36 hours after a bart train derailed, crews expected to resume service this morning. and the dahle lamb heads -- dalai lama heads to the east bay where he will be drawing protests who say he is abusing human rights. tesla planning to build a huge new plant. an innovation that says will drive down the cost of its cars. this is the bay area's news station, chron 4 news weekend starts now. thank you for joining us this morning. we will get to the top stories in just a minute but first let's check out the forecast . >> we are expecting another springlike day. as for your temperatures, heading out the door in san

francisco today, 52 degrees in oakland, 42 degrees in san jose, 43 degrees in santa rosa, we will take a look at where those temperatures are headed and also talk about some much needed rain in the forecast coming up in a bit. marty. >> thank you. right now repair crews are working to fix damage when a part train derailed friday night. kron4's mike pelton live at the concord station where they have been busy overnight. >> reporter: bart officials tell us this morning expect services to resume here at 8:00 this morning. that of course is when bart typically starts service on sunday morning. credit maintenance crude here worked through the night to get the necessary repairs done although not all the work is complete. here are a couple of pictures of what it looks like on the track. the crossover track where the derailment occurred remains damaged. they will fix that at a later time. that is not needed for

passenger service so crews really focus on the two outer rails. maintenance crews worked through the night repairing and also replacing two 39-foot sections of damaged track. crews also worked on the damaged third rail. following friday night's derailment of the out-of- service bart train, officials say their preliminary investigation shows the first two cars of the 10 car train came off the track. they had to use a large crane to remove four of those cars that each weigh around 30 tons. repair work then got underway yesterday with workers going straight through the night. bart stopped service between pittsburgh bay point and the pleasant hill station but again they are expecting service to resume as normally scheduled at 8:00 this morning with the first train leaving the concord station at 8:07. however, the cause of the derailment remains under investigation this morning. >> that is mike pelton reporting live from the concord bart station. keep it tuned here as we follow the latest with the reopening of the concord bart station this morning. for any updates you can log

onto our website kron4.com or download our mobile app as well. developing news out of san leandro this morning where firefighters are battling a one alarm fire on hesperian boulevard. the cause of the blaze unknown. not clear if there are any injuries. and new for you this morning, a man is dead after a shooting in an oakland neighborhood. police say that he was shot last night about 8:30 on 14th avenue near 24th street. police have no suspects no more tiff in this killing -- motive in this killing and they continue the investigation this morning. also in the east bay, the dalai lama continues his speaking tour today. he will be in berkeley later today for a talk on how to achieve happiness taking place at a community center in about two hours at 9:00 a.m., then the dalai lama will head to richmond where he will bless the new tibetan community center and tomorrow expected to discuss the theme of passion and business at santa clara

university at 10:00 a.m. cheering and jeering greeted the dalai lama outside davies symphony hall in san francisco saturday. that's where -- the dalai lama more commonly known for preaching compassion is being accused of intolerance. the sold-out event left some of his supporters gathering outside willing to pay top dollar for his ticket. security tight as the dalai lama was greeted by both followers and protesters. >> we are here to get the dalai lama to stop his religious persecution and the abuse of basic human rights. >> control your mind, be kind to others, what could -- what is that about? >> the dalai lama will meet with president obama friday at the white house. the white house says the president is hosting the dalai lama in his capacity as a respected religious and cultural leader. more than 500 ukrainians

and their supporters gathered at san francisco city hall saturday for an event to support the protest in ukraine. this morning the chief of that country's parliament now has presidential power and supporters are very jubilant to learn julia was released from prison. >> she represents a lot of people in ukraine who want to see a free ukraine where human rights is respected, democracy is respected and where ukraine can integrate with the rest of the world economically. >> these ukrainians are looking forward to elections scheduled for may in which they will be installing a new government. take a look at video now, tim ashanko leaving a hospital after she was released from prison. she says more than 100 protesters who were killed this week in kiev are quote heroes. ukraine's president is not planning to leave the country. he says he will continue to

fulfill his presidential duties. the protest began after ukraine's president rejected a trade deal with the european union in favor of closer ties with russia. tesla has big plans for a big new factory seen as the future of the company. cnn reports that next week tesla will reveal plans for a massive new lithium battery factory being dubbed giga factory by the tesla founder elon musk. should help the car maker produce an affordable long range car by substantially cutting the battery life in half. the white house says president obama will soon be announcing plans to create two new manufacturing institutes. they are designed to attract and build businesses that will hire workers for high paying jobs in the u.s. one would be located in detroit focusing on lightweight and modern medals. the other in chicago focused on

digital manufacturing and design technologies. $140million in government money will fund those plants. the department of defense is leading the effort. and straight ahead for you on kron4 news weekends, carbon monoxide leaks into a new york city mall, now one person dead, several others taken to the hospital. and an explosion levels a home while people are inside. the family describes the chaos following the sudden blast. and how the california drought could raise the price that americans pay for fruits and vegetables. live look outside at san mateo bridge. hardly any traffic to speak of. janu has the forecast coming up in a few minutes.

officials are investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a new york mall that killed one person. authorities say at least 27 others were taken to area hospitals, most of them have been treated and released.

investigators are concentrating on the heating system of a restaurant following the death of the restaurant manager. police suspected a carbon monoxide leak after responding to a call from a customer who started feeling light-headed and nauseous. >> we had to leave. i didn't want to blow up or anything like that. i didn't know how dangerous it was and they told us to stay outside. >> now i'm scared that we were in the same building. >> three responding officers were also sickened by the gas and had to be hospitalized. police say the incident seems to have been confined to the basement of the restaurant and that the leak appeared to originate in the heating system. and in chicago, a gas explosion nearly leveled a home and sent two young women to the hospital. adriana and her daughter were sleeping in the front room of this home when they were startled awake by an explosion. hernandez niece will fallen through the floor onto the ground level. she was trying to crawl to safety where neighbors had gathered to see what happened.

>> when i smelled the smoke, in my mind i wanted to get my daughter, my niece and her girlfriend out of the building but i couldn't find my niece. >> hernandez was stunned to find an urn containing her mother's ashes still intact after that blast. fire department spokesman says a glass explosion caused the fire. we had a series of storm systems headed towards the bay area. we will track that for you coming up in just a bit.

we are back on kron4 news weekend. check out the weather forecast. >> you can see lots of fog out there so we are waking up to low clouds and fog this morning but expecting lots of sunshine later today, in fact another spring day on tap for us. as we start the workweek, we are soon going to be dealing with the sunny conditions, a little bit cooler and then as we head into midweek, we have a series of storm systems headed towards the bay area. before we get to that, let's

talk temperatures. waking up in the south bay right now, 46 degrees in sunnyvale, 49 degrees in san jose, 40 degrees in livermore, low 40s in fairfield, 42 degrees currently in santa rosa. this is what your afternoon highs will look like, low 70s for santa clara, 72 degrees expected high for los gatos. 70 in walnut creek, 66 degrees high for union city this afternoon. downtown san francisco getting into the low 60s, upper 50s at ocean beach and mainly upper 60s in the north bay so 69 degrees for napa, 66 degrees expected for novato. taking a look at satellite and radar, high pressure in place here. that's what's keeping things dry and mild but as it pushes towards the east, we do have a series of systems headed our way so we can expect rain by wednesday, pretty widespread, a little bit of a break on thursday and then a second

stronger storm heading our way on friday so we can expect gusty winds with this, it's going to trickle into saturday but when it's all said and done we could get anywhere from two to 5 inches. >> that's great. thank you. new for you this morning, severe air pollution has prompted china to send in an inspection team. inspectors are going to beijing and other areas of the country. they will be examining polluting industries, they will be checking on construction sites and reviewing local government response to bad air quality over the past couple of days. the current air pollution conditions not expected to improve there until thursday. also new this morning, industry groups and the republican led states are taking the e.p.a. to the supreme court. they are fighting against white house efforts to limit power plant and factory emissions of glasses blamed for goble warming -- global warming. right now companies that plan to expand global pollution must study the ways carbons are released. california farmers are

facing a drought disaster that could in fact affect the entire country. the lack of rain could be changing nation produce prices across the nation. friday the federal government said it will not provide any irrigation water to central valley farmers and only 50% of contracted water to surrounding urban areas but without the help of the federal government, california growers may have to leave a lot of land unproductive. >> going to be a lot of crop reduction and a lot of food loss, a lot of jobs lost. >> experts say this drought could raise your produce prices about 10% over the next few months. mother nature, however, could come to the rescue. a major storm is forecast for later this week and farmers say every drop will make a difference. sonoma county sheriffs are looking for an armed robbery suspect in glen ellen. take a look at surveillance footage taken. the robbery happened friday afternoon at the west america

bank on arnold drive. police are hoping someone will recognize the suspect. they say he stands about 6-foot tall in his mid to late 20s with reddish or blond hair. redwood city police arrested a man that they suspect stole four cell phones from an online seller at gunpoint. police say this man, 21-year- old denmark copeland agreed to meet a victim at the parking -- at a parking lot in redwood city. when the seller got into copeland's car, police say copeland pulled out a gun and demanded the cell phones. they arrested copeland and found he was carried evidence in connection to that crime. on the streets of san francisco, a car smashed into a building at the corner of van ness and chestnut streets and you're looking at video of the two car crash that turned into a domino effect. the events leading to the fender bender are unclear this morning but one of the cars did run up onto the sidewalk and into the building. police say no one was hurt. and some new information

from the olympics this morning. a spoiler alert for those of you who don't want to know the winners just yet. alexander led cuff's victory in the men's 50-kilometer race today clenched the overall medals title for russia. they had a 33-28 lead over the u.s. in total medals. now we want to look at the gold medal count. russia in the lead with 13 gold, norway in second with 11 gold medals, canada defeated sweden in men's hockey today and that brought them up to 10 gold medals and the u.s. in fourth in gold medals with nine. the netherlands has eight gold medals. and coming up on kron4 news weekend, troubling details about the life and death of a respected scholar and 49ers team doctor. find out what we have uncovered about how dr. daniel garza treated some of his students at stanford. you see overcast skies in the background but hardly any traffic. we will be right back.

