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>> or the right at 5:00 p.m. should be mild and then tomorrow when it is one heavier rain will come in. here is where temperatures are expected to go this warmer the further south you go. coulomb the coast, the upper 50s and half moon bay. here is your 7 day forecast. scattered showers today, tomorrow, more rain and even a chance of scattered thunderstorms. look for lightning and possible heel. friday a bigger system will come through. possibly an

inch of rain coming down during the course of that system slated to come through friday afternoon and will last most of the day saturday. more on that part of the forecast the closer we get to it. >> we want to tell you about the hot spots, any major problems or unusual delays your commute. so far this morning, there are no hot spots. here it is the bay bridge to start, the westbound ride is still pretty light. it seems as though volume has been down for the last week and half or two weeks. on the san mateo bridge, again, lighter than usual volume. on the golden gate bridge, here is a different

view, jackie sissel providing us with a different shot as we take a look at the ride. this is looking from grande towards san francisco. an easy trip across the sand with four lanes available all way down. public transit is doing fine this morning. there were delays during the early morning hours, no delays were reported for train no. 3. bart is back to normal service. no caltrain delays. >> all lanes northbound 101 has at san antonio road have reopened in a bottle. there was an early morning fatal accident that shut down the two left lanes for hours. a car crash in the center divider and a van crashed into that disabled vehicle. police are trying to figure out more details in the

accident. in contra costa county, the sheriff's office is investigating a fatal shooting of a man. here is the location on google earth. shots fired and a housing project at around 10:15 p.m.. the victim is a man in his early 20s. he was found dead in the street. >> the search continues for a nursing student who went missing in hayward last friday. 26 year- old michelle lees was last seen at kaiser medical center in hayward where she was taking a class. she left class during a break around 7:00 p.m. and never returned. last ride her family pass out these pliers opens to develop a week in her disappearance. so they are offering a $20,000 reward for any information leading to her whereabouts. her brother spoke out for the first time about his sister's disappearance. >> she was always protective.

she has always protected me, ever since our mother passed away 10 years ago. she is not a bad person. if she did not deserve to have this happen to her. i just want her home. >> le's family is from san diego, they came to the bay area to help with the search. her father is traveling from vietnam and expected to arrive today. >> new details of the case of brian still, the dodgers fan attack the bryan stadium, the mother of the only suspect arrested is speaking out. the mother of giovanni ramirez is claiming that her son is innocent. his attorney has been

approved to back it up. >> my son is innocent, and as i know that to the bottom of my heart. when >> we have come across evidence, witnesses and information that we believe ultimately will set a deal on their merits of free. >> attorneys for ramirez said that evidence will be turned over to the district attorney today. it would not say what it was. ramirez is being held on $1 million bail. he is a parolee and a documented a gang member. >> starting today, the entire length of the golden gate bridge west sidewalk will be closed for several months for retrofit work. that means pedestrians and bicyclists will have to share the sidewalk on the right. in september they will reopen the west side and then work on the east side walk. only a 300 ft

section of that area will be closed for four months. 6 of 7:00 a.m., we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes. let's take a look to the north of the golden gate bridge on our mt. tam cam. if we are tracking some showers. we will be right back.

>> the time is now 6:11 a.m.. here is a live look from our roof. a lot of cloud cover. that is what we will be dealing with all day today. a shower or two, mainly to the north bay. san francisco right now is at 54 degrees, warming up a little bit by noon ultimately warming to 59 degrees by 3:00 p.m.. all in all, mild and drizzly. tomorrow, even more rain on the day. how back to the newsroom. >> we are just getting more

information into the newsroom on home prices. home prices have continued to drop. they are now at the lowest levels since the housing first in 2006. prices fell from february to march in 18 major metro areas. a record number of foreclosures is , forcing the prices of home down. we will see how this impacts the market across after opening bell at 6:30 p.m.. >> the house of representatives are voting on a bill to raise the debt ceiling by 2.5 trillion dollars. it is not expected to pass because the measure does not have any spending cuts. republicans and democrats are poised to vote against this bill. it speaker john bain has insisted that any increase in the debt limit must be linked to spending cuts that are larger than the increase. the current u.s. debt limit stands just over

14 trillion dollars. the government is expected to hit that women this summer. >>, former chair of one of the disk major banks has been charged with assaulting and made hockey set at the pierre hotel. he was arrested yesterday morning. this incident was alleged to have happened on sunday. the former chair of egypt's bank of alexandria. this comes weeks after the arrest of former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn who was accused of similar allegations. 6:13 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes. let's take a look in san francisco on the james lick.

