golden gate. on the left, mt. tam looking back as an francisco. we have wins and a warm up on the way. the latest on weather in a minute. first, justine with an update. this comes after three of the 25 students and 30 faculty members at st. ignatius press in the sunset district got sick.

with the department of health to stop with the suspect is a moral virus. >> we just want to if ensure that we have gotten every area twice. we're using a bleach solution on everything, every place where students come into contact. tables, chairs, doorknobs, doors, walls, desk, floors, all of those areas will be thoroughly cleaned. >>justine: at this point the school does not know for sure what is making everyone sick, but based on the sentence of nausea, diarrhea and aches and pains and the the fact that it has spread so fast, health officials suspect it is a neural virus, not the flu virus or food poisoning. the department of health was planning on testing samples to try to answer that question. stay with us for more details. >>james: let's give an

update on that forecast. we never warm weather setting in. >>erica: good morning, i want to bring up a look at life conditions from mt. tam. a clear but cold start. you can actually see the cameras shaking. it is able to windy and the higher elevations. phil have an instance of a fog in the north bay. visibility is definitely limited. temperatures in the 40's and upper '30's. as we head into the afternoon we have a lot of sunshine and warm conditions. some locations could actually make it into the upper 60s and overnight, partly cloudy conditions with temperatures could get near the freezing mark. we have a limited visibility around the bay area. the orange does indicate slowing down to discuss just visibility down to a half mile. entire structures of high 101 are compromised. that is the only instance of

fog in the bay area. clear skies everywhere else and it temperatures on the cooler side. santa rosa coming in at 39, 37 for those of you in a bottle. a 41 is the common number for fairfield, oakland and concord. future cast 4 critics by noon, three in on this green indicates everyone already into the '60s. how did a pretty warm start to the afternoon. for the afternoon, a lot of locations will make it into the upper 60s, especially in the north bay. that is where we will see normal temperatures. now you could get up to 65 degrees, a degree warmer than that for oakland. even some of our coastal location will make it into low 60s. santa rosa will actually reach 69. there are well above the seasonal average and could actually break some records.

napa and nevada, 66. 62 for downtown san francisco in 65 in fairfield. in my next report a look at the 7 day around the bay forecast and what is on tap for the weekend in the next chance for rain. >>justine: let's do a quick check on our bridges and the bay area. your is your ride on 92, the san mateo bridge headed towards a foster city and hayward. here is a quick look at the golden gate. nice and light this morning. >>james: here is an interesting story, a city in brentwood netflix, a man was buried chest deep for three hours. the man who was trapped was 50 years old. he was from oakland in digging a deterrent.

there, you can see him as he was pulled free. you can hear the cheering.

eight aha off >>justine: a new breed in the kidnapping that is more than two decades old, she was inducted in 1988 ended down a death row inmate claims its partner in crime may be the one who took her from here were store parking

lot. this new development was revealed in a letter. cut >>terisa: letter obtained by kron4 news. in it come a death row inmate claims that his accomplice in the crime spree there's a striking resemblance to a composite sketch of the adductor of mchale with garrett. take a look for yourself. kron4's spoke with the girl's father.

>> if you look at the timing into the cage .... >>terisa: did he have anything to gain by foreign officials to the fray in the case? >> one of his motivations for providing information flickr cahow is getting out of prison. >>terisa: authorities believe the suspected of dr. killed himself after learning that he was speaking to authorities and others about crimes that the two committed. the letter was dated prior to his body being found. hayward authorities say they plan to interview him on death row. tsk

>>mark: let's take a quick break. here is a live look from the roof camera. third cut

>>justine: mitt romney offending comments that he made, renee marsh reports from washington. rene >> as the clear front has slothful in the republican race, mitt romney is writing his momentum from florida into nevada ahead of saturday's caucus. the from the campaign could catch some flak for comments he made wednesday morning. he told solar that all across our primary focus will middle-class.

>> i am not concerned about the very poor. we have a safety net there. i am not concerned about the very rich. i am concerned with the middle of america. >> romney says he is this about all americans but believes the middle-class has been hardest hit friday amid have efficient policy sphere. half his dot contenders got a jump start on the western campaign. newt gingrich and ron paul who finished second and fourth in tuesday's for primary health events in her daughter. >> my issue is to make sure that everybody's liberty is equal and equally defended regardless of which group would belong to. >> santorum is focused on colorado evans says he's keeping his campaign clean. >> we will not get down and dirty with personal attacks. >> none of all of its

opponents are showing an indication of fouling out. >>james: more headlines coming up in a few minutes. coming up a live look at the bay bridge. will be right back.

