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and weather activity is currently situated to the north. the band of rain is making its way closer to the santa rosa area. light showers for downtown san francisco. as resume in, wet weather on the richmond center fell bridge and highway 101. interstate 280 as well as the fish were freeway. the western half of the indians of northern portions are dealing with rain for a little bit about whether near dublin. dealing us and the winds are
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today run the forecast shows, temperatures in the upper 50s we will continue to suggest to conditions especially for the next couple of days. heavy rain thursday elections for a winner following april and hot spot, the chp has issued a similar for southbound to 80. a big rig collision that happened in the 3:00 hour. fifth fan there is no estimated time of lanes will reopen to. for there are no problems
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from the bay bridge incline however we do have a wind advisory in effect. >>james: some developing news, bart once increase router shipped on the weekends. if they're thinking of slashing fares a half. at that at this time it reggie kumar breaks down the plant. >>reggie: it costs $7 from berkeley to san francisco.
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if bart to moves ahead with its plan to reduce fares on the weekends, instead of paying $7 routers will pay half of that. $3.50. for the past three years taught franklin says they have done similar discount programs in the month of december to increase readership. >> in our past trials we have given away tickets, what happens is, on the weekends, people travel in groups. if we give away free tickets, people, friends and we get more revenue that way. >> bart is looking at different ways to implement a possible price breaks such as to the clipper card program or to continue giving a free rider ship cards at certain times of the year. another idea would be to slash the price by half for and won the rights. he says there are 380,000 that take part during the
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week. >> if it is not a drain, with lou to get more to of of the roads it is a winner for everyone. >> coming up we will have more on the story and hear what writers have to date. justine >> ross mirkirimi has reached a plea deal in his domestic violence case. he pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. he was originally charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery, a child endangerment and dissuading a witness. this means he will have three years of probation, 100 hours of community service and a year of counseling. the sheriff says you will stay on the job.
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>> i wanted to get this behind me. outlets to v zeidler families. foul want to continue to attend to the of for work of this to court if. this has the faith torture if they refuse if it is in a fourth of all at once if if if we have much more ahead, we will take a quick break here and be back. rain is on the way.
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>>justine: the rain is moving from north to the south. a wet weather forecast is what we're looking at. we will be tracking where the rain is going on and much more including rain totals for the sierra straight ahead. >>james: fake news for the sake of this will 49ers fury for randy moss is now a 49ers. the signed a one-year deal. vern glenn takes a look at the past, present and future of ready month. >>vern: finally, if a receiver who stretches the field to it randy moss was clocked at 4.3 in the 40 yd
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run at 90 catches for almost 1,500 yds and a single season 23 touchdowns in 2007 with the patriot deify he has almost 15,000 yds in one and took a three touchdowns over his 30 year career. that is that good randy moss. what about the troubled ran the small fleet for three different teams during 2010 ferry if with the raiders in 2005, to put it nicely, he harnesses talents. in the court of public opinion he did not deliver in oakland. some say he put on the team. there were kron4 of veal dishes as well. is it worth the gamble? we are born to find out. >>james: coming of law have more honestly including an interview from ross himself.
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the interstate 80 and the bayshore freeway is currently affected. a little bit dry and paolo also but the wet weather will continue to push south. that is a look at what is currently impacting the bay area. you will see another series headed our way in a 6:00 hour that could bring some moderate-heavy rainfall. as we advanced the clock into the afternoon, by 2:00 p.m. we could see dry conditions for the south bay. the rainfall is just crossing the golden gate. it will continue to build in intensity in become widespread.
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>>james: highway 4 is open after a tanker crash had it shutdown for nearly the entire night. dan kerman shows us the damage. >>dan: for more than eight hours a tanker laid on its side blocking the sky we near highway 4. it was around 10:30 a.m. when the vehicle what exited only to lose control and flipped. the tanker contained a highly flammable chemical used in diesel fuel. none of its build but the chp says the tape was damaged forcing those on scene to transfer 64,000 lbs. of the chemical from the damaged tanker to another tanker. during that process the sky with exit was closed in the
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meantime the chp is investigating the cause of the accident. the only injury in this accident was the driver of the tanker. he went to a local hospital complaining of pain. >>justine: pg&e has settled with victims of the pipeline explosion for $70 million. that is in addition to another a lump-sum that the city will seek to repair damage. the money will also be used to create a nonprofit organization to help the community recover from the blast. >> teachers did not hold back their anger as the
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rain is going. >>james: it has begun. you're looking at him and camping out in front of the london apple store for the new ipad that goes on sale this friday. it has only been five days since it has been unveiled. gabe slate visited apple stores in the bay area to get a feel of what you can expect. >> i visited or called all of the apple stores. there are no lines fed any stores here, but i do think there will be long lines when it goes on sale.
