Wb 80 backed up to the maze. Antioch wb 4 crash clearing at somerville breaking news this morning. A small earthquake shakes people awake in the south bay. The 2 point 9 magnitude quake hit about 6 30 this morning. It was centered about 9 miles from morgan hill. So far there are no reports of any damage or injury. Breaking news we are following form overnight another shooting on an east bay freeway. This time on interstate 880 in oakland. An offduty officer was shot at late last night. This is the third shooting on an east bay freeway since saturday. Kron 4s averi harper is live in oakland with the details. Averi. The shooting happened on south bound interstate 880 in oakland. It happened around 10 00 last night. The shooter led police on a chase and got away. Police later found the car which was a rental for los angeles. Police set up a perimeter around 55th and brookdale while they search for the suspects. Thanks aver. We will check back with you through out the morning. As we mentioned this is the third shooting on an east bay freeway since saturday. The first happened saturday night. 28yearold braun harold was shot and killed on highway 4 near the hillcrest avenue offramp in antioch. Police are still looking for the shooter in that case. Then the second shooting happened monday night on interstate 580 in pleasanton. Nobody was injured in that shooting. Police are still looking for that shooter this morning. Witnesses say it may have been sparked by a road rage incident. Breaking news from overnight. The Trump Administration is responding to reports of another possible contact between president Trumps Campaign and the russians. James fletcher is at the breaking news desk with the overnight developments. James. New information shows attorney general Jeff Sessions met with russias ambassador, not once, but twice last year during the campaign. Something he denied when asked during his confirmation hearing. The meetings reportedly took place in july and september when the senator was a Senior Member of the Armed Services committee as well as one of trumps top Foreign Policy advisers. But according to his spokesperson, sessions didnt feel those meetings were relevant to bring up during his confirmation hearing. When asked by senators al franken and Patrick Leahy if he had been in contact with anyone connected to any part of the russian government about the 2016 election, sessions replied no. And he reaffirmed that position this morning when he met reporters on the street. Say about that. This morning, his this say about that. This morning, his representatives say there is nothing misleading about what the attorney general is saying now, or what he said during his confirmation hearing. Because he claims met with the Russian Ambassador in his capacity as a senator and not as a surrogate of the Trump Campaign. Some democratic lawmakers arent buying that and are calling for sessions to recuse himself from any russia investigation. Others are going a step further like congressman Elijah Cummings and suggesting that sessions resign. Voice of rep. Elijah Cummings D Maryland a lie is a lie is a lie, period. He knows the law. Hes probably prosecuted people for telling untrue statements to the fbi and others. Earlier this morning the attorney general released a statement saying that he never met with russian officials to discuss campaign issues. The white house is coming to sessions defense saying the story is a partisan attack. And californias newest senator is weighing in on the controversy this morning. Senator Kamala Harris just posting this message to twitter saying quote in the best interest of the nation, attorney general sessions must vacate his position immediately. Back to you. And now that President Trump has laid out his agenda on capitol hill. The Republican Lead Congress is working on making the president s plan a reality. The president and House Speaker paul ryan say their First Priority is repealing and replacing the Affordable Care act. Other items on the agenda include a trillion dollar infrastructure plan and an increase in military spending. Happening now. Over a dozen people are without a home this morning after an Apartment Fire in south San Francisco. You can see the flames shooting out of a window here. It happened just before 5 00 yesterday evening near the corner of olive and california avenue. Three apartments are now destroyed and 14 people without a home. Families had to rush out of their apartments, and fortunately no one was injured in this fire. Sot i think im feeling a little bit sad because i accidentally burned my housebut im sure youll be okay right . Yeahshe was crying, first time shed scene that, but its okay family members told kron four they are comforting that young girl, and assuring her that this was not her fault. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. Two men are charged with murdering a Little League coach in san jose. Frank navarro was stabbed and killed at a nighclub where he also worked as a bouncer. Robert ruiz and Aaron Vallejo were arraigned yesterday afternoon. Navarro died sunday night outside the tres gringos cabo cantina. Friends say the fight started over someone using a different persons id. Navarro was the beloved president of the eastridge Little League. He also coached baseball and football at overfelt high school. He touched a lot of lives. He mentored a lot of kids. All the kids he helped. An honorable man, a stand up guy. I have a four year old kid, i only wish he grows up to be half as good as him ruiz and vallejo are expected to enter a plea on march 21st. A gofundme page has been set up to pay for navarros funeral. We have a link to that page on our website at kronfourdotcom. We now know the identities of the three people who died in a plane crash in Southern California. The plane was headed to san jose from riverside when it crashed into two homes monday. The people on board had flown to disneyland to watch a cheer leading competition. Family members tell us 83yearold nouri hijazi, was the pilot. He was killed along with his wife dana hijazi and 22 yearold adine fareles. All are from the san jose area. Two other people are in the hospitalized this morning. Stacey pierce. Who is the daughter of nouri and dana hijazi. And silvia farelas. Former coworkers of one of the victims say they are still shocked by what happened. Adine farelas worked at pepper tree school in los gatos. Her coworkers say, she was a big part of their community and that the parents and children loved just a wonderful soul and beautiful person. Everyone loves her here at peppertree and everyone is going to miss her terribly. Again, farelas mother who was also on the flight and survived the crash. Shes in the hospital in Critical Condition this morning. Months after a gun battle through the streets of San Leandro Police say they now have both of the suspected shooters in custody. Police arrested marcus jones in an apartment in san leandro. The other suspect, 33 year old Davlon Harris was arrested just after the shootout in november. Police say jones was carrying illegal guns and drugs when he was arrested. Police are now trying to figure out if he is connected to other crimes. An elderly couple was seriously injured in the shooting. Jones is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder. Some relief for san jose flood victims this morning. A Southern California billionaire has given a five Million Dollar donation as thousands of families continue to clean up their damaged homes. As the victims heard about the donation, they say they are thankful for everyone that has come forward to help them. The damage is extreme both inside and outside the homes. It could take three to six months before families can move back in due to the cleanup and remodel needed. One man who has been helping with the cleanup says it has been devastating to see families lose everything. You can see the pain in their eyes to lose everything. Its sad to see people go through the struggle. Thats why were here to fix things that we can for them. Repairs can cost anywhere from 15 to 20 thousand dollars per home. Even with insurance. And this morning. Crow canyon road is back open between Norris Canyon road in Castro Valley and bolinger canyon road in san ramon. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. The popular shortcut was closed for part of the day yesterday because of a mudslide. Still head on the kron four morning news. A controversial new police video has ties to the bay area see why some people say officers went too far while detaining an elderly woman. And neverland ranch is getting a huge price cut. Well tell you how much Michael Jacksons former home is selling for this morning. Plus. The oscars are taking even more action after the best picture fiasco. Hear what they are doing this morning. And heres a so tell us your big idea for getting the whole country booking on Choice Hotels. Com. Four words, badda book. Badda boom. Let it sink in. Shouldnt we say we have the lowest price . Nope, badda book. Badda boom. Have you ever stayed with Choice Hotels . Like at a comfort inn . Yep. Free waffles, cant go wrong. I like it. Promote that guy. Get the lowest price on our rooms, guaranteed. When you book direct at choicehotels. Com. Book now. Has crazy low prices. Do you know how we do it . How . Bargainomics say, if california has a bumper crop and produces too many oranges. 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Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 californias wet winter means good things for the sierra. According to state officials the water content in the sierra is 185 above normal for this time of year. A year ago it was just 84 percent of normal. The experts who conducted yesterdays snow survey say the sierra snow pack is close to setting records. The snowpack provides about a third of the states water to homes and farms. Water flow at lake orovilles spillway has come to a halt. As workers are now assessing the damage and coming up with a solution to fix the damaged spillway. With a break in the rain, crews are currently removing debris from the base of the spillway. The cleanup will help lower water levels and make it possible to reboot this hydro powerplant sitting under the dam. Once