live this is kron 4 news @ 5:30 p.m. >> at 5:30 p.m. a rally against proposed cuts to ac transit is happening now in oakland. but go live with reggie who joins is the latest from the rally. reggie perry had >> about two dozen ac transit bus riders of gathered outside here at 1410 broadway near the walgreen's. that they're holding signs demanding that ac transit not make any more cops to it served us. or to its bus line. at this point ac riders say they were planning to march from this point to ac transit headquarters where board meeting is taking place starting at 6:00 p.m.. even though this agenda item is not on the agenda tonight, they still will be will make their voices heard cheering the public, and parts of the meeting. ac transit has

already reduced service by 15% to carry it this year they're planning to make an additional 6% in service cuts before agreement was reached between ac transit board members in the bus drivers and mechanics. now the agreement has been reached, ac transit may not be making this additional 6 percent in cuts, but if they do it could happen in march. ac transit officials say that has not been discussed by the board at this point. it is not a plan caught that they are planning to do it in march. they say they don't understand why these writers are gathering here. and protesting these cats that may not even go into effect. these writers do plan to hold up some traffic here in oakland. will see how this goes as the make their way to that board meeting at ac transit headquarters in just a few moments. live in oakland kron 4 news. >> authorities in santa cruz are searching for a man who believe may be missing. as

cars and parked outside the big basin state park carried the man has not been reported missing but authorities are bit suspicious about his absence. the kron 4 rock explains why. >> the search for the missing man began early wednesday after park rangers became suspicious about this black kia station wagon. it been parked here in the bay view center just across from the headquarters in the state parks and saturday. that in itself is unusual, we've learned that it is owned by 57 year-old jonathan francs of pennsylvania. most recently of southern california, santa cruz county sheriff's lt. tells kron 4 that he's been in contact with mr. frank's family back east and he was told that mr. franks is despondent over having recently lost a job. investigators say they found ammunition inside the car here. they're not sure what that means but they are taking no chances on the trail he are. more than 35

sheriff deputies along with professional search and rescue teams and dogs are now scouring more than 80,000 plus acres of the park looking for mr. frank. sales of dogs out right now and they say that time temperatures can dip down into the '40's. there's a lot of rain here last night and more on the way heading into the weekend to say that will continue to search for mr. friends until dark and pick up the trail again tomorrow if necessary. at big basin state park in santa cruz brought kron 4 news. >> authorities have responded quickly in the case because santa cruz county sheriff's have promised a change was recently rescued from the mountain. he may remember she was trapped for six days before rescue. sheriff said from now on the county will seek the advice of rescue experts much quickly in the future. today's surge as one example of that. the department of justice is being called in to examine a reason officer involved shooting of an unarmed man

in oakland. the shooting occurred back on november the eight, oakland police responded to a domestic disturbance call involving derek jones. he was shot and killed by two opd officers who allege that jones reached into his waistband, for shoddy at job. however, no weapon was found. oakland police chief anthony batts has called in the fbi, to conduct an investigation independently to this matter. opd spokesperson explains why. >> with the recent events involving officer involved shooting we understand the public needs further outside investigation. we are open to that, we want to make sure that the public feels comfortable with the findings. we are absolutely inviting the fbi to come in >> here. officer joseph oakland police will give the fbi complete access to whatever it needs during the course of this investigation. a second person has died after a shooting in sacramento.

tonight police are searching for a suspect involved in the case. it happened on tuesday afternoon. the 20 year-old man who died over night was hit in the chest outside of a barber shop. a third year-old mother you see your picture here, was also killed while she was loading or to year-old into a car seat. she was an innocent bystander. police said she used her body to protect her child and her child is ok. five men who were injured in the gunfight are expected to survive. police have identified the shooter as lonnie mitchell of sacramento who is on the lives. they say he is armed and dangerous. and robbers on the run in alameda, accused of stealing christmas decorations. the thieves hid the block known as the tree lane. every year the halls along the street go all-out decorating for the holiday season. it alameda police said the thieves stole from four of the houses on the block. the took lights and other small decorations. christmas tree

lane has been a tradition in alameda since 1938. with 54 homes participating. >> clear skies over the bay area at this hour. you could see the clouds and rain pushing down a los angeles the week of former dryer building and over northern california. that will lead to a cold conditions over night tonight into tomorrow morning. that's the look our current conditions, temperatures in the '50s but fairfield already dropping to the '40's. redwood city, have a bay, livermore will follow suit with temperatures so warm as 54 degrees. as for those morning lows as by to be very chilly out there tomorrow morning especially in the north bay, freezing in napa 32 degrees, the one in santa rosa, 33 livermore. there's guys not only will lead to the is cold temperatures but the formation of fog and frost in some locations that the north bay. the war is location storm morning san

francisco at 43, oakland 41 degrees. tomorrow's day drive the big changes come to the forecast as we get a very strong start digging in for the bay area. we'll talk about a coming up in just a bit. >> traffic in san jose the headlights' are southbound on highway 1 01 this is at the guadalupe overpass traffic moving slowly but it is moving. on the rights of your screen traffic headed north on also moving out backlog there. we'll be back. ♪ i'm gonna get it, i know i'm gonna get it. ♪

