tv KRON 4 Early News KRON August 23, 2012 4:00am-6:00am PDT
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this the fourth lowest annual minimum ever measured. now we want to find out what is happening in our forecast. the day it is a lot cooler and much more fog i noticed in the day of san francisco it looks like people are enjoying the in and whether it is nice and cool. >> erica: it is fun to say triple digits, but it is not fun to be in the triple digits it looks like the
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highest in the '80s. i cannot think we will see warmer weather until the second week of september. now as we take a live look outside at the walnut creek camera over interstate 680, we see a little the cloud coverage what it looks like there conditions and plenty of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. in terms of the temperatures right now we see 54 the most part, 53 waking up in san raphael, 59 in oakland and a little bit warmer for the east bay locations. by about 3:00 we will see '60s, '70s and '80s for the most part we are working with a tight range of numbers. we will not see much in a way of fifties. by 6:00 p.m. we will see '70s notice a gradual cool down and in terms of the afternoon high temperatures will see where they are expected to go neighborhood by neighborhood. fremont could reach 72 degrees we
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have low 80s reportedly in campbell. it looks like the rest of bart inland areas will be in the mid to low 80s concord only coming in at 82 degrees, a thief won't creek upper 60 for the castro valley. turning our attention to these bayshore you can expect mid-60's for the most part with a relatively comfortable conditions. downtown san francisco is pretty chilly coming in in the low 60s. we could have low sixties for ocean beach. we have 75 for those in a bottle and a couple of degrees warmer and through napa this afternoon. we will continue with the morning fog and drizzle. we have cooler conditions when the afternoon. we have a storm system that is expected to hit the washington coastline. your seven day of around the bay forecast shows just that. we are not dealing with too much fluctuation in the
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temperatures it may be the bit warmer as we head into the middle of next week but again it is like we will not see any 90's whatsoever until we head into september. of course we will keep an eye on your forecast right here on kron4. and the traffic center is pretty quiet with no major accidents reported by the chp. if you are heading to the bay bridge this morning, we have a meeting like to deal with we have smooth and easy conditions up the incline and across the upper deck. i calculated a drive time from nine minutes from the foot of the maze towards fremont street this morning. over at the san mateo bridge traffic volumes are definitely hire especially in the westbound direction. your golden gate ride south bound 101 has no major delays coming into the southbound direction. turning our attention to the traffic maps we have a lot of green on the road with sensors with the nimitz freeway. the interstate 580
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an approach from the 680 interchange and down in the south bay we have a pretty easy ride coming out of the coyote valley. >> justine: in the next few days you could watch some of the world's greatest working their craft, the america's cup series was launched on the san francisco bay. they are selling these high-tech catamarans and charles clifford shows us the details. >> reporter: right now i am standing along the marina green in san francisco, races have finished for today. there are 11 boats competing in the americas cup world series. there were six votes, the italian and british boat advanced today in the finals. many people i spoke with said that the races were a lot of fun to watch. >> it was the first time they had a race like this in the san francisco bay was
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utterly exciting. >> reporter: these races are a warm-up for the america's cup race that will be held here next summer the races began around 2:00 p.m. and the best place to watch them is here at the marina and the admission is free. >> justine: the mars curiosity rover is ready to roll all over mars. it made its first test drive it first took the wheel to test each one. then, the rover started to move forward. curiosity next adventure will take about 400 m east southeast. today a judge will hear arguments about
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whether or not prosecutors can use the colorado shooting suspect university records against him. prosecutors claim that a noble that he sent to the university psychiatrist should be allowed as evidence because of reportedly describes his condition. today is casey anthony/the on probation. her attorney says that her probation ends at midnight tonight. she has been on probation for check fraud those are charges unrelated to the 2008 disappearance of her dark cayley. she will no longer reports to a probation officer she was acquitted last year. much on the kron4 morning news stay with us we will be right back after this quick break. [music]
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and verizon to get back on the unlimited train. here is a quick comparison to sprint. you can get unlimited calls, text messaging and data with two mobile for $90 the same plan with sprint is $110, t mobile has a better price with the thing is they do not carry iphone that is really popular in the bay area. if you do not need and iphone, if you can use it like berry, windows, if you like android, this t mobile unlimited data is a pretty good deal. the signal strength is absolutely on par with at&t and verizon . the new plans go into effect sept. 50 will be available for existing and new customers. >> justine: will take a quick read on the kron4 morning news and your big
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>> justine: were starting off this half hour with a live look outside at the james lick freeway. first we begin because thousands of residents some medical-- residents sought medical attention and due to a refinery fire one person sentenced time to take a look at the warnings that are given after a fire like this. >> reporter: after the massive plume of smoke the clock started ticking that
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did not happen--what happened afterwards was not like it was supposed to. >> i consider the system a failure because the goal of the system is to inform people as quickly as possible of any problems. it took this system three hours and 30 minutes to contact everyone. this system has had some problems. we will update the system and make sure that next time there is an end to the people did the phone call much sooner. >> reporter: he said another problem is that the telephone system will only call a land mine unless you register your phone with the sheriff's department. some day cellphone may be included for alerts.
