tv KRON 4 Early News KRON April 4, 2011 4:00am-6:00am PDT
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>> james: good morning, 4:00 a.m., a top stories what caused the plane to crash near oakland airport we'll bring you the latest. plus, hundreds of flights grounded over the weekend, full-scale investigation into the safety of southwest airlines planes. >> louisa: a big announcement at a washington d.c., it has to do whether or not president obama will run for reelection. warm, sunny day, warmus day of the work week all of the details on a cool down straight ahead. >> erica: bay bridge approach, traffic nice, light, a complete check coming out.
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>> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> james: good morning, 4:00 a.m. april 4th, i i and james. >> justine: thank you, for coming back and you weren't feeling good. >> james: a hundred percent more on our developing story, in fact investigators are trying to figure out why a single engine plane crashed. >> justine: kron4 was there, and here's what happened. >> reporter: i actually saw this airplane right before it crashed always striving to oakland airport to cover a different story. and is sitting on a light all the sudden i saw this airplane went right by me very low, no more than four stories half, it was flying very fast. a lot of the first responders bedrail by
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me 30 seconds later i followed them here, i sell your looking at it rainout airplane, nose down, till up. a lot of people saw the plane go down across near a soccer game. witnesses ran over to help. >> it was coming from the airport over here. >> reporter: the front of the plan was buried. >> we're trying to get ahead of the mud so he could breeze. --greed. we try to pull them out. the mud is so dense, it was hard. >> reporter: the pae pilot was still alive when they got to him. the pilot tried as they try to pull him out. so did it samaritans became very emotional because it could not save him. >> i don't want to talk about it.
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>> reporter: it happened about 3:40 p.m. about a mile away from oakland airport where he had just taken off. witnesses say it sounded like his engines broke down. >> heard the engine cut off, i saw the plane crash. >> reporter: 11 liked the pilot tried to avoid a family on the ground. >> he was trying to put the nose up, i guess is of the family, he did not hit them. he put the nose down. >> reporter: ntsb is investigating. the have not released the pilot's name. alameda, doll land, kron4 news. >> louisa: >> james: if you're
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traveling on southwest mac delays are consolations authorities have found cracks in three more southwest's planes similar to the ones that caused an emergency landing on friday. >> reporter: what caused crop of the lot of the southwest airlines jet to return friday? they're cooperating with federal investigators to find out what went wrong. the plane took off from phoenix headed for sacramento 18 minutes in a five-foot long call opened in the ceiling. >> all the sudden oxygen mask came down. every known mr. stranded the mask on. it was scary. >> reporter: an emergency landing half of the pilot lost pressure. >> our mission is to determine not only what happened to but figure out why. so we can prevent
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things like this from happening in the future. >> reporter: they cut away a 9 ft. section for further evaluation. the airline ordered an immediate inspection of 79 jets. 300 flights canceled sunday, 100 expected cancer today. 19 claims have been put back into service small cracks were found in three of their planes. >> ntsb is examining exactly what happened. they will lend as know of this happened over a long period of time or whether this is something that happened very suddenly. >> reporter: reporting live. >> james: we will fall the story and have update search the morning. -- follow. >> justine: let's get a check from our weather with louisa, a great weekend, nice days of the way for
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today. >> louisa: we'll start to of this morning it's nice weather, it will continue to get the day, this morning on how long, sunny weather made to the afternoon. a cooling trend kicking in tomorrow. chance of rain by thursday. were into the '40's, 50's. 50 into oakland, as we teach to the morning staying in the '50s. -- take you to the morning. actually topping out into the '70s. all of the salish as is or was the '70s north bay come these big, big, red across the board 7:00, calling it back down to the '50s, '60s. 78 degrees santa rosa, 75 napa, fladeboe 74, down the peninsula 76 degrees for
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redwood city. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. breezy, cool weather by tuesday. slight chance of rain thursday. >> erica: thank you, no problems to report for your commute. for those of you having on their out the door--for those of you heading out the door nice, light conditions the few cars out there making their way into san francisco. could conditions westbound and east bound 92. -- good conditions. southbound-101, no problems to report, very few cars on the span. drive time 23 minutes. >> justine: let's find
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thosout what else is happening, the latest on the spending showdown in congress. we'll find out whether not lawmakers are making headway. they have to do this by friday. >> james: president barack obama making a big announcement, he will run for a second term. will issue the web via the kmart earlier this morning.
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. they bridge approach, traffic plans, like, no major problems to report. easy commute. more updates coming out. here's a quick look better forecasts. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. 78 the high this afternoon, warm day, tuesday-thursday things continue with mild conditions. temperatures take a dive by thursday.
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cooling off midweek. time is running out in a budget battle on capitol hill, congress worked overtime trying to handle s eight bill. that will only keep the running till friday. talks have centered on cuts of about $33 billion. >> justine: president barack obama is running for a second term it was posted earlier this morning in a web video. he will run again in 2012. here's what some supporters had to say. >> were not leaving it up the chance, it is election that we have to win. >> he is one person, he's got a job, we're paying him to do a job. we have to figure it out. >> i cannot be involved there's too much that is fundamentally important tree
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now. >> we all have the same concerns, we all want our kids to go to school, graduates. he will have homes, people have opportunities. >> i respect him, i trust him. >> justine: that his supporters in our web video. the announcement has been widely expected, when the house officials said his campaign would file papers this week with the election committee to launch his 2012 effort. he's are restarted fund-raising. >> james: we'll take a quick break coming up the latest on the situation in japan including wyse officials are calling the crisis a major challenge. >> justine: believe that barry bonds trial continues today we will let you know what happens coming up. but cool down is on the way. it
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. norstar, flat, snow on the ground, still fantastic conditions of planning going up there. forecast in the bay, conditions are warm this afternoon. >> louisa: today we're gonna see lot of sunshine. temperatures x expected to warm up. temperatures as much as 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. san francisco, 52, noon upper 60s, high-temperature 71.
