these . >> yeah, i love them. >> funny thing, is, we do this on the show, and i don't know that i have gone to the store to buy radishes, what do they taste like by themselves? >> a little strong. >> good for your breath. >> like onions this is what i do when i have a donut craving. [ laughter ] >> yeah, really? [ laughter ] >> yeah. >> i might be more like the rest of america, i can't lie to you, this is nasty! [ laughter ] >> let's take all of this food and really we are doing this just to shock. you this is the equivalent of how many meals? >> if you went to a fast food restaurant, how many meals would match it? >> you could blow all of those calories in one single meal. i did the math, that's 3,000 calories of veggies, and this is 3,000 calories of a combomea.

1400 in this super cheese burger. 1400 in the frys and 300 in the soda there. >> that's where the doctor's orders come into play. what's in here that curbs your appetite: water, fiber. i will not sit here and eat this for the entire meal. but try to add more of these foods into your meals. even if you do what i do, hide them. it makes you feel full faster, you eat fewer calories. choose wisely, and dr. karent, thank you. >> i loved coming to spend time with you guys. >> if you want more information on anything you saw today, go to www.thedoctorstv.com. see you next time! [ crowd cheering ] [ applause ] ♪ >> (male announcer): live

from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 4 start now. >> good morning. it is thursday february 21st. a live look outside you from our roof camera at downtown san francisco. temperatures in the upper '30's low '40's. good morning i am james fletcher. >> good to have you back james. happy thursday. i am anny hong. a chilly start out there. here's a look at the forecast with erica. >> a chilly start what is not as cold as 24 hours ago. as we head into the afternoon sunshine and mild weather. it will feel like the seasonal average. temperatures in the upper 50s lows 60s. we will see more lows 60s compared to what we saw yesterday. expect conditions to be a bit lower for the evening hours. temperatures in both

the '40's and 50's. >> looking at current numbers we are at the freezing mark in vallejo. 41 in concord. 42 in oakland. looking at when speeds. when's are factored along the coastline. >> wins were sustained at altamon21 mi. an hour. we are seeing 10 mi. an hour went in santa rosa. 13 in santa rosa. >> temperatures may be a few degrees warmer than yesterday. concord 61. oakland 61. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows sunny weather. temperatures on the cool side into the weekend. we could see the slim possibility for rain in the north bay saturday. i do not think it will affect the rest of the bay area. it is not looking like the four communities north of the golden gate bridge. >> cloudy conditions the

temperatures warmer as we start the next work week. >> in the traffic center no hot spots. a quiet ride. here is the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. we have overnight construction. no slowdowns. we're good coming from all the approaches. >> the san mateo bridge looking good the west bound trip toward foster city and south bound 101, the golden gate the drive 14 minutes from novato into the city. >> things are back to normal this morning a berkeley street after police standoff shutdown the area. >> police surrounded the residence in the 1600 block of addison street where a man believed to be armed with handguns, was holed up inside around 7 last night. >> police said the standoff started when they responded to a recall of a loud argument between two people in the 2200 block of san paolo ave. >> one person in connection

with the argument has been arrested. he is believed to be the government's brother. at some point of the incident, a shot was fired although it is not immediately clear where the shooting occurred or at what time. no word on if the gunman has been arrested. >> in other bay area new santa cruz police held a community meeting after a string of violent crimes in the area has put the community on edge. >> within the past week and have very >> green meeting authorities when over plans and night as courts around campus. they also went over with safety tips people should follow. we had a chance to speak with some of those came out to the meeting here is what they have to say. >> to hear about this i am not from an area where this occurs very often. i just want to get some information on how i can be saved and out to be safe. >> this is my second quarter here. i would never suspect

this would happen in a small town at such a big university. >> for it to finally reach us on campus is a little bit too much for us to handle. >> after the meeting with police several hundred students gathered for a rally in the plaza to talk about what happened and comfort each other. >> 1 suspect on the loosed hisbut police say his partner is in jail after a santa cruz family turn the tables on the to bring an early morning attended home invasion robbery. yarri gonzalez, his wife cricket and their two daughters were fast asleep about 430 yesterday morning when two men barged into their home and demanded money. one man went after yarri with a

sword while the other man held a screwdriver to his wife's throat of trying to tie them up with duct tape and a computer cable. >> i pinned him and my wife sat on his torso. the cops then showed up. during the fight that ensued, the couple's 12 year-old daughter escaped to their neighbor who call 91. the couple have some cuts and bruises to show for their trouble but no regrets. >> police in pleasant hill are looking for two suspects in the recent violent home invasion robbery. it happened earlier this month at a home on wednesday drive near best drive. here are sketches of the suspect. police say, on the morning of february 7th, the suspect pistol whipped one of the residents, and held a the other at gunpoint. the suspect got away with money, and laptop at a handgun from the home. >> there's some controversy in san francisco's nob hill

neighborhood. it is over bars along the popular polk street. some residents say they're too many of them in one a bar band put in place. >> kron fours alecia reid has the story. >> there's almost a war on every corner on polk street. >> legislation was introduced that would put a cap on liquor licenses on polk street. some neighbors complained about the crowds that are drawn to the area and agree with the proposed law. >> the last couple of years it has got a really bad. i c drug people. people getting into fights. people doing all kinds of crazy things in the alley in between cars. the party buses are coming in the traffic is crazy. it is wild out here. >> restaurants are operating

like nightclubs without enforcement. retail stores have turned into bars. there are far too many liquor licenses. something has to be done. more has to be done. >> others disagree. the poll, corridor is coming back. it suffered economically for a while and is becoming revitalized. mainly in part because of the bars and clubs and restaurants. my wife and i reside here on galore pool area of the city and we do not recognize the problems that other people there have been. the board of directors voted to oppose this legislation and we intend to do that at every public hearing formally. >> in the in this legislation can take effect if approved by the board of supervisors. >> in san francisco alecioa

reid kron 4 news. >> president obama is considering weighing in on same-sex marriage here in california. the administration is considering whether to urge the u.s. supreme court to overturn a state ban on gay marriage. it has until february 28th to intervene. california voters approved a ballot initiative in 2008. that overturned state supreme court decision allowing a marriage. 29 other states have constitutional amendments banning gay marriage. nine states and washington, d.c. recognize same-sex marriage. >> here is a live look at the san mateo bridge. we are looking a sunny skies for today a cold start especially in places in the north bay once again. we will be right back with more. the time now is 4:08. @÷

