at the animal place rescue ranch in vacaville in. >> there are probably 1,000% healthier than when they arrived. >> the hens received medical attention and a diet of a high protein, high calcium feed since arriving. >> they lost their body wait and they are happy now. and they are cooing and dusting and scratching and sunbathing. getting back to good health has not been easy. >> it has been absolutely overwhelming. it has been sun up to sundown, every single day, with an army of staff and volunteers. >> reporter: not only physically, but financially draining as well. the sanctuary goes through 2,000 pounds, or $400 worth of feed per day. the group is looking for any help from the public. either through financial donations, or adoption p. >> we want to have a backyard. you need to have a coop to protect them from predators. and then access to the ground. >> reporter: in vacaville, melissa cabrel for cbs 5. >>> a bay area lawmaker lashes out at conservative talk show host rush limbaugh. >> shame on you for calling the women of this country shuts and prostitutes. >> what she is asking wome

also, in the vacaville area eastbound 80 at alamo heads-up, there was a sign that came down on the freewayrs hit it as well as a big rig, everything on the shoulder but it may be a blocking lanes later when they take the big rig try to get it cleared off the side of the freeway. that's eastbound 80 vacaville. -- live shot of the oakland phaeutz fatal accident northbound 80 to eastbound 80 all lanes cleared there wasn't a delay westbound traffic heading towards the bay bridge also looking good much easier drive this morning this is 280 and 17 interchange in san jose headlights northbound 280 highway 17 across your screen. >>> 4:55. graphic anti-smoking images of rotting teeth and diseased lungs won't be appearing on cigarette packs. a judge has thrown out a mandate requiring tobacco companies to place anti-smoking images like these on their products. congress passed a law in 2009 ordering at deposit shun of the new regulations which were -- the adoption of the new regulations. that decision was challenged and a judge says the health warnings are a violation of free speech. the government is

we'll go to the waze traffic app to show you the commute right now on i-80 through vacaville in fact, slippery rain was reported 35 minutes ago. there's a crash eastbound near alamo. it is not causing slowing at this point. if it does it will show up on the waze traffic map. you can get it by going to abc7news.com. >>> our time is 5:54. >>> labor department just released last week's unemployment snapshot. flix applications for new benefits and four week average both fell to the lowest point in 40s. economists says that bodes well for the job outlook. >>> bank of america planning another fee hike after a customer revolt forced it to give up charging debit card users $60 a year the bank planning on charging monthly for checking accounts unless customers agree to bank online, get a bofa mortgage, credit card or maintain a certain balance. the bank is testing checking account fees of up to $300 a year in states including massachusetts, arizona and georgia. time warner charging for internet based on use . customers in texas can save $5 a month if they agree to a five gigabyte cap. those go

majority of the animals who did are now being cared for here, at the animal place rescue ranch in vacaville probably about 1,000% healthier than when they arrived. >> since arriving, the hens received medical attention and a diet of a high protein, high calcium feed. >> they had lost so much body weight and they are happy now. and they are cooing and walking around and scratching and dusting and sunbathing. >> reporter: but getting back to good health has not been easy. >> absolutely overwhelming. it has been sun up to sundown. every single day with an army of staff and volunteers. >> reporter: not only physicalcally, but financially draining as well. the sanctuary goes through 2,000 pounds, or $400 worth of feed per day. and the group is looking for any help from the public, either through financial donations or adoption. >> we want to have a backyard. you need to have a coop to protect them from predators and then access to the ground. >> reporter: in vacaville, melissa darrel for cbs 5. >>> i think i saw winter ends march 20. it first needs to arrive though. >> it is amazing. you can't c

they made a 99-mile journey to the state capitol and joined them at vacaville, where the students arep for the night. >> reporter: this will be the student's final stop at st. paul's united methodist children. it's been a long and tough trek for them, but their message of accessible education remains steadfast. it's' gorgeous saturday for a walk, but there is no casual stroll. these college statutes say it's a 99-mile journey for college justice. >> the university is being privatized and a lot of people having to drop out and take on two or three jobs and it's not right. >> reporter: one student carried the stars and stripes upside down to indicate the industry in distress and other carried liquids to keep his comrades hydrated. they will end their adventure with a mass demonstration on monday. halfway on their 99-mile journey and spirits are up, some are even studying along wait. >> i guess i'm trying to multitask and i think it's pointless to go on this march for education if we don't study because we're here for our rights to be educated. >> reporter: cal state student maggie hardy

we are still tracking some showers near vacaville.f in the santa cruz mountains is where we seem more wet weather. it is not impacting to many areas. for the most part of the showers should burn themselves out. here is where temperatures are at the moment. the winds are not really a big factor. flo-mid '60s but it depends on how much sunshine we get this afternoon. we will have a look at your 7 day around the bay coming up shortly. we have more rain and bound for tonight. we're also expecting thunderstorms will come friday. we will be right back. sixth loss didn't cover all ahead 11 and one of >>justine: as the low, bad weather is causing some are arriving flights to be delayed. the faa web site is showing flights leaving from laguardia, newark and reagan national are delayed because of what is happening as that of. the advice this morning is to check with your lawn before you travel. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick in san francisco. gulf >>george: we are continuing to track