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back down to 58 by a clock. elsewhere staying in the forties, fifties. 49 hayward. 50 degrees, 49 san jose. satellite, radar shows some wrenching. in terms of our area looks like we'll continue to see lots of sunshine today. all of this changes come to moscow, a big cool down on tap. also a chance of what weather. afternoon highs 78 and centers set pretty pleasant conditions there. breaking into the '70s and downtown san francisco. east bay, paris 73 here oakland, hayward, fremont 74, 77 san jose. along the coast and nice, clear shot of the ocean. temperatures will come in around 65 degrees. here is a look at your 7 day
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around the bay. cooler temperatures moving in tomorrow. sixties around the bay. upper 50s for the coast. winds could be the story midweek, much cooler's well temperatures look like they're not an escape the 50s. that is only have a slight chance of maybe some wet weather on your thursday. friday, temperatures slowly start to creep up still fairly cool, lots of sunshine by your saturday, sunday. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: it sure is quiet out there know hotspot to track. we do have a couple of incidents out there, none of them affecting your drive. for those of you going to the bay bridge- westbound 80. a few cars are out there making their way towards the toll plaza. no way. metering lights are off. san mateo, westbound is
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still light. lots of space between cars. ) let's coming toward to the east bound into hayward, a live look for you at the golden gate, -101 traffic certainly moving at the limit. we're seeing top speed at or above 50 mi. per hour. >> justine: the perjury trial fur barry bonds will resume this morning. the prosecution could finish its case today. well straight bonds as physician contradicted the testimony of bonds as business manager who told the jury he has not had as many as 50 discussions about the elected storage use. those conversations never happen according to him. now that
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he's been at. defense attorneys will try and prove that he was insane at the time, he went to the house goal with 10 pipe bombs and a plan to murder three are former teachers. last week he was found guilty of trying to murder his former chemistry teacher. and possession of a destructive device. we will keep you posted. >> james: the admitted killer of chauncey bailey is seen here he will take the stand to testify that he killed bailey under orders. well on the stand he laughed as he recounted willing to others he agreed to testify in int.y. his accuser killing
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daly and two others in 2007. oakland police are searching for a man suspected of killing two people. there released a picture of the suspect, they say he man opened fire on to people at his home on saturday around 520. he was last seen driving this over civic. he is likely armed, dangerous. they have not said to whether this led to the shooting. the hearing continues today in the effort to pass it gang intervention it would bar about 40 elected gang members from hanging out with each other in a 450 block area in the effort failed. hearing is scheduled for 930 this morning. >> james: officials are launching a program to repair and replace aging oil and pipelines across the
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nation to prevent catastrophic explosions like the one that we simonson burner. investigators have said that that type had numerous fraud wells. in philadelphia gasman expression said 55 fireball into the sky killing a utility worker and injuring six people forcing dozens from their homes. this is video from sambar now back on its #nine above that also led to deaths here in the bay area. to japan, the head of the uns watchdog says japan's crisis prevents major challenges. workers are still trying to trace the paths of leaking about the source remains unclear. mccracken the minister was found on the weekends
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government officials conceded it will be months before the systems are completely restored. >> justine: the ceo of japan cell phone company says he will donate $120 million of his personal wealth was his salary until he retires to help victims and from the tsunami. it is the biggest by an individual to the victims. he also applies to his salary which is one print $5 million a year. he will give that story across. >> james: gaddafi's forces are on leasing an onslaught against rebels in the country's east they say they need better weapons, artillery. western allies are undecided whether not to give them those arms. the witness the arrival of a turquoise hospital ship that brought hundreds of wounded
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people. >> an incredibly emotional moment here in the opposition capital as it turns its hostile should filled with 300 wounded people all of them injured the have arrived here in benghazi's naval port. scores of opposition supporters treating a share, their chance in program organizers from slogans. being echoed by the people on the ship. getting on the ship has not been easy after a good our pershing, shoving, jostling i think were about to finally make her way onto the ship. inside the grim realities of war, many here are on the doorsteps of death. businessmen turned rebel shot twice by a sniper. 20
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year-old salesman turned rebel hit by shrapnel. he says he lost his nose when a medical crew came under fire. the images are proof of the fierce fighting. rebels say the situation is going desperately. >> their killing, of violating our honor. anything that is wrong there doing it. >> we're fighting with weapons but there's so much more. that's how they're fighting back. >> reporter: not all the injured were fighting, 46 year-old cabdriver lost half his leg. speak-r was driving with my wife and my car blew up. i don't know what happened. speak-an explosive
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devices has. >> i feel to honor for what happened to my kids it is for the sake of the country. one of the biggest dilemmas is getting help to the wounded. it's only lifeline is poor. the spread of the damage to manage to get support coming out with more than 300 injured people. many more remain still waiting for help. >> justine: coming up, we have latest on a brutal attack against a giants fan that have been the opening day. the man is not doing so well we'll get to an update in a minute. >> james: falling weather around the bay. current temperatures in the city rain now on the mild side. it will warm up this
