old man willow seems like a villain. he is trying to devour hobbits, bonelli transport ourselves to his domain. what is happening to him? people come into this territory, even right next to his doorstep and they pull and cutting head or his relatives down. old man willow is a centime creature, so it encourages from a critical theory standpoint to step out of the idea that trees firewood waiting to happen our fireplace. for example we might want to rethink what we are doing with the amazon. >> host: and also brings in the issues of justice and the entire system to be either just her and just in feeds into conflict. >> guest: you are absolutely right. it's an interesting struggle between myself and a wonderful collaborator, maria is i think a claimant with albert l., a very fine scholar at tree in three and one point of her career and is more devoted to critical theory, why much more on the colony fuel natural science tastings. she's more interested in justice. i'm are interested in order, not to the exclusion of the other

you see the volume of traffic here northbound with the taillights past willow continuing into san mateo and into san francisco. easy drive both directions for 101. 280 at the limit as you would expect. we'll check across the bay as well. we'll look at the bay bridge. this is folks out of san francisco and lower deck clear

old man willow was actually nasty and mean and the storyline is left out. we see him trying to devour the little hobbits and early in their time away from the shire they are ignorant of the outside world. they might lie down and resist the tree and unfortunately because they are not aware of such things, they risk being devoured and gnarled to death if you will. where does the critical theory,, and? to two old man willow intruders in his domain called the old forest always mean trouble. what do they do? that burned the trees. they chopped them down. this of course is critical theory expressed in terms of seems like a villain. he's trying to devour these hobbits but now we transport ourselves to his domain. what is happening to him? people are coming into his territory, even right next to his doorstep and pulling out axes and cutting him or his relatives down if you will. already caught on, old man willow is essentially a creature so it encourages us from a critical theory standpoint to step out of the ikea. the trees are just what would waiting to happen fo

. >>> good morning, highway 4 westbound, it looks good coming up to the willow pass grade and we willell you more about the morning commute and bay area weather stay tuned. . >>> welcome back, an overnight car bombing at syria happened at security checkpoint and a mortgager at a command center. bashar assad said he is not responsible for the conflict and when asked about its future, he said the decision should be made by the syrian people. >>> it's not just law firms and think tanks, they are being targeted for most institutions and that's according to the washington post. security experts say cyber spies are trying to get information on how government officials make decisions. hackers are linked to a security site near shanghai and have been targeting places worldwide and china denies the allegations. >>> they could have a key issue as cia director, democratic senators are providing full access to full classified opinions on when to use drone strikes but they are dealing with republican senators behind closed doors to provide more information on the attacks on the american consulate

you can see the video from san jose's willow glen neighborhood. that looks rough out there. >> it was really coming down. >> the question is will the winter weather continue today? christina? >> all the rain left a mark. look at this. 85% of average in san francisco. 85 in san jose. 81% of the average rainfall. that means we can eliminate at least for now the dirty d-word drought. 40 in san jose. you are going to have to work through after math out there. we had gusty winds. cold enough for all the damp roadways to freeze. especially where we have metal. you want to watch out for the potential for black ice this morning. 60 dpgz for the high. we'll take you live to tahoe coming up in the next report. first a look at your drive. let's see if you are dealing with the after math of yesterday's storm. mike? >> if you are headed to tahoe you will want to hear the live report and know interstate 80 is open without the chain requirements. 50 does have requests for that toward myers. the metering lights are on. the commute is on approaching the toll plaza

. >>> here you can see highway 4 looks good coming up over the willow pass grade. also the morning commute looks good as you approach the 880 split. let's go back to the desk. >> a three car pileup, right now police are searching for one of the drivers. it happened just before a street. a nissan spun into a guardrail and it blacked off and a passenger took off running. a second car hit the back of a nissan, the drive of this car also ran off running. >> the passenger of this vehicle stayed here with in injuries. >> police were able to find the passenger of the initial car and took him to the nearby hospital. around 3:30 the freeway was still opened. >>> police are still searching for a suspect after a violent night in vallejo. there are at least three shooting victims, tara moriarty is on the scene. tara? >>> well -- >> reporter: well crime scene detectives needed to interview some of the victims who were at various hospitals. detectives have really focused their efforts on the garage. that is where five people were shot. police say one man in his 20s was killed. a

