coming up. >> a few hours ago wikileaks founder surrounds surrendered to police he's expected to be in court today. >> president barack obama and extending the bush era tax cuts. >> and things are nice and drying, out there you can see from their roof on van ness avenue in san francisco clear right now what are we in store for? >> we are keeping an eye on the rain we see some dropping and tomorrow but for today we will stay dry just cloud cover out there and morning fog in the north bay. the rain sets in tomorrow so we will take you through the time line here is a look at your temperatures. we are cooler than where we were yesterday at this time 49 interest in francisco 44 for san rosa overture livermore valley temperatures in mid 40's

down into the suspect's steer afternoon highs in the '60s getting up to 64 san rosa 60 and san rafael 61 in san francisco. if you plan to be outdoors best bet get it done today looks like it will be the last fall dry day for a while. 64 fremont 653 san jose. lets take you through the time line as we head into the morning hours to more the best chance of seeing rain will be up in the north bay back we could see some moderate downpours through petaluma and san rosa at even to san rafael by 10:00 a.m. by 11 best chance of showers along the peninsula and these days as well and we will keep a chance of rain through the afternoon and into the evening hours. everybody looks like they will get rain drops but picking up the most a bid to the north bay. here's a look at you're 7 day around the bay showing us once the wet weather starts it doesn't look like it will lead up showers

thursday chance of rain friday but the weekend looks to be dry and warm. >> san mateo bridge westbound 92 potential hot spot we had a cargo off the roadway into dutch currently not blocking lanes but we do have chp and fire department blocking the right hand lane as we tried to get their part of the dutch once we get past the toll plaza snow expected sitting delays here was down in east down looking pretty good still lots of space between cars traffic moving close to the limit. not going to affect your drive time right now only looking at 50 minutes from and to end. you're bay bridge ride couple more cars on the road but still moving well coming from all approaches you may encounter delays come from the shore freeways to make your way through berkeley but other and that problem free conditions for u.s. bound ride the meter and one still cycled off just nine minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont street san francisco. no hot spots and

in san francisco traffic is building a long 1 01 a live shot starting to attract a bit of a back up on 87 interchange could drive time unaffected 15 minutes from downtown san jose make your way toward santa clara. mark. >> out of these oakland man in hospital with serious burns from a natural gas explosion that happened here you can see it on google or the 87th avenue investigators looking into what may have caused this blast. will tran is live at the scene. >> it is early but pg&e says they don't believe it has anything to do with them even though this is a natural gas explosion. but surely the home of the two- story duplex it collapsed on the bottom floor yellow tape in front of the building just to make sure nobody goes inside glass all over the ground. the explosion was so big even the windows

next door to this building a couple of them were knocked out you can see they have been boarded up those people are also in temporary shelters this morning. according to pg&e after the scene was secured they send in the gas as expert to detect gas they went around the building their experts did not find a gas leak outside. perhaps this started inside if it happens inside in the home it is not their responsibility still early on speculation on my part they believe it could be anything from say a stove that was turned on but the pilot light was not let that is one factor that they have to look into but this is going to be handled by the oakland fire department. this is their investigation according to pg&e they had nothing to do with this and they have no comparison between this and the san bruno gas line explosion.

back to mark. >> incredible to see what happened in that home. >> the founder of wikileaks is under arrest. he was under arrest from a swedish want a few hours ago he was wanted on allegations of sexual offenses against women. he has been hiding in britain since wikileaks release hundreds of classified cables last week. he is due to be in court later today. >> president barack obama reaching a deal with republicans to extend the bush area tax cuts the president saying the tax cuts being expired while the unemployment rate stands at 9.8 would be a chilling prospect. he is eating keeping it in place for what the americans. it would renew jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. stock futures aren't because of this deal as everyone was waiting to see what was

going to happen with the tax cuts. it was mixed yesterday. we're watching the treasury department is planning to sell city group holdings for their common stock in the government will end up turning up a $12 billion profit on the 43 billion they invested in city group. chrysler's launch production of a chrysler 200 and they have a new engine to look and hundreds of other design changes to lure back customers. >> robert gates is visiting afghanistan today he will meet with top military. it is to thank the 100,000 troops serving in the war he will be looking at how things are going and the imam, administration is seeing if it can reach its goal of pulling out some forces in july. >> mt. tam this early

