>>darya: good morning, top stories we are following for you on this wednesday june 19th. a grassfire in fairfield spreads to a nearby motel, evacuating guests overnight. those details coming up. and concession workers at at&t park surprise everyone by taking a contact rally inside the stadium at last night's game. that story coming up. and we are watching the weather this morning as we take a live look outside from our roof cam on van

ness avenue. >>erica: here is a look at satellite and radar. we don't see much in the bay area just pettifog of that will clear stop along the coast line. as we follow the numbers into the afternoon we will see made 70's for livermore, upper 70's and antioch. 64 today for downtown san francisco so a little bit warmer than yesterday and 74 expected sunnyvale. your 7 day around the bay for cachepots warmer weather continues gradually as we pushed into the weekend. in fact, looks like saturday will be the warmest day of the week. we're

talking upper 70's and low 80s. temperatures tend to trail off however and we will remain dry into monday and tuesday. traffic around the bay area is pretty light but still pretty windy and spots so certainly keep that in mind as you cross the bridges. a live look outside as we approach the bay bridge toll plaza. san mateo bridge you are good to go in both directions with dry soil to 13 minutes and golden gate bridge is problem free and to separate the scope. >>anny: thomas hull is for all to this morning. --time now is 04 02. those evacuated from a a fast-moving grass fire that spread to a fairfield motel will find out when they can

go back to retrieve their belongings today. battalion chief says they will assess the damage at the motel 6 and decide when the evacuees can return. the fire was first reported at seven last night near highway 80 and suisun valley road. a three-alarm was called when the fire spread quickly and threatening structures. however, firefighters were unable to prevent the fire from reaching the motel. firefighters were able to contain the grass fire to between an acre and an acre-and-a-half. the call came in around 7pmthe grass was on fire, the trees were on fire and the word went out to get outquick. ronnie smoot was taking a shower when he heard a commotion outside his room ronnie smoot evacuated >> i heard a bunch of

screaming and hollering and someone was beating on the door, screaming fire. i get out and take a look and, sure enough, white smoke and ashes flying everywhere. it caught the palm trees on fire and, once it did that, it fell on the roof. fire officals say that most of the rooms were full and sustained water damage from the sprinkler systemscary moments for motel patrons. evacuated we're staying tonight. firefighters responded quickly and attacked the grass fire on several fronts. officals say the faifield fire department because of the sustained winds that we have here in fairfield, 15 to 25 miles an hour the embers got up into the air and into the attic space of the motel six. fire officals say that most of the rooms were full and sustained water damage from the sprinkler system. no one was injured from both fires. >>anny:firefighters have contained a grass fire in benicia this morning. a-b-c 7 news.

conditions. >>anny:ten concession workers at at&t park have been arrested after a sit- down strike inside the park during last night's game. about 300 protestors were peacefully marching outside of the park at willie mays plaza. they were rallying for higher wages and better working conditions. police say about 30 or 40 protestors entered the park with purchased tickets. they say a sit-down was staged inside the stadium, which violates the fan code of conduct. kron 4 spoke with some fans during the game who said they support the protesting workers >> i support what they are doing. the plucky went up and they should get a raise. >> i feel very strongly that they should get a very fair

wage and great tips. >>anny: san francisco police arrested 10 of the protestors who refused to leave. they were cited for trespassing. the others were escorted out of the stadium without incident. the city of san jose is suing major league baseball. trying to kick-start its effort to get the a's to the south bay. city leaders say the league has been dragging its feet for four long years, costing san jose millions of dollars in potential revenue. a's owner lew wolff wants to move his team from oakland to the south bay. but the giants argue they hold territorial rights to san jose-- dating back to when the giants considered moving there. that was before a-t-and-t park was built. the giants are blocking the move by the a's.and the league isn't doing anything about it. supporters of the move say a 1922 ruling that makes baseball exempt from anti-

trust laws is outdated. >>anny: here is a video from up president obama meeting with germany president earlier today. president obama will deliver a speech at the same spot where president reagan famously pulled soviet leader called for soviet leader to tear down the berlin wall. coming up on the kron four morning news. and here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge just some areas of patchy fog. more details on your forecast when we return. the ♪

