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>> mark: 6:00 a.m. top stories right now exactly one month since the deadly earthquake and tsunami hit japan it is hit with an aftershock to your >> darya: did to in the barry bonds case of jury deliberations. >> mark: the giants hosting the dodgers in a three game series for the first time since a man was critically been two weeks ago. we will talk about stepped- up security. >> darya: 01 was attacked inside of the university apartment over
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the weekend. >> mark: let's get a quick update on weather and traffic we will start with weather. >> james: cool but the handful of degrees warmer than yesterday and dry for now. nor macy changes this afternoon we will explain in detail in a moment. >> george: no hot spots to alert you to, here at the babay bridge the meter lights have been activated but no problems. >> mark: barry bonds deliberations continue today, he is accused of lying to a grand jury in 2003 about the use of performance enhancing drugs. it will record at 8:30 a.m. they will hear read reading from the testimony of bond's personal shopping. she is the only person with eyewitness testimony
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of him receiving an injection. federal regulations that found >> darya: 6:01 a.m. opening day in los angeles brian stow was attacked back then. he has been in a medically induced, since the attack. police are looking for the suspects. today they meet again this time at at&t park. will tran is telling us about security. >> will: it will be world series like. and they thought about putting 20 percent more officers but then they thought about over the past few days, there will be about 40 percent more officers inside and oin the parking lot.i
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can tell you the giants are encouraging people to take a advantage of the command center that has been here for quite some time. perhaps a lot of people don't know about it. even they admit they hope more people use it. if you see anything that gets out of hand, the fans are the first line of security they can tell officers to come over if you see anything out of control you are encouraged to tax 80899. the reason why they added more security than the 20 percent is because they have been monitoring social web sites and our people live there that are looking to retaliate on behalf of brian. the giants are saying if you're going to do that don't bother coming down you will be caught. >> darya: they are dedicating
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the entire game against the dodgers tonight. they are also collecting donations before entering the game to benefit the fund to help him in the family. on fridays season home opener they had a moment of silence to honor him. >> mark: stamford police are looking for men who sexually assaulted a woman in not graduate student apartment. the man broke into the woman's apartment while she was sleeping around 9:30 p.m. saturday night she screamed when she woke up and the suspect took off. we spoke with students about the attack. >> it makes us nervous we talked about it happens more frequently this year. >> as a woman you take extra precautions. i never not take
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extra precautions. >> we like to think we live in the nice neighborhood but this kind of thing can happen everywhere. >> mark: the suspect dark skinned male, 30 years old, 5 ft. tall blue jeans and shirt. >> darya: a look at the weather and let's look at this rain. is there anything you can do about the rain james? >> james: yes i going to make this not happen in most areas except for the north. it's a very weak system and it might make your windshield and damp. looking back in san francisco 53 degrees in the city, 58 this afternoon a nice afternoon. maybe warming than yesterday but it will be potentially damp for the north. let's look at the golden gate bridge, again over the next three days a chance of
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sprinkles today, tomorrow and nice, wednesday another chance of rain. wednesday will be a light system. as for temperatures we are cool, him pull out degrees warmer than yesterday. 51 degrees in san francisco, getting up to 52 in oakland, cool in the north and the '40's, south bay 47 in san jose let's talk about the rain. the low pressure system is pushing through our area, most moisture will be in the north. north of santa rosa, sonoma, napa county might get it. wednesday another system sags further to the south we may get more widespread showers that date. but that will get light as well. right now temperatures
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this afternoon 58 in san francisco, 63 in concord, 64 fairfield, 61 in oakland, 63 in san jose. 70 forecast we laid out for you will be on and off again rain and not rain for the week. tuesday nice day, thursday credit would trail, saturday, sunday fantastic with temperatures on warm side. >> george: we have not tracked a hot spot this morning, nothing you need to know just to get out the door no problems for your 580 ride, highway 4. your live cameras as you check the bridges around the bay area looking at the bay bridge first, just a bit of back up in the cash lanes but the meter lights are not active so we are not looking for building back up. we have an incident free on the bay bridge in the approaches. san mateo
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bridge a a good one with no problems on 92. golden gate bridge 1 01 southbound problem free in from marin county. >> darya: topping the news right now we want a tell you about a 6.6 quake that struck japan about one month after the massive quake this one that deadly tsunami. this is where the action was, there was the tsunami warning as associated with this but that warning has been lifted now. we have no word on damage from the quake. >> reporter: new video now of the latter is quite that just hit japan. here is the video you can see how bad things got. this is an office building signs shock, people holding on for their lives. this video just coming into the newsroom. they have on the bottom tsunami warning issued that has been lifted now appear the
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aftershock were screaming and people lost power, this is after last week's quake their power has not been restored jetty there. this quake happened hours after people in japan bowed their heads to mark one month since the massive quake and tsunami. we will be right back. ♪ let's see you fly now! [ laughs ] look, more frequent flyer red tape. not on my watch. let that family fly! [ tires screech ] i just wanted to use miles to take my family on vacation, but -- let me guess -- restrictions through the roof.
