workers plan to protest a tuition hike of more than 20

percent will break down the budget live. >> mark: we are expecting to hear from the wife of the suspension of ross mirkarimi when she takes the stand. >> darya: now we're waiting for a warm-up. >> mark: and have james fletcher with more on the forecast. >> james: we have to to the '50s with some gradual clearing this afternoon we have a little more sunshine the temperatures will still be on the cool side. we will talk about this coming up. and we have more and it on your forecast, but as good a quick update on your commute. >> george: we have a good ride at the bay bridge toll plaza, no back up yet. metering lights have still been active and around the bay area you will find a new light and easy ride that is your quick commute. >> darya: to wishing for california's 10 uc schools could go up by as much as

20%. now there is a uc regents meeting that is planned this morning, we are live to talk about the protests and why tuition could go up yet again. >> will: now meeting the protesters will be the officers they are here, they're here just in case things get out of hand. one of the officers tells me that he expects things to be peaceful because in this situation they will be voting to freeze tuition but there is a caveat, governor brown wants to pass a tax initiative that will tax the wealthiest californians. he is holding the school hostage per say because if that does not happen, if the tax initiatives did not pass in november that means that automatic cuts will begin with schools k through 12 as well as higher education. at 8:30 a.m. there will be a protest. this one is quite unique. here is one of the protesters that talk with me a few minutes ago.

>> a bunch of zombies back from the there are here to tell the region and one to which and hikes, make education affordable and help us become productive members of california and members of the world. my money is going down of my tuition is going up it is becoming impossible to afford the program in the living costs. >> will: tax initiative passed by brown means that the school did want her to $25 million next year and that is why they would not need a tuition increase but if they fail, they would automatically you used to hundred $50 million. i have to tell you, one of the police officer says i am just doing my job what they ask me to do i will do. he believes this is just passing the blame game. if the initiative fails, the uc regents can say that we voted not to raise tuition and look, it failed but it

is not our fault. that is the reaction as we go through out the morning with more protesters expected to arrive. >> mark: this all comes as receive news that three new campus presidents will be getting a raise. >> mark: all the presents received annual salary of $320,000 and it also received a $1,000 per month car allowance, two of the president will get an annual $60,000 housing allowance. and other stories that we are watching, governor jerry brown sign the high-speed rail funding bill today. the center is under construction in san francisco's financial district. the bill provides nearly $8 billion in funding to construction of a high-speed rail product. the

funding measure also includes money for early investment in local transit systems in the bay area and los angeles including caltrain. they will receive nearly $600 million. >> darya: the wife of suspended share for ross mirkarimi is back in the bay area and expected to testify today at her husband's ethics committee hearing. elie abel lopez returned from venezuela where she has been for the past month. her husband is facing and official misconduct stemming from a domestic abuse case. she pled guilty to false imprisonment, the mayor says this constitutes official misconduct and that she should be removed--and that per-share ross mirkarimi should be removed from office. >> mark: yester day the dow was up 70 points. just released this morning, bank of america did not talk

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kron4 newsroom of what is just in. at&t is now falling in verizon footsteps. it will introduce wireless plans that allow subscribers to connect in devices. all devices will get wireless data access from a limited pool of data usage that gives renewed each month. you may remember what we talked about how rise and introduced the share everything plants back in june. at&t comes very close to what verizon is offering for one smart phone with 1 mb will cost $85 per month compared to $90 with verizon . that is just in to the kron4 newsroom. >> mark: in florida two men tried to rob an internet cafe the got more than they bargained for. a 71 year-old man pulled out a gun and start firing at the robbers. now he was pulling out his gun, he shot one of the men in the arm, now the 219

year-old robbers were arrested and taken to the hospital and charged with attempted robbery with a fire arm. williams actually has a licence to carry the concealed weapon and is not facing any charges. >> darya: a robbery suspect in columbus ohio truck away from the police by stealing one of their cars and jumping into the police car. there are two suspects wanted in connection with a burglary at an apartment that is when the police started the chase. shots were fired and a 21 year-old man was killed. it is not clear who shot the victim, they did not know if it was the suspect of the police, that is when the guy jumped in and took off. the man did not get very far, the police were able to arrest him after he crashed the police car. the police are still looking for the second suspect. >> james: just in time for the weekend, a warm-up is on the way, everyone has outdoor plans, this is a

