>> north korean leader kim jong un is gathering legislators for an annual spring parliamentary session, one day after top party officials declared

that building nuclear weapons and the economy are the nation's top priorities. mw the meeting follows near- daily threats from pyongyang, including vows of nuclear strikes on south korea and the u-s. a federal judge is set to rule on whether stockton will become the most populous city in the nation to enter bankruptcy protection today. the chapter 9 bankruptcy case is being closely monitored for the potential precedent-setting implications: whether federal bankruptcy law trumps the california law that says debts to the state pension fund must be honored. stockton is seeking to default on the 165 million- dollars it borrowed in 2007 to pay its calpers pension obligations. a ruling is expected today after nine a-m. the names of the five people who were killed in a car crash in reno on saturday have been released. the clark county coroner's

identified them as genaro fernandez of norwalk, raudel fernandez-avila and belen fernandez, both of lynwood and leonardo fernandez-avila and 13-year-old angela sandoval both of los angeles. police say the driver jean soriano rear ended the van carrying the family inside on interstate 15- about 80 miles away from las vegas. three other family members are recovering from their injuries. soriano was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. looks like san francisco and los angeles have another thing to battle about beside sports. the city leaders here in san francisco boast that the 4-point-2 billion dollar 1,070-foot-tall transbay transit tower set to be built by 2017-- will be the tallest building on the west coast. but a tower in los angeles is poised to stretch about 30 feet higher. korean air is planning an ambitious hotel and office tower in downtown los angeles that will rise one- thousand- 100 feet that is also set to open in 2017. a transbay spokesperson said a "superstructure" of some kind will be added to the transbay tower that will likely bring it above one- thousand- 100 feet. march madness next.

>> welcome back take a look at yesterday. with the areas of rainfall, and contra costa county. let us get the latest. >> good morning, james. this shower activity is tapering off but still heavy downpour. there is areas of rain. through walnut creek that areas of yellow is moderate/heavy. this will impact 680 and highway 24 towards the caldecott, take a look at soutpalo alto. hall

dealing with showers. fasball- dealing with showers and downtown sunnyvale. rain over the 880 corridor. oakland, hayward not that bad. as we continue to head south the shower activity will remain. let me take a look at satellite and radar the showers are approaching. those are rotating their way out. we did see some instability with the thunderstorms. in the east bay. and with that instability, some pop up showers for the rest of today. 5:00 a.m., not to

release seeing that much. spotty showers with areas around 10:00 a.m. but by 2:00 p.m., it could be dissipating by tracy. we could see some breaks of sunshine. taking a look at your day planner. 50s. showers will be ending with clear skies. temperatures are still all right a wrong the seasonable average but keep your umbrella had the just in case. san francisco, 55 degrees. as we take a look at your afternoon highs plenty of 60s. it will be nice with some area is not dealing with rainfall at all. 65

expected in fremont with upper 60s in danville, 7 downtown san francisco 61 degrees. for those of you going to the home 0 temperatures in the low fifties for the baseball came. your kron 4 7 day around the bay temperatures will be a bit cooler and expect. it's a heavy downpour. we will continue to monitor that putt also let us take a look at traffic. the water droplets on our camera lens towards the bay bridge. not a lot

of accidents thankfully. the westbound traffic also looking good on highway 92. the golden gate bridge drive to is 23 minutes from novado towards san francisco. there are east bound 980 broadway reports of roadside flooding. interstate 280 some so far, no accidents thank goodness. families of the people last year when authorities say one goh opened fire. >> india's supreme court has rejected drug maker novartis's right to patent a new version of a lifesaving cancer drug. the landmark ruling monday

