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>> justine: top stories, possible police harassment. police and the hot seat in san francisco for claims of the elected miss conduct. >> james: a mother to getting caught in a crossfire of a drive-by shooting. >> justine: president barack obama does a special visit to the bay area he's making several stops, one to facebook. >> louisa: wet weather to the forecast--in the forecast. >> erica: traffic is flowing freely at the golden gate bridge. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news.
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>> james: we a lot of news to get to our big story is president obama is headed to the bay area. >> justine: he will get here this afternoon, one of them will make history. the president will lead the fund-raising effort at sonic center, then he will hold a town hall meeting from facebook. there he will talk about budget cuts, the national debt, the economy. it will be the first time a president will ever visit facebook. also on his agenda president obama will be spending some time with a group of children from san francisco boys and girls club. they want the opportunity to meet the president. they're excited.
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>> at a nose ring to be able to meet him. i'm so excited. i was shocked. >> i get to see the first african american president. >> tomorrow will be pretty exciting. i heard obama likes to play sports. >> we're going to go see obama, it will be cool. >> justine: 35 teams will take part in the visit. -- teens. coming up we will tell you how you can ask the president some questions. full coverage for the president's visit europe the date rate your kron4 and alabama. >> james: air force one is scheduled to touch down at 1:00 p.m.. faa is
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investigating an incident involving the first lady's plane. controllers had the plane report a landing-- abort a landing because it got too close to another plane landing. recently controllers are gotten in trouble for shaping-- sleeping or watching movies on the job. >> justine: looks like we have some rain headed our way. >> louisa: most locations are starting off dry, increasing clouds and on the rain starts to set than we have a better chance seeing a pickup into the evening it looks like it will stick around even to ultramar morning. radar, not much happening seeing spotty shower activity also through the valley. quite a bit more
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moisture out there to the north and east. we are expected to see a lot of this pushing into the afternoon temperatures are in the warm side of that cloud cover is trapping in the heat. future cast as we head into the evening, you can start to see those cells pushing into the north bay. wet weather is expected to stick around into the evening. 8:00, santa rosa, petaluma, napa. we will continue to see spotty cells as we had an to midnight. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. what it shows as as a pass we headed your friday your weekend mostly cloudy chance of showers easter sunday. >> erica: so far, so good we don't have any accidents or
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hotspot to tell you about strong wind advisory i'll get to that. westbound a tear coming your purchase the bay bridge looks good. westbound-80 looks good. drive time is just eight minutes from the foot of the macarthur maze trip san francisco. san mateo, was fined 92 is in good shape. if you're coming out of the north bay, said browne runs 01 looks good. traffic is not backed up. strong wind advisory, in effect for the benicia bridge in both directions. you can see just a little bit of slowing in the northbound it has not caused any accidents. california highway patrol is asking you drive with extra caution keep both hands on the wheel. >> james: another developing story san francisco police in the hot
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seat this morning, claims of alleged misconduct. some of it was caught on tape. those videos have stirred up controversy. public defender turned dozens of people passing of flyers calling for anyone else has been a victim to come forward we have portions of the video to assure you. it was discussed at the tense meeting last night showing officers entering rooms at her dials. the officers did so without warrants or consent. officers say they were just conducting drug bust. but he says these videos prove the officers weren't telling the truth. >> it involves perjury, false police reports, it raises a red flag for residents. the police have practice of using master
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keys or their warned to gain entry. >> james: he says he's received hundreds of complaints about police harassment. kron4 was at this open community forum last night and has more. >> reporter: public defender has driven people to work with porn magazine in an effort to gather hundreds of been a victim of police misconduct. it's when police officers to return home, apartment to search for their proper search warrant. the classifiers asking for anyone who has been through this to come forward doesn't it to share their stories in an open community forum. >> james: he is working on a lot van police officers from using master keys to enter parliament and her towers without a search warrant.
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>> justine: she was just an innocent victim according to police she was killed in a drive-by shooting. she was killed monday night when she was walking down the street with their friends. jonathan bloom spoke with her family. >> reporter: the collection of lansing handles marks the spot where a 33 year-old bid trees burton was gunned down she were to nutrition services and was also a nurse's aide her family says she will be sorely missed. she lived to help other people police have no suspects and have made no arrests. >> james: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. it has been exactly a year since that bp oil spill we're going to take a look back, at what does happen since and check-in on how the golf is doing today. james lick,
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a drive for now we do our changes on the way. clouds, rain possible later in the day.