>> researchers are concerned about a fish that is turning into a new threat to the ecology of lake tahoe. >> biologist with the university of nevada-reno says they're fighting a growing number of giant goldfish in the lake. while officials have been working for years trying to keep the lake's water crystal clear, searchers said the discovery of gold fishes were is because they allot and excrete nutrients. those nutrients stimulates algae growth. some of the goldfish have even grow to 18 in.. it is not clear how the fish got there, but it is believed to be from people dumping aquarium's into the lake. >> 7 day in san francisco making the short list of

prospective cities for the 2024 summer olympics. san jose already responding with a thanks but no thanks. sang the requirements to host the olympics are too expensive. one of the requirements of hosting the olympics is having an operating budget of more than $3 billion. other requirements include providing 45,000 hotel rooms. and olympic village for 16,000-500 people and a 5000 personal dining hall. and an international airport to handle thousands of international travelers per day. san francisco city leaders have yet to comment about their decision. >> nike is suspending its contract with para olympic medalist oscar pistorius . he is facing a premeditated murder charge in south africa for the valentine's day shooting of his girlfriend. in a statement,

i said " we believe oscar pistoruius should be afforded due process and we will continue to monitor the situation closely. last year, nike dropped lance armstrong, but stood by tiger woods after he admitted to multiple affairs and with to react for sex of bishaddiction. >> still ahead, we saw some winter weather this week in the bay area and now the rest of the country is bracing for a massive snowstorm. details on just how many people could be affected when the

>> 30 million people aren't that a storm that is expected to cover 18 states and snow and 18statesed payne tells us about some of the states affected and how they're dealing with the storm. >> this is arizona a massive snowstorm is covering the tactics and palm trees with snow and sleet. >> best at the cactus-- the cactus. >> the snow has gotten even heavier. >> the storm halted play at

a golf match championship. snow began piling up in kansas wednesday afternoon. the roads were still slick and dangerous. >> i urge everybody to do not have to travel not travel. you could get up to 20 in. of snow on the ice 70 corridor and that makes traveling hazardous. just do not go as- i 70. >> and nebraska airport officials are waiting with snowbirds to clear run rates and the tarmacr runways and the >> i am ed sdpayne reporting. payen reporting. >> let us get a look at our weather. >> it is freezing out there

along the coastline. temperatures are not as cold as 24 hours ago. 46 and san francisco. low '40's and concord. following the temperatures on futurecast 4 by lunchtime we are talking mainly fifties. 12:00 the light blue dominates the screen which is the low 60s in the north bay. today we will see lows 60s compared to yesterday. temperatures a bit cooler than the seasonal average. by 8:00 p.m. it will not be as chile will keep it in the '50s around a heart of the bay by 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> your afternoon highs for today it will be crisp but the wind's are not a strong vision today. fremont 58. 60 mount you. 61 and sunnyvale. we could see lows 60s in the east bay. concord 61. the same for pittsburgh. 59 in union city. downtown san francisco 57. 61 expected in oakland. >> satellite and radar

picture shows we are completely dry. not a lot of cloud cover. high-pressure in control for the next couple of days. >> we have minor changes. you will see that on your 7 day around the bay forecast. possibility for showers heading into saturday. any rain dances are probably north of the golden gate bridge. most of us will be dry and the chance to see rain is 10th-20%. >> to richard will be warmer as we start the next work week. > more otemperatures warmer as we start the next work week. >> traffic moving well from all the approaches. metering lights are not active. >> the san mateo bridge is quiet. it will be a typical of ycommute in the west bound

direction in to tell light. >> south bound 101, the golden gate. we did have dense fog in the north bay. be aware if you are coming out of the valleys. >> here on our traffic maps all is well for the damage freeway. interstate 580. multivocal backups on interstate 580 in the west bound direction coming out of the altamonte pass. >> speeds are above 50 mi. an hour coming of the south bay. >> thank you erica. watching gas prices this morning the national average is sitting get $3.77. while the state average in california's $4.20. >> taking a look at some of their bay area averages. san francisco $4.19. oakland $4.12. in san jose $4.13. >> a new outreach program

launched designed to help commuters get ready for the end of toll takers on the golden gate bridge. in just over a month all tolls will be collected electronically. driver's paying cash of the toll booths get congressional cards, along with their change. the leaflets explain the options for drivers once the system kicks off in late march. new l e d signs were installed on top of the toll plaza structure that will remain in place despite the fact at the booths themselves will be empty. and more sign it is on the way. >> there'll be a 27 ft. long l e v sign that will be added in the next couple of weeks on top of the toll plaza canopy. that will have messaging like keep moving or don't stop whatever it may be as you move into the electronic tolling. the new signs were made to be highly visible even in the rain and fog. >> on to national news this morning. the white house and

