tv KRON 4 Early News KRON November 9, 2011 4:00am-6:00am PST
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million bar and the that was needed to help improve schools. it needed 55 percent of the vote to pass and it did. 70 percent said yes to the nearly 30 percent that said no. for proposition a passed last night in san francisco a $250 million bond for st. improvement. this past with about 68 percent of voters who said they did want it. we also are following the other races around the bay area as well. there is more than just san francisco we have a graphic that we can show you. the big race in the east bay is in newark where the mayor held the seat since 1978 he did not seek reelection this year. now allen is the next mayor
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of newark. take a look at all of the results. there are other races and other numbers as well. sales tax measures are being taken across the bay area. we will have links to all of these various races and measures on our web site at kron4.com. >>justine: at 4:05 a.m. on this wednesday morning it will be another chilly start to the day but it seems like things will warm up at the day moves on. justine is another chilly start to the morning but it does not look like we will break any records. as we head into the afternoon your right about that we will see warmer temperatures we could see some low '70s around the bay. as he take a look at your whether headlines is a cold start to the morning we have some locations near freezing at 32 degrees. for the most part will be in the upper 60s and low '70s. we do have the potential for
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wet weather as we head into the latter part of the week but i will walk you through that. right outside the door you conceive yourself navato is coming in at 32 degrees. we have upper '30's for santa rosa and apple. downtown san francisco looks like one of our warmer spots. down into the south bay we have 40 degrees for los gatos and 44 for san jose. as we check out where these temperatures will going to the afternoon take a look at this, redwood city to actually reach 70 degrees by 3:00 p.m.. one degree warmer than that in mountain view, and 64 is expected for half moon bay. as the checkout conditions in the north bay 66 looks to be the, no. for places like santa rosa, and in through navato. 66 degrees is also expected for downtown san francisco and at have some possibilities of what weather as we head into the latter part of the week. we
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have a storm system that is going to drop out for from the north pacific and that does equal wet weather for the bay area. by 2:00 a.m. on friday conceded green slowly but surely moving into the screen not only that but the actual moderate to heavy rainfall by 7:00 a.m. on friday. we are waking up to wet weather friday morning in that sticks with us to the morning commute. it looks like everyone will get a healthy dose of the weather by 9:00 a.m.. as we head into the afternoon it looks like scattered showers for the most part. it looks like we can finally see some clearing by 9:00 p.m. on friday. i temperatures will increase as we head into tomorrow friday everything changes to keep the wet weather around for a good portion of the day. as we head into saturday and sunday we hold on to the potential for scattered showers your eyes are only getting into the low 60s and keeping it in the '50's and
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40's for the in and day lows. as the checkout traffic there are no hot spots to tell you about but we have some overnight construction at the bay bridge this morning. that is in effect until 5:00 a.m., but it is not causing any delays or backups whatsoever. it is pretty empty at the toll plaza flat with no metering lights to deal with. the san mateo bridge ride is nice and easy in both directions no problem getting to the bridge from the nimitz freeway. as we take a closer look at the golden gate bridge we have a pretty clear shot for you with a lot of space between cars for your south bound ride towards san francisco. now over to the traffic map we go to show you what is going on in the south bay nothing much, i have been checking the chp traffic clogs we do not have any accidents to tell you about not even a stalled vehicle. it looks nice and easy with speeds over 50 mouth hour. once
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[music] >>erica: good morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news we're taking a live look from our mount tancam. it is a clear but when the shot. you can see the camera rocking and rolling over downtown san francisco. a quick look at what is on tap for the next 24 hours. it is a coast guard to the morning we have some locations at the freezing mark solo 34 lot of the locations most the everyone sitting in the mid '40's. as the ticket to the afternoon we will see mostly sunshine brought the bay area and not allow cloud coverage. temperatures begin to low '70s for the inland in the south bay areas. as we head into the over-hour will have partly cloudy conditions. i want to show you the temperature is right outside the door because the dew point levels are already in the low to mid '30's. these temperatures really will not budge as we get closer to sunrise. navato is sitting at 32 degrees, and
