>> will: good morning, the top story come to japan struggles to cope with the aftermath of the earthquake in tsunami. feels about-- fears of explosion continues to grow. rescue teams are busy working to find where the eight dozen people still missing. let's go live to tokyo. >> reporter: japan launched a series of efforts to try and prevent a disaster. at this hour it does not appear that they're working. japanese forces took to the air using helicopters to

drop seawater on reactor no. 3 to cool the damaged reactor's all that nuclear- power plant. experts believe steam rising from the bulls may be releasing radiation into the atmosphere. officials had been working to resolve cool in crumbs out for of six reactors. >> it may be too early to judge, we believe will help to cool down the fuel the span the data that will be receiving from the government. we'll be able to verify whether the mission has met with success. >> reporter: president obama called japan to get an update, to let the japanese people the u.s. is ready to help. >> u.s. president obama expressed sympathy to the jobless public. he also

offers support including, of the support related to the nuclear-power plant. >> reporter: the united states urged its citizens to move away from the power plant. u.s. state renounced church sites will be made available to u.s. citizens who have to leave. law will also provide an on android to providing over the site the idea is to give the japanese government a better idea what may be going on. reporting live, tokyo carmarthen savage. >> will: nearly a week after more than 452,000 people are staying in shelters in near freezing temperatures supplies are running short. more than 5300 people confirmed dead. officials believe that number will climb to well over 10 doesn't. the crisis in japan

is spiking demand for the u.s. potassium iodine. it's a cheap trick that can protect against one type of radiation damage. >> reporter: one of the most common questions is will potassium iodide prevent radiation damage? state health officials say only testify right. the thyroid lies against and around a letter next and trachea. it shields the thyroid. think of it like a gas tank, if you folketing creek potassium iodide when that helps prevent the by radioactive by that from coming in. the balls no other type of radiation and projects no other body parts. it should be given within a few hours of exposure. it is not considered bad useful for

people over the age of 40. the latter coming question is if people should be taking it as a precaution? health officials to the tabloids are not recommended at this time. they can pose a danger to people have allergies to iodine from shellfish, or problems. >> will: some college students studying in japan are heading back to their campuses. 45 students, staff have been ordered to return from japan. 35 students in japan had the option to choose to return all of our taking it. lord not ordered an evacuation the the house spending programs into homes. --to universities and japan. stay with kron4 for more formation with a special section on our website. let's talk about

the bay area, the weather situation james driving into work i 7 moon, the stars, although it feels local and no complaints hopefully no rain today. >> james: to they will actually pretty nice. live look at the golden gate bridge, we have nice,, conditions. overall will be a dry day. the chance of a sprinkler to this morning. not looking for too much of that. rain begins late tonight in to the overnight hours setting up for heavy rain friday lightning, hail from possibility with the storm system. julia temperatures. radar shows nothing, the possibility of shares, at this point not seeing anything on their

radar. the assistant to the north may bring the possibility of a supreme court to. reno all of the rain is confined road to the north. temperatures, we're a little clearer were this time 41 oakland, 45 san jose, is barely 40. --east bay 40. as we watch future tests we're looking to see when those marines might come from abroad from the morning as general start to see those marines get an impact in the north and spread to the peninsula. we advance the corpse on noon, more intense moderate-heavy rainfall spreading across north bay, it will contract for north-south. you see the heavy bandage shares will

trade on through leaving scattered showers in its wake. 5:00 p.m. the tree drive home the sparsely chartres activity. --during a your drawer, we are looking at spotty showers. --try, odrive home. 58 san francisco, 61 oakland, one man's view, fremont, san as a. look for low sixties for the most part. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. net and the the rain on friday but we also have another system for sunday. it could even be a little more wet. rain friday, a brief break saturday, chance of showers build as we had until later

saturday. >> erica: we do not have any hot spot, we do have some overnight construction for a fact. as to make your way past the toll plaza between the incline and treasure island a couple lanes are shut down, not causing any slowdowns. no accidents or incidents to report. over the same a tear bridge, a great conditions no problems, nice, light as you make your way. an easy drive better high 101, golden gate bridge said band-101 --south current. a great trip. >> will: will? staying with the transportations team,

highway-one is shut down indefinitely. take a look at this amazing video a 40 ft. section crumbled into the sea yesterday, if it's not clear what caused the slide but the russian could be a possibility. residents, travelers, were forced to travel around. caltrans says this entire section of roadway back in 1998 has given away, it was rebuilt. the look of that, it needs to be rebuilt again. still ahead, the very latest on california's budget crisis and how it is impacting education. james lick, you can see no problems. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> will: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. the next week will be and settled, look at that,

relatively nice day, then the rain, wind will be back on friday. clearing up saturday. sunday rain. not heavy, but it will be around, it will not go away anytime soon. california lawmakers will gather again today to discuss closing the budget deficit. they've agreed on several cuts but fell short on about that would eliminate the more than 400 redevelopment agencies. another issue is governor brown's plan to ask voters to approve the temporary extension of sales, income, vehicle taxes. both houses covered approved billions of dollars for the cuts to state welfare and the disabled, healthy families program for the poor. the university of california officials are preparing plans to deal with the budget cuts. uc regents are warning that the 10

campus system should be repaired to lose anywhere from $500 million to $1 billion in support. the system currently receives about $3 billion every year. the cuts would need more tuition increases less didn't access. the amount of reduction depends on whether california voters to approve tax extensions to help close the budget deficit. a divided congress will send president obama as funding bill to help the government opened. i'm hoping that the budget task which in the white house and republicans will start moving forward. it includes $6 billion and cuts. both sides say they're tired of running the government in two-three week installments. stocks are gearing up for a positive

open, investors hope the conference call between a group of leaders could call volatility in the markets. yesterday the dow found 242 to a little bit more than $11.600. --s&p down 12722. there's a full slate of economic news ahead in the next couple of hours, weekly jobless claims, consumer price index, the federal reserve reports on industrial production. the yen soared to a record high against the dollar today. japanese stocks fell. the country's struggle to avoid a approach to earthquake new killer catastrophe. if you're getting at this morning no change from

yesterday still $3.97 in oakland in san jose san francisco $4.2001. outside, a live look from san francisco, look at that, that camera is barely moving. it will be cold but least it will be dry. we'll be right back.

