louisa? >> louisa: there is a few leftover rain drops to the livermore, stretching down to san jose. we're talking trees amounts of rain. for the most errant angeles is dry. it shoots the dry interior morning commute. to the day, bringing in a better chance of rain. you might pick up some sprinkles in the santa rosa better chance in the early afternoon. 3:00, north bay plans of the revoltrainfall. the peninsula, south bay, beginning serene. as we head towards 8:00, a better chance ever raindrops in places like from you, if san

jose. check this out, it indicates moderate-heavy downpours. by 8:00 tonight we will continue to see very active weather. we've even some thunderstorms. 10:00, widespread, wet weather expected to continue into the overnight. even wednesday morning, which will continue with credit of activity. current temperatures = warm, 50s. the afternoon = 50s, maybe 60's. 57 santa rosa in san francisco.in the san francisco.e is a look at your 7 day around the bay. more active weather on wednesday, not as heavy as or expecting today. thursday, friday tapers

off, whiter rainshowers. a slight to the showers continues into the weekend. erik christian mar? >> erica: no hotspot to emigrate conditions where ever you are heading. nice, light at the toll plaza. metering lights off. no problems in the westbound. san mateo, overnight construction on the bridge. northbound direction. the ramp to westbound-90 to shut down the 5:00 a.m.. there is a detour. once you get on the span, no problems. 92 nice, light in both directions drive time is 13 minutes from end to end. north bay to the golden gate,-101 is in the clear.

public transportation is off to a great start no problems reported. james? >> james: developing story out of egypt, the country has as the united states to freeze the assets of some officials. we're also hearing that the former president has become somewhat of a missing person. he has finished falling his resignation on friday. one possible this nation is red sea city, we're working on confirmation. the committee appointed by aegis military says a new document will be temporary until democratic rule is established. security forces had used tear gas to crush france for a gathering in i ron. yemen, protestors are demanding the

ouster of that country's president. meanwhile, thousands of anti-government protesters battled security forces yesterday. the united states is actively supporting the movement for change. here's a different point of view, take a look. >> washington's approach was a different contrast to the egyptian one. the makers to clear whose side washington was on. >> let me very clearly and directly support the aspirations of the people were in the streets in the ron today. we were against violence, we stated it often, we communicated

directly to egyptian authorities. >> the a vomit administration was evasive and reluctant to come out, the u.s. state department not only can but to support iran's protest it was hyperactive setting up a twitter account a date before. \ / \day before. the acm to hundreds of followers on the first day. 1 sing croats the need the support croatone saying " the need to support ". (inaudible)

(inaudible) >> james: meanwhile hillary clinton is expected to make a policy address today, she's expected to warn repressive states in the middle east the curbs on internet freedom and not pull back demands for reform. hillary clinton is says there is nothing that they can do to end on line suppression. meanwhile, the nephew of the dali lama was killed juryin on the florida highway during a 400 mi. walk. the 45 year-old man was hit by an s tv last night along state route 8-1- 8. there's a picture of the

man, carrying a picture of the dollar llama. he was walking on valentine's day from st. augustine to bring awareness for the independence from china. he is down the walk several other times back in 2009. an autopsy is scheduled for the man believed to be jose rodriguez, suspected of kidnapping juliana cardenas. on saturday the pull the body from the canal matching that of rodriguez. local city council is hoping to help find former prisoners the place to live, after being released from prison. the measure would allow fewer of the former prisoners to live in berkeley, once they leave prison. if it crosses it will become the third city in the u.s., the first in

california to do so. mount diablo unified school district is expected to meet today discussed the details of school closures. last week it voted to shut down to schools to address their $1.5 million deficit. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. much more straight ahead on the kron4 news, including the latest with the weather. more showers are in the forecast for today. the biggest impact your afternoon commute. we'll be back with more than a minute.

>> james: most of the rain is falling in the east bay from danville down to the south of livermore. other than that, not much else here on the radar. expect your morning to commute to be lighter in terms arraigned this year after

noon. more and your forecasts coming up. other news, republicans are talking president obama is 3.73 trillion dollar budget proposal. they're planning to push their own package of cuts in domestic spending to the house today. they won $61 million in cuts to hundreds of programs. other cuts would be cause for programs feeding poor women and children, training for jobs, cleaning the great lakes. george bush will be among those receiving the highest civilian honor today. he will be granted and medal of freedom at the white house. that honor is given to individuals who make contributions to national security, culture, world peace. 15 people in all will receive medals of freedom today. a

billionaire, a poet, a cellist, the medal of freedom the next highest civil honor. 140 school districts are meeting today, the bottom-up administration calls the meeting foresaid moment. it is billed as the first large effort to force schools to talk about student achievement. cracks are showing in the crowd lets work together let's work t, new york has 30 pulled out. already pulled out. this is video from december, the congressman will introduce the air passenger rights act. it will carequire all passenger planes to let passengers off the plane if they have been stuck on the ground for three hours.

