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the entire bay area. for thanksgiving, moderate rainfall into the north bay. a looks like everyone is getting a healthy dose of what weather. rain will shift southward as we head into the morning hours. hopefully by lunch was a dry conditions for thanksgiving day. your 7 day run of the forecast shows potential for wet weather today searching and into tomorrow like another week system
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could be making its way into the bay area for friday. light rain fall into the north bay. most cycladic conditions with temperatures finally getting into the mid '60s. and there are no hot spots to tell you about. we have over my construction but it is not affecting anyone's right. the traffic is moving smoothly with no week. the drive time is nine minutes from the foot of the mes to fremont. on the san mateo bridge problem free. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge, southbound 101 shows a lot of space between cars. there are no accidents, not even any stalls. as we turn our attention to the traffic maps, the bayshore freeway is looking good in both directions. a couple of minutes ago i saw slowing through its san bruno, you can actually see remnants of
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that on our traffic maps. speeds are averaging above 45 mi. per hour. >>james: whether it is on the highways or here at home, americans will pay more to celebrate thanksgiving. high gas prices are not stopping millions from traveling. according to aaa, 40 to 45 believe people are expected to drive, fly or ride trains and
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>>justine: occupy protesters have been effected from an empty lot. they were occupying a foreclosed home and started hanging out there on monday. >> i heard a lot of racket, i went over there and said comedy keep it down? officers coming through but i cannot get them to come through if i call, i have a problem with that show of force, we do not spend on education, our lights in
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streets. >>justine: also this morning, there was a packed auditorium of more than 1000 people at uc-davis last night. in greece students challenged the chancellor over the infamous peppers 3 incident. the chancellor said she did not instruct police use force but that students were quick to ask why so many police in riot gear were there if she did not expect things to escalate. jeff bush was at the rally and let us know what happened. jeff >> >> i directed the chief of police to avoid violence at all costs. it was the absolute last thing i wanted to happened. the encampments
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have long been prohibited, i directed the police only to take down the tents, nothing else. >> i was arrested on friday. i had a firsthand view of the violence and brutality from the police car as i was detained. why is it that riot police were called from districts as far away as berkeley and oakland?
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>> the only thing that the chancellor can do, and that is to make a decision on whether the police need have, in that case, dismantling of the equipment. beyond that i do not have the right to directly to do anything. >>james: a quick break. here is a live look from our roof camera. we're watching and waiting for rain to start falling. we have a system just offshore. we will be
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>>mark: the pepper spray incident at uc-davis raised questions, but the moderate will stand for a little bit longer. >>reporter: first, an officer hosed down protesters with a first- rate. now, he's getting peppered with ridiculed for watering hit these. now, he is praying every one from san set to jesus. he has become an idea that is reproducing across the web, even spraying the cat. he is spring the beatles, has the
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upper sprague replaces the torch on the statue of liberty. now, we know why house speaker john painter, he has also been pepper spray by the now infamous officer. >>reporter: he has been tagged with the nickname that first-day pike, that is the name on this twitter account, if you want to see the super committee do something? the hacker group anonymous went after the lieutenant by publicizing his phone number and address. someone even created a pepper spray cartoon. when fox news anchor making tally describes her first grade this way
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>>erica: there are no hot spots to tell you about. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza looks good. over at the san mateo bridge, their art inevitably run across of here to our last a forefinger, the bright lights coming towards ahead eastbound in hayward fee and the golden gate bridge on south on 101, a lot of this fishing cars in the traffic is moving at the limit. westbound and eastbound through milipitas due to some overnight construction piggery minutes in in in
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and has given his life for this entire city. for >> , a number of pastors and teeny it took to the splitting, talk about the shin capoot he was often like ina i and all hon. he was back impede it. though at " somewhat? it is very sad here's deindexing an indicator of him. then we saw one of our own to go down, it struck a sphinx in the fifth bad time offenbach lou sewer ulsan jess s. as
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renewed but gingrich, as it emerged as a front-runner and former massachusetts governor of mitt romney. from the first question, there is tents on the patriot act, the picture if fresh-sniffing bridge became the candidate to beef. brought cockpit i can think of the hatred that is bad herman cain did not mince words when asked have balked at banff. >> at the terrorists want to kill all of of us. we used every means possible to kill them first. carbamide candidates were asked what they perceive that the victor duenna fact that we
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are weak at home. if we need to get on our of the domestic fleet. member of jews in the peace away. this is it to bin-laden should. fact >>justine: are you one of that for through a pool if you or their heirs and marine and air are really discussed as well. more on the wet weather details when the kron4 news comes back.
