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KPIX KPIX 5 News Early Edition March 9, 2015

Hour or more, you may hit a bit of a delay tries to get into season francisco. Still looks clear at the pay gate. A few early birds out there. Okay thats nice. Well two men got into a fight last night at a muni station and one ended up pushing the other on to the tracks. This happened at civic center and the man had some pretty serious head injuries but he managed to pull himself back up on to the platform and this Morning Police are still looking for the man who pushed him. And a six year old santa rosa girl is in Critical Condition this morning after a car hit her. She and her family were in a crosswalk on Petaluma Hill road. About 9 30 last night the man behind the wheel stopped and is cooperating with police. Were learning two men armed with guns tried to car jack a man in pleasanton but they changed their minds after they saw his two young kids in the car. It happened saturday afternoon in the parking lot of stone ridge shopping center. Even theophano didnt steal the car they still robbed the man and ran off. Pleasanton police tell us the gunman were in their 20s and one wasnt exactly dressed for the warm weather he was wearing a black trench coat which would be unusual for such a nice day that we had and he had a shot gun. Thats what was believed to have been inside the jacket. You dont think that kind of thing in pleasanton. Just like a safe quiet Family Friendly town. Police are warning shoppers to be aware. Well it is a big monday for apple. They are expected to launch its new smart watch later today. A white tin has gone up in San Francisco. There it is. This could be the new must have gadget. Investors have big expectations too. People are already estimating this to be the fastest selling product in appleings history so theres loft it expectations and its going to be difficult for the company to exceed that. Well we do know there are several versions of the watch planned including an 18 carat gold edition that will have a price tag in the thousands and we will have much more coming up with a live report in about 25 minutes. Today, president obama will announce a new jobs program called tech hire. Its about effort to get more americans in the tech jobs which generally pay more. The program reportedly has committ ams now for more than 300 employers and local governments all across the country. Its 4 33 right now. Lets get our first check of weather and it was a beautiful weekend. It was stunning and no, any time i say it people write me e mails saying it wasnt beautiful. I cant do anything about it. I cant make it rain so i just have to say yeah it was pretty stunning across the bay area. I hit 81 in my backyard yesterday and it was just amazing to see all the bloom throughout the livermore area. Good morning, everyone. Taking a birds eye view out the door right now we do have areas of pretty patchy dense fog. Temperature wise we are in the 40s and 50s and its relatively mild in comparison to when we left you on friday went we had these numbers in the 30s. The reason why the very mild conditions, take a look at the bank of low clouds and patchy fog hanging very tight to the coast. We also have the intrusion of the fog thats been developing throughout the Central Valley. Average high in San Francisco 62 today, 66 the temperatures above average. We have 70 pretty common around the peninsula today, low 70s throughout morgan hill. Right around 76 degrees angel roy and swing into the eastern portion of the bay area, these numbers coming down but still above average. 69 in vallejo and american canyon, otherwise 61 with slow clearing of the stratas, otherwise inland 74 in petaluma and up we go towards cloverdale, and lake port in the low and mid 70s. Well talk about the chances of bringing your seven day forecast straight ahead but first, good morning liz. Good morning and out the door we go. Well head toward southbound 280 a car that hit a deer and unfortuntely that deer is still there in the lanes blocking two of them. Its all happening southbound 280 pushing bunker hill, fortunately its still early enough you can get by in the other lanes. 101 is also a good option, if you head in that area along the peninsula. Really thats our only incident on c hp reports. Other than that the usual congestion and overnight road work, westbound 580 sluggish already hitting the Livermore Valley so coming out of the altamonte pass, once you hit the pleasanton commute though westbound 580 looks clear and expect for that fog you can actually see it in our dublin cam that roberta just mentioned. If youre hitting the Golden Gate Bridge no delay, southbound 101 looks like that heading on to doyle drive into the city and here is a live look at the san mateo bridge westbound 92 still clear at hayward. The southbound 880 approach is also moving fine and eastbound 92 looks great out of the foster city area. Mass transit off to a pretty nice start on a monday back to work. No delay for bart wide and ace train number one leaving the Central Valley with no delay. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Frank, michelle back to you guys. We are starting the work week with higher gas prices. In oakland, the average for a gallon of regular is now 3. 41 and its the same in san jose and as usual, its more in San Francisco at 3. 49. It is 4 36 now. A popular oakland artist died in a hit and run crash. 