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i'm really proud of our community because we can come together for something like this to honor a little girl that most of us don't know and try to help this family that's been through something so bad. >> 10,000 people attended a candlelight memorial and march in honor of 10-year-old haley owen. she is the little girl who was captured and killed in springfield, missouri last week. many people said they felt they had to do something to celebrate hailey's life and make sure she is never forgotten. now follow-up to our exclusive investigation into the teen doctor of the san francisco 49ers. dr. daniel garza was also a respected stanford associate professor and researcher in the field of sports medicine. dr. garza committed suicide after learning he was being investigated for allegedly sexually abusing former

stanford students. kron4's march reason kelly with -- marine kelly with more. >> believed to be drugging and molesting his male victims. we know there were at least three young men, possibly more. his latest victims were former sanford students working for the university. his m.o. with all of them the same, he lured them here to his home. garza played on victim's sympathies getting them to spend the night by telling them he was dying of cancer and needed their help and comfort to deal with his suffering. the victims thinking they were coming to his aid were given a drug that knocked them out. after that, it's when it's believed the victims were abused. the university says when they got wind of the allegations of garza's possible misconduct in september of 2013, they immediately notified law enforcement and put garza on administrative leave. stanford says before that, they had never received any complaints about him or had any

indication of his engaging in inappropriate behavior but our investigation turned up three other men who say garza molested or attempted to molest them when they were high school students and he was their teacher 20 years ago in el paso, texas. his method back then was similar. then he fooled the young teens by saying he needed help conducting a research experiment and more than once he used a drug on his victims, a potent anesthetic called hallothain in order to knock them out first. two students reported the abuse but garza never charged. garza then went on to stanford medical school where he remained for the rest of his career, he worked with student athletes and doing research on sports-related injuries. in 2007 he got a job as the team doctor for the san francisco 49ers. we learned while employed by stanford, gaza passed numerous background check. this one shows garza on the field treating a 49 during a

game against the seahawks back in september. the team says none of their players come forward with any complaints about gaza. after two weeks his home was raided by law enforcement looking for evidence, garza killed himself. the coroner says he did not detect any signs that garza suffered from maureen kelly, kr more poisonous meatballs left on the ground for dogs to eat. what san francisco police are saying about the case. that when we come back. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek.

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crews aiming to restore service to three bart stations after a train derailed friday evening. a bart spokesperson says the crews worked through the night to fix the damaged tracks and the electrified third rail. bart used the massive crane to

lift each of the four derailed cars off the track and then move them over to a yard in concord. for the time being train service to the concord, north concord and pittsburgh bay point stations is stopped. the line that runs through concord is considered the busiest in the bart system. no passengers were on board when the four car train jumped the tracks on friday night. the accident happened after the train completed its scheduled run. it's in the same spot where another derailment happened back in 2011, but right now it's unknown if the two accidents were caused by the same problem. the cause of the derailment still under investigation. want to remind you to keep it here on kron4. we will be following the latest with the reopening of the concord bart station this morning. for updates go to our website, kron4.com, facebook and twitter feeds as well or you can download our mobile app. and now it's time to check in on the weather forecast. janu talking about big changes ahead. >> are expecting another springlike day. you can see a mix of sun and clouds out there, as for temperatures, a bit of a mild

start to the day, so waking up to low 40s in santa rosa, 46 degrees currently in napa, upper 40s in richmond, 49 degrees in san francisco, 50 in half moon bay and upper 40s in sunnyvale. into the afternoon, lots of sunshine, upper 60s, low 70s for the south bay this afternoon, 67 degrees expected in oakland, 62 degrees for san francisco and about 70 degrees for san rafael. headed out this evening, mild, mostly clear conditions in store for us so futurecast set ahead to 8:00 p.m., looking at low 50s in san francisco, san mateo, upper 40s along the east bayshore, upper 40s as well in the south bay. we have changes to talk about in the forecast. we have a series of storm systems headed our way. we will take a closer look at that coming up in a bit. >> thank you janu. changes are coming to the way the federal government will pay to fight wildfires. the white house says a proposal on fighting wildfires is included in president obama's upcoming budget. that proposal is part of the white house effort to ramp up

its focus on the growing effects of climate change. now, among the changes the interior and agriculture departments would draw special funds from a special disaster relief account when the cost of capping the fire exceeds the annual budget. the president is expected to discuss a proposal tomorrow. and coming up at 9:15 this morning we will be talking more about the president's budget with our political analyst michael yaki. san francisco police warning pet owners about poisonous meatballs found in the twin peaks neighborhood. police say 21 meatballs containing rat poison were found hidden in bushes near crest line and park ridge drive. it was the second time potentially deadly meatballs have been uncovered in twin peaks. police recommend keeping dogs on a leash until all the poisoned meat what be has been -- meat has been recovered. brian butler friends reported him missing last

sunday after finding his car parked along highway one near devil's slide. yesterday a search dog tried to track butler's scent close to where the car was found. over $3000 has been raised through a crowd funding website to help find butler. if you have any information you're asked to call the san mateo county sheriff's office. a man has been arrested for allegedly threatening a family and that threat prompted extra security at an oakland elementary school. police say matthew eisenhower sent threatening letters to the mother of a peralta elementary school student. those letters said he would harm her family and knew where her child went to school. the threats caused school officials to add a police officer on campus and also to close down all but one gate at the school. more than 21,000 university of california employees plan to walk off the job next month. they are planning a five day strike after failing to come to terms with the uc system over a new contract. the two sides are at odds over wages and staffing.

union members demonstrated saturday outside a university event in san francisco. >> we are 21,000 workers at the university of california and we are struggling for a contract that's going to protect our members but also the people we serve, the patients and the students at the university. >> well, the strike is scheduled to start on march 3rd. it involves service workers and employees at uc's five medical centers. a memorial service for cal football player ted agu will be held tomorrow night at berkeley. the university officials say members of agu's family from bakersfield and nigeria will be attending the service. the 21-year-old defensive lineman died after a routine training run with his teammates back on february 7th. a pilot is uninjured after his plane lost power and made a hard landing. it happened in a field near

hollister municipal airport on saturday. the beechcraft 45 was substantially damaged. the pilot was taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. that plane is licensed to a palo alto man. the faa is investigating the cause of the crash. and in southern california, a man was shot and killed, a woman was injured in what police are calling a domestic violence incident. the man was shot in a room at the pachenga report and casino in temecula on friday night. after being shot, he took an elevator down to the lobby for help. he later died at a hospital. the woman is expected to survive. turning now to sports this morning, the golden state warriors were short two key players in their game last night against the brooklyn nets but that didn't stop the dubs. david lee and andrew bowget were benched because of health issues. golden state's third straight victory since the all star break. still ahead on kron4 news weekend, a medical mystery surrounding delaware attorney

general bowbiden -- bo biden, the son of vice president biden. what future neighbors of justin bieber are trying to do to drive him out of their neighborhood. and what a new study shows about dogs and how they understand you. take a live look outside, a view from mount tam, picture perfect. we will be right back.

a woman once immortalized in the sound of music has died. maria von trapp. her stepmother wrote the story of the von trapp family singers. neighbors in atlanta aren't feeling the bieber fever. they are scheduled to protest tomorrow because they don't want justin bieber in their

back yard. it all started after reports the canadian pop star is looking at an mansion in an upscale atlanta neighborhood. the protest organizer says bieber's lifestyle is not right for the neighborhood. the singer has had several encounters with police in recent months, that includes arrests in toronto and miami beach. he's also in trouble in l.a. for allegedly egging a neighbor's house. it's something that many dog owners have long believed and now it's backed by scientific study. dogs can and do tune into the feelings of their owners. that's because a dog's brain possesses human voices the same way our brains do and dogs can tell by the sound of your voice if you're happy or if you're sad. new research is published in the journal of current biology find. and the next special about dogs, we will take you behind the scenes of the golden gate kennel club 2014 dog show, hosted by grant lodes and

justine waldman. straight ahead on kron4 news weekend, how a blind bay area boy is changing the way supermarkets -- [ audio difficulty ] >> that story coming up next.

a popular cross country ski race from tahoe city to truckee has been cancelled and it's all due to a lack of snow. race officials decided to cancel the great ski race for the second time in three years. they say members wanted to uphold the reputation of the race as being one of the best in the west and current snow conditions don't allow it. the sierra snowpack as you all know is well below half of normal for this time of year. let's go ahead and check out the weather forecast for the bay area and to do that here's jan wahl. >> starting off with this live shot from our roof camera. a little bit breezy out there, also waking up to a lot of low clouds and fog this morning, but we are expecting another springlike day so a lot of

sunshine on tap for this afternoon, mid-60s to low 70s and then as we head into your workweek, we are going to be still dealing with sunshine and by midweek it looks like we do have a series of storms headed our way so we can expect rain, gusty winds with this. before we get to that, let's talk about your temperatures. waking up to about 50 degrees here in san francisco and half moon bay, upper 40s in san mateo and redwood city, low 40s in concord and about 50 degrees in fremont. into the afternoon we are looking at upper 60s, low 70s for the south bay, so 72 degrees for los gatos, 71 degrees for sunnyvale, 70 degrees in campbell this afternoon, low 70s through ant livermore, pleasnaton. 62 degrees a high for richmond. also looking at low 60s here downtown san francisco, 61 degrees for san bruno and upper 60s through santa rosa and petaluma, low 70s for those of you in san rafael. taking a look at satellite and radar, we have high pressure in place, that's what's keeping things dry and mild.