quick check on wall street, market set for solid open futures are positive. conkers department releases sales data, analysts are looking for an increase. national association of home builders releases its february housing market index. they expect to hold steady. net slicks coming to android phones in google. 4: 1:00 p. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. more rain today, more that we saw yesterday the latest coming up.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live like

here at i-e zero, we ha som sno80 white of conditions are possible today and tomorrow. more on your forecasts, louisa is standing by. >> louisa: 2-4 ft. there expected, when-to around 5000. plenty of snowfall in the sierra. san jose, picking up some raindrops. a bit of a breeze. you can see the camera shaking. the rain is expected late morning in the north bay, heavier rain expected until late afternoon. really dusty winds are expected.gusty winds s

well. a few leftover rain drops through danville, livermore, fremont. also in san jose. future cast, you can see by 10:00 a.m. you see the rain in the north bay. in the afternoon better chance of rain really picking up. no. 8, santa rosa, petaluma really starting scene of some moderate downfalls. evening can you looks like a wet 1, if you're traveling along the peninsula. and as we had to 8:00, that's when it spread southward. affecting the south bay, picking up in intensity. it really starts to happen in the evening. we will continue with rain parade on the overnight hours as well. wind advisory, 10:00, the delta, the carotene is straight

will notice those winds picking up. 20-30 mi. an hour. wind gusts up to 45 as an hour. strong is expected in to the late afternoon. currently in the '50s. as he headed the afternoon highs will get up and to the low 60s. obama wet, windy weather expected to recesrecess. slight chance of showers by the weekend. >> erica: tuesday morning commute looks good, and your problems on the bay bridge light conditions approaching san francisco. no problems having to san francisco. san mateo, over and the construction, in the northbound direction. westbound-92 ramp will be

closed. it will reopen after 5:00 a.m., there is a detour. lots of space between cars. golden gate bridge, southbound-101 very quiet you can't see too many cars on the road nice, easy conditions speeds above 65 mi. per hour. james. > >> james: of berkeley police officer is recovering after his car was struck by another car trying to run from police officers saw on this beating across the oakland berkeley border that's when the surgeon tried to stop him. the driver fled, running a stop sign hitting the passenger side of the patrol car. the driver was treated and then taken into custody. police still looking for two men who robbed a value in escaping with cash. they

entered the front office at the 3300 block yesterday afternoon there were on japan dense. the man's forced to employees into the bathroom, making off with an undisclosed amount of cash. the employes were not injured. says bay, san and say, budget shortfall is being blamed for public pensions. most city services could be affected and all city workers could be asked to take a 10% pay cut. >> if we don't get any concessions it will probably be 20 percent of the work force. 11-1200 people could have their jobs eliminated. some are empty because people have retired. we're asking for concessions, looking for money everywhere we can to avoid having to

cut services. the pension costs are going up $60 million. we have to figure a way to pay this. >> james: pension reform will be a top priority according to the mayor. every sector of government is being reviewed and could face of deep budget cuts. san as a city worker is wasted no time responding these unspent their lunch are asking for support from the public. >> these are the jobs we do, it's not just a line on a piece of paper it is at shea of function. it affects our lot of groups, organizations we're trying to get the word out. we want to work towards the city we understand the city's having challenges. >> what is your message to

the mayor? >> reconsider where you are doing. looked at us as people not as a number. >> james: aside from asking a 10% pay cut their moving ahead with pension reforms. in the end of career payout. last year the city of san as a paid them millions in sick leave and vacation pay debts are kron4 news employee salary and pension packages are creating hardships. here's a look at how much they're making and how much it's costing the city. >> reporter: the highest- paid employee was the chief of police taking home $534,000. 327 dozen of that was vacation and sick leave he was able to get because he retired. the second-

highest paid was with the fire department for ended and 30,000. three and 30,000 was indications it leave city officials kron4 the due to a pension and contracts the city was forced to pay out $14 million in taxpayer money in sick and vacation pay to 6000 employees. officials say $14 million is enough to keep open 10-15 libraries. six-seven fire stations three times the budget for the gain task force. if you'd like to see a complete list of employees salaries and pay a week but the link up at our website www.kron4.com. we will take a break, here's another look from pier 35 were the carnival cruise ship splendor is set to depart

today. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. could lead a year bay bridge approach, so far so good westbound 80. no word of delays or issues. san mateo moving well. traffic is light. we have morning sprinkles, probably heavier in terms of rain for

the afternoon commute nonetheless be careful. one last look golden gate as usual it is a light ride. says bound 10 1 in. san francisco. national news, at some. a 71 year-old woman drove her car over a guardrail. it took firefighters more than one hour to polar to safety. she hit a broken arm and was taken hospital for treatment. police are still trying to unravel the mystery involving hazardous material in the dead body. a man and a boy who were hospitalized after being found in palm beach there was a strong odor coming from the vehicle. the man was unconscious. later in the day police found a dead body inside a big inside the truck. they're still trying to dig for clues. parts of

south carrier trended take out from beneath a mountain of snow. the storm that hit friday cost more than fill million dollars in damage. after dumping 3 ft. of snow. rescuers trying to reach for north villages are cut off. pakistan officials say most of the country's legal experts believe an american held for shooting to pakistan news has diplomatic immunity. the u.s. embassy says they're looking into the matter today. the move is cautiously upbeat as the two sides in one of the arms complex sits down to talk peace for the first time since 2004. they reopen peace talks aimed at ending four decades long fight that is kept at least a hundred and 20,000 civilians.