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efforts to connect the dots. >> intelligence officials described face starts showing up civil liberty while tracking millions of phone numbers, dates and number of calls. >> if they have the ability to listen to americans phone calls or read their e-mail's under these programs, no we do not have that authority. does the technology existed with the nsa to listen to americans phone calls or read their e-mail, naso. >> this lawmaker was unconvinced. >> quite frankly, troubled me because of the breadth and scope of information and capabilities exist from time to time that will be abused. >> to really reassure the public, by protestant community wants to declassify many programs but they could not. >>mark: if we give all of our secrets out on how we are tracking down the

terrorist as a community, we cannot do that. too much is at risk for us and our allies. >>mark: >>anny: yahoo! is the latest major tech company to disclose the number of requests from u-s authorities for user data. the company says it got between 12-thousand and 13- thousand requests from last december first to may 31st of this year. yahoo said the requests included criminal and foreign intelligence surveillance act requests. the company said the most common requests concerned fraud, homicides, kidnappings and other criminal investigations. yahoo said it's worked hard over the years to earn the trust of its users, and fought hard to preserve that trust. and that's the reason it's disclosing the figures. apple, facebook and microsoft released similar information over the last several days

>>anny: clear skies for most of the bay area. we do have some areas of fog along the coast. no surprise there. we come back, we will take a look at your weather and traffic. the time now is for 12. ñó

>>anny: more than two-thousand firefighters are now trying to contain a wildfire in the foothills of mariposa county, california. the smoke from the carstens fire has been so severe that a health warning has been posted for neighboring merced county. the fire has caused nearly one-thousand people to flee their homes. the evacuation orders come as the fire has burned more than 16-hundred acres and containment remained at 15- percent, as of monday evening. a spokesperson for cal fire

says the fire was started by an unattended campfire. firefighters in colorado are mopping up hot spots from the most destructive wildfire in state history. the black forest fire is just outside colorado springs. it killed two people, destroyed 502 homes and burned more than 22 square miles. it's 85 percent contained. hundreds of evacuated residents have been allowed back into the burn area. investigators think the fire was started by someone.although it's not clear yet whether it was arson. >>anny: let's check with weather with erica. the morning. >>erica: right now, we are talking temperatures with a cold start. low 50s out the door in santa rosa. i would not be surprised if we actually pick up some other

'40's as you push into your morning lows. minimal fog along the coast line and again it is not as wendy as yesterday. this afternoon will be warmer than yesterday. looks like temperatures will peak more on your saturday as a gradual warm-up we should be expected through the rest of the week. with afternoon highs, plenty of 70's. we could see mid 70's for places like fairfield, upper 70's in pittsburgh and 75 year high and antioch. 65 degrees for san leandro. downtown san francisco a few degrees warmer with an average of 64 degrees, low 70's and i bought all. your 7 day around the bay for cash shows a pretty quiet pattern however, temperatures will spike as we head into saturday. traffic around the bay area. we do have some wind

advisories in effect along your all to the past ride. drive with extra caution and keep a firm grip on the stairwell. no backups or the lease-delays. here's a live look at your san mateo bridge reflecting that high wind advisory. so be caution as you work your way. east for freeway is moving well. >>anny:

the u.s. house passed an anti-abortion bill that would restrict almost all abortions to the first 20 weeks after conception. that defies was among states which allow abortions up to around 24 weeks. the bill is similar to others passed in some states. it also puts a motion a legal battle some say might force the supreme court to reconsider the 1973 roe vs. wade decision. the democratic will lead senate is expected to ignore the bill. the lighthouse says

the president would be up it if it ever gets to his desk. today, attorneys and the george zimmerman murder trial are set for the next phase of jury selection. yesterday, lawyers for both sides. it down to a group of 40 prospective jurors. they are aiming for a final group of six jurors and four alternates. and the second round of jury selection, lawyers can ask potential jurors much broader questions about their knowledge of the case including what they think about it. zimmerman is charged with killing 74 old --17-year old trayvon martin , clammy self-defense.

>>anny: at the teen year-old boy has been charged that- louisiana and the death of his sister. police say the boy told them that he was performing wrestling moves on her. officials at a pond --they found viloude louis lying unresponsive on the bathroom floor in this apartment when they arrived on the scene. she was pronounced dead at the hospital. the jefferson parish sheriff's says the child had several injuries like broken ribs and internal bleeding.

the 13 year-old is charged with second-degree murder. another horrifying kidnapping story of ohio. at this time, a mentally disabled mother and her child held captive for more than a year in appalling conditions. three people have been charged with forced labor. has it had reports, the identities of the mother and child are not being released. >> reporter: authorities accused these three people to do manual labor while they collected the woman's

benefits. callahan is facing an additional charge of witness tampering. his mother says the allegations against her son are untrue. >> he is devastated that all of this is being said about them. they're making it that they have paid bullsnakes. but it ought to be evil. >> reporter: police suspected that there were other issues. after gathering evidence they called the fbi. prosecutors praised the police for their efforts but state authorities need help to stop such crimes. >> all of us in the northern district of ohio and need to work on being better neighbors. we need to ask questions, hard questions when we see something that does not look right. >> reporter: time and pain and reporting. --i'm ed