right now you can see the action just north of vacaville.as the rainfall totals, they have been fairly impressive. there we go. coming up you can see the radar loop and ben lomond, nearly 10.5 inches of rain. san rafael 4.5. and san francisco 1.93. san jose, only picking up a few hundreds at just .080. a few hours. more cloud cover. we still have to keep the showers in the forecast. you can see yesterday's system moving out to the south but then another one approaching naf. it will -- this will be a factor into the evening hours. the forecast -- we have to keep a chan of -- keep a chance of showers. rainfall rates will be on the increase friday night and into saturday morning. forecast highs for this afternoon, upper 50s, low 6 -- low 60s. your five-day forecast with your weekend always in view, there is that rain cloud to reflerkt increasing -- reflect increasing rainfall. showers likely into saturday. we could potentially have snow levels about 2500 feet. that's how cool it will be and the possibility of a thunderstorm. there is a slight c

fairfield, vacaville, light all morning long.in for walnut creek along that stretch of 680 and your ride into alamo and this approaches danville. also seeing wet weather too. for san mateo. and tracking towards hayward and we will keep an eye on that. and also in the south bay and we are looking for light rain in the south bay there. the only other bit to mention is what is happening out in santa cruz and the half moon bay cell and the along the mountains right now and highway one. compared to yesterday. we are not seeing a whole lot out there. and it is not widespread as we finish our tour out there. future cast four. this will help identify how it will progress during the day. 9:00 a.m. not looking for a whole lot out there. and it is on the live radar. we will push the clog clock to 8:00 p.m. tonight. we will see the formation of organized rain up to santa rosa and take most of the hours before it gets over the heart of the bay. watch as i advance to 8:00 a.m. friday morning and slowly move into position. then, we will push th

vacaville police trying to determine what caused a pair of explosions at a shooting range. no sign of foul play but was still a real shock for customers >> gunfire replaced by something even louder at this vacaville shooting range >> it was more shocking than anything >> started around 4:00 when shooters at the center mass shooting range reported trouble on the range >> we heard a couple of pots and you could look right there in see that the flame was burning >> customers like charles and drop their firearms to get an employee >> it just blew up >> it was a big explosion that made you close your eyes and you could feel it in your chest >> something inside the range had cause to separate blasts putting eight people in the nearly 1 ft. thick cement floor inside. firefighters and a bomb squad responded to the scene treating one person hit with flying debris. >> gunpowder had seeped into the cracks or something >> according to police they're not sure what happened >> the bomb squad people are hesitant to say that gunpowder had anything to do with it. they are investigating >> p

interstate 80 from a vallejo past vacaville towards sacramento is seen light rain falling.flight rain expected through the north bay. for lunch, maybe some pockets of clearing. by 5:00 p.m. the rain will be solidly over the north bay. hail will be a possibility and strong winds. 9:09 p.m. it will set over the heart of the day. while you are sleeping it will push through. by 2:00 a.m. we could finally see some clearing. saturday we will have the chance of scattered showers but we could be done by early saturday morning. by sunday, a little more sunshine. monday, tuesday and into next week a 10-20 percent chance of scattered showers here and there. for the most part generally dry conditions with more sunshine. >>george: we are not yet tracking any problems or hot spots for the westbound ride. is it did commute with no delays leading to the bay bridge. this on highway one now wynans to and from marin county, rain as predicted. the deck is let the traffic is the delay. cost their ride on 580 west still looks good. no delays as you head south on 83 were. >>darya: the recent stor

vacaville almost 2. napa had an inch of a rain. about a quarter of an inch to an inch in most locations around here. scattered showers around. 50s an your temps. this is not a cold system. it's still raining in blue canyon and 36 and light snow in tahoe. with gusts to 30 miles an hour. snow is really pretty high as you might imagine. this is coming in from a very low latitude. mostly cloudy. scattered showers in the morning. a little breezy but nothing like yesterday where it was extra hold on the hair spray. today is not back. 60s on the temps. 62 santa rosa. more of a westerly breeze instead of an easterly or southeast breeze. we cloud it up friday. there will be rain to the north. rain and wind cooler. pam and dave. >>> all the major european stock markets are down after britain's gross domestic product fell slightly more than expected. profit taking saw japan's nikkei slip three quarters of a percent. checking in on our numbers our futures do point to a slightly higher opening. dow, nasdaq, and s & p dropped a little bit yester

he is a 20-year veteran of the vallejo police department, and he lives in vacaville. >> we were justo, what could have gone so wrong so fast. >> i saw the status that said please pray for the police officer that had been shot. i texted my dad when he didn't respond right away, i knew. >> less than two weeks after his death, the community came together to honor their fallen hero. >> i was honored that that many people were there, but i wasn't surprised. jim was a good boy. he deserved all of the attention he got. he deserved every ounce of it. >> he meant so much to so many people, and i am honored to be his daughter. dad, i'll forever have your back now. you rest in peace. i'll be seeing you, and i love you. semper fi. >> i was watching him up there, and i thought, bless your hearts, you're doing exactly what your dad trained you to do. >> to honor her father further, jamie put aside her grief and did what she normally does, play a game of basketball. this game came the day after her father's funeral. there was only one person that pushed jamie on the court that day. >> my dad. i jus

