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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 4 starts now. >> we are back. good morning it is 4:00 as it a live look at some of the temperatures we are expecting to day. erica another warm one on tap. >> that is right james barrett will not get anywhere near triple digits. we are seeing low 90s for our inland spots. fairfield 90 degrees this afternoon. 91 expected in livermore. turning our attention to the coastline we're talking upper 60s for half moon bay. 73 in downtown san francisco. upper 80s and santa rosa. a couple of records are in jeopardy. we are waking up to a clear start this morning. temperatures right now in the '40's, '50's, and yet lows 60s.
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>> mild conditions right now. temperatures will heat up into the afternoon. on futurecast 4 by 12 '80s inside the inland spots. just seventies around the bay. >> put in the clock into motion read on your screen indicates where we could see some 90s. >> into the o'clock hour we will see 60s and some low seventies. comfortable. warm conditions for the next 24 hours. >> satellite and radar showing clear conditions. no coastal fog. the coastal fog will come back as we head into tomorrow. the rich of high-pressure is still overhead. it is keeping us dry and warm. >> it is going to start to break down over the weekend and as we start the next work weeks. >> big changes to talk about honor 7 day around the bay forecast. temperatures start to tumble. in fact, we are talking cool conditions as we start the next work weeks. >> low seventies inland. upper 60s around the bay.
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lows 60s around coast. >> as of now it looks like a 10 percent chance of rain. >> will continue to keep you posted. >> meantime following a fatal accident in the traffic center. occurred around 130. highway 24 @ central lafayette that exit all lanes are blocked. at last check the coroner was still awaited at the scene. >> we are not seeing any delays up just yet. it's still early in the morning. >> as you can see kron fours mike pelton is live on the scene. can you hear me mike? >> i do not think he is miced a currently. there's a lot of police presence. emergency crews were called to the scene. the coroner is still on his way. we will continue to monitor. as of now you have to detour around. there is no estimated time when the lanes will reopen. that something will continue to monitor. we will have a full
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live report coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> a live look at the bay bridge. for the trip of oakland to the city. >> san mateo bridge looking good westbound 92. >> allied with the golden gate bridge, the problems, no worries as you work your way out of marin county. >> a quick update on the fires we've been following. burning in sonoma county. >> firefighters on the front line as they continue to battle what they're calling the yellow fire. the fire started tuesday and is currently the only hotspot their remains. crews will continue to molocmonitor the fire. they say it is about 80 percent contained. officials say they're hoping for full containment sometime today. this is some of the images of the yellow fire from wednesday from our helicopter partnership with abc seven new spirit allowing us to give you aerial views. the cause of the fire is still under
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investigation. >> and other fire in southern california burning in ventura county. shares of images of the massive fire still burning in camarillo . more than 12 square miles of bird in about 2000 homes are threatened. 15 homes have been damaged to the fire started yesterday morning. the fire is 50 mi. northwest of los angeles. >> a fast-moving brush fire in bening is at least 40 percent contained. it scorched around 3,000 a. of land since wednesday. fire officials say one home was destroyed and so far to firefighters have been injured. >> the national interagency fire says the fire patrol was above normal in southern california. >> an elementary schoolteacher in union city has been arrested on multiple counts of child
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molestation. kron fours maureen kelly reports of several young victims have been identified in this case. >> students walked into a ditch as classroom an allegedly saw him touching a student a female student and a properly. >> michael howey was arrested at his home and faces 17 counts of lewd and lascivious acts of a child under 14. >> 23 counts of annoying and molesting a child. >> the teacher had done up to be arrested under those sections of the penal code is explained by an officer been order. police would not say how many because there are but it is a significant number of third grade girls between the ages of 8 and 9. >> investigators are continuing to interview students. >> potentially there could be additional victims and additional counts.
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>> the teacher has no criminal record and the school district said they had no complaints about him when he taught in school. >> howeys bail is set at one and half million dollars and is expect to make his first court appearance today. > how would spelland in livermoe arrest a man accused of sexually assaulting a child. police now say they believe there might be more victims. joshua rojas was taken to santa rita jail on charges of lewd acts with a child under 14 years old. his arrest came following a sexual assault investigation in livermore during the month of march. detectives concluded the case on wednesday. police would not say how the victims knew him but they did say the victim was an acquaintance. >> the golden state warriors
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have won their first playoff series since 2007. steven curry scored 22 points and eight assists. andrew bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury plagued season. the warriors eliminated the denver nuggets from the playoffs with a 92-88 victory in game 6 last night. that is related with their team rose to the occasion. we caught up with some of those fans that pact oracle rain last night. >> awesome. we waited all season for this. >> it is really exciting the warriors did a good job. >> o my god! we are going to round two. >> this is a great win >> the warriors are advancing to the next route as you heard the fed said. it will take on the san antonio spurs of that series starts in texas on monday.
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>> we are back. >> authorities investigating the death of 8 year-old keller is county girl had a road block. leila fowler was found stabbed and her valley springs on saturday. investigators say one of the witnesses in the case has since changed story. >> a little growth " year- old brother says he saw an intruder leaving a home before he found his sister suffering from stab wounds. he die shortly after arriving to the hospital. officials say they have received the tips in the case and continue to follow-up on leads. >> people in the midwest or snow in may find it hard to believe but a new report from the united nations as the arctic icecap melted at a record pace last year. the report confirms that 20-12 was the night hottest year record history. that is despite an oceanic weather pattern they use degrees cooler temperatures. kron fours grant lodes has more.