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>> mark: more on the pain at the pump, at 205 in the past two weeks that's how far gas prices have climbed. they appear to be headed upward again. we go live to greg live in san jose with very expensive gas. >> craig: this is shell station near san jose, you can see $4.23 a gallon now. this is about as
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high as i have seen down here, only one week ago it was $4.13. two weeks ago less than that. a price shock for those going out to buy gasoline down here. there are places in the south bay which are cheaper, according to san jose gas prices you the get- as low as $3.97 at safeway. this is about as high as it goes down here. it is expected to go higher. the last time i saw three years ago. it's hard to say whether people will coming get the gas that the basic necessity really. around the corner from here it is 55 less. this is pushing back the tide as prices continued to got consistently over the course of a short period of time. >> mark: oil trading at $111 a
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barrel. >> darya: president barack obama off focuses on the economic mix future. the house and senate are expected to vote on a budget for the remainder of the fiscal year. they're putting to paper the deal that was struck on friday which will fund the government through september. it is expected to pass as early as wednesday. on wednesday the president is expected to unveil his plan to reduce the deficit. medicare, and medicaid spending will be. >> mark: live looks from texas i should in see this building is completely ripped apart. several should in see this building is completely ripped apart. several tornadoes there this morning. g .
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>> mark: 19 year-old man was stabbed in a concord shopping center. when police are ride they found the suspect as well they arrested him. they have not identified the suspect. the coast guard calling off the search for the man who abandoned his boat. he and another man were in the boat after it started taking on water. they escaped on an inflatable raft. strong wavethe boat capsized. os found but the other man was never found. >> darya: the court second review of the city's disclosure statement a handful of
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objections were sentinel. thousands of people are expected to come out for free medical care in oakland this morning. remote medical area provides medical care for people that are uninsured. there are expected been long way to take advantage of medical services. that clinic started saturday runs through tomorrow >> mark: james following latest with the other. >> james: let's break down what we are looking at. first off we will be dry, and cool. a few degrees cooler than yesterday. this afternoon chance of sprinkles in the north bay, and this evening it will be breezy and cool. the winds will pick up for the hills. it will be
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gusting up to 30 mi. to our the cool temperatures tonight and tomorrow morning to get into the 30's. right now we're looking at a mild start for the day, 42 san rosa and not thought, warmer in the south bay 47 there, 50 in the delta. as we take a look at the pacific this is a cold from pushing through right now. most of the rain is well to the north but the southern edge of it could give north and napa a sprinkle or two. most of the bay should stay dry, but the winds is what we will feel out of the system. another one will comment on wednesday. we get up to 60 today in san francisco 63 san rosa, 61 for oakland, 62 in fremont, 63 in san jose. along the coast half moon bay,
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probably getting up to 56. our forecast shows a weather system which could be meteor but not much rain. thursday, friday we will dryout. saturday, sunday we will warm up. by the weekend 75. >> george: we like to start your out with a look at a hot spots and the problem areas. thankfully we don't have any, we will start with a bridge check the bay bridge westbound, it is likely the meter lights have just been activated in the westbound direction. i got word there may have been a stall on the upper deck of the bridge, this is about the time it would of turn the lights on so as not unusual to see a back up toward forming. otherwise it's an easy ride on the approach to the bridge. san mateo bridge ride