>> will: developing story, japan, fears of a meltdown are intensifying. the u.s. government is evacuating personnel and citizens who wished to leave. recommending people to avoid traveling there. the troubled reactors, crews are trained to restoral at par, all to cool the reactors. jonathan bloom has the latest. >> reporter: military

helicopters to drop water on the reactors in a last-ditch effort to keep them cool enough to prevent a meltdown. workers or evacuated while the radiation subsided. the crew continued to cool the efforts as the returns. the government ordered widespread evacuations japan asked for help from the u.s. military. television cameras captured steamed indicating fuel inside that reactors continued to meld. >> will: experts team them to host a. their experts to answer questions the obvious and about many topics including the effects of radiation from the disaster. and of course you're in the bay area experts try to help ease people's fields.

>> there is getting these questions about iodine tablets when you should use it, here absolutely not. >> it can be disturbing our measurements. as dade we'll pick something up. just because we can measure something doesn't mean it's dangerous. >> the further your from the source, the radiation level drops. if during california 8000 palo kilometers from the site, you'll see we don't see any effects. speak-m much radiation will be released torchmark how big? i don't want to give investment. i do not know. >> will: stared kron4 news for continuing coverage of the quake recovery. we was

special section set up on our website including local experts, allied shares, several useful links. >> the search continues for the suspect responsible for shooting at a mcdonald's that led to a school lockdown. that happens on bascom ave. just around the corner from del mar high school. jeff bush has more on the shooting. >> police arrested getting a shooting that happened here at said mcdonald's. it happened around noon, an unidentified victim was standing inside the restaurant when a man a perch and shot him at close range taken to a local hospital his condition is not known. officers of the suspect got on foot. disappearing. please try to figure out who the victim is to determine if he's a gang member. >> will: new details on this

chamber and a pipeline explosion, if pacific gas and electric company could face fines as much as $1 million per day. the state utilities commission says pacific gas and electric company did not produce adequate records. the deadline was on tuesday. the utility commission says pacific gas and electric company did not produce at your record and is putting public safety in jeopardy. if pacific gas and electric company could not produce pressure test for this section of pipeline involved in that expression. which the utility commission said is inexcusable. barry bonds perjury trial is set to begin this monday, prosecutors have released dozens of voice mail messages, barry bonds left his former mistress. in the messages, he seemed agitated that he cannot return and suspicious about her whereabouts. saying things such as " hello? but the phone. i will fight to. now

my blood temperature is rising. they're making the argument that the angry voice messages are evidence of his steroid use. the couple accused of housing jaycee lee dugard captive for more than 18 years is back in court and that ongoing negotiations on a possible plea deal. speculation is the kidnapping, rape, wrongful imprisonment case against nancy and philippe de garrido will be canceled soon >> gary: settled soon. philip garrido is facing four for zero years and present nancy phases 180. tell me now is 4:20 a.m. let's take it back to james to those about this unsettled weather a >> louisa: . >> james: ray now we're

watching star tracker, quite a bit of rain falling no. there are area but the lower edges of this maker and down into the northern portions. we're talking way up there, that's a possibility. keeping an eye on the radar closer to home when announcing in the act as at this point. we're keeping an eye and that. it's a possibility. the rest of his entering iran denies day. a bridge between these two storm systems. a little cooler than yesterday, 47 in oakland, little clue to the north bay. looks like mid- 40s and san jose. this afternoon we were ripped upper 50s-low 60s. you can see the color coding on the church 50s for the most part, the tops of '60s. as for beyond today, today is the nice, relaxing break. we

have this system had our way scheduled to make landfall bring us our first drops of rain really late thursday evening into friday morning. to do castilians while we're expecting those first raindrops of a thursday evening as we dance the clock to friday, so we seem more rain. --we had against the clock. noon, heavy band moving to the north bay. rated to the heart of the bay area. with the clock forward to 3:00, you can see a purchase on through. leaving scattered showers in its wake. 5:00 p.m., scattered showers in the mix. 9:00, it breaks out. we'll remain scattered dirt the evening. we will hold that chance for saturday.

sunday we reset, get ready for another storm system. there you see them both played out. a break today, rain tomorrow, a brief break saturday, maureen here is a look at your 7 day around the bay.. jets of scattered showers continues into next week. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: it is very quiet on the roadways, and no hot spots. if you're heading out the door, it is easy conditions in to san francisco we do also overnight roadwork, that is pretty much isolated between the incline and treasure island a couple lanes are closed. it's not causing any slowdowns. if you're thinking about taking the san mateo westbound 92 traffic is very light. you could see that among the taillights not tracking any

problems getting to the bridge. overall an excellent drive time. golden gate, very quiet, not tracking in the hot spots. a live look closer to the downtown area traffic is moving very well. now back up. very good drive times. 14 minutes from this camera shot as your perch santa clara. will? >> still had, we will have world news coming out of bahrain. and the very latest with hillary clinton. before we get to those stories, look to the bedside a quick look at the skyline, getting up this morning will not to deal with rain but it is a little bit cooler.

