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you how they're dealing with hot spots. >> spring is just a week away. and the bay area weather is responding. >> i feel like i was robbed of winter. >> the envy of the nation, especially for people near chicago and new even when they received a lot snow. today, we have something warm conditions for this afternoon. tomorrow, we will continue with is warmer trend. we will still see temperatures get into the 80s, sunday more so than saturday. you should enjoy because come next week we have a storm system coming. hopefully, it will give us a few showers. >> it is still a pretty good
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commute. the volume is building but we're not tracking any hot spots. there is a stall on interstate 80. this is as san papillote damn road. there is slowing for interstate 580 and highway 4 but south bay peninsula and the north bay ride is all pretty lights. in san francisco we will hear from kron4 jackie sissel about a police investigation that have a few world'roads close do. >> our developing news this morning. out of san francisco police are investigating a
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shooting in our mission district. kron4 jackie investigation. live on the same periodsissel i >> people were approached by a person who wanted them to be quiet. apparently, the person stated that if they did not be quiet, they would shoot them. he pulled out a gun and that that is when the suspect apparently shot the victim in the leg and then fled. the victim in this case, was shot in the leg. he is expected to be okay it is not life- threatening but the suspect fled on foot. here is video, after that, that suspects led to a trailer. at that point, a tactical units showed up and they surrounded the trailer,
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since then, the whole area has been closed off. >> they believe that the suspect is inside this trailer but they're not giving us a lot of information. i can tell you that this strip is a shut down and more units continued to rise on this thing this is a developing story. once we get more information about him, we will pass along. >> firefighters were on site all night on what's called "fire watch". and taking care of hot spots as they flared up. and some of the people living in buildings nearby have *still not been allowed to return to their homes. crews have been on the scene of the fire all night long. monitoring the situation. kron 4's mike pelton joins us live now with the latest. mike? >> firefighters are still dealing with hot spots. they
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tell me that every 1520 minutes they have to go on these letters and look for any smoldering areas. >> we are sitting increase in the number of debris piles, construction crews are in the process of taking this building down. you can say it has escalated. they are tearing away large chunks of this building. fire crews say that construction workers and knocked down to course of the building that was as high and it was unstable. and they called off the demolition last my because it was too dark and dangerous. >> we're course a tried to knock down more parts of this wall. what we're doing right now is waiting for the
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son to come up and the construction crew to come back. we have crews that are ready to work. >> some of these trucks have been here for three days costa late london, they are low on fuel.. some nearby aparte still evacuate it. the cause of the fire is still under investigation and there are looking to see if this is the blade. >>to blame. >> and we are now getting a better idea of just how much water the fire has used. the san francisco public utilities commission say they do not have an exact amount yet, but about 2 million gallons of water was recorded entering the sewer system the time of the fire. most of the water used in the fire was from two separate water sources. the first source is the regular water system. the fire department can access it through standard
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fire hydrants. the second system is a high pressure gravity fed water supply that exists for the sole purpose of fighting fires. fire officials say that the two systems really helped with fighting the mission bay fire. and they are both frequently used in fighting many fires around the city. >> and stay with kron-4 for the latest on the construction fire and its aftermath. on our website -- we've posted some of the best images from social media. on the kron-4 app you can follow the latest on the investigation. >> police in austin arresting a suspected drunk driver that ran through barricades and into a crowd at the south by southwest festival earlier this morning. two people have been killed in the incident and 23 others injured. the austin police chief says the man and woman killed were on a mo-ped that the driver hit. the pedestrians were leaving a club where a concert had been held. the man also struck a cab before jumping out of his car and trying to run from police. officers shocked him with a stun gun and took him into custody. emergency officials say most of the injuries were minor, but five to seven pepole had more serious injuries.
