they're looking for. >> it's not about the players, injuries, what you're getting back now it's about reaching the home team. that is a big issue. the a's their home is oakland. speech is a good idea for oakland, not only does it create jobs but it also creates business. you don't have to go to these games instead of disco. >> traffic counts that are current have to be part of this environmental impact study you cannot build a massive terrorist aren't you just can't do it. you're going to run into that obstacle. >> the plan made it clear

that this is just the beginning they did not make a decision on whether the stadium should be built. that may not even happen until after the environmental impact report is complete and that will take 12-18 months. oakland, reggie kumar, kron4 news. >> the a's owner has suggested two possible sites in fremont, the possible move to san jose. the problem had to deal with is a dispute over the giants having territorial rights there. the raiders are considering a move. earlier this year the nfl commission suggested the raiders and then there should steer a stadium. people approved a stadium in their city. >> of a developing story futures are pointing to a positive opening on wall street the dow surged nearly to under the 50. test it. to end at 11,255. it was the biggest games of september

1st the labor department releases its jolly some members of this morning. the list are looking for line in that list of new also this morning we will know more on what is happening with the holiday shopping season, retailers release their monthly sales numbers for november, san francisco- based bridge in america is flying into texas. it will fly to dallas from loss angeles and san francisco starting with four flights every day. as we mentioned retail sales are due out today and preliminary numbers are showing signs that americans have profited the economy again their spending at a record pace this year. that includes more than a billion dollars on cyber monday. ibm core mattress reports that cyber monday shopping was up more than 31 percent compared to black friday online shopping. up 19.4 percent compared to cyber monday last year. shoppers are

still hitting the stores. a one week into holiday shopping and signs pointing to recovery economy retailers are optimistic. jonathan blum went out and talk to shoppers out late last night on school nights shopping. >> here at san rafael and shopping centers across the bay area a holiday buying season is in full swing as you can see by this parking lot evenly on wednesday night. there are bargains to be found the budgets are pretty much the same as they're wary yesterday. the big atom choice is big screen tvs consumers say prices have come down far enough that the bargains are good they at those old these need to be replaced. san rafael, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> but it is getting into the holiday spirit by offering a pair of free one- way tickets. they will offer

them to the for $60 and commuters between six-9:00 a.m.. there will take place here at the civic center station proceeds in the summer and oakland and finally in the downtown berkeley station, they're trying to encourage people not to drive to their marriage shopping center over the holidays but instead to park in a lot of empty and take part. if you get one of these free tickets they will be available for use on any of the next three saturdays. civic center, kron4 news. coming up, you'll have more headlines as well as talk more about holiday shopping. heading up side, the bay bridge toll plaza you can see so and light at this hour there's no back up probably won't be for a least another hour or so. we'll be right back.

welcome mat, today and friday still there's a chance of rain in the north bay anywhere else pretty good especially in the morning commute. in looks like for sure saturday, sunday the rain is coming all over the bay area louisa will have a for a weather update in just a few minutes. world news, more snow in europe and more airports closed for the second day in a row you're looking at the snow in paris which is disrupting travel and several airports are closed including britain's busiest airport. real trouble as also encountering severe delays they are stranded on the road race. transport officials say they're launching a review on mounting criticism of their response to the snowstorm. if trouble regulators say engines on some qantas 838 some redress to have a serious manufacturing defect that could cause the engine to fail regulators say the

fall is in an all out to connected to the engine it will kron over time allowing oil into the engine which could cause a fire. qantas stranded six super dome rose in november 16th more just last week. sweden's supreme court is the holding a court order to detain and julien has spawned for questioning over allegations of rape and sexual molestation. he denies the accusations made by two swedish women. wikileaks has entered the u.s. and other governments by publishing secret documents about diplomatic relations. coming up, much more weather, traffic and news. let's let it ride, tell you more about the traffic situation, san mateo bridge you will have no problems crossing that bridge at this time.

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welcome back, let's go live to 80 tracking skills, you can see there's still snow on the ground they probably have to do some ploughing by caltrans to make sure the razor clear so far, not heard of any problems with the roadways and the rainfall coming away this weekend should be another weekend of people scheme, the temperatures for just having a great time. plenty of hotel rooms for anyone who just wants to go on a whim tahoe louisa, telling us about the weather situation. they don't just tell people about whether we experience it. james fletcher is stuck in an organ with all the rain is no end george, he is in paris. we just showed people of the view of this over there. we live it. >> everyone chooses pleases the croatian and go for a

vacation. a lot of folks got vacation and then they're stuck there. we can be thankful for these temperatures in the 30's and 40's. started to warm up in san francisco, and 41 degrees for san jose, 51 degrees interning time, a high up to 62 degrees. mid- 50s by the clock tower. current temperatures big difference from yesterday. down to the freezing mark a temperature sitting in the 30 states the upper thirties. 39 fairfield. everywhere else is into the '40's big difference in santa rosa where we are seeing those freezing temperatures. 45 san rafael, close to the 50 mark in san francisco. here's a look at what everyone is experiencing james is stuck with this, this is plenty of rain cover in the pacific

northwest also seeing snowfall in the higher elements. the bay area is staying dry for now. tiki the time line, she was we can expect to see some showers as we head towards 11:00, the best chance for anyone getting some raindrops is up to the north bay still could be to the north of santa rosa. afternoon chance of showers to point reyes, san rafael portions of the peninsula as well. you can see how white the screen is indicating as light as you can get. rain is expected to bring is a chance for the east bay as we head towards the latter part of your day trial caught darkening up showers pick up the bed also through the delta as well as looking to keep the chance of rain for friday morning another storm and dipping down into your saturday you could bring as some wet weather as well. chances for rain on saturday a bit more widespread throughout the day. also in the sunday as

well, let o'clock on sunday everyone stands a chance this continues right on through the day on saturday. afternoon highs 50s, 60s. 59 santa rosa, 58 napa same for downtown san francisco south bay, temperatures to get up to 62 for san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. did you can see quite a bit of rain, and nothing really in the way of a washout certainly looking at drizzle here and there, light rain. that will continue not just the weekend and next week as well. for 6:00 pm, erica. >> great commute, no accidents or incidents to report outside bay bridge toll plaza out was about 80 not backed up yet just like conditions as you make your way in to san francisco the meeting lights are still off. san mateo bridge, it is also a good option no proms,