>> will: of news, bahrain, another violent morning when this is a security forces launched a crackdown the king has imposed a three month state of emergency with curfew in effect. so rich group says authorities have detained at least five prominent opposition activists. they're part of a series of demonstrations that swept across the arab world. toppling the leaders

of to asia, in egypt. shoulder's larger to gaddafi continue to launch attacks against rebels. government forces have and pushing west towards the opposition stronghold that have not yet retaken the strategically located town. thousands of libyan troops are gathered outside with artillery. hillary clinton is indonesia's breeching the country's interim leadership to enact reforms called for by protesters who as to their longtime leader by can generate. also meeting with leaders, students, human rights activist to encourage them to keep the pressure for change as she wraps up a mideast tour the integrity egypt with a similar message earlier this week. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan it is urging the house not be hasty. the one resolution to withdraw

american forces by the end of the year, general. eviscerate they told congress the united states is amtrak to begin drawing down troops during july. the time line calls for any combat allegations by the end of 2014. coming up, we'll head back to japan to give you the very latest on japan, continue to search for any survivors. before i get all of those stories let's head of saatchi's san jose, the gain of just a bit but still, no proms anywhere in the bay at this time.

>> will: welcome back to the kron 4 news. allied shot from mount tam barely any his knees at the top of your screen. --is barely any he's

at the top of your screen. naysayers day bahrain is headed back our way. now for the latest on a developing story, japan. the latest effort to prevent a meltdown is coming from above helicopters dropped thousands of gallons of water on the overheating reactors. crews sprayed water from outside the engineers are working to restore power to the plant so they can reactivate the cooling system. that will allow them to pump seawater end. government officials say they are working with the community as they respond to the crisis. to a dozen cubans have been evacuated that is around the plant u.s. and british officials and officials say that there should be ascended to about 50 mi. away. pictures of president

obama making an important call to the japanese prime minister he expressed his sympathy, insuring the prime minister that the u.s. will help the country rebuild after the devastation. the first time the u.s. government is our evacuating personnel. u.s. citizens who wished to leave. the roster recommending that people avoid travelling to japan. --they're recommending that people avoid. supplies are running short, more than 5300 people are confirmed dead, that number unfortunately is expected to go well over 10,000. slow going on the cleanup from the tsunami search here in the bay area, more but they're being pulled up from the bottom of harbor, it was devastated by the tsunami triggered by what happened in japan. robin thought abou

>> reporter: the parking lot is a makeshift memorial for the boats and the other debris. so far a boats had been recovered and mexico powerboats and sailboats as well as some small craft. at the nearby lawn try pictures continue to build large chunks of tyre, ribbing from the water. this is an entire mass it sheared from the sale weren't. all the junk being loaded into dumpsters, 38 dumpsters and they are being filled. there remains closed, merchants and others rely on the hyper barrel losing an estimated to and a thousand dollars a day. meanwhile the 50 boats and damaged. wondered to exceptions the dogs have reopened, off 50 or so people who live on their boats are now allowed to go home. the number of sainte-

beuve's has been revised down to 13. eight of which are still on the bottom. like this one. $4 million in damage to the boats alone with the estimated loss to the harbors of $25 million, still rising. santa cruz, kron4 news. >> will: stay with kron4 news for continuing coverage of the quake recovery in japan's attempts to avoid a meltdown. will the special sections set up on our website. including local experts, it shows, several useful links you can find all of that www.kron4.com. let's talk about our weather situation james will be able to best of my review? >> james: probably not. maybe briefly on saturday. we have a chance of scatter charts there at the weekend.

you can roll that is if you want but i wouldn't recommend it. bay bridge approach, traffic is moving well. we're dry, the north bay has a chance of a spring go. overall dry day today. rain begins late tonight, i mean close to midnight. tomorrow all day we will see heavy rain. there is a lot of cold air associated with the storm. we will watch them carefully as it had their way. storm tracker 4 read to or no. that's where we have that possibility of a sprinkler to, some of the lower edges of this may come our way. at this point well above was we're not too concerned. in fact his resume) we are fairly dry. in the meantime we're falling air temperatures this morning here's where they're looking, in the 40's, '30's along the north

bay. most of us are in a low-mid sort '40's. warming it up with the upper 50s, low 60s. we're looking for 61 in oakland, 61 that is the general trend as you take a look in these bay. we're all hovering around them mark. all and all of mild day. and then slow big --a nice little break before the next from system. still tracking our way in the pacific, future cast to start predicting when we will see those first rainfalls. 11:00, thursday night, showers and the north bay. brushing tallied a.m. friday morning. we will see showers in the north bay, getting heavy no. there santa rosa. that heavy band will come over the heart of the bay by noon. that's a racine moderate-heavy rainfall. as we ramp to the clock to up three the heavier stuff pushes through

the were still dealing with scattered showers activity as you make your ride home, you'll see scattered showers. everyone standing a chance of a sprinkler to. saturday holding on to the chants of scattered rain activity. in terms of how much pressure mar? one-3 in.. ie mountains where it 5-2 in.. it will be a fairly distant rain day the-were worth what we are expecting on sunday we do have a possibility of maybe some small stream flood advisories being issued. in any event that is where we're expecting at of the storm system. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. shows you that system that we're watching out for. we have two big

stars had their way in a three day period. that does not stand well for trees that may come down. all of that is a possibility. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: as james just mentioned it is currently dry outside, there raise earnings, no wet pavement to deal with. easy conditions, tracking and the hot spots. they bridge toll plaza, a few more cars headed to san francisco, still light conditions although you do have to contend with lane closures. that is an effective cell 5:00 a.m., currently not causing any slowdowns. san mateo, easy conditions in the westbound direction. no problem in the east bound direction. headlights heading towards hayward. no problems getting to the bridge. i try to

about 14 minutes from end to end. golden gate, same story. preconditions' rear southbound right. equally good conditions of orange county. one last camera, crosstown freeways, they look good, tracking any accidents or incidents. ed drive times from this camera shot is clocking in their 15 minutes. public transit is off to a great start. will? >> will: to tokyo, you can see there's a news conference taking place it's being held by the electric power co. since the tsunami an earthquake hit thousands of people have been dealing with rolling blackouts. they're trying to restore power to the nuclear reactors to begin cooling. let's listen in. >>

