this morning on the kron 4 morning news. fort hood is the scene of another shooting. the suspected gunman -- an iraq war veteran being treated for ptsd the military says he opened fire at the texas military base, the nation's largest.killing three people and wounding 16 others before killing himself. officials do not believe the incident is terror- related.

polo sandoval is live at fort hood with the latest information. 4 people are dead, 16 others injured, after a gunman opened fire at fort hood. the tragedy played out in a community that was hit by the same violence just five years ago. polo sandoval is there with the story. the sprawling army base in fort hood texas is yet again the scene of a shooting. this time, authorities say an army specialist killed three people before turning his gun on himself. 16-others were wounded. the base commander says specialist ivan lopez opened fire in one building, then driving to a second building. military police caught up to him as he started shooting in that second building. lieutenant general mark milley says lopez took his own life when one of the military police officers confronted him. "it was clearly heroic what she did at that moment in time, and she did her job, and she did exactly what we would expect of a united states military police" ivan lopez had only been stationed at fort hood since february, and had previously served four months in iraq. military officials say lopez was being treated for depression and anxiety, and was being evaluated for

post-traumatic stress disorder. "obviously, we are digging fifth deep into his background, any criminal or psychiatric off history, his experiences in combat." fast fan neighbors tried to console lopez's wife. "she was worried and she was crying, and she had a little girl with her, and i tried to console her and comfort her and let her know that everything was ok." as far as i knew he was a nice guy guy. he always smiled and waved. and that's about it. the shooting bears a sad resemblance to the 2009 mass shooting at fort hood. when major nidal hasan killed 13-people. and injured 32 others. he's now on death row. president obama says the government will get to the bottom of what happened in the shooting at fort hood.

speaking in chicago yesterday. the president offered his sympathies. stay with kron 4 news all morning. we'll have continuing coverage on the fort hood shooting through ten a-m. and also online at kron 4 dot com. we'll be posting updates on facebook and twitter as the morning rolls along. this just in: a man has been taken into custody in connection with a shooting at kent state university. police say the man fired a shot into the ground around nine last night. no one was hurt. a shelter-in-place order was in effect while police searched for the man. the shooting happened at a building that was the site of deadly shootings by ohio national guard members during vietnam war protests in 1970.vo in bay area news: the city of san bruno is reacting to the federal criminal charges filed against p-g-and -e. for the was this is video of the run

riot did not explosion and fire that destroyed 38 homes in 20-10. facing 12 -felony counts for violating federal pipeline safety laws. the charges allege. the utility company did not properly keep records. and failed to act on threats to he san bruno's mayor voiced his the company.

if convicted on all 12 counts. p-g-and-e could be forced to pay six million dollars. it is thursday, april third. i'm mark danon. a chronic conditions are big impact on the temperature but most of us will not have to carry a red umbrella. only 20 percent chance for most locations. here's a look at 7 day around the bay forecast. the possibility for unsettled weather as we head into tomorrow early afternoon but past that, take a look pitcher extended forecast the weekend heading into early next week we're talking about temperatures well above average and it looks like we could start off the work week with temperatures in the '80s. something definitely to look forward to in the bay area. we'll even see low seventies for those of you heading to the beach. right now i do want to talk about traffic around the bay area. right

now we're looking at any hot spot. i did hear about an accident east bound highway 84 just west of newark. looks like the number one way might be blocked due to an overturned a vehicle. coming up: what earthquake experts are saing about the big chilean earthquake, its aftershocks, and tsunami warnings -- and how they'll affect california. what the new lawyer of the

former chinatown gangster nicknamed "shrimp boy" has to say about the corruption case her client is caught up in. but first. in a story you'll see only on 4: a stolen a-t-m. recovered. and more clues to the crime revealed. dublin police come out with surveilance pictures of a man who robbed a shell gas station last week.

