for the most part light rain. daly city along to- bea zero280 a heavier cell. richmond heavier rain along 80. heavy rain as for the east as livermore. picking at sustained winds at s.f. 0 at 25 mi. an hour. 26 half moon bay. strong were gust with this. current temperatures, ran around 50 degrees san francisco. cooler than yesterday in the north bay upper '40's. still mild stir to the day. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. is not the

end of the wet weather today is very active. rain, wind continues. thursday, rain. into friday as well. as a head towards the weekend still expecting wet weather but we will call it a slight chance of showers into saturday, sunday. in the land lows, saturday overnight temperatures are going to do down below freezing. expect a very chilly overnight. erica? >> erica: thank you, wet, windy, slick raise. strong wind advisories for all the bridges. you can see the camera shaking around at the bay bridge, pretty strong winds the california highway patrol is asking you drive with extra caution. so far, so good. still giving you

drive time of 9 minutes into fremont. westbound/east bound-92 reports of strong winds but traffic is still nice and light. strong when it fester over to the golden gate southbound-101 very late. speed dura 60 mi. per hour. drive time of about 24 minutes. james? >> james: the north bay has been getting the brunt of the storm jonathan bloom has been checking out marin county. >> reporter: before the rain, there was wind. high winds advisor is on signs of approaching the bridge is warn drivers to watch out. at the toll plaza flakes

entries showed it wasn't a joke. it was noticeable but not too bad driving across the bridge. and the other end it really picked up. when guests were so strong even the camera was shaking. as night began to fall so did their rain intrench the pavement and the sidewalk in san rafael. it clocked storm drains, flooding streets sides. the wind kept up blowing along the tropical landscaping that ticketmaster by surprise when he opened his under lead and found it was tough to hold onto. you can see the wind blowing sheets across the pavement some state dry with umbrellas, some used buildings to take cover. underwriters covered their heads with what ever closing they had. san

rafael, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> james: peachy india has been dealing with power to choose. here is less,-- pacific gas and electric company is dealing with power outages. alamo 540 customers without power. danville 135, half moon bay, 3608 cast reserve their power. if the weather does not cause delays in the bay area and it certainly will lead sfo there's another reason for delays united says nearly 100 of its 757 have been temporarily grounded while they're performing maintenance checks. yesterday's driving his cars 17 flights

canceled. sfo in san jose's saddle late last night officials say delays could continue again this morning. call your carrier. the weather is a good idea to make sure your flight is still on time. the latest one-year delay is on our website to scare the www.kron4.com. new details, berkeley city council has rejected a measure that would have welcome to prisoners to resettle there. the measure lost in a four- one vote. it would allow us to prisoners who were cleared of wrongdoing to resettle in the u.s. and invited one or two to live in berkeley. still no word on last night's move by the council on whether to fund same sex change operations for city employees. if approved they would decide

$20,000 a year for the operation. also this morning, continuing his work to save taxpayer dollars governor jerry brown issued a hiring freeze. it will save an estimated three added $63 million. it applies to zincate, seasonal, full-time and part-time positions. california had about your order 40,000 employees as of january 31st. that year in the bay area oakland may be sending out pink slips for the first time in years. as significant number of teachers and staff may get notices. principals and administrators may be reassigned next year. this san francisco state university is looking at trimming down to save money they face a $32 million

shortfall on the table rain now are plans to reduce the number of colleges from 8-6. that will save about $1 million. ss they would keep business, affleck, cutting health and human saturdays. the colleges of behavioral and social sciences as and communications would be absorbed. or combined. new for you this morning lance armstrong is calling this one retirement 2.0 almost a month after finishing 65th in nearly six years removed from the last of and on president tex seven titles. he made it clear there is no reason, he's leaving racing behind for good. his retirement and the comeback effort that failed to produce an aide to buy back.

an 8th title. we are following the rain this morning, the wind is making it difficult to drive. that and that the california highway patrol has issued winded pfizer's for all.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. seeing where the rain is expected to fall, most of is a around the heart of the bay. you can see were the rain is falling, heavy sell moving to concord, north of that through vacaville as well. rain is bay area wide, heavy as in the east bay. will have updates minute by minute. president obama is meeting with leaders today

to talk about the budget. he's warning congress not to send a spending bill with drastic cuts. it is needed to get the government operating past march. the republican option would be to cut $61 billion. something the president does not want to see. such cuts would try and agencies and not, forcing states to lay off more workers. the president's proposed transformation budget panel's big money to projects kron4 is christine connolly shows as they will gain millions. >> reporter: the brodericks skinni project that stands to gn the most money is muni. the project is set to be completed in 2017, here you

can see a map of the subway. it will connect chinatown to the giants' ballpark. the president's budget proposal includes money from the rapid transit project. it is expected to cost 1.2 million. it would add bus lines to van ness between mission and lumber. the bar- san jose project is included, it could gain 1.3 million in fines.funds. on this map, you see where we go, from bart in fremont to that bay area said area of san jose. >> james: wall street,

markets are poised for a positive start, stock futures are up a full slate of economic releases is looming this morning. they will gauge the infraction at the wholesale level. also due is the january housing starts. covering $7 million to buy a dollar stores and take a private higher rates are mainly a struggling economy. contrary to the credit-card injuries remain they have forced costs to consumers. we will be right

back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. including a full look good your forecasts, what start to this wednesday morning. san jose camera is moving around. more coming up.

