6:00 a.m. kron 4 morning news wednesday december 15th top stories that this hour oakland police asking for independent investigation and an officer of ball shouldn't that killed a man details coming up. >> warning for drivers going across the bay bridge we're one knew about construction. >> a man pulls a gun and opened fire at a school board meeting. >> we awaiting for big storm to what the bay area but right now it's quiet on our refund best avenue. it is chilly out there but not much. >> surely still this morning not seen any fog but as we had further north

morning fog settled in to the north bay. by the afternoon: dry partly cloudy in the evening it brings fog back into the bay. currently visibility down to a quarter mile from the bottle just a mile in nevada and actually seeing visibilities decrease in san rosa right now down to half a mile. visibility chart shows us where the problem spot is petaluma down 1 01 right in to san rafael this morning. adults where we're not bad just some cloud cover persisting throughout the day temperatures in the 40 this morning 40 through oakland down in to mountain view temperatures upper 40's, you're afternoon highs into the 50s. 57 for san rosa, 56 novato, 57 richmond, in the south bay with a warming up to 58 in through los gatos, san jose, mullen view as well, oakland as well. future cast

4 takes us through the time one of the rain friday morning a bit of a drizzle out there some light showers but we will be persistent throughout the day widespread as well. come saturday that's when the rain really picks up. heavier rain expected saturday and it will last a good portion of the day by the afternoon see all the orange showing us the heavy rain that could last several hours at a time. you will certainly not as the impact of the storm on saturday continuing chances of rain sunday as well but it looks like it will taper off a bit. 7 day around the bay couple days of dry weather and then rain sets and it doesn't look like it will let up through the beginning of next week. tuesday is the first official day of winter. >> if you drive 580 from livermore you're not want to like what i'm about to tell you a rough committee yesterday and we have another hot spot developing

here for the west bound 580 ride. acicular is in place this line is blocked before 680 interchange chp hopes to have this out of there within 15 minutes. so far it is still blocking lanes and backing up this westbound ride. all little leggy on the sensors so it is worse than it shows right now. the good news on the nimitz freeway it is still slow from highway sorry high street up to 29th for the slowing was blocked the back up has not reached down not there but there. not reached down to the coliseum northbound still looks good heading up past 66 and hagen burger wrote there is no delays here but you have a short slowdown working your way down town. because of that earlier accident again north outside of the nimitz freeway at 29. and what it

take you back to traffic maps there is a developing problem here on 1 01 southbound it is between the 28680 interchange and 85 near the capitol expressway. malted vehicle accident is on the south of side of the freeway. so much of the northbound traffic coming out of south san jose morgan hill, gilroy is going to be affected by the number of vehicles. there could be as many as seven or eight cars it was blocking the look fast lane so there may be big delays here as well for the ride out of more than help. lets take to the walnut creek interstate 680 traffic and get a bit hot spot yesterday so far this morning an easy ride in the southbound direction coming out of walnut creek and headed down toward alimony towards danville. >> 6:04 a.m. oakland police chief is asking for federal investigation into the

police shooting of a non armed man in november to officers fatally shot a 37 year-old derrick at his barbershop on november 8th police chief anthony says he understands some people's distrust in an internal investigation and is asking federal officials to do and and by a station as well. they shot him after he pulled a metal object from his pants the object turned out to be a small metal scale. not a gun. the officers will not be returning to duty unless they are cleared of wrongdoing. homicide has until tuesday to submit their findings. >> culture and getting ready to move in new sections for the signature single anchor suspension they're concerned it will distract drivers around the s curve. we turn to yoli live on the island with more.

