tv KRON 4 Early News KRON April 19, 2011 4:00am-6:00am PDT
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>> reporter: it doesn't matter how long they extended periods >> justine: the last-minute rush to the post office to get the tax is in on time. we'll hear from those people who waited so long. pacific gas and electric company facing a major deadline yesterday. to turn in documents from december and a gas line explosion. shocking new video played in court in the murder case of an east a journalist, kron4 shares to the surprise video. and who we could incriminate. >> james: today that, betweethe combat to mean that to
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rains. more on your forecasts coming up. >> erica: golden gate bridge, 40, wet. bridges look good. potential hot spot on radar. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. (music) >> justine: good morning, tuesday, april 19th. first, new details, and new video was played in court at that chauncey barely dry out. it shows the leader of the your black muslim bakery laughing. it was secretly recorded inside the police department four days after bailey was killed. it shows you south bay the fourth, they're discussing the death of daly. he's talking about
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is relief the gun used to kill bailey was not found in his toes. the men also laughed about the murder talking about driving by the crime scene. new details on december and a cast by an explosion, pacific gas and electric company has provided records and other information in response to the state investigation. it's part of a broader investigation that began in february, the company with a face millions of dollars of fines if it failed to bring records demanded by the commission. the jury was not in the courtroom when the video shown, in reference to the use of pre-trial, we to have that if you posted on our website you can also go to www.kron4.com. if you want to see part of that
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video. thousands of people waited up a last minute to file their tax returns. this year is a look at the lines of people waiting to drop off their taxes. why did they wait till the last hour? we'll get you the answers. >> caller: >> reporter: this post office later become midnight for thousands of zero bay area residents who waited up last hour and a last minute. they were all lined up and said post office. that is special drop-off locations along the curb, police said to patrol the area controlling traffic. it was backed up all the way around the block. >> justine: a group of people in the u.s. surprisingly played little- no income tax. he might be surprised to they are. we'll
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tell you who they are coming up. now, here is a look at the weather. at break in the rain. >> james: golden gate bridge, off the fog he this morning. --awfully faoggy this morning. this afternoon it should clear out. partly sunny, temperatures really warm. 60-70 there. cooler tonight, we will get back door of the '40's. another system headed our way tomorrow. clouds rebuilding, more rain on the way. that is the outlook for today. here's where temperatures are at the moment, 55 san rafael, south bay a tad warmer. 56 in the delta. two-three degrees
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warmer than yesterday. this afternoon we're looking for temperatures in the '60s possible '70s. we will break that down in our next update. the wider view shows this is the calm that we're dealing with more wet weather added our way tomorrow. light showers begin to form in the north bay. the peninsula is starting to get wet. by 5:00 a.m. a widespread showers. this will be wednesday through thursday. by noon it starts to break up, by the afternoon we finally see the showers go away. wednesday in through thursday, friday
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looks good and at this point were still little iffy on the forecast for easter weekend there's a possibility of light showers. >> erica: good morning james, i have my eye on a hot spot in the westbound direction. solo accident including a vehicle on its side, this accident has been of there for over an hour. you could rtc that back up that red and yellow on your speech to the screen. if your coming in the westbound direction to the of smog pass expect delays of up to 10 minutes. california highway patrol is on the screen to the truck is on its way. this is the only slow on the problems brought. and live look at the approach to the bay bridge westbound 80 looks
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good. reading lights are off. cemetery bridge same story a bit foggy you could hardly make out the tail lights traffic is nice, light. golden gate, wet it a bit foggy but traffic is nice and light. drive time is just 23 minutes. >> justine: thank you, we will take a quick break coming up, and other air traffic controller has been suspended we will tell you why the faa is even more embarrassed this time. james lick, things are running smoothly. we'll be right back.
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thursday. full forecast in a minute. faa has suspended another controller. and a manager. reportedly he was watching a dvd and his microphone somehow picked up the sound track from the movie for more than three minutes. they're saying the movie prevented never hearing incoming radio calls. this incident follows a least five cases of controllers falling asleep on the job. a warning from s&p about u.s. government debt said stocks sliding the worst ride in a month. the dow fell 140 points snmp down 15 nasdaq dropped 29. gm says it will raise car and truck prices by an average of $123 per vehicle to make up for its increased while another across. third major automaker to raise the
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price because of higher costs. ford and tired of both announced price increases. if you're flying delta you'll be paying more to fly. the airline said it increased its fares on most of its u.s. routes by $10 for round-trip. that's the 11th attempt to raise fares just this year. they say they need higher fares to cover rising costs of jet fuel. an alabama based lawsuits has withdrawn its lawsuit to stop calling beef served by talk about meat. --top nobetaco bell. top hotel l not be changing its products. --taco bell. the
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president will host an easter week prayer breakfast and the town hall meeting on reducing the debt. we're just waiting for the president to come to the bay area tomorrow the white house has released his schedule here they are, he's expected at sfo at 1:00. attending a town hall meeting from facebook headquarters in than in the evening he will >> at a fund-raising event in san francisco. the president will then leave the bay area thursday morning expect full coverage of the president's visit rates here are kron4. coming up, the latest in national weather including what's happening in the south east they have a lot of damage from last week's big storm. here's a live look now from the golden gate bridge no one out there this morning.
