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[ applause ] ♪ >> great tips. but first, let's see what's coming up on dr. phil: >> he lie ed about his job. >> he's been pretending to work for 5 years! >> all of the jobs were made up. >> what else has he lie ed about? >> has he come clean with her now about everything? >> announcer: coming up next on dr. phil. [ applause ] >> we will share a few of our tips that you have to deal with when you are going to the docs. you have to get over your embarrassment, your life depends on it. >> so, #1, you have to be totally honest at all times with your doctor; that's your job. our job is not to be judgmental and there's no problem that we haven't heard or that's going to put you in a bad light. >> yeah, my tip would be to be a regular.
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keep your yearly check ups and annual visits. the better your doctor's office and the doctor sees you, the better he will be able to treat you. >> i know you feel vulnerable and embarrassed, you will have to get undressed. this is what we do. i see a bunch of vaginas every day, that's what i do. i can't tell you how many times i have it come and they still have on their clothes and bras ask everything. >> don't be embarrassed. >> and tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth! you need to share what's taking place, no matter what it is. we shared some of those, vaginal odor, thinning hair, sweating profusely. something that's embarrassing you, that may have a medical reason. tell it all to your doc. those are my doctor's orders, if you want more information about anything we talked about today head to www.thedoctorstv.com. thanks for joining us! [ crowd cheering ] [ applause ] ♪
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news said 4 start now. >> good morning everyone. it is wednesday. we are halfway through the work which we are tracking radar on storm tracker 4. let us go straight to erica to look at your weather. >> good morning. >> good morning to you anny. >> storm tracker 4 lit up the heavier rain the southern peninsula in the south bay. showers for the north bay around san francisco and from some of our east bay interior valleys. >> san francisco getting a little bit of rain around the twin peaks area moving closer to patrol hill. >> looking as the peninsula
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are ready of the western end of the san mateo and dumbarton bridges. the bayshore freeway interstate 280, menlo park for eastoeastern alto. >> light rain reported for portions of concord, martinez. for those of you using a the benicia bridge like porches in san jose. >> we will continue to monitor your rank. on futurecast 4:06 a.m. light showers. spotty in nature nothing to organized. thistle continue to drop the day. you need to keep your umbrellas handy around lunchtime. >> 3:00 p.m. rain in the north bay. showers will continue to wednesday evening and thursday as well due to the instability with the system. small hail, a pop up thunderstorms, and lightning along the
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coastline is a possibility. >> that is what is on tap for tomorrow. temperatures not bad. 49 and vallejo. 51 for san francisco. taking a look at wednesday you have heard howling drop the morning. 17 per mile an hour winds. >> 23 around the oakland hills. >> dusty conditions as she stepped outside. heading into the afternoon everyone in the mid to upper 50s. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows will continue weather as we transition into tomorrow. friday that mix of sun and cloud into the upper 50s. a gradual warm up heading into the weekend. push your clocks forward. it will fill like springtime yet again because it is. temperatures back in the low seventies as we start the next work weeks. off we will continue
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tomorrow and to your forecast on kron 4. in the meantime take a look at traffic. no hot spots despite the wet roadway. a live look outside the camera is shaking around that is the bay bridge span. >> all is well for your ride into san francisco also back at the toll plaza. >> a live look at the golden gate bridge. and let deck awaits you. >> few cars on the span. your drive under 25 minutes out of navato into the city. >> turning to downtown san jose all is well. no buildup in traffic of around san jose manetta. >> the time man's 4:03. police shoot a suspect in san francisco's bayview district after the suspect led them on a chase. this is the scene shortly after the shooting. it happened near the intersection of george cord and ingalls street.
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>> officers spotted a car jack the vehicle from yesterday's. we believe this may be part of the shotgun series that has been going on. >> police said following the chased the suspect reversed his car striking officer. that is one other officers opened fire. the suspect was head and taken to san francisco general hospital. the officer hit by the car is expected to be ok. >> this man one of three suspects in sonoma county triple murder is facing the death penalty. >> charges against marcos cappello 45 in sonoma county superior court. >> this is video from the scene. >> the three men found guns down are victims of a drug deal gone wrong. >> police have arrested two other men in connection with the killing. >> francis the wdwyer and
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his son odon are awaiting trial. >> a memorial service for the two murdered santa cruz officers detective sgt loran butch butler and detectable baker and a detective elizabeth butler is scheduled for tomorrow. >> and 2 mi. long motorcade procession will make its way through santa cruz. we will air the service live on kron fours 247 bay area's news channels for the lastest news and traffic comcast 193 digital channel 4.2. >> the dow rocketed to the highest level on record. and some analysts believe the stock market will climb even higher if more people want to get in on the profits. >> the dow climbed more than
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100 with five points to close a record high of 14,253, beating its record by 89 points set in 2007. >> the nasdaq gained 42 points to close at 3002 to 24. >> and the s and p 500 rose 14 points to close at 1005 budget 39 within striking distance of its record close of 1005 under 65. >> venezuela for term president, hugo chavez has died. he was 58 years old. at times his career in public office, chavez made headlines, sometimes controversy a one, far beyond his country's borders. fall is bent cordridan takes a look back on his life. >> he led a coup attempt. chavez surrendered. after being released from prison two years later he formed a
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political opposition group and ran for president in 1998 campaigning as a candidate of the people. >> at 44 years ago he was elected as the youngest president in venezuelan history. >> towards the end of his first year in power venezuelans voted in favor of a referendum for new constitution proposed by chavez. >> seven months later he was reelected to the presidency for a six year term under that constitution. >> stability would not last long. >> in 2002 a national economic crisis stirred up a demonstration. >> he resigned but returned to the presidency three days later. >> in 2000 for the opposition tried to end his presidency but venezuelans voted overwhelmingly to keep him in power. >> chavez expanded a doctrine he called 21st century socialism. >> his relationship which leaders like fidel castro
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grew closer. >> in september of 2006 in a speech at the united nations he called then u.s. president george bush the devil. >> relations with the u.s. were bed. we would love to improve them. with this guy we cannot have a conversation. he walked on stones. he shoots from the hip with a machine gun. >> three months later he was reelected to another six year term. with our consolidated he embarked on a series of daring measures. in 2007 he announced venezuelan will pull out of the world bank of the international monetary. >> he acted in defiance of international community then the nine states. >> he underwent surgery in cuba to remove a cancerous tumor from his pelvis. he returned to venezuela bowling to win the battle for life. >> his health continue to
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plague him in his final years. >> he returned to cuba in 2012 for more surgery and radiation. >> i am elisabeth cooridan reporting. >> the time is 4:08 with a quick break. we are tracking for rain the heaviest falling earlier during the overnight hours. more details on that we will be right back with more. thyou eat less...ing weiyou lose weight.et. it's a great plan... until you get hungry.