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>>erica: temperatures today will be warned yesterday. we continue with warmer weather and to thursday and friday and saturday will be the worst day of the week. big changes to talk about for the weekend. more details coming up in just a few minutes. >> reporter: at first glance you have a difficult time determining who is actually behaving badly year. hubble past judgment but look at the facts. this is a san francisco wholesale produce market. it is 25 a. of fresh produce. there is a lot going on. but the produce

market is split down the middle by a city street. gerald. each side is one way and the speed limit is 25. because between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m., there is a lot of slow-moving traffic. however, drivers go rolling through an excess of 25 mount kron4's posed the speed limit. and sometimes results in collisions. like what it called a forklift collide. oslo, see this. this is a turnout lane which allows trucks to stop all wait for a place to unload. for some truckdrivers, the heavy hitting badly. yes he is headed against traffic.

some truckers say they are under a tight schedule so leave them alone. but on cue, we are all under a tight schedule but that does not mean you you get to disobey traffic laws. there some traffic and measures being proposed, but it is a city street and some 470 needed. violations of one- and-a-half points and that is the only been suspended on the record for 10 years. at the san francisco wholesale produce market, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >>anny: make your fourth of july plans now. the only local fireworks show live.

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>>anny: here is erica with a look at our forecast this morning. >>erica: just a little bit of pettifog but nothing too widespread. right now, let's take a look at your day planner. as we look at the 7:00 hour, most of us will be at low to mid 50's. isolated spots actually said in an upper '40's, but by 3:00 p.m. today expect warmer weather with mid to upper 70's. by 8:00 p.m.

tonight, we will see some cloud cover but for the most part clear conditions. as we take a look at your temperatures right now, bundle up as you head out for work or school because we are in low 50s for at least a couple of hours. it is definitely a chillier start but we will make up for into the afternoon. the college transfer to that. east bay inland spots, brentwood 80 degrees, 75 for those of you liverm looks like we will see plenty of a '60s for places like oakland, san leandro, 69 degrees in hayward and upper 60s and union city. to the south bay, afternoon sunshine will provide plenty of 70's here. evergreen pretty mild and 75 degrees, 72 a san jose. now the san francisco at 64 degrees. in north bay, not all with a high of 75 and 73 expected

in sonoma. warmer compare to the master day we will continue with warmer weather pretty much for the rest of the war--work week. gradually cooler as we wrap up the weekend however with a return of morning fog afternoon sunshine into your monday and tuesday. traffic around the bay area, not my entering any hotspots but i do have some left over when the advisory. uc some flashing light to but this is not impacting your right. we do not have any accidents to reports just a driver with extra caution and keep a firm grip on the steering well. the golden gate

bridge, still problem free and no accidents reported and we are enjoying all the green on the roadways this morning. >>darya: those evacuated from a fast-moving grass by a desperate to a fairfield motel will find when they can go back to retrieve their belongings today. battalion chief says they will assess the damage at the motel 6 and decide when the back we can return. the fire was first reported at 7 last night near interstate

80 and susan valley road. at three-alarm was called when the fire spread quickly and three instructors. however, firefighters were unable to prevent the fire from reaching the motel. firefighters were able to contain the grass fire to between ed decker and kicker in half. --acreacre. firefighters had contained a grass fire in the media-- benicia this morning. this is video from helicopter partnership with abc seven news. the flames broke out

in the late carmine wrote about a mile west of highway 680. about 125 a. have burned. the buying was fuelled by 20 mi. per hour or wins and conditions. if it was destroyed but no other buildings were threatened. no injuries have been reported. a young boy has been killed by relatives dog. in happened at the union city home monday afternoon. the child was killed and six year old knee-fie selu. police say the boy had been playing with the dock, describe as a pit bull or a pit bull mix possibly try to ride it when it hit him on the head. --bit him on the hit. the owner of the dog is the san mateo police

officer body back tears, the boys can't talk about what happened. --aunt. >> we are so distraught at this time. we just don't have anything to say. she says the dog has always been well behaved. and she doesn't know of any case before where it's been anyone. neighbors say it was always on a leash when out for walks. the dog has been quarantined. please consider this a tragic accident investigation is underway. >>eric10 concession workers at

at&t park have been arrested after a sit-down strike inside the park during last night's game. about 300 protesters were peacefully market outside of the park at willie mays plaza. they were allowing for higher wages and better working conditions. police said about 30 or 40 protesters entered the park with purchase tickets. this is the dow was staged inside the stadium, which violates the ban code of conduct. kron4's but with some fans during the game who said they support the protesting workers. city leaders say the leak has the city of san jose is suing a major league baseball tried to kickstart its effort to get beat--the a's to the south bay. city

leaders say the leak has been dragging its feet for four long years, caught in san jose millions of dollars in potential revenue. the team's owner lou wahl of-- lew wolff wants to move his team from oakland to the south bay. but the giants argued they hold territorial rights to san jose in the back to when the giants considered moving there. that was before at&t park was built. the giant public and a move by the disease and of the league isn't doing anything about it. supporters of the move say a 1922 ruling that makes baseball is exempt from antitrust laws about it. -- is outdated. tehe a's.

