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you. for certain illnesses the doctor will see you and say we need to put you in the hospital or put you on antibiotics. listen to his or her advice. other times you will have an ill not be sure what it is, they will say it's a viral illness, should get better over the next 2-3 days. so as patients i ask you to listen to your body, talk to the doctor and don't always go in and say "i want this because i heard on the doctors --" >> you know, because a lot of the illnesses tend to get better on their own. while recovering: fluids, stay hydrated. plenty of rest. eat healthy foods and if you are ever concerned, that's what we're here for so talk to your doctors. if you want more information about anything we talked about today, go to www.thedoctorstv.com. stay healthy this winter, thanks for joining us! [ crowd cheering ] [ applause ] ♪
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>> good morning it is tuesday january 15th. we're taking a live look outside from our roof camera here on van ness ave looking back at san francisco. >> another start to the day we have reasonings and effect. but us take a look at the weather with erica. >> good morning to you. today is often a cold start. the wind's are not as we are contending with a lot of twenties. the seven degrees and fairfield. 29 in santa rosa. these are not even
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your morning lows. temperatures will drop even more as the approach sunrise. it will shed up to be a chilly morning around the bay area. --it will shape up to be a chilly morning. as we get into the afternoon expect such a clear conditions. temperatures will be a couple degrees more of their two yesterday. it will be a pretty nice day we have a warming trend as we had throughout the rest of the week. later this evening it will not be as cold. it will be a clear evening. temperatures only dropping it to the '40's. as i take a look at your afternoon highs. not to bad in oakland. mid to upper 50s. livermore climb to 53. fairfield and vallejo 53 as well. redwood city 56 degrees. that same to tree in downtown san jose. satellite and radar shows
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high pressures firmly in control. we will be dry not only today but for the next several days. we will highlight that on your 7 day around the bay forecast. we will remain dry and be a big, as we head into the rest of the week. a string of sunshine awaits us. a bit of patchy frost develops tomorrow morning. overall mild one pleasant conditions as we head into friday and saturday. some spots could climb to the mid to upper 60s. more on that exciting forecast coming up momentarily. >> in the meantime in the traffic center it is quiet not monitoring any hot spots. >> the bay bridge looking great. note issues to contend with for your ride out of oakland into san francisco. >> the san mateo bridge is empty in the west bound direction towards foster city. south bound 101 the golden gate bridges problem
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free with drive times of 23 minutes from navato into the city. anny. >> new this morning the sonoma county fire department says they have contained a fire that broke out early this morning. >> it happened around 215 at account vvcaville high school. >> officials arrived to find one the portable classrooms on fire. the fire was contagious minutes later. >> if there been no reports of any injuries. >> the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >> a 24 year-old man is dead and another person is injured following a shooting in east palo alto. >> police said officers responded to reports of the shooting in the 2600 block of illinois street just before 2:00 p.m. monday. >> there they found jonathan alcazar and dead on the
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same. >> police say he had been shot multiple times. >> a second victim arrive at the hospital with gunshot wounds and remains in critical condition. there norwest in the case. >> a shooting in san jose leaves one man in the hospital this morning. >> it happen on hayes avenue. >> police arrived on scene and found a 20 year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc news 7. >> the victim was taken to hospital and is expected to be ok. >> police say the shooting may be gang-related. >> the investigation is still ongoing. >> police are asking the public to help identify a man who robbed a san rafeal bank earlier this month. >> you're looking at surveillance photographs. >> authorities say, a suspect into the west america back on francisco boulevard and demanded money from a teller. >> they say, once he was
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given the cash he fled on foot. >> the suspect described as a white male in his '30's standing 256 and 61 and weighing between 100-200 lbs.. >> police are investigating a shooting in east oakland. the shooting happened on crest ave, shortly before 8 last night. >> police said the victim ran from the scene as a suspect got away a car. >> they say the victim remains in critical condition this morning. >> meanwhile, this news at all to the violence that erupts in oakland this past weekend. >> 15 people shot over the weekend including a five at a birthday party sunday night. >> the shooting game--came after four people were shot and killed friday. >> officials that stash oakland city officials are promising action and police chief howard and jordan says, rival groups are
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connected to a number of the recent shootings in the city. >> in addition to one arrest, and oakland police have confiscated 11 illegal firearms officers all are out investigating shootings that occurred over the weekend. >> the newest search for victims of the speed freaks killers is now in its second week. >> a party say lauren herzog and wesley shermantine carry out a truck filled killing spree in the 1980's and 1990's. >> now, the fbi remains that that has joined in to search a different spot. however, they're facing setbacks because they're unable to identify the bottom of the well. >> authorities say they have more work to do to prepare
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the welfare estivation the lang the search for another week. >> we're watching gas prices this morning as the national average for regular gallon of gas continue to rise. luckily hear and very we have not seen much change prices. >> here is the current average is around bay. in san francisco $3.67. >> in oakland $3.59. >> of san jose three rows of 58¢. >> president obama is tackling the issue of gun violence by way 19 steps that could be taken through executive action alone. >> those steps could include more restrictive action against people live on gun sell background checks, a striking limits on federal research into the news, or a tougher penalties against gun trafficking, and giving schools flexibility to use grant money to improve safety. >> obama is expected to unveil his proposals as early as tomorrow. >> at more than a million
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people try to buy guns that have been turned down since 19908 that is according to the fbi. >> the figure comes from data collected during background checks run from gun purchases. >> the top reason for denying the sale, 58 percent of the time, the buyer had been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor punishable by more than two years in prison. >> statistics show the only one person potential gun buyers were turned down for mental-health issues. >> according to the fbi of all the checks once 1998 only about 1 percent resulted in turn down. >> will be back with more of the kron 4 morning news. we will be back with a check of your weather
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>> welcome back. . the time this 4:10. >> taking a look at the market this morning. future trade shows the dow is in the positive. while the nasdaq and the s and p 500 are in the negative. >> stocks started the week with mixed results as investigators--investors
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continued to wait for more earnings reports coming in. >> here is a look at the numbers. >> on wall street the dow finished up 18. despite falling as much as 29 at the start of the session. >> the nasdaq lost 8. >> in the s&p 500 dropped one. >> apple shares are currently trading at their lowest level in almost a year. >> that is after reports that demand for the iphone 5 is slowing down. >> apple is cut back on orders for some components of its flagship phone. >> that suggest apple was expected strong demand. >> its shares are down more than 3% this session. competitors like sam's song are making crowd on its dominance of the smart phone sector. >> apple recently shot down rumors that it was developing a cheaper version of the iphone. >> facebook is generating a lot of buzz with the mysterious press event set for later today. >> the sow some media giant has invited the news media
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to its headquarters to " come and see what we are building. >> but to the speculation is latching onto a long road face book smart phone or tablet. >> the ceo mark zuckerberg told a magazine in september, a phone is clearly the wrong strategy for facebook. >> beverage co. coca-cola says, it must work with communities to fight obesity. >> the company is debuting this video on national cable news network's. >> the 2 minute video will encourage people to be mindful of calories and how they can affect wait. >> the company says, the point of this video is to emphasize what coca-cola is doing to offer customers healthy options. >> still ahead are you tr warm in all this cold weather? will so are many other bay area residents. now retailers cannot keep space heaters on their shelves. the next
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story on the kron 4 morning news we will be right back.
