this morning of the kron4 morning news. an apartment fire near san francisco state least two people injured. the firefighter that extended six floors up. >>: a man wanted dead in a san francisco garbage chute over night. what police don't think he was the victim of foul play. >>: and what a veteran sheriff's deputies saying after seeing the study sideshow on you too. the

kron4 morning news starts now. >>: new this morning. a fire in an apartment near san francisco state sent to people to the hospital. it happened just after midnight on the sixth floor of the building on cambon drive. firefighters say the fire is under control. they put the fire out just before 1:00. the two people were hurt in the fire were taken to hospital. we do not know there conditions this morning. >>: also new this morning, san francisco police are investigating the death of a man at a motel. his body was found in the motel desk- tisch motels garbage chute. this was of valencia street in the mission between 19th and 20th streets. police

said the medical examiner went to the scene and did not find any signs that this may have been a homicide. in fact, homicide investigators were even called to the scene. the medical examiner's offices will now work to figure out how the man died. the ember a lawyer out vocally brunch yesterday morning is over. a man police were looking for has been found in question period and the girl police say was kidnapped is actually a woman was not kidnapped. it's a strange story. >>: we're still looking at the crime. now that we've had a shift in the investigation investigators are looking at what this crime shelby. we know we had a theft from a store but we also have affirmation that the suspect did make threats. >>: police said this investigation is ongoing but

obviously, it has taken a different direction. i'm jeff bush at zero p d headquarters kron4 news. >>: >>james: some disturbing video from a side show on the streets of oakland and san officers agreed to leave for their own safety. >>: to get out of our way. >>: we showed you this video yesterday morning. people taking a throwing bottles at a sheriff's deputy vehicle on the streets of oakland. there's no evidence of the video that law enforcement made any further efforts to stop this side show. kron4 asked at a meeting county sheriff's spokesman j d nelson about that. >>: i think he probably erred on the side of caution realized he was by himself and he had a large crowd. maybe when to run the quarter and maybe they did come back. that's not clearly shown in the video that the surgeon nelson says law enforcement is spread thin throughout oakland and back up is not always immediately available. the sheriff's office also has contracts with ac transit's

to keep buses running. it's possible that it was there for that purpose. >>: if you like to join one of the hundreds people checking our main story. look for the title people that endanger other people behaving badly. you can watch the whole thing can lead to comment. again that is a kron4 dot com. will ticket could break 704 is the time. coming up on the kron4 morning news, winter storms bring some of the south east most populous state cities to a standstill. how many hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses have lost power. anti-government protests and venezuela turn violent and deadly. why the students are protesting. and how an american olympian is working to save so she street puppies. that's just ♪ [ female announcer ] any moment can be made better

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on nine the time. in san jose today the man suspected of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teen sierra lamar isn't for the judges and courts on multiple charges. antolin garcia torres faces several counts from a grand jury did a carjacking and attempted kidnapping. those charges are related to a tax on three women into grocery store parking lots and morgan hill in 2009. sierra lamar disappeared on her way to school in 2012. her body was never found. >>: actors enter reports the storms have left more than a half million houses and businesses without of lectures to be. >>: the clouds are out there raleigh, n.c. but for a lot of stranded drivers and hasn't done much good. officials of the south east urge people to stay home if they could as the road conditions got progressively worse. even first responders were having a hard time getting around slipping and

sliding as they try to get their vehicles moving again. as if the was a bad enough the weight of ice and snow brought trees down into power lines in some cases holmes. >>:. the tree corrector watching a fall from my window and landed on my daughters went window was very traumatic. >>: utilities including georgia power reported more than 600,000 homes and businesses lost electricity across the southeast. >>: as the storms moved up to the mid-atlantic and into the north east official washington ordered all the matters into reporting. >>: across the country more than 300,000 flights were canceled her flight for

today are still scheduled to depart and derive a but obviously keep an eye on that alleging that that changes. but kron4 dot com if you would like more of days. we have full bay area flight coverage. >>: live in the weather center waking up to mainly high clouds three years and live look outside of the cemetery bridge through the full details on what to expect later on today. i've been talking about the next chance for rain in the next couple of minutes.

