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all stories on this the third the .com thaare relative of a mm attacks the dollar. a look at the weather. things look clear. we have the fog in areas. we do have a warm day contact. '60s into bed, for today. >> clear conditions in downtown several this go. as you had
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north, as you had to the east, once again dense pockets of fog. below freezing temperatures this morning down into the 20s in some spots,. by the afternoon light wind we will continue with dry weather. your current temperatures right now are in the '30's for the most part, 42 in downtown san francisco, that's of course what this morning. san rosa below freezing at 30, 29 internet but, at the freezing mark into livermore, temperatures bottom of well below what we typically see this time of year. into the '30's, into the 20s. for degrees below average, in through concord 6 below, seven degrees below in san jose, santa rosa is five, napa 7 degrees below where we should be this time of year.
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ride across the board below the seasonal average. in thin the east we are dealing with fog, this time in concord and fairfield. cold temperatures could run into freezing fog out there. clouds rolling up and over our area of bringing showers in the seattle portland area. staying right through the afternoon. the getting up to 58 in san rosa, cooler in fairfield. the father takes it time to burn off keeping it cooler. 59 in mountain view. 7 day around the bay shows temperatures during the same, upper 50s-low 60s by the afternoon. a few clouds by the weekend and we have a slight
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chance of a few raindrops mondatuesday, wednesday. >> 6 02 a.m. and flooding in the macarthur maze no longer a factor as it had been in the 4:004:00 a.m. hour. westbound is is this was a truck on all the approaches no back up, or delays. no problems coming down the short freeway. san mateo bridge ride looks good. volume has picked up, but still lighter than usual. your golden gate bridge ride is problem free, you may see little fog in marin county this morning. you'll definitely see it through solano county, and contra costa because there's an advisory for the benicia bridge, and the lower east bay counties are subject to it as well. because temperatures
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are low again this morning we have more black ice. a contra costa along san pablo dam road. and the accident has been reported in the c h p investigating it, there's a lot of black eyes along san pablo dam road. they will probably send county roads out to stand it. >> developing story out of oakland, the shooting lives one dead in happens before 10:00 p.m. last night. here's the latest video man was slumped over the will of his car, no word on suspects at this time as we get no information that kron 4 will bring it to you. >> up to $30,000 reward for informational in connection with the tuesday night shooting. six people were injured in a shootout in east oakland, one of the fit victims was that
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innocent bystander in his living room watching his to be in this house. a bullet came through his window. two games were involved in the shootout. police are concentrating on this, and other areas as have been identified as hot spots for gang activities. >> out of palo alto a man struck and killed by caltrans early this morning. live in palo alto with details. >> i met the california station a third of a mile near here there was somebody on the tracks. he was struck around 1:20 a.m. they don't know why he was there. this is the site. this is no man's land between the two stations in palo alto. in the brush this man was on the tracks and was struck by trade. all local coming from san francisco to san jose. this is
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the first vitalities this year there were 11 mosher, quite a bit of a long in that mountainview, palo alto area. is what again in this area that this happened again this year. the passengers were taken off the train and waiting for an hour for another try to continue them on. normal service has continued although a bit behind schedule at first. they're investigating why he was on the tracks. they are not identified and who he has just saying he was a trust pastor. >> pg&e is facing more lawsuits for september's pipeline explosion in san bruno. seven new lawsuits were filed last month it accuses them of negligence, nuisance, other times. pg&e is still awaiting a decision by the judicial council to have all the lawsuits hurt by
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one judge. nearly $400,000 poured in following the explosion and killed eight people, and destroyed 35 homes. the city council does subcommittee men and ask residents to make recommendations. it was recorded by staffs. jean o'neill had this to say. >> if there are also needs is to be given out on a need basis. there should be nobody going without right now. i think if anything comes out of this. this region out to people that need the money. that would be a good thing. >> city council will make the final decision on how the money will be distributed. we will be right back as the morning news continues in a minute.