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>> welcome back everyone. the time is 4:14. >> freezing temperatures are creating a high demand for portable heaters. >> in fact, some sports are running out and may not get any more about this cold snap. >> but that is not the case at a hardware in el teredcerrit >> their shells into won't fall portable heaters even though sales of doubled compared to the same time last year. >> the store manager says
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purchasing extra heaters is always a gamble for them but, this year it may pay off. >> he says many of the customers coming to the store shocked at how many years aren't stock. >> as hardware in el cerritos says that have portable heaters and stock throughout the winter. >> even though that might not have a full selection the other stores may have, they will have the least 30 styles stop. >> we will have a look at our weather with erica. >> good morning. >> it is a chilly start to the morning. it is a couple of degrees colder than 24 hours ago. we are taking a live outside to conditions in walnut creek. we have another freeze warning and frost advisory in effect it was issued by the national weather service. it affect the entire bay area. the north bay valley, the east bay interior valley, the delta, livermore valley, and that's santa clara valley as
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well are affected. >> be aware of the icy wind chill. that ice forming is a possibility. --black ice . >> 29 in santa rosa. in some spots like oakland we are sitting in the upper '30's with sustained winds at 8 mi. per hour. because of the wind chill factor it feels like below freezing sitting at just 30 degrees. the wind chill factor is really not coming into play for most of our spots. resorts expected to go. a.m. today the purple on your screen indicates
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that around a core of the bay and portions of the south bay as well. the fucha color shows were writtwill contend with '30's. >> later tonight it will not be as cool. most locations sitting in the mid '40's. your afternoon highs it will be a pleasant day in the bay area we are a dry, we are sunny, and we are talking mid fifties. 56 in oakland. 53 for downtown san francisco. 54 in san mateo. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast we continue with a very dry and mild weather. it will feel like springtime as we head into friday and saturday. overall pleasant conditions i will have more on your extended forecast coming up shortly. >> and the traffic center we are quiet it is the perfect time to leave your house. as we take it outside to the camera shots of the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. no issues. traffic is
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moving well from all the approaches. >> the san mateo bridge no delays coming from the nimitz freeway. no backups at the toll plaza itself. we're seeing top speeds toward the high rise. >> south bound 1 01 no cars with them camera shot. >> over to the peninsula the green on our road way censors indicates speeds over 50 mi. per hour. >> no problems in the east bay. no accidents or the nimitz freeway. an easy ride westbound 580 coming off of the altamonte pass. >> thank you the time now is 4:19. a surgeon bart riders ship is welcome news to the transit agency, but it is a different story for the writers themselves. >> trains are especially crowded heading into san francisco and morning and out of the city into the afternoon. >> the trainer also packed that is standing on only in the pending where you're going you might be on your
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feet with very little personal space for more than half an hour. >> i have noticed that i am standing in a lot more. that there are more people writing the bart and ever. >> i am standing all the time they need to run longer trains on the richmond line. >> the increase in riders ship for bart is due to the improving economy and high gas prices bart riders ship has skyrocketed more than 366 366,000 passengers each weekday last year. this year 391,000 per week day. >> the san francisco police department released a sketch of a man who attacked in the mission district-- at tacked a woman .
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>> the sketch of a suspect, to to sexually assault a 31 year old woman back in january 6th. >> just before 3 in the morning, the woman was walking down to their street for church, when a man lunged at her grabbing her head bring to the ground. >> he described as an asian or hispanic male, 25 years of age, with the buzz haircuts and is light beard. >> the san mateo county narcotics task force arrested a man who officials say is suspected of selling illegal firearms out of his house and car. >> police arrested antonio infante that is all on spears avenue on friday. >> he is a convicted felon, which prohibits them from owning a firearm. >> police recovered to revolvers, one semi- automatic handgun and and sks assault rifle. that is what you're looking at here. what bart is also recovered hundreds of rounds of ammunition. beating the 16
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year-old california boy accused of shooting a classmate, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and other charges. >> erica see brian oliver in kern county superior court. the judge set bail at $1.5 million. however is been charged as an adult with two counts of attempted murder and three counts of assault with a deadly weapon. that is after allegedly opened fire at taft high school last week. two people were hurt in the shooting. >> police are investigating a body that was found in the truck of a suspicious vehicle parked near sonoma state university. the vehicle was found just before 630 monday evening in a no parking zone on petaluma hill road north east of caitati. avenue investigators say the vehicle is associated with the suspect on for questioning in a crime reported fighting in santa rosa. >> deputies searching the vehicle discovered a body wrapped a blanket. it is
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unclear how the person died, but investigators are treating the death as suspicious. >> two pieces of legislation addressing smoking in san rafeal will call for the city's board of supervisors at its first regular meeting of the new year to date. >> the first item require property owners in the city to tell potential tenants whether smoking is allowed in a multi unit residential building. >> the second orbiting considered by the board would ban smoking on certain streets fairs and festivals and the city, both items were unanimously approved by the board land use and economic development committee last month. >> we will be back on the kron 4 morning
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>> welcome back. the time is 4:25. >> in nationalist president obama is looking over recommendations for from by president joe biden said task force on gun-control. >> those recommendations have not been made public the president has made it clear that he must take action. >> ed payne has details. >> in the wake of the
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shooting at sandy hook elementary school were 20 children were killed the focus is on assault weapons. >> it appears there is a step in take that will save even one child from what happened in new town we should take that step. >> new york mayor michael bloomberg want a ban on assault weapons and high capacity clips. >> he says more than 1 million people have signed a petition backed by his group mayors against illegal guns. >> these guns and equipment are not designed for sport or harm the fence. they are designed to kill large numbers of people quickly. >> passing legislation may not be easy. >> the nra and other gun rights group have about to fight any gun restrictions including a ban on assault weapons. >> i would say that the likelihood that they are not going to be able to get an assault weapon ban through. >> and gallup poll released monday shows 38 percent of americans are dissatisfied with current gun laws and
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support stricter proposals. >> at 13% jump from a year ago. >> ibm ed payne reporting. >> secretary of state hill recounted his car to testify in front of the house foreign affairs committee later this month about the deadly september 11th, to attack libya. >> clinton will answer questions about the raid that killed u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other american citizens. >> she was scheduled to testify last month, but was hospitalized after doctors discovered a blood clot in her head falling acrofollowing a concussion. >> secretary clinton plans to step down from a post as long. president obama has nominated senator john kerry to replace their. >> inside sources say during an interview with oprah winfrey, lance armstrong committed to using performance enhancing drugs.