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degrees warmer than yesterday. beginning tomorrow, we'll see how far temperatures slide gradually down, down, down. and again in the afternoon, the chance of sprinkles. more details coming up. >> justine: time for some sports, although women are out of the n.c.a.a. tournament the cardinals lost in the final four. the final score 63-62. one point, that circles it was. these made up for poor batting in their first two games of the season, knocking in seven runs, allowing just one against the mariners. the days when seven-one. >> james: city leaders have condemned violence among sports fans calling last week's beating senseless. this is in the wake of a beating at dodger stadium
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that left a giants fan in a coma. a 42 year-old paramedic was placed in a comic out deal with his head injuries. $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the rest of those who attacked him. the giants are 1-3, last night they rallied against the giants. knocking in four late runs to beat san francisco, final score 7-5. don't forget, april 10th, 10:00 p.m. special encore presentation of baseball by the bay. in debt look at the dianne the giants. interviews and more. plus gary, he sits down to with gm believes be to talk about the new look of the a's. >> justine: 4:27 a.m., coming a more weather, traffic before you head out on this monday morning, falling latest delays he might face on southwest
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if you're flying southwest he might run into delays, federal investigators say they have found cracks in three more planes, those cracks are similar to those found in a plane that had to make emergency landings on friday. investigators say the area that ripped open shows evidence of fatigue cracking that was there before friday's flight. i joined of two sections of the plane came apart. it created a 5 ft. all the pilots acted quickly descending rapidly, one flight attendant was hurt. hundreds of flights were
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canceled over the weekend as a result. >> justine: some people had their flights canceled decided to buy one-way ticket on another airline. probably a safe bet. the couple that we talk to did not find it about the prom to against the morning. that is when they decided to go with a plan b. >> it is get across, but i expect southwesterly bring me back. >> i'm pretty certain that southwest will take care of its customers. >> it's very frightening to find that out. >> justine: this is not the first time with problems with southwest's fleet has popped up. a whole has opened up in several planes before. >> reporter: the plain is sitting here, as investigators from the national transportation safety board try to figure what happened. >> it's very hope important to find it happens. airplane
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structures should not fail and rupture as it did illustrate. >> reporter: passengers say the whole of an up shortly after takeoff. >> all the sudden there's a big gold sunroof in the middle of the plane. a big hole. >> the oxygen masks dropped, everyone was trying to put the mask on. it was scary. >> reporter: this is not the first time one ended up with a whole. a similar incident took place on itself west plane lost cabin pressure being forced to land. with a full-sized: a. the cause of that foal was metal fatigue. in 1988 and flight attendant was sucked out of a 737 after 18 ft. piece was blown off. >> we will go back, look at those, selah we learned, and if the corrective solution
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from those of men's if they did not work, why they did not. >> reporter: investigators expect the fed spent several days coming over the airport. -- investigators said they spend several errors investigating. -- hours. in 2008, southwest was penalized by the faa for not keeping up with mandatory inspections for skin cracking in their planes. they discovered their owner and reported it themselves. after the latest incident they elected to ground 79 of the 737 to check for cracking. and efforts us to make sure their passengers are safe. >> james: we ever had holes open up in the fuselages, more recently small spalls
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smoke in the cockpit. -- possible smoke in the cockpit. >> will: good morning james, smoke in the cabin they were just talking about that was a flight from oakland to san diego last night it had to make emergency landing in losses angeles. those passengers not injured, but they had to catch a plane from lax to san diego. they're investigating why someone in the cabin, were caused that. i can tell you to taking off from of an international, call ahead. there have a chance of sites, the first side is 642 houston, austin, dallas, albuquerque. they've gone as far ahead as 10:00 this morning. that could probably continue. one flight coming in, that as
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also been canceled. feebler the lining up. long faces, when the counter opens up, i am sure they will train real india, asked the agents what can i do, what can you do to get me on a plane? coming up will assure you the board to get reactions. >> james: thank you, 4:34 a.m. now, here is a look at the weather. >> louisa: clear scoshot to the day, we will warmups' them in the inland spots warming into the upper seventies today. as we head into tomorrow start to see a cool down that cooling trend continues through much of the week, much cooler forecast as we head into the next couple of days. the big warmup from yesterday warming up by about nine
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degrees today into downtown san francisco san jose, 11 degree warm-up. places like a word, livermore, monday. five degrees warmer in oakland today. redwood city 7. highs in the upper '70's in places like santa rosa, fairfield, concord. it looks like what happened in the low '70's in downtown san francisco. temperatures rising from the mid to upper '70's. half moon bay, 65 degrees. 7:00, still going to stay off into the '40's, '50's. 11:00 '60s into the mix. widespread 73 across the board for today, calling it back down as we head towards 7:00 a mixture of the '50s, '60s. rain now your temperatures already warming up into the '60s.