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play is the chilly out there 6:10 a.m., it is shaking from the wind, right now in napa, 29 degrees. we will see a high later once we get rid of fog, it will get up to 56 degrees and napa later this afternoon. >> 40 minutes ago the labor report port for last week one week after a cell to the lowest level in two years it is now up by 18,000, the previous week applications were down to 391,000 that was the lowest since july of 08. the four week average for a hundred and 10,000 a week filing for unemployment. >> in virginia this is inside the courtroom. family members of the murder victim trying to attack the alleged killer yesterday. the man in a blue
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shirt there is the victims son- in-law. before the attack to troopers testified the suspect in mid it twice to killing the victim on new year's eve. >> we will be back as a morning news continues. coming up more 1998 study that led to ought to some to childhood vaccinations. it turns out that study may be fraudulent. details coming up. [ male announcer ] enjoy an amazing usda choice steak
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watching bay area weather 6:14 a.m., jackie sizzled is in the east bay fog in the valleys there, live in concord with more. >> use the 680 southbound, you can see the fog just half a mile of visibility here. i took the corridor and i can tell you 24, lafayette it was a heavy fog
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area. pockets of fog around the bay area but specifically in the 680 corporate >> it is cold out there to boot latest on weather, traffic. >> temperatures keep dropping off, more locations temperatures in the '20s. bit chilly for your day dealing with bob as well, this is how much colder than what they she cared typically be this time a year. concord bottom out at 32 degrees, six degrees below average, as at 04 degrees below, napa's seven, same for san jose, eight degrees below the typical temperature in oakland. let's look at those numbers. 29 degrees, cooler than yesterday in san rosa, 28 for napa, 32 for livermore, still in the third is the most locations,
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the only places we are seeing in 40's is hayward, fremont, and 41 a half moon bay. dealing with a lot of fog spilling over from the central valley, into the state ballot locations, dealing room with fog in the north bay. visibility less than a mile in many locations. less than a quarter of a mile through novato, san rosa, now moving through the napa valley, and into concord. be prepared when you head out give yourself extra time this morning. radar shows rain to the north of us, we will stay that way today, friday today, lots of sunshine into the afternoon. 7 day around the bay, the temperature in to the upper 50s and some of the loop warmer location, upper '50's, low 60s through the weekend. the next chance of rain on tuesday, and
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on wednesday as well. 6:17 a.m. a check under commit with george. >> the ride to the venetian a the been the shot bridge, dense fog advisory only for the benicia bridge and not for their cortines, the fog has been heavy all along the six city corridor. looking at the bay bridge, at 80 westbound as you can see backing up all little in the left hand casually. this is a better start to the commute them we saw yesterday, or the day before. the san mateo bridge continuing the bridge check, still lighter than usual in the westbound direction here. the golden gate ride not bad, 1 01 southbound. they may be doing the road working again, or their repair work in the toll lane as you may
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recall. this right hand lane for the last weekend and half when traffic has been so light they coned the lane off and more to market. it has not resulted in backups. we have again black iced reported in the east bay. along the same pablo dam road north of their reservoir. add accident resulted. they are advising a icing conditions and they may have to stand the road. we did also by the way head get icing condition report east of napa on woody creek road, it is way off in the hills. nevertheless that is the first report for the north bay of icy conditions. it is likely we could get more later on. >> 1998 study, linking optimism to bruxism panicked a lot of children. now the research is
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being called a fraud. a medical journal saying the doctor in group wakefield fake they get to prove his argument. it has been retracted and he has been stripped of his medical license. they've found out he was paid by a law firm that planned on selling vaccine manufacturers. measles went up because frightened parents did not have their children vaccinated from measles. >> five days there it after our rate hike blue shield is planning on having its policyholders with another increase. the hike started january 1st, will tran reports the insurance company has its way the new proposed increase is too much weight. >> even as they tried to get used to the new rate increase, 200,000 blue shield policyholders, they will have to get ahold of another increase.
