>> justine: top stories, obama and the bay area highlights from his town hall meeting. the fundraisers, and the protests. a fire burning down a where has, why firefighters are telling us this could take days. popular dog park in san jose closed after dodd died should be back open today, while officials say it is safe to return. >> live, from the bay area's news station, this is the kron 4 morning news. >> james: falling the weather, a live look at storm tracker 4, showers there we had overnight starting to break out.

little piece in pieces in the east bay. they're beginning to diminish. six- seven-in the cockpit will be a thing of the past. --6:00 a.mt will diminish. >> erica: a bit of a wet deck from the golden gate bridge, no hot spots pretty quiet around the bay. full check coming up. >> justine: president obama will herald a prayer breakfast fund-raiser at the same regions in san francisco. defenders across $5,000 to attend, $35,000 to sponsors. it is expected to raise $800,000 for the president's political campaign. between yesterday

and today the president is expected to raise $7 million. the president has been on the move ever since he got the bay area we have tv coverage starting out dan kerman who attended the speech. >> reporter: president obama came for the second of three fund-raisers during his bay area visit. he said many he did not mention my name want to roll that complement back or for the content coal. he and his opponents have to do provisions of the future of america. that's why he says he needs to be reelected. he said he needs to be reelected to maintain the changes he has made incomplete that things that have not yet accomplished.

>> justine: the president has to the dinner at their home of the sales for ceo, jonathan bloom is in san francisco with more? >> reporter: hours for for the fund-raiser san francisco releaser lot with bomb sniffing dogs. two identical limousines pulled inside a giant white tent. 60 guests were greeted with a courtyard performance by stevie wonder. it was a brief summary that cost each guest a donation of $35,800. san francisco, jonathan bloom, kron4 news. >> justine: and the next 30 minutes we'll look get a historic trip to facebook. will also hear it protesters who are unhappy with president obama being here.

kron4 has the facebook town hall meeting in a speech on our website, you can go visit www.kron4.com. as there is heading into work this morning it was raining. >> james: i have a little bit of that too. it was right to the caldecott tunnel. right now, starting to dissipate. otherwise, maybe a few hits just east of fremont. so far we're ok starting to break up in fact we're expecting showers to be done in the next couple of hours. you could look out and get a try commute.

54 degrees in san francisco, 53 in santa rosa, 58 in san as say, 57 in antioch. all that cloud cover had helped keep the heat in. which is good news. future cast is predicting the bulk of the showers will head to ourselves. as you head at the door a.m. hopefully in the rain will be done and you will have a trier commute. temperatures this afternoon will be nice low 60s, upper fifties. north bay 64 degrees, 67 napa, 66 santa rosa, city by the big, several tusker 63. -- san francisco 63.

oakland 64, 62 castro. 65 pleasanton. 66 pittsburgh, antioch. south bay, santa clara 65. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. coming up in a few minutes more details. how's the ride? >> erica: >> erica: not so bad. i've been monitoring the cameras i don't see any slowdowns. you can see easy enough conditions westbound into san francisco, no accident or delays getting to the toll plaza leading lights are still off. same story at the san mateo bridge a bit wet out there. -- metering lights are still off. golden

gate, looks good, traffic flowing freely headed southbound to san francisco. road sensors, top speeds of up miles per hour. >> justine: thank you, developing story firefighters are battling a for alarm fire at a historic cold storage warehouse in watsonville. it is burning rate now, in the 800 block of west each street. caper carry on 330 yesterday afternoon. in a room that's believed to contain apple juice. firefighters say it could take some days to put out the fire. no one has been injured by the haze is all- around parts of watsonville. there warning people with breezing problems to stay

inside. -- breathing problems. but doc part in san jose that closed after a dog became violently ill and dying is expected to reopen this morning. it closed earlier this week after concerns that a dog died from poisoning from being at the park, a plymouth their report indicates his body showed no signs of a poisonous toxins. official results could take one-three weeks but as a precaution officials are pressure washing the park before the reopening this morning we'll have live reports coming out. still ahead, the latest on the situation in japan plus some bad news if you fly southwest why you might soon be paying more. a live look outside from our mount tam camera. a little windy, find out what's going on with

>> justine: 2 news photographers have been killed in libya. and a pitcher on your screen, they were killed yesterday wallcovering the battles. two others seriously injured as they come under relentless shelling. now for the latest in japan, people are now banned from re- entering the evacuation zone. due to radiation danger this affects some 80,000 people authorities will arrange a brief visits for residents to go back collect their belongings. new data from the police agency shows two-thirds of the more of than 11,000 victims identified so far in last month's tsunami or older than 60. 93 percent

drowned. gm saying it may temporarily suspend production in factories around the world but it will make the best use of parts that are in short supply. market update, the electric bill yesterday on the huge gains. the dow rose zero hundred and 87 points s&p added 18 nasdaq jumping 15 that is the biggest one day the increase in six months. apple reporting another exceptional quarter doubling its profit. apple sold nearly 19 million iphone even though of rise and started selling it during the same period. google

executive chairman is getting our race. --a raise. south west are raising all of their one-way tickets by $5 according to the dow jones. other airlines could follow. u.s. carriers have been raising prices to offset the rising fuel costs, southwest has raised ticket prices several times already and has also offered an number of fear sales. we want to remind you about something coming up this friday. programming change to let 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

