For the university. Homeland security is already notified the school it could be kicked out of the student and Exchange Visitor program leaving its overwhelmingly foreign student body scrambling. It means for those students that their visa status is no longer valid unless they can somehow find another school in which to maintain fulltime enrollment. Reporter wang will be formally sentenced in the fall while a dark legal cloud hangs over the university he once ran. Now, the school will have an opportunity to respond to homeland securitys concerns. They must do so in writing by april 17. Devin fehely, kpix 5. This is the north bay traffic backup we have been monitoring all day long epic gridlock because of an earlier u. P. S. Big rig fire. Chopper 5 is over the san rafael bridge. You can see the pavement where the truck caught fire. Those lanes were supposed to re open just about now. Instead, caltrans says it will be closer to 7 00 tonight. It has been a nightmare for drivers since befo
Hurt, but infront trailer of the u. P. S. Truck and its contents of packages are all a total loss. Officers in the east bay are on the lookout this morning for a man who crashed his car and then ran off leaving a woman and a child trapped in the wreck. This is whats left of a black sedan driven by a man who tried to escape officers this morning in hayward. The chp says the officer decided to help to stop him, rather for an expired plate after they say someone threw a cigarette out of the car at 880 and tennyson. The car pulled over but as officers walked to the car, the driver sped off and crashed just a few blocks down. The driver left behind a woman in her 20s and a child under 10 years old. Strapped into a booster seat. Here you see the car. They were removed from that car and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Emergency crews are searching through whats left of a small illinois town after a massive tornado touched down there last night. We know at least one perb was killed.
Of an earthquakes location. Some people with phones that detect a motion from the earthquake agree with each other that we all see the same thing. Locate its magnitude and send that warning to people farther away. Reporter a simulation looked at a big quake along the hayward fault, and found an alert came within seconds, enough time to duck or brace yourself. Right now the system only looks at large quake, magnitude 7. 0 or higher. A Pilot Program was just funded in chile, where 7. 0 quakes have been detected along the coast. Most of the worlds high population for earthquakes has no protection whatsoever. But cell phones are ubiquitous. Reporter california is already testing shake alert. But Scientists Say this could be a supplement. A few seconds are enough time to stop doing something you dont want to be doing during an earthquake. Reporter and that recently funded research in chile is expected to take about a year to yield results. Reporting live in menlo park Christie Smith nbc bay
Plus almost all of the bay areas Big League Sports teams are talking about possible moves. We have the latest on the possibility for the raiders and the as, so lots come up in the next quick hour. Lets take a quick check on your weather starting with a live look at the bay bridge. It is cloudy and foggy along the coastline. Temperatures in the upper for thes around much of the bay area. Well see quite a temperature spread as we reach our highs today. Sunshine formost and a chance of showers. Well take a look at your seven day forecast coming up. But first heres mark. Fires forcing people to evacuated their homes in california. More than 300 firefighters are on the front line now battling the flames on the steep and rug ed terrain there. So far the fire is 50 contained. No one has been hurt. It is still unclear at this point how it started. The search is on this morning for two people who went missing after a boating accident. Two of the four people on the boat are confirmed dead. Their
Raising money online on go fund me. Their son believes she has the will to fight the disease. Shes pretty critical but makes improvements every day, so i still see the fight in her. Reporter family members are at the intensive care unit every day. Difficult situation there. Daisy lees family is trying to raise money to help pay for her care. We have a link for their go fund my site on our website. A strong earthquake hit off the coast of japan leading to a tsunami advisory and evacuations. The 6. 8 magnitude quake was 130 miles east of miako japan. They evacuated coastal towns. The mother of a Security Officer who escaped a deadly shooting at a San Jose Shopping Center is being called a hero. He was killed over a 20 box of cigars. He worked as a Security Guard at a nightclub. Two men were trying to steal a box of cigars from a nearby store, and they dropped them. He went to help the thieves, not knowing they were thrivesieves, and he was shot. In my eyes, he will always be a hero. Mann