a major leadership change in the dublin unified school district... and teacher could soon go on strike. kron 4's christina tetreault has the details. dr leslie boozer is the superintendent no more. dublin unified school district tells us it was a mutual decision between dr boozer and the school district to part ways. package:something dublin teachers association president robbie robbie kreitz didn't see coming"if the powers think this is a step in the right direction we are n support of that 50:45 it's all happening in the middle of dta's union negotiations with the district...robbie kreitz, special ed teacher and president dublin teachers association"we have a 3 person school board we have no super and we have an interim super 49:50 in a statement dublin unified school district officials say boozer's departure was a personell matter.in the meantime...assis tant superintendent of educational serevices dr. matt campbell...will be taking over as superintendent as an interim positionas for how this will impact union negotiations...it's all up in the air

. >> it is not dublin ireland but dublin, california. this is one of the biggest st. patrick's day public parades on the west coast. a city known to draw up to 800,000 people for a two day festival. a sea of green stretched through downtown dublin for the annual st. patrick's day parade. >> for rail. real. >> reporter: this is the 35th year of the event. spectators lined the sidewalks. >> the town of dublin loves st. patrick's day. everybody is irish in dublin, california today and all weekend. >> people through beans to the festive crowd. floats, tractors, animals and school bands paraded through town. >> this is our biggest holiday here. >> reporter: democratic congressman, eric caldwell custard green rubber ducky's. he used to march in the parade when he was a child . >> i was in the parade at 11 years old so it is equal to be here with my wife and two kids. >> reporter: the parade kicked off a two day festival at the doubling dublin civic center. >> today i'm writing patrick. >> reporter: volunteers with east bay safety patrol got into the spirit alongside their a

there is dublin, ire ranland an then there's our dublin. the east bay did not disappoint. we'll show you. >>> and we saw beautiful weather for that. taking saturday evening off for mobile doppler radar and the change back to rain in our seven-day forecast. the timing on that when we come right back. ♪ [baby crib musical mobile] millions are still exposed to the dangers of secondhand smoke. and some of them can't do anything about it. but you can. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. life? a new study shows that it can alert people wearing them-- if they develop an irregular >>> can the apple watch save your life? a new study shows that it can alert people wearing them if they develop an irregular heartbeat. more than 419,000 people took part in an unusual study exploring whether the apple watch could screen seemingly healthy people for atrial fibrillation. that's a heart condition that can trigger a stroke if you don't treat it. about 2100 people were flagged for the irregular heart rhythm. those people were asked to consult a doctor. about a third did indeed ha

another incident clearing at the dublin interchange. for now, back to marcus. >> thanks, mike. >>> this morning, more countries are grounding boeing 737 max 8 planes following the deadly plane crash in ethiopia. over the past hour, malaysia and australia say they will halt operations. the plane will not be able to fly in china, singapore, indonesia, next knmexico nor ar. the world is closely watching the story because the same type of plane crashed last year in indonesia. among the victims of the latest accident, ann musioki, she worked at san francisco's tech soup. a memorial is growing outside of a redding catholic children for melvin and bennett rivall. senator dianne feinstein is calling for planes to be grounded here in the u.s. passengers are split on whether that should happen. >> i'm about to ask what the plane is that i'm about to board, and i definitely have second thoughts if it was that plane. >> i don't believe it should be grounded. at some point we need to trust the institutions and the laws that are there to verify somet

>>it's spilling over to 5.80 through castor valley and on to the dublin great so either hold off on this commute. our lead extra early and because of this it's ok for big rigs to stick with 5.80. instead of trying to get through the closure on to 38 and over to the nimitz freeway chp is allowing you to do that temporarily, here's the bay bridge looks great for a friday no longer backed up here the tolls and a great trip across the span. so a very quick 15 minutes, we'll check more slowdowns in trouble spots coming up a little foggy here the bay bridge yeah foggy of the golden gate bridge to rob a take a look at this drive-in into the fog. >>at the golden gate for those of you heading north up are in county in visibility is still not something get up there. visibility has improved to one mile and avato was under a mile moments ago. so you are starting to see some improvements are going to continue to see those improvements pretty rapidly now through the 9 o'clock hour and by the time we work towards 11:00am we've got those clear skies having returned overhead as for skies are going to rem