. >>> traffic is doing well and we are doing well on highway 4 westbound as you head to the willow pass grade and also we are looking at the commute on 80, it is off to a nice start, let's get back to the desk. >>> it is dollars going -- also going to be windy and rainy, alex is where it is raining right now. >> yes, it has moved into petaluma and the rain has already started to fall and obviously something you want to keep in mind, the roads will be slick. it has not rained in some time in the bay area. this is 101 and we are right near the redwood highway right now and obviously it could be a fairly slick commute as we move through the day and there is also a nice chill in the air. a far career from the warm air. some areas could expect up to a half inch today and things have certainly tapered off since then and water agencies are certainly looking forward to warm weather. they are at 91% capacity and east bay reservoirs are 81%. some are 51% full right now and they are looking forward to this cold winter rain system that is moving in right now. we will bring you back out here live an

>>> traffic is doing well around the bay area, as a matter of fact we are doing very well on the willow pass grade, as a matter of fact traffic continues to look good and this is northbound 101 in san francisco, and that traffic is off to a good start. it is 4:29 let's go back to the desk. >>> two veteran detectives were killed in the line of duty and we are learning more on how the deadly tragedy unfolded. tara moriarty joins us from outside headquarters. >> reporter: this is the first time they have been back and if you look you can see behind me the memorial of growing candles and flowers. meanwhile more details about the deadly tragedy are coming to light. a cell phone surveillance was taken and two people had gone to the home of a man on a sexual assault on a follow-up investigation. he had been arrested last week and sheriff's deputies who are now handling it said he shot the officers with a gun on his doorstep. >> we know now he was distraught and he had intentions of harming people and/or the police. >> he was later found wearing body armor and carrying three guns. they believe

flames spread from the garage to the house on willow green court this afternoon. nobody was hurt here. >>> friends and family of a mother/daughter murdered will have to wait for justice because of a mistrial in the case of a suspected serial killer. a judge declared the mistrial today. as prosecutors argued jason scott killed ebony adewitt. a detective made reference to scott's involvement in a number of unrelated home invasionsai judge ruled that the jury could hear about only one of those home invasions. prosecutors say they will retry the case. in the meantime scott will remain in jail. because he has already been sentenced in those home invasions. >> the man wanted fofr questioning in the murders of an elderly couple may be nursing his own wound after a scuffle with a man and his oxygen tank. police want to find john jeffreys as they investigate the murders of the couple they were found dead in if their home yesterday. jeffreys is suspected in a home invasion in fredericksburg. in that incident, the 67-year-old homeowner fought back hitting the intruder over t

the rain there that's just fine well they're comfortable in the snow so let's not waste any time willow them on the truck and get going. when i'm not sure how they feel it's important that they're come. to turn the wheels. right. to the right time telling year. the reindeer will be specially carried by truck a long trek compact snow would injure their hooves. we are taking them to a festival and how to steer a. bear will take part in reindeer team races i myself have trained one of the pairs but i trained them in a forest glade where the snow is usually softer but the main thing now is to get there i wonder how they will react to all the people in the village i hope to be able to win at least one round. of the. ring to hurdle in a can of his twenty one years old he began herding reindeer in the tighar to finishing school it didn't take him long to get accustomed to tyga life in a can't he didn't used to like visiting how to steer but some time ago he fell in love with a local girl indeed himself to the girl's parents and married her all within a week now for the first time in his life h

what if you didn't know that weeping willows have invasive roots? didn't know that a trampoline... could affect your liability? and what if you didn't know that most cars... get broken into when the weather warms up? here, buddy. the more you know, the better you can plan for what's ahead. get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa -dum, bum - bum - bum - bum ♪ [ticking] >> we know that cyber intruders have probed our electrical grid, and that in other countries, cyber attacks have plunged entire cities into darkness. >> president obama didn't say which country had been plunged into darkness by computer hackers, but we found out. it was brazil. we also found out that hackers have been infiltrating everything from our defense networks to the financial systems. bank robbers are now stealing more money with computers than they are with guns. >> this map is showing a visual representation of where all of the known infections of conficker are across the world. >> computer analysts say it's like a sleeper cell, and it may be poised to suc