>> james: is coming down, all this rain we're getting here means snow in the sierra. obviously, the chains are required i can only imagine. light of conditions in the higher elevations. >> louisa: the guests are up to 50 mi. an hour, you can see the blowing snow is.. storm tracker 4 is all lit up,

wages of cell pushed onto a richmond, berkeley, east bay. pushing into portions of banal pinole. and along the peninsula eight light rain pushing through. also through the interchange, livermore, light showers. winds are strong, 25 mi. an hour at sfo. 26 mi. an hour winds at half moon bay. concord, hayward, 18. future cast four, gives you an idea of what you can expect, heavy downpours now. by 7:00 it the best chance is from livermore south. what we are dealing with is a continuous stream of moisture

throughout the day. they will be on and off. 10:00, a continuing to see scattered showers. into the afternoon spot showers even up into the north bay. wet weather throughout the day for everyone and strong winds. looks like we'll continue with showers pushing through into the midnight hour. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today is not the end of it, more rain tomorrow, friday. looks like we will back off for those chances on saturday, sunday. slight chance continues to the weekend and into next week. pretty chilly overnight temperatures in the weekend. temperatures dipping down below freezing. erica? >> erica: we do have reports of roadway flooding, i will get to that in the second. strong wind advisories at

the bay bridge toll plaza, if you look close you can see the camera is shaking a little bit. so far, so good. no accidents. could conditions, metering lights are cycled off. --good conditions. you can see the camera moving around, california highway patrol is asking you drive with extra caution. golden gate, south bound, 101 strong wind advisory, traffic is nice, light. speeds about 55-60 mi. an hour. i want to highlight some of the problems in san francisco, northbound-101, the rate to 2pmp trecord amp to 280 is close

to an accident. james? >> james: now on to developing news, although wall leading away from the port building in oakland it was the site of an emergency contract to repair job. in their rush to beat the rain it took contractors three hours to reconnect the wall to the building. it will remain at red take until the undergo a complete inspection. the latest on the barge that ran aground yesterday, crews are still dealing with the situation. coast guard officials rushed to contain an oil spill after the unmanned barge ran aground. they say was

intensely pushed prevented from sinking. authorities say less than 1 gal. of oil was spilled. very minor. the fbi is investigating a suspicious letters sent to a health-care facility in the bay area. it was sent to the veterans hospital, after it arrived one man became sick. >> reporter: this is building number six, the letter was discovered here at the veterans affairs hospital in palo alto. the male employee felt something greedy on that level, when he opened it he felt ill he then became nauseous. he was treated, released. authorities as well as the police department and the entire building was evacuated as a precaution. the fbi was

called in, they've taking custody of the envelope. >> everyone was really concerned, as the day went on and no one was ill, the original man was feeling good. more and more optimism came from that, realizing it wasn't anything maybe. >> reporter: building #6 is for a administrators, the hospital is in a separate facility not affected. >> james: oakland city attorney is pushing for a second gang interventioinjunctit would bar alleged gain members from hanging out there. -- gang members. that hearing is scheduled for

1:30 p.m.. prosecutors filed charges against a mortuary director casey he cheated 77 families by pre selling funerals to the living, spending that money and leaving nothing for the burial when they died. it closed in january of 2009, authorities say he swindled his customers at of the least $30,000. this is coming in, bookseller borders has reportedly filed for bankruptcy protection. the company plans to close 30% of its stores, this is been rumored for weeks. it is now been confirmed. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. another look outside as we continue to follow the weather, a big

story this morning, the rain is coming down hard. high wind advisories in effect, following the latest on storm tracker 4, more in a minute.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look care at the richmond san rafael bridge, a lot of water, standing water on the ground. water is continuing to fall. a lot of rain throughout the entire area.

you'll have more from louisa in a minute. meanwhile, world news, a dark revelation emerges from a day there was filled with elation in egypt. cbs is reporting that their correspondent was beaten and sexually assaulted mormons' after the president stepped down. >> reporter: (cheering & applause) admit the celebration, chaos in cairo on friday cbs says its chief chorus responded laura logan was beaten and sexually assaulted. she was in the midst of demonstrators who were celebrating the resignation. cbs said she was rescued by a group of women and the egyptian shoulders. the 39 year-old mother of two made

it back to her career she has not spoken publicly since the track. >> during an interview with cnn she discussed the dangers of reporting in war zones. >> why these upset yourself? >> i am committed to this. this is my responsibility. if you will send soldiers to war, you have a responsibility for the people of this country. >> reporter: she is recovering in a u.s. hospital, she and her family are asking for privacy. >> james: during the cairo protest laura and her crew were detained overnight and interrogated. she said she and her team were arrested by the egyptian army and held at gunpoint. yemen has sent 2000 policemen into the street to try to put down days of protests. the

policemen including plain and closed officers fired, blocking universities. this marks the sixth day of protest in yemen. anti- government protests are reaching into libya, they took to the streets in the second largest city to demand the government's ouster. witnesses say they did not appear to direct their anger at the person rolling there for 40 years. there has not been an impact yet but the military is concerned about the effects of under arrest. one key country is the rain, discontent is spilling into the capital. but rain is a longtime home to the mighty fifth slate.the fleet. gunfire d explosion continues in

cambodia. the cancer called on both sides to exercise maximum restraint. --the council. they want a cease- fire. you end security council as thailand and cambodia to work out their issues peacefully. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. still following the weather, a quick look at the dumbarton bridge. every bay area bridge. will a year in you.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. it is fairly intense in terms of the rain into the wind.