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cold stormy weather continues to batter big chunks of the country. it seems from west virginia basically was the same scenario all over the country. if people shuffling in will be installed. >> parts of the midwest and southeast are still struggling with bad weather. this is northwest indiana were more than 2 ft. of snow have fallen traffic as in so many places is moving slowly and carefully. they're been a lot of accidents in mississippi for example, five people have been killed but icy roads. workers have discovered that a mixture of salt and b-2s works best in keeping roads clear. in minnesota, they're hustling to get this campus football stadium ready for the viking big game monday. damage to the metrodome from heavy snow is just too expensive to repair on time. people

stop talking about what happened in ontario canada. if where a snowstorm stranded hundreds of drivers tuesday on a major highway for the better part of the day. when anxious husband today talked about his concern for his family as he kept in touch by cell phone. >> the toughest thing was keeping their minds occupied so that they weren't realizing that they were caught in the midst of a blizzard. >> at an animal rescue center in georgia there rescuing sea turtles back to health. the coldest taken a heavy toll on them to. a michigan couple is relieved there sit at home with their baby boy. he was born in the car on this side of the road during a blizzard. the mother said the wild weather didn't bother her once little bradley was born >> it was actually kind of pretty the snow was blowing it kind of was. >> it wasn't just as no this ignored in this is where a

tornado touched down a town not too far away from portland. today the red cross is on the scene helping dozens of people whose homes were damaged. >> we are going to give oral dose of severe weather this weekend. it will talk about that in a moment. first let's talk about what we will see out there tomorrow morning. if cold conditions because of the clear skies is after the leading to a falling temperatures and fog and frost. tablatures of the north they will live in the low 30's, some pleas is getting into the upper 20s. if for the most part will be enough 30's more like oakland in san francisco will be in the low '40's. increasing cloud cover for the big user temperatures cool the 3:00 hour minimum and then loaded their 50s. mostly cloudy conditions as our next storm approaches. friday we will see steady rain but it will be too heavy. the heavy stuff comes on saturday 3:00 a.m. saturday moderate to heavy rain in the bay area and most of northern california. if that will continue throughout the day on

saturday, the insulate not just a little bit and parts the bay area. into sunday the really heavy rain shifting down over this year also have the snow in the have to have your elevations. will get to that in a moment this storm is tapping into subtropical moisture. the rain coming up offshore it's called a hose and is taking is trading at the bay area up into monday 10:00 tonight you will notice moderate to heavy rainfall throughout the bay area and parts of northern california. if continuing into tuesday and shift it south. still continuing with the heavy precipitation over the mountains, 7:00 on wednesday also continuing to the south. he ought to stay tune for the long-range stuff but saturday are really heavy day of rain expected. here's what rainfall totals will look like. at to 3 in. in the north bay, a little more in the santa cruz mountains, an inch and a half in the central bay and an inch and a quarter in the east and south bay kurdish their impressive rainfall totals and snowfall will be equally impressive in this era. snowfall will start at 5,000

ft. on friday but the snow levels will ramp up to 7,000 ft. on saturday back down to 6000 on sunday. if of a still fall to close up to 2 ft. below 5,000 ft. and up to 6 ft. above that 7,000 ft. elevation. if plenty of fresh snow and expected it out there this weekend. a lecture kron 4 here is a look at your 7 day around the bay around the forecast, the powerful storm will bring as a series of waves as heavy rain and gusty winds. friday will be steady but will see the winds picked up to 30 mi. an hour range. into saturday very heavy rainfall, showering and sunday, heavy rain pick up again if on monday as well as those gusty winds. desert want to stay to and we are expecting someone to the rain falls through the weekend into next week. >> the national news the justice department is suing bp and eight other companies in the gulf oil spill. this is the opening shot in the government's attempt to get billions of dollars for economic and environmental damage. u.s. officials say bp simply ignored some

federal safety regulations. if a border patrol agent has been shot and killed near the mexican border. it happened overnight in this area. i should out with bandits known for targeting illegal immigrants. 40 year- old brian terry was waiting with three other agents in this remote spot in the arizona desert. when a gun battle began, one of the suspects was wounded a big rush to get this outdoor stadium in minneapolis in shape for the vikings' big game monday night. of course this is not a natural which was damaged by heavy snow on its teflon roof. this is a stadium on the campus of the university of minnesota. there's a lot of work to do they say and concerned about everything being safe and ready for fans. it teams of nfl officials have been keeping an eye on the work. >> speaking of snow let's get a check-up on our snowball ski report yesterday storm brought snow. alpine meadows got 21 in. of snow in the past 24

hours. seven runs (37 to 70 in. at the base. heavenly 16 in. of new snow in the past 24 hours bring in a mob of 51 at the base. also squaw valley soffit of new snow in the past 24 hours they have 100 runs open there today. sugar bowl 16 in. of new snow in the past 24 hours. or what is still quite a bit more so into this weekend. we'll bring you updates as a comic always check those updates on snowbomb.com. [ male announcer ] enjoy an amazing usda choice steak

