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combined. we have a lot more work to do. kron 4 morning news 6:00 a.m., a top stories, oakland could be looking for new top cop. we will tell you why the chief may be leaving. and what bay area city considers to move to. to men dead connected to a decade old disappearance case. the latest coming up. first fog the big story around the bay area. visibility near zero. louisa has more on the it buys read. >> we cannot emphasize the word dense enough. this is the golden gate bridge. tough to make out what any of the shop floor. by the afternoon we will have a
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window of a couple of hours were sunshine will break through. the fog actually returns tonight. it will be another foggy morning tomorrow. right now this is what it looks like. satellite picking up the fog in through the livermore valley, the delta, you can see moving through san bruno gas. dense fog advisor for the bay until 11:00 a.m., visibility is expected to continue lessing quarter of a mile. vocationally dropping your zero. we will continue with the sudden drop in visibility throughout the morning. this is what it looks like now. we are seeing an improvement in san santa barbarsan rosa .5, much of the h
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dabake. as we head through this hour continuing to keeping the fog shrouded the area. it won't let up until even 10:00 a.m. this morning, continuing to see a blanket the area. by 11:00 a.m., we will notice some improvement out there. we will allow some sunshine to move into place. watch the evening, the fog rolls back again. right now all the cloud cover is actually moving up to the north of us. it is dreaming up to the north. clear into the afternoon, the wet weather in to the pacific northwest. if we feel any sprinkles its from the dense fog of there. 7 day around the bay, it shows the next few days will continue with the fog. windy weather will pick up wednesday, thursday, friday mild and partly
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cloudy for the weekend. >> we have fog advisory's for many bay bridges. here at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza covered in fog this morning you can barely make out the headlights, westbound and his then francisco. aside from the thick fog we have no accidents or incidents to report. easy conditions aside from the fog out there. meter in lights are off. taking it to the traffic map spirit dense fog for the san rafael bridge. jackie sizzle just growth across the span he says it is improving. speeds are beginning to pick up out here. switching gears we do have a hot spot on our hands, it should clear route within the next couple of minutes. out of phoenicia right near bay shore road, edition down due to debris cleanup. it's due to earlier accident that happened at 4:00
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a.m., the estimated time to reopen should be well within the next couple of minutes. >> continuing with weather and traffic yoli is live in lafayette watching the fog there. >> it looks a bit better. conditions haven't changed much. it doesn't look too bad but as you continue highway 24 you will hit a pocket of thick fog. you can see the lights disappear. that's the way it's been all through the morning. you'll drive through, you'll have less than a quarter mile of visibility, then it comes down to three-quarters of visibility. you will definitely have to slow down your drive this morning. you'll run into different pockets of the fog. >> thank you yoli. we hear steal jobs as a medical leave of
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absence by the ford of directors. according to the wall street journal, tim cook will run the day operations for the company, we will have more on this coming up as we get new information. other stories oakland police department could be moving to san jose. chief anthony batts is one of the two finalists to take over the drop in san jose he says it would take the position of it was offered. bats was recruited by mayor and dellums from long beach. he became the top cop in 2009. oakland police are looking for somebody who shot and killed a person in front of the church. it happened at 10:00 p.m. last night. dahlin. i'm sorry will tran has more from asia. >> at this point we don't have a motive for the murder or any
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description. here's video we got from the scene right after the murder took place. it happened in front of st. anthony's catholic church. the victim was found in front of the street. he died at seen. this is approximately the same location another person was shot and killed a year ago. and still hoping to hear back from the police department, as soon as i heard back i will pass along any information including information about the victim, and the suspect. from now reporting from local police department kron 4 news. >> to san jose men are dead connected to a decade-long disappearance case. she disappeared 2001, it drew national attention at the time. maurice was the last known person to see her life. three years later he was arrested and charged with janine's murder. he was released in 2007 never
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connected with the crime. saturday night it confrontation led to the death of two men including the suspect in the murder. the shooter malaguenas sanchez who is the brother of the shooter. the two are seen having a confrontation outside a red robin restaurant, it moved to a coffee shop officers heard gunshots and found sanchez dead in the parking lot. we will be back after the break. a live look from on roof camera we have that fog in san francisco.
