live, from the bay area's news station, this the kron 4 morning news. >> did morning, 4:00 a.m. here on tuesday look at that, wet bridge the golden gate bridge, rain is coming down in the north bay. we will kick it off in the weather center >> good morning, radar, where the wet weather is you can see a lot of it sitting to the north bay. we of rtc in a few sprinkles or the peninsula almost like a light mist. 101 happen to clovers dale, also st. jose now getting some good rain. port wine country is getting it there as of wet weather.

just a few pockets of light showers to san rafael, 101. in the golden gate bridge is starting off wet. he proudly will need your windshield wipers, just a very light rain that this current are, in the '50s, 54 san francisco, mid-50s san rafael. south bay, you coming in ritter and 56 degrees. taking to the day, only in a way to expect, 6:00 spotted showers similar tour where seeing for the next couple of hours and looks like we'll just see the whi light stuff. in the afternoon heavier rain, you can see some of these cells embedded in the system and of pushing through a moderate-heavy downpours this isn't the afternoon. 2:00, widespread showers

this continues until 3:00. evening commute could be wet. it could drive it out in places like santa rosa, petaluma. still seeing these cells and moderate-heavy rainfall. by evening, and looks like you'll see the rain taper off. setting the stage for what is to be a fairly wet work week. wednesday, thursday a bit of a break, friday heavy stuff, same for saturday. periods of red heavy rain is expected. the intensity by the end the week a stronger than today. wet weather in towards the end of your weekend into monday. check and your commute, erica. >> thank you, tuesday morning commute is in good shape, san mateo west did east bound 92 no problems, traffic is moving good. traffic on the right-hand

side of your screen that into the peninsula not tracking any weight at the toll plaza is zero getting to the bridge. no problems. golden gate, take a look at all that water you can see and your screen a couple cars headed south wanted to san francisco. nothing in the way of the delay, just check the traffic maps in the green. watch your speeds along the span in the meantime your drive novato to save for cisco 23 minutes. westbound 80, the upper east bound no problems. james. >> thank you, new details, who is preparing to lay off 700 employees with notices going out as early as today by yahoo. there represents about a 5 percent cut in

the company's work force. it will be their fourth or mass layoff in three years. it is expected to be concentrated in the u.s. group, it is the first nine months of the year the revenue has paled in comparison to google, facebook. this comes in response to that. developing news, a hearing is expected for jeffrey easily the man police say was behind the disappearance of the troubled euro from virginia. she is proud of san francisco. for the smith is headed back to virginia now. yes trigger father spoke jonathan bloom has this story. >> i wanted to start out by thinking everybody who prayed for my daughter. >> so happy yet trouble fighting words after finding of his daughter trevor-roper this man was coming home. >> i felt, it was at his daily life. what was ahead

is a relic from my daughter was bornit was the happiest dayf my life and my daughter or osborn but tonight has taken the no. 1 spot. >> brittany has gone missing one or mother was murdered she turned out thousands of miles from in it your full press conference her father think the woman who spotted her with the man accused abducted her and called police. >> your hermy hero. it is not anything like to sa that i coulo describe you and the way my heart feels about you. just a thinsee you. he declined

to talk about his daughter's captor. he wants to help bring the deal with her mother's death. >> of what a perverse for you. we still need prayer. jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> making headlines the man suspected of sexually assaulting a year-old girl in santander's is scheduled to be arraigned today and happened inside the store on friday, she was separated from her mother. he put his hand and lacrosse pants when the charles told her mother were absent he tried to escape that's been too good samaritans jump into action tackling him the of your interest in to make sure he did not get away. he now faces several charges

including committing a lewd act on a trial, a grade of sexual assault, false imprisonment. an update on the sample in a pipeline explosion at 10:00 a.m. a new report on the investigation into that last that will pour will be posted on their website several news conferences will follow we will be their real live reports. new details on the bid for the american cup, today the board of supervisors will consider the official proposal the city has joe friday to get a deal emplaced in order to host the race. they set the deadline in a letter this past saturday this is the key changes have been made to your original agreement that could cause financial risk to the authority. they discuss dropping that plan in favor of a new one that would change the location from the central waterfront to the northern waterfront. what surprises that change would alleviate fears that

they were spending tops their money. >> we think it's a good deal for san francisco, and the people in the bay area. we think oracle should respect that we believe it would be a very reasonable deal. profitable for them but not at the cost for the expense of the taxpayers. any notion of this being some sweeter deal for billionaires has been evaporated. as speaker of the house started out talks with ryland, italy and the location in the middle east just in case san francisco's plan does not win them over. >> will take a break, if you miss the forecast with regard rain on the way, but the later half of wheat as well. a live look at side james lick, as i said the rain is coming down. you

could see reflected on 101 south grounds. we will be roebuckright back.

but the land we love ya, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today rain all day, it will be until late evening before we see these bet. temperatures around 60 agreement. wednesday, thursday better, friday, saturday, a series of heavy rains free to those days. heavy is coming on the weekends. temperatures hovering around the upper 50s, low 60s. more detailed look coming out. news stories, wikileaks founder is scheduled to appear in the london courtroom today. he is fighting extradition to sweden in the sex crimes investigations. he is trying to secure bail after being held a week in a british cell. he was ordered to be hauled in a hearing last week. he's wanted for

questioning after two women accused him of sexual misconduct. the bill to extend a tax cut has cleared a critical hurdle and seems likely to pass by mid-week. it kron4 more than the 60 votes needed. it passed by a margin of 83-15. it inspired the president to say it improves the two parties can work together. democratic opposition to the extension of tax cuts to the rich looks like it might be easing a bit. wall street, market closed it exists today, stock futures continued to mix this morning. this week's first economic data due today with the government weighing in on the producer price index for coming out this morning. the government releases figures on october business. gm is offering buyouts to several thousand skilled trade workers at 14 plants around the nine states. they will pay workers $60,000 to

