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tools, including the one ticket to the hospital showed elevated levels of carbon monoxide in the blood. they don't know where it's coming from, they were staying on the fourth, fifth floors. engineers are using copper and dioxide detectors to did identify the problem. we could be hours away from a new mayor. the board of supervisors is expected to paul a new mayor this afternoon. meanwhile gavin knew some talk to candidates for perspectives. reggie, has the details. the animosity officials say the mayor has a short list of perspective candidates spent thursday discussing. to supervise certain david chu was asked to take the position but the decline the offer. it was a personal
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decision about where i thought i could best serve the city. we have tremendous challenges. >> we are having technical difficulties on that story. much more on that and a few minutes. for 02 a.m., let's talk about the weather is cold this morning. potential fog in the area. james this is almost like get to the point weather. it is so cool that just get to the point. >> here's a look at the golden gate bridge 54 the expected high. it will be cold this morning with temperatures in the '30's or lot of locations, the fog still lingering. visibility charred shows you the fog throughout the bay area. predominantly in the north bay. the east bay is still dealing with it as well. down to livermore valley still dealing with the fog coming in from the
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central valley. today will probably be the last day that we deal with morning fog. it is not quite as dances that has been over the last couple of days. we have more light cloud cover then fog. but it can be locally heavy. i know towards 248 got less than a quarter of a mile. some portions of 1 01 as to head toward santa rosa single dense fog in patches. it will be patchy today. as for temperatures today right now temperatures mid-upper 30's. san rafael 39, 37 livermore, 37 oak hill, 395 jose, and we are seeing in some spots cooler them what it was yesterday. 3d preschooler that was 24 hours ago. in novato we are seven
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degrees warmer this time them we were yesterday. again with the bay air clear what the system moving towards the bay area. friday, saturday, sunday more cloud cover as a result of this is what system. our result may be a sprinkle next week. the highs today, upper 40's lower 50s. 54 napa, 53 richmond, a redwood city 55, 46 in livermore. so cooler out there because of the fog. the clouds will move in saturday, sunday we are still dry but the temperatures are cooling. by tuesday, wednesday chance of rain beginning but more likely thursday will see the greater chance. check on your ride. >> it's a good start for your
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friday commune no major problems but we did talk about all that fog. we have dense fog advisory posted for the venetian but bridge. they're asking that you drive extra cautious. and you can still see traffic moving in the green. it's really not affecting speeds out there. no other problems around the bay a quick bridge check westbound 80 the approach to the toll plaza a ghost town out there just a couple cars headed westbound towards the city. san mateo bridge a lot of traffic, lots of space between cars. traffic headed in the commute direction towards foster city. the golden gate bridge southbound 1 01 out of the north bay we don't have any complaints, i checked the sensors traffic is moving at the limit for the ride out of novato pass highway 37.
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>> blue shield monterrey's rates again 200,000 people could see a price increase of about 30%. if it is a proust it could happen in two months. jonathan blum has details pemberton >> they are proposing an increase which could make them pay 59 percent more for their insurance. commissioner james jones says he plans to fight the increase but it may be an uphill battle. >> under lot i do not currently have the ability to reject excess of rate hikes. i fought to have that authority for some time now is a number of state legislature to give the commission the authority to reject excess of premium hikes. this hike is an example of why i need that the source >>. for more details on the rate hike on our web site. lots of
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numbers you want to read it thoroughly all you have to do is go to kron 4 dot com. but the latest details on suspicious packages that exploded in maryland. will tell you about the republicans' attempt to at overhauling president barack obama as health-care plan. here's a shot from our roof camera. there is serious flaw fog be careful as you leave your home this morning. we will be right back.
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after suspicious packages including two that ignited burning some figures. samantha hayes has the details. >> to government buildings were surrounded by police. fire officials and bomb squads. after devises one off in the buildings. >> this was opened by the employee. >> according to the police in jeffrey building which houses state offices and staff, it was in a package of the book would be mailed and. address to the governor. there was not explosion there was a reaction when the employee opened the package. >> there was a flash of fire, and small, a small emanated from the reaction. >> minutes later a similar scene when a similar package was opened at transportation headquarters of where it in hanover. >> there was a sulfur smell and
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and what was described does a similar small puff of smoke. >> those employees had small injuries but nobody was seriously hurt. they evacuated about 300 people. investigation is ongoing. >> we have a significant amount of physical evidence and we will spend time, effort to make sure we get to the bottom of for these packages may have come from. >> there may be a significant clues the fire marshal says return addresses were on the packages. they will be examined with other evidence. in washington i am smith case. >> there have been several attacks and overseas. wednesday a homemade bomb and fired several times that the french embassy. last week the greek embassy had a suspicious package, december 23rd, swish and chileans had package bombs.
