so they're both good leaders, and i ask the senate to join me in supporting their nominations. now, i'd like to provide the senate with an update about what every senator has had their attention called to, the takata air bag recall. we've seen five deaths, we've seen a spate of serious injuries related to these defective air bags. one of the deaths occurred right in my home state of florida. and through my position of working with the chairman of the commerce committee john thune i have been pushing takata and the automakers to speed up fixes for these defective air bags. people are driving around with a lethal bomb in their steering wheel, and if it's defective and it goes off, they are filled with shrapnel. that has killed five people. that's documented in this country. in this country it's killed five people. nobody ought to be driving therefore, a car for five months when, in fact, they have a known defect that can seriously kill them. well, i.t. just no

19984 i live locally there have been a lot of changes in the community joining the homeowners association i was a traffic safety person we discussed the ramifications of business on ocean avenue and how it had an impact on the community when we lost the survivor way on ocean avenue a lot of people were upset a lot of the homeowners were concerned and elderly persons where are we're going to go now for shopping so i've seen an evolution since then my wife and i do a lot of the shopping at trader joe's and the whole foods it is sad we have a daughter at a major university that has a major - i see a lot of students that come to trader jose and think they would get more bank for their buck at a safe way so even worse that the whole foods that is located near city college i see the same situation obviously there's going to be detriment in the community we talked about the parking has been stated it is primarily for community use the local institutions the neighboring community i don't see much of american people adverse but one thing that bothers me i see a lot of marijuana dispensary locations in the immedia

19984 i live locally there have been a lot of changes in the community joining the homeowners association i was a traffic safety person we discussed the ramifications of business on ocean avenue and how it had an impact on the community when we lost the survivor way on ocean avenue a lot of people were upset a lot of the homeowners were concerned and elderly persons where are we're going to go now for shopping so i've seen an evolution since then my wife and i do a lot of the shopping at trader joe's and the

week, the american trucking association reported that trucking fell 3% in february from the month prior. and according to weekly numbers from the association of american railroads, car load traffic has been wayning as well led by crude oil and products used for drilling. as the quarter c h it will affect earnings. kansas city southern affected gienls. all of it could be pointing the a slowdown in u.s. economic growth. still, the dip means there are potential deals within the transport space. many analysts still like companies cater to consumers, parcel carriers and airlines like jet blue as well as trucking companies such as swift transportation and night transportation which stand to benefit from the ongoing backlogs at the west coast ports. for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan. >> joining us now to discuss the head winds to the market is steve off, chief investment officer. his firm manages more than $360 billion and reeva ba la vice president of global analysis at strathfor, a global firm. welcome to both of you. >> thank you. >> steve, as we began the broadcast, we talked about stocks able to step past tensions around the world. lately not so much. how worried s

the traffic is moving along a little slowly at the bay bridge toll plaza. some of the lane in a few minutes will show the metering lights come on bringing slow traffic associatedthat. the morning commute will be okay if you are driving on westbound 24 through lafayette. it is not a bad commute. the commute looks okay as you drive through. no major problems. this is a look at 580 westbound at altamonte pass. a little slow traffic with the road sensors there coming in from altamonte. back to the desk. >>> new this morning a building in san francisco's excelsior district went up in flames. one person was hurt and others have been displaced by it. ktvu tara moriarty is at the scene. there is a lot of damage to show us, tara. >> reporter: you know, that is true. it is difficult to breathe when you stand at the front door of the home. that is how overwhelming the smell of smoke is. you can see the char marks on the outside of the building. inside the gate, take a look. it is gutted. this is cell phone pictures taken by a neighbor showing the fire breaking out around midnight. when crews arrived here earlier this morning the bottom floor of the garage was engulfed by

