more than a million dollars repairing and replacing copper wiring since 2007, so it's really eying valejo's strategy. >> we have to be practical and sneaky. practical in the sense that we look for easy wins. we've even tried placing large boulders on top of these boxes so that you can't access them and then looking at technology i guess would be a little sneaky. >> now tax payers are the ones footing the bill for copper theft. the repair cost, well in san jose $160,000 to repair 500 lights. in freemont, nearly half a million in 2011 and 2012 and for bart almost $100,000 in 2011 to replace wiring along its tracks and on bay area highways from the south bay to concord, about 60-metering lights have been vandalized off the past year. caltran replaced 18 at a cost of $35,000 a piece. now, another trick cities are using to pull off, they are making the spools of copper worth more than $1000 so that makes it a felony to steal. basically their message to copper thieves is we aren't taking it anymore so beware. live from concord, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> meanwhile silicon valley is th

three female pups are in rehab right now at six flags discovery kingdom in valejo. a record number of pups have been found stranded this year on california beaches. one has taken to six flags, one that was taken to six flags has an injured flipper. >> a lot of the training we do for shows is really fun but a lot of the job we do day-to- day, day in and day out is just caring for these animals making sure they stay healthy. >> experts have been scrambling to find out why the pups are stranding themselves. it's not yet clear what will happen to those pups at six flags once they are nursed back to health. >>> on sale now, a luxury condo in new york city, but the owner is not accepting cash, check, or credit cards. the on lynn marketplace catering to a virtual currency. we'll be right back. ,,,, [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great prices on things you need. we know you look around for the best deals. that's why we give you real big club card deals each week. start the fiesta. 12 packs of corona are $11.97. a tasty deal i

one last look at our weather before we part, right now 67 in san francisco, 72 in santa rosa, 69 in valejo. it is a spare the air day so no burning. now we've got mid 60s to low 700s today but over next seven days going to be dry, going to be relatively warm, until we get to the middle of next week. then those clouds are really going to start rolling in, and there's a chance we could see, now this is seven days out so still a little early but we could see showers later on in the week but all-in all dry until then. >> it eventually has to happen. i was talking with our weekday morning weather guy and he says there's this ridge holding off the rain and it is going to be moving out sooner rather than later hopefully within the next week. we will see that happening. we could see things around here but maybe just wishful thinking. >> i think you are. >> oklahoma. >>> a simple trip out to their car gave some tourists in pasadena a scare of their lives. >> yeah, bob and irene didn't think to be on their guard in this neighborhood so they never noticed the bear following them. well a few seconds l

we have this new video coming in right now from valejo. you can see several bricks knocked off of buildings so this is some of the preliminary damage that we are dealing with, a lot of people jolted out of their bed at 3:20 this morning feeling a very powerful jolt. some people very close to the epicenter reporting hearing a rumbling noise and this sort of rolling sensation that lasted from about 15 seconds to 30 seconds, pictures right now coming in from within the last hour valejo. you can see bricks being knocked off of buildings and we've also seen plenty of damage to some grocery stores in the area, things being knocked off of shelves and that's something that we are continuing to follow right now. that was one that we saw in american canyon and i believe we have that video for you as well some of the damage from the safeway store. windows broken as you can see there as well and power outages to report all across the north bay this morning as crews from pg& ex, the chp, bart, everybody trying to figure out exactly how much damage was

over to the east bay, more 90s. 97 in pittsburgh, 83 in valejo. in san francisco it will be 70 today. the north bay, san rafael at 86. so cooler on monday and a cooler start to the week and then it's going to -- we could see some 90s monday and tuesday. >>> fire fighting helicopters made a number of backdrops for a couple getting married yesterday. >> the bride beaming, groom glowing. >> i wish they would have told me. >> the wedding on the gorgeous greens at eagle glen golf course, helicopters dropped down soaking up water from the lakes drowning out the ceremony. >> not going to ruin my day i'm not going to let it ruin her day. >> our day. >> the smoke from the sill fire a backdrop to remember on a day they will always remember >> it was hard to hear and we were in the front row two. >> watching two things at once? >> no, i was paying attention to the wedding. >> they raised their beers and forced to raise their voices. >> it was a little noisy but it's okay. >> some brides might have been bothered by all that buzzing in the background on the bi

