san francisco after five people are shot in the city's mission district. >> darya: a big day for california teachers thousands of pink slips go in the mail. her the kron 4 news at 6:00 a.m. start to now. >> live from the bay area new station this is the kron 4 morning news. >> mark: tuesday march 15th, 2011. >> darya: we have rain on the way. >> louisa: the storm tracker for is all lit up. just watching a cell work its way from marin. showers are starting to pick up in san rafael, and south toward the golden gate bridge. we could see thunderstorms in the did that. as we head to the north bay some showers passing through places like santa rosa, moving towards one country. the shores

are starting to move into the peninsula, the next hour we will get showers in downtown san francisco. it looks like a heisman will selling our temperatures will bitthe in the '50s. it will taper left by the evening hours, starting to see scattered showers towards the greater our spirit we also have snowfall today in to tomorrow. winter weather in advisory from 2:00 p.m. this afternoon until wednesday. we could pick up to inches of snow this afternoon, tonight wednesday up to 4 in.. you're 7 day around the bay shows temperatures cool and often to the mid-60s. charred

persist into wednesday, thursday. friday is going to be your biggest rain date. >> erica: no hot spots of the traffic center that includes the ride to the bay bridge. traffic is still sailing by. metering lights have not been cycled on. san mateo bridge the same story nice and light conditions all the we see cars build especially in the westbound direction. we are on accident and incident free. giving no drive time of about 15 minutes between 881 01. an easy ride into san francisco, no problems on the span. craig conditions for your ride out of the north bay. >> darya: 6:02 a.m. at least five people have been injured in a shooting in san francisco. it

happened last night just after 11:00 p.m. here you see some of the people being wheeled out to ambulances. all five victims transported to hospital. the shooting may be gang-related but a moated has not been determined yet. >> mark: 140,000 people living within 90 mi. of the nuclear plant are being warned to stay indoors. they have evacuate people within 12-50 mi. of the plant. there has been an explosion at a third reactor. the fourth reactor at this facility is now on fire. the fire in the storage pond that has new killer waste.nuclear wad

death toll from the now 9.0 magnitude earthquake in a tsunami is 2700, they fear will top 10,000. millions of people hired in during near freezing temperatures with no food, water or by heating. they found conscious but suffering hypothermia after bebeen found for days after the quake. >> darya: in the bay area teachers and parents will take part in a protest appear to protest the number of education jobs. that number could be 24,000 jobs cut. estimates show the district will cut about 400

separate 540 jobs, 500 san francisco, 100 in mount diablo the number of education jobs depends on whether or not the governor brown budget is approved. he wants to close the deficit by cutting 12 1/2 billion in spending. extending temporary increases in the sales personal income and vehicle taxes. republicans have refused to put the tax question before the voters. there's a press conference at 6:30 a.m. about the education cuts. we will take that live as soon as that happens. >> mark: today is the deadline for pg&e to turn over documents relating to the pipelines. this in the wake of this san bruno gas pipeline explosion. it has to show the pipelines are safe or risk changing the way it does business. will tran has details. >> will: i'm up the hill for

more the explosion took place. six months after the explosion you can still see barricades up only allow people live here, though. the reason they are asking for the document some of them which date back to the 1920's is because after the explosion, pg&e said that it was a seamless pipe. turns out it did have the welds. they are questioning the accuracy, there are so many documents they had to use the cow palace as a library. will tran kron 4 news. >> darya: 6:06 a.m. back with more a couple of minutes. let's look at the golden gate bridge we have word that sfo are having delays of an hour and eight minutes. oakland and san jose

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>> darya: we are tracking the storm going through the area right now. in san francisco is starting to get wet right now. that cell is moving off the coast coming onto shore. we're looking at a wet day today. stocks are headed for low opening this morning. as a crisis in japan intensifies. japan's stock average down more than 1000 points. today was the third worst one day plunge in their history. >> mark: 40 $4 million donation

to japan. they stopped production in the area. we went to toyota dealership to see how it is impacting business. >> reporter: it may have it economic impact on the dealers in the states. for manufacturing plants have been shut down following the disaster. sales managers based shutting down the plants means stopping the production of vehicles exclusively produced in japan like one of their best sellers, upper yes. they say it will impact on oil sales here. kron 4 news. >> mark: as we go to break one of the stories we're following alive look from arlington va., the final living servicemen to serve in world war one is being honored. the 110 year-old

