>>justine: good atherton morning is for a new mc qeen ny look outside--could thursday and morning to you. hamas to kikwit look, and architecture. >>erica: put temperatures are sitting in the '50s where we in to clear skies and light went out there. as as we head into the

afternoon not think that a warming trend-and will stay with us, temperatures are dropping. these are your current temperatures right outside the door. >>erica: as he take a look at how much exactly those temperatures have changed a kid to the last 24 hours, 24 hours ago it was cooler. we have much calmer conditions everywhere else around the bay area concord is exactly the same temperature that we saw yesterday. downtown san

francisco is actually cooler. as the ticket it went into jewel gold dropped and will follow them to about one news. temperatures are in the upper 30's, '40's and 50's around the bay area. by 11:00 the light blue fields in on the screen especially of the to the north along the shore and data to the south bay. temperatures are getting into the fifties there. as we events towards our afternoon highs, we see some green on the screen. i will break down the numbers for you coming up in my next report. you will see clear and dry conditions on the bay area. we still have high pressure with us we'll continue to see the sun shine in the mild temperatures you will see on your forecast. for the most part a lot of sunshine to the jurors sitting in a low 60s. we continue to see that weather pattern. cloud

coverage starts to build up again wednesday we do have a slight chance of a rainfall. in the meantime, while checking out your traffic and the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza it be like and easy ride no problem and the traffic department this morning. we have no problems from any of the approaches. and no metering lights to deal with and traffic is a smooth ride. there are no problems in a little direction of highway 92. this ride is just 14 minutes from into it included the are a lot of space in between cars and traffic is still moving at the limit. we do not have any special traffic advisor to tell you about your no problems in accidents for

your ride coming out of the north bay. in checking our traffic map, you will see great conditions like i mentioned at navato pass highway 37 and down to the waldegrave, all of that agreement on your screen indicates leads coming in over at her--indicates he's coming in over at 50 mph. in protesters last night. and they dragged away in some cases. >>james: you can see the police breaking down the tents and taken them when that is the scene as it developed overnight. will recover, they were given 10:00 p.m. last night as the deadline for the year eviction. >>reporter: and we were

there when they moved al. >> of a i picked up my tent this afternoon because i did not look to be in conflict with anyone. >> i will stand with whoever stands withheld-- stands against the police as long as we have proper numbers. >> occupy oakland lee is standing up to nine to ship maybe even if they have 20 people they will still stand up to the 100 cops. i'm here to your >>james: account went to say concerned police excrescent that is what led them to the conviction casey since october there have been two dozen crimes recorded in the encampment. and what that include assault with a deadly weapon, battery, attempted sexual assault and theft. here is it that if you of the items that have been confiscated by the police.

richard gere, these are by their categorization dangerous items. >>justine: houses of the erie and nurses are planning to walk off the job in just a few hours. 4000 nurses are to begin their strike around 7:00 a.m. at several hospitals. kay thompson explains how this will affect patients and how the strike came >>reporter: will understand and nine hospital will be striking out the fall in hospitals will be affected. --how rough the fall when hospitals will be affected. nurses will not return to work after the one day strike because sutter is locking them out on friday so how does this affect patients? hundreds of replacement nurses have been brought in but in case of an

emergency striking nurses will cross the line if they're asked by the hospital if the hospital is overwhelmed with a substitute staff can i handle the situation. >> we will send a nurse and then to access the situation, stabilize the situation in and take care where a problem with the patient will never be any peril because there are nurses that will come off the line if necessary to help out >>reporter: this strike as a result of stalled contract negotiations, they say that they want to take away their stick leave and click them increased cost to their health benefits. sutter said the nurses have the option of fully paid benefits and the already get 40 pay date off current year.--40 paid

days off per year. >>justine: you may remember the previous strike, during that time a patient died due to the wrong medication being administered by a replacement nurse. we will have more of this story and the occupy even action coming up. >>james: we will take a break with much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. x it is a little when the up peaked in a little testy. more on your weather straight ahead.

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be cold in the morning but the afternoon looked just fine. we will keep you updated. now or to some news this morning. several years and the financial meltdown, 2012 is looking promising. but that is according to analysts who are dismissing it to be a possibility of another recession. all but the odds of a of a recession is at about 25%. google last three months are connected to be the best get with an annual growth rate cut of more than 3%. >>justine: today is the busiest day of the year for ups, the shipping company expected to deliver nearly 26 million packed just today alone. and over the course of this whole week about 120 million packages it will be

sending. and if you have procrastinated do not worry, you still have time ups is the the brink of a christmas eve. how did president opted for a hand delivery option-president obama took his dog out as he walked to pick up present for family and friends of course the dog picked up something for himself, a huge dog bowl. president obama also visited an electronics store where the dog had to wait in the car. outside the store he edition cans and kept took pictures with the people out there, they did not expect this as they were doing some last- minute shopping the president is expected to spend christmas holiday in hawaii. what was more ahead on the kron4 morning news to take a break as you can live look outside at the golden gate bridge was warm weather and traffic right after this.

