tv KRON 4 Early News KRON December 15, 2011 4:00am-6:00am PST
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>> george:-- >>erica: that good morning here is your seven day around the bay. as for traffic, it looks so far so good. over at the standard tale bridge it is a pretty smooth ride in both directions but of course it is wet. in both directions of 92 disk drive time is just 14 minutes for an end to end. as we can go to the golden gate bridge south bound 101 used to allot space in between cars, traffic is moving at the limit is a pretty decent guy coming out of the north bay. we did not have the dense fog like we did yesterday included this right is under 25 minutes from navato toward san francisco. you will see pretty good conditions along the peninsula and the problems for the great--the
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bayshore freeway. >>justine: new details this morning about a repeat rapist in san francisco. concern residents are finally getting answers from the police. this is some surveillance of a man that the police say is a person of interest. the latest incident happened just last week the other happened last month. kate thompson was at a wednesday night meeting where people live in the area voiced their concerns. >>reporter: community came out in fours. any of them will, the people, many of the longtime residents of the area packed into the meeting just a block from
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the attack. >> this is horrible, this is not a san francisco is about this is not our neighborhood is about. >>reporter: police did they have stepped up patrols in the area especially in the early morning and released this video of the suspect. corner of it looks like the man turned his head immediately when he went through the light as if he knew the camera was there. >>reporter: 3 the lack of lighting on fair oaks and, if you came up as a major safety issue. some residents like the owner of this building without to in-store more lighting. >> i will install motion sensor like around the building her so that it creates a greater sense of safety and like and it will because the neighborhood is not well lit.
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>>justine: here is a sketch of the suspect you can feed on your screen police say he is a black male and how thirties' no more than 6 ft. tall. if you see him, you are urged to call the police. >>james: and alameda county sheriff's deputy is accused of raping a woman several months ago. the chief of police says that we don't know if the victim and the deputy is out on $125,000 bail. police exchanged gunfire with a man that they believe is a wanted parolee. that suspect is in hospital this morning in his the way drivers still run. this all after a shootout in the tenderloin neighborhood. >>reporter: that witnesses were shaken after they heard gunshots in the tenderloin on wednesday. this is the
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blood trail, just before 1:30 p.m. officers attempted to pull over a man but he jumped out of the car and start running before firing two shots at the police. >> the guy was running any kind of turned as he was running to his right arm of at that point i saw, well i should not say that i saw what the deal and went down. >>reporter: the two police shot the man in the upper body, no one else was injured and they found something that could help identify the man. will >> we found an identification on the ground that belong to it wanted parolees cannot able to confirm if that suspect is exactly who he is. >>reporter: no descriptions have been released. >>justine: me and other news around the bay the financing deal for the 49ers new
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stadium in santa clara was approved by the city council. rob fladeboe take it looked as some of the reasons why people are supporting it. russia >>reporter: it looks good on paper in a shiny new model the stadium is attracting plenty of interest in future to get skill--i've come a future ticket sales. there's an estimated 2500 jobs it will create an next they cited the annual $12 million return on the long term investment, proponents like mackey said the stadium will need the construction of new hotels, retail and office space. matthey says there also be millions more in revenues from sales tax when people come to gains and spend money in restaurants afterward. finally the mayor says that the entertainment value to be gained from the stadium is priceless. he says his
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team is working on a bid to host the future superbowl that he says will bring in another $500 million. >>justine: in spite of the unanimous approval, the stadium still, there is no shortage of critics. some people worry about the city's long-term debt in the cost of construction others do not want redevelopment money to be used. there is also concerned about noise, traffic and crime escalating in the area. rorer group were >>james: we will take a quick break we have a live start record record--run market where they live shot from our roof camera this morning.
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>>james: banks are on track to repossess some 800,000 homes this year and that is down from the 1 million last year. i guess that is an improvement. output foreclosure activity will be increasing in coming months. >>justine: house republicans have unveiled a massive year in spending package that topped one trillion dollars. the white house asked for additional talks over provisions art proposed by president obama. lawmakers are trying to pass
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a bill before friday. we will take a quick break a kron4 morning news it is 13 minutes after 4:00 a.m. on this rainy thursday morning. retail live look at some retail there's a situation happening there and 92, the roads are wet. we will track the rain and find out what it will move out of the bay area we come right back.
