Abandon their vehicle. Everybody was like get out, get out reporter you were running . Yes, everybody was running jumping out the car. It was serious. Reporter as a the smoke thickened inside the tunnel, people said it was tough to breathe. Imagine being stuck inside during a barbecue and the barbecue being inside ten times worse. It was pretty bad. You felt like you needed to get out of the tunnel. Reporter look what is left. This was a ford taurus. The ford hit this saturn before bursting into flames. The driver saw the fire and had to think fast. I panicked and i couldnt get out of the car because the doors were locked. I tried to kick the door out. I had to kick this door out to get out of the car. Reporter longtime bay area residents couldnt help but think about the deadly accident that happened in the tunnel in 1982 when seven people were killed. Scary. It brought flash backs of the tanker blowing up years ago. I know i was a kid but it had that feel to it, so everybody felt that way. We ran out of the tunnel fast. Reporter this started because of a stalled car and then a couple of other cars crashed when they didnt realize there was a backup and one of those cars caught fire. Chp says this is a great example of slowing down and always being ready for the unexpected. In oakland amy hollyfield. The Highway Patrol is investigating what happened when a taxi went airborne in fairfield killing one passenger this morning. Lets show you this now before we get to the taxi story. Following this mess in southbound 680. At least seven cars became intangled just before 6 00 this morning. Yeah, the chp closed all lanes but one almost instantly triggering a backup that stretched almost eight miles. Several ambulances arrived to the scene. With all the traffic problems this morning, you may find it helpful to navigate around jams using ways app. You can download it and join on apples app store. Napa county Sheriffs Department ties say a shooting suspect killed himself after officers cornered him in a wooded area. The suspect took deputyies on a chase after the initial shooting around noon. He then took off running prompting this intense search near the napa sonoma line. People were advised to stay inside their homes and a high school was under lockdown. Police say two more suspects in last weeks deadly shooting of an oakland mother are in custody. 30yearold pierce was caught in the cross fire a week ago today. Both suspects are 29 years old and charged with accessory to murder. A third person arrested on the same charge this weekend was released. A fourth suspect 19yearold anthony sims has been charged with murder in pierces death. A San Jose Police officer accused of raping a woman and roughing up his exgirlfriend is changing his plea for a third time. Jeffrey graves entered a not guilty plea today. He initially pleaded not guilty but changed to no contest this week after prosecutors requested to add enhancements that could put him in a life sentence. Hes accuse of raping a woman after a driving her to a hotel after a domestic dispute she had with her the naacp said the san Police Officers sent racist and homophobic texts to each other. They were revealed to convince a judge not to let him out of jail. Now coming up at 5 00, vic lee has the naacps reaction and how one of the accused officers is thinking about stepping down. A father in the Mission District injured in a fire died. The 38yearold died saturday from injuries. Last wednesday the familys apartment at 24th street and tree avenue caught fire. Two other siblings and the mother were taken to the hospital but they are recovering. Firefighters acted quickly to rescue all five from the building. The cause of that fire remains under investigation. All right. Now to the infamous real estate heir arrested in a 15year cold case investigation. Robert durst was arrested. Marcy gonzalez has the story. Reporter robert durst in a new orleans courtroom, his attorney insisting he is not guilty in the shooting death of his friend susan berman in 2000. A contrast to dursts confession. Which aired for the first time just last night on the finally of the documentary series the jinx. There it is. Reporter the sixpart series profiled bermans death and the unsolved disappearance of dursts first wife kathy in 1982 and the murder of dursts neighbor in 1981. In interviews for the documentary, he repeatedly insisted he was not a killer. Off camera while in a bathroom apparently unaware his microphone was on, the bombshell audio was recorded two. Years later an editor discovered it and handed it to police. It was so chilling to hear it. Reporter the 71yearold was taken into custody saturday where he was registered under a fake name and according to the police report, he had a gun. The lapd issued the warrant says the hbo series had nothing to do with his arrest. The fbi believes when he was arrested, he may have been trying to flee to cuba though his attorney denyies that. Durst is expected to be brought back to los angeles to stand trial. Spencer christian is away today. Yeah, drew is here with the forecast. Were talking about a cold front nearing the region. Live doppler 7 hd will show you its a gray day out there and were tracking moisture through the north bay and on to San Francisco at this hour. Live doppler 7 hd has the powerful capability of