>>erica: good morning and welcome back to the kron4 morning news this is the first official day of winter. >>erica: as we look for to the christmas weekend and will continue and that dry weather for--pattern. here are your temperatures right outside the door. and like i mentioned we are very warm.

yesterday we saw a couple of locations and in the upper 20s. i will actually show you how much warmer is today compared to yesterday. you will definitely see a trend of the to the north bay, very warm temperatures this morning more mild everywhere else. just seven degrees warmer for downtown san francisco and three degrees cooler for those in oakland. as i shall him where the temperature is moving to the afternoon, for who will see a couple of tickets out there little like oakland could get up to about 60 degrees. a rumor it really looks like to stay in the upper 50s down in the south slide in farm act of to the vendor, slide and the

map on up to no. to make these are our current location of temperatures. saturday and sunday mostly mils mild. >>erica: it looks like temperatures will be running low 60s, we have plenty of sunshine across the board. in the traffic department hot spot to tell you about court is a pretty easy ride there if you are here this morning. the the work, warning of our public over at the san still bridge rules to traffic

within little bit heavy out towards with no major delays or accidents to speak up. an advocate of it bridge killed him as he take this to the golden gate bridge to see problem for conditions approaching san francisco of it and over at our traffic in that department of the with their inherent problems to contend with. the short freeway is already on your screen. if you're heading to the san ramon valley i've i have any major problems to tell you about. and gm up investigators are trying to secure out what the officer pulled his gun. >>reporter: and all started at be extended to stay right behind me in richmond at the

hilltop mall. authorities say and then with a gun in his < made in a threatening gesture and that is when the police were called in.. >>reporter: --saddam up officers to try to to the suspect to as some point he went out of the building is an accessment was injured car and went out of the building of. bart what we had run a officer of one fire a weapon. correct >> the only thing i know about this of it is his a black male about the 22 years old. >>reporter: 22 bureau is

reportedly at the hospital in stable condition of. and even losses involved in the shooting is on it the shooting is being examined to make sure that all the right steps have been taken as a deficit shooting resulted in injury and at several public places and i and innocent people around. >>justine: say it was a registered sex offender is backing gusty after police say he legally protect miners' union it had he was caught, the electoral bottle is will police say that richard williams retired high school boys to wash cars for and indeed have a parking lot of an athletic club in for a short payment, william djakarta boris to shower with him and in the hot tub he was arrested again today for violating his status will as a registered sex offender. police believe williams may have come in contact with other miners and their asking anyone with a hug and

then we have to details about the sexual harassment filed with the bay area's crew ashore--vague areas, star. heroom and >> the text messages were not work related is more warm and won't and harassing. most were sent late at night minimum and in the wee hours of the morning. degree is and we have evidence to show that this text message start of the phrase a hasty exit.hey sexy. >>justine: hope the war

years. what it >>james: we will take a break and have more news in a minute. here is a live look outside the view of the james lick freeway where traffic is like it is chilly out there but not nearly as cold as we thought might be cute

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arived on tuesday this is mad of led bulbs that are said to be more efficient. and what your plans for new year's eve? kron4 new year's live is the only local countdown show hosted by catherine heenan and gary radnich. we will take you to the best and biggest parties all over the bay area. it starts new year's eve at 11:30 p.m. right here on kron4. >>justine: we will take a break and be back with our top stories, weather and traffic right after this.

nurses are to begin their strike at about 7:00 a.m. this morning at several center hospitals. we explain how this will affect patients and how the strike came to be. >>reporter: nurses at nine hospital will be striking on thursday. these are the two largest hospitals that will be affected and then there are the following. >>reporter: nurses will not be returning to work after the one day strike because fetter is locking them out on friday how does this affect patients? hundreds of replacement nurses have been brought in but in case of an emergency striking nurses

will cross the picket line if they are hatched by the hospital bed hospital is overwhelmed with a substitute staff cannot handle the situation. >> we will access the situation and take care of what ever problem they have. >>reporter: release strike as a result of stalled contract negotiations nurses say that sutter want to take away their sick leave and make them pay increase caused to their health benefits. sutter said the patient--and nurses have the option of full health-care benefits and the only get 40 paid days off per year. >>justine: and an estimated 27,000 vs ticket seller hospital for 24 hours when the nurses try to return to work sutter told them to go home because their jobs were being filled