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>> justine: welcome back to the kron 4 news. more severe weather to report, we want to assure you video of thunderstorms and lightning. pretty cool, people in the area did report fallen trees at home and hairline damage. residents in missouri are helping one another cleanup after tornadoes ripped to the area this week. 24 hours after the storm ended a two-to 50 people came together to clean up what the tornadoes

left behind. the local high school has sent students to deliver food to those working on the cleanup. check of the size of this tale, it looks like a golf ball or a football. any risk of tornadoes and storms moved through, they're saying it's more like a ping-pong size. they can do a lot of damage. forecasters are calling for cooler weather increased humidity into possible rain. dozens of wildfires have burned more than 1 million a. so far and entire towns have been evacuated. the governor's office says every county has been affected or threatened by these ongoing wildfires. the

flames are trying to help the firefighters the lush planes are trying to help. president barack obama is here so eager to see bay area weather. let's check in with james. >> james: a little shark activity going on rain now by the end of the day we will clear things up the sun will come out pretty nice day. here's a breakdown first cloudy, light showers. this afternoon the showers will end to the sun come out things are really nice low 60s. tonight clear skies will continue to try things out of it. storm tracker 4, not a lot of vitality most of it happening in the south bay as we push in fremont is seeing a light drizzle. most of it is off into the hills just east of all that. a lot

of activity in tahoe. snow is falling. expect chain requirements. 54 san francisco, 55 oakland, 50 in san jose. conditions are looking to improve as we head into friday. this afternoon getting into the upper 50s-rose 60 >> erica: is. it is pretty quiet on the traffic clogs i don't have any major accidents to tell you about. no stars. free of hot spots, your bridges look good bay bridge, the toll plaza, traffic moves well. westbound 580 as well the northbound direction, once you get to the toll plaza you can see traffic is flowing freely no weight at

the metering lights. your drive time is 8-9 minutes. you can always take the san mateo bridge. no problems to. very light conditions. no problems to as you make your way out towards foster city. easy conditions in both directions. golden gate quiet, a wedtech. only a few cars making their way toward san francisco parked speeds for your entire ride if your by passing bay area traffic taking a long weekend up in the sierra, jane requirements are in effect. highly-50 does not have change control currently. >> justine: officers have arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting another man yesterday afternoon. this

happen near the 500 block, the man was pronounced dead at the scene police are not giving as any other information about the suspect or the victim but they do believe the have the shooter in custody. an arrest has been made in tuesday's attempted a sexual assault case in lake merritt. it happened a few blocks on third avenue. kron4 has the latest. >> >> reporter: an arrest has been made in tuesday's attempted sexual assault case. >> we believe we have the correct person in custody even though this is an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: part of that will be going over the similarities between this recent case, and according to a neighbor once showed in the security gate he used his fight to prevent the door from closing. that is

when the attempted sexual assault began. speak-e to overtake her pants down, not to make a sound. >> reporter: similar case in february as suspect alderwoman from the bart station to our apartment complex. sexual assaults are when she was inside the security gate of her building. police investigators are backtracking to see if there's a connection to these two cases and any others that occurred in the area. >> reporter: were interviewing previous witnesses to try and see if we can find any commonalities. >> justine: new details, pacific gas and electric company has started sending an informational letters and safety birchers to 2.5 million homeowners and businesses that are located within 2,000 ft. of their

pipelines. the company was under fire for not providing more information. this in the wake of the september sambar now gas line explosion. a gas leak in san francisco is over it happened yesterday afternoon. when construction crews in the area ruptured a gas line. several blocks evacuated everyone did it go back to their home. school back in session today as san jose high school after a bomb scare. it was evacuated just a morning after authorities learned about a potential bomb threat police swept the school nothing was found. still ahead, and iphone application that could make parking in san francisco lot easier. we'll give you more details and just a minute. 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. we will have cameras all along the course capturing all the fun. it's at adm right here on kron4. james lick freeway, a couple cars out there we will get a traffic report in the weather forecast when we come back.

seven >> james: day barely money showers leaving fairly quickly. behind senate conditions that will be nice temperatures in the mid- upper 60s. tomorrow even better morning fog but plenty of sunshine this weekend is a different story. clouds in the mix 30 percent chance of a sprinkle. next week looks

good conditions getting warm. >> justine: parking in san francisco will hopefully get a little bit easier starting today a new program takes real time information collected by smart meters and sensors about where parking is available so drivers can quickly find open spaces. city officials say will reduce the carbon footprint of the city's drivers. you can use the new iphone application. to get more reformation. coming up on the kron 4 morning news we of the latest on president barack obama as was that he is hosting a big fund-raiser will tell you how much money that event is supposed to bring in. and we will recap what happened yesterday at facebook. a live look outside of san jose. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