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>> armstrong was stripped of his seventh tour de france title last year after u.s. anti-dumping a visit reported shed light on his extensive building regime. >> on strong apologize to his live strong charity organization and ask that they continue to help those with cancer and their families. >> afterwards, armstrong left to prepare for his interview with oprah which will air on thursday. >> still ahead city leaders in oakland are having trouble curbing the violence. we will hear from city officials who still have hope for the city. >> also a live look at the golden gate bridge on this chilly, frosty, morning. more on your forecast, head lines, and traffic when we come back. a lot of sunshine expected for this afternoon high will be around 62 degrees--63 degrees we will be right back.
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>> we have several spots covering in the upper twenties. returns in fairfield. 28 in vallejo. 31 for santa rosa and pleasanton. napa you are coming in at just 30 degrees. we are below freezing. it is frigid. we have widespread frost on the bay. we also have a freeze warning in effect issued by the national weather service. this expires at 9:00 a.m. this morning. all of the aqua marine the screen impacting our north bay bell is in the state interior valleys. >> if is cool down the heart of the bay those of you located on the waterfront. some of you are dealing with tosustained wind over 5 mi. per hour. >> temperatures will feel a lot cooler than what it shows on the chart. some of your numbers and to the
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afternoon mid to upper 50s and the south bay. letter today temperatures will be a couple of degrees morning yesterday. redwood city and afternoon high of 56. 554 mountain view and santa clara. plenty of sunshine it will be a dry one in the east bank. right now we're in the upper twenties. will jump to the mid to upper 50s. 55 degrees in danville. 544 pittsburgh in pleasanton. in the north bay a pleasant day mild conditions santa rosa at 57. 534 navato. downtown san francisco checking in at 53 degrees. >> satellite and radar shows high pressure in control. we are seeing clear skies and sunshine around the bay area. that will be before cla the forecast of the t several days. no stunts to talk about. stunts to talk about.
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>> look for to sunshine mild pleasant conditions--no storms to talk about. mid to upper 60s potentially as we transition into the weekend. >> for those of you leaving the house for work or school a quick bridge checks starting with the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. we are seeing the volume increase from east shore freeway in westbound 580. >> things looking alright for those of you commuting from the nimitz freeway. >> here it is and tell bridge you can see the tail lights towards foster city. >> finally, your golden gate bridge ride a couple of cars coming out of marin county. >> thank you erica. >> new this morning the sonoma county fire department says they have contained a fire it happened around 215 this morning at the vacaville high school.
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>> officials arrived to find one of the portable classrooms on fire. >> the fire was contained as minutes later. there been no reports of any injuries. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >> major damage at a home in larkspur and 150 ft. redwood tree collapsed and crashes into the second story. >> the tree, which stood in a yard across the street fell late monday morning and ended up stretching across the baltimore ave. >> neighbors describe hearing what sounded like an explosion. fall by the laws of electricity and phone service to 70 homes in the area. >> there was one person inside the home of the time the trick in passing that that's-crashing down, but luckily they were not injured. the roof and second story of the house sustained major damage. >> the tree was probably the gang over decades.
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>> late last night crews cleared the tree from roadway and pg&e had restored power to those homes. >> police are investigating a shooting in east oakland. the shooting happened on crest ave, shortly before 8:00 last night. police say the victim ran from the scene at the suspect got away in a car. >> they said the victim remains in critical condition this morning. >> meanwhile, this news as on the violence that erupted in oakland this past weekend. >> 15 people shot over the weekend including five at a birthday party sunday night. >> that shooting came after four people were shot and killed on friday. >> oakland city officials are promising action and police chief howard jordan says, a rival groups are connected to a number of the recent shootings in the city. >> we have arrested one person that is involved in one of the shootings from last friday. two of the four murders this week end were
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involving groups of people. these are two groups that are involved in about 90 percent of the violence in oakland. >> in addition to the one arrest oakland police have confiscated 11 illegal firearms. while officers were out investigating the shootings that occurred over the weekend. >> for a suspicious device found in san francisco's tortola neighborhood has been determined to be a harmless smoke grenade. >> police received a report of someone was found some sort of grenade, near los sutter playground. the police department bomb squad was called to the scene to investigate the the bison to determine if it was a smoke grenade and of no danger to the public. >> the device was taken away by a bomb squad to be safely disposed of. >> pepper spray was the source of the odor that sickened some guests and employes of the hilton hotel in downtown san jose. >> a san jose fire department and its hazardous materials team to
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an air sample of the area on the 18th floor and after an analysis concluded it was pepper spray. >> a hotel room house keeper saw the back of a person leaving the hall when they noticed a older. by the time the housekeeper figure out the person may have been responsible for the smell, the individual was gone. >> 13 people felt ill briefly due to the things came down to the hotel lobby for evaluation but none were required treatment. >> on to football! the san francisco 49ers faithful are excited. as a team heads to the next round of the playoffs. >> here you can see fans shopping for team merchandise at a mobile kiosks at justin herman plaza in san francisco. >> those we spoke with say niners fever can be felt all around town. >> definitely seeing a lot of red around town. >> o my god! you are seeing
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a lot of people where 49 shirt. >> people who are wearing kaepernick shirt. beating it is great. >> go niners estimates of. right on pessimism. it is kind of like the world series. >> go niners! right on! >> colin kaepernick has what it takes. >> colin kaepernick has got feet. >> if this superbowl happens for us it could be like the best year ever for bay area sports. >> it sure would be. >> one item of apparel that is hard to come by is the kaepernick jersey. it was sold out at the san francisco locations. the team says it has been the hottest selling item since he took over at starting quarterback.
