tv KRON 4 Early News KRON November 15, 2013 6:00am-7:01am PST
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>> top stories we are following this friday, november 15th. a stunning development involving bart and its unions. we'll tell you about the possible snag in the contract agreement which could potentially send workers back onto the picket >> plus. an attack on a transgender teen in hercules. caught on camera. and police are deciding whether or not this is a hate crime. we have those details next. >> comes true today. how the city of san francisco is making this little boy's dream a reality. >> happy friday. we're starting out with a live look from our mount tam cam. it is still a little breezy of side. the temperatures it for the most part are in
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the 40's and 50's. it looks like we do have some upper '30's. as we head into afternoon will see plenty of sunshine. your high will only be into low to mid 60's. >> we are still monterey in pretty good ride around the bay and we are not tracking any hot spots. i am looking at an early back up at the bay bridge only because i think there may be an incident. there was a problem reported but it may be something of slowing down. the backup is bigger. however, but made it relies have not yet been activated. your quick commute check shows off highway 4 for the slowdowns. from 280, and 880
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you will see a a little slower. >> developing news this morning. the bart strike that we saw it twice over the past several months might not be completely over. a bart directors might reject a deal that was accepted by the management team. kron4 will tran is live at the west oakland bart station. >> bart management agreed to something in the agreement that they had a few weeks ago and now they are stating that it may be a clerical error. they said that it may be buyer's remorse. in the agreement they stated that they would vote on that and that they are six weeks of family leave a left. they stated that they have it but they're not expected to give them that spreads the new
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agreement will allow you to get paid and they stated that there usher howard got there more but it was in there as the early stages and they forgot to take it out. they want to find out and that is why is far from over. the board of directors have to have the final say and they are not happy about it. they are expected to go in a meeting today to talk about a. if they do not like it and they rejected then that means that they will be back at the bargaining table and the union is already fired up about this. >> they are stating that for them to say that this does not work as the very last second is unconscionable. >> we will just have to wait to see what happens. after that went through this there stating that there are provisions they did not agree to. >> your fare across the
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golden gate bridge could go up today. the district board will vote on toll increase options today. the details >> it is $5 for fasttrack and $6 if you pay electronic. obviously, there are no more toll takers. we talked about the possibility of increasing your time at sounds like it is a battle of win? as you stated the board of directors and the committee will meet and they will discuss all the options that are on the table. right now, they have five options on the table. three of the options have electronic
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payments to $8 by 2000 and 18. you then see a significant increase over the next four years it has been since 2000 8¢ we saw an increase. they stated that they have a five-year $142 million-a- >> the money goes the infrastructure and pain the people who work on the bridges. but a huge chunk of goes to subsidizing the ferry and bus. they stated they have cut service just and that they still need money. >> as you stated, the board of directors will meet today and they will pick what options and possibly, it will go to the public and they will have a say in all
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this. as soon as we can see this maybe april of 2014. it doesn't seem like if it will go up it just sounds like wind it will go up. we have time to wait and. >> they're not going to make any final decisions today. >> a hercules middle high school is getting plenty of attention after a school board member says. one of the students involved. may identify as transgender. if so, the fight could be considered a hate crime. hercules middle high school senior bryan vega says he witnessed the transgender student being harrassed tuesday by at least two girls in his math class. both girls he says were also involved in this fight wednesday. we've beeped out the transgender student's name out of respect for privacy. a developing story out of hercules tonight. an intense fight at the
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middle - high school. is getting plenty of attention after a school board member says. one of the students involved. may identify as transgender. if so, the fight could be considered a hate crime. one student at the school spoke to kron-4' s philippe djegal. about what might have led to the fight. >> the other girl said some things to her and she became frustrated. i do not know why she did not want her to sit next to her. she started to get more furious. the teacher came, mr. harris came to stop them from fighting. the other girl was sent out of the room. >> hercules middle high school senior bryan vega says he witnessed the transgender student being harrassed tuesday by at least two girls in his math class. both girls he says were also involved in this fight wednesday. caught on cellphone video taken by another student. we've bleeped the transgender student's name out of respect for privacy.