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as for this friday, for now the only physical place the and walking two and five and ipad is that the apple store. apple has not announced that there will be special hours but i do believe they will announce the stores will be open earlier. >>justine: here is a live look outside, a wet deck, golden gate. it is raining in the north bay and in parts of sentences of. heavy rain is expected later
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>>mark: the story just in this morning, for a fraction of a second we saw a delta air lines airplane on its side, we're learning a little more this morning. a spokesperson said mechanics were testing the engines at the time when they experience a problem with the brakes. iran of the taxiway and down an embankment. the faa is out there but it has not impacted traffic. there were no passengers on the plane.
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>>justine: we are tracking storms. a lot of green on the radar. we are in for wet weather. >>erica: another band of what weather just north of santa rosa. it is still raining over highway 1 and san rafael. it is making its way east towards the richmond december fell bridge. faw there is a look at the
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the tow truck has already arrived. the chp hopes to have the lanes reopened in the next 10 minutes. yoli eceves is on the scene gathering information. most of the bridges are underwent advisories. the wind advisory is also an effect for the san mateo bridge. the changeable message signed has been activated. a live look at the golden gate, not too many cars on the road with the southbound ride, the drive is just 23 minutes from nevada into the
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>> villagers are angry and grief stricken. the commander of u.s. and nato forces says they are there to help. >> we will do all we can to do right by the wounded and to do right by the families. of course we are respecting the three days of mourning. >> as villagers morn, some u.s. military officials are speaking out on the condition of anonymity. the suspect is a military sniper and suffered a brain injury after his last at one of but was found fit for duty after treatment. the white house says this will not impact the plan to withdraw troops in 2014.
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leon to another aggrieved and try to put things into perspective. >> war is hell. these incidents will take place like to take place in any war. they are terrible events. this is not the first of those events and probably will not be the last. >>justine: the u.s. military authorities are handling the investigation and the suspect will be tried by u.s. law. >>mark: here is a live look outside at the james lick freeway. we have wet roads in san francisco we're looking for a storm system to roll through during the day today. we will be right back.
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>> storm tracker 4 is shown as quite a bit of rain falling across northern california. randy moss signed a one-year deal on monday. this is video of him walking into the 49ers practice facility where he worked out with the team. >> bamako's harbaugh is a young, enthusiastic coach. i love enthusiasm.
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third >>justine: of here is a better look at what happened in atlanta where this delta plan has skidded off of its roadway. there were no passengers on board the we have learned some new information about what happened at the world's busiest airport. the boeing 737 experience some problems with the braking system. that is when it veered off of the roadway.
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>>erica: speaking of tahoe, you do need chains for interstate 80 and highway 50. tahoe could pick up a couple of inches of fresh new-line snow. i do want to focus in on conditions around the bay area. widespread light rainfall. we are dealing with what roadways. steady rains and heavy winds are the stories. we have a series of stories where tracking, that will last all the way into the weekend. storm trackers shows what is
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currently occurring over northern california. a band of what weather just north of santa rosa. it is currently reigning over highway 101 down towards san rafael. we are also seeing rainfall over both freeways along the peninsula stretching from san detail to redwood city. we are seeing some rain fall and the oakland area and down toward san leandro. this will continue to be the case for the next several days.
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that looks like the wet weather is really wrapping around them in los gatos and highway 17. it looks like we could pick up some moderate rainfall. by 6:00 p.m. pretty intense showers. as we take a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast would have nothing but wet weather over the next few days. for the rest of the work week, on and off showers. the heaviest rain is scheduled for thursday and friday with chances decreasing as we head into the weekend.
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haaziq madyun spoke with union leaders about the chief's decision to send an officer to the reporter's home. >>haaziq: the president of the berkeley police officers association is speaking out against police chief michael may have in his decision to send armed started to the home of a reporter at 12:45 p.m. because achieve disagreed with a news story and one of the reporter to make some changes. >> the police association is outraged and a shame that his conduct. we are upset that he called one of our members and harm's way. >> the chief has assured me that nothing like this will happen again if fought over
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offices have fled remains concerned about the lasting impact on public trust falling the chief's actions. >> honesty is a cornerstone. for police officers, for that is taken away, we cannot function. >>haaziq: i tried contacting the chief for his reaction to the statement from the police officers association by received no response regarding this story. >>justine: more on the 18 year-old who moved out of her family's home and moved in with her boyfriend. her boyfriend is her former teacher who is 41. the teens' mother let them both have a piece of combined. as the teacher left behind his wife, $3 -- three daughters and a 15 year teaching career.
