tv KRON 4 Early News KRON April 24, 2012 6:00am-7:00am PDT
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into the deadly of crash intensifies as the ship is air lifted off of the rocks. >> here is a look at what we are expecting for the weather today. both class very similar to yesterday. we are expecting rain on the way for early tomorrow morning. the rain will be with us until at least the first half of thursday. >>george: here is a good look at the commute. we are not tracking any hot spots.
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we do have awarded accident on 121. i will tell you about that coming up. >>mark: overnight a gun battle in oakland that happened on the the 98 and holly street just after 11:00 p.m.. three people were shot and a sense of hospital. will tran is over at the oakland police are met with details. >>will: we have learned new information. all three people should survive their injuries. there was a man driving to the neighborhood when shots rang down. he was hit in its collarbone area and eventually made his way home the theory that is when he realized that he was it.
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will or under the understanding that the two men shot were firing at another party. it turns out they were firing at each other which is why at this point they are not looking for any additional suspects. there are no suspect descriptions. they believe these two were the two primary people in involved. one man hit in the leg and a one-man hit in the chats. as many as 50 rounds were fired. they believe, according to the watch commander, there is a good chance that some of the bullets penetrated nearby homes but the fact that no one has called to report that either there has been, what were the rest of their family has been shot is good news. i can tell you that although they were hit, he is expected to survive his injuries. at this when they are not saying why these two got into it.
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>>darya: we are keeping our eyes on wall street ahead of the opening bell, stocks are rebounding after yesterday's sharp global sell-off. the dow closed down yesterday 102 points. down 183 at times. if this morning we did see a rise in borrowing costs for spain and italy. -is that that fears are still present in the arizona. and right now futures are up 47 points as we wait until the opening bell. several companies are scheduled to release earnings reports but all eyes are on apple. they are releasing the report after the market closes. the company's stock is down since hitting an all-time high two weeks ago. >>mark: @ netflix posted its first quarterly loss in seven years. thus said that was not as steep as analysts feared.
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netflix gained 1.7 million customers during the first three months of the year and now have 26.1 million u.s. subscribers. >>darya: the job that was the ball to the deadly crash less than two weeks ago is now in half moon bay at the airport after it was recovered in from the islands and flown. dive and the salvage crew members flew to the island in a helicopter. it appeared the wreckage and twisted into the ear taking into half moon bay. officials with a salvage company said the operation went fairly smoothly and quickly. >>mark: we are now three
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they are telling people to avoid the area at all costs over the three day weekend. it will start work at 8:00 p.m. on friday and go until 5:00 a.m. on monday. traffic will be a mess in all directions. right now, there are still probing the structure and we expect work to start promptly at 8:00 p.m. on friday. >>justine: here is what is just into the kron4 news room. we are following a new video out of canada where there is
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a huge fire at a sawmill. decency the smoke and flames, details are still sketchy, we're working to get new information but you can tell there is a huge fire burning. i will keep you updated as soon as information comes in. >>mark: skies are just starting to bring around the bay area revealing cloud cover on what is expected to be mostly cloudy day before the rain moved in. sweetheart. we need to talk.
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>>darya: we're taking a live look in walnut creek. traffic is a nice and light. right now and concord it is 57. the high this afternoon will be 72. >>justine: home prices have dropped for the sixth straight month in most cities. the home price index shows prices dropped in february from january and 16 of the 20 cities that it tracks. atlanta, chicago and cleveland had the steepest drops. the declines reflect off- season sales.
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>>mark: a man pled not guilty to charges of molesting and murdering a girl in 1974. he was arrested last month after authorities say his dna matched dna from the crime scene. they believe he came across the girl while burglarizing a home and now facing special circumstances that make him eligible for the death penalty. >>darya: voters will soon get a chance to decide whether or not to abolish the death penalty in that make life without parole the harshest of penalty prosecutor concede. the measure will be on the november ballot. soft if it passes, the 725 inmates on death row will have their sentences converted. supporters of the measure say it will save the state millions of dollars.
