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rain and temperatures sitting in the '50s around say. .ñ59 throuh oakland, north bay clear skies making for some cooler jose more cloud cover.l5ñ ccj;ñn jose 57 for livermore. by 10:00 a.m. keeping it in the '50s and '60s. we will see some '70s move in and sit there into the afternoon. no 90's or 80's. we will stickxé÷ around into the '. back down to '60s by 8:00 p.m. los '70s for center rosaycñ, roa
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across a span. a much better start this morning. 580 light traffic westbound no back up like we had yesterday in early morning hours. >> oakland firefighters investigating one alarm fire that broke out this morning. it is the second time in 24 hours that it broke out at the same apartment complex. it was reported by 3:00 a.m. on martin luther king way. yesterday afternoon there was a fire at the same address nobody injured in either incident. will tran on the scene. >> it is now day seven in the search of the can't keller canyon landfill for clues of but disappeared hercules man frederick sales was reported missing after his father was found beaten to death in his homex during investigators and volunteers have been sifting through the trash hoping to find
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clues this after they discovered a escalate at a business park in hercules that was driven by the main suspect in this case. efren valdemoro was shot and killed by police. police believe efren valdemoro killed ricardo and frederick sales. rittenhouse said chemists and husband of one of two women who were also believed to been murdered by efren valdemoro is charged with two counts of explosives possessions. stay with kron 4 sa for developing stories. you and get the latest from our web site. >> major-league letter by 75 ceos is the latest push to move the oakland a's to san jose. this is what it may look like
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when it's completed if it's ever built. the two page letter carries the signatures of execs from yahoo, ebay and cisco just to name a few. silicon valley can deliver corporate support that no other city can match. >> toll bridge commissioners tacked on $300 million to the budget for the new bay bridge suspension plan. that brings the total to nearly $2 billion. the added amount covers extra construction work and other problems that may arise in the complex project. it is scheduled to be completed in late 2013. despite the higher cost the estimate to replace the bay bridge remains unchanged at 6.2 billion. >> authorities seized 1800 marijuana plants from our remote groot in lost from this in san ramon. with that red to
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the arrest of the pittsburgh a man who was living at the encampment. here are some of the plants. another man spotted at the camp remains at large. the street value one quarter million dollars. >> 6:06 a.m. let's take a peek at the san mateo bridge was down 92 this is good moving at the limit. and very clear. we will be right back. you can't really love me. i know about gayle.
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a higher no yesterday's 40 minutes ago the labor department released jobless numbers. the number of people filing has dropped to the lowest level in two months. new claims plunged to 27,000. that will be good news for traders. new government forecast as health-care tab will go up a bit with the new health- care overhaul but the impact will be mild. britain's financial regulator is slapping golden sax with a fine for failing to notify u.k. authorities about an investigation in the u.s.. this comes after the commission filed several fraud charges against goldman sacks for misleading buyers back in 2007. goldman settled those charges mid july by agreeing to pay $550 million the largest penalty in fcc's history. >> president barack obama is
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urging the florida minister to call off his plan to burn copies of the grand this weekend. the president calls this move a recruitment bonanza for all canada. meantime the minister is willing to rethink the act if the white house state department and pentagon call him. here is video of a service in gainesville yesterday. people want the world to know they are against the preacher jerry jones and his plan to burn the koran. he says he is doing this to mark the ninth anniversary of the 911 attacks. u.s. embassies are being warned to look out for antique american violence. >> 6:12 a.m. back with more headlines in a moment. live pictures out of florida's kennedy space center discovery on its way to uncover and get