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to dublin with the dublin postage stamps and return address. we don't know that there is that link, it is very circumstantial evidence. but to any of us who grew up evidence. but to any of us who grew up during the troubles, it has very scary reminiscences. are we going back to any troubles like that? also in the news at the moment is we know that next week, the paratroopers from blood he sunday, we were going to find out if they will be prosecuted. you can't help but wonder if there is a connection there. we're leaping to conclusions that we have no evidence on, but they very scary. kevin, the fact that it has a dublin postmark crudely written out, clearly the authorities have linked all three. they are not separate investigations, there seems to be one investigation. but again, how these devices could have gotten through, and as daisy rightly points out, thankfully no one was seriously injured. itjust seems bizarre?m does, they've obviously chosen these transport hubs in very busy areas. there are viable and deadly, they could cause huge dama

darvin malone travels 45 minutes to the dublin b.a.r.t. station and 45 minutes to oakland. >> how does it feel to be a super commuter? >> it's okay. sometimes a lot of times it's like you're sleepy. >> reporter: i'm sleepy, too. no surprise. people are avoiding commutes more now than ever. the number of people commuting in the u.s. has grown. another benefit of working from home, not creating traffic on the roads. reporting live on the roads on 580 and dublin, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> matt, thank you. unfortunately, we can't work from home. >> no. got to show up. >>> we've been focusing on b.a.r.t. as part of our building a better bay area initiative. >> one complaint is about the unreliable escalator service. it will spend $91 million to replace escalators. it will take about search years to complete. we want to hear your thoughts about what we can do to keep building a better bay area. go to abc7news.com. search the words better bay area. also write comments and suggestions and contact us on twitter and join our better bay area page

interchange and the dublin grade. see it? no. all right, looking over here, the bay bridge very clear, so depending on where you are, visibility may be a factor. prepare for that. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> mischiefious toy dog affectionately known as dylan the villain beat out the competition at the crufts dog show. >> dogs of all shapes and sizes put their best paw forward at the weekend event in england. more than 20,000 dogs from 220 breeds compete for that title. jump through arms even. >> cute. >>> coming up next here, top players from the u.s. women's national soccer team speaking out this morning about their lawsuit over pay, the reason they say they deserve the same pay as the men's national team. >> you go, girls. >>> in more soccer news, this time in england, a fan crossing the line when he attacks a player. how that player handled the situation, next. >>> but first, check out this video, our assignment editor shawn murphy captured the hail coming down in san jose yesterday. almost looked like a snow

look how cool in dublin. 39. we can all thank that to the clear skies. we don't have that warm blanket of cloudsokay. clear skies making way for sunny ahead. 39 dublin and 40s in san jose as well. 41 degrees. not quite in the 30s but still a little cool out there. wind speeds, look at that, very calm compared to what we've seen the past few days.ittle breezy e 49 in san francisco. again, wind speeds remain calm through the coast. doppler radar quiet for us. no cloud cover in sight. we're not worried about the fog. that is going to set us up for a bit of a drying and sunny pattern ahead. let's take a look at microclimate highs in the south bay. san jose 65 degrees. east san jose 67 in through the east bay 62 degrees for pittsburgh, concord 66. martinez 61. peninsula, upper 50s, low 60s. 61 in san mateo. the city, upper 50s, low 60s. the north bay, sticking to mid-60s, low 60s for the most part. santa rosa at 65 degrees. comfortable, seasonal weather ahead. let's look at the next couple of days. the next two ud a, sun. any rain forming staying off to the n

. >> but we're not quite in dublin, unfortunately. >> there is dublin, california. >>> the time in dublin is about 2:40 in the afternoon. there is 20 of time to continue celebrations of there. in the city of dublin in alameda county, closer to home, st. patrick's day last all weekend. kicks off with the annual parade yesterday. it features lots of irish moves it music. thousand people lined the streets to enjoy irish dancers and bands. today there is a festival at the civic center, where authentic irish food, fabric, and toys are center stage. some the people we met say everyone in dublin feels a little bit irish today. >> i love to see the festivities, the crowds, the children smiles, the horses, just the camaraderie with everybody. >> this is the 35th year that dublin has held its own st. patrick's day festival. 80,000 people are expected to attend this year. one of the biggest st. patrick's day's parades happened in san francisco yesterday. thousands of people turned out to celebrate heritage. people lined market street to enjoy the traditional irish dancers. the prey drew some people

is all pushing into dublin with light rain this morning. as you could see there's isolated showers as we start off the day. many locations get that break from the rain with dry conditions as we look at the tower camera upper 40s to low 50s as we start off the day. you may feel the difference is you step outside. a few isolated showers coming through but for the most part dry weather and a bit of sunshine for today. a beautiful day tomorrow with a mix of sun and clouds. friday we have that to look forward to with a nice break from the rain. this weekend, a quick moving system will bring the return of rain and we will show you that just a moment. with satellite and radar view has unsubtle weather continuing. low pressure system to our north and the jet stream tour south. we are in between so do have this unstable atmosphere here which is why a few showers are still in the forecast. that show you this on the future cast at noon here you could see some showers lining up the radar screen and as we go to the rest of the afternoon we begin to see