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intent, as is san jose, quarter of a mile through the north bay, and the peninsula. warmer temperatures this afternoon but it's dependent on when this fog will clear out. a closer look coming up. >> doctors are expressing optimism but also cautioned about the remarkable recovery of gabrielle gifford. it was upgraded to serious now. the extent of her recovery remains uncertain because it's rare for a gunshot wounds to the head to regain all their ability. the gunman accused of trying to assassinate the representative was not on government watch list but that may have warned them to not sell him a gun. his case included cryptic messages left on my page. bizarre behavior, www.youtube.com videos. he was suspended in
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september from his college after police found a www.youtube.com video when he claimed his college was illegal according to the constitution. but they felt it wasn't enough to raise suspicions. maria shriver's father was hospitalized. he is in a suburban hospital right now in this does step. the festa md., a spokesperson would not speak on condition of why he was admitted. they admitted he had alzheimer's. he was the democratic george mcgovern's running met in 1972, his wife died in 2009 at age 88. we will be right back as the news continues after the break. the james like him lick in san francisco traffic is moving swiftly.
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acustar bit announcement steve jobs' is taking a medical leave of absence. he sent it memo to his team's saying, at my request the board is granting me a medical leave of absence of the focus, health. i will continue in major strategic decisions for the company, in the meantime team cook will be responsible for all day-to-day operations. it is unclear what the medical leave this. his history includes patriotic cancer, and liver transferred in 2004. he has been appearing very thin since the liver transplant. we're getting word he is taking
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a medical leave of absence from apple. >> the word today is fog. we are dealing with a lot of it. the bay bridge approach socked in a mop locations appear here's a look at what it looks like, attend the mile for san francisco, sfo, novato, san rosa, san jose we are seeing visibility dropped one-tenth of a mile, on your satellite picture fog is socked in through the north bay, the peninsula, december no cap, san jose, livermore valley. an advisory is in effect until 11:00 a.m., visibility less than a quarter of a mile. we could see a drop to near zero. be prepared for patches of very dense fog. sudden reduction of visibility on the roadway. this is the
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chart which shows you places looking at less than a mile of visibility across the board. so far trucker for shows us we will continue with the fog blanketing the bay area for the next couple of hours. in my 10:00 a.m. plenty of the fog shroud the area, by the 11:00 a.m. hour, an improvement out their receding to the coast. as we head toward your evening fog will roll back in. it will stay part of the weather picture through the day today. even in to tomorrow morning as well to continue with that fog. current temperatures, in the '40's this morning, 48 oakland, redwood city. by the afternoon a could go into the '60s possible upper 60s in the south bay. windy weather by midweek and and sunny and mild towards the weekend. >> it sure is foggy out there, we have been tracking the dense
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fog advisory for the number of bridges. your ride to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is building headed west bound into san francisco, i checked the meter lights are still locked. we are expecting holiday like conditions but be aware of the father out there. to get over to the traffic map stance far a buyer's risk for the benicia bridge, and the current team is bridge. coming out of benicia right near bay shore routroad we shut down the did reopen the lanes to minutes ago. the evidence fog advisory for the right to, and from the richmond san rafael bridge. but not the case of the golden gate bridge of fog be right for you. foggy conditions, no advisory, but be careful for the entire ride out of novato pass highway 37, down