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>> she should leave. she should not be with him. this serves your purpose, not for you, this is all about >> you are a kid. he is an adult. he knows that. >> do you understand how she feels? just the devil you will find out that if a today at 4 have weakened once the entire episode. it is a dr. phil exclusivity do not want to miss. for here is a live look outside of our live camera in san francisco. we are watching the radar, is is pleased many parts of the bay area. we will be attacked. chaffed for
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>> gas prices are going up in the bay area, stanley roberts has more on people behaving badly. >>stanley: include drive around the bay, cuba pc prices for gas that seem lower than the average, but if you do not take time to read the small print, you feed be heading for this. >> the price set $4.15 a gallon but then i used my tech the hard-fought fantasy and the face of over $4.40 city of sirte side-by-side the cash it for the 554 sphere filled 10-burdines and more. it makes me feel cheated. tipping your paying one
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thing and end up paying out of the house, it is kind of like fine,. och >>stanley: and when you really have to leave the crime. welcoming guests. hough is a debit card considered cash the unmarked >> it is a little sign that says debit is not the same as cash. >> some stations post signs but in tiny letters it says the cash price 50 and make you look at the price if you find out who edits separate for cash and credit. the credit card rates is very tiny.
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>>mark: they give for joining us, the stories we're following right now, the gop candidates are squaring off in the south as voters are headed to the polls. an afghan soldier is dead after talent and the militants opened fire on a delegation of senior afghan officials in the wake of an attack. the rain is here along with the wind. >>darya: it seems like it is what out the rpf of >>james: for this is a slow- moving front piffle you can
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see how big the system is. cut this is born to be a slow will ring, saudi system that will take its time moving across the bay area if. we will begin our tour in the east bay. light in major arraigning for a good bit of 680 from the benicia bridge to the san ramon valley. 880 from family and if he were in high with 92, on the south bay side, there's not too much falling, but that
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is where we are seeing a batch of light rain how >> all of this is slowly making its way to the south. wind is the other part of the story. we have wind advisories on the bridge. particularly gusty across the bay bridge. 20 mi. an hour winds in san francisco and over of the oakland side as well. it is expected to grow if we could be looking as sustained in france with gusts 40-to 50 mi. an hour. rain and wind today is what we will be dealing with. we will talk more about the afternoon forecasted walking to how the rain will progress.
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>>george: we have already had a hot spot this morning. it didn't is it has cleared. if there was a big rig accident on interstate 280 in the southbound direction leading down to the 3d connecting ramp which is right here. if the ramp had been shut down for some time. the sig alert has been cancelled on and iran has been a real hit. traffic is just a little bit sluggish on committee clout of but it has cleared up cut " will screen will start with the bay bridge bride, conditions here are pretty good. no problems across the upper deck. there are wind advisories
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on the bill saw her sixth book currently no backups or delays. your ride on the san mateo bridge looks good. light traffic. " westbound direction is problem free. on the golden gate, 101 southbound, there are no delays >>darya: continuing team coverage of weather and traffic, jackie sissel is live at berkeley. what is it like right now? >>jackie: right now the wind is gusting. i came in from the north bay where it was a really nasty. the wind was blowing hard. there was a heavy mist blown sideways. gusts were 30-40 mi. for our but for at least right
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now, it is fly out. >>darya: coming up in a few minutes, a winter weather advisory is in effect for this year. james fletcher will be allowed to target that forecast in a couple of minutes. >>james: gop candidates are squaring off in alabama and mississippi. 84 delegates at stake. santorum is coming off of a big win saturday in the kansas caucus. sphere watchers say the new gingrich needs to do well to keep his hopes alive. ron paul has not campaigned in either alabama or mississippi. american samoa and hawaii will be holding their caucuses tonight. mitt romney has more
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delegates than his rivals combined. santorum is hoping that romney will not get enough delegates to win the nomination and that the republican party will choose the candidate at the convention to. more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the approach to the bay bridge. there are very few cars. in easy ride. does not look like it is reading too much at this time. will be right back. you put all you've got into that deep-dish masterpiece. but when it doesn't stay in the dish there's easy-off oven cleaner. because easy-off cuts through five times more grease than
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>>james: here is a quick forecast for the tahoe area. we are expecting a good bit of snow over the next 48 hours. their winter storm warning is in effect for about 5,000 ft.. tomorrow, 4-8 in his. the winter storm warning will not expire until 5:00 p.m. on wednesday cuneiform tough it looks like we will stick with that forecast well into the weekend. normal local forecast coming up. >>darya: and afghan soldier is deaf after caliban militants opened fire.