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california is one of 35 states with the death penalty but has not executed anyone since 2006. >>erica: take a look at what some of our viewers had to say. >> to leave your own comments visit our facebook fan page. we will take a quick break with the kron4 news will be right back. stay with us. ♪ strea-ea-ea-ea-eam
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>>mark: we are back at 615 talking weather. we can definitely screwed the cover of there. s. where that is giving us some benefit. a mild start. temperatures our knowledge and yet today. mid-upper 50s through a lot of our east bay and north bay already this morning. temperatures are going to develop like this. the cloud cover should burn off quicker today with the added that if it already
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been warmer this morning and we were yet to at hand and we are seeing more 60s to what we had yesterday. by noon, the possibility of 70's although most of these should be the upper 60s. by 3:00 p.m., widespread 70's syria but in the south bay where of the king of iraq from 71-76 our valleys to the east, the san ramon valley and the livermore valley will be in the low- and it's these this afternoon for the 70 degree weather expected in the delta. slightly cooler along the east bay shoreline. this denies a warm day today. as we head into tomorrow,
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bay. off of interstate 580 westbound, we're fighting to see a little bit of slowing coming to live for the heading over to double. account of >>george: we had a red accident near eighth street. it is tying up traffic in both directions into the roadway was reported blog and the chp has as motorists to avoid but. . but a ensor, we are following the latest out of the oikos university in oakland over there was a mass shooting that killed seven people.
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class's resumed yesterday and this with an intelligent and have been an impediment to us at one goh who was taken in three weeks ago pyrrhic the abilities and has not eaten since being taken a sergeant with the sheriff's office says that that 47 or drinking water and he is not weak but have lost more than 20 lbs. since be in a jail. >> he has not caused any trouble. he has not been insulted or been are fragmented it. this is not over in the process, bad food work for treatment, this is his choice not to eat at this point. the story of them he can choose not to use in doctors' cannot do much sf fan timmy to check on him, they are taking a look at him to maturity is ok. doctors could put him on nit if he loses consciousness. as we said, there are students and staff returning
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to oikos university, they went back yesterday, here is the video of that. only some students are turned because the shooting rampage has affected some and they do not want to come back at all. they held a single english as a second ring with class yesterday and nursing class's will be held in fremont and units that colored ones approved by the state. >>mark: five states are holding their primaries today. front runner mitt romney has had no serious opposition for the president nomination since santorum dropped out two weeks ago. most of the speculation surrounds the pick for vice president. romney was accompanied by marco revealed but he insists that the search for a vice president is just beginning. >> the process for selecting a vice presidential running mate is just beginning. beth myers has begun to put together a list of names and
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criteria but we have not had a discussion yet according together a list. it >> it could be months before romains announces who will join him on the presidential ticket but that has not stopped people from making suggestions. detainee's book about the importance of this election. >> the thing i think is important to remember is the decision you make as a presidential candidate is the furnished for essential decision fed the public sees you make. it is the first time the can make a decision and you will have to live to see if caught >>darya: thank you for waking up with the kron4 morning news at. here is a live look from the mt. tam cam.
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prematurely at just over 30 weeks ended the heaviest of them weighed 2 lbs. 15 ounces. the couple says that the mothers and babies are in stable condition. no word on how many diapers they have already gone through. oklahoma >>darya: one east bay suburb is trying to crack down on massage parlors because residents complain there is elective be very keen thompson has details.
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>> many residents say there is illegal activity going on at the massage parlors, that they are open all times of day and night, that there are strange people in the neighborhoods and some children have been propositioned and also that adult web sites are leading people to the massage web sites -- to the massage parlors. new regulations would require massage parlors to get licenses, permits and have workers certified by the state. >>darya: we are back with more in just a couple of minutes. here is a live look at the bay bridge, traffic is moving pretty dead. we're looking at a pretty nice day. it is cooler, like it was yesterday. we are following the opening
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or ... it mark bell the opening bell on wall street, the dow lost of 102 points yesterday. dow futures are up 24 points right now. they were up 47. u.s. home prices have dropped for the sixth straight month. dow futures are up 24. we could see a slight rebound is more of. >>darya: of the felt warmer this morning when i went out the door. >> this afternoon will be a warmer afternoon. enjoy it. the next couple of days after that will be wet around the bay.