by replacement nurses brought in to work for five days. during that time a female cancer patient died after a replacement nurse accidentally gave her the wrong medication. the state department of public health is still investigating that death. >>james: we are falling whether this morning. we have a live look from our roof camera that us find out the latest on the weather today and how we will wrap up. good morning erica. >>erica: good morning james it looks like we have some pleasant weather on tap. the good news is temperatures are have to a warm start. it does not look like we will see much fog this morning. temperatures for the most promising in the upper 50s and for the overnight hours we will continue to see mostly clear conditions but temperatures will drop down to the low 30's. you will see that on your extended

forecast but like i mentioned in the could the north bay locations. 54 degrees for santa rosa and the same for navato and napa. everywhere south of the golden gate bridge we are running on the outside. places like oakland are checking in at 36 degrees at the freezing mark for concord we have not seen much change there. in the south bay we see some 30's and some '50s. now, that a switch over and tell you how much warmer it is this morning compared to what we saw yesterday and the days prior. we are seeing an extreme warming trend in the north bay like i mentioned everyone else is on the outside. we are a couple of degrees cooler in through oakland 7 degrees warmer for downtown san francisco and two degrees warmer for those in redwood city. it looks like for the most part we

will see forties and most locations around the bay area by 11:00 a.m. we will start to see any band on your screen. try to p.m. we start to see a little bit of green especially up to the north beirut and should like santa rosa into petaluma indicate temperatures in the low 60s. i will show you the members neighborhood by neighborhood is likely cooler compared to what we saw yesterday but we will continue to see the sunshine. her for the most part we will see a lot of sixties on board. >>erica: your seven day around the forecast shows a lot of sunshine on the

board. as we start the next work we will see a little bit more sunshine, but tuesday's when the clouds rolling in and wednesday we do have a slight chance of rain. 12 traffic--one to traffic, we have a pretty decent ride out of oakland for san francisco. traffic is moving pretty smoothly up the incline and across the upper deck. now weekend at the golden gate bridge, down 101 showed a lot of space in between cars. this ride is under 24 minutes out of arnold for san francisco. highlighting conditions on the peninsula this morning. all of that green indicates he's over 50

mi. per hour. we do not have any major delays to speak of and traffic is certainly moving at the limit. >>james: some developing news we're following this morning and other occupy encampment crew--showed some demonstrators voluntarily breaking down their tents and taking them away. they were even if it about 10:00 last night. kron4 was there as protesters cleared out. >> i packed my tent this afternoon because i have no desire to be in any kind of physical altercation with anyone.

>> i will join forces with the people that stand against the police as long as we have enough numbers. >> the way that this is moving it is just beginning and there will be large encampments to come in the future. >> occupy berkeley is standing up to my even if they have 20 people there will still stand up to 100 cops. >>james: we want to give you some insight into some of the state the concerns the police and expressed. this then october there had been two dozen crimes reported that includes assault with a deadly weapon, battery, attempted sexual assault and theft. isn't that a few of the items that they confiscated. they said they found knives, guns, a hammer and even a gas mask. we have a live picture as well of this area we have crews standing by and we'll have a live report from the scene

momentarily. >>justine: there will be a candlelight vigil to offer the san--to honor a san francisco police officer. this was the last addition to which the officer was a fine. the officer joined the san francisco police department july 1, 2002, he was 28 years old. and south san francisco police will have extra officers on the street today this is the one-year anniversary of a still unsolved gang killing that left three people dead. this is video of the shooting scene from last year. the police chief is worried about possible violence in connection with the anniversary. since the shooting the city council has voted to use $400,000 from its reserve to hire for extra officers to focus on gang violence. officers said they have made 118 arrests

and seized 15 t since they hit the streets in february. >>james: we will take a break and we come back we have the battle at capitol hill and whether or not you will see a height in your payroll taxes. now we have a live look outside is a chilly start to the east bay, more weather in a moment.