or 14 as the time. what patrick to the weather center. erica following are forecast on this thursday. if >>erica: the morning. it's a pretty mild star. religious looking at high clouds. and that's actually helping to keep the temperatures a little warmer this morning. so everyone at least in the upper 40's. in fact most of us headed out to 50s on this thursday morning with oakland and san francisco poke at 53 degrees. we're

seeing low 50s along the delta 3 in oakland and sunnyvale check-in and 473 to 52 degrees ride out in hayward. by 7:00 this morning it's going to be for the over cast. temperatures pretty fairly close to us heading out. expect high cloud the mid fifties to low 60s. could see more sunshine for the inland areas. that includes places like with a more pleasant 10. a look like temperatures today could reach the mid to upper 60s. we are talking to a fairly mild day around the bay area. unspent on those afternoon highs for you. started in the south bay. it is one to be a warmer afternoon. 65 to in fremont. tsk tsk a cold front is one

to slide through as we head into the weekend which will increase our likelihood for rain. the umbrellas out this weekend but it will be a huge wash like what we experienced last weekend. but i drive by monday, under part i claudius costs and the chance for rain returns next tuesday and wednesday. faster follow traffic around the bay area at this early hour still looking at any hot spot. course we have some areas of overnight construction. if westbound highway 24 when jamaica to the bay bridge. since no weight at the pay gates. of course we have some offered by construction of this band itself overawed you are a

good to go. chp not really thought we in the accident. just off fifth in world news this morning afghanistan have freed 65

inmates at the u.s. called dangerous. there are accused militants of were held in a former u.s. prison. the inmates were released despite protests from our military. the u.s. as demand for tell-fighters will probably go right back to the battle to kill coalition and afghan forces pretty >>: the three people died and broadcasts-caracas, venezuela during anti- government protests. dramatic video uc hear from a lost and it shows crowds trying to help someone on the ground as gunshots are heard and about background. 10,000 demonstrators were at the protest. they marched to the federal process prosecutors office to demand the release of 13 protesters december

illegally detained. comcast is extend its dominance in the cable and media world. comcast and has agreed to buy time warner cable for more than $45 billion. the deal would combine the to the top two cable companies and the country. the deal was said to be formally announced later this morning. now's the time for college students hoping for a summer internship to apply. according to glass door back, more than 47 other companies across the u.s. hiring and turns right now. they've released their annual report of the 25 highest rated companies hiring and turns 37 bay area companies make the list included the top two companies and the country facebook and google. the rest of the bay area are

companies making the west #6 intel no. 9 apple #14 yahoo #16 h p #80 cisco. the bay area is the no. 3 matra in terms of number of employers currently hiring and turned after new york city and los angeles . mmi >>: and american olympian is teaming up with their russian billionaire to save st. john said to be killed in sochi. these are pictures posted by at of the sdr gus ken worthy with the adorable puppies. can were the says he's made vaccination of limits for the dogs up kennels for them. st dogs have been roaming around the olympics in sochi and officials said the plant on catching and disposing of them. meantime, russian billionaire oleg deripaska has decided to take action by building shelters for the strays less than 5 mi. away

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this morning and exclusive investigation into the team doctor of the san francisco forty-niners. last october kron4 broke the story about how dr. daniel garza was the target of a criminal probe, for alleged inappropriate behavior with adult terms interns. one addition to treating superstar athletes, garza was also a prominent researcher and associate professor at stanford university. the only sports medicine physician killed himself after the san mateo

county sheriff's investigators searched his home for evidence. now kron4 has uncovered pass allegations against the doctor. kron4's maureen kelly spoke to three men who say they were victimized by garza when they were teenagers. it's a story you'll see only zero kron4. >>: >>: i woke up in the middle of his " call " experiments and he was a sort of piano fondling be in kind of plane with himself. >>: that's the voice of a man who says he was drugged and molested by dr. daniel guards of nearly 20 years ago and he's not only one who's accusing the doctor of sexual abuse. >>: for him to do what he did, just as the even seen him. >>: and all i spoke to 3 victims', none of whom wanted to appear on camera. in order to protect their privacy act change their name to peter and john and carlos. this is start when garza was there held influential teacher at cathedral high school in el paso texas. it's a catholic

all boys' school serving mostly latino students come from working-class families near the west texas border town. garza, a recent stanford college grad was teaching freshmen science. to many he was entrusted role model they greatly admired. >>: he was a phenomenal teacher. a phenomenal teacher. and he was able to pay pictures about signs in just a beautiful way. >>: even then he was closely involved with sports 3 here's a photo from the school's yearbook showing garza as coach of the school's tennis team. all of the victims i spoke to have been young athletes who said there were approached by guards with to participate in a research study involving physically fit young man. the man i'm calling carlos as he was only 51 approached by guards while s one practice. he says more than once, garza took him into an empty classroom under the guise of taking his measurements for a study. he says garza had pulled out his pants and touched him and away he considers sexual abuse. he never reported it. peter and