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welcome back to kron 4 morning news 6:15 a.m. another school day across the bay today temperatures warming just a few degrees mourn today. a clear shot of the golden gate bridge this morning. clear conditions and cool temperatures out there clear skies. santa rosa 47 degrees kind of chili when you step out the door of your by noontime upper 60s high temperature of about 72. back
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down to 60s by the o'clock hour. our current temperatures sitting in the '50s right around the bay area 654 san francisco, down in to mountain view and san jose mid-50s about 57 degrees for livermore. 10:00 hour of the '50s and '60s them we will warming up i notice all the yellow indicating '70s. we will keep '70s around rear afternoon hike q: it down by the 6:00 hour. up to 72 degrees for sen rosa 75 through sonoma in through vallejo 71 upper 60s for mill valley and the peninsula will stay in the '60s as well. san mateo 68 in these bay temperatures in the
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fremont, berkeley staying in the '50s today, san ramon valley temperatures mid to upper '70s, 78 in antioch, south bay temperatures in the '70s as well. as we head toward the weekend changes in store. it is a bit warmer. temperatures starting to warm up the upper 80s for the inland spots by saturday, live '70s around the bay, the low sixties for the coast. 6:17 a.m. to check on traffic with george. >> interstate 580 we are picking up slow traffic not a hot spot yet but one in development as it was yesterday. this was a rough ride yesterday. a much better start for the 580 commute this morning. the problems we had this morning this slowing as it your way as we had yesterday but not because of an accident. this is the slowest traffic right here. speeds are down to about
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back it up. 70 mi. an hour at its worst. that is not too bad of a ride. the rest of the commute towards the dublin interchange looks good as you can see. 680 southbound no delays towards an all. albany right westbound towards the lower e. shore freewaynñ smith conditions here although already crowded through the s curve. the bay bridge quick check from the toll plaza metering lights are still off, likely to turn on in 10 minutes. that is a normal commute.w/w by this time yestery we already had back up because of a problem on the upper deck bridge. much better start today all around. >> developing story wild fires
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in colorado. video of house is going up in flames for people missing this morning and this is only a 10% contained. this makes the fire most destructive in state history. we have live pictures as well of the damage. in the wake of where these fires have burned. on the left-hand side more than 3500 people have been forced to evacuate their promise. a lot of those people have lost everything they all. fire officials had cooler temperatures and light rain yesterday that help them out somewhat. conditions are expected to worsen today. humidity is going down and wind is picking up. no injuries reported but we do have four people missing. the cause of the fire on known. firefighters from half a dozen communities
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are quick to assist detroit crews that are struggling to contain blazes that have burned 85 structures so far. look at all the damage people are having to sit through. fire crews are responding to hot spots also 17,000 customers are still without power. it was sparked by high winds that knocked down power lines that sparked home after roman and cause fires. >> deadly tornadoes in dallas tx in that area. one of the finals here to people were killed one twisters slammed a big rig into a warehouse. the building toppled forecasters say the remnants of tropical storm her mean had high water rescues in texas and oklahoma because or flash floods. the latest on tropical storm remain is moving
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into arkansas, mercenary, kansas. after killing two people in texas. it produced three tornadoes in oklahoma as well homes were damaged and tractor trailer was blown over power lanes were toppled. there were flash flood watches in effect until this morning for oklahoma. >> we will take a break live cameron san jose showing you commute on 1 01. george standing by with an update in a bet. whether was 59 degrees in san jose 73 the expected high this afternoon. we will be right back.