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to the walled a great. >> more than 1000 riders are expected to participate in the freedom ride a train. the tradition started in the '80s to remember the march, this is the train route up to san francisco stop in palo alto, sunnyvale, san mateo. this is similar to the freedom rides that took place around the state but the bay area's freedom ride is the same distance as the march to montgomery. huge crowds are expected cal train is a saying to buy tickets in advance it is $10. here's some other events scheduled. sustaining the dream from 9 until 4. free entrance to the museum and a live show of
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came and five. the first lady will be pitching in at the location washington, chiefs are doing likewise around the country. they are honoring him through the projects and help the community. last year he stopped by a food bank to food serve food to the needy. he said being dedicated to others. he is asking all americans to volunteer today. other stories we're following in two years the americans couple salesroom san francisco on the bay. massive remodeling around fisherman's wharf. parity businesses along the embarcadero could be forced to relocate. northwest of the bay
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bridge this will be the venues. among the businesses that could be affected, we spoke with one other business owner who said he got a message saying his lease will not be renewed. >> is seems unceremonious lyle booting (laughter) >> 65 permits to operate nationally there'll posted to that address. moving those licenses and the bureaucracy involved, live in moving that to a new location is an act of god. >> they have read plans to redevelop the entire area. kron 4 to morning news san jose, it is dark out there is that with visibility in down years zero
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* 6:26 a.m., james lick freeway lot of fog around them francisco. visibility is down less than a 10th of a mile, that will not be uncommon today, a lot of locations reporting greatly reduce visibility. it will hit fog that will drop visibility to near zero. remember low beams only, and i'd been to record your vision. we will follow this through the morning. dense fog bay area wide. >> thank you james. no one in sight for the misery in brazil. devastating flooding is claims 600 lives, officials said the debt cool klein flooded bridges, homes swept away. the
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continuing rain has slowed rescues to hundreds of people stranded officials in the area warning residents of the risk of waterborne diseases. several thousands vaccines has been distributed. the rain is expected for several more days. the worst flooding in this century in australia has queensland's is recovering. it is seeping into the streets and ruled communities in southern australia and is broadening the flood crisis. victoria waited anxiously for the water to a peak after three weeks of flooding in queensland. the death toll following the gas blast in china and now three, 20 people were injured, all of them hospitalize. the charred building firefighters containing a fire that after the explosion
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if you're just joining us of breaking story. appleseeds' though steve jobs, says he's taking a medical leave of absence. he sent an e-mail mumble their red, at my record class to they have agreed to a medical leave of absence to take care of my health. we will follow the latest fazio tim cook will be taken over the day-to- day operations for apple. no information about why he is taking a medical leave. he has had a patriotic cancer, liver transplant plan. he is recovering in 2004, but he had the transplant in 2009, he has seemed gaunt since that. we will
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bring information as soon as we get it. bay area weather. >> that fog continue to shrug the area. it can barely see out of some of these cameras here. that fog just take been visibility less than a quarter mile. we are expecting some visibility get planning down near zero. after the fog lifts it will bring us a couple of hours, breeds of sunshine out there. that fog returns over night, into tomorrow. right now keeping an eye on our satellite picture, giving an idea of where the fog is. spilling over into adulthood, also kicked in to the north bay through the peninsula as well. through the space as well. visibility continuing less than a quarter mile, we have a dense fog of fires 3 into effect until 11:00 a.m., do expect reduction of visibility out there. reduced down to attend