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>>james: of millions of americans are traveling for the holidays, and nancy will occur if they are fallen to the northeast. there is a lot of rain, and not. total accumulations are at over 2 in. of rain. >>justine: here is a live look from our roof camera in san francisco, we want to find out what is happening with rain moving into the bay area, good morning america. >>erica: right now we are seeing it clear conditions. storm tracker 4 is over the inland of california. the greeting indicates the storm system pushing its way closer to us. for right now is over for us as a city can
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do read the. and into the afternoon it will reach the north bay. satellite and radar is set up. the storm system was closeted bay area over to the can. as early as 8:00 a.m. we could see spotty showers of santa rosa. when did in releasing more rainfall until 5:00 p.m. in places like napa. for the rain fall definitely increases by 7:00 p.m.. there is yellow and orange beginning to build that will continue to move southward into the over 90 in the evening. by midnight the of and then keep the data reduction in fulfillment fits certainly be aware of that as we head into thanksgiving. for the and we
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could see the potential for wet weather and a and b is in the upper 50s and low 60s. for mountain view could be one of the warmest locations. we will see more rainfall and to the north bay, of for fifties, 59 is a common number for downtown san francisco and as we checked out even more signs and iran a for a wet weather is definitely on this have for today and establishing top. scattered showers for thanksgiving day and hopefully of the image. but, another system will push its way to the bay area. fill it looks like saturday and sunday will be on the dry side with most aquatic conditions and it temperatures on the incline. it looks like monday brings more sunshine
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and checked out tuesday. pretty mild conditions. we could get into the mid-upper 60s. there are no traffic hotspots. dare i say holiday light? an update on the san mateo bridge, there are no problems in either direction. the drive is 12- 13 minutes from one hand to the other. 680 is a problem free and accident free through the san ramon valley.
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>>justine: americans will pay more to celebrate thanksgiving. higher gas prices and higher air fare are not 7 43 million people from traveling assess saw it appeared course of illegal offer to many people are expected to fly to their destinations jury that is the highest number since the start of the recession. driver will pay almost 20 percent more for gas. air fares are also up 20% from last year. it is 2-5% more for most amtrak tickets. fifth of
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>>james: dozens of protesters had been evicted from the home of been at all week. they say that they have the owner's permission but that is still in question. neighbors say that they are annoyed because the protesters have been a nuisance. >> why are they of someone else's property? on in the house and i hear all of this racket going on and i said, excuse me, can he keep a gun on guard >> hundreds of officers but cannot get course office the actual forces stand that much benefit from of a dated of the and the medication or the interest rates? that is what bothers me. >>james: a packed auditorium have every protesters were there if
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fog she assigns latin here is the video once again. she says that she did not tell the police to use force but by not have the cure. take a listen to how she explains deaf. >> i directed the chief of police that violence should be a good at all costs. it was in the of the last thing i ever wanted data encampment have long been prohibited by uc policy. i told police to take down the tents, nothing else. >> about 80,000 people from across the country have signed a petition asking for her resignation. the
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chevalier says that she will not step down at this time. stay with kron4 as we continue to cover the occupy for we have the latest video information on our web site, www.kron4.com. >>darya: fan fat calf , and >> here is a live look from san francisco. asked we have rain on the way it is in, but a later tonight. for fog
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>>james: take a look at the helicopter crash in new zealand, is this of all are opened. for one of their reserve a portion of hot metal or to her. that caused the chopper to flip and swam to appear that crash is that the helicopters tail. fortunately the pilot survived no one of of cloud was injured eye. the crash is still under investigation drift more fighting to these
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protesters he did. if for of a turn are worth an analyst to continued to rule the country into many in at or about that would shield the military's budget funds for the five civilian power if fact >>justine: and nasa said a small to robins for satellite posed a threat to the international satellite all the debris is only 4 in. in diameter, it was moving fast enough to cause serious damage. nasa wanted this in east asia and to prepare for emergencies in packs in it flooding >> in southern noon and and and a month of us the ducks out of washington d.c., the