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60s that the coast. we hold that until the weekend where we warming up slightly. still only mid '80s by saturday, sunday. next week we cooled off once more. when will the warm-up begin this summer?. not yet. >> flooding is a problem in pakistan. they're leaving behind crops that are ruined and villages that are devastated. look at the damage to this field. pakistan's ambassador says the military is so busy with flood relief it is hampering the fight against terrorist. going after extremist the spend depends on pakistan troops. thousands of people remain homeless. last >> months must hostage crisis in the philippines. we carry this life. investigators say victims may have been hit by friendly fire. hostages wounds indicate
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some shots came from p. investigators await a ballistics report before making any conclusions a tourist from hong kong were killed after a policeman who had been fired from his job came back to the boss hostage. the hostage taker was killed by police. >> day 37 for the miners that are trapped in chile. we're hearing a lot about what's going on below ground this campsite above-ground has turned into a community. relatives and colleagues refuse to budge until the 33 are freed. it could take another six weeks. 50 people are living in this encampment. the miners below are getting antibiotics and only since many have skin sores and scrapes. >> 6:27 a.m. we will take a break as we take a break we go to colorado where hot spots
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we are back there rain of the opening bell. stock futures are positive territory. improvements and job market. the people requesting unemployment for the first time fell to its lowest level in two months. we are expecting from trading to kick off in the right foot this morning. >> let's look for positive day in the weather as well. things look better than yesterday. here you can see the buildings from our roof that is good news. we will stick with the cooler weather. >> cooler temperatures but it will be clear. a bit of cloud cover but not as often as yesterday. the sun rising over mt. tam. we will continue to see
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overcast conditions throughout the day below average temperatures once again. temperatures are warming up ever so slightly may be a degree to. heating up as we head towards the weekend. right now are temperatures as we head into the weekend. 64 for san francisco this is nine degrees below where we typically should be, concord 77, 73 cirrus san jose which is in a degree drop in temperatures, 72 santa rosa, 68 in oakland, napa 74. your temperatures outside right now actually in the north bay clear conditions up in the north bay making for cooler temperatures. 47 in santa rosa, 40 napa, mount view mid-50s 55 mountain view, 56 in san jose by the 10:00 hour we may see fifties out there around the coast warming up to the '60s. getting into the '70s
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in many locations by noontime. your afternoon highs not much warmer than that. no 80s or 90s today. sticking in the '70s in most locations and cooling it back down to the '60s by the o'clock hour. afternoon highs 72 santa rosa, 68 mill valley, along the peninsula school in the '60s, 64 san francisco, 68 for san mateo, your 7 day around today shows are warming trend as we head into the weekend we could get into the upper 80s and in spots by saturday, los '70s around the bay, low sixties for the coast. george >> the bay bridge and accident was reported a few moments ago the good news is the vehicle involved was able to get itself off the bridge. the accident occurred on the incline section for a few minutes it was backed up here and moving slowly up the
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ramp. that means however the meter and lights were activated 10 minutes early. likely will miss been the camera around we will see back up forming at the bay bridge toll plaza. there are no lanes obstructed and it was not out there for more than five minutes slowing traffic. in managed than to get clear. san mateo bridge has been problem free this morning no delays as you had westbound even eastbound traffic of course pretty light coming out from foster city. the golden gate bridge ride is a smooth one in from marin county. marin 1 01 southbound no delays or problems there yet. the nimitz freeway these headlight's ourselves bound 880 downtown oakland at 23rd this was the scene of lane closures earlier this morning because of emergency road repair that has been accomplished and lanes are reopened. southbound direction the northbound is still moving well in fact all the way from
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san leandro to oakland. public transit no problems to report board appears to be doing well so far ace train doing fine and no problems for a cauldron. >> what's $300 million between friends right george. just tacked on to the new bay bridge. so this brings the total when you add on the 300 million to $2 billion. the self a greenspan features a giant tower attached to cable. now when you add the 300 million covering the extra construction and other problems. and also metal sheets and pieces that they need. so it's supposed to be done in 2013 when you add that the overall estimate to replace this ban in the bridge remains at 6.2 billion so does