congress will one day closer to those massive force budget cuts that start going to affect at the end of the week. >> and is the treading ideas, the two sides to treading line for the drastitrading ideas, the two sis are trading blame for the drastic spending reduction. jim acousta reports. the obama of ministrations as republicans protect special tax breaks. it makes no sense. >> when pressed if when the president has plans to stop the cuts white house secretary points to the grand bargain president obama failed to reach with house speaker two years ago. >> it is in the proposal he

submitted to the speaker of the house the speaker walked away. most people understood to be... >> where will we permit sequestration from happening. >> less than two months since the fiscal cliff there resulted in tax increases on wealthy americans budget brinkmanship is back. the secretary of >> the white house fires back one out boehner sing satisfied with a set in motion two years ago as part of the debt ceiling bill for 2011. >> when you look at this final agreement that came to the white house it only got 90 a person of what i wanted i've pretty happy. >> the gop responded by e- mail in an interview featuring the chairman of the senate committee sharing

some of the blame as well. >> the president is part of this question. the white house recommend this and all is. now we're feeling the effects of it. >> with the clock ticking down on another crisis president obamas said he is ready to make a deal that would delay the cuts. >> my door is open i put tough cuts and reforms on the table. i'm willing to work with anybody to get this job done. >> and other national news we're getting a look at surveillance video that caught the deadly kansas city restaurant explosion. you can see the traffic stopping at the red light and taking off in a hurry after jay's restaurant exploded. neighbor say there was a strong smell gas before the explosion. gas company officials had been evacuating the building was something ignited and one person died in that explosion. we will be right back on the kron 4 morning news on this thursday. here's a live look outside

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>> welcome back. it is 4:26. >> conan o'brien is hosting the biggest dinner at the nation's capital and robin roberts is back to work. carl azuz has more. conan o'brien has taken his political jabs to washington. the president of the correspondents association hinted on twitter that comment sidekick andy richter may have a role at the dinner. it is customarily attended by the president and first lady along with washington media and hollywood celebrities. >> robin roberts returned to the anchor chair at good morning america. >> buy it is robyn i have waited one of his 74 days to say this, good morning

america. >> she was diagnosed with a rare blood disorder she left the show five months ago to undergo a bone marrow transplant. >> the santa barbara to this moment i'm so full of gratitude. >> michelle obama will be on the red carpet for the oscars. >> remorse as revealed his tour will kick off in washington d.c. he will visit 40 cities in the u.s. and canada. he will stop in the u.k., france, germany. tickets go on sale march 1st. >> mbruno mars. 1st. >> mbruno mars. >> thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry.

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>> it is 4:29. >> the big stores were following this morning. president obama it is considering weighing in on get merit in the state. >> the and ministration is considering whether to urge the u.s. supreme court to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. >> and we're watching national weather this morning is most of the country braced for a major winter snowstorm. here are live pictures right now from wichita, kansas. the toll of 18 states, and an estimated 30 million people are expected to see snow in the coming days. >> it is quieter in the bay area. here is erica with our weather. >> it is not as cold as jester day anny. we're not at the freezing mark. >> it is windy along the coastline. we have a few clouds, overall quiet conditions. later this afternoon expect sunny skies

some come when could remain the forecast. similar conditions as we head into tomorrow. looking ahead mild weather around the bay area. temperatures a bit warmer as we start the next work week. >> current temperatures 40 in santa rosa. 41 for richmond, oakland. mid '40's in san francisco. . >> looking at your afternoon highs similar to yesterday's however, will see more lows 60s. fairfield 62. 60 in vallejo. 57 for san francisco. upper 50s for hayward and san mateo. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights we could see rain as we head into the weekend. a chance of rain for the north bay. just a 10-20 percent chance. rain models have backed off. we will see more cloud. tinters a bit cooler. most of us will be dry and continue with dry weather

into sunday. starting the next work week high temperatures in the low 60s. still contending with chilly mornings. inland lows hovering in the mid '30's. taking it to the traffic center and a lot of the overnight road work has been picked up. we're not seeing any lane closures of the nimitz freeway. no worries that the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza however, road work is in place. traffic is building coming toward the toll plaza. >> the san mateo bridge westbound traffic moves well. the drive 12-13 minutes. >> south bound 101, the golden gate no worries coming out of marin county. james. >> thank you erica. we're following gas prices and the bay area. the matter where you are they are continuing decline. to give you more news we turn to mike pelton standing by in the east bay this morning with a check of prices. >> where are you like? >> i am in berkeley. $4.15

for regular unleaded gas. every time you go to the gas they see you are paying more for a gallon of gas than you were just a day ago. we saw the end of last year we had relief over the past few months. once again prices are climbing. let me show you what you can expect to pay in san francisco the price for a gallon of regular gas is $4.19. >> in oakland $4.12. >> in san jose $4.13. >> the statewide average is up 55¢ from this time last month. part of this is due because stations are switching backhat winter blend they use that is why the price has dropped. experts say because the economy is slowly getting better that means demand is increasing. prices also go up because of that. james, i don't think people care why they're going up

they want to know if they're going down. we plan to tracking with a triple a represents the latest money to get their take on this. no doubt prices are climbing across the bay area. >> you are right. they do not care why. they are going up so early in the year makes us nervous about prices this summer. might that you this summ >> things are back to normal this morning on a berkeley street after police standoff shut down the area. police arrau the residents of the 1600 block of addison street where a man believed to be armed with a handgun, was holed up inside around 7 last night. police say the standoff started when they responded to a recall of a loud argument between two people and the 2200 block of san pablo ave. one person in connection with the argument has been arrested. his plea

to be the gunman brother. at some point during the incident, a shot was fired although was not immediately clear where the shooting occurred what time. no word yet if the gunman is been arrested. >> a fairfield man accused of kidnapping, raping and killing a 13 year-old suisun city girl will be arraigned in a solano county court are today. anthony lamar jones appeared in fairfield courtroom last week, but rain was postponed at the time. jones is accused of killing gennelle conway- allen, whose uncle body was found february 1st and a parking lot at allen with park in fairfield. jones faces a murder charge of the special circumstance, including that murder was committed during the commission of a kidnapping and rape.