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>> justine: let us find out what the weather has in store for us today good morning erica. >> erica: good morning to you just thing you can expect similar conditions to what we saw yesterday. we have a little bit more cloud coverage situated along the coastline. temperatures will be in the low 60s to the mid to upper 80s. it looks like as we take it a good the numbers right outside the door we have 55 degrees in downtown san francisco and upper 50s waking up in oakland. it looks like san carlos is holding on to 61 degrees. now walking you through the weather again, we have morning fog and afternoon sunshine it pretty similar story as we head into tomorrow. we will not see
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much change in the numbers for the next several days it is potentially a little bit cooler as we head into the weekend and the temperatures will start to climb as we head into the next monthly. i will bring that down to you in the seven day around the bay forecast. now let us turn our attention to this. we can see cloud coverage and blanketing the entire bay area. advancing o'clock up to about nine it looks like we will start to see it burn off and we're holding on to cloud coverage all along the border. >> erica: by lunch time for the most part it looks like the fog is holding on to the coastline. expect to skies and sunshine and where else. temperatures are pretty one car compared to what we saw yesterday. we could see 87 degrees and upper succeed in
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castro valley. now turning our attention to these bayshore line will be in the mid '60s for the most part here. we are tracking a storm system to the north. it will not bring us any wet weather but it will keep us from experiencing a heat wave. we will start the weather pattern until potentially the second week of september. over in the traffic center we have a quiet morning around the bay area. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is moving pretty smoothly. if you're coming out of oakland and then and it's we have
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some overnight roadwork north bound. over at the sanitarium bridge we feel a volume increase in the west bound direction coming out of foster city. here at the golden gate bridge the live look showed you some fog that you have to contend with. >> justine: thank you erica. the violent crime is becoming a staple in oakland including sexual assaults. the most recent was where a woman was attacked a stop sign. they say violent sex crimes are on the rise in the city this year. >> last year we had reported three sexual assaults this year we're looking at about 135 reported sexual assaults. we
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have identified who was on parole or probation with the sexual assault. we have increased patrols in areas where we have seen the sexual assaults of curling. >> justine: no arrests have been made in the most recent assault, a $5,000 reward is being offered in that case. >> justine: gov. jerry brown spent the day in san francisco on wednesday were some children are back in school. the district is just one of many in the state that faces budget cuts. the governor says the approval of his tax plan this november is the only way to save the state's schools. >> we can help our schools we can help universities, we can prevent massive cuts.