yellows here in the north bay indicating some heavier rainfall there between fairfield and vacaville down to street level. peabody road there is rainfall now. there is also some wet weather. pulling you out here, look at this accident that just sleled here heading out towards east bay, you can see lightning strikes east of moraga. watch out for thunderstorms possibly. there are down pours on moss beach now and half moon bay if you're getting ready to go across watch out. several hours of heavy rain is expected and it's going to be progressing and not just in one area. we'll show you the time line in just a moment. around the bay it's lighter rainfall. and as you head out towards sierra nevada chain controls on 80 and 50 and so highest elevations betting snow now. wind starting to pick up as the cold front is approaching. sfo gusting to 32 and 30 miles per hour. and there is 24 in san jose. stormy this evening, evening after midnight, scattered showers this weekend. spring arriving monday evening looks like we'll get a break in time for monday evening. here is a cold front this, is go

it looks like one of those big green traffic signs where vacaville exit sign was hit and it is lying on its side but it looks like they were able to move it quickly. it is a bit windy and our camera has been bobbing around but no delays to speak of. 4:55 let's check in with steve. >> tara, thank you very much. a very good storm and it is pretty impressive but there is still one more piece of energy which is giving us light rain to the north. not a lot. napa, this is the leading edge of that system with will sweep over the area, it is different than yesterday and it is still going to give us some rain. 40s on the temperatures, everyone in there, low, mid-to- upper san jose is cool, 41 degrees san rafael, until this afternoon, high pressure is building in and that last little guy coming down, puff in a roman candle. below 5,000 feet there will be 5 to 6,000 and snow levels are very low, really low levels yesterday. mostly cloudy today, cool and breezy, the wind has picked up for some. low-to-mid, everyone is close, not much of a difference, 57 santa cruz livermore fremont, san mateo, c

westbound your commute direction moves smooth out of vacaville in to the carquinez bridge. coming from the north bay into the east bay and down 880, a nice light easy drive but watch those transition spots. >> thanks, mike. former nasa astronaut is in san jose to kick off the opening of the new exhibit at the tech muse museum. dan spent more than 200 days orbiting the earth. he is here to talk about destination station. the exhibit runs through april 15. >> very nice. this one's one of those milestone birthdays. a teen celebrating her sweet 16 by giving to others. molly hosting a blood drive because she said strangers saved her life when he was a toddler. at 17 months she was run over by a car and lost half of her blood. tran fusions helped save her life and recover. today's drive will be at noon outs travel to go near clayton. >> start your engines. the winner of nascar's biggest race is in the bay area. matt kenseth will take a swin around san francisco. on monday he won the daytona 500. today he is going to trade in his nascar for a cable car, rev it up. going to ride th

vacaville 1.86. santa rosa an inch and a half. half inch to three quarters of an inch. everybody in on the wind gust to 50. things will calm down considerably. this is a very warm system as indicated we the 50s. 52-54 covering the spread coast, bay and inland. there is rain up in blue canyon. there has been a wet snow up in the sierra. trying to get totals. 9-12 from kirkwood. we are accessing some of the totals. very active pal tern. we will see decreasing activity tea and tomorrow. heavier rain will be in the north bay on friday. saturday we'll have this system next one coming in. partly sunny later. a little breezy. nothing like yesterday. 50s and 60s on the temps. all we need is a little bit of sun to get into the low to mid 60s. there will be rain to the north. clearing out on sunday. pam. >> thank you, steve. >>> in just a few hours the search continues far missing south bay teenager. the new development how police are viewing the disappearance of zaire dish city -- sierra lamar.

we're seeing more of a northerly shift this afternoon but still breezy for vacaville, fairfield and napa, 25-26 miles an hour. oakland hills at had 24, san jose 23. with a change in the wind direction, we have a big temperature warm-up. >> thank you. >>> sunnyvale confirmed that the deaths of a mother and her 22-year-old son was a murder- suicide. police were called to the home on nectar een avenue at 7:45 last night by the woman's husband. he had just come home from his job as park ranger and found the bodies. neighbors identified them as liz lie and lester hodges and their autistic son george. >> my heart goes out to them. they're such nice people. you wouldn't want better neighbors. they're so sweet. i'm stunned, very stunned. >> neighbors placed flowers in front of the home today. they say the father works odd hours and the mother spent a lot of time caring for the son. police say he also suffered medical problems. >>> employees at a concord convenience store dealing with the trauma of a violent take over robbery. it happened at 7:30 p.m. last night at the super liquor and food at 15

you can definitely see vacaville and fairfield, this cell just pushing towards the south, and you can also see from concord, pleasanton, treat boulevard right now, just updated this sweep. you're getting ready -- all of this will be moving into your area, heading towards the walnut creek area, cray -- clayton has been wet. hayward towards ripple road, and all of this is heading south. san jose didn't get very much rainfall at all. they were in a shadow area the first two storms. the third storm moved through last night, they picked up a little over a half inch of rainfall, and the north bay, close to a half inch for san francisco and oakland. so a nice rainmaker last night. may see a few more ask scatters showers overnight tonight. it's cooler out there. up heres to low 50s right now. the wind speed have started to pick up, mainly out of the north, northwest. gusts to 23 in santa rosa, westerly gusts to 38. sfo international, and westerly at 7 right now. so, a colder night tonight. may see a few breaks here and there. we'll keep a chance of showers in the forecast. tomorrow, windy, a

