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Not bad for some. Windy as well. Some areas getting gusts about 35 Miles Per Hour and some rain north has been impressive. Oakmont 1 2 inch of rain. Mint hill officially, i think i saw 16 100. I know around the marina, pretty good rain. Santa cruz mountains, 1 3. Pretty good line went through San Francisco. Its let up, but there is the line through the heart of the city. Its extending towards berkeley. Thats the line going along interstate 80. Hercules and theres some pockets of heavy rain embedded in that. Theyre moving quick. Out to the east bay, looks like things have let up for parts of the east bay and to san jose getting going. Highway 17 back to santa cruz getting going. Theres multiple spokes in the next wink thats the colder air coming in. The breeze has been cranking. Its turbo charged for some. Mostly cloudy, off and on rainy day. Rain for most today after our first band is moving through. The heaviest looks to be in the north bay. An inch for some. 60s on the temperatures. When theres rain, theres an issue with the traffic. It is a little slower. Its not as bad as it would be on a wednesday or a tuesday in february when it was raining hard and nonstop. Today it seems slower. The slowdown on 880 ended up slowing down. We dont see a major crash, but theres some slow traffic ive noticed. Looking at the commute on the golden gate bridge, southbound 101, that traffic looking good to the toll plaza. Driving on highway 4. The slow traffic, we can show you that the road sensor is firing up very red, it gets better after the crash we had. 680 is slow. Now its 7 03. Crews are on the scene on a sinkhole in the Pacific Heights neighborhood trying to figure out what caused the huge sinkhole. Now that the sun is up, were getting a better look. Reporter were getting a much better look inside the hole. Crews on the scene. Theres some city workers here and theyre here to monitor the hole to make sure it doesnt get any bigger. Now that the sun has come up. You can really see in that big sinkhole its about 20 feet across. About 10 feet deep. Were expecting a crew to arrive here later on. The repair crew to arrive later on. As you look in the center of the hole, you may see some of the running water. Theres a question we had here. As you might imagine, all morning long as neighbors have walked by, theyve been interested to see what the sinkhole looks like. Coming home, i noticed that the street was blocked off because of the depression on the road and as i was driving onto work, i pulled over to see what was going on. Ktvu was on scene as the sinkhole formed as a depression in the street. Some people called in. Crews came out and as were on scene interviewing a witness, the sinkhole gave way. Someone called in about 8 30 this morning. Pretty amazing video watching that section of road just drop through. Youre here from the Public Utilities commission and have an update about how the repair crew is going the get to work which is to say, they need to find out what is going on under the road. Thats the determining factor as to when they will get to work. Crews will assemble all morning. The other utilities come out and mark the electric lines, Everything Else under the ground. We know where everything is before we start to dig. We talked about the water running along on the bottom. That is sewage running in the bottom. Youre going to clear away the dirt when you do the repair. Well take the dirt that was there, theres been some rainwater collection, but before we close it up, well keep it up, fix the pipe and return the pavement back to normal. Thank you for the update were expecting a crew later onto begin assessing what happened out here and begin the long job of repairing the road. As you might imagine, it could have a traffic impact on the surrounding roads. If you take california or sacramento east, west through the city, there could be some extra traffic on the roads that carry traffic east and west through San Francisco. Turning back to our continuing coverage about the life and death of prince. Fans around the world are turning to his music to remember him. This is what it sounds like when doves cry. The record industry and prince fans are trying to come to grip with the sudden death. The 57yearold grammy award winner was found unresponsive in an elevator outside of minneapolis. Paramedics were unable to revive him. It came a week after the plane made an Emergency Landing in illinois for medical reasons it never made sense to us that his rep said that he had the flu. It didnt make sense. I didnt believe it. He was just here saturday. He was just here saturday and was fine. They say he was treated for a Drug Overdose 6 day before his death and needed a shot to counteract it. Look at the people. They held all night dance parties at clubs one is called first avenue where a large part of princes movie purple rain was shot. More prince parties are planned for tonight and tomorrow night. Here in the bay area, fans are featuring his signature color. San Francisco City hall was lit up in purple. Theres a lot of opinions as to why he loved the color, one is that purple is associated with royalty. He performed here a number of times one regular spot was the auditorium lit up in purple overnight. He took the stage in 1982. Later returned there in 1993 performing hits such as purple rain and 1999. He was at the arena march 4th. The oracle arena concert was a lastminute edition and tickets sold out in minutes it will be lit up in purple to honor prince. Coming up, more memories about prince and president obamas statement said that nobodys spirit was stronger, boulder or more creative. The Golden State Warriors played last night without steph curry. This time, they could not get past the rockets. Houston won game 3. The warriors trailed in the second quarter, but they started working on a comeback and lead the team with 22 points. They had one last chance and he dribbled it off of his foot and it went out of bounds. We have a lot of depth on the team we should be able to win games even if guys are out. We couldnt get it done. If steph curry did want to play despite his injured ankle. The team just didnt feel comfortable with him playing. Hes hoping to be back on game 4 which would be 7 full games since he played. Game 5 will be back in oakland wednesday. If necessary, game 6 will be back in houston next friday. The head coach of the mens crew team at uc berkeley is failing to report a Sexual Assault claim against one of his rowers. A former female member of the team told the coach that she was Sexual Assaulted in december of 2013 at a crew party. The coach told her to stop crying and asked her about her sexual relationships with other rowers. They say that the allegations are false. Its the latest in the string of allegations against the faculty members. The payout for some of the drivers. Giving students