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stay with kron 4 dog, as we follow this story. the house is meeting today for debate on whether to repeal president barack obama as health-care overhaul. it is the first week with the republicans back in charge. afloat today will set the rules for formal debate and final action next wednesday. it want repealed to expand coverage on 30 million uninsured, and start over again with a modest less costly approach. that democratic leaders say they will block the repeal. president barack obama will name him to the top and economic post. sperling is a counselor just treasurer timothy diner he will have broad oversight of on policies. neared
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double-digit unemployment and looming legislative battles on the deficit. they will announce the new post today. we are a few hours away from trading this morning, stocks closed yesterday lower but next. dow fell 26 points, as and he was down three points, nasdaq a point. they protect employment numbers will be brighter this morning. they predict employees added net totaled 145,000 jobs last month. the unemployment rate jumped to 9.7%. general george federal chair is more confident about the economy in the out cut look for hiring but not enough to pull back from the bond buying program. it is designed to boost the economy by lowering interest rates and lifting stock prices. san francisco-based homestead pasta company is pulling
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thousands of pounds of frozen meat and poultry tamale products from stores because they contain whey, a known dairy allergen that is not listed on the label. the company is recalling approximately 144,633 pounds of the frozen meat and poultry tamales, the united states department of agriculture announced thursday. the tamales were made from april 2010 until january 2011 and shipped to stores in california, oregon and washington. the recall includes names of garibaldi beef tamale, garibaldi turkey tamale, golden with sauce in husk, golden west traditional turkey tamale with sauce in husk, casper homestead pasta company beef tamale and casper homestead pasta company chicken tamale. individual packages within the cases are marked with the establishment number "p-4994" or "est. 4994" inside the usda mark of inspection, the usda said. there have been no reports of adverse of the products, according to the usda. phenacetin formal visit juvenile hall tells lawyer pleads not guilty to child molestation and child pornography. will tell you why he may be facing more charges.
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gulping story of carbon monoxide leak at the marriott, says one person to hospital, six people examined at the hot the hotel, two of them showed elevated levels of carbon monoxide in their blood. they don't know where it's coming from. the victims are stable, hotel engineers are using carbon monoxide detectors to identify the problem. sam francisco board of supervisors expected to appoint a mayor today. and lee is expected to be the new mayor before the may release for his new post as lieutenant governor.
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he has to select an attorney to replace, law harris. david chu was asked to take the position but he declined the offer. a juvenile hall counselor pleaded not guilty yesterday to charges of child molestations and possession of child pornography. 53 year-old thomas jewell was charged with 45 counts of child molestation, two counts of sexual assault on a child, one count of child pornography. charges were committed between 2007, 2010 against. we're following whether let's change it over to james. bam the cool temperatures we are dealing with this morning that's the headline really. san jose traffic moving well. erika will be up with the look at your ride. current
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conditions not bad. 39 in san jose, 56 this afternoon before it gets back down into the 40's by 8:00 p.m., temperatures right now you can see a lot of thirties. upper 30's right now which we were mid-30s yesterday, we are seeing slight warming since yesterday. 39 concord, 37 livermore, nobody seeing freezing temperatures. good news. we will warming up this afternoon. in any case 42 mountain view, 40 mountain view. you can say is a mixed bag. nine degrees cooler in have mcveigh, often the north bay san rosa 5 degrees warmer, at novato 7 degrees warmer, overnight temperatures no where near the freezing we are above that. we
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will lose a degree or two towards sunrise but we shouldn't get down to a freezing anywhere. fog lies improved picture here. today it's more low cloud cover its a misty, hazy cloud. the los visibility is a novato worth half mile. we are doing okay all the will be local packages of be careful as you drive about. our weather over the next couple of days. clear skies and a nice sunny day in store. as it gets closer we will see more clouds beginning to build. given the chance of rain come next week. here's where we are looking for this afternoon. novato 48, of vallejo 50, 48 fairfield, 56 hayward, redwood city coming in mid-50s so was los gatos. that is the general trend. if you're
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in the delta or the livermore valley that fog, from the central valley still keeping temperatures on the cool side this afternoon. as you had towards the next seven days we have tried cool conditions for the weekend. all those clouds roll in. as a role in we start to see temperatures warm back up again. it's especially in the overnight hours for their way from freezing. we also have a chance of rain for tuesday, wednesday. more likely thursday. now check on traffic. >> i'm here to show you the best fog advisory's for the day ride. we have a fog is free for the benicia bridge again this morning. asu drive extra cautious out there. you can still see traffic moving in the green tops speeds indicated. you may want to be mindful of the cars in front of you this morning. westbound 80 to the bay
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bridge looks good from all purchased westbound 580, northbound direction of the nimitz freeway also good return enough. you can still see lots of space between cars, no backup at the toll plaza. no problem getting to the bridge no overnight construction for the southbound direction of 880. golden gate bridge same story out of the north bay. quiet on the span no cars within camera shot. your drive time clocking in at 23 minutes. robert e. shore freeway looks good the taillights headed towards the maze right now. you can still see traffic moving at the limit not a lot of traffic out there. your drive time uneasy 15 minute trip. >> doyle drive will be closed again this weekend is work to
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replace the approach to the golden gate bridge, continues. beginning tonight the rep from northbound highway 1, at no. down 1 01 will be closed until 10:00 a.m. saturday morning. for the same. sunday the rep from 1 01 to southbound one will be closed, we have bill graphics for you to look at. lots of numbers to digest. the two overnight closures allows a ship to get to the newly constructed bridge. budget cuts have reduced officers for more than 800 this time last year to just over 650 officers today. oakland police officer explained all the department plans to use its remaining resources to fight our recent surge in shootings. >> we put together a task force and what that tells us is we put
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officers over time in our hot spot areas where we had issues that has taken place. we are trying to stop the retaliatory shootings. we will see if that works. >> police say they will not pull officers from other areas to stop the violence, instead they will spend money on overtime using officers who already work in areas where shootings occur. jean kwan talked about the violence in this city, and what she wants to do to stop it. >> murders are down for years a row so it's disappointing it's a rash of murders, oakland unfortunately every four, five days we've had a murder that's better than four years ago. it's still too high. we will be going door to door with the latest murder. it's one of the highest
