>>> in vacaville this morning. police investigate an explosion at a mans house as he picked up a newspaper. >>> uncertainty in san pablo. a state of emergency has been declared as a hillside continues to crumble and threaten homes. >>> barry bonds' perjury trial enters this week. it's all ahead on the ktvu morning news. >>> good morning, thank you for waking up with us i'm pam cook it's monday, march 28th. pretty wild weekend weather wise. it seems like it's clearing up. >> this week will be much quiter. we did have lingering rain over the weekend. there is still some residual clouds around. fair and warmer. a little difference in the morning low. take a look at the next couple of days here. here is sal. >>> steve, right now traffic on highway 4 looks good with no major problems there. also the morning commute looks good if you are driving on the frays here in oakland. let's go back to the desk. >>> thank you, sal. topping our news this morning a shocking crime that is getting national attention. police in vacavill

reporting live in vacaville kraig debro. >>> time now 5:35. oakland police still searching for a gunman after an overnight shooting. it happened shortly after midnight. the victim drove himself to the hospital. now he's listed in stable condition. >>> san francisco police still looking for whoever shot a man to death near a south of market nightclub. police identified the victim as 23-year-old joshua mcclain of richmond. police found him inside of a car yesterday morning. friends told police mcclain had been shot about two miles away in a parking lot at sixth and jesse street. they tried to drive him to the hospital on their own. another man was injured in that shooting but is expected to survive. >>> the confessed killer of oakland journalist chauncey bailey is set to resume his testimony. bey the owner of the former your black muslim bakery is accused of ordering bailey's murder because the journalist was working on a story that was critical of the bakery. >>> this morning jurors in san mateo county will begin a fourth day of deliberations.

vacaville warned 40 homes in the area.t to pick up anything that might be suspicious. and they had a lot of help searching for more explosives, as well. >> we have on the scene right now, we have the travis air force bomb squad. the alcohol, tobacco and firearms folks are here, as well. we have some bomb-sniffing dogs and some x-ray apparatus. they are checking the neighborhood for any other devices. >> no other suspicious items were found, and the neighbors were eventually allowed to return home. there are no suspects. >>> today will feature potentially important testimony in the perjury trial of former giants slugger barry bonds. his ex-mistress is examined to talk about bonds's comments on steroids and how his body changed. let's go to sharon chin. she's in san francisco with a preview of today's testimony. sharon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, sydnie. kimberly bell is expected to take the stand today in what could be sensational testimony. bell is expected to tell the jury that bonds told her he was using st

that explosive device went off at cashel circle in the browns valley area of vacaville. john alston is there live with the latest. i understand the fbi is now involved. >> reporter: the fbi is involved, number of federal and state agencies. at 3:15 this afternoon, authorities escorting neighbors back into their homes. several dozen homes were evacuated. a few are still offlimits. those neighbors are still not allowed back in the neighborhood has been flooded with local police and bomb squads from the atf and travis air force base. at 10:20 this morning, an elderly man walked down his driveway to pick up the sunday paper. there was a bomb wrapped inside. when he grabbed it, it blew up. the neighbors came out and found the man bloodied and lying on his lawn. authorities say his injuries are not life-threatening. >> he was waiting for us to arrive. >> was there a typical sunday morning paper? >> we don't know. his newspaper was on his coffee table so wasn't necessarily his newspaper but a newspaper there, or could have been a package. >> i was in the backyard playing basket

vacaville police evacuated more than 40 homes in the area.spapers or anything else that might be suspicious. they had plenty of help, too, in searching for more possible explosives. >> we have on the scene right now -- we have the travis air force bomb squad. the alcohol, tobacco and firearms folks are here, as well. we have some bomb-sniffing dogs and some x-ray apparatus. they are checking the neighborhood for any other devices. >> that elderly gentleman actually allegedly picked up his neighbor's newspaper. no other suspicious items were found. and the neighbors were eventually allowed to return home. no suspects right now. >>> potentially damaging and embarrassing testimony today in the barry bonds perjury trial. the former slugger's ex- mistress will be taking the stand for the prosecution. let's go to sharon chin in san francisco with a preview. >> reporter: good morning. kimberly bell is expected to take the stand today. we could be seeing some potentially sensational testimony from her this morning. bell is expected to tell the jury t

ktvu kraig debro joins us now from vacaville. tell us what happened. >> reporter: i just spoke to the city of vacaville information officer. i learned new information about this case. the newspaper might not have belonged to the man that was injured. we are on the 900 block of ashville. investigators will circle things or place plaquers near pieces of evidence. over on the front yard there is a hole in the ground where the explosion happened yesterday. according to people that lived on the street the explosion might have killed a smaller person. this happened at 10:20 yesterday morning when a man went out to pick up a newspaper. now the newspaper he picked up was in the yard next door to where he lives. so it's not clear if he was picking up his newspaper. shortly after he picked it up there was an explosion according to witnesses at the scene. some of the mans fingers might have been blown off. the atn the bomb squad and travis air force base investigating. they evacuated a number of homes. once they found out there were no expl