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>> justine: strong storms continued to launch analysts said east you're watching with you one of the testers had touched down in north carolina n.c. at the worst of the weather. it trash comes from businesses killing at least 44 people. officials are calling it the worst outbreak in 30 years the governor has to carry a state of emergency. powerful week of storms is doing damage in the deep south this the trail left behind in alabama. several churches were destroyed congregation say they do plan to rebuild officials estimate it will take millions of dollars to pay for the cleanup. workers went through i was estimating damage after last week's storms they spend much of the day assessing
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the impact to determine if federal assistance is needed. if our request for federal dollars is made president, will decide if there's money to help with the cleanup. texas, the weather is not cooperating with firefighters. they are trying to battle this fire that started a week ago. excuse me, over the weekend. crews are trying to keep a fire north of san leandro controlled. they're trying to keep away from our lab people live. they're having difficulty because it's so dry there. we can see there's a lot of crazy weather happening across the country. here in the bay area we are just dealing with a little bit of fog today. so
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>> james: by comparison we have nothing to complain about here in the bay. we have mild conditions out there this morning we have some low clouds may be some fog, all in all modern but morning slightly warmer than we were yesterday even warmer this afternoon we have clearing, sunny sarai's expected by the afternoon we're talking mid-upper 60s. the next rain event comes wednesday evening. it should stay with us overnight into thursday, probably most of thursday as well. temperatures look ok, we're in the low 50s, this afternoon 71 degrees expected, 68 petaluma. 64 and san francisco, 67 in san mateo and redwood city. 60
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along the coast. 68 oakland, 66 hayward, 69 san ramon. 72 walnut creek, 71 antioch. 69 san jose, 72 campbell. all and all it is a warm afternoon. clouds and the pacific had a doorway bring less moisture on wednesday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. 50 percent chance of rain bay area wide. in looks like we're ok in the weekend, still undecided about the forecast for easter sunday. >> erica: thank you, still tracking a potential hot spot in the late in the westbound direction. solute
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accident, and overturned a vehicle that landed on its side. to lanes or blocked. the right-hand lanes red, yellow or miles per hour. so, if you're coming to livermore in the dublin pleasanton direction allow yourself a little extra time expecting delays up to about 10 minutes. overall, the ride looks good. no delays along the altman. bridge check, the approach to the bay bridge westbound 80 looks good traffic is flowing freely. me during lights are off giving you that drive time of about nine minutes. if you are heading over to the san mateo bridge, we do want to lecture to some overnight construction. -- to let you to some over the construction. full closure
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between northbound 800 and highway 92 and 0430 a.m.. there is a detour set up. lots of space between cars, no major problems as you make your way ahead of hayward into foster city. 71-1 01 looks good tracking top speeds. public transit, so far, so good no major problems reported. >> justine: thank you, there have been a lot of tax on san francisco taxi drivers some cabbies are thinking twice about who they pick up. one of them happened on sunday near the corner of kashmir and hudson. on monday and another cab driver was attacked. kron4 spoke with one driver who knows about being robbed.
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>> reporter: to capture orders have been attacked and robbed since sunday morning when a distraught people off was sitting in his car when someone strangled him taking his cash. the other had a gun pulled on his head. drivers that i talk to said increasingly they're forced to profile today pick up and where they draw. another is concerned about a new policy that forces contrary to carry more cash. --forces cabdrivers to carry more crash. >> justine: this yois surveillance video from the bank, a woman using an atm was approached by two men with knives the suspects stole the victim cellphone and demanded money. the victim escaped, running to a nearby store. police are
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searching for the suspects you see on your screen. you're right police have arrested one suspect in an armed robbery, they are still searching for another. -- gilroy police. one victim suffered multiple stab wounds the other had injuries there were not life-threatening. the men took personal property from the victims during the attack. coming up, the aftershocks continued into the night last night. i don't know if you notice but we have a little earthquake we will tell you where and get reaction from people who felt it. don't miss out on kron4 is exclusive coverage of the 100 running of the zazzle bay to breakers, may 15th. we have cameras all over the course capturing
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>> justine: a live look at side, bay bridge toll plaza, traffic to worry about. a break from the ring today. libya, military official says it is proving to be very difficult to neutralize gaddafi's firepower. the chairman of the alliance says that even though nato operations have done significant damage to the heavy weaponry, what gaddafi has left is still considerable. he said a
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significantly additional allied contributions welcome. --would be welcome. they began pumping highly radioactive water out of the basement. in the highly contaminated new killer power plant. --nuclear-power plant. the president has officially declared a disaster in california. this for the damage caused by the march 10th tsunami. the damage across the state is estimated to be about $40 million. roads and harbors structures were damaged in the search. this means the state, local, nonprofit groups can seek federal
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funding. emergency declarations will save the city and up to $25 million. several aftershocks to yesterday's earthquake that rattled the bay area. it measured a 3.4 magnitude since then a 2.4 tremor happened just before 5 and another went around 8:30 p.m.. it was a lot, is still that was something. this is what it looks like right after the initial earthquake struck. it measured 3.8 it was downgraded. the usgs as it was 2 mi. of east up pacifica. residents there and across the bay area roof freported feeling the ground shaking. pacific gas and electric company restored power to about 10,000
