good morning 6:00 a.m. the top stories we're following we're just hours away from finding a whether a judge will allow same- sex couples to marry well an appeal is going on over prop. 8 we will see his estate. writers may get a break today as the board meets to vote on reducing fares. all eyes on wall street after yesterday's down day. more on those stories and a live birth a dinner check on the weather. good morning christine >> can morning. season to endeavor not any sunshine here the bay bridge toll plaza. no more of in store for later on today. and later on until we can let's go ahead and take a look to the forecast said that what

they continue to warm up was a major way the saturday, sunday even more as we proceeded to the work week, we'll be in the low 90s in the mid-70s around the basics is that the coast. >> thank you. top stories this morning we're following awaiting a further ruling up from a judge on whether or not he will allow same-sex marriage to couple asked to marry the of the wives of the will tran is live. will what is going on? >> there is not a line in front of san francisco city hall, but we do expect to start farming within the next hour or so. according to some of his opponents they said their friends are driving as far down as hollister on their way rain out to be here hoping to be the first in line when they get city will be the second line because here's a couple from soon city

theresa and kristin you been here since 4:30 a.m. what you think is going to happen? >> at this point is all unpredictable and nobody severed judge walker knows the result would happen when an atom is a sudden we're in and not miss a single opportunity we're here will be here all day, we're going to mandate the minute it's listed as befits a day or later on down the road. >> talk to me some might think is of the manly make its way to the supreme court if theç supre court overturns jones world precision the marriages could be overturned is not to mention those small brokers to? >> i do not think so she is the love of my life i've been waiting to marry her for five years, if we get far better for that is what happens we will deal with it. >> there is this day now, what is going to do are you guys still hoping to find some way get makers to mark >> we keep doing all we been

doingç this is our home market ago the state out of country to get married and i have a wedding to with our marriage. the one that word we won the license we once in their home state by the people we want to perform the ceremony. >> thank you. i know you guys are here, they're hoping to be one of the first of non thousands of people here today in case there is not a stay issued by george walker i can tell you right now legal experts that i've read they do not know how these larger role. >> all we do know is that he issued that stay which made it impossible for the same sex couples to get married and now we will find out between 9-noon that is what this ruling is supposed to come down on weather and that he will continue the stay or lifted. so we will bring you the ruling as soon as it happens right here on www.kron4.com and of course we will have live logging immediately to get your reactions are keeping trained to

kron4 and also garderobes said that www.kron4.com >> knew this morning a magnitude 6.9 earthquake has shaken the south american nation of ecuador, there are no immediate reports of damage or injury, the quake struck just before 5 bart time it was felt in the nation's capital, the u.s. geological survey says it was centered at 106 mi. southeast of quito. there was also very deep about a hundred and 14 mi. below the surface, much more on this as we get details. >> bart board of directors will meet this morning to load on a possible temporary reduction things to a $26 millionç cash infusion from the state where it finished the fiscal year with a surplus today's proposal reduced fares by 3 percent for four months starting october and running through february resume full bart riders found that 75 percent said they did not support a fare reduction they would rather see bart use the money to improve the trains and

stations the fare reduction requires a two-thirds vote of bridgeport. authorities continue to investigate a dramatic police chase in stand up in these bay, police say the suspect refused to pull over when they spotted him on the freeway he was suspected of breaking into of a point home and killing a man whose body was later found in one of the bedrooms he led dozens of police officers on a chase from concord to pittsburgh back to concord and then ended at the bay point home where all began all the while police say he was holding a gun to his head turning to kill himself. after nearly an hour police negotiated rubio to surrender, here is 11 neighbor has to say. >> first i heard for about an hour at chase, and she turned on my iphone and listen to the police scanner and herd them going back and forth. then i

heard that i said on daly, and then i heard the craziness, i given here and my son is bright yellow car just reached by turn the corner and then there was police cars. >> although he has yet to formally been charged rubio is the one, only suspect in the homicide. we want to get a look to the weather, we're getting closer to the war of high christine. >> hi. we have some warm weather starting today, where are in the weekend warmer from start of your week. rainout chilly temperatures outside from the 53 in san francisco, a live shot of the james lecky 62 will be a high for san francisco, cooling baghdad 55 later on as evening, let's go ahead and take a look of that warm because that's what everybody's rask mind rain now, warm conditions insisted '80s and land. as a major way into the weekend creeping up to agree by degrees of by sunday we will see nineties inland '70s that

