The east bay and it could be a while before it all gets fixed. Kpix5s joe vazquez is at the North Concord station thats now become the end of the line for some. Its like a Bermuda Triangle on the tracks, and it continues to perplex the engineers of b. A. R. T. , a mysterious power surge between the North Concord and pittsburgh bay point stations damaged 50 trains last week, one after another forcing b. A. R. T. To suspend all service between the station. Thats really messed up, zapping a train and causing a short circuit. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says they repaired a butch of the cars over the last few days. They are not saying how many but they are saying monday riders will still have to continue to take buses between the stations. Meanwhile, they ran test trains this weekend, some with passengers to accurately replicate the weight of the trains, trying to find out whats causing that spike in voltage. I hope they get it done speedy because we need to get where we got to go, you know. Reporter b. A. R. T. Says it will take months to fix the damaged trains. Separate and apart from that, they would like to restart service between the two stations as soon as possible, but first they have to find out what is making the voltage spike. But since the root cause of this is still a mystery, there is no set timetable for reopening this stretch of tracks from North Concord here to pittsburgh bay point, so it will be a bus bridge this morning and for the rest of b. A. R. T. Riders could be delays related to this problem. Reporting from concord, im joe vazquez, kpix5 news. A drive down highway 17 is growing riskier by the day with car cashes at the highest in a decade. A report shows highway 17 saw three deadly crashes and 171 injury accidents back in 2014. The roadway is famously curvey but now cell phone use and traffic surges are making crashes more common. In 2014 a big rig lost its brakes on the highway and the resulting pileup proved fatal for a 25yearold santa cruz man. Locals who work near the highway know well what happens when people speed on 17. We see the ambulances, we have a helicopter pad right next right down right here and in the last two weeks we have seen two helicopters come with ambulances taking the patients away. Told us a driver almost rear ended her car the other day. The chp reports show tailgating and unsafe lane changes are also sparking the boost in crashes. Grab the umbrella before heading out the door this morning. We have video here we got during sundays rain showers of the week. We saw a Family Holding their umbrellas in San Francisco. Much of the bay area got showers on the first day of spring, but people in alameda still got outside to enjoy an afternoon rock. A different story in moraga where its becoming hard for some to see the upside of heavy rain because el nino storms have brought the east bay town both a landslide and sinkhole. Signs on august drive warn people three homes simply are not safe to go in. Wet conditions have caused the ground beneath them to slowly erode, distorting walls and foundation. Still just very precarious, obviously, today on sunday we are concerned there may be additional mudslide and we are hoping, praying we dont lose any more of our foundation and if the structure doesnt become any more compromised than it already is. A temporary fix for the sinkhole was covering the area with a tarp but crews did manage to remove the traffic signal pole that dropped inside. Roberta is under the weather. And im on top of it this morning. And you are all over it this morning. We have been following it like a leopard all weekend. You spent the night last night, didnt you . I did. I love this place. Weve got mostly cloudy skies, a few scattered showers around the bay area this morning and more developing later in the day. Right now you can see the brunt of the front is up there by cape mendocino and theyve got thundershowers up there. Head south, not much. As you can see on the time lapse with the high def doppler, most of the action over the diablo range around mount hamilton. Out the door a few showers, temperatures in the low 50s as we get things started on this early monday morning. Then this afternoon more and wildly scattered showers around the bay area. The numbers today top out from the low to mid60s so expect it to get wetter as the day goes on. Get a break later in the week but right now we are starting with numbers 52 at concord, 49 at livermore and 54 degrees in the city. We will top out in the near 60 degree range for much of the bay area and expect things to be wet, wetter as we get into later into the day. That, ladies and gentlemen, is weather and now the all important road ahead. The road is head isnt doing badly. No delays out of oakland, as you head into San Francisco right now, good at the toll plaza this morning. We are dealing with b. A. R. T. Delays between pittsburg and North Concord. That section of the trains still not in service so do plan for bus bridges, give yourself a few extra minute to make the bus bridge this morning. 