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no. well 1 01 traffic on the right hand side with the taillights moving smoothly as to make your way past 87 interchange 45 degrees for a chilly start said was a fairly nice day with sunshine 62 n and 65 early afternoon high and back down to 50 as the weekly chance of rain tonight. >> the government will check more than 1 billion a new $100 bills because of production problems that have left on wanted to creases in many of the bills. the government says it stranded determine how much of the currency will have to be destroyed because of what you see. actually that's a good one here. most of the new bills should pass expand inspection the

currency was scheduled to go into circulation in february so they are not on cavan new date set until the problems can be resolved. >> new concerns about the number please officers in oakland. two weeks the two years ago it was an all-time high but since then they lost 83 officers because of the budget deficit. right now the police department has 669 swat officers including the layoffs they are losing 6% a month. dozens of officers served on disability because there are some local police officer some people want covered even with the shortage the crime rate is falling. >> robbery rate is down overall crime rate is down. we have officers out there they go out and respond to calls quickly as they can

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come back to kron 4 morning news 16:15 a.m. this will probably be the last friday for quite a bit. by noon time getting into the '60s we could get up to 65 today in san jose and 50 degrees by 8:00 p.m.. here is our

current temperatures we are cooler at this hour them we were this time yesterday 44 san rosa, napa, close to 58 in san francisco voted degree below that. temperatures in a low to mid-40s in the south bay. afternoon highs bring in as the '60s 60s across the board 62 napa, of vallejo, 61 in downtown san francisco. in the south bay in the mid '60s 62 in oakland as we head into tomorrow though this is where it starts to change early in the morning we are expecting a storm dropping and from the north that actually could bring showers starting in the early morning hours. tomorrow by 10:00 a.m. we could already have half an inch of rain in san rosa about two tenths of an inch right through novato and as we take it through the afternoon everybody has a chance of showers the best chance in the north bay. as we head towards evening by

10:00 a.m. we are close to three-quarters of a majority in san rosa. several hundred of an inch in the south bay in san francisco more than a quarter inch of rain. best bet of wet weather in the north bay. 7 day around the bay show showers and a thursday chance for showers on friday but the weekend looks to be nice. it will dry up and warm up as well temperatures back into the '70s by the weekend. >> we attracting a problem here san mateo bridge right before the toll plaza one car accident currently sitting on the right-hand shoulder not producing delays we are not seeing away at the pay gates make your way on to 92 in both directions nice easy conditions still space between cars traffic moving close to the limit drive times unaffected 15 minutes between 81 01. no slowing on either end coming from 1 01 if you're headed to the bay bridge a bit of a back up

and saw the cash lanes in the middle right here the meter and lights are currently still cycled off the other lanes could uniting cannot occur slowing the shore for a way out of albany and berkeley all approach is looking good your drive time from the foot of amazing to for monsters have francisco clocking in at 10 minutes. crosstown freeways in san francisco good shape not james lick in south-central no problems to report here traffic moving at the limit. drive time from 1 0180 splits to the airport 15 minutes. if you're headed to the lord back no problem there either. >> california is facing $6 billion halt governor schwarzenegger says he has a plan to fix that it would save $10 billion over the next two years although it mean steep cuts. including health care cuts, and in state-supported child care and the stock to welfare to work program. the governor

says they're necessary cuts. >> it is the responsible thing to do. and the governor would call for special session and the governor would make cuts the sooner we make them the better it is. we have time and time again failing to act in a timely manner makes the problem worse and the cuts are painful. >> governor schwarzenegger has less a month left in office during brown will be sworn in january 3rd. >> university of california is calling for more out of state students to deal with the system's budget crunch the ec commission on the future looked at ways university can address rising costs and reducing the government's support for the reduced government support they have a while educational mission stays on track the report says if the use the finances get worse the university should consider cutting