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san francisco 52 degrees. 50 degrees and oakland, said a mixture of the upper 40's and '50's. the cool spot this morning napa. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. breezy, cool, come tomorrow wednesday still keep up sunshine around the we'll also see those winds picked up. it will be much cooler in fact we will dig down into the 60s by wednesday. there's a stigma may not escape the 50s inland the bay or the coast. slight chance of rain for your thursday slowly start to warm by the end of the week. mid-upper 60s by the weekend, lots of sunshine in store. >> erica: traffic is still live along the bridges, a live look, traffic is nice, light, picking up some activity on the side of their road, not sure if it's a stall where traffic stop, i just checked logs, nothing
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reported regardless, not really affecting any cars heading in. traffic is moving well. a look over at the san mateo bridge, westbound towards foster city is still late. certainly have not reached the peak of the commute nice, light 14 minutes from end to end. southbound 101 looks good. you can see a few cars keeping their way into san francisco. traffic, were suspended zero upper-story sure freeway lots of space between cars, traffic is moving at the limit. drive time of just 16 minutes. >> justine: coming up on the kron 4 morning news, charlie sheen went on tour of the weekend let's just say he didn't get a standing ovation. surprise, surprise. hall live look puffy--a live
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>> justine: welcome back to the kron 4 news. castles are fans of after part of the risk all in oklahoma because of crazy, wild weather. you're looking at an elementary and junior high school, high winds from severe storms killed the roof rack off. no one was hurt, no school today. the wild whether rent their parts of kansas, leaving behind dangerous damaged trees and fences. a huge part of a true prokhorov, nearly missing a tree and crashed down thousands of people lost power. no one was hurt, some of the winds clocked in and nearly 80 mi. an hour. you have heard of motocross, how much older- cross. that is richer looking at, it was sent to
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us by a colorado man. fred past six years, as ski season winds down this resort house event called voteboater-cross. this weekend was a bit warmer than usual, sunny skies, temperatures in the mid-50s. i will pass, maybe you want to james. >> james: opening statements are expected today after the trial of a deadly blaze at a skyscraper. three firefighters died and the prosecutors have said that oversight's help create the deadly conditions. wall street, stock futures are been mixed this morning, a bullish run on friday. a handful of reports are due out. the new york times is
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now hour of morning that u.s. regulators will resume drilling. although prices have jumped to a 30 month high. >> justine: the spy, walgreen's, a key vote in the latest ever string of companies that said hackers gained access to customers files including e-mail addresses. they'll use the same marketing and communications vendor. in response the vendor released a statement sent a full investigation is under way. the company says that the compromise files do not include any personal identical information that was stored. so nothing like social security numbers or addresses. >> james: for 40 1:00 a.m. a quick break, coupled with
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stories that we're falling, cancellations for southwest, another incident last night, if you haven't heard about yet for smoke in the cockpit, a flight had to be diverted. meanwhile the weather, warm but it will not last we have changes on the horizon, a cool down a possible wet weather. more than a minute.
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. developing news, let's carry to a, flight cancellations he might run into delays. -- let's get right to it. they have found cracks in three more planes. the cracks are similar to the one found in a plane that had to make emergency landing last friday. investigators say the area of the roof opened shows evidence of fatigue cracking there was there before friday's incident. the jet had just leveled off. to strictions
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aggravated. they treated a five-foot hole inside the plane. we're looking out through the roof of the cabin. one flight attendant was hurt. >> justine: southwest has had to ground the planes before for similar problems. a nonprofit organization fears is just a matter of time before this happens again. we spoke with the director of flyers' rick start explaining what rights you have as an air passenger. >> the canceled the flight, there was are scheduled to take. >> this is one of thousands of calls. an organization that helps air passengers. the executive director estimate that only 63,000 passengers have lost their schedule flights in the last two days. she explained these passengers have rights. >> i don't see anything on there website that relates
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to what the passengers our right to, they're telling people to stay tuned. there will try to get back on track greater weight. that is not helpful for people respect of the wrong city. >> reporter: passengers can expect the airlines prefer tell, food from a taxi. until southwest is able to get you to your destination. >> reporter: i know the credit they would get them on other flights. there's not a lot that they can do. >> united is offering to help solve rust passengers for a flat fee of 15 $0 each way. so if you can't afford to way you can go to united air lines and get a better day to build the southwest. flyers right stocs.org, another expense for are the frustrated travelers. >> james: investigators in
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alameda and trying to figure out why a single engine plane crashed. it happened near oakland airport yesterday. kron4 saw that plane crash. >> reporter: investigators were here overnight investigating a plane crash near oakland airport, lexus of his plane wreck before it crashed or was going to oakland airport to cover a different story i was sitting at a light, all of a sudden, this one plant went right past me. it was flying at a very low altitude. it was also flying very fast, 30 seconds later first responder is better right past me, i follow them here, you guys are looking at now. this one airplane nasdaq, intel up,--nose down killed up. it took off from oakland airport, a lot of witnesses saw this thing go down there playing soccer nearby, they
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ran over to help, and fortunately the pilot died. >> justine: we'll keep you updated on the story and several others that are happening another big win in the bay area, are weather forecast, a great weekend. one more nice day of good weather. >> louisa: temperatures warm up even more than yesterday agreed to stay on top, 50 degrees in oakland the plan in time where jumping up. topping a red around 73 into the afternoon. mid-50s by a clock. looks like we will be quite a bit warmer than we were yesterday. about nine degrees warmer in san francisco, eight for hayward, livermore, fremont. 11 degree jeff and temperatures in san jose. you'll still that warm up for today. highs are topping out into the upper 70's and some spots. 78 in santa
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rosa. 77 for fairfield, concord. east bay = low '70's. mid-70s monday. 77 san jose. as we head toward 7:00, into the 50s, warm it up as we head towards 11 mixture of 50s-'60s. all of this dealer shows the '70s, widespread '70s expected today. current temperatures sitting in the '40's, 50's. 52 and san francisco. 50 oakland. south bay upper 50s. if low 50s, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as we headed this of the cooling trend statistical that saddam will continue for the rest of the work week to take to be the warmest day we see all week. tomorrow a little bit breezier, clover, winds pick up. --cooler. we could even
