>> 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. >> we have clear conditions

for the evening hours but we do have a gradual warm-up for the week. i will have it for detailed mi 3:00 p.m. report. >> the windy conditions are due to wind advisories for the bay bridge. as we look at the bay bridge the metering lights or activated orally and they are already starting to see a backup in the westbound direction. because of the wind advisories and state 580 is one of the areas that have slow traffic. highway 4 is already with an early back up towards pittsburg from antioch. the rest of the bay area freeway is looking good. light conditions and we are a mantra and an accident on the peninsula that may have the potential of becoming a hot spot.

>> follow developing story out of fairfield where a motel was evacuated due to a grass fire. kron4 jackie sissel is live a motel 6 on suisun valley road in fairfield details. >> it was very scary moments for the guests here last night. if you can see some of the tape about 15 to 20 of the runs. here is video from yesterday's according to fire officials about 7:00 p.m. the received a call about a grass fire. it is not far away from highway 80. the fire itself was not that big but because of the wheel and it pushed fire to the nearby motel six and alternately it went up into the attic. i had a chance to speak with the on call manager and she stated about 45 of the rooms are

occupied and because the fire has spread all the people that were stated at the tel had to be evacuated. it took them awhile to get up there to get the fire out. it went to three alarms. according to the manager said that most of the people who came back were able to get their belongings. the motel is self will probably remain closed today or maybe a couple days until a building inspector goes over what happened. of the roads have severe damage with water and smoke. luckily come all all of them even the ones on the third floor able to get out without any injuries. >> the city of san jose is

suing a major league baseball tried to kick start their effort to get the a's to the south bay. city leaders say that the league has been dragging their feet for four years long. they stated that it is costing san jose millions of dollars in revenue. the a's owner lew wolff wants to move his team from oakland to south bay. the giants argued that they hold territory rights to san jose dating back to when the giants considered moving there. that was before at&t park was built. the giants are blocking the move by the a's and the leak is not doing anything about it. supporters of the bulls say that a 1922 ruling that makes baseball exempt from antitrust laws is outdated. >> oakland is working on a

lease extension for the team to stay at their current location. as the loss to unfold, oakland mayor jean quan is confident that the a's will remain in oakland. >> our fans deserve have negotiations go on about the future of days. >> mayor quan will meet with chuck reed this morning and they will visit the governor to further discuss this topic. >> as south san francisco man and his wife have been charged with bringing women from the east coast to a circuit of drawers appear in the bay area. 49 year role zhi liu faces several charges including camping, human trafficking and pandering. he has not

entered a plea because he does not speak english. >> new this morning, president obama says that he has been a state by sweeping surveillance programs running by the national security agency. the president, was in berlin, said at least 50 threats have been averted and that those threats were not just in the united states also on other countries like germany. the president leads in the u.s. is a striking the right balance between national security and civil liberties. >> looking at live pictures of president obama and berlin. he is a believer in a speech to the german people at the historic brandenburg gate. the speech is highly symbolic for two reasons, that it takes place at the same location or president ronald reagan

implored the soviets to " tear down this wall " and it also comes almost exactly 50 years to the date that jfk declared dead ich bin ein berliner. >> will be right back. crystal geyser is always

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firefighters are not trying to contain a wildfire in the foothills of mayor pose a county california. 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, as the fire has burned more than 1,600 a. in containment remained at 15%, as of monday evening. a spokesman for cal fire says the fire was started by an unattended cap camp fire.

>> pretrial hearing just getting under way for ariel castro. he is charge of over 100 counts right now. the attorneys are now in the courtroom right now, we will continue to check back live. we'll be right back as the kron4 morning news continues. a live look from our roof camera and san francisco. we'll have a complete check of weather and traffic to get you to work on this wednesday morning. you kids should count yourselves lucky.