enrollment, raising tuition and reducing aid and downsizing the work force. university of california workers are planning rallies today as their region's plan to vote on sweeping reductions already to retiree health care and benefits the workers contend the proposals target low- income workers and retirees for deep spending cuts new rallies are set at san francisco, berkeley, said degrees. >> men diablo is dealing with school closures kron 4 as jonathan blum attended the meeting were the ideal was met with opposition from parents. >> the mount diablo school district has to save one- and-a-half million dollars a year they said a committee to try and figure how to close 3-6 schools some parents are not happy about that even less happy about

the proposal some high- school screws to serve 6-12 which means sixth graders are the same school as 12th. and other ideas close some school and scatter those kids to other schools. they say they have to do that to cover the same spirit it is partly due to decline enrollment's they have to vote on what schools to close in coming weeks. >> in the news from a developing story any up police investigating the murder of a woman this morning and they're searching for the suspects glassine driving a vehicle like this one. late model c vol silver four-door nissan pickup. basically what happened to a.m. this morning police responded to. they've said the victim was heard arguing with the subject in the parking lot of the location i gave you. apparently was struck and dragged by the vehicle. when

police responded she had severe injuries took her to hospital she was pronounced dead. they're now looking for the suspect they don't have much information other than he was seen driving away headed north on compiler road. obviously any information give us a call. >> we will be back as a morning news continues leaving a note with a look at the james lick in san francisco traffic moving smith at 6:22 a.m.. lightning fast. lightning strong.

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6:25 a.m.. today looks like a good day 65 degrees partly cloudy and partly sunny skies. enjoy it the rain moves back in the chance of rain moving in for everybody tomorrow. hanging over thursday looks like it's going to back off on friday. the weekend looks good. the

high on sunday 70 degrees full sunshine sunday the best of the weekend. >> strong winds and heavy snow makes it tough in new york those brave enough cash facing bitter winds and blowing snow. even truck drivers are saying it's so cold break lines are freezing. snow expected all the way through friday. in maine the first significant snowfall kids got the day off of school because of snow. school is back in session today. >> 6:26 a.m. the launch of a private space craft has been delayed. it had been aiming for test flight from cape canaveral this morning but the company said there's a crack in a rocket in june. now it is off until wednesday it will be the first launch under nasa program to get supplies to

the space station using private companies once the shuttle's stop flying next year. the rocket will have the test capsule which all goes well it will orbit " twice and splashdown in california. >> we will be right back as the news continues opening bell on wall street doubt futures are pointed up with the bush era tax cuts for two years. the latest with wall street in a moment. 6:27 a.m. a big back up at the bay bridge were backed up to

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positive this morning lot of positive reaction to president barack obama this reaction that he extended the bush era tax-cut spirit there is a battle we will be back momentarily. >> san mateo bridge little fog out here already. >> else where we have cloud cover we are starting to see the sun movement. we are dealing with morning fog through the north bay dry today partly cloudy conditions. rain steps and to more so today could be the last day of the dry weather. current temperatures upper 40's for sampras's go 44 san rosa 46 down in to mountain view. afternoon highs widespread

60s 64 san rosa, 62 turnup but, of vallejo, in the south bay getting into the mid-60's as well 65 san jose and morgan hill. heading into tomorrow chance of rain future cast 4 shows as 5:00 a.m. we could pick up rain in the north bay, san rosa, by 7:00 a.m. the downpour started back up all this yellow area shows us were the moderate rainfall will move in, san rosa, petaluma. schuller's moving down into the peninsula and heavier rain through san rafael by 10:00 a.m. moving south by the 11:00 hour. the afternoon it is scattered showers up until the afternoon. and a more shellers movement thursday. you're 7 day around the bay is shows us rain expected to move men and let the heavier rain tomorrow then shores thursday, chance of rain on

friday it is the weekend brings us dry and warmer weather. >> a back up at the toll plaza westbound 80 the metering lights were turned on a few moments ago that solid backup stretching passed the 880 overclass. kdd is backing up itself expect delays for the west bound ride 14 minutes from the food and amazed to san francisco. san mateo bridge no problems the right now clear on both elections traffic building on the right hand side those tillites moving into foster city earlier accident rate before the toll plaza it's since been cleared so we are not tracking problems at the pay gates just nice easy 50 minutes from end to end. the only slowing we see is here your when a lot was held 580 slalom begins right after you get off of 2 05 the solid structure of yellow indicating speeds at 30 mi. an hour. no accidents near a

