>> james: good morning, coram, a warning this morning to people living in pleasant hill. personate a pg&e worker details coming up. --man is is posing as apt in workpacific gas and ec company worker. it is a wet morning let's get right to weather. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: good morning james, we are just looking

at a light misty rain. albany this morning, wet road race, we will continue with some drizzle. looks like we will start to dry of parliament teddy. a debate warm-up temperatures could jump into the '70s. nothing is showing up, nothing on the raider. nothing that is expected to accumulate. right now your temperatures and a warm send in the '50s in many locations. --warm side. south bay monday, san jose 53 degrees. right now your satellite, radar shows a lot of the wet weather stain to the north. --staying to the north. for us will stay dry

just bringing in a few clouds, a little bit of showers. it looks like continuing the sun and cloud cover. here temperatures expected to jump into the '60s. 647 lafayette and san francisco. about 64 san jose, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. it is much are in fact. rain back into the picture, another dry day on friday over the weekend, still keeping a slight chance of showers for some of it, sunday. monday

more showers. erica? >> erica: hotspot free commute. no major problems on the right. roadways. strong d advisory for the golden gate bridge. keep both hands on the wheel. san mateo, but rather made its way through. pretty good conditions. drive time 14 minutes from end to end. golden gate bridge, your ride that the north bay, very quiet. -- out of the north bay. require where the james lick museum bound central. drive time of just 14 minutes. >> james: thank you, a developing story coming of pleasant hill, residents are

being warned of a possible pacific gas and electric company's meter reader impersonator. to add to this happened last friday a man was seen coming from to records the man did not identify himself did not get proper righty just said he was from pacific gas and electric company when the victims confronted them the gun in his car and left. described as a man 5 ft.-10 in. tall. their skin the vehicle was a black toyota. new details regarding san bruno gas line explosion pacific gas and electric company replace the pipeline in san bruno in the '90s but stopped short of the section that failed. dutchman's contained by the mercury news showed that pacific gas and electric company decided not to take up that line because the company insisted there was no risk to the public. eugene cruz came with in 300 yds are replacing that line that failed. meanwhile the

san bruno city council is expected to meet tonight to talk about the cretac participation in the september 9th boston. 14 people are charged for refusing to leave during a protest last wednesday the demonstrations were out to protest bu budget cuts to education. some were charged with misdemeanor trespassing. vallejo police have identified the span as one of three suspects redress from last month, this is '20s year-old brooks, he was charged with stealing cash and wallets. police are seeking board for his arrest at this point there's a trend of find him.

the former commander of the neck cut its enforcement team will be in court today. norman welch has pleaded not guilty to 28 counts including stealing drugs from evidence blockers. another member of the team has been investigated and arrested as the investigation continues. new video has surfaced showing alleged police misconduct. you'll see it played out here, it shows her police lied reportedly. this for the video may mean more officers are called. >> reporter: watch closely as you can see he's running a black jacket, here's another one he captures them walking the stair wall

criminal defense attorney says after his client shown here walking down the halls is going into room and later arrested taken away from by police by are scarce. his attorney says it was in his jacket, the jacket confiscated was white, his client was wearing a black coat. >> the and officers made a false accusation and killed an innocent man until the charges were dismissed. when i heard the reports from last week i thought how similar mine was. no one brought this to the attention of him or anyone else. sir regis and i bring it yours. >> reporter: this is one of four videos that have surfaced showing alleged police misconduct. this

video also invokes another officer making the turbo officers now 8. >> james: we will follow more on that story as it develops. we are to take a quick break lou back with more headlines in just a minute. not a lot of traffic out there this morning there are few spots here and there we had drizzle over night it is still falling. we will be read back.right back.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. nice conditions today plenty of sunshine temperatures in the mid- 60's, to run the club strong in mid '70s. not bad. thursday, friday not bad. on and off drizzle activity due the week. more on your forecasts in a minute. world headlines, police have arrested a man in scotland in connection with a suicide

bombing the man was detained as part of an intelligence led operation into the attack on an iraqi born sweden who had spent time in britain bloom himself up injuring two people in a busy shopping street. no direct threat to scotland. libyan warplanes have launched two new air strikes tv at a counter- offensive to prevent the opposition from advancing towards the capital city. no word on casualties, when this is report that loyalists house tonsured is city closest to tripoli. egyptian officials say a court has rejected an appeal by the ousted president and his family to seize their friends.

mubarak said down after a 30 year rule in september. many believe the funds run into the billions with a much of the money sitting overseas. the body of a 22 your of u.s. exchange student missing since late last month has been found. the cause of death and not known no signs of foul play. u.s. army's soldier from san jose has been killed in afghanistan it happens saturday when he stepped on a bomb. he was based in hawaii, started his tour in august. the 31 year-old is survived by his pregnant wife and to europe sons. in national news was about may come down today or it may not, the senate appears likely to reject the slashing republican bill and the less ambitious democrat alternative. they're about

$50 billion apart. democrats say the gop bill goes too far public gives it a democrat does not do enough. president obama is headed to boston to promote his agenda and do fund-raising he will be talking education with this grant purpose. in the agreement has been reached between hilton and its auto workers and the 18th month long labor dispute. the 40 year contract includes increase wages pension, workload limits additional vacation time and maintain health care coverage for employees.