daughter willow, until she dropped off. >>> steven tyler admitted to spending $5 million to $6 million on drugs. >>> and if you wanted to see the stars of rocky and raging bull duke it out. sylvester stallone and robert deniro are currently filming a boxing movie. >>> i thought adele looked great. >> she looked stunning and i thought jennifer hudson looked fantastic. >>> this is "first look" on msnbc. stay tuned "way too early" starts right now. ♪ >>> a big night at the ors oscars, ben affleck and "argo" takes home the academy awards' top honors. they were told by none other than first lady michelle obama. she's pretty busy. she did fallon awith mom dancin. >>> this is "way too early." before we get to the other top news of the world, we want to recap last night's academy awards. argo beat films like "lincoln" and silver linings playbook. a bit of redemption for affleck who was passed over best director, which went to ang lee for "lie of pi." "lincoln," though, had its day in the sun, as daniel day-lewis earned his third academy award for best actor. jennifer lawrence might have enjoye

. >> thieves struck along this stretch of willow pass road blacking out ten streetlights. in the last few years concord has spent $1 million replacing all of this stolen copper wiring. the solution? inground boxes encased in cement and rebar with a cover requiring special tools. they tried putting boulders on them but they moved them. >> we would think that would work but they did not. >> concord installed temporary solar lights. >> we installed warning so pedestrians know the lights are out as they enter the path. so we have two volunteers working from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. during the prime commute hours. all expensive and exhaustive remedies to shed some light on a growing problem. in concord for abc7 news. >> in palo alto, two cases of weapons on campus in a week have police and the administration on high alert. a student brought an old-style stun gun to school on friday and attempted to use it on another student off campus. on monday, students reported a classmate had a homemade gun that shoots rubber corks. both resulted in misdemeanor charges and disciplinary action

the rain there that's just fine well they're comfortable in the snow so let's not waste any time willow them on the truck and get going oh well i'm not sure how they feel it's important that their county. can. turn the wheels. right. to the right time telling year. the reindeer will be specially carried by truck a long track on packed snow would injure their hooves. we are taking them to a festival and hearty spirit there will take part in reindeer team races i myself have trained one of the pairs but i trained them in a forest glade where the snow is usually softer than the main thing now is to get there i wonder how they will react to all the people in the village i hope to be able to win at least one round. out of the. ring to hurt or in a can of his twenty one years old he began herding reindeer in the tighar to finishing school he didn't take him long to get accustomed to tyga life in a can't he didn't used to like visiting how to steer but some time ago he fell in love with a local girl and did himself to the girl's parents and married her all within a week now for the first time

this is highway 4, the traffic here looks good coming up to the willow pass grade. also if you are driving on 880 in oakland, it is nice and roadwork is not there and traffic is moving well. let's go back to the desk. >>> the san francisco 49ers came close to pulling off the greatest come back in super bowl history but it is the baltimore ravens who are the new pro champions of football. >> they have won it... >> reporter: at one point the ravens led 28-6 and no team has ever come back from a 10 point deficit. 49ers came roaring back in the second half but the thrilling rally came five yards short less than two minutes to go and the ravens ended up winning 34- 31. [applauds] [applauds]. >> well the big come back in the second half had many 49ers holding out for a big win and having their team in the super bowl was a big achievement in its own and many were brought to tears from the disappointing loss. >>> crowds in san francisco were relatively calm last night but police still made some arrests. alex savage is in san francisco to talk about the extra precaution we a

