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>> good morning. it is tuesday february 19th. at live look at the san mateo bridge. it looks as though we have a couple of raindrops. erica was saying no rain quite yet. she is tracking our storm coming to the area. here is erica with the forecast. good morning. good morning we did see sprinkles ahead of the system. on satellite and radar and the rain is wallflower north. >> into the 6:00 hour light spotty showers ahead of the system. not until at a clock can you see the organized a band of yellow indicating moderate to heavy rain. >> that will cross the north bay and continue to drive south. by 10:00 a.m. heavy rain anticipated for the delta, the livermore valley, and the mid peninsula and the coastline. >> due to the instability which could see small hail
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produced over the coastal waters. we could also see a light dusting of snow above 2,000 ft. indicated by the blue on your screen. >> spotty showers into the afternoon and evening hours. the heaviest rain anticipated for later this morning. we are not talking too much in terms of accumulation. i will get to that in a moment. >> upper '30's for fairfield and napa. 41 in vallejo. 50 in oakland. into the afternoon upper '40's, low 50s. not much change in the temperatures will only get a couple of degrees. 54 in oakland. 49 and pleasanton. 52 and antioch. once the system is done we could see up to a half inch or the bay, the north bay. a bit less in the east and south bay. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights unsettled weather could continue into tomorrow. originally we thought we could see rain thursday and
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friday. but it looks like the next system is a riding the early saturday. temperatures will be a bit warmer than the system we are contending with now. partly cloudy conditions and temperatures warmer for the latter half of the week end and as we start the next work weeks. >> off in the meantime the traffic center no hot spots. a good time to leave your house. it is not ready yet. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza a distraught and problem freak out of oakland into the city. >> san mateo bridge some droplets of rain on the lance the drive 12-13 minutes. >> the golden gate bridge a trouble-free ride. the rightist 43 minutes from navato to the city. the all lanes have reopened following an injury accident on eastbound 580. in oakland it happen around 11 last night. according to the chp,
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the multi vehicle crash happened near the park boulevard off ramp. >> 8 sig alert was issued about a half-hour later. no word yet on how many people were hurt in the crash. >> new this morning firefighters battle a one alarm house fire in san leandro this morning. the fire broke out around 1245 in a single family home on elsie off avenue near san jose street. >> the fire was contained a few minutes later. according to officials, no injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >> kron 4 has obtained a photograph of the man who police say, is connected to a triple murder in sonoma county. police arrested this man mark williams capello and mobile, alabama on february 14th. he was a resident of central city colorado. expected to be transferred to the sonoma county jail. police say he is response for the three
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men were found dead on february 5th in a cabin in forestville. >> investigators believe the men were waiting for someone was going to sell them marijuana when there were killed allegedly by capello. >> one of the two people a golden gate ferry in a 22 ft. motor boat collided, has died. a second person in a motorboat was hurt and he remains in hospital. the accident happened saturday evening there tiburon. >> the coast guard says, the motor boat was traveling at high speed when it collided with the ferry which had about 500 passengers on board. no one on the fare was injured. the crash remains under investigation. >> one of the two people injured when a golden a ferry andemand was struck and
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killed by a train in palo alto near churchill avenue it happened about 930 last night. a caltran spokesperson says, the train remained stopped while the corner was in route to the scene. the crash remains under investigation. a rescue team in san jose's alum rock park remove the body of the metal fell to his death from a cliff. the park ranger discovered a man's body on sunday afternoon, after a missing person's report is filed. officials say he has been identified as a hiker, and sell around 130 to 170 ft.. the man's body was located in the far eastern side of the park that is close to the public because a very steep and too dangerous to
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hide there. officials said the death being treated as an accident. >> authorities are searching for inmate who walked away from the high rock conservation camp that is just outside of wiott and humboldt county. >> james prin is described as a white male, 200 lbs., with blue eyes, short brown hair and medium complexion. he stands approximately 6 ft. off to a stall. he was sent to the california department of corrections for violence and battery on a peace officer. authorities as anyone lesbie who has seen hm to call 911. >> we continue to watch gas prices this morning. the national average continues to rise we're looking at $3.70 for a regular gallaudet's as a national price. the state average is $4.70. in the bay area san
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francisco $4.13. >> oakland $4.60. >> and in san jose $4.80. >> matt cain will be the giants' opening day starter april 1st against the dodgers in los angeles. it will be games first career opening day start, startlincecum started the previous or opening days . >> last season came up was the team's best are going 16 and 5 with a 2.79 era. pitching the franchise's first perfect game start in the all-star game. he also took the mound in each of the dyes three playoff clinching win. to does 11 cy the dyes three playoff clinching get whatever you want, baby. let's just share a 20 piece.