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it is set to increase march 1st, 30-35 percent for most customers. 1-4 will receive a 50 percent hike. they blamed on rising health-care coverage doctors' bills, and drug coverage. under the current law he can go under health insurance the way he can go under the richards. blue shield says it will still lose billions of dollars this year. will tran kron 4 news. >> to all school districts are suing sam mcdowell county in an effort to recuperate $20 million. the suit alleges county treasurer and other investment managers were negligence when they didn't diversify their for investment. >> south bay mana 60-year-old san jose man is in custody on suspicion of committing lewd acts with a girl at a day care, primitivo campos was a resident
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of the campos day care, a licensed family day care that has been providing services in san jose for more than 10 years. campos day care is located in the 600 block of chatsworth place.on december 22, the san jose police department's child exploitation detail received a report that campos committed lewd acts with a girl who was at the day care. after an investigation, police arrested campos on child sexual abuse charges. he was taken to the santa clara county jail and is being held without the possibility of bail. 6:21 a.m. and we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. from the oakland hills we aren't taking a peek down, it is still on this camera, are meant tam tam was shaking a bit. it is freezing in some areas, we have a spare the air day, clear skies this afternoon, temperatures almost in the '60s. [ bell rings ]
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afternoon. fall sunshine, no clouds, then we get a few degrees warmer on the weekend but we get a few more clouds. no chance of rain till tuesday, wednesday. >> 10 year-old girl recovering from being hit by a school bus, she was walking across the street when the school bus made a left turn knocking the girl to the ground. she was taken to boston was a precaution but she was not seriously hurt. the friend was not injured. parents and guardians had to pick up the passengers on the bus. >> petaluma police are looking for this truck driver. petaluma police are searching for a man with a record of felony dui's and a suspended license in connection with an alleged hit- and-run accident that left a 66- year old woman injured on december 28th. witnesses say mary davis was driving westbound on east washington street. when her car arrived at maria drive, investigators say a car driven gonzalez turned left in front of her. witnesses say gonzalez fled the scene on foot. davis was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. gonzalez was on active probation for dui convictions in 2007 and 2008. his drivers license was formally suspended at the time of the accident.
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>> family and friends remembered a fire captain this morning. he died of cancer on monday the cancer was work related from harmful small, a suit, fumes. he began fire fighting for the air station, he leaves behind a wife and any year-old son. the services scheduled january 14th. >> 6:26 a.m. back with more and a couple of minutes. the bridge to the bay bridge not too bad here, a bit of a delay here. we will be right
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like picture of the new york stock exchange, the looks all morning long. we heard from the labor department earlier this morning. 409,000 people applied
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for unemployment benefits last week that is up from the previous week. that bit of news, also retailers saying they had a weak december. but they feel overall the holidays shopping season sales were be up over last year. as a ring the opening bell they are setting the stage for a positive start. >> of winter spare the air alert is issued today, yoli is in the oakland hills taken a look at the air quality, it doesn't look too foggy, he is the cause. >> adhered is clear, it is the winter spare the air day, it is
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a legal for anyone to burn wood in the wood stork or any solid wood burning material like pellets, there are too many particles in the air, small particles that could reach levels literally healthy for us to breathe. during what would only add to that, it is dangerous and not good for our health. this is a spare the air day do not burn wood, it will be hard not to do that because it's so cold. you will be tempted to applaud in the fireplace, but don't do it is illegal. people see smoke coming out of your chimney, they could call and you could get a citation for it. do not burn wood today. >> thank you for the word on that, even old like yoli said it is cold out there. >> i was telling mark that's why
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i wore a sweater this morning. temperatures dipping down below freezing, but it mid-20s and a few locations. clearance of francisco, where few had to the north, the east you will give very dense fog. below freezing to start off the morning, into the afternoon light wind. current temperatures 29 degrees in san rosa, 28 for napa, 32 into livermore. in the south bay upper '30's as well, 40 hayward, also to fremont. temperatures cooler them where they should be typically be this time of year. they're dropping off a few degrees ocompared to the average. severs cisco 4, concord 6, san jose 7, livermore
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6, napa 7 degrees below what we should normally see. we see that the fog visibility is less a quarter of a mile, with this cold temperatures we could see freezing fog and a possibility of black eyes as well. cent reduction of visibility when you head out to the road. this is our visibility charred all the orange shows visibility less than a mile. we are quarter mile through novato, napa, fairfield, into concord this is worse than it has been for the past couple of days. rid of shows clouds in the pacific northwest but we will stand clear today. that will mean a nice afternoon for you. temperatures into the 50s. upper 50s in san rosa, 56 there francisco, cooler in the doctor, saying the fog hold on.