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apple responded to public outcry by removing an anti gate at from a store. kimberly is tells us why revised version of that have made returned items >> the manhattan declaration is an organization of christians who believe in traditional marriage, life, religious liberty. it is amended the act to apples and apples removed it terry did just resubmitted in new version of the act that doesn't have the controversial clause in it. the stick and a part of the quiz. it basically gas

users of this support letter-quality or abortion. they give your score based on the number of right answers. if the app makers as i said submitted the request along with a petition with 43,000 names of people want that at to return dietitians. this what you're looking at the national organization for marriage has just released this video criticizing apple and ceo steve jobs for pulling back call it censorship treated the gay and lesbian alliance for defamation are glad if they've been gathering signatures to pressure apple to rejected the revised act. >> unemployment and foreclosure continued to plague the americans in 2010. signs of growth offer hope for 2011. they have a look back at how business involved in 2010 >> the year began with a battered economy trying to get back to life. some glimmers of hope but still the missing piece. jobs, >> it's easy to get

depressed and lye and dad and stay in your pajamas and watch tv all day. >> with an unemployment rate hovering at 10%, millions of people are the court. while the recession officially is over the present took some hits for not getting the economy back quickly. >> this is no silver bullet or a quick fix to these problems. if >> a lack of confidence and school prices for the roof your head in an effort to help the economy to keep interest rates of this historically low levels. food and energy prices should up and a computer glitch sent the dow jones tumbling 600 points in an instance causing moments of panic before the number shot back up at the end. if the mortgage mess triggered a flood of foreclosures. foreclosures are halted in 23 states as officials look into whether banks to control without doing the proper paperwork. the federal reserve aims to give banks a boost by buying up $600 billion in bonds. behind the move, an effort to lower long-term interest rates to avoid another

foreclosure disaster. if the credit card reform act goes into effect, the goal protecting you from deceptive practices in making credit card saver. consumers still have to read the fine print. a slimmed down general motors cuts costs showed no longer needs minute monster sales to make big earnings. gm earned $2 billion in the quarter and an ipo sale to raise 20 billion help pay back federal bailout dollars. as some signs of life comeback of the business front, one thing is certain there still challenges ahead. stan reporting. >> a live look at side over downtown san francisco crystal clear skies this evening. it will lead to chilly conditions over night. we also have a big storm on the way. it will talk about it coming up the news at 6:00 is coming up talk about it coming up the news at 6:00 is coming up next. ng on a safari. so we're on the serengeti, and seth finds a really big bone. we're talking huge. they dig it up, put it in the natural history museum

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>> the preliminary hearing for seven people suspected of the assault and rape of a teenage girl continues. kron 4 dan curman was in the martina's court room today. >> under costa county sheriff's department dna analyst david stockwell took the stand today as the prosecution sought to draw a connection between the 16 year-old richmond high school girl and the seven men who were accused of sexually assaulting her. stockwell testified vaginal and a all swabs from the alleged victim contain seamen that matched defendant john crane and an unidentified male. stockwell said swabs from the victim's mouth contain seem and that matched defendant's and john crane and man well. he said storm down on other parts the victim's body as well as her dress were also linked to claim and sperm found on the use condom at the scene also linked to john crane. >> the dna analysts is

expected to be on the stand for the rest of the week. then the prosecution has one final witness to call. at the courthouse and martina's stand firm in kron 4 news. >> stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of the richmond homecoming game rape case. the 13 year-old girl who survived a vicious attack on sunday and backfill is said to be improving. that comes from the girl's father the day after her alleged attacker alex appeared in court. the 14 year-old suspect is being charged as adults for allegedly raping the girl, stabbing her more than 30 times. he is also accused of stabbing the girls' 18 months old stepbrother more than 10 times. the girl's father who did not want to appear in cameras as he is furious after learning about the 15th. eight of those charges are sexless are charges including forcible rape of a child under the age of 14. >> this is a man's nightmare this is something the a man

