tv KRON 4 Early News KRON April 22, 2011 6:00am-7:00am PDT
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>>darya: 6:00 a.m., top stories after intense scrutiny since the deadly san bruno gas fire. the ceo piccinni resigns. >>mark: another door and left open as a train speeds through the tunnel. will tell you exactly what happens. >>darya: enforcement makes arrest after a surprise visit to registered sex offenders in the south bay.
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we will have details. >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 morning news. >>mark: good friday morning. a live look out at the golden gate quiet right now. let's go to james. >>james: live look from mount tam, looking back at san francisco and the golden gate bridge. low clouds and fog. morning patchy fog, cooler temperatures, santa rosa 49. will warm up nicely this afternoon. mostly cloudy and mild this afternoon. mainly will be in the low to mid '60's. tonight, a chance of light rain. several systems headed our way. two will break down exactly how much rain will fall and when the showers will arrive. >>george: good morning hot spot free morning so far. no
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back up, no delays for the west on rides, all the approaches to the bridge for the macarthur maze look good. i will show you that in a traffic check coming up. >>darya: 6018 am at top pg&e executives stepping down in the wake of the san bruno gas line explosion. we have the picture of him, he will leave the company later this month. he is currently the chairman chief executive and president of pg&e. the board member lee cox will surf until they find a replacement. he will leave the company with the $35 million retirement package. new details about the past problem in muni. there was the power of video posted on youtube where door was open on a muni train. again the same
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situation, different line, the airline. of ryder reported the video. muni is investigating, and no one was hurt. >>mark: non-residents about a series of home burglaries' this month. to burglaries' an attempted 1 have happened. the suspects apparently broken the victims' homes through unlocked windows out of sight of the street. morning, lockyer windows in the area. in the south bay, law-enforcement officials paying surprise visits to dozens of sex offenders. >>reporter: the operation began thursday afternoon, local and state authorities to team up to check on 25 convicted sex offenders.
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they want to make sure the sex offenders live where they say they lived so please can keep track of them. they also searched the homes to look for pornography and toys that can attract kids. aspiration is wrapped up with real grass. i hope this type of how investigations will prevent this. police >>darya: researching for a man suspected of sexually assaulting a woman near use c s f to parnassus perhaps campus. the suspect is described as a man with their skin about 5 ft. 7 in., george brown of long curly hair. he also has unusual piercing support on or around his face. pearson's on east watch nostril and on his lip. --
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piercings. at right now, san mateo bridge as quiet, visibility is good a few cars heading over the bay bridge the approaches easy. i look like icy clouds there in the sky? >>james: of low clouds and fog there. some fog potentially in the north bay as well. patchy morning fog and low clouds, sunny afternoon and temperatures will warm up in the upper 50s and 60s. some folks will see a upper 60s this afternoon. currently worsening 49 san francisco, 41 santa rosa, east bay 48 concord, 48 san jose. the
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santa rosa of 41 he will get up to 67 this afternoon. 69 fairfield, 67 san jose, a 66 livermore. as we go through the day to day will notice the clouds build. out in the pacific we have several systems headed our way which will not only cloud assault and coolest down, but also give us a chance of the sprinkles or two for sunday. we have to get a check of your morning ride to george. >>george: hot spot free ride from the bay area, a project at the bay bridge ride westbound. traffic is moving well no delays. no metering lights yet. the san mateo bridge commute an easy one with traffic lighter than usual. the golden gate bridge ride 101 southbound problem free not only across the span but through marin county. an update, the lone
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>>mark: 6:10 a.m. on a quick look at your baseball forecast. giants and graves, a game one tonight 7:15 p.m.. if the forecast and will be mostly cloudy, a little windy and we have a chance of a sprinkle beginning late tonight. i don't it will happen during the game. temperature 54 degrees, only 53 degrees between the start and finish. that is your giants baseball forecast. >>darya: president barack obama is waking up in
