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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition February 9, 2015

This morning. These are sustained winds but we have gusty winds to deal with before all the winds retreat out of the west, 10 to 15 miles an hour. Rainfall totals since friday, have a look. San francisco approaching an inch and a half. Right now, elizabeth, how are the roads . Slick roads, wind and debris, could slow you down. We have had a few different incidents, probably the biggest one, westbound 580 at Mountain House. It was an overturned big rig and theres an unofficial wind advisory here. Gusts may have had something to do with this. Traffic is stacking up there as well. Bay bridge, another high advisory in effect. Thats traffic. Back to you. Thank you. Ryan is on skyline boulevard in the Oakland Hills this morning, where a giant tree came down on a driveway, narrowly missing a house. Reporter theres plenty of wind up here and has been for a couple days. This is what it looked like yesterday. The mix of wind and rain violently swept across the bay area. When i heard the cracking, i was sure it was a tree coming down. I was thankful it didnt come through the house and that i was okay. Reporter hundreds are still without power and a huge tree blew over last night an landed on an suv, also snapping a power pole and taking lines with it. 400 are still without power because of that tree falling down. We got an update now, 2200 without power from pg e. A local researcher says computer modeling shows intense storms and severe drought. Get the latest forecast any time with our weather app. A sergeant suspended now, Sergeant Keith barrow paid 70 to have sex with a prostitute while he was off duty in may. He woke up to find his badge, gun and two clips of ammo were missing. He was never cited and returned to work. He wasnt suspended until last week. Its a careerbreaker, a really negative blot on somebodys record, no doubt. On the other hand, seems like if there ought to be some accountability. His gun was later recovered after the prostitutes pimp shot himself in the leg with it. Its not clear how long the suspension will last. A man accused of street racing will face charges today in the death of a woman who was struck and killed. Reporter the last time they faced this man, it got heated. Investigators say the drivers were raced when the woman was struck and pinned against a tree. One defendant appeared before a judge last month and one will appear this afternoon. I want to put justice done. I want to make sure these guys dont get a chance on their hands and let them go. I really want to make sure that justice is done for the murder they commit. The cars were going at least 70 miles an hour when the drivers lost control. The city has set up portable electronic radar signs. They will be in court at 1 30 this afternoon. Another strange turn in agreesome San Francisco murder. A pen of interest died days after being released from custody in the case of a dismembered body found in a suitcase. Mark andrus died saturday after being arrested january 31st based on Surveillance Video obtained near the crime scene. Tuesday prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to charge him. 5 06 now. Police are continuing to investigate a kidnapping and rape of a dominos delivery woman. It happened before noon yesterday as she was making a delivery. She told police and underage male forced her into her car at gunpoint and she had to drive to an undisclosed location where he robbed and assaulted her. Police later arrested him at the same home where the victim was trying to deliver the pizza. Jordan continues to bomb isis from the air. The head of the Jordanian Air force says, this is not the end, this is the beginning. Isis says one of the air strikes killed an american hostage but jordan is disputing the claim as propaganda. They tend to lie act these things. They are liars, dont have any respect for human life. Officials have found no evidence to confirm the 26year old woman is dead. Her family in arizona is asking for prayers for her safe return. Happening today, a white house meeting between president obama and the german chancellor. Obama is considering sending weapons to the ukraine but some warn it could escalate the conflict. Samsung is warning customers to watch what they say in front of the tv. More to come on the technology that can see and hear whats going on in your home. And parts of the northeast bracing for more bad weather, another major storm slamming the region. A foot of rain has fallen in the bay area. Whats on tap next, coming up. And everything so far with winds slowing you down. Well show you where. Plus, what drives you crazy during the commute . Email us here or send me a tweet. Good morning and thank you for joining us. Taking a look outside here. We have some clearing. Partly cloudy today, but take the umbrella. Those chances of showers diminish as the day progresses. Well have the full forecast straight ahead. Another winter storm has government offices shut down in parts of new england and new york. Its expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow on the region, which has had a lot of snow in the last few weeks. Bostons airport will be allowing only a limited number of flights to arrive and depart today. No place to put the snow. Some of the biggest names in music turned out for the 57th annual Grammy Awards last night. Reporter we saw the big winners, sam smith and beyonce, but sundays performances also hit social issues of the day. More heart, emotional music. Reporter katy perry performed by the grace of god, an inspirational anthem. Eric church then took it global and defended hometowns everywhere to be free from tyranny and terrorism. One of the biggest shockers of the night was rocker beck, taking home best album of the year, beating out sam smith, who still won four grammys and really stole the show tonight. Not bad out of six nominations. How about tom jones . Hell be 75 this year. Tony