vacaville police say someone planted a bomb in the man's paper. debra villalon talked with worried neighbors who were forced to evacuate. >> reporter: news chopper 2 was overhead as investigators swarmed vacaville looking for more explosives like the one that injured a resident this morning. >> blew off some of his fingers and hit his leg. he looked conscious but he was hurt. >> reporter: neighbors thought the boom they heard was a gunshot. as they evacuated, rumors flew that it was a pipe bomb or an acid bomb inside a soda bottle. none of that confirmed by authorities. >> we are not sure what it was at this point. >> how was it disguised? >> it was wrapped in a newspaper. >>> federal atf agents used x- ray, other front yards were searched. and an automated warning message went to other residents warning them about packages outside. >> we can only be cautious. we have to have an abundance of caution. >> reporter: with nothing else found, neighbors were allowed home. investigators concluding this was an isolated incident. and because authorities ca

the injuries and investigation after the bizarre attack in vacaville. >>> cleaning up in capitola. why residents say it never should have happened. flash flooding. >>> facebook. some saying it is bad for teenagers. >>> a man in his 80s is hospitalized after a bomb hidden in his morning newspaper explodes. it happened in vacaville about 10:00 a.m. this morning. it happened in the north brown valley area. don knapp has more on the story. >> about 10:30 a.m. this morning we heard a big noise. at first i thought it was one of the construction trucks that comes by this road frequently. >> reporter: david wheeler said the explosion rocked houses several blocks away from the cul-de-sac where it went off this morning. >> the explosion was really big. it wasn't a fire cracker. it was a bomb. >> enough to rattle dishes in. >> it rattled our house. >> wheeler says the boy came to his door and told him a man had been injured as he picked up his morning paper in front of his home. people then went door-to-door warning others not to pick up newspapers. the as wet unidentified man reportedly lost

and orange showing up around much of the bay area as some heavier amounts of rainfall falling from vacaville, fairfield, concord t danville. a strong line in petaluma and towards santa rosa. now, we have seen thunderstorms embedded in some of these cells so you can bet we're see heavy downpours, probably hail showing up in sports. also heavy rain in walnut creek, danville, pleasanton. some strong weather around the bay area and strong gusty winds continuing even toward the peninsula. another radar shows what's happening in the south bay. they are also being pounded by some heavy amounts of rainfall. check that system out. just south of half moon bay, this is part of a squall line that was pushing through. this is part of a system that produced some of the like strikes outside so we're watching this part very, very closely. you could see some more lightning strikes along this boundary stretching into hayward and this is sliding south and east and fremont it's coming your way. sunnyvale and san jose has the storms coming your way within the next 30 to 60 minutes. outside, a live picture, gray

in vacaville, kron 4 news. >>vicki: day more than 165,000 pg&e customers in california dealt with power outages. about of 2000 in marin, sonoma and monterey counties. crews did not determine the cause of the outage, though they did hit the power back on for just about all the customers. still little kron 4 news, republicans criticized the president over his actions on libya. a nuclear power plant in japan continues to deteriorate as another quick hits. if radiation is found in rainwater cash in the east coast. britney spears fans line up to see the pop star performer. we show you what design flavors: the cake for the royal wedding. hey marcel, watch this! hey marcel, watch this! [ buzzer sounds ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ hey marcel, watch this! yeah, marcel! -marcel! -hey marcel! are you listening to me? marcel! [ male announcer ] don't miss a second of ncaa march madness with my multiview, only from at&t u-verse. just $29 a month for the first 6 months. dvr included. in the network there are no hard choices.

. >> eric: federal agents are looking for a bomber after an explosion injured a vacaville man. >>> i'm amy hollyfield live in san pablo where officials are hoping they can stop a hill from sliding. the story is coming up. >> we have some good news from the weather front. good weather on the way and 80 degree temperatures. >> i'm sue hall in for frances. so far the monday commute is off to a good start. if you are heading over to tahoe chains are required but roads are open. we'll have all details coming up. >> eric: on monday morning, all back to work and back to school. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. as early this morning, barry bonds could be facing embarrassing testimony. terry mcsweeney has the latest. >> reporter: kimberly bell is bonds' former mistress, at least one of them. she talked with bonds about steroids use and she saw the changes including testicles getting smaller. it could prove to be an embarrassing witness and she noticed a drop-off in his sexual performance and giants clubhouse manager talking about how bonds needed a larger baseball cap

and heavy downpours and some of them contain hail in the san bruno area as well as walnut creek, vacavilleairfield. now just light rain showers but right there a moderate cell over the bay bridge moving toward the eastern span. moderate downpours around san rafael. to the south around the santa clara valley you have light rain in between san jose and gilroy along highway 101, i have done the math, come up with tomorrow's total it'll be day 12 of rainfall, the watches and advisories you need to know about we have a long list. >> all right. thank you. a secretly recorded conversation took center stage at the barry bonds trial. in it bond's personal trainer talks about injecting bonds ; enough to prove is he guilty about lying? listen for yourself. robert lyles. >> reporter: prosecutors waited until today to play for jurors an eight year old recording between this man, bond's boyhood friend and his former trainer greg anderson. >> i never -- i never -- [inaudible] i learned that when i first started doing this 15 years ago. >> reporter: does it paint a picture of guilt in. >> it doesn't stand

