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live this is kron 4 news at 530. calls to immediately resume same-sex marriages under way right now appeared governor arnold sports anchor and attorney general jerry brown filed motions today calling for a resumption of same-sex marriages. if this was filed after u.s. district c'mon walker overturn proposition 8. dan, this year he's been following the case. >> we have not heard from the attorneys who back the ban if those who oppose same-sex marriage we've not heard from them yet but we also got another argument this one from the to same-sex couples the attorneys
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representing them they filed a motion saying there should be no state. >> in their arguments requesting the stay be denied attorneys for the to same-sex couples who filed the suit in the first place said, plaintiffs and other gay and lesbian californians will continue to suffer irreparable harm if proposition 8 subrational deprivation of their constitutional rights is prolonged. in their argument attorneys for the governor say denying the state for there's california is of vital interest in respecting the relationships of same-sex couples and does not burden any governmental interests. attorneys for the attorney general say, the potential for burdens should future marriages of same-sex couples be later declared invalid, are outweighed by this court's conclusion that proposition 8 is unconstitutional the harm to the plaintiffs outweighs any harm to the state defendants. if the attorney general request that a request for a stay pending
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appeal be denied. the whole issue is here do we wait, do same-sex couples waiting until not only the appeal is filed with the ninth circuit by the time to make a ruling to the wait that long more than a year or to allow marriages to go right now. that's what judge walker pass to decide whether he shares this they're not. >> concern is that couples might marry if this day's low lifted they may be in limbo of some sorts of the appeal does not go in their favor trade >> member 2004 those who got married their marriages were ruled invalid in 2008. that's what he's wing right here we don't think he's going to take a long time to decide on the state trade but we don't know. midnight >> tonight no word on we'll get the ruling. one of the lawyers who led the lawsuit against prop. 8 is speaking out against the wind and what he sees happening now. jonathan blum
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was at the commonwealth club is here with david boyd had to say. >> what can only be called a case of good timing attorney david boyd bush was scheduled to speak here on what turned out to be the day after his victory over turning california's same- sex marriage ban. it would of been a large crowd turned to complete the pact shows and a boy standing ovation. >> thank all of you very much. yesterday the system worked i think we took an enormous step not the last out, not the next to last up button important for step in eliminating this last bastion an official state- sponsored discrimination in the country. people are being harmed by this discrimination. and nobody is benefiting the defendant's own shows and experts. admitted that they had no evidence and so this simply
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is not a legitimate argument in favor of continuing this discrimination. the other side doesn't have any tax or experts. they have a bumper sticker >> look to do to gain back the ground lost in federal court? >> i don't think they can. >> this case could take two years to make it to the supreme u.s. court to void set is a different opinion because it involves is what one judge sees as a fundamental right they could speed up the process and the supreme court could decide whether to hear the score by this time next year. >> our coverage of the prostate ruling continues on www.kron4.com we posted the entire ruling on line and you follow all the details about what's next on the battle were same-sex marriage. new details of over night drug bust in oakland. police seize large bags
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of marijuana and found 600 pot plants. police responded to a burglary call the small plot and they sought to suspects run bags of marijuana out of a window into the backyard. one suspect was caught in a second suspect tried to get away and was bitten by police dogs. he is no custody. if 25 grosz's have been discovered in the last six months alone. >> where legal pot goes o p d investigators say crime tends to follow. why so many legal pot houses in oakland. one investigator told me it simple supply and demand. legal medical marijuana businesses cannot keep up with the demand for the product. o pd source told me you can add to that oakland's last image when it comes to marijuana. funny how back in july the city passing a new ordnance approving make a pot cultivating facilities. a frustrating situation says an investigator close to this
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recent hot croquets because of the attraction he said for those who want to grow we lycopod see oakland as a place to do so. two years ago oakland please respond to a crime and discovered an illegal marijuana growing operation in the same building however investigators say to the gross is like these have multiple subleases which makes finding the actual owner kind of difficult. in oakland kron 4 news. >> to suspects are in custody for the alleged are some of the solano county courthouse and vallejo. back in june you may remember a fire damaged the court criminal division offices or year-old bacteria was arrested yesterday in connection with the alleged arson employees a 31 year-old benjamin was arrested for the arson shortly after if but is already in jail and other charges. los suspects are schedule to be arraigned on monday. >> a live look good side at san francisco airport we just lost to camera at wanted to show you the fog rolling in over the
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hills if we are seeing the fog up and down the coastline is which is why temperatures are so much cooler in those locations. more mild than are in the spots '80s this afternoon '70s in the north bay and '70s in the south bay. if we can expect tonight into tomorrow the fog along the coast will push back can and will be dance the most addressed along the coast. if morning little less body and a lot warmer in the afternoon. cooler weather is on tap for sunday and next week. all have details coming up in your extended forecast coming up in a bit. >> a live look at traffic to the bay bridge toll plaza the less of your screen traffic moving to san francisco westbound you see the back up is in the paid labour the fast-track plan moving well. the right side of your screen east bound traffic moving well. we'll be right back.