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rates of unemployment, of crime, of dropout, it has no community council, we will go door to door to get people to read establish the crime council. we will tell them about the cleaning up the streets, >> yesterday's meeting will be the first of weekly meetings the turkmen to keep open communication between the city, and the public is all is the media. elementary and middle school students are bracing for another round of cuts. this time we are talking about cuts to school buses. the district hopes to cut the $6 million transportation budget in half over the next two-three years. by trimming routes. parents remain in limbo about whether
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the dolby transportation to their school choice. >> cluster we saw big budget cuts bigger than we've ever seen. this year will be worse and it's hard to imagine. our teachers are taking furloughs, some schools can afford paper in the classroom. we are doing what weekend to make sure everybody comes together on these times of crisis. we need more money from the state that's all there is a joke. >too wet. >> morning news the latest in your world headlines including a suicide bomber killing more than and that doesn't people in afghanistan will tell you who is claiming responsibility for the attack. a live look at san francisco, cold, clear morning patches of fog through the bay
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san mateo bridge very light you can see plenty of space between the cars as you go west, or used. the golden gate bridge is lighter than any of the other two bridges. there's only one truck going across this green. it should be like to 20 minutes in to some francisco. the tel ban is claiming responsibility for suicide bomber killing 17 people in southern afghanistan near pakistan border. the attack occurred yesterday in that town of spin ballpark he spent said it off in the barbershop. it included a police officer, 16 civilians, 23 people were wounded, it occurred around noon time. they are considered version of traditional tell ben strongholds. some australians are getting to go home but they
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are seeing them cake to in sludge after drenching rains, and earl worst rains in decades. the worst is over now. if left in area the size of its of france, germany covered in water for a week. attention is turning to rebuilding. in the meantime the flood situation and thailand's southern provinces has grown by heavy rain, it in a vast area real salty and aggravated disaster. they have declared eight districts emergency disaster areas. coming up the health situation at the marriott whether health officials talk been able to pinpoint the source of the problem. we'll have the latest. a live look aside in here is all but the camera, traffic is light in that area. cool, clear
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week. on to our temperatures rain fell fairly chile as a matter of fact it especially when you factor in the wind chill. in manioc is in the mid '30's. it actually feels like it is below freezing, this is an example of what it feels like regardless of what you're a thermometer might say. 39 degree wind chill in concord, san francisco 42 a bit warmer than everybody else. as we talk about the fog, it is in the north predominately but we are seeing it in the east bay as well. highway 24 as you head towards walnut creek out towards the power play. the heavy stuff at this point in the north bay near san rosa around 1 01 there. again this is when we see the last of the thule fog.
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visibility san rosa down to half a mile, everybody else is doing ok. into the weekend we will see the system in the pacific play a bigger role. we will see more cloud cover and then rain shower or two next week. this afternoon 48 novato, 50 vallejo, 49 concord, more upper 50s and on the bay and in the south bay. 55 redwood city, 46 and livermore, a bit cooler there further east to go as you had to force their to the central valley. the weekend is dry, cooler, the cultural and m brings a chance of rain tuesday, wednesday, but more likely thursday. the benefit of getting up this early is a light traffic no complaints on my end.
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westbound 80 the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza you may get a bit of weight but it's not been a slow you down too much of the and that traffic is at the limit. meter lights still cycled off the overnight construction. updating the san mateo bridge westbound and eastbound 92 still lots of space between cars. everyone moving at the limit here no problems as to make your way towards a peninsula, in the commute direction. still missing a backup of the toll plaza and no problems getting to the bridge along 1 01, or the nimitz freeway. the same story at the golden gate bridge quiet out there and very few cars in the span right now. no problems free ride at marin county, an update going to your maps we are still tracking down to fog advisers at the benicia bridge, and the richmond san rafael bridge. according to chp this was issued about midnight i'm going to: steve it's still in effect. it
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looks like it's still be made fog lifted anlifting in that ar northbound and southbound 1 01, traffic moving at the limit no problem on the 87 interchange, a drive time 14 minutes from downtown song " this san jose. >> ahead of san francisco possible part carbon monoxide leak has sent one person to the hospital. six people were examined on fourth street two of them including the one taken to the hospital showed elevated levels of carbon monoxide in their blood. investigators don't know where it's coming from but victims are staying on the fourth, fifth floors. they're using detectors to identify the problem. new details now about seven francisco see their leadership. board of supervisors will have a new mayor this afternoon. meanwhile the major
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work the phones yesterday talking to candidates for district attorney, whoever is elected well replace, harris. rigid kumar has details. >> in san francisco the mayor's office says a new district attorney sometime today, mayor knew someone on the phone talking to the candidates most of the day yesterday. the supervisors were meeting at 3:00 p.m. today to talk and lead it into inter mayor. >> blue shield wants to raise rates again, 200,000 people sit could see an increase of 30%. if it's approved the hike could happen in two months from now. jonathan blum has the details. >> i sent a letter to the ceo asked in heat and blue shield take a 60 day postponement, of
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the premium rate increase that they are opposing. gamow dave jones has been on the job for 72 hours before facing his first big challenge. blue shield is proposing a third rate hike in a few months. that would leave californians paying 59% more for health insurance than they did a year ago. >> under california law i don't have the ability to reject excess of rate hikes. i fought for that authority as a member of the legislature i've offered legislation to give them the authority to reject premium hikes. this hike is another example of why i need that authority. >> for another recourse is to find a problem with the rate hike. they want to prove that it's going to go to doctors if they can prove that the hike stays. in a press conference a
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watchdog group echoed jones saying to commit needs more control. >> they are in cahoots to raise prices and high as possible because they happen every incentive to charge as much as possible into a garment stop them. >> it would make insurance justify rate hikes the way home and not as. >> for the last few years they have start when the batterebatte are hoping now and expecting they take this on. >> for his part jones says he is ready. >> we have seen these checks every year which is causing a problem for california families. >> thousands of blue shirt customers face sticker shock when they see the new insurance rates. he talks the talk to one bay area man who's seen his rates increase b55%,.
