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good morning it is friday january 21st, top stores at this hour. we will give you the latest details on the search and the plea from the boy's mother. the latest in the arizona shooting. gabrielle it differed recovery. a prop surprise shakeup at google a big announcement, the ceo is stepping down. we will tell you who is taking over. >> looking at what did this morning a bit cooler this morning. full forecast coming up. >> friday light at the bay
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bridge toll plaza. ec conditions around the bay. a complete check straight ahead. >> a developing story to the search for for year-old boy continues, three days since juliani cardenas was kidnapped reed said of his grandmother's arms. a statewide in parlor is still on. no word on the boy or his kidnapper. they will be back to search an irrigation canal this morning. reggie, has more. >> met the family members hope that little juliani cardenas will town alive. the lights are still lead. investigators will be at the canal this time they will use sonar equipment. to find out if the 2003, toyota corolla that was used to this child adoption is in this canal.
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>> the suspect's mother is making a plea for sun. she is afraid this incidence will end in violence. >> please come home. we love you. we are scared. >> are you worried he will hurt juliani cardenas. >> he would never heard him. he loves him. i don't know why he's doing this. i don't understand. i'm scared. i'm afraid of him getting hurt, when they apprehend him. i'm afraid. my son has the bad temper. i just know he's not going to give up. i know my heart something's not going to go right. that's what i'm afraid of. there might be violent or something. he's not
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dangerous, he will hurt anybody i know my son. jose esteban rodriguez if you see this i love you. i want you to come home and bring the baby home. we all love you. you know it. we are here for use on. i love you. please come home. >> we want to tell you jose esteban rodriguez is not the little boy's father. this is the interview with the suspect's mother and you watch it in its entirety at kron 4 dot com. we're learning a jose esteban rodriguez more about past. he has an extensive record including domestic violence. >> court and prison records show a 27 year-old jose esteban rodriguez has been in trouble with the law for more than a decade. most recently 2009, to
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to you by convictions. 2008, an arrest warrant in connection with domestic violence. he failed to show up and has been a wanted man ever since. a district attorney told kron 4 they do not know why he was not sent back to send a clear when he was arrested on the tea you why. 2007 he pled guilty to a treaty while intoxicated and was forced to attend at par ran in that case. in 2002 had got caught having with a minor. when he was 15 he was guilty in manslaughter. he had set sentencing juvenile call all. in response the judge said that he
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had to stay in prison. he violated the terms of his parole four separate times. once for failing to report to his parole officer, once when he was convicted of sexual assault on a minor. >> stay with kron 4 with continuing coverage for their search of the four year-old boy. log on to kron 4 dot com, for its on the street. for 05 a.m., it is going to be a beautiful day. not as warm as it was yesterday. >> wheeler cooler this morning. we will show you that here in the second. as for headlines, patchy valley fog, those temperatures have cooled off a bit. you'll notice due out on the car, is not a frost in some spots. we have light winds this afternoon, sunny and mild this weekend. we have dry weather all
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through next week. possibly beyond. for now that's where the fog is in terms of valley fog. in sacramento valley. don't be surprised if some of it works its way out to the delta, and the north bay valleys. we will have to wait and see if that forms letter on this morning. temperatures 44 in oakland, warmer is in francisco, cooler in the north bay. fairfield 36,. this afternoon low 60s, 657 cisco, 59 san rafael, 65 napa, 68 in oakland, 64 fremont, 64 san jose. we have our ridge of high pressure still built in the pacific. it will weekend. we will see the temperatures
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tepper of just a bit. on monday, tuesday below 60s rear afternoon highs. but for the better part of seven days a sunny, dry, mild conditions. >> it is really quite on the roadways renown no accidents or incidents to report. freddie lead at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza westbound 80. traffic coming into san francisco no problems here, those meter lights are often no way that the pay gates. san mateo bridge over night construction, it may affected getting their 880 in both directions break near highway 92. to let lanes are closed until 5:00 a.m.. once you get on the stand itself nicely conditions. lots of space between cars. no back up at the toll plaza. nice ride out of bring county. southbound 1 01 looks good. traffic approaching the toll plaza here. the tulane
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is called off due to repair work. not slowing ride one bet. a great drive time of 22 minutes for novato into the city limits. >> coming up a new poll looking at the past two years of president barack obama is progressing. colosio is stepping down we will tell you about the shake-up and who will be in the top spot.
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seven days patchy fog, patchy fog looks to be nice next seven days. sunny, dry, miles. great barbecue weather. there is no rain in sight making james the most popular man at kron 4. thumbs-up for president barack obama is personality, thumbs down for his progress according
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to a poll which says an overwhelming majority like him, most say he fell short on fixing the sluggish economy. half of those surveyed says he deserves a second term, independence that support will be critical in 2012. commodities and materials stocks are lower yesterday. because of that the dow closed down two points as mp was also down two. nasdaq lost 21 points, taxpayers might be paid off in full. the accountability offices of final cost of the rescue depends increasingly on the strength of a i ge's business and its stock price. aig had the biggest bailout worth $182 billion.