stocks are on the rise ahead of the bell hopeful sign that we may raise some of yesterday's losses on oil prices down 165. with no economic data on the agenda investors are likely to remain focused on the choruses. toyota says that global sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped 3 million units. the continued rise will help raise those. another quick look this morning this time from our roof camera so far, so good and nice day we are expecting although total debt out there a full look good to forecaster ed.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. winter is not over for upstate new york this is what people were kept to in hamilton sauce moving snow storm came by blanketing the area carrying cars that forced the cancellation of schools, class's low temperatures are expected to stay well below freezing for the rest of the week the possibility of even more snow come this weekend something they do not need. similar situation in vermont, is no there for 24 hours straight. in in nonstop. the pizza shop owner says he taught his driveway for * but it just kept coming. more than 10,000 customers are without power. road to shut down because of this note. --this

note. --the snow. tahoe, not as bad conditions there but we still have snow it will be good skiing come this weekend of the latest with louisa. >> louisa: wetter raise this morning. the rain that is coming down very light. were talking about misty rain drying out, mostly cloudy in the evening we will continue with a cloud cover we will start you off showing you where we are all little bit of what weather storm tracker not much activity however right around the immediate way we are picking up some sprinkles. down into san francisco, downtown san francisco began at some showers radon true north beach. oakland light rain as

well. down in the peninsula as you had a long 280380 moving along 101 picking up some light misty rain there as we ride it out you can see the bulk of the wet weather stays about to the north. once we had into the afternoon will dry about. it looks like we will continue to stay dry right now '40's, 50's warmer start this morning 54 san rafael, oakland 52 san francisco. by the afternoon looks like we will warmups' slightly temperatures dipping into the '60s we will continue with a steady stream of clara cover not just today, in to tomorrow. tomorrow, temperatures expected to skyrocket we could act to reach the '70s and not the case today 64 santa rosa, napa low sixties for san

rafael san francisco low 60s reader and the media bay working their way up to the mid-60s here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we have the pattern on and off showers throughout the work week we're not watching for any major storms we could pick up more rain on thursday, a slight chance of rain over the weekend mostly dry. sunday is daylight savings so make sure to put your clock for a >> erica: 1 hour. bay bridge, not tracking it i saw hotspot preconditions are only a handful of cars headed westbound caltrans has issued a strong wind advisory for the span along the upper deck. drive with extra caution both hands on the wheel. no proms getting to the bridge from any approach. meter and light still off. --meter in lights

are still walk. no arms getting to the bridge along highway 101 pretty much the same story for your ride of the north bay sub found 101 is in very good shape just a couple of cars approaching san francisco. picking up one last camera. the freeway is in very good shape just a few cars making their way through the s curve drive time of just 16 minutes. if you are heading up to the sierra you will not need your chains for 80 or 50. james? >> james: new for you this morning they're not enough votes for gov. brown's budget plan he needs it to republicans on his side before you can put his plan into motion. jonathan bloom

totals for the governor is working so ordered? >> reporter: we've lacked republican votes to put this matter before the people. to do a special election in june he needs a budget compromise it would ask voters to extend tax rates that would otherwise expire they make up half of the plan to raise the budget deficit without them the deep cuts that make up the other half will double. >> this is not a garden variety decision it's a game change >> reporter: . it would take three months to organize the election he has only days to connect convince them to vote. >> don't vote for cuts or taxes but to let the people decide what it is that they want. >> reporter: republicans want something of their own, changes to budgeting in

the tax code without there's they will not allow a special election. >> those are all worthy of items of debate we debated it for last 10, 20 years we can take a piece by weekend take everything. including the kitchen sink and are on the table. >> far republicans say they've reached an impasse because the governor has rejected or watered down their proposals the governor thinks they're being intimidated. >> there are some that run anyone who would vote to let the people decide with retaliation with campaign funding, of the tactics bridge campaigns face a >> reporter: . he's not giving up on a compromise he just thinks it will take longer. >> james: the sheriffs' association say that lawmakers and the government need to come to an agreement

without that local public safety would be crippled. the lack of a budget plan would impact funding for programs like thailand and met. --call and math. a bay area's school board is voting on whether not the layoff of 180 employees 33 teachers, are at risk of losing their jobs. a proposal by the antioch police officers association to save the city and million dollars in salary is on the agenda today. the group is taking a vote tonight to insure no police officer is laid off to the end of the year it says salary increases for police officers scheduled to receive this year. it defers all of those scheduled increases until later on.

san as a fire orders have approved a contract calling for 10 percent reduction. firefighters agreed to have only four firefighters on trucks and 75. firefighters agreed to perform pension packages. the city of oakland is dealing with its own deficit totaling $46 million. the city council voted last night on bald measures to help fill that gap. a general tax increase was not improved. some boded no. it did pass, it sets and $80 tax to be paid. voters will decide if they want the tax during a special election june 7th. the city of santa clara and state authority and will be holding a special meeting tonight to discuss the

49ers' stadium one of the worries is the possibility that local redevelopment agencies could be shut down because of the budget crisis. this could impact the area because the money will be a loss if the agency closes one of the proposals is transferring the money from the redevelopment agency to this team and a 30 now before any closure takes effect. we will take their break, but with more eminent there is a programming change this coming friday we will be running nbc programming begin. you can catch dr.phil at 3 that is this coming friday.