but as that pushes into the inland areas, we are looking at a series of storm systems headed our way so we can see rain as early as wednesday, a little bit of a break on thursday, and friday more rain. headed up to tahoe, looking at mainly sunny skies over the weekend, so mostly sunny, a bit warmer and then a mild day for sunday. now taking a look at your seven day around the bay, it's showing us we have that rain in store for us. wednesday we are expecting widespread rain, gusty winds and then a little bit of a break on thursday, a stronger system headed our way on friday and then looks like by saturday we could have gotten anywhere from two to 5 inches. >> sounds good. thank you, janu. world news this morning, the taliban says it is spending talks with the u.s. to exchange an army sergeant for five taliban prisoners. bowe bergdahl is the only american soldier the taliban is currently holding captive. earlier last week a u.s. official said they had been carrying out extremely sensitive discussions with the

taliban. today a taliban spokesman called the -- called for the talks to be suspended because of the current complex and political situation in the country. bergdahl has been held by insurgents in pakistan since 2009. and there are concerns about the health of beau biden -- bo biden, the son of vice president joe biden and also the attorney of delaware. he visited a texas cancer hospital back in august and in the months since he's lost weight and revealed a long scar on his head. those close to him refuse to discuss his medical condition but on friday a doctor on bo biden's medical team said biden had surgery to remove a small lesion in august and now has a clean bill of health. a u.s. student who went missing while studying abroad in italy was found dead inside a railroad tunnel in central rome. the 21-year-old attended a new hampshire college. he was taking part in the study abroad program in rome. according to a family spokesman, john durkan went to

a bar with a group of friends a couple days ago and never returned. the college president says his college is sharing the tremendous grief of the durkan family. the junior was also a linebacker on his college football team. the cause of his death still under investigation. in other world news, a taliban attack on an army checkpoint in afghanistan has left 19 soldiers dead. seven other soldiers are missing this morning. an investigation and search and rescue operation is currently underway but it's not immediately clear if the missing soldiers have been kidnapped or they fled during the assault. the taliban claiming responsibility for the attack in an e-mail saying that one of their insurgents was killed and two were wounded. a former d.e.a. official says mexico's top drug cartel leader big mistake was starting to come down from his mountain hideout to enjoy more comfortable surroundings. joaquin guzman also known as el chopa was captured early saturday morning. u.s. authorities say the arrest was a joint operation between

mexican marines and american drug enforcement officers. guzman was a high value target for both governments. officials say he was responsible for about 25% of all drugs smuggled into the u.s. and dueling demonstrations going on in venezuela. the pro and antigovernment protests are happening in the capital city of caracas. antigovernment protesters say they are fed up with high unemployment and rampant crime. pro government demonstrators are blaming the rich and right wing groups for their country's instability. secretary of state john kerry condemning the country's violent crackdown on protesters. venezuela's president blamed the protests on the u.s. accusing the state department of trying to engineer a could coup. and pope francis has new rules for the conduct of cardinals. the pontiff telling the 19 men he elevated to cardinals to avoid behaving like they are in a royal court. frances commandments for the

cardinals include quote no intrigue, gossip, power packs, favoritism or preferentialism. he told the cardinals they should all be saints. to achieve that, he says he advises them to love those who are hostile to them or who speak badly of them. it can be frustrating to find a single elusive item in a big grocery store. imagine doing that without being able to see. that's another story. that situation inspired a 10- year-old boy named joshua to change the way that big stores serve blind customers. kron4's charles clifford tells us about joshua's mission. >> reporter: 10-year-old joshua has been blind since birth. he started learning to read braille at two. one day joshua was trying to find aaa batteries but couldn't distinguish between the different types and then noticed there weren't braille labels on anything. he asked his mother why. >> she was like i don't know. >> reporter: that one

conversation kicked off joshua's personal mission to bring braille to the entire world. he says he wants blind people to be able to walk into any store and quickly find what they need just like everyone else. >> so when they come in, they don't have to wait 45 minutes for assistance. they could just go by themselves and get what they want. >> reporter: with the help of his parents, he convinced his local whole food store to add braille descriptions to all of their products. the idea was so successful that his family set up a nonprofit called the joshua project to help retailers add braille to their stores. so far five whole food stores have signed up including this one in fremont. there's little to no cost to the retailer because the joshua project uses donations to pay for the upgrades. joshua's father says the project has exceeded everyone's expectations and he believes his son is helping to create a world where braille is commonplace. >> he knows that when he's 18 years old, there's going to be braille all over the place so he can do this by himself. >> reporter: as for joshua, he

says this is just the beginning. >> your goal is to do what? >> braille the whole entire world in target too and all the planets and the sun and stars and pluto. >> reporter: in san francisco, charles clifford, kron4 news. straight ahead for you on kron4 news weekend, an impressive new gadget just unveiled. what these smart watches can do besides tell time. and we will take a look at the mardi gras parades going on right now in the big easy. take this live look outside, approaching the bay bridge, partly cloudy skies out there. we will be right back.

we are back on kron4 news weekend taking this live look outside. that's a view from our camera on the roof here at kron4 studios and you can see cloudy

skies in san francisco, we are expecting those to clear and give us another day of sunshine and mild temperatures. but we have a big change coming up. by midweek we are expecting a major storm to come into the bay area. well parades galore in new orleans this weekend as carnivale rolls into its second week of celebrations. family gras kicked off friday. 10 parades in new orleans yesterday, another five scheduled to take place today. city leaders passing a series of new laws to improve safety at mardi gras this year. one rule is ladders, grills and tents must be 6 feet away from the curb and also no ladders, chairs or barbecue grills will be allowed in the intersections. 7:56 now. coming up on kron4 news weekend at 8:00 a.m., bart crews have been working since friday pretty much around the clock to remove a derailed train and repair the track. we will see how service will be

and when it's going to be restored later today. we will see. we will have an update in a live report coming up. also hundreds taking to the streets in phoenix. their message to the government. we will have that story coming up at 8:15. and have you ever experienced turbulence during a flight? a few flights over the last week -- over the past week have been so bumpy that medical attention was needed for those on board. we will explain how turbulence happens. that's coming up at 8:45. and we take a live look outside, a view from downtown san jose. we will be right back.

this is the place for news, kron4, the bay area's new station. b.a.r.t. set to resume in minutes here at the concord station after a train derailed on friday. we will tell you the repairs crews made overnight. and the dalai lama heads to

the east bay where he will be speaking and where protesters are claiming he is abusing human rights. get out the rain boots, coats and umbrellas. wet weather on the way back to the bay area. we will have a check on when exactly we will be seeing the rain next. this is the bay area's news station, kron4 news weekend starts now. good morning, everybody. thanks a lot for joining us on kron4 news weekend. i'm martin marty gonzalez. we have another day of sunshine in store for us, this is a view of the san mateo bridge camera. you can see it's foggy. also dealing with low clouds this morning but a lot of sunshine in store for us, we have another springlike day, as for your temperatures, upper 40s in san francisco, 52 degrees in oakland, 49 degrees currently in san jose, about mid-40s in concord, 43 degrees in livermore and 42 degrees in santa rosa. now, we have another warm day in store for us, actually a few more warm days in store for us, but then we have rain on the way. we will take a look at that

coming up in a bit. marty. let's get to our top story this hour. the concord b.a.r.t. station reopened this morning. repair crews working overnight to fix a damaged track where a b.a.r.t. train derailed on friday nightly. kron4's mike pelton reporting live from the concord b.a.r.t. station this morning. good morning, mike. >> reporter: after running test trains, b.a.r.t. officials opened up the station just a few moments ago in time for the start of 8:00 sunday service. the first train scheduled to leave here, the concord station at 8:07 this morning. b.a.r.t. crews worked throughout the night to complete necessary repairs, however some work still remains. here are a couple of pictures. you can see that crossover track there remains damaged this morning. they do not need to repair that right this second. they rely on the outside rails for passenger service. those are the repairs crews keyed on overnight as maintenance crews worked through the night repairing and also replacing two 39-foot sections of damaged track here along the interlocking where that derailment occurred on

friday, crews also worked on the damaged third rail. officials say their preliminary investigation shows the first two cars of the 10 car train came off the track, however, they had to use a large crane to remove four of the cars. repair work got underway yesterday with repair workers going straight through the night. those who had to rely on bus, bridges and shuttle trains friday night and all day yesterday no longer have to do that today. again the concord station is open as are all stations here along the pittsburg bay point line so riders should notice a typical sunday commute. back to you, marty. >> couple questions for you. first of all, can you tell whether or not there's much of a crowd at the concord b.a.r.t. station this morning? are people showing up? >> reporter: there are about two dozen, two to three dozen people who are here. a lot of them banking on it opening at 8:00 this morning. otherwise, they would have had gotten on one of those shuttle buses to one of the other

stations, but about 30 to 40 people here this morning. >> and just quickly, what do they have to continue to do now, work at the station, or is everything done? >> reporter: well, the outside rails, the ones that they really need to move passengers, those have been repaired, it's that crossover track in the interlocking, where the derailment occurred, that is not fixed at this point but they do not need that for passenger service so they are going to work to repair that during nonrevenue service over the coming days, marty. >> that is mike pelton reporting live from concord b.a.r.t. where the station has reopened and the next train, the first train since friday scheduled to run in just a few minutes. keep it here on kron4 as we follow the latest of the reopening of the b.a.r.t. station for updates you can go to our website, kron4.com, or download our mobile apps. developing news in san leandro this morning where firefighters are battling a one alarm fire on hesperian boulevard. broke out this morning. cause of the fire unknown and it's not clear at this hour if there's any injuries at this time. also new this morning, a man is dead after a shooting in

an oakland neighborhood. police say that he was shot last night about 8:30 on 14th avenue near 24th street. police have no suspects in custody. they are investigating why someone would have wanted to kill that man. the dahl were lamb continues his -- dalai lama continues his speaking tour around the bay area today. he will be speaking in berkeley in about an hour talking about how to achieve happiness taking place at the community theater there in berkeley at 9:00 a.m. then the dalai lama will head to richmond where he will bless the new tibetan community center. and then tomorrow he's expected to discuss the theme of compassion and business at santa clara university at 10:00 a.m. cheering and jeering greeted the dalai lama outside the davey symphony hall in san francisco on saturday. that's where he was -- is commonly known for preaching compassion. he's also being accused of intolerance. his sold-out event left some supporters gathering outside willing to pay top dollar for a

spare ticket. security very tight as the dalai lama was greeted by both followers and protesters. >> we are here to get the dalai lama to stop his religious persecution and the abuse of basic human rights. >> be true to yourself, control your mind, be kind to others. what could that mean? what is that about? >> the dalai lama will meet with president obama friday at the white house. the white house saying the president is hosting the dalai lama in his capacity as a respected religious and cultural leader. more than 500 ukrainians and their supporters gathered at san francisco city hall saturday for an event to support the protests in ukraine. this morning the chief of that country's parliament now has presidential power and supporters are jubilant to learn that former president yulia teamshanko was released

from prison. >> represents a lot of people in ukraine who want to see a free ukraine where human rights are respected, where democracy is respected and where ukraine can integrate with the rest of the world economically. >> these ukrainians are looking forward to elections coming up in may in which they will install a new government. here is video of teamshanko leaving a hospital yesterday after being freed from prison. she said the more than 100 antigovernment protesters who were killed this week in kiev are quote heroes. meantime ukraine's president says he's not planning to leave the country and he will continue to fulfill his presidential duties. the protests began after ukraine's president rejected a trade deal with the european union in favor of closer ties with russia. still ahead for you on kron4 news weekend, a carbon monoxide leak kills one person in new york. we have the details coming up. a southern california teacher is accused of sexual misconduct with at least two students. and we will tell you how