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apples ceo steve jobs will deliver a keynote speech even though he went on medical leave in january. the annual worldwide developer's conference kicks off monday in san francisco. in the keynote speech jobs is supposed to talk about apple's future which will include new hooks mac software called a line and into the next version of the iphone de and ipad versions. sick >> 5:00 p.m.. better than expected tax revenues will held san francisco avoid massive layoffs as it struggles to close a $300 million budget deficit. the improving economy has greater tax revenue than expected. there has been talk about deferring raises for police and firefighters, to help the city balances the budget and a avoid layoffs.

>> as we approached the first week of june, here is the view out mailed him. -- here is the view that mt. tam. this is what it looks like on storm tracker 4. most of the brain as well to the north and also to the east, in the sacramento valley. we are not seeing a lot of rain in the bay area, maybe near the tracy, but other than that, that is all we are dealing with. it will be like that her out the rest of the morning. this is the system that we're talking about, spinning off the coast of oregon. as it moves further south we will be getting more and more rain. tomorrow will be a bigger day for grairain. mosty scattered showers to our board. most of this stuff will be from the golden gate bridge and

north. by 5:00 p.m., your drive home will looks ok for today. tomorrow is a different story. more rain on the way. here is where temperatures will be this afternoon. low 60's in santa rosa, a perfidies in san francisco, of course 60's in concord. as you make your way down as 680 corridor, which are looking for mid-upper 60's and in south bay, san jose should top off at about 66 degrees. here is your 7 day forecast. on- again and off-again showers. wednesday, thundershower activity, hail, lightning. thursday, we are ok. friday, another system rolls through as we head into the weekend. this definitely does not look like summer in the bay area. 6:19 a.m..

>> let's start with a look at the debris to toll plaza. the metering lights have just been activated. -- this is at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is still not too bad a ride for the westbound commute. we will continue with our bridge check since there are no hot spots this morning. on the san mateo bridge, close to normal but lighter than usual on the west fan outside. the ride on the golden gate bridge, four lanes from the north tower heading towards the toll plaza. here is another view of the golden gate bridge and traffic heading inbound from the span. there are no backups or delays. on the dumbarton bridge, here is a look at the first bit of a backup for highway 84 coming of new work

heading towards east palo alto. highway 880 101, no problems on the stand. >> it has been nine days since the tornado hit joplin missouri. here are the latest pictures. experts say environmental dangers could be lurking in the water and in the year. fuels' in chemicals that may have leaked into the fires that have been burning, this city has been being inspected. no major spills have turned up even though ruined structures flyers, natural gas companies and paint manufacturers. the tornado killed more than 130 people and destroyed over 8000 homes and businesses. take a look at how they're cleaning up some of the debris. an elephant from a local service was being used to move some heavy debris like vehicles in the tornado ravaged town. >> her take a look at this video, you can see a final

sticking out of one of the storms moving across the northeastern part of nebraska. the stormy weather spawned several small twister's along with heavy rains, wind in a hail of up to 4 in. in diameter. major rough weather there. 6:22 a.m., we will be back with more and a couple of minutes. hawke forget about the weather, how about concert tickets? u2 is coming to the bay area. kron 4 is giving you a chance to see them. to enter to win, like us on facebook and you will be given access to a special entry form. you too will be at the oakland coliseum next tuesday. go to our facebook fan page and take it out. you can also does something good for a chance to get a ticket. soles for souls, if you donate new or jelly used shoes, you can drop them off at san francisco's hard rock cafe

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>> put new details out of libya, the rebels have taken the battle against a market of the to the airwaves. they have launched their own homegrown satellite television station-try to counteract the regime's media power by gaddafi. in the meantime, rebels are rejecting a truce offer from gaddafi. word of the offer comes from south african president jacobs among whom met with gaddafi yesterday in tripoli. the rebels say it is the same old union plan they have already rejected. >>-an increasing number of people are becoming sick in different countries due to a bacterial outbreed due to the tainted vegetables. 100 people in germany and 14 have died. hundreds of people in other european countries, this is all

linked to a strain of e. coli found on cucumbers imported from spain. austria, the czech republic in france have recovered the cucumbers from their shelves. russia has taken things a step further in and which issued a ban on cucumbers, tomatoes and salad produced in germany and spain. 6:27 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes. let's take a peek on the golden gate bridge. things have tried out a little bit. we will be right back.