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that means closed schools, days of school when kids have nowhere to go there are thousands of glasses in our community colleges and state colleges, there is a lot at stake. >> reporter: proposition 30 calls for an increase in the sales tax for four years. it also taxes those making over $250,000 currently. >> everything that i have seen in my lifetime tells me that the schools need more money and the people that we're asking to pay can afford this. >> reporter: the governor knows this is a tall order especially considering there is a competing tax or ran over all of this course depending on how government spends the people's money. brown says he is up for the challenge. >> this is a tall hill, i did not come back to the governor at my age to have it easy. i will give everything i have between
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now and where to take this past. >> reporter: if it fails it will trigger eight automatic $5.5 billion in cuts to schools. some of those schools would have to make cuts in immediately and that could mean additional furlough days. >> justine: last wednesday to try and alpha the milky cabrera was suspended for testing positive and so has another player. >> reporter: ped that means the performance enhancement drugs, the latest user
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isbartolo colone. he was suspended on wednesday. he tested positive for performance and has been drug that means an automatic 50 game suspension. >> i feel cheated as a fan because i'm a fan of his personally. >> reporter: as to whether or not he looked like he was using a performance enhancement of that is another story. >> if his shape is what you
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are wondering is that really how he feels or was a careless mistake. one of his supporters urges motors to look at the congressman's character. >> i know i have a man of integrity that will act of good faith. >> justine: political consultant paul work for him in 2000. akin won the five way race and he faces little opposition until the senate. >> he is not a republican party loyalists and he never
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has been. >> reporter: he argues that the gop won is that akin has spent his time worrying about only his beliefs. >> reporter: >> reporter: the rev. disagrees and says that akin will prevail even if the big donors do n think he isn and he is the best to help to get the country out of debt. >> justine: much more ahead to take a break and be back with the latest on tropical storm isaac. [music]
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>> justine: republicans are not the only ones headed to tampa florida as a fact of storm i suggest that that way. >> reporter: republicans have set the stage and there are headed to tampa. >> make a difference help this man and i become the next president and vice president. >> reporter: roughly 50,000 people are expected to make the trip to the event this is such a big event that even president obama-care-- that even vice president joe biden plans to make the trip. tropical storm i think could be there too. the weather service said that it reached hurricane strength on thursday it is too early to know the path. some computer models bring this into the gulf of mexico. the
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mayor in tampa says that the convention will be called off if necessary. >> we have been speaking that human life crump politics i think the republican committee recognizes that. >> reporter: in 2004 hurricane gustof force them to cancel their campaign for the republican convention that year as well. >> justine: you can catch all of the information from the republican convention on our newscast, channel 193. and despite the whether the mayor of tampa says his city is ready for the 50,000 people headed there for the republican national convention that starts on monday. preparations are
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underway just in case isaac becomes an actual hurricanes. gov. rick scott is set to address the preparations for isaac. that storm is expected to turn into a category one hurricane tomorrow. let us turn to the latest of what the hurricane tracker looks like. here it is right now out near pr. it is still a tropical storm turning into a hurricane by saturday. as you can see there is a cone of uncertainty here before in the gulf of mexico very much in the path it will become a hurricane by monday just year by south florida. we are monitoring this situation very closely. we will keep you updated right here on the kron4 morning news. for our forecast return to america and the weather center. good morning. >> erica: the morning to you justine overall we have well conditions around the bay area pitt--.
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>> erica: in terms of the temperatures we have 505 60 for the most part. >> erica: by 3:00 p.m. you're acting high temperature show we will introduce his orange. now this does indicate where we will see are temperatures, it looks like the majority of the bay area will be in the '60s and '70s. >> erica: for the most part
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we anticipated 60 for the entire east and shoreline. >> george: >> erica: it looks like it could start attending events later this morning. we have a small craft advisory in effect until 11:00 a.m. on sunday. looking ahead your extended forecast you will see a little change in the next several days. we have a warm up as we start the next work week i will have the full details in your seven day around the bay forecast coming up my next report. over in the traffic center i want to get you out the door, you can see we have a smooth and easy ride at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza very few cars out here with no leader might to deal with. --but only during
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like to deal with. traffic is building in both directions of highway 92. your golden gate bridge ride south bound 101 we have some activity you can see flashing lights i did see some chp cruisers however over on the traffic maps all is well in the south bay. for those of you coming out of navato pass highway 37 in to san francisco that drive is clocking in at just 53 minutes. >> justine: and to erica we will take a quick break on the kron4 morning news and find out who is behaving badly we come right back.