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california again this morning. when he left yesterday, he made a stop in reno and went to l.a.. now he is in los angeles. this is video of him in reno. he is talking about the rising price of gas and what they're doing to protect consumers. >> to putting together a team whose job is to root out any cases of fraud and manipulation in the oil markets that might affect gas prices. that includes the role of traders and speculators. we will make sure no one is taking advantage of american consumers. >>darya: the national average is $3.84 a gallon, 305 higher than a month ago and a dollar more than a year ago. >>mark: let's get more on gas prices with jackie live in mill valley as the numbers keep climbing. >>reporter: $3.84 a gallon is the national average. how sad is it that we would love
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to pay that. were paying $4.21 a gallon, that's up over 205 in the last 30 days. that puts a second on the list of the most expensive gas in the united states. only behind hawaii. it seems like they'll leave we see the numbers go up. carol doyle sits at $110 right now. -- a barrel. let's take a look at what you're actually going to pay in the bay area. in san francisco, it's at $4.27, oakland a $4.21 in san jose as $4.22. i filled up yesterday, $80 to fill up and i didn't even talk it
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protests. it looks like what they're showing in court is the media coverage of the event. if anything interesting happens i will bring that to you. >>darya: workers in san jose are beginning the second day of their today converse strike to protest what they claim it is the unfair firing of hundreds of workers. co-workers say 300 employees were abruptly fired in january. this did the company said it were fired because of low sales. meanwhile opened a new store in seaside. when we will have the store owners say only half of that number was fired and it was done at of necessity for the supermarket. a three year- old child is ok after her mother after inside a parked car while she went into a san jose casino. 25 year-old maria was arrested yesterday afternoon on felony child abuse after security guard
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at garden city casino found the child in the car. officers estimates the girl was in the car for about 45 minutes. the three rows checked out by a paramedic and is ok. it just a little bit hot. they may end up charging the mother with child endangerment. >>mark: a surveillance video, a man on fire running in and out of the video store in san francisco. he is in critical condition this morning. you could see this surveillance video, paul uc him on the statehood. please don't know the maman's identity, he is still unconscious. >>mark: let's get a look at the weather, a lot of people may have plans. or " the not rain on. >>james: a lot of kids have plans of finding easter eggs on sunday morning. look of the view from our roof cam, a beautiful sunrise in the making. let's talk about
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what we expect for weather today. cool temperatures and patchy fog to start, isolated. all in the north and east bay valleys it can be fixed at times. this afternoon more sunshine our temperatures will warm up into the upper 60s. tonight, we do have clouds rolling and because we have a series of systems headed our way that will give a sprinkles here and there. right now, 49 san francisco, 41 santa rosa of the coolest. don't worry we will warm things up considerably by this afternoon. we will see widespread 60s, mainly mid to low mid '60s. we'll have some spots near 60 degrees. mainly at the north bay and in the south bay. as for what we expect to happen this weekend. take a look,
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you see all the cloud coverage headed our way, and batted in those clouds are minor systems that will roll through. we have future cast at 49 i will advance it to new. but really small and really light, saturday it will disappears. them we don't see anything else even into sunday morning. it looks like we will be dry. out the next wet weather probably sunday evening into monday morning. next week looks beautiful, warm temperatures of lots of sunshine as we get back to normal with their afternoon highs. 620 the time. >>george: hot spot free ride from the bay area, slow traffic on 580. first, the right of the bay bridge toll plaza west bound of very light. this is the normal activation time for the metering lights, but they haven't been switched on yet. san mateo bridge looks great. lighter than usual
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traffic. usually between 6:00 a.m. and 630 m we siepi, not this morning. your golden gate bridge right good through marin county no delays. the a second accident reported for interstate 580 in the westbound direction. while this looks like normal traffic on the weekday, it's actually heavier than the rest of the freeway. take a look of the past try coming from to 05 towards livermore. no delays on interstate 580 westbound. 621 a m, we will be right back.