on the corners of battery and valejo streets, no reports of injuries there. >>> golden gate transit bus drivers plan to strike this friday. this follows a one-day strike by ferry workers last month. contract talks are hung up over wages and health benefits. the one-day strike would idle bus service nor the systems' passengers in morinne and snoam gentleman counties and san francisco. about 22,000 people use golden gate transit on week days. >>> a man is in custody suspected in four north bay rock retes. police say danny bester is the man in the surveillance video holding up a shell station in san rafael last month. he's also suspected in three other robberies. novato police arrested him wednesday. >>> we have developing news from iraq where islamic state militants are moving toward baghdad. meanwhile isis continues to seize the city of kobani on syria's border with turkey. more help is on the way. turkey is allowing u.s. and coalition forces to use its military bases to launch assaults. >> there has to be a fundamental reevaluation of what we're doing because we are not degrading and ul

. >>> let's take you up to valejo. main lines to the freeway in eastbound 80. eastbound 37 rather to eastbound 80 that ramp is closed until 5 a.m. and also westbound 80 is also closed from 37 magazine street. here's a live look at the bay bridge tole plaza. into san francisco, counter commute eastbound, you may still find some road work approaching treasure island. here's a quiet bridge off to a nice start and 80 getting there. the clearview over night road work, smooth ride. continuing that way all the way down for silicon valley commuters, that's a live look near 880 and 237. the rest of the south bay still clear, 101, no delay about 54 miles per hour, from 101 to morgan hill into san jose. you have a quiet start bart system wise. that's your latest drive to work. back to you guys. >>> thank you. it is not clear what caused a car on a bart train to burst into flames. the car was under going maintenance yesterday morning at a train yard in heyworth. firefighters have the flames under control preventing the fire the damaging the inside of the train. >>> they sa

also our sensors picking up a few slow downs in valejo. that is cleared to the right hand shoulder. a few minor delays. and again all lanes are back open. you can see it beginning to fill in the cash lanes, that's a pretty good sign they've activated the lights, we were seeing the backup in the cash lanes for the last half hour, so now it looks like it is clear passed the 880 over crossing, looks okay on the bridge itself. the approach on the east shore freeway is also fine. highway 4 westbound that earlier crash is now completely gone. you can see all the slow downs in antioch, this is pretty typical. i know that accident didn't help. >> and that is still in effect there. mass transit wise, we've had no issues at all this morning, this is the way to go. bart system on time, golden gate and caltrain, good to go. remember 106.9 fm. that is your latest drive to work, let's get your forecast. >>> i've been peeking in on your traffic camera so i can get some great observations as far as the weather is concerned. the fog is pretty dense in some pockets. good morning everybody, the golden

valejo, you hit 70. union city 69 and ocean beach 59 degrees. hello spring, we'll see that before the week is over. 3:45 in the afternoon bay area time, spring officially begins. unofficially it started january 10th. here's a look at satellite. what is spring? spring is dryer and warmer. we've been do ing that since january 10th. this is the reason why. there's a spring like ridge. this is what we get in the summer and spring. we have a definitive dry season and definitive not dry season october through march. we hadn't had the rain during our rainy season because this guy has been outs of place and time. we've had storms to the north. the ridge builds closer and the moisture stays to the left. a storm will get close and it will rain up towards redding and u key y'all. the ridge even when it moves away is not moving away far enough. so close but no wide spread rainfall for the next several days. valejo 60. santa rosa, 72. san jose, 75 and fair field, 73 degrees tomorrow. warmest day will be thursday. friday we go cloudier but no wide spread. ano

it will be at six flags marine world park in valejo. it's foe cussing on the nor cal area and it's for adults -- -- focusing. we'll have five bishops present and we'll have mass there and we'll have speakers and catholic musicians. speakers for both youth and talking about youth topics and those addressing young adults. >> there's a lot of socializing in this format. i understand that. and that's to the good because you can't become a catholic on a westboundinar. -- -- webinar. what are the most popular sorts of gathering for young adults? what do they really respond to? >> i would say that the most popular gatherings that i see the most of with young adult ministries are either talks focusing on learning more about the faith and practical aspects of the faith like catholic dating and the other, the most popular ones i see are adder ration based. >> and that means prayer? >> yes, before the blessed sacrament. silent prayer. i will say i've only ever seen it silent prayer followed up by fellowship at a nearby republican. >> but i would t