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>> welcome back. the time is 4:11. >> the family of a california woman, who died after a nurse at her independent living home refused provide cpr says she wants to pass away without life prolonging intervention. the family says they're not planning to sue. but the singer living facility in bakersfield now faces harsh criticism from others. this is the living
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federation of america says, if its facilities have policies that employes do not perform cpr. they should cooperate, if asked by 911 dispatchers. >> the white house visitor is cancelling all tour starting saturday march 9th due to forced budget cuts. an automated message at the visitor's center hot line delivered the news. the tours will not be rescheduled and will not resume until further notice. newt gingrich tweet did a response saying cancelling the white house stores is childish and dishonest. >> luckily no one injured when the crane collapsed on the central oregon coast. the crane was lifting a new support structure to replace the wooden ones that hold up high-voltage power lines across the bay. while lifting the structure is one of them caught on to one of the power lines. the boom buckled and everything fell into the water. >> here is a live look outside of san jose. we are
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waking up to cloudy conditions and some areas of rain. more on your forecast in the latest on spending cuts with the federal government when we come back.
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>> welcome back. the time is 4:15. >> this is the first full week for lawmakers is the mandatory budget cuts started on friday. government funding runs out on march 27th unless congress acts. house speaker john boehner says, the house will pass a bill this week. >> our goal is to cut spending not to shut the government down. >> the cuts are affecting the f a a.. the agency says it will close 173 air- traffic control towers. >> this will happen on april 7th. >> the first furlough notices have hit the army. the army has more workers that will face a 20% pay cut
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for five months. >> millions of people are facing the biggest snowfall of the season. look at the white out condition. this is north dakota where the northeast part of the state is already very. kron fours katharine gheenan shows us with the middle of the country is dealing with this week. >> it is a major winter storm. chicago expected to be hit hardest when it is over. >> try to keep the freeways opened before the evening commute. most schools and businesses around chicago were closed tuesday. under the flights have been canceled. midwestern airports all over struggling to keep planes flying. o'hare normally packed formal is practically in did. neighboring wisconsin in some places they are running out of room to pile up the snow. on one icy wisconsin bridge a semi went off the edge ending in a partially submerged wittesubmere
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river. >> drivers was treacherous across the big west. visibility is so bad in the colorado blizzard you can barely make out the big pile of cars after an accident. in minnesota this car went off an icy road and slid down a hill. like north dakota, minnesota has more than a foot of new snow. it is the third major storm to slam the midwest in as many weeks. >> erica has a look at how much rain as falling. good morning. >> good morning to you anny. taking a look at afternoon highs temperatures will be on the cooler side. low 50s for daly city. mid sit 54 oaklan50s or oakland. storm tracker 4 tracking the rain
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and exactly where is currently falling most of wet weather has pushed south. we're talking the southern peninsula, downtown san jose, morgan hill, and gilroy. >> turning our attention to the maps not much for downtown san francisco. check out the yellow on your screen indicating water to heavy rain for menlo park, palo alto, over the dumbarton and san mateo bridge is. >> allow yourself extra time. at last tracheck heavy rain it was in walnut creek but has continued to push east. >> heavy rain for sunnyvale, cupertino, and campbell. >> we will see heavy rain within the next hour for milpitas and downtown san jose. >> we could actually see more rain out of this system than we did see for the entire month of february. futurecast 4 tracking the
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timing. by 6:00 a.m. scattered showers for most of the bay area. this will continue even closer to lunchtime. >> 3:00 p.m. not much in the livermore valley along the delta light rain north of the golden gate bridge. >> we will continue with unsettled weather and to tomorrow. >> and winter weather advisories in effect until 10:00 p.m. for the greater lake tahoe area. most snow 8-14 in. less of highway 89. wind's between 15-25 mi. per hour. if you are headed in that direction bring your chains. >> temperatures in the '40's and '50's. 49 and apple. 51 in hayward. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast hold on to the potential for unsettled weather to tomorrow. due to instability we could see pop-up thunderstorms, small hail along the coastline. rain should taper off for
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most of the bay area. a mix of sun and clouds heading into friday. we are back in the sunshine. temperatures in the '60s as we head into saturday and sunday. >> taking a look at traffic of around the bay area we have a wind advisory for the bay bridge. looking close the camera is shaking. a live look at the lights traffic heading to san francisco and easy ride. >> keep both hands on the steering wheel. >> the golden gate bridge a wet deck awaits you. south bound 101 however, no accidents to report. >> a live look at conditions in walnut creek. traffic light at this hour. as we turn to the traffic maps drive times under 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley coming down the east shore freeway. was down 24 a clear
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shot through the caldecott tunnel and toward the macarthur maize. >> in the south bay heavy rain on the radar light traffic conditions for northbound 101 and interstate 280. >> thank you erica. in other national news two men say they were asked to leave a mall near sacramento because there were holding hands and kissing. the gay couple says, they just want to be treated like everyone else. marin austn investigates. >> i kissed him on the cheek to show affection there's nothing wrong with that. >> and holding hands. >> seems harmless but when to gay men did at the roseville galleria on saturday they say they're were asked to leave. if you continue to kiss you will be vastly the mall. >> when a security guard confronted then they started recording. >> i told you when i first
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walked up.... and that is what we want to know and spotted several male and female couples holding hands and smooching in the open. >> as the hours passed none of the morass to leave. >> in a perfect world there should be no different treatment between straight and gay couples. >> there is no rule or code of conduct that indicates the mall policy on public displays of affection. to find the policy went to the management office. we as the general manager. our people a lot is on the cheek. >> he did not answer the question he said he had meetings to get to that get back to him later. >> it makes me feel no matter what i do in society always be different. >> both men are tutors at an elementary school. they say they rarely kiss on the lips in public to be considered to children. >> a couple says all they want is to be treated equally.
