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sas of top stories california state university could be one step closer to raising tuition again. >> a teacher is arrested allegedly for having with the students >> the crucible ship to know whether appear to they are
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not expected to get off the ship until tomorrow. >> you probably heard it rained last night and there's still some left over. >> we are trying out everywhere this morning. this morning we had passing showers. the shot of the bay bridge approach roof wet road ways out there. we had fog on tap for tomorrow morning in your friday morning as well. a pretty mild weekend ahead of us. here's a look at your storm tracker fo4 the showers are spreading south along the peninsula but at this hour we are seeing dry. most of the precipitation is over the sierra. chain requires on to 88. satellite and radar shows the storm losing
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strength and movie east. we will stay drive for the next few days and into next week as well. right now temperatures warmer than it were yesterday no third is for the forecast but we are chilly in santa rosa 45, net of 46, 58 livermore, along the coast '50s. by the afternoon topping off into the low 60s today. 61 santa rosa, 61 richmond, in the south bay low 60s as well. fifties' along the coast. your 7 day around the bay all warming trend sunshine ahead and a mild weekend. >> quiet start to do commute there was a lot of wet pavement and a lot of accident but things have quieted down. a check on the bridge west bound to the bay bridge you will see the traffic looks good no
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delays backups the commute is easy for your ride across the upper deck. the san mateo bridge also looks good. the golden gate bridge ride 1 01 south take a quick look in you will see it is like traffic at this hour pavement is a what appears to be drying out. the number accidents has really dropped off dramatically. >> a developing story california state university is one step closer to hiking tuition by 15 and 1/2 percent next fall. a final vote later today trustees voted to raise tuition by five percent in the winter and spring terms. another 10% starting next fall. that means an undergrad would go what to $4,804. they have
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raise tuition four times as it struggles with a drop in state funding. >> city leaders met late into the night. seven of the city's unions have not agreed to tough measures including a pay freeze agreed to by contract. i there 5 percent cut in pay for it to offer. it includes 14 fire department jobs and an unknown number of jobs for services like the library which could seek to branches closed indefinitely. the city faces $5 million deficit and that could balloon to more than $13 million that's what officials say if the unions do not agree to the takebacks by december 9th. pink slips will be sent out effective january. >>a solano county high
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school teacher is in jail tuesday night, accused of having sex with a male student.27-year-old felecia killings, an english teacher at rodriguez high school in fairfield was taken into custody on police are investigating the possibility she had sex with other students as well. according to the report killings was arrested on school property tuesday evening. >> i once from iraq could it happen on sunday night for rachel was walking her dog. she spotted the eyes near a fence at washington park next thing she knew it was our crew running toward her then more raccoon started coming down from a tree. she tried to get away and she trekked to one of the raccoons to sun his teeth into our leg. this is the second report since june. >> the first tugboat's have reached the stranded cruise-
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ship. they reached the ship yesterday afternoon so it is moving very slowly under power of the dog. there was an engine fire they're bringing supplies in to feed the passengers the toilets are working again. it should arrive tomorrow in san diego. it left on sunday 200 mi. south of san diego when the power was cut off due to the engine room fire. all the passengers eating cold food here is some of the pitchers and from that ronald reagan which is bringing supplies on to the cruise ship. they are dining on spam pop tarts and croissant's no hot water or air conditioning we are getting word passengers will be given full refunds as well as a coupon for
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following martin's the gm announces $2 billion in the third quarter that helps the pitch to investors. their earnings were $1.20 a share. the profit was fuelled by international operations and strong revenue from crossover models in north america. stock futures are
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appointed down about that worries and the upcoming g 20 meeting. your people applied for unemployment showing claims dropped by 24,000 they're looking for smaller decreases. ask, no longer uses its own technology for recommending website. a new system of fees would shift more of the burden to bigger institutions and clearly refer let risk to the insurance fund. it is across. >> google is giving 23,000 to employees at perret's at the beginning of the year. employees are also getting $1,000 cash bonuses with google picking up taxes. the tech giant says it is to stay competitive and to attract the best people to google.
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>> are they hiring? that's what everybody's asking this morning. >> we have chain requirements on 5880 and 88 allied look at the scales of wet snow in building up. the black widow spider's severe bite
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can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite.