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that is our 91 call from a man
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who killed eight fellow employees and himself on tuesday at a beer distribution company. omar thor was, throughout the cold and he blames alleged racial discrimination for the shooting.
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gorton did consult before police could reach him connecticut officials say they never if he never formed an official of complaint form about this. tomorrow cooler temperatures on tap for sunday into next week. forecast in just a few minutes.
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we americans seem to love repels and potions to the very supplements we take it as healthy actually make a sick. kron 4 vicki has this exclusive report on durable supplement and the move to try and get the lead out. >> but in an herbal supplements are $27 billion of your business if but up till you're about to pop company be sure it's pure? >> i believe there is a substance that should've been in there. the >> substance to be led yes heavy metals like lead and cadmium. on the very vitamin tablets and you take to be >> healthy california's lab tests died and health products be for the good market and one of the problems they look for
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contamination carried to >> companies will approaches to make sure their product has not been contended with. >> jack says most benefactors are reputable but increasingly products coming in from overseas are tainted is so much so the state of california is suing several companies who sell supplements with unsafe levels of lead. the independent lab is working with government authorities to find the worst offenders anything over 0.1 parts per million of lead is considered in contaminated jack said he seen levels tend to 20 times the legal limit. >> is a lot of testing we have to do is certified the content of products like this as well as in screening from things that shouldn't be there. >> never trust bought back by anna nicole smith critics found it didn't contain what it advertised and the government shut it down. for this so-called magic power coffee it said its a hundred percent natural herbs. after analyzing it magic power coffee contains of niagara this
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extra. >> having done this as long as we have our readers on all the time >> and san francisco vite vicki kron 4 news. >> another lead morning to tell you about the california department of public health is warning consumers to avoid eating transformers revenge of the fallen crunchy candy spirit high levels of lead have been found in a lot #09168 of those can be treated sold in for a half ounce packages and the lot number is 09168 is printed on each individual retail bag of candy in black ink on the clear plastic seem located on the back of the packaging. on the destiny co. is recalling about 1 million lbs. of ground beef products. if that's after seven people were sickened by e. coli prepared it was potentially sold in california, texas, oregon and internationally. it was processed by valley company between october the second of
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2009 and january the 12th of 2010. consumers should discard or returned to store. big news out of each p today ceo mark curtis stepping down following a sexual harassment probe. the company says its sexual harassment policy was not violated but it standards of business conduct were. chief financial officer kathy has been named as chief interim ceo. google is facing some major problems of its own. web producer kimberly has the latest details in an ongoing workplace discrimination suit. >> in 2004 brian reach sued the google after losing his job as director of operations he is 54 the time was allegedly told he wasn't a good cultural fit at the not a few days company and just yesterday the california supreme court justice said the trial judge of considered comments the workers allegedly made referring to a mess slow
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fuzzy and an old guy whose ideas were obsolete. because of his ruling the trial will go to court. google denies the allegations and says it looks for demonstrating the legitimate nondiscriminatory reason why read was fired. to read all about the suit against global this are whats on the web section on www.kron4.com. a federal judge has dismissed a suit by craig's last. the judge said in his throwing hand and no one on critics' list has yet been charged with the crime and that it to mature to see if its activities for example prosecution appeared christless has denied knowingly caring ads for prostitution. a live look outside from our roof cam over downtown san francisco he see lot of low clouds but a few sunbreaks in the distance. it is sunday through most of the bay area this afternoon and temperatures are mild side that