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we need to know before you head at the door, today we will get wet toward the evening hours. lasting 2 to mark. friday, not bad. slight chance of sprinkles on sunday. national news officials at an idaho silver mine say there is a space behind the times of rock trapping a minor. this is video from monday a camera confirms there is a void in the area where o'leary is working but they can't tell how big it is. rescuers have been trying to dig through
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rubble dangerous conditions have forced them to shift to a new route to its more than five times as long. >> reporter: memorials will be held today at columbine high school. april 20th, 1999 to students stormed the school armed with bombs and guns. they never went off but the shot, killed 12 students, one teacher and took their minds. >> james: exactly one year ago today the bp oil spill happened. it killed 11 workers or the next 85 days 206 million gal. spewed from that well. this was the our company's worst offshore spell in the nation's history today relatives of the men who died will fly over the growth of mexico vigils will be helped. --
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held. >> justine: still ahead we will inform me about the shooting in the bay of real district. --bayview district. a live look at the san mateo bridge, traffic is doing ok. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. bay bridge approach, the roads are drive renown. it could be a different story when you head home showers run away. else >> a good portion of the morning will stay dry. >> louisa: spotty showers, chance of rain increased as a head towards the evening. tapering off and to tomorrow. radar, which shows as the wet weather is to the northwest into the east. most of the bay is staying dry through the afternoon
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into the evening where we see the chances pickup. by 6:00 or, better chance of seeing some showers on the north bay even some spotty showers along the peninsula spreading out as we head towards 8:00. we'll continue with the chance of what weather towards 10:00. moderate down cars into the in northern regions. overnight, we will continue with the chances. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. does show today, tomorrow chance of rain. tapering off thursday, friday dry. temperatures could warm in the inland getting close to 70 degrees. by the weekend chance of showers on sunday. monday partly cloudy, sunday
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bringing out the sunshine. temperatures in the inland in the bay '70s. >> erica: no hot spots on our radar, if your taking one of the bridges they look pretty good strong wind advisory. i will get to that in the second, bay bridge toll plaza just a handful of cars out there. traffic is flowing freely. no problems to contend with for your ride to and from the san mateo bridge great conditions at a hayward into foster city. drive time much as 13 minutes. your golden gate bridge ride, southbound run 01 very quiet. you can't even see too many cars within camera shot all is well. top speed for your entire ride at the north bay. high wind advisory in fact for the benicia bridge.
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you can see a bit of slowing here on our traffic maps indicating speeds less than 50 mi. per hour. over all pretty good conditions no accidents to report to strive with extra caution. public transit good story, the less good start. >> justine: police have arrested two men set suspected of shooting someone. mr. heard gunshots and silver speeding honda. two men were arrested there covered a handgun. the gain task force is investigating the shooting. --gang. >> james: your man is in custody facing to charges of attempted murder of her police officer. there remain
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reported he was distraught, waving hand when officers arrived, try to talk to and that's when they say he walked out firing two shots. no one was injured. police say he did surrender a >> justine: . a livermore man suspected of molesting a 16 year-old girl he news through church will be in court today. he's tortured to incidents that occurred back in october of 2009. he was a huge group of volunteer the girl and her mother contacted the police department last week and the mother learned where happened. police are looking into whether not other youths may have been victimized. >> james: issue of violence has come to light at hayward high school falling several www.youtube.com videos that were shown. she says it's
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not enough is being done to address the int address the issue. >> reporter: this document the beating of a former high school student the boy's mom has pulled them out and is home schooling and because she feels hayward high is too dangerous she did not want her full name or face on camera she is afraid for her son's safety. >> from when i saw i could see my son hitting the floor, numerous kicks, hits, if you see the videos you will see this campus is out of control. no one is doing anything, were they waiting for someone to die. >> reporter: her son getting be that is bad enough but the school did not let her know he was in the fight. >> i was notified by another family member that my son had been jumped, attacked by numerous individuals.
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>> reporter: the superintendent declined on- camera talent kron4 the issue of school safety is being addressed. a special school board meeting is scheduled for the 27 the main points of discussion is school safety. >> justine: coming up, a former california governor arnold scored snigger made a big its mission this morning why he says he helped his son of a former assembly speaker. a live look now from our roof camera in san francisco. april 20th if we will be right back..
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. 4:23 a.m. new england in the northeast expected to get hit with a storm system. wind, heavy rain, lightning all of that
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to the midwest. at one point a tornado warning was issued in indianapolis. no reports of anything touching down but the city did receive heavy rain, wind, hail. look at some of the damage and misery where they're trying to clean up after three possible tornadoes. tornadoes also reported near st. louis and the airport was closed for time to the system passed. >> justine: japanese authorities are considering restricting access to the evacuation jet the zone. -- restricting access to the evacuation zone. their goal is to limit radiation exposure to evacuees were trying to return to their homes it is unclear when or
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if the span might start. >> james: details of the new terrorism and advisory alert system will be released today. homeland's security will hold an event in new york to announce the details the new system will focus on threats in defined areas. the department of transportation has issued a new set of rules to protect airline passengers airlines have to disclose all fees for things like big smiles, pillows, reservation changes, higher compensation for passengers bumped of overflight. they now have to pay back the fee the pay to check your beck. cages limit tarmac the delays. >> justine: arnold is schwarzenegger former governor says he was just helping a friend when he commuted the sentence of the
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sun. arnold sorts of matters decision to reduce the sentence has been criticized by prosecutors, republicans and the family of the kilt man. the son pleaded guilty to the 2008 killing of a college student. and ousted gov. robb lick of which second trial will begin today. jurors are scheduled to start filling of kashmir's to weed out anyone with a strong bias for or against him. he will face 20 churches including that he sought to sell or trade an appointment to president of promise old senate seat for a job or cash. >> james: a quick check on wall street markets have a good showing yesterday this morning in looks like we will continue futures are strongly positive we'll hear from the national
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association of realtors. analysts looking for rise. stocks to watch apple it will report earnings today ibm, intel all reported yesterday. gold futures, they rallied above $1,500 an ounce this morning. >> justine: a new poll finds that students are more likely to consider dropping out of college for money troubles instead of bad case. its shares six other 10 students rely on loans to help pay their way nearly half of them feel uncomfortable with that. two-thirds were to help pay college costs. it also finds that many students are racing to finish to save money. >> james: it takes a long time to pick out those bills. we'll take a quick break, back with more in a
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moment. president barack obama is headed to the bay will tell you how you can talk to him even if your not attending one of his events. a live look good side, golden gate, rain is coming down. we'll let to know when we should see them bay area wide. not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns.