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but there's an even deadlier predator time now 6:15 a.m. shot at san jose. we had leftover showers so roadways are still went out there. 52 san jose by news time upper 50s your high today 63. this will be warmer spot today. back down to the upper 50s by the p.m. hour. your radar shows we are dry right now earlier we saw showers south of flip peninsula in the south bay as well. as we widen it out most of the
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activity is in the sierra. snowfall on 80 and 50 chains required of both spots. the storm system of been to the east we see a building of high pressure so we will be warm and dry 33 weekend and into next week as well. your current temperatures 53 set francisco, 40 support napa, san rows up. 49 for redwood city and 484 livermore. your afternoon highs topping out in the low 60s. 63 fairfield, in the south bay low 60s as well. we could hold on to '50s along the coast. dear 7 day around the bay thursday and friday could pick up some fog in the morning a bit of a change but by saturday, sunday lots of sunshine blue skies and warming temperatures. into the
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beginning of next week we could have a high of 76. >> early morning showers had some minor incidents here and there. a quick look at the bridges right now shows the bay bridge still moving well mm lights a typical back up in the left- hand lane. it always occurs right after 6:00 a.m.. san mateo bridge midday crossing no problems in your transit across the bay eastbound, westbound looks good in both directions. so does the golden gate bridge even with two lanes northbound no backup or delay on the northbound side. headlights are coming in from marin county. san jose 101 north no problems here the right side of your screen is the commute direction within easy drive time out of the coyote valley. drive time from the montague expressway 12 minutes. >> 6:17 a.m. oakland police
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are defending the actions in the shooting and killing of a on armed man. the family of the victim has contacted the civil rights attorney. about representing them in a lawsuit against the police. he also represents oscar grant's family. there was a domestic violence call involving jones at the laundromat they made several attempts to subdue him including using taster's they say he took off running and was in a standoff with two officers when he appeared to be reaching into his was banned they then fired their weapons taking he had done it turns out he did not. >> ac transit has a new deal on the arbitration settled on the three-year contract reached acquiring them to contribute to the health and pension plans and
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eliminating one of the paid holiday spirit this will save $30 million a year for ac transit. san francisco transportation made to take a look at building a new tunnel or bridge across the bay. the bay area toll authority will meet to think about hiring a consultant. the city of oakland is moving forward to establish for medical marijuana at kron facilities and double the amount of pot dispensaries. there will be a fee structure to regulate the facilities. the fee is $5,000 and the annual operating feet is $211,000. the second ordinance doubles the dispensaries from four to eight >>. it is not to have on
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streetcorners not to have it all over the place rather to create systems where you can have a safety and oversight. get it out of residential areas and get it into industrial fireman's. >> the next up is to send letters to people who are interested in building the grow operations. >> the skies are starting to britain it's kind of pretty now. >> we change the clocks back i hope you did too. >> it gets dark early here now chain requirements still required in this era
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6:23 a.m. we see the sun come up for early it is
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still chilly. 47 right now on santa rosa as we take a live look for mount tam is see the camera shaking. that rain is tapering off. >> in france french president nicolas sarkozy 's reform raising street protests to try to capsize the plan. like many heavily indebted european governments, france is trying to cut back on spending. the french reform is the latest successful push by a european government to cut back on government spending despiteausterity strikes and protests.french union workers and others angry shortages and led to a garbage pileup in the southern city of marseille. the attacks, after the church must secure that killed people in baghdad. >> in the new show the volcano spewing ash again appeared it has
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international airlines cancelling flights because of all of that ash coming from the volcano. it has been spewing clouds of ash high into the air for two weeks at least 190 people have been killed. they have had airport shut down people are in evacuating. some homes are demolished by the hall law. some airlines have canceled flights in and out of the capital. >> president barack obama are arriving in south korea. he will be attending meetings today. this is video of his arrival. it's his latest drop in asian tour. the federal reserve's move to help the economy. news suggesting the white house altered report about the administration's
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moratorium on offshore drilling to make it appear that scientists support a six month ban. according to inspector general's findings. the report says the administration did not violate federal rules because it had an apology and a publicly clarified the expert review. >> federal government is trying to snuff out tobacco use. larger graphic warnings including corpse's cancer patients and diseased lungs and teeth. right there on the package before you open it up. part of the fda's reduce tobacco use which they say is responsible for 440,000 deaths a year. new labels will be finalized by june and cigarette makers will have 15 months to comply. >> we will be right but the opening bell wall street right after the break. bay bridge toll plaza 626 jim pact already.