>>james: then home for the holidays with the problem for the president he is being held on hybrid lot and not dealing with the roads or describe on capitol hill. >>reporter: it is feeling less like the holidays and more like a game of chicken on capitol hill. >> people are sitting at home wondering what congress is doing. >>reporter: congress has

until december 31st to reach an extension of the tax cut is not the average american will lose $40 per paycheck most lawmakers have gone home for the holiday the poor they left the senator's passed a two month extension would only support from both parties. house republican leaders refused to allow a vote on that measure. it >> would like to read the bill to extend a tax cut for 160 million americans as you walk off the floor mr. >> you are walking out and walking away. >>reporter: instead they want to start negotiations on a yearlong the kitchen. q. your >> we are here and the hard work in war, are to sit down with us to that end with president and the bipartisan leaders in the house and senate all want and that is to extend the table 10. >>reporter: distill it has thrown a wrench in president obama as planned, instead of joining his family in hawaii has been working the phones at the white house to get congress to compromise

only the first dog was by his side after he went shopping at that store, later he got kids for his daughters. >> will you deliver them personally in hawaii? >> the merry christmas to you. >>reporter: the white house has not said if rick president obama will leave the white house before an agreement is reached. >>justine: homes lost $700 million of this year. it actually better than last year's numbers and 05 in 2010 homes lost 1.1 trillion dollars. this year's losses on track to be 35% less than last year. as for homes in los angeles, new york and chicago they lost the most value. we will take a break

in the first day of winter with a live look outside and was happening on the golden gate bridge. we are proud of the christmas weekend and we will talk about the weather when we come right back.

>>erica: for the past couple of days we have been talking about how chilly has been around the bay. but now we're talking about the warming of these locations. yesterday we were talking about these locations actually in the upper 20s and today we're looking at mid-50s. it looks like we're running around our average at 36 degrees for oakland, 48 for those at half moon bay and we see a real mixture in the south bay. into ranges from the 30's, 40's and even some fifties

for places like san jose and in through fremont. >>erica: by 9:00 p.m., you can see the purple and navy on your screen indicates that most locations will be sitting in the 40's for though most part. as we pushing closer to 11:00 this band of light and into all the way from the north bay to the east shore and down towards this assignment of you in san jose and indicating a mixture keep him in the upper '40's for places like downtown san francisco and as we push forward, are afternoon highs will start to see some green on the screen especially up to the north bay. >>erica: take a look at

oakland coming in at 60 degrees. for the most are we will see upper 50s. >>erica: it we have high- pressure with us and will remain that way for the next several days. in the meantime lucia temperatures in the will to sitting low 60s and plenty of sunshine is especially apparent for the christmas weekend we will still contend with some frigid morning. take a look at the windows. it looked far we're hovering around the freezing mark. in the meantime will turn are attacking traffic. i can't

can describe this as--i guess we can describe this as a holiday like bridge. there are no delays to speak up at the toll plaza and towards the high rise. we still see a lot of spacing between cars as the ticket over to the traffic map, you see great conditions in the south bay. interstate to any is pretty decent. these drop down to just 45 mi. per hour, it looked like to a 37 is in pretty good shape we do not have any accidents to report any direction. >>james: where rain county dui arrest is up from this time lashing. in fact police arrested 27 people and that is seven more than national. san raphael police will have the dui and driver's

license check this weekend. law enforcement agencies drop the bay area are participating in a 17 day winter holiday campaign all over the bay area. >>justine: if you use facebook page is about to give a bit busier, last week facebook at a time line to use your pages and not as lavish detail reports facebook has come up with another addition just-in- time for the new year. >>reporter: facebook runs ads now, the big difference will be the positioning of the new act, right now facebook ads are restricted to the right time of the page but the sponsored ads will be included in the user's news feeds. the stories will be the same size as other items of the news feed allowing branch to spread what--word of mouth

recommendations and fanlike the story will appear in their news feet.--feed. that has also be visible to the 350 million mobile users. a small number of advertisers will be involved in users will only see one sponsored ad per day. >>justine: much more ahead on the kron4 morning news and at the ticket quick break a will to can live look outside. we will check the commute quite frequently still little chilly out there but warmer than yesterday. as we are anticipating the holidays and odd reminder that the countdown to the best new you leave harding is right here on kron4. we are waiting to rent with a lot of anticipation it. a. the military is cleverly turning and the new year is kron4 new year's eve live. it is the only local countdown

show hosted by catherine heenan and jerry radnich. we bring home the spectacular fireworks show over the bay and we give you an insight passed to the biggest and best parties around town. if your home one year's eve turn on kron4 and you can enhance your new year's eve celebration and will make it bigger and better it starts at 11:30 p.m. one year's eve stay with us, we will be right back.