bennett is 88 and he was great with lady gaga. So disappointed because i had to go to sleep. I recorded it. I had to go to bed. Lets hit the road. This mornings commute is a little tricky. We are getting more of a large downed tree near saratoga, highway 9, a 30foot tree with power lines down and dirt on the roadway. Its a big mess. Highway 4, usual delays at antioch, westbound 580 out of Mountain House really stacking up now. One lane is blocked because of an overturned big rig there thats been there since overnight. It is pretty gusty cross the span of the bay bridge and golden gate. Pretty windy across the Altamont Pass as well. The Golden Gate Bridge, saw crews there a while ago but thats cleared. They should be opening another southbound lane by now. Heading into San Francisco, hitting the road, let us know. Roberta . Lots of people ask about a community 12 miles west of hillsburg in the north bay. Its an Unincorporated Community and they received 13. 68 inches of rain since friday. Good morning, everyone. Here we go. We have light rain in and around the area. This is residual. We have light showers so take that umbrella today. Morning scattered showers and it is currently 58 in San Francisco, 54 in santa rosa. Winds gusty throughout the night. 10 to 15 miles an hour gusts, but if youre heading out, a few scattered showers with winds diminishing. It will turn partly cloudy and we still have some mild temperatures, feeling very subtropical outside. We have a quiet pattern returning on tuesday. You can see the tail end here across the bay area. Thats where we get the wrap around moisture and thats why it will be beneficial to carry the umbrella out the door. This ridge of High Pressure is nestling into the bay area and well return to that quiet weather pattern, and a chance of record warmth by midweek. Well clear out this evening, mostly clear tonight with areas of fog developing in the overnight hours. Otherwise, cloud cover in the greater lake tahoe area. Our numbers averaging above normal for this time of year, 67 in san jose and we should be at 61. Extended forecast, we call for a dry weather pattern tuesday through sunday, and as you take a look at temperatures, we are talking near or record warmth, 75 degrees, 78, 79. We earned it. We did. Chance of rain my midweek next week. 5 18 now. While youre watching us, theres a chance your tv may be watching you too. Samsungs smart tv is sparking concern because of a clause buried deep in the privacy policy. The tv uses Voice Recognition technology but users may not know anything they say can be transmitted to a third party. I dont want people to be in my living room. To me the benefit of the service wont outweigh the risk. And its not just the tv. Other Smart Devices can also collect and store your personal information. New details coming out on a deadly crash involving bruce jenner. Why investigators believe he may not be at fault. And coming up, it is a new day on the pga tour. For over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. I miss my sister. I miss my old school. I miss my room. I dont want special treatment. I just wanna feel normal. To help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for foster children, big and small. Bring your gift to any sleep train and help make a Foster Childs night a little cozier. Not everyone can be a Foster Parent but anyone can help a foster child. Good morning. Relief for drivers as the scene of the overturned big rig that happened overnight, westbound 580 near Mountain House has been cleared. Backups are pretty extreme but all lanes just reopened. A check on traffic coming up. The sports world is mourning one of College Basketballs alltime top coaches. Dean smith died saturday night. He led the North Carolina tar heels to two National Championships and 11 final tours. He earned the coach of the year title four times before his retirement in 1997. No cause of death was announced but in 2010 the family said he had a condition causing him to lose memory. He was 83. Phil mickelson missed the cut and tiger woods had to withdraw. But the other guys provided a great shot as well. This set up a fourway playoff and it was down to holmes and james. Dawkins of the cardinals struggled against usc, outscoring the trojans by 14 in the second half. They win 7062. And in tucson, arizona beats stanford for the First Time Since 2001. Boyds day was cut short after hitting her head on the floor and the bears nearly blue the lead. Get ready for a full week of golf at monterey peninsula. See you tonight. And great weather this week. Play of the day, International Friendly makeup with Michael Bradley and the corner kick. Bradley delivers and the u. S. Lead quite a goal as the u. S. Went onto win. Coming up, why the climb in gas prices continues. And big a remarkable thing has happened. Over a million californians have gotten something thats been out of reach for far too long. Health insurance. How . They enrolled through covered california. Its the Health Insurance marketplace where youll find a range of plans from leading Health Insurance companies that offer you the best combination of quality, rates and benefits. You can compare plans side by side choose the one that best fits your needs and enroll online. Coveredca. Com is also the place to find Certified Experts in your area who can answer your questions for free, and help you enroll. And, through covered california, you may get financial help to pay for coverage. Its based on income, and 4 out of 5 people who have enrolled qualified. If you dont have a health plan, or you do, but you want to make sure its the best plan for you, nows the time to visit coveredca. Com. But to get covered youve got to get going. Open enrollment ends february 15th. Visit coveredca. Com today. New customers can save an average of 500 just by switching to progressive. So youll be bringing home the bacon in no time. Sorry. Get a free quote at progressive. Com. All the stars celebrating musics biggest night of the year. And whipping winds bringing