>> britain is trying to get the broader public more involved with new laws to comment on the internet. the public can comment on each clause. as part of a pilot program aimed at increasing involvement in the process. the prime minister says its should yield better laws. in ecuador, chevron has been ordered to pay $8.6 billion to clean up oil and pollution in the country's rain forest. the largest judgment in an environment of space. if they don't publicly apologize in the next 15 days the judge will order them to pay twice that amount. let's go back there outside, a quick look this morning at interstate 0 taillights heading towards the macarthur maze so far

not bad. the rain were seeing is mainly east bound near san ramon in livermore. we do expect showers your day. more rain than yesterday. most of it during your ride home. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. four as 30 a.m. carnival's london sitting there parked at pier 35. no one is on board. it is going to head to long beach where it will resume ago. let's talk about the weather, we have some drizzle. >> louisa: absolutely storm tracker 4, a few leftover rain drops off to the east bay, livermore, as we take it down into the south bay as well. 580 is picking up a few sprinkles. looks like just to the south of san

jose. let's take you through, in time we'll start to see some heavy rain to the north bay. late morning, early afternoon. then as we head towards 4:00, sternly start to feel a bit more in a way of wind, rain. it just continues to intensify. 8:00, really heavy downpours coming down. a bid to portions of the north bay. this man is moving through of the severe weather really strong winds and rain expected to continue into the overnight hours into wednesday morning. certainly wet weather ahead of us this morning will be the calmest period by about 10:00 a.m. when it starts to pick up especially into the grittiness and the delta. this area and live there's a wind advisory in effect from

10-6:00 we could get those strong winds to about 30 mi. per hour. the strong discuss moving in late afternoon. we also have a winter storm warning in effect if you're heading to the sierra you could see some road closures today 1-2 ft. of snow. up in the higher elevations up to 4 ft.. gusty winds up to 50. stronger even over the peaks. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. not as heavy rain expected tomorrow but rain expected to linger radon do the rest of your work week slight chance of showers for the weekend into monday. this will be the heaviest and the strongest. >> erica: great start your tuesday morning to you. no hot spots. bridges look good. late conditions here, like conditions from of three approaches. --light

conditions. getting to the san mateo bridge may be a different story, still falling overnight construction in effect of the northbound-800. the rent to shut down by caltrans until 5:00 a.m. in the meantime they have a detour set up. once you get on the span like conditions. craig conditions in both directions of '92. same- store differing county southbound-101 looks great. jim ray shaking around all of it, it is windyyou can see ta shaking around but it is nice and light. james? >> james: thank you, the latest of a developing story in egypt, the government has

asked the united states to freeze the assets of some egyptian officials. aegis of former president has become a missing person. he's all but vanished. it's rumored use in the red sea city. luckily is trying to confirm that a committee appointed by the ruling military to amend the ruling. egypt roll continues to inspire into a rare protest. some security forces are using to rest and margolis in yemen. protesters are planning ouster of that country's president bringing police used tear gas against tens of thousands of protesters in revolution square. hillary clinton is expected to make a major policy address today she's expected to warn repressive states in the middle east that curves

internet presumptive it will not hold back demands for reform. in fact she is expected to say there is no app for ending online freedom. the racine's that camp down will not be allowed meanwhile, the nephew of the dali lama was killed in florida along a highway. will he was in the florida area, the 45 year old was hit by an s u v all along the highway. this is a picture of him holding up portrait of the dali lama. in any event he was walking on valentine's day to bring awareness to struggle for independence from china.

he's done that walk several hundred times including 2009. president barack obama will make an appearance in the bay area to meet with leaders. the president will be here thursday for meetings with business leaders in technology and innovation. it is unclear whether any of these meetings or appearances will be open to the public. this'll be his first visit since october of last year. other headlines, an autopsy schedule today for the man believed to be jose rodriguez. the man suspected of kidnapping juliani cardenas. on saturday they pulled the body from the canal much in the description of rodriguez. the same area of the kennel where juliani was found. calgene is in desperate need of money. if they do not find it soon huge cuts on the table could impact

writers. jonathan bloom was in san jose has caltrans give riders a chance to stop.s and have your >> . >> gary: >> gary talk. >> reporter: want to cut the trains in half, close seven stations, increasing fares by 25¢. writers say they want the agencies to look into more options. caltrans says even if they were to do very increases they would double. they have not made any decisions, they want into the meetings are complete. >> james: also this morning the federal transit administration has recommended hundred and $30 million in funds to bring bart to san jose. that means construction of an extension

could begin next year. the fremont extension is expected to open in 2013. today in noon, bart will swear for new chaplains into the police department they will serve s resources for personal and their families. they will serve after a dramatic events and for general spiritual and emotional needs. valentine day is a popular day for people to get married, that is also to at city hall. yes there was also a place for protests. jeff bush shows us the protest against proposition 8 which bans same-sex marriage. >> reporter: the county clerk's office room 168 was the spot to buy to same-sex couples a perch the desk requested a license to get married. they all got the

same response by polite but disappointing staffer. >> sex marriages on not legal unfortunately i cannot issue a marriage license to use state. you today. >> reporter: as a form of protest they all left the flower or some other gift for the woman at the desk. (music) >> reporter: the deputies kept a close eye on the clock after 10 minutes the announcement was made to clear out. >> let's clear this assembly, i ordered those assembled in the city hall to disperse. >> reporter: they kept singing as the officers held each to their feet. cut them together and walk them out.