the big, '60s and the cows. as we continue on to the work week we'll see more or temperature. the beginning of your work reaches the low 90s inland by decree of a few more degrees in his mid-70s keeping it cool of the coast in the '60s and the the fog. it will not be one medicos but it will be warm in the inland spot had there. five jurors during your blanket in fog, by the time we make her way into the the kron guard is a clear bid. in some of those in one spot also as a major way down into seven parts of the bay area. 10:00 we are seeing that fog recidivate area directly at the calcine, that means a makes way for some time later on today warmer temperatures. you should see the fog on a cloud starting to sit along the coastline sticking around there all day today. no warm weather there will see it in the end. 52 half moon bay. 55 in any of 54 napa. fun is seen as a popup, 83

livermore, morgan help. 83 morgan hill. 67 for oakland 71 percent fell. a cool 55 that half moon bay. to james and get a checked and traffic. >> thank you, we were shot to assure you of a san jose, is our traffic maps is a hot spot just bring in the last couple of minutes we have an accident here i will bring up here on the çmap, an accident on 101 northbound or right before 13th street as you can see it is slowing traffic all the way back to 280 interchange if this is a four car accident is walking slowly and no estimate on when they might get this cleared keep it to tear to www.kron4.com we will give you abreast of the separation. our rotaries' sensors are read meaning speeds are now less than 25 mi. per hour. bay bridge, traffic is moving well in the westbound direction no issue here, 880

over crosses nuys, in a meeting like what is our quick drive from the macarthur maze to san francisco and destroyed 10 minutes. jumping horses in a tear bridge and the ride on highway 92 westbound traffic taillights are moving well co. of there's still moving all right east and traffic had lights here also moving without any problems, lost track 12 minutes from a word out to foster city. lhasa golden gate, checking on the ride on maureen kelly, so far so good to those of the headlights there, knowing she there it is a little foggy, we cannot see the south tower keep that in mind is heading towards the wall there tunnel he might run into some fog coming çhere and there. so far is not slowing down we're going to take a quick break back with more headlines and a check on weather, traffic in just a moment.

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484,000 filed jobless some applications analysts thought it would drop. general motors says it made $1.33 billion in the second quarter that is a sign of growing strength. cisco is adding to and buster's anxiety by same revenue figures fell short of forecast. it fell more

than 7% in preopening trading at their tax stocks also fell. markets open in 15 minutes we will be backed followed up.

6:17 a.m. hitting wallets of the bay area who talk on the cell phones will the drive. as part part of the first day that started this week officers ticketed 350 tickets for talking without a handsfree device on the road. santa clara county they issued for 40 tickets goes are higher than last year's first day crackdown. the plan on the second day crackdown next wednesday so beware. highway officials say they may be forced to slow or stop more than $3 billion worth of road projects if the budget is not passed by the in the month. several projects of been

put on hold. bay area projects that could be delayed. the $57 million project to widen highway 4 in antioch, road worker on all light-8 the is along the county, $40 million plant to rehab pavement in oakland, $21 million project to rehabilitate her part of highway 1 01 in san rafael. a stalemate could delay the fourth border on the caldecott tunnel. san francisco will meet today the possibility of building a new neighborhood on treasure island there are some residents and businesses on the island the area has been on hold ever since the navy pulled out in 1997. development plans have been proposed with little success to now. 6:19 a.m. a look outside

that the weather and sea when things will warm up. >> mount tam khamsin the truth sunshine is peaking and that is a preview for today. more sunshine inland mill valley right now 55 degrees will warm up to 65 by noontime high of 70 then cooling down to 61 tonight. the warm weather is on everybody's mind look at the forecast for friday should be warming up mid-80s by the time we hit saturday, sunday slowly creeping up into the '90s starting off in the '60s in the bay creeping up in to the mid- 70s by the time we hit sunday, the bay will stay cool for the weekend. future cast showing it we are sitting cool temperatures right now the 6:00 hour once we hit 10:00 more of '60s out there, by noon widespread '70s

soul the yellow, up and antioch, of fairfield, starting to see '70s in those same areas will warm even more when we return highs in the 4:00 hour all the warrants on your screen. low 80 readings today you can see that on the afternoon highs 82 for a high in concord, 84 in fairfield, 71 for san rafael 75 for napa, 80 degree readings further south 81 in los gatos, 83 morgan hill, livermore 83. along the bay in mainly '70s. a peek at the 7 day around of a warm-up for the next several c,wt warmer as we make our way to the start of the workweek. mid-70s around the bay c,gv1p let's go to james with traffic.