down power lines and the bay area, more bad weather on the way. Good morning this monday, february 9th. It is nearly 5 30 and lets get right to the weather. Stayed up to late watching the grammys then the wind kept me up. Take your umbrella this morning, scattered showers right around the santa cruz mountains. Still a little light rain and residual moisture out the door. Winds are beginning to get back out of the south and southwest. Sustained winds in napa now, southwest 10 miles an hour. How about the rainfall totals since friday . We have high totals here. Currently mostly cloudy skies, in the 50s. Later today the numbers are still tropicallike, up to nearly 70 degrees in oakland, 67 in san jose. Whats ahead . Fog developing in the overnight hours, then sunshine and a quiet weather pattern with near record warmth by midweek. Thats a look at the weather. Elizabeth . We have a few issues out the door weather related. The wind are still expected to be gusty and there was an overturned big rig blocking lanes on westbound 580 near Mountain House but all lanes are now open. We have heavy delays in the area but traffic is getting by, beginning to fill in through altamont. And we have a hot spot highway 9, highway 35, completely shut down at that intersection. A lot of debris in the roadway after that tree took down power lines and other things with it. Back to you. This is a look at some of the problems. A big tree came down last night landing on top of an suv at baxter and burner street. On its way down, it snapped a power pole and electrical lines. 380 customers are still without power due to that incident. Reporter really close to a home here. The wind uprooted a huge pine tree down the road on skyline boulevard. Just another example of the wind and rain in the second storm to hit the bay area in three days. Power lines and trees brought down. When i heard the cracking, i knew it was a giant tree coming down. Reporter and it did come down on her driveway. Bands of heavy rain say researchers are getting an up close look at the storms. The more we know about the structure of the rivers, the more well be able to make accurate forecasts. The models well see intense Atmospheric River events alternating with horrible drought. Reporter he believes this area could be weakened and vulnerable to rain. Im thankful it didnt come through the house. Reporter they even brought in workers from oregon and washington and arizona to help. Get the latest forecast any time by downloading the cbs bay area weather app. A man accused in a street racing crash who killed a pedestrian is due in court today. Police say the 24yearold was jogging last month when she was struck and killed and one defendant will be in court this afternoon, the other appearing last month. I want to put justice done. I want to make sure these guys dont get a chance on their hands and let them go. I really want to make sure the justice is done for the murder they commit. The cars were going at least 70 miles an hour when both drivers lost control. Authorities want the phone records of everyone involved in a crash. Bruce jenner was driving one of the cars that killed one woman and sent seven to the hospital. Deputies want to know if jenner was texting when the accident happened. Last night he released a statement on the accident another strange turn in a gruesome murder. A person of interest died days after his release from custody in the case of a dismembered body found inside a suitcase. Mark andrus was taken to the hospital for drug related reasons over the weekend and died saturday. He was arrested after surveillance put him near the crime scene but he was released tuesday after prosecutors said there was insufficient evidence to charge him in the case. The public defender had this to say Police Continue to investigate the kidnapping and rape of a dominos delivery woman. She told police and underage male forced her into the car at gunpoint and she had to drive to an undisclosed location where he robbed and sexual assaulted her. Police arrested him at the same home she was trying to deliver the pizza. A Police Sergeant suspended in kensington stemming from an incident that happened in reno. Reporter its been almost nine months since keith barrow got in a world of trouble. Court records show he was in reno last may while off duty and paid 70 to have sex with a prostitute in a hotel room. He fell asleep and when he woke up, his badge, pistol and two clips of ammo were gone, and so was the prostitute. Police opened an investigation but he remained on duty until last friday. He was suspended after the oakland tribune started asking questions about the case. Its a career breaker, a really negative blot on somebodys record, no doubt. Seems like if youre paying somebody 186,000 a year, there ought to be accountability. Reporter the sergeants Attorney Says that he was drugged by the prostitute in order to take advantage of him. He got his gun back after her pimp accidentally shot himself in the leg. Jordan is continuing to pound isis with bombs from the air. The strikes at Training Camps an militants themselves. The head of Jordanian Air force says this is not the end, this is the beginning. Isis said one of the air strikes killed an american hostage but officials have found no evidence to confirm that. The german chancellor is at the white house this morning. Obama is considering sending weapons to ukraine, a move some warn could escalate the conflict and say the west is trying to weaken russia. Wall street is hoping to build on last weeks bold market. Reporter the markets will open after a block bust blockbuster week. The dow fell about 60 points, nasdaq dropped about 20. Wireless technology can be a huge selling point but it could leave drivers open to major privacy breaches. A report set to be released today found that most automakers are not doing enough to protect consumers. Hackers can track where drivers have been and everyone take control of the ve

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