would say i would mess him up if he did that's my daughter. i know the justice system will take care of him but, i don't know what all do. they're charging him as an adult i think that's great as in the justice system is working. they're psychologically something wrong to him to do that to him that at the close personal thing with a knife. i hope he gets the maximum >> the girl's stepfather also managed to survive the attack both victims are being treated at uc-davis medical center. their new photographs of a man being tackled after police say he sexually assaulted childish and a wal-mart store. off 29 year-old carlisle this is the picture, has been arrested on sex felony counts. it surveillance photographs showed customers tackling him it happened on friday evening at the san leandro wal-mart. police say the year-old girl left her

mother's side to find her little brother, when she returned she was crying. if the man tried to take off but was spotted by the mother and to customers tackled him and held him for police. if police have arrested nine people in connection with the rash of armed robberies around berkeley. police believe disease may also be involved in robberies in oakland and san francisco. as kate thompson reports tonight, police arrested one man in connection with a series of robberies if all around the north berkeley bart station >>. least one of the nine people arrested is responsible for a string of five robbery is all around the north berkeley bart station. if that people were held at gunpoint walking to their cars or walking to their homes mostly at night. >> alone, armed suspect who pointed a gun at them and ordered them to give their wallets, there purse and herself onto him. he then walked away it >>. the police say there is

been a spike in robberies in berkeley recently. it's all around town not just near the north berkeley bart station. they're urging people to be more aware of their surroundings and not to talk on their cell phone at night. reporting in berkeley kate thompson kron 4 news. >> skies really cleared out this afternoon that will lead to very chilly conditions over night. if you will notice warmer, drier air building in and to northern california the north that will pack a powerful punch this weekend let's talk about our current conditions temperatures cooling off quite rapidly this evening. 46 redwood city, 46 half moon bay, 48 fairfield and 48 in antioch as well. if temperatures will cool rapidly into the overnight hours. dipping down into the 30's. to 32 degrees in napa, 31 in santa rosa and were also going to be seeing fog and frost wrote the bay area terry said temperatures in oakland

and san francisco little warmer at 41 and 43 degrees but still very much on the cooler side toward a glance cold start with fog and frost. increasing cloud cover through the afternoon is our next door approaches. by 3:00 p.m. mostly cloudy and cool conditions, rain could start along the coast as early as tomorrow night. friday is one that we will start and were busy periods of heavy rain for the weekend into next week. if the talk about a coming up in just a bit. >> facebook founder and ceo mark zucker bird has been named time magazine person of the year for a 2010. time person of years a person or thing that is most influence the culture and the news during the past year. we're joined now by tech reporter gabe slate for a closer look at who market is. he said young man. >> he is a now i am the expert. most people don't know where he spends his past thanksgiving holiday with his family at harry

potter world adventure park in orlando. and even know existed. let's roll the video and let me tell you more about or kazakhs berg. at 26 year-old he's a second as% of the year named by time magazine. the august as charles lindbergh, at age 25. zucker bird is one of the youngest billionaire is in the world, his net worth is around $6 billion. i think for a sizable number to enter the 12th of the riches billionaires' of the world. it is a self-made man born in 1984 brought in new york. his father is a dentist and his mother a psychiatrist. marquez three sisters one of them randy to work for him at face book. his family raised in jewish but according to which the peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m and he now describes himself as an atheist. he also attended harvard university where he invented facebook in his dorm room. in to us and for a drop of harvard and headed for silicon valley and the rest is history. he now lives

with his girlfriend in palo alto. other than this week the governor inducted him into the california how fame which i think was yesterday. he recently donated $100 million to new jersey public school and is part of this bill gates thing called giving a pledge to pledge the majority of your wealth in your life and death to charity. that's very cool. >> that's really nice. has he any reaction or public statement released about him being named time persevere? >> he said august facebook page in recognition of how little team is building something that hundreds of millions of people want to use to make the world more open to be a part of that. >> our little team. (laughter) meanwhile the glass door .com as listed 50 of the best

companies to work for you as you face book is no. 1, it's followed by bay area company shutter fly at no. 14. the survey asked employees to write the company by a life to work balance, professional informant, confidence in management and satisfaction. >> it's a great company to work for, tons of services and things to choose from photoshop, people are great for a passionate here. it's not too big it's not too small some of the challenges are growing. our fourth quarter it is good. a lot for about and planning for our fourth quarter. it can be a challenge sometimes but it's unfair enjoying. >> shutter flies into business for 11 years and has about 600 employees. most of which work at the company headquarters in redwood facebook photographs, one of the social networks most popular features is getting as big

and potentially controversial upgrade. internet starter kit late shows us how the new feature works. >> some users of the abuses during a testing phase. facebook announce they're going to roll it out to everyone starting next week. at is a word? or going to go out and try you. when you about a picture or pictures it's quite automatically give you a chance to test different groups of friends and not all of these facial recognition technology to grant similar faces together. sometimes though even suggest which friday should tag as you see here. if the suggestions are cracked all have to do is click the save take a button to except and their critics of the future. as some people wondering if it's just another sign that facebook knows just too much about assault. facebook has responded san there will be an opt out for the new feature soft user doesn't want to show up in his or her friends taking suggestions, it is well. >> a look inside a traffic on the santa tail bridge, the less that of your screen the headlights' those people

a javanese town in the moving very slowly right now. a lot of back up their east bound. it was back on the rights of your screen just a bit better. if it will be back as much more news ahead.

