the westbound off-ramps are similar in nature, for either alternative. widening on macalla road under either alternative. a little more widening under alternative 2b. quarters 10/building 267, as indicated under alternative 2b would have to be relocated, but it would not under alternative 4. and as you can see, there is a pricetag difference here of about $55 million between the two. i'm going to go ahead now and show you a few slides as it relates to quite frankly the two major issues that we saw from in terms of environmental concerns that were the major issues on the project. first is visual. this is basically taken from the ground level. and this is a computer simulation of the after condition when the bay bridge is open. if there were no new ramps included as part of the project. frankly, the ramps would be hidden on the right side of the bridge structure there, similar to what they are today. so this is, in essence, a view looking towards what's called -- [indiscernible] then as you have here, you've got a comparative between the alternative 2b on

also this morning we're looking at 80 westbound. that's driving okay heading out to the macarthur maze. traffic okay at the bay bridge toll plaza with no major problems so far. and for the south bay northbound 280 off to a nice start. let's go to steve. >>> okay. our system from yesterday okay totals. about a tenth to a quarter inch. some over an inch especially towards the russian river. for some hardly much of a show but for others decent rain. that system moves out. next one coming in will spread more clouds and some rain on us today in fact i think it will pick up later on this afternoon. could actually have more rainfall than the one we just had. nothing too heavy yet from highway 17 santa cruz mountains heading towards the peninsula and also into the santa clara valley and stretching up going from south to north here there comes our next system. the monday system that dropped in left some cool temperatures, no change there. also maybe another quarter inch of rain is possible for some. but temperatures upper 40s or right about

. >> westbound 580 seminary on- ramp to westbound 580 is closed. there was an accident in that area so chp is out there now. main lines of the freeway are good. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the scandal against a dirty police commander is growing bigger this morning. joe vazquez first broke that story that a top cop arrested for selling drugs is also accused now of running a brothel. now he uncovers new details about a woman that the cop arrested for prostitution who then allegedly went to work for him. >>> reporter: as commander of cnet the contra costa county narcotics task force, norman wielsch had two main duties, rid the streets of drugs and stop the sex trade by going after prostitutes and johns. now he has admitted to selling the very drugs confiscated by the officers in his command and is facing new accusations he was running a brothel in this pleasant hill strip mall. and not just running a brothel here. but also running off the competition. cbs 5 has learned private investigator chris butler who rented this now abandoned office space has

you cannot drive directly from westbound 80 to southbound 880. you're going to have to use 580 to 980 and get back on the freeway 980. as a matter of fact we did find out that the vehicle at least one of the vehicles involved in the wreck was on their way -- or the people were on their way to the airport. unfortunately they didn't make it this morning. they got into a wreck here. and this ramp is going to be closed. sig alert is issued. they haven't told us when they expect to reopen this ramp. move along and take a look at westbound bay bridge. that is light with no major issues. also this morning traffic is moving well in the san jose area. there's a slight delay on bart by the way. it's only slight 10 to 15 minute delay. bay fair, hayward, castro valley and in the richmond daly city and sf areas because of some equipment problems. we're trying to find out more about this. 5:11. let's go to steve. >>> all right, sal, thank you very much. if you're suffering from allergies, pamela, pamela, pamela. [ laughter ] >> mulberry, grasses aren't far awa

not causing any big delays and also coming in westbound 80, southbound 880 connector ramp sounds like an accident there. i am not sure if it is blocking lanes. if you are commuting toward the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic light. no metering lights yet. likely not until just after 6:00 a.m. golden gate not seeing wind advisories, weather should not make much of a dent in your morning commute. off to a nice start on your bridges. as take on texas later on tonight. for right now you are good to go up and down the nemitz freeway. by the coliseum about a 15 minute ride, 16 minute ride from 238 up towards mcarthur maze. should be a good ride down towards southbound 880. and mass transit off to a great start as well. everything is on time so far bart, ace, muni, metro and cal train. >>> all right thanks very much. 4:40 a.m. pope john paul the second taking a major step toward saint hood. >>> bay area pot club hit by fire bombs. >>> bullet train's plan b why it could be both good and bad news for high speed rail in the bay area ,,,,,, ,,,,,,,, >>> nice mild start to the day in the bay area.