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officials are investigating a carbon monoxide leak at a new york mall that killed one person. authorities say at least 27 others were taken to area hospitals but most have been treated and released. investigators are concentrating on the heating system of a restaurant following the death of the restaurant manager. police suspected a carbon monoxide leak after responding to a call about a restaurant customer who started feeling light-headed and nauseous. >> we had to leave because i didn't want to blow up or anything like that, so i didn't know how dangerous it was and they just told us to stay outside. >> now i think it's scary we were in the same building. >> three people -- or, rather, three responding officers were also sickened by the gas. they had to be hospitalized. police say the incident seems to have been confined to the basement of the restaurant and that the leak appeared to originate with the heating

system. and in chicago, a gas explosion nearly leveled a home and sent two young women to the hospital. adriana hernandez and her daughter claudia torrez were sleeping in the front room of this house when they were startled awake by an explosion. hernandez niece had fallen through the floor onto the ground level of the house and tried to crawl to safety where neighbors had gathered to see what happened. >> when i smelled the smoke, in my mind i wanted to get my daughter, my niece and her girlfriend out of the building but i couldn't find my niece. >> hernandez was stunned to find an urn containing her mother's ashes still intact after the blast. a fire department spokesman says a gas explosion caused the fire. we had a series of storms headed towards the bay area, we will take a closer look at that coming up right after th

well, we've been waiting for rain and janu arasu says we will only have to wait a few

more days. >> we have another few days, however, of sunshine in store for us, this is a view from the golden gate bridge camera, the fog starting to rise a bit. temperatures in the 60s and 70s once again, still mild as we start the workweek, but we do have some changes to talk about. we have a series of storm systems headed our way. first one pushing in on wednesday. before we get to that, let's talk about the temperatures. low 50s if you're heading out the door in oakland, 49 degrees in hayward, 48 degrees currently in san jose, 43 degrees for those of you in livermore, 50 degrees in half moon bay and about 43 degrees currently in santa rosa. afternoon highs look like, upper 60s for those of you in redwood city and palo alto, 71 degrees expected for sunnyvale, 69 degrees for san jose, almaden valley topping out at about 71 degrees this afternoon. low 70s as well through livermore, pleasnaton, pittsburg, mid-60s for those of you in vallejo, downtown san francisco getting into the low 60s, mid-60s for san mateo,

alameda topping out at 63 degrees and 67 degrees expected for those of you in petaluma. taking a looking at satellite and radar, high pressure in place, that's what's going to keep things sunny, dry and mild for the next few days but as that heads east we have a series of storm systems headed our way. you can see that on your seven day around the bay. the first system is going to push in on wednesday. we are going to get a little bit of a break on thursday. the second system, more significant system pushing in on friday so we are going to see those gusty winds, also we could get up to about 5 inches for the coastal mountains by saturday morning. marty. >> thank you, janu. california farmers drought disaster could be affecting the entire country. the lack of rain could produce changes in produce prices across the country. on friday the federal government said it will not provide any irrigation water to central valley farmers and only 50% of water contracted to surrounding urban areas. experts say this drought could

raise the price of your produce by about 10% over the next few months. palm springs city leaders continue to make water conservation a priority through a new series of efforts in that desert community. the city's lawn buyback incentive has already dramatically increased the community's use of water -- or actually decreased the community's use of water. palm springs is watering parks and medians every other day, also watering in the evening hours and monitoring and replacing broken sprinkler heads and implementing new radio controlled irrigation systems. sonoma county sheriffs looking for an armed robbery suspect in glen ellen. this is a photo of the suspect taken from surveillance footage. officials say that the robbery happened friday afternoon at the west america bank. that's on arnold drive. police are hoping someone will recognize the suspect. they say he stands about 6 feet tall in his mid to late 20s with reddish or blond air.

redwood city police arrested a man. police say this man, 21-year- old denmark copeland agreed to meet a victim at the parking lot in redwood city. when the seller got into copeland's car, police say copeland pulled out a gun and demanded the cell phones. police say when they arrested him, he was carrying evidence that connected him to the crime. on the streets of san francisco, a car smashed into a building on the corner of van ness and chestnut streets yesterday. you're looking at video of the two car crash that turned into a domino effect. the events leading up to the fender bender are unclear but one of the cars did run up onto the sidewalk and it crashed into the building. police say that no one was hurt. national news this morning, nearly 300 people have gathered in phoenix to protest deportations as well as the inability of some immigrants to get driver's licenses. demonstrators marched more than a mile yesterday to the office of the u.s. immigration and customs enforcement department.

protesters carried white balloons and shouted chants such as undocumented, unafraid. demonstrators called for governor jerry brown to allow driver's licenses for young immigrants. the protesters represented 50 state affiliates of the immigrant youth led united we dream network. a missouri mom is pushing for tougher laws against people who commit crimes against your children. donna roselle started an online petition after the murder of 10- year-old hailey owens in springfield. roselle wants to con vic -- wants convicted of children who prey on children to receive the death penalty or casstrition -- castration. >> rapes them, murders them or anything, i feel like without a doubt once they are convicted

of the crime, that they should have a death sentence and castration immediately. >> so far more than 5000 people from around the country have signed donna's online petition. another 300 have signed the written version. an eighth grade teacher in southern california is being accused of inappropriate sexual behavior with two of her students. melissa mcbride has the details on the allegations. >> reporter: 28-year-old teacher melissa lindgrin is charged with several felonies including child molestation and disseminating harmful matter including sending inappropriate texts, e-mails or photos to a minor. the accusations came to light after two boys at nicholas junior high told their school counselor on friday. >> they shared that, you know, that they felt like something needed to be done and then as soon as that happened, the counselor immediately called the district office and the district off immediately called the police. >> reporter: superintendent robert pletca says lindgrin has

been a teacher at the school since 2008. irene heard about the arrest when her daughter saw the mugshot on social media. >> my daughter showed my nephew a picture and then it escalated from there. so i seen that my niece in shock and i was like what's going on and she says that's the teacher my son has been texting with since last year. >> reporter: she says her nephew who is new in the -- now in the ninth grade would text with lindgrin late at night. we went to the address to get a comment about the charges but another woman there said no. when students returned to school, there will be counselors on hand for students and staff. a parent meeting is planned for monday night. >> it is shocking because you trust the teachers and you hope that all of their intentions are good but unfortunately not every person is who you think they are. >> coming up on kron4 news weekend, a fork that new york

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2015. go ahead and check the current prices this morning. national average is sitting at $3.40 for regular unleaded gallon of gas, but here in california we see the average at $3.78, in san francisco it's $3.83, oakland $3.73 and $3.76 in san jose. samsung is unveiling two new computerized watches, called the new galaxy gear 2 and the gear 2 neo. those watches will come with a heart rate sensor, a pa to many ter and other -- pedometer and other tools to measure exercise, sleep and other things. the company wouldn't say just how much they will cost. they did say, however, they will be available in april. bay bruce pocket watch from the 1923 world series has been sold for more than $700,000. the pocket watch was auctioned off in new york city. there you get a look at it. an anonymous bidder paid $717,000 for it.

the pocket watch was part of a set given to the babe and the rest of the yankees after they beat the new york giants now known of course as the san francisco giants. the watch is engraved with a picture of a pitcher, hitter and catch and a ball in flight but no word on if the watch still runs. a fork that new york mayor bill de blasio used to eat pizza at a staten island restaurant sold for $2500 on a charity auction website. the fork fetching six bids in an online auction that ended friday. proceeds will go to the stephen siller tunnel, tunnel to tunnel foundation which helps first responders. the winning bidder gave the fork back to the pizzeria. coming up on kron4 news weekend, more than 21,000 california of university employees planning to strike next month. what they are saying their jobs are lacking. let's take a live look outside, fog just starting to lift over the golden gate