(foreign language) we have used sea water as a coolant. we have followed the accident management. and about the operation, this is a very severe situation there are parameters changes therefore we look at these changed parameters. even if we have multiple malfunctions we need to keep cooling the fuel so it doesn't reach critical levels. also, we need to make sure the containment vessel remains sound. therefore the accident management plan has these

procedures. so, the plan is including had to deal with what he hears can be damaged. the pressure and the situation. >> will: we're monitoring the situation, you heard that officials talk about what's going on to restore power to the new to the reactors. they're trying to avoid a new to the mat down. their spring water over the reactors this morning. that will be necessary to some of the restore electricity in the to cool down the rods which started this in the first place. after the electricity was knocked out there were unable to cool the reactors. we're monitoring the situation coming in the tokyo it will bring into. here's a live

look set aside from our roof camera in san francisco. starting off cool, dry.

blocked off for weeks, months. >> might children good as gold and there we're not sure about all works out. >> reporter: residents and travelers were forced to turn around some parked their car on the side walked through to get home. i walked to the home to show you an ankle of what this road looks like. you can see how much damage there is to this red on highway-one, if you look closely there's still some rocks just falling down rate their in to the ocean. california highway patrol officers said this is not the first time that stretches for collapse. >> this entire structure never away at a given way it

was all bill back up. >> reporter: people living near the split in the road will affect their daily schedules. summary of a plan in mind. >> walk. have occurred here, need someone there that will take your children to school. my wife to work. >> will: it is not clear what caused the massive slide but their version could be a possibility. we don't know how long it will take to fix. still ahead, the full look there weather, traffic but james comerica. st class need look at traffic, here's san jose traffic has picked up over the past 30 minutes. erica willis of it having any impact.

>> will: welcome back to the kron 4 news. let senator to james to tell us what we can expect for the next week or so. what we see today is

that something we could see for the next six-seven days? >> james: what was i yesterday, to our gives us more compare both were we'll see today is a nice break. between the two systems, tears for the rain is falling, while two or no. although you may get more impact in the far reaches of the north bay. still a chance of miscarriage or this morning. for the most of us around the bay will not see anything. all clear nothing to the north. we're not seeing anything just yet. temperatures are cool. me in the '40's, 30's and the north bay. temperatures that are quite a bit cooler than they were yesterday. double digits cool air. we'll talk more about that in the morning. this afternoon will be nice, temperatures ritter and 58 degrees in san francisco, expecting 60, 61 degrees that is the general trend.

maybe a few degrees cooler this afternoon that we were yesterday. or sunshine. a lot of seven store today than a clouds will build as we head into the evening, we have a storm system scheduled come our way tonight. late tonight, into the rest of the day tomorrow. this is a pacific disturbance that is giving us some showers. it is beyond is that we're seeing them system. pretty decent one. future cast 11:00 p.m. showers and the north bay as we bridge the clock towards a.m., getting out the door getting ready to go to work showers build, yellows on the map, that heavy rain begins to move in by noon that's when the majority of the bay will deal with moderate-heavy rainfall it will push through even through to 2:00 p.m. the main band will be passed us but still scattered showers to the rest of the day. your

drive home similar story. even in to 9:00 p.m. friday scattered showers all day saturday. friday, saturday it looks to be wet. here's were were expecting anywhere from an inch-inch 1/2. 2 in. in the santa cruz mountains, everyone knows is looking at three-quarters of an inch. the fairly decent. a lot more rain with this one that we had with the system the camps through a few days ago. another system sunday that could be equally wet. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain friday, a break saturday chance of scattered showers on sunday. even into next week staying relatively unstable. rain, rain, rain. >> erica: little slow spots, hotspots, no accidents to tell you about. though we

are seeing a bit of activity here at the bay bridge, you can see that the a call of the side of their route, i checked the logs, it does not look like anything major because nothing has been reported. 7 and i know their problems to report. traffic flowing freely. san mateo, was burned traffic looks good. no problems to report in either direction. drive time is just 14 minutes. golden gate, traffic is flowing freely here in the south bend direction preconditions' freer entire ride. one was camera for you at the nimitz freeway in oakland alive look good 880 headlights headed northbound you can see traffic flowing freely lots of space between cars. >> will: let's talk about

what is going on in san francisco's st.-line at lot. sit in and live a lot. voters approved the law back in november, after a few months of training police officers are starting to enforce the law giving verbal or written warnings for now. that could change in the next few weeks. the forty-niners may wrap up their fight with the city of san francisco over poor conditions at candlestick park with the settlement proposed by former mayor gavin newsom. it could satisfy both sides, it allows of 40 vendors to leave,--it allows the 49 years to leave earlier on the contract. members of the business community leaders are scheduled to meet with political heavy hitters

about 15 people from the san francisco chamber of congress. they're traveling to meet with state reps and members of president obama is a administration. the group will also attend a white house briefing to talk about better buildings, national program aimed at reducing greenhouse gases. twitter agrees to stay in san francisco if the tax exemption is approved. they told san francisco that the company plans to lease offices in the city's main market neighborhood if it receives a payroll tax exemption. it was considered by the board of supervisors' budget and finance subcommittee hearing yesterday, it could be voted on as soon as march 29th. apple, kron4 tech reporter