is a victory for india's $26 billion generic drug industry that provides cheap medicines to millions around the world. the ruling is a precedent that prevents international pharmaceutical companies from obtaining fresh patents in india on updated versions of existing drugs. advocates say such a ruling would help poor people get access to affordable, generic versions of lifesaving medicines. india's patent office had rejected the company's patent application because it was not a new medicine. >>outh africa's government says former president nelson mandela has had a restful day in the hospital. improving after treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. the office of the president thanked south africans who prayed for the 94-year-old at easter church services this weekend. he also thanked foreign governments for "their messages of support." mandela was admitted to a hospital in pretoria on wednesday. it was his third trip to a hospital since december, when he was treated for a lung infection. >> in other national news. three people are dead and more than 25 injured after a 95 vehicle pileup in virginia. it happened in carroll

county near the north carolina line on interstate 77. state police say a series of wrecks began in the area of fancy gap mountain in southwest virginia sunday afternoon. officials say it was very foggy around the time of the accidents.but the wreck is still being investigated. traffic was backed up about eight miles. thousand- 100 feet.

louisville fans are celebrating after the cardinals beat duke in the n-c-double-a midwest regional. the story of their hard fought victory, coming up. this was a horrific injury to this valuable player. that team won on to win.

>> we will come back with details on your forecast. the team-went on to win.

>> good morning if. we can see the radar some light showers to palo alto. there is no rainfall through some areas however, on the south bay there are areas of yellow. you may need to even

use your wind shield wipers. and the satellite & radar showing showers are approaching from the south. we have been dealing with the showers for most of the weekend. they will taper off as the go for the weekend. we have not seen that much rainfall with more towards santa rosa. trace amounts through oakland. the showers will be tapering off. wednesday is expected to be the warmest day of the week. in terms of your current conditions. 55 degrees 58 in oakland. as we take a look at your extended forecast. this warming trend towards

wednesday. full details on what we can expect coming up in just a bit. taking a look at weekend box office numbers. "g.i. joe: retaliation" at the box office this weekend. raking in an estimated 41- point-two-million-dollars. the release date for the action film starring dwayne johnson. bruce willis. and channing tatum was delayed in order to make it three-d. the animated comedy "the croods" fell to the number two spot -- earning a little over 26-million in its second weekend in theaters. and rounding out the top three is "tyler perry's temptation" which opened with roughly 22-million- dollars. we will take a quick break. here is a live look. 4:20 9:00 a.m. we will be right

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hi >> welcome back. >> good morning. welcome back as we take a look at stormtracker 4. certainly, the rest of the bay area is dealing with showers. we see heavy rainfall per walnut creek. the 680 dealing with precipitation near the caldecott tunnel. it has really tapered off of order, for the livermore

valley. san leandro, hayward. heavier rain in some areas and we can see that it is on the western portion of highway 92. the bayshore freeway and the interstate 280. and currently under wet weather pacifica however is dry. as we take a look at our attention to the south bay. as far east as evergreen. periods of l light or moderate trading here is the wider view with the satellite radar bringing rain fall on/off for the weekend. some areas we did see some sunshine. want to

the north however, we did see some areas of thunderstorms. spotty showers with me in the rainfall. there is the possibility that some locations will see no rain but the potential of however, still exists. keep your umbrella handy. we could pick up light showers. temperatures right now in the 50s. 60s just about everywhere. your kron 4 7 day around the bay this gradual warm up. by thursday, this mothe another-wet weather system will return. and temperatures will be a bit cooler and you are going

to need your umbrella for those april showers. taking in lookit the wet roadways not to bad as far as accidents. so far, just wet roadways. as we take a live look at the san mateo bridge the westbound foster city. >> at least nine people were hurt over the weekend after police say a man drove into a san jose walmart then assaulted customers. this is youtube video of the car in the store. officers say he made it about 30 feet inside before he got out of the car and started beating people with a blunt object. walmart employees jumped in and stopped him. they held him down wuntil police arrived. at least nine people are