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>>erica: we have a pretty fast moving system out there and we see some moderate rainfall. this was a long the peninsula just a couple of minutes ago now is a key to a closer to the south bay. take it walnut creek, they're looking to give a good and wet weather. conceived of wet weather and showering activity to vallejo along interstate 80 through this widespread bay area event. pratt and you could see what weather stretched over northern california even into a prison and seattle. like i mentioned, fast-moving system and in the bay area we will only see a trace amount of rainfall. expect hundred hallie be hundreds of an end to the extent of an inch at a desk.--for the
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most part we'll see upper 50s in the south bay, 53 is on tap for those in any of it here in the north bay we will see a mixture of mid- 50s. we have a pretty much the same story for gold and downtown san francisco court in your seven day around the forecast shows morning showers for the next few hours we have a dry weather pattern and toward the middle of next week. now we do not have any major accidents associated with the slicked road race. now you can see the flashing lights within the circle here at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza it is not slowing down traffic everyone is moving pretty freely with no metering lights to deal with and top speed up the incline and across the upper deck. what
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percent here bridge products could both directions. for the most part we are problem free as a major way out towards foster city. a live look at the golden gate bridge shows a wicked deck here. south bound 101 is a problem for the moment to delays and no problems with visibility for your ride out of marin county. i do see a little bit swelling south bound 101 right near the millbrae area. i checked with the chp there are no accidents to report their the speed drop down to just 40 bows hour. >>justine: news around the bay this morning, and this company was rated because it was operating illegally. swat teams rated marker your area where the home of the owner on wednesday afternoon you can see the men being
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arrested. three men believed to be the owners have not been found. the suspects face of various drug charges including the sale of marijuana. a real error r >>james: advocate for the open carrying of firearms showed up to voice their support, for two men that were detained at a shopping center last week. in that incident concord police to stop and then after they were found carrying guns inside of the mall. the serial numbers were sent in for a criminal background checks of those i shall set last night's meeting claimed that it was an unlawful procedure. >> the police in that instance a ticket sklar. they ran the serial numbers of the firearms which is actually illegal because there is no probable cause. record what is legal on the losses that it is to give our on to make sure it is on hold but they do not have the right to do a search and
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seizure >>james: no one was arrested in the earlier incident and the guns were returned. >>justine: new details, here's a list of the five elementary schools that are set to close for good. they are santa fe, lake view, maxwell park and marshall elementary and. now some parents are upset about the plan and they're calling for a recall of the five school board members. >>pam: up we think they may hesitate about the plan especially if their jobs are among december from a different reason >> will have children in
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asked us for more money and would not tell us what was for. vern--it has been all jean quan is handling of the occupy process has received national attention he said that it does not form a recall effort. it >> i want to point out the file be recall application before the major even at occupy oakland so this was just the last straw. >>reporter: regarding the recall petition the mayor calls it divisive and it may take away from some of the initiatives. >>justine: we will take a quick break on the kron4 morning news we come back to talk about the hottest tech toys for kids.
