in an oakland street. why the mother got caught in the crossfire. >> darya: almost 6:00 a.m. in traffic has not picked up, you have plenty of room on the golden gate bridge. plenty of visibility as well. we are looking at some sprinkles here. and it >> james: storm tracker for showing the wet weather to the north. we are getting popped up sprinkles here and there and and fans of the of the sitting. west of petaluma, along the shore line, maybe near fairfield and concord as well. all of this very light nothing heavy yet, this evening about 4-5:00 p.m. expect more showers to get more widespread here in that will last through the evening over night, and into tomorrow morning. >> george: so far so good no hot

spots this morning, looking at the bay bridge you can see the traffic headed in to the toll plaza from the current macarthur maze all pretty light still. no problems for your trip to the bridge. there was a stalled motorcycle on the upper deck. but it has been cleared. wind advisory is back for the bay area bridges i will tell you about that coming up. >> darya: out of san francisco san quentin to people were rescued after a boat capsized early this morning. let's turn to a solo reporter jackie who was out there with the rest of the story. >> reporter: a prison guard was able to help rescue to folks out of the a seawater's here off of san quentin coast. apparently to voters when out about midnight last night. they got into engine motor problems, the boat capsized, they floated round for

a one-hour perior. >> an officer heard sounds emanating from the water. being observant he sought to individuals on the water. they were in distress. he made phone calls, emergency operations when into a fact, staff responded to the scene of the incident, they were able to pull to individuals out of the water. >> reporter: not only staff but inmates involved as well. they pulled the victims out of the water, san rafael fire was called it. the male dictum went into cardiac arrest, he was transferred to the hospital. the woman was treated for hypothermia and trent for ditra.

these folks were out of the water at this time and his prison guard heard their cries for help. >> darya: a lucky thing that they had this type of alert, parts are there 24 hours a day. thank you jackie. >> mark: police are searching for six shooter in and a drive- by shooting. 33-year-old woman who was killed in a drive-by shooting in oakland monday.beatrice burton was fatally shot on union street near poplar park at about 9:45 p.m. monday. beatrice was a nurse's aide and worked in the cafeteria at berkeley's oxford elementary school. we spoke to her grandmother. >> communities need to get together, and do something about all of this violence. taking innocent people's lives. something needs to be done. whoever does took my granddaughter's life i wish they would think about what they did, what a beautiful person they took away from this world. >> mark: counselors will be on hand at the school to help students. >> darya: the bay area is

gearing up for presidential visit he arrives at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon and starts off as bay area visit with the town hall style meeting at facebook headquarters and palo alto. the topic the economy, he is going to talk about his vision to bring down the deficit and make the economy grow again. this is the white house facebook page you can push questions there. we want to get a look at the weather was one offer nice weather but that might not happen here >> james: it could be worse. he will arrive just as we get wet. this evening as he drives around we will have widespread shower activity. commerce star it is ar

ride more clouds and cooler temperatures this afternoon. this evening the main event comes, we are starting to see showers become widespread at 5:00 p.m. this evening. we are dealing with some widespread showers, at this point looks like we are clear in the heart of the bay. but that in car accord and fairfield we are seeing some light shower activity. that system that was over san rafael a moment ago is gone. so far it is very light and sporadic. it becomes more organized at 5:00 p.m. as you drive home from work we see the storm system take shape. it moves through 8:00 p.m. more showers begin to encompass the bay area. by 10:00 p.m. widespread shower activity into tomorrow morning 3:00 a.m. still dealing with moisture in our

area giving us the chance of all morning what commute for you on thursday what evening to meet tonight, what morning commute tomorrow morning. then the system will be gone and we set up for next friday after that. 53 is there francisco, 50 napa right now, 54 san jose. your 7 day forecast this comes into play the clearing will be your friday whether, easter weekend all little dicey, a sprinkler two. we will show you that in a moment. >> george: a pretty good writing around the bay area.--ride--the bay bridge there's a stall on the bridge but there is no problem metering lights are not active. san mateo bridge ride

also looks good as you can see here the volume is building as it usually does right around 6:00 a.m., the commute is getting into full swing but there are no problems with your ride west bound or eastbound. the golden gate bridge ride looks good as well they reconfigured the span for lanes available across the entire bridge in the southbound direction it is fog free as well as trouble free ride. the only problem is a wind advisory issued for the venetian bridge and that was issued at 3:00 a.m. this morning.--the nation's brid but had a slow-moving train headed towards millbrae,-- bart-- >> mark: we will be right back after the break.