>> you can see why it could cause a disruption the first two sections of the soft and green tower is in place bolted down embraced and it ends just about here. this is where that second section and so on top of that they will add over 100 ft. long additional section and that will give drivers an idea of how to all this tower will be. ultimately in 525 ft. tall that third section might cause a distraction so caltrans is asking drivers to keep your eyes on the road and not to get too distracted by the spirit this is one of the reasons why when they start it they will try to do it after commute hours. >> it will be beautiful when it's finished at the end of 2013. >> easy rider cars to pay

fares the easy cars are born to be blocked at all stations starting today. if you want is a prepaid card you have to try to use a truck clipper card. >> if third 14 year-old boy who attacked a 13 year-old girl entered a not guilty plea to. he will be charged as an adult for allegedly raping the girl and stabbing her 30 times and is also accused of stabbing her 18 months old brother. the boy it wiped away tears during the proceedings after hearing a list of felony charges he's facing included attempted murder, torture, sexual assault charges the his belt is 9 million. >> we will be back in a couple minutes of a lot look at the creek. the headlights means there's hardly a car out there is quite commute right now and it is dry for the next couple of days anyway.

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6:16 a.m. new details authorities have given the all clear after shutting down the metro subway station at the pentagon there are investigating a suspicious package had some blinking lights on at turns out it was a christmas ornament. trains were bypassing the station have been put on schedule so things are a clear the metro subway station at the pentagon. >> school closures are looming state budget cuts left the district $1.5 million short so they will have to cut costs and that may mean closing and consolidating schools. nine different scenarios the school closures would also mean layoffs.

>> the close four schools not only will they lose the office managers, secretaries, the custodians, >> some parents are threatening to uphold the kids out of the district of they have to change schools. >> let's be accountable for what you spend. i'm tired of driving in the district seeing bmw's it but were closing the schools. >> they will make a final regulation sometime next month. >> nice to have a dry morning commute a least for now we have a lot of rain on the way lewis has more. >> the key words are for now this is the calm before the storm. friday we bring you wet weather that won't let up for some time the bay bridge approach we are free of fog here but as you go to the north bay we are bringing clout in to the

picture: try this afternoon but we have that major storm moving in for this weekend. right now it looks like you're wet weather actually pushes off into the south we are continuing to seek high clouds but again, the weekend it is a bit of a different story. quite a bit of wet weather in to the forecast. this morning we are seeing some fog visibility less of a mild upturn petaluma in december felsan rafael. here's a look at your current temperatures low 40's for san rosa, napa, 45 san rafael, upper 40's into mountain view and san jose. this evening temperatures will drop into the '30's so will be chilly night over night. it will be colder than we have seen in quite some time. highs today 57 for san rosa, the

sensors san francisco we're bringing in 58 oakland, los gatos, san jose as well, 56 for livermore. come friday the chance of rain comes an early morning you will wake up to sprinkles but it will be fairly light. light showers vs through a good portion of the day not until the evening do we start to see rain really pickup. increase showers through saturday heavy rain expected, heavy wind as well could cause down tree limbs and power lines. we could have flooded with all this rain. so by christmas eve in fact it looks like we could see 10 in. of rain. you're 7 day around the bay drive for today, tomorrow but bringing wet weather back into the forecast. stormed toward the door wide open for one storm after another. >> a developing hot spot the good news is it's clear from

the traffic lanes the special traffic alert has been lifted. it was at the dublin interchange and i'm surprised by the lack of impact this had on the rest of the commute. let's back up the map coming in to livermore traffic is not as bad. it did not affect the right back here as yesterday's crash agreed bill did. there is low traffic but the good news as it has been cleared westbound at the door the road. nimitz freeway still sluggish from high street up to 29th 23rd were maximum block the slow lane and for a while affected the off ramp your there are no big back up their that's good news. upper deck of the bay bridge westbound ride we have confirmed work that was here scheduled for this tower to begin tomorrow has been moved up one day. we got confirmation through

part that they will in fact start the work today the contractor making the decision late last night to lift the four sections of the third segment into place. likely after the commute. at the bay bridge toll plaza so far no backup for the ride. san mateo bridge for a look at the ride. we have them all move around this morning. the westbound direction you can see the traffic still moving well. the volume has not picked up to its usual level still looks lighter than usual. certainly in the counter flow direction easy ride from foster city back towards the word. >> they are investigating why a man pulled out a gun and opened fire he did not open hit anyone but you may find this video graphic. 58