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this is a look at highway 4 coming up to the willow pass grade. you can see traffic continues to move along pretty welcoming up to the grade. also the morning commute looks good on 880. again recommending you give yourself a little bit of extra time. let's go back to the desk. >>> topping the news a former los angeles police officer bent on revenge remains on the loose. it was this time yesterday morning when we first reported that 33-year-old christopher domer was accused of shooting three police officers. massive manhunt for domer stretches across california. tara moriarty is in the newsroom with the massive man hunt. >> reporter: schools in big bear are in lock down and area ski resorts closed. this as the man hunt intensifies. sheriffs deputies have been going door to door warning of 33-year-old domer. and they will resume aerial searches and use canine units to track him. he is still targeting law enforcement and a threat to the greater community. the entire state of california is under a tactical alert. the police academy in los angeles and

northbound taillights past willow. earlier overnight crash has cleared. all activity is gone from the peninsula as far as any chp reports go. back to you. >>> it's 4:38. it's a well known tradition college students throwing long parties but how about 46 hours straight? and it's all for a very good cause. over 16,000 people dancing the weekend away at penn state university for charity. the annual dance marathon raised $12.3 million and all this fund to benefit kids with cancer. what a great cause. counting yesterday's total, students have now raised more than $100 million for cancer research and treatment since the first one way back in 1977. they do know how to get down. >> a good turnout. look at that. here in the bay area they cut it off for a good cause. people lined up at w salon in santana row yesterday to get a haircut and donate it to wigs for kids. the organization helped hundreds of kids every year suffering from medically related hair loss. the only requirement was your hair had to be at least 10 inches long before they chopped it. among people

this is video of that hail coming down pretty hard in san jose, willow glen. look out below. take a look at mt. diablo this morning. a light dusting of snow covering the peak after yesterday's storm swept right through. >> christina loren joins us now. the cold temperatures are sticking around. >> that means we need to stick around this snow. as you head throughout the day today, you'll get a beautiful view. you know if you've lived here for any duration of time, we don't get this many times per year. maybe three times if we're lucky. that's mt. hamilton dusted with snow. look at this. a rope tornado reported not too far from here. east of i-5 between corning and red bluff. that's very dangerous. happy to report there was nobody hurt. there was no damage, but we always want your pictures. as we head throughout the day today. after the nice frigid start that we have. 52 in san jose. 53 in sunnyvale, you almost made it that weekend just a couple days away now. as we head throughout the day today, that cool ocean air is going to continue to pump on shore. you can see that from y

the truck hit the house on willow lane, the driver was drinking and didn't have a valid license. the homeowner facing a big clean-up. >> police asking for help in an effort tonight to find a woman and her daughter from greenbelt who are both missing. 25-year-old stephanie hameric and her 1-year-old daughter were last seen walking toward a bus stop last thursday. her family says she has no means of supporting herself or her child. right now, police do not believe there is anything suspicious about their disappearance. but if you see the pair, you are asked to call, the prince george's county police. >> an amazing story from snow-covered connecticut tonight. a pregnant woman goes into labor. but her neighborhood is under 3 feet of snow from the blizzard. it took a little creativity. elbow grease to get her to the hospital. they made it. the adventure caught on a cell phone camera with no plow in sight. lori wood' husband and four guys turned a luggage carrier into a sled. in ventive. they pulled her down the street to the plowed main road where a car took them to the hospital. and

. >> last week the copper thieves struck along this stretch of willow path road blacking out streetlights. in the last few years concord has spent more than a million dollars replacing the stolen copper wiring. >> the solution? in ground boxes will be encased with rebar with a cover acquiring special tools. >> you tried putting the boulders on them. >> we would have liked to think the boulders would work, but they did not. >> so they installed solar lights jie. we are installing the warning signs. pedestrians know they are out. >> we have volunteers that are working out here. >> all exhaustive memories to shed some light on a growing problem. 234 concord, leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >>> happening right now san bruno school board members are locked in a discussion about a possible school closure. they are deciding what to do with students at crest more elementary school. the district needs to shutdown one school because of budget problems. board members are divided about where to send them. either rolling wood elementary or john muir elementary. it could last until after midnight. crest mor

. >> last week the copper thieves struck along this stretch of willow path road blacking out streetlights. in the last few years concord has spent more than a million dollars replacing the stolen copper wiring. >> the solution? in ground boxes will be encased with rebar with a cover acquiring special tools. >> you tried putting the boulders on them. >> we would have liked to think the boulders would work, but they did not. >> so they installed solar lights jie. we are installing the warning signs. pedestrians know they are out. >> we have volunteers that are working out here. >> all exhaustive memories to shed some light on a growing problem. 234 concord, leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >>> happening right now san bruno school board members are locked in a discussion about a possible school closure. they are deciding what to do with students at crest more elementary school. the district needs to shutdown one school because of budget problems. board members are divided about where to send them. either rolling wood elementary or john muir elementary. it could last until after midnight. crest mor