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our, inland, the weather turned down trees and power lines leaving at least 2400 residents in the dark. the high wind and rain are expected to taper off later today. >>james: that is a part of the system that is giving us wet weather today. >>erica: leer taking a live look at conditions in san jose. it is a clear start to the morning. mild conditions on tap. as the morning progresses cloud cover will increase in and kick and ahead of the storm system. into the afternoon, that is our first chance of the weather for. overnight, with widespread heavy rainfall with temperatures sitting in the low '40's. here is a live look at storm tracker 4 to show you where the wet weather is situated. the green indicates that most of it is
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sitting offshore. the heaviest rain will take place while you are sleeping. closer to 5:00 a.m., light rainfall date your a real war. we do have more moderate rainfall along the coastline in places like if 11:00 a.m. thursday that the cult and and an assortment kezar. britain's on top fifth in the that is in didn't do a street that have attacked from the storm. the heaviest rain will be this evening far, all of 1 in. of rainfall to syria as we head into tomorrow, scattered showers in may, another week system pushing its way through if it looks like fell only
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impact nor a for blepharitis if by 8:00 a.m. fulfill in the forties and fifties. things will be pretty mild although you will need an umbrella this evening. for temperatures in the '60s in the south bay. in the north bay and along the coastline, temperatures in the upper 50s. your 7 day around the forecast shows a wet weather on top for wednesday, thursday and friday. as we move closer towards the weekend, saturday and sunday, mostly cloudy conditions, more sunshine on tap as we head into monday.
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the san mateo bridge is nice and easy in both directions. the golden gate bridge, southbound 101 the drive is under 24 minutes coming out of the models. other east bay conditions, take a look at 580, completely in the green. southbound 680 is moving good. no problems through sunol. 880 looks good in both directions. the chp has not reported any accidents. as for public transit nothing to report. >>james: a lot of americans
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are going to be paying more to celebrate thanksgiving this year. higher gas prices and air fare are not stuffing millions of americans from traveling. according to aaa, 42.5 million people are expected to drive, fly or hop on a train to get to their destination. that is the highest number since the start of the recession. 90 percent of people will be driving and it will not be cheap. drivers will pay almost 20 percent more for gas this thanksgiving than last year. craig skalar is live in milpitas and giving us a look at some of the typical prices that you can expect. >>craig: its $3.71 seems to be typical price. that has come down from a couple of weeks ago. i was looking at
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prices from around the bay, if there are prices as low as $3.50 and $3.60 but i see very few of those around. half just-in-time for tomorrow for thanksgiving we will see lower prices surprise of a barrel of oil has been up to $100 a barrel. take advantage of the lower gas prices while we have the holidays. enjoy it while you can. >>justine: lawmakers are looking into the safety of california bridges. this comes after stage engineers were accused of falsifying
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tests on three different construction projects carried one of them was in his van on the bay bridge. a recent report shows that the bridge was safe but lawmakers say they want more information. >>mark: won a popular shopping destination in the bay area has been a nightmare location because of construction. alejandra cerball has more on the work being done and how will affect holiday shopping. >>alejandra: the streets around union square will soon be construction free for the holidays. this is how people have been crossing streets, walking around of the work being done. >> it is hard to cross the crosswalk. >> i hear it every morning. i'm really happy that it will be done for the holidays. of exhibiting a lot easier. >> the crews have been
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digging underneath the streets and sidewalks for the utility relocation phase of the central subway project. this is a planned holiday moratorium. how could this woman runs a flower stand. she had to move because of the construction. >> i am down a lot every day. there was a plywood barrett hit over there and the went to see me. >> she is a thing for to the noise, equipment and the crews being gone, even if it is temporary. cut >>james: a spokesperson says the $1.7 billion project is scheduled to start service in 2019.