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>> james: 6:10 a.m. a quick look at your baseball forecast of your headed there against the red sox. mostly cloudy, 59 degrees, we will have popped up showers in advance of the big green tonight. 1235 is the first pitch. >> darya: department of transportation has a new set of rules to protect airline passengers. it will disclose all fees on the web sites. everything from banks, to meals, reservation changes, the list goes on. there will be a higher compensation for passengers if you are called off of a flight appeare off. they have to compee

for lost damaged bags, plus they have to pay the fee they you had to pay to have the baggage check. details on the tour as a system the color coded labels are going to be going away this month. they will hold an event in new york announcing all the details, the system will focus on specific threats in geographic areas. >> mark: air controllers are in the spotlight not sleeping on the job, an incident on monday it was directed to the 5 mi. along the was opposed to separating the planes from one another. the first lady's plane was 3 mi. away from the c-17 cargo plane. the faa looking into exactly what happened. the play in the first lady was on was told to circling the airport. was told to circling the airport. >> darya:

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>> justine this just into the kron 4 newsroom. some companies will help stocks jumped today in the last two minutes we heard wells fargo's first inning, jumped 51%. the bank says it's because more people open to bank accounts. business customers to go loans as well. intel says the first quarter rose 29% because of demand for personal computers. ya who rose 4% after it reported successful cost- cutting efforts. we will have the opening bell live coming up at 6:30 a.m. >> darya: we are taking a live look at the bay to give you a peek at what you are waking up

to. cloudy skies and no rain in san francisco yet. >> james: that will change. rain is on radar and we see it to the north. you can see the high cloud coverage, it will bit thicker as we head through the day today. the bulk of the wet stuff is to the north, and the west as well. we have showers falling east of san rosa, tracking to the east. that section will get wet with both those communities experiencing that rain. highway for all the way through pittsburgh and antioch, dealing with light rain this morning. not long but enough to make the roadways wet for you. 5:00 p.m. we expect the main event to happen. the stuff we see today is just pop up showers in advance of the main front. it is scheduled to come

through at 5:00 p.m. so pushing ahead till 8:00 p.m. and you can see how much more widespread the showers become. midnight thursday morning still light shower activity. even in to 3:00 a.m. thursday morning. chances are you'll see sprinkles for your evening commute and more morning for your morning commute. not a lot of rain expected with this but it is enough. this afternoon low 60s not like the low 70's we saw yesterday. 63 santa rosa, 59 novato, 58 san francisco on the cosi you are on the upper 50s spirit on the oakland said of the bay 62 oakland, 63 fremont, walnut creek mid-60s. out in the delta 65 little cooler in the livermore valley 63. down in the

south bay 63 in san jose, 63 also for sunnyvale, 66 for campbell. a quick check on your drive as we finish off with the 70 forecast. looking for conditions to improve as we head into tomorrow. friday we are looking for a better day in terms of rain, more sunshine out there and temperatures in the '70s. saturday, sunday we have a mix of a potential white sprinkles here and there. >> george: we start off with a bridge check not checking with having any hot spots. we have an incident in mountain view that could develop into a problem will track that in a moment. first the bay bridge ride the meter lights are likely act of now, or notin the next couple of minutes. the last two days it has been light over the

last two days. san mateo bridge looks good, no problems here the volume is definitely building on the west bound side, no delays headed over towards foster city and hayward. the right to the golden gate bridge still problems free, through marin county and across the span. we mention the peninsula there is an accident 1 01, to accidents 1 at san antonio road, the other shore line. the one at san antonio has been moved, the one at to shoreline has not been moved. this could be a potential hot spot. if there are injuries involved in they don't get this cleared quickly we could see a bigger back up towards sunnyvale from around 1 01 northbound. southbound ride