>>stanley: the driver of the honda just applied his brakes. the region, he was more than 10 ft. in on the car in front of him bumper.

that is called tell game. i forgot to mention i am writing with the chp so the driver gets a chat with the officer. from our review >> the reason i stopped you is because we're falling to close. >>stanley: lawyer this is the main reason for collisions. chp believe that 99 percent off collision are preventable. falling to close is preventable. >>stanley: it turns out this woman was driving on a learner's permit for three months of the arms bazaar had this to say.--so the officer had this to say. >> in order for you to save

the stock you have to have been falling at 300 ft.. >> you are driving at 70 you could not stop fast enough he would ever ended the car in front of you. >>stanley: the question if any emergency with a driver be able to stop in time. so you have one and a half seconds to see the problem and a second have to react and stop in time. in hayward, i am stanley roberts kron4 news. >>justine: if you have a comment story idea for stanley you can reach him that people behaving badly. temperatures are warmer today than they were yesterday. the corrective doesn't san francisco we have 50 to degrees in oakland 36, concord 32 in hayward 51 degrees. he would take you down to san jose at 50 as he was tapping on the

seven day around the bay we have a mouse start to the holiday weekend. 60 degrees is about the average and will stay that way for the next seven days in the next check the rain look slim but it will be coming up next wednesday we will keep you posted. we have much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. we have to picture show of to developing stories, first off the occupy berkeley were the largest occupy can't and left in the bay area was cleared out overnight and also a hospital in oakland where we plan on following a nurses' strike today. those are the to live pictures of the two developing stories will be watching this all morning long, stay with us.

>> mark: thank you for joining us and just two hours from now thousands of nurses will have a one day strike at the center

hospitals in locations all around the bay area. these are the two largest hospitals affected. the nurses will also be on strike in the peninsula. >> mark: nurses at the following locations will be on the picket line. how will locations at these hospitals be affected? checking with will tran he is live with an update. >>reporter: it depends on who you ask, where they are bringing in replacement nurses to handle the two days that the nurses will be on strike. they should be fine here, but as far as the nurses there will be on strike two hours from now,

they do not know the system, they do not know the patient so in that sense, you will be affected if you talk with these people they said the nurses a well-trained they have been here before in fact this place and all the other places they are familiar with the nurse is going on strike they say why are they doing this? because they have got plenty of raises on the past couple of years and according to hospital, they said the nurses should be content obviously the nurses are not. for more on that and what happens, i will send back to you. >> mark: this one day strike is a result of stalled contract negotiations nurses say that sir one should take away their paid sick leave and make them pay increase cost of their health benefits. sutter said they have 40 k days off for years and they can have fully covered health care. >>justine: the largest

encampment in the bay area was cleared out overnight in berkeley. officers started to remove tents as they were giving the protesters 8:00 eviction deadline. we turn now to jackie sizzle was alive at the park were some protesters are still out there this morning. >>reporter: good morning just the we are not necessarily clear out here. there are about 20 to 25 pence still remaining. still lots of people milling around out here. they were given notice that the need to be out of the park by 10:00 p.m. last night. the police moved in and removed a few of the tens but then they backed off and you can fit protesters still remain out here right now. it is kind of unclear whether or not the police will move back in an attempt to remove the remaining protesters at this point. one of the ironies of this entire story, here is the park and ride across the street over

there that is the police station. we are in very close proximity is--to the police department. and does not look like these protesters are going anywhere anytime soon. >> mark: it is windy out there in the hills this morning we do have a live look from san francisco. let us get more of the forecast through christmas with james fletcher. >>james: good morning mark, the north bay hills and east bay hills working some pretty severe wind gust. it is gusty out there and that is helping to keep things on the warm side for the north bay. you will see that in temperatures in just a minute the clear skies throughout the senate afternoon. the highs will be in the upper 50s to low 60s. dry and mild your forecast as we head through the holiday weekend. let me to the temperatures of the could you are talking

about. look at the north bay. that is a huge difference over how was yesterday. the north bay has been the biggest change for us over the last 24 hours in fact this map shows just how much war is right now compared to this time yesterday. we have a 24 degree difference in santa rosa. 25 in a bottle, 22 napa, 21 fairfield, this gives you an idea of the difference now compared to yesterday and all that has to do with the north wind that is continuing to blow over night. continuing to bring in the warmer air from the inland valleys for the north bay and east bay. that is what we are dealing with this morning. afternoon we have a day of upper 50s and 06 feet. again, made to upper 50s to a lot of the east bay valleys and across the north bay will have the upper 50s we have a couple degrees cooler today but

otherwise we're doing pretty good. the winner will stay with us drop the day diminishing as we did towards the evening hours. we would not have the went to help keep us warm like we did this one. and on the satellite as you can see, we still have high pressure keeping a of a very mild weather track for the rest of the seven day around the bay until we get to about wednesday it looks like we may have someone coming into northern california. will the ghetto and the forced out enough to attack the the area at this point the chances are very slight. we are trying to bring some moisture to our area or at least the sierra. will keep you updated to let you know of that develops into anything. but as it over to traffic now. say good morning to join. >> george: good morning james. we're not talking hot spots yet. taking the debate bridge toll plaza traffic is