retire with full benefits. that 2000 more workers than they need rain now. santa clara housing market appears to be read calibrating towards further recovery in 2011, the year that will see strong sales at the inventory. 48 percent of all hos on the market, thomas, condos or in escrow. the inventory level is trying to get down. 5900, on sale last month. the downward trend may change in the coming year. the plan to sell la state buildings, over. the california court of appeals has issued an order stay in the sales. the order means that the schwarzenegger can no longer move forward with the sale of the properties it was slated to close tomorrow. california wants a little bit more of the king

of pop. $131,000 in tax penalties, is considerably more than the state's franchise sought also bought back in march. the new numbers include interest and penalties the california says the state rose for the 2009 tax year. the original claim was because the state had to request that the income tax return for 2007 although the penalty doesn't appear. the late singer's estate evaluate claims are for deciding whether or not to pay them. let's go back outside, we have a quick look this morning of the golden gate bridge, whether they're

we're back, take a look at this, this is ohio, is getting a and another dose

of really what wintry weather. all the ice on the roadways, they are reeling from a major snowfall. so far it still technically autumn, try telling it to these folks. the mayor calls this a matter some nasty, not something the residents are used to. speaking of people are not used to the cold, fla., the florida city park is living up to its name rain now. another place to avoid winter better place to really feel it. rear frigid temperatures have proved much of the sunshine state as an unusual cold snap continues. windchill advisory is in place throughout this morning. a lot of places bridge street temperatures around 30 not something you're expected florida. inspectors tremendous service much to draw monday after the stadium's roof collapsed under the weight of this note, here you see video of the damage from inside. sheets of snow, a

large chance of guys scattered across a frozen field. you see them walking around, no one was injured. but the good news. the vikings had their game against the move to trade. bay area, dealing with the rain. louisa. speaking morning, think of this as a warm-up for the wet weather to come. >> teaser. >> yes. by the weekend were talking about a huge rain in fact, this morning and light rain, what road raise over golden gate, just a light shower heavier to the north. heavier downpours expected by this afternoon. that big storm really kicks and friday, saturday, sunday coming into monday. we're talking about quite a bit of rain. storm tracker 4, you can see what's happening all of the wet stuff to the north. starting to see a few sprinkles along the

peninsula. coverdale, a helper, cerros that you can see some showers along calloused to get.napa. some celg their way through marin, richmond said rabbi l bridgesan rafael bridge. 56 redwood city, 55 hayward and oakland. 54 san francisco and half moon bay. light showers, it's not really in tully head towards the afternoon that things change, this band of wet weather heads from the north, a bit more widespread by 2:00. notice of this yellow, those are cells that will bring us some moderate-heavy downpours. we are expecting. of these heavy downpours especially towards the afternoon. evening commute,

drying out in the northern portions but still seeing some rain through san rafael, napa, vallejo, doubt that an south bay. we could get some heavy rain in the south bay. we will clear up as we head towards the evening. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we will act to catch a break from the wet weather the next couple of days wednesday and thursday. friday, we are talking about a system that is expected to really just hammer the bay area, is known to the sierra, periods of very heavy rain expected for friday, saturday, sunday. by the end of the week into the weekend be prepared for a washout. this is jeff agree to set the stage for that storm door opening continue to bring very wet weather in to next week. for al their debt >> no problems to report, wet weather on their race is not producing anything in the way of slowing or

incidences. you can see this on westbound 80 just a few curves of the rest back to san francisco the warrant into any delays coming from the shore freeway, 580 or 80. easy conditions towards san francisco, meeting lights are off. san mateo bridge along the nimitz freeway no problems, speeds 50 mi. per hour. were to get to the span you can still see pretty easy conditions lots of space between cars, track of the right hand side of your street heading into foster city those bright lights headed east of the to hayward. pretty good condition along the span clocking 13 minutes from 880 and 101. golden gate is wet not seeing any slowing. set bay, no hot spots just yet. a live look 0101, san as i same goes for conditions of throughout the south bay no promise for 280, 85. james.

>> thank you, headlines around the base of san francisco police are investigating a bank robbery. it happened yesterday for 30 p.m. in the two under block of the report of polymer. a man approached a teller handed over note saying he would " blow the tellers had of " he never did show again the taylor did give him a undisclosed amount of money. he's the guy is as a black male new year's vicki had come jacket and blue at this tortured. shares office is asking for the public's help in fighting a 34 year-old transient has been seen since august he was last seen in moscow rows back on august 19th when the up different move on the other residents. although he was a well-known transient heap maintained regular contact with his parents provided him with medicine up because

his appearance. to search and rescue missions where he was last seen there were unsuccessful. >> new details on the story of the toddler ' after falling into the hotel fountain in san francisco. the cartel has put up a 34 a high barrier around the fountain. the toddler was with his mother, is his many entrances during the were under way after the family could not find him the card line on when he was found floating in the pool, the fountain. please call it a tragic accident. speaking san jose city council imposed a sales tax on marijuana collectors and for now, the liberation of any new pop clubs as rock reports they stopped short of an outright ban.