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out the door in fairfield. we have approached the morning lows, it is a bright start. livermore coming in at 52 degrees. jolie the numbers into the afternoon, of brentwood at 80, 75 danville, mid-70s livermore. mild weather in oakland with high as 69, 67 leandrsan leandr, up upper '70's los gatos and cupertino. mid-60s a san bruno, lows '70s and palo alto, but napa 75, low '70's

petaluma. it will be sunny and mild. for those of you heading to the sun almost state 350, saturday we're looking for an afternoon high of low 80s and mid-70s expected for sunday. clear conditions and calm winds and the forecast. 7 day around the bay looks like saturday will be the warmest day of the week. a gradual warm-up for the next couple of days. by saturday, the upper 80s and land. slightly cooler conditions by sunday and we return to morning fog and after an sunshine as we head into monday and tuesday. 6:17 a.m. and here is george. >> we are not looking at any hot spots for your driver around the bay area this morning. the bay bridge is a little hard to see with the sun right in our eyes here but this westbound traffic is backed up to the 880 over

crossing. drive times are about 17 to 18 minutes coming in from the macarthur maze. the salmon sale bridge, highway 92 has no delays and we are problem free across the span. -- san mateo bridge the bay brid: gate bridge, 1 01s his move across the span. the east shore freeway between pinole and sun how low is a 16 minute drive time. 80 minutes drive time from dublin down to the walnut creek enters chains. that is traffic is on the optima past for interstate 580 in the westbound direction as well as their pittsburg in antioch for highway four. south bay conditions are not bad the here, a little slowing for 1 01. we had a fatal accident on the bayshore freeway and hillsdale just south of '92.

is on the right-hand shoulder and thankfully has not gurnard any attention so there has been no back up so far this morning. and >> a live look from berlin where they're waiting for president obama to begin speaking at any moment now. the german chancellor is sitting next to the president there. >> we're also live inside the courtroom waiting for the jury selection for the next phase of the georgia zimmerman murder trial. they're down to just 40 potential jurors but they are aiming for a final group of six jurors and four alternates. zimmerman is charged with killing trayvon martin and zimmerman is claiming he did it in self- defense.

an influential republican senator says the irs is about to pay $70 million in employee bonuses. this comes despite and obama administration directed to cancel discretionary bonuses because of automatic spending cuts. senator chuck grassley of iowa says his office as learned of the irs is executing an agreement with the employees' union today to pay the bonuses. he says the bomb as they should be cancelled under an april directive from the white house budget office. the irs says it is negotiating with the union over the matter. >> afghan president hamid karzai and has suspended talks with the taliban and with u.s. over as security agreement. following the taliban announcement it will hold its own talks with washington. the announcement comes just after the group

claimed responsibility for the attack afghanistan that killed four u.s. troops. today, a taliban spokesman said militants fired two rockets into the bagram airbase late tuesday. the taliban and the u.s. is said to hold talks in petard to try and negotiate a solution to the violence. >> japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approved is a key requirements for atomic plants. the new requirements make it mandatory that plant officials take steps to guard against radiation leaks in case of severe accidents. they must also as all emergency command centers and enact anti- terrorist measures. if they pass the requirements, the plants can reopen. all the two of japan's 50 reactors have an off line since march 2011 earthquake and tsunami

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>> watching wall street this morning, futures trading shows mixed trading across the board this morning. the dow and the as to be 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 gas seems to be that the programs will continue for now. they said the

market's 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 was the day at 3482 and the s&p 500 rose 13 points to 1652. >> remarks animation says its new deal with net flicks will help double its revenue it gets from tv shows to $200 million by 2015. the deal will supply 300 hours of new t b over several years. it allows net flicks to debut of the shows and the 40 markets where the video company operates. dreamworks also announced it will supply new tv shows to german broadcaster at super artie al ben affleck netflix does not operate. >> the mayor of nearly 20

cities are reviving for a push against letting government food vouchers be used myself and others agree drinks. mayors of new york, los angeles, chicago and the teen others sent a letter to congress sang " it's time to test and evaluate approaches to limiting the use of subsidies for sugar laden beverages ". it's all part of a campaign to fight obesity and related diseases. new york mayor michael bloomberg says the food stamp program needs to promote good nutrition it should not be used for items with no additional value. the usda has not, commented on the letter. >> 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 a billion 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 minutes to the farm legislation, including bids to reduce or expand the cuts to food stamps. >> united airlines is making a little harder to get hired frequent fliers that is. that's that is used to require flying 25,000 mi. a year. now united is adding a requirement for at least one the $500 in spending to qualify for its mileage plus program. most frequent fliers would spend that much anyway, but those who buy discounted tickets will be affected. the change takes effect next year for travelers trying to earn status in 2015. tax and the bags won't count toward the spending total. >> cellphone add eggs, your prayers have been answered. monday by solar power charges days are now up and running around the york. each one can accommodate up