mid to upper 80s for tomorrow with 88 for livermore. 81 valejo. in the north bay, you go to point reyes and it will be howling wind and low falling clouds. 86 for santa rosa and again by lake port, 94 degrees. at clear lake, 93. in the extended forecast, we'll go with the usual low clouds in the morning and sun in the afternoon. temperatures do dip as we get toward saturday and sunday. but tuesday and wednesday, we'll turn it around again and warm it back up into the mid- 90s. as for what's ahead in news, here's alan. >>> when a perfectly good wheelchair was on its way to the dump, two friends decided to save it. how they've been collecting and giving away medical equipment for nearly 20 years now. equipment.. you know it can get very expensive. after seeing a perfe lchair going >>> if you've ever needed medical equipment, you know it can get very expensive. >> after seeing a perfectly good wheelchair going to the landfill, two friends decided to rescue it and give it away for free. for nearly two decades, they've collected and recycled gently use

fire in val >>> three people are dead in what investigators are calling a suspicious house fire in valejo. flames broke out before 3:00 this morning on georgia street. an officer patrolling the area smelled smoke and was flagged down by an 11-year-old girl who said three people were still inside. firefighters pulled out one girl who died at the scene, another died at the hospital, and a woman died at a local burn unit. investigators are trying to find out exactly how the fire started. >>> firefighters are headed to northern california to help battle the california fires. the white house has approved a disaster declaration for shasta county where the carr fire continues to burn through homes and property. the concord fire has exploded to 230,000 acres. and the ferguson fire near yosemite has claimed another life. >> he died protecting people he never met, their homes, their most cherished possessions. >> reporter: a moving tribute to the latest victim of the 17 monsterous fires blazing out of control in california. captain brian hughes was part of an elite group of hot shots battling the f

a pickup truck veered over as griess was conducting a traffic stop with a valejo man and it struck and killed them both. >> we have made an arrest on shawn walker, he's 36 years old from rockland, california. mr. walker has been charged with two counts of felony manslaughter. one count of wreckless driving causing fatal injuries and also we have evidence that he was distracted by his phone at the time of the collision. jamie manuel o >> reporter: officer griess is survived by his wife and three children. the other man, jaime manuel's wife is flying in from the philippines. >>> a first of its kind in la. a full body scan on the way to a train. >> we wanted to know if this kind of tech could bars. we spoke to one director who said yes. phil? >> reporter: liz, for years people have talked about what about being able to scan people as they go into bart? after all, 's

looking at 17 in oakland, 20- mile per hour winds in valejo. high definition doppler a few spotty showers, tracking that for you mill valley, south san francisco and a few spotty showers. so here is atshower through the day but mainly dry with a mix of sun and clouds. tracking the next weather system that will bring the rain for us for the weekend. not a wash out but we have that wet weather and i will show you this on future cast. a mix of sun and clouds and that slight chance of an isolated shower through the day and through tomorrow. with the return of the rain, this is at 9:00 a.m. and that rain with a front pushing through behind that front scattered showers for tomorrow in the afternoon and scattered showers for your sunday as well. and again it's not the whole weekend but we will see the off and on showers for the weekend. the sunset at 6:10 and the sunrise at 6:29. daytime highs mid-to upper 50s and below average temperatures five to 10 degrees. this weekend we spring a.m.t th p.m. sunday. here is the seven day forecast. enjoy the break

the other from valejo inside the car. the investigation revealed the two women had traveled to palo alto to burglarize the store with a larger future. >> in contra costa county, three people facing charges in connection to the weekend's mass burglary at a walnut creek nordstom's store. a well and two men faces charges now including organized retail theft and conspiracy. 87 suspects still outstand pentagon the charging documents say the group stole $100,000 in merchandise. >>> new at 6:00 on this thanksgiving eve, traditionally, there's a rush to the grocery store. this year there's a rush to get a covid test. a steady stream of people showing up today for testing at the santa clara fairgrounds. peel planning holiday gatherings or trips wanted to be sure of their condition before time. >> coming from spain, it's really nice to be here and see the facilities, and how available it is to everyone, and, you know, the drive- through experience, it's really quick and dynamic and i think it's great. >> the bay area is off to a go