>> i recommend is speaking it was business as it is usual monday evening were founder van holley says the city's actions will keep his and other collections on the road to legitimacy. >> we don't think it should be taxed. it's such a broad spectrum in has such a broad spectrum for some many people. but if it means a legitimate position for the industry that i'm off for. >> the response to the passage of measure you they opposed a 7 percent tax and stopped issuing of licensing to any new clubs. capt. the 998. >> many of the voters or to tax and regulate the facility. speaking they must now submit to an audit of their barracks. they will step up enforcement. the

higher taxes will be passed on to clients who says it will force some people back to the streets for their medicine. >> biking court rain now by an ounce for hundreds of dollars. what is the workers returned to dollars. let's not portion of back underground literature the other direction. the council stopped short of banning the pop clubs altogether it's not clear just how much money the city will take in as a result but the actions clearly moving by the current budget woes. mayor chuck reed. we need the money. >> san jose could become the largest california city to ban disposable plastic pigs. the council's expected to vote on a measure to ban them from giving away paper ones. they could change recharge customers for paper bags to ring church reusable begs. it would go

into effect january 1st. said it is the board of supervisors is meeting today the agenda includes continue discussions on taking nominations to appoint a successor mayor to replace gavin newsom. the an agenda also includes discussion of our proposed harvest agreement for the america's cup we will see what comes out of those discussions. the next generation of california employees want to work longer, turn pensions. that is because the governing board of regents the approved a ban or raising the minimum retirement age for ross roy's higher after july 1st. from 5255. officials say the changes are needed to address a $21 billion unfunded liability in its retiree health and pension programs. we will take a break, much more straight ahead, let's go outside phone the weather this morning here's a live picture from the south bay.

101 of these seven interchange traffic is moving well we will find out about the weather in a bit.

in the at that, bridge jack, here's a look at the bay bridge approach a lot of water at their be careful, no, at the toll plaza no issue on the span is just what roadways. san mateo, highway 92 moving well, this bridge looks a little bit dreier is hard to tell. check with louisa in a

minute. golden gate, no question here their roads are wet as you make your way at nine county headed southbound on 101. erica, louisa will be up with a checked in just a moment. world headlines, secretary of state hillary clinton is in canada this morning meeting with her counterparts from canada and mexico is expected to talk about problems including security and trade. yes bay haiti seemed to dominate the conversation she urged haiti's government to work harder on the daunting problems. australia is trendy experiencing but talk-show host to the rejection came and real honored lucky fans are wrapping up in a day australian adventurist and includes visiting the carrier reef and flying over the outback. two episodes are per share were taped before they head home. as part of the show's final

season. this trip is costing her a dime the austrian government picked up the check which some estimated $5 million. we'll take our break, much more news straight ahead keeping to into kron4, a live look at that as we go, a shot far east a camera in albany headlights westbound as your perch the merge. it is whether there will be right back with a full look at your forecasts.

in the eye back, james lick, those headlights headed south on 101 as you can see it is wet. louisa is falling the rain. good morning. good morning james. waking up to some wet weather in fact you can see the showers just started to push their way to the peninsula. raid on through, when you wake up this money will probably need your way show draper's for some light rain at this

turn are expected to pick up as we head towards the afternoon widened out heavier stuff, when i say heavier stuff is a kind of light. north bay, said a rosa petaluma, quite a bit of that wet weather a few cells here bringing about two tenths of an inch per hour heavier downpours near hillsboro, clover built along 101. callous took it is picking up some heavier showers as well and through wine country. a few raindrops on 802 vacaville and fairfield. the peninsula as well picking up a few raindrops. golden gate bridges wet, very, light showers along the peninsula from downtown san francisco all the way to south san francisco and san mateo. east bay, a few raindrops at this hour. temperatures in the '50s, 54 for san francisco, 55 oakland,

hayward says bay 56, and your mind you. today, this is where we can expect scattered showers like we are seeing in the next couple of hours to the morning. it is really the afternoon where we see the intensity picked up. noon time, showers move in from the north-cells, to a clock you can see widespread chances for everybody, embedded in the spring water-heavy downpours. kind of some passing showers throughout the afternoon with some periods of heavier downpours. continuing to your evening commute. best chances of getting heavier rain down to the south bay by far clock. san jose heavy downpours. but by the evening it will improve. this is setting the stage getting our feet wet. for a big storm by this weekend a bit of a brick on wednesday,

thursday, friday, saturday, sunday this is a big storm we're talking about heavy rain, wins. could even be talking about mudslides, rock slides. very heavy downpours. even urban flooding. heavy rains last angry on through friday, saturday into the beginning of next week. check and your commute, erica. >> i just checked the mobs, nothing in the way of delays just yet. your commute, westbound aids your your approach to the bay bridge tolthe zero, meter and lights are off, e zero up the incline. no problems to report 8-9 minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze toward san francisco. san mateo, easy lot roll into foster city or hayward, easy conditions along the span note from getting to the bridge. no back up at the toll plaza of just talking

about 13-14 minutes from end to end. golden gate bridge, easy ride out of print county, runways are wet you may want to watch your speeds. traffic is unaffected had led to san francisco, knows slowing during county easy 23 minutes from the water toward city limits. across town, in san francisco, nice, light traffic coming from the about central. says brown, james lick good street. headlights headed southbound your ride from 1012 san francisco airport clocking in at 15 minutes. james. >> new details yahoo is preparing to lay off up to 700 employees. notices going out as early as today. they represent about 85% reduction in the work force them 0 marked the fourth mass layoff in years. it is

expected to be in the u.s. products group. in the first nine months their revenue has paled in comparison to other companies like google and facebook. developing story, extradition hearing is expected for jeffrey easily the man police say was behind this appearance of a 12 year-old girl.the disap2 year-old girl. history her father spoke to the media. >> in virginia benjamin smith held a tieria press conference. >> teresa you are my hero, (cheeringis an (crying) anythint

i could say, (crying) to describe you or how my heart feels about you. it just a simple thank you, and god bless you. >> meanwhile the man suspected of sexually assaulting in a year-old girl at a wal-mart in san leandro is scheduled to be arranged. it happened inside the store when the girl was briefly separated from her mother. 29 year-old put his head and done locals pants and when the trout told her mother what happened he tried to escape. bettman to did samaritans jumped up to stop him one talk of a suspect in the other a man by the name dino already made sure he did not give away. >> the young kids tackled a pretty good eye that ok, fine, let's take a look, then i heard the mother

screaming he touched my little girl he touched my little girl. all i saw the tears and a little girl's face. it was a serious thing. but from towed and three times to sit down and then i finally told them to sit down an hour ago. i did not put my hands on him but i thought is free to take off. i did feel it chasing him because of i had to chase them i don't know what i would have done, if you're 10 people 9 won't get involved. i'm not that individual or not to set up a lead of up and i will do something to prevent it. mike kawakami your car it is a matter on the newsom that prevented. you hop you. it is the right thing to do. sneaky called 911, he kept a suspect in the store until police arrived. he has been charged with several crimes including a live actor a child, aggravated assault and false imprisonment.