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>> in the united states 2012 was the all-time high this year. a full degree above the previous high in 1998. >> experts say last year could have been hotter if it were not for a surge of cool water and the pacific opposite el nino year. will about falling in of a top stores were you in the weather is one of them. at the bay bridge approach we have light traffic. the situation you need to know is along highway 24 through orinda and lafayette. there is a fatal accident early this morning blocking all westbound lanes. those are your commute line to morning heading to the caldecott tunnel and ultimately into oakland will give an update in short order with erica she was more the
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>> at 414 . let us get to the forecast. another hot day today. before it all changes. that is right james woolsey cooler weather in coastal fog heading into tomorrow. today is the last really warm day around the bay area. get out and enjoy the warm weather. we will shake off a couple of degrees inland. cold for the bay and the coastline. we're waking up to my it clear conditions and toast into the afternoon. falling temperatures, for 61 upper '40's and santa rosa. 62 in downtown san francisco. it fifties for sale. futurecast 4 shows '70s and '80s by lunchtime. assange by 3:00 p.m. today in fact, we start to see trace the red will
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receive the '90s. the '90s will not be as widespread as yesterday's. by 8:00 p.m. tonight we are talking 60s and low seventies. >> breaking down your afternoon highs. sunnyvale 87. 93 cupertino. mid-80s for fremont, milpitas. >> 87 in san jose. it will be another warm one with low 90s for fairfield, pittsburgh, antioch. 83 for san leandro. possibly low seventies for down to a san francisco and 78 your high in berkeley. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast highlights cooler weather in to the weekend. as of now there's a possibility that we could see some rain. >> shower activity could began sunday night for the north bay. we continue with a 10 percent chance for showers as we start the next work week. >> we're following a hot spot in the traffic center a fatal accident that occurred before 130 westbound highway 24 at central lafayette. we
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did have kron fours mike pelton on the scene. as of now he had to leave. chp and emergency crews are wrapping up the investigation. there was a big cleanup. two vehicles were involved and at least one confirmed fatality. the center lane is blocked off. this should be opened shortly. people are readily the touring around. this is your ride through west bound 24 protocol caught thomas barrett of italy reaching the macarthur maize. this is starting to wrap up will have an update coming of a - 4. here is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza but out oakland to the city just a handful of cars. making the trip is eight-nine minutes. >> a live look at the san mateo bridge. highway 92 looking good in both directions. south bound 101 out of marin county 23 minutes of novato into the city.
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>> california firefighters battling to fires in the laws and laws vary. officials say they've made progress against a small fire in riverside they are struggling to contain the fire and ventura that is scorched thousands of acres. a paine tells what residue doing at the fire gets closer and closer. >>-- ed payne. >> i have my car packed and ready to go. monique is one of the neighborhood residents that has are bacgs packed and is watching the fire. >> the fire is threatening to thousand homes. this man describes the feeling of sing his home and pack of the fire. >> when i pulled up and saw flames and the back of the house your natural response is adrenalin and fair. >> coming up on the fire and they were cool and collected. they said they had a 95% control of the
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situation. >> firefighters said they are cautiously optimistic about the content of the fire because of the strong winds. >> some home owners of already evacuate. >> our family and our dogs are safe. >> this fire is an early start to the westiwestern wildfire season. officials say there may be a long dry summer ahead. >> i am ed patne reporting. >> like pictures right now out of camarillo. it burn more than 12 square miles and is nonly 10 percent contained. that's the latest on what far burning along the edges of communities
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more piece of los angeles. about 2000 homes and threatened about 57 damage, the fire is burning in camarillo area about 50 mi. northwest of los angeles. >> there is potentially of knox's films in the air. people have been warned to stay out of the small it may contain toxic pesticides floating around. that is one of the latest development in the southern california fires. will follow the lead as you updates as we get more from hellfire. also this morning investigators of the boston bombing attacks are saying that the surviving suspect is telling the fbi that he and his brother considered striking on the fourth of july. however, the two changed their minds after finishing work on the bonds faster than expected. the fbi says they now have the suspect laptop. this comes after
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investigators arrested three of his friends yesterday. they are accused of taking some of his possessions including the laptop out his dorm room after the attack. >> meanwhile the brother tamerlan the brother of the to buy the suspect his body was claimed yesterday. this is video of the body been taken to a funeral home. there are reports that the zero claimed the body. officials say the cause of death will not be made public until a death certificate is filed. >> rhode island's governor has signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage and the state. the bill goes into effect august 1st. the state house gave final pool yesterday's, after the senate passes last rhode island was the only state in
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new england where same-sex marriage was illegal until now. is now the 10th state in the country to allow same-sex marriage. the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule by next month in major cases revolving around gay marriage. >> president obama is speaking out, about the fda's decision to offer the morning after pill over the counter, two females as it is 15. the move comes after health and human services secretary kathleen sebeluus shot down a prior recommendation to offer a plan b step one to women of all ages. that was a decision president obama back at the time. >> the secretary has ruled the bill that has been put before the fda she is comfortable with it i am comfortable with it.
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>> the u.s. justice department has filed a motion for a temporary hold of the fda's approval. >> fresh off a huge victory over president barack obamas on gun control, the national rifle association is gathering in his and for the annual convention. organizers of the powerful gun rights lobby and his a texas sized party to control advocates around thparty to cele the victory and recharge the troops for more political struggles with gun control advocates around the country. more than 70,000 people are expected to attend the 3 day seven fight teen be dead. today's
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schedule includes a political forum with speeches from several state and national conservative leaders. >> in new town a task force is set to take up the question of what to do with the school where 21st graders and six educative for killed in december. the board of 28 town elected officials is scheduled to meet today and a vote on a recommendation. the task force is narrow the choices down to two, renovating or rebuilding of the existence sandy hook elementary school site where the killings occurred, or building and the school on property near the existing school. town residents have expressed mixed opinions on whether the sandy look school should be torn down a renovated. >> a live look at the .......
