tv KRON 4 Early News KRON March 3, 2011 6:00am-7:00am PST
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>> mark: at 6:00 a.m., and inmate walks out of the county jail. they ought not hunt for him. >> darya: the final day of three days of hearings in the deadly december gas line explosion. >> mark: numbers just released in 30 minutes, shows a number of american troop questing unemployment reaches a three- year low. >> james: watching the weather
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we have a decent cell move in through milpitas right now we will have more on that. >> mark: authorities the looking for an inmate who walked out of jail this happened around 6:00 p.m. last night he somehow made it and of an area in the jail. they noticed he was missing at 11:00 p.m. last night when they did head count. he was wearing a gray sweat suit when hehe escaped. they don't often to jail for lot or human error. 17 protesters were arrested last night after refusing orders to leave you see barkley building. it was a rally against budget cuts against public education. this is about 9:30 p.m. officers told the protesters
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that they would be closing the building and 30 minutes. they had to leave or go to jail. when ahold closed officers went inside 17 protesters were in a circle with their arms linked. >> 9:30 p.m. large number of police came and went right here. started positioning themselves around us. a 11:10 p.m. they started issuing disbursement orders. a number of people sat there appearethat. >> mark: 14 protesters were cited and released. three of a cylinder awaiting a court hearing this morning. >> darya: several narcotics officer suspected of setting off a false police reports. they are
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contradicted by to surveillance video spirit this first video shows police bursting into a home at the henry hotel. removing and handcuffing a man. according to the reports submitted, the officer say they partially opened the door after knocking. got a global permission to enter and arrested the man after finding him a wind and crack. in the second case for officers responding to the hotel. the police report stated, the officers were met in the hallway by a woman who voluntarily open the door to alar" william. but it shows the officer covering the camera. at their officers ordering a woman to open the door. they said they talk to a man inside who told them he was on probation.
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according to the public defender's office there were never any conversations with the occupant of the room. >> police burst into a home, it appears ritually of bursting into homes without warrants, and then lying after the fact to protect the fruits of their misconduct. >> if you can't trust the word of a police officer, it calls into question and what are they doing out there? >> darya: after the video evidence was presented the second case was dismissed. the first case was dismissed the next day. >> mark: the final day of a three day hearing by the safety board into the san bruno deadly gas line explosion the third and final day today appeared they will discuss pipeline technology today. he said he was unaware of
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the pipeline that runs under the neighborhood. pg&e argues it holds meetings was the year for firefighters to talk about pipelines, there is a federal what side with maps of gas lines. we will listen and and bring you some more of the hearing as soon as it gets under way. >> darya: 6:05 a.m. on a look at the weather. it is drizzly, leghorn.we were lingering.lengl >> mark: we're looking for a fairly dry day. morning showers on tap for this morning, they will be very light, very quick. tomorrow a great day to be outside. sunny and warm. you like what you see here sunday.
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we will be watching that as it approaches. this is storm tracker 4. down in the south along the peninsula we see some sprinkles here and there. some coming up on highway 1, also highway 9, we had a drizzly event. there we see it, also by milpitas, it is tracking to the east. so far, a calm day out there. much better than yesterday. here is a satellite view the clouds could hold a chance of a sprinkler two through the afternoon but it will be more dry and wet. earlier i said we were looking for fifties to turn into 40's.
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44 napa, 49 in oakland, 49 in los gatos as well. upper 50s are low 60s this afternoon, san jose looking worn down their 64 degrees. sunday forecast, a break tomorrow, the rain returned sunday. let's get a check on your commit this morning with george. >> george: still quiet in the traffic department. no hot spots to slow you drive. the bay bridge looks good light traffic still, the meter lights will be activated and 10 minutes. san mateo bridge ride still uneasy one, no delay to the westbound traffic on the right side of your screen. the golden gate bridge still an easy ride for marin county. interstate 80 in your ride along the shore freeway, your trip headed down to laspast the richmond parkwayf
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>> darya: 60 7:00 a.m. in looks like there's moisture on the bridge almost body drizzle. visibility is good there, we are starting to get rid of the storm system from yesterday. we are looking for high of 57 in san francisco this afternoon. >> mark: fewer people filed for unemployment last week as the labor department reported less than an hour ago. the number dropped by 20,000. any consistent number under 375 will
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make a dent in the unemployment number. this is the third decline in four weeks. figure was a good month for retailers, reporting gains that beat wall street expectations. target was slightly below. it's the key indicator on retailer health. worries are growing that rising gas prices could is up spending money on other items. >> darya: speaking of gas prices we will be back with more of a couple of minutes many places in the bay area over the $4 mark for a gallon of gas.