the house has voted to repeal the don't ask don't tell policy. today's religious the debate on to the senate. since 1993 the policies are openly gay people from military service. senate democratic leaders are tried to squeeze a vote in the final hours of this session of congress before the republican takeover the house and gain strength in the senate next year. >> the a's are 81 the nays are 19. the motion is agreed to. >> with that president barack obama tax deal with republicans is one step closer to becoming law. today it passed through the senate with overwhelming support. now the bill has to

the house for a vote tomorrow. house democrats previously said that they would not support the deal without some changes. the package includes a two-year extension of the bush era tax cut which is set to expire december 31st. it would also extend unemployment benefits for 13 months and cut the payroll tax by two percentage points for year. the justice parvis said bp and eight other companies from the gulf oil spill this afternoon. it becomes an effort to recover billions of dollars from the largest offshore oil spill in u.s. history. it's a company speed and all liable without limitation for all removal costs and damages caused by the oil spill. including damages to natural resources. it also seeks civil penalties under the clean water act. >> our extended forecast a we're in some four wet weather to the weekend into next week. here is a heavy rain and gusty winds are expected. we'll talk about rain and gusty winds are expected. we'll talk about it coming up in just a bit. nope. but it is a job well done.

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in national news the wife of the man who held the florida school board at gunpoint yesterday, said he was a gentle giant was frustrated over her losing her teaching job. clay do kill themselves yesterday after he shot at school board members in panama city. it's a video shocking to watch. claire duke a 56 year-old ex-convict began by writing of the four vendetta on a board in the room. he is complaining about taxes and the fact his wife had lost her job teaching special education. he eventually face the board. it was clear things were only getting worse and talking to him didn't help. >> this is a horse that, this is a problem please don't, please, please don't, please >> some of the shots were missing board members by inches is not clear whether he actually intended to shoot them. in the and the exchange of gunfire with the security guard and he was injured and later died after

shooting himself in the head. >> if you christine that gentleman's eyes, this was what happened. >> when strange what moment when a woman on the board's makeup on to get whacked him with her purse. today ginger little to and admits it was probably not a good move. >> i have three wonderful daughters and they said mom are you just do bid. what were you thinking? and i actually did have an answer for that. >> we now play duke had been planning this for some time, police say he circled yesterday's date on a calendar. as into a recorder kimberly tells us, as duke's facebook profile indicates he did not expect to survive. >> will look at communal the first of stick a look at what were going to see up there this weekend in terms of our weather. drier air building to california right now when that will lead to chilly conditions over night. with the start developing in the gulf in see the tail end of the gulf it's going to drop added to

friday and bring us some powerful rain. i look at 3:00 a.m. on saturday on future cast. you will see what i mean here moderate to heavy showers through the bay area and most of northern california. that will continue through most of the day on saturday any notice for most of california will get this very heavy rainfall. this will be very powerful storm. it said it was still low in the orient, still see that will be later. into monday though, the subtropical moisture off shore if kids carry up to the bay area. a straight shot of the bay area by monday night. if more moderate to heavy rain over the bay area and central california as well as this year off getting have the precipitations into tuesday. although this could change in the coming days you want to say to for the exact details as we head into next week. if we do know saturday will be ask the rain date. fighting in saturday up to 3 in. in the north bay more than not in the santa cruz mountains and

an inch and a quarter in east and south bay is a very impressive rainfall totals for saturday and will add to that as we get to next week. also will see quite a bit of snow and the sierra. if you are planning to go up this week that i would suggest getting there on friday will see very gusty winds on saturday associated with the storm it's going to make driving not very fun and all those went to a loss to the senate. skill levels 5,000 ft. coming up to seven those of be on saturday. it sees plenty of snow below 7,000 ft. up to 2 in. of snow was a matter of fact. above 7,000 ft. those higher elevations up to 6 ft. of snow expectant. quite a pounding in this here this weekend. it also depended here in the bay area with raid started your extended forecast rain starts on friday will be quite is heavy on friday but it will sure be steady. in saturday that some of the periods of heavy rain it also gusty winds from time to time on friday. it was good in the 30 mi. an hour winds and that sustained winds heavier rain on monday with wins and