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by noon we will see more clearing start to take hold and temperatures will begin to jump. we could be in the upper 60s by noon. by 3:00 p.m. look for widespread upper 60s with a good handful of los 70's, will have a full look at whether coming up a little bit. >>george: the chp in the north bay is on the scene with an accident on shall bill, 121 and 8. that is the only problem right now, the roadway is blocked. the ec is light, so is the south they rise. we have a little frost alissa's the left-hand glove telephone here a half smart phone months than half that
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of her out her harriet hah three people were sent to the hospital. a report said there were shots fired at this location will transit at the oakland police department with the latest details on the shooting. >>will: during that one minute of a gun battle we understand that at least 50 shots were fired. here is video from the scene. they are not searching for any additional suspects. they believed the man were firing at each other. this was a gun battle between two-man. unfortunately third man came along was driving his car and went to the neighborhood when shots rang out. the was hit in his chest and collarbone area call or able to get to his home car is
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still in the driveway this morning. apparently some of the windows were shattered. in an ambulance arrived at the scene in did taken to hospital. as far as the two men, at this point there is no motive for the shooting, one man was shot in the leg, another, despite being hit in the chest, he is also expected to survive. we're hoping to hear from the public information officer on a possible motive. >>mark: are the two men under arrest in a hospital? >>will: no one has been arrested so far, they believe these two men were the ones in the shooting in according to the watch commander they are not looking for any additional suspects.
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>>darya: we are a few days away from the shutdown to the approach of the golden gate bridge. already we have seen plenty of construction happening there. charles crawford explains will have been when crews began demolishing parts of the will drive on friday. >>charles: the work is happening along san francisco's north ahead ex- husband right now, caltrans is halfway through a multi- year billion dollar effort to remove the old approach known as the low drive and replace it with the civil roadway. the next major steps to demolish what is left of the oil drive. thoughtful as you can see the existing roadways is blocking the path of the plan to detour. this weekend, caltrans will demolish these sections of the old roadway, clearing the path for the detour. if all goes according to
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plan the detour will open to traffic at 5:00 a.m. on monday. the closure begins at 8:00 p.m. on friday, april 27th in continues through the week and until 5:00 a.m. on april 30th, monday morning. the work is only rattling along 101, the oil strike. highway one will remain open the major traffic delays are expected. >>mark: new this morning, home prices from vacation index is just coming out. home prices have dropped in most cities for a sixth straight month. hough och >>mark: haven is officially
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valuing in his yacht at 77 billion. that is according to papers filed instgram this month. how badly a lot less than the 100 billion that we have been hearing. faced with is expected to go public under the ticker symbol letter after letter be. we are expecting higher gains of this morning thick , the dow is down 43 points. >>darya: the job that wasn't called in a deadly crash near the fair lawn island's two weeks ago is now at the half moon bay airport after being recovered. reggie kumar has the latest. >>reggie: and half moon bay, the vessel that ran aground
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more than a week soc after a wave hit the ship killing five people has been recovered and is here at the half moon bay airport in reefs for crews spent all day on monday getting it ready to hoist into the air. at 6:30 p.m., they finally meet fairborn. the boat to a 20 minute 1 mi. journey. the boat is 38 ft. long and weighs more than 15,000 lbs.. the bill was then placed on a long bed semi tractor trailer. the owner will now decide where the ball will go next. the owner has not made any public comment since the tragedy. >>mark: a quick break as the kron4 news continues until 10:00 a.m.. here is a live look at the san mateo bridge. traffic moving smoothly so far this morning.
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>>darya: we are starting off with oregon yesterday morning. remember the rain will first move into the north bay of mostly for everybody on thursday. >>mark: the rain on a monday close game -- postpones the giants' game against the mets. this was the play of the date for san francisco. tough an incredible double play.
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the pablo sandoval with a blast to right field. his hitting streak now ties bulimia's at 16 games. tim lincecum got his first win of the season. he struck out eight in the first game. madison baumgartner off only allowed three hits in the second. next for the giants is a trip to cincinnati. of here at home the oakland a's managed only three hits kron4 off the oakland a's are currently full lowest scoring team in the american league. bartow local on allowed seven hits over seven innings and fell short off for to become the first four game winner in the majors. >>darya: ballistic defeat at the bay bridge and see if traffic is cooperating. looks like it is moving pretty well. we will be right back.
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>>mark: we are talking whether this morning. >>james: here is a live you from the roof camera. we have some cloud cover and it will start to break up as we approached in. right now we're doing pretty good. fairly warm temperatures. that will mean warmer temperatures this afternoon. today, fog and clouds to start with warmer temperatures and wind. take a look at the highs that we have set up for today theory eighth we're looking at 74 in san jose. today is fine. it will be dry and warm. over the next few days is when things will get interesting. we will see rain potentially beginning tomorrow and lasting through thursday. by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, light showers across the north bay.