this is a developing situation here on westbound interstate 80. you will not be able to get directly on the southbound 880 as you can see. they have just blocked that ramp. so give yourself plenty of time. just go around. use 980 instead. the fire crews are on the way. this accident just happened. it's going to be there for just a little bit because there's a car that's overturned there. looks like they're looking for someone. there's guys with flashlights around there. i'm not sure what they're looking for but we'll let you know. let's go out and take a look at westbound bay bridge. that traffic is moving along okay. and this morning's commute in the south bay is off to a nice start. 4:39. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. very good morning. nice weekend. what a weekend. little windy at times but temperatures warmed up on sunday. now we'll back them off slightly today but still all right. just a little cooler. and all systems go for a warm up as we head into tomorrow. 40s napa airport down to 42. fairfield 55. that's because they have a sout

westbound 24 before the tunnel.hey have four lanes up there at the time and it is in fact our very own tori campbell who drives through there. i'm going to get a reconnaissance report from her. i think she just arrived. we'll ask her. but we also have people who have been sending e-mails. the traffic is not heavy because it's so early. let's go out and take a look at westbound san mateo bridge. that traffic is moving along okay. and this morning's commute is okay on the northbound 280. i say okay a lot. let's come up with another word shall we? tweet me another acceptable term. northbound 280 looks good getting up into the valley. it's a little rainy. at 5:19, here's a guy who's okay. hello, steve. >>> okay. thank you, sal. >> you're welcome. >> i know the feeling, sal. i do. is it may? yes, it is. santa rosa two-thirds. been mond also. davenport .23. not bad. napa picked up about a third of an inch. oakland .24. a record rainfall for the date in san francisco's .22 tied a record rainfall for the date. so it's getti

but we do have a crash westbound 80. we'll tell you more about that straight ahead. >>> good morning. little bit of patchy fog but it's not going to last too long. and it's mainly on the marin coast, san francisco, san mateo. look for sunshine today. it will turn more northerly which means temperatures low 80s inland. 60s, 7 0z closer to the coast. >>> that's the sound of the army corp of engineers exploding a large section of the mississippi river levee in missouri. it's an attempt to protect the north illinois town from rising flood waters. the break will get up to four feet of water off the river. some people fought the plan though because the levee blast will completely flood a prime patch of farmland. >>> within the last 20 minutes we learned that rescuers may have spotted that group of boy scouts who have been stranded in an arkansas forest. rescue operations are expected to resume shortly for the six scouts and two troop leaders from louisiana. now louisiana pastor says he heard that a crew in a helicopter spotted

you can see westbound highway 4 coming up to the top of the willow pass grade. there is a report of a new minor accident there. watch for some slow traffic in the area. you can sigh how close it is on the maps -- see how close it is to the maps. if we move this from walnut creek down to san ramon, it looks good. westbound bay bridge, we had a cash crash at the toll plaza. it did cause some traffic. there's about a 15-minute delay

westbound traffic gets by fine.the south bay we go and everything we showed you 101 near alum rock, but you can see all the freeways so far, so good including 280, where it looks like that stall of whatever it was with that flashing light has been cleared. we are going to zoom in towards hp pavilion because i just found that ricky martin is playing over at hp pavilion. you like that move? living la vida loca tonight at 8:00. watch out for delays this evening. silicon valley commuters westbound 237 so far, so good. this is live look at milpitas near the 880 interchange good towards san jose and zanker road. and a quick check of the east bay where we are seeing top speeds on all our traffic sensors up and down the nimitz freeway so quick trip this morning to the oakland airport. everything is on time systemwide for bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain. remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9- fm. >> thank you. >>> a new report shows asthma rates are on the rise in the u.s. the number of americans diagnose

san mateo bridge ride looks good westbound and eastbound traffic no delays, light for the span.rin county no delays or reports of problems through marin. let's go to the newsroom. >> justine: miller information coming and why don't we take you live right now.--more information. --. this is the new information and appears the fire has been caused by an explosion, the black smoke can be seen for miles even reports of it being spotted from loss angeles international airport as well as several freeways. hundreds of firefighters are trying to get this under control. they are on these high and ladders pouring water on to the flames. some of them are 20 ft. above the roof. no immediate reports of injuries, the building is in huntington park is a winter quality food company. ---windsor high quality food company--. as soon as we get new pictures we will bring them life. >> darya: we will be back in a couple minutes. >> darya: in new jersey dozens of people hurt. this train was coming from new york city when it collided with the bumper locked which absorbed the impact. 38 people suffered

westbound traffic does look good. there's actually -- looks like there's one lane there that has a delay. that would be one of the cash lanes. also the morning commute looks good on northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 into the valley. at 4:37 let's go to steve. >>> good morning, sal. >> good morning, steve. >> thank you, sir. we have bit better conditions today. yesterday strong push of low clouds and fog associated with that system right there. we have some patchy low clouds but when you usher in that much cool air aloft and at the surface it tends to chew up the fog. still patchy low clouds around but not the big fog bank we had yesterday. it's cool though. 40s or low to mid-50s. if you have some cloud cover 50s. if you're clearing out and some locations a clear it's cooler and combine that with a breeze not at santa rosa but sfo at 14. and san jose west at 5. we still have a sea breeze in place even though it will get a little more sunshine and little warmer. just a little bit. strong low digging down out of th