patrick's day celebration we hit low 70s in beautiful dublin of course dublin island, st. patrick's day all comes together. blocking ridge of high pressuret way through but wiern bewith us . tomorrow morning and futurecast we are dry tomorrow evening we are dry and clear into saturday afternoon may see a few high thin cirrus clouds the rich anchoring to the north on sunday means pleasant outdoor weather temperatures in the 70 in the bay for the first time this calendar year. sunny and mild tomorrow, temperatures coming up this weekend, above average tomorrow . 66 los altos, fremont, milpitas, san jose. upper 60s concord, pittsburgh, dublin, pleasanton. san rafael and petaluma. sausalito 69 sonoma, 70 tomorrow friday, ukiah should end warm anmonday, cool down aners, not a stbushowers work thy into foreca by nay. new fallout from that college admissions scheme. >> the network cutting ties with actress lori loughlin. >>> a mafia murder mystery. details on the market that left a notorious gangster dad. ♪ might be over now, but i feel it still ♪ ♪ ooh woo, i'm a rebel jus

dublin to mission boulevard. 101 and cupertino in the bay. should take you -- whale watching crews in maui lux into the memory of a lifetime. >> sweet. two playful humpback whales put on a show doing a double breach. almost in unison. it looks perfect to me. but i'm not a judge. humpback whales migrate from alaska to maui every year to get to the warm waters to mate. i'm amazed they find their way. one of the smallest specks in the ocean and they can go back and fofrpt. >> mother nature, you know. >> i give them a ten by the way. >> me too. 10s across the board. a bay area native shares her talent. the singer who will appear on "american idol." >>> breaking overnight, at least 49 people dead after shooters target two mosques in new infor we'll have a report for you shortly. >>> a san jos noveat a-a-r-p, we'reonal all about hikes. and other things to keep you healthy. it's why we offer health tips for your body, and your brain. dais your day to ne happen. and a-a-r-p is here to help you take on today. (whisper) karen, karen you've got to try t

the captain scoring on what might be his last six nations game in dublin. that set the scene and the rest of the half would be played in the surrounding area. france engulfed by a green belt that ireland eventually built on. johnny sexton, now a try scorer. ireland look like the irresistible force they were last year, 19—0 at the break and it might have been more. after working so hard it was only fair ireland and collected their bonus. keith earls earned them an extra point which will take them one point behind england in the championship. france named an unchanged team for the first time since 2012. it took until the final five minutes to look as though they had met before. the frustration which had built up over the course of the match, channelled into one, last shove. that will stay in the small print. but the headline is ireland are back and might win the six nations. things do change fast. it was a big step in the right direction. the first half, we showed a lot of intensity that had been missing in the first three games. a lot of the accuracy. we w

that keeps the traffic over here at the dublin interchange much lighter. the rest of the bay looks great but we have that second traffic alert, we continue to follow, getting off of the bay bridge coming down through past the beautiful skyline. you are met with the ugly scene of sand barrels and debris across the roadway. chp, cal trans say there's so much sand there, they're worried for vehicles especially motorcyclists, so they're keeping that closed until the sweeper can get here as well. both scenes need sweepers and say the sweepers are stuck in traffic getting there. back to you. >> those are the big sweepers, not just the brooms. thanks so much. >>> as you open instagram this morning, you may notice something new. the shopping feature just unveiled which a bay area company hopes will change the way we all buy online. >>> plus, more trouble for twitter and an early investment in lyft pays off big. >>> and coming up for you at 6:25, rock, meet tank. the famous actor's honor from the military that not everyone is so happy about. we'll tell you all abou

so if you're on your way out to the dublin b.a.r.t. station, expect those temperatures in the upper 40s. we'll be at 60 degrees, mostly cloudy skies and continuing to warm up from there. here is a live look outside in san francisco, and with those low clouds that we are seeing right now, it's going to be humid, i think still you can just wear some light long sleeves and pants today, and be comfortable especially in the city. inland areas will still be warm, reaching up to 69 in san jose and in concord, 67 today in oakland, and 65 today in santa rosa. here is our next storm that will be coming in. we've enjoyed a stretch of dry weather. now the second line of this rain we could start to see showers moving in later on tonight, off and on through the overnight hours and we wake up tomorrow morning to some wet roads and also having to deal with some waves of rain. it will be off and on throughout the day tomorrow. just kind of hit or miss showers, lingering into early thursday, before this system moves out, and we are going to see the pote

details on how soon teachers in dublin could walk out of the classroom. (vicki) plus... san francisco is cracking down on e-cigarettes. details on the proposed ban-- and why they want a popular company to get out of town. (grant) citing a growing epidemic in youth tobacco use... some san francisco officials are proposing a defacto ban on e-cigarette sales in the city.(vicki) kron4's maureen kelly was at a news conference today... where city leaders said they want a major e-cigarette company based in san francisco to move out of town. the san francisco city attorney says he's trying to keep another generation of san francisco youth from becoming addicted to e cigarettes....to day joined by new york city and chicago... he sent this letter to the fda calling on them to use their power to require a public health review on the products..which he says should have been done before they came on the market. district ten supervisor shamann walton is joining the fight by introducing legislation that would prohibit the popular vaping product from being sold in stores or shipped to s