50 year old Celeste Howell on her way home from her studio over the weekend walking on pine street saturday afternoon when she was struck by a car. The driver stopped, got out of the car but then ran off. A former Mountain View Police Officer accused of possessing child porn on his personal laptop is due in court today. Police arrested 37 year old kevin nuwin last may and hes plead not guilty for charges of felony child pornography. He was a prominent sketch artist and so good that other you la enforcement agencies would ask for his help. Crazy weekend at a home depot in pleasanton. Police say a woman was caught on surveillance video, stealing a number of power tools inside the store saturday night. A Security Guard tried to stop her in the parking lot but police say her partner in crime allegedly hit the guard with the car and both of them then drove off. The car is an older gold lexus or an acura. The Security Guard should be okay. The feds may move the alkatraz ferry. It takes 1. 7 Million People every year from San Francisco to the island and it current hi leaves and the plan is to move it to fort mason. Racial tensions are on the rise in wisconsin after police shot a Young Blackman during a confrontation. Large crowds gathered for a vigil last night and officers shot and child a 19yearold Tony Robinson saturday night. Robinson was not armed at the time but public records show he did have a criminal history. In 911 calls the day of the shooting a dispatcher described allegations of robinson yelling and jumping in and out of traffic. Senator dianne nineteen has advice for hillary clinton. Talk about the emails. Nineteen says clintons image could be harmed if she stays silent and she needs to explain why she used her personal e mail account for official business while she was sick of state. Clinton is expected to announce as soon as next month that she, whether she is running for president or not. Clinton has a series of public speeches planned starting today in new york. In russia new development in the assassination of opposition leaders. Russias News Agencies say one of the five people detained has confessed to the shooting. These are unconfirmed reports another suspect killed himself with a grenade on saturday after police blocked his apartment but critics of president putin are taking his reports not with a grain of salt. They suspect kremlin may have had a hand in the killing. Its been a year since the Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared and now we learned the battery on the data recorder was expired. A report released yesterday says that other than the battery there was nothing out of the ordinary with the flight. Despite an extensive search, there has been no signs of the plane not even debris. 239 people were lost. 4 39 now. Ceremonies continued to to mark 50 years since the civil rights clashes in selma, alabama. Today marchers will begin a five day 54mile walk from selma to the State Capitol in montgomery. Capped a big weekend of ceremonies including a walk across the bridge, president obama, former president george w. Bush were there. It feels nice, because it means they still remember what things were about. The events in selma helped pave the way for the Voting Rights act as president Lyndon Johnson signed into law later that year. Just getting going on a monday. Its 4 40. A story of survival from utah after a car crashes into a frozen river there. How a toddler managed to remain alive in those freezing temperatures for hours. What is cool about your school . We want to know. You can email your maam it nations to us at cool schools and we as the drout lingers expect to pay a little more now for water. Santa clara valley Water District will consider a 30 hike at a meeting tomorrow. The agency is losing money because of water conservation. Eastbay mud and the San Francisco Public Utilities commission are considering some similar hikes as well. And in the city of san jose there are new restrictions when people can water their lawns. Here is mark kelly with a lock at what else people in the city are doing to save water. Reporter san joses home and garden expo is part home improvement, part tutorial on californias drout. I worry about it every day. Jennifer roman is looking into new ideas to conserve water at home, even the unconventional ones. So im going to get a bucket and plant my new beds and hopefully keep them hydrated with bath water. And as bay area Water Districts look to raise the cost of your water now might be the perfect time to rip up a lawn. Their bills are three to 400 per month. Heidi leather says your best bet is to replace that with astroturf. She admits installing fake green in your yard could take a good amount of real green from your wallet but its an investment that will still look good in 25 years. It looks perfect. I tell people you want perfect grass youll get it. Its not an eyesore like the old days. It used to be too shiny. As for drout tolerant plants, Landscape Architect susan vogel has a ton of them. But she admits a big hurdle is getting people to stop this a drout tolerant yard is an ugly yard filled with weeds. Which some of them do, but there are a lot of mediterranean plants and california natives that have beautiful colors. Jennifer is open to a drout tolerant yard but even for the drout conscience, getting rid of their real grass is a painful idea. Well i love my grass and i love the way it feels. In san jose, mark kelly, kpix 5. As for the new Outdoor Watering restrictions in san jose, you must water after 8 00 in the evening and before 8 00 in the morning and thats when temperatures are cooler and that water doesnt evaporate so quickly. Alaskas sled dog race will finally get started today. Warm temperatures have given Race Organizers concern all winter so they finally decided to move the start from anchorage to fairbanks where theres more snow. Its very very hard on the musher, because you dont have any of the cushioning that the snow would bring. The route change will put 78 mushers on a completely different path to the finish line and the winner will get 70,000 and a new pick up truck. The race lasts about nine case. So imagine that weve got hardly any snow in the sierra, no rain and they even got problems in alaska. Alaska is saying boston we want our snow back. No kidding ship it out. 72 inches of snow in boston and barely any in