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>>reporter: it is cold, not as cold as the last couple of days but is still can't cold out here. you will want something we want and need your rain jacket >>justine: is the rain coming down heavy or is it just a drizzle? >>reporter: it is drizzling but it is constant if you're walking down the street you will get wet if you're one from the house to the car, not so much. you would just
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feel little drops here and there. but if you are taking public transportation you want to use your brain.-- your rain gear. >>justine: let us find out when the rain will be leaving the bay area. >>erica: good morning to you justine. as i assume in neighborhood by neighborhood we are actually dealing with some moderate rainfall in milpitas so what weather conditions persist in the south bay and stretching up to the highway for bypass you will see rain fall through antioch, close to brent would in just passing concord. we are not seem very heavy rainfall just trace amounts, but it is pretty constant we saw some light rain and downtown san francisco now looks like is pushing closer and closer
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instructing closer toward san a tael. we are seeing dry conditions in the north bay but another wave of the condition will push its way through. by 5:00 p.m. we will see some more wet weather activity of the to the north bay from santa rosa in through san raphael. a lot of the rainfall will actually be set off shore. the rainfall that does make its way onshore will be pretty light. as the advanced o'clock we could see, but showers here and there for the most part we will be high and dry around the bay area. checking your future forecast of the wise, we're off to a pretty good start. we do not see any thirties' out there for the most part we will see 40's and '50's by 11:00 p.m. all the light blue on your screen indicating a mixture of fifties around the bay area from their we do not make much progress. with the upper 50s for the most part maybe a couple of '60s here and there. one of the locations that could make to 60 degrees is now in view, but for the most part everyone is very similar to where they were yesterday
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maybe a touch cooler, we are anticipating 57 degrees in oakland, one degrees cooler in through hayward. it is pretty chilly for those of half moon bay and sliding are mapped to the north they will see a mixture of mid- 50s here. at your seven day around the bay shows showers. as we head into the weekend will see a lot of sunshine and continue with the dry weather pattern and potential for some low 60s bay area wide. we have a pretty easy ride all the traffic is building coming from the shore freeway. the san mateo bridge is problem free.
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>>erica: here are the traffic mess to show you what is happening. we have no access to report for interstate 280. it looks like north bound 87 north bound 85 are moving at the limit. all that read on your screen indicate speeds of over 50 mi. per hour. >>james: we have will tran reporting live from the roads in unions city. >>reporter: good morning i am driving by union landing it is not too bad. it is a strong drizzle. colin is a little bit windy at times but not too bad when you have to grab can rip through the steering wheel. but nonetheless, it is coming down and there is a pack of
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reporter when you hear the tires run-through. white makes this is a sound. other than that not too bad, the cars are very few at this time so there is some new space between you and the car and that is sure to change over the next couple of minutes. rain is delicate---were barely coming down at this point. >>justine: we have information about a repeat rapist in san francisco and now residents are getting information from police about safety in their neighborhood. this is a man of the officers say is a person of interest but you will only see the back of his head. police say at least two women have been attacked, robbed and sexually assaulting this happened in the mission district the latest incident happened just last week and the other last month. investigators believe the suspect may be familiar with the area.
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>> i just cannot believe the personal interest is local watching the video is a fight to turn his head immediately upon entering the light like he knew that camera was there. >> we do not know of the new the camera was there or if it was eight unlucky coincidence. >>justine: last night a lot of people packed into a community meeting to get answers and donated money for the two victims. here is a sketch and a description of the suspect. police say he is a black male in his mitt 30, he is a more than 6 ft. tall. if you see him you are urged to call the police. >>james: police exchanged gunfire with a man they believed to be a wanted parolee. they say his getaway driver is still on a run, this all came after a shootout it happened on market between sutter and
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bush. we have more on the >>reporter: storyreporter witnesses were shaken after they heard gunshots on wednesday. >> i saw a guy in their face down with a blood trail and a blue shirt. >>reporter: this is the blood trail that he was talking about, just before 1:30 p.m. officers attempted to pull over a man but he jumped out of the car and started running. >> as he was running to his right, at that point i heard gunshots between four and five gunshots and then the gentleman went down. >>reporter: police shot the man in the upper body no one else was injured in the gunfight on this busy street. the weapon was located in the also found something that could help to identify the man. it >> we found an ideal on the ground that belongs to a more to karoly the we have not been able to confirm the
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suspect is in fact to the identification is. >>reporter: they still have not found woman that was in the car who drove off during the shooting. no description has been released. room per >>james: if you have not already shipped and gives you better hurry deadlines are fast approaching the last day to send packages ground shipping is tomorrow friday the 16th. burn that date in your head. this is the busiest day for phoenix on monday december 19th. is the last day to get your christmas gifts out on time that is friday december 23rd, fedex has express services they can get there on time by then but it will probably cost you. >>justine: it is the final chapter in new iraq war kirk
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and >>james: watch this video. this suspect begins to climb in the window it is pretty crazy. he had a tire iron in one hand and as he tried to munched through the owner talk to us about the frightening ordeal it was his wife who fought the suspect off and he showed us what she used as a weapon. >> she backed up out of our video range and then grab one of these milk pictures off the counter and slammed him with that. >>james: police acknowledged it was a brave move but they said the best move is to run away you do not want to risk your life for that the suspect who was doused with steaming hot milk was arrested last night. police expect to charge him with
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robbery as well as charges related to a stolen van that he was driving at the time. >>justine: . in politics, rick perry, rick and to gain bridge and show bachman attended the premiere of the gift of life last night the anti-abortion film made its debut in iowa. it was narrated by the former president to a candidate my cup of the who was also an attendant. time for a quick break. we will get you updated on the when we come right back.
