I am kristen sze with leyla gulen. Good news ahead if you look for rain. It is ahead. Not on live doppler hd right now. Do you not need the umbrella yet but you have a couple of days to fine it. Today, we are the open end of the spectrum going do have hazy conditions as it is a spare the air day and record warmth. Around the bay 66 to 70 and inland 67 to 72 and the coast is warm at 64 to 68. Looking forward to it. The roads . Quiet so far. We have construction and this project we are not sure when it will end this is walnut creek at the bottom of the screen with construction crews blocking the far left hand lane. One morning gums up the commute because the construction lasted into the morning commute hours. We take you to the bay bridge toll plaza and you can see the traffic is building ever is slightly and we are moving well into San Francisco. Thank you, leyla gulen. In the news, fire crews are on the scene of a fire outside a home in san jose. Our reporter is there with the quick action that prevented it from becoming worse. Matt . The fire is now in the hands of arson and they will determine exactly what started the fire at 4 00 this morning. A neighbor reported he heard three loud explosions, firefighters arrived to find 2002 buick s. U. V. On fire with flames threatening the home which is used as supportive living for intellectually disabled. Two Staff Members including felix green live inside. I lost the car but everyone made it out alive. I dont care. It is just a car. I have other cars. The flames reached the garage and caused damage but firefighters were able to put out the fire before it reached the living area. Felix had another car in the garage which was not damaged. The clients were taken to support supportive living home. The residents should be able to go back in the next couple of hours. San francisco investigators are working with d. N. A. Evidence to try to confirm the identity of the dismembered body found in a suitcase. They suspect the victim was someone their suspect knew well. Our reporter is in the newsroom with the latest. According to the San Francisco chronicle the victim could be the mans roommate, 58yearold who has not been seen for some time. Police told abc that they do not have a missing person case involving the miss man and have not been if contact with San Francisco police about the case. The man was the friend of the suspect, mark andrus and lived at a Single Room Occupancy Hotel in the tenderloin back in 2010 and police are looking whether he is the man whose remains were found inside a suitcase. The hands and head are missing which has made it difficult to make an identification. On when a suitcase with a human torso was discovered neither ad if will on San Franciscos 11th street and andrus was spotted on Surveillance Video wheeling a suitcase an the area it was found and he was detained after a tip on his whereabouts and he was kept under the sheet to protect his oyster. The next day, he was booked on suspicion of murder. The prosecutor have until today to decide if they want to officially file charges. I stopped by the jail yesterday to try and speak with andrus but was told he would not do interviews. Developing news from hayward this morning, authorities are searching for a man accused of sexually assault an 8yearold girl in the toy aisle of the 99 cents only store on mission boulevard sunday. The Sheriff Deputies say the suspect in the picture forcefully grabbed the girl around 1 45 p. M. And put his hand down her pants and he is described as latino man between 18 and 20 5 6 150 pounds. If you have any information call the Alameda County sheriff. A new report finds the city of oakland faces a 30 million budget shortfall as they prepare a new operating budget anticipated to exceed 500 million. Our media partner at the oakland tribune report the shortfall threatens to derail efforts to increase Police Staffing and complicates negotiations with five city unions whose contracts expire in june, the same month a new budget must be finalized. New residents and businesses have come to oakland but not turned around the finances of the city. Good news for projects to expand bart service to san jose. 165 million will be spent on the effort to get riders to the south bay part of a Budget Proposal unveiled by president obama yesterday. According to the Los Angeles Times the budgeteer makes more than 1 billion for transportation and construction protects throughout the state. Over all 800 million will be spent on state transit projects including the bay area, los angeles and san diego. International bird rescue has released 86 cleaned and healthy sea birds into the wild. 57 sea birds, once covered in mysterious goo were set free often saturday. The nonprofit says they could release more tomorrow or thursday and they still have 132 birds if their care each in various stages of recovery coated in the suspect that has not yet been identified. New weather and traffic. Mike . Good morning, everyone, maybe you noticed the heater didnt run much. Midtoupper 40s influence most of our inland east bay valleys and out highway 4 at 49 in brentwood, and 51 in pittsburg. These are indicative of other neighborhoods including calistoga at 49. Cupertino at 48 and everyone else in the lowtomid 50s like alameda at 54 and pinole 53 and financial district 56. Novato is 51. In walnut creek no fog but haze is out there this morning and more than fog and the difficult planner reflects that at 7 00 and by noon, we have high clouds and sunshine and lowtomid 60s and record warmth this afternoon, 64 to accident