tv KRON 4 Early News KRON April 12, 2011 6:00am-7:00am PDT
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>> mark: we have a clear picture of what the $40 billion budget cut its i going to look like. we will break down for you and see how what affects the bay area. >> mark: stock futures pointing to lower opening after japan upgrades the new killer crisis to the highest level. >> darya: and nipping the air and it is a bit chilly out there. the camera shot from the mass ave, visibility looks good, it we awaiting for a warmup for the weekend. >> james: mainly in the north bay we're going to have on-again and off-again sprinkles. today: dry. cool and dry sunny and war, temperatures getting into the low to mid '60's. tonight we
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have the cold front approaching setting the stage for possible sprinkles tomorrow morning in a north face. look at the temperatures 47 as an francisco, 46 in concord, in the south bay 44 in san jose. chilean the no. 38 in san rosa, a purse 30's and livermore. you dropped a couple of degrees since our last update. your highs this afternoon 65 in sonoma, 62 mill valley, 67 san rosa, san francisco 63, down the peninsula you will see 59 in san bruno, 61 in redwood city. he sighed 634 oakland, 60 hayward, a low to mid '60's in mid milpitas. 63 livermore valley
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and the san ramon valley. south bay 65 degrees give or take on the horizon we have a cold front for tomorrow brings us rain. we will break you down in detail in just little bit. >> george: when that watching good conditions around the bay area, we just discovered an incident that could turn into a hot spot. we'll watch acts. first let's take you to the bay bridge. 80 westbound you can see it as a good ride with no problems or delays westbound. the meter lights are not activated. san mateo bridge a good commute here with no back up yet at the toll plaza. the golden gate looks good southbound 101 no delays during county and of course no problems here crossed the bridge. the
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incident on 680 it is southbound trip pleasanton there is an accident or the slow lane is blocked. an early delayed but so far a minor one. if they don't clear this quickly this backup could reach to the dublin interchange which could connect with the 580 ride. then we would look at big problems for the 580 commute. so hard is just the inconvenience and not a hot spot. keeping an eye on the right in the south bay, south bay freeway somlooks good. >> darya: 6:03 a.m. barry bonds perjury trial continues with game 3 of deliberations. we are awaiting for a verdict yesterday they heard the retest amani of bond's personal
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shopper. she's the only one who said she witnessed him getting a shot from his personal trainer. she said she saw him in jacked the baseball player in the naval during the 2002 season. she is the only person to testify. an novato man is behind bars in connection with four murders including one in the bay area. 77 year-old joseph is believed to committed four murders in northern california between 1977 and 1994. he was arrested in tahoe would he was released from the eldorado county generajail. we have few s about the killings and that he is accused of but investigators say one of the victims was a marin county woman. >> mark: lawmakers lifting the
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curtains on the spending plan that will slash $40 billion from the u.s. budget is saves a government shut down on friday appeared the measure represents the biggest cut ever made to a federal budget one year. among the cuts to $3 billion for high speed rail, 3 billion in highway construction, 1 billion and programs that prevent as tds. the welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. got i got see program is cut by $500 million. no cuts in to meet college students, no cuts to rise to the top which the republic schools, foreign-aid intact, and in the environmental protection agency. while the federal budget may be resolved the government facing another problem it's about to reach its credit limit or debt
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ceiling which is 14 trillion dollars. we will hit that meant made. president barack obama pressuring congress to raise the debt ceiling even though he voted against raising that ceiling in 2006 when he was a senator. u.s. governogovernments 405 of every dollar it spends. tomorrow president barack obama will address topics including the budget net debt limit. >> darya: like a look at the golden gate bridge. the visibility is traffic and traffic is light. it is chilly this morning, up north of the shot you can see some recalls today.
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and i use the term rain loosely. the majority will fall 9:00 a.m., a light shower activity, by 11:00 a.m. maybe some of the peninsula, this will be in north bay sprinkle. by 1:00 p.m., 2, 3:00 p.m. it will be gone. more near 74 castanet lookit weekend in a moment. >> reporter: just coming off the wire cisco systems plans to shut down its flip video camera business. this is a plan to exit the consumer business part of its operations. san jose company anticipates its shakeup will cost 550 jobs. restructuring charges of $300 million in its
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fiscal third and fourth quarters. cisco no longer in the slip video camera business. >> darya: i like that slip. new details and the japan crisis the prime minister has gone on to be urging the public not to panic after officials waste the security level. it is at the highest level, with trial disaster. however official say the amount of radiation in chernobyl was 10 times greater than what was leaked in japan. pg&e has asked federal regulators to delay extended in. until comprehensive studies are completed on earthquake faults in the area. there has been an outcry of public interest. it is
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a concern that has been heightened by what's going on in japan. >> mark: stock futures are lower after japan's upgraded the nuclear crisis. alcoa lost 200 million this time last year, the problem was the first quarter sales disappointed wall street. we're looking for dow futures lower this morning. the trade deficit fell 2.6% to 48.5 billion. the latest out of libya gaddafi's forces shelled the only major city in the western half of libya there remains under partial rebel control. the assault comes as african mediators discuss libyas future with the cease-fire a proposal for a british official
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>> mark: alive look here from san jose 47 degrees right now and 61 by noontime. > >> darya: at of san francisco, a group of activists have taken over a vacant building. it is owned by kaiser development day it's called homes not jails. they are trying to bring attention to housing that is left unused or bacon and cities.