---el lunes pasado, el ladron asalto un banco en vacaville...oven de 18 anos murio sobre la autopista 13 esta madrugada... take vo ---segun la patrulla de caminos, la victima viajaba con otras tres personas en una camioneta cuando un arbol cayo sobre la autopista... ---los ocupantes bajaron del vehiculo y se hicieron a un costado, pero fue entonces que otra camioneta impacto el arbol, y el vehiculo salio volando, impactando a la victima mortalmente... topvo ---de acuerdo al servicio meteorologico nacional, durante las pasadas 48 horas en san francisco ha caido mas lluvia que durante los meses de noviembre y diciembre combinados!!! ---segun el informe, en el centro de la ciudad han caido 1.94 pulgadas de lluvia... ---en concord han caido 5.7 pulgadas!!! ---en contraste, en san jose solamente se han registrado .07 pulgadas de precipitacion... ---vamos con ariel rodriguez que nos tiene lo mas reciente sobre la lluvia... topvo ---el entarimado del paseo maritimo de santa cruz esta en riesgo de colapsar por las intensas lluvias que han afectado esa r

who shot 18 a police officer last month may be in the bay area on monday and asked a man robs a vacaville bank the bank of the west with what has been described as an ak style assault rifle nobody was hurt and police say the robbery is similar to the one in chino in another one in sacramento. it's been one year now since the people of syria started a revolution against their own governments but since then thousands of civilians have been killed in syria's president still refuses to step down to a crush on beverages latest attempt to keep the opposition of the street. tens of thousands by syria's capital city waiting slides and goes to support the president bush our side activists say the government orchestrated this massive rally to make a solid look good on the first anniversary of the revolt against him. >>> region upon and say they plan their own marches that the syrian army shelled neighbor has to keep them off the streets. these fighters hiding out in the hard-hit city of homes are using skype to keep their revolution going. new speaker he says we ask the syrian people not to give up

the man robbed a bank in vacaville on monday, he got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.gators think he robbed banks in southern california and tried to rob a sacramento bank a few days ago. >>> an elderly oakland woman safe with a relative this morning after a violent home invasion robbery. the attack happened tuesday morning at a home near thornhill drive and mountain boulevard. police say two men broke through the rear door and forced the 89-year-old resident into a bathroom before making off with cash and jewelry. this is just the latest in a string of home robberies and burglaries in the montclair and oakland hills neighborhoods. the "oakland tribune" reporting three or four are happening just about every day. police at this point do not think multiple people are involved in the robberies. >>> bad water deleather delayin express lane. the opening of a four mile stretch of highway 237 in milpitas will be delayed until tuesday. when it does open, solo commuters can drive in the carpool lane if they pay a toll using their fastrak account. >>> a 7-year-old vallejo girl r

known as the ak-47 bandit for the weapons he carries was captured on this video during a robbery in vacaville monday. police think he has robbed banks in sacramento, chino hills near riverside, white male, 5'10, 180 to 220 pounds. he wears a ski mask and blue vest marked sheriff. the fbi has posted a $20,000 reward. >>> this morning oakland mayor quan will hold a pinning -- ceremony for the new police chief and fire chief. they will have their badges pinned 10 a.m.. jordan has served in the police department for 24 years holding every rank along the way. reed is the first african-american woman to lead a major metropolitan fire department in the u.s.. >>> taxpayers taking another huge hit pension fund that covers public employees has lowered the estimates annual return on its investments. that means money will have to be diverted from school districts and local governments to cover the deficit that money goes towards retirement pay out. 137 million dollars will come from the general fun. the amount city and counties will have to chip in has not been calculated. -- >>> we are funding benefits

man known as the ak47 bandit for the gun he carries was captured on this video during a robbery in vacaville on monday. they think he robbed banks in sacramento and chino hills. he is described as a white male, 5 feet 10, 180 to 220 pounds. he typically wears a ski mask and blue vest are, mad sheriff. they posted a $20,000 reward. >>> governor brown reached a deal to combine forces to support a single november tax hike initiative. the two sides were supporting similar, but separate measures. the combined plan would raise income taxes for people making more than $300,000 a year. people earning more than half a million would take the biggest hit. >> we are definitely looking at a winning strategying and having it on the ballot is a you lot more difficult -- is a lot more difficult to do. >> the third ballot measure the governor mentioned would raise everyone's income taxes. if approved, the revised tax plan would bring in $2 billion more than the governor's original proposal with most going to schools sms. >>> up next, dinner with the obamas. the huge event with stars and big name entertainers

man known as the ak47 bandit for the gun he carries was captured on this video during a robbery in vacaville on monday. they think he robbed banks in sacramento and chino hills. he is described as a white male, 5 feet 10, 180 to 220 pounds. he typically wears a ski mask and blue vest are, mad sheriff. they posted a $20,000 reward. >>> governor brown reached a deal to combine forces to support a single november tax hike initiative. the two sides were supporting similar, but separate measures. the combined plan would raise income taxes for people making more than $300,000 a year. people earning more than half a million would take the biggest hit. >> we are definitely looking at a winning strategying and having it on the ballot is a you lot more difficult -- is a lot more difficult to do. >> the third ballot measure the governor mentioned would raise everyone's income taxes. if approved, the revised tax plan would bring in $2 billion more than the governor's original proposal with most going to schools sms. >>> up next, dinner with the obamas. the huge event with stars and big name entertainers