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the mile at sfo, oakland, even san jose, we're seeing dense pockets of fog, a listen quarter mile through the livermore valley, fremont, mountain view as well. in san rosa, right through the delta. certainly widespread keeping this dense fog around for the next couple of hours. 9:00.9 a.m., at 10:00, still sticking around 11:00 a.m. receding back towards the coast. we could get some nice bright sunshine into the afternoon, then the fog rolls back and bite your evening commute. into the afternoon, your temperatures could warming to the upper 60s, places in the south bay looks like the fog will take longer to live in the north bay. tuesday morning fog, windy by wednesday,
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sunny and mild at the end of the week end weekend. >> keeping a close eye to the benicia bridge, not only do we have a dense fogs advisory, we are also following not earlier current hot spot. we had no return vehicle. it happened in the 4:00 a.m. hour, they have been working to pick up debris. all lanes have been opened, look at all the red, yellow building on your screen. speeds dip down to the single digits dipping down to 9 mi. an hour in some spots. definitely allow yourself extra time. we're busy tracking the dens of fog advisory for the bay area bridges. this is a live look from the bay bridge toll. you can barely make out the cars. good news for you of those lights are off we do have holiday light. no other problems to contend with. chp says watch your speeds and be mindful of
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the cars around you. continuing on with the bridge check. i thought the camrose down but this is a san mateo bridge alive look, visibility is poor. drive with caution. now back up at the toll plaza. 14 minutes across the span. we do not have a dense fog advisory for the ride to the golden gate bridge, it is still very foggy. be extra cautious. no accidents or incidents reported. mark. >> weather and traffic coverage yoli is in lafayette on highway 24. >> there is definitely more traffic out here. those tillites help guide you through the freeway because they should go down 24, towards the caldecott tunnel, you do hit think pockets of fog there. you can see how cars are disappearing. usually can see this right away, and
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then advanced to the right, you can't even see that in the shot. just for you newbies out there don't put out your high beams and only makes visibility were sent there. >> other stories out of oakland, the man in charge of oakland is to permit could be moving to san jose. bats is one of the two finalists, he says he will take the position at this tape given to him. bats was read " recruited from long beach, he was oakland's top cop back in 2009. sampras's copley's are looking for suspects and have been involved in issuing the kill the young man 23 year-old maurice, with friends and look out point at twin peaks when he was shot. he and his friends exchange words at a look out, through somebody in the other
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group opened fire killing him. there were 100 people there the time many drinking alcohol. they say the man left the area in the odyssey. new details and mark murder-suicide at a shopping center. police say 52 year-old elaine sanchez accuse maurice of murdering his sister. shot and killed him before shooting and killing himself. this happened around 920 saturday night. he had been a suspect in the disappearance of 42 road janine chouette missing in 2001. dahlin has more on the history behind this case. >> hurt his appearance drew national attention at the time, attracted 42 roads and a woman who went missing after spending an evening drinking wine at a
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bar. police say this man maurice was the last known person to see her alive. they met at the rock bottom brewery july 2001. it went after her palm and she was never seen again. now as may said he left her home late at night and that is that. he says that is the last time he saw her. he claims he had nothing to do with her disappearance. detectives do not buy the story. three years later please arrested him in charge him with her murder. even though her body was never found. investigators say was this rug like this hurt him to the killing. it was hard rug a woman founded in a dumpster red around the time to anyone missing. time lapse some fibers from the rug and match fabric found in his car. the
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managers learn pg&e increase the pressure they been doing it since the country. chronicle reporting, pressure increase included the san bruno pipeline exploded after two years after was increased,. they are questioning. in addition to the samper , of week and the pipes in san bruno. pg&e has the knowledge did increase the pressure on all lines but would not identify the locations of those lines.