. >> last week the copper thieves struck along this stretch of willow path road blacking out streetlightsears concord has spent more than a million dollars replacing the stolen copper wiring. >> the solution? in ground boxes will be encased with rebar with a cover acquiring special tools. >> you tried putting the boulders on them. >> we would have liked to think the boulders would work, but they did not. >> so they installed solar lights jie. we are installing the warning signs. pedestrians know they are out. >> we have volunteers that are working out here. >> all exhaustive memories to shed some light on a growing problem. 234 concord, leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >>> happening right now san bruno school board members are locked in a discussion about a possible school closure. they are deciding what to do with students at crest more elementary school. the district needs to shutdown one school because of budget problems. board members are divided about where to send them. either rolling wood elementary or john muir elementary. it could last until after midnight. crest more is a half mile fr

like this one in albany for half a million dollars, or this one in san jose's willow glen neighborhood0. or this one in downtown berkeley for $600,000. they all have three things in common, rundown building on big lots with great location. >> the house is worth nothing. it's the land that it sets on. >> reporter: these days, between the condition of the building and the price, it's harder to tell which is scarier. >> well, they both are. that was kiet do reporting by the way. 1.8million. >> wow. >> forget it. >>> thousands of san francisco billion owners may face some expensive reconstruction. two city supervisors are proposing an ordinance requiring all soft storied buildings be retrofitted for earthquakes by 2020, 7 years a what. nearly 3,000 wood frame buildings built before 1978 would be affected. part of the plan would provide landlord loans to finance that work. wow. a lot of money. >> yes, it is. >>> time now 4:52. cocktail lovers, beware. the unexpected side effects if you mix diet soda and alcohol. >> a smash-and-grab. the unusual tool thieves used to rob a jewelry store in br

board of appeals, it provides comfort for me to know my kid coming home from a sports commitment at willow, he can take the muni into castro, he can stop and sit down someplace comfortable where he can have a piece of chicken, a salad, vegetable, something healthy, it will serve him well. it's a comfortable environment in the city or in the world where a teenager can sit down and have that kind of meal and maybe get some help from the divas at the next table with his calculus homework. [laughter] >>> i want to speak strong little for this as a neighborhood institution. and the economics of having that storage room for this odd space are very important. when you stop and think about what kind of uses could go in there, what they could serve in that kitchen if they didn't have that storeroom. it really makes me wonder how long it could be before another sliderses or burger joint opens up. please do what you can and let j.d. keep that storage unit. thank you. >> thank you. >>> hi, my name is call devries and i'm with the [speaker not understood] arts collective. i remember my first night in s

. >> reporter: from san jose's willow glen neighborhood, we were provided indisputable proof of hail. but come tomorrow morning if you're driving, don't be looking around for white mountain tops. watch out for something you really can't see, black ice. >> it has that name because it doesn't have the typical white frosty look. it just look likes a wet surface. so it's very misleading. as soon as you hit it, you lose a total loss of coefficient or friction, and it's incredibly hard to maintain your direction. >> reporter: officer says if you do hit black ice, don't panic. gently brake and no sudden steering. after you parked your car, the mountaintops should still be glistening. so take care on the road tomorrow morning. and tonight take care of your pets and your plants. we've got a cold one on the way. live in livermore, terry mcsweeney, nbc bay area news. >> thanks, terry. we've got some photos to share with you. viewers sent these from their neighborhoods today. this handful of hail is from south san jose. and look at this, it could be a postcard, right? a shot from san ramon from m