>>erica: welcome back. here is a live look at conditions bruschetta looking at a downtown senator theory is we are not seeing too much traffic. temperatures are running in the 30's particularly in the north bay. he's as we head into the afternoon the warming trend starts with some veterans that the action get into the upper 66 hikes that as we head into the air hough

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>>erica: relatively clear conditions on southbound 101 however we do have dense fog. >> was down 580 is currently a problem free. we do not have any accidents to report along the nimitz. the green does indicate speeds over 50 mi. per hour. >>justine: have a groundhog day. we have live pictures from pennsylvania. the pressure is on fill this morning. that is a groundhog from pennsylvania. his annual weather prediction is that to happen in about 10 minutes at 430.

if he sees his shadow, winter will have around for another six weeks. if not, spring is on its ways. >>justine: we will follow those live pictures and find out what is happening. >>mark: a new details from oakland police force. fifth in oakland, howard jordan was promoted to chief will allow a police department in yen who was elected to a chief and a half old chief 24 year

career, as the city's new tomahawk but he admits the road ahead is tough. topping his list is dealing with violent protesters. >> keeping officer's state and working with the community. >>haaziq: during his previous stance, he was in control over some thunder officers. >> the sheriff's department has been great partners with us. we're getting a lot of help from the federal government in fighting crime. it's a.

cox >>justine: the housing market is all abuzz after face of a quick announcement yesterday. homes have been in demand ever since facebook moved their headquarters there. as reggie kumar tells us, it is expected that the housing market will only become the more competitive. >>reggie: get this, only 23 homes in an pilothouse are available harry this is one of them, how it is less than 5 mi. from facebook in is 4 million. thanks this remix realtors

says he expects more phone calls from facebook employees now that many will have more money to purchase a home. them as some buyers are saying that they want to buy before the ipo happens, also, some clients who have already raised money for the secondary market, we have been told more than one dozen people will be made millionaires by the ipo. >>justine: much more ahead on the kron4 news. aha this is what is happening now on the james lick in san francisco. we do not see any fog or major traffic issues.

here is a live look fat in pennsylvania. they're getting ready for punxsutawney phil to come out and see his shadow. >>james: let's not go to break just yet. this was watch. if she >>justine: he is the most famous groundhog in the world. and it is a huge crowd there, 15,000-20,000 people there to witness his prognostication.

if he sees his shadow, winter will hang around for six more weeks. if he does not, spring is on the >> does he see it? >> i like however when get dressed up. >>mark: >>james: if they hold to tradition, everyone in the top hats will confer in read what he saw. >> i have been instructed as to what read. hear ye hear ye, on gobblers

not call on this magnificent groundhog day, february 2, 2012, punxsutawney phil, this year of this year's fair, the prognosticator of all prognosticators was summoned from his burrow by the tap of the president. he greeted his handlers and after casting in advance to the thousands of faithful followers in attendance, phil proclaimed, as the lower half the crowd on gobblers not, many shadows and do i see, six more weeks of winter. >>justine: six more weeks of

winter. we will be right back.

>>justine: the release of the room financial news came shortly before for this qr to the new head of sony in

the outgoing ceo in two minutes. here is a live look outside in walnut creek. back with more in a minute.

>>james: military families are talking this morning about a proposal to end u.s. fighting in afghanistan. leon panetta says he wants to speed up the timetable to make that happen. qwikster >>reporter: the u.s. military and nato want to ended a combat mission in afghanistan a year ahead of schedule. the obama administration set a deadline of 2014, but defense secretary leon panetta says he hopes the mission will shift to a trading advisory role in 2013 curious to the president painted an optimistic picture of

progress in afghanistan during his steve the union address last month. >>president obama: the talent that momentum has been broken. troops in afghanistan have begun to come home. >>reporter: a lead nato report has concerns about what will happen in afghanistan once troops pull out. the reports suggest the taliban and is confident they will be ready to take over. nato is downplaying the significance of the report but mitt romney slammed panetta for publicly revealing u.s. plans to and the combat mission early. >> he announced that, the taliban hears it, the afghani leaders hear it, the pakistan leaders hear it. why would you announce that? it makes absolutely no sense. the >>reporter: u.s. officials say no plans are final until a nato meeting in may.