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rafael is 46 degrees, high of 67. >>mark: senator john mccain is in libya meeting with rebel forces. mccain one of the supporters of the u.s. military intervention in libya. saying rebels fighting are his heroes. mccain is a top republican on the senate arms committee and said he's there to assess the situation. on man creditors are providing 24- hour patrols over libya as president barack obama approved the use of these armed drones on the armed forces for the first time since american turned over the operation in they go back 8 1/4. the rebels have been complaining that nato air strikes have been largely ineffective. defense secretary said the creditors will limit the u.s. role but will provide additional help to nato. he insists u.s. boots will not touch libyan soil. japan >>darya: said they had brought up an extra budget.
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the parliament is expected to pass the budget next the government will allocate about a quarter of the budget to fix the roads to and the courts damaged by the earthquake and tsunami. they said the cost of the desert could reach $309 billion. the most expensive natural disaster in the world. toyota said its car production distracted by the parts shortages at from japan will not return to normal until november or december threatening its spot as the world's top- selling on a maker. toyota said the disaster have cost of production loss of 260,000 cars. we'll resume car production at all of its plants in japan for the first time since hopes to quit. >>mark: we will be right back, coming up a warning for residents in san carlos this morning after a series of burglaries. it will have details ahead. kron 4 will air nbc programming while the giants game is on nbc.
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no description of the suspect, police are warning residents to locking windows when you leave your home. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>mark: 3 registered sex offenders have been arrested after violating conditions of their release. police visited registered sex offenders as part of a sting. they visited the homes to make sure they live where they said they did and searched for pornography and toys that attract children. a former girlfriend took the stand in court yesterday, she said she did not remember him asking her to watch a news report about the shooting death of bailey back in 2007. according to the prosecutor, the girlfriend said then they
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asked her to watch the report. the video played in court last week, shows been laughing at the death of bailey. >>darya: pleaded not guilty to charges that they set up man for drunk driving arrests. steven and christopher butler are suspected of conspiracy and other charges to. prosecutors say butler hired women to get his clients or estranged husband strong and arrange to have them arrested wednesday drove away. the idea was to put the men at a disadvantage in their divorce proceedings. butler and another man have also pleaded not guilty to separate charges alleging they sold seized drugs. >>mark: the weekend weather forecasts, it doesn't look that nice. james has the latest >>james: today will be ok, a quick look at where receiving the cloud cover
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this morning. in a moment i will show you the bay bridge approach camera. it it shows you that lower deck of cloud cover and that's what we're dealing with this morning. here you can see were dealing with that and it will be cloudier as the day goes on. we are going to enjoy a nice afternoon. temperatures at the moment 49 san francisco, 41 santa rosa. 48 in san jose and it looks like 51 and the delta, a antioch on the warmer side of our temperatures killed this morning. this afternoon we will warm up considerably. take a look here, santa rosa 41, by 3:00 p.m. 67. the 64 sonoma, 61 san rafael. temperatures will be in the low to mid 60's, '60's san francisco, 63 redwood city. it depends on how much hype cloud coverage you have. 63 castro
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valley, 63 berkeley, 64 oakland. walnut creek will warm up to about 68 degrees. as we look at the south bay, temperatures around 67 degrees for san jose. 70 campbell, these are probably optimistic chances are we will be in the mid-60's as opposed to the upper 60's and 70's. when i come back, i will break down your weekend forecast and we will talk about the rain, when it will fall, how much we will expect in the outcome of next week. >>george: no hot spots this morning, i'm not much in the way of slow traffic either. let's start with the bridge check, the bay area bridges, the bay bridge west bound no metering lights yet. we are about 10 minutes past the normal activation time for the west bound ride. the ride to the san mateo bridge looks good, no delays in either direction and no delays of the toll plaza
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west bound. your ride for the golden gate bridge, 101 very light this morning. no slow in showing up on the road with centers. let's take a look pitcher ride through san jose, picking up the commute here 1 01 northbound. it no delays or problems as you head up towards santa clara from downtown san jose. >>mark: it's been two days and firefighters are still battling this for alarm fire at a warehouse in watsonville. 50 firefighters have used a 3 million gal. of water to try and extinguish the fire at the apple growers ice and cold storage company. it started at 3:30 p.m. wednesday and one of the company's collapse trying to sell this the merchandise, they say it's worth four to $5 million. it could take four days to complete put out the fire. the causes under investigation. >>darya: president barack obama is waking up in california today. he left yesterday around 10:30 a.m.