again several inches of rain expected through the weekend into next week at 10 in. of the santa cruz mountains. >> alameda is under attack by reckless one such attack took place of liberty street in alameda. you could see the location on our mount that's when the raccoon action broke into a home through that door. if this is been a growing problem dating back to last spring. as kron 4 craig tells us, there may not be much people living there can do about a >>. the latest attack took place on this quiet street, the middle-class residents men to have dogs will double to attacks from wild animals. if this has a list target of december 9th for raccoons invaded in the middle the night. it's not like the raccoons are going and taking down the door, what they're doing is fine little ways in including those little doors designed for cats and dogs. if the does won three doors down and even nelsons are dominated by the small cabin door. she's a wild animals are, men here. >> this possums and mice and rats carry it one of my

dogs little bodies around the corner on high street was attacked by iraq could early one morning. it's scary. were just being super cautious pair >> head some residents have been given by rackham's the number of cases has increased since they carry >> today what animals do it is really a classic alameda it has a lot of large lots, older homes it's a waterfront community, storm drains there's all the places that raccoons use as habitat. >> please it will poison our hunt down the record and so does have to shutter the homes at night to be vigilant and to the back right raccoon rampage dies down. >> check of traffic on will decrease its heavy they're the headlights' are northbound so traffic it's a 68024 split traffic is low in all directions. we'll be back after the break.

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giants fans getting up close and personal with the world series trophy for a few hours today. the kids

excited fans here posing for pictures with the team's big prize. today the giants and that's the trophy will be going on tour starting jan were the fourth san francisco city hall, the tour will stand the bay area from santa cruz to sonoma. if the trophy will make a few detours along the way stopping in half result of. stand in york clear the team was originally founded. the tour will come to an end at at&t park for the whole lot of our which is april 8th. talking about being a good sport seriously in arlington tx mayor robert club putting on a giants jersey. the mayor from the home town of the texas rangers made good on his from the world series wager with mayor gavin newsom as of today. the lows of the bed had to fly to the waters city, put on the team's jersey and do some community service. if that's exactly what happened today as both mayors coached the junior giants use baseball team. mayor claude even attended a news conference about the world series trophy to work.

>> i lost, i so when because i get to come to san francisco to do some community service. i have to wear the jersey that's not really suited to but, they have a great team we had to cities that never had a world series. >> their clubs at the jersey felt a little itchy but managed to keep it on anyway. >> are extended forecast a very powerful storm said to have the bay area this weekend. was he quite a bit of rain falls several inches as a matter of fact. talk more about that coming up all of today's stories more about that coming up all of today's stories coming up after this break. chevy's giving you more. like a 100,000 mile/5-year powertrain warranty. that's 40,000 miles more than ford. and now we're giving you our best offer of the year. 0% apr financing... plus $1,500 holiday allowance... plus no monthly payments until spring. on most chevy models. but hurry, because your chance to get our best offer of the season

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now at 6:30 p.m. tonight big stories in one big block of news, more cruz, more story is right now our top story. our top story tonight at big storms that impact the bay area. if i will start to

see rain but into saturday very heavy rainfall going to push into northern california. some of is at 3:00 a.m. the a large on your screen indicating moderate to heavy rain showers. if this will continue all pretty much all day saturday through the bay area and the northern half of california. very intense rain and snowfall in to announce early sunday morning. l little bit of a lull sunday far rain fall but will return on monday to consist of the shot of moisture subtropical moisture getting pulled up into the system. if this will bring us another shot of very heavy rainfall. if you're kron 47 day around the bay forecast, into friday that's when the rain will start. it also see very gusty winds, went on the order of 30 mi. and hours sustained. heavy rain on saturday, showers on sunday at the rate on monday with wind. showers and rain on tuesday wednesday it will last for several days. it will see several inches of rain at up to 10 in. in the santa cruz mountains. >> here at the courthouse in

martinez, the preliminary hearing continues the seven suspects face recent charges in connection with the sexual assault of a 16 year- old richmond high school girl. taking to the stand today and dna analyst to said sperm found on the girl, can be connected with to the defendant's john crane and man well. the dna analysts is expected be on the stand the rest of the week. at the courthouse and martina's dan curman kron 4 news. >> in vacaville, the 13 young girl was raped and stabbed more than 30 times here at her home sunday. they're said to be improving and is comes from a father who didn't want to appear on camera. the city's better the way his daughter was able to escape her alleged attacker with 32 month old stepbrother if was also stabbed more than 10 times. >> she's my here she's everybody's hero. >> both victims are being treated at the medical center. >> officials here in oakland police headquarters say the fbi has been called

