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scenarios for excitement in his life, i guess. good morning for a m top stories emergency works at the san mateo bridge after crack was found. a live picture obviously traffic moving well but that could change later on. richie to market is near the bridge with the latest. >> these are pictures of the actual work being done underneath the san mateo bridge. workers are installing these plates along the crack discovered in a wishbone shaped beam. the repair is taking longer than expected because workers are bracing the other side of the be because it is susceptible to cracking.
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>> the patches to the girders to underneath the road. the steel beam actually helps the girders. it allows a bridge to move laterally in the event of bait earthquake. so the bridge can't route whirl with the punches. we have to make sure everything is lined up. once they got that and they drilled holes through the steel and through those holes we will put >> the books> is unusual for this to crack like this. >> it is. the silver lining is the inspection was a success. >> is not stopping people from taking the bridge. >> said it was the not too concerned. >> we will keep an eye on the
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bridge all morning long we will begin our coverage in the traffic center. >> are originally we thought the right lane would be open but that's not the case. they estimate if the right lane will be open this afternoon for the commute. as you can see the tail lights moving while headed in the commute direction no back up or delays just yet. yesterday we had delays three minutes that's what we expect today. san mateo bridge is a nice easy ride. bay bridge toll plaza it just a few cars making their way west bound. looking good from all approaches. a quick look at the golden gate bridge traffic on affected by the fog novato into
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san francisco is a 23 minute trip. for 02 let's get a check on whether. >> golden gate bridge we are free of fog seeing some fog moving up the coast this morning but not pushing inland. clear this morning we will be cooler than what we have been dealing with. currently in seven francisco opera '50s by noon mid-70s, high today of 79, upper 60s by 8:00 p.m. today fairly mild 66 antioch, fremont 67, redwood city 61. today will be cooler by 11:00 a.m. a mixture of '60s and '70s by noontime we could all lead to
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the 60s along the peninsula. your afternoon highs '80s steering clear of the '90s that we have been dealing with. it will be cooler but comfortable. by 7:00 p.m. '60s and '70s your highs today. 87 in red santa rosa, napa 85, concord 88, hayward 82, morgan hill 87. in the south bay temperatures in the '80s. 7 day around the bay cooling trend and in fact we are adding a chance of rain in your sunday night and into monday. cooler weekend that had increasing cloud cover and a chance of rain the end of the
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weekend and beginning of the workweek. >> new details on the gas line explosion. they have decided to appoint five members to look closer at the gas line ruptured. it comes after they released a report that failed to pinpoint a cause. panelists will speed up investigations of the gas line pressure can be restored and so they can have heat this coming winter. they will make recommendations for improvement. pg&e will be in hills girl today working on a gas line it is just south of black mountain road. the purchasing will be at 10:00 a.m. it will create a loud noise and release odours of gas into the surrounding area. crews
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will purge the line at 8:00 p.m. this evening and that will produce sounds and smells. service will not be disrupted the road around it. a judge's ruling will make pumping gas less convenient for drivers. jonathan blum explains. >> at some gas station the last you go by a big it chips will you fill up your tank will go away. say $1.20 worth of gas when you're done the latches of postal of release. on some novels it does not. the problem affects one-third of the nozzles the ones with thevst logo. in san francisco jonathan blum kron 4 news
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>> san francisco chronicle reported the woman you see here she is accused of killing her 23 year-old daughters may have used a samurai sword to do it. she then tried to kill herself by slashing her throat and setting the house on fire. the fire department responded to the fire at the apartment complex and discovered the girls. they were murdered she has been arrested for the murders and is expected to remain in hospital for the weekend. police officer is facing a federal investigation. he gave, but the actual dmv information about private individuals to william a member of the hell's angels. he is believed he supplied the
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information to a third party. clay has been with the department for three years. san francisco leaders believes the rate of serious crimes continues to drop they say they are going to work to keep it headed in that direction according to the police department report crime is down 9% from 2009, and 13% from 2008. during the same time last year there were 5611, 2008 there is 6184. the police say the drop in crime is too to strategically placing officers to work crime happens. >> provide crime in the first place the best way is not by arresting someone but by taking
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the opportunity from the climb crime to occur in the first place. >> officials say another key is cooperation between city agencies and their federal partners. will take a break much more news ahead if as we continue a live look at the san mateo bridge we may very well see congestion want smart as emergency repair work continues. the right hand shutdown your being encouraged to take the bay the right hand shutdown your being encouraged to take the bay bridge or the dumbarton bridge. , which makes them really delicious. ♪ that's what we're made of. ♪
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seven day forecast another warm day today cooler than yesterday inland we will only get into the mid and possibly operate these low eighties around the bay mid- 60's around the coast. cooling toward the weekend temperatures dipping quite a bit. sunday night into monday cloud buildup and 30 percent chance of rain.