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with interest plus savings, go to capitalone.com!!!!! what's in your wallet? somebody help me down. seems a this storm left like a lamb it wasn't that big a deal appeared >> justice margo here and there but you know how we are. fifth mt. tam showing clear conditions still cloud cover of their but the rain is winding down. right now is settled over the sierra. tomorrow morning get ready for morning fog as well as friday and then a mild weekend appeared storm trucker for shows a dry conditions but earlier we had passing showers spreading south into the south bay. right now is no
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fault of been the 80 and 50. this storm is moving east we are sitting in the clear right now. we will stay that way for the next few days. currently temperatures warmer the where we were yesterday some of '30's and the forecast. it is chilly out there you will need your jacket. 45 set rosa, 49 degrees in redwood city, mountain view and san jose 52. here after noontime a lot of low 60s across the board. 61 and novato, a center rosa, and richmond. we will stand the fifties around the coast. the drying up and warming up for the next couple of days mild weather ahead of us lots of sunshine temperatures meant
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to up for '70s. less checking with george >> things are building up but no problems or hot spots nothing unusual to slow your ride at the bay bridge the metering lights are active the toll plaza has already started to fill up here as you can see the back up beginning around oakland army over cross. san mateo bridge formant date bait transit no problems here eastbound and westbound looks good the pavement is drying out and a check from the golden gate bridge 1 01 south heavier traffic along this ban now but through marin county no problems reported. let's go to the newsroom with james. >> keeping an eye on the opening bell this morning the market's just trading in the last minute or so it is up seven points right now. we are seeing s&p positive
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as well. nasdaq up by about 1.8%. gm just announced a $2 billion profit as production picks up. jobless claims tumbled to a four month low. g 20 summit gets under way today in south korea. those are making news on wall street this morning. >> stay university is going to vote today on 15.5 percent tuition hike by next fall. get ready students bridge yourself. they already voted for the last two races torsions tuitions by 5% by winter and another 10 percent by fall. it would raise an additional hundred and $75 million annually for the 23 campuses. they have
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raised tuitions four times since it 2007. students are pretty upset. >> house keepers at hyatt cities have filed complaints a layered legend unsafe work conditions. workers want to hotels to lower the number of rooms housekeepers have to clean switch to sheets that are easier to make bets with. hyatt issued a statement denying they work in unsafe and germans. they say the union is making far up false allegations. union and hotel management have been in talks since august of last year. fake name when trying to join an online discussion the utility's smartmeters has been placed on indefinite paid suspension, tuesday.william devereaux, senior director smartmeter using an alias in an
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attempt to join a group dedicated to stopping the installation of the wireless electricity and gas meters. pg&e spokesman jeff smith said the company only learned of devereaux's actions monday. the company promptly began an investigation to determine whether other pg&e employees tried to infiltrate similar online groups. >>a solano county high school teacher is in jail tuesday night, accused of having sex with a male student.27-year- english teacher at rodriguez high school in fairfield was charges of statutory rape. police are investigating with other students as well. according to the report school property tuesday evening. >> alan hillman is recovering it formed by it of wounds from iraq could attack today more news faster we turn to yoli live in alameda. at park were all these attacks have happened. >> at washington park very popular place for people to walk their dogs this was commented the most recent
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attack in previous attacks that the people who are attack have small dogs. it was the dogs that were the actual prey. when owners started to take direct goods off the dogs that when the raccoon turn around and attacks the people. this is the stuff going on. animal control and are giving suggestions when you do what your dog you may want to take a stick and use that to deter the raccoons from getting close. if you're also at home because they have been reports of them going into yards and nearby homes maybe you can use a hose to try to spring cold water on them. they say it's a sign of the times. there raccoons are stimulated and
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used to human spirit they are not as afraid of them. >> you never hear them hunting and packed spill. and there has been seven attacks. >> the first tugboat has reached the carnival cruise ship. it is now headed toward san diego. it reached the ship yesterday the tugboat is doing its work right now but more tugboats are on their way as well. conable says its initial plans were to tell it to encinada banal will be going to san diego. it will get there by tomorrow. they have another day of this. long beach is where the ship left from sunday. it was 200 mi. south of san diego when the fire cut the power early monday. so this is one state
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has been a couple of days there reading russian meals that the military gave them. they have no hot water or air conditioning. they can use of phones. they are probably looking for to san diego tomorrow. we will be back in a couple of minutes. the james lick in san francisco you wouldn't know it rained overnight lots of sunshine traffic is nice and light.
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landry rainshowers near san jose area. we have wet roads here. you see the 87 over cross back up. 52 in san jose clearing skies this afternoon on high in the low 60s. >> police from multiple agencies raided appeared
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they served search warrants at a legal row houses from vallejo down to san jose. more than 1 t of marijuana was seized along with ecstasy and guns. six team members of the gamang has been arrested. >> we think we seized in cash and we dismantle this gang. it sets an example. this is that young group of men whose lives are ruined appeared >> most of those arrested are charged with conspiracy and gun possession they will be arraigned on friday. >> sent crews people are looking for this man attempted to sexually assault a woman sunday
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afternoon. this suspect is described as hispanic male mid-20s five-foot seven tall at the time of the attack he was last seen wearing dark clothing and a dark the knee cap. we will be back as the news continues. a live look from 80 snow in the sierra. chain requirements if you're headed that way. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%!