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bring in some raindrops. it will last long, more drive then wet. friday, sunday, still cool, warming up by the weekend. >> erica: 3 conditions bay area wide, the perfect time to get out the door no hot spots or slowdowns. at oakland into san francisco, more volume heading towards the city, no delays. year and lead are still a cycle of. still very light, what the space between cars making their way into the foster city. no problems to report. a drive time of just 14 minutes. but of the north
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bay, golden gate, says bound run 01 just a couple of cars on the span. -- southbound- 101. one last camera come across town, san francisco look good, no problems. it is also good to take public transit not tracking any problems. a string number one is five minutes behind schedule. james. >> james: the city of half moon bay is making drastic changes they voted to dismantle their police department and contract with the cemetery count his office. kron4 is maureen kelly spoke with the mayor of nablus will impact. >> we will have to get used to not seeing our own place on the street, knowing them and say hi dennis, john. it will not be like that. >> reporter: police officers
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will continue wearing these badges and to release july which is when the most likely change their uniforms into those assures. the officers to pass the test will be able to keep their jobs. there may not be able to patrol the same streets. if they do, the mayor says it will likely be periodically. deputies rotate the areas they cover. >> in two-three months, then have another rotation. >> reporter: it's a decision that had to be made it will save the city at a million dollars a year. >> i think the big plus is we do have a larger department. it will be allowed to give us more resources. the reason they were incorporated was to have their own force. which makes this decision difficult for the mayor. >> we always need to step the fact that we now have a new sheriff in town. >> james: half moon bay has
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voted to outsource its parts and wrecked apartment a move that will save them about $700,000 a year they stem from a legal battle, a judge ruled the city had damaged his property by botching a storm drain project making it an buildable they now have to pay that about mayor 18 billion million dollars. >> justine: charlie sheen went on tour, people who showed the money are now wishing that they had in. a live look at the san mateo bridge, monday morning, we have a traffic report in your weather forecast coming up in a minute.
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movies that the top three spots of the weekend's box office the east it seemed hot soared beyond expectations bringing in $38.1 million. source code was second place 15.1 million. and the supernatural thriller insidious came in no. 3 with $13.5 million. bill looks like katie couric is stepping down from her anchor desk at the evening news. an anonymous source says the 54 arab is leaving her post to star in a syndicated talk show. her contract is up in june. that's less than five years becoming the first woman to anchor a news casolo. neither she nor cbs has commented on her departure. if there is not here today, we know what she's doing.
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charlie sheen kicked off his tour saturday night in detroit, no surprisee the crowd did not care what they expected from the start. >> (cheering & applause) charlie sheen kicked off his highly anticipated one-man show in detroit. leaving many fans disappointed and went many considered his air bridges performance. >> we let charlie sheen, i thought would be something more than a was. >> it was a terrible waste of money. >> i felt really bad for him after of the booing. >> many left the show before he was even done. >> are full, wasted money. >> reporter: the first on this short, turned it to be
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a major bust. this footage shows the audience loudly booing him. before he starts to tell stories about his cocaine use. he launched the tour are highly public meltdown. he criticized and a half man creator on national television which resulted in corner brothers firing him. not all vans were led down. >> the show was amazing. they knew what they're signing up to. or call, kron4 news. >> justine: top story straight a head president obama makes a decision about the reelection, a live look at the bay bridge your weather, traffic straight ahead. [ male announcer ] you never know when, but thieves can steal your identity.
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>> mark: more cracks have been found in three airlines. this after a plane was grounded last friday after all discovered in the ceiling. more flight delays and cancellations are expected. >> darya: a pilot is dead after cream/--at fleeing crash. >> george: a lot warmer to dave in yesterday. >> james: 11 degrees hotter than yesterday it will not last. changes on the way. >> george: pretty good start to the morning commute, no problems, the westbound ride is easy across the upper deck for new hot spots reported. we'll have a complete check including public transit coming up.
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>> darya: thank you, now to the latest with southwest and how might affect you today. there's still about 60 southwest jet the need to be inspected for cracks. that have been found so far. this is the video of the hole in the plane house care would that be? the area that ripped out and shows evidence of fatigue cracking. that was there before friday's incident. the inspection of the boeing 737300 are taking time, 19 other planes inspected using a special test showed no problems they will be returned to service just last night a flight from oakland was diverted. after the emergency landing. it was carrying hundred and 42 people and had to be
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diverted to l.a. was around 830 because of a burning electrical smell in the passenger cabin. no one was hurt, the causes being investigated said to be unrelated to the issue in arizona. if your flying with southwest this morning, you may run into delays coming your flight might be canceled altogether. kron4 is live at the oakland airport. >> will: i can tell you sir for this morning eight flights have been canceled with the earliest flight to houston. albuquerque is also canceled. the majority of the flights are taking off are ready a very long morning this family of three she was originally expected to take up in san jose. her flight was a 737 it to overcome oakland. we saw her and line, southwest is famous for making multiple
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stops along the way. even though you might be able to take off it to be a very long day. the first leg of his journey just fine but when i asked him what's going to happen once he gets there his connecting flight might be that, he says i don't know. as is elands he will go and find out what happens even though the majority of the flights at oakland's just fine with only eight so far that could continue as the morning progresses the last light that i saw that was canceled 10:00 a.m. it is 30 way in advance. more reaction from passengers i will get down from mount and jerry the board. for now, let's send your back. >> of a lot of people watch for that. >> mark: investigators are
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trying to figure what caused a single engine plane to crash. as small plane taking off your on runway 33 took off, surely after take off nosedived into to do little drive parkway, kron4 saw the plane crash. >> investigators or here overnight investigating a plane crash near oakland airport actions of this plan report crash. i was going to oakland airport to cover different story. i was sitting at light, all of a sudden this one plane just went right past me, it was flying at very low altitude. it was also flying very fast about 30 seconds later first responder spread repass me. i fall them here and saw you are looking at now. this airplane, nasdaq, intel up.