nice, easy conditions on the right-hand side of your screen making its way to foster city traffic on left inside relates in the eastbound hayward, and no backup at the toll plaza tracking about 14 minutes between 880 and 101. mill break from the conditions on the mid peninsula no proms companies come easy conditions these prelates headed northbound those headlights headed southbound, your drive times just from sfo to palo alto 16 minutes. will. >> thank you, , a developing story that we're following san francisco police service to getting a shooting that killed a man in the city's richmond district. to happen in the 400 block of 23rd ave. officers found a man dead inside a unit in that building. new details, sponsors of california's ban on same-sex marriage are asking one of the judges to disqualify himself. lawyers for the measure's supporters

as stephen reinhardt to disqualify himself because of his wife's role with the aclu. they argue his " impartiality might be questions because his wife is an opponent of property " she has taken part in legal proceedings to overturn the ballot of strict one of three judges on the panel scheduled to hear arguments on the band this coming monday. more controversy surrounding the proposed $43 billion high-speed rail system. last week the california high speed rail authority recommended letting the first 65 mi. route. to fresno to cover it. critics are calling the proposal to lay track between two small towns and the central valley as the train to nowhere. they say the first segment should connect fresno to bakersfield. the authorities ceos think starting construction there will help attract more federal funding and private investment. san mateo county

officials are urging transportation leaders to scrap a plan that would charge commuters to enter or leave the city along its southern border. they will consider that at a meeting later this month on whether to continue funding studies of congestion pricing under the plan the city would charge a key way told about the $6 to drive into or out of the city during peak hours opponents say congest controls could raise up to $80 million for roads which would benefit both counties but locally those in san mateo say it would unfairly hurt their residence who commutes for work of a push traffic onto local streets to avoid those tolls. new details about the scale of an inmate in santa cruz county. investigators say they believe the inmates faked an injury that led to his escaped during a medical transport. this juror says

24 year-old in the were this knew he would be unshackled during an mri exam. the six for the seventh to do 35, and attacked a deputy after the mri as she tried to reject all him they say he elbowed her in the head taster with her own taser stole her gun, ran off into a sigrid's neighbor of he was allegedly captured but not before he held a preschool teacher at gunpoint. he held some of the people hostage in their own home for a couple of hours this deputy is still recovering from murray and trees. california supreme court has rejected an appeal for massive a disco woman convicted of second- degree murder for her dogs fatal mauling of a neighbor but in 2001. attorney down the appeal of the court confirmed 15 years-life sentence, and that court ruled that she acted with a conscious disregard for human life when her 140 lb

dog escaped and killed a woman and an apartment building in san francisco back in 2001. news around the bay in assault suspect has been taken into custody by the petaluma police department. after a major swabs attrition at best restaurant monday. officers say the suspect assault that someone near a west america based on mcdonnell boulevard then fled towards the best restaurant where he was armed with a knife. officers accompanying a police dog and to the room with a suspect and help to subdue them long enough for the officers to take him into custody. former police officer has been a rested on suspicion of taking drivers but reps from cover drivers officers a 55 year-old paul mack of this alleged leaks get the money from taxi drivers in exchange for a passing grade on their written examination required for a permit according to

the prosecutors he surrendered to authorities incidents as go on tuesday was arraigned in san francisco superior court just yesterday. he pleaded not guilty to four counts of bribery and was released from jail after posting $160,000. coming up of kron4 morning news in other look to this morning's headlines, top wikileaks and you also get a full weather report from louisa as well as a traffic update for america in just a few minutes. san francisco, partly cloudy, rain is expected in the north bay sons and even this morning. we will be right back.

in national news today the national oil spill commission will deliberate preliminary findings on what caused the gulf oil spill earlier this year. the officials will discuss options to prevent a similar disaster. the meeting comes one day after the obama administration announced it will ban new drilling in the gulf of mexico for a least seven years. critics say the ban will hurt the economy and said more jobs overseas. there is a last-ditch effort to avoid being censured for us, this behavior the longtime democratic congressman from new york plans to argue on the house floor today that centers for current congressman he's not one of them. yesterday he e-

mail's about 25,000 supporters are urging that as their congressman to vote again censured. world news secretary of state hillary clinton has arrived in the central asian city to meet with government leaders in creek u.s. troops she arrived from pakistan where she attended an international security conference and announced a new jewish security deal with the former soviet republic. she planned to consult with the prime minister on her nation's rough path to a democratic reform. nasa says it will make a major announcement related to the search for alien life. the ministers will only say it's a " castro biology finding there will impact the search for evidence. speculation is running around the head on whether nasa will say it sounds easy. sciences will make the announcement of 11:00 a.m. our time nasa's washington d.c. offices and

on the web site. coming up on the kron 4 morning news we'll tell you what happened overnight in san francisco, the fatal shooting and continue to follow the weather situation, rain is headed are way it will be here this weekend louisa will tell us exactly how much of it we will get. a live look from albany, traffic is moving along just fine in that area you will have any problems anywhere in the bay area.

welcome back, bay bridge toll plaza on the two headlights among those three coming our way, no backup for that area you should be fine especially if you have fast track because you also done at all, no proms heading from oakland in to san francisco this morning, there could be a little bit of problems to the north bay that is because rain is possibly headed that way probably as early as this

morning. louisa. >> good morning, we're starting up this morning with temperatures below the warmer the where we have been. temperatures are actually into the 40's as opposed to the thirties. but, here's a look inside as and his group currently san francisco is 49 degrees, as we head towards noon 55. high temperature of about 50 degrees, that sends a low 50s. here is a lick your current temperatures inside a big difference out there, and it throws out where we're freezing yesterday of 46 degrees for santa rosa, 44 for oakland, redwood city mountain view in san jose coming in trade around 41 degrees this morning. storm tracker which shows where the weather is you can see that cold front stalled here over the northwest portion really just kind of

hammering up their in the northwest portion you can see some snow and some higher elevations staying well to the north of us is expected to drop cells word trip the day keeping a chance of showers and the picture as we head towards 11:00 maybe even seeing some sprinkles to the north bay places like point reyes, santa rosa stand the best chance is not to late- afternoon that we pick up the chance for rain encompassing the peninsula. keeping a chance in the east bay, a peninsula you can see all of the screen that shows really light rain if we do see any for today. by the evening, the grain starts to their in indicating some heavier downpours we are experiencing rain to the north bay even some early morning on friday. it's not till the evening friday and didn't years saturday their research to keep widespread showers and the forecast, continuing throughout much of the day on your saturday even into sunday as well.