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>> the management office at roseville galleria later released this statement saying " persons that violate the code of conduct are asked to leave the property and ". the code of conduct was said to have say nothing about the kissing in public. >> we are looking at cloudy conditions in areas of showers more details and your tech report when we come back.
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>> the bay bridge is now a lot world'the world's largest ld light sculpture. kron fours tech reporter gabe slate shows us how it all works of what to expect now that the lights have been turned on. >> the bay bridge light project is considered a new form of art of the light sculpture. this is not the
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first one of the bridges and the eiffel tower has a light sculpture attached to them. but this will be the largest light sculpture in the world. it is not just little eyes that will twinkle on and off. this is a high-tech computer controlled light show. these lights are individually program and will create stunning designs and patterns. light will flicker on and off, and dim and brighten in ways and pulses of a 1.8 mi. span between san francisco and treasure island. each light is individually controllable with 255 levels of brightness. together they form an animated screen that can be seen from miles away. 25,000 l e d lights boats are attached to the bridge cables by hand. elie the lights are attached 12 in. apart on 300 vertical cables and held in place by zip ties and specially designed, 3-be printed clips the
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lights will only be visible only from the north side of the bridge. drivers on the bridge will not see the lights. this was done on purpose is not distracted drivers. the nightly illumination will run from dusk until 2:00 a.m.. these l e d lights torso energy of thiefficient that will only need $11,000 worth of electricity over the two years. this show it will run for two years. the project manager predicted that is light spectacle would generate an estimated $97 million in extra income for the region by attracting more visitors to the waterfront area to view the lights. the project cost $8 million, only 6 million has been raised. if you would like to donate you can for $50 donors can have one of the elite the light be named after them are dedicated to a loved one. you can do this
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at bay lights dot org. gabe slate kron 4 news.
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>> welcome back. the time is 4:30. >> looking at the lights on the bay bridge. as we get our day started. we have video of the rain coming down in sonoma county. in the north bay could see the most trying. it was nice over night i was sleeping listening to the rain hitting the roof. erica has a look at our forecast. how much rain is falling so far erica? >> generally less than an inch anny it give i have a look at those numbers coming up in just a second. we are talking perhaps a quarter of an inch or less
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for most of the bay area. here is a live look at storm tracker 4. you can't see where the rain is most of is currently falling and the south bay--can see >> not much for redwood city toward menlo park but still compcontending with wet roadway is. >> you will certainly need to use your when sure what before highway 101, its stake to 80. again the main rain band is pushing out of our area you want is to keep an umbrella handy--280. >> was his body showers for the rest today and tomorrow. >> 6:00 a.m. still dealing with scattered showers. light green indicates it is relatively light in major. this will continue into the afternoon in the evening hours. >> tomorrow due to the instability because it up a
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pop-up thunderstorm. small hail. 8¢ a minute for santa rosa. a quarter of an inch fell in concord. strong winds howling around the bay area. >> looking at your afternoon highs. mid to upper 50s fairfield 5754 for vallejo. 56 in oakland. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast hold on to the possibility of unsettled weather for the next couple of days. we are talking sunshine, clear skies for. temperatures and upper 60s low seventies as a start the next work weeks. >> looking at traffic around the bay area the hot spots. we do have a wind advisory in effect. bay bridge is affected as well as the dumbarton bridge. >> a live look outside the twinkling lights. traffic doing fine moving its way
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into the city. taking it to the golden gate bridge south bound 101 we have wet deck. drive times under 25 minutes out of navato into san francisco. >> looking at conditions in walnut creek. all is well. southbound 680 no delays at the highway 24 interchange. >> today's rain has some people in san francisco's west portal never put on edge. residents are still trying to dry out their homes following last week water main break which is led some of those homes on thun levels. kron fours dan kerman the latest. >> working to clean up the repair homes tuesday impacted by last wednesday's water main break near 15th avenue. >> home 7 red tag because of the flood and soaked soil has washed away undermining
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the structure and safety of the home. >> we have little boys in our home and nothing major so far--a little bovoid. >> we could see the sloping of the house there are cracks and doors that cannot open. we lost a room downstairs in the bathroom. >> there was always a gap between the two house and has gotten bigger it appears as if the house is leaning which causes us to worry. >> this lady is concerned with the coming rain. the san francisco water department says they did not expect additional problems. >> this rain is not expect to have such a quantity that it would be detrimental to the neighborhood. >> the san francisco water department plans to inspect the homes over the next several months to see what happens when the saturated
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soil dries and how that impacts the integrity of the home. what we do know is the three red tag homes the people will not be allowed to return home for a least three months. so far the bill for this damage has told a half million dollars. it is expected to increase quite a bit by the time the repairs are completed. in san francisco van kerman kron 4 news. >> a full memorial service for the two murdered santa cruz officers detective sgt loran butch baker and a detective elizabeth butler is scheduled for tomorrow. you can watch it on our 24/7 news channel it will start tomorrow at noon. a 2 mi. long procession will make its way from santa to the age people billion tomorrow morning. we will air the service live on kron fours for the lastest news and traffic comcast 193 digital channel 4.2. streaming live
