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of san francisco this morning. a crashed at a speed yard results in some major injuries. we are live on the scene with the details. >> two people have been killed in the colorado springs fire that has now burned more than $50 makers. we will have the latest in the containment of that blaze. >> we're also tracking a nice friday forecast, including what is on tap for father's day. >> if you like warm weather we could get pretty close to 90 degrees. by 8:00 p.m. tonight was the temperatures in the low 60's and 70's. there will be a return of fog and i will have a full detail coming up at 6:15 a.m.. >> taking a look that the
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ride to the bay bridge the westbound direction traffic is starting to back up. they may be activated the meter light early. there is a stall and otherwise the traffic is looking great. there was a problem at more ran on 1 01 southbound but it has been clear to the shoulder. highway 4 through >> falling some breaking news story out of san francisco. accident at a shipyard in the city's vis itacion valley neighborhood. resulting in some major injuries. kron4 mike pelton is live on the scene. >> here is video from a short time ago. this white car or your screen hit this forklift forcing it on the side. the people are
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expected to be okay. according stated that at the time of the accident the two people in the car, those that work here stated that the fork lift a driver has worked here for years and that he knows how to operate this. police are looking to see whether not speed was a factor. witnesses stated that this car was going 60 mi. per hour much faster than it should have been going. they stated that this is constantly a problem. they tell me that this street which is and gerald dry runs through this program is a market and there are a lot of trucks to that operate around this area. other employees stated that a similar accident occurred about a year ago. they're want to see something done. next hour you will see exclusive
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video of a moment right after this accident. >> the time is 6:02 a.m.. a young man is gunned down after an argument over a minor fender bender just in our short of his 23rd birthday. this marks oakland's a 43rd homicide of the year. here is what we know. the victim is aya nakano. he was a recent graduate of the university of oregon. he was on his way home to emeryville at around 11:00 p.m. on wednesday night when the incident happened. >> his parents always told him not to be a hero whenever there is trouble. he has always and joke around.
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>> witnesses say that the car that was involved fired a shot that killed him. it was a silver four-door sedan. in addition to a crime stoppers reward, the family is offering $5,000 for information leading to the rest of the shooter in this case. >> it was a packed house at the oakland city council meeting as the city tries to lockdown a budget. the council is facing a decision between 2 different budget allocations for the next two years. the issue? who gets more money? the police department or public employees who have already make concessions. the council will take a vote on the budget at the end of the month.
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>> ever since the video of a naked man attacking people at the 16th and mission bart station surface 01 youtube. questions are being raised about security at bart. it took seven minutes for police will ride after the 911 call was placed. it's a another minute for bart police to arrive on an incoming train.during the entire time, bart passengers were scrambling try to steer clear of the 24 year-old man. most times bart police are on patrol at the stations, but not always. deputies bentsson fairow says
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there are plans to change that. we will rollout a new plan in the station and this will start shortly. >> the deputy chief says that they have 27 vacancies on the force and they are actively looking to fill those positions. >> vice-president joe biden will be in san francisco today. it will attend a fundraiser this evening for the democratic national committee at the home of a dud hickey, the ceo of san francisco-based brokerage company "bmn-wiin-wise. " tickets to the van are said to be anywhere from $500 to $10,000. meanwhile, protesters are expected to show up. joe biden's visit
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comes just a week after president obama stopping palo alto. >> two people have been killed by the fast-moving and black forest fire that's burning in north east colorado springs, colorado. the officials said the fire is worse than last year's blaze that killed two people and burned 347 homes. this blaze has is to release 360 homes, evacuate it almost 40,000 people embargo 16,000 a.. there are other wildfires are burning in colorado, as well as new mexico, oregon and one near banning, california. >> we're also watching developments in florida for the george zimmerman murder trial. the six and george and four alternative eventually picked for the murder trial of george zimmerman will be sequestered. that is the
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word from the judge told potential door on the fourth day of selection the all panelist will be kept isolated. zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming that he shot treyvon martin blaser in self-defense. >> here's a live look outside. everything is clear. that includes here at the san mateo bridge. >> we will be right back. look at 'em. living on cloud nine with that u-verse wireless receiver. you see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldn't just set up a tv in the basement. i mean, come on! nope. we could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, we'd have to go to my aunt sally's.