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>> good luck to the san francisco 49ers on sunday. we would be right back on the kron 4 morning news on this cold tuesday morning. here is a live look outside of walnut creek. the temperature in pleasanton and cold 29 degrees. by this afternoon a lot of sunshine. high as close to the mid '50s. we will be right
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>> ( male announcer): now here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly >> pay attention to the man walking away from the camera. stop the video right here. the question is will the postal truck do the right thing and yield to the pedestrian crosswalk? let us roll the video. no. it was not like the driver was in a rush he parked only a few feet away. california law states that drivers show will the right of way to pedestrians in a market or on marked crosswalk. the driver should not try to
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beat the pedestrian crossing the street. in san francisco you will find drivers during just get not yelling to people who are legally in a crosswalk. >> no matter what the person is carrying you must yield to the pedestrian. if they're riding a bicycle they do not get to yield at a crosswalk like a pedestrian. school riders cannot use the sidewalk that says the school terooter rider cannot use sidewalk. >> there has been a constant battle between pedestrians and drivers over crosswalks. both sides breaking the law. remember this, if you are on foot if you are on the right and you get hit you still lose. in san francisco stanley roberts kron fours and. >> not sure if pedestrians bill the same way. >> still ahead the flu season is growing worse across the country and while it is not bad just get in
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california, people are still lining up to get their shots. we will have more on the flu and the kron 4 morning news continues. also at live look outside we are tracking temperatures this morning. very cold. a live look at the toll plaza. the temperature in oakland is 39 degrees. the high this afternoon mid 50s should warm things up. a very cold morning once again. we will be ride
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>> welcome back. the freezing weather heading for dangerous road conditions. i sun as roadways to blame for the six car crash and oakland. >> this happen yesterday morning in claremont avenue on tanglewood road. >> officials want to warn drivers to be careful. >> the first vehicle coming down the hill and loses control. shortly thereafter others come down and lose control. as they are
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checking damage the third vehicle cost down and we have a dog pile. no injuries thank goodness. it could have been worse. if oakland police say there is also a hit and run on claremont as the driver of the sixth be hethe vehicle involved in these collisions fled the scene. >> erica has a look at our forecast. the morning. >> good morning. the chp has not reported any instances of black eyes. that is certainly a possibility-- black icde. >> a live look from my favorite shot our mount tam cam it is clear but it is cold as we take a look at the numbers. we are in the twenties. colden yesterday for santa rosa, vallejo. 26 in fairfield. lower '30's in concord. the wind's are not necessarily a big of a factor as to day. we are
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seeing a little bit avalanche of in oakland. upper '30's with sustained winds at 8 mi. an hour. >> 30 degrees coming in if you are waking up in oakland. beating futurecast 4 shows a.m. this morning still contending with a freeze warning and frost advisory in effect issued by the nethnational weather service. >> part of the they will keep in the lower forties' possibly upper '30's. as we take a look at in one spot the color indicates were some locations will be in the '30's. it is going to stay cold for a very long time certainly bundle up and dress in layers. as we head into lunchtime widespread light blue indicating temperatures in the '50s. it will be a pleasant afternoon. temperatures will not drop that much as we head into 8:00 p.m. tonight. the purple indicates we're
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back in the mid '40's. to break down your afternoon highs expect to be a couple of degrees, compared to yesterday's. 57 in santa rosa. 56 and oakland. 53 for fairfield and for antioch. satellite and radar shows high pressure in control of the ridge of high pressure building over the west. we will see clear conditions sunny skies. it is cold now but we are in for a warming trend as we head into the end of this week. >> a quick look at your head lines tomorrow waking up to patchy frost and slightly more on conditions. you will notice that into the afternoon hours. looking ahead, a gradual warm up and dry for your extended forecast. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows no opportunity to see any rain. just a string of sunshine. temperatures could be in the mid to upper 60s. as we head
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into thursday and friday. >> >> taking a look at your commute no accidents not spot to alert you to. doing fine here is the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza out of oakland wait at the pay gates. we're seeing pretty good speeds up the incline and as we pushed closer to treasure island. >> san mateo bridge is well behaved. not a hot spot. the tell light heading towards foster city no backups at the 1 01 interchange. >> south bound 101 no is against the problems with visibility. >> over to our traffic map screen on our road way censors for southbound 101. >> of the transit you are good for a seaboard as well as caltran this morning. >> thank you. >> the time is 4:43. >> san francisco great highway has reopened after being shut down for around three hours because of too
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much sand in the roadway. >> the beach side road was closed yesterday between slow boulevard in lincoln away. >> a long term project to repair and replace parts of great highway begins tomorrow. >> the project will take nine months to start on the northern end of the road where a transition into point lobos avenue near the cliff house. >> one lane warm and open during construction. >> now to the widespread outbreak of flu which is still the least 20 children around the country. >> here in california for about to die from the flu. >> and the sickness could just be getting started here. >> at last check, the flaw was widespread in 47 states. that does not include california. >> there is not enough gassings to meet demand. that was last week. now this week officials say the spot shortages over and help is on the way. this is dr.
