>> look at the test scores of the work. >> james: jobs and schools on the line teachers back to school where we will tell you about the big decision. the search continues for this man what police believe he may help with a triple homicide. the man suspected of shooting congresswoman gabrielle giffords is expected in court today. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> james: it is wednesday,

march 9th, let's start with a check on weather and traffic. >> louisa: good morning james, let's start off with a shot of the golden gate bridge. it is a clear, dry shot. were expecting temperatures to rise could even see the morning to the '70s today. places like morgan hill could get up to 74 degrees. current temperatures in the 40's, 50's. 51 san francisco, oakland. south bay upper '40's, low 50s. overall it is slightly cooler them wary were yesterday. ray knight your satellite, radar shows what weather walls of the north. still continuing to show clouds covered in the area. partly cloudy, of

reeks of sunshine. half warming temperatures up. future cash showing us the chance of showers as we had to tomorrow. --future cast. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today temperatures to warm up to about 74 degrees in some of the warmer locations today will be the warmest day of the workweek. chance of rain tomorrow. friday, saturday kept in a break off sunday set your clocks forward one hour. next chance of rain sunday-tuesday. >> erica: no hot spots or major accidents. pretty great conditions. slow overnight construction. all regardless, good conditions

around the bay area a live look here, just a handful of cars westbound in to san francisco drive time of only eight minutes. san mateo, he may have some difficulty getting their but once you're there accident in incidents free. drive time i've just road-13 minutes. golden gate looks good. very quiet, no cars. westbound-80 very good shape. lots of space. >> james: thank you, by mount diablo school district voted last night to issue 180 pink slips to teachers and staff they made the

march 15th deadline to notify those teachers they're dealing with the 280 million dollar budget deficit. the interment house was what district members talked about at last its meeting. >> reporter: the school board has voted to issue when they tear a layoff notices. --180 layoff notices. this is in case the plan for tax extensions do not pass organum get on the ballot. officials say we are likely going to see even more program cuts if that happens. concord, the interment, kron4 news. >> (cheering & applause) >> james: many of those attending were up past their bedtime. students during

their parents at the meeting to make an effort to save their school earlier this year the school board voted to close them. parents and students across the board to reconsider. >> i refuse to stand behind the board as if they treat my students as petty cash. >> it works, look at the tuskers. >> you have destroyed the community center. >> i am a third grader i recommend the academic excellence i perforate received a perfect score. all of the students are smart things to the teachers everyone works very hard every day. >> the board did not address their concerns. they did discuss where to relocate students one is among

centers, divide poland between oak, a dali, eldorado. the vote is expected to come next week. the largest cities in the bay area considering big cats. last week san francisco voted to hand out 473 pink slips, oakland 538, san jose he said is expected ones 01.110. san as a police are searching for two men involved in natural homicide. here is the surveillance of footage of that police had released her and find the suspects. >> reporter: a trail of blood stain the sidewalk where a deadly gun battle happened to january 8th. police have released new video in hopes of

identifying a suspect the tape they've given us start after the shootout with two gunmen, one by senator lang on the ground. --won the grand and lying on the ground. he is armed with a pesto. appears to during a military style best. they don't know his name or anything else about him. the man he is chasing is the club's owner they believe the men ran after him because he owed money for drugs they wanted to bring him out alive. they engaged in a wrestling match getting him in a headlock forcing him towards the back door in an alley behind the club the getaway driver pulled up. when he realized it was a kidnapping he later ran falling to the ground he tried to get away the kidnappers shot him several times but he survived. will

all this was happening you concede this grant the white taft was climbing into the car. police believe he was one of the other dead man. police say the man sped off such a car a few blocks away at fifth with the bodies of the man in the white hat inside. the driver and the third dr. diamond, louis. --there dry red and the third gun man are on the loose. >> james: they believe this man was the getaway driver. police have not identified the other suspect involved. it's believed he's headed to southern california or mexico. a more cases have been dropped in the wake of a scandal involving police misconduct. continuing fallout from several videos posted online that showed a

officers are searching homes without warrants. the four videos allegedly contradict what the officers wrote in their police reports. prompting the police department to dismiss those officers. much more straight ahead, and the latest on the situation at of libya and how it affects your gas prices. we're watching your weather around the bay more on your forecasts coming out. up.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. really a blessing conditions today, like american eyes low-mid-70s. it will be rather enjoyable of side to draw the crowds roll in, chance of rain overnight another shot of a sprinkle or to come the end of the weekends. international news, gaddafi

said libyans will flight if and no fly zone is imposed. that would show their real intention is to seize the country's auto. he made his remarks during an interview late yesterday. the interview was conducted tuesday night. he was responding to u.s. and british plans for them or opposing a no-fly zone. it would leave live instead understand that foreigners are real key to seize their while and stick with their freedoms. watching gas prices rise as the result of the situation in libya here are the latest rises, oakland and 3-9 $2 an$3.92 a gap 7 cisco $3.96. the republican plan are the