good view. the sun came up about 16 minutes ago. it is doing a wonderful job of giving us a youthful look at the sunrise out there. now we have the blaze at sfo we have one hour and 48 minutes for rival and delays. oakland and san jose are on time this morning and the temperatures right now are pretty much in the '50s for most of the bay area. the difference is today we see some upper fifties and low 60s. we have mid-50s in the east bay and across the north bay. this is where the picture is showing up at the moment. we are looking for a warmup this afternoon. we will see '60s and '70s and in some spots this is a good 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. we have portions

of the east bay and the south bay close to 80 degrees. we are watching for that and as the cake--and as we take a quick look we slip into the upper '70's towards evergreen and looking have sunnyvale at 78. and morgan hill, you will more than likely get to a degrees today. --80 degrees today. >> james: as we look out over the short term we will expect a warming to take over probably tomorrow with a lot more 80's on the map. we have a youthful looking weather setting up for the weekend. sudden frantically,

we will have your seven day around the bay forecast of break that down in detail in just a minute. now on to traffic with george. >> george: good morning, we are not tracking in the hot spots at the bay bridge does not appear that the metering lights have yet been activated because we do not have it back across all lanes, that is good news. now we continue the bridge check on 92 looks good. >> george: on highway 80 we have very good conditions. 24 west bound looked good also and looking at the commute on 5 and 0 west

bound this is still a good ride coming out of livermore. the south bay freeway looked great we have no problems here in your north bay right has not yet began to slow down. >> mark: pg&e is trying to repair its image from the deadly sentinel gas explosion. though commercial shows the new ceo openly admitting that he took hold of a company that lost its way. the company faces lawsuit on whether or not they should pay punitive damages for the blast that killed eight people. pg&e says this ad was paid for with money from shareholders and not from customers. >> darya: the san francisco board of supervisors has unanimously approved the budget for next year. it

includes plans for funding the police fire class's and adding a legislative aide. two supervisors often out of having the extra aid and wanted the money to go towards projects for their district. the budget for final approval is expected to be given next week. the homeless living in kelley park in san jose have until tomorrow to clear out otherwise they'll be interested. this was the scene on monday when the crews were posting the warnings. they call this an illegal encampment cleanup. it is estimated that as nearly as 20 people were affected. >> mark: students in hayward will be returning to a new campus the school was rebuilt from the ground up. this is one of five hayward schools that have gone under massive renovation or complete louisville. the project is the first of a

four part master plan >> darya: a new threat of west nile virus has surfaced to dead croats were found in pleasant hill and tested positive with the disease. 39 people in contra costa county were diagnosed with the virus in 2005 and in 2006 to two people died from the disease in when it comes to the west now virus there's a new health hazard that people want to be aware of, they say that the plastic that is placed over the deserted swimming pools increases the breeding of mosquitos. they say the coverage create the perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes. >> mark: rattlesnake bites or on the rise in santa clara county.

>> mark: with no predators the snake population is increasing. >> we have volunteer watchers on our trail that have reported as many as 18 scene on the trail. >> if you are outdoors to be cognizant of snakes and potential snakebites if you are in a community park, if you're hiking in the mountains, there is a real possibility that snakes may be around. we do not want people to be panicked, but we want people to take reasonable preventative measures. >> mark: now the california king snakes actually eat until of rattlesnakes. the snakes often stretch themselves out on the trail

and lay out on the sun. >> darya: can i say that you have killed your share of rattlesnakes. that you have not back down. can i say that you've given rattlesnake country i cannot think they will sue you. >> mark: they are very dangerous. i had my son stepped on one wants, the baby ones are the most dangerous because they cannot control their venom release, they release all of their venom at once and then you end up in a hospital and you hope that the hospital has the venom that--the anti victim that you will need. >> darya: that would scare the daylights out of me. now let us check the golden gate bridge, everything looks clear here.