welcome back to the kron4 morning news. dublin police, with surveillance pictures of a man who robbed a shell gas station last week. it happened on dougherty road right before midnight. the man had a black bag, baseball bat and red plastic gas can. he threatened to burn the gas station down if the clerk did not give him money, then took off in a ford fusion with an unknown amount of cash. only on kron-4. an a-t-m is left near a creek in lafayette. and police are investigating exactly where it came from. kron-4's philippe djegal was the only reporter to see it all. >>:it takes two contra costa county sheriff's deputies to hail this atm into the back of the truck. mahan

the sheriff's office says a his he threatened to burn the gas station down if the clerk did not give him money, then took off in a ford fusion with an unknown amount of cash. only on kron-4. an a-t-m is left near a creek in lafayette.

and police are investigating exactly where it came from. and how it got there. kron-4's philippe djegal was the only reporter to see it all. it takes two contra costa county sheriff's deputies to hail this atm into the back of the truck. the sheriff's office says a passerby reported the atn sunday night i'm this ditch off reliez valley road in from the diocese of oakland youth retreat center. due to miscommunication between public works and the sheriff's office, the atm wasn't picked up until wednesday afternoon. and, once located, you can see, it has been broken open -- no cash found inside. this also follows days of rain, possibly washing some evidence away. the walnut creek police department says its actively investigating a stolen atm taken from this shell gas station off mount diablo blvd. last month. weeks later, concord police say an atm was reported stolen here from the farm bureau market off farm bureau market road. we spoke with the owner who

than 15-thousand dollars in damages. after looking at our video, vinod kumar says he does not believe the recovered atm belongs to him. police departments say that their cases are still under investigation. in contra costa county, news.

some bay area peaks might still have a dusting of snow this morning.

this is mount hamilton east of san jose. it got about three-inches of snow in the latest storm. locals tell us snowstorms seem to be fewer and farther between in recent years -- with much less snow. but there was more than enough to lure michael murphy and his daughter, maryanne away from the city for a spring- break getaway. the superintendent of the lick observatory says, this was just the third time mount hamilton got any measurable snow this season. in years past, he says there have been as many as six days of snowfall.

investigators at fort hood, texas are looking into what triggered a soldier to open fire on other soldiers, killing three people and wounding or injuring 16 others.

authorities say ivan lopez shot himself after he eventually was confronted by military police in a parking lot yesterday. authorities say lopez was an iraq war veteran being treated for mental illness. fort hood, texas - investigators at fort hood, texas are looking into what triggered a soldier to open fire on other soldiers wednesday, killing three people and wounding or injuring 16 others. authorities say ivan lopez shot himself after he eventually was confronted by military police in a parking lot. authorities say lopez was an iraq war veteran being treated for mental illness. the obama administration secretly financed a social network in cuba to stir political unrest and undermine the country's communist government.

an associated press investigation found the program evaded cuba's internet restrictions by creating a text-messaging service that could be used to organize political demonstrations. the project was launched shortly after american contractor alan gross was arrested in cuba for undertaking covert work to expand internet access. the search goes on, nearly a month after malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. in a briefing, australian prime minister tony abbott described the search for the plane as "the most difficult in human history." and he warned there was no guarantee the plane will ever be found. abbott also said authorities will spare no effort until they've done everything possible to find it.

the search goes on, nearly a month after malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. in a briefing in perth today , australian prime minister tony abbott described the search for the plane as "the most difficult in human history." and he warned there was no guarantee the plane will ever be found. abbott also said authorities will spare no effort until they've done everything possible to find it. in the latest search, up to eight aircraft will set out today looking for telltale debris across an 91- thousand-500 square-mile zone. up to nine ships will search, including one british submarine racing against time to hear the signature pinging from flight 370's flight data recorder.

in other world news: no new major damage is being reported following a powerful 7-point-6- magnitude aftershock. which came a day after this larger 8-point-2-magnitude quake caused six deaths and damaged thousands of homes. authorities there have issued a new tsunami alert. and are telling people to keep out of low-lying areas near the coast. right now there is no tsunami threat to u-s coastal states. we spoke with the u-s-g-s about the quake, the subsequent tsunami warning, and the impact both could have here in the bay area.