approved by the house would cut $57 billion on dublin 4 billion in cuts lawmakers approved yesterday the democratic proposal would trim additional 5 billion or so. house republicans are working on another bill to avoid another shut down. markets, wall street, stock futures are mixed after yesterday's rally. the wholesale inventories report is due out. tropicana says it will increase the prices of its juices by 4-8% to help cope with the higher cost of the impact of the citrus crops. warner brothers is making films available on facebook. could be this the end of net reflects?--net-flicks? >> the quarterly anderson

forecast released today by ucla says there's little evidence that businesses are moving out of the state, it recommends support university researchers to give a boost to the unemployment rate. we will take a quick break, we come back the latest on the body found near fort mason what authorities think it might have happened. this is the man suspected in the arizona shooting he is expected in court today. the details and a moment. in a

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. nationalists, to sun shooting suspect jared loughner is expected to be arraigned on new charges he's accused a killing six people wounding 13 others including congresswoman gabrielle giffords. he

faces 49 criminal charges including murder, attempted murder. prosecutors have not said if they will seek the death penalty. seven children have died in a farmhouse fire. the mother was in the barn her husband to was asleep in a milk truck when their house caught fire. the children or seven months-11 years old. as three-year-old is the sole survivors by the smoke and ran to get out. the children died of smoke inhalation. obligor rivage has asked the judge to cancel his retrial. he made the request this morning in a motion filed in u.s. district court the five pes' filing says he's not conceding guilt. today's motion says that money was prompted the request he

faces a maximum five-year prison term. >> (music) >> james: that was the space shuttle discovery crew waking up to a song. it was with power trows coming home. they're expected back at home that follows a 13 day mission in space. discovery will retire. we'll bring you that landing live as it happens if weekend. check on our forecast. >> i think you're going to like it, temperatures expected to warm up into the '70s. we will call it the warmest day of the work week could be the warmest by far. she answered rain, looks

like it will move in by tomorrow. --ginneries of rain. starting you off with your temperatures, upper '40's-low 50s = south bay. lot of cloud cover streaming into california. we will see a few cards as well. partly cloudy conditions expected today. year after noon high spring is temperatures and the upper 60s. --your afternoon highs are bringing us temperatures in the of the upper 60s. all are 63 to san jose, fremont, hayward, antioch. overall it will be a very pleasant afternoon along the coast keeping those ties into the low 60s

a great day to head to the beach. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we will cool off as we had been to tomorrow. that's when the next round of rain comes in. friday, saturday drying them mid-60s. the '60s is where we should be this time of year. sunday first chance of rain ones that rain kicks in a chance of rain into the beginning of next week also keep in mind sunday is daylight savings, so a make sure you set your clocks forward by one hour. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: it is a pretty good looking commute no hot spot, they bridge could conditions. very few cars streaming towards the bay those needing lights are cycles off, no proms getting to their bridge the same

detail bridge we do hours overnight construction in parts of westbound 92 once again on the span like conditions loss of space between cars no problems. pretty equal conditions among his headlights east bound into a word. same story at the golden gate, south bound 101 is in good shape. drive temperatures 22 minutes. south bay, no hot spots. very few have lead heading towards santa clara. >> james: concord isn't simply to try to find out what happened to a person his body was found near fort mason. there's a call of a body found on the rocks this is video of the area

authorities have information about the victim. no eye d., no idea why you is there. --id. berkeley police a man was shot on the 1600 block of blake street investigators have not determined what happens. no arrests have been made we will let jan know if there's any progress. all hospital patients suspected of assaulting and daughter in a hospital employee is scheduled to be arraigned. he is church of assault with intent--he is to merge with a salt and attend commit rape. vallejo police department is investigating allegations of long-term molestation of to minors under the age of 14 john

johnson the second is employed as a custodian at a school for special needs. they reported the abuse began when they were eight in 11. it continued for several years. he was arrested yesterday he is being held in jail on $1.8 million bail. amber alert has been cancelled for baby and his mother of the two were found safe. the boyfriend of the mother is under arrest. investigators on the peninsula believe the threats made against it and and others at high school on monday were a hoax. the unidentified 17 year old senior has been suspended he remains in juvenile hall.