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>> mark: the cleanup at santa cruz harbour is continuing. a lot of debris left from the tsunami. >> craig: the dock and the harbour is both closed. it will remain so for the rest of the week and maybe beyond that. $70 million worth of damage. we will show some pictures stuff that i shot yesterday. 4-$6 million damage to as many as 100 votes appeared coast guard expects to

pullout three boats a day as well as keeping the harbour close down so they can clear out debris. some images showing you both and docks that have been destroyed. this is a painstaking process and it is very dangerous. scuba divers down below try to figure out where to hold things up. they will be back out here today to resume the process. the harbour is shut down and said chris does not have one. it is a $25,000 citation if you try to go and. in the meantime they have to fix this uping clarineup and clear >> darya: 6:16 a.m. it looks like we are getting more wet. it looks like there's more to come as well. >> louisa: starting to see some

sprinkle stall on the peninsula as well. we are seeing a cell work its way through the bay bridge right now ford's oakland in to richmond. as we take if south in the peninsula watch to the south of half moon bay, we have heavy downpours coming along the coast line. we see some hit or miss showers during the day. we have had some reports of lightning strikes along the coast as well. temperatures sitting in to the mid to upper 50s. not too bad in terms of temperatures. as we make our through the day today we could pick up a quarter financial all the way up to three-quarters of a niche in the north bay. by wednesday, thursday weaker systems moving through, just some sprinkles. by the end of the week that's when when we have that strong store moving in. notice how widespread

that rain as encompassing much of the state. half an inch all the way up to an engine and half of rain. as we take it through the afternoon the high school last upper 50s and san rafael, san francisco, 61 richmond. temperatures here the east bay into the low 60s. here's you're 7 day around the bay, shows wet weather continuing through the rest of the wheat into the weekend. even into next week as well. 6:18 a.m. let's go to traffic. >> erica: traffic map show top speeds bay area wide. westbound 580 through the altamont pass looks good. no problems to speak of all the we are seeing them few more cars at the bay bridge. a minor way for your westbound ride. the san mateo bridge we are at the peak of the commute right now. no problems in either

direction. a wet deck await you at the golden gate bridge, but it's easy ride for your southbound direction continuing your ride out of the north bay picking up another camera, alive look southbound 101 headlights moving through san rafael. traffic building out there, still tracking space between cars and speeds averaging 60 mi. an hour. >> darya: trial continues for alexander the 18 year-old accused of bringing pipe bombs a chain saw and a sword to san mateo high school with the intention of killing staff and students. this was august 2009. the defendant suffers from schizophrenia testimony to determine whether oakland can prevent gang members from hanging out in the first dealt district. the judge has not specified when he wore a whirl

on the injunction against four alleged members of the gamedangt would impose a curfew between 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.. >> mark: this was the scene in court in madera, five an hour standoff with police about 430 afternoon he entered bank of america. swat team and negotiators arriving at the team spirit that make contact, employes and customers were led tallowed to leave. after several hours around 10:00 p.m. last night he came out on his own and was taken into custody. we will be right back after the break. all live look from the

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jersey killing two people. the driver died after being ejected by the boss. this happened on the new jersey turnpike last night just days after the connecticut crash. oklahoma man incredibly in good condition after his car plunged down a 20 ft. foot cliff, he drove it up there to get a better view of the edge, miscalculated how far away he was. the man was able to get out of the car himself but they had distract him to a structure to pull him to safety. he only complained of neck and back pain. >> darya: fire fighters in hawaii will fly over a fire in hawaii. you can see this video of the eruption and that happened march the sixth pair firefighters say the blaze as burned 75 a. since sunday.

officials say it is moving through the zero high forced an area that has burned at least twice due to lack of lows. one of the world's most active volcanoes has been in constant direction since 1983. the problems at the power plants in japan causing fear around the world. in germany increase in people protesting against the use of nuclear power. >> mark: hillary clinton meeting with foreign minister of japan at the jeep meeting. it comes as japan recovers from the earthquake and tsunami. and now nuclear disaster. he thinks the united states for assistance. she offered condolences and

solidarity. she will now be headed to egypt. we will be right back as the morning news continues after the break. alive look from the james lick, traffic backed up here. waiting for the not been bell on wall street. >> james: the dow set to start off sharply negative today futures more than 200 points to the downside. this

