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>> the dna crews are on the scene try to restore power for about hundred people. their power was not all due to a car. i will have more
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coming up. >> what really loved her very much. i want her to come home. >> and mothers and desperately in the search for her missing daughter. today the search continues for 19 year-old alyssa byrne of petaluma. missing in a tall pole. we will have a live report coming up here is >> the monthly jobs report will also be released in the next hour. >> the morning and a it is certainly a cold start. we have fairfield at 30 degrees currently. it is a clear start to the morning for the most part. we do have this fall for the valley. we have lost a couple of degrees. we have 41 and have moon bay.
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it is mostly sunny skies. is this pretty pleasant afternoon in store and we do have wet weather to talk about. and our climat >> as we continue to look at the 6:00 hour. usually this is when the metering lights are activated. even though we have picked up a little slow in the east bay on interstate 585. there is light traffic all on the bay area. >> developing new is right now, a police chase the ends with a crash in san francisco. it happened at fifth and townsend. kron4 as will tran is on the same. >> pg&e crows will be on the same to trying to restore the power. they stated that
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this accident happened about one party in the morning. they stated that the chp or the petaluma police department. they stated that this damage was caused by a bmw that went through the power pole. it then went through this as an alternately cresson to this pickup truck. this area belongs to caltran. they stated that they are not affected whatsoever. they stated that they are out there to try and restore the power. nonetheless if you hop on caltran use of not having problems. as far as what happened with the power situation you concede that the crows are all here and there are very busy. according to one person from pg&e they stated that it took out about 100 people who do not have our. as far
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as was started its pursuit we're still try to find this out. >> the other big story that we are following this morning is set the search still continues for the missing brought in alyssa byrne. we have a crew and tahoe and we will have more information later today. >> i can tell you that friends and family are hoping for any clues that will lead them to find out what happened to this teenager. here is video from
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downtown palo mud. there are posters all over the area. they stated this he did not go missing from this area. according to her three friends they stated that they were a three day music festival and then on new year's eve about 11:30 p.m. she decided to leave and take the shuttle back to the authorizing. they stated that it's all part in the casino at midnight but herself phone records show that she made a call and a texan that was the last time anyone had heard from her. the fbi are now starting an investigation and they are looking for clues. i had a sense to talk to her mother and she is very distraught. >> it is very hard and they're just some doors that cannot be opened. i just have hope. i want everyone
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to keep us in their prayers. there is no other option. she has to come home. >> there is a thousand dollar reward and as i stated before that fbi is involved in this investigation perry ed the search will continue today. we do have a crew in the tahoe area and they do have a 10:00 a.m. briefing so that they can pass on the information. >> coming up as a starter will have a look to some of the tweets that she made. the investigators are looking at these. stay with us as we continue to follow this. we will have a live report from tahoe letter on this morning. >> another bay area knowles giants pitcher sergio romo
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is not apologizing for his actions and lost vegas. police said that he got into an argument with tea as a officers at a loss vegas airport on new year's day. this is a photo that was posted on new year's eve showing him at eight biggest nightclub. he was standing alongside 49ers player michael crabtree. the 29 euro was handcuffed and temporarily detained by police and he now is facing a misdemeanor summons to appear in a court room. there have been a conflict and reports on whether or not he was drinking. >> s. employees added 155,000 jobs in december, a state the gang that shows the hiring held the door intense fiscal cliff negotiations in washington.
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the labor department says the unemployment rate stayed at 7.8% last month. november's rate was revised higher from an initially reported 7.7%. even with the gangs, hiring is far from accelerating. employers added an average of 153,000 jobs a month last year, matching the monthly average in 2011. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news, we will have more coming up on a water main breaks that will be coming up next. >>
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>> the time is 6:15 a.m. and let's get the latest on the police chase in severance is go. will tran has been reporting live from the scene. >> if you work in their towns and you mayking trying to
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restore power. they basically are putting in a new poll that will not be installed until noon. it has wiped out power to a hundred people in the area. about five minutes ago woman came up to me that works down here with a business just down the road on death she can't get into her office did suit a bad debt that has to be slight and needs power to open the door. if you work around here you might want to call your boss is see what happens because this power will not be restored until noon or so. you may just have to take the day off.