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b.a.r.t. trains are running again to an east bay line after the train derailment stopped service friday night. kron4's mike pelton has been at the scene all morning long and throughout the weekend and he has the latest for us. good morning, mike. >> reporter: marty, 36 hours after the b.a.r.t. train derailed just outside the concord station, the concord station is back open, much to the relief of about three dozen waiting passengers early this morning. here you can see them boarding that first b.a.r.t. train that left the concord station at 8:07 this morning as crews ran several test trains after conducting track inspections several hours ago and credit b.a.r.t. maintenance crews who worked through the night both repairing and replacinging some of the damaged track stemming from friday evening's derailment of an out of service train at a crossover point known as interlocking. this morning passengers are expected to get back on the

train and have full confidence in b.a.r.t. despite the derailment. >> i was happy that it was a train that was out of service. if it had been a train that had people on it and was coming, say, from the city on friday afternoon, i would be experiencing chills right about now. >> reporter: now, the cause of the derailment remains under investigation but the big news for commuters this morning, all stations along the pittsburg bay point line are back open this morning. >> big news for tomorrow's commute, of course, monday morning and that's a very busy line as you well know between the east bay and san francisco. >> reporter: absolutely. it's b.a.r.t.'s busiest line and that's why a lot of people are crediting maintenance crews for working around the clock getting this done in time for monday morning's commute but also sunday's commute as well. >> mike pelton reporting live from the up and operating concord b.a.r.t. station in the east bay. keep it here on kron4. we will keep you up to date with the latest on the reopening of the concord b.a.r.t. station and for any updates you can go to our website,

kron4.com, or download our mobile apps. the other big news is that we have some rain coming as we take a look at the live look to the bay bridge. >> rain headed out our way but we are going to enjoy another few days of sunshine so there's a view from our mount tam camera. we are still dealing with low coastal clouds but expecting lots of sunshine later today. as for your temperatures this morning, mainly in the 40s and 50s, so 50 degrees if you're heading out the door in half moon bay, about 49 degrees in san mateo, 48 degrees for those of you in san jose, 44 degrees in concord and low 50s in oakland. into the afternoon, lots of sunshine expected, temperatures getting into the upper 60s, low 70s in the south bay, about 72 degrees expected for livermore, 64 degrees expected high for heyward, 70 degrees for san rafael and 57 degrees for those of you in daly city. into the evening hours, pretty mild temperatures expected so futurecast for 8:00 p.m. if you are headed out that time

along the east bayshore in the upper 40s, 49 degrees in san jose, and about 51 degrees for san francisco. now, we have big changes to talk about in the forecast. we will break that down coming up in just a bit. marty. >> thank you, janu. changes are also coming to the way the federal government pays to fight wildfires. the white house says a proposal on fighting wildfires is included in the president's upcoming budget. that proposal is part of the white house effort to ramp up its focus on the growing effects of climate change. among the changes, the interior and agriculture departments would draw funds from a special disaster account when the cost of tackling a fire exceeds their annual budget. president expected to discuss that proposal tomorrow. and coming up in about 45 minutes at 9:15 we will be talking more about the president's budget with political analyst michael yaki. san francisco police are warning pet owners about poisonous meatballs found

hidden in bushes near crest line and park ridge drive. it's the second time potentially dead meatballs have been uncovered in twin peaks. a dog was killed by those meatballs last july. police recommending to keep dogs on a leash until all the poison meat has been recovered. search parties are spending part of the weekend looking for a missing man, his name is brian butler. his friends reported him missing last sunday after they found his car parked along highway one near devil slide. saturday a search dog tried to track butler's scent close to where his car was found. over $3000 has been raised through a crowd funding website to help in the effort to find butler. if you have any information, you can call the san mateo county sheriff's office. a man has been arrested for allegedly threatening a family and that prompted extra security at an oakland elementary school. police say that matthew eisenhower sent threatening letters to the mother of a peralta elementary school student. the letter said he would harm her and harm her family and

knew where her child went to school. the threats caused school officials to add a police officer on campus and also to close down all but one gate at that school. more than 21,000 university of california employees are planning to walk off the job next month. they are planning a five day strike after they failed to come to terms with the uc system on a new contract. the two sides are at odds over wages and staffing. union members demonstrating saturday outside the university event in san francisco. >> we are 21,000 workers at the university of california and we are struggling for a contract that is going to protect our members but also the people we serve, the patients and the students at the university. >> the strike is scheduled to start on march 3rd. it involves service workers and employees at uc's five medical centers. a memorial service for cal football player ted agu will be held tomorrow night at uc berkeley. that ceremony will start at 6:30 at haus pavilion.

university officials say members of agu's family from bakersfield and nigeria will be attending the service. the 21-year-old junior defensive lineman died after a routine training run with his teammates on february 7th. and in southern california a man was shot and killed, a woman was injured in what police are calling a domestic violence incident. the man was shot in a room at the pa chang go re-- pa chang go resort and casino in temecula on friday night. after he was shot he rode an elevator down to the lobby looking for help. he later died at the hospital. the woman expected to survive. and a pilot injured after his plane lost power and made a hard landing. it happened in a field near hollister municipal airport on saturday. the faa says the beechcraft a45 was substantially damaged. the pilot was taken to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the plane licensed to a palo alto man. the faa is investigating the cause of the crash. and new this morning, a plane crash in georgia killing

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8:45 this sunday morning. time to check the forecast with janu arasu. good morning. >> good morning. certainly been a foggy start to the day, also dealing with low clouds out there. this is a view of the san mateo bridge camera, you can see just that but we are expecting a lot of sunshine once again. as we head into the workweek, we are expecting mostly sunny skies, mild temperatures but about midweek we are expecting big changes here in the bay area. we have a series of storms headed our way. expecting rain, gusty winds as well. now, before we get to that, let's talk about today's temperature. so if you're heading out the door in san mateo, 50 degrees there, 50 degrees in half moon

bay, 50 as well in francisco/?txu, 48 degrees for those of you in san jose and 50 degrees currently in fremont. into the afternoon, fremont getting to the mid-60s, upper 60s expected for mountain view, low 70s for los gatos, al madonna -- almaden valley, mid-60s for those of you in hayward and union city, upper 50s expected at ocean beach and looking at a mix of 60s and 70s for the north bay, 69 degrees expected for napa, 70 degrees expected for those of you in san rafael. taking a look at satellite and radar, we have high pressure in place here, that's what's keeping things dry and mild for today and the next couple days, but as that pushes east, we have low pressure headed our way so we are expecting a series of systems. the first system bringing us rain on wednesday. we would see a brief break on thursday and then a stronger, more significant system pushing in on friday, lingering into your next weekend.

now, when this is all said and done, we can get anywhere from two to 5 inches. marty. >> thank you, janu. most of us can say that we have experienced some type of turbulence while on a flight. in fact, earlier this week, nine people were injured in severe turbulence on board a flight from sfo to honoring dong but what -- hong kong but what causes it and what do pilots do to combat the threat? jennifer grey looks at the science behind turbulence. >> reporter: nothing could have prepared the passengers on united flight 1676, a nightmare at 34,000 feet, high above the rocky mountains. >> there was a lady behind me that was yelling my baby, my baby, so i can just assume that she had an infant in her arms and let go of it. >> reporter: the plane carrying 114 passengers and five crew members encountered severe turbulence, so strong, it plunged. >> it was just instantaneous, everything that everybody had in their hands were flying

through the air. people were screaming. >> reporter: according to the latest numbers from the faa, 329 people were injured due to turbulence between 2002 and 2011. so what's the science behind turbulence? and is there anything anyone can do to avoid it? >> air flows just like water does and it can flow smoothly or have interruptions in that flow, can cause by mountains, cause by thunderstorms, passage of fronts or just be a small localized area of what is typically called clear turbulence. >> reporter: the united flight was flying over the rocky mountains, a common spot for what's called mountain wave turbulence. >> the turbulence caused by the mountains with reach well above the mountains themselves and cause the air to tumble and roll and create turbulence. >> reporter: it can also be triggered by thunderstorms, even when the skies are clear. >> convective turbulence is caused by rising hot air, typical everywhere, especially

in the summertime when the ground is warm and hot air is rising. >> we will take runway 38. >> turbulence is very erratic, very spotty so it could be that if they were at this very same location, even 10 minutes later, it may not have been a severe event. >> reporter: but that doesn't change thing for the passengers of united flight 1676 who had a flight they will never forget. >> and this is video of the flight from sfo to hong kong, six passengers and two crew members were taken to the hospital after the cath cathay pacific airlines landed. one passenger says it felt like he was on a roller coaster and during the turbulence some passengers were thrown out of their seats and actually hit the overhead bins. a former d.e.a. officials says -- official says that mexico's top drug cartel leader's mistake was starting to come down from his highout to enjoy more comfortable

surroundings. joaquin guzman was captured early saturday morning. the arrest was a joint operation between mexican marines and american drug enforcement officers. guzman was a high value target for both governments. officials say he was responsible for about 25% of all drugs smuggled into the u.s. in other world news this morning, a taliban attack on an army checkpoint in afghanistan has left 19 soldiers dead. seven other soldiers are missing. an investigation and search and rescue operation is now underway but it's not immediately clear if the missing soldiers have been kidnapped or fled during the assault. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in an e-mail saying that one of their insurgents was killed and two others were wounded. dueling demonstrations going on in venezuela. the pro and antigovernment protests happening in the capital city of caracas. antigovernment protesters say they are fed up with high unemployment and rampant crime, but pro government demon- variations are blaming --

demonstrators are blaming the rich and right wing groups for their country's instability. secretary of state john kerry is condemning the violence crackdown on protesters. venezuela's president blamed the protests on the u.s. accusing the state department of engineering a coup. china says that it has sent inspectors to beijing and other areas of the country due to severe air pollution. the environment ministry says that teams will be inspecting steel, coal, glass and cement factories, they will also be checking construction sites and they will be reviewing the local government responses to the bad air over the past few days. almost all provinces in central and eastern china have serious air pollution, especially bad since friday. the national meteorological center says pollution isn't expected to clear in that area until thursday. pope francis has new rules for the conduct of cardinals. the pontiff telling the 19 men he elevated to cardinals to avoid behaving like they are in a royal court.

the pope's commandments for cardinals include quote no intrigue, no gossip, power plays, favoritism or preferentialism. pope francis told the cardinals they should be saints and to achieve that, he advised them to love those who are hostile to him or who speak badly of them. stay with us, we will be right ba right back.

anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you.