they proved their point. in san francisco jeff bush should come kron4 news. >> james: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. this is highway 80, those taillights headed towards the macarthur maze. the gray skies above. another study, rainy day simply looked coming up in little bit.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. showers to the hills in the months east of san jose. not much else for the morning, a marine this afternoon. a fairly heavy dose of shares will go through the area in the afternoon. warren had to come. headlines, microsoft is planning on connecting its own software. other

improvements that include faster web browser. windows funds will get their first song for update in march. it will at a cut and paste future. after years of anticipation the sony play gustation smart phone will hit shows. >> gabe: after years are rumors it's finally here. the smart phone for sony play test station. sony erickson play, it was just unveiled, they're showing enough overseas firms. i have not got my hands on one yet. i have wed video to assure you, sony claims it will change the way you think about start from. we all know how popular it has become to play games on i phone, it doesn't really compare to playing the game on the high-end hand-held gaming device like the ds,

her physician, portable. he hast features a exciting game plan. lots of buttons, a touch but, the circle, across from a square, trying goal this thing is built for gaming. 4 in st. thomas area speakers. it's a gaming device, it's a fully functional smart phone it runs on google android. access to all of the applications in the android marketplace. someone who likes are smart phone but wants better gaming would be interested in this. we will have to see how important gaming is to see if this fails or succeeds. we don't know the price of the games or the phone. it will run on horizon's network in hits in about three weeks. stay tuned, i will give you an in person view next week. call

me on twitter and i will let you know when that will be. >> james: steve jobs would said mitterrand was demolished the estate. it was built by an architect, jobs has wanted to rebuild that has ran into a lot of boxer berleobstacles. a conservn group went to court to try and block the demolition, may have to those in nine and demolition permit was approved. he's no well under way and the remodeling process. let's go back inside, another live look this morning from the bay bridge toll plaza. easy commute. fuzzy make your way across the bridge.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. snow is coming down. like the official word with louisa. >> louisa: no surprise, a long and 80, 50 we will see plenty of snow fall. could see some road closures today. iran 4,000 ft. anywhere from 1-2 ft. of snow at 5000 common 2-4 above 7000. wind gusts getting up to 50 mi. per hour. certainly quite a bit of snow fall. right now, leftover rain drops in our area. really light showers not escalating much. accumulatie south bay, lingering raindrops. as we head

towards the afternoon that is when the activity kicks in. noon, sprinkles into santa rosa. 4 a clock, evening commute will be very different than your morning commute. downpours becoming heavier as we headed to the leader hours. 8:00, a look at this bay and pushing southward. cream the intensity level of. you will feel that rain coming down. expected to last overnight, widespread, heavy downpours continuing into the morning. when the advisory in effect, 10:00 a.m., winds will pick up in through the delta. winds getting up to 30 mi. an hour, thus reaching 45, strong discussed picking up into the afternoon. warm

spot to the d m start today. to, wet, windy. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today looks like it will be the strongest, rain continuing thursday, friday chance of showers by the weekend. >> erica: you may run into some rain or wind up on the roadways, no hot spots. bay bridge toll plaza traffic is slowly but surely building. traffic still moves pretty good. metering lights are off. no problems to report nice, easy conditions, taillights in the commute direction, a bright lights coming towards you he spent in to hayward. so far, so good. very few cars on the road. no problems for your entire ride. another

camera, he sure freeway westbound-e zero. closer to berkeley, nice, light conditions. >> james: thank you, the details, california university is urging campuses to give local students pretty. it will guarantee the right of all qualified students to enroll in their local csu campus. they've been forced to reject students do to the budget crisis. oakland city attorney and police chiefs say an injunction against gang members is working. the injunction prevents 15 men from hanging out with other alleged gang members. and a 10% a.m. curfew p.m. curf

meanwhile, public safety officials are concerned that governor brown's plan to fix the $25 billion deficit could force and to release prisoners early. he's suggesting thinning the prison system. into county jails. as converts christine connolly shares as many jill's like the one in san mateo do not have the space release extra prisoners. >> reporter: this is a look inside of san mateo is our the overcrowded. you can see where is not enough space to store prisoners prolonging spirit there's barely enough jumpsuits for prisoners. the shares as the governor's proposal could increase their population by 40 percent, or hundred

additional prisoners.as many asl prisoners. this room was not designed to blunt prisoners with much about co-ed elektra " zero lives. they put as many as eight prisoners in this room. if the governor's proposal goes through that could put them 100% above the capacity of this city was built for. >> james: gas prices have been rising quickly in the bay area. let's take a look at how bad things are expected to get. >> reporter: $3.55 at one station, $3.67 just down the street. experts say things will get more expensive. they predict gas in the bay area will hit and go north

of $4 and gallant by memorial day. >> as far as reaching out for dollar mark we're not too far operate now. certainly, once those winter blends go way, this our buns come into play that's when you'll see if the price increases will bump up. >> reporter: the unrest in egypt helped increase the cost, it's also the improving economy the driving up the price. >> investors are driving gas prices, there is about the beginning of the year when investors were investigating a huge turnaround. so they were buying more and more of oil. >> james: meanwhile bay area attorneys are seeking to keep details from barneses

former girlfriend is says bonds are rated people. they want to bar testimony about their relationship with the playboy model. the trial is scheduled to start on march 22nd. eagles quarterback will appear on the oprah winfrey show. vic will talk about his time in prison on federal dogfighting churches. let's go back inside, another live look for you from san jose sharing you wish camera that is shaking around. a little wet in the east bay is the and everywhere else. more rain this afternoon. another check coming out.up.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. the rain said this when i confined to the east bay. we do have more showers expected by noon our time. it will get