a key player in suspended state senator leland yee's corruption case walk free -- for a while, at least -- if he gets his way today. keith jackson is due in court later this morning for a bond hearing related to his possible release on

bail. the former san francisco school board president is accused of funneling campaign money to yee in exchange for political favors. plus making deals for drugs and guns. and a murder-for-hire plot. another key figure, raymond 'shrimp boy' chow, now has a lawyer. as kron 4's dan kerman tells us, the lawyer was once in charge of fighting organized crime. one week after he was arrested raymond shrimpboy chow, the central figure in a federal corruption investigation has a court appointed lawyer? she?s martha boersch, a former federal prosecutor who served as chief of the organized crime strike force court documents say chow has an extensive criminal

history and while it appears he was the initial focus of the undercover investigation, court documents say it was through chow that political consultant keith jackson and suspended state senator leland yee came into contact with undercover fbi agents. chow is accused of money laundering, conspiracy to receive and transport stolen property and conspiracy to traffic in contraband cigarettes. chow's attorney says that?s because of the way the undercover investigation was conducted. we've also learned that state senator leland yee has changed attorneys. san francisco lawyer james lassart will now represent him. lassart is a former assistant u.s. attorney, who coordinated the northwest region of the president's organized crime drug enforcement task force.

five years after a mass shooting at fort hood which killed 13 people. today -- four others were killed there, including the man who started it all.

and again, this time the gunman was also a soldier. everyone he killed and injured. also, members of the military. this latest attack opened up new wounds at the same base of the worst attack on a domestic u.s. military installation in this country's history. fort hood, texas - investigators at fort hood, texas are looking into what triggered a soldier to open fire on other soldiers wednesday, killing three people and wounding or injuring 16 others. authorities say ivan lopez shot himself after he eventually was confronted by military police in a parking lot. authorities say lopez was an iraq war veteran being treated for mental illness. it was a chaotic scene at fort hood. when a gunman -- specialist ivan lopez -- killed three people and wounded 16 others.

.all of them military personnel. .before he killed himself. this shooting came after the u-s announced march was the first month in 12 years no u-s soldier was killed. .and it came five years after army psychiatrist nidal hasan attacked his fellow soldiers as they waited inside a crowded building on base. victims of that attack reacted to today's news. lopez is said to have just arrived at fort hood in february and was an iraq war veteran. and -- like many soldiers who went through the rigors of war -- lopez had a hard time coping. the base commander says this shooting is not believed to be linked to terrorism, but many of this country's leaders find this domestic violence between our own very troubling. defense secretary chuck hagel said tragedies like this are a sign that something on america's military bases is not working. and it's up to the

defense department to find it and fix it. anytime you lose any of your people to these kinds of tragedies there's an issue, there's a problem. we don't have the facts. we will get the facts and when we have those facts specifically about fort hood we'll address them. we're also hearing from the suspect's neighbor. she says she did not see this coming. as far as i knew he was a nice guy guy. he always smiled and waved. and that's about it. typical average family. they were always coming and going. they'd smile whenever they'd see someone and that was it.

for soldiers on the base. they can not believe that another shooting has happened on the base. the man behind that 2009 shooting. nidal hassan is now on death row.

authorities gave the all- clear at kent state university, after a gunman fired a bullet into the ground near a classroom building wednesday night. the gunshot apparently followed a dispute between a man and a woman. ten police agencies and a swat team responded. some buildings were put in lock-down mode while others were evacuated. the man was later arrested off-campus. five people have been arrested following an attack on a homeless man at a park in campbell last month. a 16-year-old boy was

stabbed to death during the fight. kron 4 spoke with the homeless man who was originally taken into custody following the stabbing. he was released after prosecutors found he had acted in self defense against ivan diaz. campbell police released photos of all five suspects -- allegedly associated with the sureno gang. two of them are minors but will be charged as adults. they face murder charges under the state's "provocative act doctrine" -- even though it was the stabbd diaz. san jose state will host another public hate crime task force meetings today. a day after a big announcement. the school has fired 18 resident advisors across several dorms -- with only seven weeks left in the school year. school officials say, the r-

a's worked in various residence halls across campus. and current housing staff members and volunteers will help to fill those openings. the changes are *not linked to the earlier hate crime allegations. the school says it has no further comment at this time. becoming a nationally known name. students and staff at antioch's deer valley high school will be watching college basketball's final four saturday. with eyes on kentucky player marcus lee.

