south hayward, union city, fremont closed.raveling north from fremont, that's where the arrow is, use 880 as alternate. a bus bridge in place between fremont and union city but a gap in coverage as far as the announcement from b.a.r.t. between the union city line and hayward station. christie smith heading out to the scene to see how you continue up to oakland. you see how far that is on the maps and that's a concern for riders through the area. rest of the b.a.r.t. system follows highway 24shg ea waway freeways. we'll continue to track that through the east bay. limited service from bayfair to san francisco now. we'll look toward san rafael camera, north bay, moving smoothly southbound. nothing unusual for that portion of the commute. >>> "today in the bay" menlo park, the unprecedented deal surrounding security. >>> accusations in south african courtroom. why the defense attorney is pointing his finger at witnesses. >>> 4:44 here on wednesday morning. good morning to you. we take a live look outside. commute under way. mike

freemont, union city, hayward, closer to the system. meanwhile, more folks hitting roadway but 880 shows at limit towards san mateo bridge. continuing through oakland, okay, speeds at limit right there through oakland. earlier slowdown continues here as you approach 980 interchange around the bayfair area. nothing dramatic. it's the bay bridge that does show that backup. san mateo bridge, we talked about folks not wanting to go through oakland, can use 92 to the peninsula. toll plaza managing flow of traffic but seeing more traffic flow than we typically see on wednesday. this will ripple around the bay. >>> this morning, new developents in ukraine. european commission agreed to support ukraine economically and financially. hours ago, the european union promised to give the country $15 billion in loans and reforms, as it struggles through the crisis. secretary of state kerry will meet with his russian counterpart where he will try to convince russian president put than he's already gone too far. >> he has strategic interest in the crime

no service from freemont, union city, south hayward. this started around 11:30 last night when a person was actually hit by a train near the south hayward station. originally they thought they could reopen by 4:00 this morning but that didn't work out. there's so much evidence scattered up there, 300 yards worth on the track, so this investigation and cleanup taking quite some time. commuters, they were surprised. >> where is work for you? >> berkeley. >> reporter: are you going to be late? >> no. i was going to be late if i couldn't find a ride but they said yeah. i'm going to be on time. >> reporter: you didn't know until you got here this was happening? >> yes i didn't know. >> reporter: the investigation, we're being told, won't be complete until after sunrise, which is some time after 6:30, and they're saying the earliest trains might be rolling through the south hayward station. suggestion is for commuters to find another way to get to work or go to that bay fair station. i don't know if you can see in the distance, an awfully har

bart's south hayward, union city, and fremont stations closed until further notice.it and killed a person on

hayward and union city and newark and fremont, a lighter cell and same over to woodside but look what is lurking along skyline boulevard headed to cupertino and los altos and saratoga. pretty healthy rain. this is flowing in from the ocean where we have the best chance of heaviest rain this morning and thunder with small hail lasting until noon and scattered showers this afternoon with temperatures in the mid-50 to low 60. >> we have a brand new crash as we take you to the north bay through vallejo with a serious accident on the transition from highway 29 to eastbound 37 a vehicle is rolled several times and we do not know if there are injuries but we have laned block and we have delays, southbound highway 29 on 37. this is possibly going to be the story for today because of the rainfall and slick conditions, slow down the speeds because we have hydroplaning possibilities and solo spinouts and dangerous conditions. mass transit has 45 bart trains on time and ace train one is currently ten minutes late but muni has no delays. >>> breaking news san francisco police are investigating a c

just home from a tour of duty in afghanistan. 23-year-old andrew silva -- on the right - lived in union city. he leaves behind a wife and child. kron-4's jeff bush is live the scene of the accident, where there was a vigil tonight.. and jeff -- what's the latest? about 100 people showed up at the fremont bank parking lot to come together in grief and rememberance of a man who was a father, a husband and a marine. friends of andrew silva say he was a dedicated family man who loved his wife, his two year old son and his country. the union city marine was on leave and had just returned from a deployment to the combat zone in afghanastan about a month ago. fremont police say around 1:30 tuesday morning, the driver of a mini cooper ran a red light at decoto and fremont boulevard, hit silva, who was on his motorcycle, and eventually crashed into a pole on the other side of the intersection. police say they were called by a nearby taco bell employee who was serving the suspect in the drive through saying he was acting impaired. officers saw the car traveling at a high rate of speed but the driver c

has a shuttle in place between fremont and union city. you need to transfer if you're headed to france at the bay fair station. once again, south hayward closed. you can get on at the hayward station. no other problems. the full road closure in windsor for another few minutes until 5:00. north 101 between fulton and shiloh. there is a detour in place for you there, and your drive out of antioch is looking pretty good at this hour, if you're making your way toward pittsburg and bayport. seeing all green. can which is good. mike has a look at the forecast. >>> start talking about the snow pack which continues to slowly get better as we have waves of light precipitation roll through. over 22 prd prd. up to now 33% better than yesterday. we could use more. you see more rain moving through the northern part of our state, and a few high elevation snow showers possible in shiloh, heading to the south, partly cloudy, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. here's the -- my accuweather seven-day forecast for tahoe. wintry mix tomorrow but breezy. kind of

cheryl hurd joins us in union city tonight with the details. sounds very interesting. >> reporter: it is very interesting, raj. there's no doubt about it. there is a water crisis in california. and the water district taking some bold new steps to get people in the trivalley area to conserve. if people get caught doing things like watering down their driveways or washing their wars, they will be given a ticket and fined $600, spend 30 days in jail or both. >> this year is the driest year in essential lly recorded histo, and we are facing a cutback on our state water, which normally is 40% of our supply. so the allocation this year is zero, so that's pretty significant. >> we need all the extra help that we can, as homeowners, the