the let's meet achilles, the puppy and the hugh map is greg machineson from the delaware human association. >> a a lot of trafficthe way. >> achilles and write doing rocky training up and down the path achilles has a lot of energy. achilles is a five month-old puppy. we need get some energy out of achilles. achilles is a pit bull mix. >> and she is beautiful. >> yes. >> and there is, he is beautiful. the one i have is a girl. >> beautiful girl named rocksy. >> yes. >> rocksy is five years old, we're calling her a shepherd mix. she truly is a mutt with lots and lots of breeds but we are calling her a shepherd mix. >> she's beautiful. the both of enthusiasms dogs among many that need home at delaware humane association. you were telling us about a new facility. >> yes, new facility opened up in december. it is amazing. we can house more animals, save more, rescue more and it is fantastic you will raise money to maintain that new facility is the party it is the muttini. >> it is a mutt like a dog and a martini. >> muttini. >> you have to a special drink at day night. >> there may be a muttini. we are working on. th

>> a unique solution is out there to deal with the traffic and parking issueses the cherry blossom festival can bring. aaa and the american bus association are supporting a plan to build a giant underground parking lot under the mall. >> oh, lord, yes. >> the group says the current system in place has not been effective.ays you may not have enough money in your 401(k). your savings account. to live when you retire. the provide kree benefit institute found the median amount is more than $18,400. researchers also found 40% of american workers have less than $10,000 in their 401(k). older workers tend to have more savings in their plan. at vanguard median savers was more than $76,000, but that's not enough money for health care and daily living as you need in retirement. >>> you may be paying one of the highest prices in the country for baby-sitting services here in the district. d.c. is among the five most expensive markets for baby-sitters nationwide. if you're a parent in d.c., you're paying about $15 an hour for one child and up to $5 per hour for additional kits. according to care.com the average is around $13 per hour. top three most

the weekend, we have to get you to work. katy zachry is watching traffic out there. anything propping up katy? >>> we are talking about association with the betsy ross bridge with a closure on the new jersey turnpike because of the bridge repairs. that's sunday night at midnight. i'll have that for you in a few minutes. taking a live look outside in new jersey 295 at route 65 is a live look at cherry hill where it's a little grainy this camera shot, but i can tell you it is raining in the area. and it is throughout much of our area this morning. so be aware of ponding and some cuddles on your majors when headed out. an update now in lower moreland pine road is closed near red lion road and shoemaker. we just got word that this reopened. the area bridges look good and mass transit at this hour is on or close to schedule. >>> coming up at 5:20 it's raining outside. definitely chillier than yesterday. you need the umbrella and the rain jacket. look at the wind blowing. it's out of a different direction than yesterday. we saw that bring temperatures down. north/ north/northwesterly winds at 15 miles an hour. a chillry rain is falling

experts in-house and also with experts from the aviation organization and also traffic organizations and the ministry. and i also talked to the cockpit association, and we of course will consider what can we improve when we select candidates and how can we improve training but that does not change my principle trust in lufthansa's training for decades. ht? >> translator: no i'm not aware of that. i do not know if there are any details about that. we have to follow it up. thank you. >> translator: yes we of course mentioned we will give financial support to relatives, and that was said in barcelona and dusseldorf so we facilitate this as quickly as possible that we can give support. for traffic organizations, of course there are international agreements we have to abide by but i can say we aren't worried about that. lufthansa is a stable organization, and we will help. >> translator: we do not want to make this public but of course the situation is as such that financially we will be able to continue. the relatives will receive some moneys, and we are at this moment in time doing this. >> translator: if anything conspicuous come up will this have

makes the cost of trucking over a long distance look more traffic, especially in light of the congestion at the west coast parts where faster. business is growing fast with the industry's trade association forecasting another year of forward of 6% growth. as more of these containers move across america. for "nightly business report," i'm morgan brennan in kansas city missouri. >>> coming up what's hurting small business owners in many u.s. cities and how they're fighting bac >>> it's one of the biggest issues facing small business owners. rising rents. a growing number are being forced to close up shop unable to afford the increasing costs and as kate rogers tells us, it's happening in cities across america. >> can i help you? >> reporter: many consider an institution after opening in the 1830s. abe learner has been there for three decades. he'll be done for good. he tripled the rent from $20,000 per month. >> we have a thriving business here. business went up every year. the whistle and chain store with the farm sis around we were able to increase business because we just provided a service here. >> reporter: but steady business isn't enough in the face of soaring rent from coast to co