>> despite a big drop in housing prices during the month of march, the as are on the rise, up 13 points. in the meantime we are watching bay area weather, is loaded of rain on this last day of may. james fletcher has of the report. >> a live look from the golden gate bridge. clouds of the above. the road is beginning to dry. we will have scattered light showers here and there, mainly in the north bay, but everyone will be dealing with low cloud cover and lower temperatures. no one getting out of the '60s. a full forecast in just a minute with a range that extends throughout the week. more on that in a minute. now, a quick check on >> traffic> a back up on the bay bridge toll plaza, the metering lights activated as 6:50 a.m.. the backup is not too bad. that

is the ec approach. a complete check straight ahead. >> 6:30 a.m.. a developing story that we are falling out of hayward, it has been four days since anyone has seen or heard from a missing nursing student. on friday 26 year-old michelle lees left her class at kaiser hospital in hayward to go on a break and it never came back. will tran is live in hayward with the latest on the search. are there >> any more >> there are no more clues this morning. it is very mysterious. this is the last place that anyone saw michelle lee's car. they have passed out flyers throughout this neighborhood, here is a flyer on one of the cars, there are flyers on the door as well as on the street lights up and down this neighborhood, to make sure that the people who live here

can give investigators any information on her whereabouts. she went missing around 7:00 p.m. on friday. the sun was up at the time, hopefully someone saw her. we spoke with someone in the neighborhood who said they believed her car was found somewhere in the apartment complex although it will once exactly where. they were a police department for whatever reason has been very tight- lipped. i spoke with the public information officer this morning in the first thing on his answering machine was, i will not answer any questions about the case on michelle le lead unless there is breaking news. they know that she was carrying her cellphone at the time. they called herself and numerous times but so far no one has answered. to add mr. to the case is the fact that she told people after class she was going to reno. all of a sudden, she disappeared.

>> where did she parked her car when she was going to class? >> they believe she left the parking garage from kaiser hospital, you could probably walk from kaiser to here in about two minutes. they believe this is where they found her car although it will not even give the make and model of the car. maybe they do not want to give full ever affected her, if there is an objection, to give them clues that they know where she is or to give that person any insight into the case which is why they are being tight- lipped. hopefully we will have a live interview with the hayward

police officer even if they tell us no comment. >> thank you. >> another story we are following, to toddlers or rushed to the hospital after falling out of a second story apartment window. here is the scene in petaluma. a three year-old boy and a two year-old girl. if the offer a window screen and on shrubs below. family members said they didn't realize the children have fallen until they heard the crying outside. the little girl was airlifted to oakland children's hospital. the boy was taken to santa rosa memorial. we are going live to wall street, the dow jones industrial average is up big. they're off over 40 points for the month so far as we started in may, that opened at 12,800. the dow has been down ever since but now some gains, up 124 points. 12,005 and 64. >> the golden gate bridge is about to get a little busier for

cyclists and pedestrians. the are closing one side of the sidewalk. jackie sissel is taking a look at the bridge right >> the side closest to the ocean, the west side. usually on the bridge you do not have to worry about traffic concerns. the concern now is how congested the sidewalks will be. it is getting close to the next four months of that they could do retrofit work on the west side. pedestrians and cyclists will have to share one side. in most spots is about 10 ft. wide, in some areas, near the pillars it narrows to about 5 ft.. it is

going to be concerned, especially during busy hours when you have a lot of bicyclists and pedestrians sharing the word weightsidewalks all part of a retrofit project they have had in the works for a long time. >> this is starting in june and through the taurus months? you have a tourist walking into people who might take their bikes, commuters. it is pretty skinny there. >> yes. of 10 ft. at the widest

near the pillars, 5 1/2 feet. as you get into the afternoon hours and summer months there are a lot of people. people are not only committed on bicycles, but tourists and the bight, it really gets congested. >> we will see what happens. >> watching the area weather, let's get the latest on a wet forecast with james fletcher. >> we have a wet weather pattern for the week ahead. a lot of our reservoirs are full. here is a live look outside of the james lick freeway. cloud cover up the above. that is what this guy's a

look like all day today. tomorrow, heavier rain in the forecast, more on friday and into the weekends. we will have a web friday, saturday and sunday. here is a quick look at the radar. most of the rain is well to the this is the system that we are seeing, giving us rein to the morning. we will have a lot more rain tomorrow and even more expected on friday. future cast 4, we have the rain into a 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., we will be

dealing with this scatter charts or activity primarily in the north bay throughout the day today. here is where temperatures are right now, in the mid '50s for most of the bay area. this afternoon we will warm up, but not a lot. right warmer in the south and in the east. the delta may occasionally see a sprinkle of of this system, but most of it should stay contained to the north bay. scattered sharett to be with us all week long. wednesday, heavy rain coming through. friday and saturday, much of the same. temperatures in the '60s for most of the bay area. we will not see any 70's until the weekend

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>> 6:43 a.m.. virginia state police say that for people are dead end of multiple injuries and disk or blush crass -- in this tour bus crash out of caroline county in virginia. a commercial tour bus ran off the road before dawn. the destination and cause of the crash have not been released at this point. >> wild fires in florida, orange and blue shirt counties started by lightning storms over the

weekend. bulldozers, airplanes and helicopters are being used to keep this fire away from a lockheed martin weapons facility. the flames destroyed dozens of homes in texas, 11,000 a. excuse me, 11,000 fires causing over 2 million a. to be scorched. >> 644 a m, we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a look at the james lick freeway in san francisco. right now traffic is pretty light into the roadway is dry. the skies do not look great. they're full of clouds. we will be right back.