police arrive. one woman says she had a close call with the driver. >> "he almost ran me over and some guy picked my bike up and hit the back of his car and he was going inside the car, i mean inside the front door, i mean he was in there to hurt people you know, and i know a lot of people got hurt, and then i just grabbed my bike and took off across the street you know. i didn't want -- he was in there to hurt people." the man has been arrested but his name hasn't been released. a man slams his car trough the front door of a busy that suspect then starts beating customers with a wal-mart on story road in rates shows us how terrifying this was for both beating customers!!! the employees holding him the bad guy down until witnesses say before the suspect went on a rampage inside the store, he was driving wildly in theone walmart employee was taken to the hospital in serous condition, 3 other people went treated well. police in san francisco are investigating a shooting that happened on a muni bus. it happened last night around 10 on mission and valencia streets. two victims were shot. a female was shot in the

stomach while the man was shot in the leg while on the muni number 14 bus. both victims were taken to s-f general hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police say the shooting happened as the result of an argument. no suspects have been arrested. also in san francisco, five people are in police custody following the shooting of another victim. police say this incident happened around mansell and bowdoin. the victim is being identified as a 24-year-old male who had to undergo surgery due to life threatening injuries. no information on the suspects have been released as police continue their investigation into this shooting. in other news. oakland police are investigating a string of separate shootings over the weekend that leaves three men dead. the latest happened a little after eight on the corner of 70th avenue and hawley street. this follows a shooting that happened shortly after four on the 89-hundred block of international boulevard. the first shooting happened around ten yesterday morning on the 24-hundred block of 68th street. when police arrived they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made in any of the shootings. and there is no further information at this time. it was a scary scene for some drivers on i-80

yesterday as a bus crash ignites a blaze in vallejo. you can see here a tour bus burning on eastbound interstate-80. firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the fire. but not before it spread to nearby trees and an apartment complex. authorities say the fire was up to 80 feet high. the driver of the bus was able to escape the vehicle without harm.and no one else was hurt in the incident. starting today three bay area counties marin, san mateo, and santa clara will implement county wide sales tax increases. the sales tax in marin is going up to 8-point- five from 8-point0-two-five san mateo county tax will now be nine-percent up from 8-point-5-percent and santa clara will now by 8-point-seven-five. 20 cities across the bay area and nearby, from sacramento to campbell are having their sales tax raised. on our states website ca dot gov you can see a breakdown of what cities are raising their sales tax. these small percentage sales tax increases for most purchases will just mean a few pennies. but it adds up when making

bigger purchases. for example on a $1,000 refrigerator purchased in san mateo county with the new tax rate will add an extra $5 in sales tax. and a for a $25,000 vehicle it would add an additional $125 in tax. regular season baseball officially kicks off tonight for bay area baseball teams. the oakland a's are set to take on the seattle mariners tonight at the o-dot-co coliseum at 7:05. meanwhile, the san francisco giants start their season away. they will play the l-a dodgers today at 1:10 at dodger stadium. the giants will be facing the st. louis cardinals for their home opener at a-t-t park on friday. we are following baseball this morning as the regular season gets underway for both the giants and the athlethics today.

>> taking a look at wall street this morning. futures trading shows all three indexes in the negative this morning. after the long holiday weekend investors will be anxious to see if the stock market can reach another milestone. as it did on thursday. the s-and-p closed at a record high, beating the mark it set back in october 2007. it rose six points thursday to close at 1,569. it's all-time high record is at 1,576. we'll be watching the stock market all morning long here on the kron four morning news starting at 6:30 with the opening bell.

>> the high-tech companies in silicon valley are trying to make the workplace more fun and exciting. at apple's planned "spaceship headquarters," there will be a world-class auditorium, and an orchard for engineers to wander in. >> facebook is putting final touches on a disney- inspired campus including a main street with a barbecue shack, a sushi house and a bike shop. it's part of an effort to encourage employees to come into the office, instead of working at home. the ceo of yahoo, marissa mayer, has already gone so far as to ban telecommuting. this week facebook is expected to unveil it's widely rumored smart phone. insiders have speculated that facebook will partner with htc to release a smart phone running a highly customized version of google's android operating system. the phone is expected to have 4.3 inch screen and front and rear cameras. 16 gigabytes of storage and plenty of built-in facebook features. an announcement is expected thursday. this is not the first time facebook has teamed with htc on a facebook phone. their first attempt in 2011 with the chacha and salsa phones was considered a failure, and sales were consequently discontinued after a few months.