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love you and then by smacking them with a pillow? that is what they did yesterday. it was the annual valentine's day palo fight it was the sixth year that they did it. not everyone loves it, the city pays about $35,000 for the cleanup. yesterday it was stamped as those other stuck to everything. city cannot crack down on the organizers because they don't know who they are. people in new york celebrated valentine's day with a wedding 14 people won a valentine's day wedding at the empire state building. it is today is the only day of the year that you can do that. buddha sitting in san francisco civic center will be dismantled. is a 27 ft. tall construction made a 15

t of copper, three heads, six arms. it was made by a chinese artist, brought to san francisco last spring. it is leaving because it's one year lease is over. it will go back to the artist's students in china. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a full look it your forecasts, here's a live look outside we have what conditions are around san francisco. this is the carnival cruise ship splendor at your-35. it will head back out to see todaya tod. reporting live, kron 4 news. now, here is a look at the traffic. now, here is a look at the weather. [ male announcer ] you are you. you are also your social security number, your credit card numbers, the email in your inbox, you're even the equity in your home. to a criminal, getting his hands on just one tiny piece of you, even just your name, can be enough to steal your credit,

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a.m., caltrans is in desperate need of money. >> mark: latest in egypt by egypt is asking the u.s. to freeze the assets of some officials. allied officials believe the former president has become an missing person. >> darya: forget yesterday's little rain, we're talking heavy stuff expected today. i am in the weather center, talking about the timing of this. this is a big win. >> louisa one., >> louisa: you will probably walk of financing this is nothing, as we head into the evening, it's expected to really pick up. right now it looks pretty sad on our radar. you can see a cell moving through livermore, that is about it. everywhere

else is dry. later in the morning, we'll see quite a bit of moisture. so, it is going to lead to quite a bit of rainfall totals. noon, you can see sprinkle starting to the north, spreading south through. 4 a clock, you will stay dry, different story to the north, the peninsula and portions of the east gate you will see moderate downpours coming down. and the intensifying into the evening. watch this the end around 8:00, it is heavy downpours intensifying into 9:00, everyone is expected to see widespread heavier rain into the overnight hours. this is quite a but in no way of those totals. more than an inch of rain and the bay. wind advisory in effect. 10:00 they picked

up to the doubt that. strong cell of their league wins, reaching a 45southerly wig 45. sierra you could expect some road closers or 1-2 ft. above 5000, 2-for about 7000. this morning, starting off,. temperatures in the '50s. more start.warm start, 57a rosa, 58 novato, east bay, south bay = low 60s. wet weather continues tomorrow. heavy step expected today. rain continues into your weekends. george? >> george: quiet start in the traffic center no problems, hot spots, the

delays. easy ride to the bridge, no advisories'. bay bridge westbound looks like. ght. was the androgen for its roster city looks good. golden gate, 101, who looks good. they are reconfiguring the bridge. no backup or delay in either direction. no problems with the two lanes of northbound. no grounds foproblems for public t. >> darya: team coverage of the weather in the traffic, people in the east in not being spirit from the rain. will tran continues 13 coverage from fremont. >> will: wet start in the east bay, the rain is coming

down. not a hard rainfall but a good steady one, good enough to make driving on a little bit tricky. who knows? we might see a lot of people say i'm not one to drive, off and said i will hodge on bart.instead i will tac transit. >> mark: how training, in desperate need of money, if they don't find it soon huge cuts are on the table for caltrans. they're facing a $30 million budget shortfall. proposing cutting half of train service. the worst case would see 48 train schedules that would only see trains running during the workweek and commute times. >> if you make the cuts you thinking of making its devastating to users. >> i dug financially have the means to buy a car. >> what is your response

when these abandoned stations are analyzed. >> many people work beyond 6:30 p.m.. >> we can get to our jobs if we don't find another way. >> not having an option if you miss that last train stranded 55 mi. from, it will hurt. >> mark: most riders said they're willing to pay higher fares. >> darya: 1 $30 million to bring bart to san jose. that means construction of an extension to begin next year. the funds still have to clear republicans were promising to slash billions of dollars of the president obama as transportation budget. democratic lawmakers are showing just how widespread budget cuts will be in california if the voters do not extend a

temporary tax hikes. democratic lawmakers in california would and class size reduction efforts kindergarten-third grade, reduce wild fire fighting, and support for public safety programs. in addition to 12.5 billion in cuts proposed by governor brown. >> mark: the united states is being asked by egypt to freeze the assets of some egyptian officials. he dips former president is now missing person, he has all but vanished following his resignation last friday. one possible destination is that he is a resort town of redwood city. a committee appointed by the military to amend the constitution says the new document is temporary intel democratic rule is established. >> darya: dozens are

marching in yemen for a fifth day, you can see all of the protesters out, anti government protest continuing. they are demanding political reforms, they want the u.s. on-line to president to leave. i ronnie and lawmakers are calling for trials and deaths for their leaders. you can see them shaking their fists. this call is coming one day after clashes between opposition and security forces as left one person dead, dozens injured. tens of thousands of people turned out for this rally in solidary with egypt. first major show of strength from chiron's opposition in more than a year. >> mark: secretary of state hillary clinton is expected to make a major address today. is was to curb on the internet freedom not holding

back demands for reforms. hillary clinton will say there is no app for ending online comments. she will also say that there are genes that cut down on internet service will not be able to stand change forever. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. ñ