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>> welcome back. it 4:09 is the time. oscar pistorius was charged with premeditated murder of his model girlfriend reeva stenkemp on valentine's day. today he stopped during the bail hearing as prosecutors described how she was shot mobile times. this comes as a family plans to bury the 29 year-old. ed payne has the story. >> south african prosecutors charged him with prevent third matt premeditated murder. >> he shot his girlfriend three times. >> i've never seen an angry
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side of him. i have never seen him lose his temper. he is kind and gentle human being that is the way i know him. >> prosecutors have not released details about a possible motive. the model appeared in a reality show of the weekend that was dedicated to her. >> i am going home with a sweet taste in my mouth. >> colleagues say they would remember her great attitude. >> bikini model, beautiful, gorgeous girl. she had a wicked sense of humor. >> i am ed payne reporting. >> and other world news police are looking for a man who drove onto the tarmac of brussels international airport and rob tan millions of dollars worth of diamonds from a hold of a swift bound plane. >> authorities said the men were on the mast when they crashed to the security fence and the perimeter of the airport. the feefetheives
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then made their way to the play within minutes, grabbed the jewels and iran. police later found a bird out nick ran . a police later found a burned out van near the airport. it is not clear if the van is related to the robbery. police said the highs is estimated at $50 million worth of diamonds. >> still ahead, one bay area street is getting a little rowdy, as bart course cause trouble. now residents in north beach to worry even stepped off their front porch due to some reason violence.
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>> we are back. the time is 4:14. >> another winter storm is approaching northern california, where it is expected to bring freezing temperatures, rain, but some thunder and snow to areas as low as 1,500 ft.. >> the national weather service is a storm from the gulf of alaska is expected drop heavy snow today, bring up to 10 in. above 3000 freeet. >> and two to 4 in. in the foothills. >> erica has the forecast. >> the cold front is wallflower north. wickets no associated with the system. here's a look what it will look like when you get out the door. by 6:00 a.m. potential spotty showers for the east and south bay. not until later. a a.m. the main cold front pushes through
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in the yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain. >> by 10:00 a.m. the delta, livermore valley, the mid peninsula and the south bay will be impacted. we will see spotty showers on the back end. the instability we could see small hail produced over the coastal waters. >> 2:00 p.m. could be dry in some spot ready and others depending on where you are located. >> 8:00 p.m. will pick up isolated showers for the coast line and livermore valley. >> keep your rain gear heavy throughout the day. unsettled weather will continue for the rest of the workweek. >> taking a look at temperatures in the '40's for the most part fifties later today with on and off showers. >> it will be cold for the evening hours for our north bay spots could drop into the upper '30's. >> we have a winter weather the advisory in effect for the north bay mountains. that will be in effect until 1:00 p.m. today. we could see a couple of inches
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of snow between 2000 2,500 ft.. freezing rain, sleet, limited visibility a possibility. >> it will be chilly this afternoon the cold air mass will settle into the bay area. >> of the '40's for vallejo. 50 in concord. 49 in pleasanton. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast we could see a bit of rain heading into tomorrow. thursday and friday looking good but it will be cold. the next chance for rain saturday. we will contend with showers however, it is not a huge rain maker. partly cloudy skies at the start the next work week. >> no hot spots. a good time to leave home. the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza a lot of people were off yesterday's people are heading back to work in school. >> the majority of the traffic coming from the east shore freeway. the meter lights are off. >> sprinkles here in san
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mateo bridge. this is not causing any delays. no accidents to report. >> south bound 101, the golden gate bridge looking good. it will be wet later today. looking in our traffic maps all is well with the socsouth bay high 1 01, interstate 280. >> thank you erica the time is 4:18. >> and mysterious in dangerous new virus is showing up abroad in places including the middle east and britain. >> at least a dozen people have become sick and five people have died with this new virus called in c o v or vnovel corona virus. >> symptoms of the buyers include respiratory infections, fever and cough. others have suffered one and kidney failure. >> the sars like a virus was
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first identified last september by the world health organization. doctors say, the virus appears to be hard to get what they say they would not be surprised if it appears in the u.s.. >> it looks like the worst of flu season may be over. reason number showcase of influence like illnesses have gone down for the third consecutive week. your state and are reporting high activity levels. 31 states reported widespread flu cases. that is down from 38 states the week before. despite the lower numbers, flu deaths continue to rise. so far, 64 children have died from the flu season. >> a new study shows that hip replacements are more likely to fail and women than men. researchers found a small number of a hip implants failed overall. but women were 29 percent more likely than men to need a
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repeat surgery within the first three years. >> researchers looked at more than 35,000 surgeries at 46 hospitals and the kaiser permanente health system. experts say more research is needed to determine which models of hip implants performed best and women. women make up the majority of the for a hundred thousand americans who have full or partial replacement each year. >> late night violence breaking out in san francisco north beach from flfights, to out control bras. it all happen along broadway. residents and there is a enough is enough. >> no one knows what to the fight in the and five people are arrested. before salting a police officer. two officers were injured. did i mention. this fight took place in the northeast section of san francisco. why am i not surprised?