>> this is san jose we have a ford car accident causing a hot spot this happen before 13th street on 1 01 the road with censors read rain also speeds have dropped below 25 mi. an hour that back up extends all the way to the 280 interchange no estimate on when these cars may be cleared be prepared for slowing go ride. between 280 and all points north to you get past a scene. one muckrake a shot of the camera. facing south traffic snaking northbound on 680 a out of the san ramon valley. we have a lot of gaps between headlights traffic moving well known issues there. 18 minutes right now from the creek into pleasanton. the bay bridge approach traffic on westbound 80 now send lake towards the toll plaza and no

issues there meter flights have not been turned on. coming off a 80 spilling onto the approach looking good no worries here and no issue on the spent either. 10 minutes from macarthur maze into san francisco. more traffic updates in a bit. >> 6:22 a.m. with the oil well that is been spewing in the gulf of mexico plug from the top bp and federal officials pondering whether the plug the bottom kill is needed now. bad weather delayed work on the relief wells being drilled in the next week. work on the final kill for the well has been public is postponed by bad weather blowing through the area. first drilling relief wells have stopped their work they will need four days to finish the work once the weather passes. flash flood watch for northwest i want this afternoon as a fashion fresh set of storms

is approaching. three nights of heavy rainfall have triggered flooding forcing hundreds of people out of their homes. lookit them walking away with back skids of stuff. many using boats to get around the roads are inundated by water. one teenage girl was killed 10 other people were rescued after three cars were swept off of road. 55,000 people are without drinking water this morning. 623 right now we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. a few minutes away from the opening bell one of the big stories we will all this morning. let's look at the heavy fog on san mateo bridge. we will be right back.

7 day around the bay forecast you can see that we are trying to warm to the coast is cooling down. the next couple of days

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seven let's after the opening bell and the numbers are off the dow down 76 points right now there's a big story we are following involved is then no san jose's base this bill is taking a dive as well. we are concerned about that segment of the economy 645 just a few moments now we will speak with david about the numbers what's going on in wall street again out of the day after yesterday's downgrade. authorities in did investigate that standoff that happen in the east bay. shows you where incident began and ended hours later in the 1900 block of calaveras dry feared jonathan blum has details on the back and forth pursued. >> hearing bay point authorities

are piecing together details of an incident that began within a burglary at a homicide in after iraq ended after one hour police chase. he pulled off the car right here in front of the house. prudencio rubio was sent to the hospital because of a gunshot wound to the leg. dozens of police officers were involved of been down highway 4 he is currently the one and only suspect in the homicide they are investigating. jonathan blum kron 4 >> news> 6:48 a.m. we will be back in a few moments. [ female announcer ] jobs leaving.

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news around the bay san jose based lawyer files lawsuits against usa swimming and one of the coaches on behalf of a woman who was says she was sexually abused over a five-year period it was filed in santa clara county against the coach usa swimming the governing body the suit claims he sexually abused a 28 year-old woman starting at the age of 15 and one other girl. police have arrested six women and one man in engaging in or aiding and prostitution this was a sting operation targeting women posting ads offering for money owners of best value in will receive a letter informing them they

violated an ordinance to ensure criminal activity does not happen on their property. sandoz day police arrested this man on suspicion of attempting to sexually assault a woman. stephen coolly was picked up august 3rd they say he entered a rest room and exposed himself to let janitor is a registered offender and he says he has admitted to the assault during the course of their investigation. 6:43 a.m. just minutes away from a live interview so we can see what's going on. we'll be right

the big board live on wall street the dow was down 58.3 now 15 minutes after opening bell so far the second down day

of trading what's going on in l.a. times columnist is live on the phone i gave it. give me your read on what's going on after yesterday's down a >> we had a big sell-off the driver was first of all the fed issued a gloomy prognosis for the economy. china came up and said our factory orders are slowing down and since they make everything for everybody that put a chill in the market. investors were taking money off the table. it's not a panic situation you would see this in august he reminded me stocks were up about 7 percent last month. expected roller coaster. interesting today we will be opened up weak unemployment data showed more people filed unemployment mark market didn't like that it went down quickly cisco reported lower-than- expected earnings but then gm