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and then went on to reno, and to los angeles. this is video as he arrived in l.a.. his three day west coast trip is all part of a fund- raising blitz for his 2012 campaign for reelection. he is also selling a long-term plan for reducing the deficit. yesterday his supporters rallied at a gathering in sony pictures, where he talked about the economy. >> to a half years later, as the economy is growing again. to a half years later, were creating jobs again. to a half years later, the financial system works again. to and a half years later, small businesses are opening their doors again. >>darya: he is hoping to raise $1 billion for his 2012 reelection campaign. he wraps up this three day west coast swing later this morning.
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>>mark: on wall street, the markets closed today for the observance of good friday. strong earnings reports coming out from blue chips, the dow of 52 points just yesterday. shares of apple rose 3% after the first quarter earnings beat analysts' estimates. the dow to its highest in nearly three years. >>reporter: and kron 4 news room, problems for amazon this morning the company sells books and cds online but it also rents out space for a huge computer servers. one of the amazon state dissenters in texas is still experiencing an outage, it 24 hours later. this morning amazon said the recovery effort is making progress but it could all could put a timetable on when the computers would be restored. this service affects millions of people who use these computer programs. hopefully it will be back on soon.
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>>darya: today is earth day and several groups are getting set to show their conservation efforts today. the projects being unveiled include electric vehicle charging stations in san rafael, up by a diesel facility in oakland and rainwater collection service in san francisco. organizers hope to remind people that reducing greenhouse gas emissions need to be a community wide effort. >>mark: a quick break as the kron 4 morning news continues. will have an update on the bay area gas prices would drop again. walnut creek right now traffic is moving smoothly on 680 north and south bound. your looking south on downtown walnut creek.
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the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben's a re/max agent, and he's a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it's also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. >>james: a live look showing you san francisco and the flight sky here. looks for a double we expect this coming
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weekend. quicken look of your holiday. several systems editor way, nothing to bake. sunday morning, if we get anything it will be toward sunday night. the rain will be laid not a whole lot of accumulation. this will be a quick moving system so if 70 weekend plans outside, chances are you will be o.k. but there is that random result prospect of there. >>darya: the way that the cars are lined up at the gas station you think to be a deal. but it's not >>kate: prices are nearly $5 a gallon. i guess the porsche and mercedes can afford it. jackie as lives in mill valley, >>reporter: the sky is going to have to sell the jaguar to a filthy porch. i'm in no valve leak where the
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average for the regular gallon of gas is $4.29 which is about close to the state average. nationally, $3.84 up $1 over the same time last year. california is nowhere near that. we have the distinct pleasure of been the second-highest in the entire country. $4.29 only hawaii is tiger. they're $4.50. --higher. what you're going to pay in the bigger cities san francisco $4.27, oakland $4.21, san jose at $4.22 just to tick higher than the state average. it all has to do with the barrel of oil. $110 for a bear all right
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now. i know the prices of been going up steadily right now. --a barrell. we talked with president obama and his concerns about the price. it seems like there's no end in sight, in five weeks we have memorial day coming up and traditionally the gas prices start going up during that time of year. we may be paying $5 a gallon by memorial day. >>darya: it does make me look at little offer they have put the car wash, you get it cheaper. maybe that's the way to go is do these little deals. some >>reporter: places you can pay cash you get five to 10% discount. every little bit helps right now. >>darya: thank-you jacket. it 6:43 a.m. we'll be right back. --jackie i am a sneeze whisperer.