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warren buffett is leaving washington post. he joined the board in 1974, he said he will continue to offer any help to the company that management asks but he will step down from his formal role in may. for director struck a step down in h-p meg whitman is stepping in. she is one of five people on the board. this is her first public move since losing race. it is over holding six months after see all park or was ousted h-p has announced they will investigate the circumstances of his this partner and the severance he was given when he left beard he was forced out last year over allegations of inaccurate spends great expense reports and sexual harassment. 37 year-old is reclaiming the top job from 55
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year-old eric smith who had been called and a decade ago. he will advisor, changes will start april 4th. sticking with google id is in the top five of fortune magazine's top companies to work for. top spot for the second year is sas, boston consulting is no. 2, wightman's food markets, google, and net apps wraps up the top five. fortune says these companies have 150,000 job openings right now. coming up on the morning news the latest on that arizona shootings, critically injuring their brailled difference. we will tell you what big steps she is taking on her way to recovery. gary bonds making
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headlines again today as well. weather and traffic, the golden gate bridge, traffic is very light at this hour. we will tell you about the weather and
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all things story the search will resume for the missing for year- old boy. that will happen at canal in paterson. >> the search for a vehicle driven by kidnapping suspect jose esteban rodriguez continue along this canal in paterson. divers were called back in for a second day of trying to locate the silver toyota corolla. after allegedly kidnapping for year- old juliani cardenas, the user
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route to drag the canal, searching for the vehicle. they found the silver lexus. not the car they're looking for. they are checking the tires to see if they match tire tracks found here earlier this week. they say they indicate it was the vehicle spotted being driven into the canal. not the camry jose esteban rodriguez was last seen driving. the sheriff called off the search. >> unfortunately we have been unable to lookit the vehicle. fortunately there is still hope we will find this little boy alive. >> there is a facebook page people are reaching out from all over open for the safe return of the little for your boy. let's look at the comments. let me read you some of the things people are posting. i pray for the safe return of local juliani cardenas back to his mother, i'm
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praying for you. got please hear everyone's prayers. another person says i am frank for this little boy. for the mother and the grandmother. let me scroll down a bit. another one says why could not imagine what his mother is going through. i know if i'm awake and can't sleep waiting for a post of an update that could bring this little boy home. all lot of people are posting your thoughts on this. i was out of paterson yesterday. there are signs all over, people praying, candlelight vigils to the place ever since this boy was snatched on tuesday. lots of people are reaching out. the search will continue this morning probably prop at 7:00 a.m., yesterday they dried our rope. whenever they hit a snag they said drive diverse and. today they will
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send and sonar equipment. if you're following this story were also following the weather. for more on that james fletcher. >> clear conditions right now on a lot of spots. chance of fog of forming. right now temperatures on the cool side compared yesterday. 44 in oakland, 39 concord, 50 in hayward, 46 in mountain view and san jose. severity yesterday at this time. temperatures are cooler, oakland is 11 degrees cooler, concord 15 degrees cooler. you will feel it is you head out the door. the will be doing out on the car, because we are near saturation in some areas of the bay. fog in the valley. it may creep into the delta before the morning is over. we might see north bay bell is get fog as well. here's what looks like the ridge of
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high pressure still there. temperatures warm this afternoon plenty of sunshine as well. getting up to 62 novato, 59 richmond, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland, 64 fremont, 61 out in livermore. as for your 70 forecast going for it. the ridge of high pressure staying for the better order the weekend. it will weaken as we head into next week. temperatures getting down to 62 degrees for monday and tuesday. nice and steady sunny, dry, mild. the extended forecast goes beyond the seven day looks like we might see dry weather for the rest of the week. typically we get a weaker to of dry weather during their rainy season appeared more and whether throughout the morning. >> all is well on the roadways.
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the benefit of waking up early. no slow spots to run into appeared westbound 80 approach to the toll plaza. a couple of cars snaking by headed west bound in the san francisco. i checked the logs all lines open on the upper deck giving you an easy drive time of in eight minutes from the foot of the maze and of remonstrates differences go. getting to the san mateo bridge east on 92 you may run into some overnight construction still on the fact a 80 in both directions. to let can lay shutdown that is in effect until 5:00 a.m., which again on this ban itself traffic is moving past the toll plaza. lots of space between cars. no problems for foster city. golden gate bridge looks good. southbound and san francisco, right hand is coned off due to road work. not affecting your ride. there road sensors shows no problem for the right through marin
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county. we aren't agreeing indicating speeds above 60 mi. an hour. the upper shore freeway westbound 80 this is traffic moving through and he's asked curve. no problems past golden gate fields. >> developing star we are following. arizona is shooting. get real difference you can see her picture here. she is making a great recovery, she continues to get better according to our has been who believes she could be walking out of the hospital in about two weeks. 12 days after the it being shot and had her husband says she he is hopeful she will make a full recovery. later this morning she will be transferred to this houston rehab. new video has surfaced showing a very different side of jared here's wreck with more on that. >> she is a strong person, a
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fighter, a fighter like nobody else that i know. >> convert and words from garrels has been. >> i tell the staff expect this year walking through the halls within a couple of months. >> walking? not yet. >> we were able to take her outside. she was able to do physical therapy outside. >> they took and fresh air, mountainview,. she will be moved here today. same city mark lives and works. well her future is brighter each day. we get a new look at the suspected shooters past. they show him playing the saxophone, said in a video is from a great concert, he's been indicted on attempted murder charges appear he could get the death penalty. >> difference trekked the
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houston begins at 7:00 a.m. our time, a group of veterans motorcycle riders have volunteered to escort her ambulance to the air force base in houston. it will then fly hurt to houston. the senate majority leader put on a happy face when he met with chinese president let yesterday. on wednesday they refuse to refer to him as a dictator. he is wrapping up of visit. human rights is a big issue appeared he will make a big crack stop in chicago today. federal judge will hear what evidence the jury will hear about bonds. his perjury he trial starts. today' anderson said he will refuse to testify. because of the refusal
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the judge has already excluded urine tests, reportedly belonging to bonds showing positive for steroid use. they're seeking the exclusion of more evidence and witnesses. coming up on the morning news the latest on our world headlines including a sailboat with the americans lost at sea this morning. we will give you the latest. the latest on your forecast. a live look at our roof camera is there francisco. obviously still dark beard when the sun comes up patchy clouds. don't worry about rain which should be free of rain for seven days. sunny, and smiled.