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we have 35 degrees for those in fairfield and downtown san francisco seems to be one of the warmest spots coming in at 50 degrees. take a look at the south bay, los gatos is dropping to about 39 degrees. as the check out where the temperatures will goes rather that have set the feature cast for up for about 8:00 a.m.. the purple on your screen indicates temperatures and we are still holding on to 33 the 8:00 hour. as we advance the clock goes to lunch time you can see a lot of laughing along the coastline up to the north bay indicating temperatures mostly in the upper 40's and squeezing out low 60s down to the south bay. by 3:00 p.m. your afternoon highs you see a lot more green on your screen even some yellow indicating temperatures in the low '70s. i walked into a neighborhood by neighborhood to show you exactly where you are expected to hit, redwood city is almost as 70 degrees this afternoon. as for our north bay temperatures will be sitting pretty
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comfortable up into the '60s, 66 of the common number for santa rosa and through navato about 1 degrees cooler than that in san raphael. as we head into the latter part of the week we do have a storm coming about an 80 percent chance for what weather around the bay area. so looking ahead on friday the bulk of the rain actually falls in the morning during a morning commute that is when we see the heaviest rainfall. by saturday looks like it could get a break in the storm by sunday another system makes his way in equally scattered showers around the bay area. your seven day around the bay forecast does highlight that as an end to the next couple of days. on wednesday and thursday we're dealing with pretty mild conditions and the temperatures could into the '70s as we headed towards friday, saturday and sunday we have a potential for wet weather. there are no hot spots on your role ways to tell you about, so we will give you a bridge check as you head out the door. it is
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pretty quiet to the approach of the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is moving well in the east bay freeway. the san mateo bridge has no cause for concern in the westbound direction outports foster city those are the tillites of the right-hand side of your screen. there are no delays at the toll plaza whatsoever this drive is 12 minutes from in to end. as we take it over to the golden gate bridge south bound 101 has a pretty empty deck approaching san francisco. we do have some overnight road work that i want to tell you about. there are two lanes closed on south bound 1 01 until 5:00 a.m.. as for public transit it looks like off to a great start. >>justine: they can erica now to a story that you will only see on kron for as
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questions continue to swirl about how the oakland police department has handled the occupy protesters. police chief howard jordan sets the record straight in an exclusive interview with how the money.--exclusive interview with hazzig manyud. >> the oakland police chief officer howard jordan said the buck stops with him. >>pam: yes, those were my decision that i made i am responsible for those decisions. restart to hear and see about 200 people trying to enter into a building that was abandoned. there were reports of people seeing others go in there with flares and other devices. so i directed the officers to go in and clear the building and arrest people that were preventing us from doing our job. declared an on lawful assembly and those that did not want to leave would be arrested and that is what we
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did. perth >>reporter: the chief says he is not responsible for the city's policy led by mayor jean quan on how to handle the occupy oakland camp site at frank ogawa plaza. >> it is a unique situation to be in, the policy situations were made above my level. my job is to make sure that we protect life and property and make sure that my officers are doing their job and that they're being safe. my role is pretty narrow in terms of where we go from here. >>james: a three alarm fire broke out at a filmmaker and george lucas by walker mansion yesterday. it started in the main complex which is used for office space. the fire was contained relatively quickly which cost and minimal amount of damage. the area has its own fire department the had the call and other agencies to help with this out as quick as possible which they did. no one got
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hurt and the cause is under investigation this morning. software maker adobe systems plans on cutting 750 workers most of them in europe and north america. adobe has not said when it will star the layoffs. meanwhile, the company wants to focus on digital media and marketing software. last month they introduce a cloud service that will make it easier for smart phones and tablets to use it created tools. the mount diablo school will begin converting clayton valley high school into a charter school. as you can see the meeting was relatively pacts, it was standing-room-only with a lot of people in attendance. one of the main concerns was that if the high school turned into a charter school would take money away from the entire district. the charter school proposal was struck down by a vote of three-point to --by a vote of 3 to 2. >>justine: students rallied in support of joe paterno at
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his home. but his support among the school board trustees is drying up. that is according to one source. the issue is how much he knew about the sexual abuse by his former friend and assistant coach gary sandusky. now his son scott is speaking out. >> as that is hold, we have no knowledge of anything else and just as it has been, he is the coach of penn state in when there is more to add i will. >>justine: the board says that it will put together a team by friday to investigate the scandal. we will take a break with a live outside with our camera right over the james lick freeway in san francisco where a few people are starting their morning commute, it is for 20 2:00 a.m. and we will be right back.
