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stories that we are following this wednesday april 24th. bandd bolts on the bay bridge. today we will learn the plan for the six and will the defect the labor day opening on the new bridge? >> more trouble for contra costa county fire, why more stations could be closing this year. >> the cool down is here, after several days of hot weather. let's start with air cut in the weather center. >> the temperatures are currently in the 40's. you could expect mild conditions in the afternoon. tomorrow is expected to be the coolest day of the week and we will be holding onto a dry patch for the next 14

days. the visibility chart is down to 4 mi.. i will have more on what you should expect coming up. >> we are still looking at a pretty good ride around the bay. we are not tracking any hot spots at the bay bridge. if the metering lights have not yet been activated. the quick commute check shows that the east bay has the most heaviest traffic. 580 and highway 4. the rest of the bay area still looks good. >> we are following developing news out oakland weather later this morning we hope to find out if the problem with the cracked bolts on the new graybnew bay bridge will be fixed in time for labor day. the cracks were recently discovered and in the process officials also found out there were many missteps along the way.

kron4 will tran is live in front of the metropolitan transportation commission in oakland with details. >> they're not sure if the bridge will be open before labor day. it may be a longer delay as far as when it will be completed. it may also impact president obama. take a look at this video. when they started installing the bolts they noted that things started to crack. it went through the history and they stated that there were a lot of missteps that go back to 2000 and eight. they stated that caltran flagged this drawer the process but for some reason there was in complete paperwork. they stated that it was allowed to go on and they went ahead and install the. they get more research. the of

bolts became brittle and this costa to break. this is what the experts are talking about. there scratching their heads. they want to know how did the inspectors missed is and this is why they're having a meeting. i talk to you about president obama and the reason it could impact him is because they were so excited that he would be here to open the bay bridge but if this is not open in time he will be impacted and forget about it. we are not sure if this will impact us as well. this is why people are scratching their heads, they are curious and want to get to the bottom of this. we will find out at 9:03 a.m.. 9:30 a.m

>> they were so flawless and it tries to get ahead of this but as something as simple as heating this calls the this to be brittle then in this case they found out that it was just missing paperwork something that this is worth $6.3 million would have crossed all their t's and dotting the eye.ir i's. people are embarrassed about system that is why they're having all of these meetings. >> we will carry the bay bridge news conference live on our 24/a 7 channel that

starts at 9:30 a.m.. you can watch it on comcast channel 193 or you can stream at live on our web site at kron 4.com. >> bart police have reopened the 12th street bart station following an investigation into a fatal shooting in downtown oakland late last night. the shouldn't have been at 13th street and broadway. it was reported just before 10:30 p.m.. bart police sshut down the 12th street station to look for the suspects. passengers were evacuated and the trains were not allowed to stop at that station. it reopened about one hour later. >> boston bomb suspect d

zhokhar tsarnaev remains in the hospital. his condition has been upgraded to fair condition. he is recovering from his illnesses, including a gunshot wound to the neck. a u.s. government official says that the team says that he and his now get older brother were self radicalized and motivated in part by the wars and iraq and afghanistan. washington is getting updates on the investigation. he is said to be communicating with investigators in a limited fashion. >> today, the mit campus is pausing to remember the fallen officer sean collier who was allegedly shot by one of the brothers as he said in his patrol car last thursday night. many of the

victims remained hospitalized. >> the contra costa county fire district says, it may need to close the 02 additional fire stations, this comes just a few months after it already closed down four. kron4 mike pelton is live in pleasant hill with more. >> at this point we still do not know which to fire stations will face closing. the proposal is that have this closed down in july and that a another one make closed next january. he will be able to provide more insight on which station and how it will impact the area. i will bring this to a 9:00 a.m.. >> in san francisco, police have surveillance video of the car that was involved in

a deadly shooting earlier this month. the victim, 23 year-old jay ernesto acosta, was at the intersection of hayes and webster when he was shot and killed. this surveillance video from inside have dropping off passengers, just before shot fired. then, a few seconds later the suspect's car speeds by on the left of your screen. police said the car is a white 2010-2012 alexis' e-s 350. investigators hope that someone leaving yoshi's jazz club that night may have seen something that will lead them to the shooter. >> we will be right back.