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>> justine: a live look outside. it is almost 4:30 a.m. we wonder james is more rain on the way? >> james: yes. we do have more rain on the way in fact we have a look here what is that? that sand has say a little freesia there. otherwise we're doing ok -- breezy out there. we need to dry out. cloudy skies, light showers this morning said the mild this afternoon. gradual clearing as we had over night. that will be the situation for tomorrow. storm tracker 4 her the only rain we are seeing is near

fremont and hayward. toward interstate 580. that is that there for you light showers east of san jose. tom also getting rain, snow. erica has been following the chain requirements. that is forcing most of the activity with this system. currently 54 san francisco, 55 oakland 58 in san jose. we're in the mid-upper 50s this morning not a bad way to wake up. this afternoon warming up upper 50s, low 60s a couple of spots that could get into the mid-upper 60s as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. we are in that transition. today as we clear out the storm system making way for sunnier skies. tomorrow looks great,

the weekend is a different story. clouds, 30 percent chance of scattered sprinkles. >> erica: no news is good news in the traffic center. no hot spots or accidents. more cars out there, there were tracking just 10 minutes ago. you could still see traffic is flowing freely westbound in to san francisco. san mateo bridge, no problems to report an easy ride into foster city you can see that. drive time just 14 minutes from end to end. golden gate looks good of you do are to contend with a wet deck a couple of cars creeping into san francisco no delays reported. one last camera, across town freeways i've

been checking the traffic clogs, no accidents to tell you about the special rate here where the james lick meets the inbound centro. drive time of just 15 minutes towards the airport. if you're thinking about public transit good to go, reports show a see come apart, cut-rate all running on time. >> justine: thank you, top story president barack obama will be holding a breakfast fund-raiser this morning in san francisco, governor jerry brown is expected to attend. along with 100 donors it cost $5,000 to go where $35,000 if your to be a sponsor. hopefully there serving food. today's event is expected to raise $800,000 for the political campaign. between yesterday and today's events the president is expected to take than $7 million. president obama received a

very warm welcome at the summit center last may. it was all part of a three day tour to kick off the 2012 reelection campaign he also spoke about the debate over long-term deficit reduction. >> the only way to pay for tax cuts is to ask seniors to pay thousands of dollars more for health care or to cut children from head start. or do away with health insurance for millions of people in medicare. or families have an autistic child. that is not a traitor if i am willing to make. we can do better than that, we are better than that. (cheering & applause) i know there are times. i

know everyone did not get everything exactly the way they wanted. this is a big, complicated messy democracy. change is not simple, everyone likes change in the abstract. but change in the concrete is heard. (cheering & applause) it is tough. it requires work. (cheering & applause) >> justine: 2500 people bought tickets that cost from $24 to $2,500. earlier in the day president obama held a high tech meeting in palo alto. it is the first time a president has ever been there. >> in facebook, two of the

most powerful men in the world got together for on- line town hall. mark zuckerberg who postehosted prest barack obama. president barack obama is saying the rich, poor, everyone in between need to sacrifice for everyone to prosper in these tough times. >> justine: not everyone was supportive of the president's visit. >> reporter: continuing our coverage of the president's visit to the bay area a number of people are not happy with mr. obama as policies to the streets in protest. this group gathered here. calling on the president to friends them. they say the policies disproportionately benefit

the wealthy. >> justine: there's still a big question mark when it comes to who the president will face in the next election. >> reporter: and san francisco president barack obama as visit may be the top story at over his republican counterparts are making approach. i pulled the donald trump, searches on google have gone up 700 percent when it comes to him. all the candidates on the table the polls find that others match up better. >> justine: for more information on the president's visit to facebook, his speech along with other resources including your comments it's all on our website at www.kron4.com. we'll have much more on his visit coming up on the kron 4 morning news. stay tuned. a

live look inside at the golden gate bridge, the roads are still little wet. could more rain be on the way? james will let us know.

>> justine: here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. chance of rain for thursday, high of 66. looks little iffy for the weekend especially on saturday. we still warm up. full look day with james and a few minutes. new details concerning governor on the outskirts near strasser of steps to reduce the sentence of a political allies sons. he pleaded guilty in the fatal stabbing case as kron4 reports the victim's mother is furious and is calling the former governor's action and abuse of power. >> i think it shows what an

uncaring prove he is. >> reporter: she wasted no time getting straight to the point. speaking out in the newsweek article about commuting esteban 16 year involuntary manslaughter sentence. esteban father is former assembly speaker. >> it shows the abuse of power when they decide to take matters into their own hands. every economic report on rules wouldn't that just be a world gone awry. >> reporter: in the articles schwarzenegger said croats i understand people's disappointment but added i feel good about the decision i happen to know the kids really well. he continued arguing that his friend's son did not influence the fireroom and " of course to help a friend. they're suing

the state of california for failing to alert them of the last-minute action. there's not a day that goes by that she doesn't read his debts. >> is just, so sad. i can't stand it when the holidays come. the kids take a family farther, you'll never get married, he will never have children. those things are heartbreaking. >> justine: still ahead, we will get to acted under weather forecast and see if the rain is finally done for the day. a live look good side of san jose. a little spotty.