l'oreal to forecast we have already seen plenty of rainfall to the north bay now starting to see heavy rain and the east to the sets bay. martinez getting heavy downpours rate on through. still in dealing with some light showers. this starting to taper off of it. still, everyone is dealing with some light rain. san mateo is picking napa little bit. >> louisa: wind speeds 21 mi. an hour for sfo, 23 oakland. certainly, when the start to that date. napa, 17. we will continue with this wet weather activity break on through the morning. heavy downpours and

nem down into the south bay, east bay. hit or miss showers, kedging breaks here and there. we are expecting to deal with this rain air raid on through the day. -- rate on through that day. this will continue into the evening hours. it will be a wet day throughout the entire day to day, forties, fifties. 51 in oakland. cooler than yesterday, temperatures into the upper forties. 52 santa rosa, 50 novato, 53 san francisco. to the east bay, the warm spot up to 55 to oakland, san jose, mountain view. keep in

mind we have a high surf advisory and affect intel tomorrow. we could see those wells getting at tell us about 14-17 ft.. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., wet, windy weather continues. slight chance of showers in through the weekend and next week. >> erica: strong wind advisor reese issued for all the bridgesissues for all the b. the california highway patrol is asking that you drive with extra caution, keep both hands on the steering will apply that same advice to southbound- 101. so far, so good, no accidents. a pretty good right. i want to showod ride. t,

and northbound-10132280 is shut down. do to an earlier injury accident. several more hours to go, you have to find your way around until 8:00 a.m. we do have reports of flooding where 1013 highway-1. >> james: let's head of sad comment jackie sissel is out and about, giving us a firsthand look. you're at the richmond the san rafael bridge jackie? >> reporter: yes. there is a high wind advisory. the flights are not moving that much. the one thing you will notice is how what is. a lot of overnight rain. --how

will it is.if you are driving fw erica's instructions give yourself extra time. there's lots of cooling water. >> james: thank you, will transmit their roads to show us what thousands of drivers will face. >> will: i am driving southbound 680, fremont a san jose. it is wet, cold, windy, dark. the reason i mention that is the rain came down so much, so quickly, there are puddles of water on their roadway. it's not a problem at this time because traffic is so light. mix up, you can imagine what kind of problems that will create. so make sure, you keep plenty of distance between

you and the car in front of you. you can see by my windshield wipers just how much of the rain is coming down. i will have more rain coverage through for you throughout the morning. >> james: the wind and the rain is causing problems for pacific gas and electric company, they had power and riches. we call them, lafayette is reporting 340 customers without power. danville 540, danville along finley 135, half moon bay 3608 customers without electricity. we will wait for word on when they will restore. if they do not cause flight delays, there's another reason you may want to call ahead. united continental says nearly 100

of its 757 aircraft have been granted well they perform maintenance checks that were not completed earlier. yesterday, it costs 17 flights canceled. and delays as well. the delays could extend into the morning. call ahead, just to make sure your flight is still there. we will have the latest on our website at www.kron4.com. new details, at berkeley, city council has rejected a measure that would avert rechas welcome to fe prisoners to settle in berkeley. a loss in a four- one though. it would offend last guantanamo detainees there were cleared to resettle in the u.s.. that went down in defeat last night. still no word on the

the vote at berkeley on whether to fund same-sex change operations for employees. if approved they would put aside $20,000 a year for the operation. no decision, we will let you know. continuing his work to save taxpayer dollars and jerry brown has issued a hiring freeze. that freeze along with the cutback of state is to cell phones is estimated to save it about simoney. back in the bay area, oakland may be sending out pink slips to the teachers for the first time in years. a letter posted on the web sites as a significant number of teachers, staff may get

notices. it also says that principals, administrators may be reassigned next year. there's a lot that requires districts to warn certain employees of the possibility of layoffs. san francisco state university is looking at trimming down to save money. the university faces a $32 million shortfall. on the table are plans to reduce the number of colleges from 8-6. saves about $1 million in all. under that plan as estate would keep the colleges of business, health, human science and creative arts. behavior, social science, humanities, a communications will be absorbed into other colleges or combined under a new call out of lipper cards.liberal arts. the book ste borders has filed for bankruptcy protection.

they're closing 30%, 200, no word on how many bay area stores will be impacted. the company will receive $5.5 million in so-called debtor in possession financing. to help it reorganize and come back out of bankruptcy. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. let's go back inside, a look this morning as we continue to fall weather around the bay, late at this hour, we do a lot of standing water. the rain is blowing the winwe have high wins for just about every bridge.