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>>darya: watching wall street this morning. futures trading shows mixed trading across the board this morning. the dow and the s and p 500 are up, while the nasdaq is down. traders have been speculating about what the federal reserve will say today about how long it plans ot keep stimulus programs in place. the latest guess seems to be that the programs will continue for now. that sent the market to broad gains yesterday. here's a look how the numbers closed. the dow rose 138 points, closing at 15,318. the nasdaq added 30 points closing the day at 3,482. and the s and p 500 rose 13 points to 1,652.

cell p a your prayers have been answered. 25 solar-powered charging stations are now up and running around new york. each one can accommodate up to six mobile devices or tablets at a time and work regardless of your wireless carrier. there are dedicated ports for androids, blackberrys, i-phones and standard u-s-b cables. the charging stations are part of a pilot program between a-t-and-t and new york city. it could expand to other cities if it's successful. more evidence that the housing market is bouncing back. the house is considering cutting food stamps by $2

billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. passage of the five-year half trillion dollar farm bill could depend on the level of cuts to the $80 billion a year food stamp program. the chamber is expected to begin voting today on 103 amendments to the farm legislation, including bids to reduce or expand the cuts to food stamps. the pace of home building gained steam in may. housing starts rose seven percent last month. most of that is attributed to a jump in buildings with five or more housing units. this report is just the latest in a string of positive housing market news. there has also been a recent drop in foreclosures, a steady rise in home prices and an increase in sales of both new and previously-owned homes.

this year's 12 top paid tech ceo's all make more than 15-million-dollars a year. that's according to c-n-n. they include oracle c-e-o, larry ellison. he makes the most -- 96- point-two-million. marissa mayer, who left google for yahoo last year, earns 36-point-six million dollars a year. e-bay's john donahoe makes 29-point-seven million. the ceo at sales-force-dot- com makes 22-point-one million. and in 5th place -- randall stephenson from a-t-and-t - with 21-million. coming up on the kron four morning news. an attack on muni. that story coming up next.

>>erica: >>erica: san francisco police have released video of two teenaged girls they say attacked and robbed a woman on muni last week. they're hoping it will help them track down the suspects. the 68-year-old woman was sitting in the front of the train when the two teenagers approach her -- one of them punching her in the face. the girls take her two purses - containing cash and a phone - just as the doors open. the woman heads out the door

rushing after them. the driver then tries to help after realizing what's happening but the girls got away. police are hoping someone recognizes them and gives them a call. san mateo county police are searching for a woman who's been missing since last week. ara ward of san mateo was last seen wednesday when she went to montara state beach with her boyfriend. the couple apparently fell asleep on the beach.but when the boyfriend woke up in the morning - he says ward was gone. she's described as five feet tall.110 pounds.with brown hair and hazel eyes. she was last seen wearing a pink blouse, black sweat pants and no shoes. police say ward was depressed and possibly suicidal. we're learning more about the man caught on camera attacking people at the 16th and mission bart station. yeiner perez gariza-balo was in court tuesday.

kron 4's j.r. stone was there and talked with his former co-workers - who say they saw this coming. >> the moment where we sought that he was not in their right mind when we had asked him to leave the company. >> he did not realize at first what had happened. his memory was that he was in a play and that he was acting out a play at the bart station. >> tuesday parade has pleaded not guilty to seven charges. his attorney says that he had a " episode of psychotic nature ". his former co-workers said the

bomb attack was not the first time that parade as had lost it. >> he would always get upset and have meltdowns. >> there was an incident at the kron house zero weeks before the party. i am not free to talk about that. >> an addition to these charges he is also facing the port to asian charges that could lead him back to his home town of columbia. >> the judge issued three stay away orders and he cannot state he cannot come close to the bart station or those victims. at the bar station, there are some, kron4 news. --j.r. stone. the incident j.r. was talking about happened more than a month ago. the d-a's office said they