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by 9:00 a.m. some pop up showers in the east gate of one right. by noon, showers intensifying. the yellow indicates moderate rainfall. by 5:00, and could be activity stays to the north. by 9:00 char's intensify in the north bay. that will be the case until midnight on thursday. for thursday, we're looking for things to say rather dense and and the things she's up nicely for the weekend. >>george: we're still tracking in north bay hot spot on 121 and shall gulf,
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this is fremont drive. the roadway has been virtually shut down because of the big rig accident. there is still the estimated time for reopening. the censors do not really tell the entire story. taking a look at the bridges and starting at the bay bridge westbound, a moderate backup for your trip as he had to the toll plaza. it is not bad at all. your ride to the cemetery of bridge looks good. in easy trick in both directions. your ride to the golden gate is a problem free for highway 101. let's check the east bay traffic maps looking first at the ride on interstate 80. we're starting to seem little heavier traffic there but no problems on 24, 680 south and the south bay freeways, it looked more
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slowing for 101 northbound and no incidents reported on 85 although it does look slow for the drive towards campbell fell and 17 northbound. thaw fetas >>justine: flames lit up the sky above british columbia after a saw mill exploded overnight. this is new-line video into the newsroom showing us the flames. 21 people were hurt with injuries ranging from minor to critical. the black smoke made it difficult for people to breed. there were some vintage for explosions heard around the area as the emergence raced to the scene. as >>mark: a new facebook application for your smart phone that facebook helpfully in at roughly 50 gives as it were.
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a fifth offense least if a date with will application for android smart phone. it brings with it a lot of changes. if you do not know what your doing it could lose a picture you have taken with your phone. the estate makes the application run faster, smaller and offers more integrated into instant experience. facebook is another step closer to making the mobile at experience like the application on the left. there are two new icon that will pop up, shortcuts to popular facebook activities. in messaging for icon, this is like the messenger at that is not relevant and most likely go away. facebook to the best of the messenger at and when did that with this new update. group messages, location sharing, online status and having contacts sorted by the people you interact with the most were features that were exclusive to our live part of defaced the application. another shortcut icon is the face the camera icon. if the tap on this icon you
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compose a picture of video directed to your facebook. it is a four step process traditionally, this icon offers a much faster rate. after you open the camera coverage use a pitcher to upload or take a picture to directly up look. here is the catch. each option, the picture does not live in your gallery on your phone, after of living to a school, it is all gone. and lives only on facebook. for most people would want that extra to fall into their picture gallery were other pictures are stored. facebook wanted to live inside fees though. they wanted to take pictures on your phone and use facebook for your picture or-it is cheering. the more time in the social network, to better for them. >>darya: taking a look at sharing video with you, this surveillance video, this happened so quickly, this teenager in china was walking down the street with her cellphone and fell into a sinkhole.
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the grounder just opened up. her that cabdriver saw what happened, he jumped out of his car and basically goes down inside ahold to try and save her. sinkhole was 18 ft. deep. an underground water well formed a road into the frozen caused this. fox she into the cab driver who tried to save for had been pulled off to the surface by firefighters. how it looks like a candid camera version. that was just a regular street surveillance that happened to the ruling and caught her falling into the hole.
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>>erica: in a recent swedish study, they found people who consumed low-fat milk, yogurt and cheese half at a lower lost all risk of stroke aha. the results found that those who aided average of four servings of low-fat dairy products today have a 12 percent lower risk of stroke. fill a lot of details coming out, especially more health benefits. if to read all about it i have a link on my face the fan page. >>mark: the dow was down one of to yesterday. right now the dow was up 59 but the snb sofia to. the nasdaq is actually down five year before the opening bell we had better than expected quarterly results coming out from free summer hershey and at&t. >>darya: coming out, the
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suspect in the fatal shootings at an oakland university has stopped eating. we will tell you why. if apple is set to release its earnings today. we will show you what to expect from the tech giant and five more states will hold their primaries today if and what those winds would mean for mitt romney. here is a live look of of our roof camera on van ness ave. you can see clouds over the city right now. we're looking for a pretty nice day before the chance of rain roles in. we will be right back. kraft
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