>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. president barack obama only in appearance in the bay area to meet technology industry leaders. according to reporter in the chronicle he will be here on thursday for a meeting with business leaders in technology and innovation. it's unclear whether not these meetings are appearances will be open to the public. this will be his first visit since october of last year. >> mark: republicans are popposing president

obama as budget cuts. they're planning to push their own today. they won $61 billion in cuts to programs including public broadcast, another cut skirt from feeding the poor as well as training people for jobs and cleaning the great lakes. >> james: the latest wall street, headlines making news market set for solid open. stock futures are in a positive position which is good. the commerce criminal released january retail sales, we're looking forward to that. they say they're looking for an increase of six tenths of a percent. the national association of homebuilders will release its housing market in the annex. index. net reflects, and other video services on to

google android smart phones. the smart phone war is heating up. the market is set to open in 1.5 hours. we'll take a group rate, be read back.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look can't san francisco fairly quiet for now, more rain to come. >> louisa: it is quiet this morning that will change as we head into to day. here's a shot in san jose, who's a bit of a breeze of and that it's fairly common. temperatures on the warm side. late morning the north bay pix of some showers continue to spread southward. more widespread rain is expected into the afternoon. dusty winds also in the picture especially through the delta and a courteous straight. this is pretty much the last of the

showers leftover this morning raid on cuba livermore valley into the dell said.dell said.ta. as for g dry, as we hear evening commute of the rain starts to pick up bringing a 10th of an inch of rain or more in san francisco, the heavier stuff to the north bay by the evening commute santa rosa three-quarters of an inch of rain. kennecott, novato over an inch of rain. napa pretty close to that. they will only continue to increase in the evening. by midday three-quarters of an inch in san francisco, eighth of an inch into san mateo. napa, novato, more than an inch. in looks like

when the advisory is in effect kicking in around 10:00. the courteous, the delta expecting very strong winds from this getting up to 30 mi. an hour. a strong protest is expected into the afternoon. hi sting in the upper 50s, low 60s. i would day continues tomorrow, wet, windy weather continuing tapering off just a bit, keeping rain around for the end of their workweek. into the weekend a bit better off. slight chance of showers continues into next week. george. >> george: go problems, delays, hot spots. bay bridge, very light, no leading lights, no delays. easy ride from the east shore freeway. san mateo bridge, looks good, so very light. the counter flow

commute is extremely light. that will pick up later on. golden gate, no problems on the span, or to the span. looks good. i mention the red in the short freeway, here is in a state-80 coming down towards the golden gate fields, westbound ride still looks good. no delay coming down. 12 minute drive time from hercules to berkeley. >> darya: thank you, of locally city council is hoping to help find former guantanamo prisoners of place to live. berkeley city council leaders are meeting to vote on a resolution that would resettle them. it would allow some of them to live in berkeley and once they leave get well."get well. e

school district is expected to meet today in mount tableau, they voted to shut down to schools in order to address a $1.5 million deficit. >> mark: watching this building in oakland city engineers agree to determine today whether not the demolition date is going to be moved out, the fire department called the scene last night. you see the wall buckling out of it, they're receiving reports of a possible building collapse, the building is still standing but one of those walls is starting to bend out word. the fire crew met with the engineer last night they examined a side wall, the building has been vacant since a fire in 2006. >> darya: a judge today

ordered two young men to stand trial for the beating death of a man in oakland, they rejected the lawyers claim that the older man was partly to blame. 19 year-old and 18 year-old as you can see them there, they attacked the man near the fox theater last april u.s. died five days later they had driven to oakland to go to a pawnshop. an autopsy is set today for the man pulled from the canal in paterson they believe that is jose rodriguez. i've kidnapped juliani cardenas. who they believed kidnapped juliani cardenas. they pulled the boy's body, they call the man's body, they do believe it is rodriguez. >> mark: other news,

berkeley police officer is recovering after a patrol car was hit by another car it was trying to run from police. a honda accord was speeding across the oakland and berkeley border. that is when a police car and tried to stop the vehicle, he hit the patrol car's passenger side, the driver was treated at a hospital then taken into custody. fairfield police are looking for two men who robbed and america's best value in. they entered their front office, in the 3300 block of north texas. armed with handguns, ordered two employees into a bathroom. no vehicle was seen. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. and live look at the carnival splendor, the crucial all lit up and ready to leave san francisco heading over to long beach. should be all fixed, ready to roll yoli is

out there taking a look at it.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. watching storm tracker 4, there as he light sprinkles, a little bit of a break before heavy rain moves in. >> darya: the carnival's blender is leaving for long beach. back in november this is the cruise ship that lost all power and not that the air conditioning, a telephone, hot food for more than four dozen passengers and crew. the yoli is ivan san francisco taking yoli, we're sure that this thing works? >> reporter: they're going to test that in the afternoon that senate to get into the middle of the bay in see of its seaworthy. it is going to be going off with two new generators and a brand-new engine hopefully it will pass all of its tests and be on its way. >> darya: maybe that's why

they have it all led them to prove that electricity is working. >> reporter: is included journey for the ship, as you mentioned that fire knocked out its proportion capabilities this ship was set afloat for three days then finally at turnabout came out and ticket to san diego where they unloaded the passengers and then they add to toyota appeared to san francisco because san francisco is the one that could accommodate this big ship. is 95 0 ft. long, weighing a hundred 10,000 t. people at the doctor saying that haven't seen ships this big in more than 45 years we were really the only people able to repair the ship. >> darya: the close as i will get is your camera. i know a thing where is this, where is that, when you zoom in i'm sure you've done this

we're waiting kines see anything can you see a dining room, pool anything? >> reporter: i think this is the lounge, i saw lights going on and off. so we know that works. and i see some of the crew members here i know a lot of them were off the ship probably injuring san francisco. a lot of them are now back on the ship and basically some time this afternoon when it passes its footing test it will go to san diego where it will pick up bids versus other passengers and then on to them mexico riviera. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. [ male announcer ] hands free driving.