>> janu: >> justine: welcome back to the kron 4 news. >> justine: who doesn't like snow in april, it is one car

there? a lot of weight on the screen. moving on, officials have boosted the amount of water available to agencies that first supply 25 million residents and farms covering almost 1 million a.. contractors can count on 80 percent of the water that they requested this is the highest since 2006. near-record snowfall and wet springs and filled reservoirs that the state can tap into during the summer and fall. for an update on our weather here is james. >> james: is starting to die down. here's a live look from mount tam, san francisco, let's put it in to more urgent all little breezy up there. for the most part were dealing with light morning sprinkles that

are falling off the radar. this afternoon on lot more sunshine. to mar sunday skies of the long mid 60 degree range this weekend as we look ahead the crowd spilled, there is a small system working its way through it will give us a 30 percent chance of a sprinkle saturday in sunday. that is what the forecast looks like. storm tracker 4 your the only rain activity there were still seeing is east of san jose. light stuff, then looks like that could be the end of it. he may luck out. temperatures look pretty good, 54 degrees in san francisco. san rafael 48, 55 oakland. 60 mountain view east bay 56. our highs this afternoon will warm to the

upper 50s, low 60s. a lot of sixties in the north, east bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. looks like this, as we work it out good day friday, saturday, sunday chance of is free coke. next week the temperatures come up and we get warm. now, here is a look at the traffic. >> erica: we're wrapping up the hour with no hot spots on our radar. preconditions, that includes your ride at the approach to the bay bridge westbound 80 still pretty light. approaching san francisco, no problems, san mateo bridge equally good right here like conditions and other hayward. 14 minutes from end to end. no problems to report. golden gate bridge pretty quiet. a couple cars headed south front. one last camera, 101 is hot spot for

you. it is a bit windy out there but traffic is good to go just 14 minutes. >> justine: thank you, new details, the owners of the homes and sam palo alto was run by landslides are getting an offer for fixed. it could allow the owners to get back into their homes. >> reporter: for about three weeks owners of these homes have been hoping for good news about their homes and landslides that is turning to destroy them. on tuesday the american and a glimmer of hope, the city of san pablo has come up with an offer. >> peers, being placed at the top of the hell's to support loans. and much removal of the back of the homes.

>> reporter: there is legal work that must be done before the project can begin the ball and sen latest regarding the offer. and a waiver of liability. if the owners of the homes sign on to the project their work can begin right away. the city estimates it will cost one of its $50,000 and will take about five days. it is on the man to be a temporary fix their hopes that the government will one of the money for their folsom fix which is estimated at about 5 million. it's still unclear if those funds will be made available in the future. >> justine: on the anniversary of the gulf oil spill bp is suing transition for $40 billion its accusing the rig owner of causing last year's deadly blood. the british isles giant is also suing the maker of the device. here in

the bay area and gas station was the target of vandalism tuesday night this was in a protest of the orioles fell in happened three here on the show station on bryant street. kron4 will show us what happened and to tell us about an embarrassing oversight the bindles made. >> for 30 5:00 a.m. for men in hetty's and asked showed up at the show station. tools were scattering flyers, that is no big deal except there are littering. the other two to the handles and change them together so they could not be used. by holding only took a few minutes. they had enough time for a friend to come by with a camera. eventually they all took off. the flyers are printed on plain white paper by this. it says protests to mark the one-

year anniversary of the rose bowl. there is our website at the bottom. rising tide got or is the rest is a misprint. no one was hurt. >> justine: still more ahead we will take a quick look at the big sports stories in the bay. programming change to let 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. will the giants are on nbc. all live look outside, san francisco, fifth and folsom witches were some people believe president obama might be saying. i bet to if he is up he is watching the kron4 morning news.

>> justine: welcome back to the kron 4 news. sports stories, double overtime thriller on the ice last night, the pangolins, they try to continue their plan of success. -- the penguins. game winning goal scored, hits for the three-two, and wins lead the series 3-1. after four days, fl talks are now over. both sides adjourned after the court ordered talks. there was few signs of progress. no plans to meet again tell me 16th. the nfl lockout after the $9 billion collective bargaining agreement is in its 48 day. baseball, after dominating the pitching for two games giants batts when cold last night. the colorado rockies beat the

giants 10-2. mackay not doing so great, he only lasted four and two-thirds of an inning. allowing six runs, nine hits. the a's could keep things going at the red sox, homers off the previous untouchability 0 gonzales. red sox got their first road win of the season. they beat the a's. 5-3. man vs. machine, not a good match it for baseball, we were telling you about this pitching machine that would further for spirit. a little short. it was pretty much the debt. it did neither make it to home plate. oh well, the phillies ended up winning in the end. this is a story that giants fans will not like, this is