out of nowhere came up with over billion dollars in quarterly profit since. is going to file for an ipo. we would like our money back so that's a good thing for us. in and looking at the dow trying to claw its way up i guess investigator investors are far higher looking at the same thing i am cured >> if they were spurred to sell risky stocks you say gm is going public do we get into that not? >> (laughter) i don't wanna be telling people where to put their money. if you're in your area and if you don't want the selling right now you wanna ride out a market like this were through of all the rough stuff. it had a spectacular year last year regaining ground. a lot of

turbulence out there the bottom line is the economic recovery one day looks good one day looks bad now it's going to remain the case for the remainder of the year. not until we see a turnaround in the job market. >> a deeper pert perspective on cisco news what does that mean your we are in the bay area. what does that mean to the tax sector. why, is that? >> its revenue came up short for analysts were expecting that was and what the market was hoping for now attack has been doing well on the recovery generally speaking. companies have been slowly getting back to making tax purchases they've been putting off cisco is a bill when it comes to tax. people are watching very closely on that front. when it comes to attack

we will see more tech purchases by big companies as we go forward. productivity went down this week which suggests we may need more effort to boost productivity and tech is a big factor there. >> thank you david david live from l.a. times. giving prospective but not the advice. >> after a summer filled with chilly temperatures of fog we will see sunshine today. a look out in san francisco low ceiling heights and fog that has not left the pictures entirely at. currently 53 in san francisco warming up to 55 by noon high of 62 today: back down to 55 later this evening the warming up continues today and continues through the weekend. mid-80s and

sunspots today as we make our way through saturday aand sunda. the coast is a different story we will see that shrouded in fog cool temperatures in the '60s but the london day nice warmup in store. let's look at the bay area right now we should see live by 8:00 a.m. by the 10:00 hour we will see a big difference clearing up the north bay and the east bay and did the sunspots. the fog sitting over the bay itself by 11:00 a.m. pushing through the golden gate but clearing up a lot for the most part this afternoon we will see that fog and cloud cover by the coast. cool temperatures there through the afternoon. your eyes at the plows spots will be warm. 84 and the up, 83 livermore and morgan hill, handful of '70s 72 redwood city, 72 for hayward and mountain view. 55 for have been

made and 62 for san francisco. here's the forecast for the game jens taking on the cubs at at&t park. breezy conditions mostly sunny skies by 1:00 p.m. it will be 56 degrees by 4:00 p.m. 62. let's go to james with traffic. >> the scene getting better in the south bay northbound 101 about our goal forgings cars tangled up right before 13th street we had all of this area from the accident scene back to the 280, 680 d been red states were less than 25 mi. an hour all lanes are open now we are seeing the back of really big break up in we are getting passes seen in much better neighbor five minutes ago. looking for this to clear quickly. a quick shot of the james lick freeway the central freeway southbound on a one traffic moving well toward the

peninsula. traffic in the background headed to the lower deck of the bay bridge no incidents. san mateo bridge shaping up nicely the volume is building but the ride is no issue. counter commute eastbound traffic no problems as well. 12 minutes from hayward out to foster city. if it 653 is the time we will have more coming up in a couple of minutes.

when we have thick fog and the coast is staying cool inland to mid-80s today and tomorrow gaining a few degrees as we slide into the weekend. then we can say we touched 90 it feels like the only time. sunday, monday, tuesday looks like we're doing well war there. 30 firefighters are planning to run from los angeles to new york in

remembrance of the september 11th terror attacks. tour of duty run begins this morning at 8:46 a.m. a few hours from now the same exact time the first plane struck the twin towers. a team of 15 american and 15 australian runners will be divided into three teams of 10 and it will run in real life. the cycle continues 24 hours a day until they reach new york on september 11th. they will travel 4,600 mi.. we have a programming change this friday, the giants game will be on nbc we will carry dateline nbc that will be on 8:00 p.m. it will be followed up with the kron4 evening news at 10:00 p.m. wwe smackdown will move to saturday at 7:00 p.m. and dr.phil can be seen friday back. a live look the san francisco see how low the clouds are 51

minute arrival delays because of it but everyone else is on time. we will be right back.