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>> welcome back, opening bell and liquid is, captain america. >> i like the or better. >> we are looking for a captain america kind of day here. a big drop in revenue, a $250 million drop, a quarter million drop from last year. people are using less expensive means of sending packages. live pictures of president obama speaking live in berlin. let's listen in for a moment. >> we can be a little more

informal among friends. as your chancellor mentioned five years ago i had the privilege to address this city. today i am proud to return as the president of the united states. i bring with me the great friendship of the american people >> we are having some audio problems. this is where president reagan gave his famous teardown the walt speech. >> 631 a and and let's get a look at weather and traffic. >> bright skies as we start of the mourning today. it will be warmer than

yesterday. gradually warmer weather as we wrap up the work week and details on your full forecast coming up and a couple of minutes. 6:33 a.m. here is george. >> the golden gate bridge, a beautiful conditions here. and as committed as well through marin county. light traffic for the north bay. also freed a driver on the south bay. there are moderate to heavy conditions for east bay freeways as we start to pick up a little slowing on your ride on interstate 80. also 880 the nimitz freeway through oakland southbound. >> san jose is telling major-league baseball, we will see you in court. the bay area's largest city is doing major league baseball as it tries to bring the oakland a's to the south bay. will tran is live in

san jose this morning. >> they are suing a major league baseball because they are tired of waiting. they've been asking for the past four years to make a decision. you know we won 18 down here. make a decision. after four years, still nothing and they said that is illegal because they are stopping commerce from coming to the south bay. and down the street from h-p pavilion and there is plenty of space. they said we also want to go and to the sewage problem over the weekend, we are looking for a new stadium in oakland. they looked into san jose was so far nothing as major league baseball says of the best interests of baseball and keep you in oakland. on top of that, the set francisco giants on the territorial rights to the

south bay. they're not going to relinquish that. that is tabriz's the territory and they're not giving it back to that aids even though aides gave it to the giants in the early 1990's. >> i do not know what's going on in the mind of doug's the leg, i do not have chance to speak with them so i do not know what impact that will have one major league baseball. we will defend the rights of the people of san jose and that is why we are filing this action. >> i know you follow sports about to know that in the other leagues there have been moved man. we talked about the sacramento kings possibly moving to seattle. seattle's the mandaean be able to oklahoma city. there has not been any movement as far as major-league baseball teams over the past three or four decades. major-league baseball would like to keep it that way. we

would is at to see how this plays out in court. >> not just baseball, basketball and football mos to. as this lawsuit is on a folding, mayor jean kwon is confident that she can't keep the a's in oakland. >> tent concession workers at at&t park have been arrested after a sit-down strike inside the park during last night's game. around 300 protesters rallied around the park for higher wages and better work conditions. about 40 protesters into the park with purchase tickets and then participated in a sit- down protest inside the stadium which violates the fan code of conduct. the 10 were arrested for trespassing, the others were escorted out peacefully. >> we are learning this morning how a young boy was killed by a dog at in union

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model of the second grade class breaks a mother's heart. that is her assignmenmiles sonson, miles of. he has a spinal muscular atrophy and he knows he's different than the rest of the kids, but he still tries to fit and. so there he has caught on the far side of that image, and that trading as far as he can to stretch into the frame with the rest of his friends. he is being. it is will it today and he is thrilled. but also broke his mother's heart. the bottle was a clear example of how set apart for some is from society. and belanger approached the of photography studio at first

nobody sought as an issue or tried explain it away. how he says this picture broke my heart. good for miules, he looked so happy! even though this was in no way maliciously done, people need to recognize others with special needs, especially the teacher in this situation. maureen says i have and have had children and my family who is considered special needs so this makes my blood boil! i am sure the folks out meant no harm but hopefully they will apologized, fix this, and most importantly learn from it!! sherrill's as i am positive it was not done on purpose and obviously they made it right up with the mother making such a big deal out of it does is you realize that a " bothers " are more than a child. he may have never even noticed. is there to bring in the negative. after repeated

attempts at reconciliation, the city agreed to come back and retake the fall of this week. miles was taken out of his chair and placed on the bids with the care giver at his side again imbalance. he beamed again. >> we are moving right along, you could watch our july 4th fireworks show right here on kron4 at 9:00 p.m.. ♪