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broke records. for information on that coming up in future reports. i want to talk about current conditions. most of us waking up to 60. 61 in concord. the same for downtown san francisco. a bit cooler in the north bay with a budget in the '40's. taking a look of the numbers into the afternoon. it will be a little cooler. 90s inland. thanks to the westerly breeze will cool down temperatures along the coastline and for our bay shores. oakland 80 degrees. 73 in downtown san francisco. upper 80s for sunnyvale and san jose. taking a look at your extended forecast. look at the tip edges out a tumble. we are talking 90s today. '80s by saturday. the warmest spots climbing to the mid-70s by sunday. also, we have the chance for rain in the forecast. full details on what to expect coming up in a couple of minutes. james. >> thank you erica. >> a quick reminder about the bay to breakers. it is more than a foot race it is
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a san francisco original. bay to breakers coming sunday, may 19th. kron 4 will bring you all the fun. will have camera and cruise along the course giving you two hours of coverage. so you will not miss a step. it begins at 8:00 a.m.. sunday may 19th 8:00 a.m. here on kron 4. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news we will have your day's top stories coming up we will update you on the situation on highway 24. where we had a fatal collision early this morning. a woman driving the wrong way may have been inebriated. police are still looking into a pyrrhic drugs and alcohol certainly a djssible
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>> we are still talking 90s for fairfield, antioch, livermore. ellen spot a few degrees cooler than yesterday's. thanks to the westerly breeze was a cold out for the bay and coastline. oakland getting up to 80 degrees. 73 for downtown san francisco. to put this in mind keep in perspective. san francisco reached 88 degrees yesterday. it will be a lot cooler today. daly city only getting into the upper 60s. >> pitch to cast 4 tracking this tip just route today. by lunchtime mostly aren't indicating a spirit will keep it in the seventies for the mid peninsula and some of our east bay shoreline. >> putting the clock into motion by 3:00 p.m. red indicate where it see the '90s. by 8:00 p.m. later tonight 60s in south bay. still holding on to low seventies for your warmest inland areas. you also see the return of some fog along the coastline. that will be the case as we wake up
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tomorrow morning. clear conditions right now there is every to high-pressure still overhead. it is up over northern california. we have the changes to talk about. tenders will cold. not only into the weekend but as a start next work weeks. again, we have a dramatic cool down to talk about. possibility for rain. it could start in the north bay as early as sunday evening. a 10 percent chance of showers continues as we start the next work week. that is a look your weather. in the traffic center still falling a fatal accident. we did have a live crossing the they have since moved. fours mike pelton has moved away. >> two minutes ago i checked with the chp. of these sig alert is still a fact. the lanes blocked off westbound highway 24 at central lafayette. this occurred before 130 this morning involving a wrong way driver. she collided with two other vehicles. one is a
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confirmed fatality. we have emergency crews still on the scene. i did not think you should be two or all the way around. i did not think it should take southbound 680 and go all the way to westbound 580. that is too long of a way around. your best bet is to get off before central lafayette and detour around until you.... i would have more in my next report. this will affect traffic heading to the caldecott tunnel and eventually the macarthur maize. rtunately the bridges look good. no problems here. a live look at the approach the bay bridge toll plaza it has been into been free for your ride out oakland into the city. >> a live in san mateo bridge the title of best 13 minutes. >> south bound 101 spite of and i construction doing just fine. no place to talk about out of the north bay. james. >> that you erica. now to lead is happening in southern california. massive
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wildfires. live pictures coming out of camarillo. it is burn more than 12 square miles and is only 10 percent contained. roughly 8,000 a. only 10 percent contained again. that is the latest on the wildfire burning along the edges of community northwest of los angeles. looking up some of the latest informations we did did were there was a hazardous materials team that was dispatched. they have a store of highly toxic pesticides that caught fire. it is occurring on the campus of cows state university. they have that to deal with. residents in the immediate area were evacuated where the homes were threatened about 2000 or threaten. now some of the surrounding neighborhoods are being told to stay indoors and do not breathe the smoke. until they get a battbetter handle on the fire.
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this is in southern california the other is slightly smaller but still a massive fire in its own right. this is in addition to two fires we've been following in northern california. a quick update on those. here is the second fire in southern california this is burning in banning calif., near los angeles, it is at least 40 percent contained. the so-called summit fire scorched around 3000 atlanta since it started on wednesday. fire official say at least one home was destroyed in so far two firefighters are heard. the national interagency fire center says this year's potential for significant fires in southern california will be above normal. >> firefighters and some accounting to continue on the front lines is a battle with what they're calling the yellow fire. the fire started tuesday in currently
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only hot spots remain. crows will continue to monitor the fire they say is about 80 percent contained. fire officials say they're hoping for full containment sometime today. this is on the images of the hellfire from wednesday from our helicopter partnership with 87 newabc seven news. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >> on to bay area sports. we're celebrating the golden state warriors winning their first playoff series since 2007. stephan currey scored 22 points with eight assists and andrew bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury plague season. the warriors eliminated the denver nuggets from the playoffs with a 92-88 victory in game 6 last night. then for elated with their team rose to the occasion. fans screaming we caught up with some of them here is what they had to say. >> let's go warriors! bring
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on a san antonio. >> the warriors have the greatest fans in the nba to have a wind like this and move on to the second round is a gift they deserve. >> it is really exciting. warriors did a good job! >> o my gosh! we're going to round two. >> this is a great win. >> i think that was emcee ham. mc hammer . >> the warriors advance to the next round of play off the will take on the san antonio sparand spurs in texas on monday. >> an elementary
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schoolteacher in union city has been arrested on multiple counts of child molestatio and livermore police arrest a man accused of sexually assaulting a child. police say they believe there might be more victims. joshua rojas was taken to santa rita jail on charges of lax with a child under 14 years old. his arrest came following a sexual assault investigation livermore on the month of march detective conclude the case on wednesday. >> will be back with more on the kron 4 morning news.
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>> good morning. welcome back to the gramm for morning news. less than 24 at sent to the lafayette a fatal accident occurred before 13130. traffic is recovering as you make your work closer to the caldecott tunnel. >> west bound 24. >> watching wall street this morning or futures trading shows all three indexes mix is morning. encouraging news
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about the job market and higher profit from companies are sending stock prices higher. prepares is closing numbers. the dow rose 1 1/3 point by the on nearly all of is one of a 38 point fall the day before. the nasdaq climbed 41. . the s&p is up 14 to in the day at 1597. >> the u.s. forest service is demanding the state to give back $17.9 million in federal subsidies. there save the taxpayer cash is subject to sequestration. but republicans and democrats are saying no. the money was given to the senate before the cuts would into effect on march 1st so they are expect. it is unclear lucases cited the forest service will in fact get their money back or if the matter will land in court. let you know when someone makes a decision. >> annual free comic-book date is tomorrow. this event started back in 2002 has grown from a few stores to some 2000 worldwide.