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>> welcome back. the time is 6:15 a.m.. >> it is 20 degrees cooler

than where we were 24 hours ago. it is definitely a cooler morning the we saw a few days ago. here is a live look from our james lick freeway camera. it will be mid 40's currently in napa. the temperatures this afternoon will be a couple of degrees warmer and future cast 4 highlights by 12:00 p.m. we will have 60's inside the bay. the orange indicates 80s. i do not see that we will see too many eighties. there will be nowhere near break ibreaking records. it will be plenty of 70's for the south bay. 724 mountain view. we are talking perhaps 80 in fairfield and 75 for danville. >> 62 degrees for downtown

san francisco and we are talking upper 60s for the east bay shoreline. there is a day game at the at&t park with the giants. the first pitch is that will 40 5:00 p.m.. the lower 60s. the wins may approach from the south and they will pick up about 50 mi. per hour. you should bring a jacket and hold onto your hat. your kron 47 day around the bay highlights cooler weather into tomorrow. there will be mild conditions and the dry pattern for the weekend and as we head into monday and tuesday. >> it is a pretty good ride around the bay area we're not tracking any hot spots at the bay bridge. the back of this not too bed. the metering lights have been

activated. the back of this not very big a bridges to end of the parking lot. the drive time is 14 to 60 minutes. the commute to the san mateo bridges problem free and there are no delays, it is still an 11 minute rout time. the golden gate bridge is still light. as we check the traffic maps. 17 to 18 minutes for hercules to berkeley. it is still about a 19 minute drive through san more wrong. 580 is clear from the earlier a recurring problem with the stalled and the accident. the south bay is picking up 1 01 towards santa clara. >> transit, has one issue when that is in san francisco. for some reason it did not, but at the bart station and pau st. powell

should street has been closed due to construction. the muni and caltran have no delays. >> the time is 6:19 a.m.. a bay area baseball coach accused of molesting at least two children pleaded not guilty to all charges against him yesterday. joel kaufman pleaded not guilty to four felony counts, which included performing lewd acts on a child under the age of 14 years old. this is video of him after he posted bail in march. he coached baseball at several schools, including ,o'dowd has: oakland, and palo alto high-school. police say, that he turned himself into

authorities back in march after learning that the district attorney's office filed charges against him. he was released the same day after posting bail. >> santa clara shares are asking for the public's help in identifying two robbery suspects. this is surveillance pictures of one suspect, who attempted to rob a victim in front of a 7-eleven on north white wrote. the suspect is described as a hispanic male, approximately 30 years old. 5 ft. 8 to 6 ft. tall. weighing about 200 lbs.. he was seen with another man inside of the 7- eleven store. >> develop the nils out of bangladesh. there are a least 87 people dead after a building collapsed. several

bodies have been removed from the eight story building, along with survivors. the building houses clothing factories. so far, rescuers have saved 600 people from rubble, but they fear more are still inside. >> in canada, separate court appearances were helped yesterday for the two men accused of plotting to d really passenger train in a terror plot. the suspects each face a list of charges, including conspiracy to commit murder for the benefit of a terrorist group. authority say that the suspects had help from al-qaida and wanted to the will tran on a line between canada and new york. the men have been under surveillance for nearly a year. >> a senate committee hearing was held in washington yesterday to discuss the fbi's handling of bombing suspect tamerlan

tsarna theev. he was a suspect, interviewed by the fbi at the request of the russian government, back in 2011 because he was a follower of radical islam. some question whether the fbi may have dropped the ball, and not securing intelligence that could have prevented the bombing. >> california senator dianne feinstein is head of the senate committee on intelligence. if she says, despite concerns, she thinks of the fbi is on the right track with the investigation. >> will be right back.

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for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com >> welcome back. here is live pictures from the new york stock exchange. we have the opening bell ringing. we have trading ending and they all ended in a positive manner. rob black will be on set with us in 15 minutes. >> you will notice edit is a lot cooler outside than before. >> you should definitely

bring your sweater because the temperatures are about 20 degrees cooler. we are in widespread 40's outside. you can expect mild conditions. take a look pitcher satellite and radar. we do have coastal fog that is working its way inland and high pressure is pushing its way north. we are talking cooler weather and i will have a closer look in just a few minutes. >> we continue to monitor a good ride around the bay. we are not tracking any hot spots. your quick commute check shows a light traffic as well as for the rest of the more bay through the peninsula. you will find moderate to heavy conditions for the east bay freeway. the heavy traffic is still for highway 4 and interstate 580. >> we are following news of

oakland where later this morning we hope to find out if the problem with the cracked bolts on the new bay bridge will be fixed in time for labor day. the cracks or recently discovered and in the process officials also found out that there were many missteps along the way. kron4 will tran is live in front of the metropolitan transportation commission in oakland. >> the fact that they are using jeopardy is a big deal. they stated that when they discovered this they did not think it would impact the labor day opening. now they're saying that than mit may be in jeopardy of opening on time. it may have to be pushed back. they pay $6.2 billion for the stretch and you would think everything would be okay. it is something as simple as a

crack, that is why we are here. take a look this video. it is very complicated but for people who do this day in and day out they stated that they should be able to fix this and they should know what to do. but back in 2008 when caltran notice that the ca contractor working on this it was a problem. they stated that it continued to the point to where they were recently installed and that is when they noticed that the cracks it took place. they only got done with about 96 of the all bolts. >> they stated that hydrogen may have got inside of the man that might have caused the metal to become brittle. they wanted these to be flexible like airplane

parts. it became so brittle that they speculated that even tightening them could possibly have caused it to crack even more. this new span is built to withstand earthquakes and if they crack now, you can imagine what could happen during a major earthquake. nationally, the president is supposed to be here when the new bay bridge opens but if this is the blade that may have to push it back as well as the impact that it can have in the area. we will carry this meeting for you live. >> and again, the press conference will be at 9:30 a.m.. which will carry it live on our 24/7 news

channel comcast channel 193. >> one of of the bombing suspects in the boston marathon attack was living on taxpayer funded state welfare benefits. state officials confirmed last night that tamerlan tsarnae the older brother who was killed in a gunbattle with police last friday night, was receiving benefits along with his wife and their three year-old daughter. the state's executive office of health and human services said that those benefits in and 2012 when the couple's stormy in the income eligibility limits. the news or raise questions over whether he financed his rather isolation on taxpayer monradicalization on taxpayer

money. >> legislation introduced by the u.s. senator dianne feinstein could expand the boundaries for yosemite national park by more than 1,500 a.. the new property would remain in private hands but the expanded boundary will allow the federal government to begin negotiations to buy the land from willing sellers. yosemite west, an area with vacation homes and cabins, is not included in the proposed expansion. >> falling gasoline prices could put the u.s. economy and high gear. the sharp drop over the last month comes just as more americans are feeling the impact of federal spending cuts. if some economists believe that the two could balance each other out dollar for dollar. gas prices have gone down about 30¢ a gallon since hitting a high near $3.80 a gallon earlier this year. the drop is mostly due to

falling oil prices. >> we're also following gas prices this morning. according to aaa fuel gauge, the national average is $3.51 a gallon. the state average is at $3.88 a gallon, that is down 3¢ from yesterday. here is a look at the local numbers. san francisco was at $4.50. in oakland, $3.88, in san jose they're coming in at the lows of $3.84 a gallon. >> we're also following news out of san francisco this morning where barry bonds commemorative plaque has gone missing. kron4 jackie sissel is live from at&t park. >> we do have a video shown where the plaque was. this

is where the plant was last name. a lot of people thought that the giants took it down and that there was some contention against the two of them. the giants stated that they did not remove the plaque and that it was stolen. the giants are going over surveillance video in total to try to determine exactly what happened to it. this is not small, it is a bronze plaque the was up on the wall. i am not sure how you get rid of something like this or even if you decide to put it in your medicaid, the giants stated that they do want is back. they stated that they will have another may but that they're want the original one back. >> you can even see where it was blue were affixed to what. >> i cannot imagine that someone brought their tool belt again a decided to do so home construction work without anyone noticing it.

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>> the time now with 6:43 a.m.. new state legislation would give the homeless in california much more power to run freely. the bill called the " homeless bill or its " is spearheaded by san francisco assembly man tom ammiano. it would allow the homeless to rest, sleep or live in a car and solicit donations in public. the

measure would also let them collect recyclables as a means of employment. cities would have to provide the homeless with health and hygiene centers with restrooms and showers, 24 hours a day for seven days a week. >> imagine how aggressive they will become. we ex you to sound off and this is what some of you stated. >> john davaltos, state it that i feel for the homeless but all this means is that you will not be able to walk a block without someone in your face asking for money. >> in response, robyn greenberg, stay dead where else are they supposed to go? you cannot keep pushing

them from here to there without giving them an alternative. it they are human human as well, after all, how many of us are just wanted to wait for not making our rent payments. >> the proposal passed the assembly committee yesterday and now moves to go to another committee before possibly advancing to the full state assembly. as for one who will cover the cost, a spokesman for the san francisco assembly man says that at this point they do not know. >> we will be right back.

>> wellcome back. we are checking the numbers. the dow is negative. there are about 10 points down. there are off to a shaky start. yesterday, rob black is joining us. >> we ended positive and i hear they're are pretty decent numbers coming in. >> let's talk about winter. we had a tweet got that the president was hurt, it was false. h.p. is starting to say that they do not know what happened and twitter is stating that they will have to do a security check. this is an interesting, because i love twitter. this will be

an interesting story. if you are a terrorist than yesterday was a trial run to see how you make your money by attacking in someone's computer. this is a very interesting story. >> a hundred and $13 billion. let's say that you did a trial run yesterday and one stock went down. you quickly learn how to make money yesterday. >> let's talk about the earnings. we had bowling stating that they hadn't paid push. apple, where watching for them and they reported. >> apple is very disappointing. i remember, when i was younger, i was smarter, i remember it probably was not as good as i remember. apple is suffering. their phones were great years ago about two

years ago. they're raised their dividend and now they look like intel. we want something fun, something new from apple. >> it looks like they do better when they create new markets and they dominate. they do not have anything new, they have not created a thing new. >> it will be over a year before the launch a another new product. they stated that they had a new product coming out in the fall, although the samsung was crashed. >> we also had something, from the commerce department about durable-goods. they are very, very good. the economy is a little bit better. before you go and

buy a refrigerator, a you look at whether not you can afford a bigger one, a dryer, or a washer. this is a good sign when americans are putting their money in durable-goods. >> this means said that have more money to spend. you are not supposed to spend less you have a dinner in come. >> rob will be black with uback with us with the winners and losers. >> it is a cooler start take a look all the cloud cover that is streaming in the bay. you can see the visibility has worsened. we are just 4 mi. for have moment. it is making its impact in the north bay and you should drive with caution. the temperatures are 20 degrees cooler than

yesterday. it is 45 degrees in vallejo. 45 degreeand 12 knot will be a split decision for the east bay shoreline. we are talking about 70's for inland. by the afternoon high we may squeeze out a few low 80s but nothing like what we saw yesterday. we are back in the '50s by 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> there will be plenty of 70's and the south bay and the temperatures are a few degrees warmer than average. the temperatures are between 65 and 70 degrees. we have certain spots that are up to 77 degrees. cupertino macy 80s. a low 60's for downtown san francisco. your kron 47 day a around the bay highlights

to mall is the coolest day. we fall into a pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine. remember, we are still in the month of april. we will have a warm-up as we start the next work week. >> while we are still not tracking any hot spots we do see changes in the morning commute. the upper east shore freeway as you head to san papillote coming out of concord and walnut creek on 680 south bound. 58 is still pretty heavy and the heaviest traffic is between tracy and alta mount pass way. it's a little bit of slowing for the mimic freeway around hayward. the south bay freeway picked up slowing for 1 01 in the southbound direction. the north bay ride is still looking good with no problems. >> here is a look at the

bridges. there is a great ride. whoever is on the metering lights know what they're doing. there were activated at 6:22 a.m.. the san mateo bridges still a good ride and drive time has increased by one minute. it is now 12 minutes of foster city. the golden gate bridge ride is a great through 1 01 and no delays across the span. the drive still looks good from the tunnel down to the doyle drive bypassed. >> will take a break, we will be are bacteri right back.

>> the time is 6:57 a.m.. coming up one kron 4 morning news. we are just hours away from learning new details about the bay bridge bolts , which broke all the eastern

span. it could affect the labor day opening. will have a live report coming up. >> plus a commemorative plaque has been stolen from at&t park. the giants are working with the acid test pd to try to find out when the plant went missing. >> coming up 7:45 a.m. we will be talking to gary about the warriors' a big win against the denver nuggets' last night. >> will be right back. >> will be right back. get 3 years interest-free financing on brand name mattress sets. >> will be right back. plus, get free delivery and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. sleep train's interest-free for 3 event ends sunday! ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