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>> this is a letter he received in december notifying him his blue shield was raising its rates by 55 percent. >> this is the kicker that has all the percentages. some aren't around here is as 55%. i'm surprised they competed a doubt i thought there would be more subtle. >> a healthy 20 year-old who has not been to the doctor once in the two years he's had this policy was stunned. >> is silly to raise it all at once. i can understand 5-10% but over the past two years of paying double what i was paid in 2009. it is a tremendous amount of money. >> he has seen the rise from $72 a month, up to $97 and out 215. he took to the internet posting the letters on his block and starting a net addition to stop
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incessant as a asea es conference it sleep gives us a peek. >> all lot of cool stuff in las vegas the year samsung showing off their new connected plows much tv spirit of these puppies are thin. less than 1 in. thick, super light weight, they hang like a picture frame. 64 in. no price yet, they come to market this year. a tv with a
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crazy new design, it is curved on the stand that holds up a few inches off the ground. they're getting funky with the tvs, we will see this on the market by the end of the year. they showed off the the earnest blue gray dvd player. three-fourths of an inch thick, why fight in able to, you can listen to pandora radio, play www.youtube.com videos, and twitter. it comes out this spring no price yet. three decamp order to issue home movies, you don't need glasses when shooting or viewing, it shoots in regular as well. it costs $5,000 when it hit stores this summer. in other news all jews the first to show off a mobile portable tv that is three be capable, you don't need glasses to get the effect on this unit, olson three d tv
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content from the networks. its green is 4 by 3 in. and blaze and each day. it might be useful when tailgating. mobile tv viewer comes out later this year. tom-toms the gps maker has are wrist watch called the sport watch gps. it captures location while showing time, distance, paste, calories burned. it works with the issue based sensor to deliver the lit accurate pace and distance data. it comes out the lake offers. gave sleep kron 4 news. >> apple is not part of six cbs this year but made the announcement appeared in have come back at store. it's for the iphone but these apps are designed to use on apple. it is
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launching with 1000 add up some free, some costing money. the applications will be similar to the ones you see available for smart phones, but optimize for computers. the store will only work with snow leopard, the third latest operating system. facebook will be coughing up details of its financial performance are go public by april 2012. facebook plans to cross the $500,000 in shareholder this year it will trigger a commission rule requiring financial disclosures. the news comes two days after report from the new york times that goldman sacks and the russian ambassador handed over 500 million for a stake in the company. coming up it is this season to get rid of your
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for 40 5:00 a.m. walnut creek conditions are a bit mixed. getting up to 49 this afternoon, in some parts of the deep valley areas san ramon valley, ignatius valley, you might see fog here and there. some of it even dance. we are still seeing a lot of thirties, 37 in oakland, 39 in concord, 40's as you head down to mount you, fremont. is
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the colder than yesterday? it depends on where you are. some places have colder temperatures. concord six degrees cooler, pretty much everybody on port par or slightly warmer than 24 hours ago. fog is heaviest in the north bay right now, when you look of visibility in terms of miles to tenths of a mile. one-fifth of a mile is all you can see out there. that is categorized as dense fog. it gets better their for their south you had to until you get to san francisco. everybody else seeing the 4 mi. or better. all in all a better day in terms of fog. 48 degrees novato, 54 novato, 55 have been bay, in the south bay 56 in san jose. cool
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it in the delta and the livermore valley still having fun out there. 47 antioch, 46 livermore. looking forward to satellite shows you clear and sunny today, more clouds roll inez's system slowly creep our way and with it brings more clouds, the eventual chance of rain shower or two next week. dry and cloudy saturday, sunday cooler temperatures dip. showers tuesday, wednesday, more likely thursday. for 40 7:00 a.m. could morning iraq up. >> chp told me dense fog advisory still is in about an effect for the benicia bridge, and there richmond san rafael bridge. it may have been lifted but they said no it is still in effect. definitely be extra
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cautious out there reduce your speeds as to make their way across the stands. other bridges no problem at the bay bridge toll plaza bit more volume than we saw 10 minutes ago. traffic still freely was founded san francisco. pretty much the same thing for the san mateo bridge, it looks good traffic moving at the limit. no back up at the toll plaza, 13 minutes across the span. nice light conditions to to see a few cars on the span no problems for your entire ride out of marin county. 23 minutes from novato into the city limits. crosstown freeways no problems for the james lick, or the in south central. no slowing down 1 01-80 split. >> to is this season to get rid of your christmas trees however
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there's a right, and a wrong way to do it. stanley roberts choses people behaving badly. >> on the corner of east lake avenue and mission are these three christmas trees. one of the trees is the stand. on the other decorations that once draped the tree. just as i daly city this landscaped area. let me remove the legally discarded christmas tree first. every city has occurred proper weight to discard christmas trees. don't dump them on the corner toward the alley. in south san francisco all you have to do is put it out with the green day crash. -a plastic bag or stand. every tree can be recycled except for trees with tinsel still attached. one homeowner
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almost got it right. except for the fact that green day pickup was in the morning. now they have to reschedule pick up or wait till next screen day. over is in for cisco you cannot leave the trees a year fire station. this says save surrender site that applies to babies not to christmas trees. to find out what to do to their rid your treat contact public works. people be given badly, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> who killed by dree? they are trying to figure it out as a real and a 13 year-old on serve murder case christopher wallace better known as the tories be i g was again down in l.a. in 1997. the killer was never caught. federal and local agencies say they are actively pursuing leads in the case.