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a quick look at the bridges. the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic light. cars are have been no problems was in the long. if you have fast track even faster for you. not a problem in that area. the san mateo bridge, a bit more traffic there. all the space between the cars, if you're headed east, west. you should have no plans across in that span. the golden gate bridge. a few more cars than we usually see at this hour of the morning.
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you can see not a problem. not fog the issue across the golden gate bridge. another snowstorm blast that east. this snow falling in pittsburgh. it started yesterday afternoon piling up on roads, sidewalks, this area could get as much as 6 in. of snow this morning. highway crews are working 12 hour shifts all of this snow will not go away anytime soon. temperatures are expected to remain below freezing. winter storm swept along arkansas. 4 in. of snow in some areas. school closings schools, giving kids a chance to get out and play. forecasters say the snow will move out today. falling temperatures are concerned. most highways were passable yesterday, temperature dropping into the teens, low 20s. the road could be freezing. arkansas could get more snow when another
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system moves across. >> philippine coastguard looking for a sailboat with five americans, that has been reported missing. from,. it left january 6th, u.s. coast guard coast guard requested her rescue. it is not clear whether it reached philippine waters. foremen one woman on board the boat. six world powers including the united states want to talk about i ron new killer appeared israel's arsenal. i run in the six nations will meet today is double appeare. ostrow says thes are costing $3 billion a loss to
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farming in coal exports. the water surged to record heights. their on flood watch again today. farm produce most of it exported will be cut by five thunder million dollars a share. coming up on the kron 4 morning news. the latest in a search for four year-old boy. and the man who allegedly captured him. here's a look outside. james lick freeway. clear, mild, look at the traffic. there is none. we'll be back.
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a developing story we're following. the search for for real boy continues this morning.
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nearly three days since juliani cardenas was kidnapped out of his grandmother's arms. statewide in parlor it is still on. with no signs of the boy or his kidnapper. they will search of a pattern send canal this morning. reggie could mark has the latest. >> with tears running down her face juliani cardenas mother made a plea to her ex-boyfriend and kidnapper >> i don't care to get caught, i just want juliani cardenas i know he wants just come home. unique to bring him home if you love him what you make him suffer. it has been three days he's been gone. >> his mother keeps reliving the moment that he ripped her grandchildren his arm. >> he said take the baby. i
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tried so hard i folded him again. but he managed to take the baby. i feel like he's not ok. like his cold and hungry. >> they look for the canal for the second straight day. after farmworker said he noticed a car matching description of the toyota corolla they believe jose esteban rodriguez was driving tuesday. on thursday alexis was pulled from the water, not the corolla. investigators tell us they plan to search a different section of the canal was sonar friday. >> the location where the water goes into pipes underground, 100 ft. underground and comes back up on the other side of the bridge. that was an area are drivers were unable to get to
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because of safety concerns. so it's too dangerous to send personnel divers in to the section appeared we will try to use equipment. >> tire tracks are being analyzed to see if they match. >> as far as the tire comparison. fbi are analyzing the tracks and enhancing the tire tracks. >> they are looking for 2003 toyota corolla, >> we are learning more about jose esteban rodriguez extensive criminal past. 2009 he had two convictions, 2008 an arrest warrant in connection with domestic violence case in santa clara, he failed to show up bin has been wanted ever since. assistant d.a. did not think they know why he wasn't
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sent back to santa clara. 2007 he pleaded not serrate guilty to a dui, in 2002 he got caught having with a minor. in addition when he was 15 years old he was guilty of involuntary manslaughter. in a case in san jose state was kron 4 with continuing coverage from the search of the four year-old boy. be sure to log on to kron 4 for updates. for 30 3:00 a.m., we are following the whether this morning and james what a beautiful next seven-seven days. >> was parked on the next 24 hours. today's could be fantastic we have valley fog this morning. prime matter like
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sacramento. it could get into the north bay the delta, this afternoon's senate, miles. winds are lighter than yesterday. if it was 30 mi. an hour winds in the east bay hills. today will be lighter. this evening we will clear out, mostly clear tonight temperatures dropping into the '40's. this is the visibility map. out of the sacramento valley, don't be surprised towards the later morning hours to put it fog in the delta, the north bay valleys. it shouldn't be too heavy. temperature was cooler today that was yesterday. 42 in oakland, 45 hayward, 44 mountainview, 44 san jose. east bay 45th corps in antioch appeared cooler with the temperatures in the upper 40's. what we expect this afternoon? high pressure holding steady
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over california. most the senate this afternoon and temperatures upper '50's, low 60s. mid-60s in napa, 68 in oakland, 64 san jose. in the east bay 61 and the livermore valley, your seventh day forecast sunny, dry, mild conditions this weekend and next week. possibly up until february. it looks like a dry forecast as we enjoy the last half of january. >> could morning james, happy friday, no problems on the road. a live look at westbound 80 your approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. looking good right now. no problems coming down the shore freeway. 580 looks good. so does the nimitz freeway.
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which again is to the toll plaza itself no way that the pay gates. meter lights are still cycled off. a different story at the san mateo bridge. we have overnight construction to get around. 880 where it meets 92 shut down until 5:00 a.m., which again on this ban itself alive look at the toll plaza. tillites towards foster city. no problems to report 13 minutes across the span. your ride out of the north bay on such down 1 01, it looks good. a few cars on the road right now. sensors are earning good shape. no problems through marin county. 60 mi. an hour. such before you know problems 1 01 in either direction. downtown area recondition your no back up on 87 interchange. a drive time of 14 minutes from this camera shot out toward santa clara.