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attention to the afternoon we will see clouds and sunshine and temperatures very similar compared to what they were yesterday and into the overnight hours we may see a lot of rainfall of for the most part we have mostly clear conditions. a look at storm tracker for shows exactly where the rainfall is headed. it is a pretty fast moving system and a portion of the north bay are currently dry at this hour. now take a look at this we are getting a healthy dose of the wet weather. this just left concord and as we slide the maps over to the south bay it is actually pushing its way out of milpitas. >>erica: advancing the clock to 6:00 a.m. we may have some scattered showers along the peninsula and into the delta but for the most part we will contend with trace amounts of rainfall. by 78 and we may have a pot of
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showers here and there but we are expecting drier conditions as we move closer to the 9:00 a.m. hour. your current charges right now are running on the mild side because all of that coverage is keeping us a little more insulated. ticket that places like santa rosa, yesterday at this time it was in the upper 20s coming in at 44 degrees today. the same goes for napa. take a look at places like half moon bay and redwood city also seen upper 40's and 51 for those in out of you. into the afternoon we will see very similar conditions to what we saw yesterday. it may be one degree or two degrees cooler. places like redwood city could get up to about 55 degrees and a degree cooler than that in through half moon bay. we will see upper 50s in the south bay, 53 on tap for hayward we have 57 degree expected for santa rosa and 55 for those of you in downtown san francisco. your seven day around the
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forecast shows what we're on track for the rest of the morning as return our to to to the afternoon, friday and begin with the more dry and mild conditions and will continue with the same weather pattern in a little bit of cloud coverage as the stretch into the middle of next week with temperatures for the most part sitting at a low 60s. >>erica: on to traffic, here at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza we do not have any special traffic in visor is to tell you about. the ride is pretty good out of oakland ford said francisco. the san mateo bridge ride has no problems to report there you see like conditions and a lot of space in between cars. this ride is running 14 minutes from end to end. a quick look at the golden gate bridge south bound 101 shows that traffic conditions are getting a little bit more busy approaching san francisco. ticket to the traffic map, you'll see great conditions coming off of the altamont pass in livermore and inching closer and closer to the interchange. south bound 680
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seems to be pretty smooth an accident free. for the free we do not have any accidents reported redirection all that green indicates speeds over 50 mi. from our. ricardo taking public transit, we are problem free. >>justine: >>justine: and lot of people are expecting a shutdown of the bay area greed. mother nature will be the deciding factor. >>grant: a major bay bridge closure is scheduled for presidents weekend. all of the westbound lanes of the bay bridge will be closed if it does not rain. the westbound lanes would likely be closed for two-three days during the three day holiday weekend. the rain could postpone the closure or get longer than a few days. this
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is a part of the ongoing even stand construction project of the bay bridge. fed projects is still on phase to openness in 2013 city of sirte for >>james: for people can now use their phones to pay the parking meters in certain neighborhoods. it started in the city's castro district yesterday. it also gives a reminder text message when the meter is almost up. the service charges a 455 fee for each transaction. take a look at this tanker truck accident that sent black smoke into the air outside of los angeles. for the concrete on the overpass also exploded. fire officials said the tanker was hauling gasoline.