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unnamed sources new information has surfaced that did not elaborate. they say they believe the motive behind the murder was out rap war between east and west coast producers. court resumes in the hearing that decides whether comrade marty goes to trial for michael jackson's death. his mother and sister or a court yesterday to hear the testimony. dr. murray faces involuntary manslaughter charges if they believe there's enough evidence for trial. the pop star died from an amnesty show overdose. the will of elizabeth ellis words is public. she did not mention our house and john edwards who had committed to having an affair while married to her. the will is dated six days before she died of breast cancer on december 7th. her daughter 28 year-old daughter kathryn as an
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executor of the state. tiger woods and his 13 year-old relationship with golf digest. wood's agent said the contract ended last year. they could not agree on new terms. with the media going more digital they were asking more time than woods was willing to give. it was the second longest endorsement for wouldst be on nike. coming up more whether traffic in news and a few minutes. let's head outside. now we will be back in a minute.
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ahead of us. this is a story to fall home about. a cell phone helped him dodged a bullet literally. he was hit but not injured. >> the battery stop the bullets. it hit the corner. if it would've hit right here. it would've been a different story. >> he proudly shows off the battery to the cell phone that saved his life. the veteran valley was working at hale lounge in midtown. it is now riddled with bullet holes one second he was helping a customer,. the shots occurred one with through my coat,, termite code and hit my phone was on my left chest. >> of atlanta police arrested two brothers. police believe desmond fire the shots from a 40 caliber, or 9 mm.
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>> i dodged a bullet. >> he remembers hearing five shots. >> iran back into the club, at that point i checked myself make sure i was not head. i felt the bullet goes through my jacket. i couldn't feel all wound. thank god there was a one. >> his employer is paying to replace his awful. lot of things are oranges in florida and including the popular fruit. there another attention an alligator. the orange gaidar was spotted wednesday one resident snapped a picture of it. they say he was likely abstain or painted or something in the environment because the kid.tha0
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francisco mayor knew some expected to name a new inter mayor. but they're still looking at the district attorney. >> the report on unemployment rate comes out in 30 minutes. we will tell you what the economists are predicting. >> bay area weather on this friday morning it's really cold once again, and it is foggy once again. >> that fog can be done some patches although it will be a better day to day that was yesterday in terms of fog. whether headlines today, fog and cold temperatures. north bay fog, east bay fog cloudy but dry this weekend. a chance of a sprinkler to next week. temperatures looked like around the bay 39 san rosa, 36 napa, obviously 30 degree temperatures but not near the freezing like we had been earlier this week. whether you're cold, warm, it
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depends on where you are. just to let you know half moon bay, oakland, hayward colder them we were 24 hours ago. everybody else at or warmer them we were this time yesterday morning. all in all the picture is improving. visibility map shows the densest office is in san rosa in the north bay 1 013 santa rosa. everybody dealing with mild fog but not too bad. some spots a can get sick. san rosa two tenths of a mile visibility. the further you get the better it gets, ultimately use the eight mile visibility. all in all better than yesterday but will winter. today will probably be the last day you'll see the dense fog. 52 in san rosa, 54 san francisco, 49 concord, 48 fairfield, 59:00 this afternoon
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66 down in san jose. colder out in the livermore valley, in an adult up. mid-40s again thank you to the fog. it will still winter in the east bay but the picture gets better towards the weekend. here's where we are sunny skies this afternoon, cloud cover starting to creep into northern california. two, three, four days cloud cover picks up and you'll see that the forecast. starting saturday the cloud cover begins to roll. we stayed dry until tuesday, wednesday next week. we might see her for sprinkle. thursday looks like your best shot. as get a check on your ride with george. >> once again advisory's in the traffic center. at the nation bridge and again today as yesterday that the cartoonist, but the the nation bridge. kron
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4 jackie sizzled rover crossed it with you this morning. he says it doesn't look so bad. chp says it will keep the advisory in place. it could be for the east end of the bridge that's the way it was yesterday. the bay bridge fog is not an issue any the art is traffic. san mateo bridge looks good with much lighter than usual traffic in the westbound direction. quick check on the golden gate bridge the ride 1 01 south shows it is an easy trip as well. light traffic so far coming in for marin county. it looks like there may still be reconfiguring the lanes. we are still waiting for that extra line to be added to miss out on direction. >> team coverage of weather and traffic was churned to are so low reporter who is out in dent in the conditions in albany. it is a legacy your breath it is
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freezing out there. >> in the third is and fight and cut back out here. you can see the ice. not necessarily hard freeze but definitely feeling temperatures near car lot you can see the eyes collecting. over marin i didn't get any of this. no cold temperatures so it's what james talked about it depends on where you are at. >> yesterday can i see the breath. nobody ever sees to jackie. judge shows us. jackie freezing out there. it does depend on where you are. we'll keep track on the temperatures this morning. >> a possible carbon monoxide leak since one-person hospital.