john said it became cars of target after jordan his informal after-school science group. at the time, they felt like they were being given an exciting opportunity by their mentor to help them succeed. peter now fills guard was laid a trap for them from the very beginning. >>: the way he picked us up, it was very strategic. all of us had a very dysfunctional homes. he knew we were overachievers and what ought to disappoint her he was very very calculated. >>: near the end of 1993, are convinced peter and john's parents to let him take the two boys on a ski trip to new mexico as a reward for all of their hard work while they were allowed in their ski cabin, guards asked them to participate in his research study. that he explain to us how he needed to do some research for stanford on how young athletes with metabolic rates behave when they were interested first athlete athletics states so he pulled out charts and everything looked very official. >>: they say guards brought along something that he said would help them get into the rest will stay. a drug

called health i---haloth ane, a powerful anesthetic which would give it in high enough concentrations renders one completely unconscious. they said garza told the kids to and help from the bottle. peter volunteered. >>: i remember the first time my and held this drug i dropped the bottle a lot of port out. did you know, i was knocked out and walk in my bed the next morning. john agreed held in the study but was uncomfortable with the idea of being gassed by the drug but one night during that trip john woke up to an unusual spell- smell and opened his eyes to find guards as silhouette looming above him. >>: he had been putting the liquid of the bottle onto a wash rag from the hotel and was putting it on my face i rolled over yet operative in that i was still asleep and i rolled my face away from him and he went back to the other side of the bed and put it back on me. i rolled back the other way. i grabbed the tall and 3 on

the floor. the next morning i woke up thinking was that a dream or what? and i see the tall the floor. it was pretty scary >>: john was rattled by the experts but chose not to reported all for this. >>: at the point my home life was of the grid is and he seemed to be a stable figure in my life. so, i decided that i didn't have to tell anybody. i thought that he knew that was my best interest and that he was looking out for me. >>: all his best friend peter knew the truth. the victims didn't come forward and to what happened again. in the spring of 1994 garza to peter and john along with the rest of their science group to california in order to toward college campuses it was during a visit to stanford university that the testing began again. but this time peter says the drug war off and he woke up to the unthinkable. and i actually local with a shirt off and his hand in my genitalia on my genitalia in no. kind caressing me and him sort of rubbing himself peter told john and together they decided they have to come forward. the sick

parents, school officials and even the fbi were brought in three and the end, guards was not criminally charged. tomorrow and the next installment of our schools of investigation he will find out how cars got away with it. maureen kelly kron 4 news. we will be right back.

as >>erica: we saw a few sprinkles for the extreme north bay and i'm thinking maybe we could see if you are showers later on today if but was check-in the models. it doesn't look too likely but we are expecting a lot of cloud cover and the north ave. so on that note, temperatures will be on the cooler side. right now we're dealing with areas of fog out there. glut in the dry as we head into tomorrow. a better chance for rain as we look ahead. saturday and sunday a cold front is going

to roll through to bring rain to the bay. as we head into the afternoon i think we will see more sunshine for the east bay interior spot and down in the south bay so with that expect warmer temperature readings. in fact livermore could hit a high of 68. temperatures above average for this time of year. oakland, even very mild with a high of 65. satellite and radar shows again rain to our north shifting east right now so we are seeing some showers in the lake tahoe area. it's

frankly a very quiet morning and it looks like probably transit is often a good start. . >>james: of our developing story when there's a difference search happening for a person that police originally thought had been kidnapped three that the incident on tuesday afternoon triggered an amber alerts. kron4's will track all of us live from oakland police department headquarters with the latest twist in this story. well?

>>will: all kinds of twists. 24 hours ago there was a desperate search for the so- called crow they thought. she was 13 years old. they now believe she's older than 13. in fact older than 18 years old and they want to track her down to possibly are pressed her for it here's a mug shot of a man of the police detained late last night. roy mckay, 51 years old. if the lump they believe is inside s safeway at the time for it popped out of the car and took off. they believe the driver were makemie and the 18 year-old girl did not know each other but not turned out they all knew each other. i have much more on the story of 5:00 including surveillance video and what oakland police department felt it was necessary to trigger that amber alerts read back to you? >>gary: another new story brick apartment fire near san jose state university and a couple of people

buried it is under control now. kron4's mike pelton is live on the same with the very latest. >>: this is a 13 story high rise right next to san francisco state university. in order to battle this blaze they had to evacuate the entire building. you could see a few hundred residents standing outside the complex. the fire broke out just around 1220 it on the sixth floor of the apartment building. there is smoke and water damage to surrounding units and some water damage to below units on the fifth corporate to people were injured during this period they have been taken to hospital no word on their condition this morning