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>> mark: from florida of this woman is charged with the killing of her two year-old daughter they are answering questions about what her daughter said to the police. anthony said her daughter disappeared but did not report it to police until a month later. we will monitor this hearing. >> darya: 6:16 a.m. crews are cleaning up by a landslide that covered up highway 1. there is the mud, dirt, rocks. it slid down north of stinson beach. it happen before 7:00 p.m. last night they'll of digging through the mess and cutting trees. italian and they have opened up one lane. that clean uthey havee already. >> mark: today will be different
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from yesterday. sonoma county did see the most rain yesterday, some of placeplaces of 2 in.. ws to show you where you were dictated how much rain you saw yesterday. we're starting off today with fog in the north bay, light schuller's about. this afternoon a lot more sun and less rain. we will dry things out this evening with temperatures on the mild side fled day it will be a milside. f woodside, this bill is moving towards redwood city. it is very light. --this cell--highway one
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pescadero very light rain. things are drying out. that will be the situation as you drive to work. the wide view shows you the clouds had it all away. we will hold a chance for scattered showers. on the mild side more '40's than 50 spirit we're cooling as we approach sun rise. 60 in concord, 61 in san jose, fremont probably the warmer spot around the bay at 64. 7 day forecast shows a great day tomorrow temperature in the mid- 60's, saturday looking great,
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there rain kicks and saturday evening in the north bay moving in bay area wide sunday. let's check on your commute with george. >> george: still quiet on the commute. no hot spots or problem store your drivto worry your drs on 92 across the san mateo bridge, you can see it is smooth in both directions. golden gate bridge no delays southbound those are the headlights coming in from marin county. let's check the nimitz freeway, 880 headed up towards downtown oakland. there are nois no delay in either direction. >> darya: gas prices continues
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to rise. everything from food to clothing going up as well. c raig has not for us. >> craig: it is going up so fast it's hard to keep track. i was looking over at fuel gauge report dog, and they had a that $3.86. it is well past that in san jose i spotted $3.93. gas prices going up rapidly. this is a high and price you were looking at right here. i have a feeling it will be like that ever or else very soon. you have to get out your wallet and it's not even summertime. this is the slow time of year right now.
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>> darya: maybe is this kind of on the way to the airport or something? >> craig: we'll close to the airport. this is a forecast of were the plows prices tend to go for the rest of the bay area. already the prices are higher than $4.50 in the bay area. >> darya: i testified yesterday cost me $75 to fill up by take that hurt. >> mark: new details unless have been made for the murder of a jeweler. tony who was fatally st by san josa transient woman andn
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francisco man have been arrested connection with the burglary and owner.police found the body of lyn magnuson during a well- being check at his store at mason and lombard streets tuesday night. the victim had suffered a gunshot wound.on wednesday, san francisco police confirmed the arrest of two suspects in the case. tanya rains, 58, a transient woman, was arrested on suspicion of murder and burglary wednesday. evidence was found linking her to the scene.edward hawk, 31, of san francisco was also arrested on suspicion of burglary. he is not facing murder charges. it is unknown if the two worked together. prosecutors say norman supervise does his private investigator coacco-defendant pleaded not guilty to felony charges of selling stolen drugs. >> darya: south bay school was the target of arson last year is now dealing with another kind. two women embezzling $50,000 from trace elementary is pta, 48 year-old and, a former treasurer, and former president that nasa faces felony charges.