>> james: here's a look at storm tracker 4, you can see the rain is falling at a year concord.up near concord. it

adding to that standing water, be ready for a wet morning commute. other headlines, johnson and johnson has recall 70,000 syringes, but it's in the septic check after finding that some of the pre filled syringes may have cracks. it could affect the drugs sterility. it affects lots of its objections, the crack is covered by the label and is not detectable by the user. do not use it. take it back. a new report from the world bank says global food prices have hit dangerous levels. it could push millions into poverty. global prut food prices have jumped 29%, they hit people

hardest in the developing world because they spend half their income just to buy food. the new study found that problem drinking during adolescence is never a face. they examined alcohol dependence and found more drinking related problems experienced at age 18 were associated at alcohol dependents at age 25. it's stronger in females than males. another developing story, more than a dozen lawsuits have been filed against california real to help change the collective cuts. six coats are part of the customer's address which is not allowed to be requested during transaction. wal-mart, target, macy's are some of the genes that have been hit with lawsuits. if you think flights are carted them you better buckle up air travel is expected to more than double in the next 20 years.

its annual forecast also predicts u.s. airlines will carry 1 billion passengers by 20-21. the demand is growing on a global square there will be 3.3 billion travelers by 2014. they issued that forecaster earlier this week. delta sky miles are now could for effort. the airline says it's gotten rid of the expiration date. they're now could forever.good forever. it o reward the loyalty of their flyers. the internet's a vigorous search engine is trying to soar to new heights. google is pushing to become the main hub by hang oubuying out itea i. travel

sites like expedient and toss to say they will not be able to compete. the u.s. justice apartment is expected to decide what it thinks about that $700 million deal. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. it is a wet one out there, here is a live look at the richmond san rafael bridge give yourself extra time traffic will be slower this morning.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a shot of 267 and no. start up in the sierra, you can see the snow coming down. today, tomorrow, high winds, a lot of wind gusts. bring your chains, you will need them. we have conditions that are right for what their conditions. >> louisa: no surprise that

there is a winter storm warning, noticed this area of pink greater press aides here, 50. we will continue to see that heavy snowfall along the day. when guests are up to 50 mi. per hour. we're expecting to feet of snow above that five dozen foot level. two-4 in. below the 5,000 ft. level. as james mentioned when you have these really strong winds it creates and blowing snow, without conditions it could be a day for road closures. rate now we're looking at some cells to danville, san ramon. also the east bay. still picking up quite a bit of rain. along the peninsula from san mateo south word. starting to taper and out in downtown san francisco you

can see palo alto down to the south bay still looking at quite a bit of rain. morgan hill, ore. 101 heading down into gilroy picking up those really heavy rainfall rates. sustained winds of about 20 mi. an hour. 23 per oakland. 17 to napa, future cast four keeping a good chance of rain around. 9:00, the bay bridge picking up heavy downpours. the intensity lets up as we had to these late morning hours. by the afternoon we bring of these chances again. simply keeping that chance of rain around for a good portion of that day. here is a look at

your 7 day around the bay. more wet weather tomorrow, get ready for a fairly wet end to the workweek. saturday, sunday less of a chance of rain. erica? >> erica: i am calling this a potential hot spot northbound 101-280 is shutdown. this look tirawill cre a lot of extra pressure because it shut down until adm. and i use of extra time on san francisco freeways. in addition to this hot spot, we're checking high wind advisories issued for bay area bridges. that is the case here at the bay bridge toll plaza. so far, so good. we do have reports of

standing water. keep that in mind. like conditions drive time of 9-10 minutes. you can apply that same device to the golden key, south bound, 101. traffic is nice, light. overall pretty good conditions for your ride of novato. if you're heading to the sierra, chain requirements in effect for interstate-80. you need to change for highway 50. and heavy 88.highly-88. >> james: oakland police call it one of the biggest jerk us in years. it happened in oakland at 61st street. police say they confiscated harassment, cocaine, a crystal meth, $8,800 in cash. the suspect

lives at the home, he is taken in to arrest. martinez is taking and let them alkyl marijuana today. they're holding a hearing tonight to discuss the possibility of dispensaries in the city is set for 7:00 p.m.. an appeals court has upheld the death sentence of a man who murdered a cranston in 1985. he was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989 for the murder of a university graduate. in tuesday's ruling denied circuit court rejected their banks claim that his lawyer was incompetent. souter residence requesting a

hearing he says he was concerned that the drastic reduction would lead to new a corresponding increase. two senate democrats are urging major league baseball and the players' union to ban smokeless tobacco. products like dick, to endanger players' health and send a dangerous message to fans. bad news for barry bonds as a judge ruled prosecutors in the perjury trial can play a secret reporting that they say shows the baseball' stars discussing drugs. this

synthesis care giants back on the job, this time there suiting up as defending world champions. pitchers, catchers begin their spring training workouts. there's tim, there's wilson, getting geared up for next season. the nfl is sweetening its offer is to super roll ticket holders who did not have a seat on game day. reports say they are now offering those fans $5,000 or more if there or expenses related were higher. they said they would paphian three times the value of the tickets which is about $2,400 they have now doubled that. authorities declared hundreds of seats to be unsafe because they had been inspected by the fire marshal that left four understands who had bought tickets without any were to sit. some are talking legal

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♪ ♪ >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. storm tracker 4, a shot were the rain is falling. mostly in the east and the peninsula. the north bay which was getting hit is getting a break we are seeing showers up near santa rosa. we have rain on the lake. president obama will be touching down at sfo to mock for meeting with tech executives. the president's last visit to the bay area was back in october for pre-election fund-raising. >> reporter: this time the president is expected to