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line >> the assistant principal says the transgender student started wednesday's fight as a result of mounting frustration from being bullied earlier in the week. eventually -- it was three girls on one. sot- bryan vega/student the school says all students involved in wednesday's fight could face disciplinary action. the police department is not a hate crime was committed. a line the death toll >> the death toll for typhoon haiyan in the philippines has risen to over 3600. the offical come
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now stands at 3621. that is a jump of more than 1200 from yesterday. meanwhile, the pace of aid efforts in the disaster zone has picked up over the last 24 hours. foreign governments are dispatching food, water and medical supplies. trained staff art at the region and they are estimated to be 600,000 people will have lost their homes. >> coming up on the kron4 morning new spread how passengers flying through oakland international airport could be stuck without food or shops during the holidays. >> today is the day video game fans have been waiting for. the new p s four goes on sale. >> we are live in san francisco this morning for the boys a big dream, becoming a super hero for a day.
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this morning. and we will all have to rely on five- year-old superhero "batkid" to save the day. this is all being put on by the make-a-wish foundition. kron 4's mike pelton is live at city hall.right in the middle of the mayem. mike? >> do not worry because this kit is not far behind. five- year old miles is putting on his outfit and plane we now know the identity oaying. at 10 a.m. the police chief will call him to rescue a damsel in distress and then he will have to apprehend someone so that he can grab lunch and a crowd will alert the penguin and kidnap a
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mascot. he would check is aping winter at&t park and then he was say blue silk. he will put into the madness. >> i'd talk to people in australia and from the magazine. they're going to have lunch with the bat kid and bat man. we are expected to see a lot of people present. this is off for a little boy hopefully will the through his leukemia. >> miles on really has all the resources and he will have a sidekick along with the bat mobile. he is ready to go assuming that he saved
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>> welcome back. >> happy friday. take a look at how clear it is. this is a live look from our mount tam the camera. it is not as windy as it was yesterday. as we take a look at your bat kid forecast. there'll be plenty of sunshine and the temperatures will be in the low to mid 60's. things will warm-up as he received a key to the city. >> the temperatures right now are in the '50s. upper 40's for daly city. as we head into the afternoon was still plenty low to mid 60's. 64 is the common no. 4 santa clara. turning our attention to the east, mostly sunny skies. walnut creek will have a high of 65 degrees it looks like
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novoto will be checking in for 65 degrees. i really just it was just an increase in cloud cover with warmer weather by sunday. >> tuesday and wednesday of next week which will have the chance of rain about 30 to 40%. that is something that we will continue to monitor. the time now 6:18 a.m.. >> we are learning about problems with the muni metro. lines k, l, and am. they have delays in place and the service has been disrupted and buses are set up and possible you may have to use the different platforms. we're checking on this and will have more for
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you. >> as suspected, there were problems unreported when the bay bridge. there was a police action at the west and of the stand that accounted for an early delay on the upper deck. we're already seeing traffic starting to back up. what ever the issue was, they have cleared that but there is still some pause the to a slow traffic it is likely that we may see the metering lights slow down. 92, the san mateo bridge will see a pretty good ride and we are problem free with a 11 minute drive time pripet the golden gate bridge is having a beautiful morning with no delays. >> looking at the traffic maps on the east shore freeway. we have only added to minutes and now it is 14
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minutes from hercules to berkeley. 580 and highway 4 are both happy and here is the slowing that i told you about on 11 where it has only added a couple of minutes to your drive time. the ride through marin is problem free all with to the golden gate bridge. >> we now know the identity of the four marines killed at camp pendleton earlier this week. two were from california, 28-year-old staff sgt. mathew r. marsh of long beach and 27-year-old sgt. miguel ortiz of vista. also killed were 31-year-old gunnery sgt. j. mullins of bayou l'ourse, louisiana.,and 32-year-old staff sgt. eric w. summers of poplar bluff, montana. the marines were killed while clearing unexploded ordnance at the base wednesday.video in this package we-007th >> the house is expected to vote today on gop-drafted legislation to allow insurance companies to sell existing individual coverage plans to current customers.