samper and a pipeline explosion the end tsb is scheduled to release a new report into that september 9th class to attend a.m., that last of course killed at leaseight people. it will be on the web site and then news conferences afterwards we will be there bringing you that in live reports as soon as those conferences began. a flash mark inside the marriott leads to several rask, activists from the group told pink gathered to protest the meeting of the public affairs committee the demonstrators protesting the united states press report they did a dance to another bridge and the wall. new details for the bid for the american cup. they will consider proposal on the meeting today. coming up

with the another deal by friday to quote and. the key chs which were made to the original agreement could cause financial risk to the america's cup of that authority. they are posted in the event for that cup of ben. they talked about scrubbing the plan unsettling on any planned one that would change the location from the waterfront to the northern waterfront. they have started talks with ryland in italy. in the location in the middle east just in case the san francisco plan does not get agreement. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. let's go outside, a quick look as we go a shot of the golden gate bridge, it wet ride for folks in orange county had been to san francisco or cast and your commute come

and we are back, here is a

look at your 7 day around the bay. to date temperatures around 60 degrees, wet. we have rain in the mix, are the following the result they long to market breaks up more sunshine, things dry up for wednesday, others say it all comes back fighting, said it, they each did the rain to get more intense, pretty wet as we headed next week. more detailed look coming up. veteran diplomat richard holbrooke has died. he passed away after surgery to fix a tear in the large artery. doctors were working on him for more than 20 hours to repair the tear in his in order. he was a critical player in developing policy in afghanistan the white house says he will be a mess. america's neighbor heard are coming more into graded according to recent census data. the record shows that immigration increased last year to a higher level than anytime in the last century.

it came as the rising black middle class moved into white areas in the south and west. segregation among blacks and whites fell in three-quarters of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas. other headlines a new ronald reagan step will be circulating, you see here, it was unveiled at the library. to carry a rate his 100th birthday coming up in february. if a former first lady camisard are there, it will go on sale for 44¢, is the third stamp to be dedicated to the former president. the new airline baggage of these are boom to airlines. so far that collected more than $4.3 billion for checking baggage. new data from the transportation department shows that the sec collected

the most appalling in 1.2 6 billion in fees so far this year that is significantly more than the 922 million liked by united, american allies 784 million, southwest is not charged to check the first two days is still collected about 22.5 million. the game show jeopardy will pit man vs. machine in a competition that will show how successful scientists are committing a computer that can mimic human intelligence to of the most successful champions will play two games against watson. the computer program developed by ibm. they will be spread over three days, the competition will air in february. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. another look outside as we go, this time a check from our roof camera is credit, foggy and drizzly. craig, what,

whatever word you want to use and is going to be a difficult time getting to work of your trying to stay dry. we will be right back.

officials say no one was hurt when this sinkhole opened up along the historic coast cruz fence at the area's so no one could get hurt in the story. the cause was most likely the rain and there used to be a safeway store here it was torn down years ago. now there's just a giant hole in the middle of town. college students in indiana concept will help them clear of snow take a lot they undergrads call

their convention a snowball. it runs on batteries, it slowly cuts pinchot's away layers of snow that uses sensors to stay on the pavement so in those words going the students who created it say across the road $6,000 to build they hope a consumer version to be developed and sold for about $1,500. kind of interesting. check on our local forecasts. >> i want for christmas. starting up this morning with wet weather and the peninsula, north bay you will need your windshield wipers to as light showers. heavier rain at the end to the north bay, heavier down four as expected by this afternoon, this will be relating comparison to were expecting by the weekend the weekend one-two punch. is really a knockout. heavy rain, wind, pretty much everything for this weekend this morning, heavier stuff

to the north bay, you can see from clover delft, santa rosa. even callus go get. wine country starting to get some showers even to. along its zero of you showers and vacaville, pushing to the east kind of spotty showers auriana duron and data to the peninsula as well. if you passing sells real to the golden gate, the bridges wet as well. reid gunter oakland a few sprinkles and the san mateo. very, light showers. in the '50s, 55 san rafael. oakland, hayward 56. mountain view. as a ticket to the morning pausing showers, scattered showers throughout the morning hours it's really not worth the afternoon until the storm gathers a bit of strength. north bay, starting to fill in by noon time, to a clock all of this yellow choses were some

moderate-heavy downpours could be. it could have some periods of moderate downpour's as we head into 2-3 clock. farquhar, best chance was the heavier stuff to the south bay. then by evening in looks like we will seize showers taper off a bid. a bit of break the next couple of days, you probably want to get what ever you need to get done outdoors on wednesday, thursday, friday we have a storm moving to bringing heavy rain, wins. right on through the weekend another storm for sunday, monday. check and your commute bearcat. >> thank you, could shave for tuesday morning nothing in the way of slowing to getting your way, was 580 the approach the bay bridge a couple more cars on their road, still pretty easy conditions as a major way to san francisco. the rise from the maze is a 17 minute