it happened in vacaville just after 10:00 a.m. this morning. don knapp reports police spent hours combing the neighborhood to make sure there were no other bombs. >> about 10:30 a.m. this morning we heard a big noise. at first i thought it was one of the construction trucks that come down this road frequently. >> reporter: rocking hundreds several blocks away from the cul-de-sac where it went off this morning. >> the explosion was really big. it wasn't a fire cracker. of it a bomb. >> enough to rattle dishes kind of thing? >> it rattled our house. my son's bedroom. it shook several times. >> reporter: a boy came to his door and told him a man had been injured by a bomb as he picked up his morning paper from the area in front of his home. people then went door-to-door warning others not to pick up newspapers. the as yet unidentified man reportedly lost fingers and had injuries to his leg but is expected to survive. he was air lifted to a hospital from a nearby park. police evacuated homes in the cul-de-sac and began looking for more bombs. >> ta

what we're learning about an explosive device found hidden in a newspaper in vacaville. >>> i gained 70 pounds during my pregnancy. i was eating about 6500 calories a day. >> the device promises to help you lose weight. why some doctors are skeptical about the slimming powers of this capsule. >>> and talk about a wrong turn. how this dump truck ended up in richardson bay. ,,,,,,,,,,,, tiburon boulevard, and wound up in richardson bay. you can see tire marks on the road where the truck driver apparently >>> chopper 5 was in tiburon today after a dump truck wound up in richardson bay off the boulevard. you can see tire marks in the road where the truck driver apparently tried to stop. the fire chief says the driver was taken to the hospital with a bump on his head. booms were put in the water in case of a fuel spill. >>> here's another look from a cbs 5 viewer. he was riding on the bike path when he saw the accident and snapped this photo of the truck in the bay. >>> the search is on for whoever left an explosive device hidden in a newspaper in vacaville. an elderly man was seriously i

. >>> this morning, a vacaville man is recovering from serious injuries suffered when a bomb that was apparently hidden in his newspaper went off. this happened outside his home in the north browns valley area of vacaville about 10207 yesterday morning. -- about 10:30 yesterday morning. the explosion rocked the neighborhood. it happened when the man in his 80s picked up his newspaper. police evacuated more than 40 homes in the area and warned people not to pick up newspapers or anything else that might be suspicious. they had plenty of help in searching for more possible explosives. >> we have on scene right now the travis air force bomb squad, the alcohol, tobacco and firearms folks are here, as well. we have some bomb-sniffing dogs and x-ray apparatus. they are checking the neighborhood for any other devices. >> no other suspicious items were found and the neighbors were allowed to return home eventually. so far there are no suspects. >>> there could be crucial testimony today in the perjury trifle former giants slugger barry bonds. >> his ex-girlfriend will tell jurors what bonds s

the man is expected to survive, in vacaville dahlin kron 4 news. >> darya >> mark: libya was targeted by air strikes. they could hear the bombing in the morning but there was no fighting reported in the streets or in a sense of the rebel forces. 60 mi. of the city as you see some of the video of the coalition forces as a bomb targets. turkish prime minister says turkey will take over the running of the airport in the city of and gauzy, they will facilitate humanitarian aid. president barack obama taking to the airways to explain the military mission and libya just over a week after ordering forces to protect the forces from gaddafi's onslaught. he will stress nato and arab allies are taking over the lead and will bear the burden of the protection. u.s. forces will continue to play a role which could last for months. you to watch it on kron 4 at 4:30 p.m. >> darya: 6:00 a.m., we will be back in a couple of minutes todayto get you going this monday morning. clear skies and we will have a good day today. a lot of sunshine and it keeps getting warmer and warmer until thursday we will be r

scattered showers is across the north bay, and it's heading toward vacaville.ntains where the chp is putting up heavy rain advisories, pretty healthy cells moving through the area. biggest push still to the north and moving down to ukiah. upper 40s, fairfield and los gatos, rest of us mild, in the low 50s. a lot to talk about. rainy, breezy today, isolated thunder, on-and-off showers with small hail and high mountain snows. stronger storms will move in sunday. here is today's temperatures, mid to upper 50s where the rain will hit first. rain will hit the monterey bay probably in the afternoon and into the evening hours with low to mid-50s as you head inland. on-and-off showers tonight. mid to upper 60s cloverdale and santa rosa the cool spots. very powerful system coming our way with a lot of moisture and a lot of wind this afternoon. here we are at 7:00, the strongest of the storms moving through mendocino moving into the north bay toward the end of the morning commute, moving through the heart of the bay around lunch hour, moving out of the south bay by about

agents are searching for a suspect after a bomb exploded outside a vacaville home. an elderly man who has not been identified was severely injured when he went to pick up his sunday paper and the explosives detonated. they believe the bomb was wrapped inside the paper. neighbors say it sounded like a shotgun blast. the man is being treated at a trauma center in what police are calling serious injuries. residents were evacuated for nine hours while authorities searched for additional explosives but no other bombs were found. they are trying to figure out if the victim was specifically targeted. >> kristen: san francisco police are trying to determine a motive for a fatal shooting outside a nightclub. two men in richmond were shot around 2:00 a.m. at a parking lot on sixth street between mission and market streets. one man was left dead and one went to the hospital. at last word they have made no arrested in the case. >> eric: firefighters are investigating more than a dozen fires in contra costa county started by homeless squatters. they say the firefighters have bat