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that's a good one as well, heavier on the right hand side of your screen. but still no problems across the span. the golden gate bridge ride still looks good headed from marin county in to san francisco. 6:22 a.m. let's go to the newsroom. >> reporter: live pictures of the storm damage in texas. you can see the helicopter over there is showing us some houses that had been badly damaged by the storms. thunderstorms brought hail and high rents mostly to north texas. the national weather service says some of the storms got winds up to 80 mi. an hour. looking at the damage coming from the cbs station in dallas. it was bad,
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this was not just a bad storm in texas. >> darya: we had fires fuel to this weekend, this is in midland, it scorched 16,000 a. destroying 34 homes. another fire in west texas was 60,000 a. it destroyed 40 forms. a third blaze as well. fema is expected to respond to help the people displaced by the fires, texas is getting help from firefighters from several neighboring states. flooding in north dakota, several roads in a dated, this guy is driving and a tv to get a browned.around. over the weekeny were stockpiling sandbags tried to get water from getting into homes. the river will keep
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rising due to more rain. iowa the aftermath of a tornado that touched down and left a big path of destruction. backed down trees are ripped apart homes. mableton damage will be into the millions of dollars. the entire town is without power after its natural gas service has been shut off. the national guard has been sent to help the town. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. the skies are brightening on this monday morning.
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>> darya: the latest out of libya khaddafi is in talks for an immediate cease-fire. the
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he has assured that he is trying to get a ceasefire. they met with gaddafi in triple lee, now they are added to bring god's the to me with the rebels. >> mark: alive look for are mount tam kamm, james's talking about a
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>> darya: just missing the opening bell, they have rung the bell on wall street we will keep an eye on the stocks today. keeping our eye on the weather, we are looking for rain. everybody looks crowded witclou >> james: clear conditions at street level, as for the whether we will be on the dry side today, that could change for the north bay, chance of sprinkles for them. we saw that in the mt.
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tam camera with all the clouds. the storm system is well to the north but we could get a sprinkle. winds will pick up gusting up to 30 mi. an hour. expansion in the hills it could be a tad windy for you today. current temperature, upper 40's, low fifties for a good number spots, warming up in san rosa 43, 47 in san jose, upper 40's low 50s far east. a quick look at the rain expected for today, the clock is set for noon today the ball to the north, the lower edge could give northern napa county a chance of the sprinkle this afternoon. fast forwarding to wednesday at about 11:00 a.m. at the end another round of showers pushing through all
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little more substantial and lower. not a lot of a lot cumulation maybe one-quarter of an inch at best. and then rains diminished. temperatures upper 50s lows 60s for most of the day today, santa rosa 63, fairfield 64, 61 in oakland, in the south bay 63 in san jose. 70 forecast, we will take a look at where we see things going, thursday, friday we dry it out gradually, hopefully a good weekend here. we will keep an eye on it. at this point sunshine and warm temperatures for the weekend. >> george: still good conditions for the ride around the bay area, not tracking any hotspots we are however watching the rapidly building up hot spot at the bay bridge. a report of a stall on the upper deck and it
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to track has been dispatched to we don't often has been cleared. metering lights have been activated on time, the back up almost the end of the east parking lot for the monday morning ride. let's continue with your bridge check, san mateo bridge picking up our live camera the toll plaza, light easy ride westbound, no delays towards the high rise, the toll plaza when no one set down still a great ride in from marin county with no delays or problems reported for the highway. >> mark: it was opening day in los angeles when the giants fan brian was brutally attacked in the parking lot. the pair met again father of two has been in that, since the attack. they're searching for suspects, tonight the two teams meet again, this time in san francisco at at&t park. well trend is lit with