>> new details this morning in the sonoma county triple murder. police arrested one sosuspect. mark cappello in mobile, alabama of february 14th. now will is looking for two more people might also be involved in the killings. believed to be the result of a marijuana deal gone bad. >> federal officials are blaming unsafe working conditions for the deaths of a san francisco veterans affairs medical researcher. last year, richard din was working on a vaccine for a rare strain of meningitis when he himself became infected with the disease

and later died. o s h. a chided the lab for allowing the 25 year old to work with the bacteria in the open rather than the so-called biosafety cabinet, which isolates church behind a protective screen and prevents--provide ventilation. they also say could of been vaccinated against meningitis. >> a young man killed while driving a stolen s u v that crashed during a high-speed chase with san jose police last monday night have been identified as 20 year-old adrian ganboa . gamboa dial in loss control of s u b was driving on a 54 under block of moderate growth. he was pronounced dead at the sink

to the passengers of the car sufferesaying to other passengers in the car receipt not life-threatening injuries. >> president obama is considering weighing in on a marriage here in california. the administration is considering whether to urge the supreme court to overturn a state ban on gay marriage. it has until february 28th to intervene. california voters approved a ballot initiative in 2008 that overturned state supreme court decision allowing a marriage. 29 other states have constitutional amendment banning a marriage. nine states and washington, d.c. recognize same-sex marriage. >>

>> walk back at 4:40. >> taking a look at the stock market this morning futures trading show all three indexes and the negative this morning. here's a look in yesterday's closing numbers. the dow lost 100 a point close at 13,927 today. the nasdaq dropped 49. close at 3001 under 64. >> and the s and p 500 at

its biggest loss of your falling 1005 men to 12. >> 11 health researchers received $3 million each from a new foundation set up by some of the tech world's heaviest hitters. facebook c l mark zuckerberg , google co-founder sir ergey brin and apple board chairman art levenson announce the creation of a break for prize for health sciences. the group is pouring millions of their own money into awarding those of conduct research that could save lives. xzuckenberg explain why this award is one for to him. not bad. the

founding sponsor of the brick reprise have committed to providing five, $3 million debt stashed $3 million prices every year going forward. each prize winner will join the selection committee for future recipients. >> boeing is working to get its grounded 787 streamliner dreamliners back in service. boeing will present temporary plant for the f a this week. it addresses several potential causes of problems related to the lithium ion battery. the batteries are the center said the investigation in the u.s. and japan after fires aboard 2787. >> the entire 787 fleet was grounded worldwide in january. >> google as giving a few more people a chance to pay $1,500 for a pair of internet connected glasses

that the company is touting as the next breakthrough in mobile computing. the product, dubbed google glass, will be afforded to those selected as a part of a contest. participants must submit an application up to 50 were is explaining what they would do with the google glass technology. the deadline to apply is february 27th. google did not say how many when interest it would pick. the company does not plan to start selling google class in the mass market until 2014. >> and here live pictures from wichita, kan. where you can see snow was falling. 18 states and an estimated 30 million people are expected to see how snow in the coming days.

>> good morning. the time is 4:45. >> the golden gate bridge officials are giving drivers

a heads up at the toll plaza. the bridge is moving to of all electronic toll in by the end of march. to get more news faster let's turn to our solo reporter jackie sissel. >> good morning jackie. >> the golden gate bridge is moving to an all cash less all electronic system. it will be the first bridge and the state of california to do so. they're trying to get the word out to let drivers know what to expect when that goes into affect. as you said sometime in march they do not have a date just yet. the hope is that will get one. about $16 million over the next couple of years next eight years in fact. how would you were? the cameras will be a big part of how you have to pay your toe. there are three options to their toll. >> let us look at them one by one. >> the first one is fast track. if you have fast-

track nothing will change. you continue to do your fast track that you would normally. you only have to pay $5 as opposed six. the of the plows and other new ones. one day by license plates. you can register your license plates when it takes a picture of your license plates as you go to the toll plaza they will build it and you block. >> the last one that is the one that is more concern for people who have not had to pay at. that is the one where you have to go through the toll plaza get an invoice and if you don't pay the invoice within 21 days yet to that fine. it is paid by invoice. there are three options they're trying to get the word out. they want most people to go ahead and switch over to fast-track as the most convenient. in fact, like some of the people come through the toll plaza on the morning commute have fast track. they want to get the word out. soon no stopping at the toll plaza hoping to improve traffic

and save money. >> people are visiting from out town house with a bill? >> there are options there is a onetime fee. as you go through the pre register before you go through. register your license plates and pay. or if you're getting erato car you can talk to the agency and tell them you're making the trip that could register the license plates before you go through. >> good to know. fast-track is the way to go in the bay area. >> thank you jackie. >> let us get the update on weather and traffic. it has been cold as of late. let us find out what the weather will be like going for. >> high erica. good morning james. yesterday temperatures were in the upper twenties for some of our north bay valley. warmer this morning. 41 and concord. livermore walking