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♪ ♪ >> darya: one minute before 5 a.m., rain is hitting the bay area and we are tracking the storm. will see the rain of the today. >> mark: windy advisor is posted on bay area bridges. >> darya: this means now in tahoe as much as 2 ft. is expected. we'll have a look at that coming at. we will focus on the bay area rain and where it is really coming down hard. >> louisa: you may notice a

lot of light rain and fat intake from quebec, it is this the bay that is getting hammered. red around gilroy, morgan hill, all that yellow is where the rainfall rates are coming down on around an inch per hour. as we take it up, the heavier stuff is further south. the dark. the grain gets that is the heavier rain. it is really starting to see the rain scene of. it is a light rain. fremont heavier downpours. for the most part we will continue with this wet weather to a good portion of that day. sustained winds are about 21 mi. an hour. 23 oakland. 14 fairfield. rain is not expected to lead up as a head to the day today. the

best chance of rain down to the set bay. by 9:00 we could see another cell making its way through. this is where we'll deal with the rain letting up, picking up again. up into the north bay, see the rain pick up again into the afternoon. spotty showers continue. certainly keeping his chances around here at the day. currently in the '50s in san francisco, oakland, hayward. fairly mild start the day, after new highs into the 50s. 50 napa, downtown san francisco coming in around 53 degrees. some of the warmer spots, oakland, coast 53 degrees. along the coast we're expecting some pretty high surf. the highest possible

surf expected this morning parade around sunrise. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. wet, windy weather at threat the rest of the workweek slight chance s shares continues. in london as getting down below freezing. ram closers and winded pfizer's this morning. an early-morning accident shut down the ramp. >> george: that is not from right now it is likely to be a huge problem later on. natalie l. long 101 but also likely to affect the 280 commute, and the james lick freeway. a lot more traffic along the sky way. some zines for damage during an early morning accident

they don't expect to get this open until 8:00. at present it's that big a problem but it builds this will turn into a hot spot affecting 101 ind 280. the ramp that is closed is the connector. so even if you normally just take 101 straight to to the city you are in heavier than usual traffic on lot of folks that like to use the 280 extension are not going to be able to this morning. that means extra pressure on the army street off ramp. not a problem yet, it will be through the commute. as well as here in the east bay, the connector from 80 to 280. is shut down so all that traffic will go into the macarthur macarthur maze. most of the traffic

will likely just turn on 2980 to reconnect with the nimitz. the connecting ramp from 80-2808 shut down. the bay bridge, one of several bay area bridges is under when the advisory it includes all the caltrans bridges except the carotene is bridge. looking at the golden gate bridge, pretty lights, there in the process of reconfiguring the span. mark? >> mark: more now on the windy advisories, kron4 is jackie sissel is watching conditions. >> reporter: it seems like we've been in a wind advisory for the last week or so. once again, we are in effect again. a lot of standing water not only on

the bridge but says. you can see how what it is. you can see this slate starting to get whipped around. i am not sure how long that when the advisory is in effect. the wind it is extremely strong wind gusts up ports to 30-35 mi. an hour. we'll keep monitoring the situation and pass it along. >> darya: with the the malaguena and no wind rain intoc gas and electric company is dealing with power outages. lafayette = 340. danville = 540. danville along finley = 135. half moon bay and miramar = 3608. if the

weather doesn't cause flight delays, there is another reason, united continental holdings says nearly 100 7 5/7 have been grounded. the drug has caused 17 flights canceled and an unspecified number of delays to complete maintenance checks there were not done. those delays could continue this morning. >> mark: berkeley city council has rejected a measure that would have welcomed freed guantanamo bay detainees to settle there. it would've asked congress to allow prisoners to were cleared of wrongdoing to settle in the united states and invite one or two to live in berkeley. we're still waiting for word on whether not to fund a sex change operations for city

employees. if approved they would go but aside 20,000 letters a year for the operations. >> darya: 5: 0 7:00 a.m. is a very quiet day out there, if you're up you might want to get out a little earlier between the wind in the rain. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. [ male announcer ] hands free driving. cars that park themselves. an unmanned car driven by a search engine company. we've seen that movie. it ends with robots harvesting our bodies for energy. [ engine revs ] this is the all new 2011 dodge charger. leader of the human resistance.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look 50, they are dealing with in some instances is white out conditions. chain requirements in effect. winter storm warning in effect, snow levels down to 4,000 ft.. potential wind gusts up to 50 mi. per hour. we're looking to-4 in. below 5000, 2 ft. of snow above 5,000 ft.. blowing snow could close a red,

causing weather conditions. bring your chains give yourself extra time. >> darya: thank you, new details on president obama, which he's doing. he's meeting with leaders in the senate talk about the budget, warning congress not to send him a spending bill would address his remarks. a measure needed to keep the government operating past early march. it would cut $61 billion by scaling back or eliminating hundreds of programs. the presences cuts like that could step tight federal agencies cannot. he's vowing to veto anything destructive. >> mark: waiting for the opening bell on wall street markets are poised for cause a stir. futures are up, as slate of economic reports will be released today. also

new january housing starts. and the federal reserve is unveiling their minutes from their jury interest meaning. personal computer maker dell says its quarterly profit more than double. billionaire investor nelson peltz is offering $7 billion to come by of family dollar stores. >> darya: borders is out, filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. the 40 year-old company plans to close 30% of its stores, 200 stores closing over the next couple of weeks. they will receive $505 million in debt or possession financing. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. will handle the latest as we're tracking the storm in the bay area still some very wet weather set of the golden gate. heavy rain in the

livermore and down around san jose. watching the wins and two big traffic problems. details coming up.