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more about tonight's tight security measures >> will: they're afraid of retaliation. for the giants fan this is at the next couple of weeks. the giants are monitoring the social websites, they believe there could be some form of retaliation that's why the national league stepped up security, they thought 20 percent more police officers inside and in the parking lot, they decided to up that to 40 percent more officers for the giants, dodgers series, they are calling it world series level security. they encourage people if you see anything and really they can tax to the command center at the park. 80899 they
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are surprised and not a lot of people are using a more maybe they're not aware of it. but for this series and be on the more people to do that. there's a chance they could cut off alcohol sales before the seventh inning if things are getting out of control. >> mark: giants dedicating tonight's game to brian they are collecting donations at the park before and during the game to benefit at a fund to support him and his family. friday's season opener they had up moment of silence to honor him, several members of his family were in attendance. >> darya: stanford university says those woman who was sexually assaulted over the weekend is doing better this morning. >> reporter: they have no idea
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who he is, he's possibly wondering campus. >> reporter: she is talking about an attacker one who is on the loose after going after a woman in her dorm room in stanford university. >> i got a text message last night to >> reporter: police say a sexual assault occurred. the suspect is at large. police said the victim lives in one of these apartment which is located on the eastern section of campus. she woke up at 9:30 p.m. and there was a man in her room. the victim was sexually assaulted she's screamed and the attacker ran away. >> it's been happening more frequently this year than last year perhaps. >> reporter: what happened saturday evening has her and her girlfriends a bit uneasy. >> hearing things like this make
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you nervous to go back home >> reporter: many female students i spoke with here at stanford on sunday said they do feel safe. they didn't mention the blue phones, they say they are the keycarry mace around at all times. >> darya: berkeley police are investigating to sexual assaults. the first one was thursday april 8th, 11:00 p.m. the man inappropriately touched a woman. the second happened two hours after that near the haviland grove, a woman was robbed and forced to perform a sexual act. they have not said if both incidents have been connected. both women are describing a similar suspect. white male, 20s, light brown hair, unshaven and he was 5 ft.
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shell station, people were trudging and paying the gas in the reality. a week ago it was $4.13, and less than 25 to weekthat two weeks ago. this is the highest with the premium gas at $4.36. gas prices will not stop increasing throughout the summer. expected to reach this point and go higher from there. >> darya: your training your eye on this for some time this morning, usually there's a station on the corner, charges
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5-105 less. you see people going aerostatic year. >> craig: there is one around here that's 55 an gallon less. that's the one i go to. it's crowded by about 10:00 a.m. its pact not from here. but people still come to this one. if it's a natural habit to go to the titular station they come. people were complaining in 2008 when it was this high. there seems to be more tolerance this time around. maybe they're getting used to it. as some point they won't take it anymore and they will drive less or find it cheaper some moral spirit >> mark: gm recalling a chevy cruised because the steering wheel could come off the permanent transportation state steering wheels could detach from the steering column while driving. recall affects only
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certain 2011 model year car. they can take their cars for a free safety inspection to the dealers. >> darya: we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. a live look at san francisco firm van ness avenue, the sun is coming out but we have a fair amount of clouds. we will be right back.