especially with this darker shade of green from vacaville to fairfield closer to concord and the oakland area as well. we do have quite a bit of standing water on the roadways. this mornings commute will continue to be a challenge. we had picked up rainfall overnight. san tap cruz mountains have been picking up a lot of rain over the past 24 hours. we've had the winds pushing the clouds closer to the terrain. the terrain moves the clouds. san jose not a lot of rainfall over the past 24 hours. we could have a few sprinkles right now. just reporting mostly cloudy skies. here we go with the forecast for today where we do have rainfall totals you notice the totals with ben low man nearly five inches of rain. compare that with san jose which is .01. we will at to that over the next few days. a few scattered showers about 9:00. there is not a lot of coverage by 3:00 or 4:00. we will hold on to the possibility of a scattered shower. the next system approaches. that moves in for tomorrow. especially up in the north bay as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. forecast highs this afternoo

more indicated out in the valley or out toward about vacaville and sacramento. today it will be sunny side up. temperatures held down due to the cloud and the rain. but it's a warmer forecast. now we're not going crazy here but by the weekend we'll see upper 60s to 70. santa rosa here 66. concord 59-64. and 65 today after a very cloudy, kind of drizzly rainy day in san jose. 30s for many today. 40s. that 37 is at the oakland airport. low 40s mountain view and san jose. fairfield 43 because they are getting that north breeze. system moves out rapidly. there is your signature high pressure building in for the next three days. sunny and breezy a colder morning though. patchy fog but steer clear. it looks nice. temperatures will start to rebound in the overs today. low to mid. a few upper 50s. it will be sunny and nice and visibility is sparkling. it will be cold tomorrow morning. but then sunny side up and warmer. increasing clouds on tuesday. pamela. >> thank you, steven. more severe weather is expected to hit the south and midwest this morning. tornadoes devastat

the most recent robbery happening on monday in vacaville. the suspect managed to get away with an undisclosed amount of cash. investigators thinking at this point he may be behind bank robberies y ies in southern california. >>> breaking news happening right now, firefighters battling a three alarm fire at a building in underwood drive in san jose. we understand at least one firefighter is being treated to minor injury to his hand. fire's knocked down but still not under control. we've got a crew on the way to the scene and we'll certainly have more information for you throughout the morning. >>> in other news people in one peninsula city could be paying more for water and sewer service. they plan to raise water rates by 12% and sewer rates by 9% in may that means people will pay $5 more per month. the city has increased rates by 9% in each of the past couple of years. it says it needs the money for repairs and upgrades, if approved the new rates would go into effect july 1st. >>> mother nature did more than dampen the commute, the constant

. >>> a man who robbed a vacaville bank at gunpoint may be connected to armed robberies in sacramento and in southern california. officers are searching for this man who held up a bank of the west branch on monday. he wore a black ski mask and tactical vest with the word "sheriff" on the back. investigators say monday's robbery is similar to crimes in sacramento and in chino. police say that the suspect in chino opened fire on an officer. >> an 8-year-old boy is recovering from a road rage shooting that started on interstate 80 in the east bay around 10:0 on monday night. a man says he accidentally cut off another driver when he got off at the hilltop drive exit. he says the other driver followed his family for a few blocks. then he turned around and opened fire on the car hitting the child. >> a road rage incident leading to a shooting in any case is up called for but especially when there's children in the car and a child actually gets hurt it's unacceptable. >> police say a shotspotter picked up the sounds of several rounds. at least one bullet hit a neighboring home. the suspect c

the most recent happened monday in vacaville. he got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. investigators think he may be behind bank robberies in southern california and a sacramento bank a few days ago. >>> the u.s. soldier accused of gunning down 16 afghan villagers is now in kuwait. the soldier's identity remains unknown, pending any formal charges. he is accused of firing on civilians before burning their bodice during a weekend massacre. no word on where he will face court-martial. >>> u.s. officials are investigating a crash on the runway at camp bastian. pentagon officials say there's no indication it was a deliberate attack. panetta expressed outrage about the massacre and about korans being burned by u.s. soldiers last month. >> we have to learn the lesson from each of those incidents. so that we do everything possible to make sure that they don't happen again. >> despite recent violence involving american troops in afghanistan, panetta says the u.s. intends to move forward with its troop withdrawal in 2014. >>> a bay area soldier who served in afghanistan received

it's been like this sometime now over to napa and vacaville south ward and hercules, areas of heavy rain in the east bay from concord and lafayette down to fremont and union city. and down into santa cruz mountains there is wide spread activity and there is heavy rain going to be with us through next few hours there is merely two inches in st. helena. and san jose still waiting to get measurable rainfall. tomorrow, we can expect sunny skies with a chance of scattered showers and high temperatures into mid 50s and here is the accu-weather forecast. there the weekend will be sunny and happy st. patrick's day tomorrow, top o' the morning to you. and thank you, spencer. >> okay. >> and spencer o' christian. a version of the 80s tv series "21 jump street". >> and they play it for laughs according to don sanchez on the aisle. >> we're reviving a cancelled police program from the 80s revamping it for modern times. >> as for the dim-witted jock and the nerd, jonah hill, and they're now slightly bumbling cops what could that program snb. >> 21 jump street. >> these are two guys becoming pals but