no delay east- or westbound in and out of antioch this morning.cbs says the westbound roadwork on the dumbarton bridge is picked up. various lanes blocked eastbound 84 but again not causing any delays this early in the morning. all the approaches to the bay bridge so far, so good. metering lights are off. yeah, very easy ride at this time of the morning on a friday so no big surprise. you still may find various lanes blocked though in the lower deck approaching treasure island. just your usual stuff through there various lanes blocked until about 6:00. the nimitz 880 through oakland here's live look. you can see those headlights moving southbound. you're cruising past oakland airport all the way into hayward no big delays and for marin county commuters nice and light across the span of the golden gate bridge and no delay from petaluma all the way on down. mass transit, bart has at least 20 trains all running on time. ace train number one got a great start. muni metro and caltrain on schedule. remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9-

westbound 4 looks like it's getting by fine. other roadwork picked up near the 880/92 interchange in hayward. what else -- as take on cleveland tonight at 7:05 so extra traffic later on tonight but for right now past the coliseum good to go in all lanes. you can see one of our live traffic sensors picking up speeds at 56 miles per hour. remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9- fm. that's your traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> years after a deadly tiger ata, the san francisco zoo getting a new tiger. martha is a 10-year-old siberian from nebraska. she is expected to arrive here in june, although she will have to go through a health screening before she makes her public debut. in 2007 on christmas day, police shot and killed tatiana the tiger after she escaped her enclosure and mauled san jose teenager carlo souza, jr. the zoo has since raised the exhibit wall for the tiger. >>> saving a life could mean early freedom for some san quentin inmates. two weeks ago some lesser risk prisoners part of the

won't westbound route 199 -- westbound route 177 is closed as crews clear the down pole. and in owings mills a. downed tree continues to block the intersection at park heights avenue and green spring valley road. charley, back to you. >> thanks a lot. >>> cia director leon pinetta says a death photo of osama bin laden will be released. we are learning new details about the raid that killed the al-qaeda leader. sandra endo has more on the very latest. >> reporter: the exclusive video obtained by c. this n shows the en-- cnn shows the inside of the million dollar compound. soon after the bloody 40 minute fire fight which took his life, u.s. officials bhoaived the al- qaeda leader may have -- believe the al-qaeda lead are may have lived there -- leader may have lived there for more than five years. >> there's no place to hide. no place you can hide. >> reporter: cia director leon pinetta says he thinks a photo shows bin laden's lifeless body will be released at some point but concerns remains surrounding the graphic nature of the pictures and the backlash they could spark. q

. >>> steve, right now traffic is moving along nicely on westbound 92. and the morning commute looks good if you are driving on the bay bridge into san francisco. coming up on 5:00 let's go back to dave and pam. >>> we begin with tragedy at san jose state university. three people are dead inside a shooting inside a parking garage. kraig debro is there. >> reporter: we just went up to the fifth floor where this all happened. parking garage 5a on the north garage. this is where the student services center is located. we were up there a second ago. there was a cleaning crew up there making sure to get up all the bodily fluid i guess you could say. campus is tweeting they will have counselors on hand if you need them today. this will be open at 6:00 as per scheduled. >> we do believe it wasn't random at all. it wasn't a drive-by shooting. it wasn't gang related. it was very contained. >> reporter: campus university spokesperson will not say why they believe that but we can address that in a minute. it all started around 8:30 last night. according to witnesse

westbound 580, 205 to 680, accident in livermore on the shoulder. live camera shots around the bay area, north bay, great heading southbound out of novato down to the golden gate bridge where traffic is light into san francisco. bay bridge toll plaza, pretty much delay free. on the peninsula, we have quiet commute on 101. millbrae, headlights move northbound toward san francisco. in the on soub south bay, 280 and 17 interchange where you won't find any problems northbound on 280. that is 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains. get traffic at abc7news.com. you'll find it on the bay area traffic link. >>> it's now 6:19. >> coming up, the over-the-counter medication, some are calling it a dangerous idea. >> and walk across a berkeley stage that might shu is just prove that nothing is impossible. er my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i've already lost some weight. [ female announcer ]

westbound bay bridge traffic is light on the way to san francisco so far. now let's go back to dave and pam. >>> one person is in the hospital after an overnight house fire in concord. it started shortly after 2:00 a.m. at a home on ed monday ton way. do investigators know what started this fire? >> reporter: the battalion chief told me the 81-year-old woman that lives inside of this home. crews are boarding it up. the woman that lived here was in the kitchen. she had something on the stove and then she fell asleep. we're told the 81-year-old woman as i mentioned that owns the home just left something on the stove. she was able to get out of the house before firefighters arrived. paramedics still took her to the hospital because she suffered smoke inhalation. firefighters just left the scene an hour ago. the contra costa fire protection says this fire along edmondton way was a one alarm fire that left $150,000 worth of damage behind. no one else was inside when the fire broke out. >> the initial report came in from a neighbor to the rear of the building say