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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. storm tracker 4 is on the left, golden gate

on the right, better than yesterday. louisa is checking the next round of rain. >> louisa: golden gate bridges dry, you're probably thinking what storm? but as we head into the latter part of that day you will get showers spreading south toward heavy, widespread rain expected in the afternoon pretty gusty winds as well. the reader is pretty measly looking but we are expecting rain to really pick up. rain now just rain to the livermore and everyone else is dry rain now. by noon showers will pick up. by evening commute, it could be a wet one. better chance of staying dry down into the south bay as you head into eight-9:00 watch this band ever rain. known as all of this orange indicating heavy rain.

intensity level increases. then becoming more widespread in the evening. you will feel the rain coming down this evening. in fact, when the advisory in effect for the christinas and into the delta. strong winds continuing from the south. gusts could reach 45. strong gusts expected until late afternoon. currently on the warm side, right across the board. by the afternoon bring your eyes into the 50s, 60s. 58 in nevada, napa. warmer than that in fairfield. los '60s to the east bay and the sense bay. continue bringing some wet weather to the area by tomorrow. thursday, friday the rain tapers off slightly slight chance of showers continues into the weekend. >> george: weekend expecting

that we might have a rough ride this afternoon, but so far this morning smith coming easy chair, no problems, no hot spots, bridge jet, the bay bridge westbound the volume is building but no problems as you head toward or across the span all purchases lifted. san mateo, looks good, volume is still lighter than usual. after a slow traffic looks good. and the delays and 800. golden gate, 101, problem free. no delays on the inbound heading down towards lorena. san francisco, a look at the inbounds central, very light. problem free public transit as well. >> mark: following the

latest on caltrans, in desperate need of money huge cuts could be on the table having a huge impact on writers.writers. >> reporter: the first of four public meetings asking what people think of the plans to cut public service. this is happening because of the huge budget deficit they want to do it by cutting the number of trains in half. catching wetter say they want the agency to look into more revenue options before they make the cuts. even if they were to try to do the whole thing with fare increases that would cause fears to double. they have not made any decisions yet. >> darya: the latest on egypt, egypt has asked the united states to freeze the assets of some of its leaders. in the meantime

the former president has become a missing person. he has all but vanished following his resignation on friday. one possible destination is the red sea streaky resort.resort. the new t appointed by the military will only be temporary until a democratic rule is established. each read is inspiring other protests. in yemen protesters are demanding the ouster of their country's president and i ronyon police used tear gas against tens of thousands of protestors. >> mark: hillary clinton is expected to make a policy address today she will be warning states th holding back

internet will not stop online repression. she's tried to promote democracy saying that racine's that camp down on internet usage will not withstand change for ever. >> an ecuadorean judge has ordered chevron to pay $8.6 billion to clean up oil pollution in the rain forest it's the largest ever in judgment in an environment for pace. if the agenda is not publicly apologize in the next 15 days they will have to pay twice that amount. shares rose monday disappointed that ruling. >> texaco was the one who committed the pollution they were barred by chevron. purchas

we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. storm tracker 4 for a few sprinkles around waiting for the big rains expected to come this afternoon. >> james: in the newsroom, just coming in on the wires a moment ago we have word that shoppers pushed retail sales of for the seventh consecutive month. several of them, although, the increase was the weakest showing since june. retail sales rose three tenths of a percent. analysts were hoping for six tense. we will see how wall street treats then news when the markets open. >> darya: in a report released monday, the legislative analyst urged lawmakers to take steps - through state law or by amending the advisory master plan for higher education - to ensure that qualified local students aren't turned away from their local campus. csu has been forced in recent years to limit enrollment as campus budgets have shrunk, even as applicants and demand for popular majors have increased. the most common

approach has been to hold nonlocal applicants to a higher academic standard for enrollment than local applicants. this approach is used at 15 popular csu campuses, including san francisco state and san jose state. more than 150 school districts are meeting in denver for the first of its kind education summit, the obama administration calls this a watershed moment for school improvement. billed as the first large men effort to talk about student achievement. cracks third showing, the nation's largest school district in new york city and washington d.c. have pulled out of that summit. >> mark: george bush will be among those receiving the highest civilian honor today, he will be granted a presidential medal of freedom at the white house. there will be 15 people in all receiving the medal of freedom today others

include a poet, a billionaire investor and tallis. it is the highest civilian honor. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. the big story in weather is what is coming our way, right now things look fine. golden gate looks good, traffic is quiet. deck is dry. it will not be that way on your way home.