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on our web site kron4.com. >> oakland police arrested a man who say, broke into the oakland museum in january install a gold artifacts worth nearly a million dollars. kron fours alecia reid spoke to police to say, the suspect the same man responsible for burglarizing the museum distilling pistols and gold nuggets last year. >> place in a gas case this gold box is now safe at the oakland museum. it was stolen in january. police have been on the hunt to find artifacts. the piece of history that was passed down from the gold rush era. it was returned to date at in jail for the burglary a 45 year-old andre franklin. a warrant was issued for his arrest three weeks ago he was picked up on sunday. >> police say is responsible for breaking into the museum in november and stealing gold nuggets and a few
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pistols. now that the are effect has been found the museum is being cautious-- the art of facifact. >> we enhance our security systems in november. in january it around-the-clock security. we have undertaken some permanent enhancements to our security system and to building improvement. >> the museum fully intends to put the artifacts back on display in a few weeks. but in the meantime they're doing everything necessary to make sure it does not go missing again. in oakland alicia reid . kron 4 news. we will take a quick break on this wet wednesday. a live look outside. cloudy conditions. the roads are wet. it is still writing in some locations more details.
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also the dow reaching a record high. that coming up 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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>> a new record on wall street the dow jones industrial average closed at a record high of 14,253. that's great news for the 52 percent of american will own stock for the other 47 percent, not so much. catherine heenan explains. >> it is moving investors from the bond market to the stock market which is the best game in town. >> last time the dow was this tide apple has launched the iphone. barry bonds was
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wearing a giants uniform. then came the housing collapse and the wall street meltdown. the great recession that followed the dow lost half its value. it is taken for years for stocks to recover. in the same time, corporate profits to skyrocket as covetous laid off workers, streamline their operations and held down wages. that is why the average blue-collar paycheck is barely above where it was four years ago. only five and one-half million jobs of the recovery of nearly 9 million loss in the recession. home prices and still 26% below where there were when the stock market last peaked. >> and more than 10 million americans on the water in their mortgages, meaning their homes is still worth less unveiled. >> lawmakers are back in washington after going home last week just before a $5 billion and for spending cuts took effect. now they're talking about what comes next.
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>> it scemily schmidt has the latest. >> it will hurt people's lives. people like will be turned upside down. this is the full first weeks as the mandatory budget cuts began friday. the talking point sound familiar. >> this is no way to run government. until the president get serious about serious structural spending problems we have we will have to deal with it. >> this has become the new normal for our republican college. >> the faa said tuesday it will close 173 traffic control towers and small to medium-sized airports on apple said. the first are lomas is headed the army. on capitol hill the u.s. special operations command predicts an eventual readiness problem. i am cutting 60 percent. i
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am reducing 20 percent of my departmentdeployment going for. >> the house speaker says the house will pass the bill this week. spending is the problem here in washington and our goal is to cut spending. not to shut the government down. >> there is already this agreement. >> i will be voting against this resolution. >> weather forecasts predicted degree temperatures following the snow a political fall may test our patients. >> in washington i am emily schmidt. >> a live look outside at the richmond san rafael bridge. wet roads are out there waking up to cloudy skies with areas of light rain. >> the tell me come back.
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>> ( male announcer): now here's stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly . >> doggs barking .
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>> i am at a homeless encampment in san jose was located just under the approach to mineta san jose international airport. this encampment is scheduled for cleanup by the city of san jose because of its size in fact notices have been posted. >> what started out as one- tenth from a man simply known as dennis. now has grown and dozens of tents and lots of trash, some reports said there are many as 100 separate encampments. in the middle of this area is this a random street sign reading emery in walnut street. then there is a sign reading no trespassing, this land is close to the public no injury or occupation. but what i noticed, as it every homeless encampment there lots of bicycles and this electric go ped. scooter valued at 1200 bucks.
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getting a fresh start from this gas powered generator which is let's stop the video here is also powering the laptop located in the tent. this in cabinet you need in the fact that is ted ashley has a car parked next to it, although its registration expired in 2012. and this u-haul truck is here because of the residence is packing up and advance of the clean up. but what i can never understand is often what i am taping people will walk right up to the camera to tell me they do not want to be on camera. because you are feeling that truck that i rented. now for the record i have seen and felt here in cameras but then i discovered that some residents are simply moving their trash around. how do i know well because this trash pile this is the box for a generator at this tent. >> but the most
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important thing to mention in the area there is been according to merchant an explosion in shoplifting when the cat and expanded. but with the cleanup the people that do not get help will just move someplace else and start the process again. in san jose stanley roberts kron 4 news. >> i want to zoom in we are experiencing heavy rain in livermore of leover the altamonte pass at the 580 680 interchange. >> look at the yellow on your screen heavy rain is coming down. and out of you have road to be on facebook and saying it is coming down around the airport. the heaviest rain fell overnight for the north bay, san francisco and some of our east bay interior valleys. >> future cast 4 tracking the timing. scattered showers nothing to organized by 6:00 a.m. to of a clock may be some light rain north of the golden gate bridge.