assets worth hundreds of billions of dollars have already been shifted out of london to places like dublin and frankfurt and where the money goes the bankers follow and many of them children. finding britain on the map is a dog all for the pupils of king's college frankfurt the city's first purely british school it opened last summer with just forty kids but there seem to be six hundred as brags it is driving an influx of british families to germany's banking capital i think what we've noticed over the last few months is people coming here making speculative inquiries trying to find out more about what's available in frankfurt what's available for them the british education system the schools that are available because actually that being advised to do their research the city of frankfurt is prepared despite all uncertainties they've had contingency plans in place since the two thousand and sixteen brags that referendum the financial sector plans long term and is prepared for the worst case your plan might preclude still basing our plans on a hard time it's not just in the best interest of

yeah, not quite dublin ireland but dublin, california. we are in the middle of the parade right now. you can see some members of the alameda county sheriff's department on their horses. the bag pipers just passed us. i will come over here and talk to -- some of these folks with the animals. this is always a crowd pleaser. we have goat over there wearing a green hat. we have a horse here that looks like you painted the horse's hoofs. lets talk to you. you crew dressed up a as horse. who is this? >> this is patrick. patrick is my baseball pony. always faithful and steady. >> so you have been coming out here for several years now. what is your favorite part? >> i love crowd. the people. the children. everybody is festive. we volunteer with the east bay park control. it is a great, great thing to give back to the community. >> all right. even though we are not in ireland, there is -- everybody is in green. there is still this big irish food here. >> this is such a patriotic city. we will see you later. bye. >> so as you can see people out her

(robin) teachers in dublin could decide this week to go on strike. members of the teachers association are taking a strike authorization vote. this means if a contract settlement cannot be reached with the dublin unified school district-- teachers will strike. they are asking for smaller class sizes and a small raise. the voting will go through noon on friday at dublin high school (robin) coming up on the kron four morning news at 5... a disturbing allegation in the north bay... a fight club in a special education classroom. details on the consequences the teacher is now facing. (robin) coming up on the kron-4 morning news... stopping the death penalty in california... details on the executive order that could get hundreds of inmates off death row. (robin) plus... the latest on the college cheating scandal... that got celebrity and wealthy kids into some of the most prestigious universities. (robin) and mourning the loss of a son... we hear for the first time... what oakland city council woman... lynette gibson mcelhaney... had to say since he was ki

. >> tracy to dublin, a terrible day for you yesterday. finally got the lanes back open in the early afternoon. today we're starting off good. 32 minutes for you. southbound 680 dublin to mission 15 minutes. 85, 16 minutes highway 101 to cupertino. >>> governor newsome is expected to suspend the death penalty in california. >> this will grant a reprieve to inmates on death row. amy hollyfield is live for us at san quentin this morning. amy? >> reporter: good morning, jessica. the governor is being criticized and receiving support for his decision. reality tv star kim kardashian issued his support saying the system isn't fair while one victim's mother spoke out saying the governor should be concerned with the victims, not the perpetrators. the last time the state of california executed someone was 13 years ago. the court put a stop to them to reevaluate the system. it l like the courts were close to clearing the process. that could be why the governor is doing it now. he's expected to issue anned the immediate shutdown. >> it is without a d

kron 4's sara stinson is joining us now live from dublin to tell us just how close they are from walking out of the classrooms and on to the picket lines today - teachers are standing in solidarity wearing green and black as negotiations continue between the dublin unified school district and teachers association.98 percent of the association agreed on friday to authorize a strike if teachers believe the mediation has been exhausted.teachers say they are becoming fed up with negotiations as they've been going on for 11 months.asking f managable class size caps, better staffing ratios for counselors, as well as a compensation that will attract educators to the school district. teachers specifically want a three percent salary increase - the district has proposed a two percent raise.so a strike is pending today as mediation continues - we will have to continue to follow the progress made.live in dublin, sara stinson, kron four news. cg: gabrielle carpenter, fredrickson elementary teacher cg: danielle meyen, fredrickson elementary school teacher<"my rent goes up, but my salary doesn't so th

with a city named like dublin, you've got to go all out for st. patrick's day. the annual parade is a big deal. dozens of floats, bands, community organizations. the parade is followed by a festival downtown with more than 200 vendors. it draws as many as 80,000 people this year. >> i'm at this parade and i really, really love it. it's really fun. i can't believe that i can see it. >> it's a great way to celebrate st. patrick's day and get the girls out to have a fun. we have great weather after all the rain so it was a great way to spend a saturday afternoon. >> oh, the weather sure was lovely. this year marked the parade's 36th year. it's billed as one of the biggest st. patrick's day celebrations on the west coast. >>> still ahead, more than just a health monitor. new research shows that a feature on the apple watch may be able to catch a serious health condition. >>> plus, pushing for cell service in big sur. one father's crusade after the death of his son. ♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, jason wu could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while putti