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put >>james: yes today was the day that gamers' across the world were waiting for. stores open at midnight tuesday morning for the release of modern warfare three. this game is predicted to break all and to tame it sells records including making more money than any hollywood movie ever pass. i tech reporter gabe slate fills us in on why there's so much hype over this game. >>reporter: call of duty modern warfare three is the most talked about gang. i ask them why this game is so big. >> the last version of this game blacktops sold 25 million copies. with this coming out last night you have to delete all those people and so many more that are eager to get their hands on it. it is an extremely popular game.
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>>gabe: the last modern warfare that came out was the highest video game ever. ig integrated it very high.--ign rated it very high. >> as you start to play you realize that there is still involved. and when people start to play the want to get better at it. it also gives you certain challenges so as you continue to play you are inexperienced and you unlock their weapons. >>gabe: fans of the series will not be disappointed this plans to shatter sales records of the last installment and it is expected to make more money than any movie past. this brings a first to the video game world, with these type of games, players track their points in their statistics and compare himself to others on the online com so.--online com
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so. with this game it they can track and compete with their stats with each other. it is the first time this has been offered across platforms. parents should be aware that this has a rating of "m"for mature. it is very violent. >> there is something in the game that it will create some controversy involves a child dying. >>justine: >>justine: we have much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. we will take quick look at and our camera over the golden gate bridge. we will talk weather and more traffic and all of your election results right after this.
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mayor. >> thank you san francisco for helping me make sure every neighborhood in our city is represented. thank you san francisco. from all indications that we are looking at i think that the voters here in san francisco have said that they want this city to continue the work that we have done of creating jobs. they want the city to continue the way that we have been running at an increasing jobs. i think san francisco wants us to do four more years, what you think? as soon as this final count is completed we will go to work because that is what the public wants. that is what san francisco wants. we have to create more jobs. we have to be resilient because the things that are hurting us are still out there. we will
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bring the city together in a higher load unity than we ever seen before. you will see some on enthusiastic about working hard. tomorrow we go to work but tonight it is again from my heart to heart and my family's thank you everyone. thank you san francisco, thank you everyone from every neighborhood let us celebrate tonight in go to work. thank you symphysis go. >>reporter: ed lee said that several times. he said he wants to unite the city and he wants those that supported him and those that cannot support him to know that he appreciated the man he once to start working as soon as wednesday. >>james: now you spot and me with 31 percent, and john
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have a los was inspected and dennis was in third. now the longtime sheriff michael hennessey is stepping down. these are the results of that race. because neither candidate won the 60 percent vote, we will have to wait for the voting results to come in will get an update about 4:00 p.m. today from the election office about what those results are. now for the race of the san francisco district attorney, you can see with 1 percent of the precincts reporting he currently leads with 42 percent. again, those votes will have to be counted for a final decision. >>justine: 8 $531 million
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school bond measure passed. about 30 percent of the voters said no. there was also a past of for the road and street bond it passed with 68 percent of the vote. >>james: we have winners of other mayorial races around the bay area. there were a bevy of fresh candidates for the following positions. here are the winners. there
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are of course a number of other races in sales tax measures up for vote and we have links of those on our web site at kron4.com. >>justine: let us checking with erica for weather and traffic even though the school out there this morning thing sound like the one, 50 if >>erica: 50 in morning justine that is right.--the morning just seen that is right. as we head into the afternoon we will see the temperatures rise but like i said as you out the door right now you will definitely need a jacket currently in the upper 30s the santa rosa and snap up. we had 50 for downtown san francisco is one are warmer spots and we're holding on to the upper 40's for the east bay and check out the south bay we are dropping to the upper 30's for places like los gatos, we have 45