more time to sleep in the morning. The School District considering a later start time. Were looking at a commute that is wet and we have had slow traffic helped out by an accident here making it slower over the hill to concord. It started early in lake county and San Francisco. Now its highway 17, the Santa Cruz Mountains getting slammed more coming up. Its a meal thats freshly prepared every day. Court adjourned colonel quality, guaranteed. Welcome back. San francisco is the first city in the nation to offer new parents 6 weeks of fully paid family leave. The mayor signed the ordnance yesterday. State law already requires businesses to pay 50 of a workers salary for 6 weeks paid leave. This ordnance takes effect january 1st for most businesses. The vacaville School District considering changing its start time for middle school and High School Students it shows it can prove academic performance is getter when they get more sleep. They are more alert and more able to retain information and able to stay awake. I would like to have that extra hour. It depends if i use it responsibly. 70 said theyre in favor of the start time. Some people are concerned because it means staying later in the afternoon. I like what he said about using the time responsibly. Sometimes sleep is the best thing for you. That means being well rested. You dont want to show up to class and out of it. Good morning lets look at what we have now, the morning commute is wet, highway 4 has been slow and were showing it to you on the maps we has an earlier accident on the concord side that messed things up. Traffic is recovering, fortunately on fridays we have lighter volume, so thats helping out a little bit. When we first got here and i went to the picture at 4 00 in the morning, the rain had not reached the south bay. Now its here. You can see traffic creeping up into the Silicon Valley. This is a look at 580 to livemore. Clearly, you can see its not as busy as it normally is but the rain is slowing things down. Lets go to steve. A good point about the School Starts later, some folks, thats their schedule. They have to drop them off at that time. I think of the parents too. Theyre thinking i cant do this. Very heavy rain, sal should listen on this because its pouring in parts of the south bay on the 280 shot and also over highway 17 over from lexington, back to santa cruz. Nancy says heavy showers and lots of standing water all the way over 17 now. Its bad enough when its dry. Its that much worse when its raining on 17 and look at it. You can see, thats what is barreling through. Theres a back edge of that around Boulder Creek they are getting some rain, maybe for another half our or so. Lake county 2 3. Oakmont kenwood 2 3. That was a strong line. North napa 1 2. The line in San Francisco looks like its moving out already, but watch, there was a break there. I know Mount Davidson is coming down and stretching over. It was for berkeley. Thats where the heaviest line is and rain towards oakley its mainly north and hit and miss around concord and back to walnut creek. Also still in the south bay, thats where the heavier rain is picking up from south of fremont back into san jose and back to Santa Cruz Mountains. Rain ended for a bit and now its moving back into the north. Picking up, santa rosa back. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. The breeze has been crazy. Gusts about 2530 Miles Per Hour for some well see some on and off rain. The first part of the system went through the front and theres to cooler, unstable air and that continues late morning, early afternoon. Heaviest to the north. Windy at times, cooler, 60s on your temperatures. Low to mid. Remember monday when it was 90 degrees. We said sure looks like rain on friday. It was spot on. Breezy, cool saturday and then windy and cool on sunday and snow in the sierra. Wow. What a change. Time now 7 19. Another major retailer making big layoffs how many stores will be closed by sears and kmart this year. A fierce dust devil lifting a boy in the air. How hes doing coming up. Its prince, 1999. If theres a special song you want to hear, let us know ill play your request every friday morning. Thank you. Time is 7 23. Social issues including abortion and transgender bathrooms are heating up on the president ial campaign trail. Donald trump said he would change the Republican Party platform on abortion to allow exceptions for rape and the life of the mother. Ted cruz backs the partys platform. Donald trump broke ranks who support a controversial statute requiring trans genders to use bathrooms according to their gender. Theres a move to make new bathrooms leave it the way it is. He thought grown adult men should not be alone in the bathroom with little girls. Donald trump would be the most quoted candidate in history. The change in carolina law is needed if the city of charlotte wants to host the 2017 allstar game he believes that the league has made that crystal clear. House bill 2 limits antidiscriminations for lesbians and gays and struck down a charlotte ordnance that would allow transgender people to use the bathroom that matches the gender they identify with. Business leaders in North Carolina have told them they believe there will be a change in the law in time. The nba has not set a deadline for its decision. A vigil held for a delaware teen who died after an apparent assault at her high school theyre investigating the death of a 16yearold amy joiner francis. She walked into a bathroom yesterday, 30 minutes later she was taken out on a stretcher and died at the hospital. They took two girl back to headquarters for questioning. Theres more concerns today about brazils readiness. A huge weve sent 150long section crashes down to the the beach below. Two people on it were killed it was among the projects built for the summer olympics in august. The accident happened just hours after the olympic torch was lit. A wild story. A fierce dust devil that ripped through a sports event in china left one student hurt after it lifted him off of the ground. Looking at the pictures from Chinese Media showing it swirling through on wednesday. Now look at this. People are in the middle of this. Teachers say they started to evacuate students and another dust devil hit. At one point, they tried to get the students to sit or lie down while debris like chairs and backpacks were blowing all around them. You can see a child picked up by the whirlwind. The student was treated for minor injuries. Coming up, we continue to talk about the music legend the world loss yesterday. How fans are paying tributes. Another homicide happened in the south bay. The growing concern from police and why they need your help. Good morning. Looking at a commute where the rain has made it extra slow. Although on the bay bridge, it kind of looks normal. Its pouring. More on that coming up. Is that coffee . Yea, its nespresso. I want in. Youre ready. Get