. >> between the union city station and south hayward, there is still an active investigation and bart police are involved and you can see it remains and we are in hayward this morning. this is a train that struck and killed that person last night. the train that hit that person was headed north approaching the south hayward station. at the time they had 11 persons. then they were all put on to a fly move and also we can't say much about the person who was killed, we don't know if it was a man or woman but a coroner arrived and it could be quite some time before these tracks are reopened and offsly that will affect the morning commute. live in hayward alex savage ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> as alex said, there is no service between union city and fremont. we are at the fremont station and they are getting an unwelcomed surprise. >>> not a lot of happy people, service is essentially shut down and people are getting turned right back around and a lot of them are taken surprise that a lot of this has happened. is a about 40 minutes ago, bart sent out an advisory to look for alternate

there is no service this morning from fremont, union city and south hayward. commuters say this is so frustrating. >> going to about really bad commute for me now. i have to go all the way to berkeley to work. so -- i've got to find arrangements, take a bus. something to get to work. >> reporter: what's your reaction to that? >> horrible. could lose my job. >> reporter: i just asked a b.a.r.t. spokesman why is their investigation taking this long? he said the evidence stretches about 300 yards on both sides of the tracks and it's dark out there. so they're waiting for sunrise to make sure they got all of their evidence, so they have no idea when they'll be opening back up. they'll have a better sense after sunrise, which they say is about 6:30 this morning. there's no bus bridge out of here. they don't have the personnel to man way. they're saying the a.c. run parallel. tracks 99 and another one might be helpful. best advice, go straight to the bayfair station, if you can get there. amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >>> and with more, sue hall in for laila this morni

. >>> let me show you, this is along the union city, fremont station. now if you want to catch one, you could go to fremont but i would recommend going over to the bay fair station which will get you into the city. there is a big traffic jam because of problems on the actual fremont line so if you go up to dublin trait into the city that will make your traffic a lot better across the city to san mateo. bay bridge is getting more filled in and we are seek an early backup now 20 minute drive time which may have something to do with the bart interruption and now let's go back to the breaking news about bart. there are no trains running due to an vex gays. alex savage will not be cleared. track do ream main closed and they are still investigating and you can see some of the folks who are out here on the tracks right now. we are in hayward near industrial parkway and this is where that person was struck and killed by a train we are told the victim is a man who has not been identified, he was hit by the train just before 11:30 and that train was headed north a

this will affect customers of the alameda county water district which serves fremont, newark and union city. more than 330,000 people live in those cities. so that means no watering lawns or other landscapes on consecutive days. one day a week. it will be allowed twice a week from june through september during the hot, dry summertime months. >> most of the restrictions relate to outdoor water use. that's where we're going to get the most in a sense bang for our buck as far as conservation goes because in our service area, about between 40 and 50% of a typical home's water use goes to outdoor irrigation. >> violators will initially give warnings but after a third offense they could face termination of the water service. hefty fines or even go to jail. >>> only on kpix 5 we have learned people are getting checks for thousands of dollars supposedly from stanford university. kpix 5 reporter len ramirez found that's where the mystery is just getting started. >> reporter: the package arrived by fedex delivery sent to stella miranda in san pablo showing it was sent by the stanford university math

commuters trying to get to san francisco from free mont, union city and -- fremont, union city and hayward have been told to go here. that's because there was no service south of hayward due to a deadly accident last night. we're just hearing that service is about to resume after they went through -- there is the bayfair station train going through. we have live team coverage on this all morning. we'll go to sal in a moment and alex savidge for the very latest on this fluid station. i'm tori campbell. >> i'm dave clark. >>> we have a lot of cloud cover over us. maybe drizzle. some areas of fog as well. 4:00 this afternoon, just moving through the north bay. by this evening, you might get home before some rain kicks in. could be drizzle or light rain. by 8:00, 9:00, the system moves south. there won't be much an then tomorrow we'll clear it out in the morning. i think by the afternoon we'll have mostly sunny skies. temperatures will be warming up. it's later tonight into very early in the morning. mild system where it's coming up from right out of the southwest hawaiian islands. the system