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will carry over into tomorrow. temperatures will be a degree or to warmer will be looking at the low 80's for and the spots. upper 60s to the bay shore about 60 degrees along the coast. sunday at cold unexpected is more talk take hold on the bay area and temperatures will close result in to the upper '70's. hotbox a look at fog tracker for tomorrow morning and the fog and were inland valleys briefly already scaling back 7:00 so patchy fog along the delta and our inland valleys and down in the south bay. the fog will be everywhere else in the bay area and slowly skill back to 10:00 in the morning to slow growth of remaining or the bay shore. it looks like we next see little bit of sun along the coast tomorrow. fog tracker showing me the fog. a look at your kron 47
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day around the bay forecast more will be the better of two weekend days cooler weather on sunday that will carry over into monday's dense fog just has a stranglehold on our forecast temperatures will stay below average for the entire extended. your a weak jobs report today making it more likely economic growth will slow in the coming months. the labor department said if the companies added a net total of 71,000 jobs in july that's far below the roughly 200,000 each month to reduce the unemployment rate. if the jobless rate was unchanged at 9.5 percent nationally overall the economy lost a net total jobs 131,000 last month. the disappointing jobs report sent investors out of stock today the dow ended 21 points down the s&p 500 04 points the nasdaq dropped about 4 1/2 points. president barack obama
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celebrating the confirmation of a late-taken to the supreme court. >> for nearly two century there was in a single woman on the supreme court when elena was a clerk there's just one: she takes her seat on the bench for the first time in history there will be three women serving alternations highest ranked carried >> be sworn in at the supreme court tomorrow. concerns are growing over bt's plans for the future today. the oil giant announced that it may someday try again below people in a while in the gulf. a live look at the cap on the top of the well head no oil leaking out now appeared it's believed to still more than $4 billion worth of crude beneath a blown out well. bp says it expects to test the cement that was forced down the well yesterday as part of its static kill plan. if all goes according to plan crews will continue to drill the remainder of the relief well as well. checking outside looking at
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traffic on this friday this is the golden gate bridge but it's about to be shrouded by the fog. you can see the loss at your screen traffic backing up as it comes into san francisco up the toll gate. on the right to traffic moving at a meeting clip. will be
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fog will continue to be a big factor in a forecast complete forecast details coming up in a bit the news that six is just three minutes away.
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that's so cool. i know. [ female announcer ] see it. believe it. u-verse tv. ♪ live this is kron 4 news at 6:00. our top story at 6:00 the state budget battle governors were snickers said he is not backing down demands to raise taxes to solve the state's $20 billion budget deficit. today he told a group of silicon valley business leaders that being governor will not keep him from fighting off tax hikes as he pushes forward recall stating reforms. >> governors say let's just everyone loves me but to push this problem onto the next governor. i chose the opposite
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of that i chose to act on promises to people in 2003 that i would some sort of order in our budget to. i think that's what we have to do everyone has to make some sacrifices. >> earlier this week the democrats propose their own plan to close the state's budget gap a plan that the governor called dead on arrival. kron 4 dan, has a look at the state democrats up on the table. >> the top your budget plan as one that not only will close the state's multibillion-dollar budget deficit, but will protect jobs prevent layoffs as for the state's economic recovery. the plan calls for $8 billion in spending cuts including to public education. it also calls for tax increases. the vehicle license fee would increase from 1.15% to one plant 65%. personal
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income tax will increase one percentage point for almost everyone. however democrats say these increases would be offset because the plan also calls for cutting the state's sales-tax nearly in half. from 6% to 3.5%. and they say these tax increases are deductible on federal tax returns. democrats also proposed allowing the start of new business tax breaks and it would prevent $2 billion in cuts to education and other public services. they're calling for the suspension of prop. 98 which guarantees funding for education. dan from kron 4 news. >> of low for bay area towns along the route of the new high- speed rail line to the real authority has decided not to run the tracks underground off but many communities have won it. kron 4 reports the train will now be elevated or street level. >> the backyard and atherton backup once the existing train track appeared with the addition of a high-speed rail line is causing property values to drop.