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>> there have been a longstanding problem on broadway when clubs close. >> off the video was captured by residents near broadway were fed up with the violence that takes place here. it took six minutes. >> it was captured by a surveillance camera in the parking lot. hear some people left the fight to take a break only to return to the melee. it even appears that after the fight was over the never sleeping surveillance camera captured this bike. san francisco police were called from almost every district around the city to get things back in order. the fact still remains broadway appears to be back to its old ways are maybe never changed. we know something needs to be done. >> in san francisco stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> kron fours j r stone talked with the witness watched as the fight
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unfolded. this was way out of control i have never seen it out of control like this. >> this man is talking about this fight that broke out on broadway early sunday morning in north beach. it was pushing and shouting and what culminated into striking and hitting. >> he ballet parked cars at the penthouse strip club across the street from where the fight broke out. >> you can see officers in the video arriving by the dozens. police used additional resources from across the city. early on there were outnumbered. >> this is not enough cops on the street for this incident. >> neighbors grew upset saying this is just the latest in a series of violent acts on broadway in north beach. >> the residents who have lived here for 20 years or afraid to go out because people are coming in with guns and drinking on the street. it is not the residents of the neighbors. >> i did not think it would
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escalate to completely bit out of control. >> a number of those living in the neighborhood bullies the problem lies in a couple of the club's in this section of broadway. i talked with officers and ast was a problem. >> they said it happen every now and then. >> in san francisco j r stone kron 4 news. >> a live look at one of crete. cloudy skies. tracking rain in concord. is 46 degrees warming up only 4 degrees to a high of 50 this afternoon. get ready for the cold rain and snow levels to drop.
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azuz has more today's hollywood minute. >> many offer prayers for her two young sons. stars we did they have peace and protection beyond them. >> another says what happened to mcready could have happened to her. >> alec baldwin had a run in with the media. he told reporters he want to choke her to get and use racial slurs against the reporter. >> he was questioned on monday about the incident. >> why would bother doing that with you. >> the accusations recall false. >> fergie has been twisting about her baby bump. she is expecting her first child with husband joshed dommmell
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. the couple married at 2009. >> off he would not the reason they rumors he did say having a child would be his greatest life achievement. >> for hollywood minute i am carl azuz . >> still ahead, we now know what caused the fire on the carnival triumph cruise ship that left thousands of passengers and crew members stranded on board for five days. details on what investigators have found when the kron 4 morning news continues. >> it will warm up three degrees from the current of a high around 50 degrees with a cold rain coming this way. we will be back with more.
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>> welcome back. the timing is 4:29. >> top stories we're following. police have made an arrest in the deaths of three men were found shot and roll sonoma county earlier this month. 460 mark william cappello and the rest of an alabama on valentine's day. more details on his return to california. we're learning more about the man wanted for an attempted rape on the uc santa cruz campus. a sketch of his description has now been released. >> here is erica with our forecast. i want to start with storm tracker 4. the rain is not in our area yet. it is well to our north. i want to zoom in i picked up light rain around san raphael. it is north of the golden gate bridge. the rest
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of the bay area is dry. seeing scattered showers in that area. >> future cast 4 tracking the timing. 6:00 a.m. not here just get. light rain for the livermore valley or the eighth zero quarters and downtown san jose. >> later this morning--880 corridor. >> the rain will cross the golden gate bridge you can see it in the east bay impacting the mid peninsula and the south bay. most of the heavy rain will fall while people are at work. it will not impact the may high of the morning commute. by 2:00 p.m. and cold front pushes through. we will see scattered showers on the back end and isolated showers will continue into the evening hours. most of us will see maybe a 10th of an inch to a half-inch. more around the heart of the bay for the north bay. of course
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of it for some of our north bay hills. also a winter weather advisory in effect for the north bay hills until 1:00 p.m.. a cold air mass will sell it and make its way home in the bay area. temperatures will climb to the '40's for santa rosa, and vallejo. 50 in concord. 51 in redwood city. heading to tahoe keep your chains handy. a winter weather a advisory is in effect all day. we could see 4-8 in. of snow. drive with extra caution. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows we could see rain heading into tomorrow. thursday and friday looking dry. instability and unsettled weather continues heading into saturday tracking another system that could bring light rain to the bay area. >> off in the traffic center no hot spots. >> the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza is quiet. the ride out of oakland to
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san francisco is under 10 minutes for those of you coming out of the maize heading toward a fremont street. >> at the san mateo bridge problem free from the west bound trip toward foster city. >> south bound 101, the golden gate bridge no problems with visibility. the deck is not slick just get. it could be later this morning. allow yourself extra time if you're heading to work for school. >> thank you erica. kron 4 has obtained a photograph of the man who police say, is connected to a triple murder in sonoma county. >> police arrested marks william cappello mobile, alabama on february 14th. he was a resident of central city call rafeal. his expected to be transferred to the sonoma county jail. police say he is response for the three men were found dead on feb. fit in a cabin in forestville. >> investigators believe the men were waiting for someone