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speaking of whether alan rock park will remain closed today because the fire danger the conditions out there still too dry to allow visitors and to the park. the emergency closed-door " remained the park will remain will reopen when weather permits. start delays to be aware of tutu we can track work starting tonight and through sunday the world be delays of 10-30 minutes between lafayette and pittsburgh-day point. those delays will begin at 9:00 p.m. tonight. construction on a new air traffic control center the new hundred ttower. it will be fulld
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by the american reinvestment act. union workers at the largest hotels are continuing their six major strike at the hilton union square are upset by proposals that they say will freeze pensions will reducing staff which will increase the workload house keepers, and dorman, bellhops, kitchen workers and front desk. hotel management say the average pay for a housekeeper is $60,000 will some bartender's make up words to a $100,000 and health care costs are fully paid by the hotel. market headline stock
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futures mixed ahead of a day of economic reports we will get readings on the retail sales numbers consumer prices and also matell reporting its net income jumped 23% but its revenue best forecast google on the other hand says its net income beat expectations. catalyst toward less money in the third quarter and what money they did invest was split between more companies. video game companies took a hit last month in this industry says game hardware, software, accessories fell hardware took the biggest hit with sales tumbled 19%. for 1:00 p.m. but fabric we will be right back with more morning news. san
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we are back are hot spot continues to be the san mateo bridge emergency road work being done around the clock. a crack was found in a steel beam. it allows the bridge to roll with the punches if the earthquake should strike. jeff bookish takes a look. >> their repair parts there were five barricaded their 6 ft. long and have a been to them. they will go for a steel beam that has it tannage crack. the beam was installed 10 years ago to make it seismically safe. it will reinforce the beam so will not have to be removed. they have closed down the road here
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for about a mile. work crews got busy on the repair early this morning but the crack be ms. not easy to get to. they have to use this crane to get to the team it articulates over the side of the bridge and underneath. here's a closer look. it's not clear why it cracked they are researching causes engineers are taking all look at similar pieces on the bridge. at san mateo bridge kron 4 news. >> a live look at your commute erica is tracking them. >> we are delays free very few cars a outside right now that could change as a commute wears on probably expect the same conditions as yesterday we experienced conditions of debt different normal delays of
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about five minutes so expect the same today. if you're not up for the delay take the dumbarton bridge. bridge check you can see clear conditions here no problems at the toll plaza meter lights are off. drive time of 8 minutes from the foot of the mason to fremont street san francisco. golden gate bridge nice quiet ride clear conditions just a few had flights headed southbound. 22 minutes from novato in san francisco quickly giving you a look at our millbrae camera and icc conditions camera shaking those headlights are headed southbound. for 5:00 p.m. the forecast. >> the bay bridge approach this morning currently if you're in oakland temperatures are 60 degrees by noon into the '70s but not escaping the '70s into
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the afternoon. here's a look year highs or your current tempters elsewhere. 60 degrees through oakland, as we take you through the day by 11:00 a.m. hanging out in the 60s along the peninsula even the space as well could jump into the '70s inland. by noon will bring '80s and to the pitcher's through the delta at livermore valley. highs today in the '80s no more '90s today we are beginning the cooling trend. it will be comfortable. by 7:00 p.m. temperatures in the '60s and '70s. her eyes today not getting out of the '80s. 88 through fairfield, concord, san francisco 72 degrees, south bay up bradys in
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antioch and livermore, 70 around the bay. we have a slight chance of rain for the weekend we will show you. maybe showers and to the south bay and the delta best chance being sunday morning it looks like it will push off into the afternoon we could still lingering showers into the evening on sunday. your 7 day around the bay showing much cooler conditions on your saturday, sunday. >> a quick update now arson investigators confirmed to arrest in the devastating fire at trace elementary is san jose. more on the suspects and how they offer a reward may if help. >> three months after the fire destroyed the school some of
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that can be seen today. they are confident they know who did that. the two suspects both teenage boys 116 other 17 that there is a student here are in juvenile hall charged with arson. they are accused of the fire that destroyed the school. a fire that destroyed 16 classrooms library and several offices. the investigation generated hundreds of leads and the reward. then tuesday based on one or more tips this 17 year-old was arrested followed by the 16 year-old. they're trying to determine to who is eligible for that money. kron 4 news. >> after she was suspected of terrorizing the neighborhood all homeless woman who has mental