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done in the south bay to the upper 50s. more sunshine in store for tomorrow by the weekend a few clouds in to the mix. upper 50s low 60s next chance of rigid tuesday, wednesday next week. 6:33 a.m. traffic with george. the moth >> some fog in icing as well at the bay bridge toll plaza, light traffic. i don't think the meter lights have been activated but the traffic is light enough even when they are it may not account for much of a back up. that is the course unless we have old slow dance on the meter lights this morning. the fog advisory on the benicia bridge. 680 and in the expos' spam's remember the old bridges southbound interstate 680. there is fog along the corridor through contra costa county as you will
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see in the shot this is the southbound side leading down towards will not require a no back up for the 680 southbound ride. we mentioned also some icing conditions. this for contra costa county along san pablo dam road, we thought it would san the road it turns out it will salted instead to melt the ice. it was here at castro north of the reservoir and accident was reported. also some icing conditions for some secondary roads in the north bay. 6:34 a.m. west oakland police are investigating the shooting that left one man dead. the shooting happened just before tannatbefore 10:00 p.m. t they found a man slumped over his car and had no suspects at
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this time. we will keep you posted. >>pacific gas and electric co. is now facing seven more lawsuits over the san bruno gas line explosion that killed eight people in september.the new lawsuits accuse pg&e of negligence, and nuisance among other claims. the company remains committed to the customers in san bruno and the community, spokesman joe molica said.the utility company is still waiting for a decision by the judicial council of california to have all the lawsuits heard by one judge.the sept. 9 blast killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. to women are convicted of trying to pass them off as victims to secure relief aid during the blast or after the blast. lisa johnston, sonya smith. they applied for new identification cards the two women live 5 mi. from the blast. the five other people they say at similar charges. >> at 25 ft. boat is on fire at
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pier 45 in san francisco. as of right now no word on injuries, will trend will have more reformation is as we get it. >> we will be right back a light look at the james lick in san francisco, light traffic, still dark, and cold.
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ms. this morning the pentagon saying mayor planning to send a 1000 for a marine to afghanistan. they approve the forces to solidify gains. >> the commission charged with the oil spill is spreading the blame. the national commission on the oil spill and offshore drilling reduced least a chapter in the report that is too out. part of the findings find the blowout was found by missteps by bp, trans ocean, how burned.
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hurt 17 others. 200 million gal. of oil spew for three months. the slew of problems including flawed procedures, in attention to signs of an impending glut. >> the hearing for the doctor charges and the death of michael jackson, during questioning of paramedics stated when he arrived at the home of michael jackson, when he cited that up. he said dr. murray never mentioned giving michael jackson the propofol. the two oldest children watched as dr. murray tried to revive their father. he died 2009, from the powerful anesthetic that is used for people undergoing surgery. his hearing is expected to last three weeks. >> 6:41 a.m. we will be back with more minute. the golden
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6:44 a.m. keeping an eye out wall street the dow is down five points, the s&p flat right now, nasdaq down a fraction. and mild start to the trading day. 18,000 more people applied for unemployment last week. analysts say it is improving. retail sales were weak in december, however they expect spending in november, december 2nd of the largest increase since 2006. comcast announced this week it will bring live tv, to subscribers on the ipad first, then on the android. that coming
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later this year. >> 6:45 a.m., we awaiting for the whether to warm up, right now it is socially downright freezing in some areas. you can see some clouds in the background of mostly black skies. temperatures colder than they were yesterday if you can believe that. also dealing with a bit more in the way of dense fog this morning. chile this morning, the santa rosa in the '20s, we are currently at 29, getting up to 55, how your life today is 58. current temperatures elsewhere, 28 napa valley, freezing mark inter livermore, third is through manioc, redwood city, india, bellevue as well. also the
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visibility to her looks like this. seeing the fog thickened up in the north bay, in to the death dug, and the east bay valley locations. visibility less than a quarter mile in novato, napa, fairfield, concord. expect dense fog free morning commute today. satellite radar shows the cloud cover up and over our area pretty showers in the pacific northwest. we will be dry for today bringing the sunshine, temperatures in the '50s. some of the cooler spots is in the delta, low 50s through fairfield, 58 san rosa, same-store through the east bay and the south bay as well. mount you could get up to 59 today. 7 day around the bay shows a similar water weather pattern by tomorrow, next chance of rain tuesday, wednesday. >> we have been tracking the