year-old clay do it the penn mott panama school board. at one point this woman tried to knock the got out of his hand with her purse and fails. fortunately he doesn't shoot her. then he stands up and shoots. point blank he shoots but he misses that's when a security guard shoots him once him, duke turns the gun on himself taking his own life. the superintendent says he knew what he was doing. >> you could tell he was going to die my concern was how many people were taking with him. when he pointed the gun at me and pulled the trigger, i thought i was shot. but then i think he had blanks and real bullets. since he's dead i don't think it's could be an

investigation. >> so the gunman shoots and kills themselves but nobody else is entered. >> a gunman armed man also lost a craps table take a look at this he pulls out a gun and he runs through the casino in this video he keeps his helmet on because he drove up a motorcycle. he robbed the place and took off. they believe this guy is behind a similar robbery last week at another casino obviously they are looking to see about those the chips cashman. but the guys can be smart enough not to do that i think. >> the president has met with 20 top ceos just that and to the podium let's listen in. >> this is not perfect it will grow our economy and create jobs in the private sector. it will help lift up middle-class families who will no longer need to worry

about the new your state tax hike. emergency relief to help tide folks over until they find another job. in includes tax cuts to make college more affordable help parents provide for the children, help businesses large and small expand and hire. i know there are different aspects of this plan to which congress on both sides of the i'll object. that is the nature of compromise. we worked hard to negotiate agreements that's a win for middle-class families and a win for our economy we cannot afford to let it fall victim to delay or defeat. i urge members of congress to pass these cuts as swiftly as possible. getting that done is an essential ingredient to spurring economic growth. spurring economic growth is what i will talk about later this morning when i meet with some of america's top business leaders. it

includes bowling, who heads up my export council and several members of an economic recovery advisory board. many discussions in the months ahead to spur hiring and put americans back to work and over economy forward. as i said when i was running for president and as i've said sense i believe the primary engine of america's success is not government. it is the ingenuity of ought to turnovers. for me the most important question about an economic idea is not whether it is good short-term politics are meets the test is whether the spurs businesses jobs, and growth. that's why set a goal of doubling exports in the next five years to create more jobs selling more products abroad. that's why am pleased that earlier this

month after negotiations we finalize to trade agreements with our allies south korea will boost annual exports by $11 billion. a deal that all toll will support 70,000 american jobs. agreement that got support from business and labour because it's good for the economy. this morning i want ideas from these leaders that will help us climb out of recession, but sees the promise of this moment. tax reform, ideas about balanced approach to regulation that will promote rather than undermine growth, ideas along curch businesses to invest in america and american jobs at a time they are holding two trillion dollars on their books. a lot it discussed a shared mission of building a strong economy for the long run. we know some of what we need to do too out compete some of the cult countries. >> again the president and

delivering a message from the capital. he will be meeting with 20 top ceos to talk about boosting hirings they will be among them the colosio and cisco is sealed. we will be back in a minute.

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comebacks the new tower is on the rise caltrans is getting ready to move new sections of their span and the tower into place and construction you can see it suspected coal it could cause a distraction to drivers that could do something to your commute. to bring you more news faster we go to yoli who is live at yerba buena island to see what is going on. >> it was scheduled for tomorrow but it looks like

it will happen sometime today originally was scheduled for after commute hours so they are starting today i guess they will start after commute hours because that is the concern it might be a big distraction for commuter so they will have less commuters on there and they are asking drivers not to get distracted to keep driving along and not get too distracted by you can see right here this is where the second section aunt's right here. on top of that will be the third section which will be in place that's another hundred and 1 ft. tall it will be placed right there. people are crossing the bridge it will give them an idea of how tall the tower will be even then were talking about an additional two sections this tower is going to be 525 ft. tall. it's going to be mass of this is why they're so concerned is a distraction as they are placing these sections in place. they are

really trying to ask commuters not to pay attention to much and keep driving keep the guys on the road and don't get to don't turn your head. just keep going in driving along. we hope to talk to caltrans who can talk to us a bit about what exactly is going to be taken place once again those sections of blaze. >> yoli from driving the bridge do think it's eye level towards the above? >> i think it is above all i level as it is already when i cross the bridge sometimes when you see movement it does make you turn to the side and you probably get to see more of it at a distance at you approach it. not so much side by side by it. as you approach we might see movement and as you get closer that might make you slow down. that is why they