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these women spent the money on clothing, and vacation's over a two-year period. we spoke with parents appeared >> we worked so hard to make this a good school, to have members take much money for the children is horrendous. >> it take advantage of our kids and things we can have for the kids is take away because the money was stolen. >> it's unfortunate these adults took money from the children. it's devastating to know this. >> darya: they said the police had burned up in last summer's fire at the school. this the came to light when new officers
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>> darya: the 7 day around the bay, we have to get through couple of days where we have clouds and showers. friday and saturday look good. but then the last half of the weekend will rain all day sunday. by midweek look at how nice it is. because we have this nice storm, you can see tahoe look at the ros
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>> mark: welcome back, the opening bell is being run remotely from zatarain's. we will follow the latest on wall street what looks to be good day. we saw oil fall below $100 a barrel as well. live looks outside of our studio on the left-hand sid. snow in the sie'o to james. >> james: snow along 80, and 50. they had 6 in. of snow
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yesterday, another six overnight. 1 ft. of snow at the resorts. if your headed up there for the weekend friday, saturday, sunday. temperatures up near 46 degrees, saturday that clouds roll in. sunday more likely chance of snow. the afternoon highs getting higher, although we are well below freezing overnight. that is the way tahoe will headbefore you ts weekend. let's zoom in here around the bay. redwood city we have light rain between 280, 1 01. if you love out there you might see some drizzle out there. along highway 1, light showers there. the wider view
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showing you the clouds and the pacific, they are trekking towards the bay area. we are keeping a chance of a sprinkle in your forecast today. we had '50s on the map an hour ago but now we see '40's, we are dropping out a couple of degrees as we get sun rise. saturday will be fantastic for you before the showers rowland by evening. then everybody sees showers sunday. let's say good morning to george. >> george: the first of the act of the meter lights being activated. the first slowdown headed west. only affecting the customers that are using fast track this morning. cash customers get a good ride to the bridge. that seems to be offset
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somewhat. not tracking hot spots but we do have a problem on edie that may turn into one. first san mateo ride a smooth commute here as well as at the golden gate bridge for 1 01 south. i mentioned an accident on 80 it is at coulson, the left lane and the car pool lanes have been blocked so far no back up. it could turn 80 into a hot spot that it's out there for a while. mark? >> mark: the dow is up 126 points in three minutes since the opening bell. up over 1 per cent seeing show up rides in the nasdaq and the s&p as well. >> darya: final day of the three days of hearings in washington d.c. they are looking into the gas line explosion. we on half
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an hour into it, they will talk about pipeline technology today. this is alive look, we are monitoring get a lot of times it has get technical. we monitor it yesterday when they question the fire chief and fire chief said he was unaware of the pipeline running under the neighborhood. pg&e never told the department. pg&e said they hold a meeting to talk about pipelines. and there is a federal web site available with maps. san francisco police are looking for the man who shot, a man in the mission district. it happened shortly after noon yesterday near harrison and 24th. police say the victim was standing near a friend's car, somebody walked up and opened fire. the man is
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expected to survive, the shooter described as hispanic man mid- 20s. >> mark: investigation into misconduct and perjury at the police department. narcotics officers have signed off on pulps police report that contradicts surveillance video. the two cases have been dropped so for dozens of others have been looked into. >> reporter: to conferences at opposite ends of the hall of justice the district attorney and the police chief each gave their remarks on the surveillance video that could be incriminating. each said he is not ready to draw conclusions. >> they need to play by the rules, when we don't play by the rules the whole system crumbles. >> reporter: the prosecutor says this video is not enough to decide whether they broke the rules. >> we will have a thorough
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investigation of this case. >> reporter: the police chief said he has rejected the notion somebody ought to investigate. >> there's no reason i should recuse myself. >> these officers to serve out investigation like anything else they're innocent till proven guilty. >> reporter: 6 officers are on paid leave. two officers were involved in both incidents. and acknowledges the video tells a different story from their report. >> the the issues that don't match up. we will look into those. >> reporter: as for the officer who covers the surveillance camera. don't assume that's the officer's hand. i don't want a speculate. it will be a couple
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of weeks before he is going to draw a conclusion about the videos. >> darya: 6:36 a.m. back with more the moment. lets take a look at what mud creek 680 southbound visibility is good, it looks dry. [ son ] my parentsbe right . always lived in the states, until my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly, found their local deli, a few shortcuts and a neighborhood hangout. but there's one thing they miss...