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and will continue to see cloud cover which could see breaks of sunshine your umbrella handy for later this afternoon and by your evening commute home dealing with wet roadway jewelry to use your when joy wipers temperatures not bad. fifties for concord, pleasanton. 54 in hayward. 46 the daily city. >> still win windy. 18 mi. an hour winds in vallejo 23 for the oakland hills. the winter weather advisory in effect for the greater lake tahoe area. a-14 in. west of highway 89. if you are headed in that direction keep a grip on the steering wheel went to the 15-25 mi. an hour. bring your chains. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows plenty of sunshine as we head into the weekend. temperatures will be in the low seventies by tuesday. overall good conditions. as
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we start the next work week a quick look at traffic here is a live look at the bay bridge spans no problems to alert you to. no accidents to report. we have a wind advisory here in for the dumbarton bridge. taking a look athe golden gate south bound 101 some wet roadway is to contend with. taking a live outside to downtown san jose and pretty easy ride. the camera is shaking around but no delays at the 87/101 merge. >> interstate 280 looks good no problems for northbound 101. >> green on the road way censors coming out of marin county. anny. thank you erica. the time is 4:50. airport security is changing. the tea as a is altering its policy on what airline passengers can and cannot carry on to play spirit for charles clifford shows us the changes. >> with csa will spend more
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time confiscating large items as the small items. passengers will be able to carry on small knives with late jordan 3.6 in. long and half an inch wide. the knife cannot have a molded grip. box cutters and razor blades will remain prohibited. the tea as a will also allow passengers to carry on some sporting equipment including ski poles, hockey sticks, up to two golf clubs and pool cues and lacrosse sticks. >> the bat can be longer than the weight required. >> changes will take effect on our profit. in the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >> an airline captain says a
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drone aircraft came within 200 ft. of this jet over new york. the fbi is asking forell r informations about the unusual and potentially dangerous incident. brian todd has the latest. >> an airline captain spotted something close to his jet. >> we see a drone. >> the fbi says the unmanned drone came within two of the feet of the passenger plane. the co-pilot spotted two. the flight landed safely. the incident monday afternoon is under investigation by the f a and the fbi which is asking the public's help in finding the aircraft of this operator. a source with knowledge of the incident said investigators interviewed the pilots and others aboard the plane. the pilot of two other jets which were approaching jfk at the same time said they did not see the unmanned
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aircraft. experts say even small from composer risk to commercial jets did they collide with them are it sucked into their engines. the incident raises questions about rules governing the vehicles. on that aircraft be as small as distraught or small or big as a passenger plane. under faa rules you can fly it recreational league but not more than 400 ft. off the ground and not near an airport. if an operator flies on within 3 mi. of an airport he or she has to let air traffic control know. most drones are small weighing only 5 lbs. and are made of a carbon fiber substance meeting many of cannot be detected by radar. they're not allowed to fly and restricted their face. could a terrorist weapon is one. >> i think some classified programs that the department of defense operates in the district of columbia could detect and neutralize a drone going into the air
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space. >> alan frazier and aerospace expert says the big concern he has is more people are using drones and authorize was breaking rules. he says even media entities like pop across tbut doctors try to get photos of celebrities. >> brian todd see in in washington. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news we have a live look outside. tracking your forecast a cloudy conditions. the rain focusing on the south bay. more details on that at a later. the time man's 4:54. 97
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>> when it comes to the boy scouts at least one pop singer says do not call me. not even maybe. >> senior carly rae jepson
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is apparently boycotting the boy scouts of america because of their anti/gay policy. this call me may be senior pulled out of a scheduled performance at this year's national scout jamboree in july. she said on twitter that she believes in equality for all people. this follows another act that backed out of the jamboree train from the bay area. in a statement, the boys out of america said they appreciate everyone's right to express an opinion, and remain focused on putting on a great event. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news with rain falling across the bay when taxes go neighborhood is watching the ground under their homes to see if a sinkhole will get any larger. and visitors to the white house are among the first to feel the pinch of the budget sequestration. plus a spectacular display above the bay. we will show you what to fact thousand l e d lights can do to a bridge.