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>>james: all live look to the bay bridge approach the low clouds and fog a possibility for your morning in there they are. this morning partly cloudy and chile in the east bay. i knew mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s and tonight we will cool it down into the '40's. another storm system headed our way should bring like sprinkles through the day saturday. sunday, these are the clouds rolling away and within will bring in a brief chance of a sprinkle on saturday afternoon. 49 san francisco, 48 san jose the sun is not up just yet to start the warming process. in the afternoon, 67 is what we expect santa rosa to see. 63 he redwood city, 60 san francisco, 64 oakland in the
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south bay 67 degrees in san jose. hot your 7 day forecast, this weekend although we do have a chance of the sprinkled it will be quick. sunday we have a chance of the sprinkles but it looks like your morning hours will be fine for your easter egg hunt. the rain won't come until late sunday night and that will be light. next week, tuesday through thursday temperatures inland getting into the low seventies once more. feeling more like spring. let >>george: traffic on this good friday morning, no hot spots to follow an easy ride at bay area bridges. take a look at the bay bridge west bound, he will see the ride looks good, the meter and let's have not been activated. your commute on the san mateo bridge is lighter than usual in both directions. the golden gate bridge, no delays either
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through marin county or cross the stand. the southbound 101 ride problem free from one end to the other. >>mark: thank-you george, despite budget trouble its diesel power head for caltrans. the board voted not to close stations and maintain the current train schedule at least through the 2012 fiscal year. that does mean higher fares and parking fees increased. a 255 increase on the base fare and $1 increase on daily parking fees. at $10 increase on the monthly parking pass. no vote on imposing that 10 m.p.h. speed limit for the golden gate bridge. they decided to put off the decision until more input can be given by the bicycling community. it they say the speed limit is to reduce a bike accidents on the bridge. >>darya: san francisco budget deficit could bring cuts to the police and fire
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department. as another $11 million to come up with for the city and 171 police officers could be laid off as a result. the department is considering reducing or eliminating foot patrols, reducing hours it's open to the public, cutting community relations and closing district stations. the city wants police officers to forgo a scheduled racraises to or go possible lay off. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues. if we will have the latest in a sports news including charlie sheen hitting the baseball field.
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>>mark: welcome back, foggy morning at the bay bridge was towe do have pockets of fog. mid-60's this afternoon and may be a shower or two into the weekend. hockey, taking care of business the sharks after coming back from the 4-0 deficit and winning in overtime, now the wind again last night in l.a.. the need one more win to advance. unless you, it's cold out there. the sharks beat the
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kings 6-3 last night, they had a lead in the first round, game 5 tomorrow night where the sharks could finish it off. >>darya: you have all sorts lane go >> (laughter) which >>darya: name, that brings me to charlie sheen he took the diamond as a temporary yellow jacket and he didn't do too bad. he did ok on the field, watch a couple balls and he was impressed with his performance but he also just reminded himself we as. >> is this like a jailhouse interview. he spoke out about his custody and they put him behind bars. yes, who's in jail you are why? i need not be so hard to
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myself, the fact that it didn't go 1/2 up the light tower, that anchors me when i go you shore up the wall. >>darya: right now he continues to watch torpedoes with his filing torpedo of truth one-man show. that's why he's in atlanta. >>mark: lindsay lohan will be back in court this morning as a judge will decide if there's enough evidence against her to go to trial for felony grand theft. she is accused of stealing a $2,000 necklace from the store in january. she rejected a plea deal that would solve thesettled the case. she may be found in violation of her probation for eight d y back in 2007. regardless of what happens in the grand theft case. >>darya: today is the start of bay area national dance week ende. there are nearly 600
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free dance events as part of this entire week. chinese workout class in san francisco and tend 30 a.m., and one dance in union square at 1:00 p.m., rudolph story ballet in mt. view at 7:00 p.m.. a area national dance week runs nine days and ends may 1st. >>mark: save the date see the royal wedding, taking place next friday morning prince william kate middleton getting married on april 29th and we will come on as the wedding begins. to a.m. we will be here live with coverage. you don't want to miss it. >> (cheering & applause) >>darya: the wedding of the century. san francisco, a little breezy out there, high clouds but they don't in business right now. no rain, will be right back. the internet on a plane! are you from the future?
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