trip. sam a tear come easy conditions, no problems to reporter crossband take a look of that sound right hand side that is traffic heading towards foster city we're not tracking any back up at the toll plaza no problems getting to the bridge along the freeway. golden gate bridge, little wet still in good shape. the entire ride through marin county speeds average while about 50 mi. per hour. only new prom is right here on our maps, and iraq san westbound 580 rated grand ave. to car crash not blocking any lanes. public transportation off to a pretty quiet start no promise for the east rain, burt, muni. james. >> controversy rate wearing at uc-berkeley the issue steep fines for the fight islam is not trying to disarm so on. here is the

map, that this amount zone in the california plaza they must barack their rights in these areas. the care ride and these portions on indicated on the map. stanley roberts takes a closer look. >> between the hours of 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. monday- friday cash you cannot ride a bike, skipper, scooter and sections of the berkeley campus primarily in the plaza. there are signs all- around including on the grounds. they're ignored by students and on since the light. you can ride your bike in a plaza. really? speaking note. the police issue warnings to by creditors about the dismal policy and check id. it tran said he was in possession of a big deal of wheat which resulted in a ticket for the week. but even while he was

talking to one writer another which was ignoring the dismount policy. most people i spoke to were not even aware of the policy. >> test your quick question? a year where you can ride a bike in the closet? >> no. speaking of another signs posted? >> no. >> bike riders can only secure their bikes to work through by sans not polls, relatives or bulletin boards. the police or handing out to $20 tickets for both. the rain now they're looking for better ways to enforce their role. and are this and they follow the the vehicle code so please read the signs. if you just have to ride your bike in the dismounts and you might want to leave the we get home. stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> it is getting even harder to get into stanford, of the record-setting 5900 students

replied just 754 received acceptance letters more than 26,000 students are expected to apply for regular admission. to designate more than 25,000 students applied and a total of 2400 less than 10% are sure offered admission. i guess is hoping for seconds in in new location. we of more on that story coming up a little bit. the favored san shop, opened across from this image spot old location. the neighbors are not all that happy it was forced to move after a long lines, excessive noise and dirt lot of people in that area. to avoid overcrowding the owner plans to create a line to keep people inside.

it offered a receding. it is located in the back of the line restaurant a few blocks from former location. the storefront or harvey milk to launch a historic campaign is getting a new tenant. it is anchored some of the gay- rights leaders. the human rights campaign the largest lobbying group is moving in the nonprofit is opening an information center and a gift shop at the site some of this contemporary city organizations philosophy runs completely counter to the uncompromising message of the gay pride to the heavier. >> sports news, currently has reached agreement in a contract with the phillies a five-year deal worth $100 million. subject to the left-hander passing a

physical. the '80s and the rangers have been going after him there are told there ride of the running, he joins the many strong at the pictures are great on the scene. so, they say the pitching staff might rival the giants. we will see. we'll take a break, and given a live look as we go a shot from our bay bridge kirch, to a handful of cars headed t the toll rates. we'll be right back.

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we recommended it works really well. it is $500 entry level, on apple's web site certified on warranty refurbished 16 gig ipad to perform under $29 with free shipping. it is expected debt apple will release a new one next year as early as march or as late as june. samsung galaxies have is the next time as it runs on standard operating system smaller than the ipad half the size so easier holding carry around. two cameras one in the back and won on the front. i like this one, it's like using a giant star found its and ipad just goes rigid. $600, you can sign up for two years to reach the service when he informed dollars. hot tip, radio shack is offering at $50 less than other retailers.

lastly, the del street, it's the only tablet that is also a phone into a little smaller than the ipad and aleksei 5 in. tablet even easier to carry around but lacks the screen size for videos that the ipad end galaxy offered. it runs on internet, the cellphone part of it is offered by at&t. i made some phone calls it works fine. it has a rear entrance facing camera is $300 and you have to pay for an at&t cell phone from end. right now, you can get a great deal on it on the web site. they're offering it for $99 free shipping. dave slate, kron4 news. >> we will take a break, coming up the golden globe nominations of but to be announced we will bring it to you live from the beverly hilton hotel. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

then a.m. a 12 year-old virginia girl found unharmed is now home and the man accused of kidnapping her will be in court today. >> 5:00 a.m., yahoo preparing to lay off 700 employes details ahead. speed was that there. the rain is back. a live look at storm tracker 4 for louisa will be following. >> here is a look from bay bridge to purge wet road ways out there, we are doing is quite a bit of that wet weather to the north bay. that's worse of the heavier stuff is everyone will need their when chilled wipers this morning to the peninsula, east bay and north bridge. heavier downpours expected this afternoon, just kind of getting your feet wet for a big storm as we head towards the end of the weekend into the weekend. this will be

fairly weak compared to that storm right now storm tracker 4 is showing us all the wet weather to the north bay. from hillsborough, santa rosa, quaint wine country is getting quite a bit of downpours. the peninsula still dealing with raindrops heavier downpours right here along highway one through novato. and the peninsula. so san francisco seeing as though. san mateo, east bay. san leandro, oakland is getting some downpours. future cast, the next couple of hours worked is to continue with what we're dealing with heavy stuff sitting in the north bay. scattered showers until the afternoon with another band pushing through bring us some moderate-heavy downpours. to a clock, all of this area are in yellow is showing as those

moderate-heavy downpours continuing for 3:00, 5:00 so based is the best chance of getting some heavier downpours. even some heavy downpours for san rafael. keeping a chance of showers around more likely we will see the rain taper off. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the next couple of days cool, dry. it's not tough friday we have a storm rolling of for bringing his periods of heavy rain. saturday looks to be a big storm. another one rows news sunday into monday. time may now is five 02 a.m.. george. taking a look at the bridge is normally only do what we started with the bay bridge. golden gate bridge in view. because we were watching as the were changing the pylons over. they're shifting the