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>>justine: the president is one to use his executive powers to pardon to of the turkeys. tomorrow's event will celebrate the 64th anniversary of the national thanksgiving turkey presentation. we will take a break of the kron4 morning news. here is a live look at what is happening on the james lick freeway for. and if you're headed to the airport, you will have a little bit of companies but no major backups. we will be watching the roads, the skies and the weather fall. first death och and
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bernadotte again not include lawful are idiot >> one guy and was on his bicycle and looking through cars. he went behind some bushes, he went through the bad, grab what he could and he took off. >> if it can be seen, it can be stolen by this ipod or this blackberry. i walked around to looking inside cars, sort of like was a thief would do, to seek flight to find. i found for plenty. it only takes a thief a few seconds. what about this gps? i told her
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that not only was she paid for the theft of the gps but also, probably to replace a window, the best thing to do, what ever you have, but it in your triumph. out of sight, out of mind. remember to lock your doors. while most shopping centers offer security, it is up to you to protect your goods. fat would hate to see your hard- earned money go bye-bye because of someone beating badly. >>justine: we have a lot to get to on the kron4 morning news including the wet weather details and what is happening along the roads and the skies.. we are back
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>>james: they give for joining us, if there is a live look at storm tracker 4. on the left from a big storm sitting of of the california coast. the bay bridge with to light traffic, waiting for the storm. james fletcher has the latest. >>james: so far, so good. we are clear and dry, but that will change. clouds on the increase. rain beginning in the north bay and spreading bay area wide as we head into the evening and overnight. it is a potentially lets things giving in to tamara as well. rain is still to the north. a lot of moisture of of the coast. how much will land on us is another
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question. it is beginning to get a lot less organized. we will still get some decent ranges, the heavy. here is what we are predicting, but a a.m., the potential for light sprinkles. the rest of the bay area will stay relatively untouched, by 5:00 p.m. we will see more organization to the north into the cold front approaching. by 7:00 p.m., a few sprinkles. by 9:00 p.m., that is when we start to see things popping up and becoming active. by 11:00 p.m. we will see bay area wide white rain. fortunately, most of the rain you see today will happened while you are home and sleeping. if you have any last minute shopping, get out there, the sooner, the better. right now, as
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temperatures outside are still chilly stiff made-up for forties through most of the data we have a couple of exceptions. this afternoon will raise temperatures, similar to yesterday but not nearly as much sunshine. we do have the clouds rolling in, in advance of the sunshine. here is your 7 day around the bay. wet weather for today and most of tomorrow. friday will not be bad. saturday and sunday, mild, we have clouds and will continue to warm as we head into the beginning of next week.