all that is in place. Crews will use the hydro plant to get water out of the lake. Officials say the ultimate goal is getting the spillway fixed before next winters flood season comes around. A former Bay Area Police chief is defending his officers actions after disturbing new video is released. It shows police in arizona. Pushing an 86 yearold woman to the ground during a protest. And then pepper spraying a 65year old woman who was trying to help her. This happened last month in tucson. The video is from an officers body camera. The protest was in response to recent raids by immigration and customs enforcement. Some say, the officers overreacted. But the police chief disagrees. Chief chris magnus tucson policethere were some people that really created some difficulties for those officers when we tried to make an arrest and obviously things went downhill from there. But ive looked at a lot of the footage and im still under the impression that by and large things were handled well by our folks. Chief magnus used to be the Richmond Police chief. He left for tucson in 2015. The Police Department says, it is conducting a review of the incident. The two accountants at the center of envelope gate wont be back to the oscars. Thats according to an academy spokesperson. A source says martha ruiz and Brian Cullinan will remain partners at Price Waterhouse coopers. But will no longer be on the firms team working for the academy awards. This comes after the wrong winner was announced for the best picture at the oscars. Pwc has been managing ballots for the academy for 83 years. And they took responsibility for what happened the other night. Citing human error and breaches of established protocols. Oprah winfrey says President Trumps victory has her rethinking whether she could be elected to the white house. Oprah was interviewed in a Bloomberg Television show back in december, but it just aired this week. Oprah says before President Trumps election she thought that she didnt have the necessary government experience to run the country, but now she thinks differently. When pressed by the host, oprah said she would not run for president. Oprah campaigned for barack obama in 2007 and endorsed Hillary Clinton in 2016. Snapchat is set to start trading on the new york stock exchange. It is under the symbol snap. The company says they have priced initial Public Offering at 17dollars per share, above the expected range. This values the company at 24billion dollars. Snapchat is the largest tech ipo since alibaba went public in 2014. The company was created by three former students at Stanford University. Taking a live look at the stock market. Stocks are easing lower in early trading on wall street, a day after the market notched its latest record highs. Snap, which runs the snapchat will make its thursday. Yahoo is punishing its c eo for the mishandling of two Security Breaches that exposed the personal information of more than one billion people. Marrisa mayer will not be paid her annual bonus and is giving up her annual equity grant for 2017. The exact dollar amount was not released, but the minimum value for the equity she forfeited is 12Million Dollars based on the terms of her contract. The hacks have already cost the sunnyvale based company 350Million Dollars. The company is currently facing over 40 class action lawsuits from customers. Michael Jacksons Neverland ranch is back on the market. The 2,700 acre property near Santa Barbara has been renamed Sycamore Valley ranch. It is now going for 67Million Dollars. Two years ago it was listed for 100Million Dollars. Michael jackson bought the property for 19Million Dollars back in the 80s. There are a total of 22 buildings on the property. Some of the amenities are a 50seat Movie Theater and dance studio as well as a train station, fire house, and a barn. Two preschoolers in louisville, kentucky came up with a plan to trick their teacher, while also sending a message about acceptance. Reddy weldon is helping his best friend jaxon rosebush get a haircut. They are hoping their teacher wont be able to tell the pair apart because they will have the same haircut. All while completely ignoring their race. Jaxons mom posted the plan on facebook and it has been shared thousands of times. This act has a much deeper meaning to their families. Jaxons me and jaxons and im jaxon and jaxons me. Its really cool to see that move on from our family right into his relationships with his friends and theres an innocence children have that sometimes we loose. So if we could get some of that back, i think it would be amazing. Reddy was born in the congo, and adopted by a family in louisville when he was twoyearsold. Still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. A warning about head lice treatments. How it could affect the development of your kids brain. Plus. Apparently papa johns sends too many Text Messages offering their customers deals on pizza. Well tell you about a new lawsuit just filed. To 98022 min from 238 oakland nb 880 the maze. Backed up into spots. Bay no major hot no major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 backed up into the