pylons from here to one lane over. the netting that settling in the northbound direction. the bay bridge, westbound, wet here at the toll plaza no proms, very light traffic for the westbound ride, as expected is an easy trip of 5:00 a.m.. san mateo, also looks pretty good here, you can see the traffic looks great, it is very light in the westbound or commute direction. as you head across the spin you have an easy ride. no problems and the north or south bend direction. ringneck trouble- free, pretty quiet checking the california highway patrol long as america reported so far this line and no hot spots or delays. mark. >> bay area layoffs will start with the guy who, preparing to lay off up to 700 employees by yahoo. the

cutbacks represent 5 percent of the work force and marked the fourth playoff. it is expected to be concentrated in the u.s. products drew. their revenue growth has no comparison to google and facebook. wells fargo as the bank says they are closing their lending operation in concord eliminating hundred 37 jobs but says it will help those losing their jobs find other positions as possible. they focused on processing loans for third-party marge brokers. >> fedex is expected to be pretty busy today let's go to will trent who is in oakland will at a busy? speaking it is a military operation forklifts, actress caucusing all over the area as they try to get these kids to people's

homes. you can see the plane is ready to be offloaded, put onto a belt, yesterday was the busiest day in history with 16 million shipments worldwide, that petro% from just last year. here's video from inside is so big we had to walk and eight of a mile just go in here. just this week alone they expect to ship about 63 million boxes, books, you name it all the good stuff to people's homes, from thanksgiving-christmas 223 million shipments i tried as some of the employees does that mean the economy is doing better? he said he didn't know anything about the economy but boxer indicators bill looks like people are shopping more feeling better about themselves. coming up we will have an interview with these a riser about how they

make this work and what the last eight you should send your chairman. >> you the lead to the question i always or to know every year i forget the time was the last time i can ship the cheapest what's the most expensive and which is that? >> it's all about the money the later you wait the more it will cost you. >> thank you, . another developing story, and hearing scheduled for jeffrey easily. that is the man arrested in san francisco in connection with the kidnapping of corporate name a smith. she was unharmed, back in virginia. her mother tina smith was found dead in her home. brittany's father was so happy he had trouble finding words after finding and his daughter was coming home. in the tearful press conference he thanked the woman whose body brittany with the minute >> teresa, my hero. it is

not anything that i can say to describe you and the way my heart feels about you. just a simple thank you, and got less you. >> smith declined to talk about easily he wants to focus on what's ahead helping bring the deal with her mother's death. >> new details at 10:00 a.m. the ntsb is said to release a new report on its investigation into the pipeline explosion. that record is going to be posted on their website. there will have a news conference as well. it killed eight

people destroying 37 crowns. >> we'll be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues until 11:00 a.m.. a live look of the golden gate, where conditions traffic looks good. ben usually has red curly hair, just like me. and we both love boarding.

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labatt, cold winter weather and the midwest is 7 degrees and chicago, 20 degrees snow coming down in new york city, told a grant from the midwest but to the east, ohio with another dose as you see there on the map. here's the way a look, is still technically bottom but look all the snowstorms. >> december 21st is the first day the mayor calls this a-no nasty. >> the florida city of winter park, that the name of their living up to. this is a place that feels

definitely like winter. rear frigid temperatures gripping much of the sunshine state they have this unusual cold faucet that is continuing. you can see the sun but it is chilly. the of the wind chill advisory in orlando. speaking in the news recalling the market's dull is planning to acquire more data storage companies. dell is moving to strengthen its hand against for hewlett- packard. as a first box futures are mixed. they're set for a muted open the first is due today the government will weigh on the producer price index retail sales and figures on october business industry. gm is offering buyouts to several thousands of skilled trade workers at 14 plants around the united states. he will pay those markers $60,000 to

retire with full benefits of the estimated 2000 more workers than it needs. following the markets, and opening bell at 6:30 a.m.. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

the chance of rain, heavier rain into the afternoon into the evening hours, it is really your weekend that brings us heavier stuff. friday, the chances of rain or rayon through much of the bay area picking up by your saturday, moderate-heavy downpours on saturday, gusty winds. this could last for a good portion of your day on saturday. another storm on sunday. by the end of the week the storm door opens bringing heavy rain, strong winds. plenty of snow fall up there in the ski resorts. george. >> bridge check, but first i want to tell you about on

city streets in san francisco there were reports of smoke coming from a man all cover this morning. crews were responding. terence l. there was some concern the matter but something to do with embarcaderos workstations, there are no problems. there may be a pg&e par problem that might affect an elevator at our station but there are no serious incidents or delays being reported. but if you are driving in that area or heading towards downtown bart station you may seize emergency crews working on city streets nearby. bridge check, bay bridge westbound like this, it is a wet ride but very light. traffic so far is coming in through the maze down interstate 80, down the nimitz freeway. san mateo, speaking of the nimitz looks good coming

from the limits of 92 ports north and south are unobstructed in the vicinity of the 92 interchange. golden gate, reconfigured for the morning commute to lanes north, four-lane south. these ride. said mrs. gore, across town freeways james lick, satellites are south bond leading from the sky way. toward the james lick freeway 101 hospital curve. easy ride with a 16 minute drive time. from downtown. darya. >> it's all about who's the best in tv as we watch them announce the golden globe nominations let's listen in. >> best originals on motion pictures boned view of burlesque. lyrics by christina endure. the >> coming home from country

strong, i see the light from the tanker routetangled. there e from us from chronicles of an aria.nonadia. finally you hae not seen the last of me from burlesque. (no aud(applause) >> hello everybody, all right, best performance by an actor in a television series, a comedy or musical alec baldwin and 30 rask, steve kerr of the office,

thomas james holland. matthew morrison the lead. jim partition the big bang theory. best performance by an actress in a television serious drama to a the good right. elisabeth moss a madman. covert affairs. he's a doll sons and anarchy. here's cedric the closer. best original score motion- picture alexander the king's speech. alice-in- wonderland, a are robyn. 127 hours. attica's ross the sure shot network. >> less strained play

motion-picture de bordeaux. a hundred 27 hours. the kids are right, inception, the king's speech. but as of god for now. >> best performance by an actor in a supporting role in this series, miniseries or a motion picture for tv. scott kron4, hawaii 50. chris cole for lead. for some of the good life.