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>> justine: first half there as a fund-raising effort about san francisco sonics center. he will go to facebook, then the sun the center pardon me. before that he will hold a town hall meeting that will strain live on the web from facebook headquarters in palo alto. it will be the first time a president ever visit .s facebook.
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>> hi, i'm on the take a minute to invite you to a town hall meeting on the economy that i am holding at facebook. >> gabe: he's holding a beer truck town hall meeting and he invites everyone to the country. >> i hope you'll take a break from funding or defunding to rsvp. >> gabe: the topic is the economy he would discuss his vision for bringing down our deficit. through the facebook page anyone can post questions. obama is campaigning for the next election and what better way through facebook. his effective use of social networking is what helped him get elected. why actually physically come here? with satellite linkups the internet, the could done this live stream from the white house. analysts say the reason he's physically coming year is too glad
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handle it the organization, the company, the people behind the world's most popular website. it is so powerful if he can get the facebook organization behind him that would be huge for him. he can use it as a powerful campaign term. >> relatively young demographic. they came out strongly for him. >> gabe: for directly to where you compose a question and where you can watch this live streaming facebook town hall log on to www.kron4.com look for the news links section. >> justine: we plan to have full coverage of the president's visit throughout the day race urine kron4. for more information you can always girder website kron4 .com. >> james: of course the president arrives in the day we get rain. >> louisa: we're starting
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off with some clout covered. increasing clout through the morning. if we do see in the showers there will be released body in nature. and looks like this point is going to be the later part of your day that brings the best chance of simmering. temperatures starting off in the '50s as we head into the afternoon, we will start to see some showers. could see some spotty showers along the peninsula this will continue to 8-10:00. widespread scottish hours thursday evening. wet weather in till early tomorrow. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. friday we should start avid friday. much of your thursday could be tried to saturday mostly cloudy sunday bringing in some sprinkles. prepare for some
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wet weather there. monday dry out tuesday sunshine. >> erica: great time to leave your house not spots pretty pleasant conditions around the bay area. if you're heading out we're seeing a bit more traffic that we saw 10 minutes ago. overall a good ride across the upper deck metering lights are off. with the drive time of about eight- nine minutes. no issues to contend with over the san mateo bridge. easy enough conditions of hayward and to foster city. taillights represent the commute direction. southdown traffic looks good at the golden gate bridge. no problems to report. we have a strong wind advisory in effect for the benicia bridge. affecting both directions.
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no weather problems to contend with. one last camera westbound 80 looks good. this is traffic moving to albany. craig conditions. >> james: one of the developing stories is a deadly drive-by shooting and oakland that leaves police looking for answers and a woman dead. police say she was an innocent bystander. she was killed monday night while walking down the street with a friend. kron4 is jonathan bloom met with her family. >> al-amin shot i cannot tell you how i feel. the whole family is in shock. >> reporter: a growing collection of candles marks the spot where mrs. burton was fatally shot. her family
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is left with this information they are caught in the crossfire. >> reporter: she raised her attention is a years old is heartbroken. >> she was an only my granddaughter she was my friend, everything to me. if she took care of me and took care of her grandfather who was paralyzed for seven years. >> reporter: taking care of people was the thing she loved the most. for the students she served at oxford elementary she was simply the south of our lady the one who made sure there's something green on every play. >> she tried to talk to kids to try and get them to turn their life around. >> reporter: shields many lives will turnaround before this happens to someone else. >> we need to get together, do something about all of this senseless violence.