degrees and by 7 00, mild for evening, at 56 to 60 and it is a spare the air day. From sutro tower clean air looking over to the east bay hills tomorrow we have fog and thick are high clouds as temperatures are cooler and the rain and the wind come in thursday and friday and it does not stop there and i will have the weekend forecast coming up. Speaking of reasons here is a look at 101 in san jose. At 880 traffic is moving along and it is brisk away from 880 and that is 880 in the break ground with no accidents in this area as you travel southbound along 101 near alum rock we have a report of an accident on the shoulder. We the have this, hitandrun accident involving several vehicles westbound highway 24 at wilder road through orrin ask where the crash has ended and someone tried to give chase but it looks like c. H. P. Is head the to the scene. If you travel long 680 through the San Ramon Valley you are at top speeds up to dublin and the travels from dublin to Castro Valley are moving along nice and this is where we are finding the back young, over the Altamont Pass 33 Miles Per Hour will be the top speed. Moms, listen to this how would you like to be kicked off a flight with your infant in a carrier . Why the airline forced her off the plane and the apology she is demanding. A supplement warning. Stay tuned. This is an allen family production. And heres why we love chex. One, we love choices like chocolate, vanilla and honey nut. Two, we dont love artificial colors or flavors. Does anybody . And three. Its gluten free. Chex. Full of what you love. Free of what you dont. Have you tried gluten free chex oatmeal and new chex granola mix . Two more delicious reasons to love chex. Covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. Good morning on tuesday at 5 1. If you are standing in the east bay hills and looking west toward San Francisco this is the view you get. A pretty morning but it is a spare the air day with the winter spare the air alert which meteorologist mike nicco will tack about and rain on the horizon. This morning the new York Attorney general is pushing major retailers to stop selling herbal supplements. According to the New York Times the state attorney general is accusing four retailers of selling fraudulent and potentially dangerous supplements gnc target, wall friends and walmart are the companies. Tests of supplements found that four of five products did not contain any of the herbs on the labels and they say that many pills contained cheap fill fillers that could be dangerous. Photos of fidel castro have been released over rumors he is in poor health speaking with the president of a Student Group at the university of havana. The student says the meeting took place january 23. It is thought he could be dead because no one has seen evidence of the revolutionary leader since august. That is when photos showed him talking with venezuelas president. The public will get a look at a civil rights moment through the cries of rosa parks with her writings available to the public for the first Time Starting tomorrow. She refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus in 1955 reflected later if writings how it felt to be treated less than equal. A year long legal battle between her heirs and Friends Concept the writings from public view but last area, a philanthropist bought the collection and placed it on a long temperature loan. Gas praises have been around 2 across the nation and you knew it had to cent back up. Thank you is right here is americas minute report. Good morning everyone, topping americas money gas praises arabling up. According to aaa average price is 2. 0 6 but still, down 1. 25 from a year ago. Struggling retailer radio shack is in talks to sell scores to am done as they attempt to open traditional stores. The Stock Exchange is starting to delist radio shock and suspending trading of shares. Next month frozen, sequel. The film is seven minutes and reunites the cast. It is filmed ahead of sin cinderella, with a more catchy tune that let it go. Have a great day. A dangerous pest attack fruit trees and a quarantine is being spread north of existing Quarantine Zone in san jose. The pests can cause trees to produce bitter and misshaped fruit before it difficulties. The new quarantine area adds 61 square miles to the existing quarantine of 160 square miles. Residents with back majority citrus trees are asked not to transport or send leaves out of the impacted area. A college in Silicon Valley made the decision to end the football program, Menlo College board say the long travel distances and tripling costs maybe it unsustainable. The decision will allow the school to put more resources into the other 12 athletic programs. All current Football Players can restain scholarships and some will be offered spots on other teams. At the school. Blast of arctic air is moving across the United States after a winter storm that buried the midwest and northeast. Boston is dig out from 16 inches of snow for the most snowy week on record. In new york the bad weather triggered a man hole explosion that injured two on the brooklyn street. Many are making home after 6000 flights were canceled across the nation. Despite the cold the new england patriot got a warm welcome upon the arrival back in best. They touched down a day after defeating the seahawks in arizona. A crowd of fans waited in the bit are code and snow for the buses carrying the players to arrive back at stadium and the area has been hit with multiple snowstorms that dumped 2 of snow in the region. The parade was scheduled for today and it has been moved to tomorrow. And a new england patriot tight end revealed he partied most of the night away after sundays super bowl win, surprise vice, and he told jimmy kimmel he was not done. I heard our parade was moved to wednesday. So i was planning on sleep tonight and getting to the parade tomorrow but since it is moved, i will be up all night. Up all night. He says after working hard for the last seven months, it is time to have a little fun. You have to have a black belt to party with him. It is not for the average person okay . Young mans sport. Now a check on the weather. Mike . This morning, we will work our way up to the rain and everyone is excited at 99 percent of us are excited about the possibility of rain and snow if the sierra. Fog is combineed in santa rosa and 1. 