announcer mac this is a kron 4 news at 6:00 a.m.. darya thank you for waking up with the kron 4 morning news. the weather is changing again. >>james: morning clouds, fog and drizzle. he will leave your wipers as you make your way around the bay this morning. this afternoon, partly sunny-sunday. dry and warm beginning tomorrow. that is just a quick look at what we are expecting weather wise. most of the moisture has pushed to the east. it will be damp and cloudy. fog tracker 4 is showing as clouds and fog set for 7:00 a.m.. it will take until about 1:00 p.m. to do so. at 7:00 a.m., the

fog will push out and we will wake up tomorrow morning to more than likely clear skies. we expect warm temperatures to kick in tomorrow. today, this is what we're dealing with. low-mid-60s. 62 in san francisco, 63 in oakland, this afternoon we will see things warm up like this. in the south bay, san jose, low 70's, upper 70's for los gatos and morgan hill. 71 in oakland. in the delta, the san ramon valley, low-mid- 70s with partly cloudy skies. santa rosa, 77. across the north bay, mostly in the mid-70s with 75 for navato and snap up. 72 in san rafael. upper 60's is

what we can expect for downtown san francisco today. conditions will warm up as we head towards >>george: on the bay bridge, there are no backups or delays as you approached the toll plaza. from macarthur to the maze, a nine minute drive time. the san mateo bridge looks good. volume building a little bit, but an easy ride eastbound and westbound. the wet deck is your only concern. the golden gate bridge is a little foggy. no problems across the span the southbound. an easy ride from marin. your ease they

can you, the right on 80 pass highway four still looks good. 18 minutes from hercules to berkeley. the 101 arrive looks good from san jose out of the coyote valley. 85 has not begun to slow. to 80 looks good from the west valley to downtown. the marin ride is a problem free as you head south out from before 37 coming down the navato narrows and county line near san antonio road. an easy trip through navato to san rafael. new speaker 6 of 3:00 a.m., the oakland occupiers in oakland, the demonstrators as a part of the occupied movement are camped out right now. there are still sleeping outside of the city's franco goggle

. jackie sissel is live on the scene. >>jackie: one person just put up a sign that said it this is oscar grant plaza. they are also protesting corporate greed. yesterday, hundreds of protesters, in solidarity with occupy wall street that started about a month ago. and occupies san francisco started about two weeks ago. here in frank ogawa plaza in front oakland city hall, dozens of protesters are protesting everything from corporate greed to wall street greed, you saw the sign that said oscar grant. a number of causes. there is no one is centralized caused to unite them other than rage

against the status quo. they say that 1 per cent is controlling the 99 percent. for right now, it is very peaceful. they seem to be extremely well organized. they have tents set up out here. they look like they are in it for the long haul. right now everything is a relatively quiet. >> darya: take a look on left, that is video out of boston. police arrested about 50 protesters last night from the occupied boston movement because they ignored warnings to to move from a site near the official in camera. on the right is video from downtown chicago. they rallied for

better education, affordable housing and more jobs. police decided about two dozen people for staging a sit-in in the street. >>mark: we are waiting for the opening bell. right now, dow features are down 79 points. european leaders have promised a solution for the debt crisis by the end of the month. today, investors are watching and waiting on slovakia, the only country left to approve the european a bailout. >>mark: the president's jobs bill appears to be dead in the u.s. senate. president obama has been campaigning for his four to $47 billion measure which is expected to come to a test vote in the

senate today. the bill combines payroll tax cuts for workers and businesses with spending on infrastructure and help for local governments to avoid layoffs for teachers, firefighters and police officers. republicans say the proposal is another expensive failure in stimulus spending. >>justine: we are learning about a celebration of the life of steve jobs. it is held for apple employees. the ceo tim cook put out a memo to employees, the event will be held at an outdoor amphitheater at the apple headquarters in cupertino on wednesday, october 19th. part of that memo, cook explains that many of you have explained a sad days and a shed many tears over the past week. i found comfort in both telling and listening to stories about steve. that gives us a little idea about what might be happening on wednesday. steve jobs died last wednesday at the age of 56. coming up on the kron 4

morning news, we will tell you more about how steve jobs died. >>darya: 6:07 a.m., we are back with more in a couple of minutes to get you going on this tuesday morning. here is a look from the roof on van ness ave. we will see a great start to the day but it will not stay that day. we will be right

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come in, the temperature is comedown and at this point, a slight chance of another sparkle or two. a full look at your weather coming up in just a little bit. >>mark: the trial of the doctor charged in the death of michael jackson resumes today. jurors are expected to hear more of the police interview with dr. conrad murray. the jurors will hear help curr, murray and formed jackson's children and mother of his death. we will be right back after the break.

>>mark: a fatal accident in san jose would to vta. the accident happened just before midnight near trimble road. will tran has details.