it is not a problem. >> mark: interview published this week former governor arnold schwarzenegger says he was helping a friend when he commuted the son of a friend. his decision to reduce the sentence has been criticized by prosecutors, republicans, and the family of the victim. he is the son of former assembly speaker he pleaded guilty in the 2008 stabbing death of a san diego student. the victims' families lawyer says the comments will have little affect on the lawsuit against the governor for failure to notify them. oakland police are looking for a man who attempted to assault woman near lake merritt. >> will: investigators say the man followed the woman walking come from the store when she got home, located on the 1400 block

that is when he forced her to take off her clothes. it does not appear she was injured before he took off from the scene. the latest incident is the fourth sexual assault in seven months near lake merritt. in oakland will tran kron 4 news. >> mark: 6:22 a.m. we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. it is getting close to bay to breakers appeared the new sponsors zazzle. we'll have cameras around the course to capture the fun for you. you don't run into the fund that is the bay to breakers on kron 4 sunday may 15th.

>> james: following national weather we have a system working its way through the southeast right now. the central part of the u.s. and did damage there

yesterday. now atlanta at in in the eye of the storm. there is a thunderstorm watch in effect for atlanta. they're looking for hale, strong winds, heavy winds, a tornado or two as well. we have seen several suspected of being spawned by the system. they're waiting to see. it sits on them for a little bit so not good news for that. major report said that land to us so we could see flight delays. >> darya: looking at the severe weather, threat of thunderstorms and tornadoes hanging still over the midwest today. this is what they got all ready. this is memphis right here, half a dozen states are seeing the same thing. the storms brought heavy rains and high winds. now let's go to new england, they will get hit

today. a tornado warning issued in indianapolis area no tornado but they did get hale, heavy winds and rains. firefighters and taxes battling wildfires. they will get a rain and that could do more harm than good. most areas probably not going to get a rain. for those who do it will come with wind and lightning. it could fan or expand the fire. the wild fire has destroyed 150 homes, and the church. it has chewed through 150,000 a.. >> mark: one year today since bp oil or a person to flames. over 85 days 206 million gal. of oil spewed. it was the worst oil spill in the nation's history. relatives of the men who were

killed will fly over the site of the explosion, officials will be held in louisiana, alabama, and florida. >> darya: we will be back with more hey marcel, watch this!

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>> mark: opening bell on wall street, bring in the opening bell this morning positive earnings that beat wall street expectations from yahoo, wells fargo, ibm. we are watching the positive day, we could get back losses from monday. dow futures are trading up 142.3 now developing story we are following right now boat capsizing to people in the water overnight rate by san quentin. to give you more news faster we go to jackie. >> reporter: an alert card at

san quentin prison in one of the towers was alerted to the to people in the water. he helped plot the mile. as start at 1:15 a.m. when a prison guard heard the cries of help, look out into the water and saw a boat capsized, two victims were on the shore line. emergency responders staff and inmates responded to the team. they pull them out of the water, we talked to sam robinson and he talked about why they were in the water. >> well out in the bay they began having engine trouble, they tried to restart the engine, they fell off the boat and the boat capsized in the day. from what we were told, they were in the water for about an hour. the current lead them over here to our shore line. as i told you are staff members

heard the sounds, observed them in the water and responded. >> reporter: the two victims were rescued the fire department was called to the scene appeared a male and female, the mail was given cpr apparently he went to cardiac arrest. he was transported to hospital status on unknown. the female was treated for hypothermia and transfer poured it as well to a hospital. she is expected to be fun. it's amazing to hear the guard was alert enough to hear the cries of help in the windy, cold bay water. >> darya: 6:32 a.m. and the president is coming to the bay area, he will be there today. he will arrive about 1:00 p.m. this afternoon and is for stop will

be facebook headquarters in palo alto. he will hold a town hall meeting with the main topic be in the economy. at 1:45 p.m. you could watch it live on the web. after that he will have a fund raising event at 8:30 p.m. and the president will be spent time with a group of kids from the san francisco's boys and girls club. they will have an opportunity to meet with the president and they say they're excited. >> i didn't know i was able to meet him. i'm excited. i got here and they said your course to meet him. and i was shocked. >> i get to see the first african-american president of excited. tomorrow will be exciting. president barack obama likes to paint sports like me. --play--