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>> erica: important to us take a look at the numbers right outside the door. for the most part we are contending with fifties. we have an above drizzle close to the coastline. into the afternoon it looks like we have mostly sunny conditions temperatures in the '60s, '70s, and 80's. is pretty spot on i will have a look at your seven day around the bay forecast and it is time to check on the morning commute with george. >> george: thanks erica a quick commute check shows that there are no incidents or problems for your drive.
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you will find light conditions and no hot spots to slow you down around the area. >> darya: cases of west nile virus continued to soar across the united states. the center for disease control is investigating more than of 700 cases in the bay area. hear, new cases have sprouted as well not just in mosquitos, but birds and chickens. they say they have found the virus and other species .
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>> health officials say another concern is the pattern of infection. first they find infected dead birds, the miskitos, the chickens and then after that is when they see the first human cases. to bay area communities will be spring for mosquitos today they will be palo alto and brentwood. there is a town hall meeting to my call the chevron toxic disaster. it is being held from seven until 9:30 p.m. tonight and that is at the richmond progressive office on the dow ave. --1 mcdonald avenue. >> mark: thousands of people
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have sought health problems --have sought out help for their health problems after the explosion. now this is a look at tropical storm isaac right now look at the path, it's expected to make its way up to the gulf coast of the united states the latest forecast runs has this off of the florida keys by early monday morning and up the west coast of the united states making its way up the florida coast. it is possibly just offshore from tampa as we head towards monday and tuesday. people in florida and the caribbean are stocking up on emergency supplies ahead of the storm. yesterday the national hurricane authority issued a tropical storm warning for
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the island's like cuba and pr. and south florida some 50,000 people are headed to temple for the republican national convention that starts on monday. the mayor of tampa says that safety will come first. you may recall payout eight republican convention was affected by a hurricane. >> darya: the bay area's second chick-fil-a restaurant is set to open and people are camped out for this big event. will tran is at the restaurant to show us what is going on. >> will: for these people they did not hear it is not political they want one year
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worth of free meals. we are talking about the 100 customers that got in mind as early as yesterday you can see all of the tents out here. they say thankfully it is not raining and it is not cold. there can't tell for $300 worth of meals. the plan on having a ribbon cutting and started to issue out coupons. people like dennis, you only live a like two blocks away why did you come out here? you could've easily purchased chick-fil-a every now and then why can't out?--why can't out?--camp out. >> it was is a nice >> will: you know what president of the company can month said that he supports
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same-sex marriage you have any thoughts on their stance? >> i think this suspicious here for fun. it is not too much about the controversy. >> will: are you hungry? >> yes i am hungry. >> will: i can tell you there will be protest this morning and possibly this afternoon from same-sex supporters. >> darya: is that a grass area and from the sidewalk is that the pavement? >> will: yes that is the
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pavement, that the parking lot they have done this proper all the tricks of days and the people say they're not worried about that. if anything they are for their waistline they're not here to take a stance about anything. >> darya: let us get a live look outside from our roof camera here at the kron4 studios. you can barely make alps--out a city hall building. be right back. lots of prepaid cards come pre-filled with problems.
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>> erica: 10:00 p.m. live look outside we have another cutting starts the day we continue with drizzle along the coastline. visibility has definitely worsen for highway one. in the high visibility is down to two and a half miles. we also have some limited conditions in napa. the majority of the bay area shows 10 mouth of visibility for most bay area freeways. our fog tracker for has a story to tell. as you can see in the 6:00 hour we are blanketed with cloud coverage. it looks like that may start to scale back. really the cloud coverage is impacting the heart of the bay. you can see this impacting every once situated along the water's.