>>will: joining me now is a vta spokesperson. thank you for joining me, brandy. what do you know about this accident that happened around 11:30 p.m. last night? new speakenew speaker the person was on our light rail track. that is not where they are supposed to be. happened just south of trumbull and first street, it was not at an intersection, it was between platforms, not in an area where pedestrians are supposed to be. vta does have cameras on the trains. those will be >>mark: a group of homeless people have been occupying three hotels since yesterday afternoon. here is video of

the homeless people at the cathedral hill hotel. they want a call to action to provide housing for the homeless. the group plans to occupy over 10 vacant buildings with over 700 housing units. >>darya: here is a look at the weather to see how things will change. we will see some sunshine later today. >>james: if yes. here is a look at the golden gate bridge. it is damp and misty. that is how we are starting the morning. temperatures are warm, disease. partly cloudy for this afternoon. the sun will drive us out and we will get out into the 70's inland. this evening, things will clear out. we will enjoy a clear night and it will be cool. we will drop into the 50s. storm tracker 4 is showing as there is nothing really out there. what you are going to experience is just the what that is on the roadways. we are not seeing much come down any more. we

are warmer today than yesterday. we can thank the cloud cover for that. a lot of places are seeing 64. all of those locations are reporting 64 degrees. here is out temperatures should play out. beginning at noon, a mix of the '50s and '60s for out most of the day with a few locations seeing 70 degree weather. the heart of the bay, along the water, we will see mid-upper 60s. here is what the satellite view

shows. the stuff that we dealt with yesterday, clear skies and fair weather. your 7 day forecast shows that things will warm up nicely as we head towards wednesday. the inland highs will get back towards 90 degrees. a warm afternoon. friday will cool a little bit and then saturday and sunday, clouds rolling in. for the weekend, it will cool things down giving us a sprinkle or two. keep it to end, we will keep advising you of the forecast. let's say good morning to gerge rask. >>george: a metering lights have just been activated on the bay bridge. what are not tracking any hot spots. the metering lights are active. the backup begins to form, only nine minutes out of the macarthur maze. the san

mateo bridge ride is a wet one. there are no problems on this van eastbound or westbound. the golden gate bridge has been foggy and drizzly as well. accident and incident free for the southbound 101 ride. we will update the marin commute in a moment. the south they commute, as we predicted, no traffic get on the 101 northbound. the north a ride still looks good out of marin county for 101 southbound. we are delay free from navato to the golden gate bridge. darya parents met with officials

about the closing of lake view elementary school. lake view is one of five schools on the chopping block. parents are not happy. >> it is plain and simple. it is a lie! new speaker many parents, including myself, if the school closes, i am pulling him out of oakland unified school district and putting him some more calls. >>darya: parents argue that lady is one of the city's schools. the deputy superintendent says there are too many schools open for a district of their size and the funding is not there. new speaker we have about 100 schools. with 38,000 kids and trying to find all of those schools, the resources are spread very thin. >>darya: the deputy superintendent says the five schools are slated for closure including lady. they have low enrollment and all of the closures would save

the district $2 million. there is a similar meeting that will be held tonight at the lazear elementary. the board will make its final decision on october >>erica: we have gotten a variety of responses on our facebook fan page. take a look. >>erica: this is a heated discussion. visit our facebook fan page and i could read your comments on the air.

>>mark: we will be right back as we take a live look outside. a foggy golden gate bridge.

>>mark: opening statements expected today in the trial of the underwear bomber. he is suspected of trying to bomb a northbound flight. the nigerian national is acting as his own attorney. he told fbi agents he was working for al-qaeda. he was badly burned on the airplane. there is a video of him explaining his suicide mission before departing. >>mark: a dramatic shootout at a gas station in texas. two men holding up a gas station in houston. both

employees are expected to recover. the other suspect is still on the loose. incredible video out of houston texans. >>darya: this is a washed out roads. this is dramatic video. a waterfall from a tipped off, washed away roadway. for now, the only way to get in and out of that neighborhood is by boat. 6:27 a.m., we are back

with more and a couple of boat. 6:27 a.m., we are back with more and a couple of minutes. here is a live look

set up camp at the frank ogawa plaza in downtown oakland after the demonstration that they had yesterday afternoon. this was a part of a nationwide movement that started with occupy wall street. jackie sissel is live with a peek at the camp. are they going to have a formal demonstration? new speaker they are careful not to call this a demonstration or protest. not many of them wanted to go on camera for various reasons. the person

i spoke with said they are looking for change. he was not specific. they're looking for on going occupies situations. it started at wall street and moved to san francisco and other cities around the country. this started yesterday in oakland. you can see that hundreds of protesters showed up in front of city hall in frank ogawa plaza. they say that they will stay here for the foreseeable future.