. >> eric: also in the news a vacaville neighborhood a-man is seriously hurt when a bomb goes off. >> and a santa cruz town of capitola declares a state of emergency after floodwaters sweep their homes and businesses for second time. >> live look from emeryville. your commute will be dry not just today but probably for the rest of the week. the possibility of 80 degree temperatures this week. >> i'm sue hall in for frances. overnight road work details coming up. >> eric: at the barry bonds trial. you want to stay tuned for information on that. i'm eric thomas. >> and i'm kristen sze. >> the latest on the hunt for a bomber that planted an explosive that severely injured a vacaville man. the bomb was found inside a newspaper inside a home. it happened yesterday morning in a neighborhood west of interest state 505. a man was severely injured when he went outside to pick up his paper and the bomb detonated. he was taken to the trauma center with serious injuries. the neighborhood was evacuated for about nine hours while local police and atf agents searched for more explosives. no other bo

authorities in vacaville are searching for someone planted a pipe bomb in a newspaper. it exploded as a man picked up in his driveway. >> reporter: this is where the man picked up his newspaper, this is where the bomb went off you can see the crater, it has since gotten bigger. investigators dug deeper to gather evidence. the victim was in his 60s-'70s and was airlifted. >> you think it is targeted? >> no idea. i'm sure the police department knows more than we do >> reporter: . the victim's hand was severely injured, bleeding from his light, head. authorities say the man is expected to survive. reporting live, kron4 news. >> justine: libyan rebel forces are closing in on what mark gaddafi's home town. it was targeted by international air strikes will up teach you, witnesses say they could hear the bombings in the morning. there was no fighting in the streets or signs of rebel forces. turkey's prime minister says his country will take over the running of the airport to help facilitate the transport of humanitarian aid. president obama will take to the air ways today to e

just moving into the hills, also to the southeast of vacaville.ld be winding down as we get after midnight. but the time the commute gets going tomorrow, the shower should be over. and going into the 3:00, notice the showers are over. i think because of what's happening right now the showers may stick around a little bit later. perhaps a few rain drops all the way up until about 6:00. mostly cloudy skies, the clouds disappear in the mid to late morning hours. up partly sunny day monday, with increasing high clouds for the afternoon as the next system moves in. snow tonight in the sierra. 11:00 p.m. tomorrow, the white shows amounts of about six to 12 in. with more than a foot for the highest elevations. all winter weather in 53 in effect. the snow levels pretty high. tomorrow morning mostly cloudy and media left over shot for the east bay and south bay. temperatures in the '50s and cooler in the north bay. mid to upper 60s with partly sunny skies all the way up to 63 for santa rosa and san rafael. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay, left

--the drains-- >> darya: authorities in vacaville are searching for whoever planted a pipe bomb inside of a newspaper. it exploded when a man picked up the newspaper his driveway. >> reporter: this is where the man picked up the newspaper and the bomb went off. it has gotten bigger because investigators dug deeper to gather evidence. the man was in his sixties he was airlifted to a hospital. his son and family came home from hospital sunday night, they didn't want to talk. >> i have no idea i'm sure the police department knows much more than we do. >> reporter: the victim's hand was severely injured and he was bleeding from his leg and head. the man is expected to survive. >> darya: coming up on not kron 4 morning news barry bonds testimony gets a very personal after mistress takes the stand. taking a live look at the james lick in san francisco. a bit of a slowdown on the bottom of your screen, in the background it is lit by the sunshine. [ ryan ] i got this new citi thankyou card and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points? yes i did. [ ryan ] points i

see healdsburg, santa rosa, vacaville, fairfield, san rafael, concord all getting light rainfall at the moment down to dublin as wechlt it is going to get heavier during the overnight hours. temperature readings generally in the low 50's from 50 to 52 in most locations. these are our highlights. rain late tonight and tomorrow morning. light rain on sunday so we are not going to see much dry weather this weekend but it will be dry and warmer next week. in fact quite a bit warmer. point out we have a high surf advisory in effect until midnight tonight. swell under the west northwest 13 to 15 feet. wave height are up to about 13 or 14 feet right now. there is the possibility of strong rip current and what we call sneaker waves so not a good ideaton to be hanging out along the coast line tonight. satellite radar composite image shows approaching next storm system that will bring us rainfall late tonight and early tomorrow into about midday tomorrow as a matter of fact that will be followed rather quickly by yet a second weekend storm which brings us light rain on sunday so be prepared for w