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not change the overall price. >> oakland police are investigating two shootings and a homicide that took place in less than 10 minutes. the first one happened at 930 last night at the 1400 block of 4400 block that victim died six minutes later they're called to the 1200 block of 87, when a person was taken a hospital in is in stable condition, three minutes later they were called to the 4200 block one person now being treated at the hospital in that shooting. >> oakland firefighters are investigating the structure fire that broke a earlier this morning it is the second time in 24 hours there has been a fire at the same apartment complex, the fire was reported around 3:00 a.m. the apartment building on martin luther king way near 60th street. history afternoon firefighters responded to the same address nobody injured in either fire. will tran is on the
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scene getting the latest for us. >> developing story it is day seven in the search for clues as to the whereabouts of a missing hercules man. frederick sales was missing on august 28th investigators sifting through trash at the landfill hoping for clues. this after your they recovered at best delayed at the business park in hercules that was driven by the man suspected in this case efren valdemoro. they suspect efren valdemoro killed both frederic and his father. new details on another part of the story that involves four other people. efren valdemoro chp strangled his girlfriend while he was led police on a high-speed chase. they say began in pleasant hill and ended in richmond. in that time they say efren valdemoro string will tran with the nylon cord. autopsy showed she was
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killed at the beginning of the pursued. we are following the latest two bodies women they apparently were disposed in different parts of a home court documents say one body was and beg in a closet, in that home that allen and her husband charles rittenhouse shared. the other body was located under bushes in the backyard. charles rittenhouse as charles de we heard more about the chemicals found in this film. police say they found tnt flakes, c four, rocket igniters, is it diffusers. charles rittenhouse was held on $2 million bell museum in his last court appearance here this bill receive reduced yesterday and it allowed him to post bail late last night. continuing following this story multiple murders in the east bay look to kron 4 for the latest on our broadcast and
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our web site. >> what led and dump truck to bear out of control it happened yesterday last night at interstate 580. it hit more than a dozen vehicles set for people to hospital. take the look at this. the truck driver apparently could not stop. he smashed into cars causing a chain reaction. chp says the brakes may have failed. they're checking that this morning. new report showing them people dying on nation's roadways have fallen since 1950. transportation department says due to combination of seat belts, safer cars, tougher enforcement on drunk driving laws. 2009 deaths fell 9.7%, there were 33,808, in 2008 there were 37,423 drive
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killed. d y related deaths in 2009 was 10,839. as governor, he cut waste got rid of the mansion and the limo budgets were balanced. $4 billion in tax cuts. world class schools and universities. clean energy promoted. 1.9 million new jobs created. california was working. i'm jerry brown. california needs major changes. we have to live within our means; we have to return power and decision making to the local level-closer to the people and no new taxes without voter approval.
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[ male announcer ] at&t is making high speed internet affordable for only $14.95 a month with select services. at&t. rethink possible. 641 a and mellencamp can show nuclear conditions but it is unseasonably cool out there that is the trend. santa rosa is 49 degrees, that is cold. it will heat up to 72 this afternoon which is still below average. petaluma will try once again to retrieve a tugboat that lead to hundreds of gallons of oil in their river. you can see what it looks like in this video. 600 gal. of oil leaked from the boat that was being salvaged they are trying to figure out of any equipment they have is big enough to halt this tugboat out
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of the water. >> redwood shores lagoon closed by a sewage spill and and kept close by a fatal plane crash. because they had the fuel in there added to the mix. it has reopened this morning. residents were warned to avoid the water because of the coli contamination. now environmental and health departments as it is safe again. the waters safe. that same is gone the public now allowed to use for recreational activities like boating and swimming. >> a break right [ female announcer ] we know jerry brown was mayor of oakland,
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but what were the results? fact: brown promised to improve schools. but the drop out rate increased 50%, and the state had to take over the schools. fact: the city controller found employees paid for 22,000 hours... they never worked. fact: brown promised to cut crime. but murders doubled, making oakland the 4th most dangerous city in america. jerry brown. he just can't deliver the results california needs now. time rain now is 6:46 a.m. welcome back. whoa over cast conditions. warmer temperatures in the south bay this morning 56 degrees for san jose by noontime upper 60s still a very cool day.