>> for baseball's opening day-- louisville slugger has a new bat with a new logo. the 129-year-old baseball bat maker is hoping the new, harder bat combined with a more modern louisville slugger logo will let the family-owned company stay relevant in the sporting good supply market and ahead of their competitors in luring younger ballplayers to its products. the new logo is the first such change since 1980. the new bats are made from a high-grade wood and are the biggest change to the bats in 41 years. we will take a break. this is the oakland coliseum there will be a home opener.

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>> top stories we are following for you this morning. four people are injured when a driver crashed his vehicle into a san jose wal mart then assaulted people in the store. police say one person suffered "serious injuries" while three others suffered non-life threatening injuries. police also say that the driver is not cooperating with investigators. now those investigators are looking into what prompted the attack.. still light rain. indicated on the radar through burlingame. you are going to need your wind shear of with

all of this and stability, we could still see some stray shower. just downtown with just traces. we only saw one of trace of 1 in. through livermore, oakland. currently, the temperatures are in the 50

>> in antioch, a seven-year- old boy is recovering this morning after being shot in the backyard of a home during a family barbeque. police say the boy was hit by a singly bullet when a gunman opened fire on the

gathering from a nearby overpass a little after four on saturday afternoon. authorities say the boy is expected to be okay and they don't believe he was the intended target. so far, no suspects have been arrested. >> three people were attacked with a knife during a fight at a large party in rohnert park saturday night, police said today. police said they were first called to the party at 7652 bonita ave. just before midnight on saturday, after callers reported that more than 100 people were there. when officers arrived on the scene, the residents had successfully cleared out most of the party-goers. the residents did not mention any fight or injuries to police. around 2 hours later, however, police received a call from the kaiser emergency room in santa rosa reporting that a male patient had a possible knife wound to an extremity, and that the wound had occurred at a party in rohnert park's "b" section, police said. a second victim was reported at a contra costa county emergency room a short time later, and around 4 a.m., one of the residents of the house where the party occurred also was reported at kaiser's santa rosa emergency

room, police said. the resident had wounds to his hands that appeared to be from a knife. when interviewed by police, he said he did not know the suspect and had not invited him to the police are working to assaults. >> a san pablo woman suffered severe burns early this morning when she re-entered a burning home to rescue a pet cat, fire officials said today. the fire was first reported at a residence at 2960 12th street at about 2 a.m., according to the contra costa county fire protection district. arriving firefighters reported seeing heavy smoke and fire showing throughout the one-story home, officials said. three people were initially able to escape without being injured, but before firefighters arrived, a woman went back inside to try to rescue two pets, officials said. the woman suffered severe burns and was taken to doctors medical center. she was later transferred to saint francis hospital burn center in san francisco, officials said. firefighters were able to retrieve one cat, but a second died of smoke inhalation, officials the fire was controlled in about 15 minutes and did not spread to neighboring structures. the blaze, which caused an estimated $200,000 in damage, was likely ignited by an unattended candle in a bedroom, according to fire vandals strike a high school track team in san ramon. destroying close to ten thousand dollars worth of equipment. mid-season. the track team at california high school in san ramon returned to their practice facility to find this-- their high jump pads completely destroyed. with a month and half remaining in the track season. the team is now turning to their competitors for help. the track team's coach says

they plan on using other team's extra jump pads. or practicing at another school. >> yosemite's curry village is back open and ready for spring and summer visitors. this after being the site of a deadly hanta virus outbreak last summer. the outbreak at the popular lodging spot killed three people. and sickened ten others. the virus is spread by rodent droppings. each year. thousands of people visit curry village. which is made up of more than 400 canvas and wood cabins. the tents where the hanta virus infections were found, are in what's called. the "signature series cabins". the park service crews removed more than 90 of those cabins. in an effort to permanently stop the disease from spreading. they're also cleaning the other cabins. and working to educate visitors about how hanta virus spreads. a google doodle honoring