and we're back, live look at the bay bridge. scotdid we have some rain across the bay bridge. bridge jet, a bridge looks good. san mateo is moving well. just a handful of headlights making their way across the span golden gate we have traffic coming of the marine townie southbound on 101 moving at

a could click. they will press this struggle systems this morning, they will hold a ceremony to mark the final flight of discovery. bay area residents should be able to see the space shuttle discovery passed overhead tonight, if weather cooperates. it will pass through the skies above 725 this evening, to 20 mi. above the earth's surface,

it will be kind of neat to see. we will take a break, much more straight ahead including a complete check on whether a and traffic. a live look from albany, those headlights are headed westbound . we will be right bach the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look from our roof camera showing you downtown san francisco, mild start this morning. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: good morning james, here's a shot of san mateo you can barely make out the cars. it looks like we are seeing some wet weather in san mateo just

light showers though, you'll probably need to turn your windshield wipers on. very polite.light. later wins the moe we side yesterday to mark, i get ready for a pretty big warmup temperatures expected to jump into the '70s to mark storm tracker 4 you, a closer look you can see the wet weather later around the media bay downtown san francisco places like the hell, the bay bridge some fairly wet weather. were just talking about light sprinkles over emeryville, oakland to downs of the san francisco, san bruno picking up showers as you head from 1 01 towards 280 pick exemption sprinkles. you can see the bulk of the wet weather staying well to our

north. picking up showers into the pacific northwest the latter part of your day expected to drive out we will not see any of those leftover sprinkles. 52 san francisco, 50 oakland and hayward. satellite, radar does continue to show us a stream of clouds what we are looking at is a cloudy day same for tomorrow expect those crowds to hang around your afternoon highs up into the '60s. about 60 in san rafael. along the coast of 57 victories. 64 san jose. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as we head into to tomorrow partly cloudy, thursday bring back the rain friday partly

cloudy by the weekend for the most part dry. erica? >> erica: starting off with no hot spots we do a couple of accidents a around the bay area none of them are affecting your drive time bay bridge bigger volume of traffic that we saw 10 minutes ago but still a great conditions getting to the bridge i have been tracking that strong wind advisory the best advice is to drive with extra caution keep both hands on the wheel if you're heading down to the san mateo bridge we have some overnight construction still in effect. between tennis and in '92 that is a full roadway closure with a detour set up once you get on the span preconditions wet weather but no accidents or incidents. golden gate

very quiet at this hour, no cars on the span . consu no hot h bay, a live look right here trembled the lakers. craig conditions for all south bay freeways. --great conditions. >> james: new details in the gas line explosion pacific gas and electric company replace the pipeline in the early '90s but, a stop just short section that failed last september. this is video of the aftermath documents obtained by the mercury news should piccinni decided not to take up that section saying the well's did not pose a risk to the public. meanwhile the city

council is expected to meet tonight to talk about the city's participation in last week's hearings on capitol hill. 14 people are church for refusing to leave during a protest in berkeley last wednesday. they're out to protest public touch to public education. three arrested were charged with trespassing and misdemeanor the others were only charged with misdemeanor trespassing. other health plans, pleasant hill residents are being more of a man who may be impersonating the meter reader. in both cases the man did not identify himself did not have proper identification and only said he was from pg&e. when he was confronted he jumped into his car speeding off. 5 ft. 10 in. tall dark skin

the vehicle is a black toyota. to pedestrians are recovering after being hit by a shuttle bus in berkeley. the women were walking together in a crosswalk when they were hit and run over by a bus. one victim was hit and run over, the other was injured while trying to get the driver's attention. the more seriously injured woman require surgery but is expected to arrive. also, a former oakland police officer was fired for shooting an unarmed man will soon be back on the force. he shot and killed a 27 year-old man after a car chase a wit. the officers as he was reaching for his waistband he felt that he could injure other officers.

noon of the victim's family filed a civil suit and was awarded 650 thousand dollars. an arbitrator decided he should be reinstated with back pay. there are rich by the decision. >> it is reliving it all over again. it is horrible. is just showing him that this always happens, it always works in the police officers river because they have a but they're treated special. no murder is special. a murder is murder. >> james: this is the second time in seven months that he shot and that an unarmed man he at the 20 arab and new year's eve during a traffic

stop. murder charges sudden drop in the case of the north beach to restore order.owner. two people were arrested, prosecutors did not explain why the charges were dropped but the case remains under investigation. other news, some dog owners are trying to stop park service from beginning of leaf job othe beginning of a poe show dog walking. --a leash dog walking. >> reporter: about 2 underdog gunners unleashed their frustration monday night protesting a plan to

pay and dogs from running off leash at parks and beaches. it would affect many popular locations in marin, san francisco and san mateo the park service says it's not against dogs or dog owners it simply wants to protect the endangered animals come the playoffs, people who want a dog free environment. it would take two years to decide how this ban would work. >> james: we're going to take a quick break, back with more headlines and a course of check on what they're never far away. here's a quick look as we grow tracking on your commute traffic is moving well. so far, so good. back with more in a moment.