>>: at 434 and have them out of contra costa county where health officials report another flow related death this brings the total of # deaths and that, to six. they have occurred since december. >>: health officials continue to urge of people to get that jury that they say it seems the worst of the season may be over but the flu is unpredictable and the bay area right now the rapid at least three full related deaths. >>:walk sf honors traffic collisions victims'. a 30 a.m., walked sf other

community groups and up and victims' families would gather to honor loved ones killed in traffic collisions on san francisco streets. several san francisco supervisors and other city officials to attend. van ness avenue and grove street san francisco contact michael schneider at 4154320255 at extension 1. >>: this comes a day after the fourth deadly pedestrian accident in san francisco this year. police arrested mageb hussain bear to seek advance at pacific avenue early yesterday morning. the allegedly tried to walk away before he was caught. >>: the new program designed to help recover your bike if it's ever stolen is launching today. stay spikes is a partnership between police and state street advocates. the city says more than 4000 bicycles were still less san francisco in 2012. registration for the

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time for the kron4 tech report which gave a slate. >>: good morning. we keep hearing that teens, young adults and millennial are fleeing facebook so where are they going. >>: a big portion of up facebook defectors have landed on twitter or enter the graeme but there are millions of former facebook users flocking to lesser- known acts like snap chat. a unique messaging act that allows users to send pictures and video and text messages that self-destruct and disappear after the receiver sees them. here's another popular 13 what to app is another massacre at the let's people send video picture audio messages back and forth. it's like taxing on your from the inside and accurate cake is similar. as additional features to messaging for it is the most part from mr. with a built- in browser. it lets people talk to their friends can

browse and share in website at the same time. next up, of buying. it's an ad that let you shoot and chair share video clips. your forces you to be focused a share within 6 seconds 3 and a weak heart it currently has 25 million users growing by 1 million users a month. it's an image based a social network for people who love visual expression. unlike pandarus nobody cares climb and a wedding or sharing the credit pictures. it's a lot of dramatically lead photos splash with messages about love and empowerment. and for a chip. and it's anti belinda's of design does not offer comments below the pictures. check out is pretty cool. gabe slate kron4 knows. >>: for ford is the time. coming up on the kron4 morning news are you excited or nervous about

valentine's day tomorrow for it to you most americans thinks back with more headlines in a minute.

we are getting to be chosen this morning on the new levi stadium under construction in santa clara. these are new pitchers posted on twitter of the stadium which is now 80% complete. >>james: the city of berkeley has opened up registration for a new summer camp. the camp will temporarily replace the popular berkeley too long--

toulumne camp, just outside yosemite national park which was destroyed by the rim wild fire last summer for it the parks and recreation department is working on a plan to rebuild the original berkeley toulumne camp but the effort involves multiple government agencies and to take some time. but check-in with the weather center. >>erica: started the morning off with some coastal fog. high cost of pretty mild temperatures. san francisco 51 right now. 53 by 7:00 this morning. we really won't be seen too much change in this temperatures for the still holding on to areas of fog and will be fairly over cast it into work or school. by 12:00 high clouds will remain committed by three this afternoon we will see more sunshine again the further east and south we go. it looks like a year highs

could actually climb to the mid to upper 60s. the stick a closer look at those ties for you. fairfield testing 67. it will be a little cooler prove a lot more clout cover along the coast line. the city only getting 493-to 69. here 7 day around the bay forecast shows although we will be dry heading into tomorrow rain and back on the horizon as we head into the weekend so valentine's states plans should be to affected. if you have some plans to celebrate this weekend looks like you will need an umbrella for it and we cool front will pass through. the drier weather by monday. what is just a short break because we're back after traffic around the bay area quickly looking at some bridges. not my turn any hot spot. areas of overnight construction are already starting the process of wrapping things up. the volume definitely appear at the bay bridge toll plaza, but still no weight at the pay gates. if you're taking

that was bound trip via the san mateo bridge built in just a handful of cars on the right-hand side of your screen. drive time holding steady at 12 to 13 minutes for your trip into more red definitely seem more car. taking over to our traffic map screen on the roadways sensors for highway 101. interstate 280 is currently problem free no accidents to report. drive time right now 24 minutes from a bottle and to san francisco. if you are taking public transit, i just checked. with the poor not started off with any delays. your good to go with ac transit bart as was a stirring number one. >>: thank you erica. 22 people have an arrested and a child--in a child sex sting in florida three and three of them work at walt