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that? it they do, mortgage rates will go a little higher. thus making the people and real estate a little more nervous. it probably will not tabor until the october meeting. talking about a bring gets the market ready for it. >> essentially with the deficit coming down, we will be reaching a point when the fed will be buying out half of the u.s. debt. >> another thing that is happening is as they come off, basically slowly improving and that will cause interest rates to rise. the other mandate is to fight inflation. this makes everything more expensive and our lives. the federal reserve has a big,

big, big meeting today. >> in the meantime, everyone will sift through every sentence that is said to think they have some sort of insight on what is going on. >> everyone is wondering right now. >> the problem is in the summertime and there are a lot of distractions. stories just are not that great this morning. >> sax had just over 300 million and come this morning. --fed ex they had a drop in revenue. >> on one hand it reported rape earnings on list of expected revenue, on the other hand the upcoming quarters are not looking very good. we wait for the

second half of this year. sfed ex i like them, it is a tile on the economy it is not very good. >> 745 we will have our sports expert. >> we will be talking about sports would gary radnich. 6:49 a.m. and we will talk about weather and traffic. a really nice morning. >> it is right out there but is chilly and windy in some spots. right around the airport, a 17 mi. an hour winds. it has died down compared to two hours ago

and oakland and san jose. vallejo napa and santa rosa of waking up to 48 degrees. 54 out the door and oakland, 54 is san mateo. and at 3:00 hour we will see mainly '60s and '70s. we flair with '80s for some inland spots. later on tonight, kohler and cloudy conditions in the '50s and '60s. actor and highs for today, fremont 69, 74 a sunnyvale, mid to upper 70's and the east bay, a 77 beds per game concord, downtown san francisco 64. 75 matt but, 7 day around the bay warmer weather with temperatures spiky on saturday. temperatures will

start to cool as we start the next work week. >> we are monitoring preconditions are around the bay, not tracking any hot spots right now. the bay bridge toll plaza is not to back up, 18 minutes out of the macarthur maze. 60 minutes of the nimitz freeway for more than 880. the ride to the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is getting a little slower. it added to minutes of the drive time to 13 minutes free drive from hayward and to foster city. looking at the commute for 1 01, the golden gate bridge no delays for the ride southbound coming from marin county. updating drive times, the upper east shore for a ride a team and as the drive time for westbound 80. some slowing on 242 and 680 in the southbound direction.

still heavy as for highway 4 and interstate 580. the westbound ride to the altamont pass, we had a wind advisory earlier this morning. heavy traffic during anti at downs of its word. the guadalupe parkway 187, we still have a fatal accident on the peninsula. we may get this crash cleared before it gets a chance to back up the ride that occurred early this morning south 1 01 at hillsdale boulevard. brand is still an easy commute for use southbound from 37 to the golden gate bridge. >> skeptics and who have theorized a twa plane was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of support when a new documentary attempt to disprove that the crash it was accidental. this is the wreckage of twa flight 800. the flight exploded midair

near york's long island back in july 1996 killing 230 people. now a group of experts who took part in the original investigation are saying in a new documentary that the explosion that took flight 800 down was likely out side of the plane. that contradicts the official explanation which was a gas tank explosion caused by an electrical short circuit. those investigators say they want the ntsb to reopen the investigation. >> we'll be right back as the kron4 team news continues. will have more weather and traffic through out the morning.

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>> still ahead on the kron4 morning news, the city of san jose suing major-league baseball. it is all part of an attempt to bring the oakland a's to the south bay. you have a live report coming up. an residents stay at a faire bed to return to gather their belongings after being evacuated early this morning. we will have more details on that fire that caused the evacuation. it is going to game 7, the heat beat the spurs last night in overtime. we'll be talking to gary radnich about the big game. i gotta go deposit a check, transfer some money. so it's your uncle's turn.

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