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smith and infectious disease expert for kaiser. >> there are local shortages for out and nationally that we are experiencing a redistribution and difficult piece. we're just getting the best thing for all the people that have it right now. >> the doctor has a large supply on the way. >> there'll be a large shipping from the mfg. on wednesday. >> that should help. >> yes. that should help who are experiencing not have it in the right place to the right time. >> that is a very good time. take a look at the graph on the doctor's computer screen. it shows and up pick here. the doctor explains the graph is showing them concrete facts that the flu is definitely rising in number. >> the flu here in california is going from a 10% level two weeks ago to
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50 percent last week to 22 percent this week including flew a and b. >> teresa estacio kron 4 news. >> if you are in the east bay there is no shortage of the flu vaccine at contra costa county health services. >> @ the immunization clinic headquarters in martinez we got a look at the supply. the county has all the different types of vaccines and stock from the regular file, the shot for children, the nasal spray and even the shot may just for pregnant women. >> officials there tell us, there plenty of shots to go around. >> contra costa public health clinics have given out 15,000 flu shots this year and the flu season ends in march. >> everyone wash your hands. >> in other news a new study
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finds widespread, unsafe levels of mercury in people in fish. >> researchers by the biodiversity research institute found more than 82 percent of human hair samples from eight countries exceeded typically safe levels of mercury by the epa. >> generally, if found people and marine ecosystems across the world are contaminated with mercury levels in people and fish regularly exceed sales levels. >> the time now is 4:53. >> a live look at the james lick freeway. >> it is colder in some spots compared to yesterday's. >> and a reminder to catch dr. phil today at 10:00 a.m. right after the kron 4 morning news. we will be right
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>> welcome back. sandals and the chance to see beyonce up close and personal. martha shade has today's hollywood minute.
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>> superstar of vbuyonce most reveals a copy of her documentary life is but a dream. and up close and personal look into the singer's life. i always battle with how much driver bill about myself. projects include highlights of her opening up about her pregnancy in showing off her baby boy. >> it also shows clips from her childhood. >> justin timber lake released a new single featuring rapper jz . the album is expected to release later this year. it will be telex first record in seven years. >> details surrounding actress natalie wood's death remains a mystery. the loss angeles coroner's office released a report monday that chased her cause of death to accidental drowning to drowning and other determine factor. >> the medical examiner
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indicated bruises found on the body may have occurred before she drowned. she was on the boat with her husband robert wagner and actor christopher walken. a body was found floating off catalina island. >> the case is open according to a o the coroner's office. beating still ahead on the kron 4 morning news president obama is tackling gun control we will outline his new 19 step plan that could be presented as early as tomorrow. >> plus flu season is among us and while the worst is not hit california yet presidenresidents are still ling up to get their flu shot. >> and we're keeping an eye on our bay area weather and traffic this morning we will be checking in with erica and georgia have a look at our forecast and morning commute. we will be right back here on the kron 4
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 5:00 a.m.
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starts now. >> thank you for joining us on this tuesday january 15th. top stores were following in the bay area and several counties in the bay area are hosting gun backed bbuyback program's detais straight ahead. >> facebook is holding a press event today that as a lot people talking this morning. more on the rumors, coming up. >> our top story this tuesday january 15th we're waking up to cold morning. a freeze warning is in effect this morning for most of the bay area. >> starting with our team coverage kron fours will tran joins us live from san jose. >> i have a skullcap this morning because it is so cold i will show you how cold it is. you can see the the monitor. hopefully it will change. 23 degrees fahrenheit. it fills a of a gun and that. you get the feeling who want to argue over a few degrees. this is
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colder than what i felt yesterday in livermore. you can see beyond that signed. there is a car lot there. i walked over there and look at the wind shields'. none of them are frozen the reason i speculate is because it is so dry that there is no moisture for the windshield to freeze. >> there is no scraping here on my car. you get the idea how cold it is there in fact, i took off my gloves just for you. it is so dry that no matter how much i moisture rise my hands my hands look like an 80 year old man. >> back to darya. >> a little high but we get the point. that makes the difference. >> erica if you did that have run if is a lot better if you did not have the proper jacket. >> yes. keep your ears hon. i the.
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>> we're talking upper twenties out the door. twenties in vallejo. santa rosa and pleasanton flirting with a 30 degree mark. we have a freeze warning and frost advisory in effect issued by the national weather service. i did not think they will take this away. it is cold that is into affect until 9:00 a.m.. icy wind chill's to be a factor in some spots. a couple of locations will feel a bit cooler than it actually is because we are contending with a bit of a woman chill factor in oakland. have a closer look at your numbers and walking to your 7 day around the bay forecast. at 5 :02 is time for traffic with george. >> not tracking any hot spots. >> light traffic at the bay bridge toll plaza as you will find a round the bay route the east bay even so far for highway 4 and interstate 580. the
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peninsula, north beckham south bay light ride as well. >> thank you george. >> 5:02 a.m.. >> just into the kron 4 morning news long contra costa county fire crews are battling a fire a large building in crockett near the car came as bridge. >> it started around 350 this morning. >> the fire department is going to defensive mode. >> the coast guard is helping because debris may be going into the nearby water. >> we have a crew had to the scene and we will have a live report as soon as possible. >> been this morning the solano county fire department says they have contained a fire that broke out early this morning if it happen if a route to 15 at the vacaville high school. >> one of the portable classrooms were on fire. the fire was contained just minutes later. there been no reports of injuries. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >> a to d four year old man is dead and another person is injured in a shooting in east palo alto.