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>> we've already seen us here for people to buy close to the train tracks trade city councilman says the state will have to take portions of people's back yard where the entire property. plus the property through domains to build the track. >> this land residents live on there's only two tracks here to put high-speed rail and that land will have to be taken. >> another concern for homeowners is a 15 ft. wall that would have to be built between people's homes and high-speed rail to block some of the noise. >> did being baird was a lovely option for all of us we all have large lots we do a lot of the outside entertaining. so for a lot of this that's a huge problem. she >> reporting from atherton kron 4 news. >> jonathan blum does is a closer look about where that high-speed rail line will go. >> yes down the line will run along the cal train tracks in some places under those tracks
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and some places above them when you go between san francisco and san jose. we will show you there's only one place for a tunnel is going to be there for shore and that is coming out of san francisco. a start of the trans the terminal and for much go under the existing caltrans tracts to the cal train station and there were turned yellow that's where comes up to street level at the city of south san francisco cure those red tractor tracks that are going to be above ground elevated in some cases 18 ft. and that's why neighbors are so upset. they're worried the be train tracks will great walls dividing the neighbors in half. it goes under ground briefly for the no frustration and agree near this is where was under consideration for the train to be put in a trench not completely under brown just little hole with an open top and let the train tracks run through it so people to actually see across to decide that seeming less and less likely and this option here the red area with the train have more than 18 ft. in the air down
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near redwood city and atherton that seem like the more likely option. jonathan blum kron 4 news. >> livermore woman is in custody for allegedly having sexual relations with to underage boys. christine helms was arrested yesterday in livermore this is her picture, she is accused of dozens of felony counts of sexual assault. investigators say they received information last month about the alleged acts she engaged in trade the charges against her are lewd act on a child she is booked in jail and their bills and set at more than $4 million. he h-p's ceo is stepping down after sexual harassment investigation. a former contractor former giants plato clear will trial for perjy
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charges. bonds has pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he knowingly denied taking for feminist enhancing drugs. >> f warmer out there this afternoon except for along the coastline still in the '50s there because we still have the fog along the coast. are in the co-star of five degrees today the lower 80s for the most part in antioch in the upper 60s 86 degrees right now. things are cooling off still in the '70s in the north bay 60's and '70's on the bay shore. the fog rolling in to redwood city jazz 61 there. south bay temperatures in the '70s. tonight and through the weekend the fog sitting right along the coast line rate now with a few breaks close to the coast cure the dense fog will fill in tonight and drizzle along the coast is expected. morning mobile little less fog and temperatures will be either off brad today or couple degrees
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warmer. that warming trend will not last if cooler weather is on tap for sunday into next week and as dense fog continues. all the details of what should expect coming up in just a bed. stay with us will be right back after the break.
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a skilled dock, has put together the worst thing college majors kimberly brings is a look at the top five. >> data from over 100 college degrees of skill and take a look at the few of the lowest paying. never one on the list social work the media pays around $45,000 and they said not only is it financially strained but dealing with drug addiction poverty and abuse on a daily basis it's also showed an emotionally draining. such as last the training with the median pay around 33,000 recreation and leisure is the
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third with art as a fourth and interior design is in the fifth spot with a medium starting pay of 34,000. p skills of his career is not always glamorous deck greatly rooms requires long hours often for very little pay. to check out all the degrees visit our whats on the web section of www.kron4.com stay with us will be right back after this break.
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"meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behind jerry brown. they want jerry brown because, he won't "rock the boat," in sacramento. he'll be the same as he ever was. high taxes. lost jobs. big pensions for state employees. the special interests have chosen their governor. how about you?