>> louisa: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look from 101n tail light source

of bound, traffic looks like it's moving well. a little misty. more on weather and traffic in a minute, new details come in the eating disorders are more prevalent in teens than thought. the effect on their lives can be devastating. the study found that 0.3% of teens had a director, 1% bulimia, 1.6 binge eating, researchers noted the leading age was about 12 years old. and your report shows female gi's structure with a higher rate of divorce. married military women have a tough time keeping their unions intact. they're more than twice as likely to divorce then there military colleagues. .

bondbarry bonds is having a perjury trial, his trial begins later this month on charges that he lied to a grand jury. he said he never knowingly took performance enhancing drugs. other baseball players are expected to testify that the personal trainer provided them with drugs. there was no question in their minds. the question is how does barry bonds continue to insist that he didn't know when everyone else did. warner brothers says it has now fired charlie sheen. no decision on the sitcom itself. they took the action after careful consideration. he responded saying his bosses are " trolls ". to

and f. man has been most successful on high real lucrative sitcom. and now, a crazy story for you, a man breaks into harmon and the calling 911 on himself. -- home. the intruder toll police he had just broken into her home when the honor and pride and he was worried he might never again. accompanied by his two german shepherds he found a man asking where he is doing in the house. both parties call police. amal s sears

will go on sales and it has 16 0 mi. battery 57,000 former dollars, 23 0 mi. option expected to be $10,000 mark, 300 mi. will tack on another $20,000. there is a new top smart phone in town, where not talking about the blackberry or derived from, in drait androd is the most used smart phones. only two years after it was introduced. android is now just ahead of blackberry which controls 30% of the market. we'll take a quick break, as we go a quick reminder today is fat tuesday, people in new

orleans are out and about getting ready for the parade and the celebration. this is a live look, people are are deserting to show up. they had storms but hopefully it should be good.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. we have snow on the ground, no big surprise, we had some of the weekend change requirements were in effect, we will get the latest they're coming up. lee s. snow, a duracell. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: not anything of significance this morning, you could wake up to some wet roadways. scattered light showers this morning continue to trade around the media bay by the afternoon trying yeah, a cloudy conditions looks like we will stay mostly cloudy 3 the evening. over all, not

showing much activity except around the bay. we'll take you closer in, we'll show you, into '20s all the way over through the bay bridge as you head towards emeryville, oakland. very light sprinkles. so san francisco pricking up some sprinkles as we ride it out to you can see the wet weather sitting to the north of us. trip the day to day in looks like we will try out, all lot of calls into the picture. right now temperatures are in the warm side, 50 oakland, hayward said they 50s as well. -- south bay. today mostly cloudy, tomorrow we're going

to watch those temperatures skyrocket. jumping up in the '70s, for today we will wait for the warm-up. 63 and to novato, warming into the mid-60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. showing tomorrow will war and to the mid-70s, thursday bringing rain back into the mix to break on friday. the weekend looks like you'll have a lot of periods of dry weather. slight chance of showers. monday could be wet as well. erica? >> erica: we have a hot spot, westbound direction of 580 reports of a big rig or verses and s u b, rated no. flint road. the two middle lanes are blocked. you can

see the long stretch of red. it is stretching towards 305. i am expecting that back up will grow into the next few minutes. area following is strong wind advisory in effect by caltrans, the best advice is to keep both hands on the wheel drive with extra caution crosstown freeways, raided the 10180 split no problems to report traffic moving at the limit. tahoe, you will not need your chains. but deftly keep them handy. >> louisa: james? >> james: new details for

members have decided to ask the gm to resign despite the agency's $7 million budget surplus. they're asking for her resignation according to the examiner vendor is working with our to reach a deal to leave on our own terms. bart handles thousands of riders a day which can lead to some dirty conditions, last week a professor tested just how dirty the trains could be. walt, liked your car or fecal matter. what part is doing to clean it up. >> this is the problem, discolored and covered in mysterious stains, keeping the commission's clean is a daily battle. at a mean- spirited hayward crews worked every night to clean the seats. what you mean, using clear was almost sales. what about this.

nearly $600,000 a year. >> this is been an ongoing issue. >> we have cut back on the cleaning. president of the board of directors says he's not surprised with that vehicle and skin borne bacteria found on the streets. >> it gets dirty. crews clean it every night but yet triggered 30,000 people riding that train every night it will get dirty. >> bart is replacing all the seats so none are more than three years old. the cost of nearly $13,000 a car. >> james: also in the news the uprising in the middle east and north africa having a big impact on oil prices. here in the u.s. we have been wallowing the story

higher gas, kron4 is maureen kelly and christine connolly shows how much more. >> reporter: it's not uncommon to see gas prices over $4 a gallon. at this server and its $4.13 off increasing daily over the past few weeks, the average is $3.95 a gallon of 145 from last week. the highest recorded average was back in june of 2008 when it was $4.61. >> reporter: continuing our coverage iceboat to aaa his says consumers can expect these high prices to get even higher. the average price of regular has been rising at a faster than normal pace. in some areas it's been shooting at as much as 35 a day.

back to murdoch, after getting a bite from our restaurant that is when she found he was gone. >> of how her for six years, obviously she is a pet but she is much more than that, she has been a constant companion. i never thought this would happen to me. i feel like a pet owners quickly jump into the post office, store, coffeeshops to run a quick errand they take their dogs with them, i just want to highlight the situation not to do that. >> james: if you have seen

the dark please give us a call we will capture bridge and through. we are reminder,programming change to tell you about this friday we will be running nbc programming because nbc will be airing the giants game. at 8:00 p.m. you can watch "who do you think you are?" followed by "monk" at 9:00 p.m. and the kron4 news at 11:00 p.m. and doctor phil can be seen at 3:00 p.m. we will be right back.