slicing through the atmosphere and showing you where it rained. Look at this. Move to the eastern half of San Francisco around a the bay. You notice the moisture evaporating at 20,000 feet. Not seeing rain there but you move west and the radar fills in a bit more say around san rafael in the north bay and sunset district and marina. That moisture is reaching the ground in the form of sprinkles. Well take a live look outside from the Golden Gate Bridge cam. Lots of clouds and the forecast calls for scattered sprinkles early on white and scattered in nature. A different story tuesday morning. Lots of sunshine and a mild afternoon on the way. Well look at the rest of the forecast when we see you. Thanks, drew. Still ahead, jurors take a field trip. The piece of evidence the judge wanted them to see up close. And can you really say goodbye to your email password . Yahoo reveals a way to get access to all those important messages. A dire report says california only has a year of water left. New at 4 30, how state leaders may tighten the task more. Michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and taste facebook, hell answer them live. You can ask him at facebook. Com and on twitter. Well be back. Taking a look at traffic outside, heading towards the bridge right now looks a little slow and go. It will not get ea ooooh. I can hear that sizzle. Getting louder and louder philly cheesesteak and egg sizzling with prime rib and gooey cheese. I better just silence this sizzle the new philly cheesesteak and egg skillet. Dennys. Welcome to americas diner. An amtrak train struck a car when it hit a car. Witnesses say the driver of the car waited near the tracks and waved other cars by. When the train approached she pulled on the tracks and stopped. The train operator saw the car but was unable to stop in time. No passengers were hurt. A private candle light vigil will be held tonight in San Francisco for a dental student found shot to death in her albany apartment. Police believe she was killed when she returned to her apartment after attending a service. Police are analyzing evidence, just two miles away in richmond they found a 37yearold drivers license credit cards and bloody clothes in a residences trash can that resident is not under suspicion. This is the first homicide in under a decade. Jurors in the bombing trial got a firsthand look at the bullet riddled bloodstained boat that joehe hid in. They went to see it and it had at least 108 bullet holes faded bloodstains and aled confession. He sat by quietly as jurors looked over the boat. The 21yearold is charged in a 30count indictment and could get the Death Penalty if convicted. Betting on baseball trying again to get back in the good graces of major league baseball. Rose has submitted a new request to be reinstated. Baseballs alltime career hitter to a lifetime ban near august 1989 after an investigation concluded he bet on the Cincinnati Reds to win while he managed the team. Rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and met with bud in 2002. The new commissioner replaced him in january. Facebook is clarifying its rules for nudity and offensive content. The dos and donts have not changed the Facebook Says its making it easier for users to understand what is allowed. Nudity is still mostly blocked or will quickly be removed. Facebook says bullying hate speech criminal activity and selfinjury are banned. The new guide will be on facebook and sent to user whose complain about what others post. In the meantime yahoo email users have a new optional way to log into their accounts that will no longer require them to remember a traditional password. The tech giant is offering on demand passwords where you can have new passwords every time you need to log on. Users interested should go to the settings section then security on their yahoo page to set it up. Now to the east bay where an investigation is underway in pittsburgh after an out of control big rig smash into a restaurant killing the driver. Now were hearing from an eyewitness that saw it unfold this happened this morning at railroad avenue. Wayne freedman joins us live now, wayne . Reporter good afternoon, cheryl. This is an on going allday event. You can see that going on over my shoulder. This is the big rig that crashed in here this morning that was carrying two trailers filled with gravel. It came barrelling down the road. According to an eyewitness, the driver had problems with the brakes. He had video, in fact after that driver passed him, which is shot by marvin thompkins dodd. He says he could hear the truck driver stepping on the brake. He says he could smell the clutch. He said there was no stochpping this 18 wheeler. He said no brakes no control, no honking, no nothing. This truck did clip a couple cars on the way in. Those people were lucky to walk away. One of the men involved in one of those trucks said im a fortunate man he said, this is my birthday, march 16th is my new birthday. He figures the difference for life and death for him was roughly four feet. As we come back live again now. This is going to take awhile. It took them until well past noon to get the body of the driver out. They think they know the identity. They are 80 certain he was burned so badly they have to make sure and notify the next of kin. The Trucking Companies involved, too. Were