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two people showed elevated level of carbon monoxide in their blood. they don't know where it's coming from the victims were all staying on the fourth, fifth floors. engineers are using carbon monoxide detectors to to identify the problem. before the mayor leaves for his new post he has to select the district attorney. that announcement could come as soon as today. david chu was asked to take the position but he declined. there will be a meeting this afternoon with the board of supervisors to appoint a new mayor. the administrator ed lee is going to become the new mayor. >> all would vote for the outgoing board. for the inter mayor. he has indicated he would accept the inter mayor position if we voted on it. he has
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breath and depth of experience. he has the best ability to afford. >> he could take over as early as tuesday. >> opening bell on wall street coming up in less than a half an hour. stock futures are lower after the opening bell. they are looking at the unemployment report. we will get the number for december. they are projecting a slight drop. they are predicting employers added 145,000 jobs to the nation last month. federal reserve going to capitol hill more confident about the economy. not enough so to stop the pullback from the fed's buying spree. the buying of the bond program still going forward. >> homes that pasta san francisco-based homestead pasta company is pulling thousands of
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pounds of frozen meat and poultry tamale products from stores because they contain whey, a known dairy allergen that is not listed on the label. the company is recalling approximately 144,633 pounds of the frozen meat and poultry tamales, the united states department of agriculture announced thursday. the tamales were made from april 2010 until january 2011 and shipped to stores in california, oregon and washington. the recall includes tamales sold in cases under the names of garibaldi beef tamale, garibaldi turkey tamale, golden west traditional beef tamale with sauce in husk, golden west traditional turkey tamale with sauce in husk, casper homestead pasta company beef tamale and casper homestead pasta company chicken tamale. individual packages within the cases are marked with the establishment number "p-4994" or "est. 4994" inside the usda mark of inspection, the usda said. there have been no reports of adverse reactions from the consumption of the products, according to the usda. >> we will be back as the news continues. house of representatives taking a house boat today to repeal health care. james lick fog showing up
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fed 11:00 a.m., the current temperature is we look at 1 01 in san jose, 39 degrees, a cold morning around the bay. we're looking at the same store when the sun shine comes out. mid to upper 50s. 56 is that house this afternoon. >> house of representatives meeting for debate on whether to repeal health-care overhaul. the combination of the first week with republicans in charge of the house. it is a procedural vote. for mold the blade and final action wednesday house was to repeal coverage to 39 uninsured and start over again with a more modest list costly
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approach. democratic leaders want to block any repeal of the health-care plan. >> president barack obama will name gene sperling to the top economic post. spillane is a senior counselor to timothy wagner right now he will have broad oversight of policies as the white house contends with third double digit unemployment and legislative battle pits on the budget. president barack obama will make the announcement and other changes to the team later today. >> we will be right back as the news continues weather. a cold one out there with a thick mop fog. or sunshine around the bay and we had the fog coming in from the central valley yesterday. cooler on the weekend but not bad. quiet whether head through monday. chance of showers back in the forecast next week.
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we are back quarter past the hour, ala live lookit walnut creek, 680 towards pleasanton, dublin, current conditions 37 in livermore, still in the 30's a lot of spots reporting that. the high today only 46. livermore one of the cooler spots today. quick look at temperatures right now. we are in the third is for majority of the bay. 37 oakland, 39 san rafael 38 in india. as we saw earlier 37 and livermore. concord, hayward, in the op in the upper '30's. add wind chill in you will see it feels much cooler. fields below freezing in antioch right now. at least the feeling on the skin will be cold, dress
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appropriately. in terms of the fog we are seeing it predominantly in the north bay of visibility less a mile in san rosa. it is better than it was yesterday. you're seeing more cloud that fog this morning. two tenths of a mile in san rosa, everybody ought seen for miles or better. in some spots in might be dense. so let's call it patchy dense fog in some areas. afternoon highs in all low 50s, upper 40's. 50 napa, 54 san francisco, warm in the south 56 in san rosa, 59 in oakland, almost near 60. 55 half moon bay, cold spots in the livermore valley, and the doctor. the weather and the next 24 hours clear today, you'll notice pacific activity making its way
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toward the coast as we head saturday, sunday bringing clouds. but if you're going to topple this weekend will be great. clear in terms of snow coming down. a lot of sunshine today. saturday, sunday clouds roll in the great conditions temperatures lower to upper 30's. overnight 10 degrees or below. in terms of skiing it will be great. seven day forecast we can see where things go around the bay area for the week. dry, but cooler with the clouds rolling up. chance of rain coming in for tuesday, or wednesday. this shot thursday. time is 5:18 a.m. checking the ride with george. >> a good ride for the bay area with no problems or hot spots reported. we're not want to talk about the advisory's. they are somewhat in question for the
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richmond san rafael bridge and the benicia bridge. certainly not warranted at the bay bridge were traffic is light and so is of fog no problems of the westbound direction or the approaches. san mateo bridge is equally good. lighter than usual leave before 5:00 a.m. for the west bound ride. golden gate bridge commuters trouble-free as we continue with our bridge check. no problems for the southbound 101 ride for marin valley. they have the bridge reconfigured for lanes southbound, to on the north. >> blue cross of california, proposing a third rate hike in a span of a few months. californians will pay 59 percent more for their premiums than they did a year ago. insurance commissioner dave jones says he has no power to stop the hikes. >> unfortunately under california law i do not currently have the ability to
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reject excessive rate hikes. i fought to have that authority for some time now. as a state legislature i've offered legislation. this premium hike is another example of why me that authority. >> to try and stop the fight is to find a problem with the rate hike. he is also going-blue shield to demonstrate that 70 percent of the increase will go to doctors, and hospitals as the law requires. >> we have more details on the blue shield rate hikes on www.kron4.com. >> a juvenile hall counselor has pleaded not guilty to charges of child molestation in possession of child pornography. thomas joule of pleasant hill is charged with 45 counts of molestation, it to sexual assault, one count of kiddie porn. the charges or sorry the
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crimes committed between 2007 and 2010 against the boy between 12 and 15 years old at the time. the book they have also to identify the second victim in this case and prosecutors said they do plan to file additional charges. if convicted he faces a potential life sentence. >> a bracing for another round of cuts and whether cut to school buses. the district hopes that they will cut the budget and half by trimming routes. parents waiting to select schools for next year are in limbo but what they're not the will of transportation to the schools their choice. >> we are in tough times. big budget cuts bigger than we ever experienced. this year will be worse. that's hard to imagine. our teachers take furloughs, some schools can't have school paper in the classroom. we're
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doing what we can to make sure that everybody comes together. but we need more money from the state. >> school buses are 4600 students in san francisco. the actual cut are to be announced at the end of this month or early next month. >> 5:22 a.m., back with more of a couple of minutes. weather is a big story today because it is another cold morning out there. the approach to the bay bridge, it is all free and clear and easy right now. we will be right back.