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fortunately, the flood was hurt. >> you have actually done the work, not just on time but early. >>justine: lindsay lohan receiving praise and seen smiling in court. the judge said she is flees with low hands probation compliance. fly officially up early for her shift. qr supervised probation could wrap up in march or february. if >> a $10,500,000. >>justine: that was at an auction for elizabeth taylor's jewels. broker record. there is still a chance to buy a piece of hollywood history. the auction is going through friday, even a wedding
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dress to her second marriage to richard burton. so far in total, the jewelry portion of the auction has fetched over $137,000,000.50 effect some of the highlights was that beautiful pearl necklace and a more than $8 million diamond ring that richard burton of the air to her. for 50 >>justine: we will take a quick break, here is a look at the golden gate bridge. it is still raining out there. we will talk more about when the rain will be leaving the bay area when the kron4 news comes back.
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thursday. and senate tail on 92, and law of divorce starting their mornings you furious that lies in still lifes on floor, sir rosa will see little threat seriously have several crews following the wet weather this morning. will tran and is driving or have seen what is out there today. will keep you posted on to win the rain will fall offensive morley if cummings. fifth announcer: stanley roberts found some people behaving badly. >>stanley: the driver of this nissan pickup truck is about to be pulled over by the california highway patrol. what is the reason? the glittering. if you watched closely, you can see leaves from blowing under the tar. >> of all in all of the freeway furious >>stanley: there are only two things for that can come from a vehicle, if anything else is littering, only
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water and feathers. the driver was issued a warning for the unsecured loan. >>stanley: this is pickup truck has a cardboard truck at the back. that pickup is pulled over by the chp said that he can talk to the driver. >>officer: that piece of cardboard is about to fall off the back of your pickup truck. staffs >> littering finds in california can be as high as the $1,000 if anything father is a model for feathers falls in your vehicles. the driver is issued a warning to use caution when pleasing things at the back of the pickup. reed is signed. it reads incoming boats must be properly covered. this truck driving on 101 carrying dirt is not. if the rocks were to hit your car, you know what happened. the driver admitted he was in a rush.
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the driver was also given a morning and the tarp was placed on the truck. strife this chp is cracking down on a litterbugs because they want people to understand that highway is not a trash can. as all >>justine: if you have a comment or story idea, e- mail >>stanley: on www.kron4.com. >>justine: here is a look at the 7 day around the bay. james fletcher will be up in a few minutes to talk about the weather. it is sunny and mild for the rest of the week. we will take a quick break, here is a live look outside in san francisco at market street and embarcadero where it is raining. will the right back.
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joining us on this but thursday. a live look outside from san francisco, the golden gate bridge. the rain showers are sliding through. let's start in san francisco, yoli aceves is watching the weather conditions and near the ferry building. >>yoli: it is more like in drizzle after its 23 it is still making inroads slick and wet. he should be mindful of that. if you are taking public transportation, you should definitely where your rain gear. have your umbrella and a long coat. you will get what eventually even just walking down the street. if you're rushing from their house to your car, you could get away without an umbrella. >>darya: it feels like the weather disappeared as soon as it started. >>james: we were hoping rain would hang around until at least 9:00 a.m., but at 5:00
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a.m. the bulk of it has already passed by. the only real area that we have rain is in the delta. antioch is dealing with light rain and moderate rainfall near brentwood. highway 4 from pittsburgh to antioch law are seeing wet weather and of course further to the north in fairfield along interstate 80 we're still seeing light rain but the bulk of it is continuing to push its way into the central valley and the south. down along the dumbarton bridge near jolo out so we have bits and pieces of rain. in union city where a 80 meets up with highway 92 we're seeing light rain there as well. at this point it is really life in nature. it is more giselle and at times may be a light rain coming down on the windshield. you can see the wet leather over california, you can make up
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the center of that low pressure system. the spiraling action is headed straight down to southern california into making pretty good speed. most of the rain associated with the system will exit the bay area over the course of the next hour. the good news is you could be dealing with a wet roads but at least he will not have any falling rain. we will still have a chance of scattered showers serious it is 47 rainout in san francisco and oakland. 46 for concord and install i'm >>james: here is a look at your expected highs. across the north bay we are expecting 56 degrees. 55 and