in to conduct their own independent investigation and to the november 8th the officer involved shooting death of an unarmed man. >> with the recent events involving officer involved shooting we understand the public needs further outside investigation. we are completely open to that, we want to make sure the public feels comfortable with the findings. so we are absolutely inviting the fbi to come to >> year. that oakland is headquarters kron 4 nears. >> the berkeley police have arrested nine people over the past few days for a series of robberies are around the city. five of those armed robberies happen near the north berkeley bart station people were walking home at night or to their car when they were approached by a lone gunmen who demanded their cell phone and their wallets. police say these robberies are also happening in the south campus their reaction an insult berkeley. they believe that some of the nine people that of the arrested, could be responsible for robberies in

san francisco and in oakland. if reporting in berkeley, kate thompson kron 4 news. >> karen big basin state park sheriff deputies and search and rescue teams are scouring the park for missing man. 57 year-old jonathan francs of pennsylvania, he's the owner of this black kia station wagon that's been part here in the day used center since saturday. it's not clear if frank simply left his car here for whatever reason and has now someplace else or whether he is lost or perhaps heard somewhere in the park. at big basin state park rob kron 4 news. >> marked it ceo and co- founder of facebook based in palo alto, has been named it time person of the year. a 26 year-old a market zucker birgit is a second of this person of the year pish named by time magazine. if the of this was a child lindbergh at age 25 given the honor in 1927. september is one of the young as billionaires' of the world,

is that worth as around $6 billion. gabe slate kron 4 news. >> and another big story the business website glass door.com has come out with and a list of the top 50 companies to work for in the u.s.. if there several bay area companies that made the grade. facebook was no. 1 and there are other heavy hitters like apple, intel but smaller companies that the list as well. i talk to people who work here at shutter fly and they told me what they like the most about working here is schedule flexibility and also the chance to do classes' like photoshop round-the-clock. in redwood city, jeff bush kron 4 news. >> at the bay bridge caltrans is preparing for the set third segment the simulation shows how the be placing the 4 551 t segments on the set the bridge. the hundred and 1 ft. tall segments would be the head of the towers up to 374 ft.. it will avenge the be 5 ft. 25 ft. tall in the final segment is put in place in

february. if or baltic please run the clock so that this segment can be completed before christmas. a the bay bridge kron 4 news. >> youtube is unveiled a new version of its home page. our internet reporter kimberly tells us what the company is focusing on. >> it's all about personalization, other try to make youtube a destination website where you go in the user has a very individual personal experience. i took a look at the website. when you first go, it will look normal your plan to see the different modules, videos recommended for you. when you look to the top of the page, there might ask you if you want to try the new home page. they stressed to worry if you can switch back feel like the new home page. i have some green patches of the new site and the big differences there's sort of a news feed it combines a subscription, your friend activity and recommendations. right here you could see when your friends have not loaded or like videos. i find it

similar to the facebook feet. youtube as been quietly testing this new version for over a month but it was a starting today that they let all users opt into the new home page. >> i checked up on our snowballed ski report we got plenty of fresh snow yesterday with a storm pushing through alpine meadows off 21 in. of fresh powder in the past 24 hours. heavenly also got quite a bit 16 in. in the past 24 hours if spring in the bay steps to 51 in.. squaw valley a foot of new snow in the past 24 hours should and sugar bowl also sought out a bit of new snow 16 in.. if all see a lot or so into this weekend with the big storm pushing through. for details on how much snow fall you could always log on to snowball.snowbomb.com.

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a crib is both to be the safest place for your baby in the home. a series of tragedies of a federal agency did take a closer look at one stop. the

consumer product safety commission has moved to ban drops that cribs entirely enact tougher safety standards for all models. they have details on today's consumer watch. >> when they lay their baby down and a crib there if it is safe and sound. a series of tragedies prompted closer scrutiny of a certain style. the drop site crib. my son and toddler got is now caught between the drop secretary of after recalls telling millions of topside cribs the consumer products the commission voted unanimously wednesday to ban the sale and production here in the u.s. within six months. >> will not have these dangers topsides that we traditionally recall the market. >> this sacred structural issues resulted in three dozen different depths in a three-year span primarily due to entrapment, suffocation while many retailers have already started to phase out the drop site design, new

federal crime safety standards ban them entirely. the new rules also call for more rigorous testing of creek durability and mattress strength. if also stir your crib hardware. >> today is a good day for our babies, our children. for parents and caregivers. there many babies who died because kurds were not safe and hopefully that will be in the past. >> for consumer watch on karen. >> in up next teacher, coach and now offered to install was carried to talk about his new fascinating book. tron de day for did the coach at the loader was the entire team behind the move? gary has the latest in all the sports coming up next.

good evening everybody, of a's have been very busy yesterday match, but today returned to the oakland a's after agreeing to a one-year contract pending a physical.