up to upper '30's. not as chilly as 24 hours ago. taking a look at the numbers throughout the day on future cast 4 by lunch temperatures mainly in the '50s. lows '60s for santa rosa could be possible. into your afternoon highs will see sunny conditions, clear skies. more in a way of 60s compared to yesterday's. >> by 8:00 p.m. tonight it will not be as co except the widespread forties' we saw yesterday's 48:00 hour. locations around the waterfront and the heart of the they will keep in the '50s. >> your afternoon highs show 61 for about so and sunnyvale. upper 50s for santa clara and san jose. temperatures and the lows '60s for walnut creek, vallejo. 62 in fairfield. upper 50s and pleasanton. over to the north bay. lows '60s for napa, santa rosa. upper 60s for petaluma and

the bottlenavato . 61 expected f oakland. it is quiet out there. we have a week bridge that will keep clear conditions and temperatures on the mild side. we are below the seasonal average reported you will fill that in the south bay today. it will be warmer than yesterday. the wind's will die down as well. if you are heading up to tahoe they could see snow showers as we head into saturday. today, mostly cloudy conditions no chain restrictions in effect. afternoon highs in the upper '30's. temperatures will be in the teams for the lows. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows which could see wet weather in the bay area for saturday. that is looking to stick north of the golden gate bridge. that is a strong possibility. your highs will be in the low 60 starting the next work week. >> taking it over to the traffic desk. no hot spots.

starting with the golden gate bridge. you can see traffic on the heavier side compared to our last report. we are seeing the cars streaming by. a lot of space between them. quiet conditions with traffic at top speeds. >> the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza wrapping up the road work. a bit of a wait in the cash lanes no problems on the upper deck. >> over to the san mateo bridge westbound traffic looking good. the traffic 12-13 minutes. >> on our traffic maps green on the road way censors for northbound 101. interstate 280 the drive 23 minutes from navato into san francisco. >> violent crime is a continuing problem and oakland and now the oakland police department says help is on the way. after laying office back in 2010 because of budget cuts, the oakland police

department is once again accepting applications. if you are 20 and a half years older, you are welcome to apply. however, a minimum requirement is on the horizon. >> the chief will change it25 it to 25. >> we would like to have our officers with life experience. or military background. if they do not have the military background like a to have some sort of life experience to become and oakland police officer. >> the oakland police apartment will graduate and academy class next month. then start an additional class a and spring and another letter in the fall. >> also short staffed is the wall of creek police according to the police chief, he does not have enough officers on the street. >> right now, there are 72 staff officers but seven of them are out for injury or

military leave. a full staff would mean 80 officers. kron fours felipe's djegal explains why cities officials say, they're having a tough time filling positions. >> a salary range between 76-$93,000 a year is offered. it may sound good but police chief tells the city council that may not be competitive enough. the councilman says potential candidates are passing on joining the force instead choosing other bay area police departments because the offer a more competitive salary and benefits package. now that the department is understaffed some detectives have been reassigned to patrol putting long-term investigations on hold. traffic cops have been reassigned to patrol as the officers of the downtown police task force will

monitor bars and crack down on drunk drivers. >> the councilman says any and all options on the table to attract more officers to the police force and get them on the street. he says the city is currently putting potential to through academies within the next six months. a third of the cabinet's fall of contention because of failing the back or ground check or for other reasons-- of third of the candidates. in walnut creek phillipe gjegal. >> we will take a quick break here on the kron 4 morning news. we're just 86 days away from the years bay to breakers and kron 4 is proud to be part of the san francisco's original event. once again, kron 4 will bring you the raise for start to finish and all the crazy costumes and between. bay to bbreakers, sunday,

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>> 4:56 is the time. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news president obama is considering weighing in on a meritor in california. the administration is considering or deters the u.s. supreme court to overturn the third state ban on gay marriage. more details coming up. >> and 18 states and an estimated 30 million people are expect to see snow in the coming days as a powerful winter storm is the country, more details coming powerful winter storm is the country, mget whatever you want, baby. hmm. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? oh, man. she's beautiful smart and sensible. jackpot. [ crewperson ] anything else? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's crispy, juicy chicken mcnuggets are now part of the extra value menu. so you get the tastes you love at a price you'll love even more.

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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. >> good morning. top stores were following on this thursday morning. it could be a huge move for a marriage in california. the obama administration is considering urging the supreme court to overturn

our state's ban on same-sex marriage. >> a strange twist in the oscar pistorius murder case there is the lead investigator is brought up on attempted murder charges. details ahead. >> watching their the weathebay area weather and trafc let us check with erica. >> we are waking up to mainly '40's and '30's. we will see mild and sunny conditions in to the afternoon. temperatures below the seasonal average. i will have a look at the numbers in my next report. good morning george. >> good morning erica. we're watching the bay bridge were crews artwork picking up cones from overnight road work. you see flashing like a toll plaza of the bridge. it is not creating a back up a problem. your commute check shows light traffic around the bay area including the 580, and highway 4 currently. >> one of our head lines as

i mentioned is the fact that president obama is considering weighing in on gay marriage here in california. but us turn to kron fours will tran he is live in san francisco. >> it is a huge development and it could be a victory for the same-sex community. because president obama here is what you need to know. he has one week from today left to make a decision on whether or not to file a brief with the supreme court who is looking at proposition 8. if he does that there are rumors coming out that he will file it on behalf of same-sex couples to say we are in support of this, we urge you to overturn proposition 8 which makes it illegal in california for same-sex couples to marry. it does not mean he has the final decision with supreme court. it is called friends of the court and the justices will have to look at that. it is