>> james: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. tomorrow clouds, like that, at 10 degrees warmer. they swarmed and wednesday. there is a chance of a sprinkler to. another shot of sprinkles by the weekend. a lot of time between now and

then. today marks the 100th anniversary of international women's day. and no rewards lunches being held on 9:00. at 10:00 with google bridge, then it for 30 p.m. on mother's march will begin. 5:00 in the evening. the international women's day celebration and the office of women's policy will begin. one last one 6:30 p.m., a celebration hosted by bay area green tours and others to raise awareness for the plight of women around the world. let the good times roll, it is passed tuesday, people in new orleans are out and about in celebration. we

have live pictures earlier, this is video, no this is live. the annual parade is getting under way with floats, bands, green, purple, gold beads which they will be throwing out at the crowd. the party is over at midnight tonight. there was a survey just done which called house ways index, it was released with a happy state, hawaii surprisingly or not take the top spot. (laughter) >> james: it includes overall evaluation of their lives, health, a job satisfaction. wyoming and north dakota top three, california 18 to, west virginia is the least happiest. we will take a

break, a quick look from our roof camera where we have clear conditions at least in san francisco. it should be a nice day this afternoon. more on your forecasts coming up.

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here's a look at the approach to the bay bridge. >> louisa: you may occasionally need to turn on your wipers' this morning we are getting rain but it is light. downtown san francisco, as we head into the afternoon in looks like we will dry out. much later wins there always are yesterday, we do have a big warmup to talk about four tomorrow. temperatures to warm their way up into the '70s. storm tracker 4 not much activity except red around the immediate bay we are not picking up some very light sprinkles. downtown san francisco, along 80. towards places like every bill and oakland. as you head for their seventh down 101, 280 looks like we're

action picking up sprinkles, down in december no as well. the bulk of the wet weather is staying well to the north. right now we are starting off fairly mild. 51 in mountain view. satellite, radar shows a string of clouds into the area, mostly cloudy conditions and five to keep those spots around and to tomorrow as well. afternoon highs staying in the '60s jumping up a good 10 degrees. along the coast holding on to the '60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as you head into your thursday that the next best chance of picking up raindrops. drying out on friday. looks like it could stage dry with may be the

occasional sprinkle. sunday is daylight savings said your clocks forward one hour. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: problem on interstate 580 westbound, says erica has been keeping you apprised at big reed said that as you vico blocking lanes, california highway patrol is issuing a state of alert. --as a dealer. lanes are broad, it could take a while. one are lame blocked for 34 more minutes. a bad start to the westbound 580 start. the rest of the committee looks good, no problems. 580 looks good of the nimitz. bay bridge, westbound a wind advisory is issued by

caltrans i do not see any camera shaking here bet out near mid span you may experience a high winds. i like it to arrive here on the bayshore freeway, 101 south bound cutting through dec. know at this reed 0 interchange. you can see that sissel little will fall. so does public transit, so far no problems to report. >> mark: pleasant hill residents are being warned of a meter impersonator to incidents happen to a man was seen coming from two different backyards in both cases he did not a desire by itself or have proper id he said he was from pacific gas and electric company when confronted he quickly got into his car and sped off. 5 ft. 7 6 ft. tall bear

skin, black or hispanic. time is ticking governor jerry brown needs at least two republicans on his side before you put his plan in effect to address the budget deficit. brown wants a special election in june which could take three months to organize he needs a budget compromise. the election would cause of voters to extend the tax rates that are set to expire. they make 1/2 of governor brown's plan to raise of the budget deficit. the deep cuts that make up the other half will double. >> asking people not to vote for cuts or taxes but to let the people decide what is that they want. >> republicans have asked gov. brown for hard spending

cap, pension reform, looser regulation of businesses in changes. without those things they say they will not allow a special election. >> mark: a budget battle has won eight years teaching jobs on the chopping block the mount diablo is good just it is voting on whether not to lay off employees. their risk of losing their jobs. or hosel by the antioch police officers association to save the city nearly $1 million that is on the city council agenda as the group as insuring that no police officers are laid off to the end of this year. with those different rows they can save $1 million for

antioch and avoid possible layoffs. >> the vote may come today or may not. there could be an odd turn of the two sides are about $50 million a pocket. democrats say the gop bill goes too far but the democratic plan does not do enough deficit reduction. the thai known as 5 1/7, we will be back. this is the scene of a long overnight standoff where a man barricaded himself inside a home. the standoff has ended police are investigating what happened, [ male announcer ] hey michelle, whatcha doin'?