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something needs to be done. >> nothing will bring her back to the grieving family and the two chichen she leaves behind. >> at want to think about what she did whoever you are that took my grandmother's life. >> reporter: police have made no of arrests in connection with the killing asking the public for help. so far not releasing a description of the suspect or the vehicle. >> justine: police and the north bay are on the lookout for suspicious person they believe tried to lure a young girl into his vehicle. police say the man targeted a 11 year-old girl but she did manage to get away. >> we received a report and the 11 year-old girl had come home for middle school, she got off the bus stafop. was walking home, when a
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man in a black van pulled alongside are asking her shorn of your ride home. she said no, ran down the street to about fern lane. when she turned back the van was no longer there. the man is described as a male, white, 30-40 years old short hair cut, stocky build. this is the first report we've had here in regards to this particular man. i did receive your information from a citizen stating she observed a man matching that description in the same described van driving around middle school in san rafael. >> justine: the detective also says that both areas have been notified regarding this suspicious person in each police permit is stepping up patrols around schools in both cities. >> james: we will take a quick break, we will be back
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with more on the kron 4 morning news and whether twitter will stay in san francisco. we will share that with you in a moment. traffic is light at this hour, whether depends on where you are. some rain is falling, more is on the way -- whether.
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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. >> justine: pacific gas and electric company plans to test but mission lines to make sure they're running at say pressures. there order to produce records for their pipelines after the deadly september gas line explosion. mountain view and antioch will get the first to pressure all tests.
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>> james: these bay the utility. it would increase rates by a term of truck% over the next two years. east bay mud board members directed staff to study a plan to raise rates by. another 6 percent on july 1st of next year. the next step will come may 10th and the general manager presents his proposed two-year budget. the board of supervisors gave as an initial proposals to allow or debts to rent other apartments at below market rates if there this place due to fires. it would allow tenants to enter an agreement for up to two years at either what they're playing or up to 10% above. it will come in front of the board next week for final approval. >> justine: twitter will
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stay in san francisco. the board of supervisors finalized their approval of a payroll tax exemption. they have to move to a particular area, it needs to be near market street between fifth and then as. >> james: a quick break, as we go a reminder, this one's for friday, kron will air nbc program of the giants are on nbc. dateline nbc will be right here on kron, nine real follow that up with a special 90 minutes broadcast of the kron4 news at 10. san s.a., a little windy we'll get another look of your forecasts coming up.
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>> erica: westbound 80 is quiet. metering lights deactivated. ec conditions from the east shore freeway. plan-e c. -- easy. no
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accidents or stalls, a lot of space in the commute direction. no problems to report for the golden gate same story, traffic is flowing freely. no problems to report. van easy conditions. tracking a potential problem on the traffic maps, strong wind advisory free ride to and from the benicia bridge. you can still see some slowing on your screen. the other is indicating speeds at about 35 mi. an hour. no accidents to tie your about just be sure to drive with extra caution. crosstown freeways look good, right where the james lick meets the inbound
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central. no problems as we continue on. public transit good to go. >> james: more than to hundred feet from the edge of the golden gate down to the water that's how ffar 18 each for all felt. for most that fall is fatal, and alamo family is being credited for coming to her rescue. dan kerman has more. >> reporter: it was just faerie happen to be in the position we were. >> i saw a splash. >> i saw people standing on the rail pointing. we thought they must be able to see something we can't. we turned, had it that way. >> my first thought was maybe it was a body.
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>> there wasn't this believe there was a person. i've never had to deal anything like that. >> i did not believe there was a person in the water. >> we heard her moaning, we shifted gears, then we realized she was alive. we all take to die care, our objective began to not try to get out but to keep her from drowning. >> i have to bring in the sales, once we identify that. >> we got the engine started so we could maneuver the about. we got position to, she was coming down the left side. >> i got about her, give it to my dad. >> at light across the dial platform, grabbed her what about her, hang on to her. that limit the call to the coast guard. there was just a few minutes before they got there. she never opened
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her eyes, spoke, said anything. i kept telling her it was born to be ok. it wasn't till the night when i called the coast guard that i found it she survived. >> anything that renews your faith in the things you can't touch, feel, see. >> i'm happy she is ok. i would like to meet for some time. >> reporter: this is a story the whole family will not soon forget. as at its sailors and that's when they will continue to be reminded of. >> james: cyclist may soon have to slow down when crossing the golden gate bridge loring could help safety. if the plan is adopted it will be 10 mi. an hour. 5 mi. an hour and construction and maintenance josones. --zones
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>> justine: bart swore in three new deputy police chief is following the fatal shooting of an unarmed passenger oscar grants at the hands of it bart officer. the report recommended that chiefs be hired to help streamline the department management structure. he was fatally shot on the platform in oakland to interfirst, 2009. by the officer who claimed he meant using taser on grant instead of his gun. the officer was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. muni workers have a no- strike clause yet they are voting for a possible strike. the union calls for the vote earlier this month it will end today. muni says the vote is premature. the two sides have just started
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discussing a labor agreement we asked writers what they think? >> as a major asset to san francisco. this is how they treat their patrons. its arcs. >> i'm sure they make enough money, i don't think there's a need for that. i think it's ridiculous. >> maybe if you're providing the services and then ask for more compensation but until we have that i don't think a strike is necessary. especially at a time like this. >> it does not mean a strike as thing going to happen caltrans officials appear to have $3.5 million and funding they need to avoid service cuts. the additional money will come from deferring maintenance, the ring from the capital fund and the fiscal year that begins in 2012. they will still have to increase one- way fares by 255, parking
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fees by a dollar a day. the plan is expected to be as presented to the agency on thursday. >> james: we will take a quick break, we come back the latest in sports news in a live look of side. at this point it is dry on the golden gate bridge that could change in the future full look coming out. app.