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as we head into the afternoon it looks like a cloud coverage and butting up against the coastline. we anticipate blue skies and sunshine for pretty much everywhere else this afternoon. in terms of your numbers we have '60s, '70s, and 80's. we are nowhere near the 90 degree mark. antioch is the warmest are coming in at 87 degrees. over an open we have significantly cooler conditions. we have 79 in santa rosa and 75 in redwood city.the kron4 seven day around the bay forecast shows little to no change we have morning fog and afternoon sunshine. we could have warmer temperatures and then talking upper 80s once again for the warmest inland areas. now on to traffic with george. >> george: we are not tracking any problem for your ride around the bay
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yet. let us get a look at the bay bridge toll plaza as we start the bridge check. you will see this west bound ride looks good with no delays as you hit it from the macarthur maze. your drive time is just nine minutes from the 24/580 interchange. this west bound portion of the ride looks good with no delays. for your trip to and from marin county a little earlier this morning we saw crews at work adding another lane in the southbound direction it is now configured for your morning commute. we will check the traffic map for you as we look first at the east bay ride we will track some dry times for you here. the san ramon is just 60 to 70 minutes into dublin leading south into walnut creek. we have a 13 minute drive from the tightly valley north on 101. your commute for highway 11 through the county still
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looks good. this south bound ride the down toward san raphael with no back up or delay. your drive time there is just the two minutes. public transit is enjoying the problems this morning that is a pretty good ride as well. >> justine: florida's governor rick scott is giving up dates on the status of tropical storm isaac. it is expected to become a hurricane and threaten his stake. that us go over a little of what he has been saying, he emphasizes it is on track to be a hurricane in the convention center where the republican national convention will start on monday is in any evacuation zone. he had said they would evacuation the convention center it is it becomes a category one hurricane. when will my to what he's saying and keep you updated on this developing story in the kron4 newsroom. >> darya: a judge will hear arguments today on whether
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or not prosecutors can use james holmes university records as evidence. prosecutors claim that a note of that he sent to the university psychiatrist and be allowed as evidence because it described in a violent attack. he is expected to be at today's hearing in court. today is casey anthony/day on probation. the attorney says that anthony's probation ends at midnight tonight. she has been on probation for charges unrelated to the 2008 disappearance of her daughter caylee anthony for check fraud charges. she will no longer report to a probation officer and can now leave florida without permission. she was acquitted last year and the murder of her garden. --
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>> darya: redlines black candy makers should not be eaten by women or kids. they found that it is containing up to 3.2 micrograms of lead per serving. if you have any of that can be in your home right now they're asking you to throw away immediately just for safety. red vines candy is sold and a 1 lb. light brown package. we are talking about the black licorice. i love the red licorice. the america of the irish company makes this and they issued a voluntary
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recall. the senate has approved a bill that will allow nurses to provide birth control. it will make it easier for women to get contraceptives through their primary care. the democratic senator kevin says that this will--bill passed and it goes back to the assembly for a final vote. >> mark: bank of america is announcing dropping the sale of their credit protection services. this is according to the san francisco business organization. and rising home prices helped 1 million home orders from being under water in their mortgages. some younger
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homeowners are still struggling to stay the percentage of borrowers that zero more on their home than they were worth fail. -- fell. >> mark: nearly a half or 48 percent of all mortgage borrowers that are under the age 40 are under water on their mortgage. >> darya: a study finds the american middle class has suffered its worst decade in modern history. the kinds of the class have fallen to its lowest levels in recent decades. for purposes of this study the middle-class is the finest people that earn between 39,000 and $180,000 annually. 85 percent of middle-class americans say it is more difficult now than it was one decade ago to maintain their standard of living. we
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will be back with more in a couple of minutes. the have more developing stories we're following. we're just one hour away from the opening of the new chick- fil-a in san jose. these are people camped out in the drive through hoping to get in on a special day deal. we will be back to tell you more about that.
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looks like today are temperatures will be into the '60s and into tomorrow we have very similar conditions to what we will see today we have little change in the forecast for the next several days. it looks like we will continue with mild conditions. here is a look at your numbers for those of you have the house side of the door. 55 degrees in napa and rich and 58 over in oakland. i will show you where these numbers are headed in the afternoon coming up in my next report. >> george: we are not tracking any big debate here is a quick commute check as you head out the door. we are looking for light traffic conditions in the east bay and south bay traffic. >> darya: the bay area's second chick-fil-a restaurant is set to open one hour from now at 6:30 p.m.. people are camped out and ready. will tran has taken a look at what is going on at the restaurant.