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was going to sell the marijuana when there were killed allegedly by cappeool. >> one of the two people injured when golden state fair in a 22 ft. motor boat collided has died. a second person was hurt and he remains in hospital. the accident happened saturday evening near tiburon .nt happeny evening. the coast guard says the motor boat was traveling at high rate of speed when it collided with the ferry which had about five and the passengers on board. no one on the fare was injured. the crash remains under investigation. >> three of the highs for the schools in the state on the verge of being shut down by the oakland school board. the american indian charter schools have been criticized over the handling of its finances. unless the school immediately address their accounting problems, they
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could face closure boys in seven budget students off the final schools by the fall. a final vote to decide the fate of the schools will be held on march 20th. >> longtime 49er president and part time honored louis spadia has died. he was 92. spadia , who spent more than three decades with the team, became part owner in serve as the team's president from 1967 to 1976. in addition to his work with the 49ers, spadsa founded the bay area sports hall of fame in 1979, and served as the president and ceo until 2003. >> matt cain will be the giants' opening day starter april 1st against the dodgers in los angeles. it will be his first career opening day start. tim lin
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ecum started the previous four opening dates. last season came was the team's best starter going 16 and 5 with a 2.79 era, pitching the franchise best for the game started the all-star game. kane also took the mound in each of the giants three playoff clinching win. 2011 cy young winner clayton bkershaw will be on the mound for the dodgers. manager bruce cochy would not reveal the order of the rest of the rotation. including remaining tight- lipped about was stars on the mouth for the giants' home opener on apple fit against the site louis cardinals. >> in the national news the coast guard says, an engine room fire on board the carnival triumph was caused by a leak in the fuel or overturn line. the fire left
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the cruise ship paralyzed on february 10th in the gulf of mexico until the tug boats towed to alabama. the cruise ship was adrift for several days without power, unsanitary conditions and little food before it could be towed back to shore investigators have been checking of the ship since it arrived. >> we're learning of a possible motive in the new town, conn. massacre. cbs news, citing sources close to the case, is reporting that adam lanza , the gunman who killed 20 children and six women at sandy hook elementary on december 14th, was upset with another mass murder. >> the reporter says, he was fascinated with ansers bre ivik , the man who killed 77 people in norway in 2011. reports indicate landza
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wanted to talk the death toll. the sources in the report emphasized that an interest in the other killer is just one theory. connecticut law for some officials reported travel to washington dc last week to brief unidentified federal authorities on the status of the investigation and discuss the possible breivik connection. >> a second defendant is headed to trial in ohio today for allegedly killing three men were lured by the promise of jobs posted on craig's list. prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty for 53 old richard james beasley cobble they described as an ex-con street preacher. another defendant was 17 at the time was convicted and sent to life in prison in november. he wasn't eligible for the death penalty because of his age. >> will be back with more on
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age. >> will be back with more on the kron 4 morning news thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry. that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing.
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stock market all morning starting at 630 with the opening bell. >> following the steps of its competitors, google finally opting for a zero retail stores in the not safe. according to the 95 google block google is building stand-alone retail stores which are expected to open in major cities by the holiday season. the stores would likely sell google brand hardware. however google says no final decision has been made. >> microsoft is taking a at googles g mail. in fact, the software company is so confident as the internet to best e-mail service, microsoft is about to spend $30 million to attract users. the facelift debuts today on outlook .com. after
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keeping it out look that, in a preview faces last july, microsoft is ready to accept all comers. it is the biggest marketing blitz in the history of e-mail. outlook .com will be featured on prime-time tv, radio stations, website, billboards and buses. the new campaign will run for the next three months. >> bmw is recalling more than half million cars in the u.s. due to possible power failure in intand engine stalling. the recall affects bmw 1 series, three series, and z four models. some made as early as 2007 and as late as 2010. the battery cable that supplies power to the vehicles used box could wear out and cause problems. >> we continue to watch gas prices this morning. the national average continues to rise we're looking at $3.78 for regular gallon of gas as a national price.
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welcome back. the time ms. 4:45. >> a massive tree toppled over destroying a home in the diablo country club neighborhood. home owners pete burman and his wife wendy narrowly escaped early yesterday afternoon. wendy was in the kitchen not far from where the oak tree came through. crews worked all afternoon to clean up the mess left behind by the oak, pete said he never thought the vote was in any danger of falling down. >> pete and his wife felt fortunate they were not hurt but they say it is time to
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focus on rebuilding their house that suffered a significant amount of damage. >> we have rain coming our way here is erica with a look at the weather. >> i want to start off with satellite and radar the rate is situated to our north. we did see light rain around san rafeal area. the richmond, said raphael bridge leading to the golden gate. >> we could see sprinkles ahead of the system. 6:00 a.m. the main front is not here yet. still scattered showers for the livermore valley and the 880 corridor. >> it is not until 8:00 a.m.. you can see the yellow indicating moderate to heavy rain. that will arrive in the north bay spreading south. it will cross the golden gate bridge and dive into the heart of the brick bay.ay. we will see scattered showers on the back in with the instability we could see hail been produced over the coastal waters. isolated