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san francisco. that is a quick look at the expected highs this afternoon. your 7 day around the bases that we expect whether to start right now by this afternoon. friday is looking good. a lot of sunshine and temperatures of around 60 degrees. will hold onto a dry and mild forecast well into next week. we could stay dry through christmas. we'll let you know. soft let's get the latest on traffic. >>erica: i do not have any hot spots to concern anyone with. the approach to the bay bridge is a pretty easy ride despite a wet deck. just a handful of cars approaching the pay gates but no metering lights to deal with. the san mateo bridge is easy in both directions of '92. the drive time is 14 minutes with no delays getting to the toll plaza. as we take it over to
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the golden key bridge, traffic is moving at the limit. we have a wet roadways but no problems with visibility. take a look at highway 4. there are no problems to contend with. southbound 680 is moving pretty well for the san ramon valley. >>mark: team coverage continues right now on the weather. it will trend is driving along 80 in emeryville. >>will: i am going from ashby avenue onto 80 westbound. traffic is light but more importantly the rain is coming down very slightly. i am barely using my windshield wipers. it is a constant drizzle. the faster you drive, the harder it feels, but so far, so good. light traffic and light rain. >>darya: we want to get a
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look at the traffic. we are continuing a look at weather and traffic. right now, it looks like everything is ok. >>mark: new this morning, after nine years, the united states has officially ended its military campaign in iraq. if officials are lowering the flag of u.s. forces in baghdad signifying the end of the war. nearly 4500 americans or killed and wounded in the last nine years. leon panetta thing to the troops for their sacrifices. >> to all of the men and women in uniform today, your nation is deeply indebted to you. you have done everything your nation ask you to do in more. your dedication, your commitment
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to this mission has been the driving force behind the remarkable progress that we have seen in baghdad and across this country. >>mark: 4000 troops will remain in a rock but most of them will be leaving by the end of the year. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes trying to clear out the rain for your commute. if you're just getting ready, maybe by the time believed felt it will be dry. here we are at the san mateo bridge. still a little water on the debt, it looks like it is trying to clear up. will be right back. thank
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week with concerns about the european debt crisis. the price of crude oil dropped significantly yesterday in oil falling below $1,600 an ounce for the first time in two months. to the euro fell below $1.30 since the first time since january. >>mark: the weekly jobless claims will be released in about 20 minutes from now. >>darya: the number of foreclosed homes and those that are scheduled for auction has hit a nine month high. banks are now on track
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to repossess about 810,000 homes this year. that is down from more than a million last year. will the tracks had anticipated 1.2 million homes would be repossessed by the end of the year. there had been signs that foreclosure activity would be increasing in the coming months. >>mark: of a plea from the white house for additional talks, but lawmakers are trying to avoid another government shutdown set for this friday at midnight. that is when they run out of money, when the current measures expire. we are also following the payroll tax. democrats are holding of the vote on the extension to government spending to
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get its current payroll tax set extended through next year letting the millionaires' tax that they had as a part of this deal expired. the democrats are letting go of that to push the bill through. the most americans will see 82% increase in their payroll tax. if congress does nothing before the end of the year, most americans will see an increase of 2 percent of taxes taken out of their paychecks. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes on this rainy morning. we're seeing there rains start to move out. here is a shock of the james lick. we will be
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>>darya: we're waking up to some wet weather this morning. not a big down for, but we are seeing sprinkles. it looks a little misty in the water as live look from treasure island in to the embarcadero at the bridge. before--light showers. we will have continual gradual clearing. here is a look at the current radar loop. the wet
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>>james: the only place that we are still seeing substantial rain is in the delta. antioch and marinwood are seeing light showers. a few showers in the walnut creek area and concord. just bits and pieces of light rain. the only substantial rain is in the delta and involved with. we have cells of moderate rain in yellow kieffer if flick are attracting vast. in the south they have slain falling but it looks like it is breaking off a lot. the rain of was over san jose is diminishing minute by minute. that will be the trend as the morning progresses, the showers will become more sporadic. we have future cast 4 set for the 5:00 a.m. hour. by 7:00 a.m., it is hit or miss rain activity. there is no real