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>> police officers uporesponded to reports of the shooting in the 2600 block of illinois street just before 2:00 p.m. monday. >> there they found jonathan alcazar dead at the scene. >> police say he had been shot multiple times. a second victim arrive at the hospital with gunshot wrong and remains in critical condition. there been no arrests made. >> a shooting in san jose leaves one man in the hospital this morning it happened on hayes avenue. >> police arrested the as-or ride on scene and found a 20 year-old man suffering from a gunshot wound. >> is video from the helicopter a partnership with abc news. the victim was taken to hospital and it is expected to be ok. police say the shooting may be gang-related. >> marin county sponsoring an effort to get guns off the bay area's streets with his first gun buyback of it
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today. >> the county will pay $200 for semi-automatic guns, and one of about for other guns, as long as the weapons are still working. >> today's buyback will us today from 11 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.. >> drop-off locations are at police departments in navato, san raphael and larkspur. also the point reyes substation. >> and you do not have to be just a marin county, they have opened it up to residents for san francisco, all or contra costa county. you need to show proof you live in one of these four counties. >> president obama is tackling the issue of gun violence by weighing steps that could be taken for executive action alone. >> the steps that include or restrictive gun action against people who live in guns fell background checks, or a tougher penalties against gun trafficking, and giving schools flexibility to use grant money to improve safety. >> obama is expected to unveil his proposals as early as
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>> new informations out this morning revealed the pilot of the oil tanker that struck a tower of the bay bridge last week, switched course as he was approaching the bridge. >> just why 61 years old at guy kless charge \ / \ changed s as the overseas eymar near the bridge at your seventh is still unclear. also the injury to the accident with a fog, faulty be given dangerous currents. course of investigators he light of the tanker to pastor the middle of the bridge between c and d. towers, but at the last minute practice with the opening between the any towers. ultimately getting
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february and early march. >> we're watching gas prices this morning as a national average for regular delta gas continues to rise. luckily here in the bay area we have not seen much of a change in prices. >> year occur averages for around the bay area. >> in san francisco $3.67. in oakland three rows 59¢. in san jose 3 out 58¢. >> as most of their residents pick up their first paycheck of the new year many will be wondering why. >> the check smaller. that is because the payroll tax holiday is over as part of the economic stimulus plan. >> all american saw a 2 percent cut in their social security payroll tax. which dropped from 6.2 down to 4.2. the tax cut was not renewed by congress, so the tax reverted back to where it was in 2010. so expect to percent less in your take- home pay. >> beverage co. coca-cola says, it must work with
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>> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news new informations just into the kron 4 morning news. >> contra costa county fire crews are battling a fire a large building in crockett. >> the building is a pier near the parking is bridge. >> is started around 350 this morning. >> the fire department is going into the fence of small and are expecting the fire to burn for a while. >> the structure is not believe that the occupied. >> the coast guard is helping because debris may be going into the nearby
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water. >> the fire is considered to be suspicious. >> was a fire at this location two years ago. we have a crew headed to the same and we will have a live report isn't as possible. >> freezing temperatures are creating a high demand for portable heaters. in fact, some stores are running out may not get any more until after the cold snap. >> but that is not the case at as hardware in l ce rritos. their shells into long so portable heaters. >> even though sales of doubled compared to the sthis time last year. the store manager says purchasing extra heaters is always a gamble for them but, this year it may pay off. >> he says many of the customers are coming to the store and are shocked at how many hitters aren't stock. >> a start were says they will have portable heaters is dr. out the winter. even though they might not have a
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full selection the other stores may have, they will have the least 30 styles in stock. >> let us take a look at your forecast with erica. >> it is a clear start to the morning we do not have any fog to contend with, in fact the air is dry. we are not seeing as but frost or black ice formation. >> mid-20s for fairfield. upper twenties for vallejo and santa rosa. pleasanton at 29. livermore waking up to 30. oakland close to 40. 34 in hayward. 36 in redwood city. it could feel colder than what it is when we factor in the windshield. we are seeing wins sustained at 8 mi. per hour in oakland. we are in the upper '30's but it only feels like 30 degrees. the national weather service has issued a freeze warning and frost advisory they are not canceling this one. it is cold it is chilly you want
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to bundle up. temperatures to drop into the mid-20s as we push in closer to sunrise. the numbers you are contending with our not even your morning lows. the advisories and warnings expire at 9:00 a.m. this morning it will still be pretty cold for the rest of the morning into the afternoon. your highs looking good in fact, we will be a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday's. >> future cast 4 shows purple or around the waterfront in the case temperatures in the '40's. it is not to bad around the heart of the bay. the more east you go pushing inland that is where we contend with '30's. putting the clock into motion by lunchtime the widespread light blue indicates temperatures in the '50s. again, it will be a bit warmer than yesterday. we will see sunshine as we head into 8:00 p.m. tonight it will not be too bad of an evening. it will get cold in the mid '40's. we would not be dropping into the upper '30's just get. as we take a look at your afternoon highs in your neighborhood not to
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bad of an afternoon. 53 for fairfield and vallejo. 56 expected and oakland. hayward 54. low 50s for daly city. >> satellite and radar shows high pressure in control as the rich goes in clear skies and sunshine. most importantly dry rather the the next several days. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows mild weather pleasant weather. temperatures potentially climbing into the mid to upper 60s. your inland lows only in the upper '30's. not to bad of a forecast for the next several days. however, tomorrow the potential for patchy morning fog. >> 5:19 a.m. is the time that is your weather. here is george with your traffic. >> the good news is no hot spots. a look at your watch to the bay bridge westbound sold conditions and light traffic approaching the bay bridge. out of the macarthur maize for your ride to the
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san mateo bridge highway 92. also sold ride here. no problems as you head westport's foster city. and look at the golden gate bridge ride shows like traffic as you come in from marin county. a quick look at your ride through the east bay as we see it over to the traffic maps. the commute on a westbound looks great. drive time is 12-14 minutes. 580 west bound looks good through the altamonte pass. >> thank you george the stories were following in the bay area of body in the truck of a car parked near sonoma state university was found. the car was in a no parking zone in petaluma hill road near east cotati avenue . police said the car is associated with the suspect one for questioning in a crime reported friday in santa rosa. police searched the car found a body wrapped a blanket. is not clear who the person is to die. >> off police asking the
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public to help identify a man who robbed the san rafeal bank earlier this month. you're looking at the violencsurveillance photographs. authorities say, a suspect into the west america back on francisco boulevard and demanded money from taylor. they say, what he was given a catchy fled on foot. the suspect is described as a white male in his 30 standing 56 to 61. in a way between 100 to 200 lbs.. >> the san francisco police department released a sketch of a man who attacked a woman in the mission district. >> the sketch of the suspect who attempt to sexually assault a woman bought on january 6th. >> a man lunged at her grabbing her head and forever to the ground is described as an asian or hispanic male, 25 years of age, with a buzz haircuts and a slight beard growth.