new accident rate here that read indicating slowing pass the same but the good news is we finally see clearing towards pleasanton and the 580-680 interchange. the golden gate bridge no problems to report their traffic moving at the limit the right to marin county is in the clear drive time from the bottom into the city limits 24 minutes. >> 6:33 a.m. out of east oakland man is in hospital this morning with critical burns from a natural gas explosion in happened at a duplex in east oakland. the duplex is located here 87 avenue and dallying street. to get to more news faster return to a sole reporter jacki cecil is live at the scene with a look at what is left of the house. >> the top floor has

collapsed on the bottom floor you can see the debris there remains here the fire lines out there and you can see the broken glass. you can see how much destruction was caused about 8:00 p.m. last night on the 87 straight it is the last house on the block. you can see there's an apartment building right next door on the other side of the fence the explosion was so strong it blew out nearby windows. the explosion happened around 8:00 p.m. last night there was one person inside of the building. according to pg&e who we spoke with earlier this morning they say it was a natural gas explosion but they said crews out with a gas detectors they went around the property to make sure it wasn't a pipe on the exterior of the house they say there are no problems they believe that happened in the interior of the house which means it's not the

responsibility. obviously after what happened in san bruno lot of questions will rise whether or not it had something to do with that book pg&e at this point says it is not their issue. oakland fire department is the agency handling the investigation at this point darya. >> it was a duplex i can even see were the other unit is. >> this is the door that would going to both of the units. you can see there is a second address. it's hard to tell from here but there is a downstairs window there and then as you pan up there was obviously a second-floor up their that collapsed on top. whether or not both units or two stories. one if it was your man on top of each other to tell. there were reports below renovations being done on the >>. think you jackie imagine

san bruno and tonight in december now there's a legislative forum to talk about gas line safety and pipeline pressure issues. this comes to the aftermath of the big blast. the blast that destroyed 37 homes killing eight people. several officials will be at the meeting to 9. >>wikileaks founder julian assange was arrested by the british police today on a relating to charges of sexual assault. assange was arrested on this morning by the scotland yard after he voluntarily surrendered at a metropolitan police station. he was due to appear at the westminster magistrate's court later in the day. assange, a 39-year-old australian, is accused of in one swedish case and of sexual molestation and unlawful coercion in another. he denies the allegations. he said he will fight extradition. >> president obama has

extended bush tax cuts despite the 2008 promise to let those tax cuts expire for households earning more than $250,000 a year. the president acknowledged democratic unrest. >> i'm not willing to let our economy slipped back towards us were pulling herself out of this devastating recession. i'm not willing to see 2 million americans whose stand to lose their unemployment insurance at the end of this month be put in a situation might lose our home or their car or suffered additional economic catastrophe. sympathetic as i am to those who prefer a fight over compromise as much as political wisdom may dictate fighting over some problems it would be the wrong thing to do. >> president says allowing bush tax cuts to expire well

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it is or what day and the latest on a developing story police investigating the murder of a woman this morning they're searching for driver of a vehicle that looks like this the suspect in this case. it is a pickup for doors nissan from terre luggage racks on top and silver in color. the not have license plates bay it was seen driving away from the crime scene which is

1725, ala road. north of highway 4 in antioch. before 2:00 a.m. the victim was heard arguing with this object according to witnesses. at some point the driver of this car struck her and dragged her a few dissidents. the police found her in the drive way they try to do emergency resuscitation and she was later pronounced dead. police are looking for the driver of this vehicle as we learn more we have crews on the way. as we learn more we come back and give you an update. >> this just then a bomb explosion has wounded 20 people attending a ritual in india what appears to be a terrorist attack. it was in a mall canister on a staircase leading to the god she set river. three people have been hospitalized in serious condition. >> bay area weather and

traffic coming up after the break a live look from a very foggy and back up bay bridge on this tuesday morning.