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now, how many people can think are their compared to the coupons that they're giving away will everyone in on this? >> will: not everybody, the first 100 people. because if you got here, you got into the raffle and those that one got this bracelet that they will cash in. you get a little box inside the box will be 52 weeks worth of coupons. you can use it all at one time with family and friends or you could come by every week for the next year and the yourself something from. i can tell you, look at this they did not do anything special for these cameras, in fact that person over there is literally sitting in the drive through. in about a half an hour from now they will have a ribbon cutting and then they will issue the coupons out. what you can see the tent city that day started yesterday here. this
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is 24 hours they're getting up packing up their things and getting their fourth and live out here to get their hand, some of these things. joining me now is maria. you can not yet chick-fil-a and not think about the controversy and think about what went on last month. what are your thoughts for that? do you have any comment on that? >> the nook. i am here for the free food i need the food, i am hungry, i want the food i like the people one year of free food that is wonderful. what the guy said, fish wrap, old news. he should not have said anything positive to be incorrect but i am either, nitre. --neither. >> will: your biggest cause is your waistline.
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>> right. >> will: show us your bracelet that you got this is worth about $300 because that is how much if you put the money value to this that is how much this is going for. i can tell you that there should be protesters later this morning that the the this afternoon some same-sex couples and advocates say they're not here to protest against the franchise over but they are here to educate the public on what it means to be for a same-sex rights and same-sex issues because of course with the firestorm that happened last month when the president of chick-fil-a came out saying that he supports groups that are against same-sex marriage, back to you. >> mark: other stories we are falling, thousands of residents are affected by the richmond refinery. they say the telephone one system fell them. many people say they suffered more than
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nation because they did not receive a call about a shelter in place. one supervisor says it is time to take a close look at the warning system and what should be done to protect residents in the future. >> i could to the telephone system and failure because the goal is to inform people as soon as possible it took three hours instead of 30 minutes to make 18,000 phone calls. >> mark: another problem is that the telephone system on because land mines and unless your cellphone is certified with the sheriff's department will not to call he says the someday may cellphone may be included in the meantime the plan on searching out a better system for the future. >> mark: -- >> darya: the san mateo sheriff's department arrested an attorney who is accused of passing drugs to an end date on a visit. this
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43 euro was arrested during her attorney-client visit with the inmate on the right. the attorney was booked into the women's correctional facility in redwood city. >> mark: racing is set to start this afternoon for the america's cup. thousands of people set out to watch this as the best sailors raced back and forth. the rest-- u.s. oracle team will be taking on others. the spectators we spoke with said that these races are great to watch. >> this is the first time had'p race in the san francisco bay with an exciting. >> mark: admission is free to watch the races, the cup
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race will be held next sunday. >> darya: we will be back with more of a couple of minutes right now there are heavy rains that have left counties battling flood water we will take a live look there in arizona adjutancy this is how high the waters are. there is a car, the white section of the that looks like it is surrounded we will be right back. [music]
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>> darya: take a look at the top 10 this is how a company figured out people were honest they put some teeth out and want to see how people did. but at this oakland was number one the most honest city. the equity out there and went to see who would pay for it or just take it. >> darya: about 10,000 people participated in the national honesty index survey. from august 8th to the 19th in about 50 cities over all. >> mark: we have a quick break as the kron4 morning news continues.