are stressing to keep your eyes i had a view and not at the side of you. >> george as you take a look at this picture people will look at this and think we know the plan is a single tower says budget bridge but were looking at it and sing more's the other tower. that's what you're thinking. >> i was listening to you saying it's too tall and there's only one of them. but it's because the cable itself as a single cable not to cables like we see on the bay bridge and the golden gate. instead of being anchored in cement at the opposite bench it will actually be anchored to itself at the base of the tower. it's only one cable wrapping around the entire length of the bridge and comes back to itself. >> that's a lot for one tower. >> bear in mind there are four separate pieces to this tower. four separate

columns going up bin segments and they are all tied together. of course i'm not an engineer but imagine they have the ripples out and figural it will hold otherwise it would build up. it is the unique structure and it's going to be beautiful when they finish i can't wait to drive across that. those of you waiting to drive across the bay bridge and a minute wait into the toll plaza and upper crust the upper deck that should be drive time it's not badly back up again meter lights have been up 10 minutes and you can see the end of the back up right at the end of these parking lot the day the approach still looks good. we have a big problems for the bay bridge and when they are doing the lifting are dim because it is be above the upper deck you bet it's going to have an impact good luck with telling people not to look. it's not been happen. lets take you to traffic trucker we have been

watching a hot spot interstate 580 the accident that caused this alert to be issued is completely cleared and look at this westbound ride. there is no red on the road with sensors that's not a problem and as my traffic co court has pointed out if you do the math it that much yellow means drive time is going to be about the same coming from the altamont pass out to dublin it's just a longer slower stream of traffic. the right through san francisco in bound central freeway still very light snow back up or delayed. if you take bart and you been using easy rider pass they are being phased out in fact it may not work today city may have to go back to a standard paper ticket or sign up for clipper which is the all multi lank past four straight multi transit system you can use instead. a check on whether weather

may been a factor moving up with the word that the bridge. >> if you have all list of things to do outdoors make that list today and tomorrow as well. come friday the raises and and it will not let up for some time. this morning some morning fog expression to the north bay by the afternoon we will be cool but stayed dry. partly cloudy conditions in the evening brings fog back into the picture it gets cool this evening temperatures down to the 30's over nine. this morning the problems of visibility is in the north bay high clouds continue to stream into our area of the wet whether pushes down and to the south. tapering off but we have a series of storms back-to-back expected to push through come friday tapping into quite a bit of moisture. expecting heavy rain by the weekend. visibility this area of orange shows as visibility is less than a mile. as you head down 1 01 to the low quality bridge it could hit

some dense pockets of fog and looks like we are seeing improvement through the napa valley through novato at this hour we are currently looking at visibility quarter mile or less. current temperatures cooler than we've seen in some time '40's and rows of 42 for napa endowment the south bay temperatures upper 40's at this hour 46 livermore your afternoon highs in the '50s so some of the warmer fought spots fairfield, 5640 san rafael, novato napa come off concord here's 7 day around the bay pay attention to the later part of your weight yeses want to stay dry today, tomorrow but friday some light rain but fairly persistent for good portion of the day. heavy rain moves in on saturday we should stick around for some time, sunday wet weather may be tapering off from saturday but wet and windy sticks around reagan to the beginning of next work week.

appropriately tuesday is the first day of winter. >> sam francisco is diversity in the nation to mandated drug disposal program funded by pharmaceutical companies they will be required to set up and find a program to drop off on what to drugs for safe disposal and this will be in place by september next year. it helps to read dews accidental ingestion of drugs and stop people from flushing and use prescriptions down the suncor torula. >> we will be back with more and a couple of minutes.

a hearing continues for to mothers charge in the death of four children and a fire last april at the hearings of fairfield fire captain said they have been unable to determine whether the fire in the permit was accidental or intentional.