only got an arrest report this past week after the video went viral. the d.a. was asked if bart police dropped the ball. bart police issued a statement saying "the report was not filed in a timely manner and the chief has ordered a thorough review of why it was delayed." changing gears, let's take a look at your forecast. >>erica: you can seemingly clear skies over the bay area right now. it just a little bit of patchy fog. because it is so clear up there, we are waking up to cooler temperatures and some went--wins in the forecast. 23 mi. per hour in san francisco, 16 an oakland. they will continue to die down towards the afternoon. plenty of sunshine. made six

days along the new peninsula and low 70's for those of your redwood city. your 7 day round of base shows warmer weather and to the weekend. in fact, saturday will be the warmest of the week with the upper 80s and land and '60s for the coast. we still have some wind advisories for a couple of the bridges. bay bridge currently under that advisory however no accidents to report. looks like traffic is certainly building, however we've not seen any weight at the pay gates. here at the san mateo bridge also a when it buys three am place. and live look at the golden gate bridge southbound 101, pretty clear conditions and lots of space between cars. and as we turn our attention to to the traffic map, drive time 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley and looks like you are a good to go with all southbound freeway is with a lot of

grain on roadway centers. a south san francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the east coast to a circuit of brothels here in the bay area. 49 year-old zhi liu faces several charges including pending, human trafficking and pandering. he wasn't entered a plea because he does not speak english and a matter in translator was available. he is accused of operating he brought from the san bruno apartment before moving into south san francisco. what worries are not looking for his wife, wei guo who is a fugitive.

marin county's board of supervisors unanimously approved an ordinance implementing a dress code that prohibits the bank insignia and a tighter at the county fair. -- beginning-gang. the fares dress code policy and a list of prohibited identifiers associated with criminal street gangs will be on the county's. a website a week before the affair starts each year including next month. any fair gore who is violated the dress code will be required to conceal from you, remove the bank identified or leave the fare. the time i is for 53. we will take a short break and return in just a minute. 4:

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evacuation in oakland. we will have the latest details. and the city of san jose is suing a major league baseball for blocking a possible move that for the oakland a's. and we are watching whether this morning as to take a look from our roof tam cam. an update on your weather coming up and just a minute. ñáçwçñ ♪

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spreads to a nearby motel, evacuated guests over that. those details coming up. >>darya: the city of san jose is suing a major league baseball an attempt to kickstart its effort to get the bay area team to the south bay. the tough coming up. >>mark: the president is in berlin today. the total cuts he is proposing, and his most recent comments on the and as the investigation. but it started with the weather for the morning. g r >> a quick commune check for

you from the toll plaza. it is like all around the bay except for parts of interstate 580 were in the westbound direction, we are starting to see some slowing. >>mark: those evacuated from a fast-moving grass fire that spread to a fairfield motel will find out when they can go back to retrieve their belongings today. battalion chief says they will assess the damage at the motel 6 and decide when the back which can return. the fire was first reported as seven last night near highway 80 and susan valley road. three-alarm was called when the fire spread quickly and threatening structures. however, firefighters are unable to repair that prevent the fire

from reaching the motel. firefighters were able to contain the grass fire to between it anchor and an acre and a half. most of the room for sustained water damage from the sprinkler system. no danger from old tires. firefighters had contained a grass fire and denise darya --benicia this morning. the flames broke out nearly carmen road about a mile west of highway 680. about 125 a. have burned. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. the fire was fuelled by 20 mi. per hour winds and dry conditions. it said was destroyed but no other buildings were threatened. >>mark: the president is in

berlin today to propose cutting the u.s. and russian stockpiles by up to one- third. here's video of mr. obama meeting with germany's president earlier this morning. the president will deliver a speech at the brandenburg gate at 6 this morning. the president will deliver a speech at the brandenburg gate as six this morning. that's the same spot where president reagan famously told soviet leader mikhail gorbachev to "tear dow n" the berlin wall in 1987.

>>will: that is why it is up right now. major league baseball says they are working on the best interests of the fans and debt-and moving the team got here will probably not be the best interest of the game and that is why they have not moved. hist city council members have voted unanimously and they will see them in court. >> major-league baseball protect them from the competition. in san jose, we welcome competition because we know that an economy that values competition is the same economy that enables silicon valley to lead the rose of innovation. >>will: if it were to move down here, this will be the

area right next to caltran. they believe, this is a great spot for the oakland a's. the team says they have nothing to do with this. the owner says if this is settled, he will happily take it. >>mark: mayor quan will meet with the governor to further

discuss. >>darya: 10 concession workers at at&t park have been arrested after a sit- down strike inside the park during last night's game. about three after protesters rallied outside the park for higher wages and better work conditions. about 40 protesters entered the park with purchase tickets, then participate in a sit-down protest inside the stadium, which violates the fanned code of conduct. the 10 were arrested for trespassing, the others were escorted out peacefully. >>mark: a south san francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the east coast to a circuit of brothels here in the bay area. 49 year old zhi liu