11:00, everyone stands a chance every drawer or to which it continues through much of the day for today your afternoon highs expected to the '50s and '60s. fairly similar to yesterday. 59¢ or as a 58 napa. around the bay temperatures topping out into the low 60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. you can see that wet weather pattern certainly not a washout we are expecting a few raindrops to continue into the weekend and next week as well. check-in your commute, america. >> great shape for you thursday morning commute we still don't have any problems or accidents to report light traffic all around the bay we are moving at the limit here westbound aids your your perch to the bay bridge toll plaza known problems, leading lights are still cycle of all lanes are open along the upper deck. giving you that great threat time of the minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze george fremont. no problems

to reported the san mateo bridge, westbound 92 looking good, taillights in the commute direction towards foster city nice, easy read note from getting to the bridge in either direction. not since coming incidents or delays enjoy the ride is here in the commune direction along northbound 101 nobody on the interchange either. public transportation you'll run into any problems so far. all running on time. >> well. since as the police are investigating a shooting that killed a man in the richmond district. that happened in the 400 block 9:00 a.m. around 9:00 p.m.. police are saying it's a death by homicide was they're investigating still this morning. new details sponsors are california's ban on same-sex are asking one of the judges to disqualify himself. lawyers for the measure's

supporters as reinhard to disqualify myself because of his wife's role with the aclu they argue judge reinhardt's " impartiality might be questioned because his wife is an opponent of prop. 8 and has taken part in legal proceedings to overturn the ballot measure croats he is one of three judges on a final scheduled to hear arguments this monday on prop. 8. developing story, the stadium debate meeting was held last night to discuss a new location kron4 reggie kumar was a oakland and has more. >> wednesday night's planning commission meeting in oakland was packed with oakland a's fans, in support of the proposed new stadium that could be built note of this location east of oak street along the embarcadero. all the planning commissioners wanted to hear was what residents' concerns were over the environmental effects if this stadium is built in this area. many of

the oakland a's fans just wanted to tell the commissioners that the oakland a's need to stay in this city and should not move to san jose. >> the a's owner has suggested two possible sites to move to fremont a possible move to san jose, although that problem that they're dealing with is this year over the giants having territorial rights in san as a. the raiders are considering a move earlier this year the commissioner suggested the raiders and the niners should stress stadium. people agree to a stadium for the niners in richmond city which or all goes well according to santa clara should be available to the public in about 2013. other big developing story futures are pointing to a positive opening on wall street after the dow surged nearly to under 50 points yesterday to end at 11,002 under and 55. it was the

biggest gain since a number first. the labor department releases its and jobless numbers this morning analysts are looking for an increase in the number of new claims for unemployment benefits which for thousands of americans will run out by christmas. also, more about a holiday shopping season retailers release their monthly sales numbers for november, stands as a base bridge in america is now flying to texas. the three world airline will fly to dallas for word from l.a. in san francisco starting with the four flights every day. as we mentioned retail sites are due today and pulmonary numbers are showing signs that americans have more confidence in the economy. spending at a record pace this year, that includes a more than a billion dollars on cyber monday. ibm reports that saddam monday shopping was up more than 31 percent compared to on-line shopping on black friday. 7 18.4% to

be exact off compared to last year. shoppers are still hitting the stores, and with signs pointing to a recovering economy retailers are optimistic that this season will be fantastic for them. jonathan bloom, went out to talk to shoppers for l.a. last may despite being a school night. >> to look at the gym packed parking lot at northgate shopping center you might never know its leaves on a weeknight. the economy aside, holiday shopping in san rafael is in full swing. speech i am out buying stuff from my nieces, nephews, sister, a family. like last year several families to lose this year shopping will be about stretching their dollars. >> christmas is tight. very tight. we have a one-year- old that we're spending four. we are at tight

budget. >> trying to get cheaper things, find the best deals. >> i'm buying things right craig lewis, e bay, not paying full price by news to >> any big ticket? >> know. >> there's a steady flow of holiday shoppers will the parking lot is not full is certainly anything but empty. shoppers say their budget is about the same as last year and the bargains, there there if you look hard enough. >> on finding there's really good deals out there, we're getting our shopping lists complete. >> to top the list we found one big purchase that than is our sporting on. ? big ticket items? >> large screen tv. >> 55 in.. >> 3 d. >> your pretty excited about that. we are in need of a new tv. >> if you're shopping this

morning you don't have to worry about parking or how they get their things to bart which is giving writers free tickets this morning to encourage holiday shoppers to avoid rows by riding the trains. customers toward getting a pair of tickets. for the next three weekends. you can take the trains to popular shopping areas. coming up, we will talk about i'm climbing benefits scheduled to run out over the next few weeks, we'll get reaction from those affected and those still looking for jobs very frustrated that those benefits will run out. a live look as it francisco, it is a beautiful morning, partly cloudy today and rain is expected in the north bay. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

welcome back, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain into the north

bay might spill into san francisco, not too bad, look at this on saturday and sunday no matter where you live, there's a good chance that rain is headed our way if you're looking to put away your jacket don't. in looks like you'll be stuck in the '60s inland, low 60s as a matter of fact, 47 into the city. if you live near the water, it will be cold. 37 degrees live for today. louisa will tell us more about the weather and a couple of minutes. >> following a developing story drastic new budget cutting measures yesterday for the weather is panel trying to come up with a plan to reduce the deficit. the authors called the recommendation " to a stink bomb " dan turner for the nation faces. >> their of deficit the nile in washington is over. >> the country can no longer afford to spend money it