didn't check the forecast for dublin, ireland, but dublin, california, looks pretty sweet on sunday. warmest weather since early november, mainly dry and sunny through monday, cooler next week with a couple shower chances, but i'm not going to talk about that right now. let's talk about the weekend. 70 in concord, 71 in san jose, 68 in oakland, 66 tomorrow in san francisco. just a little bit warmer, sunday and monday low to mid- 70s inland, close to 70 near the bay, mid-60s at the beach. then we have that change. the ridge builds far enough to the north a couple shower chances move through, one late tuesday into wednesday, another one friday. when we cool down, we're now cooling back down to average with highs in the low to mid- 60s. that is your sunny kpix5 forecast. wos, usf basketball and this fine looking 3-year-old colt out of golden gate fields. he's local but about to become primetime. ♪ inside out got it figured out,♪ ♪ i'm feeling good. ♪ doing it my own way, ♪ every single day. ♪ and it feels good to feel good. ♪ start your day with sunsweet amazin! prune juic

the celebration in dublin, our dublin, sunny and warm, 71 degrees for that. heading out of sfo as michelle did not today, i will be partly sunny with winds out of the northeast about 10. new york as sunshine and atlanta has clouds. overnight lows tonight will be 38 in santa rosa, 39 in livermore. sunrise saturday morning will be 7:19 am. forecast highs close to where we should be this time of year, 68 in sunnyvale, 67 in milpitas. nice in the east bay with a few high clouds. numbers top out in the mid to upper 60s. it will be 10 degrees warmer than that by the time we get to sunday. the extended forecast is nothing but sun all the way through tuesday. by the time we get to wednesday, increasing clouds. we do an unsettled latter half of next week. enjoy the nice weekend. >>> i am anne mackovec at the live news desk. we just heard from secretary of state mike pompeo. he held a news conference, talking about several issues, but one of the first things he talked about was the shooting that occurred in new zealand. he says the u. s. condemns this hateful assault a

>>thank you john i've still tracking major delays from the dublin gray through castro valley and into san leandro this is all because of an early morning, big rig crash and diesel spill, the spill is the bigger problem and we have hazmat crews on scene checking below the freeway where the crash happened. we have the 2 right lanes blocked northbound to 38 after 5.80. so that's why it's taking so long to prepare for some major delays from 5.80 trying to access to 38. the bay bridge looks good a minor waiting the cash lanes here at the toll plaza, a nice friday commute to san francisco. but not so nice across the benicia bridge accident south 6 80 near the potato exit has traffic jams across the span the yon 7.80. but at least they're moving it out of your way right now james okay, thanks you robin. in san francisco. >>plea from a teenager for the return of his stolen violin, 14 year old william forgot to take his violin after getting off the number 38 muni bus on geary the teens say he left it under a seat while he was doing homework. surveillance video later shows a woman picking up th

teachers in dublin could soon go on strike. right now-- members of the teachers association are taking a strike authorization vote. this means if a contract settlement cannot be reached with the dublin unified school district-- teachers will strike. they are asking for smaller class sizes and a small raise. the voting will go through noon on friday at dublin high school once those votes are tallied-- we will find out if and when teachers will strike. (grant) in the north bay -- the board of trustees of the dixie elementary school district continued discussions today about possibly changing the district's name... which some find racist. the board discussed existing proposals regarding a name change that include: surveying the community on the issue, selecting a committee to manage the process, selecting a citizens' committee and drafting a resolution that commits the board to change the name of the district and an elementary school. the full cost of the name change would be privately financed. proponents of the name change say t

here is a live look outside in dublin. you can notice, if you notice the fog, it's in the distance, so we've seen some drifts of fog moving by, especially the tri-valley, and our temperatures are very chilly with some upper 30s. it will be warming up today with some sunshine. headed over to mike, you've been looking at what's happening with the traffic alert on the peninsula. >> we have and we just got video in from ethan, our photographer out there. this big rig is the starting point for this traffic alert. you see there's no bumper on the front. the bump ear apparently came off the rig. the rig ran over the bumper and i don't know if this rig's fuel tank is punctured but you'll see another car involved in this that came along past that, also i believe hit the bumper. i think this is the fuel that spilled there. there's cleanup that has to go on. you see some liquid leaking out from that mazda. that is why there is extended cleanup. out to the map we have the closure over here in palo alto, at woodside as folks are coming

kron 4's sara stinson is joining us now live from dublin with more. ( james ) thanks sara. in the south bay... there's been a recent spike in crashes along highway 17. in january and feburary -- there were 228 crashes on highway 17 between los gatos and scotts valley. that's the most in a decade and threwth similar traffic patterns according to the group "safe on 17." several people were injured and three people died in the first two months of the year, which is often the and it's not just the bad weather that has caused an uptick in accidents... c-h-p says another problem is distracted driving. more than 27-hundred tons of debris have been collected in the lower russian river area around guerneville. clean up efforts are still underway following those devastating floods. in an effort to help things along -- sonoma county officials did extend their clean up aid to busi

groups every week on dublin to. the floods have taken everything. now despair these things god love the climate refugees. they seek shelter the clayton here waters rising anger the floods are coming to start twenty long long. look at the fact that. this is the news africa coming up in the next fifteen minutes germany joins even number of european countries planning to return stolen from africa but as the continents ready to receive that will be speaking to the towns in the end but one activist. also coming up the search for survivors is over now to those affected are seeking concepts after a deadly building collapse the night that. on the west of misdeeds to six people deaths on the flop.