the crash involved five vehicles on vacaville road near livermore. the other drivers considered themselves lucky they weren't injured. >> car swerved in my lane. couldn't avoid it. i swerved off to the side of the road, and the car hit my left rear end. cops -- consequently i flipped and ended in the ditch. >> alan: investigators are looking into whether alcohol or drugs were factor in that crash. >>> and take a look at this. after a driver crashed his car into a fire hydrant in san francisco this morning. a fountain of water shot 60 feet into the air. police found the driver around the corner on howard street. he wasn't injured but police arrested him on suspicion of drunk driving. the control valve had been paved over so city crews had a tough time shutting the water off. >>> the state department is warning americans about traveling to another nation. and fear fighting is moving closer to the theol in -- the capitol, universities that have no purpose except to bring illegal immigrants into the united states, senator >> closed captioning brought to

we have on the scene right now in vacaville the travis airport bomb squad. the fire and tobacco folks are here as well. bomb sniffing dogs and apparatuses as well. >> reporter: rumors spread quickly that bombs made of two litter soda bottles full of acid. but that was corrected. >> we got reports of things that looked suspicious, but we have not located any devices at this point. another question about acid type bombs, it's not an acid type bomb. we don't know what type of device. >> reporter: police can't say whether the victim was targeted or whether it was a random act or what the motive may be. but they're confident there are no other devices. >>> capitola has declared an emergency. water several feet deep gushed from a broken pipe that rushed through stores. it left a huge mess. >> reporter: the sound of industrial vac couples replaces the sound of rushing water heard here idea when capitola's second flood in three days rushed through turning streets into rivers. the water came from an underground culvert at the bottom of this hole created when the pipe

santarosa, we did have a northerly breeze but north- northwest at vacaville. calm at fairfield, calm san francisco, west-northwest san jose. so that breeze is starting to kick in. 74 fairfield. 74 santa rosa. 76 san rafael and 67 san francisco. same for san jose. 70 in concord. 68 down in mountain view. any rain stays way to the north today, tomorrow and probably friday. temperatures will warm up. tomorrow i think we'll be in in line for record highs. monday and tuesday were warmer. we'll top it off on thursday, very warm conditions. there will be some mid-80s as long as we can get that north- northeast wind in. it is taking shape. mostly sunny. 60s for some. 82 st. helena, 80 santa rosa, 80 napa, sonoma and fairfield. low 80s, including brent wood. castro valley at 76. still some 80s, morgan hill to gilroy, cupertino, 78. fremont, 7. 76 san mateo and daly city, pacifica, os but palo alto at 78 -- 60s but pail loy alto at 78 -- palo alto at 70 degrees. it warmed up and then goes right back town. >> thank you, steve. >>> today, jerry brown is expected to announ

vacaville police evacuated the neighborhood and searched the area.sives were found and no suspects yet. >>> there are states of emergencies in two communities because of last week's storms. san pablo several homes damaged due to a hillside sliding. three homes are yellow-tagged with limited access there. the other emergency is in capitola on the santa cruz county coast. a number of mobile homes are yellow- or red-tagged and one is completely destroyed. an underground culvert failed during thursday's storm and again on saturday. both times the neighborhood was flooded. >>> traffic and weather coming right up. stay with us. ,, [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't getting enough whole grain. but actually, it's easier than you think, because general mills big g line of cereals is america's number one source of whole grain at breakfast. there's whole grain in every box... ♪ ...from chex... to cheerios... to lucky charms. so you can get the whole grain you want with the taste you love. get started on the whole grain you're missing with your favor

vacaville police evacuated more than 40 other residences in the area. they warned people not to pick up any newspapers or anything else that looked suspicious. the blast rocked the entire neighborhood. >> it wasn't a firecracker. it was a bomb. it rattled our house. my son's bedroom, it shook several times. >> it turns out the victim is in his 80s. he reportedly lost some fingers and had injuries to his legs. but he is expected to survive. investigators didn't find any other devices. they are not sure what the motive was. they say that it appears to be an isolated incident. but so far no suspects have been named. >>> it is a place that few people visit if they don't have to. but a first-rate hospital is something that even fewer of us could do without. ann is in walnut creek where one of the bay area's busiest hospitals is getting bigger and many say better. ann? >> reporter: dana, they have nearly doubled or more than doubled the size of john mere medical center with a $600,000 expansion project. they will run the final drills off their rooftop helicop