fremont, union city, and south hayward is shut down. to have this back in service by 7:30 a.m. but that is just 15 minutes from now. we have not heard any indication. there was an incident last night where a person was killed by a train at this station. the investigation is continuing. that is why the station disclosed. the hayward station is open but passengers bound to the west bay are encouraged by bart to head straight to the baser station. ac transit to 99 and 80 what do parallel. >> a look at other traffic. let's look at a traffic in fremont this is turning into a hot spot for the southbound commute this has been backing up more than usual for the past several weeks. slow traffic from 88238. a look of the bridges, westbound there's a stalled reported by the tower of the suspension span. this could be reasons why the traffic is slow on 880 approach. it is 18 minutes. the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is still okay with 16 minutes. the ride to the golden gate bridge is problem free and a richmond san rafael bridge, westbound is backe

kron 4's scott rates is live in union city. where he lived. bart and richmond police teamed up today to adviseand reminded them yet again >> catherine: san francisco's police chief is talking tonight about the 28-year-old man shot and killed by officers friday night in bernal heights. kron 4's alecia reid was at that community meeting - and is live in san francisco with details. >> reporter: they believed to be a fire arm and they fired mr. mieno went to the ground again he acquired the dot trying to try to track the other officers or lamb. he did not survive the entries. injuries >> reporter: came to people came prepared to voice their opinions and there were a lot of opinions. >> i d e imagine that this yellow spot is clearly visible first at 7:00 p.m. is still daylight outside so why would an officer or officers though he believes that that was that or does that look like if (cheers & applause) >> ahead mental illnesses for...we need healing be cause we are tired of the oppressiona and police brutality. >> catherine: new at 8-- >> catherine

union city close to 70. we'll hit the 70s brentwood, antioch, pittsburg, fairfield, vacaville. 67 degrees in san francisco tomorrow. novato 68. ukiah 74. really nice saturday. sunday we're dry for most of the day. late sunday evening a little rain. enjoy that rain because that's all we're going to get next week. we're sunny mild and dry next week. we could use more rainfall. i don't see it. one rain chance on sunday. >> back to that. >> we are back to the dry air. >> thank you. >>> salesforce.com celebrated its 15th birthday with a concert by genelle monet at justin herman plaza. it's much more than that. the ceo is working with sf gives to help fight poverty. his goal is to raise $10 million in 60 days. coming up tonight at 6:00, how salesforce is challenging other tech companies to get on board. >> quite a bit of traffic down there this afternoon from what i saw, too. >>> you may extra for the perks. but tonight, consumerwatch found out a popular feature on amazon may be costing you more. ,, bulldog: bulld

for east bay's city's union city new york and free up. fremont's.of for example this ritual is in the spring three times a week watering the that is twice a week and some of pre >> : banon swimming pools at no hosing down haute sidewalks or driveways. >> : mr. gets hoping to reduce water usage by about 20%. >> : it watter weather starts might be warmup for a weekend a little bit of thought tomorrow morning in the coastline much like we did today temperatures are going to warm about 510 degrees tomorrow and will come close to records. though the records will states appeared as a hot look ahead into next we will be cooler it even had a chance of rain in the bay area is will apply to austin and 80 degrees in cupertino and less got a 79 and santa clara 78 and san jose. >> : again big warmup about 78 degrees from was locations for the south bay. the state will hit 77 conquered 78 and will agree 76 in union city and 80 degrees and antioch. also modified some degree warmup. >> : a the cosine ocean beach said daly city 72 in downtown san francisco and will

for the inland valleys, 79 in livermoore. 77 in concord, and 80 in antiok no. 76 for union city, and for freemont. at the coast, enough of an influence to keep the temperatures in the 60s. warmer down to half-moon bay. 71 there. down to the peninsula, check that out. 77 redwood city, and up to the north, upper 70s. 78 in sonoma, and napa makes for perfect wine-tasting weather. the perfect weekend all weekend long. i think the records will be safe, cooler into early next week a slight chance of rain next week. >>> again, the breaking news a live picture from ma asia. an update as the officials said they believe the disappearance of malasia was a hijacking. >> since day 1, the malasia authorities have worked hand-in- hand with our international partners, including the neighboring countries, and the international search force, many of whom have been here on the ground since sunday. we have shared that information in real time with authorities, who have the necessary experience. we have been working, nonstop in assisting the investigation, and we have put our national security second to

oakland, 76, 76 for union city, concord 80, 83 for livermore. thursday spring arrives at 9:57 p.m. >> summer means baseball. be can stu is here with sports. >> bay bridge preview, matt cano got shelled. crk ketchup on the left, crk mustard on the right. 4-0 with a two-run shot. kane gave up seven runs six hits and two runs. look at nick punto, mark minacosa. three run shot, of outfield, giants on the board, solo shot bottom 6, work of barry bonds pays off. be giants thrash 8-1 in the final. >>> what's up with the warriors? can you see inconsistent, they beat the likes of miami at their house but lost in their house at cleveland. depending who's wearing the opposing jersey, trailed by 16 in the fourth losing back to back games, today in video provided 50 warriors, coach jackson and seth curry tried to make sense of it all. >> we don't want to turn one bad loss into two bad losses. we are playing against a good portland team that's enjoying a good year. >> it all resets from there. so that's the mission that kind of stay focused on. make sure that

francisco's city hall to ask mayor ed lee to use honest numbers in his contract negotiations with city unions. >> what do we want? >> honest numbers. >> when do we want them? >> now. >> workers say they are tired of the city using inaccurate budget projections to keep from paying employees the pay increases they say they deserve. workers say they gave up more than 4% of their salaries to help the city when it was struggling. now workers say it's time for the city to return the fair are favor. >>> new at 6:00. salmon catch a ride along the sacramento river. it's a create i solution to a problem posed by california's drought. it's a journey the fish make every year, but this year, the water levels are too low for the salmon to swim. rob ross shows the delicate operation to keep the salmon moving. >> these young salmon are on a journey that just may save their lives. most swim down the sacramento river on the way to the ocean. today they arrive by truck. >> wildlife officials have began trucking salmon 20 -- 240 truckloads worth from the sacramento river hundreds of miles away and releasing them