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quick recap, apple founder ceo steve jobs, sending a note saying he's taking a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. he will continue ico and be involved in decisions, he is asking tim cook to be responsible for day-to-day operations. we will follow the latest with steve jobs who is considered to be the key to apple's taking a medical leave of absence. man in charge of chief anthony batts one of two finalists to take over the
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jobless top cop. the other candidate is chris mohr appeared he was recruited to come to oakland from long beach in 2009. the nation remember in the life and achievements of martin luther king jr.. 43 years since he was assassinated at a hotel in memphis on the eve but i a protest march. his what he and his wife are buried not far from his trouble and home in atlanta. a live look there this morning. it draws visitors from all over the world. he would have been 82 years old this month. at age 35 he was the youngest person to win the nobel peace prize. series of events in the bay area to on an honor him that list is on our web said.si >> a cake than around the bridges on the north bay, the bay, the golden gate bridge this
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morning, one of the many spots dealing with problems with visibility less than a quarter mile in san francisco, oakland, quarter of a mile in san rosa, down to hayward, and the mile in san jose. look outside right now again to fog advisory until 11:00 a.m., meaning visibility continuing lasting quarter of a mile, we could see that brought down years 0, be prepared for this sudden patches of dense fog. said the reductions in visibility. fog trucker for showing fog kate did. continuing to see it for the next couple of hours, by 99:00 a.m., 10:00 a.m., by 11:00 a.m. we will see lifting of the pop fog spirit we will see some sunshine warming mess up before the fog sets and again in the evening. it looks like it will be another foggy
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night, and morning for tomorrow. kern temperatures upper 40's, tuesday and have been bay, said late radar-show clouds moving up and around our area. wet weather in the pacific northwest. we will stay dry today and a long stretch. your afternoon highs in the '60s, 63 san rosa, 63 san rafael, south bay we could warming up into the upper 60s and some of the warmer spots. los gatos, morgan hill. more fog for tomorrow and then by wednesday it will be windy, thursday, friday said the mile and cloudy by the weekend. >> one of our foggy spot is a hot spot allowance 680, this is traffic approaching the benicia bridge this morning. we had an earlier accidents in the 4:00 a.m. hour, they have been trying to clean up the debris. all
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lanes have been open at the bay shore road that was the scene of accident. speeds down to 12 mi. an hour, is this you're sure to a new direction allow yourself extra time. we are busy in the traffic department following all the advisory's, alive but from the toll plaza this morning, the the news is marrying lights are off, you want watchers speeds, be mindful of the cars in front of you. could drive times of about 9-10 minutes into fremont streets in francisco. also following the dense fog advisory at the grittiness bridge. these are not the only bridges affected, dunbarton bridge, benicia bridge, pretty much everywhere is often with fog. allow yourself extra time as you head out the door. if you do have to go to work on this holiday here is the schedule, muni and are will be on saturday schedule, a quick reminder note
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ferry service for rest of the day. >> jane swann is headed to washington this week for the u.s. mayors conference, a trip paid for with funds. continuing service and you pay for it, we look at how the new mayor's trip to paris. >> jean kron senior league is headed to the annual u.s. mayors conference in washington d.c.. the new mayor promised to be frugal in office, we decided to investigate, to see whether there was a difference between kwon strip, and runs trip last year. according to one's office she is paying for a coach ticket, taking a red eye. cost of hundred dollars, dellums paid full fare, $2,000. dellums said the city pay his membership to red carpet club. to $350.
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qantas is a taxi will in d.c. apartment costs $60, dellums had a limo on standby. cost $1,900. quan plans to stay at capitol hill where the conferences held, $240 a night, total $720. dellums chose to stay at their rights in georgetown. his total for the three nights was $1,700. dellums also put in for $237 dinner. in total quan plans to spend $2,000 for the three day conference, former mayor spent about 5000. that is the difference of $3,000. and you paid for it. >> american was interested in overhauling health care is waning. 41 oppose it just after
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hornet $34,000,000 the second spot the dilemma the dilemma $17,419,000 true grit $11,200,000 coming in third. after winning the box office last weekend. >> toward the end of the regular season, raiders owner al davis and soon-to-be-let-go head coach tom cable were hardly speaking to each other. one of the reasons came to light sunday: davis deducted $20,000 in fines from each of cable's six paychecks, league sources said. it's unclear what the fines were for, but espn - which first reported the story - surmised that davis was upset with cable over the fact that oakland lost two days of organized team activities in june. they were taken away because the nfl learned that the workouts had been too physical. cable has filed a grievance to recover the $120,000. the nfl will investigate to determine the cause of the fines, and commissioner roger goodell will appoint an arbitrator. fog is a story this morning it should be clear this afternoon and a mile day with the highs in the upper 60s spirit of the next few mornings windy on wednesday, cooling down by the middle of the week. check of the 70
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7:00 a.m., a top stories at this hour to save house than men are dead it is connected to disappearance case details ahead. big surprise announcement this morning at colosio steve jobs taking a medical leave. fog is think bay area wide right now. dense fog of advisory around the bay, it is or some other locations li-sao hodge has more.
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