the filly greened mean fighting machine. he's the most popular mascot in sports. philadelphia is a fanatic is great as the favorite this year. according to a survey. it measured pro sports mascots on four key attributes. the fanatic has been around for 34 years. i have met him before. he likes to touch people. i will leave it at that, lights of hugs. -- lots of bugs. bay area bargains we will say how much money the president could reagan will use in california. will plan to be live to be added the stock part that is expected to be reopened after dog cuisine

concerns. our exclusive coverage of the bay to breakers on sunday may 15th, cameras all along the course capturing all the fun. . that is as basil, bay to breakers race here on kron4. a live look at cited the james lick, is the rain over? but we'll find out when we come back.

>> darya: top stories, president barack obama is leaving the day before that you allow a fund-raiser. a popular dodge park in san as say that closed after dog

died reopens today. we'll tell you right officials say it's safe to return. calgene will vote on a plan that could prevent the agency from the service cuts. -- caltrans. first or on the weather. -- first a look at the weather. james what is that? >> james: dry morning commute if you're getting at in the next couple of hours. even some water come amiss on lines. by lunch, 60-63 fire high. storm tracker 4, most of the rain activity is in the survey everyone else

slowly starting to dry out. when the sun comes up we will see their role is drive. we looking forecast on that coming up. >> george: could start to the commute no problems reported. no hot spots to speaker. they bridge, light traffic heading in from the maze. all of the purchase look good. complete check straight ahead. >> darya: president barack obama all had to reno for a meeting. dobie's breakfast fund-raiser, governor jerry brown is expected to attend. along with 100 donors it costs $5,000 to attend. or $35,000 for sponsors. that is is some expense of eggs.

it is expected to raise 800 dozen dollars. between yesterday and today the events in california, the president is expected to bring in $7 million in this torrid. president barack obama received a warm welcome last night. this is all part of the three day tour to help kick off his election campaign they spoke about the ongoing debate. the president says it can only be solved if republicans and democrats or together. >> the only way to pay for these tax cuts for the wealthy is to allow seniors to pay thousands of dollars more for health care. or to cut children from headstart or do away from health insurance. seniors, nursing homes, poor kids, middle-

class families seven autistic child. that is not a trick of time willing to make. that's under trudeau (cheering & applause) of most americans are willing to make. regardless of party. we can do better than that. we are better than that. (cheering & applause) i know there are times or so of your folks frustrated because we have not gotten everything done as fast as we wanted. we didn't get everything exactly the way we planned. there are times when i felt the same way. it's a big complicated messy democracy. change is not some breaux, everyone likes change in the abstract. (laughter) but change in the concrete is (cheering & applause) it is tough (cheering & applause) requires work. >> darya: the tickets or

anywhere from $25 to 2500 coming up in the next 30 minutes we will take a look at the president's trip to facebook. when double live look at the bay to get a look at the conditions which i am calling voice. the rain was falling but i guess it marty fell. >> james: i was at their rent to a.m.. it was raining. the bulk of this happens when you were sleeping. we could be looking at a dry morning commute. although the rules may still be damned. early morning clouds, a few showers left in the system. the rain is expected to be here and out palladium. quick look good storm tracker 4. not a lot of

activity left on the mound. maybe down there near fremont. san jose just your east. light showers in terry see--tracy. it temperatures on the mild side. 54 san francisco, 58 hayward. almost at 60 degrees this morning. mountain view 60. all the cloud cover ticket job of keeping yes nice and warm. this afternoon, 66 santa rosa. 62 novato. 65 for layout. 60 for the city by the bay. palo alto, 66. the of the side of the bay oakland 64. 63 fremont. as we hop over the health 65 of pleasanton walnut creek 67 for you. san jose you'll

come in about 63 as well morgan hill, sunnyvale, milpitas. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. coming up and just a little bit for now, to the chuff just -- to the trumpet desk. >> george: bridge check, for your ride to the bay bridge westbound as you can see air looks good light traffic coming in from the macarthur maze no delays reported, no incidents on the span. san mateo looks good. this is westbound heading towards foster city still pretty light traffic. no wind advisory. it is a little crazy. golden gate, 101 problem free. it does not look like any fog out there. as we had to contend with monday and tuesday. bus very substitution, vallejo

very there will be running shuttle buses this morning. both of those scheduled ferries will be served by buses. >> darya: parking in san francisco is going to hopefully get easier. there's a new program it starts today it takes real time information connected by a smart meters about where parking is available so drivers can quickly find open spaces. officials say this will reduce the carbon footprint of the city's drivers often have to drive around looking for a spot. there is an iphone application. or you note s f parked got zero argie. and it will be right there. the

agency may have found the $3.5 million in funding that it needs to avoid the cuts. the additional money would come from deferring maintenance and borrowing from a capital fund. that fiscal year begins in 2012. the agency will still have to raise one-way fares by 255 and parking fees are going to go up by a dollar a day. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a popular dark part in san jose closed after dodd guide they will reopen today we'll have ♪ let's go out to the dmv