ready to experience a cup above. Is that coffee . Nespresso. What else . This picture is so beautiful. Cold, rainy, misty day across the bay area. True here throughout the bay area, a lot of people thinking about prince. His music is on our mind. Were bringing it to you. Were checking your weather because steve some people are getting a lot of rain. Some are not. Yeah. Castro valley to fremont, theyre asking me where is the rain where others, its pouring. Its not raining here but not familiar away. Theres been some good rain into the Santa Cruz Mountains three bands in the system the front went through and the colder unstable air has to follow. The rain let up and is now picking up again. Looks like in woodside as well, heavy rain. That stretches from woodside to redwood city. Probably belmont as well thats a pretty intense line. Showing you more coming up. Oak rapid ken wood along highway 12, 1 2 away. Yet, officially mint hill. 16. Around vallejo, theres been some heavy rain, you can see the cell there. That probably stretches back and now the rain is picking up in the north bay and letting up. Theres some breaks around but northward, back again, things are quieting down in eastern county. But picking up again in walnut creek and toward heyward. Its finally beginning to let up on highway 17. 50s on the temperatures to near 60 degrees. Very breezy, windy for some. One band going through. The cold unstable air later on. Rain off and on. Temperatures will be in the 60s. Heaviest rain in the Santa Cruz Mountains and to the north bay. Steve, i believe youre familiar with marsh creek road. Its nice when its dry. Theres a new crash. You know that area must be getting hit with rain. We get more collisions reported as steve has been saying, its moving through and going to make the commute tough and were here to tell you more about that. This is a look at the commute on 880. It started to slow down early we dont see a big slowdown until later. Its slowing down and looking at chps list and dont see anything on 880 reported. Im double checking it. There is no crash reported on northbound 880. Its just slow driving up towards downtown oakland. Looking at some of the other commutes, San Francisco doesnt look bad. 101 traffic on the northbound. Looks good approaching the split. Looking at 880. 880 southbound not bad from heyward to fremont. No problems as you drive through. Well investigate the 880 thing and i believe theres something going on. Its not showing up on my computer dispatch machine. Now back to the desk. Thank you. Lets go back to talking about prince and the shock of his sudden death yesterday at the age of 57. So many people remembering his life, his talent and of course his music. As fans around the world are in mourning, many are gathered to mourn his death and celebrate hiss life. His sister said that prince loved all of you and said thank you for loving him back. In the studio now, talking about the farreaching impact. As were watching the tributes pour in, fans paying tribute to a musician who was legendary. There are many questions about why and how he did. An autopsy could reveal more. His death is not considered suspicious. His health seemed to be failing recently. The 57yearold was found dead on thursday, yesterday, at his compound in minnesota. His death comes a week after his plane was forced to make an Emergency Landing in illinois for medical reasons princes representatives say he was sick with the flu. Tmz is recording that prince was treated for a Drug Overdose at the hospital and that was just six days before he died. People around the world and here in the bay area, theyre celebrating the life of the music icon. It was a fun scene last night in San Francisco as fans gathered outside of city hall for a dance party in honor of prince. You can see city hall was lit in purple to honor the musician. Fans say he was one of a kind. Prince, hes just a force to be reckoned with. Thats like an understatement. Hes a musical genious. Although he was sick recently, he was seen out and about in minneapolis in the past few days and was riding his bike around town and dropped by his Favorite Local Records Store in Downtown Minneapolis and hosted a party for some of his fans at that compound just this past weekend. By the way, his final concert, it was just one week ago and it was in atlanta and fans said that the singer didnt seem sick at all he seemed like his usual self. Well have to wait and see what happened. An autopsy will happen today but it could be a few days before we get to the results prince doesnt have a star on the hollywood walk of fame because the paper work was never submitted and now theres a fiveyear waiting period. You would think that would be a given. All right. Thank you. See you again. Many bay area prince tributes are planned at the cat club in San Francisco. Theres a shrine in his honor including papering images of prince on mirrors, a unique performer who defied labels and his career spanned decades. Being there seeing him live, you know, growing up you see photos and the videos and see the movie purple rain, its just being up that close to an icon. We talked to the chair of the San Francisco music department. He said that prince had a big influence on her and her music and helped the careers of so many artists. Some of princes famous fans are on social media talking about him. Oprah treated, prince, the doves really are crying now. Justin wrote numb, stunned, this cant be real. Mc hammer said i love this man. Too soon. Heaven is yours. More about prince and his death and tributes all over the country on our channel 2 web site. 7 39. In other news, San Jose Police are celebrating crimes including 4 homicides in four days. He was walking with friends when several men got out of a car and shot and killed him. Monday, the body of a 24yearold was found after he was gunned down and wednesday night, police say 43yearold jason stabbed his father to death at a Mobile Home Park south of downtown. We are concerned about whats happening in the last week or so. We have killers out and about. Theyre amongst us and we need to take them off of the Streets Police are looking for suspects in the shooting deaths the city had 30 homicides, right now, they have 14 homicides recorded and were only 4 months into the year. The police giving us new details about the disappearance of a 2yearold and the killing of her mother, nichole. The police and fbi searched several homes including an apartment in oakland. Neighbors say thats where the former babysitter lives. She refused to let her see her daughter in the weeks before her death. Police are sharing a piece of evidence, a piece of plywood covered this spray paint found covering her body in the park on april 8th. The plywood has spray painted markings on it which we hope someone may recognize. It may be construction related or graffiti, but its our hopes someone will recognize them. Family