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the sunshine there rain has moved through a it was coming down and over night. this was not a big accumulation thing. >> no was very light showers passed through. wet roads out there. but warmer than yesterday. we will spend their day warming up. napa
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valley a cooler spot this morning 45 degrees by noontime upper 50s. high- temperature low 60s which is typical into the afternoon. storm tracker for keeping us dry we saw some activity this morning pushing towards the peninsula but not much going on at this hour. in the sierra a different pitcher most activity is in the sierra most of the snow fall along 50. chain requirements up in lake tahoe. this has pushed to our east. it looks like we will sit high and dry the next couple of days and warming it up by the weekend. current temperatures warmer than yesterday 43 center rosa, 45 napa, the common number for the afternoon highs low 60s.
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by thursday upper 60s by the weekend into the '70s mild weather had. 6:46 a.m. attack on your commute. >> a good driver on the bay area at the barrett bridge is not so great that back up this building early activation of what looks like slow cycling of the metering lights contributing to this back up. the bay bridge ride not as good as your san mateo bridge ride because there are no backups on the approach here. traffic is getting heavier crosses been no delays or problems are reported. the golden gate bridge ride is a good one take a look here easy traffic on the southbound direction of the pavement continues to dry no problems for marin county or the san ramon valley 680 looks good all the way down danville. continuing on to pleasanton's no problems. we
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did get word from passengers delays northbound direction because of a problem they say with train no. 2 07 we have a call into caltrans to see if there is problems. but again potential delays for call trained northbound. let's go to james fletcher. >> keeping an eye on wall street stocks have turned negative quickly. u.s. treasury bond is following and that is what striding down the markets. industries are also in the negative. s&p is down and so is nasdaq. bay area stocks apple and ya ho was negative h p also not enough.megadeath.
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>let live. >> service employees union 1000 ratified a contract yesterday that means nearly 5 percent pay cut for 95,000 government workers and increased pension contributions. income also requires one day off a month unpaid. >> steve cooley is keeping his lead over the too close to call the attorney general race. he is leaving san francisco is d.a., law harris by half a percentage. more than 8 million ballots had been tallied about 1.3
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million ballots are still left to count before november 30th and appeared >> reports are saying ye may run for the mayor of san francisco. he will make the announcement this morning motion is to fill the seat are said to be voted on next tuesday. the system is headed to sacramento. they want a committee to hear nominations that could happen as soon as next week. the next mayor will not take office until gavin new some leaves. >> said clara unified school board will record the downgrade a decision that was met by anchor from some parents and a map of the new boundaries for the school.
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red dog shows the school. neighborhood in green will have to send their kids to nearby schools. it was a move the board said was necessary to curb overcrowding. parents feel they were targeted because they were renters and not home owners. >> if you just waking up you will see what rain. there are high clouds and a bit of traffic building. once you get all 1 01 it is easy. this is your captain speaking. we are 14th in line for takeoff.
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let's look at the weekend. the showers have cleared out this morning if you wake up now you missed it. we will see clearing skies we move it up a few degrees for thursday and friday by the weekend in the low '70's on
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saturday mid-70s on sunday. it is a nice weekend. you can't complain about the weather this weekend. monday, tuesday next week. >> just and streets of london tens of thousands students marching opposing plans to triple tuition 50,000 students are in the streets right now. they're demonstrating against plans to raise cost at steadying in university to $14,000 a year three times the current rate. we will bring you pictures as soon as we can. >> >> skype tvs are now on the market. these are regular tv's but have skype built
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into them. you push one button and skype comes up from there you can make of your phone calls or video calls right on your tv. >> (laughter) we can arrange for one of those. >> that would be great. >> yes. >> it is video chatting for the living room made extremely easy. you connect your tv to your home wiifii or plug it in with a hard- line tier internet. the tv makes that easy it walks you through it. it all works off of a regular remote you set up this camera on top of the skype tv and send over your image. skype showed me a demo of a call in action. the person you are talking to is the bigger image and your image shows up here in the lower right hand corner, the audio sounded crystal clear, there was a little lag in the lip sync. but, nothing too bad. the video quality was good, the picture looked good. you can also make a full screen for a bigger picture. this could be a good tool for her friends and family to video chat in their living room from their tv. you do not need a headset, you get a nice wide shots of the living room, a good way to show the grandparents the kids. sometimes when they are zipping around is hard to keep kids in front of the computer for a video chat. skype tvs can do video calls with otherskype tvs or with pc computers. so basically, you can video chat with anyone on skype
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with a web camera. it is free to use there is no monthly charge to make these video calls. skype tvs are available on-line and at stores like best buy. panasonic and samsung make different models the range in price from $800 to $2,600 depending on screen size. gabe slate, kron4 news. >> the bay bridge toll plaza big back up. rule the tweet.
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