does batts. week early may to under $50 billion a year on some money within a decade that could triple to one trillion dollars. >> from israel the solutions are painful. >> the draft report called " the moment of truth " calls for a cap on military spending from restricting health care, eliminating almost all tax deductions including mortgages, state tax payments and charitable donations. panel members said mid the politicians running for reelection are unlikely to back taxes or cut health benefits. >> to i think for all of us we're going to be penalized if we don't do tough calls or every gigawatt on this enormous problem. >> the draft report is up for votes later this week at the end result with modifications will be sent to the new progress. for people running out of

benefits caesars on certain times, those we talked to say they don't know what the future holds. >> when you are single- parent and your to teenagers and you're trying to make ends meet, pay the house payment, make sure you are paying all the bills the house, water, put food on the table. he ran out of money. it is a struggle. every day. >> of course you're never as i think everyone is nervous it's never been this busy year. i don't know what they're gonna decide, or to decide on something different. >> it is very hard. as pressure on my spouse and myself. we have to do what we have to do. so, hopefully everything will turn out fine, and mr. obama will

take care of his promises. >> very scary times for millions of americans as much as 500,000 californians to get the benefits and a couple weeks. national headlines coming up tell you what's going on in pennsylvania as well as buffalo. we'll tell you what's happening here in the bay area in terms of whether louisa will have a full weather update in a few minutes. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., 101 should only take you 13 minutes to go from downtown san jose into santa clara. erika will give us an update on traffic in a few minutes.

commack, never to pennsylvania it is cold, wet, ugly. several areas have declared states of emergency because the waters have gone so high. some are getting care for both, can news, three deaths are blamed for the storm. it has

brought high winds, heavy rain to these cows. >> buffalo, this is a live shot, look what they're dealing with truckers step on the highway because they can't go anywhere because this is too dangerous. trucks can roll through, all lot of snow but they probably are being advised to just park rate their turn off your engines and maybe go to a cabin and sleep. will the snowplows do their best to clear the roadway, they are being blasted was no over there it is not looking good. will monitor that situation throughout the morning. >> snow a little closer to home, here's how to 67 you can see there's a light dusting of snow over there, should be a great weekend if you're heading up to tahoe to do skiing. from will we understand there's still plenty of hotel rooms if you just want to have up there and have a great weekend.

louisa,and san francisco course, it's not cold enough but man, i swear it certainly feels that way. will we see a warming trend? speaking has been called an apostle of morning is down around freezing. this morning we're a bit warmer, still cold. certainly see chile in oakland, 44 degrees big difference from those thirties from yesterday. news 57, high temperature in oakland 60 back down to 50 by 8:00. here's a look your satellite, raiders during what's going on. right now we have a cold front that is trying to stall a river or again.right over oregon. our ara at this point is dry, we are expecting this to drop down a dirt area 3 as the showers by today especially into the north bay. temperatures, a big difference from

yesterday, we were around freezing for santa rosa now ride 46 degrees. 49 san francisco, right now we are seeing their reasons fairfield, livermore and los gatos. 40 degrees in concord. future cast, take your time line of what we can expect to see some showers 11:00, we may pick up a few sprinkles to the north bay. the north bay stands the best chance of getting some sprinkles for the first part of the day. 1:00, may six out of the golden gate bridge. in looks like at this point the south bay, view, san jose standing the best chance of standing dry today. as we head towards the evening shade of green darkens at a bid that brings the chance of rain may be a little but heavier as we head of the night and into tomorrow. friday, brae another chance of rain into the picture the best chance being in the north bay.

friday night into saturday morning, raises a better chance for everyone to see raindrops' we will keep this chance around for much of the day on saturday, and here sunday by larry clark, everybody keeping a chance for some raindrops. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we are starting to see a green on the screen where rain is expected to continue into the weekend into even into next week. let's get a traffic report erica. >> thank you, quickly mounting up the bridges we do not doubt the proms or slow spots, you can see that indicated was 580 bridge in the bay bridge no weight at the pay gate, meeting that are off. no drums along the upper deck, drive times from courteous to the macarthur maze rocking and at 17 minutes, your ride from the foot of the macarthur maze into fremont short a manager. say mattel, west,

he's found 92 you can see easy conditions no proms to report no backup up the toll plaza here in san francisco, nice, easy conditions traffic off of the upper deck is moving well at the limit. no from set 10180 split your ride from his camera shot 18 minutes. will. >> thank you, , calif. news california governor arnold scored snigger has declared a state of emergency in san diego not because of any rainfall or wildfire's but he usually does he's doing it because authorities have to do with the man stockpiling explosives. they plan to burn up on the home next week because the only way to eliminate the danger. the kings basketball team is suing three companies in federal court over an exercise all the person and injured one of their players. francisco garcia

broke his list of trippers. the stability ball blew up while he was laying on that and lifting weights. the lawsuit is seeking $4 million because the team after a player the injured had to pay him. children and teenagers are using an unexpected pressure reagan to get high. the video from www.youtube.com shows starting, smoking, eating not make one a it would need in a large amount nutmeg can get you high. most people claim they're not willing to do it twice. >> they will get the hell is agents are looking for but the side of racks and but to carry the vomiting prevents them from wanting to do it again. average avenue in his rise as was struck again. >> -the even know about the.

taking it is not a legal, the greater the concern is whether rightly to leaving harsher drugs. people heading to the farmer is market in very plaza are looking at some new signs some people might not like what they see. stanley roberts gives as his latest addition. >> this is a design that is imposed a dead at entrances to the numbers market. since the market sells food the sign says dogs and live birds are not permitted. unless service and law. apparently there must be a lot of service and animals in the city because dogs are rare everywhere. he used to be a service job, speaking was the service start their chamber during a pair. now he is a lot of farmers were your this owner who ignores the side. most of you road

dog scrims the dog our servers. this man i asked him what his dog does? he told me none of my business. he tried to block me from shooting video. all this over servers and a lot. >> there's a magic phrase people say to take their parents ever wear. i'm not to tell you what it is because if everyone in their mother will be out there with a was a touch to a leash. oh wait too late. this is my friend. >> yes even cats. but then again the sign said dogs and live birds. i guess someone's going to need and is signed. to for fresher memory the sun also for habits live chickens. for the record they sell live chickens you just can't walk into the market with one. in santa this year, stanley roberts, kron4 news.