faces several charges including pending, human trafficking and pandering. he has not entered a plea because he does not speak english. he is accused of operating brought a from a san bruno apartment before moving into south san francisco. '40's are now looking for his wife who is a fugitive. >>darya: thanks for waking up with us this morning. we >>darya: thanks for waking up with us this morning. we will take a quick break. i'm totally in love with the avocado on this sub. i love avocado so much i started a facebook page. oh, you should post a picture of my new earrings. those would go perfectly with this sweater i'm knitting. [ chainsaw revs ] i'm sorry. did you say something? i was just tending to my avocado tree. oops, i forgot to lock my avocar...do. [ beeping ]

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>>darya: 511 right now. more than 2000 firefighters are now trying to contain a wildfire in the foothills of mayor opposed county, california. whe-mariposa county. the smoke from the carstensz fire has been so severe that a health warning has been posted for neighboring merced county. the fire has caused nearly 1000 people to flee their homes. the evacuation orders come as the fire has burned more than 1,600 a. and containment remained at 15%, as of monday evening. a

spokesperson for cal fire says the fire was started by an unattended campfire. firefighters in colorado are mopping up hot spots from the most destructive wildfires in state history. the black forest fire is just outside colorado springs. it killed two people, destroyed 502 homes and burned more than 22 square miles. it is 85 percent contained. hundreds of evacuated residents have been allowed back into the burn area. investigators think the fire was started by someone. although it is not clear yet whether it was arson. >>mark: we will return in just a minute with weather and traffic. it is starting to feel a lot like summer around the bay.

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>>mark: welcome back to the kron4 morning news. an update on weather and traffic. good morning air,- erica. >>erica: good morning mark. waking up to mainly clear skies this morning and temperatures are off to a cooler start. santa rosa right now at 50 degrees, 55 and concord. as you follow those numbers into the afternoon, a few degrees warmer than yesterday. not only will temperatures start to rise but we will no longer have the wind chill factor. plenty of the upper 60s and at the east bay shoreline and plenty of sunshine. castro valley with a high of 69. a good mixing of 70's and south bay with low 70's for san jose and upper 70's expected in los

gatos. downtown san francisco expected a few degrees warmer yesterday-- and then yesterday. last but not least, i do want to turn attention to north bay. 75 and upper 60s and san rafael. clear conditions of the bay area with the exception of some patchy coastal fog but that will clear up shortly and then we will make our way for warmer weather over the next couple of days. saturday is expected to be the warmest day of the week with mid- 60's for the coast and seven is around the bay. we will see morning sunshine and fog to start the next week. on to traffic now. >>j.r. a minor accident on 101 southbound. the problem is

that it is a fatality in the accident and it is unclear if the fatality occurred on the freeway and whether it was a medical emergency or the person was killed as a result of the impact of the crash. vehicles are off the roadway and a corner has been summoned and likely will get on scene for about another 45 minutes. the possibility exists for a back up here just south of '92, the accident reported in the southbound direction of 1 01. we are also watching an accident and the north bay on 101 northbound where the right lane will be blocked for a few hours this morning. this is right at the county line near the nevada of doubt. only two lanes there so that is a problem. it can also infect the southbound 101 coming from the got note to petaluma. --novadol. on 92

for the san mateo bridge ride, we are looking at the conditions here and problem free across the span as well as on 101 across the golden gate bridge, no delays here for the southbound side. public transit doing well. not reported any delays. >>darya: today attorneys and the george zimmerman murder trial are set for the next phase of jury selection. yesterday, lawyers for both sides. down to a group of 40 prospective jurors. they are aiming for a final group of six jurors and four alternates. in the second round of jury selection lawyers can ask potential jurors much broader questions about their knowledge of the casing clear what they think about it. zimmerman is charged with killing 17 year old trade bob martin--trayvon martin claimed self-defense.

>>mark: afghan president hamid karzai has suspended talks with the u.s. for a new security agreement following the calibans announcement it will hold its own talks with washington. the announcement comes just hours after the group claimed responsibility for an attack in afghanistan that killed four u.s. troops. today, it's caliban spokesman said militants fired two rockets into bagram air base late tuesday. the tall man in the u.s. are set to hold talks and in qatar to try and negotiate a solution to the violence. >>darya: a republican controlled house committee has approved a tough, enforcement focus immigration bill. this bill would boost criminal

penalties against anyone in the u.s. illegally making it a federal crime instead of a civil defense that if a fence. the house judiciary committee voted 20 to 15 last night to support the legislation. democrats call it a dangerous and disappointing, especially coming as the senate considers a comprehensive immigration bill that opens the door to citizenship for millions. >>mark: japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approve new state requirements for atomic plants. the requirement makes it mandatory that plant officials take steps to guard against radiation leaks in case of severe accidents. they must also stop emergency command centers and enact anti- terrorist measures. if they pass these new requirements, the plant can reopen. all but two of japan's 50 reactors have been online since the march to does 11 earthquake and tsunami which lead to multiple meltdowns and radiation leaks at the fukushima plant.