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>> we are back. here is a live look at the bay bridge approach. it is 53 degrees right now in oakland. today it would get to the mid-70s. we have mulled whether for the foreseeable future. we will debate loo at the weather coming up a 6:50 a.m.. >> house lawmakers are heading toward pass a defense bill that reflects some of the outrage over the growing number of sexual assaults and the military. the legislation is expected to be done today. it includes a measure requiring jail time for service members who are convicted of raping or sexually assaulting in a military court. it is estimated that there are 26,000 sexual assaults in the military just last year alone. >> the air national guard's
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109th airlift wing in new york is now under investigation for alleged officer misconduct. retired lieutenant colonel sharon dwyer stepp said a letter to vermont senator patrick leahy telling him about the alleged misconduct. she says that when it comes to handling sexual assault plans, the unit has promoted abusers instead of punishing them. new york military officials are now, the allegations. >> today marks the six months since the shooting as sandy hook elementary school in connecticut. it was on december the 40 the last year when a gunman killed 20 children and six adults. the tragedy will be marked with a moment of silence, reading the names and calls to pass tougher gun-control legislation. so far, measures to expand back on checks for gun purchases have failed in congress.
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is said everyone into the bus got the bay. about two dozen people were injured, some of the more critical. rescue divers or looking in the water searching for missing persons but everyone has be we do have one more weather on the way for today. we do have a few high clouds coming in. it is definitely warmer than it yesterday. santa rosa is that 52 degrees and 56 degrees out the door in san jose. carla the claws are streaming in and these are high. this will not impact your visibility. it looks like we will have sunshine into the afternoon. this work is at 92 degrees. we will continue to
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it looks like fairfield will get close to upper 90s. your extended forecasts shows that cooler weather into saturday and sunday and we have the return of morning fog. if you're taking your father out for father's day will be in the low 70's. we will continue with gradually coolly weather as we head into the next work week. the time is 6:17 a.m.. >> here is a look that the ride around the bay. we're not tracking any hot spots.
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chp had a few minor injuries but at the bay bridge toll plaza we had a stall in the westbound direction. the mean lights kicked off a little bit early. it is slow from just past the first over crossing. thedr arou0 minutes. the san mateo bridge 92 is the life free. it is still a 11 minutes from hayward to foster city. the golden gate bridge ride is looking good with no delays across the span. the trip or run the east bay you will still find like conditions for interstate 80 and the drive time is still under 18 minutes from hercules to berkeley. the south bay freeway is looking great even 85 toward west valley. the more ran commute is a little sluggish, down from the dumps just pass the county lines. this was in
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the wake of the earlier, accident that block the allies but it has been moved to the right-hand shoulder. >> public transit is still have a good ride no delays for muni or caltran. >> san francisco police are looking for a man involved in a attack and dolores park over the weekend. here is a sketch of the suspect. he is described as 6 ft. 2 in. tall with a heavy build and curly brown hair. the attacker axed eight mesded a mae became aggress of that special the victim suffered head injuries and he was hospitalized. will let you know on his condition. >> at least one person was
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killed an explosion and fire and louisiana chemical plant. we first brought you this story yesterday morning as it was happening. we now know several hundred people were inside the plant which is located about 30 mi. southeast of bad road. a witness described the initial confusion. >> at first we did not take this series i did not know what was going on. i did not know what to do. when i receive more information i found out what was going on and where this was happening at. it started to get a little scary because it is so close to home. louisiana's health department says 77 people were treated at hospitals most have been released. a few are still in critical condition. the cause of the explosion is still unknown.