>> coming up we will take you live to tahoe sure you how things look up there. also an interesting story about a parent of you will want to miss it. a live look inside a oakland coliseum and 800 no problems to cars are falling to that area it hard to get up in the morning, but one of the bonuses you want of it from getting around.

with welcome back, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it's still a cold one although every degree keos. a little warmer than yesterday and a little bit warmer even tomorrow. saturday, sunday a chance of rain fell louisa says allot enough that we will notice it. so please be careful, if you're driving around san francisco anywhere this weekend. it could be little bit slick. to tahoe, i 80 at

truckee sale. snow is on the ground hardly any cars on the runway this should be a beautiful weekend and, of christine. speaking of tall there's been a lot of reports of pears coming to contact people. a man and thomas says he came face to face with one that was three times his side. bill harris was a restaurant when the bear broken he held that it which did nothing could affect the bear church at him to he opened fire but he says he's not proud of that. >> i'd regret shooting him because it is necessary i felt better bridge shooting him because there's such a beautiful animal. >> the bear has broken into the 70 year-old restaurant 7four times in the last 72 hours. i will help is just now getting phone lines. the city established in the mid-

1800s has never had landlines until now. but spinks to a tuneup million dollar grant which the town requested 10 years ago. so far the whopping 54 customers in the town of two men should have signed up for land lines. coming up on the kron 4 morning news the very latest on with the a's are doing. if not impossible couple of other sites in fremont as well as san jose before we get all of those stories here is a live look at the golden gate very, beautiful morning, little bit windy with this trees blowing around, the chance of rain especially in the north bay we will be your back.right now.back.

top stories we're following at this hour we are watching wall street after stocks surged yesterday. but in a stadium be headed to of

land? we will tie you up and during a meeting last night. those stories coming up part is getting into the holiday spirit we will tell you why people might be rushing to bart a little earlier than usual this morning. more on the top stories in a moment, first rain is on the way a check on whether with louisa. >> good morning well, here's a shot of side of the san mateo bridge, this morning everyone is starting off with temperatures warmer than yesterday. not in the 30's anymore. some retail buying in we should be up to the 50s rubric into the 60s for an afternoon high about 60 degrees back down to 50 by 8:00. satellite, radar sure he was going on this morning. cold front just kind of stalled in the northern portion of the state. you can see a things just kind of getting hammered today. north of the bay area for now this were watching could swing cells

word and affect the north bay as we had to the next couple of hours. kron temperatures, forties' across the board, the only spots we still see thirties are three livermore, los grass. upper thirties. 49 san francisco, up into the mid 40's into the north bay which is unchanged from yesterday. 45 hayward. future cast giving is a time line of what to expect you can see by 11:00 we might even pick up a few sprinkles into santa rosa, places like point reyes, san rafael, we might bring a slight chance of some stars along the peninsula and the state. any raindrops' certainly will be very, very light. 5:00, keep a chance of rain to the north of the set bay, the set big to be the one spot today that could expect to stay dry. as we head towards the evening the share of grain starting to darken up

could experience some heavier rain up to the north bay by friday, keep a chance of rain for the north bay, saturday morning that is when everybody jumps on board we stand a chance of rain for much of the day on saturday and sunday. we could bring some wet weather for much of the day. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we just have wet weather, overcrowds, light rain pattern that continues right to the weekend and even a slight chance of rain into next week. five 02 a.m. america. >> 5:00 a.m., agree conditions on the freeway is no promise to report for those of you having at the door westbound 80 looks good for all approaches known problems along the upper age or freeway or the shore freeway getting to the macarthur maze, was down 5/80 looks good as his northbound nice, light conditions as to make your way towards the patriots.babbity

gates. no problems at the san mateo bridge. once again on the span u z very easy conditions in an 92 still lots of space between cars. south bay, no hot spots yet. traffic is building on the right hand side of your screen among those taillights heading into santa clara. well. >> thank you, , futures pointed to across the road and on wall street after the dow surged nearly triggered 50 points yesterday. to close at 11,000 to under 55. it was the biggest gains in september 1st. this morning the labor department released its weekly jobless claims analysts are looking for an increase in the number of new claims for unemployment benefits which thousands of americans will run out by christmas. also more on the holiday chopping season should become known as retailers release their monthly sales number for the month of november.

preliminary sales reports show shoppers spend more in november spending on family and children's clothing rose more than 10 percent teen clothing was particularly strong up 20%. luxury items 1.6% overall online sales rose 12% during the month. some shoppers say they're holiday budget is about the same as us ledger the bargains, if your patient enough on the part of you will find them. >> christmas is tight very tight. we have a one-year- old, and my husband has been that of work for two years. we're on a tight budget. >> just try to get cheaper things find the best deals. >> i'm buying things i craig lewis, e big, not paying full price on my knees. >> with them was a weekend or holiday shopping season signs pointing to recovering economy many stores are very optimistic. >> bart is handing out of a

pair of free tickets to 60,000 commuters the tickets are good for one-way trips. bart is encouraging people to use public transportation to go shopping during the holiday season by giving away free tickets on thursday, a spokesperson said.bart employees will be giving out a pair of free tickets to some 60,000 bart customers between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on thursday.each ticket is good for one trip anywhere on the bart system during the next three weekends before christmas. bart wants to encourage holiday shoppers to leave their cars at home and take public transportation to popular shopping oakland, san francisco and other bay area malls. the tickets are promotional and non-refundable. tickets will be given out at the center, powell, montgomery, embarcadero, oakland 12th ba st. and downtown berkeley. back to get to more news faster let's turn to our team of solo reporters yoli is in san francisco this morning monitoring the situation yoli, d.c. in the bart people out there? hang around looking for free tickets for strikes >> not quite yet, it's still early. but you do want to be in that commute between 6-9:00 a.m. because that's when the weekend to get the tickets. it's a pair of tickets. even though it's one way be allowed to bring someone along. to enjoy a