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an overnight drug bust in oakland police seized a large bags of marijuana if you see them there they found 600 pot plants. please respond to a burglary call the snow, and sought to suspects throwing bags of marijuana out of a window into a backyard. one suspect was caught and a second try to get away but was bitten by a police dog he too is now custody. 25 grow houses have been discovered in the last six months alone. kron 4 take a look at this city's illegal poppy growing trend. >> legal pot goes o pd
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investigators say crime tends to follow why so many illegal pot roast in oakland one investigator told me it simple, supply and demand legal medical marijuana up places cannot keep up with demand for the product. o pd source told you can add to that oakland slacks image when it comes to marijuana. what he'll back in july the city passing a new ordinance approving make a pot cultivating facilities. frustrating situation says an investigator close to this recent pop croquet's because of the attraction he says for those want to grow a little pot see oakland as a place to do so. two years ago oakland police responded to a crime discovered illegal growing operation in the same building however investigators say typically grow buses like this have multiple subleases which makes finding the actual owner kind of difficult. in oakland kron 4 news. >> of the stories making news around the bay in millbrae and 20 year-old man has to himself
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over to police in connection with the stabbing murder near mill size school. in oakland of 53 year-old alan thomas was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his 89 year-old pontiff. the attack happened three years ago. and san jose gas identified or optics company has been controlled it was reported this morning it took about three hours to get it under control. in monterey 16 year-old sea otter pop or 16 week-old is making his public debut at the monterey aquarium. caltrans is getting everything set up for a special piece of machinery to start work on the project. if the new tunnel gore will mean good news for traffic has kron 4 jeff bush shows you the bad news for some people. >> traffic is a mass of the tunnel just about any time up to go through. starting monday this masterpiece of heavy equipment call the road hatter will start its three-year track through the
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mountain. the busywork site will bother anyone on the other side of the tunnel because no one lives in the area. but on the open side of the tunnel will be a different story. people impacted the most are those who live on caldecott lane. they've already been impacted and the work hasn't started. there is to be a view of the highway in the hills behind it but not anymore. caltrans has installed the sound wall to keep the noise down. works pretty good but the he was gone. the wall is not permit it will stay up until the construction is finished and that it will be torn down and sound reducing lansky been vocal in its place. another probable the traffic if all the big road header's working on the other side a smaller one will be doing the same. dump trucks and other heavy equipment will be coming in going along the street for the next three years. in oakland kron 4 news. >> the americans love to our potions and tells could the vitamins and supplements would take to make us healthy really make us sick. the key has an
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exclusive report on herbal supplements and the move to trying get the lead out. >> but in an herbal supplements are $27 billion a year business but that tell you about pop-up can you be sure >> it's >> i believe there is a substance in there that should have been in there. if >> the substance could be led yes heavy metals like lead and cadmium on a very vitamin tablets that you take to make you healthy. california lab test-health products before they go to market. when the promise they looked for contamination. >> companies will prove just make sure the product has not been contaminated. >> wright says most benefactors are reputable but increasingly products coming in from overseas are painted so much so the state of california is suing several companies who sell supplements with unsafe levels of lead. the independent lab is working with government authorities to find worst offender anything over 0.1 parts per million of lead is considered contaminated. jacks
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said he sea levels to 20 times the legal limit. if >> a lot of testing we have to do to certify the contents of the product as well as against screening for things that should be there. if >> member transport are backed by anna nicole smith? they found it didn't contain what it advertised and the government shut it down. >> or this so-called magic power coffee that says is one under present natural herbs. after analyzing it to magic power coffee seems also contain by a cross the six drug. in >> having done it as long as we have our readers on all the time trade in services go the key live the hawkins kron 4 news. >> assistant to the kron 4 news room and track some 14 traveling from oakland to baker said phil derailed after speaking while truck in this city of chapter. there's approximately to under 19 passengers on board initial reports indicate at least 10 passengers and one crew member have sustained minor injuries.
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they're being treated at this point. the other passengers transported from the scene to the bakersfield station appeared in this case the derailment involved the we will on the cathcart the train itself remained upright. live in the newsroom kron 4 news. >> new data shows how consumers are affecting the economic recovery. alright producer carefully explained so opening your pocketbook could help unemployment. >> for the economic recovery to gain strength in the unemployment rate to come down in any meaningful way new data showing the consumer will need to become less frugal. our report released today by the labor department shows that private sector employers added just 71000 jobs in july and that small increase was more than offset by the nation's loss of 131,000 jobs in the same job. one senior economists say consumers will start feeling a more confident about spending once the unemployment rate decreases significant but businesses are reluctant to step up hiring until they see
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stronger demand so really it's a catch-22 situation pure digital the details to today's report visit www.kron4.com look for what's on the web section. >> fog is leering at the coast line of course that means over the golden gate bridge as well. he carefully and see it through the fog. look at what were expecting out there this weekend saturday will be very similar to what we saw today with temperatures on the wild side. low 80's for in the spots upper 60s even if you low seventies in our bay shore locations and 61 along with coast. as we move into sunday though the fog will start to take over as those cooler temperatures. the most cooling will occur in our in the spots back into the '70s. if bob tracker for tomorrow morning the fog pushing toward in the spots briefly at 7:00 a.m. patchy fog inland and down in the south bay. the fog will push back the 10:00 a.m. hour near the bay shore and to san francisco and the coastline by noon. it looks
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like we could even see a few sun breaks along the coast of there tomorrow. we have seen that in a few days. at 2:00 to see the blue between the coastline in the fall so possibility all little summer, coastline in the afternoon. 62 separate cisco, 7 for san or top, 76 now are highs for tomorrow. seventies in the south bay a look richer kron 47 day around the bay forecast. tomorrow little bit nicer than the two weekend days. cooler weather if poor sunday and that will carry over into next week. the dense fog really just a main factor in the forecast rate now. temperatures will stay below average even though they will warm towards the end of next week. stay with us will be right back after this break.