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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. the span have we been falling between police and a man held up inside a home for nine hours just ended police say the man has killed himself it started around 730 last

night berkeley police say they received calls about shots being fired from the home. i around midnight as pleas for trying to negotiate they say he started firing at them, no one was hit, please pull back. we'll bring you the latest in formation as it comes. >> darya: family and friends of 31-year-old staff sgt. mark c. wells are mourning the loss of the soldier who died saturday while serving in afghanistan. the department of defense says staff sgt. wells was killed when insurgents detonated an improvised explosive device near where he and fellow soldiers were located. staff sgt. wells was serving in afghanistan's helmand province, a taliban stronghold in southwestern afghanistan.wells was assigned to the 45th sustainment brigade, 8th theater sustainment command, schofield barracks in hawaii prior to his deployment to afghanistan. he was survived by his pregnant wife and 2 year old son. >> mark: libyan warplanes have launched a new strike is keeping about counteroffensive to prevent the rebels from advancing towards the catboat of tripoli. no immediate word of casualties the associated

press reporter said they did not appear to have anyone khaddafi loyalists have recaptured the city closest to tripoli that had fallen into rebel hands. the court has rejected the appeal by the ousted president against an order by the top prosecutor to seize the funds. will bart said down on february after 30 years in power. there are no official figures but many believe they run into the billions of dollars. let's take a peek get our money on wall street, stocks are rising ahead of the opening bell. oil prices were down 165 to one o$5 to $105, in somet

related news toyota says global sales of its hybrid have topped 3 million units. that's on the back of demand for the prius. the continued rise in gas prices might help to boost those sales even more. we will be back as the kron 4 morning news continues. we have a severe flooding in the area.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. new video has surfaced showing alleged police misconduct in the sf pd, it shows and other incidents reportedly with a police record is contradicted by video from the scene. here's video of a man entering bring black jacket he enters, he is later arrested they said they found rocks of cocaine but the attorney says it was not his jacket, the jacket, skated was wide this claim

was wearing a black jacket. >> the officers made a false accusation jail than in as a man, he was in jail for three weeks. no one brought this the attention to the new lawyers, i brought to his attention and i agree it's yours. >> mark: the d.a.'s office has launched investigations the video and rose another officer making the total number of officers growing to eight. >> darya: norman welsh who you see here and a private investigator have pleaded not guilty to 28 counts including stealing drugs from an evidence locker, another member of the team has been investigated as a this investigation continues

to grow. the danville police officer was arrested last friday on suspicion of conspiracy to possess and sell a controlled substance. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: temperatures could actually jumping into the '70s, this morning we are starting off with some scattered very light showers enough to make those are road wet, by the afternoon and drying out, mostly cloudy. staying mostly cloudy through the evening. your radar choses not much activity. peggy at best a few sprinkles. revlon 80 also picking up some sprinkles. the bulk of the wet weather stays to the north, this is

where it's going to stay. better chance air drying out completely by the afternoon. temperatures rain now sitting in the '50s off to a fairly mild start. 51 degrees remind you, satellite, radar steady stream of clouds making a beeline for area. we will continue to see quite a bit of cloud cover into today in tomorrow. afternoon highs in the '60s. the '70s to look forward to this week. 60 downtown san francisco and san rafael. low 60s to the east bay. temperatures range from a low-mid-60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the next best chance of seeing some rain is on thursday. will be a

few raindrops to this weekend keep in mind sunday is the next chance of rain. >> george: hotspot understate 580 there is some better news they cleared the accident that only means they clear the accident to the shoulder it's still up there on 5/80 westbound and because of that traffic is still backed up. a very slow start to this westbound ride on interstate 580. expect to the back of to u.s., in fact we could see it backed up all morning long because of this early problems and slow start. the ride on interstate 0 westbound, coming up to albany you will see the traffic is still pretty late with no delays in the upper to the lower

freeway. bay bridge, no back up wind advisory is in place. quick check across town freeways shows an easy ride in bound, and no delays coming off the skyways. 16- 18 minutes to drive time from downtown san francisco. >> darya: 14 people have been charged for refusing to leave during a protest. this is video from the protest to the demonstrations were held to protest budget cuts to public education three of those arrested were charged with misdemeanor arresting arrest. the other church with misdemeanor trespassing. the layout police have identified this man of one of three suspects who runs the restaurant, this is 20 road to what date brooks. he was

involved in stealing money and wallets. >> darya: a widow or reaching a memorial service for disease has been is without his ashes, this is after and beef stroller but that it contained the remains. it happened on saturday. police say the 71 year-old woman left the backpack " during the service, please do not know if there where was inside of that back when he stole it. an 18 year-old accused of detonating pipe bombs says of video recorded before the attack that others will feel the danger that i do. that is where he said. the video was shown to jurors when he seen announcing now it's my turn, i am god. he's on trial on charges that your

ride to the school are armed with 10 homemade bombs a did chain saw. they say he planned to kill them least three teachers. no one was hurt. the attorneys showed the jurors and that his client suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues a live look from new orleans as a mardi gras wraps up on this fat tuesday. [ banker ] when ashley's violin teacher told her parents she was gifted,

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i'm twice as likely to drop out of high school. there's a 50-50 chance i'll end up homeless. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. and i and national weather, we had quite a bit of it in the northeast we saw some of the pictures of letting all lot of snow in upstate new york. varity inches fell. quite intense, new jersey's have a live pictures of flooding there, all the snow that's another thing pretty

intense, as of 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon the artie had 23.3 in.. pretty impressive we're following the latest we're also fall in the middle of the country where they had some pretty serious storms rolling through. done here norland still be doing the mardi gras grape urease and i and all of that. >> darya: french radio into kron4, this is coming from new york. --fresh video. they had a lot of snow there, it's a fast-moving storm it blew into the area, cars are buried. close to where we see this video low temperatures expected to stay well below freezing for the rest of the week and possibly more snow in the

forecast this weekend. two vermont,--to vermont, it's no there for two hours straight, giving us this video the pizza shop owners say the driveway was plowed four times, the snow just kept falling more than 10,000 customers in vermont had no power. many rows shut down sunshine today, that might make the taking of ellis' year. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. the latest developments, a live report from a stand-up overnight the that has ended details coming up.