free ride on bart. something i know that i wanted to point echoed on why this is so enticing you don't run to worry about traffic and you do not to worry about parking lots and the being promoted you just get off nearby downtown area instead of this year, berkeley, oakland. they're also saying this is their way of saying the white to the facebook commuters who use part of everyday monday-friday and they are saying hopefully this will all go with the holiday spending. >> thank you, yoli provided these live pictures from san francisco oftentimes those brothers are in a hurry i'm sure it's the day they will get their little before 6:00 a.m. to get this free tickets. >> developing story san francisco police are investigating a shooting that killed the man in the city's richmond district. it happened in the 400 block of 23rd avenue around 9:00

a.m.. officers found a man in his 20s-there is dead inside the unit in the building. no arrests have been made. no one knows the cause. sponsors of the ban on same-sex marriage are asking one of the judges to disqualify himself. lawyers for the measure's supporters asked stephen reinhardt to disqualify himself because of his wife's role with the aclu they argue judge reinhardt's " impartiality might be questioned because his wife is a and opponents of prop 8 and has taken part in legal proceedings " credit card is one of three digits and a panel scheduled to hear arguments this coming monday. coming up on kron4 morning news, much more weather, traffic in news. speaking of traffic lights other side, show you what is expected easy-going for the bay area. eric had been monitoring the situation so far no hot spots to tell about sids is there is not a hot spot currently only 49

degrees it is only going to get to be a high of 50.

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and for huge value, try bounty huge roll. the mat, and live look of 101, turn temperature 41 degrees set just nine degrees above freezing you know those cars the you see there and they're using their heaters because they're going to need it they might even needed little later today because only a high of 62 degrees by tonight it drops back down to 55. the police is not wet like it could be in the north bay. sweden supreme court is that holding a court order to detain and wikileaks founder over questions of rape and sexual molestation he denies the accusations made by two swedish women wikileaks has anchored the u.s. and other governments by publishing secret documents about u.s. diplomatic orations and the wars in afghanistan and the rock. more snow in europe

and more airports closed for the second day in a row. you're looking at the snow in paris which is disrupting travel several airports are closed including present and britain's biggest airport. real travelers are it encountering delays and motorists are stranded on raise transport officials say there will launch a review of the counseling this. air travel regulators and austria are saying engines on cordis 8 3 ft. may have a serious manufacturing defect that could cause the engine to fail. they say the flaws in an aisle to connected to the engine can crack overtime in allow oil into the engine which could cause a fire. qantas your august 6th of its super jumbos in november in 16 more last week. coming up on the kron4 news could new stadium be headed to oakland? we will tell you what happened during last

night's meeting a couple of minutes. > [ female announcer ] give yourself the gift of time with the kfc festive feast. twelve pieces of the colonel's hand breaded original recipe chicken. with three sides and six biscuits for only $19.99. have a so good holiday.

new details this morning the oakland a's continues to look for a new stadium was packed house in oakland as the plan inflation weighed in on the future of the a's and its environmental impact. the proposal that they're considering, the new stadium recalled victory court ballpark for having 39,000 seats, reach out series and residential units. located near jack london square east of fallon st. and the embarcadero. many fans say they're excited about the idea but some residents have concerns. >> one came back, what about losing the home team. that is a big issue look to the oakland greg, the a's their name is oakland. this is a good idea for oakland. not only does it create jobs but it creates business, you

don't have to go to the a's game and have dinner and san francisco. >> proper contact regarding this in my mental emax study we cannot build eight months of terrorist tactic the to drive a semi truck air explosives. >> the planning commission did not make a decision on whether not stadium should be built. that what happened until the impact report is completed which could take another 12-18 months. the a's owner has suggested two possible sites in fremont if the oakland a's and darman and oakland possible move could happen in san as a as well. but from there, there's a dispute with the giants over territorial rights because they have their rights to san jose. the raiders' second considering a move to the

raiders and the niners should share the stadium. people as santa clara approved a state known for the niners in their city. more controversy surrounding the $43 billion high-speed rail system, last week the california high speed rail authority recommended running in the first 65 mi. route from the farm lands through fresno. critics are calling the proposal to lay track between two small towns as the " train to nowhere. the first segment should connect president to merced are bigger still. will the plo says starting construction and at the plant site will help attract more federal spending and private investment. -- at the san mateo bridge adolescents side of your screen plenty of space in between the cars and on the right side, james lick freeway even fewer cars in that area getting around at this time pretty much all of the bay area should not

be a problem. however, in the north bay we might see a little bit of rainfall. louisa. >> even fewer temperatures in the '30s this morning, we are starting to warm up so ran across the board for the most part we're sitting in the '40's, 46 degrees currently in oakland by noontime 57 high temperature of about 60. back down to 50 by a clock. there is a slight chance of rain come later today this morning taking a look at these temperatures, such a difference to me astray. 46 for santa rosa, 45 san rafael. 49 just flirting with 50s in downtown san francisco. for the mountain view and induce san jose. future cast will take you through, we are expecting a slight chance of showers the best chance the latter part of your day however if we see any rain around 11:00

hour it will rarely be into the north bay that's where that front is dropping down from. very, very light rain if any. 1:00 some sprinkles along the peninsula and these may even into the evening. as we head towards 10:00, it looks like we stand a better chance of getting some heavier showers coming down by your friday morning. still keeping in north of the golden gate bridge, as we head towards the latter part of your day on friday and into saturday, that's when you expect to see a chance of widespread showers. very, very light throughout the day on saturday. this pretty much as light as i green is going to get may be just and drizzle here and there. but that wet weather does continue over to your sunday as well. navy a few raindrops on sunday, here and there. afternoon highs, in the fifties into santa rosa. 58 napa, vallejo, downtown centers go. we might get into the sixties

as well today for these bay and into monday.mountain view. e is a look at your 7 day around the bay. what shows us is unsettled weather, don't put that under low way, it looks like will continue to seek a fair bit of showers into the weekend and a slight chance of rain into next week. checked and your commute, erica. >> thank you, , still quiet in the traffic department no proms are an accident to tell you about clear conditions at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza was bandied 0 looks good if your coming and 80 virtual run into any problems. very light conditions, we are completely in the green no delays or from here. once you get past the pay dates metered lights are off. sematech, west companies spent 92 nice, easy conditions traffic beginning to build on the right hand side of your screen those taillights having into