the superintendent says of the pros got the attention of the fbi which notified local police. >> i got a phone call from the chief of police for sale she told me that the fbi had contacted her there is a general threat against the school where someone was torn to bring a gun to end attacks students at a rally. the tar to the family,--they talked to the family and look for things, everything we have heard is that this was just a student who made a very poor decision. >> james: the district has zero tolerance policy for anything that suggests running behavior. in of dog owners in sunnyvale are being warned to look out for

iraq poses some. --rat poison. there were reports of the rat poisoning but there are no reports of dogs being injured. two men facing felony charges after placing credit-card skimmers inside of gas pumps. the gas station are given that found it.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here's a shot of energy needs zero, snow on the ground, cars getting by just fine if you're heading up there this weekend it should be fantastic. other nations, here is a shot at of utah heavy snowfall left a lot of folks shovelling driveways, battling a icy roads. it made for some literatures of driving conditions especially here, the utah highway patrol says 125

weather related car crashes. in texas we have some video from the strong storms ripped through texas producing a possible tornado. a spokesperson for the showers office says a funnel cloud was spotted touching down yesterday afternoon the storm destroyed a couple aren't damaging a house. no injuries reported. 7.3 earthquake triggered a tsunami warning along japan's coast. it hedges for forenoon their time. --it hit just before noon their time. some witnesses say it lasted as long as three minutes. we have video coming in showing the moment

that earthquake hits. he see the camera shake, no reports of damage or injuries. with the merchant seaman management offices there's still trying to determine the impact of the earthquake. meanwhile in california we have an interesting story, a massive see em dead fish washed up. officials say there's more than a million of them. it's about a foot deep in terms of how many fish are floating there. they believe the school of sardines were swept in by waves or current they used up all the oxygen in the area which experts believe led to this mass killing. pelicans and other birds are enjoying a feeding frenzy. of a

california news two men are facing felony charges after placing a credit card slimmers inside gas pumps. the device was a touch of a circuit board inside the gas pump he called police. they fitted the top with an alarm it was triggered and police arrested the two men there were there trying to download the information. they have more than 3600 credit-card numbers. quite the operation there. police have stopped that part of it for now. a quick break, back with more in a moment. here's a live look inside your view from the golden gate bridge. traffic moving good. back with more in a moment.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look from our roof camera let's find out how more it will be.

>> louisa: we're not just talking about warm temperatures we're talking up into the '70s. this is how much warmer temperatures are expected to get, a good warm up in places like livermore aid to greece, five trees in san francisco, santa rosa. 7 for hayward, fremont. by the afternoon most of our highs will i shall be into the upper 60s, low '70's. 65 in san rafael. temperatures also in the '70s to the livermore could warm up to 74 degrees in places like los gatos, morgan hill. along the coast it will be pretty pleasant at about 62 victories. satellite, radar

shows some weather to the pacific steady stream of cars moving agree on throughout northern california. the further north, the better chances you are seeing cloud cover santa rosa mostly cloudy, elsewhere partly cloudy. nice breaks of sunshine. currently in the '40's and '50's. 48 the jury also, 45 napa. all of the rain setting in, come tomorrow the best chance of spring goes to the north bay. 11 1/4, moderate downpours greater around santa rosa, north bay. some wrinkles and the peninsula to the east bay as well. we're just talking about light rain. issue becomes body in the

late afternoon. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., which serves as the next chance of rain is tomorrow after barely dry up friday, saturday. rain chances by the end of the weekend. >> erica: so far, so good not falling in the hot spot bay bridge, very quiet, a live look, a couple of cars headed westbound. leading lights are off. same story at san mateo great conditions in both directions. lots of space between cars. drive time is just 13 minutes from end to end. atabrine can't come down to the golden gate, southbound traffic speed survey moving at the limit. very quiet out there. across town freeways are also very quiet. you are good to go,

drive time over under 15 minutes. if you're heading east bound to the lower deck it is problem free. james christian mar? >> i refuse to stand behind the board that treats my children as petty cash. >> it works, look at the test herds they work. >> you have destroyed the community center of this neighborhood. >> i represent the academic excellence we have i received a perfect score on the english language arts section. all of the students are smart. everyone works really hard. >> james: the school district voted to issue 180 pink slips to teachers and staff they have a 280 million dollar budget that needs to be trimmed by $22

million. 27 kindergarten- fifth grade teachers, 33 music teachers, 20 librarian's these are a worst-case scenario in case the tax extensions do not pass or get on to the ballot. brown does not have enough republican votes to have a special elections. it could cause more program cuts come shorter school year, it will likely happen. a new proposal expected to protect jobs to the end of the year the city employees and agreed to salary and retirement sessions. the plan is expected to save nearly $1 million. today marks six months as the san bruno explosion residents are organizing in anniversary commemorations. nearly released call large share have workers were

confused, scrambling trying to stop the explosion. however in the five months since people have started to rebuild. >> reporter: half an hour before the explosion employes realize their mistake gas control operator we are screwed crowed we're screwed court. confused on whether not dare open or closed builds. gaslight operator " we did not get any alarms, now they are scrambling may now try to figure out what the hell opened and what is going on coped 5:50 a.m. the pressure spikes, gas control operator grow what happened? why did it go from 0 to 12 1/2 million crushed or court jury hill says the transcripts were very revealing. >> a couple of things, pacific gas and electric