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>> a routine traffic stop in santa rosa lee's to the arrest of a sex offender with knives and pot. >> chp officers stopped to pick up with a broken tail light on santa rosa ave. after the man gave a false name, police were able to determine that they--the man they stop was robert mcdowell, a convicted sex offender will fail to register was driving with a suspended license. police also found several large knives and a half pound of marijuana. offender in possession of knives and marijuana mcdowell's already wanted on armed and dangerous parolee. >> the pieces of legislation addressing smoking in san francisco will come before the city's board of supervisors at its regular meeting of the new year. >> the first item would require property owners to
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tell potential tenants whether smoking is allowed in a multi in the residential building. the second orbit being considered by the board would ban smoking on certain street fairs and festivals and the city, including the hyatt ashbury street fair in fillmore jazz festival. >> both items were in and as we approved by the board land use and economic development committee last month still ahead on the kron 4 morning news the call rodham movie theater where 12 people were killed in july is reopening the victims' families today. more on when it will open to the public next. and lance armstrong sat down with oprah. we will talk about what he had to say coming up next.
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>> and national news, the call run double its year were 12 people were killed and dozens were injured is reopening. >> victims and their families will be allowed to tour the complex events mark. >> the official reopening will be thursday evening where there will be remembered speeches from the state and local officials. >> james holmes is charged with killing 12 and injuring 70 people back in july during the midnight showing of the batman movie the dark night rises. >> an inside source says during an interview with oprah and free lance armstrong commit to using performance enhancing drugs. >> armstrong was stripped of the seven toward france titles last year after an anti doping at the agency report shed light on his extensive doping regime.
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armstrong apologize to this live strong a charity organization as they continue to help those with cancer and their families. afterward, on strong. >> former president george h. w. bush is home this morning from a houston hospital. >> was treated nearly two months for costs related to bronchitis. >> he stayed--his stay included a week in intensive care. in a statement, mr. bush says he is " deeply grateful for the medical care received during his hospital stay. >> the 88 year-old is the nation's oldest living former president. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news walking up to cold temperatures across the bay area this morning. you have a check of your tuesday forecast at 530. >> @ are you turning to dr. wigoogle for your diagnosis this flu season? anny will
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talk about a new study at 540. >> plus lindsay is back in court again today for the 20th time in six years to will tell you why at 552. >>
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>> or a county is doing its gun buyback program today and you do not have to be a resident to return a gun. it is another cold morning in the bay area >> take a look at some of the cold spots around the bay. we are in the mid-20s in fairfield vallejo is at 28, 29 and livermore. it is a chilly out there. temperatures may continue to drop as we approached
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sunrise. of around 7:30 a.m. is one we will see the cold as on the board. icy wind chill but everything is dry. bring your pets and plants indoors and we have a little bit of a war on the way and i will talk about that in my next report. >> we are not with any hot spots around the bay pretty good travel conditions for most of the bay area. we'll start to see a little bit of slow traffic and here is your quick commute check for highway 4 and interstate 580. it is still lighter than usual on both of those routes song calling it light traffic for the east bay. of course is still like everywhere else. >> contra costa county fire crews are battling a fire and a large building in crock it. the building is on
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a pier near the car kenya's bridge instead of around 350 this morning. the fire department is going into the fans love and are expecting the fire to burn for a while. the structure is not believed to have been occupied. the coast guard is helping because debris may be going into the nearby water. the fire is considered to be suspicious and there was a fire occurred at the station two years ago. with the crew had to the scene will have a live report as soon as possible. >> police are investigating a shooting in east oakland that happened on crest ave shortly before 8 last night. police say the victim of a seen as the suspects got away at a car. is it a big remains in critical condition this morning. meanwhile this news as to the violence that erupted in oakland this past weekend. 15 people shot over the weekend including five at a birthday party sunday night. the shooting came after four people were shot and killed on friday. but when city officials are promising
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action and police chief howard jordan says rebel groups are connected to a number of robberies and shootings in the city. >> to of the four murders this weekend were involving groups of people. these two groups are involved and about 90 percent of the violence in oakland. >> in addition to one arrest oakland police have confiscated 11 of the illegal firearms officers were out investigating the shootings that occurred over the weekend. >> this and the sale county narcotics task force are arrested a man who officials say is suspected of selling illegal fire arms out of his house and car. police arrested antonio infante at his home on spier's avenue on friday. he is a convicted felon which prohibits them from owning a firearm.
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police recovered to or bobbers one semi-automatic handgun and ask kate as an assault rifle. the line the search for victims of the speed freak killers is not in its second week. authorities say it loren herzog and wesley shermantine carried out a drug fuelled killing spree in the 1980's and 90's. last year the remains of three people were found well in linden. now the fbi has joined the search is set by different spot. however they are facing setbacks because they're unable to identify the bottom of the well. authorities say that more work to prepare the well for an evacuation excavation delaying the search for another week. so far this year no human remains have been found. >> that are spread was a source of the odor that sickened some guests and employees of the hilton hotel in downtown san jose.
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the san jose fire department and as a hazardous material seem to get a sample of the area on the 18th floor and after an analysis concluded it was proper spray. a hotel room housekeepers of the back of a person leaving on hallway and then that is the odor. by the time the housekeeper figure out a person may have been responsible for the smell, the individual was gone. 13 people fell ill briefly due to the fumes that came down to the hotel lobby for evaluation but none required treatment. >> members of the u. s house are set to read most the constitution allowed on the floor of the house today. more than a hundred congress men and women are expected to read part of the constitution and the exercise is expected to take up to two hours. the practice that a two years ago when republicans got to control the chamber and out
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to legislate by the constitution. today will be the second time the document has been read out loud and it's their entirety. >> they're going to keep the momentum following >> i am definitely saying all lot of red around town >> everywhere ago i walk with his jacket and people have something to say. it is kind of like the world series for everyone is very happy. that is the bible. >> we either going all the way and we are going to be unstoppable. >> how to read it as a hot seat so every time he moves i am out of my seat.
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>> if this super bowl happened for us it could be the best year in the bay area ever. >> one item that is hard to come by as the collin kaepernick jersey. it has been the hottest selling item since he took over as starting quarterback. send us your forty-niner fans cried pictures! here are a few you set this morning. send us more at breaking news eccrine back, or seven to r kron4 facebook page. >> if you have gone on line for a diagnosis you are not alone. we will talk about it and the kron4 morning news continues.