foster city, tracking a small way that the toll plaza. in minutes from end to end. coming from south or north, that ride is in the clear. crosstown traffic here in the city of san francisco, traffic is building just a little bit but moving at salomon you'll run into any delays here at the 10180 split. if you're taking public transportation looking good, no delays to report. well. >> bart is encouraging people to use public transportation to go shopping during the holiday season by giving away free tickets on thursday, a spokesperson said.bart employees will be giving out a pair of free tickets to some 60,000 bart customers between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on thursday.each ticket is good for one trip anywhere on the bart system during the next three weekends before christmas. new details about the escape of an inmate in santa cruz, investigators believe they inmates faked an injury during a medical transport. the share says 24 robberies in the fourth new that he would be on shackled during

an mri exam. the two ordered 75 lb. man at chaffed the deputy after she tried to reach shackle him these a year of voter had better figure, taster stover pesto and then ran off into a santa cruz neighborhoods. he was captured but not before he held a teacher at gunpoint. he held some people hostage at their own home. the deputy we should your pictures are is recovering from her injuries. new details of but a deadly officer of ross shooting in napa. if two police officers shot a man with a taser and rifle outside his home on sunday. after future and i from his waistband. he died of a single gunshot run to the head, final autopsy reports are pending toxicology tests. the officer's claim their lives were in danger. both men are paiplaced on paid on administrative leave.

coming up, the latest headline news only come back, here's a live look outside the bridge toll plaza very few cars. it should be no problems if you're heading into segments is governed east bay. probably will be that way for the next hour or so. easy commute all of the bay area turn temperature 46 degrees only a high of 60.

a national news, today the national oil spill commission would deliberate preliminary findings on what caused the gulf oil spill million this year. per month a similar disaster in the future. the meeting comes one day after the obama administration announced it will ban new drilling in the eastern off of mexico nearly seven years. critics say the ban will hurt the economy and send more jobs overseas. trials wrigglers began last- ditch effort to avoid being

searchers for ethical this behavior. the longtime democratic congressman from new york plans to argue that center is for a corrupt congressman he claims he's not one of them. yesterday e-mail's 25,000 supporters are urging them to ask their congressmen to vote against center. new this morning, nasa says it will make a major announcement today related to the search for alien life. the ministers will only say it's a " astro biology finding that will impact the search for evidence at extra terrestrial life " speculation is running rampant on whether not nasa will even say its founder et. scientists will make the announcement at 11:00 a.m. our time at the d.c. offices and on the nasa website. coming up, we have rain in the forecast to get a check on whether plus as tv owners may want to keep our cash on hand will tell you why.

the and it really slows sourcing around the bay is here westbound highway 4 to read that any act. added in the. clears up on your way to pittsburgh. your ride from lunch ua highly 24214 minutes. will. >> wall street is looking to continue the momentum from yesterday's stock futures are pointing positive on wall street this comes after the dow surged nearly 250 points yesterday to close at 11,255. it was the biggest gains in september 1st. other market headlines, the releases weekly jobless numbers, analysts looking for an increase. thousands of americans their unemployment benefits will run out by christmas. we will know more on the holiday shopping season their release their monthly sales numbers for

november, and sentences get placed the virgin america flying to texas. the three world airline will fly to fort worth. starting with four flights of. as to the owners if you might want to use the extra cash after new crash tests found that even minor from under benders of suvs can lead to big repair bills. the insurance institute found repairing damages to suvs involved in low-speed crashes could cost anywhere from 3 to $10,000. in tests of toyota corolla hitting the rear of what to wear red for incurred more than $6,000 for the damages to the fore, when the four for august at the back of a ford of state this year tallied more than $2,200 in damages. the main problem is different bumper heights but automakers are reluctant to changing their designs. bart is encouraging people to use public transportation to go shopping during the holiday season by giving away free

tickets on thursday, a spokesperson said.bart employees will be giving out a pair of free tickets to some 60,000 bart customers between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on thursday.each ticket is good for one trip anywhere on the bart system during the next three weekends before christmas. bart wants to encourage holiday shoppers to leave their cars at home and take public transportation to popular shopping destinations like downtown oakland, san francisco and other bay area malls. the tickets are promotional and non-refundable. tickets will be given out at the following stations: civic center, powell, montgomery, embarcadero, oakland 12th st. and downtown berkeley. to get to more news faster let's turn to our team of solo reporters yoli is in san francisco providing as these live pictures you can see the bart station, over 25 minutes away from people hopping on to get their free tickets, heavy seeing people around waiting for free which is my very word? >> oddly enough know. what precise art to did not even know about the persian. i said a is it red? they said no one had to go to work. it

seems like some people didn't know was going on, they should try and hang around here between six-9:00 a.m. cathepsin there will hand out those tickets. in fact there will hand out a pair of tickets in case you want to bring a friend along. it starts way of saying thank you, to their facebook commuters for monday-friday they're also hoping that they will help people get to other parts of the bay area to disarm their shopping and after rattrap it is barkingtheir parking. that they're promoting their hoping that you'll come by between nine and six pardon me 6 and 9:00 a.m. to get those free tickets. for thousands of riders were the pleasant surprise they show up, they're heading there any ways and they get a free ticket for a shopping we will talk to the spokesperson for bart about who's going to pay for this

may be our will just reach into their pockets and pay for all of this hopefully will come out of taxpayers' pockets. a live look good side in oakland, you can see these zero by the coliseum traffic is not a problem in that area we'll be right back. >>

welcome back, and national looked you see i area is pretty low quite a bit of rain. but is expected to drop down interest area also seeing some band of lake of sex stuff in here at lake erie and ontario. and maine. rain is continuing to the central part looks like it will let up, the eastern portion of the fine state is going to continue to get hit. >> pennsylvania is cold, wet and plain ugly. especially

western pennsylvania, several areas near pittsburgh have declared states of emergency because the flood waters have gone so high some are getting through with sports, can news. three deaths are blamed for this storm that is brought high winds, heavy rain to these shows. from pennsylvania all the way to the pacific northwest where winter storm crumbled idaho overnight turning roads into ice rinks. more than 8 in. of snow fell through the night the most remain in a 24-hour period since 2002. more than 100 schools are closed today this was the third snowstorm just this week alone. this is dajust in and more americans have signed up for unemployment benefits new claims for unemployment rose last week by a seasonally adjusted 26,000 to 430 the 6000. a big difference from the

previous week's rains. the figures are volatile during the weeks around the veterans day and the thanksgiving holidays. coming up, the latest date have lines plus, a full check of weather, traffic from a return. when we return inw when we return inw minutes.