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350,000 police officers, firefighters, teachers. senators pass legislation 17-16 vote yesterday with all the yes votes coming from republicans. fines and jail time for those who participate in strikes. they can negotiate wages, and other things but not sick benefits. >> darya: gingrich is going to talk about supply exploratory phase. he stopped short of an exploratory committee which what made him a candidate. he handed gop's first house majority in 40 years. the suspect in an attack on air force troops in frankfurt airport claims he
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three more were in jail overnight. will tran has more. now, here is a look at the weather. i saw police officers walking around with extra plastic handcuffs in case another protest broke out over night. i saw a security guard inside of the hall. it is quiet right now. the only thing that says there was a protest last night was this. a couple of brochures one says how to protest intelligently, this other one says fight back. reporting from uc-berkeley kron 4 news. >> darya: a look at side of our fake window. james lick roadway is dry, traffic is not so bad. it looks like we might see the sun. >> james: in the afternoon more than likely. right now we have a layer of clouds. the right through the san ramon valley looks good. we will deal with
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clouds through most of the morning, there may be a shower or two lastinout there. tomorrol be sunny and warm, sunny day bay area wide range.. highway 84 really like rain right now nothing will slow you down, 580 right near altamont pass we see a bit heavier out there. if you're coming in from tracy that roadway is damp. in the south bay near milpitas near downtown, that still looks like it's light there. also dealing
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with light fog. visibility down to less than a mile in san rosa. last check it wa. the satellite imagery handful of clouds making its way to the bay. it will be late rain nothing compared with i yesterday. this afternoon upper 50's, low '60s spirit tomorrow as i said it will be great, saturday fantastic, then another bout of rain sunday. let's say good morning to george. >> george: a good ride at the bay bridge, meter lights have been activated at 6:25 a.m. no hot spots for you. it has been lighter than usual and westbound direction. 1 01 southbound looks good coming through bring
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county, a little fog as james has talked about it especially near the north tower. in the sierra, 80 from king bell highway 50 chains required. highway 50 yoli chains, and 88. chains required as well as 880. >> mark: big question is the right to be an nfl games next year. this size have met for nine days before a federal mediator, no significant progress. how do divide $9 billion in revenue expanding the regular system season to 18 games and health-care benefits for retired players. and
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rookie wage scale. they have denied a report that suggests left-hander buries the dough is not sure spot on the giants' roster. zito remains his no. 4 starter and told him so earlier in the day. he also says there has been no talks suggesting otherwise appeared that chronicle said they talked to people close to the team. >> darya: zero: a's player was arrested yesterday for suspicion of drunk driving. they said they are aware of the situation and
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they take matters seriously. perfect shooting out just hours after getting at contract extension. the first round of the tiebreaker giving san jose sharks of victory last night. the sharks have won seven in a row. >> mark: they're doing great. we will be right back. alive look for our roof camera, the sun coming up a little sunshine with scattered showers.
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scattered showers today, catching a break tomorrow and part of saturday. it looks like rain saturday night into sunday. and a chance of showers on monday. >> darya: new rules which could put a leash on not just dogs but their owners. and professional dog walkers. last night that cooling gate national recreation area held an open house to get about dog leashes. it would significantly reduce where the dogs can be off the leash. >> reporter: dog owners arrived at high school with plenty of questions about the draft dog management plan. the proposal was released january, would reduce off leash areas. in lieu of a traditional open mike discussion. they fielded questions one-on-one. giving all
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a chance to be heard. >> does thiwhat does the plan mean? we want them to give us comments back. >> reporter: the plan would limit access to 21 different locations including popular destinations like christie field, and the word beach. restriction would vary from park to park. some areas would prohibit dogs altogether. they set up dozens of posters during the open house. the blue area indicates where dogs will be on a leash. many of those in attendance didn't like to see so much blue. >> i'm not opposed to all of them. but what they have decided is too restrictive. >> if there are restrictions the
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responsible people will continue to use the area, those responsible folks will be alienated. that will be a nightmare. >> reporter: other people said they supported the restrictions but did not want to be on camera. there will be three more open houses this week. >> this is not the final outcome tonight, we hope the comments will provide lets that.us that. >> mark: kron 4 returns and a couple of minutes of light bay bridge toll plaza. the news
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