the winners of the 45th annual naacp image awards were announced last night. the film "12 years a slave" won four awards, including best motion picture. in the television category "scandal" won best drama series. in the music category, john legend won best male artist while beyonce won for best female artist and the comedian

kevin hart took home honors for entertainer of the year. a woman ones immortalized in the sound of music died. maria von trapp died in vermont at the age of 99. she was the third oldest of the van trap children. her stepmother wrote the story of the von trapp story singers that sparked the movie and the musical. something many dog owners have now believed and now backed by scientific study that dogs can do and do tune -- can and do tune into the feelings of their owners. dogs can tell by the sound of your voice if you're happy or sad. the new research is published in the current -- in the journal current biology finds. and the next kron4 special is all about dogs. we will take you behind the scenes of the golden gate kennel club 2014 dog show hosted by grant lodes and

justine waldman, right here on kron4. still ahead on kron4 news weekend, b.a.r.t. up and running again after the shutdown friday night. we will have a live report from the concord b.a.r.t. station. and a fictional washington, d.c. taken netflix streamers by storm but is "house of cards" anything like the real capitol city? we will break it down at 9:35. and at 9:45 kim nicholas joins us to talk about tools you can use to help you brand yourself better at your job. we will be right back in two minutes.

b.a.r.t. trains are rolling once again through the concord station after a train derailed here on friday. coming up we will tell you the repairs crews made overnight. and get out the rain boots, coats and umbrellas. wet weather on the way to the bay area. we will check when exactly when we will see the rain coming up

next. this is the bay area's news station, kron4 news weekend starts now. good morning, everybody. thanks a lot for joining us on kron4 news weekend. i'm marty gonzalez. let's get right to the forecast and find out when the rain will be hitting the bay area. for that, here's janu arasu. >> thank you, marty. we actually have another few sunny days in store for us. we are still dealing with fog out there but starting to see breaks of sunshine as well. as for the temperatures, it's been a mild start to the morning, san francisco sitting at 48 degrees, 52 degrees currently in oakland, 48 degrees in san jose, if you're headed out the door in concord, 44 degrees there, 43 degrees in livermore and santa rosa. we are expecting another round of sunshine, 60s and 70s and then we have rain headed our way. closer look at that coming up in my full forecast. onto our top story this morning, the concord b.a.r.t. station open again. repair crews working through the night to fixed damaged tracks where a b.a.r.t. train derailed friday night.

kron4's mike pelton is live at the concord b.a.r.t. station that's up and operating again. good morning, mike. >> reporter: feels like a typical sunday morning commute as crews worked through the night to make all the necessary repairs, they repaired the track overnight, they worked through the night, repairing and replacing parts of the damaged track and third rail, a big relief to commuters as they got sunday morning service underway at 8:00. this follows friday evening's train derailment. here's video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. the out-of-service b.a.r.t. train derailed friday evening at 6:30 and b.a.r.t. officials say their preliminary investigation shows the first two cars of the 10 car train came off the track. however, they had to use a large crane to remove four of those cars that each weigh about 30 tons. repair work then got underway with workers going straight through the night. >> so there was a big job ahead in terms of replacing some of the track, they had to cut out and replace two 39-foot long sections of track, also had to

make some repairs to the third rail and then the train control equipment, the wiring that goes into it, all of that had to be repaired. then we had to test it, make sure it was all operating properly. then we did track inspections to make sure that everything was safe and everything was operating properly. >> reporter: now, b.a.r.t. repaired the outside tracks. that is what b.a.r.t. relies on for passenger service. however, that crossover section of the track known as an interlocking where the derailment occurred, that section of the track, the crossover still remains damaged. you can see that there in the pictures. but the big news for commuters this morning, all stations along the pittsburg bay point line are back open this morning, definitely in time for tomorrow morning's monday morning commute but the cause of the derailment, marty, remains under investigation. back to you, marty. >> okay, mike. quick question. does b.a.r.t. have any idea, any estimate of how much all this cost? >> reporter: we have asked them that several times. they told us it gets absorbed into the operating budget. the crane is a big expense but have not given us an exact number on that yet.

>> and you also add the overtime for working around the clock for a couple of days. that's mike pelton reporting live from concord. want to remind you to keep it here on kron4, we will be following the latest on the reopening of the concord b.a.r.t. station. for any updates you can go to our website, kron4.com or download our mobile apps. new this morning, a man is dead after a shooting in an oakland neighborhood. police say that he was shot last night about 8:30 on 14th avenue near east 24th street. police have no suspects in custody this morning, they are still investigating the motive behind the shooting. the dalai lama continues his speaking tour around the bay area today. he'll be speaking in berkeley on -- for a talk on how to achieve happiness. that's starting about now at the berkeley community center. then the dalai lama will head to richmond where he will bless the new tibetan community center and then tomorrow expected to discuss the theme of compassion and business at santa clara university at 10:00 a.m. cheering and jeering greeted the dalai lama outside davies symphony hall in san

francisco saturday. the dalai lama who is more commonly known for preaching compassion is being accused of intolerance. his sold-out event left some of his supporters gathering outside willing to pay top dollar for a spare ticket. security was very tight as the dalai lama was greeted by both followers and demonstrators. >> we are here to get the dalai lama to stop his religious persecution and the abuse of basic human rights. >> be true to yourself, control your mind, be kind to others, what could that mean? what is that about? >> the dalai lama will meet with president obama friday at the white house. the white house saying that the president is hosting the dalai lama in his capacity as a respected religious and cultural leader. more than 500 ukrainians and their supporters gathered at san francisco city hall saturday for an event to support the protests in ukraine. this morning the chief of that

country's parliament now has presidential power and supporters are jubilant to learn that former president yulia tymoshenko was released from prison. >> she really represents a lot of people in ukraine who want to see a free ukraine where human rights are respected, where democracy is respected and where ukraine can integrate with the rest of the world economically. >> these ukrainians are looking forward to elections in may to install a new government. and here's video of tymoshenko leaving a hospital yesterday after she was freed from prison. she said more than 100 antigovernment protesters who were killed this week in kiev are quote heroes. meantime ukraine's president is not planning to leave the country. he says he will continue to fulfill his presidential duties. the protests began after ukraine's president rejected a trade deal with the european union in favor of closer ties with russia.

new legislation is expected to hit washington lawmakers this week for president obama's budget. coming up at 9:15 we will talk to kron4 political analyst michael yaki to get his take on different proposals that come with this new budget. and miley cyrus is twerking all the way to the bay area. parents are not happy about the pop star's visit. we will hear from them coming up. and our drought in california could affect the entire country. we will explain after the break. is this the bacon and cheese diet?

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redwood city police arrest a man they suspect stole four cell phones from an online seller at gunpoint. police say this man, 21-year- old denmark copeland agreed to meet the victim in a parking lot in redwood city. when the seller got into copeland's car, police say that copeland pulled out a gun and demanded the cell phones. police say when they arrested copeland, he was carrying evidence that connected him to the crime. california farmers are facing a drought disaster that could affect the entire country.

the lack of rain could change produce prices nationwide. friday the federal government said it will not provide any irrigation water to central valley farmers and only 50% of the contracted water to surrounding urban areas. experts say this drought could raise the produce prices by about 10% over the next few months. palm springs city leaders continue to make water conservation a priority through a new series of efforts in their desert community. the city's lawn buyback incentive has dramatically decreased the community's use of water. additionally, palm springs is watering parks and medians every other day and watering in the evening hours, also monitoring and replacing broken sprinkler heads and implementing a new radio controlled irrigation system. city residents say these efforts make palm springs that much more appealing as a place to live. in chicago, a gas explosion nearly leveled a home and sent two young women to the hospital. adriana hernandez and her

daughter claudia torrez were sleeping in the front room of this house when they were startled awake by an explosion. hernandez niece had fallen through the floor onto the ground level of the home and tried to crawl to safety where neighbors had gathered to see what happened. >> when i smelled the smoke, in my mind i wanted to get my daughter, my niece and her girlfriend out of the building but i couldn't find my niece. >> hernandez was stunned to find an urn containing the ashes of her mother still intact after the blast. fire department spokesman says a gas explosion caused the fire. still ahead on kron4 news weekend, michael yaki joins me in the studio here, we will be talking about the bay bridge issues, also president obama's new budget and how one proposal could affect us here in california. in the meantime, let's take a live look outside, clouds continue to hover over san francisco and other parts of the bay area as well. janu has the forecast coming up in a few minutes. good. good answer.

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welcome back to kron4 news weekend. time right now 9:15. we are still dealing with areas of fog out there. this is a view from the san mateo bridge camera but we are expecting lots of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. as for the start of your workweek, mostly sunny skies, mild temperatures, midweek is when we are going to start to see changes in the forecast. we have a series of storm systems headed our way starting off on wednesday. now before we get to that, let's talk temperatures. waking up to low 50s along the east bay shores, upper 40s currently in san jose, 45 degrees in livermore and 51 degrees here in san francisco. into the afternoon, another round of pretty pleasant springlike temperatures, 71 degrees for sunnyvale, 72 degrees for los gatos. upper 60s in milpitas this afternoon. into our east bay interior valleys upper 60s through concord, 66 degrees expected

for danville, about 70 degrees for those of you in fairfield, low 60s for richmond, mid-60s expected for hayward this afternoon, low 60s here in san francisco, about 61 degrees expected in san bruno, upper 50s at the coast today and mainly upper 60s for the north bay. taking a look at satellite and radar, we have high pressure in place, that's what's keeping things dry, mild for now and actually for the next couple days, but as it pushes east, we do have a series of storm systems headed our way. so looks like we are going to get rain starting off on wednesday, pretty widespread, some areas getting a break on thursday and then more significant system pushing in on friday lasting into saturday and when this is all said and done, it looks like we could f inches in terms of rainfall totals. thank you, janu. joining us now is kron4's political analyst michael yaki. got a lot to talk about starting with washington, d.c., president obama's budget proposal, what's in it and what's not in it for california. >> right.