hoping for more information on who the company is what the record is and why the brakes may have failed. A lot unfolding in pittsburgh now. Thats the latest cheryl. Wayne, difficult situation for everyone. Thank you. Lets turn our attention to the weather forecast. Glorious weekend but changed a bit today. It has. Sprinkles up there that never hit the ground. There are spots where we got a trace of wind. That trace is what weve been seeing. Lets take a look and show you over cast shies on this monday a gray day and we are tracking just a slug of very light moisture. Well press in a little closer locally into the north bay where we have had reports of trace rainfall around san rafael and north in santa rosa and even sprinkle activity made its way into San Francisco. You do notice where you live this picture sent in by stacy showing you on her windshield, yes, you do see a few sprinkles out there and thats about all were seeing at this hour with this front moving through. Out there right now temperaturewise, 66 in oakland 63 in downtown San Francisco and 6 3 in napa. 71 in fremont and 72 in san jose. Live look from the tower cam showing you downtown San Francisco in the foreground, the high cloud cover overhead in the forecast does call for those clouds sticking around overnight and those sprinkles possible early on throughout the evening. Tomorrowist tomorrow its a much different day. Satellite and radar will show you ahead of a cold front watching clouds stream in from the south. It was gray today and bring us shower activity in the north bay and in San Francisco. Here is that cold front and fortunately, the blunt of it well north. As it crosses overnight tonight it will clear out the skies. Monday evening lots of clouds. Perhaps a sprinkle later on by 10 00. Watch as the clouds disappear. By tuesday morning, the north bay starting to see clearing skies and everybody will see sunshine for st. Patricks day and mild temperatures will return. So, the week ahead for san jose specifically, take a look at the average high this time of year. 67 degrees by thursday more than ten degrees above that with temperatures nearing 80 degrees this week. Overnight lows, well see clouds early on and 47 overnight in napa 55 in San Francisco 54 overnight in oakland and 54 in fremont. Highs for your tuesday, much different day on the way. Lots of sunshine and warming temperatures. Up to 71 at oakland, 67 in San Francisco, 72 san jose, 74 fairfield and 71 in santa rosa. Here is the sevenday forecast. A brighter day for st. Patricks day and continuing to warm up midweek this week and sunshine and mild temperatures. The warmest day is on thursday. Inland stops into the 80s. By friday spring arrives at 3 45 in the afternoon and greets us with sunshine on saturday and partly cloudy on sunday and on monday increasing clouds as the next front approaches. It all looks good. Drew, thank you. Sure. A lot of news over the weekend on heart health. And remarriage is more popular among older adults. Those stories and more in todays wellness report. Reducing the risk of death from heart attack or stroke long after an initial attack. The anti clotting medicine was shown to work without causing an unacceptable level of bleeding. The study Team Announced that the American College of cardiology annual meeting. A new cholesterol drug may reduce heart attack risk, as well. The drug is known as statins. Coach potatoes rejoice super strenuous exercise may be bad for you. There are negative results from exercising every day. Now the Research Published in the journal of the american heart association, found unusual strainous exercise can cause damage. 1 in 5 u. S. Adults has been married more than once and one reason is people are living longer giving them more time to dissolve marriages and get new ones. The ballroom action is back. Coming up next, were live in los angeles with your sneak peak at tonights big premiere of dancing with the stars. And why one contestant says this season is a walk in the park. A top Bay Area School leader comes facetoface with president obama. What lead the superintendent to washington today. Taking a look all right. Get ready for the return of the chapin chapin, samba and tango. Dancing with the stars will kick off a at 7 00. At the dancing with the stars sound stage and there live, hi. Reporter weve been watching people filing in. The show starts in about 30 minutes and i had a chance to sneak in and look at the stage and i saw that demi moore and bruce willis will be setting next to each other in the front row. Now of course, they are here to support their daughter who is one of the many contestants hoping to hoist very heavy and gold trophy. This is going to be a walk in the park compared to dealing with 30, some amazing some crazy. Reporter after giving the final rose hes partnered up with last years winner, cousin of derrick and julian huff he sings and plays base. He isnt as confident in dance moves. Im good at doing this. Reporter other contestants include rumor willis and patty labelle, tv star and bestselling author suzanne summers, gold medal gymnast and 14yearold Willow Shields who played in the hunger games. Michael sam, the first openly gay Football Player to be drafted is making his free agent debut on the dance floor. 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