a big influence. a lot is going on. there are those too happy to hear that the president is turning the corner. he has a complicated history with same-sex couples. at this point he is not coming out and say they should marry that he is doing this is a big victory, potential big victory for same-sex couples. we will get reaction from those 11 waiting for years to hear president obama talk about this. back to you james. >> we will look for the supreme court to somehow either way coming year. >> a couple of developing story. new overnight just in to kron 4. nike says it is suspending its contract with the blade runner oscar pistorius . also new this morning, the lead investigator in the rare case against the storipistorius

faces attempted murder charges himself over 2011 shooting. it's another potentially damaging blow to the prosecution. prosecutors say they were aware of the charges against veteran detective hilton botha when they put him on the stand in court to explain why pistorius should not be given bail and the balance as a shooting death of his girlfriend. prosecutors say he intentionally killed model reeva steenkamp and have charged him with premeditated murder. pistorius says if he mistook steenkamp for intruder and that the shooting was accidental. >> major league baseball has given the oakland a's tentative guidelines for most san jose. it does not mean that the oakland a's are going anywhere, but

major league baseball has a provided the team with tentative guidelines for potential move to san jose. if the oakland maze cannot satisfy all the ccern of the commission office then but selig could put the move to the south bay to a vote by club cards. that does not affect the child's ability to challenge such a move since they own the territory arise there and they opposed to the move. >> things are back to normal this morning on berkeley street after police standoff shut down the area. police surrounded a residential in the 1600 block of as a street where a man believed to be armed with handguns, was holed up inside around 7 last night. police said the standoff started with a response to a call of a loud argument between two people in the 2200 block of san paolo ave. one person in connection with the argument has been arrested is believed to be the dumbest brother. at some point the incident, a shot was part of

the was not immediately clear where it came from or what occurred at the time no word yet if the gunman has been arrested. >> investorinvestigators in san francisco are looking into whether a sexual assault suspect was of a four other unsolved cases. here is a much of the suspect he's 57 euro our third salina . police say late saturday night, he forced the woman into a stairwell and sexually assaulting her. this happened in the city's cathedral hill neighborhood. department building manager positively identified him as the attacker and he was arrested. it is also a sex offender in texas. >> fairfield man accused of kidnapping, raping and killing a 13 year-old suisun city girl will be arraigned in a solano county courtroom today. anthony lemar jones appeared in federal court last week, but rain was

postponed at the time. jones is accused of killing genne lle conway-allen, was on clothed body was found february 1st parking lot at allen with park in fairfield. he faces a murder charge with special circumstances, including that the murder was committed during the commission of kidnapping and rape. >> new details this morning in the sonoma county triple murder case police arrested one ssuspect mark capello in mobile, alabama on february 14th. now police are looking for two more people might also be involved in the killing believe to be the result of a marijuana deal gone bad. >> these images were taken at a gas station in st. helena the day before the murders. one person ventures. all white male looks to be middle-aged. the other, younger white man

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ends sunday. welcome back. >> federal officials are blaming unsafe working conditions for the death of a san francisco veteran affairs medical research. last year, richard din was working on a vaccine for a rare strain of meningitis, when he himself became infected with the disease and later died. osha cited a lack for allowing the 25 year old to work with the bacteria in the open rather than in the so-called bio safety cabinet, which isolates germs behind a protective screen and provides insulation. they also say should of been vaccinated against meningitis.

>> a young man killed while driving a stolen s u v that crashed during a high-speed chase with the san out that police late monday night as identified as 22 year-old adrian gamboa . >> the dial in loss control of the s u v was driving in the 5400 block of monterey road. he was pronounced dead at the same period to other passengers and the car suffered non life threatening injuries. the mother of a 10 month old castro built girl found dead is speaking out about the tragedy. susan morales says, the last time she another daughter angelle negron was two weeks ago. she says, a family friend, 47 year-old hey susie jesse espinoza took a child to disneyland but the little world never made it their instead, our

body was found tuesday morning. underneath and over crossing just outside selena's. now the child's mother is looking for answers. >> espinoza was arrested monday night and taken back to the monterey county jail. now investigators along with the child's mother or try to piece together exactly what happened. >> it is a 59 expected by today in san mateo. a full cast coming ooh kfc. hey, you're supposed to wait for everybody.

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was gaining strength and producing a mr. stovall, lighting and sleet showers. >> strong thunderstorms in the dallas area on the warmer side. there is the snow from denver and omaha will make its way in 18 states over the next 24 hours. getting a weak system dropping through the sierra as well. here is a live look from 80 lookkingvale . we have lights let the moment. although no chain requirements on 50 or 80. let us live update on the forecast with erica. >> good morning mark. a quick look at tahoe. they are expected isolated snow showers will remainder of the morning. we could be back at it headed into saturday. i want to talk about the bay area forecast. temperatures are not as bad as 24 hours ago. we're still of the freezing mark in fairfield. '30's for

vallejo, napa. 40 in richmond. 39 and hayward. looking at the numbers drop the day. futurecast 4 shows by 12 mainly in the '50s indicated by the light blue on your screen. we could squeeze out of 60s in to your afternoon highs. we will see more in the ways of lows 60s that what we saw yesterday. temperatures below the seasonal average by 2-5 degrees. by 8:00 p.m. still in the low 50s from the heart of the bay. here is a look at your afternoon highs. we will see the sunshine. redwood city 59. 61 for sunnyvale. 58 for santa clara. downtown san jose comes in at 65 for this time of year. as of now it is 6 degrees below average. lows '60s for fairfield pittsburgh. 59 for pleasant i 59 in union city. 59-at 56