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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. tahoe, snow is coming down because of a system the past your area over night. chain requirements for 80 and 88, tie 50 know. that could change. we'll have a forecast coming up. >> darya: thank you, i want

to take a look at the stock parked there we talked about. it had been closed after a dog behave violently ill dying. it is supposed to reopen today. craig sklar is there. he has the details. why the change? >> they check the.com meeting see that the park is still shut. there's still no trespassing sign that will change today. animal services he apparently on saturday according to the honor had seizures from something he thought the that this park. the results show there's another sign of any kind of toxin in the body. further tests are being done for the time being they will pressure watch this park and hopefully get it open today. they weren't calling it a false alarm but they're

deathly thinking it's safe enough for the public to come back. there's a lot of uncertainty as to whether not whether the dog what has been something or the dog had been planted with poison. there was a sign of another parked about poison being left there, this time they're hoping there's another explanation as to why the stock has died. for the time being the plans are to open the park sometime today. >> darya: i'm curious if your a very uneasy people showing up what they think if there these are their concerns. >> reporter: our target people they're doubly concerned, i think when you're talking about not finding any poison in the park and not finding any toxins in the body. concerns might be lifted. preliminary results show no toxins. >> darya: we will check in

with you later. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments.

>> justine: welcome back to the kron 4 news. >> darya: more weather around the country severe thunderstorms and lightning in parts, you can get elected this idea that we caught in a land attack. cameras looking at this thunderstorm's you can see the lightning. people they're talking about the trees that fell down. blown over by the storm. power lines were damaged. in missouri, they were there at bowling green. they had to help each other cleanup after tornadoes ripped apart houses. you can see all the rubble 24 hours after the storm ended to 50 people came together and started out each other, cleaning up little by little. the local high school stands students to deliver food. check this

out, like how big the hell is that fell. here in brentwood misery. there's a storm moved through setting downhill this is one person who shot a picture of it for cnn. we sure you all of that, so we can go our roads are just a little wet. no big deal. >> james: absolutely. san mateo bridge is doing exactly that, light refraction. not a lot coming down the we did have a cloudy start light showers all across the bay early this morning. while you're sleeping. most of that is gone. this afternoon sunny, mild, low-mid-60's tonight clear skies, we will try things out setting the stage for fantastic tomorrow. nice, sunny skies. break in the stormy sea that

most of the moisture is to our east another system for the weekend tomorrow will be great. storm tracker 4 for assuring us not a lot going on. for the most are we are trying are ready. here's where we are, 55 oakland 48 san rafael. 58 san jose, 54 san francisco. as i said we'll get to the upper 50s- low 60s. north bay, east bay, san ramon valley and said bay as well a little cooler along the coast. it will still be nice even if your by the ocean. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. holiday weekend is what everyone is watching. at this point we have car coming in. there is a chance there we could get the bottom edge. 30 percent chance of light sprinkles

will keep an eye on that. >> george: still a pretty good ride we're not talking about many hot spots. project, they bridge westbound or very light as you can see no problems or delays. san mateo, a good one, camera is shaking and i know wind advisory is issued. golden gate bridge, 101 southbound from marin county very, very late no delays coming in. darya? >> darya: thank you, pacific gas and electric company it has started sending out information letters to 2.5 million homeowners, that are located with in about 2,000 ft. at their natural gas

transmission pipelines. the company has been under fire to provide more information about the location and its pipelines. eight people killed, 30 homes destroyed some of the need to tell people who live around those big alliance. at&t has increased its reward for catching bandeaus there as in $25,000. -- they are offering 25 dozen dollars hundreds of customers were affected yesterday because of bindles in pittsburgh. there is the latest in a string of vandalism that has happened between october and december. unrest has been made and tuesday's attempted sexual assault case. the attempted assault happened in the 400 block of third street. police are not releasing any information about who they arrested but

the investigated whether the suspect could be linked to other assaults. officers had arrested a man suspected of fatally shooting another manuscript. it happened an enemy that, 500 block. police and not giving any other affirmation about today arrested or who was killed. the heavy we have a program note,programming change to let 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. because nbc is nearing the giants game. san francisco, it looks pretty clear rain now, as we talked about their roadways are wet. leftover from rain. rainouts 54 degrees a high