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showers even lingering into 8:00 p.m. tonight. a lot of cloud cover cooler air will settle into the bay area. taking a look at the headlines of the rain chance continues into tomorrow. afternoon highs will be below the seasonal average. unsettled weather continues into the weekend with a chance of rain saturday. >> today's highs and the upper '40's for vallejo and santa rosa. 54 in oakland. 49 and sunnyvale. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights thursday and friday should be dry under partly cloudy conditions. temperatures on the cool side but a bit more than today. >> heading into the weekend a chance for showers continues under partly cloudy conditions. we will start to dry up as we start the next work week. >> in the traffic center no hot spots. we have accident report. it may involve injuries east bound 580 around 238. and castro
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valley area. >> is a roll over crash. it is in the center divider. it could cause slowdowns and potentially be a visual hazard for traffic in the west bound direction. >> the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic building still problem free out oakland to san francisco. >> at the san mateo bridge drive of the most part no problems getting to the bridge coming down the nimitz freeway. >> south bound 101, the golden gate bridge looking good coming out of luck bay. >> highlighting the accident is down 580 around 238. >> westbound 580 well- behaved no backups are delayed coming out of the altamonte pass. >> no incidents to report north bound 85 approach in cupertino. >> the time is 4:48. >> police at uc santa cruz are hunting for a man in
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connection with a violent attack in right of a woman who was visiting campus on sunday afternoon. we first told you about the story yesterday's and police have now released this sketch of the man. take a good look. he is described as white in his '30's, 5 ft. 10 in. tall. weighing 200 lbs. with a muscular build. he had a full mustache and goatee and a tattoo on his upper right bicep. >> a campus spokesman says the attack occurred around 1230 sunday afternoon on a foot trail about halfway between the upper quarry amphitheater are around 1230 sunday afternoon. the man punster in the face and torso, through our and the ground and raped her. >> after hearing of the attack via campus white female, other students expressed their shock. >> i don't think i will be
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walking around all alone anymore. i just came home from san jose i would not be walking around. >> i carry my mace with me and i have a pocket knife. i did not walk around at night by myself. the most part because anyone can go on campus because the gates are open. it is nowhere near as safe as i think it should be. >> off the victim was badly bruised and spent the night in the hospital. she told police her assailant ran away for the campus bookstore. >> the petaluma teen who went missing in south lake tahoe on new year's eve was found near a snow bank died of hypothermia, but also had drugs in our system. >> officials said they found evidence of met at that minute multiple cycle at the drug tamoxifen auyssa brynes system. she attended a new year's music festival
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but disappeared afterward. deputies believe the 19 year-old may have tried to walk 3 mi. of freezing weather from a new year's eve music festival to our hotel in state line, nevada. >> two teenagers and ran away from a group home have been arrested on suspicion of stealing from vehicles and petaluma. the teenagers ran away from a group of on kuck lane and then search for vehicles that were left unlocked. they enter to unlocked vehicles and boats that avenue and took cds and i caugpod , wallet, cash and other items. the allegedly attentive to use a stolen car and petaluma and then used some of the cash to take a taxi to san francisco. the two were caught by bart police officers and return to petaluma. the teenagers reportedly admitted to the fence when detectives interviewed them.
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>> competition is getting fierce to buy a home in the bay area. right now, low interest rates and increase demand are making real estate red hot. fear is an example a two-bedroom home in san jose received 152 offers. an asking price of 190,000 may have had something to do with the interest. in this market. >> homes are getting multiple offers is not out of the question. >> realtors think that more inventory will help stabilize the market. the idea of being more homes for sale will make the competition for them less intense. >> it is a hot real estate market for sure. we will be right back on the kron 4 morning news. a live look at the san mateo area. looking at redwood city currently 46 degrees along the san mateo bridge. we will not warm up that much a high of 51
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degrees. cloudy skies and a cold rain coming this way. we are also 88 days away from this year's a beta breakers. kron 4 is proud to be part of the san francisco our original event. we will bring you the raise from start to finish at all the crazy costumes in between. bay to breakers, sunday, may 90.
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>> welcome back. the time is 4:5. 5 >> we had a cold rainy day expected for today snow levels will be down to 2,000 ft. to mount diablo or mount hamilton. we will be in the lower fifties today. tomorrow a slight chance for late showers. we will stay cool for the rest of a shorter workweek. the weekend looking potentially unsell on saturday the chance for some showers. >> take a look at this.
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earlier this month, you rest in the miami heat fed will grow an amazing half-court basketball shot for big cash prize. >> now it happen again north of the border! >> at branded university basketball coach made the shot from halfcourt to win a big prize! >> but he will not keep any of the money the shot was forced to the submission. usa's airports that lucky student will have all his classes' of brandon pay fo at bn university pay for. >> a horse in michigan is being dubbed the houdini wars thanks to her knack for opening stall doors. nine year-old mariska somehow learned to open the locks on the stalls to set herself free. you see mariska here using your mouth open the latch and then if we sped up the video we consider continue on the stalls of other
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horses at opening those as well. the owner says he does not like to be locked in. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news one contra costa county family is safe this morning after a tree fell on their home. how the tree snapped on the first place and how officials are making sure it will not happen again. and while the woman he killed is being laid to rest, blade runner oscar pistorius will be back in south african court ruled today. details of his murder charges coming up. >>
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 5 starts now. >> top stores were following right now they're ready day in the bay area erica as tracking the radar in your neighborhood. >> while local family will be watching the weather extra closely. after a