welcome back to kron4 morning news, by 40 6:00 a.m., shot this morning of the james lick, downtown san francisco. clear shot, we are dry. still expecting chances and showers for today. san and cisco 49 getting into the mid '50s high temperature in downtown about 15 dead fellow '60s o'clock. turn temperatures, big difference from yesterday we were sitting around freezing of this time tonight we're at 46 degrees 45% lafayette, those of the '50s in san francisco. still the upper thirties at this hour.

future cast, there is a slight chance of showers for today, storm system dropping in from the north could bring us a few sprinkles up into the north bay. best chance afternoon, 1:00, rain a chance on a peninsula as well. mainly the north bank that's where our expecting to see the best chance of a few raindrops out there. 10:00, dr. sharon of terrine indicating that heavier rain. this'll be very, very light continue to see the threat of rain into friday and saturday. brie actually a chance or rain. the continued threat much of the day on saturday. by sunday same story the chance of wet weather in the picture ran out to the date on your sunday. today optimize 50s, 60s some swaps '60s in concord, east bay to the north bay into the upper 50s you can see oakland 60,

hayward and fremont 61. 62 degrees force half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. you can see its unsettled weather continues, there is a slight chance of rain by next week. check on your commute. erica. >> thank you, , wrapping up the air without any hotspot, cool in the traffic department traffic is building approached the bay bridge toll plaza west by the zero still pretty light from all approaches but deadly bigger volume of cars. leading lights are off the same drive time of 8 minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze towards a fremont street. easy roll into foster city, hayward and no qualms across the span, getting to the bridge along 101 and 800 completely in the clear traffic is moving at the limit a small way that the toll plaza. really will not affect your

drive times. conditions in walnut creek nice, light pretty dark shot buttress usa there are no promise to report headlights' headed north by the 680, clear. no delays on westbound to four. minor slowing along westbound-580, drive times are pretty ideal. from the altman passed to the 58068014 minutes. roadways are clear, you will run into some problems on public transit bart is reporting 10-50 minute delays from the civic center station because of earlier debris problems. >> let's head of side to our team of solo reporters kron4 is jackie sissel is alive at 800 near the colosseum providing as these live pictures. jackie it seems like the cars are moving along well to notice any back up? >> no, not yet. and north of

the hindenburg. as we approach the 6:00 hour you can see that the traffic is starting to build especially in the northbound direction those in the headlights to see their in the south and direction coming from oakland to the airport you can see that there are no problems at all. and as we get deeper into the commute it starts to back up. will. >> thank you, . there seems to be no problems probably for next hour or so. traffic is an unusually well. maybe people took some time off. new details, a man charged with breaking into a daly city, and beating an elderly woman with a crowbar was convicted of seven felony counts. jose gonzales broke into the victims, and gender to the as an aide and brutally beat and robbed her before fleeing to mexico.

the woman who was 77 years old which was a taft suffered a near fatal injuries. she lost her sight as a result. he is scheduled to be sentenced under a tent. >> an interest in the murder of a hollywood publicist the man believed to be more connected to the fatal shooting shot and killed himself last night in an apparent suicide. he took his eyes as he is being questioned by police, about the debt of ronnie chastened. dividnine problem unwilling police say them and suicide does not end the investigation into chase's death. state regulators have approved a cancer causing pesticide four crew members will growers. despite heavy opposition from environmental groups. will now be used as a substitute for methyl grown line. that chemical is being phased out by international treaty.

tests have found new cases in fruit in trees and soil. scientists say that this new pesticide can poison the air. the governor has declared a state of emergency not because of fires or heavy rainfall but because of a man stockpiling explosives in his house. officials say they plan to burn down the house next week because they say it's the only way to eliminate the danger. sacramento kings basketball team ensuing three companies in court over an exercise ball exploded and injured one of their players. garcia broke his right wrist after the ball burst resistant wall burst. this sediment to reports that the lawsuit is seeking $4 million because, the team had to pay the injured choir. much more

weather, traffic and news coming up. but to the bedside, here's a look of san jose, it looks like traffic has picked up in that area over the past 20 minutes or so what did all of those taillights it looks like bumper-to-bumper. we have a temperature of 62 degrees as high for san jose today. current temperatures in that area 41 degrees. [ female announcer ] give yourself the gift of time

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welcome back, here's a look at the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. barley cloudy over the next couple of days rain is expected to head to the north bay starting today. saturday, sending the matter where you live there could be rainfall or should be rainfall over the place is not going to be a clear weekend. the giants have or re-signed pat the bass. there you see him hitting a home run. they're bringing him back for one more season. he was a key part of

the stretch run hitting 18 home runs including a key basket with division series for us as the braves. he's 34 years old, up in santa cruz. terms of the one-year deal have not been released. you better believe he's super rich. >> san his estrogen's plans lined up to see one of their favorite chance. courier ross was an san francisco meeting fans, signed to 300 autographs. for those who paid for some donations to the needy. he says he's ready to get back to baseball. >> i'm excited to get back to playing. it's been a month now to the day that we have not played. seeing my teammates, i want it back of them. the commerce under back. >> as much as he's talked about getting back to his teammates so far there's no word on whether not he will return to the giants.

hopefully will resign and we'll see. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news keeping our eyes on wall street after the market had an up day yesterday. here's a live look good side at the san mateo bridge, traffic is picking up all of the bay area that looks so pretty cold in that area. 44 degrees high as 60 degrees, mark will take over in just a few minutes. we'll be right back. ["knock on wood" playing]

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