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>> darya: their trendy drop of our fire in texas. forecasters are calling for cooler weather . that gives the firefighters from halt their dozens of the wild fires burning more than 1 million a.. entire towns have been evacuated the governor says richard rate every county and state has been affected or threatened to. on the anniversary of the gulf oil spill bp is suing trans ocean for $40 billion. they accuse the honor of causing last year's deadly blow. that led to the worst offshore or no disaster in u.s. history. there are also suing the maker of that rich. the latest set of

libya, of rebel leader claims opposition has taken control of a post on the tunisian border. the reported capture of the crossing could open important channels to the nearby desert town. the border post was taken over today three days of intense battles have been waged there. tuz news photographers have been killed in libya. there were killed yesterday wallcovering the battles between the rebels, to others seriously injured. had their intent was nominated for her an oscar. the latest news said that japan people are banned from entering the radiation zone because of the danger. authorities will arrange a

brief visit for residents to go into their home to get what they need and get out. new data shows two-thirds of the more than 11,000 victims identified so far were older than 60. 93 percent of them drowned. it was the tsunami that killed them. i love of older people, 60 and older lost their lives. gm says a will temporary lease suspend production there that temporarily suspend production. several gm has seen will impact. coming up, president obama is leaving the bay area today. we'll tell you what he does before he goes. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. hey marcel, watch this!

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family the bay area this morning. >> darya: at the same regis hotn san francisco will check and live with the details. >> will: morning, the people who are meeting this morning could easily have their own milk and coffee at home. but, they are meeting president obama at the scene regis hotel. you can see the police car, their problem about 15-20 police cars on the side. to sit down with mr. obama over a bowl of oatmeal will cost between 30-$35,000. we've not been able to confirm that. that is the word on the street. that is how much it will cost each come a good pitcher, talk a little bit with him before he takes off from sfo. so, it is acquiring now but this is a lot of security, street

signs oliphant on this place we expected to be shut down briefly for president barack obama will probably be here between 7-830. as soon as he gets here i will let you know. >> i know would seem silly but iowa's want to know whether they serve? i think well 25,000 it better be worth it can you find there? we just lost in. he's going rate now to find out. after the president held the town hall meeting a lot of people but to see him. it's the second of the three events he had talking about the economy proposing deficit-cutting. the president told his plan is to cut the deficit over 12 years he says it's not a cure all more needs to be done. >> even if we get this four trillion dollars we do still have a long-term problem with medicare and medicaid.

health-care costs, for the inflation goes up so much faster. this is where there's another big debate what the republicans, what i've said is, the best way for us to change it is to build on the reform wing of last year. start getting a better bang for our dollar. >> darya: president barack obama heads to reno this morning after that breakfast valley last of his meetings then it's on tell lake for more fund-raising. kron4 has been covering the visit. we were there for his facebook town hall meeting as well. so we have all the information they're for real, and a place for your commentary on our website at www.kron4.com. >> justine: fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week after a big jump. the labor

department just put out these numbers, is more for mission comes in and out the number i will bring them to you. >> darya: now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: love creek , roads or dampen but, so far, so good. no heavy rain, not much in the way of light rain. if you run into anything is more than likely to be drizzle. 56 in concord. 63 by lunch, 66 the high this afternoon. dipping back down near 50 degrees. may now the wind is back, we've seen some of our cameras rocked back and forth. sfo 16 mi. an hour winds 20 mi. an hour winds in oakland 15 san jose. it is a little crazy. --

breezy. anything that is falling is in the form of light drizzle. so far, so good. first right now are temperatures are mild, 54 san francisco, 58 in hayward. mind you 60. -- mountain view 60. 66 santa rosa, 65 petaluma, 62 san rafael. 66 fairfield. san francisco 60, san mateo 63, palo alto 66. oakland 64. 61 union city, 63 fremont. 63 degrees in san ramon, livermore. access bay, san

jose, 63. -- south bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. more details coming up, in details on the sierra. >> george: thank you, still a pretty good writer on the bank no hot spots. -- still a pretty good ride of and that they.around that they. e bo bridge looks good, no delays or problems. your ride in an starlet good one. golden gate, no delays. knowles

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>> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here's a quick look, it should be good today, morning rain, snow mix, higher elevations snow level should be run like level. friday not bad, 30 percent chance of rain. 57 the mike, saturday 36 percent chance of rain. that is a quick look here tahoe forecast change requirements are in effect coming up george will break down when you need them. >> darya: new details the

dark park in san jose there was closed after the dog became ill and died is supposed to reopen this morning. let's go kron4 is craig sklar he is at the scene what they look at the details. what is going on? >> to the park is still locked you can see the chain on the door it still says no transgressing. animal control found no pop success -- note toxic substance. the dog when into convulsions and died on the way to a veterinarian. the parker shut down there's a lot of concerns, they looked in the park have not found any poison. that's not funny any in the results for the doggy there. they will pressure auction and hopefully get it open. i talk to people a couple of days ago they thought maybe m someone might poison the dog. but the word out now

that animal control says is not the case hopefully people return. i'm fortunate for the honor traumatic experience, she told me she didn't see exactly what the dog might of been eating. he seemed to be eating something and then suddenly got sick and die. things might be back to normal. >> darya: we will be get that through the morning. an update to run it. right now, san jose, let's take a peek at 101 northbound promise of bound both directions look good rain now it's 58 illiterate breeze shaking our camera looking for a high of 63 this afternoon. [ banker ] mike and brenda found a house that they really wanted.