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been found in species other than mosquitos. 20 dead birds in contra costa county had tested positive and now three chickens cat by the district to monitor the presence of west nile virus have been infected. for the second time in one week in bay area baseball player is suspended for failing a drug test. the oakland a's veteran bartolo colone tested positive and he has a fifth game suspension milky cabrera tested positive last weekend at the same suspension. >> darya: people in the caribbean and southern florida are stocking up. yes day the national weather service issued a tropical storm warning for the virgin islands and pr. >> mark: vicki has the
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details on our new news channel. >> reporter: and our new 24/7 and channel is all about convenience you can check and to get up-to-the- minute weather and news information. let me show you, right down here we cycled through a bunch of city showing the current temperatures and right here is the city's seven day forecast down below is the news crawl with the latest forecast the wreck from the news room. all of these are updated all the time you can get a quick update on weather and news. in the big box there'll be more weather and news if you are not on line, you can watch us here as well. give us a try and give us some feedback on the facebook page. the new kron4 channel is always on. >> darya: emergency response plan to focus on hurricanes and tornadoes
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have been amended to include earthquakes. the quake was centered three or 4 mi. beneath mineral. it is northwest of richmond. it is believed to have been felt by more people than any other earthquake in u.s. history. the damage was estimated at more than $200 million in the nation's capital eye tissue to bear the washington monument had several large cracks and it remains closed indefinitely for some repairs. i want to check in with erica and get a look at the weather. >> erica: we are looking at cloud coverage around the bay area you may want to use your windchill wipers on highway one this morning. taking it outside to downtown san francisco looks like temperatures are in the mid fifties for the most part. our future past four
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shalls but much time we have sixties drop the heart of the day '70s for the inland areas we could do some 80's trickling in. now pushing the clock in to 3:00 p.m. your afternoon high temperatures look like we will stay in the same color pattern. we will not see too much change and we will gain a couple of degrees. it looks very similar to what we saw yesterday. expect '70's in the most part with mountain view reaching 73 degrees we have upper '70's for sunnyvale. 77 in san jose. we have a good 80 degree reading and antioch, 69 expected for castro valley and 83 yen on the creek. in the north bay we have a gorgeous day with a pupil forecast ahead. there is plenty of sunshine expected and 61 degrees with partly cloudy skies in downtown san francisco. it looks like we have chilly and breezy conditions with a lot of cloud coverage if you are heading to ocean beach. it looks like we will continue with a pattern of dense fog and morning
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drizzle with afternoon sunshine the cooler weather especially compared to the seasonal average. we will gain a couple of degrees as the start of next work week. as we look ahead at the races, if you're heading over to the marina to watch the america's cup races, it looks like even start at 10:00 a.m. and then last until 6:00 p.m.. >> erica: your seven day around the bay forecast shows subtle changes in our numbers for the next string of days. we have warmer conditions by tuesday and wednesday. that was your weather and out onto the roadway with george. >> george: thank you erica we continue to monitor this to the area are around the bay, we are not tracking any hot spots. as you can see, the west bound ride is pretty light. we continue over on 92 with the san
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mateo bridge conditions have been good so far we did not have any reports of problems on the high-rise, the flat section or the approach coming over from hayward. your golden gate bridge ride looks good. i want to show you this in just one moment we will update the dried times and ease they've looking at the seashore freeway. we have just some slowing showing up in albany around 580. your ride west bound looks good we have a little heavy traffic and the altamont pass into dublin but that commute is not into full swing yet. in the south bay 85 is completely clear. here is your ran ride. as you can see there are no delays for one-to-one south bound it's still an easy trip as you head to the county down through the golden gate bridge. >> darya: the muni is moving slowly because of a broken water main in the
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sunset district that was between 32nd and 33rd avenues. the delay started around 5:15 a.m.. we do not have an update when this will be up to speed. >> justine: the number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly it is now up and at 372,000. that is the seasonally adjusted number. this shows evidence that the job market recovery remains modest and uneven the labor department of these numbers and the applications have gone up for two straight weeks but they are still lower than what the five weeks ago. that suggests that hiring could improve slightly for this month. we will look at the market's coming up at 638 >> mark: empyrean the giants have their biggest lead in almost one month. we are taking a look at some bay area baseball. now let us take a detective game, there were seven strong innings.
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>> mark: san francisco is now up to 2 1/2 games. when they arrive there were a half-game behind the next of the giants are coming home. now on to the a's. at the bottom of the third the a's are up 3 to 1. tommy struck out the former a's player josh willingham. this is a great game and they win five to one. with baltimore losing to texas, they are now tied for the final wild- card spot. >> darya: we will be back with morning couple of minutes, do not go away.
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