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>> welcome back. for now, let's take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights have just been activated and traffic is starting to back up towards the 880 over crossing. it will be about a 12 minutes commute time. >> new this morning. the death toll has now climbed to seven, after an explosion that flattened to new york city apartment buildings. it is a story that we brought to you yesterday morning. three bodies were found overnight in the rubble. a gas leak triggered the blast yesterday morning on park avenue in east harlem. more than 60 other people were injured, some of them were children. the explosion was
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so strong, it shattered windows a block away and a plum of smoke over the skyline. investigators are now looking into whether complaints about the smell of gas had been ignored. >> another meeting will be held this morning for parents at the world academy in oakland after the man behind too sexual assaults on school campuses. police have released a sketch of the man. investigators say, that the man walked onto the campus on march 7th and molesting a seven year-old girl. a second of saw happened in january, at the think college now elementary school. just last my parents met with school officials and world academy to learn about the new safety changes. some of them include outdoor restaurant to be locked and off limits, except during recess. also when it is time for students to go home, they will have to wait in the cafeteria,
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million people receive unemployment benefits as of february 22nd. that is $13,000 less than the previous week. >> we are just a week away from the beginning of spring, but you cannot tell by the way the roles are looking right now in the midwest. snowy conditions calls polyps on the ohio turnpike yesterday, three people were killed and a state trooper was seriously injured. the accident along the busy toll road stretch for 2 mi. between to leo in cleveland. tens of thousands of homes and businesses also lost power in the northern illinois and indiana and a few hundred flights were canceled as chicago's airports. the storm hit parts of the northeast as well and is now headed to canada. >> here is a quick look get the satellite deal. you
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concede that we are positioned to nicely. we're dealing with a clear skies this morning. we are seeing our temperatures on the cooler side. oakland is at 47 degrees. 44 degrees for concord and even cooler for the north. it is a cold start, clear start but we will make up ford this after note.for its this after no. the east bay will have 70 degree weather. san francisco downtown, low 70's. mid-70s for oakland. this is a date was the widespread 70's. the seven day all around the bay shows the we will hold
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on to these temperatures through the weekend. >> we have pretty good conditions, we're not saying any hot spots this morning so far, it is a nice ride. heavy traffic on 580 which is to be expected. the me realize were activated right near the top of the hour. the san mateo bridge, highway 92 is still is most widespread for the richmond san rafael bridge, we are delayed sleep for your ride on 580 west. let's take a look at the traffic maps, of that the drive time for you. interstate 80, the westbound direction, there was a report of a stall at san tableapapillote damn road. is
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starting to pick up with an 18 minute drive time out of livermore, 14 minutes to the dublin interchange. we have slowing for the stretch of the road. for one on one they're all looking good. so does the more ran a rise with the drive times to lead 27 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. >> a 10-year-old boy is clinging to life after being struck by a speeding car that had just ran a red light in watsonville wednesday afternoon, police said. an officer driving in a marked patrol car was stopped at a red light on riverside drive at main street. when the light turned green, a pt main street sped past the intersection through the red light, police said. the officer attempted to catch up to the speeding car and once on main street, located the pt cruiser at main and first streets, according to police. the car's bumper hit the boy
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on the right side. he then was forced onto the hood and then down to the ground when the car slowed to a stop. police said the driver cooperated with officers. be a factor and the driver has not been filed with any charges. no other injuries were reported. i >> prosecutors in oscar pistorius' murder trial on thursday displayed a sequence of photos showing the blood stains found on the floors, walls, stairs and chairs in the athlete's house after he fatally shot his girlfriend. in one photograph displayed on tv monitors at pistorius' murder trial, spots of blood are seen right next to some of the double-amputee olympian and multiple paralympic champion's golden trophies. the tv screen next to pistorius was switched off during the display. the images were described by a former policeman who was one of the two officers first on the scene after pistorius killed reeva steenkamp on valentine's day last year. former police colonel schoombie van rensburg described the "the trail of blood" he found when he arrived at pistorius' home. >> attorney's for aldon smith. will be in court. the 49ers linebacker faces felony gun charges in santa clara county after the sheriff's department discovered three illegal assault rifles in smith's