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retailers said the turnout is giving them in the industry the chance to show off their success by giving away 4.6 million comic books. joe feel of flying color comics in concord began the event held the first saturday in may. he calls it an opportunity for first-time a longtime readers to experience the atmosphere is comic shops. that is tomorrow. >> ford has announced it is adding more than 2000 jobs to the clay como, missouri plant. it is all part of a one. billion dollar investment for the facility. the company says it is adding jobs to keep up with high demand for the f-150. and to help with the planned production of new transit vehicles. here's what governor jay nixon had to say about the move. >> as the governor i cannot be broader at the bed pickup truck in the world made by the best workers in the world is built right here in missouri. >> ford says more than 8000
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of the dow's will be for new hires. the rest will be four workers were previously placed on temporary leave. ford says the first of the new and returning employes who began working as soon as this summer. >> 442 . we will be back with more headlines will take a break. here's a shot of our roof camera of san francisco. erica will be coming up in a couple of minutes.
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>> 445 is the time let us get right to weather forecasts. we have another hot day on tap but cooler weather on the horizon. >> that is right james. today is the very last very long day around the bay. the 7 day around the forecast shows it is going to be hot today with low 90s for your warmest inland areas. the bay will drop to the '80s. remember we did see 90s as today. overall, while conditions for the next day.
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after that we will see cooler weather. morning fog as we head into saturday and sunday. a 10 percent chance of showers as a start the next work week. partly cloudy conditions. your inland spots only climb to the low seventies. but us take a look at the tracker to see if we pull that up. i want to start off with the some of your temperatures. >> i want to compare to the seasonal average. downtown san francisco checking in at 73. nine degrees warmer than where we should be. >> san jose 87. that is 14 degrees warmer than normal. >> taking a look at it does now. '40's, '50's, as it is. 54 hayward for is in the bottle. pass 4 shows '70s and '80s by lunchtime-- temperatures in the seventies and sixties by 8:00 p.m. tonight breaking down afternoon highs redwood
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city a seven. 93 for cupertino. a brady's for evergreen. san jose. 88 in campbell. to the east bay low 90s. pittsburg, antioch, fear far. 77 in richmond. >> turning to the city by the bay 73, operating for napa. drastically cooler weather as we transition into the weekend. i will show the 7 day around the forecast and talk more about record-breaking temperatures coming up in my next report. >> meantime i want to update you on the hot spot. the fatal accident before 130. all lanes are backed open on westbound highway 24. no delays or problems. you do not have to detour around central lafayette. all is well as you make your way close to the caldecott tunnel. and live look outside the bay bridge toll plaza the problem ablaze. the drive a-nine minutes. >> highway 92 looking good
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in both directions the problems heading to the bridge coming down the limit freeway. >> south bound 101 overnight road work they are reconfiguring the lance we're southbound trip. back to the traffic maps all is well on the south bay. a lot of green on the road way censors. speeds over 50 mi. an hour. james. >> thank you erica. want to give you the latest out of danville were police are searching for and at risk teenager. she is 15 year- old she was last seen by a family when she left our home at 6:00 this evening. she is described as 5 ft. 5 in. tall. she has red hair, brown eyes and was last seen wearing a pair of skinny jeans and a nirvana t-shirt. she is about 103rd downs. information about her whereabouts please contact police. >> governor jerry brown as
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state prison officials have reluctantly filed a plan in federal court in san francisco to reduce california's prison population by 9300 inmates. they will do this by using alternate facilities, leased space in county jails, and out of state prison spirit as small number of prisoners released early because of extra credit for good conduct. the plan was filed charlie before a midnight deadline on thursday which reported last month by at three judge panel. >> the woman arrested and accused of trying to poison customers at a san jose starbucks is free this morning. police say the 50 year-old suspect spotted putting orange juice bottles spiked with lethal doses of alcohol and historical right starbucks on smell avenue on tuesday. this is the woman
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walking of the young will correctional facility yesterday's. prosecutors say they're not filing any charges, pending further investigation. for right now they're waiting for toxicology reports to come back. the results to take up to three weeks. >> said of the police are preparing for a large crowd forcing all the mild this sunday. they plan to deploy special patrols from multiple units to prepare for potential violence incidents and other crimes. settles a is no for hosting the large annual cinco de mild celebration in northern california. last year, the festival lead to 21 arrest in the downtown in eastern side of san jose, including arrest of intoxication, narcotics and assault with a deadly weapon. >> the hunt for dmitri storm one of the most wanted fugitives from marin county the biggest staur has intensified tonight. and
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$500 reward is being offered by the santa cruz county sheriff's depart for the 42 year-old suspect arrest. storm is expected in at least 10 vehicles that as many as 40 vehicles are a result of as much. debbie's believe he sleeping a stolen vehicles and dodging deputies on back roads. >> he is highly unpredictable. and as a two health issues. >> deputies say storm should be considered armed and dangerous he has a larlong history of drug and alcohol abuse. >> the research is focusing in the san lorenzo valley on the summit and the soquel hills. >> antioch police arrested a man after they say they found evidence of marijuana grow operation inside a house. arthur yu taken into custody wednesday morning
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after officers serve the search warrant on their spring way. you can see all the marijuana plants police found during the search. here are some photographs taken by the antioch police. they recovered more than 500 marijuana plants inside the house. >> a new device that counts how many bicyclist going along market street will soon be up in running in downtown san francisco. the bicycle the rudder is located on the south side of market street between ninth and 10th streets. officials hope to have an operational by next thursday, may 9th, in time for bike to work day. once it is built, the guys will tell the bicycle use in the city. transit officials say as many as 1 million is down bicycle is our respect to go down market street in the next year. >> keep the phone out your hands while driving in
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south san francisco, alleges like the ticket. as part of that was national distracted driving awareness month. campaign, san francisco traffic officials issued 343 will violations. driver's side without warning during enforce an operation with began at first and last tuesday. because of the ticket under $59 with substantive costing too much as $79. will be back with more on the kron 4 morning news.