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public transportation no problems reported get for easy transit art or muni. >> a manhunt is on in vallejo for a man accused of raping a woman there. dent herman has details on what happened, and who they're looking for. >> police say the incident happened at 6:00 a.m. yesterday here on tennessee straight. the man entered a home through an unlocked door. in such a woman by herself. he demanded money from her, raped her, stall or car. her car is a blue 2010 honda along truck. police describing african-american man, 25 years old, 180 lbs., 5 ft. 9 in. tall. at the time he was wearing a white hat, a white t- shirt, white jacket. in vallejo kron 4 news. >> coming up a new study that my
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concern appearance shopping for groceries. we will tell you what you need to know before had it to the supermarket beer a slick commute in some parts of the country, but turkey drive for some people in the northeast. if you're headed out of the area prepared to pay more at the proper.
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the next seven days rest hopefully we can keep this for the next few weeks. it was a nice weekend monterey. yesterday wlast year we saw a lot of rain. we are following the situation. in indiana they wish we could have what we are having. they're being pounded by a lot of snow there. overnight
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temperatures below freezing. several freeways were closed because of poor weather conditions. they say flurries could be had for tomorrow's wealth. a fresh blanket of snow made driving a slick idea yesterday morning. watches this driver of the jeep found out how but the roots were. he is ok after spinning out of control. nearly jumping the barrier before rolling over. believe it or not when it was looked up right. he took office and went back down the road a study of the net nutritional accuracy of food label was released. kron 4 jed bush shows you what you need to know if the next time you're at the supermarket. >> boxes with bright colors have
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been on the shelf for years. the idea is to attract kids. a new trend has crept aunt. the prevention institute found out food companies have been tripled last one with the backs. an example of what they're talking about. apple jackson nutritional values are listed on the top. these are the ones they want you to know about. this is a good source of fire. but this side of the box shows its sugar. every manufacturer has been using to make it seems like it's a healthy choice. every company doesn't different. some of the list highlights some use of food permit. others make up word, phrases like a sensible selection. they want to regulate what is on the front of packages. manufacturers said
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they could standardize what is allowed. the bottom line is the parents have a choice and not should be fooled by what they see on the front of the box. in oakland kron 4 news. >> the environmental protection agency expected to approve higher levels of corn base each and all and gas. for all cars manufactured in the past decade the agency expects to announce today 15 percent ethan all first cars manufactured between 2001, 2006. the agency approve 15% for cars manufactured since 2007. it has been about 10%. coming up on the morning news much more weather, traffic, new spirit developing story for the search of the missing for year-old boy. much more on that a few moments. but had outside. 880, not a
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problem. plenty of headlights. but look at the space between the cars.
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for 40 4:00 a.m., james fletcher is a popular guy. nothing but good news mild temperatures. i think i might be minor hit this weekend. >> there roof commercial nuclear skies. lets take a look at the next 24 hours. a shot at the golden gate bridge. valley fog potentially this morning, mostly clear this evening '40's, '50's this morning, getting to the '60s by the evening. as for the
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fog is near sacramento, by the valley if you're headed to tahoe you will run into that. there is a chance we may see fog in the east bay valley and the north bay valley. we are expecting a mile fog give any at all. 42 oakland, 43 red road city, 37 in concord. a mix of low '40's, upper 30's. mid-40s to further south into fremont, hayward. did is cooler than it was yesterday. as for this afternoon sunday skies expected. the high- pressure standing over california. it will last there for quite a bit longer. we will show you what that does to the temperatures in the seven day. 65 in napa, 68 oakland, 64 in
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san jose, and livermore valley looking for low 60s. mid to upper 50s for the delta. 74 test. that bridge might weaken towards the middle of next week. we will see temperatures take a slight dip towards the beginning of next week. we are still in the '60s. compare to the east coast where lebanon. it extends not to the end of 70 forecast but beyond that. >> the accidents are filtering and the good news is none of them are major. none of them blocking any lanes around the bay area. 4:00 hour with no hot spots to contend with. but look for westbound 80. no problems here, no accidents to report. a couple more cars than we saw last check. great conditions had been to san francisco giving you
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a great drive time of 8 minutes from the foot of the maze, into san francisco. san mateo bridge westbound and eastbound 92. no back up at the top plaza. 13 minutes across the span. some goes for your ride out a marin county. set at 1 01 looks good. a couple cars on the road headed in to sampras's coach. crosstown freeways look good, practically it goes down at james lick, very few cars on the road. great conditions out through it out the city. no problems towards san francisco airport. a great time for you of 15 minutes. >> the search of a for your boy continues this morning. it's been almost three full days since he was kidnapped out of his grandmother's arms. the news is disturbing, having a child subduction is a great fear. there is new technology can
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help locate the child. gabe's late shows us how gps device can give you peace of mind over the possibility of a kidnapping. >> and parlor gps system is effective. it stays with your kid, small, stocky, 1.4 of the spirit began more than anywhere, they could have been in their pocket, the backpack. if they have this on a new contract them. it uses cell phone technology to know is present location. they give find out where they are within 15 ft. of accuracy. you can access it thru mode waffled. amber large ups has useful features like sos function. decompress and hold this button on the unit which will send an emergency tax message and e-mail alert. the message will say help me. including their current location
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appeared there's a monthly charge of $10, up to $20 depending on the plan yupik. >> water officials or have been told to lower the water that can be stored. seismic safety, and other wars wires as well. it might have bought long-term impact. >> the problem with this reservoir, and for other reservoirs is that they were all built decades ago. one says mike says safety standards were not as strict as there today. as a result they have been told not to be filled to capacity because those dams may be filled in an earthquake. i'm walking on top of one now it was built in