>> reporter: good morning to you, yes, no trains are running between union city and south hayward and there is still an active investigation going on. we are in dust you' all -- industrial parkway. the train that hit them was headed north approaching the south hayward station. now the train involved had 11 passengers on board and all of those passengers were interviewed at the scene and then they were put onto another train. they don't know at this point how the victim wound up on the tracks. all the tracks are fenced in. we don't even know if it was a man or a woman and still it could be several more hours before this investigation wraps up and that it is what we were told by bart police. alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> there is no if you are visit between -- service between hayward and fremont. there is limited service to san francisco from the bay fair steak. >>> jean guantanamo bay has said there is a there is -- want has talked about the service center. it blasted last night's decision which creates a 24 hour systems facility. it includes surveillance cameras and sh

union city, 75, and fremont, a significant warm-up today in the mid-70s.afternoon and walnut creek, you could be close to 80 degrees. temperatures today climbing through the 60s in the morning hours and that parade gets underway at 11:30. so between now and then, yeah, we're well into the 60s. about 69 by 1:00. and then 70 degrees, 3:00 this afternoon. the 7-day forecast just is warm tomorrow, cooler with the breeze on monday and then a few clouds midweek and we're still kind of breezy as we usher in spring and friday just upper 50s. >> all right. lisa, thanks so much. >>> in sports tomorrow night, the warriors are in portland to face the trail blazer is hoping to rebound from last night's disappointing loss to cleveland. here's the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning, everybody. the cleveland cavaliers figure to be the perfect gift. but we see a weak eastern conference team come into oracle and beat the warriors. back for his first game. all warriors first quarter, steal, behind the back. 16 after one, but 23-2 run. former st. mary's star

the east bay, the yellow and originals somebody 880 toward union city. at the worst again for that portion of the nimitz. here the tri-valley typical pattern, the earlier disabled vehicle, the big rig pulling that home that cleared quickly and we have a smooth flow as well. 84 to livermore. dublin another festival so prepare for that parade as well. your drive down the east shore freeway looking good. down to about 54 including workly to the perkily serve. the metering lights were turned on. now these lanes to the left have cleared up. typical for later on. fast track and the cash lanes to the right. we're picking up the tropical so good flow of traffic. 101 through palo alto with taillights. 101 as well as 280. no slowing through san mateo. back to you. >> thank you, mike. sunday marks two years since sierra lamar disappeared but people have not stopped searching in the south bay. one man is charged with kidnapping and killing the 15-year-old but her body has never been found. bob is live inside the search center in morgan hill with the interview you'll

union city 70. 72 castro valley. head inland, mid-70s return. the accuweather seven-day forecast will keep it mild and warm today and tomorrow. rain approves tuesday into wednesday. in fact, everyone will see it. scattered showers thursday and then the next system is looking like the second half of the weekend and that would be, yeah, the last weekend of march. so that's exciting. and about one to two feet in the sierra nevada with the tuesday-wednesday system. >> wow. that's different for us. nice. well, you know spring is officially here in the bay area, and we want to thank everyone who sent us beautiful weather photos. it is easy to share your pictures with the abc7 weather app. you can also e-mail them to ureport at kgo-tv.com or post them to our facebook page. takes book.com/abc7 news. >>> up next, a group of bay area kids learns from a world chess master who is also just a kid himself. >> today and tomorrow are the final two days for a mortgage relief event for struggling homeowners facing foreclosure. the neighborhood assistance corporat

the rain moved out of hayward, fremont and union city.e had heavier showers in southern sections of san jose heading out highway 17 through los gatos. campbell getting some showers and a few light showers in napa and sonoma. things are slowly calming down but there's plenty of rainfall out there. and there was plenty of rain falling earlier today. video to show you here in the city of san francisco. we had rain out and it was coming down. two or three folks under one tiny umbrella became good buddies with the person next to you. a lot of rain earlier in the city and now officially in san francisco we are not in the driest water year ever. it is now the second driest water year ever. hopefully we'll keep moving up that list. a live look outside over san jose with some showers close by. we had a lot of rain for you 1.5" in the south bay. and for the water year we are doing better. we are still not great. but we're doing better. we are adding up here. look at the numbers at the bottom. that's the percentage of normal rainfall for the water y