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>> the u.s. is a staggering out house armed syrrian rebels, now that president obama has decided to provide them with legal aid. u.s. officials want to keep those weapons out of the hands of extremists battling for control of syria. sion to arm ts has made after the u.s. concluded that syrrian president bashar assad's regimen has used chemical weapons against opposition forces. the uss to nearly 93,000 syrians have been killed since the conflict began in march of 2011. >> a week-long at demonstrations in turkey may come to when end soon. now that the prime minister has agreed to let the courts and a potential referendum decide the fate of and ista
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package for iphone will be available starting today. >> we will be following the latest out of newtown, connecticut. >> microsoft's office package for iphone will be available starting today. it will offer the ability to read end at text documents, spreadsheets and slide presentations. but that office 365 subscription is required for you to use it. microsomes says the ad is meant for lightweight editing, not complex calculations or heavy graphical work. the company is not making an ipad version, though, nor is offering the at what android devices. >> the time is 6:26 a.m.. the number of young people without credit cards has
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actually doubled since the recession. new research provided by a cycle says that about 16% of consumers 818 to 29 did not have a single credit car201218 to 29 de a credit card in 2012. that is up from 8% who did not have won in 2007. as a result, credit card debt is also down, just under an average of $2,100 per person. 5 fico says that recent legislation has made it more difficult for people under 21 to qualify for credit cards. >> we will be right back.
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point drop on tuesday and wednesday. off this was falling by a rebound yesterday. dow futures are about a 11 and we did start lower yesterday at mondo with a late day rally. we will be following the latest drop the morning. >> today marks the sixth month anniversary of the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school that took the lives of 26 victims in newtown, connecticut. family members, elected officials, faced leaders, and other community members will join together in a day of remembrance and a call to action. that will come together to read the names of the victims of gun violence and urged their representatives in congress to support legislation that would require comprehensive background checks. >> the time is 6:30 a.m.. we
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will now take a look at weather and traffic. >> we are waking up to sunny skies and we have a few high clouds outside. here is a live look at our roof cam ranh san francisco. today will be the warmest day with upper 80s in the inland area. we will cool things down in the forecast as we have this a father's day. i will have full details of what you can expect coming up in a few minutes. we do have big changes to talk about the weather center but the time is 6:31 a.m. last take a look at traffic. >> we continue to monitor, there was an early morning stall that has been cleared. the may ran lights have been put at moderate rates from 16 to 80 minutes. the quick commute check shows that the heaviest traffic is on an
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estate 580 and highway 4. >> the time is 6 3:01 a.m.. >> this morning out of san francisco. three people are heard this morning after a car crashed into a fork lift at a produce market. it happened overnight at the 2000 block of jerrold avenue. two people in the car and one person in the fork lift were all taken to the hospital. an investigation is underway to determine if the car was the or what could have caused the crash. kron4 mike pelton will have a live report from the scene coming up. >> developing story out of oakland police looking for whoever shot and killed a young man the night before his 23rd birthday party. >> kron4 will tran is live at open police department with more on the murder. >> the local police
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departments stated that he did the right thing by pulling over to exchange information. instead of exchanging information they got into a confrontation and at least one shot was fired. here is his pitcher. he was only 22 years old. this was on wednesday night at around 11:00 p.m.. here recently graduated from the university of oregon. he is a native from the bay area. here is video of the scene. he was driving his jeep cherokee home and there was a minimum of damage to its car. they're looking for a silver a four-door sedan. there were two people in the sedan and they are not sure what sparked the confrontation. there are surveillance cameras that they are born to review. they have not told us what are not these cameras have enough information that will lead to the arrest. we had a chance to speak to the