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degrees currently for those in now on the. we will see where the temperatures tend to the afternoon hours. we are working with a pretty tight range of temperatures but we could squeeze out from '70s along the peninsula. redwood city could get up to 70 degrees in one degree warmer than that up amount you this afternoon. in the south bay hopefully we will reach the upper 60s there. up into the north bay it is sitting pretty comfortable in the mid-60s here. 66 of the common number for places like santa rosa and through navato. one degrees cooler than that through napa and san raphael. we do have wet weather on the horizon so i want to take a wider view of our satellite and radar pictures. as you can see we have the area of hiram pressure sitting over was busily little bit weak. as we head to the next couple days the storm system will drop south and bring wet weather in cool to put it into the forecast i will show you that on the future forecast set up for about 2:00 a.m. on friday. as we
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advance the car culture to 7:00 a.m. as you week and the morning you will see the green creeping onto the screen definitely impact in the coastline. as we advance closer to 9:00 a.m. in the morning commute you can see yellow, and when to and read in the king some pretty heavy rainfall and that is bay area wide. the wet weather will stick with us drop the afternoon and even into the evening hours. it looks like we do not see much in the way of clearing until 9:00 p.m. on friday. your said there around the forecast shows what whether not only for friday the stretching into the weekend as well. we do have the potential for scattered showers for saturday and sunday ticket that those temperatures day by day. they trail off into the start of the next work week. the high is only getting into the low 60s and in the nose will actually be in the low 40's. as we shift over to traffic we do not have any hot spots, a traffic delays to tell you about just a small weight in one of those cash lines for your west bound ride toward san
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francisco. and i have checked the chp traffic clogs, no metering lights to deal and traffic is moving smoothly. the san mateo bridge right, you're good to go both directions. the tell like a signal towards foster city. over to the golden gate bridge we go, we have south bound 101 traffic that is pretty smooth right now. there is a lot of space in between cars with no major delays for your ride out of navato as we take it over to our traffic maps to show what is happening in the east bay this morning you will see a little slowing that is where speeds drop to about 45 mi. per hour there. the nimitz freeway is looking good in both directions there is a lot of green on your screen indicating speeds over 50 out hour.
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>>james: thank you very much erica, and emergency alert system is being scheduled across the country today is scheduled for a 11:00 a.m. and it will broadcast across every radio and television system it will last for about 30 minutes. listeners will hear that this is just a test you are familiar with this, they see the date was picked because it is towards the end of a hurricane season and before the official arrival of the winter. >>justine: and buildings collapsed in new york, workers were in the building when it collapsed on tuesday. rescuers scrambled to power through a-pile of
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>>justine: penn state is building a special group to look at the allegations of sexual abuse by a former assistant coach. >>reporter: fans swarmed joe paternal house to show support for this penn state football coach and he appreciated it. former assistant coach gary sandusky is accused of molesting eight boys from 1994 until 2009. his son
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reminded people outside of joke journal's hong is that people were really hurt. the new york times report that penn state plans to fire joe paternal premature. two colleges administrators have stepped down to fight charges that the cover-up of views. the reporter of the harrisburg news says that she spoke with the mother of two alleged victims. >> both of them are feeling extremely let down and betrayed by penn state those feelings come from the charges that are levied against the two coaches to just step down. and the allegations made against joe paternal they say they should've done more. >>james: we are taking a break when we come back and have more headlines and a complete check of whether it is another cold start to this morning. a live look at
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>>erica: good morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news as you can see it is a pretty clear star to the morning in a cold one as i walked the three year whether headlines we have currently temperature is right near freezing. a lot of locations in the north bay are sitting into the 30's as we head into the afternoon the temperatures will rise to the '60s and even possibly low '70s. we do have the potential for wet weather as we headed to the latter part of the weekend will have more on that in your extended forecast. could he indicate where temperatures are right outside the door. navato is near the freezing mark the same goes for santa rosa. upper 30's here, in downtown san francisco is actually one of our warmer spots coming in at 50 degrees. because the do point levels
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are already in the mid to low 30's he temperatures will not budge. so does not like to receive any record lows as the head into the sunrise this one. taking a look at what the temperatures will go later in to the morning i have set the future passed for up for 80 in. as you can see the purple on your screen indicates temperatures dip in the upper thirties but mostly will see widespread for even fifties around the bay area as we head into the afternoon hours by lunchtime at 12:00 p.m. you can see a lot more to on your screen indicates for the most part temperatures are rising into the upper 50s than squeezing out some low 60s down into the south bay. by 3:00 p.m. your afternoon i will see a lot of sixties around the bay area like i said we could squeeze out some low '70s for some years south bay and peninsula locations. i will break down those numbers neighborhood by neighborhood in the fight oakland to get up to about 60 degrees and two degrees warmer than that in redwood city. upper 60 seems to be the case in the south and up for the lot north bay and 66 to that, no. for places like santa rosa and through