the temperatures are all over because of the wind. 57 in santa clara and low 60's in san leandro, union cityon, and walnut creek and pittsburg and american can wherein and here is what will happen today: we will hit 70 along the coast. there are sneaker waves at low-to-mid 70's and the brings start to taper around lunch but fastest through 8:00. they still going to be breezy through, say, noon to 2:00 and this afternoon and evening it will calm down and be delightful for outdoor activity. tonight, with the winds subsiding we will have low-to-mid 40's in the east bay valleys in fremont and palo alto and south bay and richmond and san francisco and half moon bay and here is what is happening, a couple of areas of high pressure and a low to the south in the bottom of the trough that came down the jet stream. as it comes down the back side it intensifies and then the pressure gradient is what developed the fast wind. the ridge is take over and the breeze and warming trend is here and it is going to intensify saturday and sunday. still looking at 80 away from the coast and temperatures taper next

heading down, around hayward, you can see union city moving across the diabolo range it will hit dublin and pleasanton in 10 or 15 minutes and the healthy cell through the south bay crossing 82 and 101 heed to santa clara and san jose and alum rock. sun shine will break out and the heavy showers with the low pressure that is move law and as it moves through the heavy showers become fewer and fewer and scattered and lighter so getting home should be easier than getting to work. we have a humid flow that will keep rain in the forecast the next seven days. keep the umbrellas handy, there are scattered showers. >> we needed the rain which caused problems an the bay. amy hollyfield? >>> we are at the garage in san francisco where a tree came down this morning on to the street. they still have a lane closed because of the debris causing problems and backup. this is one example of a problem from the rain. >> the showers started overnight. they covered every bit of the bay area. the rain has come and gone providing breaks but then starts up. there were reports of minor mud and rock slides all d

oakland and union city. inland spots will be warm, well above normal. 75 concord and 76 livermore. it is breezy and cooler for your friday. the weekend is going to be mild. not much change. chance of rain, middle of next week. carolyn, dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >> how about those munstangs? >> this is a great story. cal poly finished with 10 wins and 19 losses. not only did they figure out how to make the ncaa tournament, but they won again tonight. during sleep train's big gift event get a $200 best buy gift card with purchase of selected mattress sets. or, get 24-months interest-free financing. sleep train's big gift event is ending soon. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ the cal poly basketball team thought they would have is a trip. they captured the big west tournament and tonight won a first four game. before they could think about a date with wichita state they had to deal with murray. he went off for 38 points. but he was a one man gang. meanwhile, 10 players scored for the munstangs. the most family muss alum, weird al. 81-69 and probably the first team with 59 y

little something there but now traffic is moving well as you drive in both directions on 880 in union city and fremont, let's go back to the desk. >>> we begin with breaking news, oakland police are  investigate ago hit-and-run crash that destroyed a downtown bar. tara moriarty joins us live from the scene at 17 and telegraph, we understand the car that caused the crash had five people inside? >> yes, as we walk up you can see they went straight through and took out churnings of chunks of the marble and we spoke to the owner here. she is pretty devastated and said this was the 4th time this window has been destroyed either by a car accident or protesters police say a car filled with five people went through a red light and the driver was shaken up but not seriously hurt. meanwhile nobody was inside and five people ran off from the scene. they found some blood that went into the car and obviously they were injured but how badly we don't know. they know there were two african-american males and three african-american females inside the car and they will be scouring the neighborhood looking

, a little heavier seal by free mont ask union city.er the highway 101 is going to be off the road in less than five minutes. the winds are v died down. never got to 50, but we saw some 35 and 40 miles per hour gusts. 12 at the airport right now, south hey ward, 15, winds are subsiding. few scattered showers in the morning hours. computer moding, and it's showing you where the showers could be. it's more of that stuff, unorganized areas, just spinning over the top of us. and that's what we're looking at. so there's nothing organized the track here other than unorganized stuff. saturday mornings, there's saturday afternoon. and then as we get late in the dashs there's a little shower wants to pop you have here around richmond, it's in the area. the forecast, dives to the south, for saturday, some spot ti showers, for sunday, this thing shows up, it's not a big deal, i think it's going to clip to the north, there's a slight chance of a shower, mainly in the north bay. i think that the big impact from it will be clouds, maybe not as warm a

slowing for south 880 toward union city across the dumbarton, san mateo bridges. ll give you a live lincoln from foster city side. there you are, you have a good amount of company but no big surprise as the sun starts to come up we can see the bridge. all the way to 101 the peninsula clear. and the north bay there is some fog through petaluma. >> thanks so much. to a developing story. search planes back home after spending a second day looking for possible debris from the missing malaysia jet. so far searchers have not found the two objects spotted in the indian ocean by satellite earlier this week. in all, five planes are sent to look for the objects and australia says the search will be extended another day. look at the map of the search area. it's a remote part of the indian ocean about a 4-hour flight from australia's southwestern coast. malaysia flights 370 disappeared nearly two weeks ago with 239 people aboard. >> richmond police are trying to figure out how a woman ended up dead blocks from lincoln elementary school. she was shot just before 10:00 last nigh