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customers after the earthquake caused a major power outage. >> i walked in, i heard a boom the whole thing unraveled and the power now. >> i felt the jit shake. my dog jumped into bed. i thought that was the shake. >> it wasn't that bad. of little shake, little noise. >> justine: pacific gas and electric company restored power by 4:30 p.m. saying a circuit power oakland that's what forced the added. no reports of damage or injuries. coming up, we have some shocking video that was played in court in the murder case of the east a journalist. we will tell you what they were talking
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>> justine: new details on the trial unfair senator of chauncey bailey. this new video was played in court yesterday and shows the leader laughing about the shooting deaths of bailey. it was secretly recorded inside the police department, four days after bailey was killed. it shows them talking, they're discussing the debt of bailey. he talked about his relief that the gun used was not found in his house. they also laughed about the murder, talking about driving by the crime scene. >> power, power, power. ---
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pow, pow, pow. (laughter) (inaudible) >> justine: the jury was not in the courtroom when that video was shown but they could see part of the video as early as tomorrow. that is that the prosecution and defense agree on what can be shown. he asserted testified that he was ordered to celt bailey. you to watch the entire video on our website at www.kron4.com. if you have mattered if other your taxes, you're probably too
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late. the deadline is midnight last night. we have video of the post office at sfo where people were dropping off their taxes. we asked why they procrastinate to? >> i was looking at the 15th then someone said the 18th. separate off-again. >> it's really confusing that had until monday to deliver so i-a rush back from vacation to take care of it. we waited till little too long. >> justine: sfo was open until midnight last night for any of those people who wanted to fill out their taxes. among those paying less than ever before are the super rich. kron4 is kate thompson explains. >> reporter: the set pressure of having allowed
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less than they did a couple decades ago. take a look it cells, the highest for entrepreneurs are making more and paying less. back in '92, the average income was about $47 million. you're paying 26% tax, the house were to 2007, the average income was $345 million, were paying 17% tax. so how can people make some much face so little? off the tax laws are packed with breaks for people every income level. experts say there are hundreds of tax breaks. reducing the government's revenue by 1.1 trillion dollars a year. >> justine: we want to get to updated on your weather forecast for today. a little break in the rain but the man with all the answers is james. >> james: good morning, big
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difference at the golden gate bridge stockton was fog. now look, a lot clearer. today partly sunny skies and warm. come tomorrow the clouds begin to build and start see some evening showers. tomorrow mid-60s. thursday's those showers will extend overnight. that is the way the next three days look. temperatures, the maps show us were looking at roughly low 50s. in fact in some spots all and all my bad, which will raise it up this afternoon 72 expected. 72 concord, everyone else is in the mid to upper 60s. south bay, 69. as we look out,
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projector we're expecting to rolf we do have those crowds beginning to build to of the day on wednesday. as those that had spilled we will see rainfall as early as 3- 4:00 p.m.. the north bay is are these starting to see the showers. as we advance the matter becomes more widespread. that is where we will see the showers a first. ibm thursday morning, widespread scattered showers. -- 5:00 a.m.. thursday morning. by noon, it breaks up, 3-4 it is all gone. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. lindsey into thursday's raid, friday looks good come saturday looks great. for sunday a sprinkler to. keeping a two-
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tier kron4 will let you know what we expect. it could go away. >> erica: we have an update for you for the hotspot we've been tracking, westbound interstate-580 and overturned vehicle, it looks like it's been clear from all lanes those delays are still persisting. stretches of red, yellow, the delays begin right here. we are tracking some pretty slow speeds down into the single digits. the good news is if your coming along the altman passed clean, green. no significant delays here. allow yourself little extra time as you make your way from livermore and the 580- 680 interchange. bay bridge toll plaza, looks good. no problems. san mateo looks
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good, westbound in the east bound 92 traffic is in good shape looks like the fog is lifting you can finally see those taillights. if your coming up of the north bay, south bound to the golden gate bridge pretty quiet. just a couple of cars out there 23 minutes for your trip. one last camera, crosstown freeways here in san francisco. everything looks good. >> justine: thank you, if your try to find a parking spot in san francisco we have a new way to show you the will be able to pay for these plans. all you need is yourself on. it parked pilot program will distribute real-time information and it will tell you where parking meters are available. all of this starts thursday. coming
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>> justine: new details of the lay of many native americans can continue to fight to save their ancestors area brands. the deal has been reached allowing them to continue their protests. kron4 is will tran has the story. >> we do not want to dig up our ancestors. >> justine: they say is sacred ground dating back 3500 years. >> many many of our sacred
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states have been desecrated by >> will: developerswill it might belong to a one time when our bodies to the greater vallejo recreation district. the protesters reached a deal that allows them to continue purchasing on the site until both parties agree to a solution. they say they've been collaborating with native americans for years on this product. >> i guess with any major problem will always be someone opposed to a. my hope would be that they will respect the tenure process that's gone on. rather than trying to take their ball and go home. >> reporter: there will be any x rating of burial sites that's not good enough for the protesters who about to say here until the issue is resolved. >> justine: still ahead,
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your full traffic and weather reports just on the other side of this break. on friday kron4 will air nbc program, dateline nbc will air at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.. 90 minutes kron4 news cast beginning at 10:00. a live look outside in berkeley on highway 80, traffic is ok. full traffic report is just a few minutes away.