>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. el link the overnight stand-up has ended, barricaded himself inside a home, police are still investigating let's go live to jackie sissel one of our solar reporters to get the very latest. what is

unfolding? >> reporter: i can tell you that the incident is wrapped up, you can see when unit still unseen on the corner of marin and alameda. around 730 last night police were called and known why but demand was barricaded inside when they arrived this included berkeley police, oakland police. so of their tactical unit shops were fired from inside the home out towards the police ultimately an hour ago. tackle lin it's made their way inside the home discovering that the suspect had shot himself dying inside of the home. obviously as the investigation continues more and more details will come out. there were some

residents there were displays. it appears they're all back. as the investigation continues and more details will come out. >> was anyone else in the home? >> reporter: no apparently he was in there alone. it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound according to the berkeley police. ultimately it ended the standoff. >> mark: a developing story at pleasant hill,beware of the man in pleasant hill, who says he's from pg&e, and has been seen coming out of at least two different backyards in the past few days. two incidents occurred in pleasant hill on friday, and in both cases, the man didn't identify himself and didn't have id, he only said he was with pg&e. when asked what he was doing he said speaking his car which was a black sedan and drove off. he i >> there is a man in the backyard, she approached the

man who told her he was a pacific gas and electric company meter reader, the need to talk. she called pacific gas and electric company, no one from the company was supposed to be there, the other incident happened a mile from here, that person came home, car parked in the driveway and a man coming from the backyard. the man is described as 5'10 to 6 feet tall, darker skin, could be part black or hispanic,he quickly got in his car and sped off. this man's vehicle was described as a toyota 4-runner. the fear is he's going the neighborhood set to appear bleak personalize it. will tran, kron4 news. >> darya: by 30 3:00 a.m. the double live look here at the bridges, this is the bay bridge approach. it looks wet. i can't tell if the rain is falling, >> gary?

>> louisa: you might need to use your windshield wipers its misty. in oakland were about 50 degrees, noon time working our way up to 61, high temperature 63. back down to the '50s by 8:00. your radar is not showing much, right around the immediate bay you can see a little bit of moisture. very late. packets also into the mission seeing a few raindrops along the bay bridge. so san francisco, san bruno to get well little moisture. well to the northwest portion of our state. that looks like where it is going to stay. no more

heavy stuff headed our way later on today we could try out mostly cloudy conditions. starting off temperatures in the '50s, 51 degrees for half moon bay, by the afternoon we will work our way up into the '70s. tomorrow we'd jump up by about 10 degrees. warming up to about 75 in some of the warm response. mostly cloudy. a little bit of lorraine, friday dries out mostly dry slight chance of showers are the weekend. george? >> george: interstate-580 i big rig accident. it is still not in the traffic lanes, still solidly backed up to 205, and a bit beyond. expect delays for a while

longer. in fact it is likely that this could be a problem through the morning in the westbound direction. we sought pretty good conditions, the taillights are the northbound right. no delays as you get up towards santa clara. from here look at the right on highway 92 the san mateo bridge, it looks pretty good. these had lights are in a non commute direction, for the traffic heading out toward foster city and coming yet of hayward still an easy ride with light traffic on 92 westbound. >> mark: oakland is dealing with from sterling $46 million this year, the city council voted on by measures to help fill the holes. the tax increase was not improved in needed all council members to cross. on

a partial tax did pass sitting in the $80 per year property-tax. voters will decide if they want the tax during the special election if it happens. it depends what happens in sacramento. san jose firefighters,san jose firefighters have agreed to a 10 percent compensation reduction and to having 4 firemen per truck instead of 5, according to the concession agreement they agreed to on monday. local 230, which represents more than 650 san jose firefighters, is the first unit in the city to come to an agreement with the city for the upcoming fiscal year. the contract now requires approval from the city council to become final. the city of san jose was awarded $15 million in funds through the federal safer (staffing for adequate fire and emergency response) grant. with the safer grant, city officials want to allow the san jose fire department to hire back the 49 firefighters laid off last year due to budget cuts. >> darya: there will be a special meeting tonight to discuss the forty-niners stadium, one worry is the possibility that local redevelopment agencies could be permanently shut down because of the state budget crisis this could affect the

stadium construction because the money would then be lost. one proposal is to transfer the money from the redevelopment agency to the stadium authority now before any closure takes effect. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look here in san jose where everyone is up on 101 traffic is moving pretty well. california should be proud.

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>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. the authorities will roofies the first details from the 2010 census, that happens today, it will include data on population, race, ethnicity the will be used by a state commission, this is the first and the state will not gain additional house seats. >> mark: tesla plans to

offer a limited edition version of its model-s. there will have a battery that will keep the car going for 300 mi. on a single church. --charge. it will go on sale in north america starting in mid 2012, when 6 0 mi. battery will start at 57,400, 23 0 mi. option will cost $10,000 more, to 300 mi. option $20,000 more than that. >> darya: there's a new top smart phone, it's not the blackberry or the iphone, it android is now the most use smart phone operating system. nearly one other three smart phones are running google, only two years after it was introduced android is just ahead of a blackberry controlling 30 percent of the market levels iphone,

the other of the most hyped comes in there. >> mark: at love it. but not for phone calls. we'll all look patchy drizzle, a few degrees and san francisco. a high near 60 this sector noon.so after noon.