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112 justice tomorrow it will mark the first time three women have served together on the high
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court president barack obama held a reception in her honor this afternoon he called her confirmation a milestone and also took note about her new title. >> while she may be feeling a twinge of sadness about giving up the title of general, (laughter) apple title, as it we can all agree justice alani cake and has a nice ring to it as well. she is only the fourth woman to serve on the united states supreme court she will join two other women carried. the final steps of plugging the well in the gulf of mexico continue today bp leaders say they expect to test the cement that was forced down the well yesterday's if all goes accordingly dole sold continue to drill the remainder of that relief well. the latest comments about the well. today the oil giant said that it might someday driven down in that same area.
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it is believed there's nearly $4 billion worth of crude below that blown out well. when asked about the planned government officials that allen said he had no information. a weak employment number today. the labor department said companies added a net total of 71,000 jobs in july that's far below the roughly 200,000 needed each month to reduce the unemployment rate. the national jobless rate was unchanged at 9.5%. the economy lost a net total of 131,000 jobs last month. >> a look at our extended forecast it shows warmer temperatures tomorrow for in the spots but things cooling to the rest of the weekend and into next week. if a full forecast is just a few minutes away.
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calls to immediately resume same-sex marriage or under way governor arnold schwarzenegger and attorney-general of motions calling for a resumption of
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same-sex marriage as did the attorney for the to same-sex couples who won the ruling of a day. the motions were filed after u.s. district vaughn walker overturn proposition 8. dan current is your he's been following the developments so understand the courts still haven't heard from the people who want to ban gay marriage. >> that's right we still haven't heard from them to people who are in support of gingrich and while we haven't heard from those that wish not allow couples to marry until this gets the way up to the ninth circuit court not only appeal but we want to rate for ruling that the backers of the ban walked the want to hold off on putting this decision in place. as i mentioned we heard from those who support same-sex marriage they've filed papers and said no same-sex marriage should start right away. >> in their arguments requesting this baby died attorneys for the to same-sex couples who filed the suit. californians will continue to suffer irreparable
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harm if propositions eighths inch irrational deprivation of their constitutional rights is prolonged. denying the state for there's california's bedell interest in respect to the relationships of same-sex couples and does not burden any governmental interests. also weighing in at an opposing any delay california attorney general jerry brown. >> it doesn't seem like there's going to be any harm to the states but it's real harm to people who have the right to but being denied them now. that's the reason why we feel in this case that gross are against same-sex couples senate should go into effect immediately >> some legal observers say that the stayed in the marriage shouldn't continue if dispatched they should not be lifted in the marriage should not continue until the ruling by the appeals court to is the issue of what
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happens to those people in the meantime. >> that's something we've seen before those marriages in 2004 where beer newsome allot the golan over those 18,000 that occurred in 2008 after the supreme court ruling will let the state. those of the things his way and we allow this to go forward and allow people to get married now not knowing what the consequences will be later or should we just hold off. that's what he will decide we don't know when that's going to beat. >> and they have to midnight tonight. >> backers of the ban have till midnight tonight we post to the entire ruling on line, you can follow all these details about what's next in california's battle over same-sex marriage. log on to www.kron4.com. right now we of kron 4 grosso across the bay area covering stores important to you. here today's other top stories. >> governors were sicker told a group of silicon valley industry leaders he will back down when it comes to resisting democrats call to tax increases to sell the state's $20 billion budget
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deficit. if the way to save money is to cut costs in the budget as well as reforming the pension system and then the other areas of government. he's open to compromises to just those in business talk to democrats the way he's tried to talk to labor in solving the budget problems. in santa clara craig kron 4 news. >> in another big story work crews are busy propping this site for monday that's when the drilling will begin on the fourth score of the caldecott tunnel. will be done with our road hatter this machine has a rotating to on the front of a couple for the album that will be more than 3,000 ft. long. the entire project is expected to take three years to complete when it's down there will be a lot of happy drivers will no longer have to deal with the constant ingestion that's been a problem on the highway 244 years. at the tunnel jeff bush kron 4 news. >> in atherton and other bay area towns which a been fighting to stop the high-speed rail line from running for their communities and other blow was dealt on thursday when the high