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fog to 4680, the quarter, the benicia bridge, here on the drive past treat boulevard foggy conditions as well. >> half a mile of visibility southbound 680 you are looking at. i can tell you traffic, or the fog is bad. a lot of places less than a quarter mile of visibility through the lafayette area. as i got on to the bridge i had to drop the speeds significantly because it was less than that. the word out there slow down, get the car in front of you a bit more room this morning. >> and of course use your low beam when you're driving because in the fog you will see farther with your low beams than your high beams. at the nation of bird bridge we have fog on the bridge. we
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have black ice report on san pablo dam road, it will put salt on the roadway because the rising icy conditions a longer worconditions along the reservoir. in the central lighter than usual traffic overall no hot spots this morning. >> america's cup taking center chain stage at city hall the red copper as city leaders on the other pay plan. hundreds of millions of dollars more are being invested in the waterfront. it is see some of the drawings here. they will read develop some of the peers. the race will pour a billion dollars in to the economy. >> erase is often hard to see is
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going to be impossible to mess. here in severances go. people who have no idea why they think it's a big deal, they're enthusiastic, they are excited about the transformation that will take place on a pier, still don't know what's about happen. they will fall in love with something they may have never experienced or knew existed. >> it is normally viewed from boats on the ocean it will be visible from land run the bay. the last of the cup was hosted in the united states was in san diego in 1995. >> at the giants will not be moving their 2011 regular-season opener dense a doctor doctors to at&t park. that was proposed by espn and supported by baseball but the dodgers brought on board. the new plan is the giants will open up at doctors
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stadium as scheduled but on march 31st instead of april. so they can show it as a season opening package. they will open at home april 8th against st. louis. >> one of the two winners on the mega millions is expected to discuss his winnings today. the washington state ticket purchased two are retired man. in idaho they are awaiting for the other ticket holder to claim their half of the prize. you can always watch the numbers run every tuesday, friday, the super lotto every wednesday, saturday at 755 7:00 p.m.. >> a decoy extinct on sap selling tobacco to minors. during the 20th they visited stores to businesses were cited for selling tobacco to minors.
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the violation is a misdemeanor, there's a fine system set up peer $200 fine for the first offense. 500 for the second, the third offense is at $1,000. it was part of a grant to tobacco control program to measure retailers compliance with state laws. >> we will be right back as the news continues until 11:00 a.m., will awaiting for skies to light up the the bay area. already a back up through the cash lanes. back up towards the block. ♪ let's go out to the dmv
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some bay area roadways attract a large amount of barbie's but not all of them should be there. stanley is roberts takes a look at the great highway kippers. >> this bobtail truck what if i told you it's an rbi. you don't believe me? let's take a closer
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look. there is our roof dome, on the side of a small window. so it's a truck turned into an rv. also a parking ticket for $58. the problem? this all along with other of these have been parked for days. they're not part, they are living in them despite overnight habitation. this man's name is roger, he just got out of the pen. >> it's the only thing i could afford when i got out. he moves around the city but for the last three days he's been living here. i ask some residents what they thought about the campers and this is what they said. >> besides the fact that they throw trash away the take up valuable parking spaces. we have to park away from our apartment because they are part of our buildings.
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>> i would rather have people living in rb and be part of the neighborhood then under bush. >> when they leave their coverage but for the most part, they're not really bother me. people have to live somewhere. >> they admit there been problems with campers for decades. they are taking steps to take problems the neighborhood watch has done landscaping. they're also considering one other things permits for anyone with an rb but is that a good idea? >>. once we make a rule everybody has to abide by it. >> stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> alive look for mount tam above the fog right now showing up over san francisco. it is a cold morning will be of below freezing with that fog even black eyes on bay area roadways.
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