company did not know that high pressure grass transmission line is out of control for an hour or so. no one knew that what the pressure was what was controlling the ball is. this year is part is one of the readings indicated to the investigation was 623 speak-r per square inch which is one-and-a-half times are formed under maximum allowed. >> you can see the blue tarps still some work to be done but the wheels appear to be turning i talked with those from pacific gas and electric company they tell me nine owners have agreed to do repurchase program 7- bay will have their homes rebuilt, one will go for the buyout they're also in discussion for 17 other families by talk to those from the city they tell me they were to be approved tombs to be built, another

to their iraqi airplanes. as for how much this buyout was involved those are numbers that pacific gas and electric company will not disclosed. reporting in san bruno, kron4 news. >> james: 8 cases have been dropped in the wake of a scandal involving misconduct with the police. it is continued fallout from several videos posted on line by the public defender's office showing a officers searching loans without warrants over the last few months. they contradict what those officers for it in their police reports and said in court testimony. san as a police are searching for two men involved in a homicide in happened january 8th in san as they jonathan bloom has more in the case. >> reporter: police have released new video of the moments after a gunbattle.

they're looking for this man, a third gunman who police say got away the shares in chasing the club's owner. it was a dispute over drug money. with the two other gunmen wounded u.s. to the honor and to have block trading in towards the door the owner was shot several times but survived. another gunman seen wearing a white had died, the man who shot sanchez and the driver are still on the list. >> a quick break, back with more in a moment. >> james: this the view from mount tam, a beautiful day today i have to tell you we'll get into the mid '70s. full look at your forecasts coming out.up.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. all i'll less simultaneous bridge, 92 and living well. update on

your morning commute with erica and that it. the settlement has been reached in the case of office depot verses the city of san francisco the victory to pay the city for $25 million. an audit found that office devotes a private $5.7 million in this kinsman did it. a minnesota man file lawsuits against a group- on, he claims that the expiration dates are deceptive and illegal. the lawsuit filed in minneapolis says state law prohibits them for selling your certificates with expiration dates. facebook is testing a service with warner brothers offering movies for purchase or rent through facebook. users to visit the age of a movie

will be able to pay a few dollars on doll line in the movie will be strained to the application. and news service as android is the most use smart phone. now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >> gabe: according to two studies done by nelson the track from sales injured google smart phones are now the most popular in the united states that means interest phones are of selling by funds, blackberries, any sort found. the iphone is so popular it is the first really successful ministry smart phones. it has become part of pop culture. it seems like the iphone is the top dog, but it's not. injury has exploded. --in trade phones had exploded. andriod phones have

exploded. could enter a is higher than gramm, bob dole's third place. microsoft windows phones hold forth in fifth place. how did this happen? there's only one iphone, there as dozens of injurea android smart phones. it was similar to the i phone but slide of physical keyboard a lot of people like that. the phone was a hit, verizon sold a ton. >> some of sony's movies sold to apple's itunes story are available with extra features that allow them to serve as scenes by taking

turns into a computer and other features to allow the jews clips to share on facebook and twitter to check where songs appear in the movie. outside linz and musical a vessel will come will be selling tickets to the 3 data content and august and available at noon on friday for 14 $9 per ticket the festival will take place in golden gate park from august rob-14th. --from august 12th-14th. traffic is moving well on the nimitz back with more in a minute.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. his is a shot 50 at skier and if

you're headed to south lake it should be good. you can't tell a lot in the shot, no cars rain now, so far, so good. back down to the big talk about our own forecast we have nice, warm conditions. >> today will be really nice day to be the most pleasant day of the work week we will warm up into the '70s today here's a shot of the bay bridge approach, if you're an oakland low 50s, noon time working our way to the mid-60s, high- temperature copper '60s. 54 degrees by 8:00. we are expected the upper 60s for santa reserve. could actions phase out a couple of '70s. places like livermore, napa. we are seeing temperatures well above where we should

typically see that. take a look of some of these gems 8 degrees above where we should typically be in hayward. nine degrees above napa. aides here say interest. they swarm of for today. plenty of cloud cover, mostly cloudy conditions. elsewhere, partly cloudy. nice breaks and sunshine. temperatures = 40-50s. santa rosa 48 degrees still holding on to their '40's nice format. 52 for mountain view, 49 san jose. by the afternoon highs the upper 60s-'70s. 64 san francisco, along the coast warming up to 62 degrees for half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. there as they is a

first shift of rain. kids are rain moves in from the north. friday, saturday we will try and send it another shot of what weather that continues into next week. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. is daylight savings says such a clock forward one hour. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: thank you, we are accident free in the traffic department no slowdowns, craig conditions. although we are tracking more volume heading toward san francisco across the bay bridge. no accidents to report, no special traffic advisories drive time of 9 minutes from this camera shot near the foot of the maze. over at the san mateo, westbound traffic good shape. no

problems to report. codling connie dry in the good commute, problem free conditions.