in napa. >> satellite and radar shows dry in the bay area. mainly clear skies. that will continue to tomorrow. saturday more cloud cover. temperatures will drop. a cold front will bring like a potentially to our area. as of now looks like the moisture will stick to our north and east. we could see showers in tahoe. everyone is drive by sunday. temperatures will be lows '60s as we start the next work week. >> 518. of traffic with george. >> we're monitoring a light ride no hot spots around the bay. bay bridge traffic light no delays coming from the east shore or the macarthur maize. >> san mateo briride looks good. >> golden gate bridge ride looks good from a trip to marin county. updating the east shore freeway san ramon valley drive * 12 minutes-16

minutes that is normal. no delays. westbound 580 looks good for the altamonte pass. 101, kyle the valley 16 minutes up to 237. no delays in to mountain view from cupertino from 85. the marin ride looks good, 101 southbound. train of one of the central valley of a strain freight traffic had held up delayed 20 minutes. it could make up some delays on its right to san jose. it may not completely recovered. james. >> thank you george. but us talk more about travel gas prices to be specific. mike pelton is keeping an eye on prices and the bay area. good morning mike. >> good morning james. it is not very good morning ford drivers prices continue to arrive in berkeley is $4.15 for a gallon of regular

unleaded gas. that is similar across the bay area. according to aaa the day marks the 35th consecutive day nationwide the average price of regular gallaudet's as risen. you can expect to pay today... >> we lost might signal we will try to get that back. you can see the prices. san francisco at $4.19. oakland and san jose shive that. still fairly expensive. prices will begin to climb in to the summer it looks like. >> getting word from south san francisco police a 19 year-old female japanese exchange student was a salted last night is out san francisco it happen around 545. she was leading a bart train at the south san francisco station walking southbound on the centennial way trail. a man approached third after name was she refused to speak to him and he grabbed her. she started to run after she broke free

he chased her southbound on the trail. the suspect taster on the trail as she passed another person on the trail the suspect ran away. police are looking for this man and advising people not to walk along as this woman was attacked on the centennial trellis out san francisco. >> thank you marc. there are some controversies in a san francisco not hill neighborhood. it is over bars along the popular polk street area. sabina's a davit chui has introduced legislation that will put a cap on bart on poultry from california st. 0 farrell. the bed would apply to bars. some residents say they're too many of them a wet bar band put in place. while others and the community have not seen any problems. >> the last couple of years it has got really bad. you see drunk people and people getting into fights. you see people throwing up and doing

all kinds of crazy stuff in the alley in between cards. you see party buses coming. the traffic is get crazy. >> me and my wife reside here of the lore pool area we do not recognize the problems other folks say are happening. the legislation to allow it take effect if the board of supervisors approves it. >> taking a quick break. 522. back with more in a moment. we want to remind you after the kron 4 morning news at 10:00 it and watch the episode of dr. phil. a n g gives $175,000 to a man she's madly in love with but he has nevehas never met. is she being scam? as dr. phil this morning at the clock. >> mçó4+y?i

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4 morning news. watching wall street a day after the dow drops again. after starting the trading session above the 14,000 mark the dow dropping 108 now sitting just above 13,927. the sell-off came after the fed released its minutes from its last meeting in those minutes several policymakers suggested the fed might have to scale back its efforts to keep borrowing costs low for the foreseeable future. they spurred a late sell-off in the stock market wednesday. wal-mart just releasing their quarterly earnings. earning better than expected. but revenue was light. wal-mart important, because over 70 percent of the u.s. economy is consumer spending. wal-mart accounts for 10 percent of that. for the nov jan report wal-mart earned $5.6 billion. waiting for

weekly job reports. the new york times a dousing it is putting the boston globe newspaper up for sale. >> thank you marc. new this morning funeral services today for southern california detective who was killed in the final standoff with former los angeles police officer christopher dorner . 35 year-old san borodino county sheriff's detectives jeremiah mckay will be laid to rest. there will be a five milelong procession from the mortuary to and at the air they usually holds more than 60,000 people. mckay was the fourth and final person killed by dornr during a shootout outside a mountain cabin in the big bear area. the cabin when up in flames and dornerd remains were found inside. >> next on the kron 4 morning news. your trip across the golden gate bridge to be extra

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>> welcome back on the time is 5:29 a.m.. >> it is warmer than it has been the past few days. we are still warmer by two to five degrees. we do have some patchy fog that is outside the we are waking up to mainly clear skies. there will be sunshine for the afternoon. there is a potential for north bay rain as we head into saturday. i will have full details of your forecast in my next report. >> we are not tracking any delays or hot spots. your quick commute check shows a good ride around the bay. >> golden gate bridge

officials are giving drivers a heads up at the toll plaza. the bridge is moving to end all electronic tolling by the end of march. to get you more news faster we will turn to jackie and sizzle. >> you can see these cameras that are posted at the toll plaza these cameras will be the big part of the new electronic system. they will take pictures of cars over the crossover. this would eliminate--they hope to save

about $60 million by eliminating the toll takers. there are three ways that you can take your toll. the first one is fasttrack, this is the most convenient way. the next way, is to register in your license plate with the pole in district so when you go across that will take a picture of your license plate and that will take it out of your account. the third is for you to get an invoice that will take a picture of your license plate and they will give you 21 days to pay it. we had a chance to talk with the mayothe manager. >> there will be a 27 ft.