well, i mean, this budget is going to be very much a budget that defines the 2014 elections. he's already -- the president backed off on a proposed change in social security that he proposed to the republicans last year that would have cut the cost of living increase, restricted it a little bit. and it's basically to say i'm not going to give you that issue to run on but the republicans looking at the fact that part of this budget does implement obamacare, part of the implementation deals with medicare changes so now in terms of the third rails of american politics, social security, medicare, you're going to have the republicans screaming about obama is trying to cut your medicare. we are going hear a lot about that between now and november. >> also one thing in the budget proposal anyway is this new way to fund firefighting efforts and that's always a big issue here in california. >> right. >> in the summertime. >> that's good. going to be a bigger fund on which to draw down from, more infrastructure that they are going to help to supply to localities, local firefighting districts that's going to be very good, because of course where the federal -- what the

federal government doesn't have in this budget is any water for anyone to make sure we don't have fires and everything is all green. that's antiobama's -- that's not obama's fault, that's the fault of we are not getting any rain but still no water for the central valley has an enormous for california as you will talk about later in the show. >> and also too the president did earlier during his visit to california approved some relief money for california. >> right. and a lot of that money is going to go toward essentially keeping things the status quo in terms of just the infrastructure of firefighting, the infrastructure of keeping a farm viable. it does nothing whatsoever, though, to put water in the ground and grow crops and they are looking at maybe eight to 10% of california fields being laid -- talk about later in terms of that has a ripple effect everywhere in country. >> we are expecting a big storm later this week and that brings up the bay bridge, of course and leaks. >> and the fact that now there's a report out today that caltrans may have hidden some of the bolt -- weld issues

from people, so first you have caltrans not telling the metropolitan transportation commission before they hand it over for at least a month, you know, there are leaks here and we don't know what they are doing and now this new report about the fact that they had prior knowledge about the welds but used an exception to the public records act to not have to disclose it. i think all in all you're seeing more and more attention being paid to this issue. we have no idea what the cost is going to be on the steel rods and on the welds and we certainly don't -- do not know right now if there is a fix or what kind of fix there is for the leaks. this bridge is supposed to last for a century and now people are wondering, you know -- >> will it make it through the next storm? >> yeah. >> so there's a lot going on here. at what point does the state government get involved with the legislative transportation committee and start looking at all of this and some of the possible irregularities? >> i think you have some of it happening right now, senator mark has commissioned a report about the -- about the information about the welds not

being -- you're going to be seeing more and more of that. the mtc going to have to play hardball because they are the ones that accepted the bridge from caltrans and don't want to accept a lemon at this point. see a lot of back and forth, see people trying to get the governor involved in this because this is a very big issue and right now on top of that, you saw last week all of the contractors got big fat bonuses, 40, $50 million, you know, eventually that adds up to real money and then they say well we paid them first and then we figure out how much we want to get back from there them -- from them. i would rather figure it out first before you actually give them the money. >> exactly. where do you think this is going to go? how far does this go? >> i think it's going to go to a point where there's going -- in the federal government we have something called the general accounting office. >> yes. >> which has a way of going into no holds barred, subpoena, full investigative power. i don't know what the analog in the state is or at the mtc but

they need to do something like that, maybe create a special commission or special body that goes at the issues of how this bill -- bridge was built, how the contracts were let, what kind of monitoring went on, what kind of feedback should have been involved and create -- essentially they need to rip this inside out, so to speak and create a process that this can never happen again in california and certainly to taxpayers because eventually we are the ones footing the bill every time we go across that bridge. >> right. that's exactly it. and a lot of people are wondering, is this thing safe? >> well, i think for now it's safe. i think a little bit of rust isn't a problem but the question is how long is that rust going to occur, how much corrosion there's going to be and again that's part of what i think should be a full blown investigative thing by the state, we should appropriate the money and get it done. >> always have something to talk about on sundays. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. we will be right back.

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miley cyrus taking a lot of heat over what some parents are dubbing quote "a porn show" as kron4 reports, cyrus is bringing her performance to oakland, and san jose. >> reporter: get ready bay area, miley cyrus is coming and she is a far cry from the innocent teen we came to know her as on the disney show hannah montana. the bangers tour comes to oracle arena on monday, a show many bay area parents say their kids will have no part of. >> she is doing so explicit, so sexual that it's just too much for young people to see. >> reporter: riding a giant hot dog and gyrating on top of an suv are just two of the controversial parts of the show which features a parental

advisory sign. >> she is not a good rolemodel anymore. >> reporter: at one point she was? >> yes, when she was with disney, acting appropriately she was a good rolemodel. >> reporter: what now? >> she has gone off her rocker. >> reporter: stub hub says her concert is selling well in oakland with just over 700 tickets still available, compared to her february 27th show in phoenix which has more than 1400 tickets available. >> i remember seeing her in the television as a cute little girl and suddenly as a woman who is like -- i mean out of control. >> reporter: miley's concert proceed porter live nation -- promoter live nation is disputing reports that the tour is in trouble saying quote any stories or rumors of the venues pulling out of the bangers tour. her monday night show here at oracle arena are selling for as low as $43, just two months ago

those tickets were over $200. in oakland, philippe gijal, kron4 news. neighbors in atlanta are not feeling bieber fever, they are scheduled to protest monday because they don't want justin bieber in their back yard. it all started after reports that the canadian pop star is looking at a mansion in an upscale atlanta neighborhood. the organizers say that bieber's lifestyle is not right for their neighborhood. the singer has had several encounters with police in recent months including arrests in toronto and miami beach. he is also in trouble in los angeles for allegedly egging a neighbor's home. coming up on kron4 news weekend, a popular tv series but is "house of cards" anything like the real washington, d.c.? we will take a look at differences between president obama and the star character frank underwood and tell you what washington lawmakers think of the popular netflix series. ♪

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b.a.r.t. trains are running again on an east bay line after that train derailment stopped service on friday night. kron4's mike pelton has been spending the weekend at the concord b.a.r.t. station and has a live update. good morning, mike. >> reporter: marty, b.a.r.t. hoped to get service back up and running by 8:00 this morning. they did just that thanks to maintenance crews who worked throughout the night completing necessary repairs and bringing relief to three dozen commuters waiting here at 8:00 this morning. you can see them boarding that first b.a.r.t. train which left on time after 8:00. as crews ran several test trains and conducted track inspections earlier in the morning. maintenance crews worked through the night both repairing and replacing some of the damaged track stemming from friday evening's derailment of an out-of-service train at a crossover point known as an interlocking just outside the station. now, this morning passengers are relieved to get back on the trains and somehow full confidence -- some have full confidence in b.a.r.t. despite the derailment. >> i was happy that it was a train that was out of service.

if it had been a train that had people on it and was coming, say, from the city on friday afternoon, i would be experiencing chills right about now. >> reporter: and the cause of the derailment remains under investigation by both the b.a.r.t. safety board and the public utilities commission but the big news for commuters this morning, marty, all stations along the pittsburg bay point line back open today. back to you, marty. >> that is good news. thank you, mike pelton reporting live from the concord b.a.r.t. station. remind you, to keep it here on kron4, we will be following the latest on the reopening of the b.a.r.t. station this morning and for any updates throughout the day, check out our website, kron4.com or download our mobile apps. live look outside this time around, we are looking at -- from mount tam, what a beautiful view and we are waking up to -- starting to get sunny skies around the bay area, huh, janu? >> you're absolutely right. this is a view from the golden gate bridge camera so we are starting to see breaks of sunshine out there and we are expecting lots of sunshine

later today. now, as for your temperatures this morning, we are sitting in the 40s and 50s, so if you're heading out the door in santa rosa, 43 degrees there, low 50s along the east bayshore, upper 40s in the south bay and about mid-40s in livermore. into the afternoon as i mentioned lots of sunshine, another round of mainly 60s and 70s. getting to about 70 degrees in pleasnaton today, 72 degrees expected for livermore, mid to upper 60s along the east bay shores, we are looking at upper 60s and low 70s for the south bay, about 62 degrees here in san francisco and a mix of 60s and 70s for the north bay. if you're headed out this evening, temperatures dropping down mainly to the 50s and the 40s. so futurecast for us ahead at 8:00 p.m. and at that time looking at upper 40s along the east bay shores, low 50s in concord and san francisco and low 50s as well in the north bay. now, after this sunshine, we are going to enjoy some warmth for the next couple of days and then big changes to talk about in the forecast including a

series of storm systems. we will take a closer look at that coming up. san francisco police warning pet owners this morning about poisonous meatballs in the twin peaks neighborhood. police say the 21 meatballs containing rat poison were found hidden in bushes near crest line and parkridge drive. the second time potentially deadly meatballs have been uncovered in twin peaks. a dog was killed last july because of those meatballs. police are recommending that owners keep dogs on a leash until all of the poison meat has been recovered. more than 21,000 university of california employees plan to walk off the job next month. they are planning a five day strike after failing to come to terms with the uc system on a new contract. the two sides are at odds over wages and staffing. union members demonstrated saturday outside a university event in san francisco. >> we are 21,000 workers at the university of california and we are struggling for a contract that's going to protect our

members but also the people we serve, the patients and the students at university. >> that strike is scheduled to start on march 3rd and it involves service workers and employees at uc's five medical centers. a memorial service for cal football player ted agu will be held tomorrow night at uc berkeley. the ceremony starting at 6:30 at haas pavilion. members of agu's family from bakersfield and nigeria attending the service. the 21-year-old junior defensive lineman died after a routine training run with his teammates on february 7th. sonoma county sheriff's looking for an armed robbery suspect in glen ellen. this photo is of the suspect from surveillance footage. officials say the robbery happened friday afternoon at the west america bank on arnold drive. police are hoping that someone will recognize the suspect from this photo. they say that he's 6 feet tall in his mid to late 20s reddish