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>> we are seeing the ripple effects of the early morning cards chase. we're still waiting for the chp to find out what the details were for the car chase. >> it is cold out there, no doubt about it. here is a look at those numbers in your neighborhood. sam francisco 45 out the door, upper 30's in san jose. 33 hovering just above the freezing mark in concord. it is cool and clear and most spots but we do have some locally dense fog forming. dry with extra caution coming out of the north bay or east bay valleys. clear conditions and some spots may warm-up to the 60s today. and to tomorrow a chance of rain with cloud cover. the rain will arrive
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late tomorrow afternoon and stretched throughout the day sunday. fair weather as we start the next work week with temperatures in the upper 50s, low 60s. going on and high pressure and control. future cast four is set up ssociated with this system. at 7:00 p.m. most of us will be dry the green and yellow on your screen as for the coast line. at 11:00 p.m. the yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain. this is impacting most of the bay area, you will need an umbrella. it will be heavy at times. it will continue to shift its way south into the east headed into the overnight hours. we of
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moisture on the back end of this bringing rain for most of the day on sunday. we'll have more on your extended forecast and rain coming up momentarily. sunnyvale, plenty of sunshine temps in the up. 55 for fairfield and pittsburg 57 for pleasanton. another dry day in the north bay, 56 for about 584 napa downtown san francisco is at 57 and oakland has an afternoon high of 60. 7 day around the bay shows mild weather returns as we start the next work week. 6:19 a.m. and here is traffic with george. >> there is a minor problem with bart this morning. there is police activity at the el plaza station that has been resolved. that was about 15 minutes ago. it did account for some delays would trains bound for
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fremont. 10 minutes delays could beat the case but they're wrapping that up. those are trained delays not necessarily passenger delays and so it could be slightly longer. i expected that we would not see the metering lights of the bay bridge this morning barring any sort of incident and so far we have been incident free. the traffic is reasonably light so there are no backups yet for the west bound ride. is that mattel bridges moved commute as well with drive times at 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge is a smooth and easy ride. light traffic for 80 westbound, 14 to 15 minutes drive time. 17 minutes out
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of the coyote valley for the 1 01 northbound had up to 237. mountain view under 25 minutes from novato to the golden gate bridge. >> the federal government has approved california's plan to run its own health- insurance market, a milestone in the state's effort to meet requirements of the national health care reform law. california was the first day to authorize fedel federal affordable care act in 2010. the planned offer health insurance and hundreds of thousands of californians who do not have coverage starting next year. several states have still refuse to set up their own health care exchange. if they do not they will be forced to participate in a government run exchange. >> sensors designed the
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didactic than sides are now being used in oakland. they're called a shot spotters' and a blanket nearly half the city. i new year's eve is technology came in handy when officers were able to respond to a shooting after being alerted by the shot spotter, rather than wait for 911 calls to comment. the alert came in less than 22 seconds. officers were able to the arrest one suspect in the shooting and sees a cold assault rifle loaded with a hundred rounds of ammunition. >> we showed up to the scene to find two different showcasing their as well as blood evidence inside the car meeting one of the people inside the car was actually a victim of gun violence. >> when employee oakland policet in order for a spot shattered to work they must have the main power out in the field. that's a talent
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since more than a hundred officers were laid off in 2010. >> east bay mud workers spend much of the night repairing a water main break. this happened in the 2300 block of white way and not far from telegraph ave. an underground pipe flooded part of the road but workers managed to shut off the water while making repairs. they hope to have everything fixed by this morning and until then 16 homes remain without water.
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>> new this morning advertisers are paying top dollar for super bowl commercials this year with the price of the 30 seconds by hitting a record high of at least $4 million. cbs sports is broadcasting the year's super bowl on february 3rd. the biggest football game of the year will be played in new orleans. the playoffs to determine which team will participate in the game begins tomorrow. there time for commercials is already filling up quickly. the 4 million price tag beats last year's record when nbc sports stars an average of 3.5 million for a 32nd spot. >> is lost and update this morning on his messenger at that allows users to send a voice messages. this is all part of mark zuckerberg push toward expanding the company's mobile services. users can now tap the plus button at then hold the record button to create a
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message. releasing the button immediately sends the message facebook is also testing a new feature that allows free voice calls but right now it only works in canada and only on the latest i o s messenger app. barnes and noble sight nearly 13% decline in sales of its e reader and up since this time last year. the bookseller says it did not expect the drop in sales especially with the wants of the 870 nook in september. barnes and noble told investors they're looking into the cause of the drop in the plan to adjust their strategy. >> google will not be facing a lawsuit by the federal trade commission. it was under review for its search tactics. google supply its own products within the results and pushed the
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products from competitors further down the list. the ftc did not find any evidence that it harms consumers. google says it has now made it easier for advertisers to use competitors.