long lapd light on top of the tow plaza canopyed light the placed on top of the toll plaza canopy. >> they will be reminded about the change and it will alert them that it will have to make arrangements to pay. they have also set up a web site for you to go on. they are stating that it will happen sometime in the month of march. >> a livermore mother convicted of having sex with young teenage boys, could be facing more charges this morning. this is christine hubbs at a court hearing in 2010. hubbs is now under

investigation for cyber of bullying one of her victims. just days after she was released from state prison for having sex with teenage boys. on saturday the pride in post are spotted by the victim. scared for his life, he calls police an hour later. police then start t their cyber bully an investigation and the post suddenly disappeared from the internet. >> if police are to file additional charges, it will happen sometime this week. >> just then to the new news

or room. oscar and pistorious hearing back in session after threats cleared the courtroom no decision on bail has been set. the lead investigator is now being brought up on attempted murder charges after he fired shots at a van with seven people inside and an earlier incident. pistorius says that he bought that his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp was an intruder. the prosecution is claiming that it was premeditated murder. >> violent crime is continuing to be a problem in oakland and now the police department says that help is on the way. after

laying off 80 officers back in 2010 because of budget cuts the oakland police department is once again accepting applications. if you are 20 and a half years old or older, you are welcome to apply. however, a new minimum age requirement is on the horizon. >> oakland police department will graduate and academy class next month. that was start an additional police academy in the spring and another one later in the fall. >> the walnut creek police department is facing an officer shortage. according to the police chief, he does not have enough officers on the streets. right now,

there are only 72 staff officers out of 80. the walnut creek police website currently shows that two full-time police officer positions are available. but the chief says, that many candidates are passing on of the joining the force because other departments around the bay area are also offering better salaries and benefits packages. right now the city council is working on all options to attract more officers to the force. on all options to attract more officers to the force. >> well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for 1 year when you bundle tv and internet. rethink possible.

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>> we are back at 5:40 a.m.. we are learning new details this morning about the jet that was carrying seven people that crashed last audit east georgia, killing at least five people on board. faa officials say that bohol occur beechcraft 390 jet landed at about 8:30

p.m. at the thompson make duffey regional airport and thompson, near augusta. it then ran off the end of the runway and crashed. authorities say that the flight had departed from nash bill. >> a family in southern california is suing the school district over alyoga. claiming that separation of church and state. the family in incentive is is climbing the yoga iencinitas is claimingt yoga is inherently religious. an attorney

representing a family is bent out of shape over the public school yoga program in the beach city and has filed a lawsuit to halt the districtwide class's. school officials have said that the class is are not religious but they reduce stress and build strength. they say that the program is a national model. >> we will be right back.

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administration is considering whether to urge the u.s. supreme court to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. it has until february 28th to intervene. >> major league baseball has given that as a tentative guidelines for a move to san jose. it does not mean that the a's are going anywhere, but major league baseball has provided the team with tens of guidelines for a potential move to san jose. if a's can satisfy all the concerns of the commissioner's office then bud selig could put the move to the south bay to a bolt of cloth owners. >> we're also watching national weather this morning as most of the country braces for a major winter storm. a totaled 18

states, and an estimated 30 million people are expected to see snow in the coming days. >> the temperatures will still be below average. by 8:00 p.m. it will not be too cold and we will hold on to some 50's all right around the bay. as we head into the afternoon highs will was the upper 50's for pleasanton and livermore. if you are heading up to tahoe there chain restrictions. if they still may have isolated snow showers. you can expect mostly cloudy conditions and the highs in the upper 30's. your 7 day around the bay will have changes as we head into the weekend. it will be very light and nature. it is only a 10 to 20 percent chance. if the temperatures

will start to climb as we start the next work week in fact, we will be in the low 60's by the middle of next week. >> we are monitoring a pretty light ride around the bay. we're not looking at any delays at the bridges. they're no backups at the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge at 92 has is will it commute with 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge traffic looks good and we are problem free from the southbound direction. as we update the drive to the east bay we are still looking at a light commute. the heaviest traffic this morning is at 580 westbound headed to dublin. we are still without any delays on

280 or 285. the drive time through marin county is still about 25 minutes. >> five new names have been linked to the biogenesis clinic. the names include oakland relief pitcher, jordan norberto. norberto, 26, has pitched in parts of the last three seasons for the oakland athletics. he has had mixed success, but settled in last year as a reliever with an era of 2.77 before missing much of the season to injuries. all five players " were on a list as having received performance enhancing drugs, " according to the report. while this

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5:53 a.m.. tomorrow we will have another gorgeous day with sunshine. saturday we may have a slight chance of showers. >> san jose and san francisco are making the short list of prospective cities for the 2024 summer olympics. san jose already responded with a thanks, but no thanks, same that the requirements to host the olympics are too expensive. one of the requirements of hosting the olympics is having an operating budget of more than $3 billion! other requirements include

providing 45,000 hotel rooms and olympic village for 16,500 people and a 5000 person dining hall. an international airport that can handle thousands of international travelers per day. san francisco's city leaders have yet to comment about their decision. >> the 11 health researchers received $3 million each from a new foundation that was set up by some of the tax world's heaviest hitters. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg, google co- founder sergey brin at apple board chairman art levinson announced the creation of a

" breakthrough price " for health sciences. the group is pouring millions of their own money into awarding those who conduct research that could save lives. the founding sponsors of the break-in through prize have committed to providing five, up $3 million prizes every year going for. each prize winner will join the selection committee for future recipients. >> that was an australian up weatherman grant december doing the weather live from a stunt plane on australia's " sunrise " show. grant described himself as the crash test dummies of live television. the type who

jumps through hoops. to make the weather crazy and fun. this time he wanted to experience the " force of 8 g yes ". grants camera went to black as he blacked out, not that he realized he had, after he later told us. after a little more than 10 seconds of silence, grant started talking. >> coming up next, whether is a big story today. nationally near and nearly 20 states are expecting snow today. we are tracking the national storm. plus, it is snow in tahoe to. we would check on any chain restrictions. we're also watching bay