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speed rail authority announced that it will not be burying the tracks and putting the train underground gas it's too expensive. instead of the riding the train either on street level or elevating the track. in atherton city council members expressing concern if some people singer property values already starting to decline in anticipation of the rail line being built. if reporting in atherton kron 4 news. >> this trend a terminal which is a shelter for many homeless people are only hours away from closing for good. after midnight to trust the terminal at first and mission will be sealed off and prepared for demolition. over the years to terminal as the place for homeless people of state to escape harsh weather or use the easily accessible bathroom here. that is all come to an end and services that help the homeless have been here and from them about the closure and other programs available. the replacement for the terminal is set to open in the year 2017. in
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san francisco kron 4 news. >> here in oakland please respond to a burglary call in that building when they arrive discovered and illegal marijuana growing operation upstairs. two people were taken into custody suspected try to steal some of the 600 plants confiscated by police. investigators say the city's lax attitude when a customer what they be contributing to this illegal trend appeared with this being the 25th recorded in the past six months. the second time 0 peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.com has found a legal pot was building in the last two years. >> in oakland kron 4 >> in tech news video conferencing helps people not have to travel to meetings or traveling to the office but check this out. this is way beyond video conferencing this is a tell the present avatar. the robot is called qb to your eyes and ears of the office you control it from your computer. he tell were ago we from the halls at work if you speak your voice comes for the robot you see and hear what the robot does. it's made by nt box
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based in silicon valley will cost $15,000 and comes out this fall. >> our big weather story cool weather will continue through the weekend live look outside from our mount tam cam you can see some of the cloud starting a push into the bay right now. as we head into tomorrow it of these days very similar to today. temperatures still between five to 10 degrees below average and that's the way will stay tomorrow. '60s around the days and we're 60 along the coast. sunday with the additional cooling as the fog takes over. dense fog and drizzle expected in the morning and are in the spots will get blasted the court marine air dropping temperatures there if to only the '70s. >> the new artistic addition to san francisco waterfront this large sculpture of a rocket ship has drawn quite a crowd since it was unveiled this afternoon. the metal structure called the radon gothic rock to check it stands 40 ft. high and weighs 8 tatters. it's the
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collective work of dozens of bay area artist which is located at pier 14 along the embarcadero san francisco puree will remain on display until october of next year. we'll be right back but for news to come.
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stanley roberts to sounds of people behaving badly. to put the driver on yourself on tried to navigate one is trickiest areas in the bay area. in fact let's not call it five in a section and let me in a circle. i use gurgle birth to show you exactly what this looks like from above. this is a roundabout located that keith and house and and division in henry adams street and services go. drivers inside have the right away and drivers waiting to enter have a stop sign. once inside the round about you up to keep moving unfortunately for some people it's a great place
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to change drivers like these to right smack in the middle of the world. once a driver is inside the roundabout all of the drivers waiting to enter have to stop until it's safe to do so. what happens is many drivers at the stop sign try to beat the car or bike that's already inside the roundabout. often creating a look at few near misses. one worker in the area called this the kills on trade drivers are not the only problem there also five different crosswalks. some people choose to cross wherever. toss in the future is bike riders and this is one intersection with a lot going on trade including a dog park in the middle. in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. if he >> level, and a story idea for stanley e-mail < peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.com. in sports a look at jerry wright the some 24 hours from is
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induction into the nfl hall of fame trade was tiger woods able to finally break out of a stock's pureed >> rate now www.kron4.com check out our special section dedicated to all our coverage of the prop. 8 ruling. watcher video reports including one explain what the court of appeal means that when the band can be lifted and other help county clerk's offices are preparing for the soon-to-be surge in marriage applications. also voted to uphold let us know if you agree with the judge's ruling on www.kron4.com. what this droid does will change how you do movies.
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good evening everybody san francisco has been a run on the board. they'll cover the chart around 620 as the game started the dough dance around the first-inning double so the
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scoreboard lines the giants up one is-0 second inning. a's toasted texas rangers at the coliseum. figure plans early for the next bonds trial it will be march 21st the will of it together here and san francisco to d.c. is a barry bonds perjured himself when he said he did not denying only take promises enhancing drugs. march 21st prepared juries will officially be a member of the hall of fame. the >> jerry wright. (cheering) jerry rice's numbers just the all-time receiving yardage following are unbelievable. san francisco forty-niners select wide receiver jerry rice.