>> darya: thank you, for way to get the kron 4 morning news. we have our eye on whether because the storm is here. it is more ferguson on the seventh bayfocus on this up >> louisa: still dealing with light showers spt he tended to places like morgan hill getting some really heavy downpours rainfall rates over 1 in. per hour. san martine, moderate, east and 19 getting some strong downpours. even little bit of snow. not just rain in our forecast, as you head to the south, wet weather is

stretching all the way down into palo alto, san jose. here's a look at your wind speeds, 13 mi. an hour wind speeds their teen fairfield, as we take it today keeping the chances of rain around for quite some time. the best chance of rain continues by 7:00. as a ticket to the morning continue to see some cells working their way through. again, we'll catch these breaks here and there light showers. we can experience the accused or down peru's crop. evening commute sure as the north bay will be active. spotty showers continue re-enter into thursday morning. 45 santa rosa, 50 oakland. by the

afternoon bringing this hasn't the 50s. about 50 for novato, napa, san rafael. we will keep the temperatures and to the mid-50s for redwood city and oakland. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. wet, windy weather continues for the rest of the week. slight chance by the weekend. temperatures over the weekend actually expected to dip down below freezing. george. >> george: still tracking hot spots, what's happening in san francisco is sure to become a hot spot. the closure of the connector ramp from northbound 1 01 onto northbound 280 you are not able to get on to the to eight year extension. if your coming him daly city

you'll be able to continue on to the to its your extension. there was an early morning accident that damaged a sign that has to be repaired. it is hanging down over the roadway. that is why this emergency road work is happening. this would jim up 101, 280 and put heavy traffic on the james lick. our other ramp closures are in the east bay, it is the connecting ramp from westbound 80 on to the nimitz completely shut down. although the traffic management center tells me that is likely to reopen by 7:00. your alternate is 580- east bound. one lane and that connector is shut down. this is emergency road repair these grants could open as early as 1.5 hours. now back up or delay but the potential for huge problems

exist. when the advisory in effect for all bay area bridges except that benicia bridge. t m c just confirming those when the advisers are still in effect although it is light traffic at the toll plaza for the bay bridge, a golden gate still in the process of reconfiguring the lanes. as they move the pile on server adding one more lane southbound. mark. >> i am driving southbound 680 from fremont to san jose it is wet, cold, windy and more poor and the it is dark. the reason i mention that is the rain came down so quickly that there are puddles of water on the roadway. it will be a problem at this time because traffic is so late. but when it picks up you can imagine

what kinds of problems that will create. spin out, hydroplaning, make sure you keep plenty of distance between you and the car in front of you. you can see by my windshield wipers adjust, to the rain is coming down. i will have more rain coverage for use through the morning. >> darya: continuing his work to save scarce taxpayer dollarsgov. jerry brown instituted a hiring freeze across state government tuesday, citing the state's $25.4 billion budget deficit and the need for state agencies to cut millions in expenses. the executive order by brown bars state agencies from hiring new workers, converting part-time positions into full-time positions or transferring employees between agencies or departments. he also prohibited departments from hiring outside contractors to make up for the freeze. the move follows earlier executive orders in which brown slashed the number of state-funded cell phones and cars being used by public employees. worst-case scenario sent us this budget

officials warned massive layoffs could come there, including police officers, firefighters. they say as many as three and 49 officers and one for five firefighters could be laid off, to cut close to a quarter of the the city's public safety employees from the rolls. they're looking at millions of dollars in other cuts including chevron off neighborhood street lights and eliminating some of the gang prevention programs. there's never been a major layoff of police workers in san jose. this is the second year and narrow that at least a permit is facing layoffs. >> mark: fbi and u.s. postal inspectors are investigating a letter that may have sickened to a veterans hospital worker. and clark felt something pretty when you open hospital. he felt nauseous,

vomited. the other 150 people working in this building adjacent to the hospital were evacuated for the rest of the day but the hospital is operating normally. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. are a big story the weather, traffic let's take a live look here at storm tracker 4 air showing you, there is some rain up north of san rafael. but there is a huge sell in the south bay we have san mateo, san jose and really a debate downpour in livermore.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. to the delegates turned trecker scene with the rain is falling most to the east and the seventh day there are some showers falling in the north bay. san rafael, hobbyists rain falling over the big 200 of an inch falling renown as a slide the maps further to the cells that we are seeing more intense showers. here's a quick example of this

cell. you're looking at almost a half inch per hour falling at this point. also following the winds here's a quick look, 13 mi. an hour of russophile, 12 in san jose guests are strong enough that we have wind advisories in effect issued by the california highway patrol for every bridge except for the benicia. more weather, traffic coming year. >> darya: thank you, labor strikes in egypt continued despite the military warning for them to stop. hundreds of airport employees are protesting inside the arrival terminals they are demanding wages, health coverage, dozens of a factor workers striking overpay and unsafe conditions. it was prompted by the presence exit. yemen has sent 2000 policemen into the streets to try and put down protests against the

u.s. allied president. the policeman including plain clothes officers fired in the air blocking thousands of university students from joining the protest. this marks the sixth day of protest. >> mark: in the meantime here is a live shot, this is a reporter rating for his live shot. it is really coming at and the sierra. his tough getting up there. it can't be fun reporting there. more on this node totals coming up.