and friends, theyre holding out hope she is still alive. Uber settled two lawsuits and will pay 84 million to its drivers. They claim they should be classified uber employees. Classifying them would raise ubers expenses and may have given them argumenting rights. A push to spend more time bonding with babies for mothers, the pros and cons if some companies allow moms to bring babies to work. It is earth day, how all of the Online Shopping is leading to a flood of cardboard boxes at recycling centers. How theyre changing the way it ships certain items thats next. The wet commute is causing some slow traffic out there as we look at 880 it seems to be improving and its not as wet as it was. More about the friday morning commute ahead. More hit and miss, taking a look at both coming up. Days after nordstrom announced layoff of its workers, sears is making an announcement of cuts. Sears and kmart will close 68 k smart stores and 10 sears locations. So far, none of the bay locations are. It comes after declining sales an unclear how many workers will be affected. Theyre expected to be complete by midseptember. Time is 7 44. Today is earth day you knew that. There are several bay area events marking the event but its also a day where people and businesses look for ways to be greener. Pam cook is back in the studio with how its creating a problem for the environment. Recycling are flooded with cardboard boxes. As the Online Shopping increases, so has the pile of boxes. Theres more coming in than time. Your time is valuable. It is. Hes a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who buys his groceries online even though he lives five minutes from the store he recycled the boxes and bags however, the recycling plant receives 100tons of cardboard and paper every day and new york almost 900tons per day. When you buy things online, they can show up in two or three boxes within a box. Box within a box. Kind of a russia doll of boxes. Thats really bad packaging we encourage people not to support that. Its now lunched frustrationfree packaging. The company says whenever possible, they ship in their original packaging eliminating the need for more boxes. They suggest buying from one store when possible. We talk about card boards and papers, it uses energy and water in the recycling process. So, it also uses other resources, its something to think about. Im noticing i do a fair amount of shopping. More things are coming in little plastic bags. Nonsee through. Some retailers dress in a small bag others was in a big cardboard box. Its a little dress. We try to reuse them, but its not costfree. People will start looking for that. What does this company ship in. Maybe thats where they make their choices amazon is smart to be proactive. Lets check in with sal. Its going to be okay this morning as you drive through from vallejo to the bridge and out to the maze. About 40 minutes, it does really get busy as you drive into richmond and out to the macarthur maze im we have lighter volume. The rain offsets it. Not too bad when you get to the bay bridge its a 20minute delay at the plaza. 880 has been slow up to the 880 commute theres been some slow traffic all the way up to about 23rd. We did have some earlier problems that are clear. The traffic is going to be a little bit slow southbound on interstate 880 we can put up maps. Its slow through heyward and its not as bad as it was earlier in the week i want to sneak a peek at highway 4 westbound. Its still a little slow through most of pittsburgh. These commute, even though theyre not the worst, theyre not light here on highway 4 or 680. 748, lets go to steve. Hit and miss rain from lake county down to the Santa Cruz Mountains. The system is moving on shore and its starting to enhance off of the coast. Theres some breaks in the clouds, but they fill in fast and the breeze has been with us. Raining cats and dogs here. If thats the case, make sure you dont step in a poodle. Old joke. Old joke. Here we go, looking at martinez. Look like its lightning up. There are some moderate to heavy. Cobb had 2 3. Also the mountains. San francisco, most locations about 1 3. Danville, look at that. Thats lighting up, over the alamo and near danville over towards synura phone and heyward, this is a moderate rain heading towards pleasanton and down to the south bay, its been heavy but lighting up. It is lighting up. Its heading to wood side and had some heavy rain around as well stretching back into the mountains, highway 17 is tough today. The valley back onto morgan hill thats not too heavy. The second band off of the coast. Thats going to swing in late afternoon. Back into the rain, upper lake and over towards Hidden Valley lake. Its coming down back into cobb and clear lake. Its back. 50s and 60s. The breeze has been rip roaring for some. That rain is not there but it is windy for some. The colder air moves in. Rain back into the north bay and this is why. The low is beginning to swing in. That could bring some thunderstorms, but overall, its going to increase the rainfall rates. Breezy, cooler today. Windy at times. A few sun breaks, its one of the midwest weathers 50s on the temperatures. Well take it into this evening and early saturday. Saturday should be okay. It will be breezy and sunday, mostly sunny, windy with snow in the sierra. Just stays to the north. Okay. There you go. Time is 7 51. President obama is in england now celebrating the 90th birthday of queen elizabeth. You can see the president and the first lady meeting with the queen. The third time they have met with the een. They will meet with David Cameron and they will have dinner with Prince William and his family. The budding photographer getting a special honor. A photograph taken by a 14yearold will be displayed at a home at joe bidens home. It was one of 10 selected by National Geographic program. She was experimenting when he took pictures of street lights. New this morning, mcdonalds says business is good. Good earnings have been posted after years of declines but theyre changing the menu again. Ahead, where mcdonalds is changing the size of theirburg answer giving customers unlimited fries. Lets go. Not yet. We have to show you these pictures and tell you the story of lifesaving lessons off of the coast. Critical training for dozens of firefighters. Earning eno back from bank of america to buyym bag. And 2 back at the grocery store. Even before he got 3 back on gas. Kenny used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to join the wednesday night league. Because he loves to play hoops. Not jump through them. Thats the excitement of rewarding connections. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. Park Officials Say that the goal is to keep the air and beaches clean and protect fish and while life all 65 regional parks in alameda are included in the smoking ban. There are some exceptions employees can smoke on park grounds and at overnight camp sites. Bart plans another closure this weekend between two east bay station. There will be no service between saturday and sunday. They will get passengers between the stations while theyre repairing cracks and making other improvements. Its expected to cause delays. A major sinkhole in San Francisco, an update on the strategies that the workers plan on using to divert water around the sinkhole. Good morning were still seeing slow traffic. Some commutes are better. More about that coming up. Weve had hit and miss rain some heavy, some light. Theres a few breaks in the clouds. Rain is moving back into the north. More coming up. In between dublin and heyward, you can see the line hitting through. Watch, ill get out of the way, the valley, woodside, another really intense line right there. Thats starting to move through. Santa cruz has let up a little bit. The rain is picking up again in the north bay right back to looks like the russia river area. Theres some pockets of heavy rain. The next line beginning to move on shore, 50s and 60s on the temperatures. Breezy, windy, 45 in truckee. It will turn to snow later on. Its more rain than wind and were expecting highs today only in the 60s. Heavier rain moving in this afternoon. Rain for most, just not continuous. Breezy and cool at times, temperatures will be in the 60s. What about the game tonight at at t park. I went to a game on Opening Night a couple weeks back and it was raining. But you know, it rained and stopped. Rainouts are rare as you know. There might be some early rain but theyll get the game in. Bring the raincoat. That is correct. Thank you. Good morning. Lets go out and take a look at the commute. This is 80 westbound, it continues to be one of the busy commutes, we have seen backups on this stretch that reach 90 minutes, today is not one of those days, but not light either. Its backed up about 15minute delay. Slow through the area up to about the brick wall near 23rd and Getting Better for downtown oakland. Were getting some fill in here in the east bay commute. Southbound 880 is slow. Some areas are better than others some areas look friday light. 101 filled in here. Its not completely up to Mountain View and slow on 280 and 285. Its a mixed bag. Brian has been on the roads looking at the storm steve has been talking accused. Well bring will him in and talk about what he sees. Reporter good morning. Were listening to prince weve been listening to prince on spotify. Its just so fitting today. And its raining outside this morning. As we look now, its eastbound highway 24, a little bit of spotty rain this morning on the roads were driving all over the bay area and we were in berkeley and things were dry near lafayette. The roads are wet. Be careful, its video that we shot about 6 15 this morning. We were on the incline on the bay bridge and it started to pour quickly in San Francisco. We heard its been 1 4 to 1 2 fell in San Francisco. A lot of rain continues to fall. As we go to our second tape, its near specific heights. A lot of rain starting to fall. Its falling in the city. A lot of rain in the north bay. Hitormiss showers all over the bay area. Taking it back out here live. Driving here on eastbound 24. I could go home if i want to. Keeping an eye on the roads. Were listening to prince. Going to be rainy and windy. Thank you. Meantime, repair crews in San Francisco at the scene of that sinkhole of Pacific Heights, were getting a better look inside the hole. At the scene, its going to be two or three days before the stretch of sacramento street reopens. Thats what were hearing. Two to three days, repair crews on scene. Looking here, you can see that theyre the repair crews arrived on scene and have made their initial assessment as we pan to the right. You can see. This is about 20 feet across, about 10 feet deep. Major sinkhole. Theyre going to have a strategy for dealing with more rain in the immediate forecast. Were expecting to get a band of showers. Theyre going to divert the flow down into other lines on other streets trying to determine what the reason is why this one occurred. Sinkholes typically occur when theres space or air in the ground when it shouldnt exist and theres pressure and it collapses. It causes the sinkhole and were going to look to see if the sinkhole or the sewer main break how theyre related and make a determination and fix it. Thank you for joining us all morning long to give us updates were here at sacramento. Right here, baker, its been a major story. It all unfolded yesterday as we were here and we were in the area and on scene as part of this road gave way. Someone called in about 8 30 this morning. Pretty amazing sight for us to see and folks in the area. Again, remember that this is on sacramento between lion and baker. If your commute takes you through the area, you can expect that you might be shunted to one of the other side roads. California travels eastwest here. You might expect to see more traffic in that area. Well continue to monitor what is going on. This ink is hole and the latest were hearing in terms of a timeline of repair is two or three days. Thank you. Despite clintons doubledigit victory, Bernie Sanders shows no sign of dropping out. Clinton voting next week focusing on issues such a gun control. Its just too easy to people to reach for a gun to solve their problems. It makes no sense. And we can do this consistent with the second amendment. Were doing something radical, we are telling the truth. The Washington Post reports that ted cruz and john kasich will announce their picks as early as june. The murder of an oakland mother in the search for her still missing twoyearold daughter. Some new clues this morning. We saw what happened in houston. Warriors fans want to know if steph curry will play in game four of the playoffs what steph has to say. Its a wet commute. Things are drying off and the commute is still very slow on some of the major highways well tell you where coming up. There are some pockets of heavy rain. Heading towards dublin and southward from heyward. We had our chance we had the lead late just couldnt get it done. Its a heart breaker. Steph curry wanted to play, but they decided no. He hopes to play in game 4 sunday which would be 7 full days since he last played. Game 4, sunday afternoon in houston. Game 5 will be back in oakland on wednesday. If necessary, game 6 back in houston next friday. The sharks looking to advance in the stanley cup playoffs tonight. Theyre up going into game 5 in the best of 7 series. Coming off of a win at home. The game is 7 30 in los angeles. If the sharks win, they take the series. If the kings win, they come back to san jose and that will be sunday. The time is 8 15. Everybody braving now . We have had some slow traffic. We dont have any any major problems. Its been like slow traffic and thats where were staying here. Lets look at 880 which continues to be very slow