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>> mississippi valley state to a historic and fog refund 20 here's and now the ultimate team roster the nfl hall of fame >> look at myself running around your football i think while you are pretty good (laughter) because i never looked at myself that way i never gave myself credit i was always. he will be the 15th forty-niner inducted 1000 jerry rice hall of fame friend knows will released after the weekend and available to benefit the bay area make a wish foundation. that information is on our kron 4 web site to. his no. 80 is scheduled to be retired by the forty-niners on their home opener september 20th yes against this the champion. it's the spotlight on monday night football. in san francisco for kron 4 news yesterday shoot 74
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today he shoots 72 but this course is one that everybody seems to have a pretty well. so indeed 13 strokes behind he's probably going to lose his no. 1 ranking to phil mickelson will contrast is played pretty well. thru terminal right now he's -60 trails with keys by one stroke so nicolson doing well tiger still unable to come back. amateur softball because we cover all here we go in hayward. two of the 30 teams from the 12 states currently playing in 1800 champion to the west. it's the fastest of and to add golden all over sports park your this is put on by the amateur softball association. the title game scheduled for sunday perhaps the next jenny finch will emerge from the event and more to the point with brought it good luck
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to all the fellows in hayward. it seemed all time when we return of young man wants to know why he thinks we love alice's represents an not bonds and were being accused of being breastfed too long by mother. there's even an e-mail from you in there is a not kid? >> yes their actually as well join a hate the man who helps to get the yellow dress. alright it's a family affair more packable than. i spend three hours on my homework --
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we see this every week it's always fun to hear what the audience is feeling good batter in the middle from radio and television. ali shot this year. >> richard he seemed to give out alice rodriquez and a 600 home runs on a break on steroids but not bonds. why? >> to give a break to my point is if you listened with any consistency the sad part is is that bonds and is his career
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with the clout of steroids hey wolverhampton the last memory of bonds is that. he's great that he cheated. where is rodriguez come out he admitted he used drugs for three years in texas and out he has at the very least another five years to try and not clean his name but how people remember him for the great we will was. bonds ended he cheated he allegedly got caught bullets over. that's what i mean by that. both those guys at the end of the day the live well into the night to not having to worry about anything. >> mr. todd i've waited since the giants moved to san francisco in 1958 for world title. i think this is the year. what do you think? >> this is what a lot of people are feeling then you watch the giants lose a couple of a rosy scratch your head. what they have is really good pitching not to get too technical they have three other guys that are pretty
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darn good and that should stop them from having any law losing streaks. so hey which you bet money in the giants winning the world series of course not. you always have to see the yankees are the favorites because they do one of the world series? >> i'd love to (laughter) >> the worker san francisco will see what happens. >> what a great finish to a great interview with its like to sleep with the teacher of the year? trade >> with their two children don't there i think he's poor judgment asking the teacher of the years wife the sleeping together question. and i stand by my >> i don't know he's got it. >> tacky with the kids there.
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they didn't just walk in and sit down with the like sleeping with the teacher of the year we had a nice warm session i congratulated the got numerous times and all the semi serious all know is i walked out every day and thus the guy's opinion that i walked every guest out to these a geyser in jovial moods they drove away from oakland so if i rubbed wrong with rob you wrong. i know how the people who felt. >> i asked was the wife nice to you after. you guys laughed and had a good >> i get home any you. all man carried >> you and haters. >> oh well. moving on to perked he seemed to relish-e-mail's torture feelings get hurt? >> my feelings get hurt more
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than anybody on the upset makes you feel bad. if somebody love it bothers me to. to someone who may be watches the show once every two months people always tell to the day i die nobody is having a good day saying the kids are great, love my job, love my girlfriend, love my wife, love my mates. what do pc and tv on what a sit down and write a minimill. these personal tax laugh right out of them all the way the bank. >> may so what if brett farr does an interview with his truck with the engine running it's the media's fault for hounding him >> don't do anything keep your window open but he had a chance of unravelling the port by a thick year-old reporter had to stick his arm in their i think it's rude and he should know better >> bread is off dominated by his
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father and breastfed too long by is mother that's why he takes a great man like brett farr. >> not often that i said read you got me. gradually to we'll trade
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