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it happened about 3:40 p.m. sunday afternoon. a lot of witnesses actually saw this spring there down there were playing soccer nearby. they ran over to help, unfortunately the pilot died. >> mark: we spoke to one of the witnesses he describes what is sought. >> the engine cut off. i just saw the plane crash. there was a family right there. he was tried at the nose up, i guess he saw the family and didn't want to hit them. >> darya: we'll keep you up- to-date on all of these stories in the airline industry. 505 another big story, if you happen to be on vacation, luckey of today will be even better than yesterday. >> james: it was fantastic
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saturday-sunday. today could be grown warmer than that, it is short lived that doesn't last much longer than tomorrow. let's break down our headlines warm, sunny this afternoon the cooling trend begins tomorrow. chance of rain, we'll be surprised how well it gets. you'll see it coming up on your here is a look at your 7 day around the bay.. temperatures this afternoon that is the big story. we're expecting temperatures to be on a really warm side, from afternoon highs, we're looking at temperatures in the upper 60s to upper 70's in some stocks. north bay, santa rosa, 78 degrees for santa rosa. 77 for fairfield, concord. 8-11 degrees warmer in some spots. 73 in oakland, 75 in
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antioch. it will be a hot afternoon, here's our future cast is passing out. by noon a lot more '60s, '70s on our map. the hot part of the day widespread '70s everyone getting more '60s, look actually gets off of the '70s that is when the cold air will start charging and ran now we're ok temperatures in the upper 40's, low 50s. that system will be bringing us or cold air tonight and tomorrow. take a look, and land rise only getting up to the upper 50s, everyone in the '50s for thursday, that police expect a sprinkler to. it's not long live system better weekend on top.
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>> george: no proms, no hot spots, like the jurors, 580 commute, highway 40 unfolding pretty smoothly. bridge check, first of bay bridge, westbound it looks good. no problems on the purchase. san mateo looks good, equally smith, light traffic the right side is the commute side. no problems there. golden gate, 101 take a look, you will see late traffic there reconfiguring the bridge. that's why they do during the 5:00 hour. public transit, the on the delays are in a strain it is tree number one is five minutes behind schedule. --train. >> mark: today is the beginning of a crackdown on
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drivers talking on their cell phones, testing. california highway patrol and more than 250 agencies will be increasing patrols looking for those who are talking on their cell phones. those trapped of the first distracted driver awareness month, the fines for violations $20 fees come to court house can i then it could cost anywhere from 150-gender dollars. the second offense could be from 200-2 trip to dollars. but retreated 50,000 borrowers have been ticketed since the bay and took effect in july of 2008. we'll be back with monaco's minutes. ♪ let's go out to the dmv
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♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. in the network you can take entertainment with you. >> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. president barack obama is officially running for a second term. the announcement has been widely expected officials there over the weekend his
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campaign it filed papers this week with the federal election committee. that way he will continue his fund- raising which is expected to be a billion dollars. >> darya: time is running out in a budget battle, congress worked overtime trent hammer out a deal for the remaining of the fiscal year that will only keep them running past friday talks are centered on fat around $33 billion below more than half of what they proposed. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we will take a little break and be right back. an update at of oakland airport only return. following the latest as southwest air fight to other san jose as well.
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may run into delays, flights may be canceled as hairdressing cracks of the founder and some of their debts. we will continue to bring you updates. >> darya: team coverage continues, craig sklar is live at san jose airport to take a look at the follow. that is one place we'll check in live. also, will is that the latest from oakland. we'll keep will look at the latest. mark? >> mark: now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: didn't this weekend feel great, everyone got a outside and enjoy the warm weather. here's a live look at the james liked, we have temperatures that are mild, 52 degrees in san francisco, lunchtime 7871 as the high. let's take a look
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at the temperatures this afternoon temperatures can get into high gear. really warm temperatures. 78 degrees and santa rosa, 77 fairfield, crocker. the media pays, mid-70s. 77 in san jose, little cooler in oakland, hayward. mid-70s knees bay, antioch. all and all it will be a hot afternoon. future cast we will see the temperatures rise and fall today you'll really noticed the cooling. rain our temperature and in fairly nice, '60s, '70s you can see that in the north bay and the state. by 3:00, everyone in during the '70s except for the immediate coast line. there will be a nice, hot day. the warm temperatures it's a good day to get side. if you can
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carry it 6:00, a lot of the '70s era begun. everyone else's back into the '60s, 8:00, 50s, it is going to be a quick dive in the temperatures, we have a system rolling on drew that will bring in colder air over the next three days. right now we're ok. everyone else is injuring upper 40's. it's a system in the pacific that sting look to the north. we are going to see some colder air and moisture calmer way tuesday- thursday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. are temperatures get down to the upper 50s quite a difference in the upper 70's dawned in the '50s and just three days span. that is so we're looking for. we bounced back slightly. things getting sunny and warmer. chance of rain thursday.