westbound 80 traffic is moving along pretty well. the best thing to do is just let us show you pictures on our website and here at ktvu. westbound bay bridge traffic looks good. and no major problems on to the upper deck. also we're looking at 280 northbound getting up to highway 17. that traffic is moving very well. it's 4:37. good morning, steve. >>> hello, sal. >> nice day today i think, right? >> yes, sir. well, we have some fog. inland won't be a problem. temperatures came up yesterday which gave us rain in the morning and teased us late in the day. it moved off. but the fog has formed rapidly which is amazing considering we haven't had any heat. but san mateo coast, san francisco south there's low clouds and fog. for many today it will be warm but not for everybody. we still have a sea breeze southwest at sfo. west-southwest at fairfield. we'll warm up, but 40s right now. livermore's in at the 40s. same for mountain view, san jose, napa 44. santa rosa, san rafael low 50s for many. ridge of high pressure builds in. it's not that

other slow ride is westbound 580 approaching north livermore. traffic is yellow, moving under 40 miles an hour as you make your way out of the altamont pass. then an earlier injury crash south 101, still out there but this one not causing a big delay. live shot nearby, northbound traffic still looking good if you are heading out of morgan hill. >>> just ahead, a tech giant calling on skype. >> and big announcement from this morning from britain's newly married royal couple. >> apple and google face tough questions on capitol hill today about the tracking technology in their smart phone and mobile devices. growing concerns about computer and online privacy. the stororororororororororororor [ female announcer ] most women in america aren't getting the calcium they need. but yoplait wants to change that. only yoplait original has twice the calcium of the leading yogurt. that's 50% of the daily value ♪ so pass on the news and we can help close this calcium gap together. to get you started, we're giving away a million free cups at yoplait dot com. th

if you are heading towards the macarthur maze, westbound 580 approaching westbound 24, we just took a call from murray with the kcbs phone force. this is an injury crash it looks like. so police are on scene but again no activity on the shoulder and at the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights remain off but it is starting to stack up in the far left cash lanes. that's your traffic. back to you. >> thank you. >>> time now 6:07. a setback for that giants fan beaten outside dodger stadium. the surgery doctors have scheduled as early as today. >>> and if you are going to party for cinco de mayo tonight, don't drink and drive. not worth it. i'm kiet do with a live report on why coming up. >>> and a central valley woman now a hit on youtube. how she is cashing in on her stardom. [ male announcer ] edmunds.com says that lexus holds its value better than any other luxury brand. ♪ intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. ♪ and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest in customer satisfaction. no wonder more people have chosen lexus over any oth

this is westbound 80 approaching the first exit into san francisco.s the upper deck so far. may not be the case later on tonight. we have the big giants versus as game over at at&t park starting around 7:15 watch out for delays if you are planning oncoming into san francisco especially backups along the embarcadero but this is what it looks like approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are off. friday lied. really across the bay area you can see that drive time there, 18 minutes on westbound 80 from the carquinez bridge to the maze. 880 the nimitz this is great, as well. taillights moving northbound towards downtown oakland and right now that trip is 15 minutes from 28 to the madoff and a little bit of fong out there as lawrence mentioned. definitely for silicon valley ride a little difficult to see that westbound 237 traffic this morning heading out of milpitas and towards san jose. but still not impacting the drive time. mass transit looks great. bart has 39 trains all on time. bart, ace, muni metro and caltrain all on time. r

westbound 580 through the altamont pass and westbound 4 out of antioch.y bridge toll plaza, metering lights are on and traffic is backed up to the west grand overcrossing. you can see that. we'll also check out another live shot are interstate 880 in berkeley -- 80 in berkeley is accident free. no major delays out of fairfield as you head toward the bay bridge toll plaza. 680 in walnut creek, traffic is southbound as you make your way towards highway 24. 24 is fine all the way through caldecott. no major accidents or problems reported elsewhere. >> kristen: now 6:38. trading is under way at wall street. google's plan for green growth, what the tech giant is about to do that it has never done before. >> president obama takes you inside the situation room. his view on the final hunt for bin laden coming up. >> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco where you won't see teachers in the classroom this morning. instead they are out here. it's going to look like this across the state. across the state. i'll tell you whattttttttttttttt parentheses have a place.