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health issues. has been taken into custody. >> i don't feel safe it is that simple. it's ridiculous that i know feel sick in my city. >> labor day weekend or her son or walking down the street when they were attacked by a homeless woman. >> this woman came out of nowhere and came after me grabbed me and shook me. i was completely terrified. a month later and a file full of false the suspect identified is sheila flowers continued to walk the streets. this despite the fact that she was wanted in at least four other attacks. i now walk
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one i behind my back because i don't know where she's going to come from. if i see her across the street. it's an incredible horribly feeling it is very unsafe. >> the cases have stalled because of a bureaucratic nightmare >>. the lack of witnesses made the cases stall. but after a meeting today at park station authorities are trying a new tactic. >> there is a pattern of behavior that is being shown by miss flowers. that is helping criminal-justice system prove its case that she is in fact not only a danger to herself but the danger to others and she may have committed criminal acts >>. after coming up with the
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plan they didn't waste time they brought the suspect into custody. >> we have pictures to show you police tried to find this man who they suspect stealing an 98 year-old woman's purse. you see him holding what looks like a purse. it happened in vallejo. she put her purse and the shopping cart turned her back and then noticed it was gone. surveillant shows a man pushing a shopping cart was touched the woman brought in her purse and walking away. in his '30's as you can see dark short hair are receding hairline and a mustache and goatee. will take a break more headline straight ahead. san mateo bridge this will be a hot spot we will follow today emergency road were continuing
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delays because of been emergency road work that is being done right now. it will last through the morning commute. you are recommended to take the bay bridge more done are a bridge. the golden gate bridge a bit foggy amnesty but traffic is light. the giants are now in philadelphia getting ready for tomorrow's game the giants will practice today on the fillies field to prepare for game 1. >> we have a lot of confidence a lot of guys backing each other. a whole lot of guys pulling at the same rope the chemistry of this team is on real. they're the team to beat. it will be a
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strength to knock them off. >> tim has a blister on his pitching hand but he says that's not one to be a problem. local entertainer changed the lyrics to to a dirty song >> let's go giants, division champions, feels good but were not stopping here. >> the fans are excited the kurds got in line and i knew the video was hot. i thought there was going to be good response. nobody could have predicted how many people were interested in this. i'm taking it as it comes in joining for the moment to be
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an inspiration to giants fans. certainly opening to work on my music career and my acting career. >> if we wanna see that video we have only begun our web site. best of seven series starting tomorrow, it did game 2 will be sunday, game 3 will be back in san francisco on tuesday, came for will be on wednesday and of would not have a winner by then the fifth game will be in san francisco thursday. if we still don't have a winner it will be on the 23rd and 24th in philly. for a video and the schedule had to our web sites. kron 4com.
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the san mateo bridge we have emergency work under way right now. they are doing work on a mental the joint. there is a crack in the joint and that is at a crucial piece it will allow the bridge to sustain an earthquake. richie kumar has latest. >> that sign says it all kurds have been working through the night in reinforcing the crack team. they're urging drivers this morning to take alternate routes like the done are a bridge or bay bridge. if you have to use this bridge leave extra early and get yourself extra time traffic will be really bad will you cross this bridge. once repair has been completed they will be out here every day checking on the plates making sure they're doing their job. if they're not doing their
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job they may have to look at another option as far as repairs go is that does not work they may have to replace the entire piece. head over to the trafficked asquith erica. >> traffic is nice and light right now the taillights pretty much zooming by but expect delays. you may want allow yourself extra time you could always use dunbarton and bridges your next option. like conditions 12 minutes across the span no back up at the toll plaza. continuing on with their bridge check the bay bridge toll plaza no problems here not a hot spot yet. headlights towards the city right now those maturing lights remain off an ec eight
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minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont street san francisco. all is quiet at the golden gate bridge foggy out there south bound traffic getting along just fine. a quick look at the upper be short freeway delay free ride make your way westbound 80 through albany right now we're right past golden gate fields and to downtown san francisco club began at 15 minutes. for 32 let's get the forecast. >> downtown san francisco james like what we look at this morning is cooler temperatures that cooling trend expected to continue through the weekend, in fact this weekend we could see a slight chance of some rain moving in on sunday. take you through the timeline of that in a few moments. 12 minutes across the
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span no back up at the toll plaza. the bay bridge toll plaza and no problems here not a hot spot yet. headlights are building making their way to the city right now but looking good from all approaches. the meter in lights have not been turned on yet. it is foggy out there but not affecting your ride the