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1935, drilling has found sand and gravel at the bottom. it could fail in a large earthquake, if this reservoir was full at the time, there could be significant flooding downstream into the neighborhoods of the valley. it cannot be filled beyond 57% of capacity which is about what is now they missed be capped at 67% fully been a long term storage space on used beard making the valley more dependent on snow melt. is san jose kron 4 news. >> an interesting discovery on roads, sharp teeth are being used on certain streets. stanley roberts has more on why. >> you are looking at shark teeth. not the one found on sharks, but they can be seen on
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roads. since 2006, many cities have added shark teeth to certain roadways. but to drivers know what they mean? >> i have no idea what they're there for. >> i have no idea. >> they are warnings to slow down for pedestrians to the walkway. >> that would be no. >> this is where traffic is supposed to stop for pedestrians. >> ups driver is absolutely right. he must of styled steadied his driver's manual. >> i was in traffic once and i blew my horne thinking she was blocking traffic and that's all i found out. after she went i saw the sign that says stop here for pedestrian traffic. >> how was somebody new know that? i don't need to renew my test how would i know that. >> if they took time out to read the sign posted at every set of
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sharkey they would not. yoli find them at unpatrolled crosswalks. these in the new limit lines for crosswalks. 25 ft. or more before the cross what appeared in makes our streets safer for pedestrians if we can't get drivers to stop first. in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> if you have a story idea for stanley roberts, e-mail us at people being badly at kron 4 dot com. coming sports headlines including tiger woods facing a new lawsuit. and kobe bryant getting fame in hollywood. if you're headed out of town you will be paying more at the pump. here's a gas station in emeryville. those prices had been the wrong direction. we will be right back in a few moments.
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time now is for 54, this is the bay bridge toll plaza. not a problem. it might be friday light as a lot of people are enjoying this great weather. you can see not a problem. plenty of space between cars if you have bought strike you will fly by. san mateo bridge no problems in either direction. no fog as you cross that bridge. we usually see a lot of fog at the golden gate bridge but not at all this morning. we only see if you cars headed our direction. 22 minutes from novato into the city. no problems. on bay area bridges or any other road for that matter. let's talk about tiger woods. the nurse that was fired for
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looking at the medical records is suing a at a hospital for dop location appeared he is asking for $400,000 in damages and reinstatement. they say they fired him for using his computer to look at tigers' record three times over a 10 minute period. he faces losing his nursing license because of the allegations. he denies looking at the records. kobe bryant has championed ranks, but he's about to get an honor reserved for stars of hollywood. the first athlete to have a hand and foot print ceremony at chinese theater. the ceremony said in his hands and feet in cement as part of the all-star weekend in february. texas man has been fighting playing golf for the past year. he broke the record by playing 611 rounds of golf in
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one year. he played up to 56 holes of golf every day for one year. he can play around in about two and a half hours. major exercise, basically walking half marathon every day. the shot an average of 78.5, not too shabby. he must be rich because that he's able to golf every day, he must be a wealthy man. at this point he should be to tiger woods but he's not. media words have been announced. organization put this on top of the internet to highlight the nominees. lesbian family drama the kids are all right, burlesque, and easy gate tv dramas such as greece anatomy, brothers and sisters, but glad media awards will be handed out
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in the spring. coming up on the news we will continue to follow new skin about the for your boy. yesterday they went to the canal, the authorities dragged our rope through the canal, is this time it will be more sophisticated this using sonar equipment. that will become began at 7:00 a.m. this morning. we will bring your report from the mother of the suspect what she has to say. we'll have that a few moments.
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5:00 a.m., developing story the search for this missing for year-old boy from paterson. has now been missing since tuesday afternoon. that is when police say the ex-boyfriend of his mother jose esteban rodriguez forcefully took juliani
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cardenas from his grandmother's arms and drove off. at 7:00 a.m. dive crews will continue their search. of this canal. you can see where it is located from paterson, not too far. they will search a different section of the canal than they had before. investigators say they will use sonar equipment today. >> the location it goes into pipes underground, 200 ft. underground comes back up on the south side of the bridge. that was an area are divers were unable to get to because of safety concerns, the kurds, the water. it's too dangerous to send people in. we will try using sonar equipment. >> the tracks near the abatement will be analyzed to see if they match the toyota corolla, that was seen leaving the boys town. here you see that car, the
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description 2003 silver toyota corolla. meantime the mother of the four year-old boy is begging her son to come back home. >> if the car was pulled out, i knew my son or jose were not in there. that is not what would happen. he wanted to be with my son. he wanted to spend time with him so badly he took it to the extreme. after it broke up with him that's when it took a toll on him. he would confide in me, sometimes he hears voices in his head. i wanna say to jose please take my son to a hospital, fire department, have somebody taken their place. i need him home. i know he says he misses me, he wants to come calling, you need to bring him
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home. i don't know if you're taking care of him, i don't know if he's hungry, thirsty, >> we will also hear from her ex-boyfriend mother coming up in the next half-hour. >> we are keeping an eye on the weather this morning. a great outlook for the weekend. a live look from our roof camera. clear skies over san francisco. cenis miles this weekend. wait till see the 74 test. fog in the sacramento valley for now. if you're headed to tahoe you might see that this morning. you may see forming of fog in the delta, and the north back valley pockets. we don't expect too much fog this morning.