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>> we are back. >> we are taking a look at your 7 day around the forecast. we will see low 90s inland. low '80s around the bay and low seventies for the coastline. morning fog returned as we head into saturday and sunday. take a look at the temperatures. they will tumble. you can see on your weather headlines is a mild start. it will be a hot one this afternoon. expect cooler weather over the next several days. the seasonal temperatures are back in the forecast. rain. we are
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talking 80 percent chance. afternoon highs today. 73 downtown san francisco. low '80s for oakland. hayward there it operated in concord. antioch reach 90 degrees and 91 expected in livermore. your extended forecast shows more clout in the forecast that we push in closer to sunday. again, we could see showers in the north bay. right down that is looking like a slim chance. we will continue to monitor this. i web more formation coming up in just a couple of minutes. james. >> thank you erica. coming up on the kron 4 morning news the warriors are moving on to the second round of playoffs after they beat the nuggets last night. will have highlights from the game in here from excited fans. all of them on their feet shouting at the top of their lungs last night at the oracle arena. there are
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wild fires here in the bay area as well as down in southern california that have massive wildfires burning. there is information as if there may be hazardous materials burning in the flames. residents around the fire are told to stay indoors and keep out of the smoke. >> it is heating up around the bay. will have a full look at your forecast and tell you what is in store for this weekend. we will talk more about that ñáçwçñwn that we expect.
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>> (male announcer): live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. kron 4 news at 5 starts now. >> good morning. the top stores were following on this friday may 3rd. fire continues to spread over night in southern california. these are live pictures, as a wind and high temperatures continue to threaten homes in the area. >> (cheers and applause)
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the warriors are going to the second round! the warriors will take on san antonio! >> that was the scene at the corcoran as the warriors came on top moving on to the next round of playoffs. a look at games 6 and was the head for golden state. >> another hot day on tap when you head out you will notice it is pretty warm. here in the weather center with erica will back off. but it still feels warm. >> definitely. we are area. into the afternoon take a look at the low 90s. it will continue to be a warm one for places like antioch, fairfield, ala the delta and livermore valley. >> the westerly breeze kicks in yesterday's. that will keep temperatures intact along the coastline at 4 bay shore. it will be a lot cooler. oakland at 80. 73 for downtown san francisco. napa of flirting with 90.
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and 87 in sunnyvale. >> for extended forecast shows dramatically cooler weather. the continue to take a tumble. saturday warmest spots and '80s. by saturday dropping into the seventies. we have the possibility for showers in the forecast. full details coming up in just a couple of minutes. robyn >> thank you erica there is no major hot spots. commute around the bay area light. looking at traffic getting in san francisco. this is your approach to the bay bridge toll plaza there is doing just fine, lights are off, no delays for oakland. less and 10 minutes from the maize to san francisco. from berkeley 10 minutes. all of the bay area bridges trouble-free. the earlier fatality on highway 24 is cleared. >> i will have full traffic check coming up in just a bit. >> thank you. >> let us will want our big story. the heat, the wind, and the fire in southern california. hundreds of firefighters are trying to
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get the upper hand on the fast-moving fires. you can see the wall of flames there there is the larger of the two fires that are burning now is in ventura county. that is the video we're getting in this fire from camarillo. we were covering this yesterday's on the kron 4 morning news as well. it has been very destructive as you can see here. more than 12 square miles has burned. , that is at 8,000 a. and about 2000 homes are threatened. >> the fire is 10 percent contained. 15 homes a been damaged since the fire started yesterday morning. >> the fire is about 50 mi. northwest of los angeles. >> that is where the fire is burning this morning. >> the second one near los angeles is at least 40 percent contained this a different picture. the summit fire has burned about 3,000 a. since the start on wednesday. at least one home was destroyed.
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also two firefighters have been hurt. officials say there is potential for significant fires in california will remain above normal. smoke from that fire you can see but the glow from the other one with the flames incredible. now let us go to northern california in sonoma county. they are still on the front lines. they are dropping fire retardant from above. they are battling the yellow fire as they call it started on tuesday. you can see the flames. there are hot spots in the fire. crews will be on scene mounting the fire. it is about 80 percent contained at this hour hoping for full containment sometime later today. we have this video in from our helicopter partnership with abc seven new spirit your covering it yesterday's all morning long. the fire cause remains under investigation. >> a third grade teacher at a school in union city has been arrested for multiple counts of child molestation.
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we have his picture. michael howey they are a significant number of female victims and all of them were his students. they range between the ages of 89. he faces 17 counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14 as was 23 misdemeanor counts for molesting a child. parents at the school reacted to the allegations against howey . >> devastated, shocked, scared. you take your kids to and from school every day and you hope they are in the best chance possible. i feel anger. you do not know what you do. you cannot take your kids out of school to protect them. another parent whose children are in the suspect class say he is a good teacher they thought anyway. they were shocked to hear the news. >> and livermore police arrest a man accused of sexually assaulting a child. listen now saying that lee
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there might be more victims. joshua rojas was taken to santa rita jail on charges of lewd acts with a child under 14 years old. his arrest and falling and sexual assault investigation in livermore during the month of march. detectives concluded the case on wednesday. police would not say how the victim knew him but they did said the victim was an acquaintance. >> the golden state warriors win their first playoff series since 2007. now they are headed to around two. stephen carry scores of his two points with eight assists and andrew bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury plagued season. they nearly gave away at the end with turnovers, there were up by 18 points at one point in denver got within four. the warriors hung on to win it by a 92-88 victory in game 6. fans were elated that their team rose to the occasion. we caught up with some of the fans last night.