francis inlay of vacaville died of injuries from an accident involving an f15 aircraft. the military would only say it happened sunday near a base in southwest asian. captain inlay was supporting operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. >>> a united flight bound for san francisco international stopped in philadelphia. what was found in the backpack. >>> picking up a little bit of green out there right now. i'll let you know when rain returns. >>> a san francisco family was attacked and killed. tonight friends honor them according to chinese custom. >>> only on 2 tonight. exclusive new details on oakland's mass murder case. amber lee has been following this story, she's live in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: in chinese heritage, family and friends usually pay their respect a week after a loved one dies. and that's exactly what was happening here at the le family home. steven chen told us he is saddened that his close friends, 65-year-old le and his family lost their lives in such a violent and senseless manner. >> they're a very good family. i don't know wh

francis inlay of vacaville died of injuries from an accident involving an f15 aircraft. the military would only say it happened sunday near a base in southwest asian. captain inlay was supporting operation enduring freedom in afghanistan. >>> a united flight bound for san francisco international stopped in philadelphia. what was found in the backpack. >>> picking up a little bit of green out there right now. i'll let you know when rain returns. >> >>> only on 2 tonight. exclusive new details on oakland's mass murder case. amber lee has been following this story, she's live in san francisco with the latest. >> reporter: in chinese heritage, family and friends usually pay their respect a week after a loved one dies. and that's exactly what was happening here at the le family home. steven chen told us he is saddened that his close friends, 65-year-old le and his family lost their lives in such a violent and senseless manner. >> they're a very good family. i don't know why the people would do that. >> reporter: police are looking into the theory that le was a bookie that had

the man robbed a bank in a vacaville.his comes just three days after an attempted robbery by eight masked gunmen in san francisco and two weeks after a suspect that you see here on a surveillance video held up a bank in southern california. he shot a police officer in the leg and it managed to escape with an undisclosed amount of money. a $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his arrest. police described the robber as a white adult male 5 ft. 8 in. tall and 150 lbs.. he is believed to be driving a charcoal colored ford or nissan maxima. >>pam: gary is coming up with some big interviews. lorenzo alexander is live in the studios tonight in theory goes one-on-one with the warriors general manager. >>gary: as in some way for the golden state warriors. goodbye month ellis. >> we are for appear to bring stephen back here. you cannot take the chance he could not manage and. i treated him, but we parted on a professional basis. he said come back here if necessary. >> if you play the sweet spot in san and sund

light showers showing up around fairfield and vacaville. all of it not hitting the ground.he overnight lows tonight are going to be mild. clouds in the area. temperatures in the 40s, not in the 30s, and we'll see a lot of cloud cover tonight. coastal falk, maybe a little bit of valley fog as well. when you wake up in the morning, mild. we've got weather systems to the north of us. this is that last bit of cloud cover. it's not a big deal. it's this system that's going to start to open the door for what's going to occur on saturday. so, thursday, tomorrow, partly cloudy. there might be a sprinkle in the early morning hours around 4:00 a.m., a light drizzle. that opens the door for this event on saturday and sunday. saturday and sunday look pretty wet out there. the systems are coming together. we've got cold air from the north. warm air from the south. that's going to meet up over us. so a major pattern shift for the bay area weekend. it's going to look, of course, it's spring, but it is going to look and feel a lot like february as we get into saturday and sunday. temperatu

we do have snow up to 80 and way to sierra nevada, some rain through vacaville. south over 4 right here, maybe a stray shower and then further into marin county, looking at highway 1, some wet weather from point reyes to sea ranch and down to larkspur, a few light showers out there. as it continues to limp along and fall apart, a little moisture in place throughout the morning hours. it could bring out a few showers. 48 in fremont and winds have been breezy and higher elevations, 20-25 mile-an-hour winds. that will be the trend for the week ahead. we are going to see several systems bring breezy winds, pretty good rain right through the weekend. spring arrives next monday. cool and showers in parts today but most of you won't see much at all. this front is very weak. we're going to see an area of low pressure instead of the high that low is going to allow several pieces of energy to fly south. first one here takes us through the noon hour. then the chance of showers right on through the afternoon in the south bay. not going to see much but we will see a few flake

going is going to be slow across the north bay and into vacaville area and there is after long and towardsan jose, commute will be probably better. there is wet spots on the pavement there as well. >> turning to politics now, 30 minutes from now, polls close in two big southern states, republican voters making their choice in mississippi and alabama. abc 7's mark matthews joins us what is at stake. mark? >> polls show it's likely to be a close race between mitt romney, rick santorum and newt gingrich. there is more on the line for gingrich. georgia native newt gingrich based his run on a southern strategy. >> if you don't understand grits there is a high likelihood you don't understand the south, either. >> 75% of the delegates today will come from the south, mississippi and alabama. mitt romney has been working to win over voters tonight's vote doesn't matter as much to romney as to his rivals. >> i think the person the most to lose tonight is newt gingrich. >> abc 7's political analyst points out that newt gingrich goes into tonight with expectation he's the southern candidate. >> if he

known as the ak-47 bandit for the weapons he carries, was captured on this video during a robbery in vacavillelice think he has robbed banks in sacramento and chino hills near riverside. white male, 5'10, 180 to 220 pounds he wears a ski mask and blue vest marked sheriff. >>> this morning oakland mayor quan will hold a pinning ceremony for the city's police chief and fire chief. police chief howard jordan and fire chief reed will have badges pinned at 10 this morning. jordan has served for the police department for 24 years. reed is the first african-american woman to lead a major metropolitan fire department is. >>> latest storms pushed snow pack in the sierra to 34% of normal, three feet of snow has fallen in some places. the weather was so intense yesterday skiers bold enough to brave it were few and far between at ski areas we spoke to a skier from scotland and brazil. >> poor weather isn't for skiing. >> you don't have snow it is so hot almost comfort ache. it an -- been an experience i'll never forget. >> he's among the happiest residents in soda springs where snow later turned to rain.