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temperature: this morning. some spots 10-13 degrees cooler than they were 24 hours ago. 43 redwood city, 56 francisco, 44 san jose. to lookit that we will be in the '30's and the north bay. it is a bit weather out there because of that. this afternoon mostly sunny skies. it will stay like that through the weekend. in my we can next week we will see what that does to temperatures in the seven day. upper 50s in the north bay, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland, 64 san jose, 61 in livermore. 56 for the high this afternoon in the delta. 70 forecast. a lot of sunshine temperatures in the
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'60s. that ridge of high pressure breaks down just a bit next week that's what we see temperatures drop a few degrees. still great. headed into the back half of january and looking at a sunday and 60. this is why we live in the bay area. >> it is looking like a great weekend ahead. and a great commuter had appeared for now no problems to report no hot spots around the bay. starting off with a bridge check. this is lighter them we have seen all week. hardly any traffic here, not enough to warrant any delays across the deck. san mateo bridge. choosing our cameras for this traffic report. in the traffic center we talked about how like this was on the san
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mateo bridge. hardly anything going on here. the headlights are the counter float commute leaning back toward a word from foster city golden gate bridge right. it looks pretty good. doing some work on the right hand will plaza. when you're driving in you'll need the extreme right hand tooling. that has been going on for several weeks now usually on the lighting morning state will pick to do that. or they don't have any impact on the morning commute. that is the case this morning. >> 5 and 6:00 a.m., a pair of sexual incidents that markham elementary school in oakland. the school district says both these acts involved second graders at the school. both in the same class. several students that undressed
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partially while actively distracting the classroom. two students had oral. a teacher has been placed on administrative leave pending investigation. a federal judge will hear what evidence the jury will hear about barry bonds. its starch march 21st, today's hearing will determine what evidence tied to his personal trainer should be presented to the jury. anderson said he will refuse to testify. because of the refusal the judge has already excluded during test reportedly belonging to bonds showing positive steroid use. they are seeking the exclusion of more evidence, and witnesses connected to it. five 07 a.m., we will be back. the golden gate
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5:10 a.m., a developing story we're following today with caltrans facing $30 million deficit. transportation officials will meet today about stamford. they will talk about how to save the train system from having to shut down crag is live in palo alto with more on this. >> the situation is stanford university is a word about culture and stations like this one. two of them in fact of life blood for faculty, they rely on it to get to the university appeared silicon valley companies also worry employees have to get up and down. they're looking to cut back steer it services as well as raise fares
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losing services that may have been taken for granted. one of things they want a look at is how to raise revenue. right now they rely on the shares. they have $100,000 budget. they have to figure out how to increase revenue so they don't have to make sense. that's what they will discuss today they say the equivalent to make up for two and a half lanes of traffic on a freeway, they definitely are worried about trying to save culturing. >> 5:12 a.m., we will be back with more a couple of minutes. a live at emeryville. we're looking at gas prices. i'm sure you have noticed. it cost me $60 to fill up yesterday. even if you call it the cheap gas it is $3.39, to 359.
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we are back, 5:15 a.m., the bay bridge approach this morning. we have a nice conditions out there right now. oakland coming in with 47 degrees currently, getting up to 65 by lunch. warmer than that by the afternoon 68 degrees. calling it back down to the '50s by this evening. we are dealing with some fog this morning. earlier report we had to fog in the sacramento and central valley. i said don't be surprised if you see some popping up in the north bay. here we are with fog headed around 1 01. dense in some pockets. don't be surprised if the delta see some of that as well. as we approach sunrise this morning. everybody else is looking at good visibility.
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temperatures here we are a 47 oakland, 56 francisco, 40 to sand and say, north bay chile with temperatures upper 30's. 37 san rosa, and on the delta '40's, 38 out livermore. cheerily start for your friday morning compared yesterday. this afternoon clear skies, sunny conditions. temperatures will look good this afternoon. getting up to 67 degrees in san rosa, 65 and 7 francisco, 59 richmond, oakland you will look as 16 degrees this afternoon, san jose 64, that's what this afternoon looks like. what about the weekend? there could be a lot of sunshine for you. 63 on sunday, dropping a few degrees
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next week, but still great with sunshine and dry. dry weather which is not done, and we get a weaker to of dry weather in the middle of the rainy season. it happens to be about now. we will take it as we get it. but still look at the right could morning george. >> it has not begun any heavier at the bay bridge toll plaza since we last checked it. there's maybe five-six more cars per minute. that's about it. still uneasy ride on this was bay bridge. it is a good to meet this morning if it stays in or close to the spirit no delays out of the east shore freeway. the macarthur maze. after the nightmare commute yesterday up 580, of castro valley, no problems this morning, nimitz north looks good as well. san mateo bridge, this is not a traffic advisory. still the member lars signs around the bay area. westbound commute still
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lighter than usual, for the drive across the bridge. the golden gate bridge ride 1 01 south, they have configured the bridge with the extra lane on the southbound direction. to lanes north, for lanes out. trouble-free through marin county, and southbound from highway 37 and to central san rafael. >> a fine commuted you can afford to fill it up. gas prices are up. in the bay area we paid a lot more. jackie's a cell is out there looking at the gas. to find gas cheap where you are? >> it's not the cheapest beer or not paying the most in california. we are close to. hawaii, $3.70 a gallon is what they pay. the national averages $3.11, obviously we'd never pay
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that here. you talk about gas prices up. some september we have seen gas on a steady rise about 105 a gallon, every month since september. so about a 405 increase. $3.39 here. lets take a look at the average price per gallon of gas in the bay area. prices in san francisco over the average which is $3.44, in san jose $3.37, in oakland, $3.37. that is up about 405 since the timbre. that's about oil prices. a long ball to a barrel of oil is going up. the scary part is. we are in january. that peak gas
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prices is in the summer. it soak it is $3.40 now. you can do the math add 205 a gallon per month as we get closer to the summer. >> it kills me. $60 to fill up. i know a lot of people pay more. >> can make you feel a bit better?. 2008 were paying $4.11. >> and you do forget. so i do feel better. 5:21 a.m., another story oakland police are looking at the gunmen somebody who shot a father will his mothedaughters playing at a park. 31 year-old terrance he was shot yesterday afternoon at willow park with his daughter. they don't have a motive for the shooting. they are trying to find out if he
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knew his attacker. oakland police have issued a community alert after a sexual assault in the lake merritt area. a woman was targeted on tuesday, here's a description we have but the attacker. black man in his 20s, 5 ft. day, we don't have a sketch to show you but residents and visitors and that area stay well lit, populated areas. be alert when you're going into or getting out of your vehicle appeared in vallejo they're looking for a man who raped and robbed a woman wednesday. the woman said it was an armed man he came into our home about 6:00 a.m., he demanded money, raped her, then took off in her car, dark blue 2010 honda, this is a license plate. the man description is black man 25
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years old, 5 ft. 9, 180 lbs.. gabrielle difference takes the next step on her recovery path she moves to a rehabilitation center. she has been making steady progress almost every day in her recovery. from the bullet wound she took a bullet to the brain. she continues to impress doctors with a recovery. there is caution, her injuries may not ever recover to a hundred percent. the goal of rehab is to bring her back to normal. they call it a new normal the medical center's staff say they took her to deck where she breathed in the fresh air, and felt the sunshine for the first time since entering the hospital. time now is 5:23 a.m. we will be back with warren couple of minutes.