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6-3. the giants will go for the sweep today. to the a's, brett anderson struck at 8 coming out to link the red sox. athletics 5-0. for the first time ever a robot's will throw out the first pitch before tonight's game. it is part of the science day, the robot has been in the works for 1.5 months. he is one arm come 3 will come he throws about 40 mi. an hour. we'll have more video on this tonight on the kron4 news. to need actual baseball players you can have our butts. 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. cameras all along the course capturing all of the fund.fun.
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roof camera, san francisco, it is some was 5:00 a.m. we'll have more on weather, traffic and a top stories ran a
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gephardt >> mark: 5:00 a.m., a top stories rainout a boat capsizes rain near san quentin sending two people in the rotor. >> darya: president barack obama will be in the bay he's making several stops one of them to facebook. >> mark: school employee can down on an oakland street. >> darya: first of a checked with early, weather and traffic. a live look at the san mateo bridge it looks clear you have company but it's moving at the limit. >> james: we do some
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showers in the mix. they're well to the north. light char activity, he might see a little bit to our east. the interstate 80 rate their chests out of vacaville. light showers, bobby the mixed bag for today on and off char activity throughout the day building bay area wide. we'll talk on a minute about how long this will last. >> george: starting at the commute hotspot free, they bridge, was found it is a pretty good ride. coming from 580, 80. there's a wind advisory in place for another bridge, we'll tell you that coming up. >> mark: thank you, developing story, two people rescued near san quentin. we
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turn to one of our solar reporters to the more news faster. >> reporter: 1:15 a.m. i guard heard a noise off into the water. at that pretty to look inside to people in the water, the boat had capsized. two people had gone out for late-night bar ride the had engine problems. the boat capsized they floated around for about an hour. finally ended up here on the shores of san quentin. once the guard spotted him he called in the emergency responders. they pulled the victims out we talk to the spokesperson he talks about what happened. >> as the officer was close, your sounds from the water. the observant he looked out and start to individuals in the water. so he made phone
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calls, our emergency operations went into effect. our staff, responded to the scene. they were doubly able to call two men out of the order this morning. >> reporter: there was a man and a female in that boat. the man went into cardiac arrest. the fire department arrived on scene, did cpr, transporting him to marin general hospital. we do not know his condition. the woman was in fair condition. she was also transported to the hospital. an amazing story, the guard even heard them up there. you can see the water how close is to the prison apparently it is pretty common practice for them to hear these kind of things, cboe rescue's but it showed-3:00 a.m. it's unusual to see someone. >> mark: thank you, darya?
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>> darya: the bay area is gearing up for a presidential visit. president barack obama arrives at sfo at 1:00 p.m. starting office visit with a town hall meeting that is going to be streaming live on the web. it's gonna be at facebook in palo alto. you can see right there on your computer the topic is the economy. the president will discuss his vision for bringing down the deficit and how to get the economy growing again. this is video of the president asking everyone to join him and sending questions. the white house facebook pages as well use. for a direct link to where you want to go when you have those questions you can go to www.kron4.com we will have all the very latest you can watch the streaming facebook town hall style meeting at 1:45 a.m..
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-- 1:45 p.m. also on the agenda president barack obama will spend some time with a group of kids from the boys and girls call. they'll have the opportunity to meet the president. more details on that as it happens. >> mark: watching rain moving and let's get the latest with james. >> james: we started off cloudy this morning, i'm sure everyone is dealing with that. this afternoon cooler temperatures. increasing clouds this morning. this afternoon a chance of showers to spread bay area wide 4-5:00. it will taper off. this is an evening come overnight thing. seeing showers to our north. light rain activity
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is happening just run clover del. also some out near mount st. helena. some spotty showers out there near travis. we're dealing with light showers at the moment but it does build. future cast, set for 4:00 p.m. we see light activity as we pushed the clock air really comes into play -- play. 10:00, a similar story we pushed into the overnight hours. still dealing was light scattered char activity separately will be until noon there we get this out of our system. that is the way the rain is playing out. 53 san francisco everyone is red around the range. a little cooler in the north bay. 55
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san jose. highs this afternoon by low 60s. unlike yesterday. cooler today chance of rain in the evening bay area wide. friday is ok, saturday cut- sunday a chance of a spring coat. check and your commute. >> george: doing pretty well the bay bridge toll plaza let's take a look here we will star with a bridge check. no hot spots is a pretty good ride getting to the bay bridge no back up, no delay. san mateo bridge ride also looks good as they pick up that commute on 92. the right side of your screen is the westbound direction. golden gate, 101 no delays. easy traffic coming from iran and premarin. we mentioned a
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wind advisory it is as much for interstate 680, as it is for the benicia bridge. california highway patrol is issuing a wind advisory. especially the northbound side. no hot spots to slow your ride around the bay, and looks like a good start to wednesday. we will take a break, the kron 4 morning news will be right back. ♪ let's go out to the dmv
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>> darya: placer searching far police--looking for the gunmen in a deadly shooting. she was walking down the street with a friend, a mother of two from richmond she worked for the unified school district. we spoke to her grandmother says. >> communities need to get
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together and do something about all this violence. taking innocent people's lives. something needs to be done. however it is that took my granddaughter's life i want them to think about what they did and what a beautiful person they took away from this world. >> darya: counselors will be on hand at oxford elementary school to help the student co. >> mark: city council is voting to limit collectives to just 10. options being to consider our first-come first-served, lottery system or a ranking system. last week they voted on establishing the zoning districts agreeing to allow those collectives to operate in industrial parks. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look care at a quiet james lick on this wednesday morning.