>> darya: midmorning, when you get that you have probably are the heard the wind but you will notice it, as you are driving around it will impact traffic you might want to leave little early. here's a shot of the bay bridge come on the right the golden gate they look

ok, we do have some heavy downpours. >> louisa: really in the sf bay, still continuing with heavy downpours we have a shot of the south bay, san jose shaking around slightly. winds are dying down, over 90 got testy. berkeley 29, oakland hills 41, san rafael 60, burlingame 58 sfo, 44. richmond 39. certainly very strong winds at there. right now most of the activity-it to this as bay. we will show you radon from gilroy to morgan hill we action have a sell rate to the monterey highway along 101 we're also looking at some snow fall into mount tam will send.

not just rain. along the peninsula light showers from san mateo cells word. palo alto picking up heavier rain. wind speeds are starting to come down. just the past hour we saw those wind gusts up boards to 25 mi. an hour. future cast is continuing to keep as active through the morning by 7:00, the bulk of the wet weather will continue to stay into this of they also into the livermore. that is not the end did written to the peninsula you can see is cell working its way through bringing some heavier downpours to san francisco, continued to catch some breaks, light rain and occasional cell with heavier downpours evening commute brings a chance of rain up into the north bay spotty showers continue rain onto the evening up until midnight even into early morning hours thursday

continue getting a chance of what weather. current temperatures 48 san francisco, 46 san rafael. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the high 7 to the mid-50s. staying in the '50s, calling it off as we had through the end of the workweek slight chance of showers and to the weekend. george. >> george: winded pfizer's ad rep closers is what we're tracking, we will start with the ramp closers. the ramp closures from westbound 880 per on the southbound 80 are in the process of being reopened. so is the ramp leading from here, why spend 80 into 580. before you couldn't have cared to reach castro and now you can. one lane had been shut down but i just got up the phone with traffic management center they have

confirmed that the last of that phones are being picked up as we >> .. this enclosure from 101 onto 280 the connecting ramp from northbound bayshore freeway onto the 280 extension is shut down for sign repair. it has to be repaired before the road we can be reopened that may not occur in just before 8:00. it is not a problem now is sure to be a huge hotspot later on. you might want to think about getting on interstate 280 and then you'll be able to continue on to the extension you could cut over at 380. that is a long way around for sure. but trust me when i say city streets, bay shore, all of those are going to get jammed this morning.

this road closure is expected to last until nearly the clock. not get a hot spot but surely to become one. when the advisories for all bay area bridges. that includes a richmond san rafael, san francisco oakland, san mateo bridge, where traffic is still pretty good there you see the changeable message and high winds for this bridge as well also for dan burton in golden gate. not often we see them there. that is what we have even with the light traffic. >> darya: thank you, prosecutors filed felony charges against a san francisco more tree directorsan francisco mortuary. director cheated at least seven families by preselling funerals to the living, then spending the money and leaving nothing for his customers' burials when they died.derek washington of oakland, who ran the funerals by washington mortuary on lasalle avenue in the bayview neighborhood until it closed in january 2009, swindled his customers out of at least

$30,000.prosecutors filed felony grand-theft charges tuesday against washington, 38. he swindled his customers at of the least $30,000. facing a maximum of 17 years in prison. oakland city attorney is pushing for a second to gain in junction. he once an injection for free tell. barring a lead to gain members from hanging out with each other. in the meantime lawyers will call witnesses who say will >> on the harm that this will cause. >> mark: oakland may be sending at peak slugs or the first time in years. a letter posted said a significant number of teachers and staff could again notices. state law

requires school districts war and certain employees the possibility of layoffs by march 14th. san francisco state university is looking to trim down. they're facing a $32 million budget gap. under each proposal, the campus would continue to have its four colleges of business, ethnic studies, health & human services and science & engineering. the college of creative arts would also remain, but might be called the college of creative arts & communication. gone would be the colleges of behavioral & social science and humanities. in their place would be a new college of liberal arts. >> darya: uc-berkeley plans to spend $5,000 creating new foreign language class is. the money is from increased fees and an increase in head of state and foreign enrollment. they're ready spend money adding space in

chemistry, map, statistics as was reading and writing. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. as we take a look good traffic is backed up looks like they're waiting to put on the chains as it's a rough ride up over the passes strong gusty winds.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. we are still tracking the storm, most of the rain on the peninsula, the east bay, the south bay rainfall rates not to impress of a lot of this is light rain. done in the sense they were seeing some of the yellow, rain fell rates up near-inch per hour or more. strong enough and fact that there high wind advisories for every single bridge except for that benicia bridge. it affects the coastline from point reyes down to moderate. we will see swells