so that means until then, fremont, union city, south hayward stations will not be running trains. king people to use other transit other go to hayward or bay fair bart station if you are headed towards the city. this all stems from last night's fatal accident that happened just before 11:30. bart officials said a train headed for richmond hit a person on the tracks and at this point we don't know why that person was on the tracks or what he was doing at the time. bart will update us this morning. in terms of alternates, let's go over to elizabeth wenger in the traffic center. liz, where can people go to get to where they need to? >>> hayward is the end of the line for that bart track. so your best bet is probably to get to the hayward bart station or you can transfer if you are trying to get into san francisco. there is limited service right now from the bay fair stop. we have confirmed there is no shuttle bus service being offered right now. that the could change later on in the morning commute but again they are hoping to get this situation resolved by 6:30 this morning around su

and berkeley a high of 75 and union city.head inland temperatures even warmer with highs from about 78 in pittsburgh, 77 in pleasanton. the accuweather seven-day forecast, looking at the numbers, even maybe a degree or two warmer tomorrow. the official st. patrick's day on the calendar, cooler and breezy, 60s to the mid-70ss. more sunshine and the pest we can muster more soring on the 20th, thursday, a few extra clouds and the winds dicking up for thursday and friday. at this point looking pretty dry out there. abc7 news has another great weather resource for you to follow. following this live doppler 7hd on twitter for the latest bay area weather conditions rain or shine. it looks good out there. but kind of skipping over spring for the short term 678 we will get back to that with the wind and some cooler numbers next week. >> we skipped winter, too. >> kind of. >> thanks, lisa. next, a special surf report bright for some middle grade uncle go one,two,one,two,one [uncle]thistwo,one.cotch,okay? [niece]okay! [uncle]okay? [niec

near east bay warming up to fear 70 in oakland and union city about the same.tro valley low 10s. head inland, 74 pittsburgh and 75 livermore and walnut creek 74. the accuweather forecast, still a couple degrees warming on monday. here come the showers on tuesday. wednesday, as well. even some leftover rain on thursday. looks hockey we are dry on friday. here comes another system next weekend. so looking pretty good for spring so far. >> yeah. so is it going to be significant? >> we could see upwards of maybe three quarters an up. to maybe an in inch the north bay with the first system on tuesday and then the next system, yeah, could be more generous. >> all right. thank you, lisa. you know, spring is now officially here in the bay area. we want to thank you for sending us some beautiful weather photos. it is he's is he to share your pictures with the abc7 weather app. you can also e mill them to ureport at kgo-tv.com or post them to our facebook page. takes book.com/abc7 news. >>> up next, a group of bay area kids learns from a world chess master who is also ju

the district includes more than 300,000 people in fremont, newark, and union city. starting immediately you're not allowed to water your lawn on consecutive days. you can't refill swimming pools or use a hose to clean things. if you do, it has to have a shutoff nozzle. if you don't follow the rules you'll get a warning followed by a knock at your door. they could shut off your water and charge you with a misdemeanor if you don't comply. >>> uber made a big announcement this morning. all uber drivers will be insured when they're on the clock whether or not they have a passenger in the car. at the time uber said they were not responsible for damages because the driver department have a passenger in his car at the time of the accident. >>> happening today in daley city, a plan to ban e cigarettes and vendors. they will look into the ban. this will block the expansion of e-cigarette stores. they are scheduled to make that announcement at 11:30. >>> two years after the disappearance of a south bay teenager sierra lamar, the search continues on for her body. last year the

in union city, alan wang, abc7 news. >> tonight three men are in custody suspected of trying to gun down another group of people in richmond. it happened around 11:30 at the creditsent is park apartments -- at the creditsent is park apartments. they fired as many as 16 shots and no one was hit by the bullets. at least two cars were damaged as you can see. police served a warrant and found three weapons. they are eke whiching to see if those weapons were the ones used in the shooting. a tense town hall meeting in san francisco tonight. on one side the police chief explaining why a man armed with a taser was shot and killed. on the other, the dead man's friends and supporters who are outraged at the use of deadly force. cornell bernard is live in vernal heights with the story. cornell? >> a very heated meeting which lasted four hours tonight. we learned a man a who was shot by police did not have a gun. but he had a taser. he says when officers approached him he drew the weapon. the police chief was shouted down by an angry crowd who came to this town hall meeting to listen to details why

oakland and union city. inland spots will be warm, well above normal. 75 concord and 76 livermore. it is breezy and cooler for your friday. the weekend is going to be mild. not much change. chance of rain, middle of next week. carolyn, dan? >> thank you, sandhya. >> how about those munstangs? >> this is a great story. cal poly finished with 10 wins and 19 losses. not only did they figure out how to make the ncaa tournament, but they won again tonight. the cal poly basketball team thought they would have is a trip. they captured the big west tournament and tonight won a first four game. before they could think about a date with wichita state they had to deal with murray. he went off for 38 points. but he was a one man gang. meanwhile, 10 players scored for the munstangs. the most family muss alum, weird al. 81-69 and probably the first team with 59 years to win a tournament game and they will face wichita state. his son had surgery to remove a tumor from his neck. iowa was up one. he scored inside and hawk eyes down two. remember his dad was a great player? and sending the game to o