a westbound detour is set for next year. this will allow the bridge to open six months ahead of schedule. christie smith, today in the east bay. >> thank you. >>> the trial of the newspaper for chauncey bailey say it will call three witnesses to the stand today. it's two more than bay brought in in his defense last week. prosecutors called nearly 70 witnesses. neither defendant is expected to testify. they are accused of murdering bailey and two other men in 2007. >>> oakland city council will decide whether or not to spend money on gang injunctions. it's strained relationings with the community and money ought to be spent elsewhere. they face questions in court over the le galty. two gangs are prohibits from gathering in certain areas at certain times. >>> this morning, an alameda county family mourning the loss of their son. he was struck by an suv at santa clara avenue and everett street. he was pronounced dead at children's hospital in oakland. investigators are trying to figure out what happened. the driver of the suv w

westbound and eastbound 580 traffic, the left side of the screen is westbound 580 and so far it is ate drive out of the altamont pass heading towards 680 and the dublin interchange. minor slowing through livermore but not too bad overall. no big incidents for your westbound 580 drive. to the maps. off the antioch bridge okay as usual. but zooming in speeds under 20 miles per hour from a street toward loveridge. closer towards concord speeds improve mostly green on our traffic sensors. looks good still across most of the east bay. we have not seen any major hot spots and still no metering lights on at the bay bridge but you will notice it is starting to back up in some lanes just through the end of the parking lot. again, not too bad of a drive yet. and down the eastshore freeway still 18 minutes from the carquinez bridge to the maze in the westbound lanes of 80. so no major slowing in berkeley. to the south bay we haven't had any problems here. a lot of overnight roadwork picked up early. so 101/280 cruising out of downtown! that's a live look at northbound traffic on 280 approaching

as you can see westbound nothing is really going on.schedule and link configuration will not be released until may 17th. >> darya: let's get a look at the weather and looks like it's nice, sending up there today just won't be the hottest week. >> louisa: this is the kind of data you want to get a look at the weather. starting to warm up as we head into the afternoon and a similar date to yesterday. temperatures will climb up just slightly. by the afternoon mostly sunny. women trend continues in to tomorrow. right now we have climbed at of the thirties out of the '40's currently up to about 50 degrees in san francisco. santa rosa is warming up nicely. 53 degrees in mind you. as we head towards the afternoon an abundance of '60s. 62 in san rafael. 70 for fairfield and the layout. temperatures red around the bay state into the low 60s and about 64 for san house aide. everyone wants to know about the weekend. there's a slight chance of rain. the best chance is the latter part of your saturday. we're still five days out yourself so this coul

and for silicon valley commuters westbound 37 looks great.ve time leaving milpitas towards the 101 interchange. and we can get a check of the south bay as well where we'll head towards san jose. we have a photographer standing by life near mckee. and you're looking good in all directions. headlights are moving northbound towards santa clara and we're quiet all the way towards san jose. remember kcbs, our radio partners, at 740-am and 106.9- fm. back to you. >> thank you. >>> when the sun comes up, helicopters will return to the santa catalina island off the southern california coast dropping more water on a fire that started behind the catalina yacht club yesterday afternoon. right now it is 30% contained after covering some 40 acres there. local fire crews have protected some buildings that were threatened there. there are no reports of any injuries. >>> a new big cat is bound for the san francisco zoo. years after a deadly tiger attack there, martha is a 10- year-old siberian tiger from nebraska expected to arrive here in june. she will hav

let's go out and take a look at westbound bay bridge. there's a little bit of a back up now that the metering lights have been switched on. and if you're driving on westbound 580 just had a new accident reported or actually it's more of a hazard. metal object on westbound 580 at airway boulevard and some slow traffic approaching if you are driving to the peninsula traffic on highway 101 southbound may be effected by a crash with no injuries at mill brae avenue. 6:19. let's go to steve. >>> sal, thank you, sir. cloudy skies. bit of a break in between systems. still some rain especially towards santa cruz mountains and santa clara valley pick up later on. it will stay very cool. gray skies. gray over the bay. for may. i mean it's just really cool for this time of year. we do have some more rain on the way. maybe a tenth of an inch to half inch is possible. wind out of the south-southeast up to 30. 56 to 64 on the highs. and some of the rainfall you can see there it is starting to move into the area near the radar site. which is in the sant

ramps reopened westbound 880 as well.g that stretch where a car ran into a freeway sign pole but again everything has been now completely reopened officials, have completely left the scene other bridges dunbarton, everything moving fine right now if you are heading towards the toll plaza and that bridge neighbor, san mateo, everything cruising here at either direction as well between san mateo and hayward. more traffic coming up but in the meantime back to you. >>> let's check today's top stories, president obama says the hunt for osama bin laden is over. u.s. forces killing the al qaeda leader in an early morning attack in pakistan and then burying his body at sea. osama bin laden was staying in a luxury hide out in an upscale section of the town near islam ma bad. >>> this morning awe enforcement agencies across the nation are on heightened alert. there is no specific threat but there are extra police patrols this morning transit agencies are also stepping up security. >> osama bin laden's death appears to be having an