>>james: the u.s. has been fighting in afghanistan for more than 10 years, since just after the september 11th the tax. >>justine: angry parents confronted the los angeles school district in greek that they were not told that a teacher was fired for photograph pasted into a classroom. the teachers facing charges for photographs and 23 students as young as six years old. in seven california, a small amount of radiation may have escaped and, this had at the nuclear generating station which is

just north of san diego. they are assuring everyone that the public is not in any danger. >>james: in egypt a riot at a soccer match turns deadly.

announcer: stanley roberts found some people behaving badly. >>stanley: you are looking at trash that has been dumped inside of the waterway on the san francisco bay. trash left by residents of this homeless encampment located underneath the cesar chavez on ramp near to 80. this area is hostile and dirty, even the rats do not live long. water around the area is so polluted the smell permeates our clothes. the residents for using the water as a public restroom and tossing anything on wanted into the water like these shopping carts in the insulation from copper wires. i had to wear rubber gloves

and cloth gloves just look around the encampment. i tagged along with the safety patrol that has the job of keeping watch on all state properties. they took me on a tour of the homes and encampments. one thing that every encampment had in common was syringes. caps and uncapped. another encampment under the king street on ramp has is no trespassing signs. as you can see, it is ignored.

in fact, all of the encampments have such signs that they are removed and destroyed. no matter how made time this area is cleaned up, they return into the process starts all over again, being paid for by you. stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>justine: if you have a story idea for >>stanley: , e-mail him at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m www.kron4.com. >>darya: >>justine: some people in oklahoma and texas got an unexpected light show. look at the left side of your screen. that white ball, the faa says it was like the meteor. people from as far south as we go texas and as far north as oklahoma city reported seeing it. it was caught on the-camera of a police cruiser.

let's take a look at the 7 day around the bay. to date looks to be one of the warmest days of the week. almost 70 degrees for the beginning of february. not bad. high 60s and sunny for the weekend. punxsutawney phil saw his shadow, so it looks like six more weeks of winter. here is a live look from the golden gate bridge and the bay bridge as a warm-up is on the way. we will be tracking temperatures as well as what is happening on the roads.

>>darya: good morning and habit thursday. we're starting with a live look around the bay.

it is dry and clear at the approaches to the bay bridge. on the senate tail bridge, the same story there. traffic looks nice and polite. from high above the mt. tam cam, we are shaking a little bit. it looks like it might be a little windy. >> there is a breeze. this is the view from the golden gate showing as relatively clear conditions. this morning, not so bad. cooler temperatures top today's weather headlines. patchy fog in the north bay. off this afternoon, sunny and warm. we are seeing the beginning of a warming trend taking hold beginning today. let's talk about what is happening right now. 43 in oakland, 49 in antioch, 42 in fremont. and this afternoon,

temperatures will look a little bit warmer. between now bottle and highway 37, visibility is down under a half mile. so we could get slightly warmer as the head north. santa rosa could top out at 69 degrees this afternoon. >>george: a great start to the morning ride. we are not addressing any problems, delays or hot spots. the bay bridge is very light with no delays. your ride on 92, the san mateo bridge, your trip across the day, light traffic. 12-13 minutes. the golden gate bridge ride looks good.

if you're heading north in the next minute or two you'll still see crews on the bridge adding a fourth lane southbound. >>mark: investigators are trying to determine what caused an oakland man to be trapped for three hours in a sewage trench in of brentwood. rescue crews are seen they're trying to get him out. the man is in stable condition after being stuck in a sewage trench while doing work in front of a home. he was trapped up to his neck when rescue crews tried to get him out. >> not everything was done by hand to remove the dirt around to the victim in to

be able to free the victim from the trench. it is hard being a bystander watching these emergencies because it seems like it takes forever, but it has to be a slow process of the do not heard the victim and protected the emergency workers. >>mark: this is the second worker buried alive in the bay area, the first one was deadly, it happens in milpitas on saturday. investigators are investigating because the construction company had been afford to halt all work on the site just three days before the accident. the man was buried alive in and killed when my fell into a 12 ft. deep trench. >>darya: new details at st. ignatius college prep in san francisco, they are closed until monday. officials are working to sanitize every inch of that private school. this comes after a 325 students out of the nearly