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headlights moving southbound toward san francisco right now you're tire ride is a good one. 23 minutes from novato to the city limits. south bay not a hot spot yet. clear conditions in the south bay. very few headlights in the southbound direction. a bit more company within those taillights right now headed northbound 30 minutes downtown san jose making your way toward said clara. for 40 6:00 a.m. forecast would lose up. >> the cooling trend is over has restored its sorry currently in san francisco is 59 by noontime jumping up to 69, your high
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today 72. elsewhere this morning 64 in oakland, 62 in hayward, and a mountain view. by 11:00 a.m. we will keep temperatures into the '60s bring '70s and to the pitcher's inland valley. a few eighties by noon. your eyes today topping in to the '80s: it down to the '60s, '70s by the 8:00 p.m. hour. today we will only get to 87 santa rosa, 88 for fairfield, and concord, 79 in richmond, we will get into the low 80s right on through san jose and into more than help. slight chance of rain this weekend. shores through the north bay. point
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reyes as well. by 8:00 p.m. chance of rain through the delta best chance of rain pushing off to the east as we headed to the afternoon. your 7 day around the bay shows changes over the next couple of days warm weather gives way to cooler temperatures and a chance of wet weather. alaskan gov. sarah palance is in the bay area. she spoke about the election. >> center for performance arts ser makes an appearance it was a warm welcome as she took the stage. she was quick to talk about the problems california is
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facing. >> california hasn't talked to bring back workers who lost their job that is a challenge and to employ new workers coming along. they need to create 4 million jobs over 10 years to keep up. does anybody seriously think the liberal policies of boxer or brown can turn this around and get the job done? >> it was an all about politics the top about the giants and the post-season games. >> how about those giants (cheering) national league champs great win monday night. but did you have to cut is so close. put this through that sweet torture. >> she went on to answer questions and talk to a fund- raising dinner. >> other political news he says
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he knows where the money is that will save police jobs without raising taxes. that's what don told voters yesterday. he believes it is already on the books at city hall. >> we are spending tens of thousands of dollars a year. the money is used to support the police department. i would transform another million and a half there. the city administrator has 56 staff positions in his office. in addition the mayor has 14 full- time employees. we have the officers of mares assistance half a million dollars a year doing the same functions as city council members. you at those numbers up
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at $25 billion i thought the state was that after a number of years i've understood that. this is very dense. part of it is because it's been shifted back and forth council has gotten officers i pledge and promise that i've will rehire them. there is no reason to believe that 120 more police officers have to go out the door in january as has been indicated by the proponents of measure acts. it is not true. >> he says he is against the parcel tax measure on the ballot that will raise money. if elected he will not bring it to
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voters. governors schwarzenegger is weighing in on the race between jerry brown and meg whitman. he was asked by a f twitter follower about allegations the police officers search union endorsed what man because she agreed to exempt police officers. governor schwarzenegger said its appalling when anyone sells out. read into that what you will. now people behaving badly stanley roberts talks about friends on facebook and a warning you might not know your friend at all. >>when is a friend and not really a friend? apparently when that friend is on facebook. on my facebook page i have a whopping 178 friends, some are co-workers, some the viewers
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like j.v, from wild 94.9 fm. another friend gary radnich i work with gary just about every single day, although i just became friends with him on facebook just a few days ago. i sent him this response to his questions regarding the playoffs, but gary never responded, i was perplexed. when i saw gary at his desk and asked him why he didn't respond to my facebook comment. to my surprise gary told me he does not even own a facebook account and some guy is pretending to be him. >> i hate to say it stan, not me. >> yes you heard me somebody is pretending to be gray radnich. but what does gary think about that? >> it's no big deal, it doesn't really bother me, in fact in a weird way i'm kind of flattered if three or four people want to impersonate you, and as long as they keep it clean, no problem. it does make you think though if somebody had an ax to grind and mentions your kids, or something all little to personal, but so far so good. thanks for the impersonation. >> did you hear were gary said
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three or four people? that's because there are also fake gary twitter pages as well. you know it's one thing to build a page to honor someone you look up to. but it is totally different to pretend to be someone you are not. had i not talked to gary, i would have never known. funny thing is, i thought facebook had safety catches for fake pages. i stand corrected. i now have 177 friends on facebook, and none which are named gary. in the newsroom, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> as always leave the comment or a story idea for stanley. we will be right back.