this is the commute direction westbound 92. steady about a 13-minute drive time from hayward towards foster city and the peninsula. let's check the maps for the rest of the bay area. bay bridge toll plaza is not bad. westbound 24 looks great cruising to the caldecott tunnel no delay and no roadwork on the lower deck. yesterday we had some roadwork approaching the san francisco anchorage but all lanes are open this morning if you are heading towards oakland. dumbarton bridge there is some roadwork. looks like the eastbound lanes 84 various lanes blocked until 6 a.m. as you approach the high-rise, no delays. more roadwork in the east bay. this is an ongoing closure. eastbound lanes of highway 4 sounds like likely just one lane blocked between loveridge and somersville but no delay east- or westbound from antioch towards pittsburg. again eastbound traffic getting by okay even though one lane is blocked until 6 a.m. the nimitz 880 through oakland both directions moving fine past the coliseum. the high street on-ramp southbound 880

this is in oakland, it is westbound 580 right at the 24 junction. it's been cleared into the area there. it's not affecting traffic. let's check live shot through macarthur maze, 580 going toward the bay bridge, that is clear there. at the toll plaza, metering lights might have been turned on a little bit of a back-up around the west grand overcrossing. no problems coming into san francisco. it is moving at the limit. >>> just ahead, gm recalls more than a 150,000 cars. >> gas prices continue to soar while demand keeps declining. what it could mean for the incompetent. >> and hugh jackman one man show don sanchez what's hot [ male announcer ] using frontline plus shows your pet you care... by unleashing a complete killing force against fleas and ticks. and not just adult fleas. what makes frontline plus complete the flea life cycle -- is that it breaks killing adults, eggs, and larvae. and it keeps killing fleas and ticks all month long. that's why it's the #1 choice of vets for their pets, and yours. unleash a complete killing force in every dose o

highway 4, very slow westbound out of antioch, earlier accident now cleared but very slow traffic westboundwell below ten miles an hour. is a stall in livermore area, at bas could have lane number four, find brake lights as you head toward the dublin interchange. 280 northbound, reports of a stall at byrd avenue but traffic is getting through the area with no problem. >> 6:38 is our time. >> trading is under way at wall street. live report, here is a live look at the big board. the dow is up 145 points. >> also ahead, the mayor of oakland heads to china hoping to bring back business opportunities for the city. >> can a business own the word mommy? a santa clara winery wages a legal battle. >> i'm janelle wang, al-qaeda has released its first official statement confirming the death of osama bin laden. we'll tell you what it says and the threat it makes against americans coming up next. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. [ male announcer ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and cahelp lower cholesterol. bee happy. bee healy. ♪ to cinnamon. t

also this morning we're looking at westbound bay bridge. it's a nice drive and there are no problems on the bay bridge. 6:01. back to dave and pam. >>> all right. time now 6:01. boy, there was a marathon meeting for the oakland city council. just about midnight the council voted to continue funding two controversial gang injunctions. >> this motion passes with four affirmative votes. >> more than 200 people signed up to speak at last night's city council meeting. the gang injunctions already in place in north oakland. another one is pending for the fruit vale area. the one man listed on the fruit vale injunction tells us that he worries about police harassment. >> if the injunction passes probably but put me back in the system of probation. now i could get a better job, more opportunities. >> now oakland police chief was there at last night's meeting. you see him right here. he tells us at ktvu he doesn't think the gang injunctions have racial profiling issues but he says the community deserves an independent study in order to ease their co

westbound 4 out of antioch. lone tree way to 242 now a half-hour.still looking good. mass transit reporting no delays and you may want to bike to work today. >> you may, bike to work. that is it for the abc7 morning news. >> we'll be back an update at switching to progressive could mean hundreds more in your wallet year after year. feed me! saving you money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today.

westbound traffic backed up for about a 15 minute delay. maybe a little less than that coming into san francisco. there are no major problems on 880 north and southbound. that traffic looks good driving north especially into downtown oakland. in the south bay the freeways are doing pretty well. northbound 17 traffic looks okay down to the valley. 101 looks okay getting into the south bay and also up the peninsula. 6:00 president. let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. hope we didn't blind you. sunny day, clear day, everyone on the coast it will be cooler. inland won't matter. still upper 80s. very close to yesterday although we have lost that easterly breeze or that northerly breeze. but any breeze at all stirs up the pollen count and continues to be really high trees, grasses, weeds, take your pick. they seem to be flip-flopping but it's really off the charts right now. today sunshine and coast, bay and inland. but, again, there's just a slight component of a westerly breeze as a weak little cold front comes in. cooler by the coast. had th

westbound 92 traffic looks pretty good out to the high rise. we will tell you more straight ahead. @ >>> good morning. a lot of low clouds and even higher clouds, a sea breeze in place. we had sun yesterday but we lose that especially coast today. >> police in lumas are investigating a triple homicide. police say one woman was found dead inside the home saturday morning and a man found dead outside. a third victim was also found severely injured outside the home then later died at the hospital. the three victims reportedly suffered trauma to the head. no signs of forced entry and investigators say the act does not appear to be random. >>> the u.s. is apologizing for a nata air strike in afghanistan that killed civilians. the air strike was launched on a compound where insurgents took cover after killing a u.s. marine but the compound had civilians inside as well. the u.s. says nine civilians died in the air strike, afghan officials say as many as well children and two women were killed. the afghan president condemned the air strike and said he