westbound 580 tracy to dublin, one hour two minutes. dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 19. northbound 85, 101 to cupertino, no issues there. walnut creek southbound 680 right around 24. >> thank you, alexis. >>> should home dna tests be regulated more stringently? privacy advocates say we may need to change that. there are at home kits including 23andme, "national geographic," ancestry dna and home dna. police have gotten access to dna information without the user's knowledge or permission. they want hearings on privacy protections. >>> do you want to feel safe wearing a make america great again hat? there is an app for that. a new app claims to help conservatives find restaurants and businesses where they can feel accepted wearing the hats called 63red safe. it uses yes or no questions to rate businesses, similar to a yelp review. the app's creator said it's designed to get politics out of local shops. >>> video of nature in action in the south bay. it starts with a small pack of coyotes hunting a deer in saratoga. the deer k

westbound 580, tracy to dublin. you're in the yellow at 33 minutes. also at 33 minutes but heavier for this stretch. westbound 4, antioch into concord. it did flip over into the red. hopefully, a few more lanes open shortly. a tough spot to have that many lanes taken away. san rafael to san francisco, you're holding on to the green at 17 minutes. most places are looking good today. southbound 680. north of the 24 split, the volumes still looking good. >>> thank you, alexis. san jose sharks forward alexander cane is thanking fans after sharing a heartbreaking message on social media. he and his wife lost their daughter at 26 weeks. he wrote, this past week has broken us. we're devastated you couldn't stay with us longer, your mom and i will cherish the time we had with your beautiful soul. your spirit will give us strength, love will give us comfort. we'll love you forever. >> that is too bad. >> very heartbreaking. >>> a bay area singer could be the next "american idol." ashley hess is from fremont. >> you can watch her on idol this weekend. this morn

at the compass and where your horizons the so i think more amazed to hear more about the i'm a good dublin of scotland or else we haven't you got i mean that's an interesting question i mean you look here in northern ireland with no parliament you look over the u.k. . parliament building. and that's looking pretty i think today when you can you know just suppose human lives i mean. sure i'm sure the free beckons are available but those same stopped for a while and then so we no real representation here and when we look over to the u.k. parliament over the commons such a lot of confidence and you know you look at the cabinet of the prime minister and you wonder you know what are they doing today do they really care about living you know off the young people in northern ireland as a nationalist for me i'm not actually be an advantage over there the only m.p.'s we have are do you pay and sylvia harman. know that this it i think i mean champion and peace don't take their seats so for me my voice in westminster where bracks that is the real issue brought us an interesting point of view and empt

kron 4's sara stinson is joining us now live from dublin to tell us just how close they are from walking out of the classrooms and on to the picket lines today - teachers are standing in solidarity wearing green and black as negotiations continue between the dublin unified school district and teachers association.98 percent of the association agreed on friday to authorize a strike if teachers believe the mediation has been exhausted.teachers say they are becoming fed up with negotiations as they've been going on for 11 months. teachers are asking for managable class size caps, better staffing ratios for counselors, as well as a compensation that will attract educators to the school district. teachers specifically want a three percent salary increase - the district has proposed a two percent raise.so a strike is pending today as mediation continues - we will have to continue to follow the progress made.live in dublin, sara stinson, kron four news. ( will ) a former ara. president of peru was arrested in menlo park on suspicion of being drunk in public. alejandro manrique was arrested afte

the impression of london strength against dublin weakness and political this must be a fight and beehive people judged with have to be in the union with with united kingdom or united ireland that must have been a fight why. what do you think about that livia well i think this idea that you know it was argued before that for such a long time you know westminster government is the best government for everyone and it is solved reading and speaking as a nationalist and i've never had that opinion but i mean with the of all of them and of the arch parliament i and you have these amazing figures here just such inspirational politicians and i think you know the name a few live rock or for for us our you know obviously irish politics and the dimension suppose the face of our politics is significantly changed and i think that's certainly more appealing for unionist voters here in the north but more importantly it's a painting on a brags that the suspect is i think the economic fears of what's going to happen here definitely accelerate the desire for united art and even among unionists and really

the impression of london strength against dublin weakness and political this must be a fight and be high people judged for the to be in the union with with united kingdom or united ireland that must have been a fight to. what do you think about that livia well i think this idea that you know it was argued before that for such a long time that you know westminster government is the best government for everyone and it is solved reading and speaking as a nationalist and i've never had that opinion but i mean with the involvement of the arts parliament i and you have these amazing figures here just such inspirational politicians and i think you know the name a few live rock or for for us our you know obviously irish politics and the dimension suppose the face of our politics is significantly changed and i think that's certainly more appealing for unionist voters here in the north but more importantly it's a painting on a brags that basis because i think the economic fears of what's going to happen here definitely accelerate the desire for united art and even among unionists and really you th