erica's jones street modern family. david astray temple brandon. sorry. best television series comedy or musical, 30 rock. the big debate theory. the big see. the leak. modern family. there's jackie. boston foreign language from beautiful, mexico spain. the concert france. the edge, russia. i m loves italy. in a better world to denmark.

best animated feature film. despicable me. how the tree new dragon. the illusionists. tango. tory story 3. that is it. >> thank you, . important lamination still to be aroused in a few minutes will be charmed by the morning shows live. at this point we're right to take a short break. >> their right to take a break. what they're just talking what the best animated. speaking of a lot of amazing nominees in each category will be a tough year at the golden girls. we'll be back with more couple of minutes.

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bay, a few scattered showers around the bay keeping our eyes on weather as the rain is expected to increase full update coming up and two minutes. >>

i 38 and it's a messy morning for the commute to work or school, live storm tracker 4, where the rain is coming from the north heading down and down the right hand side at the marin county you can see it was particularly nasty and certain spots like there were little sheets. sometimes it would be were early windy. >> heavier downpours and spots in fact this morning golden gate bridge, not getting credit heavy rain in that shot. but we are still seeing wet weather in most locations this morning heavier downpours expected as we head towards the afternoon really big storm in store for the weekend friday more rain in our

forecasts. right now, storm tracker 4, a lot of the heavier stuff to the north bay into santa rosa, wine country. even napa is picking up a few raindrops or right now fairly heavy downpours rate on three marin, the valley, heavier downpours into san rafael. and over the bridge. peninsula, downtown picking up some raindrops. you can see the cell is sitting to the east of daly city pushing towards hayward, oakland. on the warm side in the '50s in most locations low-mid-50s. future cast, as we had to this next hour scattered showers, like we are seeing . it's really the afternoon receive gather some strength bringing heavier downpours into the picture all of this yellow shows moderate-heavier downpours into 2-3:00.

5:00, evening commute the best chance is in the south bay. san as they could see that rain picked up by the evening a better chance to see the rain to barack. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. cool forecast for wednesday, thursday but dry. it's friday that we see the rain sitting in again periods of heavy rain expected friday, saturday another storm system sunday into monday bringing more wet, windy weather. check and your commute. george. >> starting with a look at the ride to the bay bridge, westbound commute, close look for the ride leading onto the macarthur maze piece auction from the macarthur maze to the toll plaza at the traffic is still pretty light no problems for the ride coming in from the 880 approach to the bay bridge any perjury now is a good one. a stall on 5/80, blocking the middle

lane is to not be a big problem with traffic as light as it is. traffic still hasn't reached for the commute on the westbound side, drive times running 12-13 minutes in either direction. golden gate, looks good, wet deck but no heavy traffic. no problems over the grave, no fog. bridge across the span, says bay, san jose 101 as expected pretty light heading up north of the parkway. the tremor is pointing towards the exit right here, the ride looks good into santa clara. bart is on time this morning no problems reported though there may still be some activity at second and a market where pg&e or responding where police and fire crews had gone with some reports of smoke as

demand all turned out not to be a major problem. darya. >> developing story,yahoo will lay off about 650 to 700 employees. those layoffs will come largely from its product division, headed by blake irving, although there could be firings in other parts of yahoo. the layoffs are mostly in the u.s. units of yahoo. those let go will be notified tomorrow. there represents 5 percent of the workforce forced mass layoffs in three years it is expected to be concentrated in the u.s. products group. the first nine months of their revenue growth has paled in comparison to google and facebook. >> fedex is expecting a busy holiday rush which is just getting under way will trend is live inside the facility at oakland. the place we don't normally get to see. will. >> i am far to be here because there's so much activity going on. 1400

employees working around- the-clock planes coming and going. as they move all of this shipment all over america and the bay area. joining me is it robyn he's an operations manager. to talk about how you make this work for people to get the shipment they been waiting for? >> we plan in the summer get ready for each big season we get our aircraft folks, we need to have them set up the number of trucks, the number of people. we put all the planning to work for two weeks. >> let's talk about people want to know devastates on when they can send a shipment? for those people who are organized you can ship rain now the last day is friday, people like myself we shot this weekend using express written to the '20s third have it

delivered on christmas eve. >> you can give is hard numbers because if you should care to the weight is more. speaking of demands on when or is going and the weight. he compared the information on the web site it will give you the rate. >> wire we seeing an increase? why is there more to be this year? >> of a lot of business of online retailers making it very easy for consumers to go win, shopped at their packages delivered quickly and offering very attractive rates. >> especially on cyber monday where it was free shipping i found out interesting tidbit from the time the plane lands, they take a package of the play 45 minutes from that time until it hits their road on the way to your house you can get more military than that. >> and r us procrastinators love and sex. darya. >> we will be back with more

in just a couple of minutes, here's a live like outside it's all about the traffic and weather this morning here's a look at the approach to the bay bridge, no metering lights it's an easy ride but the reason you want to leave early is because people may be moving slowly not because of traffic up because of the rain. we'll be right back. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%!