maps >> the beginning of the enforcer was canceled because of the officers had not received enough training. >> there's still enraged going on. >> reporter: they have not determined when enforcement will begin. >> there's no rush. we hope

to start soon. (music) >> james: the city district attorney is taking a stand on behalf of the elderly the d.a. is launching a citywide campaign to launch elder abuse. --to help stop elderly abuse. stanford university is no easy a, the school is dropping several class's there were regarded as the ec list. that list which includes beginning drop back, a dance has existed since 2001 more than a quarter of the courses did not fill requirements

officials discontinued that list after reports. no more easy-day. we'll back with more in a moment, a quick programming change this friday. we're running nbc programming. if you like to watch to be think you are tunic here following up with an episode of monk and then the evening news will be on at 11. you can catch dr. threat fell at 3. ñ

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. me hand you leaning conditions set for today, 74 degrees is a secure expected high. --is your expected high. friday, saturday looks great more sprinkles on

sunday. here is salic at the james lick, traffic headed southbound and it's moving well. taillights headed towards the city. more traffic and weather in a minute. more news, there could be more trouble for spider-man on broadway malls so pull reports say they're shutting down previous delaying the open so that changes can be made. there's word that the play's director walked off the job. the spokesman would not comment on the rumors except to say the opening date stands. the $65 million musical has suffered several problems including after injuries ancaster's courting. the white has is not the only place,

according to vh-1 the party crasher was kicked off over of thing she does not have a addiction. you cannot be on a rehab show if you don't have an addiction. much more straight ahead of the kron 4 morning news checking the view from mount tam beautiful day, already here this morning we'll get the latest coming up.

>> james: why anyone top stories or it spent

counselor accused of check out of molestation is on the. ... the plays are dropping newly released this surveillance video are hoping that this will help track down the a triple homicide. jobs and schools are on the line, parents and teachers packed the meeting lasted where both issues are on the table. a quick check on weather and traffic. >> louisa: afternoon highs temperatures expected to jump the '70s, we are well above average all the details coming up. >> george: a quick check on traffic no problems, hot spots, like easy ride at the bay bridge toll plaza. >> james: top story new details the month diablo unified school district voted to issue 180 pink

slips to teachers and staff which is required to be done by march 15th. the district has a 280 million dollar budget discuss that.deficit. 27f kindergarten-fifth grade, 33 music teachers, 20 librarians, these cats are worst-case scenario in case governor brown's plan for tax exemptions to not pass or make the ballot. they're still not done enough republican votes to have an election. more layoffs and more cuts are possible to happen. big cities are considering big cuts today the oakland unified school district is expected to vote on 500 layoffs. oakland has

a $12 million budget shortfall. many of those attending last night's meeting were up past their bedtime. to students currently attending joined their parents and teachers to make a last-ditch effort to save their school. in earlier this year they voted to close to schools because of the budget crisis parents and students ask the board to reconsider. >> refuse to stand behind a board that treats my children as if they're padded cashthey are petty cash. >> you have destroyed the community senator of this neighborhood. >> i'm a third grader i represent the academic excellence, i received a perfect score on the english language arts section. all of the students are smart things to the teachers.

everyone works hard every day. >> james: their concerns were not addressed because there were not on the agenda. one proposal is to split students among two other schools. and glenn rupp between three other schools. they're expected to vote next week. authorities are looking for a counselor accused of child molestation after court house run in. you seem here, he is at his first day of testimony when the incident happened to hit the missing for four days when jurors convicted him of two felony counts of child molestation. he was a counselor in turn specializing in families affected by divorce back in 2008 when he was arrested for allegedly molesting a 15 year-old client in the 13

year-old. police are searching for two men involved in a triple homicide. this is the incredible surveillance video police have released hoping it will help find the suspects. >> reporter: police released new surveillance video of the moments after a bloody gun battle there looking for this man, police say he got away the video shows him chasing the club's owner who police say you tried to kidnap in a dispute over drug money. the third man rustles the honor into a head lock driving into to the door. --dragging him towards the door. another gunman died in the back of the getaway car but the man who shot sanchez are still on the list. >> james: police are still searching for this man he also goes by a few other

names. they believe he was the getaway driver, there's a another suspect involved it is believed that he is headed to southern california or mexico. here's a live look from our roof camera. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: the word on the weather is warm, temperatures warming into the '70s. everyone will feel that warm-up. clear shot of the golden gate bridge as a head into the afternoon it will be a very pleasant day. chants every insets and by toman. by the end of the weekly dry up. we'll start shot this morning showing how much warmer temperatures will be. 7 fremont come message trees in san rafael, napa. we will continue with temperatures warming up into