what if you didn't know that weeping willows have invasive roots?t if you didn't know that a trampoline... could affect your liability? and what if you didn't know that most cars... get broken into when the weather warms up? here, buddy. the more you know, the better you can plan for what's ahead. get smarter about your insurance. ♪ we are farmers bum - pa -dum, bum - bum - bum - bum ♪ >> pam: if the parties have started in baltimore, nor lands but a quiet night in san francisco with the super bowl loss. nonetheless, a great team. will tran has been there all week. >> reporter: i have to tell you, pam. that the fans are classy they've never said a bad thing about the baltimore ravens. that they just said they came up a little bit short. they came out dejected. they thought that it was going to happen with a miracle comeback. when the there were knocking on the door and came up short but they were obviously, sophisticated and they realized that we have a young team. harbaugh is going to be a great coach. and the next step with colin kaepernick the fu

mississippi, members of the presidential entourage cornered, clubbed, and tied an american black bear to a willowg chase. roosevelt declined to shoot the bear himself saying the act would be unsportsman like. almost one million bears sold and meant to imply under the out door image of roosevelt was a sensitive interior. i never knew that. wow. the first bear went on sale toy, february 15th, 110 years ago. amazing stuff. still to come tonight, my two cents more on mayor bloomberg. the man's out of control. move over, ann. there's a new fashionista in town. we talk to the designers at new york fashion week. look at that. i sat in her seat. she's going to be mad. ♪ gerri: behind the runway in new york fashion week to see what the hottest designers have to say about high fashion in the toug ♪ gerri: in fashion tonight, new york fashion week, two of the world's fashion power houses give me the inside scoop on their collections and whether high fashion is making a comeback. so tell me the inspiration for the show? it's gorgeous. >> thank you. it's the alfred hitchcock stills over the years. rri:ed with

. >>> traffic looks good coming to the willow pass grade and also the morning commute looks good if you are driving on westbound 92, it is 5:00 let's go back to the desk. >>> we are starting with developing news, two blocks on north beach are without water, there was an overnight water main break, claudine wong is right there in north beach, you have new information you just received from supervisor, what are they saying? >> reporter: well the supervisor is going around turning off valves because there are several pipes running underneath this street. there are big developments in the last half hour and you can see a gentleman trying to clear out the cable car tracks and cable car service is affected and they are running a shuttle but certainly they want to get the cable car back here so he is cleaning out the roadway. in he is it of what caused this, they -- in terms of what caused this, a 36-inch main is right there but as he was going around he turned off a 12-inch main and that's when the water finally turned off and that pipe is much larger. you can look at this buckled part of the

. >>> traffic is looking good on highway 4 coming to the willow pass grade as you drive through northboundraffic 280 is off to a good start, let's go back to dave and pam. >>> it is already snowing in the sierra and in fact this is a live picture you are looking at, it has been snowing off and on since late last night. snow levels could drop as low as 1,500 feet making driving hazardous at times. up to 10 inches of snow is expected and we will bring you a live report coming from the sierra at 6:00. >>> it is expected to be a rainy storm as the first one moves in in many weeks. it started at 4:30 a.m. while marin county reservoirs are almost full but the east and south bays could use some rain after the third dryest january on record. >> another affect of global warming but the storm is coming and it will bring more rain and we will get more flooding and we will deal with it as we always do. >> the east bay reservoir are at 1% patty and santa clara ross varies are only -- reservoirs are only half full. santa rosa is closest to its average at 93%. at oakland airport 93% and san jose is 80 pe

. >>> coming to the willow pass grade you can see the traffic is busy and it is looking good as you drive down to the mcarthur maze, let's go to the desk. >>> police are searching for a suspect where one person was killed and four others were wounded. tara moriarty is joining us from vallejo and tara, the police are still out there? >> yes, this is the second homicide of the year and the second in just a week. you can see behind me we have the street blocked off and we have lit up the evidence markers and there are dozens of shell casings and they are spending a good deal inside the garage where we believ five people were shot. it happened on humbolt street and detectives confirm five people were shot, one man in his 20s killed. another person was rushed to the hospital with injuries and they were rushed to the medical center shortly after the shooting. >> it is undetermined as to the placement of where these vehicles or suspects or victims were, we don't know that yet, we are still in the early stages of trying to figure this thing out. >> reporter: police were able to secure a search wa