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644 oakland, we will be slow to warm today compared to the past couple of days by 11:00 a.m. still in to the '60s and the peninsula may be some '70s inland. by about noontime mixture of '60s along the no '90s. we will be in the '70s and '80s. your highs today 87 santa rosa, 88 fairfield and concord, richmond 79, downtown san francisco. low 80s in mountain view, fremont. here's a look your 7 day around the bay as we continue with the cooling trend. big changes by the weekend get
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for hillsborough residents pg&e will be working on a pipeline this morning we will tell you where and why. starting today you will be able to pump your gas handsfree we will tell you the changes. an early check on whether. good morning to louisiana. >> 7 day around the bay shows a change in the forecast as we head into the next few days. o there it is. headed into your saturday and sunday we will cool it down. slight chance of showers all the details coming up. >> to san mateo bridge it is our hot spot this morning cruise continuing to do emergency repairs we have some pictures to show you of what's happening. you say to him suspended working on the underside of the span. we
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have steel plates they are installing a metal portion has a crack. that is there to help the bridge move if there's ever an earthquake. they're putting those braces on to the crack will bolt them into place. it is taking all little longer than expected workers have been out there all night trying to get the work done. they don't think they will finish before the morning commute so keep that in mind. take another bridge take a break bridge or the dumbarton bridge. right now things look ok. let's get the latest word on it. >> conditions clear at this san mateo bridge but expect delays later this morning as the commit wears on. those taillights heading in the queue direction
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towards foster city but the right hand lane still closed down. we are keeping good drive times 12 minutes across the span. quiet at the bay bridge toll plaza nice easy conditions for your westbound ride cars are moving just fine coming in to the 580 heading toward san francisco is made your lights are off fresnel nine minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont street san francisco. wrapping up a look at the golden gate bridge probably the easiest commute of the morning. it is all little foggy out there but traffic is not affected. time is 5 02 check gone forecast. >> changes for friday cool temperatures and then we could
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actually get a chance of showers into the picture for this weekend. it is a clear shot this morning temperature of 62 by noontime 82 year high today will be 86. upper 50s currently in through san francisco, low 50s for santa rosa and act up, 64 through oakland as we take it through the day will be slow to warm the '60s and long the peninsula by noontime we will get into the 70's may be some eighties your afternoon highs topping out into the 80s and some more locations. steering clear of the '90s we have gotten so used to. here's a look at 7:00 hour '60s and '70s in your high today only getting into the low 80s. 87 santa rosa, 88 through fairfield and concord,
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'70s for richmond and san francisco, oakland is about 78 but oakland and fremont temperatures into the low 80s. chance of showers early sunday morning at 4:00 a.m. in a move in san rosa and petaluma, by 8:00 a.m. mostly in the clear maybe some spotty showers in the adult that.delta. much cooler fa lot more cloud cover and wet weather. >> 5 04 news story out of morning to his parole residents pg&e will work on the gas line starting at 7:00 here to 80. they will have to purge the
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pipeline at about 10:00 a.m. you will hear a loud noise and smell some gas as well. this evening in order to return it to service that will once again purge it at 8:00 p.m. or so and no be more small and sound. pg&e says service will not be disrupted will they do work. new details the california utilities commission will appoint five members to an independent review panel. they released its report our report that could not pinpoint a cause. the gas line pressure can be restored and so san bruno residents can have heat this winter. the panelists will make recommendations for improvements to the gas lines. new this morning it you are
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pumping gas you probably can't do it handsfree a state order will force 3000 stations to remove the latches from the gas and oil. will tran tells us why the state is doing this. >> for at least the next 90 days you will have to hold a latched down if you're going to pump your gas. you have to do that at this fremont gas station. the class is already moved here. i like to another gas station where they posted a sign to tell people why this that the latches have been removed.