westbound 80 looks good no problem and not a whole lot of company just yet. no problems making your way out of albany and berkeley and a maryville. 60 minutes from golden gate fields to downtown san francisco. public transit to leave free froe. >> justine: much more had including the latest in a world news including the efforts in libya and syria. problems from united states postal service why they are reporting such a big loss today. our roof cameron said francisco warm weather and traffic when we come back. hey, your high speed internet here, at home... ...and on the go... ...with some really big news. it's b-i-g -- big. high speed internet from at&t at home... ...includes wi-fi access on the go. whoo-hoo! [ both ] it's an unbelievable deal. [ chuckles ] well, gotta go. but wait -- there's more... [ female announcer ] go to the website below today and get high speed internet for the unbelievably low price of just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need at a great price. you can chill online at a park. here, pi

a big one now is that there's a connector ramp closed from westbound 80. you are connected on southbound 880 past the bay bridge. that is the connector ramp that is closed. chp is going to send folks over. coming off the east shore, take 580 eastbound to oakland and 980 back to 880. it's a longer drive. i it's going to add a few minutes to your commute. further up, we are looking at the east shore freeway. the commute direction there at san pablo. we have a deadly investigation accident going on. flares are laid out. i can't get confirmation if the onramp is closed. this is at least affecting one lane as you pass by. you can use hill top drive to be safe. a little slowing heading into the 50s. 880 moves nicely past the coliseum. flashing lights on 880 to downtown. maybe they will have additional traffic control. back to you. >> all right. we'll check back with you throughout the newscast. 5:09 now. the coverage of the death of osama bin laden continues in two minutes. how markets are reacting and what it means for wall street. all coming >>> welcome back,

heading towards the caldecott tunnel, westbound in around fish ranch road a couple of lanes blocked, possibly injuries. plus we have a couple of wind advisories on some of our bridges including the san mateo bridge. you can see in the distance caltrans has their warning signs up. not causing a delay in your morning ride but 13 minutes from hayward towards foster city and the peninsula. we have several wind advisories this morning, one for the san mateo bridge, one for the benicia bridge, and also one for the bay bridge. right now traffic is still pretty light on all your approaches towards the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see the metering lights are definitely off for another couple of hours or so, so right now an east ride is into san francisco except for the high winds especially on the san francisco side of the span. golden gate bridge looks great. they have not done the lane change yet. we'll continue to follow this as well but mass transit is on time. that's a check of traffic and weather. back to you. >> thank you. >>> we have some breaking news out of ireland. a bomb was des

westbound 580 very slow as you approach livermore.ent on a shoulder north main very congested. wall nut kreeng, pretty bunched up as you head toward the 24 junction. month no major shortfalls or accidents. metering lights are on and traffic is jammed back into the maze. you can see 580 is slow, 80 and 880 on the approach to the bay bridge. metering lights are on. slow, sluggish traffic coming through. >> sue, thank you very much. thank you for joining us. >> stay tuned for gma. when i melt to sleep with unisom sleep melts i get to sleep faster, stay asleep and wake refreshed. melt to sleep fast. unisom sleep melts. we share. shop from anywhere. and are always connected. we live in a social world. isn't it time we had a social currency to match? membership rewards points from american express. use them to get the things you love from amazon.com, ticketmaster.com, and more unexpected places. they're a social currency with endless possibilities. it can also lead to serious dental problems. [ male announcer ] new act total care dry mouth

and by the way the westbound will not change. westbound will not be effected by the activities on this memorial day. you'll be able to drive as normal throughout the whole time. also the morning commute northbound 101 lookings good approaching the 80 split. it's a nice drive and no problems on northbound 280 extension. finally looking at the san mateo and dumbarton bridge traffic looking good on both those spans. 5:41 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sir. some rain totals coming in we're pretty good. san jose only .09. but near them there were some really heavy totals. sfo and redwood city only a tenth. the peninsula did not get much. san francisco .17 but they had a quarter inch the day before that. oakland almost a half inch two day total .26. vacaville .44. and napa .5. heavier amounts to the north. our system is moving out but not before still producing some morning rain. so we'll hold onto that. by this afternoon we'll be on the drier side. but it's going to be cool and breezy. some of the impressive totals include santa cr