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class, fog, miss. -- fog, miss. we will clear that this afternoon sunday conditions, warm temperatures in the low '70's. next chance of rain wednesday evening. it could be another wet system similar to one that we just saw yesterday. right now and the upper 50s, temperatures looking like maybe 65 degrees in san rafael. 72 and now up. los '70s there. south bay, 69 degrees in san jose. 69 in livermore, all in all really pleasant day. that sent general feel nice. of course we'll have wednesday, there's day it rained. all this had covered
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in the pacific is streaming our way. we will start off fairly nice and then the clouds will build. as we head into the evening hours, 4:00 p.m. we will see showers pop up in the north bay. there's a morning, 5:00 a.m., widespread barry area wide. --the area wide. in a clock, he will deal with some of that drizzle and light rain. by noon we'll take a break evening commute we will dry out. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. beyond that system we look good, the weekend is still a dicey. al lot of time between now and then we will fine-tune your forecast as we get closer to that.
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now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: thank you, if cleared the accident in the westbound direction right near a patrol boat. the accident is gone from the traffic lanes. take a look at some of the delay as long stretches of red and yellow. we are tracking some pretty slow speeds. it looks like coppola look at. down to just rob miles an hour. slow and conditions here. if your coming along all to not pass it see a stretch of yellow beginning to form. tack on an extra 20 minutes. this is the only slow start, the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza nothing to report, easy conditions westbound into san francisco. san mateo bridge ride looks good. drive time of just 14 minutes from end to end. north bay,
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southbound traffic is flowing freely. one last camera for you, no hot spots down in the south bay, when 01 looks good. -- 101 looks good. >> justine: thank you, vallejo police have arrested a counselor suspected of committing a lewd act with a child. he was arrested on friday, they believe that these incidents happen to in the fall of 2010. there were reported in march of this year. san jose racked up its 14th homicide of the year over the weekend a man was shot in what might be the result of a domestic disturbance. 14 homicides
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almost twice the number of murders in san jose just one year ago. police officers association warns this number will only get worse if budget cuts continue. >> the filing crime is on the rise in san jose this was the 14th homicide of the year. i am certain that many of this year's homicides are gang-related. as we mentioned earlier in the air filing crimes are down almost hundred officers from 2003. if all this now were " the city negotiations were looking at losing another to hundred and 32 bodies. at one. i think we are currently fifth, if costs we will lose that. in
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their words. >> justine: police also pointed out that san jose still as one of the lowest homicide rates of all large american cities. >> on national news, new case for climate change is headed to the supreme court if the arguments are based on whether courts or the environment protection agency has the authority to order utilities to cut their carbon emissions. the u.s. car and a vanity has pledged to buy $1 billion in support to california solar power plant. expected to trade more than 1000 jobs. it will be located in riverside and will include and a mile transmission line. apple is suing samsung saying that that says
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carrying country that sea- land smart phones and computers copy apple's popular ipad and iphone. in a lawsuit apple alleges that product design, user interface and the packaging copy apple's. apple is seeking an order of barring them from infringing on a variety of their patents. and new associated press suggests that most high schools are failing to give students a solid footing for the working world. here's a look at the poll, most 18-24 year-old give high school low grades the same group has a much higher opinion of colleges. saying young people should aim to attend one. talk about having a live birth the candles, this is the world's oldest man.
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one-to-one for today. he's held the title for about a month. from the previous titleholder because that person passed away. the oldest man was born in 1897. he lives with the 82 your widow of his eldest son. and the 58 year-old widow of the grandson. longevity is a mystery even to myself, his mother is not to worry. always be thankful. coming up, a baseball player was arrested for shoplifting, we will tell you more about what happened when we come back. programming note, exclusive coverage of the 100 zazzle, bay to breakers on kron4 that will be sunday, may 15th, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
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>> justine: 4:56 a.m. we're looking at a high of 72 degrees. breaking the rain day, 50 percent chance of showers wednesday, thursday slight chance of rain on sunday. james will fill us in on all the details and a few minutes. effie's sports stories, giants outfielder kirby ross could return the team in denver today. three run home run in the first was more than the 10 needed no-hitter into the seventh inning. giants beat the rockies 8-1. the a's or off last night they house the red sox starting today for two games. the picture was based on the disabled list.