>> good morning. we can see the satellite and radar. through the san mateo bridge. some scattered showers and interstate 280 scattered showers expected to out the day. the chances will start to taper off and as we go for this afternoon there are chances of seeing some breaks of sunshine later. as we take a look at your extended forecast. we do have changes with this warming trend and plenty of sunshine tuesday and wednesday. some of us could climb into the mid 70's. however, wet weather will return. the chance of

showers returns towards saturday and sunday. the april showers details coming up. >> coming up on the kron 4 news people were injured this overnight shooting on a muni bus. also a crash at a wal-mart. and the oakland 80s will be opening baseball season at home. .

(male announcer) this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. >> four people are injured when a driver crashed his vehicle into a san jose wal mart then assaulted people in the store. now investigators are

looking into what prompted the attacked. >> and starting today three bay area counties will see an increase in sales tax. and regular season baseball gets underway today as the giants head to los angeles to face the dodgers. and the oakland athletics get ready to take on the seattle mariners for their home opener. we'll get to those stories coming up, but first lets take a quick look at the weather and traffic. good morning erica. >> we could see this shower activity pressing out. also contending with heavier rainfall through concord. as we take a look we can see some shower activity near mill peaches. it is trying

out. just expect showers on and off throughout the day. and mostly sunny skies as we go for tomorrow. the dry weather expected. full details what to expect coming up in my next report. >> a fairly light right. many people are on spring break. right now it is an easy check our round the commute for this morning. light traffic for the self bay. >> there has been a terminal evacuated in detroit. a suspicious device was found on a carry-on.

passenger has been detained. this is at the detroit airport. these flights have been stopped for the moment delta were not impacted and have even called in the bomb squad. big delays at the detroit airport. suspicious items were found. >> at least nine people were hurt over the weekend after police say a man drove into a san jose walmart then assaulted customers. this is youtube video of the car in the store sunday morning. officers say he made it about 30 feet inside before he got out of the car and started beating people with a blunt object. >> this is the front

entrance to the wal-mart is boarded up. however, authorities are on the scene but it is still open. this is worth the scene happened. he was driving around in a round. and he somehow got are wrong these barriers, plod through here. and he went after several customers. and it suffered several injuries. the man was arrested. and there were customers in sight at that time. the police officers are rotted and took him to the hospital. they are evaluating him for possible mental illness. coming upwalmart employees jumped in and stopped him. they held him down until

police arrived. witnesses say before the suspect went on a rampage inside the store, he was driving wildly in the parking lot. one walmart employee was taken to the hospital in serous condition, 3 other people were treated as well. the suspect's name has not been released. shoppers in san jose are still in shock after a man uses his car to ram through a walmart store and then got out to attack some customers. take a look at this video. it happened shortly after 11 am sunday morning. kron 4's will tran is at the walmart this morning in east san jose with the latest on police in san francisco are investigating a shooting that happened on a muni bus. it happened last night around 10 on mission and valencia streets. two victims were shot. a female was shot in the stomach while the man was shot in the leg while on the muni number 14 bus. both victims were taken to s-f general hospital with non-life threatening injuries. police say the shooting happened as the result of an argument. no suspects have been arrested. also in san francisco, five people are in police custody following the shooting of another victim. police say this incident happened around mansell and bowdoin. the victim isa 24-year-old male who had to undergo surgery due to life

threatening injuries. no information on the suspects have been released as police continue their investigation into this shooting. and in oakland police are investigating a string of separate shootings over the weekend that leaves three men dead. the latest happened a little after eight last night on the corner of 70th avenue and hawley street. this follows a shooting that happened shortly after four on the 89-hundred block of international boulevard. the first shooting happened around ten yesterday morning on the 24-hundred block of 68th street. when police arrived they found a man suffering from gunshot wounds. he was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. no arrests have been made in any of the shootings. there are three bay area counties that will experience increase in bay area tax 20 cities from

sacramento, will all see an increase. you can see a detailed website at ga.com///ca.gov.. and the bay area, these cities, half moon bay will have some of the highest in the nation. 9.5%. >> we are following baseball. starting today three bay area counties marin, san mateo, and santa clara will tax increases. the sales tax in marin is going up to 8-point- five from 8-point0-two-five san mateo county tax will now be nine-percent up from 8-point-5-percent 8-point-seven-five. 20 cities across the bay area and nearby, from having their sales tax raised. on our states website ca

dot of what cities are raisingthese small percentage sales tax increases for most purchases will just mean a few pennies. but it adds up when making purchased in san mateo county with the new tax rateand a for a $25,000 vehicle it would add an additional >> we are following baseball this morning as the regular season gets underway for both the giants and the athlethics today. kron four's jackie sissel is live from the oakland coliseum with more, good morning jackie. regular season baseball officially kicks off tonight for bay area baseball teams. the oakland a's are set to take on the seattle mariners tonight at the o-dot-co coliseum at 7:05. meanwhile, the san francisco giants start their season away. they will play the l-a dodgers today at 1:10 at dodger stadium. the giants will be facing the st. louis cardinals for their home opener at a-t-t

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>> good morning we can see some precipitation. burlingame, san mateo. the areas of yellow over san mateo. as we see some light rain around the san jose airport. and showers also for how we 1 0 1 highway 101. this shower activity is moving out. some pop up showers, later today. the futurecast at 10:00 a.m. is where we could see some light rain. reeks of sunshine with breaks of

sunshine. clearing skies. temperatures in the fifties because of that cloud coverage. your kron 4 7 day around the bay a bit of a warming trend. the wet weather returned saturday and sunday. temperatures will slowly drop. >> so far, a pretty good and dry with no hot spots. this

weather still impacting the bridges however, no accidents. it could be a fairly light commute. and looking through the east bay. just 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley. high standing water near broadway. south bay looking good and the north brae also looking good for marin county. up update on public transportation, no problems.

rain really beat down on the of contra costa county. north korean leader kim jong un is gathering legislators for an annual spring parliamentary session, one day after top party officials declared that building nuclear weapons and the economy are the nation's top priorities. the meeting of the supreme people's assembly follows near-daily threats from pyongyang, including vows of nuclear strikes on south korea and the u-s. india's supreme court has rejected drug maker novartis's right to patent a new version of a lifesaving cancer drug. the landmark ruling monday is a victory for india's $26 billion generic drug industry that provides cheap medicines to millions around the world. the ruling is a precedent that prevents international pharmaceutical companies from obtaining fresh patents in india on updated versions of existing drugs.

advocates say such a ruling would help poor people get access to affordable, generic versions of lifesaving medicines. india's patent office had rejected the company's patent application because it was not a new medicine. south africa's government says former president nelson mandela has had a restful day in the hospital. a statement says he's improving after treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. the office of the president thanked south africans who prayed for the 94-year-old mandela at easter church services this weekend. he also thanked foreign governments for "their messages of support." mandela was admitted to a hospital in pretoria on wednesday. it was his third trip to a hospital since december, when he was treated for a lung infection. senators from both parties are making it clear that although a big hurdle has been overcome, there's no agreement yet on an immigration reform plan. labor and business groups agreed friday on a provision that would let

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>> welcome back. after the three day weekend, we will see if the markets can return to their rallies from last week. reaching an all- time high. we will be watching the opening bell at 6:30 and rob black will be joining us. also, apple is working on a world-class auditorium. and facebook is putting final touches on their disney inspired main street to be in an effort

for workers to afford to work instead of working from home. the high-tech companies in silicon valley are trying to and exciting. at apple's planned "spaceship headquarters," there will be a world-class auditorium, and an orchard for engineers to wander in. facebook is putting final touches on a disney-inspired campus including a main street with a barbecue shack, a sushi house and a bike shop. encourage employees to come into the office, instead of working at home. the ceo of yahoo, marissa mayer, has already gone so far as to ban telecommuting.this week facebook is expected to unveil it's widely rumored smart phone. insiders have speculated that facebook will partner with htc to release a smart phone running a highly customized version of google's android operating system. the phone is expected to

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rainfall through san mateo. is it just depends on where you are located. shower activity through burlingame and redwood city. as we turn our attention to the south bay. light activity for the east near evergreen. and highway 1 0 1 near gilroy. as we take a look at this area continues to press its way east. i will have full details on what to expect in a just immelmanns. >> so far, no hot spots at the bridges. there has been some light traffic building in the altamont pass but

still not a problem. new this morning. shoppers in san jose are still in shock after a man uses his car to ram through a walmart store and then got out to attack some customers. it happened shortly after 11 am sunday morning. kron 4's will tran is at the walmart this morning in east s jose with the latest on the case. >> yes this is where the car went in he drove where these shopping carts word and made a sharp turn. at least nine people were hurt over the weekend after police say a man drove into a san jose walmart then assaulted customers. this is youtube video of the car in the store. officers say he made it about 30 feet inside before he got out of the car and started beating people with a blunt object.

walmart employees jumped in and stopped him. they held him down wuntil police arrived. at least nine people are hurt after police say a man drove into a san jose, california walmart today then assaulted customers. officers say he made it about 30 feet inside before started beating people with a blunt object. witnesses say some customers overpowered him and tied the man up with a belt before police arrive. one woman says she had a close call with the driver. "he almost ran me over and some guy picked my bike up and hit the back of his car and he was going inside the car, i mean inside the front door, i mean he was in there to hurt people you know, and i know a lot of people got hurt, and then i just grabbed my bike and took off across the street you know. i didn't want -- he was in there to hurt people." >> i heard that he had a gun. >> and i heard people running and i saw people screaming. >> i was running relief

fast. >> she still had presence of mind to open up the and emergency doors. this man was in his 30's. and also he seemed confused and day east. --and days and confused --. there are still speculation that he could have been under the influence of strong drugs. the man has been arrested but his name hasn't been released. a man slams his car trough the front door of a busy wal-mart in san jose that suspect then starts beating customers with a

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>> welcome back. our top story is a wal-mart crash happened in san jose. they are trying to also, the bay area experiencing an increase in sales tax. and the regular season getting under way. four people are injured when a driver crashed his vehiclenow investigators are looking into what prompted the attacked.

and starting today three bay increase in sales tax. and regular season baseball gets underway today as the giants head to los angeles to face the dodgers. and the oakland athletics get ready to take on the seattle mariners for their home opener. we'll get to those stories coming up, but first lets take a quick look at the weather and traffic. good morning erica. good morning let us take a look stormtracker 4,.any ople are still on a spring break but you might get some shower activity. the yellow indicates moderate/heavy near livermore. jim roojust some light rain, through san jose and evergreens. and gilroy.

spotty so you might need to use your windshield wipers. remember, we did see some thunderstorms mainly in the north bay. by 10:00 a.m., the green a.m.. taking a look at tracy. partly cloudy skies and there rainfall totals for the last couple of hours. just traces reported at sfo, napa, santa

rosa, livermore. currently, temperatures are in the fifties as we advance for this afternoon. temperatures right around the seasonable average. right back at the game. the mariners expected to start at 7:05 your kron 4 7 day around the bay temperatures warmer with mid-70s. the rainfall returns on thursday. and a dry day for the end of the work week. showers will return saturday and sunday however, we are anticipating some more showers for next weekend. >> there is an incident on the east shore freeway. to the bay bridge toll plaza as

we move closer to the 6:00 a.m. is the usual slowing. right now, about 2 minute delay for the cash plain and noh metering lights. there are- no metering lights if activated. for the golden gate also very light. the reconfiguration of lanes have been completed for southbound. as we take a look of the traffic maps in the east bay. still light. however, there is an east bound accident on interstate 80 has created a visual hazard for the westbound commute. with a sig alert from university

ave. the north bay ride still easy to marin county. >> in antioch a seven year- old boy is recovering investigating a shooting bowdoin. threatening injuries. and in oakland police are

after nine a-m. families of the people

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