>>darya: award winning journalist award correspondent michael hastings has died in a car accident. the crash happened early as today in los angeles . hastings covered politics for the popular website abuzz feet and has written books about the wars in afghanistan and iraq. he was also credited for writing a story that ended general stanley may crystal's career revealing the military's candor criticisms of the obama administration. hastings was 33 years old. >>mark: we will take a short break.

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>>mark: was to watch three this morning. futures trading shows mixed trading across the board this morning. the dow and s&p 500 are up while the nasdaq is down. traders have been speculating about what the federal reserve will say today about how long it plans to keep stimulus programs in place. the latest guests seems to be that the programs will continue for now. that sent the market to broad gains yesterday. here's a look at how the numbers close. the

dow rose 138 points, closing at 15,318. the nasdaq added 30 points closing the day at 3004 record at 82. and s&p 5 hunter rose 13 points to 6052. --1652 >>darya: an influential republican senator says the irs is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses. this comes despite an obama administration directive to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automate- automatic spending cuts. senator chuck grassley of iowa says his office has learned that the irs is executing an agreement with the employees' union today to pay the bonuses. he said the bonuses to be canceled under an april directive from the white house budget office. the irs says it is

negotiating with the union over the matter. >>mark: more evidence that the housing market is bouncing back. the pace of homebuilding gained steam in may. housing starts rose 7% last month. most of that is attributed to a jump in buildings with five or more housing units. this report is just the latest in a string of positive housing market news. there has also been a recent drop in foreclosures, a steady rise in home prices and increase in sales of both new and previously owned homes. >>darya: in shanghai, general motors have started work on a new cadillac factory as it targets the luxury segment of the world's largest auto market. in a statement released today, gm said it hopes to triple cadillac sales to 100,000 units by 2015. it also wants to quadruple its share of china's a luxury

car market to 10 percent by 2020. gm executives are optimistic about the growth even though sales have slowed recently. the plan will o produce 160,000 vehicles a year. >>mark: the house is considering cutting food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. passage of a five- year half trillion dollar farm bill could depend on the level of cuts to the $80 billion a year food stamp program. the chamber is expected to begin voting today on 103 amendments to the farm legislation, including bids to reduce or expand the cuts to food stamps. >>darya: cell phone attics, your prayers have been answered. 25 solar power

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>>erica: looks like temperatures are going to be slightly warmer today and that will kick off the warming trend. still pretty windy ride around sfo at 23 mi. per hour wins but take a look at your highs for today. well 70's for the bay and low '60's for the coast. we will continue to see those temperatures climb as we wrap up your work week, but saturday is going to be the warmest day of the week. i will have full details on what to expect as a year 7

day around the bay forecast at 545. george? >> currently there are no hot spot although we do have a few minor incidents that could be hot spots. south bay peninsula and north bay freeways are still pretty light. >>mark: this is a pretrial hearing in taking place today for aerial castro. we will continue to update you when the court session gets under way. >>darya: tesla is recalling

1200 of its model as vehicles because of a problem with the rear seat latch. the ceo of tesla says the strength of a mounting bracket for the rear, left seat latch may be weaker than intended. no injuries or customer complaints have been reported. owners of potentially affected vehicles made between may 10th and june 8th, will be contacted by tesla. >>mark: let's go kron4's will tran. >>will: i am here where the city council members would like for the oakland a's to come play. they're telling

executives that we will see you in court. they have been waiting for years for major league baseball to make a decision and so far, no decision has been made. meanwhile, the team is still playing in oakland at the old coliseum. they have been looking for new coliseums in oakland and fremont but for now they are stuck in oakland with nowhere to go. san jose as open arms asking them to come down here but it is up to major league baseball to make a final call. after waiting and waiting, the mayor says of the time now is to see them in court. here's what they have to say. >> after waiting for more than four years from major- league baseball, this year we're not going to get an answer. we filed the legal action to get rid of the territorial restrictions so that future mayors and councils will be able to seek a baseball team without

those restrictions getting in the way. >>will: a couple of things that in the way is major- league baseball and also the chance of the territorial rights of the south bay. now they're asking the giants can we get that territory back. the giants are obviously cyano. as far as this lawsuit, they have no comment. the owner of the team says he'd rather not comment at wait until it is settled in court. >>mark: thinks for the update will. we will continue to check back with best.