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>> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. watching wall street stock futures are way up, of her percentage point. we could make up some of the loss from monday. we'll hear from the national association of research surged on reports from march. stocks were watching a couple, they report their earnings, ibm, intel reported yesterday all expected to see active trading. gold hitting $1,500 an ounce. for the first time ever. it closed a few dollars below. >> james: national weather a wider view here, severe band of showers, thunderstorms, rain of the weapon to new england rolling through yesterday causing a lot of damage. trees uprooted, here's a closer view they'll
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braced themselves for all of the weather had their way thunderstorms, lightning, hail and tornadoes all possibility don't be surprised if we have flights delayed coming out of jackson airport. that is one of the big stories we're following today. >> darya: in new england to they will get here with this system today just take a look at what they have, look at the rain that is just pounding down. this is the same system that brought heavy rains and strong wind to the home address. at one point there is a tornado warning issued. there were no reports of any twisters' action touching down but the city did receive heavy rain, wind, hail. ms. terry, they're trying to clean up the damage from three possible tornadoes that all had in the period of 45 minutes. no injuries
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reported. you can see the damage homes were damaged as well. tornadoes reported near st. louis. the city's airport was closed for a time. >> mark: a live look at the golden gate a little windy. >> james: a live look this morning from the bay bridge approach, we are tracking the latest with the rain. right now it is well to our north. future cast, break down where we are seeing these showers, for a clock- 5:00 we will see them reactivate. as we go into the evening hours the showers become widespread, overnight really intense activity. into tomorrow as
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well. to our around noon we will see this finally pushed on through. between now and then on and off again shower activity. by 8:00 p.m. bay area wide conditions as we head into the 10:00 hour we'll deal with that all night long. thursday will be a wet commute. 3:00 a.m. still dealing with that. don't be surprised by that. it will be short lasting gone by 10-8:00. -- 8-10:00 a.m.. all and all not bad. our eyes for this afternoon, actually, this is yesterday's. it will get up to 70 today, it will be ritornello '60s. all and all
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not bad. i'm going back to give the computer a kick. and get a cooperating. >> george: challahs traffic? it is doing well, we're not tracking any hot spots. so far this morning it is pretty quiet real story with a bridge check. light traffic at the bay bridge, same is true for the cemetery bridge. a little lighter than usual, your trip during townie 101 no delays. still a pretty easy ride. there reconfiguring the bridge adding a fourth lane southbound. the only thing worth mentioning is the wind advisory for the benicia bridge it was put in place at about 3:00 a.m. it includes interstate 680 at
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the south and north end of the span. the ride is still a good as you can see there are no problems in either direction high wind advisory issued by the california highway patrol. >> darya: in an interview published this week garner on all sorts near says he is helping a friend when he commuted the sentence of the son of a political ally. this decision to reduce the sentence has been criticized by prosecutors and by republicans and the family of the victim. he is the son of former subassembly speaker he's pleaded guilty in the stabbing death of a college student the victim's lawyer says the comments will have little affect on their lawsuit against the government. -- governor. >> mark: an intense public
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meeting with claims of alleged misconduct. some was caught on tape this video is stirring controversy. public defender is joining dozens of people and passing out fliers. here the videos they discussed last night they show officers entering rooms at a residential hotel. the officers did so accordingly without warrants. officers said there were conducting drug busts. the videos prove the officers are not countries. >> this is very serious. disembowels perjury, police officers falling out poult false police reports. what raises a red flag for residents is that the police ever practice of using a master keys without a warrant to gain entry. >> they say they've received
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hundreds of complaints about police harassment. our reporter for pour magazine contacted him after he was arrested by police. they're calling that arrest a mistake. >> what happened was five years ago was a tragedy i was sitting innocently, peacefully, i came in the face of 125. he had me in a legal detainment for half an hour because i fit the description of robbery suspect. as a result i was seriously traumatized. >> mark: he is saying he's working on a lot to been police officers from using master keys to enter a performance and a tolerance without a search warrant. [ male announcer ] tryy aa sizzler's new value menu!