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organized activity. and the bulk of the system is tracking to the south and east. at the current pace of the storm will make pretty good time getting down there. here is where temperatures are at the moment. mild across the bay. mid-upper 40's. that includes the north bay. temperatures were in the low '30's. our highs this afternoon will be in the upper 50s. mid-50s in fremont's. low 50s around
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antioch and the low 50s and livermore. across the north bay, and generally mid-50s as well. >>mark: will tran and is keeping his eyes on bay area roadways. he is driving along in emeryville. for >>will: i have this done. i am now on 880 southbound in hayward. there is a little bit of missed on my windshield. among we will take every time. their roads are a little slick but not a problem. you should have no
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problems if you're going north or southbound on 80 this morning. >>erica: we have not heard of too many cars spinning out. it is a pretty quiet ride despite the wet deck. traffic is moving smoothly in both directions of '92. it is pretty quiet for your ride out of nevada and has tied with 37. on the traffic maps, the ride in the north bay, the green on the screen indicate speeds over 50 mi. per hour. we have some off
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slow traffic approaching 37. we do not have a single accident report. >>mark: new this morning, after nearly nine years, the united states is ending its military campaign in iraq. officials are lowering of the u.s. flag signifying the end of the campaign. in this nine year war, nearly 4500 americans are killed and more than 30,000 wounded. this ceremony was attended by leon panetta. only a few thousand u.s. troops will remain in the country and a boston family by the end of the month periods here is a live look from lafayette, the hillside memorial near highway 24 commemorating the american lives lost in iraq and afghanistan. you can see that number stands at 6365. >>darya: police are looking for three men believed to be the owners of a marijuana
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dispensary in newark. the dispensary was raided by state, federal and local authorities after the dispenser was operating illegally. the swat teams also raided the danville home of the owner of that dispensary yesterday afternoon. the manager is seen their being arrested. the three suspects on the loose these various drug charges including the sale of marijuana. >>mark: police are stepping up patrols in the mission district because of a recent string of sexual assaults in the area. here is surveillance video the police say is of a man who is a person of interest. two women were robbed and sexually assaulted with the latest incident happening last week. if all the assaults occurred in the early morning hours between 3:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m.. in both cases, the victims were attacked from behind. last night, officials attended a meeting to discuss the recent assaults. residents
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packed into st. james catholic church, one block away from one of the attacks. a friend of one of the victims was there. >> she is healing could lead. she will be fine physically. emotionally, it is too early to tell. >>mark: here is a sketch of the suspect police are looking for. an african- american man in his mid-30s, no more than 6 ft. tall. 50 see him, you are urged to call police. >>darya: a sheriff's deputy was arrested on the suspicion of rape. david reed was taken into custody during his shift at the county jail in dublin. he's accused of raping a woman in maracas several months ago. the mayor of the chief of police says that if the deputy nose the victims. he is now out on $125,000 bail. we're back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look on our roof over van ness ave. the
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>>justine: here is what is just into the newsroom, crossing the wires, we're learning that unemployment applications have now gone down to 366,000. that is below its level in more than three years. we will continue to fall these developments and keep you posted right here on the kron4 morning news. >>mark: dow futures are now up 112. the nation's largest retail trade group is saying that it is upgrading its holiday shopping forecast reflecting growing optimism that more spending is to come. it now expects holiday sales through november and december to rise 3.8% to record 469 billion. that is of four from a more modest 2.8% forecast.
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>>mark: >>james: here is a live look from our roof camera. it is hard to see the rain, but it is wet. that tops our headlines. morning showers are scattered in knee-jerk. on the backside we are dealing with pop up showers. overnight is going to be cool with gradual drying. as we head into tomorrow, another mild and possibly windy day as we head into the weekend. that is a snapshot of what we are
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seeing over the next two days. here is where the bulk of the moisture is now. right now, the only delays we are following wet weather in a substantial form is in the delta. we are seeing some bits and pieces near walnut creek. the only other portion of the bay area that is seeing wet weather is in the south bay. sunnyvale is seeing a light rain and some portions of the dumbarton. here is the system on the wide view. this is a distracting for northern california as it continues to push through the south.