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san jose home. this morning's hearing will set a date for a preliminary hearing in that case. and also set a court date for smith's misdemeanor case on charges of driving under the influence. >> attorney general eric holder is endorsing a proposal that would result in shorter prison sentences for certain nonviolent drug traffickers. holder is expected to make the suggestion today before the u.s. sentencing commission. he says the sentence reductions would lower federal prison costs and create a fairer criminal justice system. >> a look at what is a trending on of the web this morning. a much smaller relative of the t-rex appears to have lived as far north as the arctic circle. the dinosaur discovery was given the name nanuqsaurus
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economy is slowing. >> here is a look at yesterday's closing numbers. stocks barely budged. the dow fell 11 points. the nasdaq gained 16 and s&p 500 added a half a point. >> it is time for the tech reports with gabe slate. >> apple has issued a new app. i highly recommend it to do this update. it is for ios 7.1. it affects some security issues and it hasn't really nice features. >> this is worth downloading just before the bug and security features. it has the very latest again somagainst malware. there are improvements to rot, when you receive an incoming call
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you have a cleaner look for accepting or declining the call. siri received a major enhancement. it would automatically recognize when you spot but now it would pick up words that you did not want it to. this change make sure questions more precise. for parents, if you do not want your kids to rack up purchases, you can now change the restrictions and the settings. this will require a password to be entered every time. if you do not change the setting, the default setting is that after the password is entered for one, there has been is 15 minute grace. were any purchases can take place. so, kids could purchase 15 minutes worth of stuff. >> this next one, is a small
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change to one that i like. you can go to the keyboard on your device and you can go to the text of the too tight. on the left, the default settings but on the right, this is the new bold options. i know this seems so small but it really helps it pop out. the updates takes about 10 minutes, you could find them under settings, software updates. >> gabe slate kron 4 news. >> you will not find displaying images of marijuana at one southern california shot. some parents and orange county were upset when they find out that their children were buying clothes like leggings covered pot bellie\leaves at
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tillys clothing store in huntington beach. so they took action and demanded that the store remove the items from the shelves. they were surprised to see that it worked, tillys e-mail to sand that was stop selling the clothing in question. you can see these items on line, but if you try to buy them, you will find out that there are no longer available. >> still ahead on kron 4 news. you now know how far back general motors ignition problems date back. new details coming up. >> we're also watching the situation unfold in san francisco where the swat team has been called in after a shooting overnight.
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a drop in weekly unemployment claims. there has been a rise in retail sales. >> i am live in san francisco where the police department is surrounding this rv. they believe that a shooting suspect may be inside. the shooting occurred about 3:00 a.m. when an argument occurred. the victim was shot in the leg at least once. he was transported to hospital where he is expected to be okay. but to the suspect off fled on foot, they do believe that the suspect fled into this rv. since then, we have seen a tactical units set the perimeter to surround this are the. we also saw a negotiator arrived on the scene. i can tell you that this is shut down it looks
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like it will be this way for some time because they have large searchlights on this trailer, this are the right now. they have surrounded it. and as we get new information i will pass along. >> to talk more about the road closures-- >> this parallels to 80. in this area, this is between mission boulevard and interstate 280. there is a off when but is pass the scene of this incident. i do not think freeway traffic should be affected. >> so, it is just a local traffic? >> yes. it is a 2 to 3 block stretch. it will be easy for people to divert around but your best bet is just to avoid it completely. >> we are not tracking any freeway hot spots but an
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accident once 68 that is off the freeway. we will update your drive time coming up. >> i will break down the weather. like 8:00 a.m. we're looking at clear skies. it will be chilly and we're seeing temperatures in the low, mid 40's, of the 40's. that is the temperatures that we can expect but by noon time it will warm-up. maybe some low 70's. by this afternoon is should be sunny and warm. the temperatures will be in the upper 60s, low 70's. that is what we can expect today, we will brecht out the rest of your weekend coming up. >> new details are coming out this morning about the richmond teacher who is suspected of dozens of sex
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crimes against children. kron4 sources say, the 32 year-old ronald guinto stuck young boys on camping trips. but that when parents thought he was taking students for an overnight stay and to mare a island in vallejo, he took them to motel 6 instead. he is accused of showing that 11 and 12 year-old boy is what is called the teacher porn, folding and molesting them. as of right now, he is charged with 27 felony sex crimes. >> more than 100 people live in one of britain's most troubled public housing projects will have to movelivi's most troubled public housing projects will have to move.