scuffle is going on. it sounds like a little bit of commotion, we will check back with jackie in a little bit. in boston, police arrested about 50 protesters from the occupied boston movement because they did not move when they were told to. on the bottom right is downtown chicago. they had a number of arrests there. about two dozen people were cited for saving a sit-in. >>mark: everyone is talking about basketball as the first two weeks of the nba season is officially canceled. the commissioner has wiped out a total of 100 games following several hours of negotiations that failed to produce new labor talks. the two sides say that they will remain in contact but no formal talks

are scheduled. the players dropped to wanting 53% of revenue. the owners want a 50/50 split. >>darya: we just want some basketball. 6:38 a.m., here is a look at the back up and approach to the bay bridge. we will be right back. m

>>james: this afternoon the sun will come out and we will warm up like this. low 70's in san jose, slightly warmer as you head to the inland valleys. mid-70s towards livermore. a full check on weather and a little bit. >>justine: pg&e will be assessing a section of

pipeline and menlo park this morning. this is a part of an ongoing pressure test work. this will begin at 10:00 a.m.. the crews will start near sand hill road. people in that area may smell gas but pg&e is saying it is not harmful. service will not be interrupted during this work. >> 6:42 a.m., we are back with more and a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the james lick freeway in san francisco.

>>mark: an update on a story we have been following, a fatal accident, the accident happened just before midnight a perverse history and trimble road. trains are running on time. will tran is at the scene with the details.

>>will: what do you know about this accident that happened last night? new speaker the person was on our light rail track where you are not supposed to be. it was at an intersection of a major cross street. it was just south of trumbull and first street. it was between our platforms. it was not in an area where pedestrians are supposed to be. vta has cameras on the trains. those videos will be pulled. >>mark: a group of homeless advocates in san francisco and the homeless themselves have been occupying hotels in san francisco. here is a video of the protesters. and

this is all a part of a plan to call for action involving housing for the homeless. the group plans to occupy over tend vacant buildings. >>darya: we are seeing how the morning is shaping up and drying out. >>james: here is a look from the golden gate bridge. as we walk you through our headlines, the afternoon is pretty nice. 50s and 60s are the general temperature range. partly cloudy and dry. low-mid-70s is a high in land. this evening the fall will really clear out. the cloud cover will stay away and we will cool down into the fifties. that is what we have to look forward to it throughout the day. we are one this morning in a good number of spots. the

cloud cover that we see kept the heat trapped overnight. by noon, we will get more variety in our timber tours. 50s woman to seventies and adults up. we

will have a good chance to try things out--dry things out before the weekend. at 6:49 a.m., let's get over to the traffic department and say hello to george. >>george: we are not tracking and the hot spots. we are starting at the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge ride looks good although volume is up in both directions. a very wet deck this morning as you can see. your ride on the golden

gate bridge looks good in both directions northbound and southbound. not much traffic northbound but we have enough lanes available to accommodate the traffic flow. east bay conditions are slower on interstate 80, but no problems. 680 is starting to get heavy near of the walnut creek interchange. it is heavier coming through livermore, all of that is still normal. the no. they ride is still a problem free. drive times are under 21 minutes from hercules to berkeley. >>mark: the leader of california's largest gay rights group is leaving his post. college california announced yesterday that

executive director will be stepping down. his decision comes less than a week after the group said it would not lead a campaign in 2012 to overturn proposition 8. policy that had said that voters are divided on the issue a and that timing was not right for a risky ballot fight. first day of early voting.

>>darya: the alameda fire department has now secured a second shallow water rescue boat. department officials say the second boat will shorten response times and limit wear and tear on boats. a new bicycle rental program is now in place in san francisco. it launches today. park wide like rentals have five different sites around the city. two different locations in golden gate park and one in herman plaza, you could rent a bike for as little as $9 an hour or $35 an hour for 84 cedar. >>mark: we will be right continues. we will be right back after we show you the record pumpkin.

>>james: here is a quick notion of what the weather is like. here is a live look out of san francisco. we have falk on the ground. some spots could be rather heavy. santa rosa got about three tenths of an inch, san francisco, 1300, oakland 1200 and that starts to taper off once you get to napa. all and all it was not bad. it was mostly heavy mist. today, it is going to be a little damp out there. by this afternoon and beyond we start drying out and the sun comes up. a full check on weather coming up and a little bit. >>erica: a woman gave birth after crossing the finish line at the chicago marathon just a few days ago. she was feeling contractions and rushed to hospital. she gave

birth after. her doctor gave her approval to run the 26 mi. while 39 weeks pregnant, many people are outraged by her decision to participate. i posted a league to the story in its entirety. you can sound off on our facebook fan page. >>darya: there is a new record for the biggest pumpkin and california. the winner was 1,704 lbs.. that is the heaviest pumpkin ever in california. the owner will receive $6 a pound. that is more than $10,000. he gets $6 a pound and an additional $1,000 for breaking the state record. if you want to check out that pumpkin, it will be on display with other heavy pumpkins that were runners- up in the half moon bay art and pumpkin festival.

>>mark: we are back in 2 minutes as the kron 4 morning news continues.

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