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>>james: we are expecting a fairly quiet day with traffic, on the bay bridge you will see that we are looking at very light traffic westbound. so far this week we have had lighter than usual traffic definitely for the bay bridge and major freeways. on the sanitation bridge we are at least four of the tree with no delays westbound sort eastbound. a good start in either direction. at the golden gate bridge, 101 northbound and southbound, like traffic with no delays. the
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>> how long have you been here? for about two hours. >>will: coming up at 5:30 a.m. will speak to an airport spokesperson and what you should expect as the day moves ahead. >>justine: let's get everyone updated on that gop debate. we are 66 away from the kickoff of the iowa caucus, the official presidential competition got pretty heated last night as candidates were in washington d.c. debating on
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national-security and foreign-policy. it was the first debate sends me--cents new dean bridge surged ahead in the polls. >> there is a very sharp division, criminal law, took to the government should be on defense and innocent until proven guilty, national guilty--national security, the government should have more tools to save our lives. >> i am concerned about terrorist attacks. timothy mcveigh was arrested, >> timothy mcveigh succeeded. that is the coin. timothy mcveigh killed a lot of americans. i do not want a law that says, after we lose a major american city we're of course of finding, i want a law that says if you try to take out
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an american city we will stop you. >>mark: there were two new cases against jerry sandusky. these could be the first case involving current miners'. his lawyer responded saying, we expected copycat allegations and we're confident that we will be able to refute them. >>justine: we have a lot to get to. 5:08 a.m., one day before thanksgiving. if you are headed to tahoe, here is what you can expect. there is no had its europe. we will let you know more about that when the kron4 morning news comes right back. third
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>>james: which are following the latest in the occupied movement, demonstrators have been protesting income inequality but the protests have cost local taxpayers at least 13 million in police overtime across the nation. new york city has spent the most money. they have spent 7 million in police overtime although that is small change when you look at the city and their $400 million police budget. oakland has spent 2.4 million, more than 1 million in police overtime. for
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the dow is down to 11,493. a lot of economic data is coming down. jobless claims are coming out and about 15 minutes. there is a weak demand for german nodes looks like another down day expected on this shortened trading week. >>justine: if you are one of the 43 million people traveling, there are no delays to report any of the airports. we will be right back. if it ... of
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>>justine: we are back with what is happening weather wise as we take a live look at what is going on along the james lick freeway. it is all clear that the rain is moving in. >>james: of this is the view from san jose enforce, over the next 24 hours, the cloud cover will increase. spray pools will fall and the north bay first and then spread bay area wide as we have oversight. clouds will increase the chances of rain as the head towards the evening time and into the overnight. his here is a quick look at the radar on storm tracker 4. the bulk of the moisture is still offshore and at center to the west of eureka and north of ukiah. this is will would be impacting us as we go into the afternoon today and tomorrow. early thanksgiving
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morning we have a light rain. it is really centered over the north bay. by 5:00 p.m. it is light in nature. >> a chance of sprinkles for the rest of the day on thursday but a majority of the wet weather will be thursday morning into thursday afternoon and then taper off into thursday evening. temperatures today
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are back into the upper 50s and 60s although we will be absent a lot of the sunshine that we saw yesterday. as we take a look at the 7 day around the bay, the wet weather should taper off thursday night and friday things will stay mild as we head into the weekend. things will warm up as we head into next week. >>george: the morning looks good so far. very light traffic. even though we have talked about a lighter than usual right, take a look here as we start our bridge check. this is really like for a wednesday morning. hardly any traffic out here at all for the westbound commute. there are no problems on the east shore. let's check the midday
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transit. highway 92 in the san mateo bridge is lighter than usual on the right-hand side of the screen. the golden gate bridge has reported no problems. northbound and southbound traffic are pretty light. heavier than usual northbound traffic flow, we may see that again today. looking at the east a ride, a smooth commute. problem free for 680 into the san ramon valley. it is a smooth commute from livermore to dublin. there are no delays out of the old month asked. in the north bay, there are no delays for 101 southbound. a 25 minute drive time from nevada to the golden gate bridge.
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>>james: 42.5 million people are expected to travel, this is the highest number since the start of the recession. 90 percent of that will drive and it will not be achieved. continuing coverage on holiday travel, craig skalar has more, he is watching gas prices and milipitas. >> this is $3.71 a gallon. last year, up $3.25 a gallon. it is down from just a week ago. prices are coming down in time for thanksgiving, fices are down 65 a gallon. i think it has been down a little more than that over the last couple of weeks. good nose for those getting ready to travel.