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are minutes away from the ringing of the opening bell. not all lot of positive news. futures trading has been sharply negative down to 43.243e are watching and waiting for the latest numbers to come in. as we do we obviously can't say this ties back to japan, the new killer crisis therenuclear crisd a major sell-off in japan that momentum went on to europe and now we are following that lead. the markets are reeling as to what is happening in japan. waiting for new numbers to come and and we should see live pictures of the big board did just one moment. the dow was already down 78. we are seeing the snowball effect taking hold. who knows how far will go but we

will keep tabs on it. >> mark: we have been watching the japan trading as it closed down 6%. they have injected money into the money market to keep market solid. even with that we have seen stocks down over 16 percent over last two days. concerns about the nuclear facilities. >> james: at handful of seconds in two trading and we are down ninalmost 200 points. >> mark: we will keep bringing new market updates through the morning. >> darya: this is in response to japan, people living within 12 mi. of that crippled power plant

have been evacuated. those within 19 mi. are being told to stay indoors to avoid exposure to radiation. the crisis is getting worse after the earthquake that has been upgraded to a 9.0 and the tsunami that has killed so many people. there have been explosions' a third reactor, and the reactor fire in the fourth reactor. fire was in a storage pond, that's where radioactivity has been released directly into the atmosphere japanese safety officials say the water for the damage reactor maybe boiling now. one reaction to the expert says japan is not really an accurate information on. he says it is more dangerous that that power plant, he says japan's failure to provide full

information is crating alarm among the people. >> it appears were not getting the same story. we're told the situation is under control efforts are succeeding in reducing the risk but every day we see the situation getting further and further out of control. each day we wake here in japan to a much more grim situation in the day before. it is hard to imagine, to give accurate information but i think it is a a growing distrust among people in japan that the information we receive is not informing us to the extent we would like it too. that doesn't reduce panic it makes us on certain wine we believe we cannot trust the information they are being given. >> darya: dealing with the danger of the power plant and dealing with freezing temperatures a lot of people

homeless, no food, no power, no where to stay after the earthquake which was the ninth point all, and the tsunami that killed so many people. they expect the death cool to keep climbing. they could be 10,000 people died in one province alone. >> mark: 5 people have been injured in san francisco shootings. it happened last night in the mission district. one victim has life-threatening injuries, the other for non-life threatening injuries. all 54 take the hospital. it may be gang-related but no motive has been determined. >> darya: let's get the look at the weather is see how the store is shaping up. >> louisa: we have had reports of lightning in the north bay coast line, you can see from

downtown san francisco the wet roads out there, wet weather factor this morning we could see brief heavy rain at times. wet weather persists all week. certainly something we have to get used to. storm tracker for you can see showers and the north bay. right now seeing showers moving through the peninsula and the east bay. danville, what muckrake picking up showers this morning. to the south of san francisco we head 101 or 280 towards palo alto picking up wet weather as well. the north bay we are tapering off, heavier downpour's earlier. scattered showers for san rosa and to wine country as well. temperatures sitting in the '50s right now. the rest of the week we see today the storm bringing a quarter of an inch of rain, by wednesday and thursday just a weaker system moves in bringing

light showers. it is your friday, notice how widespread the rain has. heavy downpours is certainly going to be the strongest storm appearestorm. wf towards the weekend friday your big storm continues through saturday. >> erica: we were tracking this is a hot spot, it looks like things are calming down in san francisco where the james lick meets the inbound central. we were following an inbound crash rate here past the 10th street off ramp. that has been pushed out of the roadway. it may be sitting on the shoulder but no longer affecting any of the traffic lanes. regardless anticipate minor delays for your southbound ride. over to the bay bridge you go the meter lights were cycled on 15 minutes ago delays stretching past the

parking lot in some of those middle lanes. a bit of a back up on the 880 over cross. tracking slowing go in the westbound direction of highway 4. speeds dip down to 17 mi. an hour. >> darya: 6:37 a.m. new details in december no gas line explosion investigation. you can see the video here. regulators have been given pg&e six more weeks to search their records. they have until march 15th to complete the search. it was triggered by the discovery that pg&e had inaccurate documents about the pipeline that exploded december 0. >> mark: we will be right back coming up information out of this press conference. all live look at the teacher press conference in union city. details and alive report

>> mark: here in the bay area teachers and parents are taking part in protest as a day of action. we are live in union city were press conferences under way. >> will: let's listen to the news conference briefly. a teacher who just took the podium. >> it is important to remember schools are all ready even before these cuts and layoffs, wheat already ranked at the bottom nationally the number of councilors, librarians, and computers. it is ironic we are standing in the library in our district we have one librarian and she may be laid off. >> will: the school district is

facing a $10 million budget shortfall. they are looking at laying off 60 teachers. those teachers are wearing red right now and pay exchequer's symbolically saying these are the ones on the chopping block. the final cuts will be in may. we will hear from a teacher who is six months pregnant, because of creative measures she was brought back last year back to work. they just said a lot of measures that were available last year are not available this year. they said even for unified school district responsible it is dire. this is one of many districts that is looking to lay off teachers as much as 23,000 teachers. coming up we will get a reaction from school teachers, students and administrators.

here is the school band. just showing you that if this goes through even the school band will be gone. >> mark: we are following wall street as well, it is down 260 points right now. we will be right back.