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the kron4 morning news continues we have the opening bell on wall street. coming up.

>> mark: welcome back we have the opening bell wall street. this is the all-time saves leader in major league baseball history he is out with the season with the torn a cl ringing the bell on wall street. but you have to like mariana rivera the greatest closure of all time. >> darya: uc students and workers will protest the initial 20% tuition hike today at the uc board of regents meeting. the threat of the west now virus is

surfacing with two dead crow laws that are positive for the disease. >> james: not to they will be cool, but the changes are just ahead for the weekend. i think you'll like, this will receive for their future, to they will be dry, but we will be on the cool side. it will warm up a little bit of for the most part with the temperatures around the bay in the '60s and '70s. tomorrow we have a gradual warming of mostly sunny conditions and temperatures and the 80's. expect to reach nineties once again for the warmer spots by saturday and sunday. i have your full forecast straight ahead. let us get an update on traffic. george, good morning >> george: sacramento has problems with highway 99 close in both directions, but in walnut creek this is an easy ride for interstate 680. this shows an easy commute all around the bay area. >> darya: thanks a lot, now

we have a possible new graveside in faulting the speed freak killers. --grave site involving the speed freak killers. this is about 100 mi. north of san francisco and lake counties. this is according to the bounty hunter padia who recently talked with wesley shermantine and he said this is in an area where the two of them used to hunt. it may be more than half a dozen of one of the areas that will be searched. >> i think that there are four in this area. >> darya: herzod and sherman time of the beaten up on in meth induced killing spree in the early '80s and '90s.

>> mark: the universe the california border regions are planning to vote on a resolution that supports governor brown's tax measure and freezes the tuition for 2012, but that only happens if the governor's proposal passes on the ballot. >> mark: if the measure fails, automatic cuts will kick in through k through 12 and they will face a tuition hike increase and that could increase the tuition by as much as 20%. >> darya: 18 year old boy is still recovering after being shot in the back. they saved little boy was unintentionally shot the driver--shooter says that

they were aiming for a different vehicle. the police say they were able to arrest him from the tips that they had in the community. >> we had some calls and some witnesses that provided his name. they were able to locate him. he is on probation. at the time of his arrest he had an outstanding arrest warrant. >> darya: authorities are still trying to figure out the motive they say the demand is not cooperating with this investigation. >> mark: investigators believe that this is the person that shot a 26 year old man allocution-- execution-style one year ago. police say they still do not know the motive behind the incident >> we believe the motive is just a mistaken identity, or a possible robbery.

>> mark: police that after the shooting the suspect and to a car and drove off and behind that darker--that car with a darker suv that could have more suspects. >> darya: three men were charged with the murdering of pay man in san jose. two of them were arrested on friday in connection with the murder of this young man. another suspect jose gonzales was already in custody on separate charges. police say the man was found on october 17th at suffering from gunshot wounds, he was pronounced dead. police believe he was shot while standing near a parked car in front of an apartment complex. authorities do believe the shooting was gang-related. >> mark: passengers on muni buses can expect more security. that plan to

install digital cameras on 370 buses, this will be paid for by homeland security cameras will be installed for four years. there will be a system where the videos can be used, city leaders say violent crimes makes these cameras a necessity. >> darya: penn state is set to respond within days to the n.c.a.a. is the man as the governing bodies try to decide whether penn state should face penalties following the jerry sandusky conviction of the child sex abuse. penalties could include shutting down the penn state football program. the n.c.a.a. is investigating if consent is lost institutional control over its apoplectic program and violated ethics rules. eighth report found that the late football coach joe paterno and three top officials berry allegations against jerry sandusky to protest the university's image. the former assistant coach was convicted last month of sexually abusing 10

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some people had to say. with-- >> erica: it looks like a lot of people are unhappy if he would like to weigh in, visit our facebook fan page. >> mark: we will be right back as the kron4 won his continues. we have a live look at the bay bridge with a big backup on this wednesday morning. your morning commute is in full swing. we are watching the delays at sfo they're not as nearly as bad as yesterday.