we were not able to reach the the bristol town hip education a association for any comment. >>> a former philadelphia trafficrt judge is facing 20 months in prison after being convicted of lying to the fbi in a ticket sweeping case. oh boy, so willie single try was sentenced yesterday in federal court after prosecutors proved that judges routinely fixed tickets for friend allies. three judges convicted last summer, several others pleaded guilty before the trial. philadelphia traffic cases are now handled by the city's municipal court. >>> a break for philadelphia police in the counterfeit money scam in burlington county. police say this man, 22-year old michael owens, yeah, he looks right in the camera. he used fake $100 bills at two mount laurel restaurants. he bought small items, paid with that big bill, and then got real money back for change. if you have any information about owens you are asked to call police. >>> 5:38. villanova gets one win and now they need five more to be champions hear from the head >>> good morning i'm howard eskin. i knew villanova's game to open up the tournament was no contest.

traffic backed up beyond the 880 overcrossing. i'll have more "kcbs traffic" for you still ahead. >>> developing news on ebola. a new report finds world health officials did not warn people soon nudge. the "associated" -- soon enough. the "associated press" got documents that says they didn't declare a public health emergency until two months after the outbreak started. the international president of doctors without borders says she lobbied leaders to do something sooner. >> dr. chan, the ebola in west africa is out of control. and then she looked at me she said, doctor, i'm not that pessimistic. >> the w.h.o. admits was slow to respond but blames it on the complexity of containing ebola. by the time an emergency was declared in august, more than 1,000 people were dead. >>> today a judge in san francisco will consider moving a sexually violent predator out of a walnut creek neighborhood. a different judge approved charles christman's move there in january but contra costa county prosecutors say there are too many boys in the neighborhood and they are at risk so christman should go. a deputy d.a. says 21 boys age 16 or younger live within 1,000 feet of christman's new home. >>> tesla unveiled new so

>> the real estate association says the proposal hurts homeowners and home buyers and plan to fight it. >>> 5:12. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> it's dry today so that's probably the biggest difference from yesterday. we had a number of spinouts yesterday morning. this is our only accident out the door now. and tow crews should be there any minute if not already. southbound 280 at el monte. one lane is blocked. there is a minor backup approaching the scene through los altos hills. here's a live look through the altamont pass. suddenly all our sensors turned to red just within the last five minutes. so those backups begin right around the 205/580 split and then continue to about north palestinian. that's the heaviest of the traffic right now. and then you can see it clears out heading into livermore and the dublin-pleasanton area. they did wrap up the overnight roadwork between hacienda and san ramon road. it has several lanes blocked overnight. here's a leave live look at the san mateo bridge. eastbound roadwork up and over the high-rise traffic is light heading into hayward. so we are not seeing any delay.

the shoulder. that's your latest kcbs traffic. >>> liz pretty great friday. we had this -- yesterday. we had this cell from the fremont area also in towards san jose and it had some hail associated with it. it alsod a a couple of -- also had a couple of lightning strikes. we saw this. jonathan payne thank you so much. for tweeting this photo. he was mountain biking from the ridge there and boy that's beautiful. keep the poets coming and -- photos coming and sharing with us, wow this is a sun up picture from mount vaca. this is live it's the weather camera looking out in the easterly direction. concord 42 degrees at this hour. santa rosa at 38. it is 40 in livermore and san francisco 50 degrees. sfo, with no reports of any local airport delays today. it's clear and it is a cool start. what you need to know is that we have nothing but sunshine and some very mild days ahead with near or record warm temperatures coming by the end of this week. so bright and chilly out the door. and the overnight lows dipping down into the 30s. this is the area of low pressure. it is now spinning its wheels over 'bama, california -- baja, california. behind it we have all this clearing all due to the