last year pitching for the american league texas rangers 5-5 era not good. wasn't used in the post season so he was expendable. once upon a time billy been set yet as good as tough as anybody it's believed he will start in the oakland a's bullpen. now cliff lead the texas pitcher that there really morning in arlington. he is now with the philadelphia phillies the deer five years of hundred and 20 million he took about today. if you believe as he left $25 million on the table to which she replied about the offer any accepted. he'll have to get by on 120 million. the new york jets dripping incident is getting its come out according to people in the jets' organization that the truck was premeditated. the line people up coaches along the sidelines, d he reportedly struck five players to form a wall to

triple rookie nolan carol. today they announced that he is suspended indefinitely for now is taking on the but jeff to wonder some assistant coach going to pull a stunt like that unless he had a wink from the head coach. that may be the next name to fall, right now the new york jets have admitted it yes we had a wall formed. all the sudden everyone to go ahead and try to come and listen to this poor guy. you better be when your cincinnati 2-eleven, they have opened up today he's having a decent year individually. your team lost 10 straight and now he is gone off a little bit. don't blame me. here's a " you start with the owner, you start with the coaches and obviously players are product of what the coaches are coaching as rug the course of the week. carolco and since not his fault it it's the owner and then the coaches. its performer of

the year for the various boards. jimmy johnson record tying fourth occasion he is the driver of the year driving out hot rod performer john he's won the last five nascar titles and is for a driver of the year wore ties in with vallejo's. jeff gordon for the most ever. it's a disturbing scene yesterday we showed you the high school kid just take on a referee during a crap game in florida. after being called for technical fall, the young man shoved their referee then tossed into the floor. he's now been suspended from school and will never be able to play high school sports again in the state of florida. his coach said he will never play here again and then he wants never seen anything like this before. it very, very, very sad turn of events. when we returned and then he went from a distinguished high school basketball career at st. ignatius to the world of knowledge spirited him well received, first and but the panel believe you called it

fascinating. if pam more, tim that's five-star from pam war. a fascinating review of pam. >> it come means more coming from pam that it does from meal after you read it carried. >> maybe next time you come on you call pam see how far you get. >> this novels called shadow lessons deals with race relations. will deal with tamaracks.tim next. ♪

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♪ [ male announcer ] now everyone can explore the world from home. at&t is making high speed internet more affordable than ever at only $14.95 a month. tim was the basketball coach, varsity coach at st. ignatius. he says hey, i'm ready for a change so to speak. he wrote a book a novel called shadow lessons. after 20 years as a coach is becoming an author teaches creative writing at st. ignatius. basically the premises tell me if i'm wrong it's very interesting is that, i guy wants to be

an author, get published as a white male. finds a african-american woman who works for the fire department? very smart well- educated attractive woman puts her name on the book and get to publish. >> it was a special the publisher that publishes african-american voice says. that's where the story goes. >> what does this come from? your relationship with an african-american woman? this is someone who you had met and used her as a model? >> i thought of women in the fire departments san francisco and how they take a lot of heat sometimes. it did they change the case so they can pass on. all those ideas of affirmative action are part of what went to the idea. >> it's funny how time is a change can imagine that 20 years ago saying i need an african-american person tell me get where want to go in

terms of a book deal. >> and we've seen so many, i always think there's two kinds of books about black, white shoes in america. if why would be where the white guy goes in it helps all the minority kids and saves the day, if the other one it is the one where a black person is being oppressed by white people. if obviously his starkly that's an important one to do and we know why it's there. i tried to do something that's kind of in between. >> domain to press you on this which you feel like i would not get the breaks that now attractive african american what? >> for that specific publishing house i don't think a seen a publishing house as they were looking for white men authors to apply here. i can just put it around. there's lots of basketball for the beginning. >> to write a novel, you tell me if i'm wrong, i

think a lot of it is autobiographical what you know what not. i think everyone has won but cannot you heard that right? where did this come from for you. >> yes every day someone calls me and ask me is that me on page 742? a few years back at some white guys pretend like they were a black to get into the boston fire department's and got in and got caught. at that was such a complex issue off the kind the made me think how will that apply to the literary world. >> white guy reads this about what out of it? >> i'm generalizing all. it's kind of a right-wing white guy he might start to thinking to do cheered on in this is trying to bring down affirmative action. i think a moderate would say this guy's dried approach things from a very kind of middle of the road point of view. >> the african-american read it?

>> i had when my former students come up she went to harvard, she said it really love this book i think it has great issue but i sure hate that character who did that in that book. >> degrees relations are a better sense you you were a kid. ? >> a little bit better but the final chapter there has the messily grand tragedy is part of it so it comes right up to the moderate staff and that seems like it hasn't got a whole lot better. >> on paperback, how's it selling? >> the selling ok of with pam's endorsement. >> can i think he said fascinating? you're very interesting how old are you? >> i'm 42. >> you're in good shape nice young guy like this. >> i just finished another one it's called get rid of the sent. it's about a former cal basketball player

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