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both men are under arrest. rojas has been with the department for five years. the other suspect is still being investigated at this morning. will take a quick break more headlines read ahead let's go outside a live look at the san mateo bridge. keeping an eye on the commute we have aline shut down because of bridge
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the right-hand lane still shut down due to emergency roadside work. you can take the dunbarton north bay bridge as an alternate route. want traffic straight ahead. >> part delays to be aware of this weekend due to track repair. starting at 9:00 p.m. tonight continuing through sunday there will be delays between 10 and 30 minutes between the lafayette and pittsburgh-be a point. delays will begin tonight at 9:00 p.m. check gone market headlines futures at the right now are mixed. we will get readings from september retail sales to consumer prices toymaker mattel came out to report its net
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income jumped 23% but its revenue did miss forecast. google says its net income jumped 32% and it beats wall street expectations. venture capitalists pour less money into start-ups compared to last year. hillary clinton will speak at the commonwealth club in san francisco. nonmember tickets are sold-out but there are a few tickets left for members. we'll take a quick break a live look at the bay bridge approach one of your alternate routes san mateo bridge. the bay bridge or the dunbar of rich are your best choices to cross without delay. so far a good commute here at
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choices to cross without delay. so far a good commute here at the bay bridge. meg whitman's hometown newspaper said it best: "meg whitman has demonstrated a loose relationship with the truth" "a poor understanding of government" "pat solutions for problems whose depth and complexity clearly elude her" "she utterly lacks the qualifications to be governor" jerry brown "offers california exactly what it needs" "good ideas, strong principles, a reputation for telling the truth" and the ability to "get things done in sacramento" meg whitman's hometown newspaper and newspapers across the state have endorsed jerry brown for governor.
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traffic building at the san mateo bridge that is because they're right hand lane is shut down due to emergency road work. you can see taillights moving more sluggish and the committee direction towards foster city. traffic much lighter into hayward right now so allow yourself extra time to make this commute. it is friday light at the bay bridge toll plaza very few cars for your westbound ride no problem on any of the approaches. the married me turn lights remain off. >> your entire ride out of marin county into san francisco good one right now with no backups or
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delays in 23 minutes from novato in december francisco. highway 37 to these bay clocking in at 8 minutes. james like nice and light not a hot spot yet james lick an inbound central moving delay free right now. nice easy ride of 60 minutes. >> this friday morning we are starting to cool down. starting with cooler temperatures today but staying dry until the weekend. a cooling trend continues through the weekend. your current temperature 544 santa rosa, 66 for antioch and fremont. by 11:00 still dealing
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with 60s along the peninsula even these bay and portions of marin as well. by noontime a mixture of '70s and maybe some ladies out there and talk a get out into the 80s by the afternoon. staying away from the '90s cooling it back down into the '60s and '70s but some o'clock hour. air vice today. 87 said rosa 88 through fairfield in concord, 72 san francisco, '70s through oakland, but in fremont and hayward the low 80s. this model shows us raindrops'% rosa and petaluma on sunday morning. by a a.m. a lot of the rain will push up into the delta. the afternoon chance of
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rain stays the best to our east. your 7 day around the bay highlights the changes over the next few days trading the warm weather for cool weather more cloud cover and chance of rain. >> union workers at the largest hotel on day three of their six day strike. workers at the hilton union square say they are upset over proposals they claim it clean causes freezes to pensions reduced staff size, increasing work load all of that period to give you more news faster lister to jackie sizzle. jackie looks like a mix of employees? >> that is right. 851 workers in all along to this union several dozen out on the picket lines very early this morning. it is a
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six day strike that they are holding out here. they say they will be out here 24 hours a day six days a week as long as the strike lasts. it will end on tuesday. you can say they are walking the line in front of the hilton hotel at 517 in the morning. >> we have seen protests in the past and sometimes they make it
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said it would provide some funds for vital services to continue. those against the pro edition is the mayor gavin. they say the of the date of the expenses could be devastated to families. this just didn'just in. the cenk is prepared to take steps to buy treasury bonds but they're wrestling with how big it should be. we will take a break we are keeping our eye on the san mateo bridge continuing hot spot we have been following it since yesterday morning when emergency repair work
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welcome back to the morning news all eyes on the san mateo bridge are first thoughts by of the bridge. as cal train works on an emergency job right now as they might want to take the dunbarton bridge or the bay bridge. more on this hot spot straight ahead. >> san francisco giants are in philadelphia. they are ready they save for tomorrow's games the giants will practice on the field gibber care for game 1. here's a bit from tim talking about the mood of the team. >> i have a lot of confidence in the guys backing each other we have a whole bunch of guys pulling the same road it is rare to see that. the chemistry of
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this team is on real. this is the team to beat that they have been there before and they are there again appear >> tim has a blister on his pitching hand he says they should not be a problem. the first game starts tomorrow in philadelphia at the second one on sunday, monday the trouble back here to the bay area to get ready for tuesday's game, game 4 will be on wednesday, if need be this game will be thursday, and if we don't have a winner the sixth and seventh game will be played in philadelphia. if you want more good to kron 4.com. 527 is the kintime emergy road were underway and it will be a factor on your set retail road were underway and it will be a factor on your set retail ride.