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he pitched a perfect game last mother's day he has been on the dl. what makes a disturbing is he says he's never experienced this kind of heard in his throwing shoulder. this was interesting, a major-league player was caught shoplifting. he just pitched on saturday vs. the pirates he was arrested on a shoplifting charge at a downtown cincinnati store. he's 23, he tried to steal six shirts that are not growth worth $60 and makes 4 to $25,000 a year. so come on lot of confusion about that. this is his second season in the big leagues. he has some people to answer to this morning. coming up, latest on our top stories in just a minute as the kron 4 morning news continues. a
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>> mark: have a clock, top stories the faa is suspending another air traffic controller but not for falling asleep we'll tell you why coming up. a shocking new video played in court we have this uprising video and hewitt could incriminate. watching wall street, waiting for the opening bell after stocks had their worst ride in a month. we'll bring you the latest. >> justine: let's get you updated on your weather forecast we are getting a break in the wayne >> garyrain today.
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>> james: so far, so good we are in the fifties. some spots getting into the upper 50s this afternoon we warm things up really nicely anywhere from 64 degrees all the way to 72 degrees quietest bread. as you can see getting up to the low 70's. really pleasant afternoon. there is some drizzle and mr. out there. lingering from what we had yesterday. once we get all that clear that really nice afternoon partly sunny skies. that all changes come wednesday it to another system had of our way. it is trimming our way wednesday we will start off nice, slowly cloud up as we head into the late afternoon early evening hours. 4:00 p.m. wednesday light showers
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beginning to arrive. by 8:00 p.m. overnight into 5:00 a.m. a widespread showers things get little wet for your morning ride by about 8:00 they start to head south but they're still encompassing quite a bit of the bay by new and wake up nicely 5:00, we should be drawing things out. wednesday night and tuesday it should be fairly well kind of like " inside yesterday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we're seeing things on the debt side. saturday's ok. sunday is a puzzle for us. some of the indications are that we could have some light showers, a lot of time between now and then. that system is way ahead in the pacific. let's check your
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ride with george. >> george: no hotspot, no problems and a choir ride. look at the bay bridge, westbound it's an easy commute on all the approaches no back about of the maze. freeway looks good. light traffic at the heart. san mateo, our camera at the toll plaza very light traffic, that's the westbound or commute direction of richard san mateo. golden gate, 101 a little fog again this morning think fully what we had yesterday did not account for any delays. marks? speak-e thank you, the faa is spending another controller and a manager as well. the controller was reportedly watching a dvd.
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he was watching the movie cleaner for more than five minutes. there follows at least five cases of controllers falling asleep. all eyes on wall street stock futures are pointed lower once again. he has hinted that is coming out as well. yes and stocks closed- the were cited in the month. the dow was down a hundred and 40 after being down over 200. the s&p down 15 the nasdaq dropped. >> justine: testimony continues today. on three counts of murder for the death of john t. bailey in two other men. a secretly- recorded police video showing former your black muslim bakery leader yusuf bey iv who appears to be
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laughing about the death of oakland reporter chauncey bailey was played in court monday.the video shows bey iv, his half-brother joshua bey and bakery colleague tamon halfin in a room at the san leandro police department on aug. 6, 2007, four days after bailey was killed.jurors will likely view the video wednesday but how much they see still needs to be decided. they're discussing the death of daly. he talked about is relieved that the gun used to kill bailey was not found in his house. we also laughed about the murder and are driving by the crime scene. >> pow, pow, pow. (bleep) (bleep) (inaudible) (inaudible)
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>> justine: the jury was not in the courtroom when the video was from, they could see part of it as early as tomorrow. he testified that he was ordered to kill daly you can watch the video in its entirety on our website at www.kron4.com. >> mark: new details on the gas line explosion. new records as part of the commission pacific gas and electric company says the accident was under preventable even if they had kept more accurate records. a federal investigation concluded that the records and failed to identify there were certain types of weld's. pacific gas and electric company says that 110 page report that the discrepancy did not impact
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the risk management treatment. thus did not make the san bruno pipeline preventable. the explosion killed eight people destroying 38 homes. new details about the giants' fan who was beaten outside of dodger stadium is still in a medically induced,. his family says he does have brain activity. he experienced false teachers are doctors have been among the higher dose of heavy sedation. doctors say they may know more by this friday. >> justine: still ahead with a better idea of what president obama will be doing when it comes to visit the bay area, a live look outside that the james lick in san francisco traffic seems to me moving just fine, church has an update on any hotspot when we come back.