disney world. the 22 people were allegedly targeted children for sex. there were caught by detective's supposed as children or parents an on-line chat rooms. we're getting the details this morning and in >>: 21 year-old ted ago has clearly left his mark here a uc berkeley. he has the respect of his friends, family and peers. >>: ted was phenomenal and every aspect of the word. and everything he did everything he said. demand loved so much. mo a thousand people gathered outside of memorial stadium to share fond memories of the junior defensive lineman from bakersfield. >>: ted was the person who whenever i was working hard in school and trying, sat alone way of knowing he existed. someone like ted can exist, it's what kept pushing me three of those teammate's defense event stem and corte talked about his buddy known by his

friend as premed said. >>: he had this great smile that is lightened up a row. he was one of the most selfless guys that i've ever known. >>: majoring in public health, a coup had dreams of attend the med school at last fall, he was elected to the second team pack to of all academic squad. though some new him say he's irreplaceable. >>: i looked up to ted because he was guided us, the young freshmen that heyman as a young african- american athlete, by looking up to him he knew you could be successful. >>: he put all of us to become a better person outside of football. >>: a university spokesperson said some of the abuse of the family did make their way up from bakersfield to attend the or memorial at a family appreciates all the support creek from memorial stadium in berkeley philippe djegal kron 4 news.

>>: we are getting to be chosen this morning on the new levi stadium under construction and santa clara agreed these are new pitchers posted on twitter of the stadium which is now 80% complete. officials hope to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony this summer. the 20,000 sq. ft. facility will feature more this 60,000 seats for fans and to video scoreboards, the largest of their kind in outdoor arenas. the first of 3000 tv monitors were also just installed yesterday. if all goes as planned, the first couple event at levi's will be a soccer match between the san jose earthquakes and the seattle sounders of august 2nd. the live >>: the american flag on top of levi stadium is making headlines. every few months during construction once it's torn and tattered an anonymous former navy seal leaves a voice message with the building company asking

them to replace the flat. so they do. this week the fifth new flag went up. the anonymous veteran says he lives in the neighborhood looks at the flag a daily. the flex its atop the first piece of steel set on the building and one of the windiest parts of the stadium. >>: lebraun james capt. one of his best games of the season and dramatic fashion to carry the miami heat past the warriors 111-110 last night. golden state's steph curry outstanding as well. the warriors were down by as much as 21 and this one. but battled back in the second half. the final minute was the stephen and lebraun show. lebraun knocks down a three-pointer with klay thompson in his face to put miami up to. curry then drives and with the pump fake a short jumper to tie things up. then with 14 seconds left warriors down one critic. again penetrate for a layup and foul put

golden state backed up on a 10-108. curry finished with 29. stephen assess. that just seven assists. but the lebraun have agreed to step back fadeaway three-pointer with igoudala and his face to win it with less than a second left. lebraun said he knew it was good the moment it left his hands three wars coach mark jackson says the last play was all lebraun. >>: turns out skied the five year-old wire terrier who won best shot at the 138

westminster kennel club show is from the bay area. skies, honors marion scott--mary and scott olund live in san rafael and are still gushing over skies did win. skies already made the rounds in new york for the empire state building and dining awfully mignon at one of the big apple's finest restaurants street the olund's plan to bring skyjack, december fell for a visit before she retired taken on a southern california. if you like dogs, the next kron4 special is all about them. it airs on friday night february 28th at 9:00 p.m.. we will take you behind the scenes of the golden gate kennel club in 2014 dog show hosted by grant lodes and justine waldman. that's friday february 28th at 9:00 p.m.. here on kron4. >>: valentine's day is

tomorrow and it turns out the guys are just as excited about how the day as the ladies. why? well, they look for to get a gift from their significant other. a new survey by the associated press found most adults are excited about valentine's day. flowers and candy are the most preferred gives and for those who want to go all-out cars, jury or a vacation are also on the wish list. about a third of those polled say they just like to have more time together ♪

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desperate search for a 30 year-old girl who police thought was kidnapped. new

twist to this story. winter storms crippling the south. and now the snow is moving up to the northeast. we'll have the latest details. and a billion dollar deal that combines the nation's top two cable companies. i'll have the details. new this morning. an apartment fire near san francisco state university injures two people. the fire is under control now. the first lesson to the weather center. hey erica freak >>erica: we are seeing all those 50s out there. in fact vallejo right now 51 degrees 51 leaving the house and oakland. if by 7:00 this morning heading out to workers school of not much change and the temperatures by 12:00 expect high clouds to remain the temperatures will be able warmer. by 3