you are coming up to the willow pass grade and traffic is moving nicely as you come over the hill. are no major problems so the theme is, this is the calm before the traffic storm if you will and there might even be some weather to deal with and we will let steve handle part of that so if you drive in parts of the city it is moving along well. speaking of the weather, let's talk to steve. >>> well, a system weak as it may be, you can see it is beginning to move in, santa rosa says light rain and lake county, may be a little snow mix up towards the geysers up there, i doubt there is too much out of this but mostly clear skies and there is two parts. this right there, then we get a little bit of a break, and that up there, that will be the cold air in tonight and tomorrow. it will bring a couple of inches of snow to the mountains and the bigger temperature drop is the bigger story even though we can use the rain because we have been dry the entire year. 30s and 40s on the temperatures and these temperatures are going to plunge friday into saturday. there is a system for the morning,

. >>> traffic is moving along relatively well and it's moving well along the willow pass grade and also moving well on san mateo bridge, let's go back to the desk. >>> we are getting breaking news in the south bay. a san jose man may have been stabbed overnight by his roommate. he went to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and police have at least one person in custody. alex savage will be there with a live report. >>> the u.s. postal service is making an announcement, no more saturday mail delivery. they have scheduled a conference aimed at a plan to save $2 billion a year and the u.s. postal service will no longer deliver mail on saturday but it will continue to deliver packages on saturdays. >>> they are holding a news conference and they will tell us new details in the kevin collins case. he was a 10-year-old boy who disappeared more than 30 years ago. he was leaving the concord apartment of kevin collins mother and police showed photos of the lead suspect in this case. he died five years ago and he is the focus of an investigation which has been picked up in recent mon

this chevron in the willow area is selling gas for $3.23 a gallon. so when the family found out that they had to gas up more than usual, they discovered. >> at first i thought it was the car. >> when my son came in and told me the car was getting $10 a gallon, i knew it was wrong because the car returns great and he should be getting over 20. >> reporter: the bairds came to the conclusion that someone was stealing a couple of gallons from each of their vehicles. >> the gas lid was under the tank and there was gas all over here. >> reporter: realizing their older models were targeted because they can be open from the outside. >> i don't know if someone stole one or two gallons of gas i would notice it. in the bairds case, with it being several vehicles they noticed it. >> reporter: they did report it to police and were told officers would patrol their neighborhood when available. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, ktvu news. >>> almost 13 years after the california energy crisis comes news that california customers could get $1.6 billion back fo

i willowed up my santa can gnaw -- i will load up my santa cannon and we will go on these wiccans. i don't want to alien name thet because wiccans sound easy so i may want to go to dinner with them at some point. >> are you all bigots. >> rut one who assuming being easy is a bad thing. >> i am not saying it is a bad thing. you are stereo typing based on outdated norms and things that disgust me. >> don't get me started on morays. >> so where -- we have freedom of religion in this country. it is enshrined in our constitution. >> supposedly. >> unless you don't want to pay for certain things and then the government forces you to do it anyway. >> learned that the hard way. >> but if you are going to have freedom of religion and respect for people's religion beliefs, it can't just be the big three or whatever you want to call them. >> no. what we were talking about earlier, we want the immigrants and people coming here who have skills and talents and making themselves into americans. they are going to come from all over the world. the universities will have to recognize the religions t

. >> thank you, traffic is moving along to the willow pass grade with no major issues and also the morningve on the san mateo bridge has no major fog problems, let's go back to the desk. >>> police in the east bay are searching for the hit-and-run driver who injured a mother and her two children. it happened on crest view drive and all leg savage is at the -- alex savage is at the scene to tell us why this happened. >> reporter: they were making their way to crest view drive and they were in this crosswalk when a car slammed into them last night. investigators found the car involved but the driver is nowhere to be found. investigators say it is a dangerous street and it is dark and cars are always going fast. this was the scene after the crash around 6:00 last night. one of the children was airlifted by paramedics to another hospital and one was driven to the hospital and the woman hurt was transported by ambulance as well. now police at the scene could not give us information about their specific injuries but we saw one of the kids was riding a bike which had a tag on it meaning it was ob