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one minute before 530. hot spot is a san mateo bridge photographs of the emergency road work. that is where they have a crack in a steel joint that it was installed during the retrofit of the bridge. they allowed to move if there should never be an earthquake. there you see them working. then the pieces are the breezes they're putting over the crack. they will be fitting them there. a bolt has to be threaded through each one of those. they are putting those breezes into place. today they will fasten all the bolts. it will last through the morning commute. >> good morning taillights building westbound 92 at the san mateo bridge light right hand
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lane is still shut down and probably will be until this afternoon commute. no back up at the toll plaza yet if you don't want to wait the extra couple of minutes you may want to consider the dunbarton a bridge where the bay bridge as your alternate routes. the bay bridge you can see no back up here traffic still very good right now. no road work along the upper deck. there is no back up at the pay dates.gates. the goln gate bridge nice easy conditions of very light can you make a right southbound toward the city no problems romer and kenny novato and his san francisco giving a ideal drive time of 23 minutes. freeway looking good right now headlights' definitely building but still leaving with no delay.
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there ride pass cooling date field into downtown san francisco 15 minute trip. 531 let's go to weather. >> a pleasant friday but temperatures will be cooler. here's a shot of downtown san francisco a clear shot the cooling trend is going to kick in today every through the weekend. by the weekend we do have a chance of rain in the picture. current temperatures outside in the '50s for san francisco, san rafael 59, 64 fairfield and livermore. by 11:00 a.m. six days along the peninsula but then by noontime into the '70s and '80s. we will talk about into the '80s for today steer clear of '90s back down into the '60s and '70s by 7:00 p.m.. afternoon highs today
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only upper 80s for said rosa, napa, fairfield, concord, 72 in downtown san francisco. staying in the '70s through oakland but the lower 80s all of the peninsula in the state.bay. we o have rain in the future by early sunday morning we could have rain along santa rosa and petaluma than by 8:00 a.m. we could see in the delta. by noontime chance of rain will push off to the east of us. 7 day around baker shows changes moving in we will replace warm weather with cooler temperatures more cloud cover and raindrops. >> new for you'll morning for his parole pg&e will work on a gas line at 7:00 a.m. here's a
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map of show you where were working. it is further south on to a nearby black mountain road they will be purged in the pipeline at 10:00 a.m. it is part of the work they have to purge line before the work on it will cause loud noises and smell the scent of gas so that is why that is happening. in order to return the pipeline into service they will have again have to purge the line and it will result in the same sound and smell. service will not be disrupted will they do the work. there is a court order forcing gas stations to remove the latch that holds the palm open. it doesn't affect all nozzle's only ones made by the company vst those king gets back it
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affects the third of the ponds they have to remove those bombs forcing customers to hold the handle them. jury selection in the trial of anthony one of four people holding captive and torturing a boy for more than a year. he pleaded not guilty of torture and false imprisonment opening arguments could begin next week the boy escaped december 2008 by scaling a fence and running for help. three others michael shoemaker, and ramirez is they pleaded guilty last week to a series of. under the terms the three will serve 30 years in prison. new details out of san
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francisco the chronicle is reporting the fairfield woman you see here monica christine mccarrick is accused of killing her twin 3 year-old daughters may have used a samurai sword to do it. she then tried to kill herself by setting of parliament on fire and slicing her neck. the fire department discovered the girls lily and tori ball they were murdered and monica christine mccarrick has been arrested for the crime. after terrorizing o'clock on was woman has been taken into custody she is responsible for five attacks was about to one of the victims whose issues attack on her way to the golden gate park >>. the woman came out of nowhere and came after me and grabbed me and shook me she was
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talking gibberish not really making much sense. i was completely terrified. i now carry pepper spray. i walk with one eye behind my back because i don't know where she will come from if i do see her across the street. it's an incredible of horrible feeling it is very unsafe. >> ps police tried to charge told him before the due to lack of evidence she was always able to go free. now they're trying a different approach in hopes of keeping her off the streets. will take another break a live look at the san mateo bridge. what's more hot spot as we expect delays to build one lane is shut down because of bridge repairs will follow that. following the latest at the hilton as well you are looking at live pictures of all workers
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we are back this crossing the wires in the last three minutes retail sales posted the third monthly increase last month as solid gains although furniture. commerce's retail sales rose this of timbre economists cautioned the economy is growing. we will see how wall street reacts to this news. l.a. times reporting lieutenant governor family farm has that dozens of violations for the workplace safety. it also has accumulated tax liens as well as multiple cetaceans for exposing workers to toxic pesticides. he
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saidusc receiving to $50 million donations to fund cancer research in journalism studies. it will support drugs for cancer therapy. it will also pay for a journalism building. 542 is the time heading out to break a get the latest as we go on the latest on the hotspots. >> we are tracking some hot slow spots at the san mateo bridge due to the margins erode work i will give you alternate routes coming up after the break.