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was criticism from the mayor. he is making sure crews already. the 6 in. falling right now new gps devices allow them to track this snow plows. sanitations report stock cars. here is a video of the post christmas of been a blizzard. that stranded thousands of people. but now the snow coming down. new york city says they are prepared. >> of male workers are expected on the job today. to suspicious packages were sent to them. this is investigators with the evidence. authorities were alerted after somebody complained about highway signs. so somebody who klan planned about highway signs mailed the spirit they ignited in the mail room. it singed a worker's thinkers. expos of material was
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not found in either package. authorities are not sure if any other dangers packages aren't there. >> after a prosecution that put in the nickel smith under m microscope a judge dismisses to conspiracy convictions against her boyfriend and her psychiatrist their reduced one remaining count against the doctor. >> michael jackson's position will be in court today as the hearing to determine whether he stands trial moves toward. testimony yesterday emergency room doctor said she was sure that jackson was dead on arrival. she and the staff spend an hour tried to revive the pop star. doctorate dr. conrad murray said he saw him stop breathing and started cpr. prosecutors say that's not what happened. they put forth the time line where he died in his bedroom and dr. murray delayed
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calling 911. to conceal his actions. >> we will be right back as the news continues weather and traffic after the break. walnut creek right now dark, and foggy. 680 right now 39 degrees, cold morning only into the upper 40's today, that fog from the central valley will be stuck in the state in the afternoon.
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welcome back 5:30 a.m. at double live look outside on this chilly friday morning. what no way to the leave the week. taking a look at a deserted gold in gate bridge on left, on the right san mateo bridge. visibility is good, the we have less fog? >> it will be dense in some spots but widespread dense fog appeared cool temperatures is what we are dealing with the fog limited to the valleys
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apache's at last. cloudy but drive for the weekend but them we set up a sprinkle or two next week. the temperatures is where we stand right now the latest numbers coming down in the last five minutes. 37 san rosa, 35 napa, 37 and up, 36 livermore, 42 mountain view. the ideas we dropped our temperatures a couple of degrees in the last hour or so. we will drop them a little by little toward sunrise this morning. whether or not we look older aware warmer we are pretty much on a par. novato 5 degrees warmer rainout them we were 24 hours ago, a welder in half moon bay, sam francisco. the fog is not as bad the heavier stuff to the no. 1 01 of san rosa. visibility's getting down to less than 1 mi.. half
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miles san rosa, everybody else has good visibility. 3 mi. visibility in novato, it is clear view. again there is packed patchy dense fog driving through the valley. 48 in novato, 49 in concord, 48 in fairfield, 56 hayward. mid-50s pretty much throughout the bay area 55 in mountain view, 59 in oakland, cool spots in antioch and the delta. seven day forecast there's a chance of schuller's next week may be. the your earliest is tuesday, wednesday. more likely thursday. overnight temperatures we slowly warm things up as the cloud cover offers of blanket to keep in some want the we get during
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the day. let's get a check on your ride. >> a good check on your commute is starting off quietly again. no problems moving towards the bay bridge. you will see traffic coming in from all purchase here is still very light. no delays from 580 or 24. there ride looks good across the san mateo bridge. search only some kind of holiday like condition weather is students, or folks not returning to work get. a little unclear but that traffic loads, and the chocolate continuing to be light. the light through marin county is still a problem free, the south bay for 1 01, heading towards trembled in a cruise, still light and easy ride. >> more and muttered traffic
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later. sole reporter jacki sizzle covering the cold. >> james had it light it depends on where you are. in albany you can see the ice on the cars. it is a hard freeze. it is tough to scrape off. in milan it felt much what are their than it has in the last couple of days. within out the fog we had yesterday in that area. we haven't seen any fog here so i think it depends on where you are. in albany they have a hard freeze going. >> now to another developing story of carbon monoxide leak at the san francisco marriott hotel has said one person to hospital. six people were examined at the hotel. they showed elevated levels of code a monoxide in their blood. they don't know where they could be coming from, the victims were
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all on the fourth, fifth floors of the marriott hotels. they're using code in monoxide detectors to identify the problem. >> board of supervisors of expected it appoint them here today. at lee is expected to be the new interim mayor before mayor knew some leaves. he has to select a district attorney is well and that could come at today. it bridge you with us to take the position but he declined the offer. >> u.s. government is talking about lowering fluoride. it has cut cavities and tuesday. but they say too out of every five kids has striking because of too much fluoride. it is surely noticed my dentist. >> waiting for the monthly unemployment reports it appears
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to be good news. unemployment rate is a pleasantly falling more than expected. from 9.8 down to 90.4. it is at the lowest low since may 2009, as business hiring increase during the month of december. as we get more pressure will bring it. we will watch wall street. >> that is a big news that will have a big impact. 5:36 a.m., we will be back with more a couple of minutes. san jose 1 01 northbound, taillights it looks like we have company but everything is moving well. visibility is traffic. we will be right back.