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navato. one degree cooler than that in san raphael and napa. we have the potential for some wet weather as we head into friday about an 80 percent chance for showers bay area wide, here's a look at what is ahead. on friday looks like the bulk of the rain will fall during the morning and as we head into saturday it looks like we could see a break in the storm but by sunday be having of the system moving in and this could bring in scattered showers throughout the day. temperatures are actually on the outside for the rest of the day stretching into thursday could see some temperatures in the low '70s but everything changes by friday we have introduced a chance for what whether all day long. even heading into the we can we have scattered showers and to the to is only getting into the low 60 for inland and the location. your lows will actually be in the low 40's. as for traffic are still hot spots. the approach to the
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bay bridge toll plaza shows a nice and easy ride. overnight construction has been picked up and no delays to speak of nothing to slow you down for your ride out of san francisco this morning. the cemetery ridge ride is nice and even in both directions. traffic is building in the westbound direction out towards foster city regardless there are no delays at the toll plaza and no problems getting to the bridge from 101 are in the direction of the ministry would. the golden gate bridge ride south bound 101 is pretty quiet at this hour there are a lot of space in between cars. this drive is under 24 minutes coming out of all toward san francisco. as he take this over to our traffic maps to show what is happening on the peninsula this morning, the bayshore freeway looks good in both directions. the chp has no accidents or stalls to report. interstate 280 is all in the green. i shall do the san until bridge looks good and if you're taking the dunbar that looks good in both directions wednesday over 50 mph. as for public
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transit there is nothing to report yet for ac transit, bart, caltrans this morning. >>james: if you very much erica now on to a developing story pg&e workers are in palo alto this morning after pressure testing has revealed another potential problem. or at least a potential risk of a leak. to get you more news faster we will visit with our reporter standing by live with more on the repair work. what you know? >>reporter: the east bound side nearby palo lot to is being worked on. you can see the excavation is is down in there. the company said the pipeline has a hole about the size of a number to console. the four and a half mile stretch of online that they have been testing for such a leak. it took the last two days to find it this on the heels of the leak found in woodside on sunday. there are questions about whether this was a
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reconditioned line, with a this was , or whether or not they had reconditioned at this and maybe is not as strong as it should of been. that is one of the questions that is being thrown about right now. there working right now i talk with them a little bit they sound like they were trying to wrap up work for the they but they would not let me know if they had fixed the line yet, if this was the end of the work or if applicable--or if it will continue. they were using helium gas and water to test this one. as you can see here and from the ground level shot they have a good maybe 10 people working on this right now. they seem to be working with a certain sense of urgency. they seem to be working against the clock as they work on this problem and they expect i am sure to find more and as they do these tests around the bay area this is a new reality for pg and eat as they continue to find the problems in the wake of the san bruno explosion last year.
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>>james: is this impacting any major role artery where is the location of this? >>reporter: page mill rd is a major artery between 1 01 and 280. as traffic picks up if they do not finished soon, it will back up a little bit. >>james: thank you very much for that and will keep an eye on the progress and get more from craig throughout the morning. >>justine: now another major recall for a big automaker toyota is recalling about 550,000 vehicles worldwide. most of the cars are in the united states, these are problems that could make it harder to steer. torula has reports about this defect dating back to 2007 but there have been no reports of accidents or injuries related to these problems. if you have a question you should see your dealer. >>james: nba players have
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until this afternoon to accept a contract offer from the team owners. it gives players between 4951% of revenue. owners say if the players do not take the next deal offered will be worse. players in it will ask for another meeting with the owners before this afternoon's deadline the nba has canceled games through november 6th --30 it so far. we will see if any more games will be cancelled. >>justine: we are going to take a quick break a first will take a live look at the occupy oakland protest at frank ogawa plaza.