this afternoon more sunshine. but could see mid to upper 60s. i'll talk about the warmest thought coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>: thanks erica pretty good morning. pretty light traffic. your quick commute check shows however there will be slow traffic on interstate 580 in the westbound direction. but highway four still looks pretty good. we are problem free there. and a quick transit check for you. with problems on the bart this morning. heading from sfo back toward pittsburgh. there are problems and the not commute to your direction there. they're looking at the ways of about 50 minutes there. >>:joining us live with the latest details is kron 4's

mike pelton. mike? >>: fire crews ticket to this under control. they have cleared the same but this fire broke out at this high-rise apartment. it's right next to san jose state. that to evacuate all residents inside the building. you could see several hundred people standing outside the complex earlier this morning. as the fire broke out around 1220 it the sixth floor of the building. there is smoke and water damage to surrounding units as possible water damage to below units on the floor. as fire crews responded to the same day reports of oxygen tanks exploding grid to people were injured during this period they have been taken by ambulance to a hospital for treatment. no word on the extent of their injuries or their condition this morning but again fire crews did put out the fire. residents are back and their apartments. the cause of this fire is still under investigation.

>>:developing story out of oakland where there's a different kind of search taking place for a person who police thought was kidnapped. that incident on tuesday afternoon triggered an amber alert. kron 4's will tran is live at the oakland police department this morning with the new twist in this case. in the amber light is over and now they're searching for not even a 13 year-old girl. they talk to the driver. the so-called getaway driver now. they talk to him and now they say the woman is 18 years old. now 13 years old and they want to track her down to

possibly arrest her. here's the latest twist. here's a mug shot of heyman ave to can't late last night. he's 54 years his name is roy makemie. he is and a surveillance video. he was inside safeway tuesday shoplifting stakes of lobsters. he gets out of safeway. he hops into a red color sedan. they thought both parties, the elderly man. the 13 year-old girl and a suspected not know each other. turns out all three knew each other. the two men, the two people. has not been arrested. they talk to him and that's why they now know that she's at least 18 years old. allied roy makemie was taken into custody by another agency he will be at the oakland police department a little bit later today or they will talk to him. as far as this person that they are talking. they don't know what will happen. whether

she'll be charged or arrested but they would definitely like to track her down. so much has happened with this grid reference our people thought this was fishy. we ask the police department why did to issue eight ever alert? the oakland police department says based on what little information they knew at the time they thought this was a carjacking. they basically have no choice but to trigger that ever alert. - amber alert. >>:

in san jose today, the man suspected of kidnapping and killing morgan hill teen sierra lamar is in court on new charges. antolin garcia-torres faces several counts from a grand jury. they include carjacking and attempted kidnapping. those charges are related to attacks on three women in two grocery store parking lots in morgan hill in 2009.

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power crews in the south spent the night getting hundreds of thousands of people back online after a winter storm knocked out electricity. trees like this one came crashing down as well. much of the deep south is

covered in ice and snow today. that's making travel on the roads difficult to say the least. at least 12 people were killed because of the stormy weather. and more than three thousand flights were canceled nationwide yesterday. the storm is now headed to the northeast and could dump more than a foot of snow in major cities like philadelphia, washington and boston. and take a look at this picture. this is out of raleigh, north carolina. a woman stuck in traffic

there took this photo of a car on fire. drivers were told to stay off the roads yesterday but as you can see, not everyone heeded the message. the warning came as freezing rain brought heavy ice from atlanta to charlotte. disturbing video from a sideshow on the streets of oakland. that sent officers hurrying to leave for their own safety. we showed you this video yesterday morning: people kicking and throwing th mwholwheatoas♪

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bottles at a sheriff's deputy vehicle on the streets of oakland. there's no evidence in the video that law enforcement made any further efforts to stop this sideshow. kron 4 asked alameda county sheriff spokesman j-d nelson about that.

i think he probably aired on the side of caution realizing that he is by himself and he had a large crowd. maybe he went around the corner and maybe he did come back that's not clearly shown in the video. sergeant nelson says law enforcement is spread thin throughout oakland, and back up isn't always

immediately available. the sheriff's office also has contracts with a-c transit to keep buses moving. it's possible this deputy was there for that purpose. this story is by far the post popular one on our website.

if you'd like join the hundreds of people who've been checking it out just go to kron-4 dot com. you can watch the whole thing. and leave a comment. comcast. the largest cable providing in amerca. announces a deal to buy the second largest cable company. time warner. for more than 45 billion dollars. the deal would give comcast new york and los angeles. the two biggest tv markets, which are dominated by time warner. the deal is set to be formally announced later