dublin in the east bay. dublin sister cities out here to celebrate saint paddies; people in the windy city also taking part in the tradition. thousands gathering in chicago. it is environmentally friendly vegetable dye. >>> here's a good story. an adorable little kitten is safe and sound. it got trapped in a storm drainpipe over the weekend. d animal control hours to get it out because the pipe was 14-feet deep and right next to a house but they didn't give up. finally they got the little kitten out. they named it ryle after the firefighter who saved it and he's now being called the cat whisperer. we are told the firefighter who saved the kitten is now contemplating adopting it. >>> um -- anyway. here's how it looks across the bay area right now. we have some high clouds, partly cloudy skies. very pleasant sunday for the bay area. as we look over the skyline of san francisco -- how about the numbers as we look at cory tower. right now concord is 71 degrees. san francisco at 67. san jose 72. stan rosa 74. ver

this is all going to be decided next week at this meeting in dublin. it was hastily called by the world by was hastily called by the world rugby chairman on sunday. it is an emergency meeting, where this is all going to be thrashed out. what a time it is for politics and might be at the moment. the stories come thick and fast. world rugby today confirmed the way they see what they call the nations championship happening, with two leaks of 12 and promotion and relegation. some issues that need to be resolved for this to go ahead, you mention player welfare, the players are concerned especially about this block potentially five matches in a row that would take place on the end of the year. for this league to work that has to have promotional relegation and it would need promotion and relegation from both the rugby championship and the six nations. the six nations up until now have been dead against the idea of promotion or relegation. i have spoken to sources at the six nations in the past 2a hours, they are staying tight—lipped but they have promised

. >>> from dublin, ireland, to dublin, california. a look at how people around the world are celebrating st. patrick's day. next. the st. ♪ >> looks so much fun. the st. patrick's day spirit is alive today. here is a look at a parade in ireland. several marching bands and floats kicked off the celebration. crowds, as you can see there, filled the streets, cheering on the performers. >> and here is a look of a celebration a little closer to home, this time in dublin, california. it's one of the biggest st. patrick's day celebrations on the west coast. now the big parade was actually yesterday, but today people turned out for a festival under some beautiful weather that just continues. but will not continue forever. >> one more day if you want to make it an unofficial three-day weekend. tomorrow santa cruz and the sierra are going to be great. midweek, changes. rain chances tuesday night into wednesday. chance of showers thursday. so this was the picture-perfect weekend to be outside. >> and a lot of kids actually have tomorrow off fr

. >>> storm ranger on mobile doppler radar shows more showers on the way to dublin and also pleasanton over the next 30 minutes. we'll let you know when all this clears out of here for a short window of sunshine before more rain chances this weekend. we'll lay it all out for you in seven minutes. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ ♪ you never cease to amaze me, maya. see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you.

but it's starting to spill on to the dublin great now because of this. it's ok for big rigs to take 5.80 as ad alternate meaning instead of trying to merge on to to 38 in over to the nimitz see trees allowing you to continue over to 5 80 while the crash is still working one more quick slow down the bay bridge traffic jam for west grand and a little crowded across the upper deck. i do have mor problems to talk about so i'll check that coming up in just a bit john robin goal. >>the gate bridge fading in and out of you this morning because some dense fog is now seen drifting across the bridge itself were able to see the towers just a minute ago not so much anymore now that fog is at its thickest over san pablo bay and then up into the north bay right now in nevada your visibility is sitting at 0 san francisco's visited the visibility falling pretty quickly to right now so that certainly dance across the lot of the bay currently some of you further south in the day. not seeing any of it in the vicinity now as we work our way towards the latter part of your m

patrick's day celebration in east bay's dublin today. there were young irish dancers and green colored foods. festival frown so much since it started 36 years ago. even the irish citizens traveled all the way from dublin's sister city to celebrate saint paddies. >>> one company in new york came together create the largest ever human shamrock. more than 1200 time packed into an out line of a shamrock. the group beat dublin, ireland's previous record of 815 participants. can you believe that? they are like we got this. >> which pretty much says there a world record for it. >> that is true. >> yeah. that a good one though. >>> oh -- >> yes. >> ladies and gentlemen, why did the cow cross the road? cellphone video has the answer next. sarah's last tuition payment, sent off. feeling good? oh yeah. now i'm ready to focus on my project. ♪ ♪ this is why we plan. ♪ see hoinvestinwith a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. it may not have been an actual commercial for chick-fil-a but the company has gotten some pri