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>> darya: we have a quick recap of the top stories president barack obama waking up in san francisco this morning after this appearance last night. before he leaves the bay

area to had to reno, he will have breakfast. another fund-raiser. after that it is desolate. we're standing by live outside the same regions are he is waking up, and has the breakfast this morning he's pitching a plan that will reduce the deficit by four trillion dollars. caltrans officials will vote today on a plan that will save the agency from making service cuts. the agency may have found the three and a half million dollars that it needs to avoid the cuts. they're looking rainout that additional money coming from deferring maintenance and barring from my cat will fund. >> justine: a few new details just coming up the wires, about unemployment benefits as fewer people applied for unemployment last week this is after a sharp drop the week before.

the labor department as saying the number people applying dropped to a much better number about 403,000. most economists are saying as applications continue to decline and businesses have stepped up their hiring, this is half the number of people applying for unemployment. so things are doing a little bit better. >> darya: now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: things are looking good here as we had into this thursday morning. we had rain overnight rain now we're doing ok. we are seeing conditions slowly getting better over the next three days we will see a mixed bag, today we start of were sprinkles. temperatures up into the low 60s. sunny skies, mild temperatures course, a nice way to end

the week. this weekend clouds roll in. they could give us a slight chance of light rain. maybe even into monday. we will keep you abreast of that forecast. light rain by treasure island most of the stuff we see is down to our south. there's not a lot of it. really light stuff. more impressive is up near tahoe. this is where the system is now. you're saying that rain, snow change in elevation. that is action were the snow level is. chain requirements are in effect. bay area temperatures looking good. 58 san jose 55 oakland. quick look at where we

expect them to go for the most part you're looking at upper 50s loaded mid-60s. it can be found in the north bay, that there, south bay you'll be cooler along the coast temperatures of 59 degrees. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. slight chance of this regard to this weekend. next week temperatures rise the sun is out things get warm. >> george: good writer and the bay area not tracking and the hot spots. westbound bay bridge ride looks good. no problems. the nimitz also an easy one. san mateo is prom freight. as we look at the right side of your screen that is the westbound traffic. golden gate 101 south found no delays or problems coming in. as promised, updating your ride to the sierra,

interstate 80 chains are required. 50 no change control. he the requires them. darya? >> darya: san paulo homeowners affected by last month's landslides have been offered a temporary fix. it could allow the homeowners backing to their homes for the time being. here's the fix, let's listen. >> there would consist of peers, being placed atop a hill to support the homes above the side and my removal for a the back of the homes at the end of the side. >> darya: the estimated will cost about 150 thousand dollars taking five days it is only meant to be a temporary fix. the hopes is that the government will put the money for the full

remedy which the city estimates will cost about $5 billion. it's unclear whether those funds are going to be made available. new details concerning gov. sports matters last met steps to reduce the sentence of a political allies son. esteban, his father is a former assembly speaker pleaded guilty in a fatal stabbing case the victim's mother is. calling the former governor's action and abuse of power. >> the abuse of power that they decided to take matters into their own hands. if we could all make up our own rules wouldn't that just be a world gone awry. >> darya: they're suing the state of california for breaking the law by failing to alert them of the governor's schwarzenegger as last-minute action. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a look at the

golden gate bridge, that roadway is still a little moist and it is surely. 53 degrees rain now they will see a high of 66. 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. we have our cameras all along the route you can capture the fun. you can be ended or you can sit on the couch and have a great morning. plus, we will replay in case you are and then come back and see if we try on-camera sunday night at 8:00 p.m..

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>> darya: after dominating the rockies the giants batts went cold in denver. colorado rockies beating the giants 10-2. mccain was far from his best wrestling with his command lasting just 4-

2/3 innings. six runs, nine hits. these could not keep things going against a red sox. homer of the previously untouchable gonzalez. the red sox got their first road win of the season. they beat the a's 5-3. major league baseball is taking over the dancers. they're becoming paralyzed by the divorce of its owners. the commissioner says he's going to appoint our representative to oversee the operations. because the concerns or the finances of the operations of the team turned nasty divorce. he will announce the new team had in the next several days. corey busch has been mentioned as a possible can the than the lakers have debuted a public service announcement in response to kobe's anti-gay

start work. >> james: out about respecting different kinds of people. he was also fined $100,000 by the nba for using this far when he was frustrated over a referee's call they agreed to work with them against gay and lesbian alliance. after four days and snow in minneapolis nfl talks are over for now. they broke it up yesterday after the court ordered talks say there were few signs of progress no plans to meet again tummy 16th the nfl lockout over the lack of a collective bargaining agreement is its 40th day. we'll be back with more in a couple of minutes. al live look outside that the james lick, traffic is nice, light. the head lights are shining on some wet pavement. high of 60 this afternoon.