gives us a sneak peek of the high ipad-2. >> gabe: i'm outside one of them make the apple stores that is still that of the ipad-2 it is the hottest gadgets, it's almost impossible task right. it is sold out in the first three days, it did not help that a lot of people bought it with the intent to turn around and sell it. on the bay there are over 1400 ipad- for sale many listed with ridiculous price tags like this one by now for $3,000. hopefully no one will. options on the bay are ending way over the cost of the device. this 32 k model ended at $775, 10 bids, that's a hundred and $74 over the retail price. this one, you can see the countdown, in the last few seconds someone did $950. to

earn $50 over the price. on apple's website you can order the ipad-2 but it takes four-five weeks to ship. heidi gave hands and when? if you don't mind waiting the best way is to obols website. it might ship earlier. if you don't mind paying a couple hundred dollars over to e bay or creeks list. or, try your luck at a store. they're telling people, every morning, stand in line, when they open they will come to the line, tell the people if they have a chairman. if they do, they will reserve the euphoria. the stores don't know when they get a shipment. until that day. they won't know until each morning if they would get any or how many. gabe slate, kron4 news. >> will: net-slicks is trying to buy in the

streaming rates before the series shown on the network is starring kevin spacey. it would mark a bold step in the new direction. they currently boast more than 20,000 titles in the streaming library, most of them are previously aired tv series and over older movies. still had a happy st. patrick's day, we'll tell you everything you need to know. and why we celebrate only come back. a live look from mount tam, our camera is shaking just a bit harder than what we have seen over the last 20 minutes or so. it is cold- blooded is clear. --it is cold but it is clear.

>> will: at the st. patrick's day. if you don't know what this day is about, we will tell you, it's a religious holiday celebrated internationally, named dr. st. patrick who lived during 387-48678 d.

he's the most commonly recognized eight of ireland. the original color was blue, over the years the color green crew, green ribbons come shamrock's were worn in celebration of st. patty's day as early as the 17th century. president obama will celebrate st. patty's day by it as a date with irish prime minister in washington d.c. this morning. the prime minister travel to capitol hill to attend a st. patty's day lunch. in the evening the president and first of what will host a reception at the white house. it's become a tradition for the visiting irish leader to present the president with a bowl of shamrocks on st. patty's day. still ahead, the latest coming up of japan. what they're doing this morning

to avoid a new killer meltdown. we're also monitoring a live concert at of japan and with what they're doing to restore power. here's a live look outside, it's cold but at least it's now raining. not trai.

>> we're telling american citizens who live within 80 km to evacuate the area. >> mark: americans are being recommended to evacuate after then it tulare plant crisis continues to worsen. >> darya: extreme measures being taken to prevent an explosion at the nuclear- power plant >> mark: plaza still missing, looking ahead to

1:00 p.m. friday, rain is falling throughout the bay. we apply this system. >> james: we will break down how much rain they expect someone the next one is beyond friday. >> george: traffic, things are pretty quiet, bay bridge, hardly any traffic. westbound easy ride, caltrans has wrapped up its work. all lanes open. >> darya: thank you, for watching the kron 4 morning news march 17th, st. patrick's day. >> mark: the story come out the need to empower crisis, a meltdown. the military helicopters have been flying missions dumping thousands of gallons of sea water in the hopes of cooling down the need to let fuel rods. those flights have been suspended. plant operators are racing to finish a new

power line that could restore cooling systems and ease the crisis. i did the u.s. raises rate commission says all the water is gone from the fuel pools and radiation levels are extremely high. aken impact the ability to take corrective measures. this means there's nothing to stop them from melting down. japanese officials are denying that the pool is dry. the japanese government says it has no plans to expand its mandatory 12 mi. evacuation. the u.s. state department says people living much farther from the plant are still in danger. >> we're not telling american citizens to live within 50 mi.-80 km of the power plant to evacuate the area. take shout is coming indoors, again, this is based on our most current assessment. we haven't

nuclear experts on the grounds. it is based on what we would advise citizens here to do. >> mark: this decision was not a criticism of what japanese authorities are telling their citizens. the u.s. is sending planes to evacuate americans. 2 >> darya: federal environmental regulators are adding more monitors in the u.s. and pacific territories as the concerns arise overexposure. the epa are the monitors radiation throughout the area that measures levels of air, and drinking water, milk, rain. officials with the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission says they do not expect tomfoolery these and levels to affect japan. it was nearly one week ago. it

is expected to climb over 10,000 people within 450 thousand people staying in shelters. as you can see in this video it is cold, snowing in japan. >> reporter: falling the latest headlines just in at the japan, first the radiation force a hospital to evacuate some 100 older patients. 14 did not survive. it is taking a very hard to call on the elderly in japan. at least 20 people have fallen ill due to possible radiation contamination. 19 injured, two missing. also with the japanese government has warned that a massive power fire earlier--power failure is possible. the u.s.