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>> let's go warriors! bring on san antonio. >> to have a win like this and move on to the second round is a gift they deserve. >> we have waited all season for this estimate of when >> is exciting! were it did a good job is good for the bay area! >> all my dogs! we are going to the second round. >>--all my gosh! we are going to the second round. >> round to is against the san antonio spurs. that will start monday. times have not been announced. >> new this morning. he is
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still recovering from wounds from injured at by the bombing of the boston marathon. and if you are some now will hear from " year-old aaron hern and his family as they finally open about their ordeal. kron fours will trans in martinez is worn with details. >> the family was our guest of the war is at the game. . >> everyone wants to say hello to the child and family. they were in boston a few weeks ago. he was there rooting for his mother. he was moving toward the finish line one of a sudden the bombs what often there was shrapnel in his inner thigh. it went deep into his thigh where he had two surgeries. he stayed there for broccoli a week. everyone in the bay area was following them. martinez rallied in had restaurants that offered money to the family because of surgery cost a lot of money. he came back a few days ago. they have been smiling every
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sense. this morning finally they will talk about the experience what he had to go through. the family was there with another family to have a good time. this was the first marathon for his mother. finally we will get to hear from them and carry it to you like as it happens on our comcast jan starting at 10:00 this morning. >> thank you for the story wheel. >> we will take a break here it is 5 06 we will be back with wow, 10 days of allergy relief.. i'm i'still claritin clear ! ! i've bveeen claritin clear for 12 d12s ! when yenour allergies start, doctors orrecommend taking one clinically-proven claritin every day during your allergy season for continuous relief. 18 day ds ! 17 day ds !!
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and brown eyes. she was last seen wearing a black ski jeans and a nirvana t-shirt. she may also be wary a black hooded sweat shirt. >> new this morning, and at the search is going on right now for san raphael person who stole a car. to get you more news faster we turn to our solo reporter kron fours jackie sissel is live with details. >> according to share steady around 215 this morning they spotted that black miata and realize the plates did not match the car. they ended up in the marin would, look is valley neighborhood. the suspect that off and took off on foot. they have been
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using canines a rocket from door-to-door check-in area. they're hoping to get the suspect. not only are the license plates stolen but the car itself is going. the car was stolen at some point over the last couple of days. the good news is they said the suspect may have left behind his identification in side of the car. they may already know the person is. i talked to a deputy 10 or 15 minutes ago. it sounds like after three hours of searching they may be breaking down the perimeter. obviously, a developing story. if we get permission we will pass along. >> once again a stolen miata suspect on the loose. the marin county sheriff's department is actively searching for him. >> thank you jackie. hopefully you are right. hopefully that was his
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>> people in the midwest who are snowed in may find it hard to believe, but a new report from the united nations as the arctic icecap melted a record pace last year. the report confirms 2012 was the ninth hottest year in record history. despite an oceanic weather pattern they usually brings cooler temperatures. >> we're talking global warming which we could understand after yesterday's. >> nasa created this animation, showing the excel rating climate change is 1950. the yen in annual climb reports as the world's average temperature last year was 58 degrees fahrenheit. that an increase of one fold increase since 1950. the u.s. last year was the all-time hottest year if all the grit of the previous high in 1998. >> we are not going to be higher than yesterday's but still another one. and then a cold down there if i did not know whether to rotate or not rotate. >> erica what are you doing?
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>> i keep a sweater so i can take it on and off. it was the hottest late second for a lot of bay area spots. san francisco broke the old record set in 1992. coming in at 88. oakland broken old record at 80 degrees said back in 2004. we saw a couple of records from the bay. i want to talk about today's forecast of how one is going to be. i want to take a look at some of your forecast highs and how much warmer we are compared to the seasonal average. >> 73 in san francisco. nine degrees more than where we should be for this time of year. we are lucky if we seek mid-60s. >> 87 expected for santa rosa today that is 15 degrees warmer than usual. we are also a mild start. fifties, lows 60s. a few lingering '40's for the north bay. a cooler start there. oakland 59. 57 hayward. for some carlos waking up to 59 degree
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readings. futurecast four tracks the temperatures drop today. by lunchtime we are talking seventies and eighties. the red starts to filling we could see some 90s. >> most locations dropping in to the '60s by 8:00 p.m. tonight. breaking down your afternoon highs. '80s in mountain view. 85 in milpitas. low nineties for fairfield, pittsburgh. upper seventies in richmond. downtown san francisco 73. 77 in alameda. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows return all fall tomorrow morning. gradual cooler weather. we could see a few raindrops as we start the next four weeks. 5 19:00 good morning robyn. >> good morning erica we're awfully quiet start. your commute around the bay area looks great and so far no hot spots. let us start off with a bridge check. your wife on west 80 heading in san francisco traffic nice and light. approaching the pay gates no hearing lights,
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no delays. drive time at 8 minutes from the oakland maze into downtown san francisco. >> off if you dive once at the bay ridge and thinking about taking 92, the san mateo bridge nice and smooth. westbound traffic heading to the east bay to the peninsula and your drive time holding a steady 14 minutes. >> for those you traveling in and out san francisco by way of 101 the commute across the golden gate is move the problems coming out of the north bay. for your south bound ride from navato, san raphael nice and smooth up to the bay bridge toll plaza. >> the site for your commute in the opposite direction leading san francisco no problems northbound approach in the face. >> we have a small stretch of slow traffic that is the the usual stop and go ride. if you're coming out of tracy heading for the altamonte traffic quickly filling in on westbound 580 from 205. after that it is unsettling to pleasanton for
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the dublin interchange. drive time 23 minutes through tracy to the public split. back to you james. >> investigators of the boston bombing attacks are saying the surviving suspect is telling the fbi he and his brother consider striking on the for the july. however, the to change their minds after finishing work on the bonds faster than expected. the fbi says they now have jahars laptop. this comes after investigators arrested three of its registered a. they're accused of taking some of his possessions including the laptop out of his dorm room after the attack. >> meanwhile the brother tamerlan body was taken to a funeral home and claimed by his own call yesterday. officials say the cause of death will not be made public until an official death certificate is filed. >> fresh of a huge victory over president obamas gun control, the national rifle
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association is gathering in houston for the annual convention. organizers for the powerful gun rights lobby anticipate texas is party to celebrate the victory recharge the troops for more political struggles with gun control advocates around the country. more than 70,000 people are expected to attend a three day stand and fight beamed event. today's scheduled include a political forum with speeches from several state and national conservative leaders. >> president obama also speaking about the about the fda's this offer the morning after pill over the counter, to female is in the 15th. the move comes after health and human services secretary cackling sebelius shot down a prior recommendation to offer a plan b step 2 women of all ages. that was decision president obama back at the time. >> the first time around were there were no age restrictions the secretary expressed concern that i supported those concerns. i gave voice to them in the press room. the rule that
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has been put forward by the fda the secretary has reviewed she is comfortable with it i am comfortable with it. >> the justice depent temporary hold of the fda approval. >> rhode island's governor has signed a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. the bill goes into effect august 1st. the state house gave final will yesterday's after the senate passed it last week. ryland was the only state in new england were same-sex marriage was illegal until now. it is now the tent state in the country to allow same-sex marriage. the u.s. supreme court is expected to rule by next month on major case revolving around a marriage. >> will take a break is 523 and the golden gate bridge. so far so good on 101. out of the north bay in san deliver good news.s.