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and we are back, 40 1:00 a.m. america's top military officer is in pakistan to press the case for harder pressure against militants there. the chairman of the joint chiefs is that it is losing his counterpart their in pakistan just days before they're said to release an assessment of the war in afghanistan part of it is likely to stay safe havens for militants are a major problem for the u.s. right there. da lin. >> the the you this morning julien hassan is set to appear in the london

courtroom he's fighting expedition for sex crimes he is trying to secure bail after being held a week in a british prison cell the estonian was held in custody by it during last week he's wanted for questioning after two women have accused him of misconduct over the summer. >> a u.s. diplomat has died u.s. diplomat richard holbrooke he wrote part of the pentagon papers but he's most recently served as president barack obama special envoy. here's what the former minister had to say. >> there was no doubt that he was pursuing his mission. at objectively, professionally and patriotically as an american but at the same time as a friend that was

what we've admired most. but the fact that is still unfinished job that is the fact, at the same time he tried very hard. >> president barack obama called him a true giant of american policy and bill clinton says he saved lives, securities and restore hope for callous people around the world. >> i want to go back live to was angeles where there still announcing the golden globe nominations in l.a. those of their boards for acting and best tv and film roles let's listen to cave homes. >> in section, the king's speech, the social network, thank you, ..

>> a big thank-you to blair, a josh, katie (applause). >> the fighter has that opened yet? >> this friday. >> that supposed to be really good. a lot of big names this year in the golden globe nominations will watch to see if this is anything to what can happen with the oscars. angelina drooly was nominated for the tourists. the heavier stars are mingling at the edges are the names this morning. we will your back.be right back

welcome back, by 40 7:00 a.m. get ready for what startles locations picking up a few raindrops on heavier than others. north bay, heavier rate and to go petaluma, santa rosa on i-

80. and in marin, at this turn our mill valley, san rafael. heavy down price moving up 802 renault. light rain drops of this turn our common bay bridge, golden gate as well. most of the bridges are wet this morning. future cast, taking the lake tahoe sherri the snowfall totals as you had to the afternoon about a foot of snow more than a foot of snow as he had to the evening today. we do have a winter storm warning and the fact tough talk clock, getting down to 4,500 ft. anywhere from 9-18 in. of snow. moderate-heavy snowfall expected, as for the rain in the bay expected to really fell in towards the afternoon expected to

pick up, heavy downpours moving through two-3:00. all of this area and yellow moderate-heavy downpours. 5:00, the best chance san jose, pretty good or rainfall tennis. the evening sea-oriented rock. was it, sears day: there but dry. friday at the wet weather moves in, day after day after day of wet weather. periods of heavy rain and wind expected and plenty of snow piling up in the ski resorts. check and your commute, and george, speaking interstate 580 potential hotspot there was a accident westbound the cross has been cleared but the backup is still here coming up of tracy on 205 he will start to see the

slowing rate at the 2 05580 merge for the ride. it is possible that even with the taxing completely gone this could be the beginning of a new problem for the seat if you will of a back up that loss throughout the morning. a bad start to the westbound interstate 5 it's your ride. bay bridge, westbound, no proms come back, delays clearing lights activated early, meter and light back up as early as 630-6:35 a.m.. san mateo, no problems except the pavement is wet. drive times still under 15 minutes. golden gate, still pretty lightly traveled, despite the wet deck there are no delays north or south grounds. market checked as we had to the newsroom.

james. >> thank you, stock futures are still mixed, looking for a muted open we do have some news that came down in the last couple of minutes one, retail sales rose for a fifth straight month in a jump to 2.8% strong is advance we have seen in two years, wholesale prices when you exclude food and energy rose as inflation remains in check this may give a bit of an upward bound to the market when the bell rings. mark. speaking thank you, the uc regents voted monday to delay the retirement age by five years for future employees and to immediately health care. the regents need to close a vast, $21 billion gap in uc's pension and health obligations - a gap that is the same size as the university's entire annual budget, covering everything from classrooms to emergency rooms. it will still take more than a quarter century for uc to fully fund its retirement obligations, even with higher contributions from uc and employees approved in september. the plan is still subject to collective bargaining for the 42 percent of uc employees represented by a union. the retirement age to goes from 50 to 55. the system

must negotiate with its employees. >> hefty sales tax on medical marijuana tax is dead end to the proliferation of any new pot clubs they did stop short, an outright ban. they will be passed on to clients like wade at a very this is it forces some people back to the streets. >> hiking door right now and buy an ounce a pot for what hundred $50. this way costly to honor to $50. let's not rush it all back underground let's go the other direction. >> it's not clear how much money the city will make and taken by the action was influenced by the city's budget rows. >> san jose could soon ban plastic bags. the san jose city council is voting tuesday on a measure to ban disposable plastic bags and bar retailers from giving customers for paper bags to encourage use of reusable ones.if approved, the ban would take effect jan. 1, 2012.plastic-bag

manufacturers say their product is recyclable and can be reused in many ways. they are against the ban.san francisco banned plastic bags in 2007, and palo alto, oakland, fairfax, malibu and los angeles county have passed similar measures. state legislation to ban plastic carryout bags from grocery and drugstores died this year because it lacked support in the senate. this week 5:53 a.m., will be back with more in a couple of minutes. james lick, it is like. a lot of rain falling rain now the traffic is moving a little bit more slowly but the volume is not there. we will be right back..

welcome back, storm tracker 4, more rain kron san mateo and san jose. steady rain throughout the north bay. up toward 680. speaking sports news cliff believe has it reached a deal on a deal with the phillies. it is a five-year $100 million deal. it is still the 32 year-old,

left-hander has to pass a physical but at the five years or the hundred million he action pass 6 your offers for one under 38 million. he felt he belonged in philadelphia so he joins work, he was in philly before he introns other strong pitchers, reuter holiday god's world, call hamill's people are saying they are favored to take all the way. >> for a 49 year-old resident are teaming up for new venture montana and the arco want to build a luxury hotel sports bar and entertainment next to the 68,000 seat stadium. the three business partners have a meeting with officials but officials say sunday that the council will not take any action until after the new year. >> we'll be back with more

in just a couple of minutes, team coverage of the weather, traffic as their rain has begun a live look here marin county, the roadways are slick he might one leaves much time. we will be right back.