1500 including faculty members were affected by a stomach outbreak. --a stomach virus outbreak. they are going to test samples to try and determine the exact cause of the alfred. students at two different schools in santa rosa have become ill with what health inspectors think is the normal virus. according to the santa rosa city school superintendent, 30 children at monroe elementary school stayed home on monday and 10 schools at another middle school became ill last week. bolt school principals sent letters or e-mail's to paris advising them of precautions that they should take. school janitors are sanitizing doorknobs and other frequently touched serious. no other schools have reported any suspected cases of neural virus. >>mark: rescue efforts continue off the coast of papua new guinea on the east coast of the nation, as many

as 350 people on board a ferry sank 1/3

>>darya: knew this morning, a federal appeals court in san francisco announces whether a videotape of a 2010 trial on the constitutionality of proposition a should be made public. this decision concerns only that video tape and not the larger question of whether proposition 8 is constitutional. the panel has not said when it will rule on that. pg&e is allowing customers to opt out of using smart meters, if you pay a fee. residential customers will be charged an initial $75 fee to opt out of the smart

meter program and then, $10 a month on top of that. for low-income customers the fee will be $10 a disney followed by a $10 a month. critics space-bar meters expose them to radiation and a question their effectiveness at the ring out power usage. >>mark: william payne is accused of strangling a man back in 1983. he was arrested on monday after police say they determined that dna evidence to link him to the crime. the woman accused of dropping her 22 months on- test 22 month old son from a window will be in court today. she has been charged with child endangerment and abuse.

the child was severely hurt. she suffered broken bones in both feet. >>darya: think you for waking up with the kron4 morning news. we are taking a look at the san mateo bridge where traffic is light, so is the visibility.

fifth >>darya: did morning get happy thursday. we're taking a peek at the golden gate. >>james: here is a quick look. we have a shot at the san mateo bridge. today is going to be a beautiful day, no doubt.

let's take a look at what is coming our way. the first item talks about a warming trend beginning. temperatures in the mid- upper 60s. we could see low 70's by the weekend and then, the next chance of rain looks to be maybe late monday night into tuesday. we have future cast 4 set for 8:00 p.m.. we're looking for the possibility of light rain. by 1:00 a.m., heavier stuff.

today will agree with temperatures in the mid- upper 60s. really great conditions as we head into the weekend. nothing but sunshine. overnight. >>george: no hot spot, delays or problems. it is an easy ride around the bay. the bay bridge westbound is very light. no delays on highway 92. at the golden gate, 101 northbound and southbound

traffic is doing quite well. the ride on interstate 80 looks good, so does the right on 680. the south bay freeways are also without delay. >>justine: here is what is new in the kron4 is on. we could soon start to see a higher price for beef. the nation's cattle herd is the smallest it has been in 60 years. experts believe a recent drought in the southwest is planning a big part in the shortage. experts are saying because of the drought and smaller hurts, beef prices could

increase 5% higher this year. >>mark: it is official, facebook filed for their initial public offering. they plan on raising $5 billion. the stock will have the ticker symbol sd. this will be the largest ipo ever. google was only 2 billion. a file paperwork late yesterday. their annual revenue soared from 777 million in 2009 to 3.7 billion in revenue last year. the and menlo park where facebook is based, right now there are only 23 homes for sale. the most extensive listing comes in at $4 million but is less than 5 mi. away from the facebook headquarters.

one of realtors says there are a lot of buyers and a sense of urgency. >> we have been told as many as 1000 millionaires will be moved by the ipo. you have a lot of people who want to live close to where they work and have disposable income. >>mark: it probably will not be until may until facebook find out if they have fcc approval to carry out the ideal. >>darya: donald trump intends to support new gingrich. did they say that trump will announce his support today in las vegas where gingrich is campaigning. trump said yesterday he was going to make news in the presidential race. gingrich says he does not

know of trump's plans. >>darya: at gop front runner mitt romney said he is not concerned about the very poor in this country because they have an ample safety net. on his plane trip to minneapolis to try to clarify those comments. >> i have said, my focus and concern, energy will be to the middle income people. we have a safety net for the poor of the country. if there are holes in that, i will work to repair that. >> i am fed up with politicians in either party dividing americans against

each other. >>darya: both from the at gingrich are in nevada ahead of saturday's statewide caucus. gingrich has to a that's a mistake is in romney has events planned in las vegas and reno. santorum and paul are also busy campaigning in nevada. >>mark: the president is campaigning here in the bay area at the regency center in san francisco for a fund- raising rally. that event is on february 16th at 6:00 p.m.. tickets start at $1,000 but supporters could pay $10,000 to get a photograph with the president. he last visited san francisco in october for a fund-raiser. we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look at the national prayer breakfast.