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that's the decision from the city housing commission last night. inspectors recently found that there were problems at the apartment complex. so, 130 people will have to mold. the commission voted to give these residents section 8 housing vouchers. >> san jose police are on the hunt for two men whom officers said, forced to limit set withdre withdraw money after they were contacted on craigslist about buying property. it started with one woman, who use the web site to meet with the suspects, to buy cell phones. when the men arrived at the east san jose target store, they showed her a hand gun, and forced her into their car and made her withdraw money. they've then demanded that she caught her friend for more money. this investigation is ongoing. >> general motors now says
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that this is the first sign of the ignition switch problem that led to a massive recall last month came in 2000 and of one during the development of the 2003 saturn ion. the company says that it is reporting that the 2001 incident because it only reporting that the 2001 incident because it only discovered a record [son] she has no idea. [man] no one told her,right? [son]hi! [mom screams]
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>> and welcome back. the time is 6:38 a.m.. there is an accident 680 southbound in fremont. vehicle and overturning down the embankment. we have seen some slowing pass the scene because of the emergency vehicles. this is apparently, not a hot spot. the drive time is just ahead of schedule. >> the u.n. security
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council will discuss today possible resolution that would reaffirm ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. they will also address day referendum on whether its crimean peninsula should become part of russia. the ukraine prime minister will brief the security council today. >> the bay area man, who is on fbi's most wanted terrorists less may be hiding out in hawaii. right now, investigators are searching hawaii's big island fort danied for daniel a san diego. a 36 year-old is believed to be the man behind three east bay bombings. the obamas selling to amorites extremas to
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watching our developing story out of san francisco where a shooting has brought in the swat team. officers responded to a report of a shooting in the area of alemany boulevard and left farragut avenue at about 3:10 a.m.. responding officers located a man in his 30 suffering from a gunshot wound to his leg. the victim was transported to san francisco general hospital and is expected to survive. no are arrests have been made. if you can get more of this on our website at you can always get the latest news, traffic and weather 24 hours a day on comcast channel 193 or digital 4.2. kron4.cokron4.com >> plus, this story is still
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getting a lot of clicks on our website. target is apologizing for photoshop a siegel in a bikini at. it shows a teenage model with a big gap the nicole in the middle of this picture. critics say this photosensor wrong message to young women. >> an independent commission led by former u.s. surgeon general says there is no compelling medical reason why transgendered americans cannot serve in the military. the panel is now urging president obama to lift the ban. to learn more about this story another stranding this morning go to our websites tha at kron4.com >> there's a richmond san rafael bridge, the volume is about drive time has not.
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let's check the traffic maps. looked at the freeway ride on 80, westbound, 19 minutes from hercules to berkeley. it's still just 11 minutes from concord into walnut creek. there is a 16 minute drive time. the south bay freeway is doing well as we are not tracking any hot spots. just a little bit of slowing on one on one. 280 and 85 are still looking great. the north a ride is still under 30 minutes down to the golden gate bridge. >> here is a quick look as satellite and radar, not a lot going on. we have stable weather would clear-that some disturbance since to the south. we are perfectly position and as a result, we saw temperatures come down quite a bit. 49 degrees for
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pleasanton. low to mid-40s across the span. it is chilly to start but it should warm-up. the temperatures will get into the mid to upper 70's. we're looking for 70 degrees for danville and low to mid 70's for the delta. here is what we are looking for in downtown san francisco, los 70's, mid-70s for wine country. >> the seven day of around the bay shows who will hold on to this pattern especially for the weekend when temperatures are born to climb. next week, we will see a another chance of rain. >> we will now go to talk about wall street with our financial expert rob black. >> there's new information about jobs in retail sales.