military is now collecting donations for families in japan. >> mark: bay area weather and traffic. now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: this is a live picture of the moon, yoli is giving us that look at them in. expecting a slow moving this weekend. i will be the closes it has been in 19 years. here's a preview of it. clear, that is where we're so much cooler there's no clouds to provide is that insulation for the heat. it is all going into space. let's take a quick look at our headlines, dry day, tens of some showers. at this point it does look like it's materializing. rain begins late tonight, tomorrow heavy rain is on tap. storm tracker 4 is dry, as we said

were expecting the possibility of north bay showers. you see the lower portions beginning to encroach on the north bay. everyone else's relatively dry. our temperatures are a lot cooler this morning, we're in the '40's, '30's. all this area you see empurpled 30, 39 degrees. looking back, there you see the temperature. 15 in redwood city 13 in hayward. you'll notice it when you had at the door. that is the cold air their we're talking about coming in with the storm system. temperatures this afternoon looking for mainly 50s but low sixties in the east bay. looking at in the pacific, here we have that system coming in giving us the chance of sprinkles. beyond that system is so

we're looking for friday. it will begin to rain the thursday evening 11:00 p.m. but as we head towards friday morning more shares to the north, by noon, heavy rain rates to their start of the bay will pass through by 3:00 p.m.. still getting scattered showers. a similar story into friday evening. scattered showers. that will hold for saturday as well. accumulations' one-1.5 in. in the north bay. the pretty disastrous system, we will see its friday, a second act of it on sunday. all the gun to his own stable of scudder jars into next week. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: i good morning

and the traffic department your drive should be an easy one no hot spots, slows spots, if late obstructions. at bridge check, as you can see it is an easy ride. now back up, no delay. san mateo bridge coming equally good, no problem. drive. westbound drive times 13 minutes. 101 sub bounced a problem free. very light traffic across the bridge. public transit no problem. it looks good, even a strain on the inbound looks good. train no. 1 is off on time. >> darya: as section of highway-1 near big surge is shut down. indefinitely. the

41st section of the to the land road crumbles into the sea yesterday. it is unclear what caused it but they're saying erosion at this point residents, travelers try to get through forced to turn around. some parking their cars on the right side of the road walking home. this entire section of the roadway in 98 gave way and it was all rebuilt. it looks like there's another rebuild job. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. california should be proud.

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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. japanese yen is soaring to record high, stops tracking back after erasing a portion of the games as the country struggles to avoid a new killer disaster. -new- keeler the nikkei dropping off-again down 2.1 percent,

we're watching to see weapons on wall street after the dow lost 240 points. we may get a rebound. the drop to 42 was the biggest drop we seen since august. s&p down 25, on nasdaq was 51. full state economic news due out today as weekly jobless claims coming out in 15 minutes. consumer index is coming out. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

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than corn and 50,000 in damage. the governor has already declared states are emergency for santa cruz, san mateo. >> darya: we're continuing to track the clean-up but sinecures their falling sunken boats in the brief from the tsunami in japan this and the surgeon to their hero. craig sklar is live falling the latest. what's the difference this morning for * >> reporter: as you can see the yellow tape install all, it will remain sober sunday. we're not so much pulling boats out there just looking for debris. it was a ship that came in yesterday, he will be your help will more nays. where to get the breed its underwater hidden know what needs to be dense of harper can be operational again. parts of heart are available to good manners. they can take a look at them, do repairs. finally have access. businesses and

concerned about having no access to customers beginning to see this yellow tape, everything is shut down. the crop is that they'll get some help from the pro-government, for ron scott to fix this brought up less this place up get it cleared up so things can get back to normal. >> , adolf so this drag? >> their credit you come other scattered about. indri and editor herbert. when i had a look at it it is about trust the blue jays ago they were scattered about somewhere in the water, some of them are really destroyed. on this you can't really tell, but as you can see here now they're spending a boat to find more debris from the bottom of the rubber in the water. will trying to pull out direct the docks, drop the glove, the memo so that you get better idea of the extent of the damage. $25

million written damage. up in the original 15. >> darya: the video showing us is interesting that both those stocks and recommend further. >> reporter: nuclear gazette, you find out what else is there. you start figuring out what to do from there. >> mark: back to bay area weather, traffic, let's start with whether the latest in the forecast but james. >> james: all live look, all less than the higher elevations not register in winds so much done a disservice. maybe 5 mi. an hour winds. but all in all it's ok. beginning of the 58 this afternoon, when did number of spots are seeing double-digit cooler than the orioles today some people even 60 degrees. you can feel that when you head out the door storm tracker 4, we

are seeing showers to our north. minor disturbances rolling through. you may get into normal sonoma county keeping a chance as average shares in the forecast. at this for were not seeing anything just yet. quite a bit cooler 41 degrees in oakland, san rafael. seeing some theories. 37 and napa, fairfield dropping a couple of trees are ready in the last 30 minutes. upper 30's, low '40's. quite a difference then yesterday. highs this afternoon or couple degrees cooler. 61 in oakland, 60 hayward 60-61 degrees is the average the locations around the bay. more sunshine though. dow be good news. calmer conditions on track.

tomorrow real and stability comes in. pacific, this is the system this spring in california some showers. were expecting the weather to come into play. sprinkles and the north bay using the more intense showers coming to you are in noon the heart of the bay is cut in half by the swap of moderate-heavy rainfall. we still have scattered showers in the mix after a loud. even as the driving to work scattered showers. we will hold that forecasters saturday as well. then once we get past that is another system sunday which could be just as wet if not more so. we'll keep it there on and off again throughout the weekend even into next week. >> george: no proms yet, no

delays, no hot spot in an easy ride for most of the bay area looking at the bridges, westbound, no backup, no delays. still a traffic san mateo the same. no problems traffic looks fine. smith traffic in the westbound direction the golden gate bridge 101 southbound is problem free. san francisco, a look at the james lick freeway were the amounts central seeing a little more traffic than usual. no problems the octavia's street express right is an easy ride towards downtown. still a good run down caltrans no problems reported. mark? >> mark: can't hamburger to have their identities stolen. police say the restaurant credit-card

machine was compromise between december and this month. the problem has been fixed. similar scams in which the data is captured at gas stations has been reported. >> darya: police are investigating a shooting that happened outside the mcdonald's. the victim was standing and rosa restaurant when they are in mandragora him, it try to hammer at close range. he was taken to local hospital he is in critical condition. the suspect to the gulf, disappeared. police are trying to figure out the evidence the of the victim. do they know each other. is this gang-related? we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. it's really delicious, mom.