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family and they showed up at the site where it was killed. this is their reaction. >> he was a happy guy. he always has been quiet and friendly. his parents always joked around with him. his parents stated he never got into trouble and that he sped away from a. he always joked around and that i always try to tell him to stay away from things like this. >> when they showed up at this site just 2 mi. away from this location there were passing out fliers and also offering a $5,000 reward for any informational that will help the police are attract out the suspect or suspects. >> hopefully police will get leaves soon. >> a man arrested in
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connection with a march shooting and robbery at berkeley's the center is scheduled to appear in court today. 25 year-old christopher washington will have a plea hearing for five or recharges and two attempted murder charges stemming from this incident. washington was allegedly one of two suspects that shot and wounded two employees before they fled the scene. as of today, the second suspect remains at large. >> butte county sheriff's deputies have found a stolen car bargain with three people dead inside. deputies and firefighters responded to reports of a vehicle fire on a roll. they arrived to find a green and acura on fire. when it was
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out, investigators found three bodies. two bodies were in the trunk and a third was on the back seat. the car had recently been reported stolen from sacramento. the cause of the death and the identities of the debt remain unknown. >> according to caltrans, construction of the new for the board of the caldecott , was about 80% complete. this is the east end of the new tunnel. crews are working on the final touches. they are going to pay the roadway, install paneled walls, and there is still some electrical work that needs to be completed. giants fans have been installed on the ceilings and to push out smoke if there is ever a fire inside the tunnel. the board is the largest of all four tunnels and it will speed up the daily commute. >> bart board of directors approved a $1.5 million
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balance the budget for the 2014 fiscal year. are says it is focusing on customer priorities. the budget will direct $406 million in operating funds towards orders 410 new will cars, scheduled to be a service in 2017. and a $7 million will be used to replace existing train seats and floors with easier to clean materials. other items on the crew but to include more secure bike parking, security cameras, an earthquake safety retrofit. the budget also included 1% wage increase for the employees to begin on july 1st. >> we will be right back.
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was the only county to get a perfect score of 100. sampras's go county was not far behind, scoring a 94 to ranked second. other bay area counties in the top 50 were san mateo where they came in at no. 9. santa clara ranked 19th. sonoma county came in at no. 49. >> how much would you pay its own your own parking spaces? one spot in the san francisco south beach neighborhood sold last week for $82,000. the eight by 12 ft. parking space is and an enclosed garage in a condominium building. while it is a lot of money, real estate agent said the parking is a good investment. meantime, $82
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and is not compared to what one moment paid fo spot in boston. seashell about $560,000 for two! she bought them in an auction. the irs has seized this bases for attacks on the legal owner, bidding started at $42,000. >> it was are rigidly 42,000 and it went as high as 5 1/6 to thousand. isn't this crazy? >> yes. the time is 6:42 a.m.. this does give you some perspective as you look at the bay bridge. we will be right back.
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line the time is 6:45 a.m.. we have father's day coming up this weekend. >> sunday, will not be as warm as well we are experiencing today. we are waking up to sunshine and we do have a few high close of side. it is not nearly as cold as we were 24 hours ago. we are only holding on to low 40's. fairfield is coming in at 59 degrees and 52 degrees out the door in santa rosa. today is shaping up to be the warmest day of the week. anticipate sunny skies and yes the temperatures will be close to 90 degrees. antioch and pleasanton will be coming in at 88 degrees. as we head into the evening hours by 8:00 p.m. tonight will total to low 70's for the inland spots low 60's for the shoreline. 64 degrees for san mattel effort was 70's
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and san jose. >> your extended forecasts shows that it will be a cool down for the weekend. fathers and they will have morning cloud cover but sunshine in the afternoon. we will cool things down as we start the next work week and the evidence boss was trouble to make it out of the '70s. cool weather for the coastline and low 60's and we do not have and what weather to talk about for the next seven days. the time is 6:47 a.m.. >> we are mountain a pretty light ride or around the bay area and we are not tracking any hot spots or major incidents to slow your ride. we started the morning with it was bounced all and it made early activation of the metering lights but there is no backup on a the approach. in general, about 40 to 50 minutes from the macarthur mayes. >> on 92, the san mateo bridge have not seen an