association i served on the coalition that negotiated with california pacific medical center that was approved by the board of supervisors in 2013 we were involved in this for 8 years and did extensive traffic studies ended up with the grant and the transportation improvement that is a very complex number of work on the transit transportation bicycling public safety part of the hospital and the study started in 2001 and the ended in 2009. and since then there has been right now in the planning pipeline crossing to director ram another 68 thousand units being built on the polk side we have outdated traffic information we're looking at as well as the development of the polk street plan as wrarpts to the corridor balloon with the hospital and have changes in the employment dominate when we started 51 percent of the hospital workers lived in san francisco now we're down to less than 40 percent more and more people are consulting in from longer distances to work in our hospitals and other critical businesses operation of the hospital and of so many other businesses in san francisco but particularly in the van ness corridor a hospital cannot operate without the brt the brt must come first we stro

association i served on the coalition that negotiated with california pacific medical center that was approved by the board of supervisors in 2013 we were involved in this for 8 years and did extensive traffic studies ended up with the grant and the transportation improvement that is a very complex number of work on the transit transportation bicycling public safety part of the hospital and the study started in 2001 and the ended

you're getting cockpit sounds which can be associated with switches levers all sorts of controls in the airplane. in addition to communication with air traffic control, communication between the two pilots, communication from the pilots to the cabin of the airplane, the cabin of the aircraft possibly. so all those things come together once that digital flight data recorder and i'm thinking very positively that they'll find it that gets coordinated and synchronized together into one program. now you get a realtime understanding of what happened with the airplane. >> but just to follow up with you, isn't that also part of the baffling part. we were talking about this yesterday the big question would be and now we're learning this ten-minute descent. was it a hypoxia issue, smoke in the cockpit, were these -- was the cockpit clue even conscious. and now knowing there were voices in those final minutes, what does that tell you? >> well that kind of leads me along the path that they were still working on an emergency situation that there wasn't at least hypoxia that we're aware of. it's important to identify the voices. at this point, you know we

associated with the roads. so far so good. very light travel this morning. this by this time you'd have a lot more traffic. but schools are closed a lot of government offices are closed, so a lot of folks are staying home which is a good thing. public works department here in the county has a couple hundred trucks. they are ready, they're on standby, they have to wait for the snow to begin falling. and they're ready to get the plows going. we're reporting live from laurel this morning. darcy spencer, news 4. >>> so we're talking about rain throughout the area right now. we did see some snow in frederick, maryland. we'll find out when the rain will turnover to snow. >> still watching it creep in. >> yesterday afternoon, we got to 51 degrees. and that's playing a role here today. pavement temperatures are well above freezing. so it's meting ingmelts when it hits the pavement. >> it looks like the heaviest snow will fall around the midday afternoon and early evening hours. so this morning we're really just trackg the changeover. >> it's advancing from the southwest to the northeast. pink zone is mostly just r

not sure whether he was associated with that vehicle, whether there was a breakdown situation or something like that and that's why he was along the road there in the lane of traffic there. they're still trying to piece all of that together and they have not yet released the man's name. in terms of traffic, things are looking okay right now, but we're hearing about a new crash this morning that will affect some people. we'll send it over to melissa mollet for more on that. >> that's right, a new crash outer loop at dulles toll road. we'll try to get more information on this. a new accident there reported at least. in northwest 16th street over military road here you can see we still have late clearing road work. so one lane getting by right now in each direction there. overall, outer loop looking good. inner loop looking good. everything moving along pretty nicely. of course the exception a the dulles toll road area which we'll get more information on in a couple minutes. 295 inbound passing 50 a little slow. 95 in virginia slow northbound here in dale city. again, typical for this time of day especially as we're in the 6:00 hour now. and 66 here as you head throu