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massive tree falls on their home near alamo. will tran is standing by with a live report. >> first let us talk about the storm. here is erica and the weather looking at storm tracker 4. >> it looks like the rain is headed our way it will not impact us yet. it is the perfect time to leave home. as we zoom in we are picking up light rain around san rafeal. almost approaching the golden gate bridge. >> the green on your screen indicates light rain. doing nothing butis not huge rain maky 8:00 a.m. the main cold front will push through and we're expecting moderate to heavy rain. i will show you the full details in my next report george. >> thank you erica we're not tracking any hot spots for the commute around the bay area. and easy in light ride if you are on 101
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northbound the peninsula, or marin county. east bay conditions like for highway 4 and interstate 580. >> thank you george. team coverage of today's weather continues with kron fours will tran. he is live in contra costa county or a house was demolished by a huge tree yesterday. the video was amazing. >> let me show you live pictures. the tree has been cut up and fell on top of the house basically cutting in half. the homeowners are not in side because they cannot live in it and it is too dangerous. there is a lot of cleanup. why the tree fell down no one knows for sure. if you talked to a professional with the rain coming use this as a cautionary tale to go and get your tree inspected. it may take a small amount of a tree to topple down. >> the homeowners were not heard. there's so much going
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on in will take a while before they clean the place up and to determine if this house is fixable. we will have reaction from the homeowner coming up in 30 minutes from now. look at the damage. it is terrible. the truck in front cleaning up for days if not weeks. back to you anny. thank you will. kron 4 has obtained a photograph of the man who police say is connected to a triple murder in sonoma county. police arrested this man mark williamcapello and mobile, alabama on february 14th. >> the 46 year-old was a resident of central city colorado is expected to be transferred to the sonoma county jail. police say he is response will for the three men were found dead on feb. fed and cavanaugh in forestville. investigators believe the men were waiting for someone was going to sell the marijuana when they
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were allegedly killed by cappollo. >> authorities are searching for an inmate who walked away from conservation camp outside of weoott, california. >> >prinz is described as a white male, 200 lbs., with lies, short brown hair and medium complexion. he stands approximately 62 in. tall. he was sent to the california department of corrections for violence and battery on a peace officer. authorities as anyone who has seen him to call 911. >> this morning caltran investigate the failed train accident in palo alto. a man was struck and killed by trainer church hill avenue around 930 last night. a caltran spokesperson says, the train remained stopped while the corner is in route to the scene.
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>> new this morning, president obama is pressing congress to avert automatic budget cuts due to take effect in less than two weeks. the president will make an appeal during a white house event this morning. he will be joined by emergency responders, a group of workers the white house aide to be affected if state and local government was federal money as a result the cuts. >> the 85 billion in across- the-board cuts is known as the sequestered. the white house wants to offset the sequestered with the combination of targeting spending cut and taxes. >> matt cain will be the giants' opening day starter april 1st against the dodgers in los angeles. it will be ks first career opening day start, 10ttim linmecum started the previous four openings. last season came with the team's best starter going 16 and 5
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with a 2.79 era. pitch in the franchise's first perfect game is starting the all-star game. can also talk about any of the giants three playoff clinching win. 2011 cy young winner clayton kershaw will be on the mound for the dodgers. the manager of the giants would not reveal the order of the rest of rotation. including remaining tight-lipped about the will start on the mound for the giants' home opener on april 5th against a st. louis cardinals. >> we continue to watch gas prices this morning. $3.78 for regular gallon of gas a prices this morning. $3.78 mom, i invited justin overa for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian
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>> welcome back. the time back5:08. watching bay area wheweather. will have mostly cloudy conditions and expecting a cool rain to impact the area. more details on the forecast a bit later. >> new this morning olympic athlete oscar pistorius says he shot his model girlfriend to death by mistake, thinking she was a robber. the double amputee said in an affidavit read by his lawyer and his bail hearing today that he felt vulnerable because it did not have on his prosthetic legs when he shot a bullet into the locked bathroom door. >> pistorius is facing a charge of premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend, 29 euro reeva steenklamp. that ruling came this morning from south african judge.
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>> the judge says he'll consider downgrading the charge against a so-called blade runner later. with the new charge, his case for bill approved difficult. the defense must now try to argue that exceptional circumstances exist that would justify bail. france of a couple find the chargers hard to believe. >> i have known him for many years. i have never seen him angry side of him i have never seen him lose his temper. he is incredibly kind and gentle human being that is the way i know him. >> meanwhile, steenkamp was laid to rest a private funeral service in her home town of port elizabeth, south africa. >> we're learning of a possible motive in the newtown, conn. massacre. cbs news, citing the case, is reporg that adam lanza , the gunman
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who killed a 20 children and six women at sandy hook elementary on december 14th, was obsessed with another mass murder. >> the reporter says, lanza was fascinated with anders breivik , the metal killed 77 people in norway in 2011. reports indicate lanza wanted to top that death toll. the sources in the report emphasized that an interest 10 breivik is just one theory. connecticut law enforcement officials reportedly traveled to washington, d.c. last week, to brief unidentified federal authorities of the status of the investigation and discussed the possible breivik connection. >> a gun debate in colorado is attracting attention at the white house. colorado house democrats pass new