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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. >> thank you for joining us
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on this wednesday morning. rain and wind abound bay area. let us take a live look from the golden gate and robbed creek. >> will go to the weather center for the official word. >> it was howling last night. but this morning i wrote for drive. >> for the most part we are drying out marin county and our east bay interior valleys. when for hauling they have calmed down. we're talking about with 5 mi. an hour winds and the oakland hills. storm tracker 4 shows generate around livermore valley. milpitas and downtown san jose, in fact at a resume in green on your screen interstate 580 loss of zero great. turning our attention to the north bay we're seeing heavy rain in evergreen some of it has pushed south to morgan hill and gilroy. >> looking at rainfall totals for the past 12
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hours. we did not see as much rain as we originally thought. we could see more rain with this system than the entire month of february. >> we saw just under an inch for santa rosa, a quarter of it for concord. a look at future cast 4 and talk about the rest a forecast in my next report. >> george. >> so far no weather-related problems. no hot spots. your quick commute check. light traffic around the bay area now. even for the east bay where would typically see heavy traffic on highway 4,580 is not the case this morning. >> thank you george our team coverage continues of the weather and the traffic. let us go to jackie sissel he is theat the richmond san raphael bridge. how does it feel jackie? the gusts are strong. >> you should probably see it but you can hear it in my microphone. the winds are strong in fact they are
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strong it has been a high wind advisory issued for the richmond san rafael bridge. not just here other bridges, the san mateo bridge, the dumbarton bridge, and more importantly the bay bridge has a wind advisory. some of the high profile becausvehicles slowing across the set rafeal bridge. the gusts are extremely strong. a lot of debris and the road. the high winds seem that may be problematic most of the morning. >> i did see pieces of trees and leaves. is that we're talking about? >> yes. exactly. a lot of trees blowing across the road way you will see a lot of that today. >> thank you jackie. >> and fact here is video in santa rosa from the damage from tree limbs coming down with the strong winds. this tree falling overnight. >> on to another mighty
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wind. the dollar rocketing to its highest level on record. some analysts believe the stock market will continue to climb higher as more people try again. the dow climbed more than 125 points to close a record high of 14,253, beating its record bike 89. set in 2007. the nasdaq gained 42 points to close at 3224. and the s and p 500 rose 14 points to close at 1539 within striking distance of its record close of 1565. >> a viewing and walk- through of the cast for thtwo cs for the two santa cruz officers killed in a line of duty will be held this afternoon. detective sgt loran butch baker in
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detective sergeant with the dollar were killed when the suspect open fire on them last tuesday. today's building is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at santa cruz memorial, located at 1927 ocean st. in santa cruz. we will hear today is dealing live on ♪ . you also be able to was that tomorrow on our 24/n 7 news channel. it will be held at the h-p pavilion at noon. a motorcade recession will make its way from the santa cruz beach to the age people billion that morning tomorrow. again we will cover the service live on our 24/7 bay area news channel. for the lastest news and traffic comcast 193 digital channel 4.2. >> police shoot a man in san francisco's bayview district after he led the money chase. the scene shortly after the shooting last night. it happened near the
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intersection of george cord and ingalls street. officers spotted a car jack vehicle from yesterday's that was stolen at gunpoint with a shotgun. we believe this may be part of the shotgun series that has been going on. police say falling the chase the suspect reverses are striking an officer that is one others officers opened fire. the suspect was hit and take the san francisco general. the officer struck by the car expected to be ok. >> this man, one of three suspects in the sonoma county triple murder is facing the death penalty. charges against mark cappell were filed in sonoma county superior court. this is video of the scene back in february courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. sheriff's officials say, the three men found gun down near sebastopol where victims of
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a drug deal gone wrong. >> police have arrested two men in connection with the killing spree. francis swyer and his soniodin dwyer are in custody. officials say, the sun could be rented thursday. the father is out of the state and is still awaiting extradition. we will be right back with
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>> we're following a developing story san francisco police are on the scene in the city's bay view near wallace and jennings street. the tell parliament but it sounded like there robbery and a pot club that is not turned into a standoff. the suspect to be holed up inside business. s- f swat are on-site. kron fours will trdn headed to the scene will bring us a live report coming up later
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this hour. >> in bay area news thousands of spectators light nearby shores and countless others watching on line as an artist gave life to the world's largest light sculpture on the bay bridge. >> this is video of alighting from last night. new york artist leoilareal n the switch on 25,000 l e d lights attached to the cables of the western span of bay bridge to logic to your public display dubbed the bay lights project. onlookers away the chilly weather and a steady drizzle to get the unveiling really enjoyed it. >> we have to you to check it out. under different conditions it will be split for two years onlookers who braved the chilly weather and the drizzle less than ideal but they enjoy it. >> fabulous. watching it
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i've been hearing about it and seeing it today is great! >> what do you see? >> pulsating lights. i love the one going up and down and it looks as though it is raining and the one that go in and out it could be a harp that is being played. really beautiful. it is like fireworks. it always changes. you can check it out seven hours each night from dusk until two in the morning for the next two years. >> that will be nice with the fireworks on a candlelight vigil be held in martinez tonight for local high school senior was been missing since last week. a vigil for 18 year-old right- hander menjivar will tell that creekside open bible church on fig tree lane. he was last seen february 24th
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that staff sent or 25th is martinez home. police say he led to thousands of war during the night and is not return home were contacted his family. the team is considered at risk based on informations founder in the police investigation. >> the family of a california woman, who died after a nurse at her independent living home refused to provide cpr says she wanted to pass away without light pole on intervention. the family says they're not planning to sue. but the senior living facility in bakersfield now faces cars criticism from others. the assisted living federation of america says, even facilities have policies that employes did not perform cpr they should cooperate passed by 911 dispatchers. >> a live look at walnut creek. scattered showers, gusty winds. traffic moving slowly on 680 . >> mid-50s with scattered showers to out there afternoon. will have the latest on the forecast and pinpoint the time and rain
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5:15. storm tracker 4 is tracking the storm that blew through. a live look at san jose on the left. the camera is trying to stay steady. the bay bridge looks fabulous. san francisco looks ok. we have made it through most of the heavier rain. i am wondering how long the win will stick around. it was pretty dusty. >> that is right darya. taking a look at storm tracker for the rain is pretty much out. we are starting to dry up. we saw strong winds in the past hour. for the 30 mi. per hour for the oakland hills. 40 around s f o. i want to zoom in to see if it is currently raining in your neighborhood. light rain over the altamonte pass.