25 mile visibility. The rest of us are hazy. San jose is looking at 87 near the shark tank and that is where we have our worst air quality and it is there unhealthy in san jose. Be careful if you are out for a jog. In the north bay, that is where we forecast it to be worst headed through the day. From the east bay hills, it is nice. It is calm. The terry ride is 10 Miles Per Hour wind across the bay water from northeast to southwest right now. Near record warmth and downtown oakland was 72 yesterday. Spare the air day and wood burning ban until midnight and probably again tomorrow and tomorrow is the last dry day so get ready and make sure the drains are cleaned because this will be a heavy rain in the north bay and it will last thursday through sunday. Today we will have 66 in San Francisco and richmond and those are the cooler spots and everyone else in the upper 60s to let 70s like livermore is 72 degrees and tonight is another mild night mid40s to low 50s and a touch more fog tomorrow morning. The Favorite Places is hawaii where it originates extending across the ocean to us and thursday the rain hits the north bay and the heaviest rain is on friday and then it shifts to the south as you head to saturday and then also, into sunday and you will have a last push sunday before it finally moved away coming monday. Here is the timeframe at 4 00, thursday morning, getting ready if the commute, all rain is in the north bay and the rest of us have drizzle and spotty sprinkles. Thursday, the rain will move into the heart of the bay and it will be lighttomoderate and by 5 00 it starts to get heavy but it starts to shift more to the north before the secondary push comes in on friday. Because in is a pacific system and coming from the southwest, temperatures are going to be mild in the midtoupper 60s all the way through this rain event that lasts thursday to sunday. Thought i would give the good news here is the good news, richmondsan rafael toll plaza is empty with Clear Conditions by the problems are on the Altamont Pass and continuing along westbound 580 with a sigalert at tracy and it sounds like the crash is cleared to the shoulder and c. H. P. Is holding on to the sigalert until further notice while c. H. P. Units are on the scene causing backups away from tracy boulevard. As you continue in the westbound direction you will find another big pocket of slowing as you make it up to vasco and now we have another problem westbound 580 at airway boulevard we have a twocar crash and two or three lanes are blocked. Here is what it is doing to travel times 35 minutes from tracy to dublin and highway 4 is running from antioch to concord is smooth and 101 is slow from san rafael to San Francisco at 19 minutes. Tonight at 11 oclock, rent in the bay area has doubled in the last year. What do you think it will be as far as rent increasing. The local rental market is hot and some hopes are snatched up as soon as they are listed. What did you get for your money . Our news anchor and reporter checks in on rising rents. In the bay area, everything is to the extreme because you have incredible technical growth and incredible job growth, influx of people coming into the area. Rising rent. How high will they go . That story tonight at 11 oclock. Straight ahead, 5 21. Seven things to know use start your day. New cuisine disney is unveiling. Stay tuned. Yoplait. With a smooth and creamy taste your whole family loves. Dont miss yoplaits exciting new flavors creamy caramel and cookies n cream. 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According to the chronicle he may have been a friend or former roommate of the suspect who is in custody. Our reporter will have a full report at the top of the hour. Two investigators in alameda are hoping Surveillance Video will bring a suspected molester to justice. The man they are accused of grouping an 8yearold girl inside a 99 crept store in hayward on sunday. Suge knight is expected to be formally arraigned in los angeles on charge of murder and attempted murder. His bail has been revoked. Knight is accused of running down two men following an argument on a movie set. One died. Blies are weighing in on the Measles Outbreak that left 100 people in 14 states infected. Doctors and president obama are urging parents to evacuation fate their children but new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and kentucky sand rand paul say the choice should be left up to parents. A first Atmospheric River event of 2015 is on the way. I will tell you when it is leader and you can see how much rain from threequarters of an inch to 5 inches. More on that in the sevenday forecast. Six construction and crashes across the bay area. Walnut creek has a construction project starting at treat boulevard blocking at least on