>> darya: election of 80, have seen the benefit of snow, maybe even little more and you only need chains on eight, it could be really fun. >> louisa: absolutely, especially after all that fresh news snow right now looks like all the moisture is very light here in the bay and estimate those roads wet this morning he might need to use your windshield wiper occasionally surly nothing significant. right now or in the '40's, my new

and 61 high temperature of 63 back down as the low 50s by the the clock our your radar rain now is really not showing much fairly dry and to the north bay, a writer run the media bay were picking up some very light sprinkles. looks like downtown to the mission also laid along the bay bridge as you head towards oakland, and rebuilt. towards 101280, to san bruno, of the cisco picking up wet weather. as you ride in and out nothing compared to the northwestern portion. by the afternoon we will try s to mostly cloudy conditions expected your current temperatures are sitting in the '40's, '50's. we will continue with that steady stream of cloud cover. mostly cloudy conditions expected by the afternoon are high school work their way into the

'60s. 60 san francisco, keep those temperatures into low 60s to the state. 57 along the coast. come tomorrow, take a look at this nice little warm-up. jumping up about 10 degrees. high 75, wet weather thursday. by the weekend to mostly dry could prepare a few sprinkles. slight chance. >> george: and early-morning hotspot i take a break accident in the 4:00 hour that back to the ride into to see it is still slow out towards north winn road the back up reaches along the 580-205. even though was cleared from the traffic, it wasn't clear from the shoulder, it's still slow there. and you accident has just been reported. it is over on the right-hand shoulder. traffic appears to

be moving well. interstate 80, light traffic, coming through albany down towards the off ramp at golden gate fields. golden gate toll plaza light, easy westbound ride the other's the wind advisory in effect. >> james: this just in, live pictures of the sealy was worth three u.s. marshals were shot while trying to make an arrest. you see the camera, while canvassing the area taking looks at the situation the conditions of the three marshals is not clear, we note to were taken to hospital. another taken to a different hospital. the suspect was also shot, police say they have a standoff situation. or it could be a hostile situation. the swat team is

they're they're called in to help. three u.s. marshals shot, a possible hostage situation. will get more updates as we learn. >> mark: an agreement has been reached between hilton and its workers ending a labor dispute. the four year contract includes increase wages, pension contributions work load limits. and maintain health care coverage for employees. >> darya: murder charges have been dropped in the cases of the jewelry store owner, he was found last tuesday when officers responded to a wealth checked. a second suspect was also arrested but did not seize any murder charges. prosecutors did not explain why the chargers dropped but the case does remain under investigation. >> mark: a federal judge is

allowing the testimony. aa federal judge will allow several former major league baseball players to testify that barry bonds' trainer injected them with steroids and other banned substances and told them what they were getting. prosecutors say the testimony of the former players including former san francisco giants marvin bernard, armando rios, and benito santiago will prove bonds was lying when he told a federal grand jury he had never knowingly taken steroids or any other banned substance. judge susan illston rejected arguments from bonds' lawyers that the testimony shouldn't be allowed because trainer greg anderson is refusing to testify against the all-time home run king. anderson is expected to spend the trial in federal prison for contempt for his refusal to testify in the case.prosecutors plan to argue bonds received the same drugs and the same instructions from anderson as the other big league players received.the trial is due to start later this month. warner brothers has fired charlie sheen to know what he says " free at last ". that's what he said after being fired. the studio says it took the action after careful consideration, they say that charlie sheen broke his comment. there is applause in there for that. when charlie sheen was as if he plans to see you he said " the big. " we will have to see what happens next. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in

just a few moments. a live picture from the golden gate bridge, low wet, we are getting some fog. always whistle clouds,programming change to tell you about this friday we will be running nbc programming because nbc will be airing the giants game. at 8:00 p.m. you can watch "who do you think you are?" followed by "monk" at 9:00 p.m. and the kron4 news at 11:00 p.m. and doctor phil can be seen at 3:00 p.m. we will be right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] unrestrained. unexpected. and unlike any hybrid you have ever known. ♪

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>> mark: clearing and sen gender should be a fair amount of clout tomorrow, much warmer with highs in the warmer spot. were rain showers on thursday clearing up friday maybe a few showers on and off. we have to turn those clocks forward sunday morning. >> (music)

we waited long for the state to come, (music) >> darya: the astronauts aboard space shuttle discovery wake up to a live band for the first time. usually they just play like deejays. blue sky was the song, porn by this group of big head todd and the monsters. --produced by. the sid a ceremony to mark discoveries final flight. their only two more flights a plant.ed. bay area residents to be able to see the space shuttle discovery if the weather cooperates it should pass the bay area around 7:25 p.m. abramowitz so look at. >> mark: world series

rematch, sentences care giants take on the rangers, cody ross drives in two runs. the giants past the rangers. jonathan sanchez had a strong performance. one run, two hits, struck 05. a survey called a gala help ways was a well being index has released the list of heaviest states it includes questions about well-being including overall evaluation of your life, physical health, job satisfaction hawaii and first, wyoming second, north dakota third, california 18 at west virginia was the least happiest. >> darya: disneyland is not a state, it is the place is the happiest place on the world. i like the land. >> mark: at the world it the

whole world of disney not just a land. (laughter) >> darya: we will be right backh the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. of