if you are driving hayward to union city and fremont, it is a nice drive, 85, 101, 17 and those freeways have a little roadwork but for the most partner not causing slow traffic in the area. let's go to steve. >>> we have clear skies, a little breezy in the hills, vacaville, gusts at 31 and 38 to 52 and the coolest is half- moon bay and it will be sunny and temperatures low 70s a few clouds up towards the sierra nevada but that is the only place they are favoring. 41 3-year-old carlos41 novato and it is a far cry for everything we saw. we saw 25, up in oakland hills overall, everything is going up and over a quiet pattern. 19 in chuckee. sacramento at 52 and 50s into lake county and a hoe hum pattern, sunny and a nice day, a cool morning and lots of sun today, breezy on the hills overall 60s and 70s. santa rosa gets 75 and that should say hello under that cloud. and the weekend looks nice and very quiet. >>> it may be forced to scale back the number of campers who visit because if they were making reservations they needed to put things on hold. the camp was evacuated during the rim fire.

this will affect customers of the alameda county water district serving fremont, newark and union citythe board approved the restrictions in a meeting last night to save water during the drought. so that means more than 300,000 people cannot water lawns or or landscapes on consecutive days, and watering will be allowed only one day a week in april and may and from next december through march. it will be allowed twice a week from june through september. violators will get warnings initially but after a third offense, they could face termination of water services, hefty fines or you could go to jail if you don't do what you're supposed to do. >> i know. with this dry weather, we knew this was coming. >>> interesting how it breaks down. it's not all across the bay area. everybody relies on different reservoirs and different water sources so that's why some people are having water restrictions and others aren't. around the bay area this weekend more sunshine and record heat. you have to get out and enjoy it anyway. low clouds and fog have surged back onshore today so yeah, looks like tempe

the benefit raised $8,000 in union city. abc7 news. >> it was a beautiful day throughout the bay area, but there is a change on the horizon. meteorologist frances dinglasan is in for leigh glaser. >> expect those changes mid-week. here's a look at the satellite radar image. this area of low pressure is going to bring us rain and showers tuesday and wednesday. high pressure over the pacific will mean another beautiful day tomorrow. so do enjoy that. but get ready for the rain. tuesday afternoon, we'll see some move into the bay area by 1:00, rain around san francisco. wednesday morning is when we'll see showers, even continuing into wednesday evening. now, this storm system is also going to bring snow to the sierra. so heads up there is a winter storm watch tuesday afternoon through thursday morning. try to avoid driving at that time. it could mean one last ski trip to the sierra this coming weekend. i'll have the complete accuweather shortly. >> on the peninsula police arrested a tree trimmer who is accused of peeping on a w

unclear how the windows shattered. >>> the tunnel and the city remained shut down as crews work to repair a water main. the 100 year pipe broke on the union square side of the tunnel shortly before noon today. happened not far from or crews are using a massive machine to carve out a tunnel for the city central subway project. public utility officials say they don't think that work is link to this break. >>> to work in two continuing coverage on the eastern side of the bay bridge. today crews gotten up close look at. safety concerns about the signature tower of the eastern span last spring and we showed you this area inside the tower last may when the cracks were found. today caltrans gave us a look at 600 feet of new welds that have replace the flawed ones. the agency says it will sandblast the interior and coat the metal with industrial rust resistant zinc paint. >> those welds are very good, they pass all the inspections and met the code were satisfied with the quality. >> caltrans as the last two major jobs installing concrete vendors to protect the bridge if about hits it and a 52 story elevator will provide maintenance access to the

car to get the word out to computers that trains are not running from this station, fremont or union city. commuters have been told to head to hayward bart or bay fair if you are going to san francisco. we spoke with one man headed to san bruno this morning who says he understands why the trains are shut down but it's still frustrated. >> it's going to affect me. i'm probably going to be half hour or hour late. it seems like as soon as the bart people got what they wanted, it was more accidents and more delays and stuff like that, which i don't understand. but what are you going to do? >> reporter: now, this is all because of an investigation into last night's fatal accident. bart officials say a train bound for richmond had a person on the tracks just before 11:30. investigators are not sure why they are there or what that person was doing on the tracks at the time. now, bart says investigators are expected to wrap up their work right around sunrise but that means there will be no bart service for the next half hour during a critical time for the commute. cate caugiran, kpix 5. >>> go to

lance corporal andrew silva of union city was struck and killed as he rode his motorcycle. alexander yong was acting drunk and belligerent. the driver refused to stop then allegedly struck silva. >>> police believe they have the kill that killed an 82-year-old woman, not far from the scene of the accident, visitation avenue and base shore, died thursday when she was hit by a crosswalk walking with the green light. police say they've been in contact with the stv's owners. >> just because it's a registered owner doesn't mean they have the one driving the vehicle, we're trying to pinpoint that through interviews. >> the vehicle was not reported stolen, they're going over the suv for fingerprints and any other evidence. >>> a peninsula man looking for a date ended with charges. a single phone call got him all hung up. you talk to the quick thinking woman he was after! >> reporter: gasia, that's right. she's a bartender, the man asked her for her phone number over the weekend and a half hour later, he was committing crimes. ashley cohen worked as a bartender in san mateo. early