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>> opening bell on the new york stock exchange. december jobs report coming out up 7.8% in the u.s.. they revised the november report from 7.7 to 7.8%. on a limit basically remaining unchanged. the features of 15. after we gave up 21 points yesterday. >> temperatures are once again on the cold side, erica good morning. >> good morning it is a another good start. around the heart of the bay, not
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too bad upper 30's low 40's out the door. as we head into the afternoon sunny, warmer conditions in some spots to climb into the lower 60s. and to tonight warmer conditions compared to what we have been used to. some clouds and the forecast and as we head into tomorrow cloud cover really rams up.mps up. a full look at your extended forecast and the rain in my next report. 6:31 a.m. and here is george with traffic. >> we are looking at changing conditions because we see a little slowing on highway 4. that is the only place. the east bay interstate 580 still looks great, no problems for the ride on interstate 80 or the nimitz freeway. we mentioned a little slowing for antioch on highway four but south way freeways peninsula and north bay ride still light.
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no back up as you could see up the bay bridge toll plaza. >> and police chase ends with a crash in san francisco at fifth and townsend. will tran is at the scene and at looks like folks that need to work in this area could be impacted? >> they are impacted for now and the reason is the power will not be restored until around noon today. pg&e crews are out here. they managed to snap the power lines that were dangling and now the power pole that was snapped is no longer bringing down the lines. they are out there right now trying to restore power. this all happened shortly before 2:00 this morning when there was a pursuit. a bmw came down here and snapped the power pole. it went through the fence and hit the cal trans pickup truck when moved it maybe four or 5 ft.. no injuries as far as i could tell from
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the chp and the san francisco police department that is handling this part of the investigation. across here you'd is dark in the warehouses and the lots. we learn from some people work in the office is down here that they cannot get into their buildings because their badges use electricity to get into the building. if electricity does not work, they cannot get into the building. if you work here at fifth and towns and you may want to call your boss to find out what to do. the word from hong? do you call off the day and have a three day weekend? the trains are running just fine even though according to his supervisor after a split second their primary power was disrupted. the generator kicked in and all
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morning we have seen the trains come and go with no problem. >> the other developing story we're following this morning is search crews are looking for a palo lot of teenagers. these are posters that have been posted all along the neighborhood streets and palo up. deputies are offering a thousand dollar reward in the search for a 19 year old alyssa byrne who was attending snow globe and lake tahoe. her parents say that is where she was when she went missing. she was sent to a text message on new year's night but her parents say they did not respond. she was reported missing the next day. >> she was acted on social me get in the days leading up to her disappearance. we have taken this spring grab
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of her twitter page at as you can see she's seen to be having fun at the snow globe concert saying " last night was amazing " and she was having fun playing in the snow. but then december 31st are tweets take a turn sang " after tonight you will never be a part of my life " and " this was all my trust in the person i trusted most ". police said they are aware of these suites and are investigate exactly when they were posted and whether there were actually posted by aly ssa. the lin
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that mom is a must teenager is serving six months of probation further than any delays or pointer at giants pitcher shane thaloux during a game at busch stadium last august. he pleaded guilty last month a disturbing the peace at an athletic event. the team could face jail time if he violates probation before mid june. >> we will be right back. hey, look! a shooting star! make a wish! i wish we could lie here forever.
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>> the pakistan a teenager shot by the taliban now release from the hospital. 15 year old malala yousaf zai has been released from hospital and the u.k. she was shot while campaigning for gross education in her home country and take a university hospital in birmingham for emergency treatment. her case won worldwide recognition for women's rights in pakistan. she had made the short list
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for time magazine's person of the year and now the girl's father has been given a diplomatic post in the uk. the position with an initial three-year commitment virtually guarantees she will remain in the uk. >> three officers are on the mend this morning after a string of shootings in york city. a suspect reportedly shot to transit officers when they stop the man to give him a summons for walking between moving cars. a plainclothes police officers shot and killed the suspect. in a separate incident and off-duty officer was shot while trying to stop a robbery at a car dealership in the bronx. investigators were able the track down the scene of a lead robbers. >> federal agents have made a large child porn bust involving more than 120 children. u.s. immigration and customs enforcement known as ice have arrested more than 200 people three of them here in the bay
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>> top stories we're following right now police chase and democrats in sam francisco this morning. it happened at fifth and towns and when the driver crashed into a power pole and wiped out power to about a hundred people in the area. pg&e is working on the scene to restore power. the search continues this morning for 19 year-old alyssa byrne from petaluma. at the fbi is joining the search today. debbie is now offering a $1,000 reward in search for ls her. she was reported missing on the year's day after she went to an electronic music festival in south lake tahoe for years these.