>> mark: get this now, a lot of us are tempted to head up to the sierra. a lot more snow on low way. louisa has more on that. >> louisa: fresh new snow in time for the weekend winter storm warning in effect from noon until 6:00 p.m. on wednesday. snow levels getting down to 4,000 ft., i guess reaching 50. real strong winds up there.

certainly, a good idea to avoid that area today. road closures today at the this year. for the most part dry that this morning a few lingering raindrops. it is really late morning, early afternoon that we noticed the rain or purging the north bay. 4 a clock, evening commute, it could be a wet one. the seventh base stands the best chance of staying dry, 5:00, the intensity level really picked up to the north bay. continuing to show as we head into the eveningdo so as wa clock. you'll certainly noticed the rain coming down into the evening. it will allow straight onto the evening into your wednesday morning widespread rain

expected to continue. significant storm later today, when the advisory from 10 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.. strong winds moving up to 30 mi. per hour. does could actually reach 45. strong as to the afternoon. temperatures dipping in the '50s mild start to the day after noon highs upper 50s, low 60s. san francisco 50 degrees in richmond. east bay, stan to the low 60s. continuing with wet weather in to tomorrow. thursday, friday maureen not as much as today. >> george: great ride around the bay area, nothing significant except light traffic. no hot spots, some accidents reported ed dixon landing road. not slowing there ride. rich said,

westbound bay bridge, still pretty late.light. san mateo bridge red looks good. pressing industrial, no delays as he had passed the toll plaza easy commute over the higher rates. golden gate 101. no problems to pat stop the span. san jose, said bay, 10says bay-101 no pro peninsula commute is problem free in both directions. your read on highway 80 westbound upper-lower, 12 minute drive time. >> mark: thank you, more than that doesn't war vets are without a home after

fire broke of an east palo alto. it blocked the only staircase to get rid of the home, forcing several to jump to other vendors. all 14 were able to make it a. officials believe the fire started as an accident. >> darya: they will talk about the tv coverage from michael jackson's doctor, the scene a church of involuntary manslaughter dr. conrad rate pleaded not guilty to the pop star's death. the attorneys are also set to set the names of the witnesses. the trial is expected to begin march 24th. thinking it will last six weeks. >> mark: federal prosecutors don't want barry bonds' lawyers to argue that the government spent too much money in their seven-year probe of the former giants outfielder's suspected use of steroids. bonds' lawyers, meanwhile, are eager to stop his former girlfriend from testifying about bonds' temper - including an occasion on which he allegedly threatened to kill her.in pre-trial filings made monday, both sides asked trial judge susan illston to set limits on the testimony and evidence that jurors can consider when baseball's home run champion goes to trial on perjury charges march 21 in u.s. district court in san francisco.

the trial is scheduled to start march 21st. michael beck will appear on the oprah winfrey show airing on february 24th. he will talk about his time in prison. >> darya: the nephew of the delhi lama has been killed off of a florida highway, enjoying a $30during a 300 mi. e was hit by an s u b a long state road 8-1-8. he is the one carrying the picture of the delhi lama, you can see just about the picture him. he was walking on valentine's day to bring awareness to the struggle for independence from china. he is in the rocks several times including in 2009. >> mark: we will be right

back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. and live like here to san as a, a few scattered rain showers. >> garysan jose, a few scattered rain showers.

>> darya: storm tracker 4, everyone is clear, it is the big story in weather is the rain that is on the way. which you don't see is the story now, on your way home, you have a tough time on the commute. get ready for a big storm, it's about to hit as this afternoon. steve jobs woodside mention has been demolished. it was built by architect george washington's me smioth. one it for a long time to rebuild the house where ran into a lot of obstacles because it's considered an historic

structure. a conservation group went to court, blocking the demolition. in may 2009 a public hearing is held, finely another demolition permit was approved. >> mark: microsoft is planning on connecting to the ex-box, other improvements as well, including a master switch to windows applications. windows will get their first suffer update in march. more wider range of updates will come later this year. sony play devastation smart phone will hit this helps. now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >> gabe: after years of rumors it's finally here sunday the station smart phone will be on the market soon. it was just unveiled at the mobil world congress show in barcelona. the issue of overseas first i have not

from my hands on one yet. sony claims it will forever change the way people think about smart phones and mobile gaming. we all know how popular it is to play games on iphone, it doesn't really compared to playing games on a high and hand of gaming devices like intended ds or ps. now sony has but it did to the high end hand- held deeming into a phone. breakingnews@kron4.com gaming pad, lots of buttons, touch pad, the circle, across, square, triangular, this thing is billed for gaming. built for gaming. it's a gaming device but it is also a smart found it runs on android. you get access to all of the applications in android marketplace. i can see someone like interest but wishes it had better gaming be interested in this. we will have to see

how important gaming is to see if this new hybrid fund fails or six seats. there's no price, or the price of the funds yet. it will hit the market in three weeks running on horizon rising.verize slate, kron4 news. >> darya: if your waking up on the wrong side of the that you might be living in an angry city. men's health magazine is the one they made these rankings, he looks matt, they did the top 100 pancreas' cities. detroit, michigan is the most angry. followed by baltimore, maryland. petersburg, and then lost vegas. san jose is #30, 65

san francisco. police to increase city is a burlington, vermont. the trace is based on the number of a aggravated assaults, high blood pressure, the amount of time in traffic. and the number of an anchor management specialists. i guess that's a good way to gauge it. >> mark: well burlingtons probably angry because they haven't been able to leave their home because of this note. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. ♪

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