driving up to the downtown oakland area almost to downtown, but for most of the way and that backup started kind of early today. Were looking at a commute here on highway 4 that refuses to get better. Sometimes by 8 15 on a friday, highway 4 is cleared out. Thats not the case. If youre driving from pittsburgh to concord, you need to be aware of that. In san jose, we have slow traffic on 85, 280 and 101. I didnt want you to be surprised. Sometimes we have a friday night commute. Its not the neatest thing out there now on the south bay commute. Its 8 16. I think 580 between dublin looks very intense. I would keep an eye on that. Is it raining there . Right now, eastbound 580 as you mentioned, look at the slow traffic. Its pouring there. Pouring. Youre right. Steve, do you know what . Youre a pretty good weather man. Thank you. I needed that after a long week. Youre a good traffic reporter. Thank you. Thats enough of that. Thank you. There are some breaks and some of you say wet rain, its coming down. Had some pretty good rain in San Francisco, about 6 00 a. M. Over to the triangle. Mount davidson. They were really in the line there. And then it went through and we have had some heavy rain up also around vallejo, crockett and now raining in danville, its raining cats and dogs look at the line. It looks like its falling a part a little bit. This is the line that stretched back to dublin and then 580 back to heyward, now sliding towards union city. Now looks like a general rain, theres some pockets of moderate to heavy rain. And the line still stretching back to the west. Youre not done yet. Highway 84. That will spin off and you can see the line stretching back to heyward, union city and into the peninsula. Winds, look at that, coming up good. An inch of rain and theres some good rain now, although there are pockets where its not that much. Its moving on shore and its off of the coast and a colder air swings in later. Forestville has had 3 4. Oakmont along highway 12. Danville at third. Lexington reservoir has had 1 4 of rain. The rain came in, its going to be a breezy, blustering day. I expect it to pick up. Its turned to snow in truckee. Its been roaring. The wind so for the morning, it looks like a windy event and in the afternoon, thats when some of the cold air comes in tonight. Here comes the next band, its socialed with this low for this time of the year. This is what we used to get back in the day when it used to rain and this is what we used to get and what we have now. Rain for most. It will be off and on, breezy at times its going to be cooler as well. Heaviest rain is in the Santa Cruz Mountains and to the north. Maybe some brief downpours the afternoon commute could be tough. Breezy on saturday and windy and cool on sunday and monday with snow again in the sierra. Thank you. Time is 8 20. Today is earth day. One bay area city is getting a special green honor. Ahead, the reason santa clara will be honored. Why more companies are saying, hey, bring your babies to work. Todays the day oh look creepy gloves for my feet. See when i was a kid there was a handle. And a face. This is nice. And does it come in a california king . Getting roid rage. Hemorrhoid. These are the worst, right . Im gonna buy them. Boom. Ill take them. Impulse buy. Ommmmmmmmmmm. American express presents the blue cash everyday card with no annual fee. Its all happening. Cash back on purchases. Here we go backed by the service and security of american express. [ music ] i never meant to cause you any sorrow, i never meant cause you any pain. I only want to see you at the end of purple rain. [ music ] this is me at a concert back in the 80s. I have my lighter. Purple rain, requested by debi crane and a million others on the facebook page. If theres a special song you want us to play, we play requests every friday morning. Just use the hash tag. We were all thinking the same thing in here. It will take an 18 billion hit but volkswagen will talk about how it will settle the emissions scandal and an investigation for similar violations. A well known retailer announcing job cuts and closures. Sears stock actually shot up about 4 on the news now its up slightly because investigators like when Companies Cut costs. As for the markets in general, the dow, nasdaq and s p are all down about 1 3 percent. Mcdonalds is up about 1 4 . Thats after reporting a good quarter thanks to serving breakfast all day. Well talk about that in a moment. Sears will close 80 stores, that includes 68 kmarts and 10 sears locations no Bay Area Stores are on the list but four central locations are. Its unclear how many workers will be affected but theyre expected to be complete by midseptember and sears has seen a steady drop in sales. Volkswagen releases details of a buyback program. The company may have to take back or fix 1 2 million cars it will take an 18 billion hit for that before 2015. Thats related to the scandal which is more than double the amount it previously set aside. It installed software to let cars cheat on tests. They requested the probe. Owners file the class action lawsuit, they claim that the engines are programmed to admit a cheat device they have denied the claim so far. Some Forward Thinking Companies are helping save money when it comes to child care. The infant at work policy is allowing them to bring the babies to the office. Almost 200 offer the program. Employers benefit because new parents come back to work faster. San francisco based twitter honoring one of the greatest play rights in history. To be or not to be, that is the question. Probably one of the most famous quotes by William Shakespeare. Thats the clip based on one of the popular plays and this is a William Shakespeare icon. They will launch it along with the hash tag shakes Shakespeare Lives an increase in sales for mcdonalds. There could be some changes to the big mac, mcdonalds is testing bigger and smaller versions. They are being tested before a roll out is considered and mcdonalds is offering an all you can eat french fry option. S that going to be in some options i dont know about that dangerous. I hear from analysts its not going to be in california. Were going to get a little egg while and cale. I dont know if they go through mcdonalds for egg white and cale, but thank you. Fans all over the world continue to mourn the death of prince. Ahead, how the icon was remembered on broadway and even in outer space. Picture you have to see, a scary moment in china how a child get caughts inside of a dust twister. I dont have to tell you thats prince. Looking live out at a beautiful picture this morning. Look outside, were still in shock remembers the spectacular life and talents of prince. This song, baby, im a star. In a minute, well talk much more about prince and his life and sudden death and the legacy he leads first, we have to get you out the door. If youre heading out, for many of you, an umbrella, a rain jacket. I would take it if its not raining. Some totals coming in. Its coming down in union city. Its coming down in fremont as well. Theres your line from, back to dublin, heading through, highway 84 and union city. Look at the line, it stretches now towards more the east bay, dublin, in between pleasanton and skirting black hawk. Thats a pretty good line over towards brentwood. Looks like its going to increase in intensity. Its been tough for some Lexington Hills back to highway 17. Also, we head north looking at the line that stretches you dont have rain yet, you may get some in the north bay. And theres been some good rain and now punching in on the coast. Look at that, theres some intense line around the lighthouse, probably the beach as well were not done yet and the whole upper system has to rotate through, thats this afternoon. We get rain up to 6 00. 