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bay. things may look cool out there this morning but it should warmup and we will have a few nice days before the rain moves in we have more updates of your whether right you're on kron4. now brett wenner had resigned after he made an anti-gay remarks. he announced his resignation in a letter to his colleagues. he says the backlash from the comet was well reserved --deserved and he has since apologized. rapper heavy d has died. he died in a hot las angeles hospital his name is the white miners, he began his hip pop career in 1987 with his group anti and the bl--with his group heavy d and the boyz. then he was
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44 years old. you probably know him best from the song that goes, do i want to sing it? the >>james: know, you do not want to sing it. >>justine: all right, much more ahead on the kron4 morning news and i will not be seeing any more i promise as we take a live look outside at our roof camera, all of your 2011 election results are straight ahead we have a look at your cooler weather and george is here with traffic will be right back.
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commanding lead at this poinciana in the mayor's the latest numbers with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. ed lee is outside in front leading with 44,451 votes ahead of avalos and hererra. it does not give him the 50 percent plus one win, so we will go to the choice vote. >>mark: went with voting will kick in. the race for san francisco district attorney coming here are the latest numbers. gascoigne
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currently holds the job and did run for reelection. he is currently leading with 42 web site, www.kron4.com for current links for the races. >>erica: here is a live look from the mt. tam cam. a clear shot. it is a near freezing morning in some locations into the north bay. temperatures are currently in the 30's. forties' around the bay area. as we head into the
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afternoon, temperatures could get into the 60s for bay locations, even squeezing out 70's for inland and south bay spots. overnight, partly cloudy conditions with wind speeds at about 8 mi. per hour. nevada is currently sitting at freezing at 32 degrees. a very cold start in the morning in the north bay. we could squeeze out some 70's along the peninsula was carried one degree wallet and mountain view. its upper 60s throughout south a location serious thought .
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bay, and here is a look at your ride on interstate 80 and southbound 680, westbound highway 4 through the franklin canyon look good. in the north bay there are no delays. >>darya: a developing story we are following, occupy oakland, mayor jean quan is a once again asking protesters to meet with city officials. she says that she is concerned that the encampment has already cost
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the city about $1 million and the cost continues to rise. will tran is live at the occupy movement and has the latest. >>will: the $1 million she is talking about is pretty much police overtime. we are not even talking about possible job losses. the mayor says the she wants to work out a peaceful resolution. she once timmy with representatives, the only problem is, if you come out here and speak with the protesters they are saying, we do not have a leader. this is a movement. everyone involved. some people have said they do not want to meet with mayor quan because they will meet in her reno with all of the bureaucracy. the mayor says it is costing jobs and not to mention businesses in
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downtown oakland. there was a 40% loss of business for many stores around here. we'll get reaction, we will bring that you coming up at 530 and. >>darya: this comes on the heels of the graphic video that we have involving the occupy oakland protester scott campbell. you can hear him. this was the point where he was shot with a rubber bullet by police. he says they have no reason to fire on him. the oakland police department has not responded. >>mark: we will take a quick break. here's a quick look outside as we go. when we come back with the latest on decision 2012 and the ongoing controversy surrounding herman cain.
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>>darya: herman cain is it denying the latest sexual harassment allegations against him during a news conference in scottsdale arizona. he says the accusations are not true. >> with respect to the most recent accusation, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone. >>darya: there are four women who have accused herman cain of sexual misconduct. herman cain says he would like to take a lie- detector test to prove his innocence. >>mark: will take a break and back with more in a minute. more problems for pg&e pipelines along the peninsula, more on that coming up. here's a quick look outside on the james lick.