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apparently police are monitoring the situation but they have not tried to get rid of the squatters. yoli was our team of solar reporters is out there. we saw the flag, where are they exactly? >> reporter: a lot of the people are inside, maybe about 20 people in there. the sum of protesters, some of them are homeless. you have a couple of activist out here in front of the doorway, there is maybe eight of them. they are in front of the doorway. the you have officers out here monitoring at this point. a couple of officers in front of me have three or four around the corner on the other side. basically they are waiting and seeing one they have
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to follow through and try to remove the people from the building. the protesters did say that its civil disobedience. >> darya: these people are with the protesters? >> mark: 1 is an observer, their main messages the one affordable johnson. there are lot of units out here that are vacant, and have not been used an interesting fact here, there's a parking lot right next to this building and it is also owned by kaiser permanente day they told me this house has been empty for about five-six years. this building was for loading, housing and had to move the original tenants out of there, because this building is basically not fit for people to live and. they moved peopland pe
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at. so this has been empty for about five-six years. talking to the protesters and they said even if kaiser doesn't let people live here their main message is to point out there are vacant buildings. and then there is need for affordable housing. >> darya: how did they get in there? >> reporter: they said the doors brought lot, i don't know if that's true but that's what they claim. >> darya: keep an eye on that at worst they could be arrested at some point for squatting. is that correct? >> reporter: that's right. they are waiting to hear before they removed them from the press. >> mark: on to bay area weather
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james tracking the other. >> james: i can't wait for to be saturday the bay bridge approach traffic is moving well. george will be up with more on that a moment. as for your whether 49 currently, getting up to 63 this afternoon. everybody will be in the low to mid 60 range kind of nice. as for the current our mostly 40's with some 30's in the north bay. it is a chilly start. this afternoon the temperatures will be beautiful, 66 in concord and muckrake, livermore 64, the delta of 66, you get the idea appeare. thingk like they will only get better as we head towards the weekend we have a brief chance of
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sprinkles in the north bay thanks to this cold front it will give mainly the north bay a chance of the sprinkle but not a lot of rain associated with this. maybe a little bit of rain and many will even see anything out of this. thursday great, friday ok, saturday, sunday best day of the week with a temperature nice and warm and a whole lot of sunshine. at this point the weekend looks fantastic. >> george: as we have picked up our first hot spot of the morning 680 in the southbound direction, the accident has been cleared from the traffic lanes, but the back up still reaching for their north of school rich drive. --stone ridge drive--
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because the crash has cleared there is a chance we could get by without these to back up smarting. if they do that will mean bigger problems. our accident has been cleared, emergency vehicles are still in attendance and that's why traffic is slow headed towards pleasanton, and from dublin. a bridge check bay bridge westbound the metering lights should be activated about now but no back up in the westbound direction. no problems on the bay bridge. san mateo bridge it is a good ride, but i guess we don't have a photo of that. the golden gate bridge and your ride on 101 southbound, in his news here on the golden gate bridge. checking roadway sensors 1 01 through marin county also looks good from novato and the 37-101 interchange. >> mark: in france airbus
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clipped the tail of another plane while taxiing j. f. k. airport. the air france flight was taxiing when the left wheing was taxiing to the gate. nobody was injured. >> darya: the hot dry weather in texas will last a few more days. this is fort davis where the fires are burning alongside several highways. there have been battling several large blazes that have burned hundreds of square miles. 6:23 a.m. back blazes that have burned hundreds of square miles. 6:23 a.m. back with i was in a hurry to grow up and wanted to look cool. big tobacco knew it, and they preyed on me.
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it shows the sun will come out later today. better chance of rain tomorrow for the north bay showers. for the most part we are looking at a 60-65 for the next few days with a mix of clouds and sun. we're warm by the weekend mid-70s, mix of sun and clouds. lets take a look at walnut creek city traffic is building a moving ok. it is 46 degrees and we are looking for high of 66. >> mark:a programming note to tell you about, this wednesday "minute to win it" at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. will be right here on kron4. and then the kron4 news will be at 10:00 p.m.