associated with not much to the north. 40s and 50s. san jose 54. 53sfo. more 60s closer to the water. sal, any updates here? >> we do have traffic ha is still doing pretty well here as we go out to our live pictures as we start off with the bay bridge toll plaza. the traffic moves along very micely. no problems getting into san francisco. also looking at the commute here if you are going to the golden gate bridge that traffic continues to look good heading south from novato and san rafael. all the way to the span of the golden gate bridge. highway 24 westbound this looks good. now at 5:02 let's go back to the desk. >> we want to go back to this morning. still developing story where the body of a man 57-year-old scott dunham suspected of killing and shooting a san jose police officer was found in an apartment balcony. we just brought you live coverage of a police news conference about this deadly shooting. we understand there is a large number of police officers at the apartment complex on center road near umbarger where it happened. police are working to clear the scene right now. about 3:20 this morning police went to the apart

traffic stop. in a strange coincidence fontana and johnson were in the same police academy staff. flags are at half staff at the san jose police department. the police officers association released a statement calling the suspect a coward and added even while grieving other officers did their duty to make sure nobody else was hurt. elissa harrington, abc 7 news. >>> san jose police officers are receiving condolences today from fellow officers around the country. here's san francisco police chief greg sur. >> it just doesn't get any worse than this. going to do your job, going to help and not making it home. you know i mean it's just -- it's just -- it never gets any easier and it happens all too often. >> the chief said he reached out to san jose's chief last night and offered to send some of his officers if san jose's department needs any help while the funeral service is under way. >>> the attorney general is offering her condolences to officer johnson's family. she issued this statement saying yesterday's tragedy is a grave reminder of the risks that our law enforcement officers take each day when they put on the badge to protect their communities. a statement from g

traffic the managing partner of short hills capital, his lovely face in a few minutes. jon and pete najarian co-founders of optionmonster here on time and haslo is as well, the president of ber reneny associatesfor obvious reasons back at cnbc's headquarters. our game plan

traffic the managing partner of short hills capital, his lovely face in a few minutes. jon and pete najarian co-founders of optionmonster here on time and haslo is as well, the president of ber reneny associatessteve liesman with us for obvious reasons back at cnbc's headquarters. our game plan looks like this. how do you like them apples? with america's most loved company added to the dow whether there's really a reason not to own that stock. extra mayo, now that the banks have passed the fed's stress tests which stocks does star analyst mike mayo say you need to own right now. we begin with the markets and something investors should start preparing for, rate hikes. the fed late or not making its move. ready or not it is coming maybe in june, maybe september, maybe shortly after that, and how the markets react is the trillion dollar question. right now it is anyone's guess. if you look at the markets today you get a feel for how we may react. some say we're ready, others say volatility will rule the day. whatever happens the money is hanging in the balance here and the market is reacting as if it would come sooner than they want and not handling it well. >> we talked about that yesterday whe

associate myself with the comments of senator heitkamp. human trafficking is a modern-day form of slavery that is alive active, and must be stopped. many of the stories we hear from traffic survivors sound more like plots in a horror movie than real life in the united states of america. but these stories are not fiction. over and over, we hear stories about young americans forced into captivity about young americans forced into sexual exploitation about young americans who have no freedom to say no to a violent pimp, but are still tagged with prostitution charges before they even turn 18. human trafficking is a crime that rips families apart breaks down the trust in our communities, and shatters young american lives. mr. president, it is long overdue that congress pay close attention to this issue and i commend my fellow female senators for bringing this issue so boldly to the floor of the senate. today i want to talk about what senator heitkamp talked about the bold a -- vulnerabilities that lead to these girls and boys becoming trafficked and how visually they remain even after they've managed to escape from their pimps and their captivity. in small towns and big citie