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you will be dealing with pleasant conditions. it will be in upper 50s kind of day. into the weekend, sunny and mild. temperatures are mild and the north bay. they have been at freezing or below freezing for the better part of the week. this morning, mid-40s. welcome relief for those tired of subfreezing temperatures. this afternoon, upper 50s. antioch will only get up to about 53 degrees. 57 in san jose. as we look towards oakland, 57. downtown san francisco, 55. mid-50s is the theme for the north bay. here is your 7 day around the bay as a lookout towards friday into the weekend. it will be breezy but saturday and sunday, it is looking pretty good with plenty of sunshine. it looks like we will stay dry and mild through the first half
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of next week. we could be mild and dry all the way through christmas. a very lackluster december as far as weather. >>erica: the traffic sensors showed pretty good conditions around the bay area. there are no major incidents to report. traffic is flowing freely out of oakland towards san francisco. there are no real problems to report. the san mateo bridge is running pretty smoothly in both directions of highway 92. here is a look at the golden gate bridge, southbound 101, he will see pretty good conditions. a little bit of a wet deck. the drive is 25 minutes out of novato towards san francisco. westbound highway 4 is one of the slower spots around the bay area. as you make your way closer to the last pass speeds have certainly
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improved. if you are heading to the sierra, if you do have chain restrictions to worry about for highway safety as well as highway 80. fortunately there are no chain restrictions for adjusted 80 this morning. >>darya: people looking for parking could now use their phones to pay. they can pay the parking meter by calling a toll-free number and using a smart phone act. it also gives the text message when the time on your meter is out. it charges a 455 fee for each transaction. >>james: this service for hiram lawrence jr. will be held at the gospel church in oakland at 11:00 a.m.. the
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service is open to the public. there will also be a block party in honor of the young boy who would have turned into years old on december 28th. he was taken off life-support last friday after doctors said he had no brain function. he was shot in the head and among one of the seven people injured when someone opened fire outside a liquor store on november 28th. six people have been detained on unrelated charges but police have not made any arrests. >>darya: seven miners have been removed from an underground mine after a rock burst. it happened at the lucky friday mine last night. here is video. there are few details about what happened but officials say one of the miners was taken to hospital and six were treated at the scene. the initial cause shows that the miners were trapped or
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buried. it is one of the nation's deepest underground mines. the two miners died earlier this year in separate accidents. >>mark: the column and they're hearing for terry sandusky is costing the county money. the the cost to taxpayers will go higher if this case goes to trial. the attorney for sandusky said he does want a trial.
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>>mark: we are seeing a few scattered showers still over san francisco and on the san mateo bridge. the rain should be wrapping up shortly. announcer: stanley roberts found some people behaving badly. >>stanley: the driver of this pickup truck is about to be pulled over by the california highway patrol.
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the reason? littering. if you watch closely, he will see leaves blowing from under the tar. >>officer: your leaves are blowing all over the freeway. >>stanley: there are only two things that can fall from a vehicle, water and feathers, anything else is considered littering. the driver was issued a warning for the unsecured load. fisticuff drug as a cardboard box in the back that looks like it is about to take flight. the stick up is pulled over by the chp said that he can speak with the driver. >>officer: that these of cardboard is about ready to fall off the back of pickup truck. >>stanley: the nine finds can be as high as $1,000 of anything other than water wore feathers comes from your vehicle. if the driver was issued a warning to use caution when freezing things in the back of a pickup. he was also given a cardboard box in the sense of his
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way. >>officer: click it on the floorboard. >>stanley: this sign reads in coming lowe's must be properly covered. this truck carrying dirt is not. is the rocks or to hear your car, you know what happened. the driver admitted he was in a rush and it did not on the chart. he was also given a warning in the the tart was placed on the truck. the chp is tracking down on litterbugs because they want people to understand that the highway is not a trash can. >>darya: if you have a comment or a story idea, contact stanley roberts on our kron4 facebook paged.
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