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>> darya: 5:26 a.m. it has been one year since bp oil had the rate that burst into
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flames in the gulf of mexico. of the next 85 days to enter and 6 million gal. of, spilled. taking it the worst of oil spill in our nation's history. today relatives among the died of fly over the side of the explosion. rituals will be held in louisiana, mississippi, alabama, florida. memorials held for the victims of the 1999 massacre at columbine high school. you remember when this happened, april 28th, to students stormed the tempers cool under the bombs, guns, bombs their run off the distance shot and killed 12 students, one teacher before taking their own lives. in 2007 a memorial was unveiled at a park near the school. >> mark: another air traffic controller incident this one
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involving first lady obama. officials say controllers had the plane she was on a board of landing on monday because it got to close within 3 mi. after a cargo plane that was also landing. this in the wake of a comptroller is reportedly falling asleep on the job. we wh the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.
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>> mark: a boat capsized two people had to be rescued let's go to whenever solar reporters. >> reporter: a prison guard helped pluck this to people at the sec bay waters. you can see how close the water is. it all started about 1:15 a.m. when a guard heard some sounds coming from the water's edge. he let down,
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that there were two people in the water. at that point he called emergency response team, guards and inmates went into the water grabbing those victims out of the water. we talk to the lieutenant from san quentin he talked about what happened. >> sometime they originated, while out in the day they began having engine trouble. one individual try to restart the engine. the boat capsized, what we've been told they're actually out in the water for an hour-one hour and a half. current lead them, i heard the sounds, i observe them in the water. >> reporter: but the victims were rescued out of the water san rafael fire
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department had to come over and perform cpr on the one victim he was transported to the hospital. the other victim, the woman was treated for hypothermia. an amazing story that the prison guard even heard it. it's quite windy. but he did hear this word comes and they acted quickly. >> darya: 5:32 a.m. let's get a look at the weather. >> james: it's going to be wet, it just road follows. -- for about all of us. the conditions for a loa now are dr. overnight we see most of the system roll through. not until about 10:00, noon see that rain. a lot of moisture
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to the north a sellout in san rafael. we get closer and looked at it to see where it's going, pushing parts of the layout. light rain artie falling. -- already falling. any amount of rain will make your morning drive just a little bit more hectic. future cast as the clock said 8 him because that's from really expecting the call of the rain to roll through. it a clock it gets really intense as the showers pushed through. midnight, widespread showers. threonine showers continue. -- 3:00 a.m. showers continue. highs this afternoon: than yesterday, 59 san rafael. 63 santa
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rosa, 58 san francisco most locations will be in the upper 50-low 60s. the other side of the bay your rater and 60, 60 hayward, 63 hayward. 65 for walnut creek, 65 antioch, pittsburgh. south bay, san jose, 63 a little warmer their 64. has traffic? >> george: we're not tracking and the hot spots, bridge check for your ride, the bridges around the bay right here it's like traffic no problems on the approach ec trip towards and across the bay as well as for the
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san mateo bridge. volume is building. golden gate where traffic has been moving smoothly it is a little heavier than we usually see but it's not a problem for richer. we dear wind advisory in place for the benicia bridge that is been in place since 3:00 issued by the california highway patrol. no reports of any problems there california highway patrol says you could experience gusting winds. >> justine: we're getting live pictures of storm damage in san less. a lot of first trap causes. -- a lot of roofs torn off houses. the big storm passed to the area of missouri and illinois. tuesday's storm left a lot of damage throughout the region. a lot of the major damage found in illinois. those are some
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houses completely torn apart this might not be the end of the bad weather for this area. >> darya: thank you, president barack obama is headed to the bay area he will make several stops. if you will be a lead of fund- raising canada for his candidacy. he is going to have a fund-raiser and then he will spend some time with a group of kids from the boys and girls club in san francisco they will have the chance to meet him during a fund-raising event. they say they are excited. >> i did not know is going to meet him. i got here, they said your right to meet him. i was shocked. >> i'm excited because i get to see the first african- american president. >> tomorrow will be pretty exciting. i heard obama
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likes to play sports like me. >> were going to see and talk about his reelection. i think it will be cool. >> they will take part for about 35 minutes, full coverage of the president's day to day moves through the bay right here on www.kron4.com of the events are going to be at a live town hall meeting streaming at the website at www.kron4.com. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. >> mark: our live look cure for our roof camera. -- a live look from our roof camera.
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of the rain lasted for overnight even in to tomorrow. >> mark: thank you, the latest of libya, rebels sank gaddafi's forces have been shelling towns and sending thousands fleeing into to new share. commanders are conceding they can't do much to stop that hospitals are overwhelmed with casualties as they run out of supplies. british and italian officials say they will send senior military officers into libya to advise the rebels have not been well organized. france's saying they will increase their bombing campaign. >> darya: authorities are considering restricting access to the evacuation zone around the the country's nuclear-power plant japan's government is discussing banning people from getting too close to the plant there's a 12 mi. radius around it. they want to eliminate the radiation exposure to evacuees but at
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the same time as the iraqis would like to return to their homes. san mateo bridge, see how it's doing, all clear, traffic looks good. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. [ male announcer ] how do you say...