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president obama took a different tack yesterday, saying that americans who've lost their insurance coverage because of his health care law should be allowed to renew individual coverage plans ticketed for cancellation for a year what the house bill does is essentially gut the healthcare law, because it will allow individuals and companies to buy insurance outside of the health exchange. the white house says president obama would veto the measure. >> the president is going to meet with health-care companies at the white house. >> a new development in the l -a-x shooting investigation. officials are looking into why the t- s- a officer who was shot and killed.bled for more than a half hour before he was taken to paramedics. the gunman was shot by airport police and taken into custody just five minutes after the attack started. but officials say surveillance footage shows t- s- a officer gerardo hernandez was wheeled out
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33 minutes after being shot. investigators are now looking at whether paramedics could have entered the terminal earlier. and if so.why that did not happen. >> restaurant and retail workers at oakland international airport are planning a holiday strike. about 200-workers represented by "unite here local 28-50" plan to protest what they call unfair labor practices and low wages by their employer, "h-m-s host." the union says the workers make between 9-50 and 13- dollars an hour. they plan to walk out sometime between thanksgiving week and the end of the year. you may remember the workers staged a one-day strike on the friday before labor day weekend. >> the coast guard plans to search again this morning for a man who apparently fell out of a small plane over south florida. miami-dade fire rescue and the coast guard searched the waters off "key biscayne" last night. officials say the pilot
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called in a "mayday" to air traffic controllers yesterday afternoon. saying a door on the plane was open and a passenger had fallen out. rescue officials are still trying to determine if the call was legitimate. police say they have no evidence of foul play. >> the time is 6:22 a.m.. here is a live look outside from our mount tam cam. do not forget we will see bat from our mount tam cam. do not forget we will see bat ki love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month
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100% more possible. join us at kp.org and thrive. >> welcome back. we are watching wall street this morning. the dow futures up another 28 right now, a day after the dow and s&p hit a new all-time highs. here is a look at how the markets closed. it's the dow rose 54 points. the nasdaq added seven. the s&p 500 added eight. >> the dow rose despite an 11% drop for san jose's cisco systems. cisco one of the 30 stocks that made the doubt. they'd warned of a drop in revenue and this current quarter and the stock was hammered. santa
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clara's applied materials reported a quarterly profit that was slightly better the wall street's x expectations. there a half percent in the pre-market. mountain view link in rating. they are up almost 2 percent in the pre-market. league to end was a $60 stock less than two years ago now at 221 a share. >> the new place station 4 is finally on sale. hundreds of san francisco gamer's lines of last night to buy one. gamer's lined up outside the best buy store in san francisco overnights in anticipation. the console is going for $400 spread not to be outdone, rival microsoft is set to release their new x box one next
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week. kron4 gabe slate will be out talking to fans this morning about the new p s four. you can follow him on twitter for the latest details. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. just when you thought we've moved on another bart strike could happen. we will explain. >> we are also waiting for the opening bell on wall >> we are also waiting for the opening bell on wall street.