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>> if you ever gone on line to try to diagnose and elders and the survey confirms that you are not alone. about 35 percent of
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adults say they have used the internet to figure out what condition they or someone else may have. among those to use the internet to get any kind of health information, 59 percent admit to diagnostic investigating. research is that most adults use the information and find online to help with their decision to seek treatment. only one- third of adults and handling the problem on their own. stacey alexander at comments @ internet is not always the best choice as there are a lot of horrible diagnoses when most of the time its something minor. have you medina i have admitted this to my doctor. most of the time, about the diagnosis. he told me those on line guys are a bunch of 10 years old. >> another cold morning across the bay area and
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>> welcome back the time is 544 in the top stories we are following this hour the contra costa county fire crews are battling a fire at a large building and crockett. the building is on a pier near the car came as bridge. it started around 350 this morning in the fire department is going into defense mode and are expecting the fire to burn for awhile. new reports show the pilot of the oil tanker that struck a tower on the bay bridge last week switched course as he was approaching. however it is unclear why 61 year-old guy
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kleess changed course. also contributed to the accident were beginning fog, a faulty begin in dangerous currents. >> santa rosa and about are at 28 degrees 26 in fairfield. is much colder compared to yesterday. winds are not necessarily a factor. yesterday we saw stronger winds and a disorder of mixing out with the air. it is slightly adding to the wind chill factor so and those communities it will feel a little colder. the national weather service issued a freeze at warning and frost advisory in effect and. afternoon highs will be pretty pleasant and a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday. for those of you
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in santa clarand the east bay pf sunshine and the north bay upper 50s, 50 percent arouse the satellite and radar is not cheering the bigger weather story. i pressure is building and and that means clear skies and sunshine as we headed to the end of this week. it will start to feel like spring. 7 day around the bay forecast highlights mild weather for the next string of days. zero percent chance of rain in your seven day forecast. and then lows are not too shabby and we will drop into the upper 30's. by 40 7:00 a.m. and
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here is george. >> we have a report of an incident on the bridge but it does not appear to be having too big of an impact yet. the metering lights have not been activated. i not tracking in the hot spots right now. the san mateo bridge has great conditions right now. beautiful, clear morning and no delays across the span and either direction. the golden gate bridge is a good ride coming from marin county. the crown's at as with the sub of the laying configuration. the-but the one where the west up to me it looks good is still only 12 to 14 minutes. no delays to traffic because of the fire and rocket. the proximity of the bridge is not close enough to have any smoke on it. there are no reports of traffic flowing across a bit bridge because
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of it. what a one northbound and 85 head north and the guadalupe parkway looks good. >> we had tracking the flow and the widespread outbreak continuing and at least 20 children have died nationwide. in california for adults have died from the flu and is that this could just be getting started here. at last check, the flu was widespread in 47 states and california just yet. at some kaiser permanente facilities in northern california there simply was not enough vaccines to meet demand but more is on the way. doctors say 30,000 more vaccines are coming and will be distributed to their hospitals and facilities as soon as possible. it is not as kaiser that is running out of the sites or other was the other medical facilities are having the
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same problems. >> if you're in the east bay leaf out there is no storage of the flu vaccine at concert cost health services. the immunization clinic at quarter's end martine as we get a look at the supply and the county has all the different types of vaccines in stock. the regular bile, the shot for children, the nasal spray and even a shot that made just for pregnant women. opposite officials there tell us they're plenty of shots to go round. the got a cost that public health clinics have given about 15,000 flu shots this year and the flu season ends in march. >> if you have a cloth it may take a lot longer to clear that you actually think. at a steady from the state of georgia shows is that what most people think it takes a week for cough to clear what the reality is usually takes three weeks. that drives people to the doctor for antibiotics that will help but instead
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fuelled the drug resistance according to the study. 50 percent of participants received an antibiotic for a lingering cough even though most respiratory infections are caused by viruses. antibiotics only affect bacteria. that news study finds widespread an unsafe levels of mercury of people in this. researchers led by oliver is the research institute found more than 82 percent of human hair samples from eight countries exceeded typically safe levels of mercury by the epa. generally about the black marine ecosystems across the world are contaminated with mercury and levels the people of its regularly exceeds safe levels. >> would lansing court appearances and the last six years actress lindsey lohan does not appear before a judge more often than she has been in movies. she will be acquired again today to
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face the judge will vote her probation. the actress was out on probation after she was convicted in 2011 on charges related to the theft of a necklace. but then last summer, she crashed a car in santa monica. authorities said she was not only reckless driving, she gave false every reason to a police officer and then resisted a police officer. the sad about that much like the city attorney's flap for misdemeanor charges against her and that brought to the lost angeles county superior court commissioner to revoke her probation last month and ordered to appear in court. >> the fire department is now in defensive mode and crews are expecting this fire to burn for a while. we will be right back
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>> welcome back we are
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watching weather around the bay area this morning in the current temperature in fremont is 34 degrees. it is turned a warm-up a little, up mid 50s today and we have even better weather on tap. we will have your forecast coming up in just a few minutes. a top seen that report has quit after parent company cbs said the consumer review site. c-net voted this networks hopper with slaying as a choice of best gadget at the consumer electronics show. however, cbs is doing at this over hoppers and a skipping capability. because of the legal fight cbs beat up the selection same scene that couldn't considered the product for the best of c e as. reporter greg sandoval pleaded yesterday that he was resigning say he lost confidence that cbs is committed to editorial independence.
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>> supreme court justice clarence thomas broke a seven years i was on the bench during oral arguments. thomas made fun of lawyers from yale, has lost all of the matter yesterday. he joked about the competence of the old lawyers when compared to their harbour colleagues according to witnesses. the lawyer arguing before the court was seemingly not pleased with the comet. thomas, the court's only african- american has been known for rarely comment on cases from the bench. >> coming up on the kron4 fire crews are battling a structure fire and rocket this morning and we will have a live report from the same. the san jose sharks are back on the ice the practice today is open to the public, we will tell you where and when you can be a part of it next. plus, cold weather and freeze warnings across the bay area this morning a full check under tuesday forecast, when the kron4 morning news continues.
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