the '70s in places like layout, napa. it could or to 64 degrees in downtown san francisco. further inland '70s for livermore, los gatos, morgan hill. 68 in san as a. satellite, radar shows quite a bit of cloud cover santa rosa, places to the north bay look to be seeing more and the way of cloud cover today. temperatures during to the '40's, 50's. still in the 40's and the north bay. by the afternoon we bring in the '70s. there's they chance of rain certainly another big storm of light rain is expected. occasional moderate downpour's as well. drying out, partly cloudy,

rain by the end of the week into the weekend. george? >> george: not much going on no hot spots or delays. click check on the bridge is the bay bridge westbound looks good no problems, no wind advisory san mateo bridge clear come easy ride very late traffic on the right side of your screen that will be the commute direction. 101 southbound is problem free. muni had a rough morning yesterday but so far no reports of problems for any public transit. the kron 4 morning news will be right back. stay with us. california should be proud.

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>> james: to the latest with the libya uprising gaddafi said libyans will fight if and no fly zone is imposed he claims they would prove

to the world that they only want the country's oil. he made his remarks during an interview aired wednesday. the interview was conducted tuesday night he was responding to plans for a response to libya including proposing a no fly zone. he claims such a move would lead libyans to understand the foreigners aims to seize an oil and take their freedoms away. watching gas prices rise, here is the latest oakland, san jose $3.92 san francisco 396$3.96. kron4 is will trans reports this morning why the pain at the pump is connected to everything we do. >> will: their concern that the more money we spend at the gas pumps and at this

chevron its $4.50 that the more money we put into our gas station the less money we spend at the restaurants, motels and that could herald a fragile economy. >> no vacation. say around here. to save money. >> will: we be eating out? >> no. too much money on gas. i can't spend it on a restaurant. >> will: more reaction throughout the morning union city, kron4 news. >> james: let's give you another look bedside is to make your way out the door this morning here's what it's like in san francisco fairly clear, mild. warm this afternoon.

>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. an economic

forecast as those that plan california's high unemployment rate and high taxes on not entirely correct. news released today showing there is little evidence that businesses are moving ahead of the state, it recommends support a foreign unemployment rate. people turned out to make sure that the city council members and belle are removed from their seats more than 95 percent of voters cast ballots to recall them. they're accused of looting the city of millions of dollars by doling out salaries to themselves. two of the 14 democrats who fled to block about about say the

compromise is not enough to bring them back. according to e-mail's released he proposed a compromise that would allow them to bargain over their salaries with no limit that is a change from his original plan. democrats to have to broker the deal say that it serves as a blueprint for further talks that could lead to a deal down the road. stock futures are still mixed after a yesterday's rally that performance will still industry is due out later on this morning and economists expect the rose an average of 1 percent in jittery. tropicana says it will increase prices by 4-8% to deal with the higher costs tied to all of that cold weather that citrus crops have been dealing with. warner brothers is making some of its films available on facebook opening of a whole new revenue source. could this be a net-slicks

killerfk /+liflicks killer? nowe is a look at the weather.

>> george: >> george: and the traffic department no problems, delays come lot spots, the bridges equal light traffic, no wind advisory. they bridge is very light. and no delays here, little pickup in volume left side of your screen headlights heading back towards hayward from foster city. golden gate still clear, reconfigured for the morning commute for lane southbound. james lick, hardly any traffic here on the inbounds central there no delays where the two freeways merge. no delays getting at of town. the ride on 101 through marin even to sonoma heading south to petaluma light, easy. james? >> james: a more cases have

been dropped in the wake of a scandal all apparently captured on video. its continued follow up to posted online shows eight officers searching homes with out warrants. here's three other forbid years. that prompted the police department to put them on hold. the sand and sister product reported that deputy stephen tanabe told sheriff's deputies that a drunk driving arrest of the two were making ads had a day and go bar was set up. that the target needed to be dirtied for a future court date. he was working

with a private investigator could been hired by the targets were if for $5,000. he has not been charged. and napa state hospital patients suspected of battering a hospital employee is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. he is charged with assault with intent to cocommit rape. he's being held on 250 bill. it was the third high profile act of violence. but donors are being warned to let go for a rat poisoning. open the boxes were reported in two incidents as. city staff remove the boxes that were reported no dogs have been injured, none have been reported. outside, bay bridge toll plaza will be back with more. turn weather

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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. 525 a m seven children have died in a fire in pennsylvania. this is video of the scene state police say the mother was in the environment and cows, present fell asleep in the milk delivery truck really early in the morning. this is a generous seven months last 11 years old. s3 year- old was the only survivor, and that of the house when they smelled smoke that corner says the children in the house died of smoke inhalation. jared loughner is scheduled to be arraigned today on new charges that were filed last week. he's accused of killing six,

wounding several others he faces criminal charges including murder. have not said whether they will seek the death penalty. rob let go of it has asked a judge to cancel his spring trial. asking to just be sentenced. he made this off filing saying he's not conceding any guilt, but that he wants this to go forward ronnie woes have prompted his request. --money woes. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. the former pittsburgh council of accused of child elation is on loose the story coming out. --police station is on lilly's