>> a quick look at the top stories we are following this

tuesday morning. a big day for wall street. the dow jones industrial average is up 121.. they have been on a four week slide in the month of may. 12,563 points. the s&p 500, up 11. the dow started the month of may at over 12,800. >> the search continues for a nursing student, 26 year-old michelle lead. she went missing in hayward. she was last seen on friday after taking a break during classic kaiser college. her family is offering $20,000 for any information leading to her whereabouts. >> apple's ceo steve jobs will be delivering the keynote speech at the conference in san francisco. it is the annual worldwide developer's conference that kicks off monday in san francisco. in the keynote speech which jobs will talk

about the new apple software called a lion and reveal the next version of ipad and iphone softesoftware. we want to know t you think. will jobs announced a new iphone or ipad? go to facebook and post a comment. >> now, let's check whether. 6:49 a.m.. scattered showers in the north bay this morning. sprinkles will continue this afternoon break up this evening leaving us mostly cloudy skies and more rain tomorrow. here is what the radar showing us right now. storm tracker 4, it is breakinscattered rain. mostly ie north bay. all and all it is really a polite. it is not doing a lot for us in terms of trade, here is what future cast 4 is

showing us for 7:00 p.m.. scattered showers to the north. light showers will to the north. that is where most of the showers will take place through the day to day. moderate rain north of napa, otherwise the rest of the area is in for a cloudy, gray, cold day. the shares will break up by your drive at 5:00 p.m.. here is where temperatures are right now. low-mid-50s for most of the bay area. 54 and san francisco, 55 in oakland. 52 in san jose. this afternoon we will warm into the 60s. hollow-mid-60's for most of the bay. the rains today

are only in advance of a larger system that will come through tomorrow. there, you can see it spin it off of the oregon coast. and the next 24-48 hours will have a chance of thunderstorms for tomorrow. we're looking for possible hail, lightning, gusty winds, the whole mixture for wednesday. that will last throughout the day on wednesday. we get a brief break on thursday, but another system on friday with more intense rain. maybe an inch of total accumulation on that. 6:51 a.m., let's check traffic. >> is pretty smooth commute. we have not have to track any unusual delays or big problems for the last hour or so, therefore, there are no hot spots. let's take a look at the bay bridge. the leader lights are activated a little ahead of schedule and the westbound direction. the backup is now at the 880 over crossing. the ride

on the 880 approach is still the best one to get to the bridge. from here to the san mateo bridge, you're ride on 92, no problems in either direction. whiter than usual for the westbound ride. the golden gate bridge to become a slightly different view, the same traffic conditions from the north end to the toll plaza. on the south end of the bridge, a very good ride with no problems coming in from marin county. on yourself they commute, 101 north belt, plenty of sunshine and it easy commute into santa clara from downtown san jose. publicl transit, but a slow start for ease trade. no problems reporter for caltrain or board. >> all of the critical when the equipment aboard endeavor has checked out. the six astronauts are expected to bring the space

flight to when and where am prepared to land in florida. final wake-up call, commander of the shuttle endeavor, husband of gabby giffords spoke yesterday about coming on this mission. >> i do not have any regrets. we trained as a crew, the six of us, for over a year and a half to get ready for this flight. when january 8th have been, when that day came, it did not look likely that i would be on this flight, but her recovery what will love into things lined up with her being able to go to rehab in houston and i was able to rejoin my crew into complete this mission. certainly, there are no requests. >> and several related in florida and then headed to a museum in los angeles. the last shuttle flight is atlantis which is scheduled for july. >> here is a live picture that we're watching this morning. the casey anthony murder trial has

started up again in orlando, florida. some of the attorneys are meeting with the judge and having a discussion about what is going on. casey anthony is charged with fourth degree murder. this is the sixth day of testimony in her murder trial for allegedly killing her daughter caylee. kron 4 morning news will be right back.

>> we have showers hanging around for the entire week. it books like sunday is excuse me, thursday is the nicest day of the week and send it does look better than saturday. >> the dow jones industrial average up to 116 points right now. 12,557. germany is now on board for another bailout to prevent them from defaulting on some of their debt. right now and big rise for the down into the s&p.