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the king at the golden gate bridge, the fog is back again. let's take a quick look at what we expect the north bay your weather will be mostly cloudy, foggy. partly sunny this afternoon highs from 65 along the coast to 72 degrees. pretty wide temperatures spread all and all i good-looking forecast. >> other news this morning president barack obama is meeting with arnolds were to deter and other leaders of the white house to talk about immigration. they're expected to discuss the immigration system to meet modern security before that meeting president barack obama will host an easter week prayer breakfast. we're waiting anxiously for president, to visit the bay area tomorrow. the white house has released his
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schedule of events, he's expected to arrive at sfo are around 1:00 p.m.. and then it town hall meeting from facebook headquarters in palo alto. later on he will >> at a fund-raising event in the not hill center. he will leave thursday morning you can expect full coverage on his visit to the bay area right here on www.kron4.com. >> mark: getting into the university of california is getting harder for freshmen unless you're not from california. the rate of the state student being offered admission jumped to more than 60%. the operative mission to about 64% of international applicants. the numbers of applications was the highest university history. they can double the estate torsion. we'll be back as the kron 4 morning news continues in a live
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what's your story? citi can help you write it. >> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a video of a twister touching down in central part of n.c.. n.c. getting the worst of the severe weather which arranged through densely populated cities, destroying homes, businesses. the death toll is at 44 right now the worst tornado outbreak in nearly 30 years. over 240 tornadoes have been reported. the governor declaring a state of emergency. the powerful storms are showing more damage further south. here's monroe county, you can see some of the destruction. several churches destroyed congregation say they plan to rebuild. chemo workers went out to iowa estimating
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damage after the storms there. they spend much of the day assessing the twisters impact to determine if assistance is needed. reports of several tornadoes touched down. if request of federal dollars is made president barack obama will decide if there is money to help with the cleanup. >> justine: there have been several aftershocks and yesterday's 3.4 earthquake hitting just before 3:00 p.m. yesterday since then a 2.4 tremor happened just before 5. so, this is what was seen on the kron4 seismograph. the earthquake was originally measured at 3.8 it was downgraded to this report for. the usgs as the epicenter was 2 mi. of east of the pacifica. james did you feel it? >> james: note.
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>> justine: i did not either. >> james: you problem will get a whole lot of shaking with that. but then again i am pretty a bloodless. san mateo bridge, and light traffic, morning clouds, fog. if you'll run into that. this afternoon we will clear that sunny, warm. temperatures getting up close '70s. the next round of rain coming wednesday through the overnight and into the first half of thursday. current temperatures, upper 50s will warm up even more than that, 71 and santa rosa and run the park. 65 in san rafael 66 and mill valley. 67 in san mateo as we sat across the bay to the oakland side 68 degrees
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expected there. 69 in fremont. 66 in union city. 72 expected in walnut creek, 70 in pittsburgh. 69 in livermore. 71 degrees in santa clara. 72 warmer yet in campbell. a warm afternoon plenty of sunshine. in july will last. --enjoy it while it lasts. widespread light showers expected wednesday evening. overnight into there's day. beyond that we are looking okay slight chance of a sprinkler for easter sunday. keep attuned to kron4 we will track it. >> george: thank you, as we start off with a left and then the hot spots, but we do not have any the good
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news is that. bridges, as we start looking at the ride heading into the maze. easy traffic as you can see coming from interstate 80 notes delays coming added 800. -- and no delays. that is pretty light as well no problems. golden gate, fog again this morning no problems to for the southbound commute. interstate 80, this is the short freeway, you're looking at the tail lights in the westbound direction heading down towards the macarthur maze. light be sure freeway traffic which is why we have so little back up at the bay bridge. >> justine: recent attacks on taxi drivers have some of
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those drivers thinking whether not they should pick up or drop of certain people. the most recent attack happened yesterday where a driver was choked and rock. the other attack happened on sunday. where three men held that a cabdriver at gunpoint. news of the attacks bring back some memories for 15 your cabdriver. >> i was at gunpoint, it was one of the scariest things i ever experienced. >> suspects and the recent attacks remain at large. crab tires are not forced to carry more cash because of a new policy that covers credit card processing fees. >> >> mark: surveillance video from a wells fargo, police
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say just after 9 this woman using atm was approached by two men with knives. the suspects drove herself one demanding money. police are searching for the two suspects. police are still searching for two men who allegedly kidnapped and attempted to rape a woman on sunday. it happened in the mission district. the 22 year-old victim said she was approached by a man who pulled out and i forcing her into a vehicle driven by another man. cheesecake calling police. >> justine: coming up, we will get to updated on the tsunami disaster relief that is coming to the bay area. here's a live look outside the golden gate bridge. getting a little foggy at their an update on traffic, weather in a minute. you know about on friday kron4 will air nbc programming, dateline nbc will air at 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. followed by a special 90 minutes of the kron4 news cast beginning at 10:00.