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spewed water and mud to the surface. as to whether or not this is a reconditioned line 4, fifth could be that they have more work cut out for them than they think you're if they are continuing to work with a blowtorch. there are seven- eight contract workers out here. they use helium, gas and water to find this before finally finding of a whole. this is a major artery. traffic is going to pick up pretty soon fan
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>>mark: an emergency alert system is being tested across the country to did-- to date scheduled at 11:00 a.m.. it will be broadcast on television and radio. it will last for about 30 seconds. the test is being organized by several federal agencies. >>darya: as students rallied in support of joe paterno in pennsylvania there are reports that his support among the board of trustees is wavering in the university officials are letting his exit. the issue is what he knew and when about the alleged it sexual
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>>erica: it is still pretty chilly in novato, temperatures have dropped compared to our last report. low '40's and upper thirties down into the south bay. by 3:00 p.m. we will see a lot of 60s out there. we could even squeeze out some los 70's. redwood city and mountain view could get into the low 70's. it looks
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like temperatures will hold steady in the mid-60s. 66 is the common number for santa rosa and nevada. i do want to show you what is on tap for the next couple of days. we have a storm coming in from the north pacific. by friday morning will have a heavy dose of a wet weather. as we head into saturday we will continue to see morning showers. by sunday we have the potential for scattered showers. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows mild conditions for the rest of today's stretching into thursday. as we head into friday, everything changes. we have an 80 percent chance of bay area wide showers. by saturday and sunday we will continue to see scattered showers. high in the low 60s.
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>>george: we are not looking at any hot spot. there are no major delays or problems. as we start our bridge check on the bay bridge toll plaza, you will see the traffic is very light westbound. there are no problems associated with an earlier reported stall in the westbound direction. the upper deck of the bridge is now clear. the san mateo bridge, you're right on highway 92, good conditions. the volume is up a bit westbound and eastbound but we are problem free across the stand. there are no delays over the high- rise or where 92 connects with 101. the ride on 101, the golden gate bridge, is live commute in both directions northbound and southbound. there are no delays along doyle drive. we will start another check in the state. we will slide down to the san ramon valley, n.j. 680 is
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completely clear. westbound 580 is delayed free. the south bay freeways, 101 out of the coyote valley, there are no problems of went up to santa clara. green on the roadway sensors meeting speeds of 60 or better for southbound 101. guests its still a pretty good to be a for public transit. no delays or problems reported. >>darya: figure for waking up with the kron4 news. we will be back in a couple of minutes. softs
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belonging to george lucas. there is video from last night. it started in the main house structure. it is mostly used for office space. the fire was quickly contained and caused minimal damage. no one was hurt. software maker adobe clans to cut 7% of its work force. adobe announced that it would lay off about 750 workers, most of them in europe and north america. the company has not said when it will start the layoffs. adobe wants to focus on digital media and marketing software. last month introduced a clouds service that would make it easier for smart phones and tablets used adobe creative tools. >>mark: asked mt. diablo schools voted against turning clayton valley into a charter school. one of the main concerns was its clayton high turned into a trust will, that would take
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>>darya: here is a live look on van ness ave. we're looking for a nice day. cold and rainy weather on the way. the latest election results, the morning after choices were made and the ballots cast, this is san francisco mayoral candidate ed lee. last night he was given a thumbs-up. he had a commanding lead, let's take
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advance of the clock closer to 7:00 a.m., the green on the screen penetrates the coastline. we do expect wet weather by friday. moderate-heavy rainfall. the wet weather will continue to be with us throughout the afternoon and into the evening. it looks like we will seek light rain with no real clearing until 9:00 p.m.. mild conditions wednesday and thursday but friday, everything changes
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as we introduce rain fall into the forecast. we could get pretty hard rain as we head into the morning hours. saturday and sunday we drive ever so slightly so we have the potential for scattered showers with the temperatures getting into the low 60s for your highs and 40's and land. let's see if george has any hot spots. >>george: so far we have been hot spot free. that could change and likely will as the morning wears on. on the bay bridge toll plaza the westbound ride looks good. volume definitely building in the last 30 minutes. no delays or problems on the upper deck. on the san mateo bridge, highway 92 shows the same thing, an increase in volume. there are no problems for your trip eastbound or westbound heading towards hayward or foster city. the golden gate bridge, 101 is an easy ride