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>> george: pretty good ride around the bay area not tracking any hot spots. we'll take you instead to bridge check, bay bridge, westbound, it looks good, no problems or delays. easy ride. san mateo bridge this good. your ride to the golden gate bridge is also a smith when these tabloids thrive coming in from during townie towards the toll plaza is a good trip. san francisco coming james light, easy ride on the inbound central. california highway patrol was reporting there's an accident at the end of the fifth street off ramp that will not affect your ride. it is one of the end of the off ramp. >> darya: 5:20 a.m. barry bonds trial resumes today the prosecution could finish its case today a drug testing expert, is expected
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to complete his testimony last week bonn's position to contradicted the testimony of his business manager who told the jury he had as many as 15 discussions with the doctor. he said those conversations never happened. we have reporters inside the courtroom and dared side will keep you updated. oakland police are searching for a man suspected of shooting two people, killing one. police have released a sketch of the man they're looking for, they say he is wanted for the shooting of two people at his home on harriet ave. that happens saturday. he was last seen driving a silver honda civic. police say he's likely armed, dangerous, they have not said what led up to the shooting that killed one person. >> mark: city leaders some loss angeles condemning
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violence among sports fans. a giants fan attacked and beaten, he is now in a medically induced trauma. a 42 road paramedic of fathers to. he was approached by two men after the game. hit, kicked repeatedly. at $10,000 or more has been offered for information leading to the rest of his assailants. police have not made any arrests as of saturday but they're pursuing several leads here the seven statues of the two suspects. they're described as to men 18-25 rain dodgers gear. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look inside the perched the bay bridge looks terrific, no traffic to >> of currently in oakland it is pretty nice that they're 50 degrees rain now of high as 73, if you like the weekend you will like today even better. except
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>> darya: at 20 5:00 a.m. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as we start off this were creek with a gorgeous day. in will be warmer in your neighborhood. 78 is the high, then the breeze kicks in we start of a cool down wednesday, there's a thing we really feel it. dropping down to 15. probably, the coolest air is day of the week rate now. for thursday. senate on friday, but brisk. 60 is the high. >> mark: falling the latest of libya today rebels have taken the strategic oil town. the government on why is senior discussing an end
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to the fighting. gaddafi told cruz as prime minister that he wants a way out of the crisis. the u.s. military will pull its warplanes today, shift to a support role of nato. >> darya: the head of the u.s. atomic watch dog group says it presents a major challenge and has numerous implications. workers are still trying to trace the path of leaking water at the crippled complex. the source remains unclear. a crack in the main inspirit was found over the weekend. government officials concede it will be months before the cooling systems are restored. c e l of the japanese cell phone company softbank says he will donate $120 million of his personal wealth, plus a salary until he retires. he's giving all that money to help the victims. the
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>> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. the big story there were working on today as southwest airlines, all of the delays, cancellations that are followed from problem with the planes. there's still about 60 jets that have to be let debt for possible cracks. cracks in three more planes similar to those suspected of causing friday's failure. that whole year looking at there is from friday's incident. the ntsb says the area reactor and shows evidence of a fatigue crack. that evidence was there before friday when
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the fire passengers are flying, they saw that giant hall on the plane the inspection is a southwest boeing 737. 19 other planes inspected using special testing showed no problems. those will go back into service. >> mark: let's find out what's happening today with possible delays, some flights being canceled kron4 area's live. >> will: an update on the story, they added three more cancel flights, these are arrivals from phoenix, omaha, was angeles. was santa as being 11:00 this morning, we're seeing a mess all over the country. here's video their we shot. you can see the board at that time canceled. good news, it has not changed, still a cancel flights leaving oakland's this morning. we have not seen any more with the
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latest slate ticking off a 10:00. the majority of the flights are taking off this morning. your id going to minneapolis, the first stop stop for this procedure, his first opposition member once he lands there who knows, maybe his plan won't take off from there. we talked to a family of three she says is our region along morning for. >> we were supposed to leave from san jose and an hour flying as oakland. >> will: it is the only other flight we could get. our flatus san jose was canceled. are you concerned that southwest is famous for making multiple stops the next is the land that might be canceled? >> will: i am crossing my fingers that it is not. >> that is all you can do a
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lot of passengers before they got oakland they did check ahead but she never know, we'll get more reaction from passengers coming out. you can imagine there are people who don't know about their flights, arriving here, they're working hard to falsely get closer to their destination. this ticket agents will be very busy. >> mark: craig sklar is live in san jose, we'll check in with him surely he is gathering information. >> darya: another big story, the weather, we had a fabulous weather over the weekend it will get even better today than it is sort of a one day only sale. free, great weather one day only. >> james: get what loss. at the it gave. temperatures 30
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degrees warmer this afternoon and yesterday, nine degrees warmer in san francisco, a near fremont. everyone across the board will see a much warmer after noon that made headlines. 71 in san francisco looking for a pair of 77 seeing concord, little bit cooler by degree to antioch, livermore. 77 expected in san jose. future cast, let's see where temperatures will go, in a clock, mainly 50s. but, by lunchtime we will see a whole lot more '60s, '70s on the map to by the afternoon, widespread '70s. the only places that see temperatures still in the 60s along the immediate coast. quite the drop off. sixties on the
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map, seventies are gone, 8:00 p.m. we're back down into the 50s is even some ford is popping up on the map that is our cold air that's coming in with this system. it will dropper temperatures down almost 20 degrees between now and thursday. right now mild, looking for her 40's, low 50s everywhere else. this afternoon will be great, as we head into the next three days tuesday, wednesday, thursday that cold air will come down, mixing some moisture may be given some chance of a spring go. barbara next three days,-- over the next three days, tuesday breezy, cool. temperatures, wind picks up. cold, windy by wednesday. there's a chance of showers.