10 minute delay on the pittsburg base point line headed in the sso direction. The rest of mass transit is on time this morning. First look at conditions on the Altamont Pass westbound 580, your drive times looking good out of the Altamont Pass 680, no delays once you hit the dublin interchange. Firefighters found a body in front of their station in the east bay. Kpix5s mark kelly on the gruesome discovery in oakland. I have never seen anything like this in my 15 years here. Reporter firefighter ross says when he reported to station 93 in oakley, he saw an unsettling scene in the driveway. I saw the police cars here thought maybe somebody crashed into the station. Reporter but ross says it wasnt a crash and this red car was a male victim dead with blood on his shirt. Firefighters first saw the body when they were leaving on a call, but believe the victim could have been parked in the driveway anytime since the most recent call three hours earlier. No honking, nothing of that sort. All they knew was when they went to leave, they found the car parked right in front of the station. Reporter the Sheriffs Office says the victim was 51 years old, and a preliminary investigation does not show foul play but an autopsy this week is expected to give more clues as to how a man ended up dead in front of a firehouse. In oakley, mark kelly, kpix5. The Sheriffs Office says the victim may have suffered from a medical condition. Developing news in east asia where north korea is accused of firing missiles at south koreas coast. These pictures allegedly show north Korean Missile exercises. A news agency in south korea says its northern neighbor launched a missile and multiple short range projectiles into waters off its east coast yesterday. North korea recently condemned south korea and the u. S. For annual military drills. This is the beginning of a big week for bay area based apple. Not only do they go back to court in the encryption fight against the fbi but today the company is taking time to unveil some new products and just a few hours apple will hold an event in cupertino, the headliner expected to be a 4 inch iphone, a little bit smaller. Apple is also expected to show off a smaller version of the ipad pro and new apple watch bands. Another possible item on todays agenda could be the announcement of software updates. Tomorrow apple and the fbi will also face off in court in the fight over unlocking that iphone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. President obama is waking up in cuba this morning. Yesterday he became the first u. S. President to visit the island nation in nearly 90 years. The trip is being called a big step for normalizing relations with the cold war adversary. As don champion reports, mr. Obama has a big meeting today. Reporter after his historic landing sunday, a busy day awaits president obama in cuba. This morning hes scheduled to meet with cuban president raul castro. Hes also set to take part in a summit with u. S. And cuban entrepreneurs. Shortly after arriving yesterday, president obama and the first lady greeted staff at the new u. S. Embassy in havana. More opportunities for the cuban people to improve their lives, its all happening because of you, every single day youre bringing the cuban people and the American People closer together. Reporter the president and the first family then toured old havana by foot. The trip so cuba to cuba is being called a big step toward normalizing relations between our countries. It captivated some cubans. Cubans here in america are also watching closely. I dont mind obama going to cuba. I think its wrong for us to open relationships with cuba unless cuba agrees to also come to the table with things like freedom. Reporter to prove that is a priority, the white house says president obama will meet with several cuban dissidents, which was a prerequisite for the visit. Don champion, cbs news. Since the Obama Administration normalized relations with cube pa in 2014 cuba in 2014, the u. S. Has approved more than 4 billion of business between the two countries. Nearly three dozen members of congress are also taking part in the president s trip to cuba. Several Business Leaders are also on the island for the trip. As for the Supreme Court vacancy, some republicans are imposing president obamas plan. He nominated Merrick Garland to fill the seat but Many Senate Republicans say they refuse to confirm a nominee until a newment is in power. Even if another democrat wins this upcoming november. I cant imagine that a republican majority senate, even if it were soon to be a minority would want to confirm a judge that would move the Court Dramatically to the left. Thats not going to happen. In a twist, some republican senators up for reelection this fall say they are open to meeting mr. Garland. White house says it will set up meetings when lawmakers get back from their easter recess. Donald trump says he will release a list of five or 10 judges that he would nominate to the Supreme Court if hes elected president. The republican frontrunner told a crowd in florida that he would only select justices to, quote, everybody respects, likes and totally admires. Its just his latest effort to stave off concerns about some of his party that he might pick judges who are too liberal. A scare for trumps family. The fbi says its investigating a threatening letter sent to his sister, philadelphia judge maryann trump berry. It comes after trumps son received a suspicious letter with white powder inside. The letter urged the frontrunner to drop out of the race. Time now is 4 41. A couple jailed in tanzania for a souvenir. What it finally took to get them back home and what they are warning other travelers about. , memories of a fatal fire, yet in Oakland Hills we found a dozen hydrants buried under storm debris. Plus after four dry years this sonoma reservoir is finally releasing water. Expect original reporting from kpix5 news. Expect more. ,,,, iraq. Staff Sergeant Louis cardind in Southern California family members are mourning a 27yearold marine who was killed in iraq. Staff Sergeant Lewis cardon died saturday when his unit was