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>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. makers will get together today to talk about closing the budget gap the degree and several deep cuts. they fell short on the vote that would

eliminate the 400 redevelopment agencies. another issue is gov. jerry brown's plan to approve the temporary extension of sales, and called off, vehicle taxes. both houses party approved billions worth of cuts. university or for california and a few ritual art dealing with the budget cuts, uc regents are warning that encompasses should be prepared to lose anywhere from 500 million-$1 billion in public support. the uc system currently gets $3 billion a year. texas would mean more torsion increases and less didn't access. the amount of reduction depends another california voters approve tax extensions. at this point is not even on the

ballot. >> mark: we'll be back in two minutes as a kron4 morning news continues it: that their wishes of a dry today rain, wind a bigger storm coming to the bay area. rain for the weekend.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. watching the latest developments at a japan air taking extreme measures preventing mile down the japanese military is in helicopters to dump thousands of gallons of sea water on to the plant in hopes of cooling the complex city and not to the water drops radiation levels continue to be extremely high these suspended these flights. plant operators are racing to finish a new power line that could restore cooling systems at the plant. the head of the u.s. regulatory commission is saying all the water is gone. and that radiation levels are extremely high. the fuel

rods are sitting in the open air this would mean that there's nothing to stop those fuel rods from releasing large amounts of radiation. officials are denying that the pool is dry. experts from uc- berkeley in tokyo teamed up to host a panel about the earthquake. and among down debt. the experts in answer questions that the audience had about a lot of things including the effects radiation and how that could cause a disaster. the experts try to help ease people's fears. >> what we get these questions about iodine when you should use it. hear, absolutely not. >> radioactive material could be distributed on the site. in the united states we'll fix something them. just because we can measure something doesn't mean it's dangerous. >> the far the your from the

source the radiation level drops significantly. if you're in california 8,000 km from the sites, the uneasy we don't see any extras or neutrons. >> how much will be released, how big? i don't want to give an estimate because i don't know. >> darya: what could christine. >> reporter: the greatest risk for radiation continues to be for those workers scrambling to cool those reactors at the power plant those who had been evacuated are considered safe. that does not stop the panic their two main threats from the plant that we're following. one is from the reactor core. the other is from the spent fuel calls both having admitted levels of radiation that are

concerning. experts are telling us repeatedly those who have moved away from the site are safe. i will follow the latest headlines. >> mark: now, here is a look at the weather. but a woman out there. james? >> james: the fact the concede that moon is one reason we are so cold. all that he went into space overnight, a live look care from our roof camera lets bring down a we're seeing. today is partly sunny, for the most part try there's a slight chance we could see a drizzle or to in the extreme portions of the north bay. friday heavy rain, a lot colder. our temperatures drop down quite a bit. saturday, the chance for chars continues. beyond saturday another storm system. here's where storm tracker 4 is picking up the rain while to our north.

some of the lower portions are encroaching on sonoma that is why we have that chance of scattered showers in the north bay. were not expecting a whole lot, he maisie's sprinkle or two. as we take a look better temperatures, 5:00 a.m., mainly low 40's, upper thirties. critical of the next day in fact here's a quick check of the temperature difference. eight degrees cooler in san and system novato 16 degrees cooler than yesterday. 50 in redwood city, 13 in hayward. you get the idea. it's chilly up there. here's look the solid and the tree is picking up. this is a system giving us the showers in northern california. this part of the wisdom of bringing us are rain tonight. 11:00 first raindrops fall. as we advance the clock to 80 and

just as you're heading up the door condense showers coming in by noon, the camera across the heart of the bay as the line pushes through by about 3-4:00 in the afternoon we see the bulk of ago pastas. we'll hold on to those scattered showers even at 5:00 p.m.. that is going to be the pattern we expect to see on saturday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay.. it's all laid out friday, heavy rain, cold temperatures were not even getting much the cost of 50s hale, lightning, all of that is in the mix. sadly easing off, sunday, another round of trade-. -saturday we ease off of it sunday maureen. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: nothing stormy about the commute this morning quiet start, caltrans were it is up and edit the lanes. westbound looks good no backup. no hot

spots for your drive around the bay area. the bridges look good. the volume is building ever so slightly. still no way to. san mateo bridge problem free. 20 minutes to show thing should pick up easily between 55 and 610 we see heavy traffic for the westbound ride golden gate problem free southbound and so was the right during towny. so by the way as the red on the nimitz freeway. the need zero, this is in front of the coliseum the headlights or northbound. later this morning this will they're very crowded and likely slow to a crawl. rain now it's an easy trip north all the way from san leandro. >> mark: more now on the gas explosion, pacific gas and electric company could face fines as much as $1 million a day. pacific gas and electric company did not

produce adequate pipeline records as the deadline was tuesday. pacific gas and electric company did not produce adequate records, but in the public safety in jeopardy. pacific gas and electric company could not produce pressure test for the pipeline involved in the explosion. which the utility commission says it is inexcusable. >> darya: barry bonds perjury trial is set to start on monday prosecutors have released dozens of voice mail messages that bonds left his former mistress in the messages, he seemed agitated that he cannot return. he seems suspicious about her whereabouts. saying things like yo? hello, a profound i will find you. now my blood temperature is rising. been elected steroids can cause a rage in some users they're making the argument that these messages which the

call entry, agitated are evidence of steroids. for the full transcripts you can go to www.kron4.com are kron4.com. a live like a outside cold morning around the bay area we're in the thirties. as we wait for the storm. [ wheezing breaths ]