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>> mark: opening bell on wall street. it looks to be head low day on wall street today. >> darya: let's take a peek on the numbers in the weather as well. in looks and easy on the bridge, the lira and seven francisco cool start for the day. >> james: this afternoon will be fantastic we have to get through the cool start. some folks are in the 30's right now. the chilly start for you we have patchy low clouds today. we will have a nice afternoon and then our next chance of the sprinkle will come tomorrow. this will be mostly north bay event. we will break it down coming up. 47 in san francisco, oakland 49, right
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now san rosa 38, not by 37. sunrise and about nine minutes to those temperatures will continue to drop to be degrees or two. this afternoon it will be fantastic. lets fly around the bay. 3:00 p.m. 67 san rosa, 62 mill valley, 63 vallejo, in san francisco 60 degrees, cool around coast. along the peninsula 62 san mateo, oakland 63, 64 fremont for there in the east 66 and antioch, san ramon valley 63. 64 in san jose, but most areas spots will be right
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around 64, 65 degree range. we have the rain tomorrow this cold front will bring in sprinkles for the north bay but cooler temperatures for the rest of us. we will break down when we will see the rain, and help cool the temperature will be tomorrow. that will come up in just a little bit. >> george: tracking a hot spot on 680 is the only slow traffic we have. this was an accident southbound 680, the crash has been cleared but they're waiting for tow trucks. that's why the ride is backed up from the 580- 680 interchange. it has not affected the westbound 580 ride so at least we have to launch that bullet.dodge to that billby
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bridge as we check the ride at the bay bridge, westbound the metering lights were activated on schedule at 6:19 a.m. we are seeing the back up but we are in san free. san mateo bridge ride 92 westbound no problems here for you drive over towards in detail. golden gate bridge still problem free through bring county down to the marin county. one no one and out of the coyote valley leading up towards and a clearer still a short drive time light traffic and no problems. >> mark: with congress expected to vote on the compromise tomorrow we are learning about the specifics on the $30 billion in cuts for california it could mean delays for the high-speed rail line and perhaps the bart extension in san jose. politicians slashed the high- speed rail budget and warned it could drop to zero as
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negotiations continued this week. $900 million for the board extension may not happen. the president has scheduled a major speech for to more to lay out the long term cuts. president barack obama is voting record as a senator, may come back to haunt him. in 2006 senator obama voted against rising the debt ceiling now he is asking congress to do the opposite as we approach the 14 trillion dollar ceiling in may. the president recognizes the vote five years ago was a mistake. this is what an economic adviser says. >> we have to come up with the money another way by raising taxes, cutting government spending. we can't do that that fast. we probably end up defaulting on debt by not paying our debts. that has not happened before, it would make what
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happened a couple of years ago look minor. it would be a meltdown, the dollar is a center of the universe. >> mark: the government expected to hit that 14.3 trillion dollar debt ceiling in four weeks. house speaker says he won't increase it unless democrats take steps to reduce the deficit. watching wall street dow jones average is off right now 82 points concerns about company earnings disappointment form o'clock. the fact that japan has raised its nuclear crisis impacting wall street today. >> darya: right now in oakland hundreds of people are lined up at the coliseum to get free medical exams. thousands of people have taken advantage of the opportunity which started saturday. kron 4 as will tran shows us the crowds. >> will: on with rhonda smith
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and her partner edward they have been here since 12:30 p.m. looking to talk to a doctor and dentist about their health issues. joining me now will double talk to me about why you're doing this? >> it i have a tooth that has amassed up for two years it causes me a lot of pain. >> will: why haven't you been able to address that? >> metical has run out. the dentists said it would cost me to read it thousand dollars. for root canal. >> will: all the time you get in there you might be looking at seven-eight hours here. what's going through your mind? >> patrons is a virtue. >> darya: no official date sorry time for closing tonight, when they shut this down the doctors
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and dentists said they will try to see as many patients as they possibly can before today's over >> reporter: just coming in a leaking propane tank that leveled a three story home is causing big problems people are being have asked to evacuate the area but a lot of people are refusing. it happened here on friday. so this bringin soda sp0 tanks were leaking as of friday night. the paper says a lot of people air ignoring the evacuation orders. part of the issue property owners are responsible for fixing this issue nobody was injured in friday's blast. >> darya: we will be back with more a couple of minutes. a look at walnut creek checking in to
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>> james: it year headed the to catch the game two against the dodgers it should be nice day. cool and clear, first pitch 53 degrees, dropping in a couple by the ninth inning. as always bring a jacket. >> darya: think you dad. governor brown is turning to groups representing crime victims in state prison guards to lobby with him in an effort to trim the budget deficit. he is seeking an extension of that tax increases in urging groups to join him. as he tries to persuade the republicans to