from 14-17 ft.. the highest of these wells of sunrise. more weather and traffic in a bit. >> darya: thank you, credit card interest rates are climbing this is not clear why then new studies suggest they are the reflection of the struggling economy that's contrary to the refrain for the type of regulations that enforce things to come rask costs to consumers. the average rate rose to 13.44%. a unit of johnson and johnson has recalled 70 nelson syringes and the anti saccadic trek. after finding that some of the pre filled syringes may have cracks which could affect the drugs so the. in the letter promises to health-care providers to the

voluntary recall of fixed hundred and 34 mg strengths infections. the crack is covered by the label so as not detectable by the user. >> mark: morning isabel less still just as a warning and the thousands of layoffs as many of 7300 school employes could be laid off before the upcoming school year it trent is closing $410 million budget shortfall. whether and what doesn't teachers, nurses, counselors as will some 22,000 administrators could be affected. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. and live look here at the james lick, trying delrina as we see the heavier rain in the seventh in the east bay as the storm is starting to push up in the area. in the meantime the power of bitches. puzzles some connector ramp closings. more and weather and traffic as the news continues.

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>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. even see the rain tapering off, it is a little windy. >> louisa: light the net little bit this morning you can see a tapering off in the north bay still from san mateo soap were dealing with credit of what what their faces like campbell, cupertino. and at and to mount hamilton actually even getting some snowfall. you can see there rainfall reader and soaks san francisco, starting to pick up. some showers along highway 37 as we head towards vallejo and i-e zero80. there is a winter storm warning in effect,

until 4:00 tomorrow. expecting to feet of snow above the 5,000 ft. level. 2-4 below. with strong winds, gusting up to 50 mi. an hour. trading light of conditions. future cast shows us that we will continue with fairly wet weather. period's end up trying, the occasional heavier downpour pushing to it holding a and the cambridge. 10:00 we will continue seeing straw hours. everyone stands a chance for rain continuing threat the day. spotty showers in the north bay, this continues until a late evening hours. early morning tomorrow. right now sitting in the '40's. 46 san rafael. the afternoon will bring us an

abundance of temperatures into the fifties. 50 degrees and to novato and napa. mid- 50s to the east bay into redwood city. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. wet weather rain and to the rest of the week. saturday-sunday slight chance of showers. keeping and the overnight temperatures. inland expected to dip them below freezing could we get to morning frost. temperatures getting down to 27 degrees. >> george: we are contending with a lot of weather- related problems. wind advisories for nearly all bay area bridges. richmond san rafael is wonder wunder a wind address 3. it has been moved over to the toll plaza. there is still

somewhat sluggish traffic east bound. benicia bridge is under of wind advisories. cortines is not. it is not often that when the price reached thus far sold but the house this morning. bridge check, they bridge westbounbay bridge westbound. wt pavement but drug it is living well traffic is moving w golden gate, a look at the commute, when 01 southbound is moving well. when the advisory is in effect. ramped closure, it is here in san francisco, and northbound run 01 to the northbound 280 connector was closed in the early-morning hours and an overhead sign was damaged. that accident

is cleared but the repair to design continues and is a post to continue through the commute. rain and there are no backups to where this ramp connects here but is likely to jam up because the amount expected to open until 8:00. >> darya: thank you, we went to give you an update on the power outages around the bay area. these a of the latest numbers of people still without power danville/l a lull = 438. or rented = 220. half moon bay = 443. oakland hills = 99. millbrae = 291. hough old the people

in oakland where it out or because of a car hitting a pole. lawmakers have agreed to pay 4 million voters to teenage boy who was beaten and starved by his aunt. the industry's see here is awaiting trial on charges that similarities cause the debt of the boys twin sister. the payment is designed to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of the boy >> mark: . barry bonds' jury will probably hear part of a secret recording of a trainer who claims he provided steroids to the former san francisco giants star. in a ruling yesterday, u.s. district judge susan illston said she was inclined to allow prosecutors to use an edited version of the recording of trainer greg anderson in their effort to convict baseball's home run champion of perjury. he set to go on trial for a line to tigre injurythe grand j.

lance armstrong and is calling this one retirement 2.0. after months finishing 65th, six years removed from the last of seven straight to their friends titles. he made clear there's no reset button he is leaving professional racing for good. his retirement and a comeback effort that will it to the top of fro. >> darya: is busy but live in will we will be right back..

>> james: the following a storm system moving on through the main front edges moving through, you see that yellow. behind it we're getting a lot of cold air and pop showers although we will have steady rain duded day to day you are going to get them brief downpour here and there as a move

throughout the day. that's the name of the game as we go to the evening hours. much more detail on your forecasts coming up in a bet.

>> darya: minute before 6:00 a.m., an early morning accident has closed down a busy intersection >> mark: we are tracking miss storm through the bay area wind advisories we will have the latest. >> darya: sierra is getting dumped on, when a jury weather, the air advisories' and how many feet they expect to fall as we head into holiday weekend for a lot of people. >> mark: united airlines grounding planes for emergency maintenance. we have flight

delays for lot of flights. let's look outside the golden gate on the left, wet and windy. but it's good of the weather center. >> darya: you might be waking up and thinking it's easing off but it depends on where you are right now. >> louisa: nothing to heavy bout we could see occasional shower today. it will be another what they pyrrhic radar is giving you an idea of where most of the wet weather is. down south san mateo, and in the south bay, that's where most of the wet weather is right now. dark green around 1 01, dealing with heavier down imports. mt. hamilton a bit of snow this morningdownpours.