50s on the temperatures, breezy, windy at times and thats the line that moved through, the next line is on its way. Some sun breaks, rain for most on and off throughout the day. Windy at times, temperatures will be in the 60s, some rain turns to snow in truckee and its been howling up in the mountains. All right, 8 23. Were looking at a new crash westbound 80 one of the busiest freeways in the area. A car got into a crash. It was in the car pool lane and want to thank one of my viewers who sent it to me before chp had it. Thank you for letting me know, westbound 80. Theres a crash there. A lot of the traffic has passed the scene and heading down to the open area. Lets look at live pictures, speaking of oakland, 880 has been slow and the bridge backing up before you make it into San Francisco. San jose, we have traffic that is a little bit busy and looks like its improved northbound 17 is slow driving towards the airport and where it turns into 880. I want to mention a bart alert. Police say they removed 2 people walking on the tracks near the richmond station. They got the people out of the way. Soon they were arrested because its trespassing. Were honoring the life and the legacy of prince. Fans say that his music spoke to him and it was for him. Back in the studio, we may get more answers about his death. Fans are continuing to pay tribute to the musician and still the exact circumstances remain a mystery, its not considered suspicious. An autopsy will happen later today on princes body and that may reveal more about what happened. Prince was reportedly sick recently. The 57yearold was found dead in his compound in minnesota outside of minneapolis. His death comes a week after his plane had to make an emergency lefthand landing. Representatives say he was sick with the flu, but this morning, tmz is recording that prince was treated for a Drug Overdose at the hospital after the Emergency Landing and that was six days before his death. People around the world and here in the bay area are continuing to pay tribute to the music legend. How about this scene in San Francisco, a bunch of prince fans came together outside of city hall and held a dance party. City hall was lit up in purple in honor of prince and his fans say theyre stunned by his studden death. He was more than a performer. He has an artistry behind him that speaks to San Francisco in a special way because we hold that in our hearts as artists i want to tell you prince and to his family, we love you so much and miss you and San Francisco will always remember you. Tributes are pouring in for prince this has got to be one of my favorites. Nasa tweeted out this photo of a remnant of a supernova that is shaped by a death of a massive star. He was seen out and about in minneapolis and hosted a party this past weekend for some of his fans at his compound. All likelihood, we wont know the results for a couple of days we may have to wait a little while until we get answers. The tributes are touching to say the least. More now. A number of people across the bay area are remembering prince in their own special way. They created a shrine. The cat clubs manager says watching prince perform live was an unforgettable experience. Seeing him live, you know, growing up, you see photos and the videos and you see the movie purple rain, its just being up that close to an icon. We spoke to a chair of San Francisco State University of music department. Prince had a big influence on her music and helped the careers of so many artists. Look at this on broadway. Its a cast of the musical hamilton taking time out to honor prince with this performance of lets go crazy. The cast of the color purple including American Idol Jennifer Hudson leading the way. She talked about prince asking the cast to join him at a concert and how he enjoyed making music and listening to music as well. New yorker magazine dedicating the cover to prince its pretty simple. An all purple backdrop. The cover was designed by artists and its titled purple rain. Its available monday april 25th. So many celebrities coming to social media to express how much he meant to them. Will smith says im stunned and heart broken. I just spoke to him last night. We mourn with all of you. One of the most magnificent artists. The reverend Jesse Jackson here in the studio yesterday tweeted shocked and heart broken of the death of a dear friend. We have so much more on prince and his amazing life and stunning death and tributes happening across the country on the web site and coming up on the 9. Time is 8 40. In other news, San Jose Police investigating a rise in Violent Crimes including three homicides within four days. The body of carlos was found after he was gunned down. On wednesday night, police say that the 43yearold fatally stabbed his father at a Mobile Home Park south of downtown. We are concerned about whats happening in the last week or so. We have killers out and about. Theyre amongst us and we need to take them off of the streets. Police are looking for suspects in the shooting cases. Last year, the city of san jose had 30 homicides. Right now, they have 14 homicides recorded. The body of a missing east bay woman has been found. The man has been arrested in connection with her death and authorities are searching for one other suspect. The body of kimberly was found in a shallow grave outside of a home on tuesday. She was last seen on march 28th but not reported missing until april 12th. She died shortly after her disappearance. A 27yearold has been charged with murder. He was arrested one day after they found a possible crime scene at a home in richland. Police are looking for a second suspect. They have not disclosed a motive yet. The police releasing new details about the disappearance of a twoyearold and the killing of her mother, nichole. Police and the fbi searched several homes including an apartment in oakland. Neighbors say thats where her former babysitter lives friends say she would not let nichole see her daughter in the weeks before her death. Theyre sharing a piece of evidence, its