westbound 4 looks great down the eastshore freeway no delay.oadwork on the lower deck. the sterling street on-ramp to eastbound 80 is closed until 6 a.m. not seeing any big delays though right now if you are heading into oakland. the san mateo bridge, the only thing we got going on now is a high wind advisory across the span so watch out for that. it is not causing any big delay between hayward and foster city. the right side of your screen, those taillights in the commute direction. westbound 92 no. roadwork in the south bay. overall traffic great. live look at conditions on northbound 280, by the 880 interchange. your drive along the peninsula fine problem-free this morning. and the marin county commute southbound 101 nice and light this morning from novato down towards the golden gate bridge. they should have just doesn't lane change but still a nice quick trip southbound 101 from highway 37 to 580. and mass transit, bart running 30 trains on time. ace train number one looks great. muni metro no problems. caltrain no problems. remember kcbs,

westbound interstate 80 traffic is moving along pretty well. but there is a crash little bit farther up west 80 at solano avenue. it's also causing a little slow down eastbound 80. this is in the san pablo richmond area. commute looks good at the bay bridge toll plaza. it's 5:00. let's go back to the desk. >>> we're learning more details this morning about the raid on that compound in pakistan where osama bin laden was killed. it was one of bin laden's personal couriers who unknowingly led the c.i.a. to bin laden's hiding place. u.s. officials say president obama made the decision to launch a surgical attack on the compound with helicopters rather than a massive bombing raid. president obama and his advisers were able to watch the whole 40 minute mission in realtime. they watched c.i.a. director on a video screen narrating from agency headquarters in virginia what was happening far away in pakistan. these photos from the white house situation room they're waiting to hear a single word, geronimo, the code that bin laden was either captured or de

westbound 80 we have a snapshot there right at ashby avenue. westbound 80 about an 18-minute drive from the carquinez bridge to the maze towards the bay bridge toll plaza. later on tonight we have critical mass. they take off at justin herman plaza so watch out for the bicyclists around 6:00 tonight. right now 880 look at the live traffic sensors, looks great from hayward through downtown oakland. that is a check of traffic and weather. back to you. >> little miss pink-alicious? >> pink-alicious. >>you know what that is? >> i'll tell you about it in the break. >> i want to hear about your camping experiences, elizabeth. >> how many times do you think elizabeth has gone camping? >> at the ritz-carlton? >>> on a more serious note here, 5:37 your time. hundreds still missing out in missouri. >> and the rescue mission continuing five days after a killer tornado roared through joplin. officials have a list now of 232 people still considered to be missing but officials admit the list isn't completely accurate. >> we know that there are individuals on

westbound 80 driving in from vallejo and richmond still at the speed limit. at 6:20 let's go to steve. >>> thank you, sal. we have a little bit better weather today. more sunshine. slightly warmer. not a lot. still partly cloudies out there. and fog bank which was very pronounced yesterday kind of chewed up. we have cooler air coming in aloft a cold front but there's still patchy low clouds out there. not going to be that much warmer. i think we get more sunshine today. breezy at times, slightly warmer, partly to mostly sunny skies. the big news will be on the weekend as the cooler weather spills in and significantly cooler pattern into sunday and then maybe a very rainy pattern early next week. more on that in a second here. but our system moving in is falling apart. that's also pushing in some patchy low clouds. 40s and 50s on the temps. that's cool for santa rosa and napa at 43. big low coming in is not only going to play into our weather today but already the way into middle of next week. patchy low clouds but there will be sunshine today. little more tha

the are no delays for the westbound drive. it looks good to the macarthur mes. there is a san mateo ride. lighter than usual. there is traffic heading towards its foster city. your ride to the golden gate bridge, one one- celled bell common a problem or delays. an easy trip across the span. here is a look at the dumbarton bridge in your ride to the toll plaza. westbound there is no backup on the approach or delay coming over through. darya. [foreign language] >> there is a bit of a new message from osama osama bin laden, reported days before he was killed. it freezes the uprisings in the middle east and encourages muslims to fight corrupt rulers and the west. sometime between april 4th and osama bin laden death. in the meantime, the united states and pakistan are trying to repair ties. there are too high level officials of the obama administration in a pakistan the envoy, director of the cia, there would to meet top civilian and military leaders today in islamabad. pakistan officials will meet only with an intimacy. >> coming up, 4 morning news, commander, from

westbound and use them lanes on the upper deck is where you will see the problem.an mateo bridge a wind advisory has been issued here. for the been the ship bridge as well. san mateo bridge no wind advisory and traffic looks pretty good dozen of for this out bound ride coming in for marin no delays yet and no problems for marin county. >> darya: continuing coverage there live in san for cisco near the ferry building. --in san francisco-- >> louisa: any rain we are getting is just sitting on us not a washout but the roads are wet. we have been seeing people walk around with numberless but nobody's actually using them at this point. we have seen people riding their bikes to work probably not the best idea in might seem ok right now but later today looks like it's actually gonna start picking up. this morning we expect to lead the showers that's what it's looking like now. >> darya: is it a cold wind? >> louisa: i have to be honest is not bad and i'm a wimp. >> darya: good gauge thank you. >> mark: arnold schwarzenegger admitting he fathered a child with a household s