>> i think it's going to be cool. >> darya: the will be 35 teen stay in place. you can go to our web site you can find out about president barack obama as trips to the bay area. >> mark: the dow was up 164. let's go to whether find out about the possibility of rain. >> james: all but the camera here, is pointed to the north and that is where we see most of the wet weather right now. cloudy start with north bay showers, this afternoon in the clouds will build, we should see more showers begin to pop up here and there. the main event comes this evening about 5:00 p.m. we will see showers get

widespread in our overnight hours into tomorrow morning rain coming for us not just over night but also thursday morning. that's what we are dealing with in terms of the broad view. showers to the north san rosa dealing with some right now, you can see to the north fairfield dealing with some and in the delta as well. light rain falling but as i said this is not the main event. it comes tonight. this is an advance showers coming head of the system we expect. about 5:00 p.m. the cold front will push through. by 8:00 p.m. you can see they are more widespread even into the midnight hour thursday morning. your morning commute thursday will be a out what one. 7 day forecast we look at conditions to improve as we head into the second half of thursday, in to friday.

saturday, sunday cloudy at best. maybe some sparkles at worst. we are still tweaking that. 6:35 a.m. let's check your ride with george. >> george: this could turn into a hot spot 101 northbound in mormountain view. the second ofo accidents still blocked lanes. it could be blocking and other lanes, the accident could be more and lanes blocked by emergency vehicles. the bay shore traffic backed up beyond 85 here. this is just past moffett field. there were some minor injuries reported here so it may take longer than the first accident to clear which has moved to the shoulder. lets cayard bridge check to the bay bridge westbound, baker back up to them we saw yesterday in the

westbound direction. metering lights turned on at 6:19 a.m. the bulk of the backup begins in the middle of the parking lot. your ride to the san mateo bridge still light and easy conditions here no problems either eastbound or westbound. golden gate bridge ride which is under fog lifts for the last few days is fog free this morning. it is to lay free as well. >> mark: more on the golden gate bridge a cyclist may have to slow down as across the span. a new study says lower and the speed limit could improve safety. if it is adopted the speed limit would be 10 mi. an hour on the bridge. the speed limit would be 5 mi. an hour and construction zones. it will be discussed at the golden gate bridge transportation district meeting tomorrow. >> darya: east bay utility district talked about the possibility of raising water

rates it would increase them by 12 percent of the next two years. a special budget budget rate workshop they directed staff to study a plan to raise a 6 percent july 1st this year and then july 1st next year. >> mark: a quick break is a morning news continues until 11:00 a.m.. but check out san jose were skies are bright and traffic is moving smoothly.

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>> george: welcome back to kron 4 morning news. mountain view north 1 01 at shoreline. the backup still growing. the left lanes are still locked in a minor injury accident. a

complete check in a moment. >> justine this just an american airlines says it will eliminate flights like this year. it lost $436 million in the first quarter. because of jet fuel prices. it was hurt by winter storms as well. also the slump in travel to japan in march. they believed airlines will turn profitable by the end of the year but not american. >> mark: the latest out of libya right now rebels same gaddafi's forces are shelling muslim towns in western libya, sending thousands of people fleeing. nato commanders are conceding they can't do much to stop the shelling. hospitals are overwhelmed with casualties and running out of supplies as gaddafi surrounds the city. the

team a italiaitalian say they wn people. france is saying they are going to increase the bombing campaign. >> darya: japan is considering restricting access to the crippled nuclear power plant. they are trying to ban people from trying to get too close to the plant. right now there's a 12 mi. radius and they want to return to our homes. >> mark: a quick break as the news continues. most traffic we've seen this week at 6:43 a.m. backed up bin to the macarthur maze.