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temperatures dropping down into the inland spots. we go from upper '70's to upper 50s by thursday. filature forecast coming up. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: good morning james, pretty easy, no proms or hotspots for your drive around the bay. we're looking for light traffic bay area wide. bridge check, as villager bay bridge westbound still pretty light, no problems on the approach. looking at the right to the cemetery bridge, 92, no problems here. the right side of your screen is the westbound direction traffic is building. golden gate, 101. in from marin county no problems. the northbound coming to lanes accommodate the traffic. let's take a look to tread on interstate
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80, albany commute still very light traffic as you can see coming down. no problems to laurie sure freeway or from the upper east shore freeway. 12 minutes is your drive times. there are schedule changes for valley transit authority, they have been expected for a while they're just going into effect you will find them posted as station sites. >> justine: thank you, this just in, a big discovery in the search for a part of an air france plane that crashed two years ago, underwater robots have spotted pot of the cabin, bodies, the engine. you may remember an image like this from when the plane crashed in 2009. back home this discovery was made during the fourth time they did
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morning he might run into delays or and may be canceled in is because the airline is addressing cracks found on some of their debts. so for aid flights have been cancelled and a oakland so a continuing our team coverage let's go to craig sklar he is dead san as amanita we have seen cancellations, delays and oakland. >> reporter: only one cancellation here at southwest is future. there are a lot of flights that come in. the only one that's been canceled is vegas, chicago, tampa. all the other ones are running and on schedule. i asked whether not that flight specifically was being canceled because of the 737 they kidnap give me an answer. basically even if that was the case. things are going very smoothly here. southwest is huge here. but as things are
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going rain now only one flight, 1608 has been cancelled. everything else is on schedule. >> darya: southwest is huge here in the bay area so we will check on a tour of the morning. >> mark: all eyes on bay area weather after fantastic weekend. now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: here is a collective sigh we will start with the computer system, we're talking about warm temperatures that will be the main headline. 78 expected in santa rosa, 77 in the north bay for oakland, fairfield. oakland 73. warmer in the south bay, 77 degrees. they will be a warm day. temperatures five, 11 degrees warmer this afternoon. so if you enjoy the nice warm weekend today will be even better. i did they go up siding get lunch
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outdoors. hottest temperatures today, it across, mainly 50s. not too much longer before noon very '60s, '70s by three this afternoon a lot more '70s on the mat cooler temperatures limited to just the regions of the peninsula. nice, warm afternoon, the other main story here is by the evening we really start nosediving with the temperatures. the '70s are gonna place by sixties, fifties 8:00 in the evening, more 50s even some ford is popping up. that's bad cold air coming in with this system that will drop for temperatures tuesday, wednesday, thursday. over the next three days we will start to see that cool down as cool air comes pouring into the night in to tomorrow. that's by tuesday's temperatures will
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be cooler today. wednesday's cooler than tuesday and thursday. temperatures dropping inland to some 20 degrees. we also bring in a slight chance of a scattered showers and after noon nothing to big by friday, into the weekend warming up back up. let's say good morning church and see how the ride is doing. >> george: no hot spots, trouble-free so far. these train is running a few minutes behind schedule let's start to at the project, bay bridge, westbound the looks good as you head in from the mes. from interstate 80 all of the purchase look good. volume is building. san mateo, a good one, no problems, the volume is building, as of yet no backups, delays, problems.
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the red for marin, looks good, -- the right. the fourth lane is complete from the north to the south bend it is set up for the morning commute. >> mark: launching a program to replace aging gas lines to prevent explosions like the sambar no blast. recent deadly blast into eastern pennsylvania the investigators have said then pipes had numerous flaws. here's video of the explosion in philadelphia, it said a 50 ft. fireball into the sky killing a utility worker. in pennsylvania and fair during a pipeline explosion leveled homes and businesses killing five. >> darya: half moon bay is making changes because the
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money troubles. they voted to dismantle the police department and to contract it out with the san mateo county sheriff's department. they will continue to where these badges iinto lee's july it which is when they will change to sheriff's deputies. the officers to pass will be able to keep their jobs. it will save the city half a million dollars a year. >> mark: katie couric is stepping down from cbs news < five years and after being the first woman anchor. the 54 era is leaving her post to start a syndicated talk show. contract coming up in june. they have not officially commented her new show will launch next year. cbs is one of the net or spying to eric. >> justine: it that talk- show thing does not work so she could always apply for a
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job of mcdonald's. they plan to hold their first national hiring day on april 19th. they want to fill 50,000 open positions. the company's goal means a higher 3-4 new people per restaurant. those interested can apply in stores or on line. >> darya: you never know. we will be back with more on a couple of minutes. a live look good side, golden gate, nice, clear traffic is light. santa rosa, 44 degrees, a high of 78 degrees, pretty close to 87 santa rosa. a warm up to date but it only lasts one day. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. hey marcel, watch this!
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game of this series, they dropped in the pregame series yesterday rallying late in the game they're now 1 when, three losses in the season that it is is as they had the san diego they could have brian wilson back as soon as wednesday. oakland, the a's had their series, mark ellis driving in three rounds, to back and solaces 2011 debut. they avoid the opening with a rival seattle the win on sunday 7-1. they had an rbi triple in the third inning miss hitting for the cycle by just more home runs the a's are off to canada against the blue jays. >> darya: how about the weekend movies, three new ones from the top spots. hop, the easter holiday movie, people loved that. a
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$38.1 million. soaring way beyond expectations. source code, and jake dillon hall, that made a 15.1 million. and third place as supernatural for earlier thriller insidious. >> mark: it was kind of e.t. edge. a was each years. and don't take the kids, but it was good. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. co latest from southwest coming up. [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink. 5 for 5 bucks every day. today tastes so good. and started earning loads of points. you got a weather balloon with points?
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