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>> retail sales are doing a better. better spending is a better for the economy and the stock market. at another piece of good news is the first time that the unemployment claims or less, the job growth was a better than positive. we are trending in the right direction, that is nice to see. >> is he sachina had this situan where one of their company's collapse. a bit of interest in nils was amazon, i heard a report this story about them raising their fees periods you do get a lot of
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value with your movie strain. streaming. this is an extra $20. >> well i am a prime user, i think i will probably stay. it is worthwhile. >> what is much interesting is that because she's prime, you tend to buy more. you see that the mall traffic is down. it's all lies shopping experience is it getting better. i like amazon stocks they are trading up pripet this is not a bad thing. >> we would check back with rob. >> a california board has
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approved parole for convicted killer as former charles manson follower, bruce davison. the 71 year- old has been imprisoned since 1972 for the murders of two men. the decision is now subject to a four month review. then, the governor has 30 days to respond. davis was granted parole in 2012, but governor brown rejected it. >> the fda has now approved a headband designed to treat migraine headaches. it is called cefaly. you can wear this over your forehead. the battery powered device delivers small impulses to the nurse. research shows that it can help reduce the number of chronic migraine attacks by 2 per month. however, this device did not reduce the severity of attacks. you would need a prescription for this device. experts say, that usually where this 20
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>> welcome back. if you are finding yourself fighting for a seat on the bus lately, well, there is a reason. a new report says the more people are taking public transportation now than at any time in nearly 60 years. according to a report out this week from the american public transportation association, there were 10.7 billion trips made on public transportation last year. this is the eighth year irow th0 billion trips were taken. transportation association says it nearly six are potentials were made as people travel to and from work. now the association is
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using these numbers as it calls on congress to pass a public transportation bill that invest in public transportation. >> a suspect is now in custody after a wild police chase in colorado. a four year-old child was along for the ride. this is a story ever brought to you live yesterday. police say that rhinestone was wanted in a drug case, he stole a suv with a four year-old inside of its debt deal with the boys still inside, he was not hurt, but he was not done, there were two more carjackings in a crash before he gave up. a state trooper was also seriously injured in a failed attempt to stop him. >> heading into the 7:00 hour we have some great video that we want to show
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you. a nightmare for people on the beach houses here in st. johns county, florida. high tides washed away most of their yards. the beach erosion, creeping into the lan supporting their homes. the county commission is holding a meeting today to decide whether to declare a state of emergency. >> and looking at this, homeowners near atlanta are clearing away the debris that was left by strong winds. gusts reached 40 mi. an hour yesterday and sent a tree crashing through the back row of a woman's apartment. she is lucky, she was not in the room when this happened. >> say hello to some of the latest additions to london zoo. three sumatran tiger cubs were born last month. these are considered to be critically endangered species. only a few hundred
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are thought to exist in the world. the zoo says that the mother and her cubs are being held in a special dinner. >> coming up on the kron 4 news we are following our developing story out of san francisco's mission district where a shooting brings out the swat team. >> plus, we're talking warriors' in the world according to gary. >> we will also have people behaving badly. improving your health isn't always easy, but you can do it. stay active...
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>> there is a big warm-up for the bay area coming. >> good morning that you for joining us. we will star with the weather forecast. >> today is one to be similar to yesterday's. we have sunny and warm conditions for this afternoon. the wind is no longer a factor. it is a nice start for the day. tomorrow we will continue with this one in trend. this weekend that is when we are expected to see widespread 80s. next week things will change and we will talk more about that.
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>> we are watching what could be the next hot spot. we are tracking this corridor commute from 238 down to 237. the drive time is a 40 minutes. >> there is a standoff off police are investigating a shooting. jackie ciscsissel is live with more. this keeps increasing. this has just gotten bigger. we have more tactical units are arriving. you can see one of the units are out here. basically, as we speak their surrounding this place to set up a perimeter. they are waiting because they believe is suspect is held up the inside of this are bay. according to the san
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