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increase in drive time is 11 minutes. the golden gate bridge is still light and delay free in both directions. >> we up the drive times in the east, 18 minutes from hercules to berkeley a little slower for the shore freeway 680 and 24 are looking good. the south bay for with to the guadalupe parkway is starting to slow to 280 and it is a little slowing on 101 at 87. no. they ride where we did have slowing coming from the state park that has been ave due to an early accident. this is all gone and a light ride for 11. >> a corporate jet hits a building at a southern california airport. authority say no one was injured yesterday when a small jet struck a hanger at
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the chino airport. for mechanics were on board for a routine engine test when the plane jumped the chocks that were holding it in place. for a day since ha ngars and sinesses within those hangars were evacuated. >> new this morning, the british government has issued an alert to airlines or around the world, urging them " not " to allow former u.s. intelligence contractor at what snowdedward snowden to d flights to the united kingdom. the lord says carriers should deny him boarding because " the individual is highly likely
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to be refused entry to the uk. " he revealed top secret documents about the u.s. national security agency's surveillance programs and is believed to be a hong kong. no warrant for his arrest had been issued. minority leader nancy pelosi said yesterday that she thinks he should be prosecuted. >> it took an unintentional double header to do it, but the oakland a's completed a three game sweep of the visiting yankees. the yankees struck in the first with eight robinson cano to run home run. they a's tied up in the third with this seth smith a double to the right. the pitching victory went to jesse chavez, who started the year end triple- 8 but will through 52-3 to shutdown of the inning.
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rocky and make frieman cool only into the game in the 15th inning, singled home the winning run. the game goes on five hours, 35 minutes. a's take seven straight from the yankees. >> the a's have won 11 straight at home and 21 of their last 26 games. the a's no pulse of the seattle mariners tonight at 7 05 a.m.p.m.. >> the giants to got back to their winning ways thanks to strong outing by matt cain. cain allowed to is over 62-3 innings and the rest of the lineup, but the pittsburgh pirates 10 to 0 last month. hunters spence hit his 11th homer of the season.
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>> the nba finals are all tied up by two wins a piece. playing in san antonio the miami heat beat the spurs in game 4109 to 93. miami's bid to, lebron james and dwayne wade, led the attack as the james scored 33 and wade added 32. total parker led the way for the spurs with 15 points and 9 assists. the win by the he guarantees a return to miami for game 6. game 5 will be played in san antonio on sunday. >> if imitation is the best form of flattery that 49er alex boone should be honored. he will be sharing his name with this rhino.
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today the line and will take part in the naming celebration of a four year old black rhino at the san francisco zoo. boone is been higher because of his creation of an education program to bring eckeat risk upitj to brazil. >>youth to the zoo. >> make your fourth of july plan is no enjoy and as for kron4 as of july 4th live. it is the only local, like the fireworks show in the bay area. we will bring you the biggest in the best fireworks from san rafael, milpitas, pleasant hill and san francisco. why attend one of fireworks show when you concede for? kron4 is a
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into the air several times without any problems. l.a. dummy road in the settled during the test flight. the creators hoped to have humans in the seat one day. the bicycle land safely after a remote control, 5 minute flight. >> following a couple of a developing stories here in the kron4 news room. >> today marks the six month anniversary of the mass shooting at sandy hook elementary school the took the lives of 26 victims in newtown, connecticut. family members, elected officials, faced leaders, and other committee members would join together in a day of remembrance and a call to action. that will come together to read the names of victims of gun of violence and urged their represents as in congress to support legislation that would require comprehensive background checks. >> we are also watching developments in florida for the george zimmerman murder
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trial. the six jurors and four alternatives eventually pick for the murder trial of george zimmerman will be sequestered. that is the word from the judge told potential door of the fourth day of selection that all the panelists will be kept isolated. zimmerman is pleading not guilty to second-degree murder, claiming that he shot off treyvon martin in self- defense. >> will be right back.
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