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the bay area's got nothing on southern california when it comes to freeway congestions. that's the word from caltrans this morning. i-5 in los angeles county is the worst when it comes to congestion.

caltrans figured that, in 2012 alone, vehicles spent a cumulative 6.6 million extra hours in heavy congestion on la county's stretch of "the 5," as locals call it. that's 753 years. los angeles is home to numbers 2 and 3 on the list as well interstate 405 and highway 101 take those honors. the only bay are roads to

crack the top 10 are interstate 580 in alameda county. and interstate 80. also in alameda county. the debate over what to do with a large shipment of chobani yogurt that's been sitting in a new jersey warehouse has come to an end this morning. the company says its now going to donate the yogurt that was meant for u-s olympians in sochi. the shipment has been sitting in a warehouse at newark international airport after russian officials say the u-s failed to provide the necessary paperwork in customs. chobani is a team u-s-a sponsor. the head of the company says the yogurt will go to food

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>> welcome back. when the weekend is said and done we may see three-quarters of an inch of rain. it really is not much rain like we saw over the weekend but right now we are dry. 48 degrees for napa and 54 in oakland. you can expect more sunshine and this is when the temperatures will be warmer. we may climb to the upper 60s. dry weather today. we have rain on tap for saturday evening. i will have before details of your forecast coming up. >> better nose for public transit. bart is

experiencing problems in the not commute direction that no longer have delays from sfo back towards pittsburg. they have cleared up their equipment problem. the quick commute check shows that we have light traffic on most for ways this morning, interstate 580 is heavy but south a peninsula, north bay is all right. >> we are watching gas prices this morning. they are expected to jump into the next month and could hit zero or $4 a gallon. jackie sissel is joining us live now. >> unfortunately, we lost the jackies audio. some of the refineries are going to go off line and in fact that will switch over and start to use the summer bland which will leave a lot of

the man but not fuel. the heart of the problem is that we do not have enough refineries. we have half of that in the united states than what we had in 1980. the oil is there but the capacity of the refineries is not. >> the man chosen to oversee the troubled oakland police department is now out of a job. a federal judge's court to remove thomas frazier from his posts as compliance director. he was just selected last year. frazier was in charge of implementing reforms to the department after its 2003 misconduct lawsuits involving four police officers. the judge says that he made the decision to remove him because the job was proving to be too expensive and inefficient. he was a getting a $270,000 salary. >> this morning, a group

that works to make san francisco streets safer plans to draw attention to the city's pedestrian deaths. walk s.f. will join a victims' families, several san francisco supervisors and city officials at 8:30 a.m. at van ness and growth. that is to the site of the first pedestrian deaths of the year. the most recent pedestrian death was yesterday morning on van ness. >> a new program that is designed to help recover your bike if it is stolen is launching today. safe bikes is a partnership between police and say street advocates. the city says the more the 4000 bicycles were stolen in san francisco in 2012. registration for the program is free. >> a pair of celebrations will go on today to mark the year of the horse. in

oakland, bart and alameda county are joining with the asian community collaborative to host their annual new year's celebration. they entertain the stars this morning at 11:30 a.m. and will include line in dancing, my goal in dancing, singing, a chinese music, and a kung fu exhibition. tonight in san francisco mayor ed lee and city supervisors will mark of the year old course at the city hall in rotunda. >> take a look at this. it appears that a giant fire ball was falling in the sky. a man out of main use is camera phone to record this strange sight saturday afternoon. he posted it to his face book page and so many people are interested in just two days, 16,000 people have you did. >> one astronomer viewed the

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>> welcome back. general motors is recalling nearly 780,000 compact cars in north america because the engines can shutdown unexpectedly and cause crashes. the company says the six people have been killed in crashes related to this problem. the recall affects chevrolet cobalts and pontiac g5s from the

2005 through the 2007 model years. u.s. safety regulators say that the weight of the key ring and rough roads can move the nations which out of the running position, cutting the engine and the electricity. if that happens, air bags may not work. gm says the there have been 22 crashes from the problem. all were off the road in happened at high speeds. >> a bay area big moment of history. the 33 same-sex and interracial couples who got married at the grammys, during the show. it was a wedding like no other. queen latifah and madonna, mclemore and brian lewis. kevin masek and brandon styles still cannot believe

it. the couple from santa clara was picked to get married because their friend works at a casting-fast as a casting agent. they were sworn to secrecy about the lie wedding. >> in the moment, they said that the wedding felt intimate, despite the huge audience, the lights and cameras. kevin and brandon are currently enjoying their honeymoon. >> we will be right back.