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driving along interstate 580 use your when the ship wipers. --wind shields'. will in the map most of that has pushed these. we did see heavy rain at times garrett in fact, taking a sample of rain fall rate of about a quarter of an inch falling per hour in some spots. over to future cast 4 it shows the 6:00 hour. it shows the possibility to see scattered showers before the 6:00 hour. >> green on your screen indicates is expect to be relatively light in nature. >> i think most of the rain is out of here. keep an umbrella handy in case. by 3:00 p.m. today baby's body rain nor to the golden gate bridge will continue with unsettled weather not only for the rest of today but into tomorrow as well. >> expect cold rain tomorrow. you could see hail, thunderstorms along
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the coastline, showers continue the rest of us who will turn the corner and start to dry things out as we head into your weekend. >> looking at wind speed currently 25 m.p.h. winds for oakland. 15 for hayward. 21 and redwood city. >> winter weather it buys and affect if you're heading to tahoe. this expires at 10:00 p.m. tonight. expect to accumulate 8-14 in. west of highway 89. keep a grip on the steering wheel. wind's between 15-25 m.p.h. because of the heavy snow expected keep the chains handy. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights the unsettled weather for the next couple of days. a mix of sun and clouds as we head into your friday. >> clear skies, sunshine come temperatures in the '60s heading into saturday and sunday. it will feel like springtime once again. temperatures back into the low seventies as we start the next work weeks. >> 518 let us see how the morning right is with george. >> thank you erica. we are
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looking at a good ride we have with advisers in effect for bay area bridge is most of the men fact including dumbarton. no back up at the back up with a nine minute drive time. for the commute to the golden gate bridge 101 southbound looks good we are problem free as you head in from marin county. looking at the traffic maps looking at the right to the east bay only a 13 minute commute time for the east shore freeway. that is a good ride. 16 minutes from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway, 4101 northbound. >> marin ride looks good for one to once out. no delays coming from vnavto. >> drive times and it was a five minute. >> venezuelan sixth term president hugo chavez has died. chavez was considered both charismatic controversy oak. he nationalized the country's vast oil supplies in many private businesses.
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he once called president george w. bush the devil bring in added nations speech boehner
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>> furlough has hit government workers. the white house visitors center is cancelling all tours starting saturday march night, do to force but it cuts. an automated message at the visitor's center high lined deliver the news. the tours will not be rescheduled and will not resume until further notice. newt gingrich tweet did a response saying cancelling the white house tours is childish and is honest. >> the white house is working with the federal communications commission to look into whether unlocking cell phone is legal. the obama administration yesterday's that smart phone and tablets used to be allowed to a locker devices and use them on other networks with out civil or criminal penalties. in october, the library of
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congress, and determined exemptions to restrict anti hacking law called the digital millennium copyright act. decided that a lot the mobile phone is no longer be allowed. the decision went to affect in late january. >> a view of the nation's capital. the last big storm was called snow maggeden. >> the federal government closing its offices and schools close and the region's with heavy wet snow. it is called heart attack snow. is not good to shovel. it looks beautiful. if you cannot go to work or school. things are shut down in washington. >>
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>> airport security is changing. the tea as a is altering its policy on what airline passengers can and
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cannot carry on planes. the agency wants to spend more time looking for high threat items like explosives. so starting april 25th, airline passengers will be allowed to carry on knives with blades shorter than 2.36 in. long and half inch wide. box cutters and ritter blades will remain prohibited. the tea s.a. will also allow some sporting equipment, including ski poles, golf clubs and bags weighing less than 24 ounces can be taken on a plane. >> the f a a will close one month in 73 air traffic control towers at small and medium-sized airports on april 7th because the fourth budget cuts. federal officials told tower operators tuesday that 16 other tower to be close on september 30th. the airport can stay open even with the towers closed because many
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planes can land without the help of air-traffic controllers. force spending cuts, known as the sequestration, are expected to make an impact on as a a staff. >> best buy appears to be falling behind yahoos footsteps. just after yahoo told its workers that they could know logger work from home, best buy told its employees the same thing. however, telecommunications is not completely ruled out as an option for the company's 4009 store employees, but workers will be to seek a managerial approval first. the changes come as best buy has been trying to cut costs while dealing with sluggish sales. >> sam somsung has agreed to taken equity stake in japanese tech company shark. you can't move the tv there.
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>> welcome back. here is a live look at the golden gate bridge. >> the heaviest rain is out of here. storm tracker 4 is not showing too much. you could see it rain on a certain parts of the freeway. here is a look at the conditions in the east. interstate 580 has light rain this is over the alta my pass way. as we turn our attention to the south we're picking up light rain in the morgan hill area. we will continue with scattered showers for rest of the morning. there is upper 40's for vallejo and concord. i will have a look
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at your afternoon conditions and my next report. >> there are wind advisories in effect. here is your quick commute check. we're not tracking any hot spots and your ride around the bay still looks good. 580 and highway 4 are showing signs slowing through antioch. >> we are all so tracking the storm that is pounding parts of the midwest. here are live pictures from washington d.c.. the federal government has closed its offices in the washington d.c. area today and schools in the region are doing the same as a late-season storm brings heavy snow to the mid atlantic. the national weather service is predicting that the snow accumulations of three to 7 in. in d.c.. the nation's five largest airlines have
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also canceled more than 1000 flights leaving passengers stranded. >> up next for the storm for washington d.c.. up to 20 in. of snow could fall just west of the city. this is in anticipation of district of columbia schools and federal officers also closed. drivers are being warned to stay off throws. >> we are getting new information on this story just coming into kron 4. san francisco police are at the scene of an attempted robbery at a pot club in the city's bayview district. this is near wallace avenue in ginning street. two suspects have been detained. it is believed that at least one suspect remains in the building. the tactical team has been summoned. kron4
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will tran is headed to the scene and he will bring us a live report shortly. >> we're also watching wall street after the dow jones industrial average climbed 125 points and closed yesterday at its highest level ever. the dow storming back from its recession low of 60051 of 49 which was set in march 2009. a dp just released their job findings for the month of february. oil markets are taking the death of hugo chavis in stride. venezuela has the second-largest oil reserves in the world, and they are the largest oil producers in the western hemisphere. the one the 14 years that chavez led the country oil production had dropped. oil for april
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delivery trading was around $90.73 a barrel. >> toyota has tapped a former executive from general motors to be on its board. this is the first time a japanese automaker in 76 year history appointing board members from outside of their company. the appointment of mark hogan, is effective april the first, this is a key part of a sprawling management changes that toyota motor corp. announced today. >> a viewing and a walk- through of the cast is for the two santa cruz police officers were killed in the line of duty will be held this afternoon. detective sgt logan "butch " baker and detective sergeant elizabeth butler were killed when a suspect opened fire on the last tuesday. if today's
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viewing is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. at the santa cruz memorial, located at 1927 ocean st. in santa cruz. >> the memorial service for the two officers is scheduled for tomorrow. you will be it will watch the service live on kron 4 urs 24 hour news channel. the tribune will be held at the age people billion at noon. >> a 2 mi. long motorcade procession will make its way from santa cruz beach to the h p pavilion that morning. and again we will air the service live on kron 424-7 bay area news channel comcast channel 193. >> richmond police are offering a $10,000 reward for any information about the burglary of a police officer's home. if the suspects also poison to the
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officers bulks. one of the dogs, a 1 year old black labrador retriever, died in a veterinary hospital. the robbery happened last with the suspects get away with guns and personal items. >> oakland police say, that andre taray franklyn broken into the oakland museum in january, and stole a significant gold artifact. franklin is accused of taking a gold a jury box where the over $800,000. the museum offers a $12,000 reward but announced today, but the box was found, and the suspect was arrested. >> we will be right back. >> we will be right back. well, well, well.