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police say the giants pitcher sergio romo got into an argument with t.s. a officers at las vegas is a mccarron international airport on new year's day. sources say he became angry and aggressive with the security worker on tuesday morning when he failed to provide proper id. the 29 year-old was handcuffed and temporarily detained by police and now faces a misdemeanor summons to appear at a las vegas court. >> we have the december jobs report coming out with the december unemployment rate unchanged at 7.8%. >> it is complicated because a lot of people fall of long-term employment. we have 55,000 workers in the last month which is positive as fast and with all the economic talks with washington d.c. and the fiscal cliff. it is not a bad number, it is not a good number. we should see that
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improvement throughout the year and the numbers should come down slightly. it is still way too high for a number in my lifetime. i'd like to see 5 1/2 to 6%. >> google dies a bullet with the fcc investigation of what the way their searches are investigated. >> it was interesting and read the notes and they basically said nothing is a serious blow to will. microsoft said what do we have to do? ftc said it looks like hand-to-hand combat out there go back and fight. let the competition do with they want to do it to stay competitive or not. there just was not enough argument made for it. >> is the one thing i always hear people talking about with a 24% drop for apple. this year i'm hearing analysts say it's a $350
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stock and now there's a $1,100 stock. >> it depends on how you look at it is where i am coming from. apple trades 12 times this year. it was up 31% last year. i think you're crazy, i think you're smoking something. the year before that it was up 29%. they have to have pullbacks. apple needs to come up with a product this year otherwise they will be in trouble next year. >> they have a lot of revenue to they have to head that every single year? >> at some point you get hyper growth and they're moving from that growth to growth and the model. they
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have great products and the next big product for them was going to be a television or television light service. after that they're talking about a watch, it's tough to get excited about watches. apple will figure out a smart way so that we can replace the phone. >> how about google with the glasses there developing? >> i felt and dirty.nerdy. i wae people to see the blue of my eyes. >> you do have beautiful blue eyes. >> i agree >> we are going to take a look at the weather now. erica has the numbers this
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morning and it is still around freezing. >> that's right but fortunately it is not as cold as yesterday. friday starting off right and we are not seen the upper 20s like we did 24 hours ago. the freeze warnings are frost advisory is but you may encounter some frost with numbers like these. 30 in fairfield 33 in concord below freezing waking up and pleasanton upper 30's for the east bay shoreline. we have locally dense fog of forming and visibility is down to 5 mi. on route concord and just three in santa rosa. cleared skies and sunshine just in time for the afternoon. satellite and radar highlights the area of low pressure that will seek its way again. with it it will bring showers to the bay area. 4:00 p.m. you can see it and keep in mind as this tomorrow mostly cloudy
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conditions with rain sitting off shore. by 7:00 p.m. is starting to pick up some light rain around santa rosa and the san mateo coastline. that will continue to spread its way inland. at 11:00 p.m. your still going at it. the light green indicates a light rain and it will start to taper off over night but there is moisture on the back and so expect showers on sunday as well. after an highs for today, one of the warmest days of the week of san jose is that 60s 56 at for san rafael and be 7 day around the bay forecast shows the rain is on tap for this weekend. not too much moisture associated with this system however. up to half an inch of rain and high pressure rebuilds as we start the next work week. >> we are still looking at a pretty good ride around the bay area. the commute to the
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bay bridge conditions are still light enough that the meeting lights are not activated. we're incident free of the upper deck and that is probably why we have not seen the lights. looking at the commute to the san mateo bridge, highway 92 volume is up but not a problem. drive times are still at 11 minutes. >> the golden gate dry 1 01 southbound is delay free from marin county. the east bay the only slow traffic here is highway four. antioch is right here and as you come down off the antioch bridge and made the right hand turn that is just a fraction of what would typically be slow across the path. south bay freeways look great, under 20 minutes drive times. from san that current and patti valley.
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the no. ride has not begun the slow between about 0 in the golden gate bridge. >> the time is 6:52 a.m. we will take a quick break at the kron4 morning is. here's a live look from the roof camera on van ness avenue and san francisco. you can see we have a few clouds up with a chilly start to the day. later up. also a reminder to catch dr. phil right after the kron4 morning news at 10:00 a.m..
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