hardly moving at all of the bay bridge. the light traffic on the approach also looks good with no delays or problems as we move from the macarthur maze and the shore freeway or interstate 80. your ride to the san mateo bridge has been a pretty good one. you can see that traffic here is pretty light especially in the not commute direction. that is the east bound, to flow direction. looking at your ride on highway 101. the golden gate bridge has a smooth commute. you'll find easy conditions leading to and from marin county. an east bay check for you as we pick up our traffic maps, looking at the ride on 680 stout and 80 west. 24 is all pretty light so far this one. the south bay traffic has no place to be found for one through one or 280. the north bay ride looks great rumor ran. it is delay free with a 24 minute drive time to the golden gate bridge. will find no delays

or problems for your trips as you heading down. checking public transit there are no problems to tell you about. >> mark: will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. we have a live look over san francisco on this mild and when the morning. [ male announcer ] citibank's new app for ipad

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>> mark: downright disgusted is how some workers say they feel about congress. if lawmakers and not at gaijin where first roughly anyone to get a paycheck will see 2 percent less in their paychecks. here are some examples, from europe if you and $35,000 in here with the panel taxes going back up to perceive you will lose $700 for the year. if you make 50,000, you will lose $1,000 if you make $90,000, you will lose $89. if you make 110,000 or more you will see 2300 left in your paycheck next year. we want to know your think, your comments to our facebook fan page. we will be reading comments on the ear.--one

the ear. >>justine: 43 economist say the odds of another recession is about 25%. the economy has grown faster each quarter. alas is expected to be the best. exports are attributing this to more consumer spending. business is booming for ups this is the busiest day of the year for the company. the shipping company is expected to deliver more than 26 million packages today alone and over the course of this whole week, ups is handling more than 120 million packages. the company had add more flights to meet the demand. if you have procrastinated and still need to overnight shipping you still have some time. ups is delivering through christmas eve. >> mark: room will be right

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>> mark: welcome back to the kron4 morning news to. here are some pictures of denver there are six to 12 in. of snow on the ground. we haven't storm warnings in effect as a show you the view around downtown denver. it turned around there this morning. let us go to credit with an update. >>reporter: as far as we know that is the one. that is a troublesome are. rural and crew would reduce the people of holiday travelers and their own risk guard hear your ruler sitting out this to the american airlines terminal. but ever airline lord using, the

weather may be one and mr. read--would ever whether it we are using, and group-0--. to drive you are in look, the whole fleet things will remain that way. >> mark: we will keep watching for any debate at the rear door here in dallas james fletcher and for more on that and an award at. and >>james: wouldn't want--and

you may want to call to make sure that you're slightly different are on the time of year ago we gm up off will --fligh orders--flights are on time. it whatever it is reported one alan a 14 minute on arrival delay street back trickle-down to the bay area. it records your route it we have the courage to temperatures. work. >>james: concord is coming in right at the freezing mark. would recruit her work this afternoon we are looking and upper 50s and

those d's once again.--and as low as 61 to can. >>reporter: his ear is just seven day around the bay, saturday and sunday is looking pretty good. when we may have a slight chance of some sprinkles next wednesday. now let us find out about traffic. >> george: no problems for your drive around the bay area still very light conditions here. one crew would there are no delays for your trip towards the upper deck. and we root

highway 92 is equally good with no problems in either direction over at the golden gate you misty like conditions crews are getting ready for the morning commute that adding a fourth lane across the span in the south our direction. when a quick check of traffic and bad for you. we start off in the east bay and what but what happened here?. and you were in interstate any in the westbound direction looks good. looking at south bay traffic and the 101 commute north bound is coming up at the coyote valley and has will delay you it as we're getting up or down of you. current runner who was finally a check on marin county 101 south bound this is an easy trip. this is about a 23 to 24 minute drive time. what for your trip on u.s. highway 101, and the conditions are still pretty

could as well with no delays. >>justine: and the ornate it attacks that have killed when at least break. but 62 building. people just days after accounting. these attacks targeted neighborhoods around the city. when the u.s. to like the tip responsibility for a nato air strike last one that--that's what her that killed pakastani they say the nato forces will that they were firing at the pakastani to two.--at the pakastani troops.

>> mark: off shore oil spilled is likely the worst in a decade. they say it will from this ordeal has had roughly reflect about 100 mi.. we will be right back as the kron4 morning news continues here is a live look of the james lick freeway. traffic is light.