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the u.s. soldiers is accused of killing 16 civilians. the delegation with the attack had students in the east staged protests in response to sunday's shooting. we are now learning that the military man accused of sunday's shooting suffered a traumatic brain injury half later found fit for duty after he had treatment. secretary of defense leon panetta spoke about the shooting. >> he went out in the early morning in and went to these homes and fired on these families and that at some
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coif after that came back to the operating base and turned himself inferior if these kinds of events far fallen to take for a fifth phase if if if they were fifth if fate are filled full of the fear if this is not the first of those events and probably will not be the last fifth for >> a look at this video out of atlanta in maintenance worker with moving the airplane, the incident is not affecting traffic. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes.
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>>darya: we're focused on a storm that it hitting the bay area. you can see where it is raining the heaviest. san francisco looks ok right now. will this be holding fast or stalled over us all day? >> this thing is 26 on a for the next 24-36 hours. coke call we could see rainfall totals up to court- 5 in..
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>>george: traffic is good ones we cleared up a hot spot. right now we are not tracking any problems. it is a wet commute around the. . for the westbound bay bridge approach is very late. traffic is a pretty light on the right side of your screen filled in with a five lee in your ride in the east bay, pretty light conditions, no problems on 80 westbound or 680 eastbound.
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deal with during the week. we have some light rain to the east and some to the south and a lot more to the north. in the east bay, light rain along the 680 corridor from the benicia bridge all the way down through to about danville's. house we are also seeing a light rain along the southern peninsula. coffee
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a problem with the braking system. this just happened this morning. they're no passengers on board or injuries reported. everything at the airport seems to be just fine. >>mark: and bangladesh, people are missing after a ferry capsized. here is the scene with relatives waiting for word on their loved ones. >>darya: san francisco's share of ross mirkirimi has reached in the deal in his case and avoid a trial if if he pleaded guilty to one
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count of misdemeanor false imprisonment. he was originally charged with misdemeanor domestic violence and is waiting a witness. the plea means that he will have three years' probation and 100 hours of community service. he will have to have a year of counseling. the sheriff says he is staying on the job. >> i wanted to get this behind me and reunite with my family. this has been a torturous nightmare. when >>darya: all of this stems from an incident on new year's eve when he allegedly bruised his wife's arms. san francisco mayor ed lee addressed the situation
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>> we are trying to determine if there was official misconduct, having done something in the office that would degrade the functioning of the office of the functioning of that position. >> the mayor says he will not decide on official misconduct until after the sentencing. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza.
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>>mark: we are watching the rain coming down, yoli eceves is live in san francisco. >>yoli: here is a shot on market street, we are having a slight pause of rain. it is not raining at the moment. it has been laid off and on, the wind has played a factor in today's traffic. bundle up. it is going to be wet for the next couple of days. call for first here is a
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at times, light, moderate and heavy rain. prepare yourself for a wet ride over the course of the next day. here is a quick look at your 7 day around the bay. thursday there will be another round of rain. friday and saturday, more rain to come still. monday we will have a 30 percent chance of showers. >>george: we are still continuing to enjoy
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predicted traffic conditions despite the equipment weather. we have wind advisories in place for a number of bay area bridges. as the concede there is light traffic on the bay bridge. , san mateo bridge with our problem free. we have a very light traffic coming off of the westbound side heading out towards the east bay. your ride from marin county looks good. south bay freeways are without delay, green showing on the sensors.
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>>darya: here's a look at gas prices. we are well above the national average. in the bay area there is fine print of the day you need to read. >>stanley: you may see prices for gas is seen lower than the average as you drive around the bay but if you do not take time to read the small print, you may be in for a shock. >> it said $4.15 a gallon, use my credit card, my debit card and i ended up paying $4.25 for something like that. >> once in a while i will see a price and side by side they do not list the cash
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and credit price. the prices are totally different, 105-155 more. >> it makes me feel cheated. >>stanley: you really need to read the fine print. >>stanley: how much is your guess? >> $4.25. >>stanley: are you sure? >>stanley: is a debit card considered cash? >> there is a small little sign that says debit is not the same as cash. >>stanley: stations post huge signs with prices but
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with a tiny sign they tell you that is not the cash price. >> the credit card ice is very tiny. >>darya: if you have a story idea or, for >>stanley: , visit us on our web site or visit him directly at peoplebehavingbadly@kron4.co m or are calm. >>mark: california drinking water is contaminated with nitrates into the problem is getting worse according to uc davis study. fertilizers in the north are the main sources. faugh nitrates are found naturally in food but high traces of nitrates have been
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