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ammunition limits and expanded background checks as part of the package of bills responding to recent mass shootings. >> the democratic lead house voted this week to ban large capacity magazines, placing a limit of 15 routes for firearms, eight for shotguns. >> lawmakers also passed a required for background checks on firearm sales between private parties. republicans argue the measures restrict second memorize and will not prevent mass shooting. >> looking at storm tracker 4 you see some rain in northern california not quite making it to the bay area. the north bay is the first to get cold rain. more details when we come back. ♪ you sig sned up weeks ago ♪
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♪ ♪ sun slight says get up and ♪ mountaunin-grown aroma cominmg through ♪ ♪ a n aew challenge waits for you ♪ ♪ ♪ jumpuin' in' to something ne ♪ ♪ ♪ you roueally llsee all you can do ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ th te best part of wakin' ♪♪ is ifolgers in your cup >> welcome back the time is 5:1. 5 a live look from the golden gate bridge. people are getting back to work. erica will give us a preview of the weather. >> the majority of the bay
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whethearea is dry. >> we do have some light green on your screen potentially wet weather around highway 1 in the southbound direction. >> that is the commute direction the rest of the bay area is dry. futurecast 4 highlights 6:00 a.m.. you can see spotty showers for livermore, the 880 corridor. the main cold front is not passed through just yet. >> it is not until 8:00 a.m. the yellow on your screen indicates moderate to heavy rain. it will continue to dive out across the golden gate. heavy rain anticipated for fairfield, antioch, the livermore valley, and around the peninsula. >> once body, scattered, showers on the back in. a cool air mass will settle into the bay area. >> keep your umbrellas
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handy and rain gear heavy throughout the course of the day. >> winter weather a advisory in effect until 1:00 p.m. for the north bay mountains. we did see one-2 in. of snow above 2,000 ft.. >> sleet, freezing rain is a possibility. we could see hail produced of the coastal waters. >> this is not going to be a huge rain maker. a half inch of the north bay and maybe around the heart of the bay we could see upwards of an inch for some of our hales and mountain areas. >> temperatures this afternoon will be cool. 49 for vallejo. 48 for santa rosa. 50 in hayward and fremont. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights unsettled weather could continue. rain chance until tomorrow night. >> thursday and friday looking dry under partly cloudy conditions. the wet weather returns as we start off your weekend. george. >> thank you erica. we're monitoring a pretty good commute no hot spot yet for
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your drive around the bay area. >> looking at the bridges. the bay bridge toll plaza westbound still light traffic. no backups. no delays. drive times running 9-11 minutes out of the macarthur maize for westbound ride. >> the san mateo bridge is an easy drive east or west now. and 11 minute commute time. >> the golden gate bridges problem free has become our camera at the toll plaza still very light traffic and the south bound direction. >> let us take a look at the traffic maps an update drive times. >> your east shore freeway commute 12 minutes hercules to berkeley. san ramon valley 16 minutes. walnut creek to dublin an easy ride. west 580 looks good. no delays in to castro valley. south bay free way is like anything rides. >> no delays or problems reported for public transit. h train, caltran, bar or muni metro.
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>> thank you george. a story you only see on kron for residents in san francisco's north beach neighborhood are expressing concern over the increasing violence in the area following a big brawl early sunday morning. this is video of the fight on broadway that police say involved as many as 200 people. two officers were injured during the incident. people in the area say enough is enough. >> the residents that have lived here for 20 something years are scared to go outside because people are coming in with cars and guns drinking of the street. they are not the residents of the neighbors the litter. >> i did not think it would escalate to the point where it was completely out of control. >> san francisco police had to call in officers from other districts to control a huge brawl. it is unclear what started the fight the five people were arrested, free for assaulting a police officer. >> police at uc santa cruz are hunting for a man in
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connection with the violent attack and rape of a woman who was visiting catches on sunday afternoon. >> first told you about the story of today and police have not released a sketch of the man. he is described as a white and his '30's, and about 5 ft. into stock, when too much about the muscular build. >> he had a full mustache and goatee and a tattoo on his upper right bicep. >> the campus spokesman says the attack occurred around to a third sunday afternoon, on if latrell about halfway between the upper quarry at the theater and science hill. the 21 year old woman tells police, the man punched her in the face and torso threw her to the ground and raped her. after hearing of the attack did canvass white e-mail other students expressed their shock. >> i was actually walking along last night when i came home to check my e-mail i thought maybe i should not
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walk around alone. i just came home from san jose i would not be walking around alone. >> i carry my mace. i do have a pocket knife. i do not walk around at night by myself. for the most part because anyone can go on campus because the gates are open. it is nowhere as safe as i think it should be. >> the victim was badly bruised and spent the night in a hospital. she told police her assailant ran away for the campus bookstore. >> the petaluma teenager went missing in south lake tahoe on new year's eve and was found near a snow bank died of hyperthermia, but also had drugs and a system. >> officials said they found evidence of methamphetamine and multiple cycle at the drugs end of alyssa brynes system. she attended a new year's day festival but disappeared after. that is
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believed 19 year-old man tried to walk 3 mi. in freezing weather from a new year's eve music festival tour hotel in state line, nevada. >> next on the kron 4 morning news part of the midwest are digging out of the snow this morning to get to work or school. will take a look at the latest video showing the conditions. >> and an interesting new study that you may find hard to believe in the wake of northeastern storm we saw earlier this month. what scientists are saying about global warming. that story coming up after the break. well, well, well.