welcome back to the kron 4 morning news 646 a and the bay bridge approach allowed of low cloud cover we are seeing fog in the north bay this morning currently in oakland 46 temperature bit cooler than the were yesterday by noon time getting up to 58, high of 62 today. we will stay dry for today and then the wet weather sets in as we head towards tomorrow. current temperature aunt's where widespread 40's so bit of a difference from the '50s we saw this time yesterday 40 degrees or fairfield 44 napa, san rosa. 42 livermore your afternoon highs bring as widespread '60s so we're getting up to 64 from san rosa 61 san francisco 62 for

label. south bay into the mid '60s about 63 livermore, east bay temperatures and low '60's. taking you to the timeline of what you can expect in terms of what whether we will start off early morning by about 80 at the best chance of rain being up in san rosa but we could pick up several hundred of an inch in novato in san francisco. by 10:00 hour most of the rain sitting in the north bay half an inch trees and rosa. them by 4:00 in the afternoon that's when we pick up several hundreds of an inch in the south bay so not much in the south bay tomorrow is the best chance for remain up in the north bay by 10:00 a.m. three- quarters of an engine san rosa. more than a quarter of an engine severances go. over throughout and we are looking at close to two tenths of an inch of rain by 10:00 our overall the bulk of the mosher sitting over the north bay we will continue to bring the chance of rain into the picture once again on thursday as

well so showers weekend though that is when things change we tried out and we warm up. we are actually bring temperatures up into the '70s by the end of the weekend. also you have plans outdoors on your sunday. 6:48 a.m. a check gone to commune with dark up. >> the bay bridge toll plaza kind of a foggy shot you can see not much change in the back up stretching just passed a 80 over cross. the same as it was 10 minutes ago 880 still solid right now so we will bump up your drive time by one minute looking at 60 minutes from the foot of the maze as to make their way towards fremont street san francisco san mateo bridge this morning good alternative you will not run into slowing their spirit conditions and good in 92 lots of space to twin cars. sit 15 minutes across the span but you may

get slowing across 880 getting to the bridge. and accidents at about 101 the fourth lane from the left is blocked due to a stalled vehicle it is not producing any weight thing in the way of the back up walnut creek conditions could impose a correction of 680 no problems there the entire ride throughout the san ramon valley is in the clear westbound 24 looking good now delays as a major way toward lafayette and roundup. >> the board of supervisors is going to talk about a replacement for gabonese some as mayor of san francisco. one name circulating around city hall is assemblymen tom of me on all. he said yesterday there would be no way he would accept an interim >> myoneural >> that sea lion that was rescued after being stranded for the third time this year they we say they will euthanize the sea lion because it cannot

survive in the dwyer ruled because of brain damage. he was found wandering near all elementary school officials say the five year-old sea lion have an acid poisoning which is caused by toxic >> keeping our and on wall street stocks are positive the dow was up 77 points and 11,00439 and checking meander industries that stick up 23 the big reason for this morning's rally is a last-minute deal announced by president barack obama to extend the bush era tax cuts in exchange jobless benefits will also be extended. it's not a done deal they have to get democratic support and that's what the white house will do today >> the next generation of the google fall promises to do more than your standard smart phone in addition to a phone, camera, a computer,

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we have a major cold snap back east in tampa only 57 degrees. syracuse new york at 26 for a high 13 below normal, memphis in the low '40's today a freeze warning in effect tonight in the south florida area. here is people bundling up. it does not from fort lauderdale. there that is from fort lauderdale. we had video like this in atlanta. >> better than raining frogs i say. >> is for the concern is for the florida orange crop so they are bubbling up in east coast in florida. >> even the retired people like my mom in florida they don't like the cold. we are getting cooler to more today

is good we cool down to more in the rain moves in again stretching through the end of the weekend and saturday, sunday sunshine and warmer temperatures. >> as we approach the holidays macy's has fired santa. he played center for 20 years he was told he was never it was not willing what did he asks older people when they sit on his lap if they've been good to me says he does not make such jokes with kids he's not asking macy's to reconsider macy will not comment on personnel matters. >> the approach to the bay bridge you can say really backed up right now the bay bridge toll plaza will have to drive times and a couple of minutes. a look at the

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kron 4 all morning news' top stories at this hour of home explodes in those oakland one man is in hospital with serious burns this morning a live report coming up. >> the founder of wikileaks will be in court he surrendered to london police. >> president barack obama reaches a deal with