they believe that issue is crucial because they are charged with involuntary manslaughter and child neglect. the roadside the foot apartment before the fire started. they're using candles for light because of power is turned off. >> they are investigating that shooting in the parking lot it happened at the barbershop on stockton boulevard the map there the area to men rushed into the barbershop and opened fire to people inside the barbershop fired back then again fire for spilled out into the parking lot where a woman at 30 year-old mom who had just loaded hurt to year-old into our car seat that is when the mother was killed. the child is ok. three men were taken to hospital all fourth was grazed by a bullet. there have been no rest made but they did detain a person of

what interest. they believe one of the victims will turn out to be a suspect. >> will be back as a morning news continues.

taking a look at the 7 day around the bay forecast we are dry today and tomorrow. 58 for the high 57 tomorrow. dealing with clouds but then the clouds move in and they just opened up. we will see steady but light rain on friday, heavier rain comes on saturday, the winds picked up the later part of the weekend into next work week.

6:48 a.m. amtrak passengers are going to be allowed to register firearms on travel on the train. it will be allowed on amtrak trains that offered checked

baggage they have to call in register 24 hours of before traveling they have to be locked and on loaded all ammunition must be packed in the original container. >> jerry brown is warning california educational leaders to prepare when he unveils his state budget proposal next month he gave no specifics but he said it is worse than he thought. superintendents as brown's to not cut education spending but wanted it spread out more evenly. california is 48 the nation as student-teacher ratio 21 students per teacher in the state. public-school teachers has reached a decade low and the job is getting less attractive amid budget cuts as the show's budget problems have boosted classroom sizes for the study shows the number

of teachers in california now 300,000 the lowest number in decades. >> california is one to use technology to manage wildfire five-year deal between nasa research and the forestry service this scanner gathers real-time wildfire imaging data over large-scale disasters and release that information to managers by satellite. >> oregon town clearing up after a tornado. the tornado touched down near alms bill. you can see the damage there though winds were so powerful it looks like it train car was knocked off the tracks. nobody was seriously hurt. tornadoes are rare in oregon about two every year. midwest dealing

with winter weather west bill is digging out from more than 2 ft. of note snow. people getting out of the roadway for the first time since sunday. firefighters have been working around the clock to rescues drivers. >> don't be stranded have the chance to get to tahoe today would be a better day to trouble than it's friday or saturday you do need chains to get over the mountain passes and tahoe. nobody's driving at this hour so it is easy for you. we will be right back. ♪

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6:54 a.m. this is a nice shot you can see clouds but there is blew their and a patch of sun shine in the distance. the temperature of 40 up in marin county just north of the shot in san rosa 40 degrees at the center rosa, a high of 57

coming later this afternoon. i want in my county straight. the 7 day around the bay forecast there is a line to where the rain moves and and then it sticks with that that line is friday. today to more dry friday rolls and steady but light, heavy and windy saturday, sunday. >> watching wall street it was pointed to a negative opening after that mirror concern they will be downgrading spain's credit rating but stocks are mixed dow jones up 14 nasdaq up one-and-a-half, s&p down a fraction. >> san francisco's city hall it will be there in the south court from 1 until 3. the giants say they will make an announcement about the trophy prior to going on

display today. we are guessing they will tell us where it's going to torture. you said it was going sonoma sold this is cool everybody gets a chance to get personal with the trophy. >> for two hours ago facebook foundertime magazine's person of the year: mark zuckerberg, co- founder of the omnipresent social-networking site facebook. many in facebook complaining about the site and that movie painting this deal and a bad light. the 2008 winner was the president elect barack obama. >> neil diamond is an inductee in the rock-and- roll hall of fame. >> to remember dr. john?

>> another inductee's alice cooper, darlene love, and dr. john. there announcement will be announced today in cleveland. >> a quick bridge check the bay bridge the back up here at 657 back up pass the end of the parking lot towards the macarthur maze. let's look at the san mateo bridge of fog showing up it is in the north bay thick. the towards you make your way towards a high rise. no problems during county and a pretty good ride is to make your way across the golden gate. we will be back in two minutes as the news continues until 11:00 a.m..

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