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mchale bridge the lines still shut down due to work underneath the bridge. delays of three minutes right now so you may well leave a bitterly. or you can always take the bay bridge were dunbarton bridge. bay bridge no problems on the approach those headlights building but no delays whatsoever. no road work along the upper deck so ideal eight minutes from the foot of the maze into san francisco. very clear conditions at the golden gate bridge foggy out there but not affecting traffic. very few had lights out there. novato in
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to san francisco i drill drive time 23 minutes making your way into san francisco. south bay no hot spots here you can see the headlights and taillights building out there but still a pretty delays free ride headlights southbound the tail lights in the commuter action northbound. no delays a good drive time of 14 minutes from downtown san jose making your way toward santa clara. public transit muni, apart all running on time. >> none of that friday in terms of whether however we are looking at a cool them. it is taking effect today you will feel a bit cooler out there. oakland 63 by noontime getting up to 74 year high today in the '70s we will topcoat obverse '70s for oakland back down to the '60s by the 8:00 p.m. hour. elsewhere still in the '50s for san francisco getting up to 63
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for oakland we will be slow to warm today so by 11:00 a.m. still 60s along the peninsula by about noontime '70s maybe a few eighties and your afternoon highs by the 7:00 p.m. hour thereafter new highs and upper 80s. center rose 87, fairfield 88, concord 88, 78 through oakland 82 for hayward and fremont and down into the warmer spots will get into the middle and upper 80s today appeared slight chance of showers on the weekend the model showing rain drops through point reyes, a petaluma and center rosa by 8:00 a.m. we could see
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showers through the delta and moving into the south bay as well. best chances the afternoon in the east of the bay area. 7 day around the bay burnses cooler weather increasing cloud cover and potential of raindrops. >> construction begins today on an air traffic control tower at oakland international airport. it will replace the two separate towers currently at the airport. the project costs $33 million will be funded by the recovery and reinvestment act. it is scheduled for completion in 2013. sarah pearland made a stop loss night she spoke in front of hundreds of people posted by the liberty and freedom foundation she talked about what she called the mainstream media.
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she pointed out issues about california. >> california has a tough bring in back workers lost jobs is a challenge but also to employ all the new workers californian is to create 4 million jobs over 10 years to keep up. does anybody seriously think the liberal policies of read and know, and boxer and brown are one to be able to turn this around and get the job done. >> she went on to ask them to vote for new. the number of crime is on the way down as editor said it will work hard to keep it that way. crime is down 9% from last year and 13% from two years ago for instance so far 5361 violent crimes, same
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time last year there were 5611, in 2008 there were 6184 crimes. police chief says drops in crime is due to stirred his budget lee putting officers were crime happens. three miners have their released from hospital the rest of the man expected to be out later today and over the weekend. it turns out even after the rescue the miners are showing solidarity by not sharing the story with the public. the men want to guard their stories so they give fairly divide all the earnings from books, interviews. the man have hired an accountant to track during come they're serious about this. china has shut down 1600 coal mines is a pardon to have better stay safety standards. 2600
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people died last year in mining accidents in china. earlier this month were safeties' said work for june not a company workers would be severely punished. will be back with more headlines a moment the latest was san mateo bridge once again a hot spot. emergency bridge work continues the latest in a moment.
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welcome back to the morning news time right now is 555 san mateo bridge as hot spot this morning you can see this slowing in those taillights emergency crews are working on the construction under the bridge so dealing with delays of a couple of minutes right now you can always take the bay bridge or the done are bridge as alternate routes. more on this hot spot straight ahead. >> a live look from our roof camera we have conditions cooler
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them we were yesterday. 58 degrees in the city warming up to 70 by lunch then a few degrees warmer in the afternoon before we cool it right back down by 8:00 p.m. detailed forecast coming up. in the meantime baseball fever heating up began make it to saturday's game in philly vicki finds out how it is court tickets for next week's home games. >> 9 tickets are starting to sellout since these are the playoffs you can't walk up to the window so if you must see a gain firsthand prepared a. giants recommended side is subhub shell out $150 for bleachers' 1794 left field reserves. on average $253 on the
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