light showers showing up around fairfield and vacaville. all of it not hitting the ground.ws tonight are going to be mild. clouds in the area. temperatures in the 40s, not in the 30s, and we'll see a lot of cloud cover tonight. coastal falk, maybe a little bit of valley fog as well. when you wake up in the morning, mild. we've got weather systems to the north of us. this is that last bit of cloud cover. it's not a big deal. it's this system that's going to start to open the door for what's going to occur on saturday. so, thursday, tomorrow, partly cloudy. there might be a sprinkle in the early morning hours around 4:00 a.m., a light drizzle. that opens the door for this event on saturday and sunday. saturday and sunday look pretty wet out there. the systems are coming together. we've got cold air from the north. warm air from the south. that's going to meet up over us. so a major pattern shift for the bay area weekend. it's going to look, of course, it's spring, but it is going to look and feel a lot like february as we get into saturday and sunday. temperatures are going t

he said for now >>> an investigation in an explosion altair vacaville shooting range it. happened yesterday afternoon at a group of target shooters were in one of the indoor ranges when someone noticed smoke from the base of a wall. one person had just told the range master about it when that explosion happened. >> he was getting ready to walk back to the fire extinguisher and put the fire out but it blew out. >> flying shrapnel hit one person in the head. the explosion also damaged the floors and walls of that business. >>> firefighters in colorado are trying to fully contain a wildfire before the weather begins to work against them. the forecast calls for warmer temperatures and higher winds. crews still need to build more than 3 miles every containment lines. they've contained about 70% of the fire so far. the six square mile wildfire killed two people and rescuers are searching for another suspected victim. at least 25 homes have been damaged or destroyed. >>> we're now learning more about the disappearance of susan powell, the mother of two who went missing in utah s

survive, but the majority who did are now being cared for her at the animal place rescue ranch in vacavillehealthier than when they arrived. >> since arriving earlier this week, the hens received medical attention and a diet of high protein, high calcium feed. >> they lost 50% of their body weight and they are putting it back on. they are scratching, dusting, sunbathing. it has been overwhelming. sun up to sun down, an army of staff and volunteers. >> not only physically, but financially draining, as well. the sanctuary goes through 2000 pounds or $400 worth of feed per day. the group is looking for any help from the public, either through financial donations or adoption. >> we want to very much a backyard. you need to have a pen set to protect them from predators and access to the ground. >>> and a shift in opinion when it comes to things like marriage in california. we will discuss that with state senator, mark leno, but we will also talk about a new proposal he has that could decriminalize drug charges. >> that may help these teens. that is one of the problem these face in the summer and

of moderate maybe moderate heavy rainfall near healdsburg and santa rosa and some pushing east to vacaville and fairfield and then down into parts of east bay around berkeley san ramone and pockets of moderate rape fall on to the santa cruz mountains we go where santa cruz get nice dose of rainfall. lack at the path from the peninsula down to the south bay with no rainfall at all at this moment. so it's gemly tapering off just a bit. generally. across the bay area. but our 24 hour rainfall total are quite impressive. we have had more than 2 inches of rain at clover dale and santa rosa. 2 and 3 quarters at saint helena, 3 and 3 quarter inches at kent field and 4 inches at petaluma point. look at san jose trace of rain and livermore east bay 15, /100ths so we have a wide rang of rainfall total the last twer hours. another storm on the way. i'll show you close-up on live doppler 7 hd and tame line when you can expect the next storm to arriv arrive. >> thank you. as you know it has been messy on the roadway. also at san francisco international airport delay up to 3 hours for a time today and wo

farther north than santa rosa, this ring of weak shaking goes north of santa rosa over towards to vacavillentwood to livermore through the sunol grade, fremont across the bridge there ty

showing mostly dry is you're heading for their but we had that batch of moisture moving north to vacaville nor the fairfield as well that is lying on your little seymour this on and off from the day today sell if you're headed in that direction you may see a few raindrops elsewhere mid-60s and even '70s toward san is a with a mixture sunshine and a few clouds and the next couple of days in the weekend with strong forces moving in tomorrow morning expense some heavy rain tomorrow or early on some strong gusty winds to go along with that's another chance of rain is the head toward the middle of next week. let's check out the runways with elizabeth. the first once high for three antioch said is an accident approaching j street multivocal crash you can see a lot of slow licenses across that stretch the usual congestion is even worse because of that accident coming up northbound 80 and oak st. the off ramp there is a car fire sell likely the off ramp at least partially blocked in the meantime northbound 8 has the coliseum looks ok and or not seeing any major delays in the main lines of the free