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>> james: a live look from our roof camera this morning is, over san francisco at the moment. that would change as we had through the day storm tracker 4 assuring his reign widespread to our north most of the north of santa rosa as regression we are picking up a light sell here and there. closer look, this is a cell over the bay, it is tracking toward the vallejo. that is all we're picking up around the bay. the system is expected to bring a whole lot, maybe a quarter inch turtle. otherwise looking alright. future cast, 5:00
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p.m. that's from expecting to move in little hits and misses throughout the day this evening we start to see if organize overhead. eight him more widespread. midnight, it continues. 3:00 a.m., thursday light scattered showers activity continues. you wake up tomorrow morning with possible wet morning commute. 53 and san francisco, 55 and oakland everyone is right around that range may be a few degrees warmer or colder. this afternoon low 60s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. once we're past the day thursday looks good. friday shaping up to be a nice one mixed for easter saturday, the cloud cover may be the chance of a sprinkler to. we'll keep an eye on it. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> george: we're still
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looking at a pretty good writer and the bay area we're not tracking and the hot spot for the drive looking for is that the bay bridge westbound a closer look, conditions are craig the volume is building and no promise for the commute through the maze the ride to the san mateo bridge looks good highway 92 definitely building. >> the golden gate bridge 101 problem free no delays. no-fault this morning for the first time in three days. benicia bridge, a wind advisory was issued early this morning by the california highway patrol, you can see no delays. public transit quiet ride. everything is on time. >>
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>> mark: bay area toll authorities is fighting back against toll authorities. because people use extreme measures to avoid paying tolls officials are using extreme measures to cut them. >> stanley: this is an offer standing on an island at the bay bridge toll plaza looking for violators. he's looking for toll cheese and not just any he's looking for a special one drivers to use the fast-track plan without a transponder and no visible license plates. he must have a transponder to pay tolls. if none there is the place and you get a bill on the mail. however of your navvy their, you're considered a toll cheater. like the driver of this honda had no place in the front and a paper plate in a real and no transponder.
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also missing ballot auto registration and no proof of insurance. the driver of this be in trouble drive to the car pool missing a transponder and, she claims she is having a medical emergency so the officer called for a paramedic when he noticed something else. while waiting for the paramedics he writes a ticket and all the while the passenger flips' me the bird. lo and behold after the officer gave a ticket the medical emergency when away. they drop. my final story evolves the driver of this golconda with paper plates. >> any luck? get out of the car make sure it's not in the carcass and issue a citation. >> stanley: it turns into as also suspended from driving. her license had been suspended not once or twice
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but seven times. her car was trunk and impounded for 30 days. bay bridge toll plaza stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> darya: you can always read a bright, but you may have to slow down a new study suggests lowering the speed limit for bikes could help her improve safety. the speed limit would be 10 mi. per hour on the bridge and down the access pathways it would be 5 mi. an hour on the construction and maintenance jones. it will be talked about at the transportation district meeting tomorrow. the east bay utility district talked about the possibility of hiking water rates. it would increase their rates by truck percent over two years. east bay board members directed the staff to study a plan to raise their rates by 6%. and then
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another 6% next year. the next step would come on made tent when the agency's general manager presents his budget. >> mark: pacific gas and electric company plans to trust to lines near december not to make sure they're running at see if pressures. -- near sinn burn out. san bruno. mountain view and antioch would get their first testing in may. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. let's take a live look at the james lick, all is very quiet. we want to remind you,programming note, exclusive coverage of the 100 zazzle, that will be sunday, may 15th, beginning at 8:00 a.m. captioning all the fun with cameras all over the course. so if you don't wanna be of their running, you will get the best seed in on your couch.
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>> darya: 5:55 a.m. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. as we head into the middle of the ended the week covered with the rain, mid- 60's on friday. we will see the sun on friday. saturday, sunday the collateral backing and mid-60's as the story. -mid-60s-is the story. twitter will stay and san francisco pages finalized the approval of a payroll tax extension. it will provide a six year extension for news employees hired a companies to move to an area on or near market street between fifth. >> mark: bay area sports,
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the giants, too has given up in the six, paulo three run homer, the giants beat up by colorado again 6-3. the giants go for it is free today. on to the a's, brett anderson striking out eight, red sox. athletics beat boston 5-0. to philadelphia, a robot will be throwing up the first pitch before tonight's game. it is part of the science day at the ballpark, he has been in the works for a month and a half. the robot has one arm, three wheels, throws about 40 mi. an hour fastball. stay tuned for video to run night. we will talk about the sharks next hour. it was an incredible game. >> darya: it was amazing. it
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was the highest court. -- high score. the recovered so well. taking a peek at the bridges, it looks like an easy ride for you at this time. same thing with the san mateo bridge is clear. traffic is looking good. golden gate, visibility is good there too. ♪
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