>> welcome back. we continue to follow the winter storm that is hitting the south and is now making its way to the northeast. here is new video the snow that is reaching central virginia overnight. the storm could do more than a foot of snow on philadelphia, boston and washington. >> let's take a look of the

weather. we are just dealing with fog outside along the coastline. the temperatures are very mild. everyone is in the upper 40's low 50's. it is 52 degrees right now in concord. upper 40's for sunnyvale. by the time we reach the afternoon a lot of high clouds will remain in fact in the heart of the bay you was see overcast conditions. with that, there are warmer temperatures. the temperatures will be warmer than average. pleasanton will have a high of 67. mid

60's for oakland. cloudy conditions will remain later on tonight and most of us will be dry. pretty much everyone will be in the mid to upper 50s. your extended forecasts shows the we will be dry for valentine's day. rain will arrive saturday night into sunday. we catch a dry breaks for monday but short hours or returned to stay into wednesday. >> the time is 5:46 a.m.. >> we are not tracking any hot spots on the freeway. the chp stated that everything is quiet. at the bay bridge toll plaza the traffic is just part in to back up. for your trip to the san mateo bridge, highway 92 that is a good commute with no problems. it isn't easy trip for going to

foster city coming out of hayward. at the richmond center fell bridge your ride on interstate 580 here is a look at the toll plaza. we have no problems for the drive into marin county. >> the shore freeway is 16 minutes, 18 ministers san ramon. we have added a little time and the nimitz is basically cleared. we're already starting to see backups on 580 westbound in the dublin interchange leading to a softball 6 a. there is a new pattern because it is a lumber drive time nor the 680 and for westbound interstate 580. a little slice past julienne mckee. the north they ride is still delay free. >> we're getting new details

in this morning over the new levi stadium that is under construction in san josesanta clara. these are new pictures that were posted on twitter of the stadium which is now 80% complete. officials hope to hold a ribbon cutting ceremony this summer. the 20,000 sq. ft. facility will feature more than 60,000 seats for fans and to the video scoreboards. the first of 3000 tv monitors will also be installed. if all goes as planned, the first scheduled even at levi stadium will be a soccer match between the san jose earthquakes and the seattle sounders. >> the american flag on top of levi stadium is making headlines. every few months adorn construction, once it is a torn and tattered and

anonymous former navy seal please a voice message with the building company asking them to replace the flag. so they do. this week the fifth new flag went up. the anonymous veteran says that he lives in the neighborhood and looks at the flat daily. the flax is a top of the first piece of still set on the building in one of the windiest parts of the stadium. >> a crazy finished last night with the miami heat and the warriors'. the warriors' come back from being down 21 points. stephen curry with a clutch shot in the faland the foul.. ln james--

>> turns out sky, the five- year old why your terrier who won best in show at the 138 westminster kennel club show, is from the bay area. skies coleman, marry and scott olund, 11 and december fell, and are still gushing over the big win. skies already made the rounds in new york, torn the empire state building and dining on filet mignon and won the big apple's finest restaurants. they plan to bring sky back home to send a fail for a visit before she will retire to a chemo and southern california. >> if you like dogs. the next kron4 special is going

to be all about them. it will air on friday night, february 28th at 9:00 p.m.. we will take you behind the scenes of the golden gate kennel club 2014 a dog show hosted by grant lodes and justine waldman. that will be friday, february 28th at 9:00 p.m. right on kron 4. >> here is a live look outside to your approach to the bay bridge. we are waking up to 50 degrees. it is want to be 68 degrees this afternoon. will be right back.

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large boulders spread across a freeway after a landslide. a driver crashed into several of the large boulders yesterday. he was not hurt. transportation officials are working to clear the landslide from interstate 84. >> valentine's day is tomorrow, and it turns out the guys are just as excited about the holiday as the ladies. why? well, they look for to get a gift from their significant other. a new survey by the associated press found that most adults are excited about valentine's day. flowers and candy are the most preferred gives, and for those who want to go out, cars, a jury or a vacation are also on a wish list. about a third of those polled said that they just like to have more time together, be healthy and to be happy. >> i dislike the thought

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♪ wita da of lt, th mwone loveou mt ♪ >> and a major winter storm is happening in the mid atlantic area. thousands of flights are canceled.

>> one of the big stories this morning is the winter storm that is moving up the eastern seaboard. the storm has already brought to of the south's largest cities to is standstill. hundreds of thousands of people are without power. with the very latest, here is shannon travis live from washington d.c.. >> happening now, mother nature is serving up tragedy, there have been 10 deaths due to the storm. there are problems, this came, some people are unfortunately taking time to realize the simple pleasures. >>