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>> mark: employment benefits last week is support for the view that were be strong were dropped growth of the labor department's in applications filed for three 85,000 americans. that marks the third decline in the last four weeks, while employment claims are at their lowest level since july of 2008, as we're now seeing the number of people applying low for under 25,000 that's a sign of modest job growth. the dow's

offer to enterprise history. other stories the fight station will close july 1st, as part of a one-and-a- half million dollars in cuts to the general fund. the city council approved the cuts as as two fire stations are part of a six station 3 station the valiant. the other cuts approved by the council is that in all swim center and city subsidies. >> darya: the state supreme court denied s school district's appeal of a ruling requires elementary schools in california to ride 200 minutes of physical education every two weeks. the suit was filed claiming that the albany district was violating state law by offering only two hours at peace every two weeks. the district argued the law calling for more exercise

time said only in non- binding guidelines for local schools. the third district court of appeals in sacramento ruled that the law requires all districts to provide at least 200 minutes every two weeks, not counting lunch time recess. a health-care rate hike canceled in california blue shield is withdrawing its plans to increase health insurance rates. it would of been the third hike since october. the nonprofit said rising health-care costs forced the trade talks. >> mark: we'll be right back as a kron4 news continues light traffic at this hour and a cold morning out there. temperatures in the '50s around the bay. a high of 61 degrees and oakland to this afternoon.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. of strangling it said japan held what is this something water onto the nuclear-power plant.

they were dumping see water, we have stopped for now. this is video of one of the explosions and the drops and a been taking place very high radiation levels of their racing to finish a power line that could restore power and get those cooling systems working hopefully easing the crisis. >> we want to get a double live look at the conditions outside on the left things look pretty calm. but on the right, our mount tam kim is shaking. >> james: it is little windy, mainly of short. of short, we are getting little bit. it's part of that storm system headed our way. high surf advisory we'll talk about that and a second. we are seeing fairly cool conditions contributing to iras in such cold temperatures here's where they are 47 san francisco, to the no. 36 degrees, 37

napa. low 40's up authorities some folks even seeing 50 degree temperature change between this time yesterday and renown. quite a bit cooler. strong tractor, system 2 north it's causing not only rain but the possibility of some north bay showers northern sonoma county, that system is also causing some surf to build up. that's why the weather service has issued a high surf advisories in effect 11:00 p.m. friday. throughout the day today and tomorrow. swells 13-16 ft. currents are a possibility and minor coastal flooding to. something we need to watch joe for a. a lot of folks read their trying to assess damage be careful if you're near the coastline we could have some fairly empress of waves.

temperatures this afternoon will warm up to the upper 50s, low 60s. that is a good two-three degrees cooler than yesterday. at least today is a dry day. pretty good system heather early tomorrow, north bay to mar 11:00 p.m. a.m. tomorrow north bay showers heavier stuff coming into view that will impact just about everyone by noon moderate- heavy showers on the map. by the three most of the heavy stuff will push from through dealing with scattered showers activity throughout the day. looking at the showers continuing to the name most of saturday holding that chance in the forecast. a brief break probably saturday. on and off again char activity sunday the next big storm to come away equal in strength to what we see on friday. two big storms headed our way. that is a lot of water in the ground. now, here is

a look at the traffic. >> george: your address look good news this morning james. but pretty good ride in the traffic department, no problems, no hot spots, lighter than usual traffic on 580 and highway 4. those are usually to the heaviest rides. bridges, the red at the toll plaza still very light, not much. in the way of any traffic, in about 30 minutes look for things to change the meeting its cake and around 620-635. your ride to the san taylor bridge, the volume is picking up. still no problems on the approach your golden gate bridge ride is still problem free. the bridge is now completely reconfigured for the morning commute. another check and public transit rows no

proms yet our lives could serve as a string, catching. >> mark: another day of violence in bahrain security forces launched a crackdown on protesters. a three month state of emergency, the curfew is in effect. authorities have detained at least five opposition activists. the protests started as part of a series of demonstrations that swept across the arab world toppling leaders. soldiers loyal to gaddafi continue to launch attacks against rebels on the ground. governor forces have been pressing west pretty neat east, towards the opposition. --i am sorry there pushing east. rainout thousands of troops are gathering outside with artillery and tanks. >> darya: secretary of state

hillary clinton is in tunisian urging the leadership to perform reforms call by their people. she is also meeting with civic leaders, students, rights activist to encourage them to keep the pressure for change as she wraps up a mideast tour that took her to egypt with a similar message. south korea has rejected north korea's offer to rejoin talks. earlier in the week in north korea said it was willing to return to the talks and talk about uranium enrichment programs. the foreign minister told reporters the opposite in the office is not sufficient. north korea must show its disarmament commitment to action, not words. >> mark: the couple accused of holding jaycee lee dugard captive for more and in 18 years is due back in court

did ongoing negotiations of a plea deal. speculations that the kidnapping, rape, runkel imprisoned cape would be settled against nancy and phil garrido would begin servicing after a couple daly plea deal. and philip is facing four for zero years in prison nancy 180. ----440 years. nice, quiet, try. we'll be right back.

>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. what indeed area weather, cold start to the day, waiting for the next storm that is coming tomorrow, rain, wind, rain on and off for the weekend. twitter is agreeing to stay in san francisco if a tax exemption is approved. the company plans to lease offices in the city's main market, if they receive a

payroll tax exemption. it was considered the board of supervisors' budget and finance committee hearing. it could be voted on by the full board since march 29th. >> darya: net slicks is trying to buy it right to a drama starring kevin spacey before as shown on a tv network, it still is completed it will mark a bold new direction for them. they have right now more than 20,000 titles most of them are previously aired tv series and older movies. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. let's get a live glycoside rate now at the cemetery ridge covered conditions are pretty good car traffic is light, we probably have the best day of the week today. we will be back, with the latest developments in the japan crisis and a couple of minutes.