alaska. That is crazy stuff. Here locally today we have a little bit of a change in the forecast. A little bit of cooler conditions, still above average temperatures right now out the door, we do have areas of patchy fog, this is the scene looking out towards the trans america building. You take a good look you can see the top now where right now, we do have currently air temperatures pretty much in the 40s and 50s, its 54 in san jose and its 51 degrees in livermore and here is what we can all expect. Its been clear in the overnight hours so it remains clear as you head out and many inland locations, otherwise we have had pretty mild conditions around the bay area. This is the area of low clouds and fog hanging very tight to the coast and ku see its even saturating the san mateo coastline if you look very carefully as well as the Golden Gate Bridge. Now what we can anticipate is that while we did have a slightly cooler day on tap for sunday we still had some temperatures reaching 80 degrees in Monterey County and still looking at a chance of rain showers to the far north around wednesday. Its just a very very light smattering to bring, right now looking at 63 at the State Capitol, 61 in the high sierra but spring like conditions at north star, also make sure you grab the sunblock if heading to alpine meadows, sure in the low 60s today but overnight we have been dropping into the teens so certainly cold enough to make the snow. All right our temperatures today 64 degrees in pacifica, 72 in oakland, low 70s in san jose, this temperature still almost nine degrees above average, 72 in napa and having a really tough time with our allergies here. Everything never really settled down through the winter season and everything blossoming very early so its the cedar and birch which remain on the medium to high side. Im feeling the pain. Here is your extended forecast. We have that chance of rain in the forecast. Anything we see wednesday would generally be less than a quarter of an inch and then clear skies thursday turning partly cloudy friday through sunday but yes, yes, we have temperatures on friday and saturday back into the 80s. You can track this with me. I invite you to be my personal weather watcher. Go to kpix. Com weather watchers and as long as you have a thermometer maybe even a weather stick as you have a rain gauge you can report conditions in your climates for me so i look forward to hearing from you. Liz do you have a thermometer . No, i dont. I should get one, ha . Or an app. Feels like summer around the area. My producer already has a tan. Crazy stuff going on. Lets go outside and show you what the roads look like. As you come into san jose its already starting to get crowded on northbound 101 thanks to brian kyle it our protographer on the scene showing us those headlights northbound traffic approaching the mckee exit and its already busy trying to get out of morgan hill. Lets go to our maps and well show you this earlier incident now cleared in San Mateo County with southbound 280 approaching bunker hill so we never saw any delays, just a car that hit a deer and for awhile that deer was blocking a couple lanes but no longer there and seeing issues on 280 or 101. A rough start i know with time change it gets tough adjusting to these Early Morning hours but if you are about to hit the bay bridge toll plaza not too much company. No major delays in the cash lanes and scheduled until 5, not too much longer through another 1015 minutes they do have that road work there, once you get past Treasure Island for the most part they have two right lanes blocked and they shutdown all the lights last week on the bay bridge. They are really focused on that road work so cal trans crews very busy here shortly for the next little time being but this should be cleared very shortly. Otherwise the freeway 1819 minutes from the bridge to the maze and if traveling westbound highway 4 there was an incident approaching hill crest and metal debris in the roadway. I know they are working to pick that up right now. We havent seen any delays so far coming off the antioch bridge and if you are traveling on the freeway that westbound 80 commute all the way down to about albany they do have various lanes blocked scheduled until 5 so if you could hold off a little while longer you can probably beat all that road work altogether. Here is a live look in the eastbay if traveling oakland, northbound and southbound 880, all these taillights thats the commute direction, northbound looks okay so far all the way into downtown. Roberta mentioned a little bit of fog out the door and you can see it making a little harder to see those cars than usual but all these headlights westbound 580 where it still looks clear from the altamonte pass to 680 with a 14 minute drive time. Thats your latest kcbs traffic. Frank, michelle back to you guys. 4 50. A large crowd gathered in Newport Beach to remember a life guard who died while doing this job. 32 year old ben carlson died last july as he tried to rescue a swimmer. He was the very first and only Newport Beach life guard to die while on duty and yesterday a new life guard headquarters was dedicated in his honor and it was an emotional moment for his family. Its unbelievable to just realize the recognition that our son has gotten through all of this. Were just so appreciative. He loved being on the beach. He loved talking to other guards and the public and helping others. He made hundreds if not thousands of rescues in his career. Carlsons family has started the Ben Carlson Foundation which now raises money from life guard scholarships. Here is a story of survival some are calling miraculous. Cbs news brian web explains how an 18 month old baby survived a car crash after spending 12 hours strapped in her car seat. Reporter a fisherman first spotted the car upside down in the frigid water

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