>>darya: , left hand side, the golden gate looks good. quiet and clear. on the right, it looks very clear, but windy. >>james: the higher up you go, he will have wended to deal with. otherwise, partly patchy fall. temperatures are kind of cold this morning. sunny and warm this afternoon. here is where to draw is our right now. we are in the '40's and 30's. we expect temperatures to jump into the mid 60s for most of the bay area.

a quick check of the north bay shows 60s are the general trend. we could very well see low 70's by this weekend. not only do we have clear whether right now, we have rain possibly in store for next week. >>george: still a great ride around the bay area. if you're heading out the door soon, you have no problems or hot spots. let's start with a look at the bridges. the san mateo bridge ride looks every bit as good. no problems across the stand. the right to it from a marin county look great on the golden gate. >>darya: a developing story this morning, investigators are trying to figure out

what caused an oakland man to become trapped for three hours in a sewage trench in the brentwood last night. firefighters tried to get him, they did. the man is now in stable condition. he was stuck in a sewage trench while he was doing work in front of a home on don view drive in brentwood. this 50 year-old was trapped up to his neck, will tran and is in the brentwood this morning and shows us the scene. >>will: here is the scene of the accident, you can see all of the mud that had to be removed, there will not be any work done at this place until investigators arrived to determine exactly what happened in how to prevent such accidents in the future.

investigators should be out here sometime this morning. >>mark: the latest on the occupy oakland movement, police have released new video showing protesters vandalizing city hall. more than 400 people were arrested during last saturday's protest. police are releasing the video in order for the public to help identify the people in the video. the oakland interim police chief is now the target of police chief. the mayor announced yesterday that he is now the city's 47th chief of police. he has been the interim chief twice he is a 23 year veteran of the force.

oakland also hired a new fire chief. theresa reid is the first african-american woman to lead a major metropolitan fire department. she previously served as the assistant fire chief in san jose. >>darya: a new lead in the kidnapping that is more than two decades old. mchale and garrett was adopted in 1988 and now, a death row inmate claims that his partner in crime could be the one who took garrett from a hayward store parking lot. >>terisa: this is a copy of the letter obtained by kron4 news. in it, a death row inmate claims that his accomplice in a crime spree bears a striking resemblance to a composite sketch of the adductor of kayla--mckinley tariff.

on the right is the composite sketch made 23 years ago. >> he says in the letter, the resemblance of his sketches, he says, look at the timing in the the aid. >>terisa: did he have anything to gain by appointing officials to this? >> one of his motivations, we think is he wanted to see him said back to prison. >> herzog is now dead. authorities believe he killed himself while out on parole two weeks ago. the letter was dated a

private to his body being found. hayward authorities say they plan to interview him on death row, said. >> my primary investigator says did talk to members of corrections. >>darya: more than 20 years after his daughter's kidnapping, robbery is speaking out about a reported break in the case. mchale was kidnapped in 1988. it's rob deer responded to the claim the same as he has doubts. >> in the back of your mind it is always a shock. i do not think he did it.

he is trying to make money off of this. he wants to get out of jail for the day, to see the sunlight into the fresh air. there is a possibility that she is still alive, you never know, look at jaycee lee dugard. >>darya: do guard was found alive in in antioch 18 years after she was kidnapped. police say they will be meeting up with sherman time to see if his claim is legitimate. >>darya: this story just across the wires, it is about unemployment and jobless claims. they fell more than expected, this report is coming out a day before the january jobs report that comes out tomorrow where experts are predicting that report will show employers added jobs to the infirmary will likely stay at 8.5%.

we will be tracking this story for you right here on the kron4 news. we will take a break and be right back.

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>>darya: 5:55 a.m., we are taking a look at the san mateo bridge. the current temperature in san jose is 42. a high this afternoon will be 65. everyone is going to be looking at mid-60s or upper 60s today once in a little bit of the clouds clear. the warmest day of the week is about to happen and then, plenty of sunshine and a really nice temperatures for the weekend. the entire weekend, friday, saturday and sunday and then, a chance of rain, but not until the next work week on tuesday, that is

when things cool down again. >>mark: at least their reservoirs are full for now. let's take a look at this late show for people in oklahoma and texas. that ball moving across the sky, the faa said that it was likely a need year. people from as far south as we go texas and as far north as oklahoma city reported seeing it. this was caught on the- camera of a police cruiser. >>darya: is that in slow- motion? it has to be! >>erica: i am following some tech headlines this morning. the nfl is publishing a commemorative super bowl ad. it includes player highlight

reels, history and photo galleries for each team. after sunday the winning team's section will have highlights, interviews and a trophy presentation. >>darya: sony is forecasting a nearly $3 billion loss for the fiscal year. the release of the grim financial news comes shortly before the first press conference of the soon-to-be new head of sony in the outgoing ceo and president. >>mark: it is the first non native japanese began to run sony. here is a live look at san francisco and the james lick. light traffic so far.

a warmer afternoon coming up with highs and lows '60s.

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