>> james: developing story, authorities said looking for a former pittsburgh counselor accused of child

molestation 30s year-old was said his first day of testimony when this incident happened he has been missing for four days, and to carry out of child molestation. --convicted him of two counts of child molestation. he was arrested for allegedly amassed a a 15 and 13 year-old client. police are searching for two men involved in a homicide, here is video of this is surveillance footage in hopes of identifying a suspect baggataway. the tape shows as what happens after the shooting out. the third gunman makes one last attempt to kidnap the club's owner of. investigators do not know his name or anything about him. if you

any information give them a call. here's a closer picture of the man they're searching for, he goes by a few different names. they believe he was the getaway driver. another suspect is involved police have not identified him they believe he's headed to southern california or mexico. let's talk of something a lot more pleasant the weather for today. >> louisa: today to be the nicest day of the workweek if you like warm temperatures we could warm up into the '70s, we will call out the warmest day of the workweek. chance of rain sets and tomorrow. we will dry up by the end of the week. we'll show you just how much warmer temperatures are. about eight degrees above yesterday, seven hayward, 6 degrees san

rafael. overall we will see those nice little jumps, war means the upper 60s, the '70s. same vallejo, 64 in downtown san francisco temperatures and to the upper 60s to the east bay. the further inland to go we could warm up to 70, 74 and the starters, morgan hill. slight chance of rain sets in as we head into to tomorrow we could start of with your temperatures in the 40's, '50's as we head towards tomorrow that wet weather will set in. in the morning hours is the best chance. moderate downpour's with this. as we head into the afternoon lighter rain, sprinkles here and there with the occasional moderate downpour for a few hours

into the afternoon. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. what weather to mark, parlayed by the conditions wet weather sets in at the end of the weekend continuing into next week. >> george: no problems, no delays, no hot spots. the rise at the bay bridge looks pretty good. >> james: george has a bit of a cross, we will lead to get a drink but the bay bridge approach is looking good. we'll touch base with him coming up in a bit. now on to new details, the mount diablo school district voted last night to issue 180 pink slips to teachers and staff. its aim to help close the budget deficit, dan kerman has more on last night's meeting. >> reporter: the school board has voted to issue 180 layoff notices, these are

required to be done by march 18th. this is a worst-case scenario. it is just in case the plan for tax expenditures don't house or to not get on the ballot. if that happens officials say they will likely see even more program cuts and layoffs. in concord, and dan kerman, a kron4 news. >> james: in lme that the votes are still being counted on a tax measure to benefit schools. one of the high school partial taxes in the states, it will be 325 per square foot for homes and buildings that sum was $500 for 1500 square foot home. so far only the male in boats have been counted 66 approved a shy of what is needed to pass. richmond voters will decide in june if they want to raise the sales tax half a percent.

the city council voted unanimously to call a ballot measure to boost the sales tax rate. it would generate $6 million annually richmond is projecting a $4 million shortfall. antioch, the proposal is expected to protect jobs in the end of the year. they agree to salary and retirement concessions this week, allows that the city council approves the proposal that plan is expected to save the city nearly $1 million. the senate will vote today on competing plans to trim the federal budget for the remainder of the fiscal year. the republican plan already approved would cut 57 on top of the 4 billion in cuts the lawmakers are the approved. their proposal would trim an additional 5 billion or shso. house

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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. not a whole lot of activity going on, we can get a fury or to keep the team here. we'll let the u.s. we approach the weekend. 2.2 earthquake shook santa clara county this morning at 1:25 a.m.. the logging in san jose, 9 mi. northeast of city hall.

no damage is expected we will let you know that changes. as 7 route 3 earthquake programs small tsunami around japan. it hinges for four noon followed by 6.3 aftershock. it was centered north of tokyo shaking buildings as the persian you will see where we're talking about some witnesses and the shaking lasted as long as three minutes. we have video coming into the newsroom showing in the moment the quake hit. no word of any damage or injury. we're still trying to determine the impact of the kate quake. *--the quake. heavy snowfall left many in utah shoveling their driveways on bottle i see roads include parts of the state you can see just how much

can meet for really treasures striving conditions especially here, the utah on highway patrol reported more than one to five weather related crashes. 125 weather related crashes. strong storms or texas yesterday a possible tornado caused this damage. a spokesperson says a fellow called responded touching down, it destroyed a couple of barnes damaging one house there was under construction no entry tot been reported. we will take a break, another left outside the golden gate bridge, and traffic is looking pretty good. santa rosa 40 degrees, moving [ male announcer ] provocative.