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20 6:00 a.m., ms. whitman is stepping in at h-p. she is one of five people named the new board and the technology company is overhauling its board of directors six months after ceo mike crawford was ousted. they announced as it well under investigate the departure and a severance package he got. he was forced out last year over allegations of sexual harassment, inaccurate expense reports. google co-founder is taking over as ceo. he is reclaiming the top job from schmidt who had been brought in as see all a decade ago. he will remain as his adviser. this change will happen april 4th.
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the mountainview company is topped five companies to work for. top spot sas, so if you're interested in a good place to work. boston consulting his no. 2, followed by wegman seafood markets, then google, then next up round the the top five appeared their rank on employee surveys pay, benefit programs. they say these 100 companies have 150,000 job openings right now. so let's of fortune. when one is to what those jobs are. we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. a live look at the bay bridge. it is clear. visibility is traffic and no traffic. we will be right back
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developing star we are following. the search for this little boy from paterson. he is 4 years old, juliani cardenas. think the guy and left is the guy who took him. that is the ex-boyfriend of the child's mother. his name is jose esteban rodriguez. they say he drove off with the little boy. in a silver car they're looking for now. as 7:00 a.m., they will search at this san clara county canal. they will surely the area here. they continued to move down at. carefully looking to see if they give find anything in the water. a caller reported seeing a car meeting the description of the car that. the
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plan to use sonar equipment. yesterday in the mother of this this the suspected kidnapper made in emotional plea for her son to bring the boy home. she reveals why she thinks they may end with violence. >> please come home. we love you, we are scared. he would never hurt juliani cardenas he loves him. why you think he took him. because he loves him. i don't know why he is doing this. i don't understand. i'm scared. i'm afraid of him getting hurt, when they apprehend him. i'm afraid because i know my son has a bad temper. he's not the images give opera. i'm scared in my heart. this of things not to go right. that's one of afraid of. there might be violence or
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something with the police. he is not dangerous. he won't hurt anyone i know my son. if you're seeing this jose. i love you, i just wanted to come home and bring the baby home. we love you. you know it. were here for use on. i love you. with all my heart. please come home. >> you can see the interview in its entirety on our web site. the mother of the suspect that we interviewed. she spoke about her son's saying he would never heard anyone, but we are learning more about his extensive criminal past. most recently 2009, to dui. 2008, domestic violence, he failed to show up he's the one it ever
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since. assistant d.a. didn't know why he was not sent back to santa clara when he was arrested in 2009. in 2007 he pleaded guilty in got probation for that. in to thousand two he got caught having with a minor. he did a year in jail. when he was 15 years old he was convicted of involuntary all manslaughter. he was in state prison. >> in terms of the weather not bad actually. condition smiled once again. a lot look at san mateo bridge. let's break down what we will see. we do have some valley fog starting to build up. now on the north bay valleys as well. it's cooler today than it was yesterday. sunny, mild, the winds will come down a bit. some gusting up to 50 mi. an hour. today not of that. mostly clear with
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temperatures dropping down into the 40's. a quick look at the fog. visibility term. sacramento valley dealing with that as you head out to topple. along 1 01 heavy pocket of it between petaluma, san rafael, visibility less than a mile. the visibility is way out there. ted miles are better. sfo 10, in the north bay between novato san rafael, to san rosa, the heavier fog. they are down to 10th of a mile less than a quarter mile. temperatures not bad this one in 47 oakland, 50 san francisco, north bay temperatures in the '30's. that's why we see the fog. in south bay 42 san jose, 37, court. this afternoon's senate conditions here's why. a stronger ridge of high pressure
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still solidly over california. and join lots of sunshine this afternoon. temperatures will get up into the upper 50's, low 60s. 67 san rosa, 60 in oakland, a day in looks 64 hayward and fremont all the way down to sand for the san jose. far east 56 in india, 61 in livermore. we have a great conditions today on into the weekend sunny, dry, miles. at 5:36 a.m. good morning george. >> we have not seen a hot spots yet this morning 580 westbound looks good even highway for ride westbound is lighter than usual. if you're the bay bridge toll plaza you will see traffic conditions are still as good as they get. for the west bound bay bridge ride for nearly 5:40
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a.m., i know every minute counts. the westbound ride from 580 looks great even the short freeway. your ride across the san mateo bridge. westward commute. that's where most of the traffic is on the side of the freeway. no delays or problems, 92 looks good, even coming out of downtown hayward, off of jackson no problems. the marin county commute no slow traffic court delays out of novato. pass 37, 3 central san rafael parity is a red on the bridge. there really has been called off at the bridge issue cannot be a problem free to me this morning. he shore free waite rick ride on interstate 80 that's how light it is, no back up or build up traffic through the s curve as we move from the upper, to the lorry shore
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freeway. this drive time is running about 12 minutes now. >> nice to get a bit of a break. investigators looking into pair of sexual incidents, the principal of oakland's markham elementary says that two sexual incidents involving second graders is leading to a full investigation. parents, caregivers and staff received a principal, pam booker, in which she expressed "deep regret" about two incidents that happened last week but weren't reported until wednesday. according to the allegation, the first incident involved several students who undressed, at least partially, while acting disruptively in the classroom. the second incident concerned two students who engaged in sexually explicit behavior, also in the classroom. a teacher that is somehow involved in the incidents has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation. 538 a m, we will be right back. james
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lick, it is clear. nice clear skies this morning. that means it will be simulated this morning. if they're hitting the road right now it is an easy ride. will be right back.
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it is thumbs-up for president barack obama as personality, comes down for his progress. it says an overwhelming majority of americans like president barack obama, most say he is falling short in fixing the economy and changing how washington works. half of those surveyed say he deserves a second term, independents whose are evenly divided. concerns that china will close economic expansion send stocks lower yesterday. the dow closed two points down, and said he was down to the nasdaq down 21. taxpayers might be
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repaid in full for the bailout of insurance giant aig the company says the final cost of rescue dispense on increasingly on the strength of the business and its stock price. they receive the biggest bailout of the crisis worth $182 billion. warm profit is leaving the board of the washington post. he joined the board in 1974, he said he will offer any help to the company. but he will step down from his formal role in may when his term expires. 5:43 a.m., we will be back with one a couple of minutes. get me ready for work, school this friday morning. easy ride no matter where you have to go. we will be right
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it is 5:46 a.m., the latest on the emperor alert and search for the four year old boy appeared is kidnapped from his grandmother's arms. his name is juliani cardenas is taken tuesday. his mother has once again made it to deal to her ex- boyfriend, who is the one the mother says took the boy. >> i don't care if you get caught or not. i just want juliani cardenas i in no he was to come home. if you love him wiry make him suffer like this. it has been three days already. >> this is the worst thing that possibly happen to pair with the trial being kidnapped. new technology that can help locate children kron 4 as tech reporter takes a look at how the
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>> at 5:48 a.m., the weather for today. out of albany traffic on westbound 80, making its way towards a march. traffic is ok. mark on the temperatures 48 degrees. 56 by about one time. 59 by this afternoon. back to the low 50s by this evening. dealing with some fog during the sacramento valley, and the north bay within the last half- hour. some spots is fairly dense that a loved 101. visibility under 1 mi.. in fact under quarter of a mile. dry with caution. everybody else great this ability. sfo seem to mile visibility rain up. it's clear this morning that was yesterday. fifties in francisco, 44 in hayward and mountain view, the
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north bay in the '30's, that's why was the the fog, upper 30's and the livermore valley. see how cold it is 11 degrees cooler in nevada, heavy fog. 14 in concord, then it was 24 to go. 10 degrees cooler in livermore and mountain view. you'll notice there will be due on the cars. this afternoon is great sunny conditions in store. the richest still keeping close to the north. we have some nice temperatures this afternoon. upper 50s to mid-60s 67 san rosa, 65 san francisco, 68 oakland, nimitz freeway from here where toussaint francisco 64 degrees. los '60s for the far east bay. future cast shows a sunny, mild, dry conditions continuing through the weekend.
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also next week. at this point this weather could last until february. >> a good commute under way. at the toll plaza traffic is lighter than it was a few moments ago. we have not seen any hot spots this morning. or delays for that matter. sluggish traffic on highway 4. commute to the bridge light traffic for those lorry shore. 580 which was the nightmare commute yesterday. as no such delays this morning through downtown oakland or san leandro and castro valley. your ride at a few words looks good. the volume is building up here, no problems westbound. a slight increase on volume for the count slope as well. golden gate bridge ride problem free. those
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crews are working in the right- hand lanes for the golden gate bridge southbound your no problems for the commute through marin county. the south bay. 1 013 san jose. those headlights are toward headed from trumbull the liquorice. it looks good with light traffic out of downtown. this is a commuter shema received the heaviest traffic in the morning. no delays here out of downtown san jose. getting out of south san jose is also in its moves in easy ride out of the new developer. >> 5:52 a.m., these are pictures that just came in. this just on folding a few hours ago. south korean navy caring daughter raped to rescue the crew of a ship that was hijacked by pirates, this is the first pitcher the you see here. the commandos snatched up on the
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ship early this morning. they are next to the ship on the boat. then there was a gun battle with the pirates. just as they are about to storm the pirates on the back there. a pirates, fell overboard and died. they did capture five of the pirates. they found guns. all 21 members of the crew was rescued. the captain was shot in the stomach expected to survive. here's a close-up shot of where you can see there are about to board the ship. here they have them surrounded. they are surrounded one of the pirates. american warship was in the area for back up as well. 5:53 a.m., all look from our roof in san francisco as we are getting ready for the sun to rise. waiting for nice sunny day. getting through some breeze this
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