>> darya: developing story in the wake of the tsunami, the cleanup of this and a cruise harbour which got away from the tsunami. that surge caused damage to boats, and to the docks there. joining us now is patrick with the department of fish and game's. so that we can talk about the fallout. to find out if there is in danger to the environment. so what are you finding out about the damage? >> we have 17 votes on, 10 boats

are unaccounted for they are possibly remove or on the bottom. five of the 17 boats have been recovered and remove from the water. that's important because all of the boats have fuel tanks that are full and that you will slowly dribble out. >> darya: i understand when you looked, there is nothing visible as far as this like or anything? >> there are sheens, i wouldn't call it a slick. the fuels that are associated with these boats are diesel, and regular gas. that doesn't cause quite the amount of problems that the fuel that you find on a big ship causes. it is much easier to manage. we are managing get with booming material it helps absorb anything it rises to the

service. >> darya: you have an estimate on how much fuel spilled? >> the votes are all over the harbor, very small amounts of fuel released. it spreads across the surface of the water in a sheen, that's how we can tell where they are. that's where we're putting the boom spirit generally when you have a big spill their difficult to use but were not having a difficult now. it is always a problem to the environment when you have fuel in the water, thankfully we have no wildlife loss at all. we are able to contain it with the booming material most of their reason is because it is more a flat water, it is not a turning ocean tide of the environment. it is much more easy to manage

in still waters. >> darya: you mentioned missing boats do have a deadline? can you just leave them down there? >> we will try to account for personal one. keep in mind yesterday there were 12 missing boats, two of the boats were just move to a different location that we didn't anticipate. hopefully that's the case. hopefully they took come out to sea or brought them to monterey or something. anything that is not accounted for we will continue to search for. >> darya: thank you for joining us. that is our big story is not only the fallout from santa cruz, but the initial problem in japan >> mark: nuclear crisis taking place right now people within 12 mi. of the plant are being evacuated, within 19 mi. they are being told to shelter in place. this is the explosion on saturday, the second one on

monday, a third explosion today, now a fourth reactor as a fire, there is a radiation levels increasing around the plant. the fire at the fourth reactor is in a storage pond, officials say radioactivity has been released. >> james: also following wall street is responding to the events in japan. stocks are plunging, that crisis in japan intensified as hour by hour. the dow jones down to under 28 point228 points. oil prices havw fallen to its lowest price in three weeks. that doesn't seem to be doing much to change in the mood of traders. >> mark: 5 people have been injured in a shooting in san francisco. on 16th and

caledonia one victim suffered life-threatening injuries. >> louisa: starting with wet weather this morning, picking up sprinkles as we speak. from san rafael you can see a bit of a breeze, and what roadways. we lost the shot but we didn't lose the radar. it is lit up this morning down in to hayward, some showers edging their way along the coast line through half moon bay. also through fremont as well. we are tapering off as we head into the afternoon expect more wet weather. current temperature sitting in the '50s right now, as we take it through the day it looks like what this storm passes we could pick up a quarter of an inch to three- quarters of inch of rain for the north bay. weaker stores pushing through thursday, but it is

friday that brings us the best chance of wet weather. we could see heavy downpours at times. rainfall expected to pick up an inch and a half of wet weather. your afternoon highs the upper 50s low 60s. 57 san rafael, through the east bay keeping temperatures it to the low 60s, 654 mountain view, los gatos as well. you're 7 day around the bay rain drops every day this week. we will see the intensity picked up by the weekend. that is also one of temperatures cool off into the mid-50s. chance of showers through the weekend and next week. >> erica: getting busy in the traffic center, the inbound central right after 10th street off revved so go conditions due to a nuclear accident involving

three vehicles. not affecting any traffic but it is the visual house art. if this is your commute direction the southbound direction expect delays. over at the bay bridge we have a stall currently being pushed off but take a look here back at the bay bridge toll plaza stacking up along the 880 over cross. it is stretching pass the first over cross. drive time of 14 minutes from the foot of maize into san francisco. it may be dark outside but like conditions no problems in the southbound direction of 683 ride into or out of what might creek. 653 after back with more after the break.

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weight and the back up is stretching pass the 880 over grass. we will be right back.