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>> mark: decision 2012 new gingrich is paying the price for his late start. he needs 10,000 voter signatures by today to be on

the march 6th ballot. mit romney says newt gingrich baggage makes barak obama the better candidate. >> in new room i will be glad to debate him anywhere.--how did or i will be glad to debate him anywhere. >> mark: mit romney then taunted gingrich. and >> newt gingrich has had a few left in kidder's links to say about me over the campaign, and it gave away and that is the big thing of the campaign moved to 06 at one another. regardless to

the heat associated with the ads, he cannot stand a wait until obama tells a kitten shows elegant obama is fit together as $1 million will be attacking us day and night. he has already begun >> mark: new gingrich says he'll stick positive even though mit romney has on a willingness to stand up and tell the truth. >>justine: this is berkeley where the police moved in over 90 in the out of the last remaining occupy encampment. but as you can see the tents are still there will find out why when we come right back.

>> mark: in just an hour and half from now thousands of nurses are set to make it one day strike we will show you what hospitals are expected to be affected.

these are just the four largest. let us get more on this story and will tran is a live with one of the largest hospitals affected. >>reporter: nursing should be here at about 90 minutes from now. here is what you need to know if you are a patient will and you have an appointment or if there is an emergency at this hospital or any other hospital on strike. see the security guards in a front, the hospitals are bringing in replacement nurses. they will be on the job for two days and the reason why, the nurses will stage a one day strike after that on friday the hospital will lock them out for one day we do not know why they're doing that but that is the case. so, for two days if you're

coming here you will see replace the nurse but the hospital says no problems the nurses are well-trained and should not have any concerns about that. if you talk with the striking nurses this the should be concerned because the nurses do not know you will at all and they're not trained with the system at the hospital. there should be hundreds of nurses here and this is not the first time they're doing this that is the reason why the other hospitals are upset because they believe whatever problems they have are resolved but obviously is not. as soon as they arrive will bring the very latest in the interviews from both sides of this issue. >> mark: where the nurses say that sutter wants to take away their paid sick leave and make them pay more for their health benefits. sutter said the nurses have the option of fully paid health benefits. art this is

the >>erica: heated topic on our facebook fan page i asked the viewers if they were supportive of the strike especially if you keep in mind what happened last september and a patient die when they were admitted to the wrong medication i one of the replacement nurses. here is a comment from one person. it just could contribute by saying the following. there are a lot of comics coming in this morning if you like to participate, leave your own thoughts. check our facebook fan page and lead your comments on the air. >>justine: we've moved on toward developing story the police have cleared out the largest occupy in kama in the bay area this happen over night at the civic fifth report. protesters had to obey 18th p.m. deadline to leave when they did not, as she conceded clashed with police and officers started to remove contents. those tents are still there right

now. jackie is live at civic center park with the very latest. a-- >>reporter: the police moved in but did not clear how the cuffs the orient--would police moved in to do not clear how the--out the park. they were given notice that this team can't it illegally and and some of the cult confident of a move in and remove a couple of how--tents. this is alas of the large occupy protesters left in the the area. the irony of this whole thing, the police department itself is directly across the street from the campaign. we have seen patrol officers rolling around a park and we have not seen him moving.

obviously this the situation that is kind of a stalemate right now. when we get more information will pass it along. worked >> mark: a live look out of san francisco on his dark thursday morning as find out what is in store.. >>james: is a little gusty a run the east gate in the north bay hills. he is to be in some spots will much warmer and others particularly in the north platte and show you the numbers on the map, 53 in san rosa and napa, santa rosa had 20 issued a morning at this time. a huge improvement, why so warm? we have northerly winds. big w inds all went are bringing in the heat. her. we have a little cooler to the pictures in a bottle.

rocked--in navat rowo.-- taking the case today. taking the day yesterday in the difference here pretty amazing. we have upper 50s and low 60s. all across the north bay we are looking for about 50. here is your seven day around the bay as the countdown the holiday weekend that is fast approaching. a lot of sunshine is expected for this weekend with temperatures right around the low 60s. as for the rain that we thought would come

tuesday evening, it still looks like a very slim chance. the question is, will any of that goes out enough to touch the bay area at this point it is a very slight chance that that will happen. now george, what do you see? >> george: we have a nice ride around the bay area we have not tracked in the hot spots this morning. here at the bay bridge toll plaza is the west bound ride is still very light. rob roy and for the first two hours of the commute there were no metering lights. your ride to the san mateo bridge is pretty easy. are there are no delays across the span. crews have completed the task of adding a lane to the south out direction. looking

at the traffic maps, the us to pick up the ride on interstate 80. >> george: we have a little slowing and alamo but nothing to worry about. >>justine: here is what is just in to the kron4 newsroom we can and numbers on unemployment, and implement applications have dropped to their lowest level since april 2008. this is a sign that the job market is strengthening. the markets are responding pretty fair to this.