. >>> the condition of that 85- year-old vacaville man injured by a newspaper bomb appears to be improving. sunday morning's explosion nearly blue off one of his fingers and injured his arm and leg. we are learning his condition has been upgraded from critical to serious. still no word of a suspect in that case. >>> amtrak service should be back to normal this morning that is after train service came to a halt because of a bomb scare. a threat came in yesterday afternoon saying a bomb would go off on a bakersfield bound train between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m.. police stopped that train in oakland. they searched the train with bomb detecting dogs but found nothing. service was delayed for two hours. >>> there is little chance that california voters will see a special election. governor brown posted a statement honks you tube saying -- posted a statement on you tube saying he could not approve it. the governor and legislature has already enacted $11 billion in spending cuts but it's still unclear what they will do now to close the budget deficit. >>> there is concern in san francisco this morning a

tonight, vacaville police are not sure whether the man wounded by a newspaper bomb was targeted or whether it was just a random act. several newspapers were left on driveways in a neighborhood on sunday. a man in his 80s picked up a paper that blew up. it was on another man's property. that homeowner tells our sister station in sacramento that investigators say the newspaper was older and contained a battery pack and a switch. >> this is the first time anything like this has happened in our town. obviously, residents are justified in their concern. >> so far, no suspects have been named. the victim nearly lost a finger. he came out of surgery this afternoon and is in serious condition. >>> union square this morning, an electrical problem underground sent a manhole cover sailing into the air. luckily no one was hurt. pg&e says they are in the process of replacing the covers. >>> you have heard the joke about the bridge for sale. there is an island that's also on the market here in the bay area. it's red rock island. they are asking $22 million for the island. elizabeth cook shows us what yo

in vacaville, kron 4 news. still >>vicki: ahead, republicans criticized the president over his actions of libya. if a nuclear power plant in japan continues to deteriorate as another quake hits. if radiation found in rain water on the east coast. britney spears fans lined up to see the pop star perform. we show you what design and flavors will adorn the cake for the royal wedding. [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >>craig: it's now the weeks since the u.s. began firing missiles over libya to enforce united nations appro

----en vacaville, la persona herida por una bomba casera escondida dentro de un peridico, se recuperae varias cirugias... take vo ---- su condicin es seria, pero estable... ---- la policia no ha divulgado su nombre, pero dicen que el explosivo estaba dentro del peridico del domingo que dejaron frente a la casa de la victima. ---- mientras tanto, las autoridades buscan al responsable, adems tratan de determinar si la persona herida era, efectivamente, el blanco... take vo esta semana la corte suprema del pas decidir si millones de mujeres en el pas pueden demandar a wal-mart de manera colectiva. ---la demanda empez hace 10 aÑos con una empleada de wal-mart en concord quien se quej de discriminacin en ascensos , pero ahora incluye ms de un milln de mujeres.. la corte suprema ahora debe decidir si permite la demanda colectiva, o si se deben manejar de manera individual.. si la corte falla a favor de las mujeres, sera la demanda colectiva ms grande en la historia con miles de millones de dlares en juego.. se espera que la decisin se defina en el verano. take sot full - open cu -- nos vamo

shower activity as to make your way along the 80, up to vacaville, we see rains out there as well.urther along the east bay, fairly dry, as we move south it has been fairly dry as well. out here in the santa cruz mountains, we are seeing some rain out there but again really light. if we take some samples of a of the rainfall rates, 700 of an inch.0.07 of a. the wind is coming along with this we are dealing with strong winds still, half moon bay 25 mi. an hour, oakland 26, still dealing with breezy conditions out there. know that as you head out. we are tracking well north and we are getting the edges of a cold front moving through. not a lot to it it really broke apart in the early morning hours. we will have scattered showers for the rest of the day. quite a bit of water falling in the sierra, as we zoom into lake tahoe it turns into is now appeared along 80. 5,000 ft. we have our winter storm warning in effect for in and around lake tahoe. in terms of temperatures 50 degrees and san rafael, 56 francisco, 51 in san jose, nice and warm mild start for this morning. this afternoon up

there are light showers towards vacaville. there are light showers and very just drizzley with light showers here for the rest of the night. we're not expecting it to become wide spread. sierra nevada a mix of rain and snow. south lake tahoe reporting rain an hour or two ago now switched over to snow showers. continue to see showers heading into tomorrow as well. temperatures now into 50s and 60s showers and dry mild friday. rain returns saturday afternoon and spreading across the rest of the bay area saturday night into sunday. here is the radar. so... this is the storm. it fell apart most of the energy went well north of us. and there is some areas over two inches of rain with this system. now behind this front there is an area of low pressure we're watching ais going to bring us showers 11:00 some around the east bay and south bay z really tomorrow morning couple of showers for the commute around the north bay. and this continues into early part of the afternoon. so we'll keep umbrellas around one more day then will be gett

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we'll head up to vacaville, this one just coming in, as well.pproaching leisuretown road we have an accident there on the off-ramp. and we are not seeing any delay to the main lines of the freeway there on westbound 80. outside here's live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, so far no metering lights and typically around the time they turn them on between now and 6:30 but for right now, there is no delay as you approach the metering lights heading into san francisco. 880 through oakland past the coliseum looks good but as we have been talking about all morning, this traffic alert still in effect until 9:00 this morning after a big rig accident and diesel few spill. one lane only is getting by on the major connector ramp from southbound 880 to southbound 238. and again they are telling us 9:00 when they will likely be able to get all lanes open so in the meantime, we are not seeing any huge delays yet. but as the morning commute gets under way we likely will so consider lewelling and then take hesperian to get back upon 238 there. and mass transit

we have new information about the newspaper bomb in vacaville. what federal investigators are saying now about this very disturbing incident. >>> how a bay area man finally won his freedom after spending more than 20 years behind bars. >>> good morning. westbound san mateo bridge traffic looking pretty good getting up to the peninsula. tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. >>> your time now 5:44. syria state television is saying the capita has just resigned. that country has seen the worst unrest they've had in decades. now the resignation of the contact latest concession by that government aimed at appeasing more than a week of mass protests taking place in syria. the president of syria is expected to address his nation within the next 24 hours. he is lifting the emergency law and is moving to some other very harsh restrictions on civil liberties as well as freedoms. this is breaking news coming in now from syria. more details on that ass information's available. >>> time now 5:45. bring you up to date on some of the other top

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we will head on over toward the vacaville area. east bay is quieting down a bit.t is a different story and another bit of moisture pushing in watsonville and it could possibly move up the san jose area. this activity is starting to wind down this evening. we may keep a few of these light showers in our accu-weather forecast for the monday morning commute. and after that it looks like once the front moves through overnight, we will look for the clearing by tomorrow afternoon. through the rest of the workweek, we will go with off and on rain showers with an inactive workweek weather wise. this is the cold front right here. quite a bit of energy the actual frontal band. that's why we are seeing the moderate rain and lightning strikes. this will move off to the east. and we will be on the backside by tomorrow afternoon. that's when we will see the clearing. let's put this map into motion. as we head through the next couple hours, things just start to fall apart a bit as the front moves through. we will pull the moisture out and look for partly sunny conditions through

a hidden pipe bomb went off when the man in his 80s packed up the sunday paper outside his vacaville home sunday morning. 40 home were evacuated in the area and police are warning people not to pick up newspapers or anything else that might be suspicious. and the victim had reportedly lost fingers and injuries to his leg but is expected to survive. the blast that injured him rocked the entire neighborhood. >> the explosion was really big. it wasn't a firecracker. it was a bomb. >> it rattled our house. my son's bedroom, it shook several times. >> police searched the area, did not find any other explosives. they are searching for suspects. and have no motive at this time. >>> a state of emergency has been declared in san palo where homes are slipping on a rain- soaked hillside. several houses on hill crest and wimen have suffered damage as a result of land giving way. three homes have been yellow- tagged limiting access but city inspectors say while the soil is still moving those homes are not showing any new signs of cracking. >>> capitola has declared a state of emergency also. afte

. >> a vacaville man is seriously hurt when a bomb goes off on hidden inside a newspaper. good evening, everyone. the explosion set off a massive law enforcement investigation with federal agents searching for clues and more explosives. he is outside the scene where neighbors were finally allowed back into their homes a few hours ago john? >> the man is in stable condition. at this point there are no suspects and authorities believe this attack was random. and they picked up the newspaper on this grass. it was made slightly larger by authoritys who were digging around it trying to gather evidence in this case. >> my daughter was upstairs and she heard a -- she said the house shook. >> she lives right across the street from the blast site. she is back home after being evacuated for more than nine hours while local police and federal agents hunted for parts of the bomb. it injured her elderly neighbor who picked up a newspaper in the grass next to the driveway. >> my daughter heard him screaming, help, help. his wife came running out and he told her to run back into the hous

they will land at travis air force base outside of vacaville. "today in the bay's" christie smith is live at trafs this morning with more on the families and how they will be taken care of and how they are getting in and out of there and the whole deal. >> reporter: good morning to you, brent. i just spoke to a military official here this morning and she tells me the first plane should be arriving as we speak carrying 330 people. these are families of american service members from japan. a long flight, 13 hours, they are going to be tired. there are a lot of people here waiting for them. there are also 24 pets on this flight. so quite a long flight here. and a lot of these families we are told on the first flight, the family members have ties to the navy. and there are people here from the navy to help them out with things like lodging, medical things, et cetera. they may have left japan with none of their medical prescriptions, so they will get help here. they will be here for two to three hours to help with arrangements. the next top is gettin

. >>> checking other headlines around the bay area, vacaville police are not sure whether the man wounded by a newspaper bomb yesterday was targeted or whether it was a random attack. the paper was actually on another man's property. that homeowner tells our sister station in sacramento that investigators say the newspaper was older and contained a battery pack and switch. no suspects have been named. the victim who is in his 80s nearly lost a finger. he is in the hospital in serious condition. >>> a former peninsula high school student has been found guilty of trying to kill his teachers for giving him bad grades. 18-year-old alexander ushop set off two pipe bombs in 2009 and was carrying more bombs, a sword, and a chain saw when he was arrested. the jury is still deliberating additional charges and then will decide whether he was sane while committing the crimes. >>> and in santa clara today construction began for what the city hopes will be the new home of the 49ers. workers began installing fire hydrants and started environmental testing on the sites next to the great american theme p

the cold front literally coming through right now stretching down from vacaville, fairfield into concord and livermore and fremont. pockets the moderate to heavier rainfall into pleasant hill and concord. you see the cell moving by now and we have seen some strong gusty winds with that. we have gusts over 30 miles per hour, even one over 50 miles per hour. so you get the idea the cold front moving by. the heaviest amounts of rainfall probably this morning. then showers into the middle of the morning. flash flood watches in the coastal sections and the mountains. this rain is coming down in a hurry and running right down into the creeks and the streams as the ground just is totally saturated so we could see rapid rise as long some of the creeks, as well. here's your cold front diving through the bay area. once we get past this main front, behind that, guess what, we have more scattered showers so we're not done today. be prepared for rain on and off throughout the day and the possibility of thunderstorms. let's check gianna and traffic. >> be prepared for a busy commute. live to the bay b

the strongest still appears to be this line making its way into fairfield and concord and vacaville,that in mind, we have more scattered showers around the bay area this afternoon and the possibility of some isolated thunderstorms. so that's how we are going to play it keeping temperatures down a bit. plan on 50s and gusty winds and looks like tonight showers likely to continue not much of a break between storm systems and then here comes the next one. this is the one pouring through the bay area for today. and that you see moisture off the coastline behind it. that will continue to sweep onshore to keep things going. windy conditions around the bay area today. the stronger storm system moving in for tomorrow could bring some very impressive rain totals. computer models as we take you into the afternoon, more scattered showers, up pulses rolling in off the pacific keeping things going and keeping them wet and catching a brief break but not much. here comes the next storm hot on its heels and that's going to bring with it heavy rainfall toward tomorrow morning. get this folks, maybe a

. >>> vacaville police are warning residents to be aware of suspicious packages. this as the investigation into a bomb found in a newspaper continues. now, you're looking at the hole left in the ground left on cashel court by a bomb that blew up yesterday morning. the paper was heavy and the neighbor said it blew up. the area was evacuated. nothing was found. residents are worried. >> why are you nervous because of the newspaper thing? >> it's something that we do daily, pick up newspapers our driveways. we send our dogs out to pick up our newspapers. so, you know, think about what could have happened if something with to explode. >> federal agents are trying to determine if the victim was targeted and what kind of explosive device was used. the victim was seriously injured but wounds not considered light threatening. >>> california is in the bottom third of states when it comes to people having enough food to eat. the food and research and action center in washington, d.c. is a nonprofit that works to end hunger. they analyzed numbers from gallup that asked peopl

. >>> federal investigators are now helping vacaville police try to determine who planted an explosive device in a sunday newspaper. it went off yesterday when a man picked up the newspaper. the explosion left a crater in the front lawn of his home on castle circle. investigators are looking for a motive and have not yet determined if the victim was the intended target. neighbors are worried the bomber could strike again. >> police are still doing their investigation. you know, i can't say that this gentleman was targeted, but at the same time we can't say that it was random either. >> was it random, was it targeted? it makes us even that much more nervous. >> authorities have not yet released information about the victim's identity or his condition. >>> condolences are coming in tonight for marin county supervisor charles mclasher who died yesterday of an apparent heart attack. he was on a ski trip when he died. he had served to the marin county board of supervisors since 2005. he was 49 years old. >>> san francisco muni riders are calling for changes to improve the quality of their c

heading into the north bay like you said, sprinkles and overnight showers near vacaville and sprinkles near wine country. westbound 880 near the cartinas bridge, a smooth drive to the bay bridge toll plaza. there's still smaller puddles near the toll plaza, so keep that in mind. that's the same for the off-ramps and on-ramps. 880 is moving smoothly this morning. there was a lot of activity near 29th this morning, but all lanes are cleared. the 29th on-ramp might be affected this morning. the nimitz freeway itself is all clear. >>> a true show stopper. apple's steve jobs shocks the tech move in a world that surprised apple. >>> plus want the ipad2? we'll tell you where you can trade in your original. >>> plus, can't get enough sleep? we have simple ideas to help put you to sleep and to help stay asleep. >>> well, what's the only thing that can overshadow apple's debut of the apple's ipad2 debut? steve jobs was energized by the newest gadget. there's an unexpected part to this story. "today in the east bay's skts" scott budman was there with the up expected news. >> reporter: what was ex

the vacaville man is recovering after surgery. investigators say the bomb exploded when the 80-year-old picked up his sunday paper yesterday morning. it's unclear whether he was targeteded or a random victim of a dangerous prank. neighbors tell us they can't make any sense of what happened. >> nice, quiet neighbors. he was an older gentleman. he just keeps his lawn mowed and minds his own business. >> the victim is recovering at uc-davis medicine condition. serious but stable. >>> tonight jurors in the barry bonds perjury trial are digesting the shocking and descriptive testimony given by the slugger's longtime mistress. taken the stand for much of the day, bell told how bonds attributed a 1999 injury to steroids. she also said how he threatened to cut out her breast implanteds and burn down the arizona home he bought for her. further testimony included details of his shrinking testicles, back acne and other symptoms consistent with steroid use. the defense attorney accused bell of being vulgar. giants equipment manager mike murph