>>darya: 534 is the time. we are learning new information on how young child was killed by a dog in union city. police said the boy had been playing with the family dog, a pit bull or payable makes possibly trying to ride it when it bit him on the head. the owner of the dog is a san mateo police officer. here is the kind of fighting back tears. >> it is my sister's son but he was just like mine on. i have seven kids and my sister some would be eight. right now, we are not dealing with it at all. >>darya: she says the dog has always been well-behaved and she doesn't know of any case where it has been anybody before. neighbors said it was always on a leash, when all for walks. the dog has been quarantined. >>mark: more on the naked

our guy. the guy who was doing acrobatic moves last month. pleading not guilty. the 24 year-old this into felonies for false imprisonment, up four misdemeanor cases a battery, and one misdemeanor count of sexual battery of the incident at the 16th street bart station. he was arrested after a visit with immigration authorities. >>darya: the installation of entry-energy efficient streetlights is expected to help deter crime. this move follows a successful pilot program last fall. oakland is one of the first cities in the u.s. to implement this wide scale l.e.d. version. the installation is beginning at the san leandro border and is slated to be finished by december.

>>mark: there will be a game 7 for the nba finals. the san antonio spurs couldn't pull it through. tim duncan, and the first half, putting up 25 and first half. the spurs were up by three with under 30 seconds ago, when ray allen hit a three- pointer lebraun james outstanding down the stretch for the triple double after missing nine of 12 shots in the first half. he finished with 11 assists and 10 rebounds. the decisive game 7 how is tomorrow night and miami. the spurs led one slip away. >>darya: 539 is the time. let's look at the approach to the bay bridge. pretty

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>> welcome back. we will now did you caught up with the weather with erica. >> we are starting out with sunny skies. it is still pretty windy. we have a 20 mi. per hour winds. it is very comealm. it is also a

little cooler this morning. tracking the numbers into the afternoon you will notice that it will be warmer that yesterday. if there will be a mix bag of 70's and the south bay. 75 degrees for those of you in campbell and plenty of sunshine and mild weather. concord will be coming in for 77 degrees. downtown san francisco will be to degrees warmer that yesterday. mid-60's for berkeley. satellite and radar shows clear conditions and dry conditions but we do have a little bit of what whether rotating out of the north. the seven day or around the bay highlights saturday as the warmest day of the week the we're talking upper 80s. >> the time is 547 a and we will now go to traffic with george.

>> the conditions are pretty light pass the scene. there is a fatal accident on 1 01 in the southbound direction. this is near hillsdale. there are no plans blocker the vehicles off to the side. the corner has not arrived on the set and there is an investigation. there's a possibility that it may affect the traffic. >> we are monitoring an accident in the north bay where a traffic advisory is in affect. if this is a non commute direction near the coming line. there will be a lane closed for several hours because a power pole has been damaged due to an accident. his kidneys to either be repaired or replaced. >> we have slow traffic on highway 4 but before that was switched over to the cameras to show you the right of the bay bridge.

interstate 580 is typically slow in the cash lanes at the bay bridge. the center lane, which is the fasttrack plan is moving okay. on 92, the san mattel bridge has no incidents across the bay. the golden gate bridge is still pretty light coming from marin county. they have no problems for the north bound ride which is its most commute. >> the woman who is anti maguey outburst cost yoshis sushi bar to cut short a show has announced she will be returning to the bay area. michelle shocked will hold a free show on june 30th if during a pride week. and the performance is not linked with offical pride entertainment. shocked tweet did yesterday that she is seeking submissions from our fans over peace she is on

writing for the san francisco examiner. >> they a's are back to 83 game lead in the american west lead. ivan rodriguez, now a special assistant to the gm and texas. top of the 3rd the score was 2 to zero days after a brandon moss to run homer. john jaso , solo home run off for his second of the year. topics for the score was 4 to 2 a's. the final score was 62 a's. the a's a 3 games over the rangers in the a.l. west. danbury is to nine in texas. the first pitch is at 6:00 p.m.. >> another close one for the san francisco giants, this

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>> good morning the top stories that we are following on this wednesday june 19th. a grass fire in fairfield spreads to a nearby motel, evacuate in guest overnight. those details coming up. >> the city of san jose is suing a major league baseball and an attempt to kick start their efforts to get the a's to the south bay. >> president obama is in berlin today. will have details on what does he is proposing, and his most recent comments on the nsa investigation. >>