hit by rocket fire, according to the department of defense. The temecula man was based at camp lejeune. Start to the week for san jose residents. An early rning blaze on sunday forced 14 people from their homes. Firefighters say the fire started on a shed on mt. Mckinley drive and spread to two homes. No one was injured but the homes suffered smoke damage. No word on a cause of that fire. A foster city couple is home after their african vacation turned into time behind bars. The couple says they came forward with their story so other travelers can avoid a similar situation. Kpix5s john ramos showed us how a gift shop souvenir landed them in prison. Ive been to 132 countries, linda has been to over 100. Reporter they have spent their lives traveling the world and they filled their foster city home with photos and artwork to remember their journeys, but there is one souvenir from their december trip to africa they wish they could forget. About 15, 18 inches long, the phone, with a whole troop of elephants carved on the side of it. Reporter bone carvings are not uncommon in south africa and when they bought one in a gift shop, the grants were assured it was legal. But it was a different story when they were stopped at an airport in tanzania. Said youre going to jail. We said, what . They said, oh, very serious, you know, you poached this animal. Reporter the carving was on a giraffe bone, tanzanias National Animal and poaching carries a mandatory 20year prison sentence. The terrified couple was jailed, then released and then jailed again. Finally after nearly a month and thousands of dollars in bribes, appeals from the American Ambassador and congressman Jackie Speier convinced the government to reduce the charges and let the grants return to the u. S. , but not before paying a 30,000 fine. What did you learn from this . First of all, never, ever go back to tanzania again, you know. Reporter the couple has been back for two months now, but linda says her traveling days are over. She loved seeing the world but says she will never again risk what she has right here at home. You appreciate the united states, freedoms we have, you have no idea how much we should appreciate that until youre in a situation like we were. Reporter in foster city, john ramos, kpix5. It is 4 46. Brain hackney up bright and early ready to give you a Weather Report on this monday. Little bit of rain . Yes, later in the day and then later in the week will warm up. A few changes in the offing for the bay area. First be prepared today as the boy scouts would often say for a little bit of rain later this afternoon. Kind of on par with what we had yesterday, not so much in the south bay but more in the north bay and that will be happening little bit later in the day. For now all is calm and all is bright in the wee early hours of this monday morning. First workweek of spring. Right now concord 52 degrees, oakland 56, livermore 49 and san jose has got 53 degrees. You can see that most of the hi def doppler shows the rain up in the cape mendocino area. For us here in the bay area, a little bit of winding in the mountains of san jose. In the early of the day more will develop. High surf advisory kicked up. Showery weather continues this afternoon in the bay area, and cool weather as well. Tomorrow is going to be the coolest day of the week. Today is not going to be setting any heat records by far. Plenty chilly today, little bit windy too and showers spinning in this afternoon. Rain turns to snow out in the mountains where weve got Winter Weather advisories posted through tuesday, snow levels down to about 4500 feet and new snowfall about four to 8 inches. So lets sum it all up. The sounds of silence. Workweek begins cool and wet. And more the rest of the bay area later in the day. Warmer weather will return by thursday after we begin to dry it out tomorrow afternoon. Forecast highs near 60 degrees today with scattered showers. Extended forecast after unstable weather today we increase stability and increase sunshine tuesday through wednesday, numbers will recover to the mid60s. Look what happens by the weekend. Weve got plenty of sun saturday and sunday, we will be in the 70s again in the bay area but for today expect wet. Wonder if thats affected the roads yet. Here is gianna. Live right now and get a different perspective as you make your way towards the bay bridge this morning. No delays out of oakland into San Francisco but that will probably change around 5 30 when things start heating up for your morning drive. We are still dealing with b. A. R. T. Issues this morning. Jumping over to our maps, the closure continues, no Train Service between pittsburg bay point station as well as concord station. There is a 10 to 15 minute delay on the pittsburg base point line in both directions which means we are taking a close eye on highway 4 once again, extra busy conditions west on highway four for folks using the roadways instead of b. A. R. T. Because of the closure. Right now highway 4 looks good. Clear towards the east shore freeway. Over to the altamont this pass, this portion as you head towards 680 looks good. No delays on the westbound side headed towards the dublin interchange. Overall still quiet, no delays on that eastbound side, 65 Miles Per Hour there, westbound, though, you are going to see a few stopandgo conditions out of tracy making that connector for the 205 over to 580 this morning but you can see traffic is actually moving okay through that portion. Oakland looks good both directions off to a great start, no delays northbound as you head into downtown oakland. Southbound clear all the way into hayward and right now the san mateo bridge is off to a very good start. Youve got an easy ride if youre traveling westbound out of hayward towards foster city this morning, no delays along the peninsula and taking a look at traffic out of the south bay, speeds nice north 101 out of san jose, no delays. 