welcome back. a local student athlete is becoming a nationally known name. students and staff at antioch severe valley high school will be watching college basketball's final four saturday with eyes on kentucky player marcus lee. butlee starred for deer valley in basketball and volleyball. kron four talked to members of the school's athletic staff, who watched marcus lee go from a gangly freshman to a star athlete. and a leader both on and off the court. >>:everybody that we know that's associated with athletics has said something along the lines of wow can you believe marcus

is playing in the final four./great basketball player, better person and he is, he's just a great person./players that are better than good are the ones that help players around them and marcus was that kind of player in volleyball and i think he was that kind of player in basketball. marcus lee is only a freshman at kentucky. they play wisconsin on saturday. winner plays in monday's national title game. marreese speights scored 22 points and fellow reserve jordan crawford added 16 points for golden state but it wasn't enough for the warriors who fell behind the spurs early. and never really challenged the west's top team. the spurs grabbed the lead 3 minutes in to the game and never looked back rolling to a 111-90 win. klay thompson had 15 points and stephen curry 11 for the warriors, who were

playing on the second night of back-to-back games. tim hudson's first start as a giant was a good one. ifthe veteran right-hander allowed three hits while working into the eighth inning to beat the diamondbacks 2-0 on wednesday. hudson was making his first start since july 24 after fracturing his right ankle against the mets while pitching for the braves. he had four strikeouts and no walks, and had arizona hitters pounding the ball into the ground. sergio romo shut down the diamondbacks in the 9th to record his second save. a mixed bag for the a's in a doubleheader. scott kazmir shut out his former team into the eighth inning in his oakland debut, and the athletics beat the cleveland indians 6-1 in the first game of the day- night doubleheader. alberto callaspo hit a two-

run homer and yoenis cespedes, jed lowrie and brandon moss added rbi hits for the athletics, who broke out offensively after being shut out monday. but new a's closer jim johnson couldn't hold the lead in the night cap giving up three scores in the 9th. and giving cleveland a 6-4 win. it was johnson's second loss in as many appearances.

welcome back. the man who sparked a 2010 gun battle with oakland police on interstate 580 will be sentenced today after he was convicted of attempted murder of a police officer. byron williams was stopped for speeding just before officers found several weapons inside william's pickup and williams was wearing body armor. the shoot out with williams

lasted 20 minutes. at trial, prosecutors argued that williams was on his way to san francisco to attack the a-c-l-u. the senate intelligence committee is expected to declassify part of a secret report on bush-era interrogations of terrorism suspects. congressional aides say it is deeply critical of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods, and concludes among other things that such practices provided no key evidence in the hunt for osama bin laden. the cia disputes many of the conclusions in the report. and the chp will be cracking down on distracted drivers today. it's the first of four days this month that officers will be paying special attention to distracted divers.

across california the chp will be on the lookout for people talking. texting or browsing behind the wheel. hot be over for now. but the latest storm dumped a lot of fresh snow in the tahoe area. first was focused on the debt. we're dealing with her at a cloudy skies with a few high clouds streaming and associated with this next system. all the models pretty much in agreement that we are going to see any rain today. a look for an increasing cloud cover. the aldon valley and 66. a 63 year high in fremont. pretty similar conditions in fremont as well. you'll see low 60s along the waterfront. the upper 60s for places like ocean beach.

be prepared for cool conditions for the rest of today. your 7 day around the bay forecast shows the potential for a spot a shower as we head into the mall after know very pass that we are back in the sunshine. temperatures climb. in fact i think will actually see 80s plenty of them actually as we had until monday and tuesday. i do want to look at the bridges no slowdowns at the pay gates. over the san mateo bridge shows traffic moving well in both directions. the rich and san rafael bridge in very good shape. we stand an increase in the volume especially on

non fasttrack users. and not to take it over to the traffic of maps is to found highway 80 currently setting off are freeway but we do have emergency crews on the same to make a visual hazard as torture when closer to the nimitz freeway. " >>: kron4's will tran hustle live into the same over at the dumbarton and read it joins us with an update >>will: dummy at to what erica just spoke. it is in the at center of the freeway. this accident happened shortly before 4:00 in the morning. she was driving distracted. somebody must've called current text of her. she looked out her fault or rolled over. amazingly she is not entered at all. in