national news this morning, the netflix hit "house of cards" has washington abuzz as fans including president obama devour the new season. but a spoiler alert here. the second season premiered last friday and it contained some interesting congressional scenarios but just how real are they? jake tapper has the story. >> reporter: here are two stories about reforming social safety net or entitlement spending in washington, d.c., one from real life and one from netflix's "house of cards." and amazingly the more cynical version is not the bloody, sleezy immoral hollywood one. >> i don't know whether to be proud or terrified. >> reporter: if you can get past the show's almost criminal errors in senate procedure, the plot lines, believe it or not are kind of similar. >> democracy so overrated. >> reporter: start with the proposition that both

democratic and republican lawmakers in both real life and the tv show believe these programs such as medicare need to be reformed, that not enough money is going in and too much is going out. now let me give you a minor spoiler alert. in the first few episodes of the new season of the netflix show, lawmakers actually pass a controversial reform. they raise the retirement age to 68. in the show democrats have to do it on their own after republicans walk away right before a key vote. >> a forum is present. >> reporter: and here's the point here, the democrats do it on their own. >> now this would be a good time for a frank underwood-like aside to the camera. please understand, i'm not taking a position on raising the retirement age or medicare reforms, but regardless of the merits, it would be significant and very politically risky thing to do. >> order in the senate. >> reporter: you don't see president obama or vice

president biden making such a big policy move despite their claim that they lack a political dancing partner. in fact this week in real life washington the obama administration dropped change cpi or consumer price index from their 2015 budget proposal. what is change cpi? it's a change in inflation formula used to determine cost of living increases in social security checks. that proposal once on the table now off the table would not slow the growth and social security spending as much as the house of cards idea of raising the retirement age but it would slow growth. president obama recently expressed envy at frank underwood's ability to get things done in washington. >> i wish things were that ruthlessly done. >> reporter: now, fans of "house of cards" know that many of underwood's ways of achieving things are illegal --

the real life politicians aren't as courageous as their tv counterparts. >> i used to be on the edge of the train. now i'm on the -- >> well, coming up on kron4 news weekend, chinese officials trying to do something about what you see on the screen. look at the pollution in their country. how inspection teams will help assess the country's problem. that story coming up after the break in world news.

turning now to world news this morning, a former d.e.a. official says mexico's top drug cartel leader's big mistake was starting to come down from his mountain hideout to enjoy more comfortable surroundings. joaquin guzman known as el chopa was captured early saturday morning. u.s. authorities say the arrest was a joint operation between mexican marines and the american drug enforcement officers. guzman was a high value target for both governments. officials say that he's responsible for about 25% of all drugs smuggled into the

u.s. and china says it is sending inspectors to beijing and other areas of the country because of the severe air pollution. the environmental ministry says that it wants teams to inspect steel, coal, glass and cement factories as well as checking construction sites. they will also be reviewing local government's responses to the bad air over the past few days. almost all the provinces in the central and eastern part of the country have serious air pollution problems, especially since friday. the national meteorological survey center says that the pollution isn't expected to clear until thursday. we are going to be right back with a check of the weather forecast including some changes in that forecast. janu will have that when we come back.

welcome back to kron4 news weekend, time right now 9:45. a view from our roof camera so we are still dealing with fog here in san francisco but we are however starting to see breaks of sunshine elsewhere and we are expecting lots of sunshine later this afternoon.

now, as we start the workweek, we are going to continue with the mostly sunny skies, mild temperatures, cooler as we start your workweek and we are going to start to see increasing cloud cover on tuesday before a series of storm systems approach bringing us some rain by wednesday. we are going to see gusty winds and a series of systems. now,. >> and did before we get to that, let's talk temperatures, if you're heading out the door in san mateo, 51 degrees there, 52 degrees in half moon bay, upper 40s in san jose, about 59 degrees in antioch and 46 degrees currently in vallejo. into the afternoon, we are looking at 60s and 70s for the south bay, so 71 degrees expected for sunnyvale, 72 degrees for los gatos, upper 60s san jose, low 70s through livermore, pleasnaton, fairfield, upper 60s for concord, mid-60s in san leandro and hayward, low 60s here in downtown san francisco. upper 50s at ocean beach and a mixed bag of 60s and 70s for the north bay this afternoon. now, taking a look at satellite

and radar, we have high pressure in control keeping things dry and mild but that's going to weaken and shift east and we have a series of storm systems approaching so you can see on your seven day wednesday is when we are going to start to see the rain, we are going to get a little bit of a brief break on thursday and then a stronger system pushing in on friday, bringing us moderate to occasionally heavy downpour and it's going to last into saturday and when it's all said and done we could get up to 5 inches of rain. marty. >> sounds great, thank you, janu. facebook, twitter, instagram, linkedin, so many social networking sites, so little time. so how in the world do you keep up in today's information generation? if you're a career professional, you do it through social networking and that can really be the key to your success and our expert tim mcnicholas joins us this morning to talk about the importance of branding. >> so important whether you're currently employed, looking for a job or whether you have a job but you at some point want to spin out and start your own

business. for example, i was having dinner in san rafael and i got into a conversation with one of the servers who was an aspiring wedding planner and she said i'm caught between a rock and a hard place because i have to build my boss's brand but at the same time i want to be a wedding planner myself and need to build my clientele. kelly richardson with sonoma tanning does it the right way where she has her employees helping to build her brand but helps her employees build their own brand, encourages them to use social networks to build their brand and future clientele. >> it is a lot of work. >> yes. one of my favorite platforms is actually hoot suite. >> i love the name. >> right? >> yeah. >> it allows you to manage all of your social networks all in one spot whether it's facebook, twitter, linkedin, even instagram. and also youtube. you can manage all of the conversations, you can manage all of the tweets, the pokes, everything all in one spot. >> fantastic. >> right. and you can even schedule, this is the coolest part, you can

even schedule of your tweets, your posts, everything at the beginning of the week and they can roll out during the week as well. >> you can plan them ahead? >> exactly. >> what a great idea. >> make sure they are insightful, you can share articles, anything you want. >> but still spending a lot of time doing this. is there something easier? >> yes actually. i just discovered this one. this is the ease just -- easiest one you could possibly use. zoot rock and this allows you to share tons of articles that they find for you. >> they find them for you? >> you do. you fill out the form and you say i want articles about this subject, i don't want articles about this subject, i want these key words in the articles as well, and then it will send out anywhere between two and 10 tweets per day and i'm going to tell you, i have been researching the web for a long time, constantly looking for great articles. i have never had more engagement with the articles that i have been posting. they are absolutely amazing.

so the first two per day are free and if you want any more, they do run between three and $70 per day. >> that was going to be my next question of how much they charge. >> yeah. >> wedding planner that you met, the potential wedding planner and she starts one of these things, i would assume that she would want to get one of these companies to start sending out these tweets for her to kind of build a fan base, right? >> right, definitely would. another thing she could do is go onto a site like corea and this is a question and answer site so she could actually go on and she could find anyone who is asking questions about weddings or a friend of mine had best destination wedding.com and she could even go on and find people that are looking for the best location to have their wedding around the world and she could actually start by saying, okay, well, i'm going to answer a question with a question. do you like cold places, do you like hot places and get the people to start engaging with you and then even more people start engaging. and that's the way that you can start building your credibility and your expertise because people are going to take notice

and say, that person really knows what they are talking about. >> so this is more of a niche type of program that we are talking about here, the corea? >> right. you can even have douglas moskowitz, one of the $14 of facebook and sauna, a productivity platform which is amazing and let's say you want to work with him at some point and you can go on and follow his profile, see what questions he's actually following, what he is actually posing and let's say you're an engineer and he's asking some technological questions, you can go on and share your insight and at some point if he likes what you have to say, he'll take notice and you could ultimately get a job with them. a lot of recruiters go onto corea to see who is actually sharing their expertise on there. >> who is being strategic about all of this. linkedin groups could also serve the same purpose, right? >> exactly. when you go onto linkedin, sign up for as many groups as you can that relate to the topic that you want to build your expertise in. just make sure that you're always adding insight and adding value. >> yeah, that's it. because you just don't want to

waste people's time. >> no. >> just like you would not want to waste your own time looking at somebody's tweet or something like that. >> no. and you could also do the same thing, you can hijack a blog so -- you know, this is the funny thing when i was working at forbes, i would write an article let's say on crowd funding and right after i'm done writing the article it posts i get a call from a pr person that says you didn't include the ceo of this company or that company and i said i'm not writing a new article, have the ceo go into the comment section and actually add value, add their insight. >> there you go. >> and then they can start the conversation, a ceo of a company called beanie shells, they make these thin shelled concrete structures, environmentally friendly structures. i wrote an article about beanie shells and -- >> there you see it there. >> and the ceo said i love the article that you wrote. i'm really flattered but i want to take this article in a whole new direction. so he started adding insight in the comment section, posed a

question to potential followers and literally like 40 comments later there is this amazing conversation in the -- and the editor took note of it and he actually took that conversation and it in "forbes" magazine and so it was an amazing way for someone to build their credibility and build their expertise and gain a following. >> you've given us a lot of different sites here that people can use and get involved and kind of dip their feet in the pool to kind of get an idea what's going on. >> right, i hope so. >> thank you so much, kim mcnicholas. we will be right back.

anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa

where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. let's recap our big stories this morning. b.a.r.t. trains back running again on the pittsburg bay point line after that train derailment caused service at the concord station to shut down. that derailment happened on

friday night but as of this morning trains running again. the dalai lama greeted in san francisco by protesters as well as supporters. he's currently speaking at the berkeley high school right now. he will be presenting over 50 world leaders with awards via webcast later today. and keep those rain boots and umbrellas handy. rain is expected in the bay area on wednesday, right, janu? >> you're absolutely right about that, marty. we will have your seven day coming up right here. we have another few days of some sunshine but that rain is headed our way wednesday. as that system shifts east, we will get a break on thursday and then more significant rain on friday lasting into our next weekend. >> you're saying several inches we could get out of it? >> we could get 5 inches. >> fantastic. >> yeah. that's going to do it for us. thank you for watching. i'm marty gonzalez. >> i'm janu arasu. see you next week at 7:00 a.m. -- next weekend at 7:00 a.m. and don't forget kron4 news at 8:00. have a great weekend.

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