a piece of plywood covered in spray paint. It has spray painted markings on it we hope someone may recognize. They could be graffiti. But it is our hope that someone will recognize them. In the meantime, family members and friends holding out hope that she is still alive. Time is 8 42. Scary moments caught on camera in china. A small twister sucked a child off of the ground. You have to see this. The boy here in the freeze frame caught up inside of a dust devil. Seconds later, he fell to the ground and was taken to the hospital and minor head injuries. It happened wednesday in northwest china as students gathered for a sports event. Three dust devils tore through the field and the last one lifted up the little boy into the area and hes expected to recover. New this morning, president obama is in england now. England is celebrating the 9th birthday of queen elizabeth. The third time theyve met. President obama is due to meet with british Prime Minister and later this evening, the first family will have dinner with principal william and his family. Turning to the ongoing saga involving the 49ers super bowl champions broncos are interested in trading for the quarterback but trade talks with the 9ers are corement. Hes unwilling to take less money to join the broncos. You cant smoke here. That is what some east bay officials are saying. Ahead, where smokers can no longer light up and the reason why. Also, the new name for the city of santa clara on this earth day. We have a couple of trouble spots out there in this late morning commute. Where they are and some commutes have gotten better like this one on highway 4. Pretty good rain aroundpleasanton. From bank of america to buy a new gym bag. Before earning 1 cash back everywhere, every time and 2 back at the grocery store. Even before he got 3 back on gas. Kenny used his bankamericard cash rewards credit card to join the wednesday night league. Because he loves to play hoops. Not jump through them. Thats the excitement of rewarding connections. Apply online or at a bank of america near you. Get high Speed Internet from at t. With 99. 9 reliability for just 30 a month. Keep calm, your internets on. This is not kiss. You cant see her, shes dancing off camera. Thank you to all of you who requested prince songs later on, were going to play more prince music coming up. Thats one of my favorites too. Thank you. Today is earth day and there are bay area events highlighting ways to protect and preserve. The celebration begins at 10 00 central park theyre going the plant 40 trees and plants in downtown oakland along Fourth Street between washington and jefferson. Google is celebrating by changing its doodle. Youll see a different one each time you visit the google web site. Once you click on it. For earth day, you can get a free ride on the train or bus. Theres a celebration of the transportation authoritys 40th anniversary. Its a first for the agency. Its 8 49, going back to sal, youre watching the commute, youre giving us great news and watching our commute. Its been up and down. Some have been lighter, others have not. Occasionally, weve had some accidents, some may have been caused, looking at the commute on the 24 freeway between walnut creek and oakland. People are getting on the roads were seeing a look at the other commutes. 880 has been heavy and slow. 80 westbound has had some issues, we had an accident in the car pool lane. And more slow traffic heading down to a crowded bay bridge plaza. Some commutes you can tell are better than normal. Its a mixed bag. Lets go to steve. Thank you. Its been a busy morning, thats okay. Im not ready for the rain to end we have some more on the way. Three bands associated with it. The second one is moving through the north and we often get forgotten here. Never, i try never to forget you. Speaking of Hidden Valley lake, they had good rain a little while ago. Looks like its tapered off. Just hold on, it will be back. Just moving on shoring look at that, up to the bay, sonoma coast. Get ready for 1 3 of rain is more is on the way. Heavy rain has made it to points of bay point, brent wood and oakley and stretching back. Look at this line, it went through black hawk. Dublin and pleasanton around the Alameda County fair. Santa cruz, highway 17 had their share. Some of the rain was impressive. Half inch of rain, San Francisco, that was at the triangle. 1 3 inch. Quarter inch. Theres been some heavy totals for a short period of time. Breezy, windy at times its not going to change. 45 truckee. Some of that rain has turned to snow in some of the higher elevations. It will be more likely tonight when some of the cold air comes in. Advisories started and goes until 8 00 p. M. Snow around lake level, there could be some decent totals by saturday morning. This is the key, the low is moving in. Heavy rain to the north and pockets of rain. So far, its actually underperformed in the north bay because theres going to be more. Its been close and we talked about it on monday when it was 90 degrees for some and it made it. Its a great week. Rain for most. Breezy at times. Occasionally some bursts of moderate to heavy anywhere. 60s on the temperatures. Snow in the sierra tonight. It ends tonight and early saturday, breezy and then windy, very windy and cool sunday and monday. The jewish holiday of pass over begins tonight at sun down. Its one of the most important religious holidays because it remembers the freeing of slaves of the hebrewss out of egypt. Tonight, many families celebrate with a large meal. Jews are not allowed to eat leavened bread for 8 days. We want to take another live look outside and as we look out, were listening to the computer blue by prince. A live picture, we wanted to put the picture on because the editor asked for it. We want him happy and sal is getting ready, were taking over traffic jams. Thats for you. Also. Looking at instagram. This one is getting a lot of attention, youre looking at a rainbow over the park in minnesota. It was the home of prince in his recording studio. Well be right back there will not be service on saturday and sunday between the bay fare stations. A bus will carry them between stations while crews repair tracks and make other safety improvements its expected to cause delays of 30 minutes to one hour. The same work continues during two weekends in may. Theyre scheduled to finish it by midjune. On this earth day, of course, were going green and take you inside a tiny home, 160 feet, the size of the closet i dream of. Were honoring principal we love hearing from you. Well talk and find out what he means to us. The eclass has driverassist systems. It recognizes pedestrians and alerts you. Warns you about incoming crosstraffic. Cameras and radar detect dangers you dont. And it can even stop by itself. So in this crash test, one things missing a crash. The 2016 eclass. Now receive up to a 3,000 spring bonus on the e350 sport sedan