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diesel prices have been up around the country and around the world, i am told. $4.29 a gallon for that. the good news if you're using regular gasoline. right now it is at about $98 a barrel for oil. the prices are lower than what is reflected. they tell me that is something very unusual. right after thanksgiving you will benefit from having lower gas prices >>justine: we have more ahead, here is a live look outside out what is going on around the roads in san jose. traffic is picking up but george is not tracking any hot spot on one of the busiest travel days of the year. for fact if back foe
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interesting over the next 24 hour system of this storm develops. it is a large system that stretches from seattle to the pacific. the southern edge of this find will move across southern california and a late. it is a fairly long system that stretches as it goes. will have to wait and see how much grain we get out of it. we cannot walk you through what we are seeing on the radar which is rain off of the coast near eureka. it will continue to progress our way as we head into the afternoon in the evening. this is the rain we are expecting for today. it is not until 5:00 p.m. that things become more organized
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look at your 7 day around the bay. the wet weather will last until thursday in and we should dry out. bride is looking good. >>george: it pretty easy rider on the bay area. to the records may be crowded but the freeways definitely are not. let's start the bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza. the volume has picked up a bit but it is still a pretty good ride, very light with no problems out of the macarthur maze or any of the other approaches. your ride on the san mateo bridge looks pretty good. volume has picked up in the last 15 minutes but no problems across the stand. the golden gate bridge, 101 marin county, no problems.
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northbound traffic looks good, so does the southbound flow. road sensors are indicating speeds above 50 mi. per hour. there are no problems through san jose public transit is reporting no delays. and >>justine: will tran is live at sfo with an update on what to expect. it does not look like you are alone. >>will: i am not. before the day is over, 135,000 will
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make their way through sfo, thousands already here and many of them are advised to get here at least 90 minutes before your flight. flights today are 90-95 percent full, some are 100 percent full. a lot of people will be making their way through here. the day before thanksgiving is typically the busiest travel day of the year. that is no longer the case for sf of, according to an airport spokesperson, many people travel early because schools take friday off. be careful if you or someone else are driving, and keep both eyes on the road. so many people are thinking about their destination and trying to get through the security checkpoint,
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>>justine: there is a lot of rain out there! for >>mark: johannes mehserle is expected to take the stand and testify on his own behalf in federal court today. he is being accused of using excessive force on an oakland man three years ago. the defense made opening statement yesterday saying that mehserle acted to stop an unprovoked assault on another officer.
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hundreds of people in danville came together for a candlelight vigils honor a fallen marines killed in afghanistan on friday. he was 19 years old and enlisted shortly after graduating from san ramon valley high school. family members say that they are touched by how many people came to show support. for >> this is the first holiday without him. it helps to know that he has touched so many people and that the community is coming together for and helping out the family. >>justine: james capoot was
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gunned down when choosing a bank robbery suspect, the vigil was held at good samaritan baptist church. many pastors have been counseling members of the community following the killing of could. the suspect has not been charged in a clean will be entered at a later date. >>mark: one of the stories we are following, a live look from cairo egypt. thousands of protesters continued to gather demanding that the military council stepped down. tsongas it touched .
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>>justine: lifeguard captain that helped to pull out the body of natalie wood's from the water nearly 30 years ago says he believes the actress could have been saved if the search for her started earlier. she went missing during a trip with her husband for robert wagner can christopher walken, this happened 30 years ago. former los angeles county rescue boat
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captain roger smith says he was not notified until wood's had already been missing for four hours. that is based on the condition of her body when they pulled her from the water. she's survived for some time >>justine: a school bus headed home from a basketball team headed of fast-ended up in the woods about 50 mi. south of washington d.c.. off police say that a truck failed to yield will turning at an intersection. 15 of the 20
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students for suffered minor injuries. police say the truck driver was charged with driving under the influence of all. if >>james: we have clouds starting to roll in, as far as airport delays, bay area airports are showing on time. philadelphia is showing some delays due to weather. planes are able to land but unable to take off. apps he lomb all
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