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>> darya: 6:46 a.m. top stories, president barack obama has a three day visit to the west coast that starts today. the town hall meeting from facebook

headquarters in the bay area. it will stop in some francisco, los angeles and reno. he is pitching a plan that would reduce the deficit by four trillion dollars over 12 years. >> mark: two people rescued this morning after washing up on the shore in san quentin state prison. guards heard calls coming from the shorelines and alerted authorities. the conditions of the victims on known right now, there were about transported to hospital. >> darya: passengers waiting to take off from other countries soon will be faced with being stuck on the tarmac for our spirit officials are banding airlines from allowing them to hold passengers on the tarmac for longer than four hours.

there is off 3: hour limit for domestic flights. >> james: things are changing, alive look at the golden gate bridge, on a lot of clouds to the north that have rain in them. a quick rundown for the north bay, focused forecast just for you. mostly cloudy with isolated showers, a break in the clouds this afternoon but could still get a pop-up showers. we will break it up enough we will get to the low 60s. and in the rain returns with gusto this evening. here's a look at what we will get past the shot here. another break down for you. for most of the bay area mostly cloudy with showers this afternoon, widespread back to the overnight, it tomorrow morning will be what commute. keep that in mind if you're making plans to get on with your day tomorrow. storm trucker for

show shoot showers in the north bay shows you san rosa is dealing with the right now, 1 01, petaluma is seeing showers as well. down into livermore valley out to tracy as well that stretch of 580 is a damp. this afternoon they will organize and start to develop. by 5:00 p.m. widespread, by midnight tomorrow morning it continues, tomorrow morning shower activity will stay with us. not a big storm by the roots will be wet. pacific shot shows clouds coming our way, there's the break we will enjoy in in the front will pass through 5:00 p.m. to 97 day forecast shows you on-again off- again showers. friday's ok, the

weekend the clouds come back again. another chance of a sprinkler two once we're past that next week starts off on a dry note. interesting forecast appeared >> george: doing well around the bay area but we still have all hotspot mountain view for the bayshore freeway. 1 01 nnorth bound. it is the laugh lines affected by this minor injury accident that has traffic backed up to highway 236237. if they don't manage to get this incident out of the way we could see residual halifax from it. so far it has not backed up beyond 237 if it does reach back to the guadalupe parkway could connect with the normal northbound delays. we could end

up with several mile long back up. fortunately so far that is not the case. lets kick your bridge check as we head to the bay bridge and westbound ride. the back up here is mark pointed out worse than any other we've seen this week. backed up to the first over cross. the commute to the san mateo bridge is a nice one no problems here need for the east or the westbound directions. golden gate bridge to ellis with one for the south bound ride as well as northbound. even though there are only two lanes on the northbound side. >> darya: it is 6:51 a.m. the issue of violence at hayward high school has come to light after several videos posted that show fights at school. we spoke to the mother of one boy whose beating was posted on the internet. >> reporter: this shaky video

was posted on www.youtube.com earlier this month the beating of a 14 year-old hayward high school student. he is then pulled out and is being home schooled. she did not want her full name or her face to be on camera because she is afraid for her son's safety. >> they attacked him. i could see my son hit the floor and numerous kids, that spirit you can see the campus is out of control. nobody is doing anything. what are they waiting for? somebody to die. >> reporter: is bad enough but she says the school did not let her know her son was in a fight. >> i was notified not by the school but a family member that my son had been attacked by numerous individuals >> reporter: the superintendent declined to go into camera but said the issue of school safety

is being addressed. securities been beefed up and the police department is working with the school to keep timber down. a meeting is scheduled for the 27th. the main point is school safety. in a word kron 4 news. >> mark: coming up. >> they score!!!!! san jose sharks! win in sharks!! >> will have the highlights coming up.

>> george: we have all hot spot on 1 01 traffic is backed up be on the to 37 interchange. --

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