>> darya: a bicycle this has been hospitalized with severe head injuries after colliding with an ac transit bus. the accident happened after 8:00 p.m. at the intersection of 46th street and san pablo ave. the bicycle this is a 31 year- old woman who was rushed to the hospital. there were no passengers on the bus, and police are looking into what caused the accident, in emergency calls to the chp golding they dispatched district in vallejo are handled by dozens of this package using technology from the last century the that will change this weekend when they will get up to date equipment for new software. they say this will happen without missing any calls. >> starting this coming thursday we will start with the new equipment. we will be changing out equipment that is kind of difficult in

our area because we do not have any extra position so the dispatchers will scramble around all day as we move them from station to station to install the new economic. --new equipment >> justine: this just in the romney says that he will announce his new vp pick after of the 20 the 12 olympics. some of the names are the ohio senator, rob portman, and former virginia governor tim pawlenty. other reports have talked about said that this pick could come out later this week you just have to wait to see.

>> mark: as mitt romney next to ohio, his pressure mounts to release more than just his tax returns. in pennsylvania yesterday mitt romney accused president obama of supporting a government center society. >> darya: a new report by stanford university or taxation give the report of the nationwide death toll. >> darya: protest against nuclear plants have been set

up. more than 15,000 people died in japan as a ripple of this natural disaster. --as a result of the natural disaster. >> mark: 7 cities in 24 counties have been affected by this heavy rain we see. a local reports suggest that the rain will weaken later today. >> darya: i did not think we will be getting any rain to date are we? >> james: know, we will not but it is cloudy at there. sfo reports and one hour and eight hit our arrival delay. you may want to call ahead. oakland and san jose are doing fine this morning. now we are looking for mild temperatures around 9am. some spots are in the low

60s. we even have some upper '40's in napa. we have 56 in san francisco, 57 concord, 55 antioch and pleasanton and livermore. those are the temperatures and by noontime leaks the gradual warming to take hold. we have partly cloudy skies or sunshine at that hour. we're looking at the '60s and '70s, that is some better news for you than yesterday. as we push the clock forward, we will get into the upper '70's and really close to the 80 degree mark today. now let us break down exactly where we expect some of the warmest temperatures to be. as you may imagine, it will be inland. take a look in this matter. we are looking for the east bay valley to get free clothes. for livermore we are looking at about 77 degrees today, 76 in concord. we are close to

80 degrees with 75 in san jose. if you head down towards morgan hill you'll probably get any degrees without any problem this afternoon. all right, let us take a seven day around the bay forecast the weather will just only get warmer as we head into the weekend. that is some good news for you. the weather is going to be perfect especially in the, the high temperatures will give that up to where they should be which is in the low 90s. now let us get on to traffic with george. >> george: we are not tracking any hot spots currently. we start our bridge check at the bay bridge toll plaza we haven't been into then freed. your ride to the san mateo bridge also looks good. the volume is definitely up on the right side of your screen. for your golden gate bridge ride we have an easy commute

across the span. updating your ride around the bay area, let us start with interstate 80 west bound that starting to pick up just a little bit. that is from the upper freeway to the lower freeway. the drive time is under 18 minutes. we're starting to slow down on the approach to the castro valley wide. he starts to pick up slowing for 101 and the guadalupe parkway for san jose. your north bay ride is delayed free from 101 south bound. >> darya: thanks a lot george, we will be back with more in just a couple minutes.

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head to houston. he is now part of the houston rockets. >> erica: the back street boys are back and working on an album for the 20th anniversary next year. finally, the full burden has and the girlfriend. the divorce is not official from his ex-wife katie perry. he has been with the hollywood talent agent brewster. >> darya: coming up, tens of thousands of college students are facing a big tuition increase. at the same time, some school leaders are getting raises. we will have a live report and show you where the protest is to have planned --where the protest is planned. and we will show

you about the so the band for one of the largest cities in the nation. and buster posey catapults the giants past the graves. there is the catcher controversy in san francisco. we will talk with our sports director gary about that and more. púwnw