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>> justine: libya, officials said it very difficult to neutralize gaddafi firepower. the chairman of the alliance says nato operations have done " to a quite significant amount of damage ". but he still has a considerable amount clef. a helicopter crash in india has killed 17 people. officials say the helicopter with 23 people on board was about to land near the border with china when it hit a wall bursting into flames. six survivors taken to hospital. >> mark: the operator of the nuclear-power plant is pumping highly radioactive
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water from the basement to a storage area. it's considered a key step in stabilizing the complex. removing the 25,000 t of water that collected in in in number to show will allow access for workers trying to restore the cooling systems they're estimating it could take up to nine months to fully shut down the six reactors. president obama declaring a disaster in california for the damage caused by the tsunami surge triggered by japanese earthquake. damages are estimated to be about $48 million. both and harbor structures were damaged in the surge this mean state, local, nonprofit groups can seek non funding for emergency repair. they believe it will save the state about $25 million. >> justine: coming up wall
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street took a beating. we will take a look at why that happens. a live like outside the bay bridge toll plaza, traffic is picking up a little bit on this tuesday morning. full traffic, weather report on the other side of this break. [ male announcer ] try sizzler's new value menu! malibu chicken, flame broiled steak, or half dozen jumbo shrimp, plus endless salad bar... starting at just $9.99! at sizzler.
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>> james: whatever are going to go this afternoon, 72 and napa, 69 san jose, 72 concord. redwood city up near 73. that will be one of our warm spots. a really beautiful afternoon, sunshine and warm temperatures. wednesday is different, it will start wednesday night, clouding up. 4 a clock showers in the north bay. more widespread
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in the north bay, 5:00 a.m. barry area wide showers. nothing to heavy. 8:00, still dealing with those scattered showers. it should stop by noon. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. coming up and a minute in details. we'll see what's in store for this weekend. >> george: so far could ride no promise no hot spots for your drive. that means better traffic on 580, highway 4. he sure freeway looks good. live cameras around the bay, bay bridge toll plaza first light traffic although the volume is building no delays. san mateo bridge traffic is still smoothes volume is building. that is westbound towards foster city. golden gate, still have some fog
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here is not slowing the ride. you won't have any problems. he may have to use your windshield wipers because of the mist. your ride on highway 101, looks great. as your heading southbound from sfo. no delays. >> justine: already this morning stock futures are slightly positive after warning from us and he about that that helps sent stocks to the were slide in the month. goldman sacks, johnson and johnson have announced earnings reports that beat expectations. gm says it will raise car and truck prices by an average of one to $3 per vehicle for this is to make up for increased while and metal costs. this is the third major automaker to raise prices because of higher costs. ford and where their
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party did this. you'll also pay more to fly a doubt that the airline says it increased its where fares by $10 roundtrip. airlines say they need higher fares to cover the rising cost for jet fuel. a loss from has withdrawn its class action lawsuit against taco bell, they say the lawsuit was voluntarily withdrawn no money was exchange and it's not standing its projects are advertising >> mark: . mcdonald's is looking for a few good workers, and hosting a national hiring day. yoli is live. >> reporter: good morning, they're helping to decrease the unemployment line by hiring 50,000 people i mean daly city right next to the center on ceremony boulevard. this is one of
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the mcdonald's you can go come and get an application get interviewed, there hours at this spot is between 12 and 2 and 4. come on down today to any mcdonald's and get an application and get an interview. your best bet is to get on-line and checked out which mcdonald's is participating in the national hiring date. >> mark: thank you, as mcdonnell start to overcome a >> justine: this morning. new details in december and a gas line explosion pacific gas and electric company has provided new records as part of the investigation pacific gas and electric company says the accident was under preventable even if the utility had kept accurate records of the line. the federal investigation has already concluded that the computerized records and failed to identify certain types of welds in the gas line pipe that exploded.
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pacific gas and electric company is saying that a new 100 page report did not impact the risk-management treatment of the statement of the pipeline. it did not make the pipeline rupture preventable. the explosion kille 3d eight people destroying 38 homes. the americans can continue to fight on their burial grounds without the fear of being arrested. it will allow them to continue their protests while there were good a deal with the agency that plans to build the park. >> will: >> we say no more to digging up are in >> will: ancestors. they say glenn close is sacred ground dating back 3500 years. >> it means a lot more people across the country. many of our sacred sites
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have been desecrated by developers a >> will: and bureaucrats. it might belong to the one time but now belongs to the greater vallejo recreation district. the protesters have reached a deal allowing them to continue protesting on the site until both parties agree to a long-term solution. he said they'd been collaborating with native americans on this project for years without any problems. until now. >> i guess like of any major project will be someone that's opposed to it. my hope would be that they would respect the seven- tenure process that is gone on to get to this point. rather than trying to do taking on >> will: . there will not be any expurgating of burial sites that is not good enough for the protesters who vowed to stay here until the issue is resolved. >> mark: we will be right
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to the overnight hours, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. friday looks ok, saturday not bad. slight chance of a sprinkle. >> justine: a dog park in san jose is closed after a possible cut poisoning. craig sklar is live, with the reason why. >> reporter: sell say animal care is concerned about a possible poisoning in happened yesterday radar turned help. they cannot confirm if it was poisoners not. they opposed it
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warning sign this is butcher park. you can see where it says it is closed, and they're trespassing. over here a lot on the door. this is a sizable part. they're going to be scouring the site to see if they can find a poison. people who were concerned for the safety of their dogs and don't understand why this is happening. there was a similar case in sunnyvale about 1.5 months ago. poison was found saying " all dogs must die. no sign of that. there is a question mark as to whether not the poisoning occurred and if it's on site. they will come trying to come out today it is a sizable block park. they have a lot of ground to cover. in the meantime no trespassing, closed. people have to steer clear with their drugs for now. >> it says potential poisoning beat which leads
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us to wonder how it got out there. >> reporter: that define the evidence first. no one wants to take the chance of having another dock if in fact the first one was present. better safe than sorry. >> justine: thank you, for the update will keep you posted. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look here at the james lick and san francisco, try rain now scattered light showers around. -- dry rain now.