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>> welcome back. the time is 5:40 a.m.. >> a san diego mom and a self-described conservative blonder says that she's ok with her nine year old daughter shopping at victoria's secrets when she enters her teenage years. jenny erikson says " there is nothing wrong with having cute panties and bras
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from the big girl store. " >> she bablogged, " what is wrong with having fun, bright colored underwear? girls and change all the time in front of each other -for sports or recreational activities. no one wants to be the girl with the ugly underwear. " >> she went on to say. " you are trying to make them feel pretty. you do not want them to feel better about their emerging sexuality. " >> erickson's added that she
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would probably draw the line at lelace panties. nevertheless, her post sparked a debate on line among other parents. tell us what you think on the kron4 facebook page, that's facebook.com/kron4. >> we will be right back.
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>> welcome back. this is video of rain coming down overnight in sonoma county. we are expecting the wet weather to continue. if to get you more on your forecast let's turn to erica. >> storm tracker 4 is not showing much just scattered showers are monsanto rose up
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and down to petaluma. we're not saying too much to the east bay just over the alta mount pass way. the yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain. as we turn our attention to the south we are picking up light rain currently through the morgan hill area. as we take a look at future cast 4 by 8:00 p.m. we may continue with this or around the bay area. the rain is pretty light in nature and it will taper off. there will not be much and by 11:00 p.m. tonight. we do have more wets weather and this will mainly be a coastal yvette. small event. small hail could possibly also come.
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>> the wind has been a howling and they have been up to 25 mi. per hour. as we check out the afternoon high will be mid to upper 50s. cooler weather is expected but will see a mix of sun and clouds. san rafael has a high of 53 and 54 for hayward. your kron 47 day around the bay shows that we really would try things out as we head into friday. there will be sunshine and blue skies and will head back into 60's for saturday and sunday. we're talking this temperatures will be in the low 70's as was start the next work week. >> we continue to look that a lot wind advisories for the bay area. here is a look
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figure commutes through the bay bridge. the traffic is starting to back up. there is rain towards the toll plaza. the metering lights have not been activated. your ride to the golden gate bridge 101 in the southbound direction is still less move commute. a look at the traffic map as we update the drive time. it is 40 minutes from hercules to berkeley perry ed we do have heavy traffic for you west bound 580 and on highway 4. there are no delays 4280 out to cupertino. your mother ran ride is still way ahead of schedule.moorland ride is still
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ahead o marin ride is still ahead of schedule. >> restoration crew spent another day as san francisco's was portal neighborhood working to clean a home south that were affected by last week's water main break. residents say, that they were worried about overnight rain and how they could add to the damage. however, officials with the san francisco water department's say, but they do not expect any additional problems. >> san francisco forty- niners quarterback chris culliver is making good on his word to better understand the gay and lesbian community. he spent the day monday at a crisis and suicide intervention center for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans and
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gender use. you may remember, culliver game \ at the super bowl when he said that he could " not " play with a gate teammate. >> when you had a february like the sharks most every game takes on a sense of importance. taught mcclellan looking food mccullough and loog for a franchise record time 260 win. the first period was scoreless. scott go mess plus and a slap shot from in front for his first goal of the season and first as a shark. the score is now one
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to zero sharks. second. it is that two to one sharks. >> it would be of some for us to when the trophy. >> outstanding defense back darrel revis days with the jets appears to be winding down. he likes the 49ers. >> revis is due to make $6 million in his final year of his contract with the jets and has a no franchise tax clause. revis will be 28 this coming season and is coming off a steal surgery
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last october. nonetheless, he is seeking around 50 million per year on a long- term deal. >> the deck is dry and we have got through the rain. will be right back.
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>> the time is 5:54 a.m. perry ethe showers will linger n off and gone. we do have a few days where the showers may continue. looked at the warmer that is just-in-time for the weekend. you have to spring forward on the weekend. >> this means that you will be getting up earlier. >> let's talk about lamborghini. the fastest,
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most powerful one ever built has been rebuilt. but it is already sold out. the problem is said the company only made three of them. the new vehicle, called a the veneno, cost $3.9 million. it was unveiled monday night at the geneva motor show. why only did they make three of them? member guianese ceo says that the veneno fulfills a car enthusiasts dexedrine and creates a halo effect for the rest of the brand. the marketing idea is definitely working in the united states as two of the buyers are american. >> it could be a girl!
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