280 also looks drive and our drive times reflect that, northbound 87, highway an easy eight minute ride. Thats a look at your traffic. Back to you guys. Its become an internet sensation of sorts, the much anticipated arrival of a baby bald eagle happened early sunday morning in washington, d. C. Millions of people had been watching online hoping to see it, but many likely missed it since the eaglet arrived at 3 00 a. M. East coast time. The eaglet joins a two day old sibling. Why do you think people are so obsessed with this web cam . I think because its the american bald eagle, our nation has always loved that, that bird is our National Symbol and its funny that they are in the capitol. The eagle parents are known as mr. President obama and the first lady because they are the first mating pair to nest in d. C. S National Arboretum in nearly 70 years. Yes, proud parents. For atron mothers today astronomers today no these comets are likely interplanetary twins, they think the smaller on the right there is a fragment that fell off the bigger one. The larger twin sits past earth today and the smaller will fly by sometime tomorrow. They are both a good 2 million miles away. The event is set to be the third closest comet flyby in history. 4 51. Kate mccue, you may not recognize the name but she is the first woman to ever captain a cruise ship. We will introduce you to the bay area native making waves. Thats next. ,,,,,,,,, welcome back on what will be a relatively chilly monday morning. Temperatures a little bit below average for this time of the year, but not by much. San francisco today 60 degrees, verifiable clouds, a few showers, concord 62, san jose 65 and in the south bay we will start with mostly dry conditions but introduce a chance of showers later in the day. Temperatures will be in the mid 60s, pretty much the same drill for the east bay. Verifiable clouds this morning, that will lead to a chance ever showers later today, numbers will be in the mid60s. Up in the north bay the rain comes sooner, probably before noon, a few showers this morning and some light fog as well. Extended forecast shows things will be warming up. Stay tuned. Complete forecast coming up. Pittsburg bay point stations to North Concord, no Train Service, bus bridges are in place. A 10 minute delay on the base point line in both directions. Thank you. A woman with bay area ties is breaking new ground, she is the First American female to captain a cruise ship. Kate mccue says its a job she wanted since she was 12 years old when she went on her first family cruise to the bahamas. If i can help to inspire someone to get into this industry or even just to follow their dreams and dare to try, then i have done something worthwhile. Captain mccue works for celebrity cruises. Her Maiden Voyage was last september but over the weekend she attended a conference geared towards supporting women in the maritime industry. It was held at Cal Maritime Academy in vallejo where she graduated in 2000. Average price of gasoline gone up some 17 cents nationwide in the past couple of weeks. Now an average of 2. 02 for regular unleaded. About 2. 65 in metro san jose, 2. 75 in San Francisco and 2. 63 around oakland. Those prices are still about 60 cents less than this same time last year. Californians earning steep salaries will soon be cut off from rebates for electric cars, starting on tuesday, next tuesday, the state is establishing an income cap on its Rebate Program so people that make 250,000 will be out of the running now. 340,000 is the limit for head of the household filers and for joint filers number is now a half a million dollars. A louisiana woman has filed a complaint against a pet Products Company pedigree. She bought a bag of marrow bone dog treats and discovered plasticlike fibers sticking out of some of the treats. Her concern is whether the fibers could harm her dogs digestive tract. Im not going to feed it to my dogs. So far no official response from pedigree. The Walmart Store where she says she bought the product is thinking of pulling it from its shelves. It is 4 57 on this monday. This week the race for the white house heads west with primaries in four western states. How donald trump plans to rally republicans ahead of those contests, coming up. Its a new week but the same issues at b. A. R. T. For commuters on the east end east bay, rather. ,,,,,,, live from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Happy monday, everybody. We take you outside, a beautiful look at the bay bridge where weve got some light showers and we are going to see a little bit more of that today, more weather coming up. But it is monday, march 21st. It would be my grandfathers 129th birthday too. Wow. James owe malika omalika, happy birthday. Im michelle griego. If you are taking bart to work, pack your patience. They have been bussing passengers between oakland and concord since the end of last week and that continues this morning. Kpix5 reporter jackie ward is live at the North Concord bart station where people are being put on buses now. Jackie. Reporter michelle, i wish i had better news for monday morning commuters, thats for sure. The same problem that happened at the end of last week continues today and bart Officials Say they still dont know the