>> mark: the gdp numbers just came out so the numbers for the summer have been revised downward. better news for unemployment but not great news for the growth with the u.s. economy keep your eyes on wall street that is about 50 minutes from the opening bell. and i want to sf 08 of the story that we're watching a big holiday getaway in a big snowstorm in denver. we will keep our eye on any flight delays.

>>justine: a registered sex offender is back in police custody after the police say he was illegally contact minors. they say a lot higher high-school boys to wash cars for him in the parking lot at an athletic club at the conclusion of payment during are the boys shower with him and get in a

hot tub with him. he was arrested yesterday for violating his status as a registered sex offender. i police police said he may have come in contact with other miners and asking anyone--with information to come forward. >> mark: your harassment is selena monte and the ellis who is a guard for the warriors. they face and sent numerous text messages and the team fired her. >> the text messages were not welcomed the they were harassing. most were sent late at night or in the early hours of the morning. i have evidence to show that the text message started with the phrase h for earley sexy. >> mark: 2 look her lawyer also submitted a picture we

that her ex alice in cotillion--rather at a picture that showed his genitalia. the warriors' president denies it did three--the allegations. >>justine: warren hellman and died of complications of leukemia as 77 years old, he was just can't afford the bluegrass festival in the bay area. >> mark: we will take a quick break the first we have a live look outside for you.

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>> mark: we have a big trouble week around the bay area and around the nation.

check out the scene in downtown denver. six to 12 in. of snow falling during the overnight hours. with denver being the united hub, we are checking the possibility of some flight delays this morning. let us go to great with an update from s f zero.--from sfo. >>reporter: if you are flying to denver with an hour and 15 minute delay, the weather and the circumstances are looking kind of tough. otherwise, there are no delays in no problem for the time being. it is too early this holiday weekend as you can see there are a lot of people getting an early jump on the holiday weekend. it is only thursday and quite a few people are at the american

airlines terminal is up and down. unfortunately, this person had his bags all over so you could see the challenges that people face during this holiday weekend. not much of a problem here at sfo, let us hope that it stays that way. back to you. >> mark: james fletcher is watching the flights nationally and locally as well. >>james: as we push in, we're looking for anywhere from six to 12 in. but at denver and is possibly 18 in. work of a snow--worth snow. this will impact anybody especially flying back. flights could be delayed as a result of the

bad weather there. the other whether we are following is a the south. we are dealing with severe thunderstorms will have to murder watch-- we have a tornado watch in effect. so far so good the call your carrier to make sure the flight on time. we see mostly 4020 mid-50s at this early hour. we have a big improvement over yesterday's freezing and subfreezing to enter.-- subfreezing temperatures. this afternoon we have widespread fifties. >>reporter: as we fly to the north we are expecting upper 50s and low 60s. downtown we

are looking for about 58 degrees in most the sunny skies. here is your seven day around the bay as we continue to work through the weekend. on sunday the weather is holding steady. temperatures are hovering around a 60 degree mark. we have plenty of sunshine. there is a system that will bring northern california some rain. will we get rain? that is the big question. now let us shifting gears and it over to traffic. >> george: gear shifting is taking place without any problem for those out on the roadway. >> george: we are not tracking in the hot spots, it isn't easy ride around the bay area. we did not even see the metering lights

activity yesterday until about 8:00 p.m.. so we have no delays on any of the approaches. in san mateo bridge right highway 92 the volume is up and so are the speeds. the golden gate bridge ride is problem free. over to the traffic maps we are still clear and problem free, south bay has no delays with 1 01280 or 85. your north bay ride 101 through marin county still looks good.

>> mark: law enforcement agencies throughout the bay area are participating in this 17th day campaign. >>justine: today marked the one-year anniversary of the still unsolved game killing that left three people dead. this is video of the shooting scene from last year. the police chief is worried about possible violence in connection with this. for the city wants to hire for extra officers and focus on gang violence they have said it may 118 arrests and seized guns in school the arrest and february. >> mark: but it is beginning to look like new year's at times square. the 7 ft. tall and a number to arrived --2

arrived. what are your plans for new year's? the kron4 and new year's live show happened at 11:30 p.m. on the year's eve.

>>erica: a baby boy who is given formative from wal- mart died from an infection. the manufacturer said the formula tested negative if you want to read all the details i have a link on our facebook fan page. >> mark: hockey news, the

san jose sharks are putting their recent skid behind them. seven to two with the sharks fastest time. six different sharks scored. san jose now is back to tie with first in the division. >>justine: we are falling several developing stories including a nurses' strike and the occupy it can't meant--the occupy in can't make clear out. we have your weather forecast will become right back.

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