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from and to marin county and the problems across the stand. the east bay freeways look good. westbound 24, no delays through the caldecott tunnel. a clear ride from 101 to 85. even down to the golden gate bridge, you are problem free throws also lead and over the waldegrave. >>darya: a developing story that we are following with the latest on occupy oakland and mayor jean quan curie she is once again asking protesters to meet with city officials. quan says she is concerned that the encampment has cost the city about $1 million and the tab continues to run. will tran is live in oakland. he has a look at the latest. what does she want? >>will: she wants to meet with them. she is not giving an ultimatum. she just wants
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>>will: many businesses have already pulled out of the area and other businesses are thinking about doing that. by the way, the $1 million cost that has been sent is pretty much police overtime, that is not taking into account the loss of business. >>justine: inspired by occupy wall street and occupied oakland, a group plans to establish an encampment at the university of california berkeley. >>james: here is a quick
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>>reporter: this could be a part of our reconditioned line. it is unclear if this is an reconditioned line. >>darya: is there an impact on the commute? >>george: i will show you where the detour is. there is one lane going by. this is page mill off of interstate 280. the location of the repair work is here. the traffic headed eastbound towards el camino l'oreal, the detour that has been set up is right here at the fill. it is interesting
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because north of page mill road, the south becomes north tel boulevard. let's get a traffic check for you as we start with a bridge check. we are not tracking any hot spots for you this morning. it has been a pretty good ride so far. no problems at the bay bridge. a smith commute on the upper deck after an earlier occurring stall was cleared. your ride on the san mateo bridge, no problems here. the ride is easy even though there is a stall reported. a quick east bay and the south bay check
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as we look first at the ride on interstate 80 headed westward from hercules to berkeley, still just a 16-18 minute drive time with no delays. walnut creek traffic looks good. in the south bay there are no delays on 101, to 80 or 85. the north bay commute is still delay free. now, let's get a check on whether. >>erica: it is a cold start to the morning. some locations are right near freezing. you will have to bundle up as you head out the door. house al-awalki 3 forecast, near freezing temperatures into the north bay. upper 30s in the south bay as well. as we head into the afternoon, plenty of sunshine. temperatures in the upper 60s for most locations. we do have
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problems with heavy, dense fog. take a look at your ride along 101 through santa rosa and petaluma. the warrants indicated visibility less than a mile. there is dense fog and colder temperatures. it looks like oakland is the warmest spot around the bay area. as we take its orders into the afternoon we will see a tight range of mostly 60s, squeezing out some 70's in a redwood city and mountain view. upper 60s seem to be the story in the south bay. in the north bay, temperatures will stay in the mid-60s. 65 seems to be it, no..
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>>erica: here is what odds- just here is what is on tap as far as storm activity. we are dealing with high pressure but all of that changes as we head towards friday. we will deal with cold temperatures and heavy rain that could stretch into the weekend. wet weather for friday, scattered showers for saturday and sunday would temperatures trailing as we head into the start of the work week. >>darya: nba players have until this afternoon to accept a contract from team owners. the owners say it's the players do not like it or take it, the next deal offered will be worse. the players said they will ask for another meeting with the owners. the nba has already canceled games through november 30th yes. we will see what happens.
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>>mark: another big recall for a big auto maker. tokyo is recalling five to 50,000 vehicles worldwide. most of those are in the united states. the recall is for problems that could make it difficult to steer. toyota has on reports about the defect dating back to 2007. there been no reports of accidents or injuries related to the problem. >>darya: we are back with more and a couple of minutes to get you going on this wednesday morning. let's take a peek at the traffic by the coliseum on 880. traffic is nice and light in both directions. we will be right back.
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interview for his new movie. ratner says the backlash from the comet was well-deserved and he apologized. rob our heavy d died at 44. he collapsed at his beverly hills home and died a short time later. his real name was the white earing tim myers began his hip pop career in 1987. >>mark: will take a break and here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. it looks like traffic is moving well. we had some fairly dense fog yesterday, we will see it that develops again today.
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