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you can see how the wind is picking up the snow there. the national weather service has just reached up to 36 mi. an hour night. add to that cold wind chill's and as a nasty weather pounding the area. the same storm system is buildidumping snow across the region. >> some scientists have pointed to global warming as the culprit for a scant snowfall and baron ski slopes in parts of the midwest and northeast the past couple of years. then, when the blizzard called the northeast with more than 2 ft. of snow in some places earlier this month, so the same people again blame the goaglobal warming. but the answer can be found in atmospheric physics. experts a warmer atmosphere to cold, and dump, more
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moisture. and to some to the public studies demonstrate how there can be more giant lizard it less no overall each year. projections are that's likely to continue with man-made global warming. >> watching the markets, just over an hour away from the opening bell. investors began this week to date with what could be a quiet day of trading after the holiday weekend. >> firms including warring inspirit airlines scheduled to report quarterly earnings before the opening bell, when dale and conversational supplements make herbalife are up in the afternoon. u.s. stock futures indicates that stocks will rise after the opening bell but investors may be cautious ahead of fresh data on housing and manufacturing delays this week, which will provide clues on how the economy is holding up. >> we will be back with
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is 5:30 a.m.. >> big stories we're following right now. police have made an arrest and the deaths of three men who were found shot in a row sonoma county earlier this month. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. 46 year-old mark william capello was arrested in alabama on valentine's day. >> we are learning more about the man wanted for an attempted rape in the u. s. c. santa cruz campus. a sketch of his description has now been released. the victim was a badly bruised and spent the night in the hospital. >> we're also watching bay area weather. here is a look from the golden gate bridge. >> we are same moderate to
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heavy rain for the north bay. it is now in the east bay coming down the shore freeway. you should be prepared. you may encounter slick road ways. you will need your windshield wipers. >> our team coverage of today's weather continues with kron4 will tran. he is live and contra costa county where a house was demolished by a huge tree yesterday. >> these are live pictures of the tree coming down and this led this home and half. crews were out here yesterday to start the cleanup process. we're not sure and the homeowner is not sure if their home is fixable and whether or not they are allowed to move
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back again. this home is a multimillion-dollar residence. >> the route structure was never damage to where we were concerned about falling over. >> we have been here so long that we thought it would last. >> i can tell you that they had someone come out to check the tree and is stated that they believed that everything was o.k. even though it was an old tree. they stated that this came down with no rain fall yesterday. you always have to get your trees checked out even with light rainfall. you can use this as a cautionary tale. it will be up to them to decide whether not this home is still safe enough for them
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to return to it. >> she was smart not to move. sometimes when you hear this they described as an explosion and that she was fortunate enough not to move and that she was frozen in place. most people would probably move up front and won. but the tree cut have fallen on her. >> we're also watching the traffic. >> we are not tracking any delays weather related or otherwise. here is a quick commute check. the traffic that we are finding right now is on interstate sa580. >> new from overnight.
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firefighters battled a one alarm fire calls in san leandro this morning. the fire broke out around 12 to 40 5:00 a.m. in a single- family home on elsie ave. that is near san jose street. the fire was contained a few minutes later. according to officials, no injuries were reported and the cause of the fires still remains under investigation. >> one of the two people injured when a golden state ferry and a 22 ft. motor boat collided, has died. a second person in a motorboat was hurt and he remains in the hospital. that accident happened saturday evening there near4 tiburon. the coast
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guard says, that the motor boat was traveling at a higher rate of speed when it collided with the ferry. this ferry had a ball five under passengers on board. no one on the ferry was injured. the crash remains under investigation. >> three of the highest performance goals in the state are on the verge of being shut down by oakland school boards. the american indian and charter schools have been criticized over the handling of its finances. unless the schools immediately address their accounting problems, they could face closure forcing 700 students to find new schools by the fall. a final vote to decide the fate of the schools will be held on march the 20th. >> long time forty-niners president and part owner louis spadia has died. he
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>> welcome back. a 60 year- old man accused of slapping a crying taller on a delta flight earlier this month has been put on a spotlight on one of the most tension filled aspects of flying, halt irreversible passengers, on a packed plane, coexist with crying children. a trip advisor poll to be released next week found a 23% more than 2000 respondents were willing to pay $25 or less to sit in a " quiet " section of a jet, while 63 percent said they would not pay extra for such a spot. so what do you think? we
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posted this on our kron4 facebook page. >> john says, " i would totally pay more to sit in a noise free section. that includes noise from inconsiderate adults, too. " >> and says, " i it paid $25 for sure! " >> menu well says, " if this is your kids the first airplane ride did teach them how to act. maybe then they will be haven if your kid gets bored have something in your travel backpack so they cannot be bored like a coloring book or something.
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all in all be prepared. " >> and join the conversation, facebook.com /kron 4. >> tampa bay bucs and defense and daquan bowers was arrested at laguardia airport in new york for e illegally carrying a handgun. bowers had a loaded 40 caliber gun in his carry- on bag. he was charged with second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. most of ours and the team have declined a comment. bowers was a second round pick two years ago and he finished with three sacks last year.
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>> a virginia beach pizza shop owner is showing his support for firearm rights by giving gun owners a 15% discount. the discount is given to a concealed handgun permit to his business. the owner says that he plans on offering this discount for a limited time. but he says that the response has been overwhelmed and that he might make it permanent. what do you pick about this story? share your thoughts. facebook.com/kron4. >> a new york television news anchor is accused of choking his wife at their connecticut home and threatened her even after police arrested him. police received a call sunday morning from anchor rob morrison to rob the night
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