all lanes up but a rough start. 680 dublin to mission, green in 16. same thing 85, 101 to cupertino should take you about 16 minutes. >> alexis, thank you. >>> police in sacramento made ag protests of the stephon clark case. >> abc 7 news reporter matt keller is monitoring the situation live for us in the south bay bureau. hi, matt. >> hi, jessica. this march was held in a wealthy part of the city, east sacramento. the protesters sending a message to residents. >> the people who make decision in this city live in this neighborhood. >> this protest was one of many following the announcement the sacramento district attorney would not file charges against officers who fatally shot stephon clark in 2016. the officers said they thought the 22-year-old held a gun but it was a cell phone. about two hours into the demonstration, police officers ordered them to disperse. they made 80 arrests most for unlawful assembly. >> they come into our back yards and call us criminals. we're here in your backyard today. right? we're in the backyard. we are in the streets.

impressive rainfall amounts for dublin, the tri-valley and livermore. across the southbay, light to moderate rain from milpitas to san jose, campbell, saratoga across the peninsula, mountain view and redwood city. it is a wet start to the day. treasure island camera. we are in the low to mid 50s. we have moderate to heavy rainfall. the worst of it is happening right now.of morning commute. showers linger through most of the day today. we get a short break tomorrow and more rain on friday. i will time that for you on futurecast coming up. >>> first, let's check in with gianna franco for a look at our traffic on this messy morning commute. >> we have a lot of stuff going on. i'm just getting word of a new traffic alert on 280 near vista.. that is just in from chp. we have a lot of wet weather and a lot of trouble spots. we will zoom in on some of them. another traffic alert as you are head into san francisco, the north 101 connector to the central freeway. that ramp is completely shut down because of flooding. caltrans is on scene trying to clear that out

dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 15. cupertino, that's looking good at 16 minutes. >>> thank you, alexis. breaking news. the governor of washington is wi h hat in the race for the nomination for president. >> i'm running for president because i'm the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority. >>> governor jay inslee officially announced this morning. he will make his first trip to iowa as a candidate next tuesday. he will visit nevada and california later this month. inslee will appear on this week with george stephanopoulos this sunday morning on abc 7. you can keep up with the candidates running for president on 2020 by going to abc7news.com. this article has a complete list of the democratic candidates. >>> pittsburg police have released body camera video. some people may find this video disturbing. here it is. on monday, officers were called to a domestic dispute between a father and his 33-year-old son, mark maura, who was armed with a knife. ater trying to get him to sur

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that's between castro valley and the dublin pleasanton. if you are going to drive instead because of that, here's a look at what that drive looks like if you are coming from the east bay to get into san francisco. bay bridge metering lights on very early today. 5:07 due to the rain and we had a couple earlier crashes. no current blocking issues on the bridge. could be breezy on the span and definitely a backup at the toll plaza. >> thank you, alexis. in the south bay, the city of san jose is building a better bay area with babies in mind. for the first time, mothers and fathers visiting the city will have a proper place to change their kids' diapers. it's part of one city councilman's family friendly initiative. 42 public bathrooms at city hall will become equipped with koala care stations. >> sometimes as a mom, we have to go back to our cars and then do the diaper changing station there. convert the back of your car into a diaper changing station. that's not okay for families. >> the next step would involve getting changing stations into

to heavy rainfall pushing through the golden gate into san francisco, as well as for the tri-valley, dublin, pleasanton, livermore are getting a soaking this morning. hayward, fremont, milpitas, into san jose, the south bay, the peninsula, everyone is getting that what start to the day. here is a live look of the bay bridge where it is raining right now. temperatures are in the low to mid 50s. moderate to heavy rainfall and a wet morning commute. showers linger through most of the day today. we get a short break on thursday and we have more rain on friday. we will time out the rest of today and take you hour by hour for what you can expect coming up. >>> let's check in with gianna franco for a look at traffic. >> it is a sloppy commute already and it is barely 5 am. you want to get the roadways early. we have a couple of trouble spots. a lot of them are concentrated on the east bay commute . san francisco is dealing with flooding. north 101 and 80, there is flooding. there is a lane blocked. use caution as you travel through there. we are getting reports of an accident north 101 right at th

westbound 580 tracy to dublin, not terrible. you are in the yellow, coming in at 36. 680 dublin to mission in the green at 15. northbound 85 highway 101 to cupertino should take you about 15 minutes. >> thank you, alexis. >>> unanswered questions about apple's for ai into streaming services, when it's going to launch and how much it's going to cost. important details. >>> big changes with mcdonald's drive-through. tech bytes. >> big ideas at the annual event. >> apple tv providing streaming, available in one place on all devices. it offers smooth new games. the company plans to partner with goldman sachs to launch an apple credit card. mcdonald's partnering with a company called decision logic to personalize your drive-through experience. >> change displayed offerings for time of day, how busy the restaurant is and the weather. >>> a man from lithuania pled guilty to duping two tech companies out of millions. >> he forged invoices and requesting payments for electronics they never bought. those are your tech bytes. >> have a gre