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day. in my action get up to 69. i wouldn't be surprised as everyone is getting real close to that 70 degree mark. it will be interesting to see how the forecast pans out. 58 in san jose, 52 in san francisco. still chilly in the north bay other spots getting a little warmer. as the day goes on we will see temperatures really warm-up. 69 in san jose. 65 in san rafael. 68 in oakland, 72 and concord we are waiting for this morning cloud cover to burn off and break up. once that happens that's where you can expect temperatures had been in that comfortable spring range. that will be really nice. tamara's a different story storm system coming our way on wednesday
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starting as with clara cover into the evening. it will get fairly heavy. by 4:00 p.m. light showers began to fall. more showers in the north bay at 8:00, thursday morning widespread light showers. when you head out the door more scattered light showers nothing to heavy pretty widespread. at least in the morning, by noon it breaks up as you headed year after noon commute things look a little better. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we are expecting things to be on and off again throughout the week. there's that system easy. saturday for the most part not bad. chance of a sprinkle or two. let's get a check and your ride with george. >> george: >> erica: checking 580, 680 all of those freeways look good. 101 is problem free bridge check. looking at a
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great commute under way westbound san mateo high win 92 in the mid bay transit looks good. headlights heading back towards hayward taillights out towards foster city. that's the commute direction. your ride to the golden gate still foggy this morning no delay to traffic for 101 problem free southbound. san francisco, james lick, in the inbound central which is running there there's a car coming through very light traffic no delays. sfo, running about 18 minutes. >> justine: police have arrested a counselor suspected of committing lewd acts with the child. 43 year-old peter small was arrested on friday. they say small worked with children
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in the community through the mental health department. they believe these incidents happened in the fall of 2010 reported this year. he's now on administrative leave. >> mark: san jose has its 14th homicide of the year. a man was shot in what may be the result of a domestic disturbance. 14 is almost twice the number of murders a year ago in san as a at this time. they're warning that the number will increase if the budget cuts result in more layoffs. >> the fact is smiling crime is on the rise. this was the 14th homicide of the year, it was just under double where we were last year. i am certain that many of this year's homicides are gang- related. as we mentioned earlier when the crimes enforcement team, we are
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down almost 200 from the 2003 staffing levels. if all does not work well with the city and negotiations we're looking at least another 232 bodies. right now i think we are fence. if things continue we will certainly lose that position. it will probably get worse. last year there were a total of 20 homicides in san jose. >> justine: firefighters in texas are trying to write figfight a huge fire. hundreds of homes remain in harm's way. crews are trying to keep the flames away from very populated areas. >> mark: and orange county republican official has apologized for sitting in e- mail featuring president obama is based on the body
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of a chimpanzee. and an apology e-mail's she asked for forgiveness saying she didn't stop to think about the historic implications and how this could be offensive. they said despite the apology and she should resign. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look from san as they 101 northbound on the right-hand side. >> justine: programming note, exclusive coverage of the 100 zazzle, that will be sunday, may 15th, beginning at 8:00 a.m.
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baseball, cody rask return the team today. last night it was the tim show. on the amount he had that giant with him, he pitched a great game. three run home run in the first. no-hitter into the seventh. striking a out ten. >> justine: dallas brittan was paced on the disciples list because of stiffness in his shoulder. he has spent parts of 2009-10 on the dl list. what makes this disturbing is he says he's never experience this kind of discomfort and active major-league player has been caught shoplifting. a leak could just pitched this saturday was arrested this saturday on a shoplifting
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charge. he's 23 years old, he tried to steal six shirts worth not even $60. , inherence for under $25,000 a year. to cut $20 million signing bonus. one would assume he could in 46 t- shirts for $60. talk about a lot of pretty candles the world's oldest ma tu 10an turn 114 years old the day he says his longevity is a mystery. his mother has been not to worry. always be faithful. >> mark: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. we will leave you with a live look here at a foggy golden gate bridge. looking for a high in the low 60 with sunshine today. the kron 4 morning news returns in two minutes.
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