this chevron in the willow area is selling gas for $3.23 a gallon. so when the family found out that they had to gas up more than usual, they discovered. >> at first i thought it was the car. >> when my son came in and told me the car was getting $10 a gallon, i knew it was wrong because the car returns great and he should be getting over 20. >> reporter: the bairds came to the conclusion that someone was stealing a couple of gallons from each of their vehicles. >> the gas lid was under the tank and there was gas all over here. >> reporter: realizing their older models were targeted because they can be open from the outside. >> i don't know if someone stole one or two gallons of gas i would notice it. in the bairds case, with it being several vehicles they noticed it. >> reporter: they did report it to police and were told officers would patrol their neighborhood when available. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, ktvu news. >>> almost 13 years after the california energy crisis comes news that california customers could get $1.6 billion back fo

> it is getting busier and westbound highway 4, you will see more slowed traffic coming on to the willow pass grade with no major issues and if you are driving on to 680 nearby you will see some traffic moving south. let's move on to the bay bridge toll plaza, that is about an 8 minute delay before you make it to the metering lights. we are looking at the bay shore freeway, highway 101 and it is looking good northbound 101 near the airport there could be a stalled big-rig. it looks good on all freeways and from hayward to fremont from 238 to maury, that is as good as it is going to get and it may double traffic time. 6:21 let's go to steve. >>> cloudy with light rain to the north, joanne in ross and marin county, information from ross, some drizzle, heavy to moderate rain, our system does not have much. has two pieces to it, the first one is coming in right now. it will spread from napa county to sonoma county and there is not a lot with this system. 30s are disappearing and there is cloud cover in the north and southeast winds is raising temperatures. there will be a break coming in lat

and a tow truck is on seen, a stalled big rig blocking the right lane at 242, and southbound 101 at willowccident on the right side. first reports of an accident on deviled slice blocking a lane of traffic with no further details. we will report back to you after checking with c.h.p. kristen and eric? >> we start at 6:30 with developing new. we learned that united states postal service will stop mail delivery open saturday starting in august. an official announcement comes at 7:00 our time this morning. packages will still be delivered. post office locations will remain open on weekends. the move is expected to save $2 billion a year. the struggling agency has been looking for ways to cut costs amid growing competition from e-mail and the internet. >> abc7 has learned that san francisco police will hold a news conference today to share possible new details in the kevin collins investigation, the boy who disappeared 30 years ago. amy joins with the latest. >> we should get answers today, christian, police pulled a lot of evidence out of the house behind me here on masonic street, in the hai

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it's the 14,000 block of willow green court and generally what they do is try to go to the hotspots. heat rises and so do flames. again, a house fire, sky fox over the scene and we'll keep you posted as this story develops. >>. and i to a weather alert. the blizzard conditions in oklahoma as a winter storm hits. the no and high winds caused a how many mess for drivers and the blizzard warning remains in affect for oklahoma and kansas, and the storm system could be headed our way. gary mcgrady is in the weather center. gary. the storm system heading our way. expand on that, if you will. >> reporter: it is. there is no doubt about it and that is going to clear the east coast and we're going to get in the way of it. we're not talking about that and we're going to have mostly rain here. let me show you this. this is a big classic, two weeks in a row and we have had this big classic springtime storm. there is tornado watches in affect and there is a lot of severe weather down through parts of louisiana and into mississippi and the texas panhandle, too, where winds are gusting up to and to

looking a the the commute on westbound highway 4 this commute looks pretty good getting up to the willow pass grade. now let's go back to the desk. >>> time now 5:31. we have breaking news coming in from san jose. the police are investigating the death of a woman it happened a little while ago at a downtown condo building. ktvu janine de la vega is right there and i know that witnesses are being questioned. janine. what do you know? >> reporter: that is right. police have roped off this block here at st. james street and san pedro because of this investigation. now this all centered around this building that you see here to the left. it's called the city heights condo complex. it's 15 stories high. we are being told that a woman fell from one of the balconies here. they started getting 911 calls around 3:00 a.m.. one person heard a loud thump. another called in reporting a person on the ground. police reported and found a body of a 21-year-old woman on the street. after talking to witnesses it appears she fell from the 11th story balcony. they are trying to piece together what happened.