and then fairfield northwest at 7 with a north about 17 in vacaville.tle bit. high pressure will give us lots of sunshine. the rain is over for now. colder lows and patchy fog which tends to form a little bit here in the next couple of hours. warmer weather kicks in today and carries into the weekend. looks a little cooler as we head toward monday and tuesday. saturday and sunday expect for cold lows sunny and mild and warmer. sunny and breezy today. after a cold morning patchy fog highs today low to mid 60s almost for everybody here. a few upper 50s. we'll get the sunshine and severe clear. we'll take that into your weekend. a little cooler on monday and tuesday. >>> thank you, steve. most european stock indexes are down but that is after the asian markets finish with gains. china and asia were almost up 1%. analysts say investors seem to be optimistic about the u.s. unemployment numbers. >>> checking in on the u.s.. right now it does look like a lower opening here in the u.s.. of course, again expect to test that 13,000 level or somewhere near and aro

. >>> an armed robbery in vacaville may be connected to similar crimes in sacramento and southern california. officers say this man held up a bank of the west branch on monday. he wore a black skis mask and tactical vest with the word sheriff as you can see on his back there. investigators say monday's robbery is similar to crimes in sacramento and in chino. police say the suspect in chino opened fire on an officer, as well. >>> 5:12 now. coming up next, a life-saving use for a cell phone. what health professionals have discovered. >> and a big sweep in the south. rick santorum gaining momentum. what has to change for the front-runner coming up in a live report. stay with us. >> lots of rain in the bay area, plenty of snow in the high country. we are just beginning to add up some of these totals as you plan to head up there this weekend. bring chains. we are expecting snow in the high country into kirkwood. they have a few inches on the ground. still more to come of the as you make your way into squaw valley couple of inches to come. snow likely this weekend. winter storm warnings continuing

the man robbed a bank in vacaville on monday, he got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. investigators think he's robbed banks in southern california and tried to rob a sacramento bank a few days ago. >>> a pair of fast food robberies have police on the hunt, jack in the box in palo alto was hit on el camino real and cambridge. he asked for cash and the cashier complied and the man took off with money. >>> and in redwood city police looking for a man who robbed a pizza hut. this all happened around 10:00 tuesday night on wiffle avenue near winslow street, the man handed a note to a cash sheer a cashier and claimed he had a weapon. >>> new this morning if you are illinois former governor rod blagojevich, today is not a day you've been looking forward to. within the last hour he turned himself in to begin serving his prison sentence. "today in the bay's" marley tevez is in the newsroom following the overnight developments. >> at 4:15 this morning blagojevich stepped out of his home in chicago to literally be hauled off to federal prison. no surprise he was met by plenty of

in advance of it, although there have been reports of bursts, heading towards parts of nap dl a, vacaville. some of the heaviest is up in mendocino county. our observer up there had.56. it's getting there. the wind forecast along the coast for those of you over there, this is at 6:00 a.m., things are already beginning to crank up. look what happens here as we go until 1:00, noon, 30 to 40 miles per hour. that will continue through this evening as well. in fact, by tonight we'll see gusts to 40. maybe things will calm down a little bit tomorrow morning, but we're still seeing anywhere from the 30s. 50s on your temps due to the cloud cover and also that south wind, so really mild lows. 30s at this time yesterday. that's not the case today. this system right there will send in a series of fronts, disturbances. this one, though, looks like it's going to stall out late tonight into tomorrow which in turn would dpif the santa cruz mountains, ben lomond a lot of rain, 3.35, one to two plus towards parts of the north bay. sierra forecast, very windy, a lot of snow. it will be measured in feet over

it is headed towards vacaville of the moment. at this point, that is all that we seek.he rest of the bay area is dry and mild this morning. we will hope that it stays that with your morning commute. ha ha necklace high-e hahot hotticket caught cl whether rodmantemperatures will progress like this through the morning. maximum temperatures in the mid 50's.for the weekend, highs in the 70's sob's beads of the inclined and across the upper deck. there's no way that the pay deep spirit but -- there is no week adipate gates. on the golden gate southbound 101, a lot of cars are on the span at this the green indicates speeds over 50 mi. an hour. interstate 280 is moving well. 101 is probably coming out of coyote valley. the drive time from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway is clocking in at 10 minutes. >>mark: california college students are planning a protest on campus to call on lawmakers to restore funding to education. rally's, margins, are planned at 30 college campuses. the protests are a pre lewd to a major occupied at the capitol march and rally. a big r

martinez and points north towards vacaville and fairfield are reporting fairly decent rain. that will be a forecast for today. the writer livermore is improving just a bit. it does not look like we have too much tracking in your direction. you may have a little bit of a break for a while. your ride along the east shore, oakland through union city is not bad. we have reports of rain through hayward about 15 minutes ago. the bulk of that has pushed off. the rain is lighter than it was 50 minutes ago. chances are, things will dry out just a touch. san francisco is only catching some rain on the north half of the city. the rest of the peninsula from sfo to wear to 80 lance is doing ok. we have more wet weather just offshore trekking in the direction puff pacific and dave the city. we will watch for that. take a look in the north bay, the ride on a 101 gets hairy between san rafael and novato. we have moderate falling, tracking in the direction of the 101 right. nv is getting a little bit wet as the self runs through. here is where the right on 101 clears up. petaluma, roemer par