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support those tax extensions. an assembly bill in the making would set up a new presidential primary. it would bump next year's from sabre rain until june and save $100 million collection costs of the process. in 2008, the presidential primary was moved to boost be influenced to peking the nominees. it passed and now heads to the senate appeared >> mark: a hearing scheduled to determine whether football hall of famer is level 1, 2, 36 offender. he was arrested after meeting a 60 year-old girl in suburban hotel. he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct. he was sentenced last month to six years of probation, he has to register as a offender. they say photos of level one of
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>> mark: the jurors chose with deciding barry bonds case will try again to reach a verdict. he is charged with three counts of lying to a grand jury. we are learning details of the budget agreement that prevented the government from shutting down friday. $40 billion in cuts the most ever in one budget year. the rebellion from u.s. highway construction. wall street is starting lower after japan
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upgrades the nuclear crisis from five up 2 1/7. it is the same as the chernobyl disaster. >> james: watching weather, it is started out cool, things are changing as the sun makes its appearance. let's go but whether head lines, breaking it down today sunny and mild. tomorrow will be cool, we will have sprinkles for the north bay potentially. thursday it's nice again with the sun back in temperatures back on the rebound. all and all agree to three days ahead the rain will be very good all. temperatures right now in the upper 40's, low 50s except for the north bay where they are a bit cooler 38 san rosa, 37 napa. for the most part upper 40's and low '50's. this afternoon it will warm up
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nicely, expecting 60 in san francisco, 63 oakland, 64 san jose, 64 in the livermore valley. one mark in the san ramon valley, 66 for you. a nice and warm afternoon, tomorrow we you role in the clouds we have a cold front coming through. when it brings cold air. although we have some potential for north bay sprinkles the main thing will be cooler temperatures and we all feel that tomorrow. as for the rain about 9:00 a.m. we have sprinkles for the north bay. by 11:00 p.m. a sprinkle or two on the peninsula and the rest of it ignored. by 3:00 p.m. it is gone what it will drop isn't the 0.10 of an inch. things get better and better
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saturday, sunday looking better and better. 6:48 a.m. let's look to your ride. >> george: no longer have all hot spot on 680 that accident has cleared from the lanes and the back up is clearing out. a bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza westbound 580, 680, excuse me 880, all three come together and traffic looks good from a tree. the back up to the first over crossing for the west bound ride. san mateo bridge rise still unfolding smoothly no problems at the direction. drive time is about 30 minutes across the span.13 minutes across the e golden gate bridge not in the muchno delays there. public trat
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no problems. >> darya: the giants and dodgers honored the paramedic who was attacked in the parking lot on march 31st. on the opening series against the dodgers and the giants. this was last night's game. brian is still in hospital and police are looking for the guys who beat him up. the giants and the doctors gathered together before the game to honor him. >> when honoring and the rivalry and the stow family we ask you a respect that rivalry and respect each other is the aunt's. you guys have rights as fans, where the black and orange, or dodger blue. you have rights, to be frustrated when one of the team
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loses, rights to be excited when one wins. you have to remember when these two teams get on the field and we play we play with that time of competition. when the last out is made that rivalry and on the field. >> darya: security was stepped up to the game last night, there are no incidents. the giants play again tonight and morning. >> mark: concord police investigating the first two homicides of the year. the most recent one was loss nine detectives not releasing any details about the victim. on sunday they arrested 19 year-old joshua was suspected of fatally stabbing 20 year-old richard during the disputed in the power and a lot of shopping center. the trial for your moslem black bakery that is continuing today he is accused of ordering the
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killings of three people. yesterday the admitted he was getting back at bay testifying against him in accepting a plea deal. he insisted he is telling the truth. >> darya: several teenagers facing murder charges after a 60 year-old was found dead inside of a home. for boys in custody and they aren't looking for a fifth pair a--16 your land---ths range from 15 years old to 16 years old. >> darya: violenc >> mark: violence continues and antioch. this was a shooting just before noon once officers responded to shots fired appeared the victim was shot neck and managed to pick his way
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>> mark: the winkled lost winds will have be accepted with their settlement. the circuit of appeals said monday tyler and cameron were sloppy enough to understand what they were green to when they sign their agreement with facebook back in 2008. it calls for $20 million cash payment to the twins, and partial ownership. they alleged they were misled when they agreed to their original settlement that claimed he stole their idea. >> darya: amazon is offering a
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discount version of e. reeder candle. there is a catch. it comes with ads appeared its new special offers it goes for about for $114, $25 last than the ad free kindled. >> darya >> mark: we will be right back as the news continues until 11:00 a.m., a look at the dow is down 88 points right now. expecting a sunny day upper 50s mid-60s. we will be right back.
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