. >> a memorial run was held in fremont today at the site of where a union city marine died. 23-year-old lance corporal silva was hit on his motorcycle. a memorial was created where he was struck. [chanting] >> today friends and family ran in honor of andrew's memory and to raise money for his two-year-old son, noah. 23-year-old has been charged with murder in the case. >> still ahead at 5:00, remembering the missing. a moment of silence to honor the lives lost the deadly washington state mudslides. >> more about the missing malaysian airline flight 370. >> fine out what the taiwanese gove wireleare awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but for half the cost. the bring your own phone plan. that's wireless your way. unlimited* talk, text, and data on the best 4g lte networks starts at just $40 a month. net10 wireless. >>> recovery crews sifting through mountains of debris in the washington state mudslide paused for a mo

it effects 330,000 people who live in fremont, newark and union city. under the new restrictions people can only water their lawns once a week through the end of may. there is a ban on draining and refilling swimming pools as well and hosing down driveways and sidewalks. some people at last night's meeting do not think the restrictions go far enough. >> just cut off all watering of lawns. >> the new restrictions take effect immediately. anyone found in violation could face a fine up to $600. >>> cal tran says it has made the necessary repairs to the new eastern span of the bay bridge. we showed you some of the cracks in the welds inside the bridge tower last may. >> they met the call. >> cal tran says it will now sandblast the inside of the tower and cover the metal with rust resistant paint. the other finishing touches include adding protective concrete fenders to limit damage if a ship runs into the bridge and installing a 52 story elevator so maintenance crews can get all the way to the top of the gnarr. >>> virgin american airlines shutting down ser

right now, the south hayward bart stations closed and there is a shuttle service between union city andall of the station south of hayward are closed. hopefully, this trend will hold shortly it will have the latest on the investigatiohere is a live looke san mattel bridge. we will watch whatoes at first spooul tte le? ok. hoy bunches oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mm! it's thoats. honey. yeah. hoy bunches oats. is ia grt cereal. >> a fatal accident on the bart tracks. and the south hayward bart station is closed around 11-30 last night, a train heading for richmond hit a person on the tracks near the south hayward station. the south hayward station is closed until further notice. will now go to george rask and the traffic center and joininjoining us live now with more is kron 4's jackie sissel. jackie? >> this train is now being molts. this happens around 11:30 p.m.. the alameda county coroner was here and they just remote the body. they have now left the scene, no identification on the person that was struck and killed. bart's police officers are still out there on the

union city, 66. pittsburgh, 67. walnut creek. novato 62. that steady rain will hit you up to lake port. extended forecast. we are soggy saturday, dry on sunday. make the weekend plans accordingly. monday, another round of soaking rainfall, leftover showers tuesday. and perhaps a third round of soaking rainfall. next thursday. so go panning for gold now because the rivers are going to be flowing higher. go get your thousand dollars wart of gold before the river levels are up. >> there's gold in them there hills. >> i can totally see him out there in his hat and overalls and waders. >> speaking of gold, your ipad could start looking more like your regular computer. the latest features that could help you get more work done. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, san francisco for dozens of teenagers. they'll be heading to colle thanks to "students rising above." >> a very special night for dozens of teenagers. they will be heading to college. thanks to students rising above. you know the name. the program gives underprivileged teens an opportunity that their

police say early tuesday morning he hit a union city man with his mini cooper at fremont boulevard and decoto road in fremont. the victim was a marine just back from afghanistan. >>> happening today in san francisco, muni officials have just passed a major plan that will overhaul the aging transit system. the goal is to make it faster and more reliable something it hasn't done in 30 years. that will include adding new routes an eliminating others. the $44 million plan has been in the works since 2008. >>> the frantic search continues in washington for any survivors of the devastating mud slide. crews are facing new challenges in the rescue efforts today. and think twice before texting behind the wheel or you could be part of this bay area billboard campaign. >> it is a view from oakland just for you. good afternoon, everyone. it's our live kpix weather camera looking at the cloud cover tracking the raindrops and when you will experience them as the news continues on kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, worse for search and rescue crews. >>> new details on the washington mud slide. heavy rain and g

saratoga and union city and richmond 52. belmont at 53.ratures are anywhere from one to 15 degrees cooler than yesterday. you may node a heavier coat this morning. >> a better way to say what is not happening: it is not bouncing around as we had yesterday. we will have total sunshine, and it will be warm without the wind but the records this weekend and next woke we will cool it down and bring if a slight chance of light rain. tonight is cool with a few low clouds along the coast and 48 at half moon bay and 51 at san francisco. 52 at oakland. everyone else is in the mid-to-upper 40's. area of low pressure weakening and pulling arm and high pressure is taking control and the pressure gradient is relaxing and with the ridge expanding we will have the weak offshore blow and total sunshine. this is what happened to the temperatures: seven-day forecast is the same tomorrow. then in the low-to-mid 80's away from the coast and transition day on st. patrick's day monday as the freeze develops and cooler and almost wet on tuesday into wednesday. th