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>> welcome back. the opening bell on wall street. that would be at $22 a share. we are looking for a jump would dow futures up by 28 points. >> let's get an update of the weather and traffic. >> good morning. take a look at the temperatures. napa but continues to drop at 35. the coldest spot in the morning. vallejo is the warmest spots and 50 degrees out the door for oakland. upper 40's san jose. we are waking up to clear skies and it is breezy and the
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temperature was start to die down. all the time we reached the afternoon will mostly sea-maid's to upper 60s. a slight chance for showers. we do have changes to discuss for the 7 day or around the bay and i will bring that to you coming up. >> george, will have to fix your battery pack what we try to get this worked out. >> here is a live look at the bay bridge. they 880 over crossing is looking good. we will get the word from george. >> it was an early problem at the bay bridge and that has been cleared to but we do need to talk about the muni metro. there are some of delays on the muni metro line okay, well, and s l, k, ann
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has no problems. >> a bart strike, we solid over the past several months but it might not be over. bart directors might reject a deal that was accepted by their own management team. kron4 will tran is live at the west oakland bart station to explain. >> you cannot make this up, the bart board of directors have the final say. it is not a new deal until they sign off. it looks like there are looking into it and they are going to weigh in. bart management was
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working on the negotiations and why with state agreed on a six week family leave for the birth of a child or some other family illness. they have been in place but you do not get paid for. they have to either cash in their vacation time or you sick days. but in the new contract you actually get it. the bart board of directors may rejected. both sides agree done this because they hired a negotiator that has credentials and he was paid a few hundred dollars and there are wondering if there was a clerical error. >> all the sudden now there stating that they're not sure how it got in there. there are so many parts of this and of course, once again, bart riders are called in the middle of this. i had a chance to get
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people's opinions. >> it is just too late. we have been there, they suggested up, live with it. >> it is bad nils for all of us. we need a board. >> i do not know enough about it. >> are you surprised? >> this story has a lot of twists and turns. >> i thought it was a done. i thought it would be easy. >> the funny part is that you saw may and he said it was was i here they get? i told him what was going on and he rolled his eyes. >> the bart board of directors will meet and that will go over the details of this agreement and then they will have a final vote on
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november 21st. it just depends on what they say. >> the time is 6 and 30 4:00 a.m.. it is almost ready for its debut. we are talking about the fourth board at the caldecott tunnel. today, there is a big celebration out at the sides and as kron4 terisa estacio reports. there is new is that the the new pathway could be on the way. >> what do you see out there? >> here is the deal, we are trying to figure out what is going on. this setup that
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maybe it opened up as soon as saturday but they are being tied about that. they stated the they want to get the word out because the fourth bore is connected to the third a bore and if you do see them do not panic. they're door in a fire test. the secretary of the transportation department will come off with a big celebration and that will let us know right now. it is unclear if that all but on saturday but it may be another possible strike for them. if short looks good.
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it will save the commuters a lot time. >> a group of the bay area and nurses are headed to the philippines to provide some much-needed help. it here is video of the five nurses leaving sfo last night. they are members of a registered nurse response a network. they will be in the philippines for a week. one nurse who lost loved ones in the typhoon sam says she hopes she can see her family. >> the nurses have also packed medication to make sure they stay healthy and can assist the victims in a way that they can. >> coming up on the kron4
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morning new spread hundreds of children are rescued from a mass of child porn and sex ring out of canada. >> a big scare in the air for passengers on board a southwest airlines flight. the captain announced as the plane is going down. the >> also following a new is about a possible toll increase on the golden gate bridge. a live look from the toll plaza coming up.
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is a girl. the new rules allow couples in to have two children if one of the parents is an only child. china and the united states are roughly the same size and land mass. >> can you imagine hearing " we're going down " on your flight? a captain on a southwest airlines flight announced the warning to the entire plane. it was only meant for the cabin crew. so is you can imagine, passengers thought they were in real danger. what really happened was the aircraft was losing cabin pressure. he mistakenly activated the p a system in the cabin. passengers say they really thought it was a bad end. >> he stated that we're
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going down and everyone started looking around, is this a joke? are you serious. >> that is what everyone on this plane thought that were all going to die. and >> southwest airlines issued an apology to passengers for the confusion. they even offered them a voucher good towards a future flight. >> at the time is 6:43 a.m.. coming up we will talk about sports. here is a live look outside from the bay bridge approach.