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welcome to the darker side of green. mmm. ahh. yeah. bacon. come celebrate baconalia! only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >> reporter: good morning live in the kron 4 newsroom. pitchers and texas. the helicopter is over a street or highway and there is a structure that is blocking the road. thunderstorms brought high winds to north texas breaking windows, knocking trees down. national weather service says the storms that move through got wind up to 80 mi. an hour. a lot of people are
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without power, even more without power this morning. this damage coming to us from dallas-fort worth is really bad. a monitoring the situation bring you information as it comes in. >> darya: around the bay we are talking about the chance of rain james has the latest. >> james: nothing as severe as texas. the sun begins to pick up right in the sky for us, let's break down what we're looking at. the changing forecast we have the chance of sprinkles for the north bay not a lot but is there. tuesday sunny, mild, warmer to more than today. the system will give us a greater chance of sprinkles. that one even looks to be fairly light and simple system. as for temperatures right now, is cool but we are 2-7 degrees warmer
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today than yesterday. 50 in oakland, 52 in fairmont, 47 in san jose. so those are the temperatures right now, as for this afternoon that chance to the sprinkle from the north bank. that friend is passing through, showers to the north of california, but we could in the north bay see a sprinkler two. one-tenth of an inch at most. that system on wednesday gives us a bit more. 58 in san francisco, 63 concord, lower 60s along the east. 61 in oakland, 62 livermore, 64 in morgan hill. 70 forecast we have sprinkles today, wednesday great chance of showers still light system.
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thursday, friday we get their remnants of the way. and we can looks like sunshine and warm temperatures. >> george: we have been seeing if there are any hot spots and thankfully none to report you right now. let's show you the bridges, the bay bridge the meter lights have been activated for half an hour now, it were turned on early this morning that's why we see a back up the riches from the end of the east parking llot. let's check the sn mateo bridge ride it has been trouble-free for the better part of the morning. continuing now with no delays here westbound or eastbound 92. golden gate bridge ride 1 01 southbound an easy trip for marin county the volume is building but no delays
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across the span or through marin county 4101 southbound. >> mark: exciting finish in golf 26 year-old south africa in holding off the likes of tiger woods for his green jacket. a players held the lead before charles one with two shots he birdied the final hole. after a strong start tire once was five under in front 9 finishing even par on back nine. continuing his longest winless streak. mcelroy had a long day he imploded after blowing a four shot lead. he finished 10 strokes back from the leader. the first round of the playoffs the sharks know they will take on the l.a. kings. game 1 is
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thursday. >> darya: steve jobs has agreed to participate and a book about his life. the book is when to be published in early 2012. it is called now, here is stanely roberts, with some people behaving badly now, here is gabh some tech newscalled now, herey roberts, with some people behaving badly. >> darya: alive look at walnut creek six cities out some moving close to the
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>> james: another quick look at
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weather, we are following an interesting forecast. it will be breezy out there and maybe even a sprinkler two. renown temperatures are ok, 50 and san francisco, 47 in san jose the cooler part of the bay rain have still to the north. 41 in napa, 41 half moon bay. not too bad if you get out the door. we do have a low pressure system to the north. it is rolling through the area you can see most of the rain well to the north, chance of the sprinkle and stronger winds this afternoon gusting up to 30 mi. an hour. breezy day for you in the more weather coming our way wednesday. >> darya: 6:56 a.m. dogs may be a man's best friend but there are some places they are not allowed. stanley roberts has more.
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>> stanley: i showed you a video dogs and cat inside the castro store. in direct violation of health code. like this cat sleeping in the store will be owner serves the neck next to the sushi bar. this dog in a rain jacket also inside the store. i want to show you these new signs created by this man of this san francisco department of health. the signs read no animals allowed in a food facility except service and most feared they are posted in most castro districts. now the cat sleeping the store is in a cattle outside the store. but do the suns work? for the record i noticed more dog sitting in
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cars that i did before. but this one napping in the back seat of a car. this woman said she saw the signs about a month ago, and now she thinks twice about going in said with the dogs. this person knew was wrong but she claims her friend will try anyway. >> schuster bring the dog into the store people would say you can't bring the dog again. and they let her have her dog. >> stanley: not everybody thinks their dogs showed uncommon. this woman is being held by an employe. old habits will be hard to break. in san francisco kron 4 news. >> darya: if you have a komondor story idea e-mail him at kron 4 dot com share
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