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maybe warming up a few degrees from yesterday. high of 73 today, a verse '60s by 8:00 p.m. the north bay much cooler temperatures 47 in santa rosa, 54 san rafael over in the oakland upper 50s 57 for a word and livermore. by tandy and '50s and '60s and then warming it up into the '70s by noon but not much warmer than that. afternoon highs topping out in the '70s maybe around the '60s by the coastline. your afternoon highs going to get up to the low '70's in santa rosa, rosa parks, but for sixties in mill valley and rosa parks, once again warming up a few degrees in san francisco but still in the '60s,
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68 for san mateo in east bay '60s as well, into berkeley and richmond stay in the '50s, inland spots temperatures in the '70s, 76 for san ramon, topping out into the upper 60s for places like sunnyvale. 7 day around debate shows a warming trend saturday will be much warmer than what we see now. we will see a warming trend pretty much everywhere you go by the weekend. >> what a difference a day makes yesterday we had to very serious hot spots already at this hour. 580 and the bay bridge. both of these i want a show you they are so much better today. 580 is typically slow rate from the 2 05, 580 interchange. but the altamont pass traffic is not where the slowest ride this is closer to livermore westbound. right here is the only place we
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have speeds below 25 mi. an hour. 680 southbound so far looks pretty good live headed toward this and all great.thus t the bay bridge we are backed up and not nearly as bad as yesterday's slow from 80 over crossing. 880 approach looks good. as you head towards a span we will not see the large back up into and through the macarthur maze that we saw yesterday. this morning's incident meant the metering lights were kept on 10 minutes early but they have not been cycled slowly. there is still good movement in the heart of the toll plaza. sand francisco for look at the ride on cross down freeways. the inbound central freeway is very light along with the southbound james
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lick. if the pattern reemerge as today we are likely to see very slow traffic rate that the merger as we have observed over the last few weeks especially in the 730-830 area. james. >> 649 a.m. part of plans for barkin actor has cleared another hurdle. transportation commission approved $20 million in state funding for the project. this is an animation of what it will look like. between oakland coliseum station and oakland airports. it is expected to cost 448 million. the project faces another vote later this month and if the ctc approves work begins in six months. and it would take four years to complete. >> sunday build the search
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continues for a string of fog persons. this is a sketch of the suspect and a description. they think one person possibly one person said all 15 fires that happened in the sunnyvale area in the last four months. suspects hispanic male 19-20 years old, 5 ft. 8-5 ft. 10 in. tall. slender build. there has been dumpsters and on fire and cars set on fire. residents say it is hard to sleep knowing there is an arsonist on the list. >> everybody is concerned we would like the individual that is causing the fires to be caught. we would feel lot safer. >> it what makes me nervous personally. in happen next my crotch. imy rod.
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>> police say all the fires have been said in neighborhoods along old san francisco road. >>google held a news conference yesterday to show off its changes to its web search kron4 is a tech reporter gabe slate was there. > > google said its new feature google instant will revolutionize the way we search the web. when people run a search on google it takes an average of 25 seconds, that is to search, look for results, then click on results. google wants to make that process faster. so now as soon as you type one letter search results will start populate. you no longer need to click on the search button or click enter. the search will start immediately as soon as letters are typed. here is an example we are on the main google site,
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type in one letter "w" instantly results pop up for what google thinks you're going to search for, weather, and it puts on results for that results based on weather in san francisco because that is where the computer the person is searching on is located. but, if the person continues to types to type say they wanted wikipedia, so they added the letter "i" and then instantly the results change and you see results for wikipedia. it is basically google trying to predict what you want to search for and as they do that they put up real-time results, so if they are predicting correctly, you should not have to type out your complete search query. saving you a little time and since the results are constantly changing to fit their prediction and your search it saves you a little time from hitting the enter key or clicking on the search button. they say wehn it predicts correctly it can save a user 2-5 seconds per search. gabe slate, kron4 news. just >> think we can do with the next 32-five seconds. apple says it will publish the guidelines to show what can be sold at the rap
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6:56 a.m. san francisco has employed named the top city for college students. they did their annual rankings 75 as cities and towns to live and for college students. san francisco scored high marks for diversity and accessibility. this survey ranked san jose first overall among midsize cities. since san francisco was listed larger than san jose. which agar buildings.
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