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a plane suffered-tested at 146 passengers and here is a live look from the airport. the fire department is stating that this is a alert to and we are waiting for it to turn around and go back to san jose. we're hearing that one of the engines failed due to a bird strike. it was as a month ago that took off. that's why was headed hollow and made it safe zone oakland. as a and as we get more information i will bring it to you. they have had engine failure with 146 passengers. >> the time is 6:47 a.m. we will now have a look at the weather. >> it is a cold morning we
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are in 40's and 50's but napa and vallejo have dropped. a rally just depends on where you are. it may actually be pretty mild and sunny. the temperatures will be on the cooler side and yo will notice that future cast 4 is part pick the pockets of 50 by noon. we will increase the temperatures and we would end in the mid 60's by 3:00 p.m.. it will look nice but felt attacked cooler. maligned letter on this evening the temperature should be back. a quick look at your afternoon high downtown san francisco will have a high of 62 degrees. that line so that we will see cooler weather for toman with the possibility of showers. as of right now it is looking like a 10% chance. we will increase the
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likelihood to about 20 to 30%. he should keep from rolling handy. the time is 6 4:09 a.m.. last are was a good nils. there was a derailment inside the tunnel that was resolved and they are stating that they're getting back to normal. they will resume normal service. >> this is better nils for your commute and they are still having problems with the transit authority is on the alum rock line. the overhead wires are hanging and that means you may have to transfer load. >> the bay bridge had slightly early activation of
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the metering lights and the traffic is still pretty light. the drive time is still standoff 40 minutes. for the san mattel bridge your 92 ride is a at 12 to 13 minutes. we are just picking up a little volume. the golden gate bridge is beautiful as the traffic conditions match the deal. the >> the drive time has climbed at the east shore freeway. 680 south bond has fallen and that is building 58 looks mostly blood and the heaviest traffic is into livermore. the nimitz freeway is starting to see the things south bond. we
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have picked up some slowing on the guadalupe parkway and well. >> toronto police say that more than 380 children rescued from sex abuse and nearly 350 people were arrested in a three your child porn investigation. the investigation centered around a toronto-based steel company. most of the movies were produced in romania and ukraine. authorities are one of the world worked with to try to police to arrest those who produced a child porn and those who bought it. 108 people were taken into custody in canada and 76 were arrested in the united states. the operation is known as " project spade ". officials describe some disturbing details. >> the rest include 40
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school teachers, nine doctors and nurses, 32 people who volunteered with children, six law enforcement personnel, nine pastors or priest and three foster parents. >> the owner of the film company, brian and way, has been in jail since 2000 and 11 awaiting trial. toronto police say that the producers who made the illegal for them have been convicted and their home countries. authority say that the investigation is ongoing and more arrests will be made. >> president obama is trying to rescue his much criticized health care program. the president and senior aides will meet with insurance ceos today to discuss helping people and
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roll. they will also talk about ways to minimize any disruption as consumers switch to the new plan. just yesterday, the president said that insurance companies can offer people another year of coverage under their existing plants. that is because people have been losing coverage and have not been able to find new plants. >> san jose fd with color to at sjc form mdio with any and felder due to a bird. aircraft is want to be returning. we will have more on this story coming up. >> a wild finish at oracle last night with the warriors played host to the oklahoma city thunder. the down the thunder was down by two. but just within 10 seconds
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remaining also was bart trains of the three if to put the thunder of by one would just 2.3 seconds remaining. the warriors take a timeout. clade thompson and bounce the ball to andre iguodala who puts the game up to win. the warriors went 116 to 115. >> another night, another overtime game for the sharks'. thomas herti scored in regulation and antti nie ni made 34 saves for the sharks'. in overtime, dan boyle scored a power-play goal at 2: 38 of overtime to give san jose a 2-1 victory. >> we will be right back praye. praye.
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>> coming up on the kron4 morning nils.news. cut and a dollar toll price be in your future. we will let you know. >> a march in support for a teen who was led on fire. will have news of that coming up. >> the miami dolphins player coming up. >> the miami dolphins player ai love watching tv has outside.
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top stories we are following this friday, november 15th. a stunning development involving bart and its unions. we'll tell you about the possible snag in the contract agreement which could potentially send workers back to the picket lines plus. an attack on a transgender teen in hercules. caught on camera. and police are deciding whether or not this is a hate crime. we have those details next. and a superhero fan's wish comes true today. how the city of san francisco is making this little boy's dream a reality.
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