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we see the sun shine today a repeat of last couple. we get cooler over the weekend for saturday, sunday. the temperature about the same sticking to 59, going down by sunday, cool next work week. the next chance of rain comes in next week. >> the export question today, where will he be coaching this season. we are learning it will not be in miami. they say talks between stanford and the dolphins have broken off after reports the dolphins offered the highest-paid coach in the nfl. he could be learning towards the cardinals. he worked with the university. they made an amended office offered with enhancements. >> another factor that may keep him at stanford. in through luck
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will stay in school for another year. instead of going into the nfl draft. he is largely considered the no. 1 draft. he wants to remain in school so he can graduate. as scheduled next year. he led the cardinals to a school record 12 wins including 40-12 win over virginia tech. >> tire was and his years with golf digest announcing the mutual and a relationship that began at the 1997 masters. the agent said it ended last year they could not agree to terms. the meter going more digital they were asking for more time them which was willing to give. it was the second longest in norseman behind nike. >> who killed biggy. they all
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agree opening the unsolved murder case. christopher wallace better known as biggie smalls, was gunned down after our music party in 1997, the killers never been found. federal and local agencies are actively pursuing leads in this case. an oven names surf says the new information has surfaced. they believed it was and on going rap war between producers. >> we will be right back the news will continue until 11:00 a.m., share of art in it investigating an officer of all shooting. more coming right up.
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is near hayward. >> right now the sheriff's department is basically as this it blocked off, it happened on the third floor on this apartment. they're waiting for the crime technicians to arrive, so they can investigate and retrieve whatever evidence was left here on the scene. this all started the 1130 last night.11:t night. he went inside the apartment and it turned into an officer involved shootings. we spoke to the sheriff's department and he explains what happens when he entered the apartment. >> when the deputy went into the apartment, he believed the suspect spot around the gun, the deputy drew his pistol and fired. the suspect jumped out of the third story window, and fled on foot. that's where we are
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tonight. we had a parameter set up quickly, and it appears a suspect has been captured. this is an officer called shooting. the deputy at the time did believe he spun around with a gun in his hand. the deputy fired, that is when he jumped out the window. >> now when they did find the suspect, he did jump out of the bush down the block. there were able to take a man without incident. didn't seem he suffered any gunshot wounds. there was a minor injury from the jumpy talk. as well they could not find the gun on him. that is something they are looking for. that was not found on him. >> can you pull out a little?
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>> he jumped out from the backside of the apartment. >> that is pretty high that is incredible. it was figured he would of been her. that is incredible he jumped out and ran away in head. >> as far is the domestic dispute a woman or relative are they ok? >> on not clear on their status, they did get out of the apartment, relatively unharmed. >> the q yoli. >> to get too caught up james fletcher with the latest. >> the golden gate bridge traffic is light, hazier on the headlights. that is this the theme for the fog today. most of the fog lifted up became main more clouds than anything.
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getting up to the '40's this afternoon, at low 40's by 8:00 p.m., this is dependent on the fog if we get rid of the fog temperatures will be ok. it is six around we might be cooler than expected. as for right now 35 that but, 40's and francisco, 37 delta, 36 livermore valley, 35 in los gatos, 39 in san jose. starting off in the 30's again. a couple degrees warmer them over yesterday at this time. we also dealing with wind chill. just because the thermometer says upper '30's when you factor in the wind chill you are feeling a bit colder. hayward 33, colder than that in any up and livermore. the fog the other story it sticking to the north bay in the dances fog north of petaluma. and it towards san
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rosa, of visibility a mile in some spots. localize patchy dense fog as well. 24 towards caldecott tunnel you might see some of it through orinda. then also some parts of the san ramon valley. 689 c dense fog. 54 san francisco 49 concord 48 fairfield, 56 down the board from hayward down through fremont ended to san jose. cooler in the far east. 47 in the delta, oakland 59. in terms of your 70 forecast. conditions nice today sunshine, dealing with morning fog, trying cool toward saturday, sunday those clouds build, tuesday, wednesday, first heard of rain, thursday as a good shot of it at this point. if you happen to get
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into this they aren't theirs is what it's like there's. today 41 degrees partly cloudy, clouds build saturday, sunday but nice. >> dealing with fog this morning. alameda has no power this morning 4000 customers there affected. that is the word it may involve intersections where the signal lights are out. if so remember if you in if you get to us signal light in the power is out it is attached for way stop. your ride to the san mateo highlands. that's fog advisory for highway 280 rate at 92 appeared sometimes they put that in at 35 as well because of fog came creeping up from half moon bay. that can create
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visibility problems there. your westbound ride at the bay bridge no problems back up, or delays. the bay bridge 80 through albany, the right past golden gate fields still very light. >> doyle drive will be closed beginning tonight at 10:00 p.m. northbound 1 to no. l 1 01 will be closed until saturday, for the same to wallop. some of bell 1 01, will be closed. it will shift the traffic to a newly completed section of the bridge. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes, a look at the james lick freeway. very few cars and everything is clear here. we will be right back.
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5:56 a.m., mega millions lottery ticket holder to come forward in idaho. the couple in washington state are continuing their celebration. there are two people love to share this. the mud coolers have $380 million prize to split with this other winner. they know the money will not be a problem anymore. >> what we were first married, we had to appeal up off of trees to buy cal laxative. i don't think have to do that anymore. (laughter) we've gone through tough times. but we always believed god would get this
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through. and he did every time. >> their payday $190 million in cash. if the watch tonight's drawing at 8:00 p.m. on kron 4. >> of we will be back as a morning news continues all reminder of the weather forecast. cold temperatures this morning more sunshine expected today upper 50s but some sun. but rain returns to the bay area by the middle of next week. >> a live look at hayward where we are following a developing story live investigation into an officer of all shooting. the report coming up.
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