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>> we are back. it is 526 as we're watching wall street this morning futures trading is a bit mixed across the indexes encouraging news about the job market and high profits from some companies reported earnings sending stocks higher on the day. the the dow rose 130 points by the out nearly all of its 138 point fall the day before. and the nasdaq live within one point. the s&p 500 s up 14. . >> the u.s. forest service demanding that states give back $17.9 million in federal subsidies. they're saying that the taxpayer cash is subject to sequestration. but republicans and democrats are saying no. the money was given to the state before the cuts would affect on march 1st so they are expected. isn't clear gets to decide the for service will in fact get their money back or the matter will go in court.
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>> welcome back. 529. taking a look at the james lick freeway in san francisco. everything looks good and clear. and other warm morning but will will ease off a bit. unless your inland in your piece was in. >> yes. they would just say what the couple of degrees here if we are talking 90s. once you're in the '90s it does not matter if it is 92 or 93 it is hot. >> off the day's highs 94 walnut creek. 91 livermore. oakland however, significantly cooler coming in at 80 degrees. >> turning our to to the south bay. cupertino 93. upper 80s and santa clara full details on your afternoon highs and extended forecast minutes away. robyn. >> thank you erica. so far nothing outside of the usual so spots. no hot spots the major problems there there
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is slow traffic. let us start off with a look at traffic tracker. picking up crawling on my way 4 paris this the westbound ride coming out of the brentwood, oakley, antioch area going into pittsburgh. 13 minutes from antioch and concord. once you are past that are high way for your living good for copper, pleasant hill, walnut creek the problems along that stretch. >> west bound by very slow coming out of tracy to 05 up to no. 4 in. drive times up to 25 minutes. the tracy to dublin. >> off 531 right now. we want to take you to southern california where they have had the heat like we have had. it has an even hotter and windy. the firefighters are having a tough time getting an upper hand on a fast-moving wildfire. there are two fires burning, the larger of the two in ventura county. that is what you are seeing here coming to us
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from camarillo. the other fire near los angeles is 40 percent contained. this one is more smoking. you can see it from above. the summit fire has burned about 3,000 a. starting on wednesday. one home has been destroyed also to firefighters have been hurt. >> watching the latest out of wall street where just this morning we got a report u.s. and lawyers added 165,000 jobs in april loring unemployed, the rate any way to a four year low of 7.5%. seven and one-half. we will see how this impacts the market on the opening bell rings this morning. hopefully we will see good news. >> police looking for clues in the death of and 8 year- old keller shares fell to grow at a roadblock. if le ila foulest found stabbed
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and her to alice springs on saturday. in now investigators say one of the witnesses and the case has since changed her story. >> >> she refused to return provided descriptions of the sketch artists soy composite to be completed. the witness's description of the running man was important to our investigators but as of now it has become clear the witness is not credible. >> this is video of the search team searching the countryside for clues. the victims' 12 year-old brother says he saw an intruder leaving the home before he found his sister suffered from stab wounds. she died shortly after arriving at a hospital. police said they ever see tons of tents in the case and continue to follow up on leads. >> on to bay area basketball. the golden state warriors have won their first playoff series since 2007. stephan carcourry
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scored 22 points with eight assists and andrew of bogut broke out with the best performance of his injury plagued season. they nearly gave it up at the end with turnovers, they were up by 18 points at one point in denver got within four. but the warriors want to win by 92-88. victory in game 6. fans were related here is what they had to say. let's go warriors! bring on san antonio. >> they have a win like this and will want to the second round is a gift they deserve. >> we have waited all season for this! it is great! >> o my gosh! we are going to round to. >> the city the fans, this is a great win. >> mc ahammer among the
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fans. >> the warriors advance to the next round of playoffs. they will take on the san antonio spurs. that series will start in texas on monday. >> new this morning, he is still recovering from wounds from the injured by bombs at the boston marathon. and if you hours you hear from " year-old aaron hern and his family as they finally open about their ordeal. will trans is live in martinez. >> the hern family may be raspy from screaming so much at the game. >> here is video of them before the game started and after the game they stagot to meet stephan currey. >> is a boy was just 11 a few weeks ago was at the boston marathon routing his
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family on. his mother, this was our first boston marathon. he broke away from his father and his sister and that is why they were not injured. he was running toward the finish line when all of a sudden the bombs went off. there was shrapnel that went into this by so badly where he needed to surgery. they spent about a week in boston. a lot of people stopped by including the first lady to wish him well. the oakland a's, when they play the boston red sox this stopped by to say hello. you get to hear from the family and talk about exactly what happened. the details on that morning or afternoon what happened with the bombs went off. and get his reaction. the family is the toast of the bay area along with the warriors for good reasons. will carry a news conference live when it happens. back to you darya. >> he looks like he's doing very well thank you will. will take a quick break at
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536 going back outside giving you a live look at the bay bridge. traffic on west bound 80 moving well. beautiful skies above blue, sunrise in the making. it will be another great, hot one this afternoon. a cool down the dance as we head into the next [ in[ distinct conversations ] [ pi[ zza dodging man's mouth] ♪♪ ♪ ♪ [ c[amera shutter clicks ]
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>> keep your fall out of your hands on what you are driving in on the south san francisco area. alas, you would like to get a ticket. as part of april's national distracted driving awareness month campaign, south center cisco traffic officers issued 343 moving violations. drivers were cited without warning for the enforcement operation, which began april 1st and lasted through tuesday. the cost of the ticket for distracted driving offenses is $159 with the subsequent