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>> louisa: men welcome back to the kron 4 news. bp address shut the james lick will stay dry all day, temperatures will warm up nicely once the center to rise if you take any pictures you can send them in. we have a chance of rain come tomorrow. drying up by the end of the week. we will start to go with how much warmer temperatures are. temperatures are expected to jump into the upper 60s, low '70's. we're about nine degrees above seasonal average in napa, a to santa rosa, hayward. --8. satellite, radar shows a lot of cloud cover streaming into california mainly into the northern portions. the

further north you had the better chance of crowd cover. elsewhere partly cloudy, lots of sunshine. temperatures in the 40's, '50's by the afternoon are highs will skyrocket flirting with 70 degrees in places like santa rosa, novato. also in through vallejo as well upper 60s to the east bay, 68 in san jose. 74 morgan hill. slate chancellor of rain tomorrow. the best chance is in the north bay. ---slight chance. raindrops and in the peninsula also to the east bay. it looks like we will continue with wet weather through the afternoon not a big storm but it could be a wet day. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. drang out thursday, friday

another chance of rain on sunday into next week. george? >> george: it is an easy ride, no hot spots on the freeways, the bridges still look good. very light traffic. no problems on the upper deck or the approach. say mattel likewise, there are no delays on the approach, no problems across the span. it is a good ride. it has been problem free, checking the maps there are no reports of any delays on 101 southbound pretty easy ride. for your ride in san francisco crosstown for you is that good. 16-8 minutes with no delays. james?

>> james: two california men are facing felony charges after pacing credit-card skimmers inside peninsula gas pumps. a gas station employee found it he called police, officers fitted these probes with an alarm, then waited when the alarm was triggered they swarmed in and arrested the two men as they try to download the data. they found six more pounds the revealed more than 3600 credit-card numbers. police in san francisco are investigating a high profile highest. a yellow lamborghini was stolen. police believe the person who took the card repeled down from a rope on the roof through an opening

that officers say they're looking into words the lamborghini is they admit chances are slim the person who stole it is going to drive iraq around. police are directing an investigation into allegations of the molestations have to minors under the age of 14. the suspect was arrested yesterday at a school for specially its judgment he was employed as a substitute custodian. the victims or 18 and 22 date report the abuse began when they're eight and 11 and continued for several years johnson is being held in jail on $1.8 million bail. but there is an san francisco return to find out what happened to a person his body was found near port mason. they found the body on the rocks near port mason at this point that have no affirmation about the victim. --information about

the victim. here's a quick look from the south bay conditions are looking pretty good weather was not bad fairly mild getting up to about 68 this afternoon. 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.

(music) it is a four-letter word that you're going to hear. (music) >> james: waking up this morning with the clinic, coming home. they will land this morning they're expected to be back on the ground at 1157 eastern time which is 857 our time, hopefully we'll carry that for real life. maybe if we can squeeze in a commercial

break before then we can get it in for you. once it hits the ground it will be retired that has locked a total of 39 flights. the smithsonian will put it on display. a settlement has been reached in the case of office depot vs san francisco, they've agreed to pay them or allegations that they over church for office surprise. office depot deprived the city of $7.5 million in discounts that they should receive under its contract. a minnesota man is falling all lawsuits against the group-on he claims that the expiration dates are deceptive and for that matter they are illegal. the lawsuit filed says state law prohibits companies from selling give certificates with expiration dates. we can add facebook to the list of on- line sites offering at movie

rentals. facebook users to visit the official page will be able to pay just a few dollars and watch that movie streamed through the application. more and technicians and news survey says android funds are now the most used operating system in the u.s.. >> stanley: >> gabe: according to two studies done by nelson that tracks fund sales android smart phones are now the most popular in the united states that means android is out selling iphone, blackberry. the iphone is so popular it was the first really successful mainstream smart phone it has been part of our pop culture. it seems like the i phone is the top dog but it's not, google phones have exploded in

sales. which is incredible if you consider they only came on the scene two years ago. one year ago there were still sitting in fourth place. here's a breakdown of the smart phone market share. google is slightly higher than the ram apple isn't there with around 24%, microsoft windows, paul will be fourth and fifth. how did this happen? how did they take over so quickly and the iphone is so popular? the big reason there's only one i found there are dozens of android funds to choose from people like options. looking back android took off with the jury it was similar to the iphone, slide it is a good keyboard a lot of people like that. rising quickly sold the time of the phone. gabe slate, kron4 news. >> james: some of sony's

movies are now available with extra features that allow you to search scenes for actors, dialogue by typing in keywords. other features allow them to choose clips to sharon facebook come twitter, checked were songs from the soundtrack to appear in the movie. outside the land music and arts festival will be selling tickets to the three day event there will be avail will on noon on friday there 14 $9 per ticket$149 per ticket. the linep for the festival be announced next month. a quick look outside as we go from mount tam, back with more in just a moment.

>> mark: