tv KRON 4 Early News KRON February 7, 2012 4:00am-6:00am PST
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conditions. check out thursday to be flirting with the 70 degree mark and we will continue to see mild conditions as we head into the weekend. bridge check as we take a look at the approach on the bay bridge. finally, we will light this morning. and a quick check of a very in the golden gate bridge. you can see that the road looks wet. we will continue to fall all developments on the road and weather right here on the kron4 morning news. court plans on announcing whether it thinks that california same-sex marriage ban violates the rights of gays and lesbians at the trial judge that struck down the measure should have revealed that he was in a long-term relationship with another man. >>reporter: in august of
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2010 the u.s. district judge walker ruled the ban preventing same-sex couples from varying with unconstitutional. tuesday three judges from the ninth circuit will either uphold the ruling or overturn it. >> the simple question is is there a right to be married whatever your sexual preference may be. do people who are gay have the same right to be married as people who are not gay and canny married members of the same sec justin taken married members of the opposite sex? >>reporter: little is a professor of law at uc hastings. rational justification to prevent people to get married to members of the same gender or sex. other than, historic the we have not seen it done. it does not seem like a hard case but that does not mean they
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will win that one. >>reporter: ever the ruling the losing side will probably appeal directly to the supreme court. little says that tuesday's ruling will make a difference as the case worked its way up the ladder. >> you have a pretty conservative republican judge in the middle. if they all agreed that it is a harder case to overturn. >>reporter: where the the next debt is directly to the u.s. supreme court corp's first to stop at the ninth panel, they expect a decision by the u.s. supreme court will not come until december of 2013. >>james: a same-sex couple in berkeley are at the center of the lawsuit. patella said they had been fighting for the right to marry for years. they believe they will when victorious today.
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>> winning tomorrow will be as close to a resolution on this issue that we have ever been. we are so excited. >> we feel confident that the ruling will be upheld. >> we want to finish this process reversing a process that discriminates against a group of people against candy and i against our family. >> marriage determined that our society connors, and if it were not worth fighting for why would we be doing it? marriage embodies what we are, we are a family, we are a couple. we should have the same rights that other people. it >>james: a court decision will come down today before 10:00 a.m.. continue to watch coverage here throughout the morning. you can always find out the
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latest details on our web site. and did not forget to join us tonight for more on the decision and the reaction. >>justine: police are searching for a suspect that happen--police are searching for a suspect of incident that happened at 2:00 a.m.. one woman says a man entered her dorm room and try to undress her she was able to fight him off and run away. the other victim says that she was attacked while walking on campus. in >> and from it could've been one of my friends. >> since we have heard about the assaults, we have decided to lock our doors. >> there is a little bit of was, so we lock our doors, we make sure that we use our keys. >>justine: police send out text messages to students and faculty about the
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attacks. they're not sure if the incident were connected. now monday night along 12 and carry out this car hit a jeep and then swerved right into a liquor store. you are looking at the damage right now. the extent of the injuries is not known this morning. >>james: we will take a quick break and come right back and the latest on decision 2012. we are also following the weather is a little wet out there as you make your way around. we will have a live look coming up.
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he did in massachusetts. >>reporter: missouri holds a nonbinding primary meaning no delegates in just bragging rights. mit romney comes in on the retreat after back-to-back victories in florida and nevada. the can is it has recently seemed more focused on the potential november match up. >> they say he deserves a second term, no with president you not deserve a second term. >>justine: right now we have a live look in san raphael on highway one didn't. you have a live report of the wet weather conditions right after this break. crime. after all, bank robbers stole
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depends on where you are. it looks like everyone is getting a healthy dose of what weather. expect heavy rain through the day. we do not have any heavy rain right now but that could actually change. we are 10 degrees cooler compared to where we were yesterday. high pressure is back in play tomorrow. we will see sunny conditions and temperatures that could actually be in the upper 60s. the justice straight to the storm tracker to show where the rain is falling. as you zoom in, you will see some heavy rain over the ridge in san raphael bridge indicated by the hole in your screen. check out san francisco, this rain is affecting the richmond area as well. the same goes for
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the south bay everyone getting a healthy dose of the wet weather. the yellow on your screen indicates pretty moderate rainfall over interstate 80. hercules is a little bit lighter but it is building in intensity. it looks like on the satellite picture, the rainfall is still sitting offshore. we are not done with this system quite yet. we see cloudy conditions, but we do not see too much in the way of impressive rainfall totals just yet. we have about a half inch expected for navato, the same goes for napa and santa rosa. that is where we see the heaviest rain. it is about three tenths of an inch for san jose, we have trace amounts over in livermore. again, we have trace amounts for those of you in livermore this evening. your current temperatures look like this
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we are running on the warmer side. >>erica: into the afternoon it looks like temperatures would tap out into the upper 50s. >>erica: your seven day around the forecast shows this is probably only-- probably the only day we will be dealing with this. will see a lot of sunshine for thursday. we will continue to see mild conditions as we head into the weekend. in the traffic center there are no hot spots to tell you about. i have been keeping a track on the chp traffic logs. we do have a high wind advisory in effect for the dunbar and the bay bridge currently unaffected. no problem for
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your ride open toward san francisco. >>erica: on the traffic map out what to focus on the shore freeway, that is what we see the heaviest rain, but fortunately we do not have any accidents to report. >>james: thank you, and construction on door will drive may have been a snack, is facing a multi million-dollar shortfall. caltrain and the san francisco park transportation authority need to find some $60 million to keep work on time and on budget. it's the result of two of the
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following things. >>james: if this money is not found by june, this million dollar project could be delayed. meanwhile, charles clifford tell us the work on the project is approaching and milestone. >>reporter: the first phase of construction on the golden gate bridge is almost finished. you can see a roadway that is nearing completion eventually this will be the southbound lanes of highway 101 coming off of the bridge. for several years, this road will have to pull double duty. in a few weeks caltrain will move both north and southbound bridge traffic off the old the loyal drive here and on to the new roadway that runs through this new tunnel. after that the crews will begin the second phase of construction by demolishing the wheel drive and building
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a second elevated road that will have a tunnel. when that is done in 2016, northbound traffic will be rerouted onto the new roadway. >>justine: we have new details about the indicted former commander of the central contra costa county narcotics enforcement team. norman weilsch faces federal charges of stealing and selling drugs from the program as well as conducting phony law- enforcement stings. last week he was granted permission to travel to los angeles to appear on the dr. phil show that you can watch right here on kron4. a federal judge has blocked it saying that he might flee during the trip. his deterrent--his attorney says that the dr. phil appearance was to reach out to other law enforcement officers may be undershot dress and to seek psychological help.
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>>james: river bed technology which does cloud competing plans to move into new offices. they cited tenure least that starts in 2014. this move could bring more than 1000 new technology jobs to the city. >>justine: a new study says the and understates postal service is the most efficient in the world. this study was conducted in britain and the that 20 postal services around the globe. they deliver 269,000 letters per employee. if it would not already expensive to travel abroad, the cost of getting a passport is not going up. starting next tuesday, first-time passport applicants will have to pay $135. do not procrastinate
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by foxconn. >> mark and when we were being trained to work they told us that we and the interviews will be investigated for a criminal is >>reporter: this is one of the more--one of the need 1 million workers in china at foxconn she installed ipad screen. her company makes the ipad, ipod, and iphone. we but there are no real i- workers only we-workers and she said we were when they say so. >> they use women as men and they use men as animals. >>reporter: microsoft said
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in a statement they investigated and found a matter was related to staffing a simonson and transfer policies and not working conditions. the company noted that it works to ensure that workers are treated fairly. foxconn said it resolved the dispute. apple has also been criticized. it maintains it does not work with companies that do not respect employees. in a recent enough to staff, apple address critics' and that will cure all employees and worldwide. her car but chin sees it very differently >> do they care about us? i do not know i do not think i see any of that year. >>reporter: workers' rights groups say that the company favors only a privileged few, like the executives and managers. for the many thousands of others it is run with the military culture. the hours are unpredictable the complaints of inadequate breaks.
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moderate there is some pulling going on along the roadways. but as you saw, definitely have your umbrella out and be ready to get wet. >>james: how was 101 dry despot this morning--did u drv--drive that spot? >> it is not that bad. >>erica: now we see what was all over northern california right now. in fact as we zoom in on storm tracker 4 contract focus in on the bay area we actually have some moderate rainfall. as and zoom in in my last before we
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saw you on the screen indicating some pretty moderate rainfall there. but as the head into the morning commute, that is one will actually feet in both of the wet weather falling at 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m.. the rain is not to heavy industry and live in the church. we have not had any accident associated with the rangers. >>erica: and he and we have this bit of yellow trickling around. and we could actually see dry conditions for the western portions of
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>>reporter: the next step is directed to the supreme court or a stop at the ninth circuit but they believe this will not come into the summer of 2013. >>justine: the proposal to expand san francisco's plastic bag ben is expected to be voted on today. it called for a 105 fee for each bag. the money will go to the store involved and
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not the city. >>james: some state news now, the latest out of southern california. two teachers are under investigation for a bruising--for abusing children. parents rallied last night demanding change. last tuesday a teacher was arrested for allegedly taking bondage photographs of his students. an effective teacher was arrested for allegedly fondling to young girls. the remaining staff will be reassigned to other schools. meantime there and new allegations involving sexual abuse involving eight other employees in the loss into the school district this time is a school janitor that is under of criteria paul adame faces charges of lewd acts against a chow. parents rushed to
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take their child out of school after the principal sent the letter home to record the arrest. police believe this is an isolated incident. he is free on a $100,000 bail. >>justine: much more ahead on the sweat tuesday morning. traffic is not too bad heading in any direction. we will talk about when the rain will stop me come right back.
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>>justine: the man accused of killing six people and injuring rep gabrielle giffords can now stand trial. >>james: we are learning new and disturbing details in a washington state murder. police say this last act only adds to the suspicion that killed his wife back in 2009. >> itself is cowardly act in my mind is to slaughter to innocent children. >>reporter: it is the cox family greatest fear not realize. they say it
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happened in his seattle area home on sunday afternoon. the boys into their father's house for a scheduled visit. once inside police say they used a hatchet on the kids. it says both boys had neck injuries before died of carbon monoxide poisoning. for the home was doused with gasoline and set ablaze. >> and get it in boxes of toys and books and donated them to the goodwill some time over the weekend with this was a desperate need-- this was destine--this was definitely at deliver even. when >> the decision for the children to stay with his in-laws seemed to be what pushed over the edge. >> he was losing control and he had to get back some
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how. >> police say they he said e-mails and messages to his pastor and others before he died. >>james: police investigating susan's disappearance believe that she is dead. >>justine: much more ahead on the kron4 morning news. we wouldn't a quick break. the rain someone is taking a run for most of the day so bring your umbrella and we will be right back.
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places like a little more this evening clearance as we turn our attention next to the top area, usually the rain in the bay area translates to snow and a zeroth here live--could get your seven day run date for cash will what was on top. high pressure and that and to play as we head into tomorrow we see more sunshine temperatures in the '60s and starting with the 70 degree mark as we head into a particular over and traffic and tried not have any thoughts got to look him despite what roadways, we do not see any major accidents on the field the traffic law. traffic is building in the westbound direction out oakland for san francisco but no new device to deal with syria and traffic is loosely up the incline and across the upper deck. i and i have been tracking the san until retried. hi there are no high wind advisories.
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morning? >>reporter: 0 his plan going on and off hitting the pavement with. you will get a lot of spray on your windows if you are behind a degree, which is used for caution and you're heading down 101. >>justine: the occupy group held a day of action in support of protest that had been arrested in recent weeks. the group started out at a city hall and in march to the courthouse one no one was arrested this time
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around have more on what happened in the police moved in on a protective. >>reporter: right now it is quite out of oakland city hall but a much different story early sunday morning. police used a new man is standing routine. they warned protesters about using the sound system at wheat frank ogawa plaza, minutes later when no permit surface officer slain into action--officers sprang into action. and then the tempers flared on both side. there was pushing and yelling as
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the sound equipment was wheeled away. >>reporter: is he isn't one to know that this process was much more peaceful than we have the in recent weeks, no one arrested and no one was injured. >>justine: also this morning we have a citizen journalists who has been treating live to the weather during the protest, the marches and rallies. thousands of people across the world have been watching his live streams of the occupy movement. i tech for gate fleet met with him to find out what his motivation is for doing this about the technology that he is using to pull this off. >>gabe: a screen will e m-- when--william gagen has
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his own channel named occupy san diego. his smart phone is his video camera. he records footage is history now functions the live video image go from a smart phone to the web. >> it has the task up leaks that you can get on the market. >>gabe: he has a massive power source that powers his one-man show. he has been all over the country covering these protests not just the ones in open his been in san diego, l.a., and the sea. >> i have lost my home and everything else and i am travelling around them from couch to hotel room to hotel room is a tough life. citizen journalist provide
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an unbiased non-partisan look at what is going on i saw the need for someone to be on the ground giving an accurate story of what was going on. is because, from what i was seen from every other avenue it was not providing the raw on censured footage. my mom lost her home and her art gallery in cheese as a regular middle-class citizen and i just want to fight back in a system that robbed her life from her. >>gabe: of william is making no money from this he is funded by donations. >> i love what i'm doing and i also love playing with my electronics it has been an investor putting this all together--it has been an
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and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves a lifetime. >>justine: we are back with the most famous ex-husband in the whole wide world. right now he wants to put everything behind him and focus on basketball. >> i think you put out there will you are and people can choose to get to know you for who you are through know you for who you are and know you are really about and you cannot worry about it. the insider talk to chris humphrey's about life after his marriage to can kardashian that is tonight on kron4. and we have a busy morning tracking the wet weather. we have to live pictures in our newsroom. we have crews
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>>james: this morning is going to be and what when. in fact less walking through the future forecast to talk about how long the rain will last. as you can see we are still dealing with a light to moderate shower activity advancing o'clock to 8:00 a.m. continuing with the same forecast. around tinny and it continues and we will continue to see what were the through this morning commute and after 10:00 a.m. it will break up a little bit. and then will go into a
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scattered showers a mold for the rest of the day. we are dealing with some pop up like showers here and there. this may be a wet one for you and by 9:00 p.m. we still see it and hopefully that will diminish and starts to dry out as we head into the overnight hours. here is a quick look at your seven day around the bay. this storm is a one day deal, wednesday and on work looks pretty good.--when date on it looks pretty good. let us in the back over to you darya. >> darya: now we want to see what it's out there, what you see over and the early game? >>reporter: it is really a light sprinkle out here. the pavement is still pretty well. the careful when you
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get behind the big rigs. so even if it is not raining are you still have a lot of wet pavement that you are dealing with. the especially careful when going on and off the freeway. that is where it often post-- puddles. >> darya: we do have more rain under way and we have any problem spot so far? >> george: not yet and the number of incidents that we normally attract not seem to be high so far. so right now, we are not tracking in the hot spots, no major incidents are big problems just a quick bridge check at the look closer to the bay bridge and the west bound ride is pretty light with no problems to or across the upper deck. the senator bridge ride is also a good one as we pick up our camera, there is a report of
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a stall on the span, but traffic should be getting by without any delay or problem. as for the golden gate bridge, your ride to and from malia county is a wet one--your ride to and from iran county is a wet one. >>reporter: you can see by the dry pavement that the rain is not here, just a little pad. and the could gusty conditions, the two flags here, the american flag is just moving back and forth. as i move my camera down, you can see the trees is blowing back and forth as well. when you leave the house definitely be careful. the wind will probably be here for quite some time giving you a one- two punch when you're leaving your home.
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>> mark: a big ruling in the battle over the same-sex marriage ban. >> mark: the expected ruling is not necessarily the last that no matter which way the rule. this will mean an appeal to an expanded 11 judge panel to the appeals court. >> darya: we the fifth to who started this battle. they believe they will be victorious today.
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>> we want to finish this process and reversing a proposition that california discriminates against a group of people against sandy and i and our family. >> marriages the turn that our society honors, is the term that we are fighting for and to were not worth fighting for why would we be doing it? marriage embodies what we are, we are a family, we will--we are a couple and we want that same title as others in should not be a privilege, it is a right. >> darya: we will provide continuing coverage right here on kron4 and you could also go to our facebook page to share your thoughts and reactions to what happens. >> mark: we have a quick break as the kron4 morning news continues. we have more on the wet weather and the sweat tuesday morning.
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reshuffle the race for the republican presidential nomination. and rival new gingrich signaled that he has no interest and exiting the four way race. >> darya: we will be back in just a couple minutes with our team coverage continuing with weather and traffic this tuesday morning. it is well out there and it is about to start pouring within the next couple of hours. you probably heard it over night and probably some wind with this. take a look at the san mateo bridge that looks pretty good, we will be right back.
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death toll is over 98. 1000 troops have been sent in. there have been at least eight aftershocks. >> mark: back here in the bay area we continue to watch the weather as we see the rain coming down this morning. let us can update. >>james: good morning mark. now the rain is often still coming down but at other times, we have coastal drops coming down. this morning plan on a wet morning commute. this afternoon we are looking for scattered showers to continue.
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will look at temperatures, it will not warm up too much. >>james: when we come back we will take in the case seven day around the bay. now a quick check of traffic. >> george: good morning we are not tracking any problems spots are hot spots and despite the rain, we have no major incidents of the delays. we have a bridge check in your west bound live looks good with no problems here--you're west bound ride looks good. >> george: the golden gate bridge 101 marin county has a pretty easy trick here. speeds will likely be down
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this morning and the traffic map to see if there are any delays, none on interstate 80 in the westbound direction, that is a smooth ride. 24 looks good, we are a problem for in walnut creek through the san ramon valley and even west bound 580 looks good. >> mark: thank you george, the latest on the southern california school were two teachers are under investigation for child abuse. parents rallying outside of the district offices last night demanding change. now this superintendent says that the entire staff will be replaced. last tuesday the teacher market burke was arrested accused of taking are the photographs of
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children in his classroom. another teacher was arrested for fondling her two young girls. social workers were hired to work with teachers and parents at the school. >> darya: there are allegations involving another school district employees at this district is a school janitor that is under arrest. here is his character, he works at the germane street elementary school and he faces charges of lewd acts against a child. frantic parents rushed to take a train out of the school after they found out from the principal sent a letter home with the student to record the arrest. there will also a recorded message that was sent out by telephone. in a press conference the police said mr. his mother reported a single incident to authorities on sunday. it said that the alleged sexual assault happened on friday during school hours. right now, the janitor is free on
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$100,000 bail. he is set to appear in mouse into this in court on 50 murray 27. >> mark: new details about cnet norman weilsch is facing federal charges from stealing drugs from the program. last week to travel to los angeles to appear on the dr. phil showed not a federal judge blocked that trip saying that it the dr. phil appearance was to reach out to other law-enforcement is what he said. he said others may be under stress and you want to encourage and to seek psychological help. >> darya: we will be back with more in just a couple minutes to notice that is what out there is not raining in your neighborhood it probably will be soon. here is a live look at the rain coming down in san raphael. we will be right back.
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is relocating to san francisco. riverbed technology is ready to move into new offices in the south of market avenue. they signed a 10 year lease that starts in to death of 14. the move could bring more than 600 new tech jobs. >>mark: the cost of getting a passport is increasing. started on tuesday the cost is $135. the price to renew a
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passport is also increasing at $35. it will cost $110 to redo your passport. >>darya: a new study says the u.s. postal service is the most efficient in the world. britain and looked at 20 postal services around the globe. the united states postal service delivers 269,000 letters per employee. that makes it the most efficient in the world. >>mark: paolo also high school at harvard grad--and harvard grad juror milan scored 29 points in his first career start and leads the next pass the jazz scene.
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a ruling. stanford police are searching for a suspect or suspects with to sexual assaults on campus happening within 15 minutes of each other. >>darya: where is it raining the hardest? >>james: 880 south of oakland we are seeing moderate rainfall. you're looking at interstate 80 from san leandro down to fremont. near san leandro it is falling at about one-tenth of an inch per hour. a quarter of an inch falling per hour just outside of downtown hayward. that is what we are seeing on the maps this morning.
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>>mark: on the stanford campus, police are searching for suspects in two different sexual assaults. in one incident the woman says a man climbed into her dorm room through a window and climbed in her bed. >>darya: new information coming from san francisco school overwhelmed by illness. nearly two-thirds of the students at st. ignatius high school in san francisco came down with an oral virus. the 60 teachers and staff were affected.
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the health department says it spread so quickly because students and vomited on a surface that other kids ended up touching. so far, santa clara county has seen 13 outbreaks. in marin county, 12 outbreaks. the city of santa rosa, 16 cases. most of the dow breaks for seen in nursing homes. >>justine: bp just put out profits for the last three months of 2011. they recorded a profit of almost $8 billion story that is up 40% from 2010. this is all despite the payments made to compensate for the disastrous oil spill.
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fifth robin winston >>mark: police say a father in washington state used a hatchet to kill this boys before setting the whole wall of fire. >> he is selfish, he just slaughtered >> @ happened in this seattle area home, the boys were five years old and seven years old. there were at their father's house for a scheduled visit. once inside bases a hatchet on the kids. will the boy's head and neck injuries before dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. >> he had taken boxes of their tweets in books and donated them to the good will. this was definitely a
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deliberate, planned event. >> the boy's mother disappeared in 2009. her husband was a prime suspect. last week a judge ruled that the boys should remain with their mother's parents. >> they were closer to us and shoving down on him. the way they were opening up to my family, he was losing control and felt like he had to get back somehow. >> paul sent e-mail to his pastor and others close to him just minutes before the fire. >>mark: police investigating the disappearance of susan paul d. believe she is dead. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes as we continue to keep our eyes on the storm that
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>>mark: the president has apparently changed his mind and asking fund-raisers to bet his crew for his refund. his campaign urged wealthy fund-raisers in a phone call last night, to support priorities' usa, a super pak led by two former aides that have been struggling to compete with the tens of millions already collected by republicans to the pact. for the first time the president holds a clear edge over mitt romney in a hypothetical general election matchup. this is according to a new washington post which has the president with 51 percent of the vote compared to romney having 45 percent.
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romney had his second consecutive victory on saturday in the nevada caucuses at continues to solidify his position as a front-runner in the gop race, but is negative campaign has soured public impressions of the top republican contenders. >>darya: let's get a look at where it is raining hardest. >>james: here is storm tracker 4. widespread light rain. we were tracking a heavier cell near hayward, it looks like it has now moved towards dublin and pleasanton. the heavy rain is falling at times from one-fifth of an inch to a quarter of an inch. there is another cell of rain heading towards oakland. the roads are going to be wet. it will be that way all day
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long. the organized rain that we see right now will break up into finished by 10:00 a.m.. here is where temperatures are at the moment. the cloud cover is keeping us warm but the cool air coming in will pick up the wins -- will pick up the wind. if the east bay in stock they will get up into the upper 50s. if the north, low-mid-50s. for the rest of the week we will have warmer temperatures. today, these are the war's temperatures we will see. the raid today is just a one date deal. things will improve considerably as soon as tomorrow.
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south bay freeways look good. green on the sensors needs speeds above 50 mi. from our. >>justine: before the man has now been stabbed to death inside of the san francisco homeless shelter for. he was stabbed in the chest just before 7:00 a.m. on the 500 block of fifth street. the victim's name has not been released. >>darya: vandals are defacing a san francisco park that is still under construction. stanley roberts investigates. >>stanley: you are looking at a graffiti tag as someone sprayed in the brand new, still under construction playground. to get inside this late round had to jump this fence.
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we do not see any chain requirements posted, but a definite possibility as we are expecting several inches of snow to fall throughout the mournful flute heavy snow expected through midday. his >>erica: i am following some sports does, believe it or not, tim lincecum has lost 22 lbs. to improve his endurance and attributes his weight loss to swimming. >>darya: he is the most famous as has been in the world right now.
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--he has become the most famous sex has been in the world, kris humphreys. >>mark: a wet morning commute, more on that coming up in a few minutes. >>darya: let's take a look outside. we have a lot of live cameras off to show you where the rain is falling. here's a live shot of the golden gate. you may want to leave a few extra minutes for your commute this morning. we will be right back.
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