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tickets costing at least $279. the cost a ticket >> it is more than a foot race, it is a san francisco or original. bay to breakers is coming sunday, may 19th. kron4 will bring you all the fun. >> we will take a break. here is a live look outside at mount tam. we will be right back. right back. c'mon buddy, arms up. why do i have to put on a sweater? 'cause we are going out to brunch. why? because it's mother's day and on mother's day sometimes you have to wear things that you don't like to wear. now we get to drive and sit in traffic and go to a fancy restaurant and order a bunch of overpriced entrees that
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year-old madeline langill was last seen by her family when she left her home runs 6:00 p.m.. we will bring you a live report from danville coming up. >> we are keeping an eye on the fires are burning throughout the state. hundreds of firefighters are trying to get the upper hand on a fast moving wild fire. there are two fires burning, the largest of the two is in ventura county. we will continue to bring you the latest on those tires. >> we also continue to watch the weather as we have a hot week appear we are expecting to see a cool down. >> as of right now it is a pretty mild start. the temperatures are in the low 50s and 60s. it still will
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be a another toast the day. the fog will return late tonight. here is a look get your numbers. san mattel is coming in at 54 degrees and 55 for pleasanton. future cast 4 highlights of that by 12:00 it will be '70s and '80s around the bay. it will be pretty comfortable conditions lo's by 8:00 p.m.. >> redwood city will be coming in at 87 and 86 for fremont. 91 degrees is expected for loss gatos. plenty of low 90s for antioch and his bird. san pittsburg. it will be possibly be showers as will start next work week. as of right now it is a 10% chance. you can certainly
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count on more clouds. >> the time now is 5:46 a.m.. >> your friday morning commute around the bay looks great so far. we have no hot spots to worry about. we have heavier traffic heading into san francisco. your drive time is still at about eight minutes from okoume is into downtown san francisco. there are no problems across the deck. 92 is still looking good and we have had no problems between the mimic freeway and 101. the same goes for your commute about the bridges. south won a one from the north bay is also nice and smooth as you connect with the golden gate bridge. your souls commute right now is 5 a which is
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normal for this time morning. it will be it a stop and go commute but we have no accidents and add to the wait. >> the woman arrested and accused of trying to poison customers at a san jose starbucks is 3 this morning. police say that the 50 year- old suspect was spotted putting morange juice bottles spiked with lethal doses of alcohol in a store cooler at the starbucks on snell avenue on tuesday. this is the woman walking out from the elmwood correctional facility yesterday. prosecutors say they are " not " of filing charges, pending further investigation. right now they are waiting for
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toxicology reports to come back. those results could take up to three weeks. >> governor jerry brown is warning that the plan he has submitted to federal judges ease prison overcrowding in the state would undermine public safety. the plan calls for an increase early release credits for inmates and growing elderly and incapacitated prisoners. it also would allow inmates with that vial in history to become firefighters. the judges had required the state to out line how it would meet a court order population caps off by the end of the year. brown's plans to seek a delay while he appeals the ruling on overcrowding, which already has been of help once by this u.s. supreme court. >> the hunt for dmitri storm-that's one of the most wanted fugitives from marin county to big sur--has
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intensified. a $500 reward is being offered by the santa cruz county sheriffs arm for the 42 year-old suspect. storm is suspected in at least 10 vehicle thefts and has as many as 40 vehicle burglaries over the past month. deputies believe this storm is sleeping in stolen vehicles and dodging deputies on back roads. >> deputies say this storm should be considered armed and dangerous. they say he has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse. the research is focusing in the san lorenzo valley area, on the summit and in the suit will hills. >> antioch police arrested a man after they said they found evidence of a marijuana growth operation inside of his house. they
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recovered over 500 plants inside of his home. >> here is a pitcher of barry bonds that he signed. it is available on the bay for $100,000. >> although there have been other legal issues with him. >> we will take a break. the time is 5:51 a.m.. here is a live look outside at the san mattel bridge. the temperatures at fremont are currently at 60 degrees and they should get a to the mid-80s. >> we will be right back.
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>> the morning, a bank you for waking up with the kron 4 morning news. the time is by 50 5:00 a.m..good morning anu for watching the kron 4 morning news. we are talking mostly clear conditions and forecasts. today will be a warm one and cooler for the weekend. i want you to the 7 day forecasts in just a few minutes. >> a new device that counts how many bicycles are going along market street will soon be up and running in downtown san francisco. the bicycle barometer is located on the south side of market
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street between ninth and 10th streets. officials hope to have it operational by next thursday, may 9th, in time for a bike to work day. once it is built, the device with talley bicycle use in the city. transit officials say that as many as 1 million eastbound bicyclist are expected to go down market street in the next year. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news. the golden state warriors are moving on. if they beat the denver nuggets at 4: unless my. they will face off against the san antonio spurs in round two. >> the 12 year-old boston bomb victim aaron hern was the warriors' game last night. he said courtside with his family. they are expected told a press conference later this morning. >> we are also continuing to watch the weather as we are
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>> the top stories that we are following this friday may 3rd. a fire continues to spread in southern california, as winds and high temperatures threatened homes in the area. we will have the latest details for you. >> it will be a another hot day on tap. we have a little cool down in store for the weekend, we want to start here in the weather center with current conditions.
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>> we will see conditions 18 degrees warmer than what we are normally used to sing. we are talking about pretty warm afternoon highs. san francisco will have a high of 73 degrees. san jose will climb to 87. in terms of temperatures right now we're waking up to 40's and '50's. it is a little bit cooler in the north. it is 54 degrees right now in san mateo. fremont is currently at 58 degrees. >> for those of you getting ready to go out the door you can expect a stress free commute. there are no hot spots or major problems. here is a live look at 101 across the golden gate bridge.
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