fact she is at the same sitting in the back of chp. for now they have blocked off the number one lane. marin the process of picking up all the debris. there's a good chance this thing could be cleared at around 5:00 or some time after that. we'll have any problems at the dumbarton bridge. come back to me at 5:00 it will give away of the day. the woman is in the car right now. she's sitting back there and she told me she was coming from menlo park on the way to antioch pritchett just moved here from wisconsin. according to the cftc got distracted. >>: thanks a will for the update. a pedestrian. hit and killed

on a bay area freeway. the c-h-p says the crash happened last night in santa clara -- on northbound 101, near the great american parkaway. usa driver called 9-1-1 to report hitting that pedestrian just before nine o'clock last night. the call came minutes after other calls from drivers who saw the person walking on the ffreeway. no word on if the driver who hit the victim is in any trouble. also new this morning. police in pacifica are asking for the public's help in find a missing women suffering from dementia

68-year-old alicia vitug was last seen walking in the area of cypress street and glen court way. she is described as a 5- foot-1-inch asian woman, about 115 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. she was last seen wearing a white fleece sweater and black pants. police say vitug has been known to enter unlocked cars and urge residents to check backyards and cars officials in contra costa county have identified the body of a man found inside a car that was overturned and underwater in pittsburg.

they say it is the same man reported missing by his family tuesday night. during the storm. emergency responders shut pause down leland road in pittsburg. and called in for says more rescue teams. authorities believe the man veered off the road in wet cause conditions and landed in the contra costa canal. palo alto is dealing with a spike in car-break-ins. fuki sushi has posted a warning sign at its restaurant along el camino real. that's where most of the break-ins are happening. the sign warns your not to leave valuables in your car. it says bring your backpacks, laptops, purses and briefcases inside.

an appeals court says a family can proceed with a lawsuit that claims a woman was frozen alive in a los angeles hospital freezer after she was mistakenly declared dead. didn't arroyo was placed in the freezer in july 2010. her body was later found face down, with a broken nose and cuts and bruises to her face. the family attorney says this is a case he has never seen before. a trial date has not yet been set. a spokesperson for the hospital says they can't comment on the matter, since it's in litigation. the family initially sued for mishandling of the body but refiled the case two years ago after a pathologist concluded the

woman most likely injured herself in a failed struggle to get out of the freezer. a trial date has not yet been set. a spokesperson for the hospital says they can't comment on the matter, since it's in litigation a local student-athlete is becoming a nationally known name.

get it for joining us on the kron4 morning news. our top story morning news. fort hood is the scene of another shooting. the suspected gunman -- an iraq war veteran being treated for ptsd the military says he opened fire at the texas military

base, the nation's largest.killing three people and wounding 16 others before killing himself. officials do not believe the incident is terror-related. polo sandoval is live at fort hood with the latest information. there's all live with margaret we now know that he was a father and husband he was also a veteran who police say turned around. >>: up the sprawling army post at fort hood taxes is again the scene of a

shooting. this time of 30 san army specialist killed three people before turning the gun on himself while 16 others were wounded. the tragedy played out in a community that was hit by the same violence just five years ago. polo sandoval is there with the story. the sprawling army base in fort hood texas is yet again the scene of a shooting. this time, authorities say three people before turning his gun on himself. 16-others were wounded. specialist ivan lopez opened fire in one building, then but continued firing while driving to a second building.

military police caught up to him as he started shooting in that second building. lieutenant general mark milley says lopez took his own life when one of the military police officers confronted him. "it was clearly heroic what she did at that moment in time, and she did her job, and she did exactly what we would expect of a united states military police" ivan lopez had only been stationed at fort hood since february, and had previously served four months in iraq. military officials say lopez was being treated for depression and anxiety, and

was being evaluated for post-traumatic stress disorder. "obviously, we are digging deep into his background, any criminal or psychiatric history, his experiences in combat." neighbors tried to console lopez's wife. "she was worried and she was crying, and she had a little girl with her, and i tried to console her and comfort her and let her know that everything was ok." as far as i knew he was a nice guy guy. he always smiled and waved. and that's about it. the shooting bears a sad resemblance to the 2009

mass shooting at fort hood. when major nidal hasan killed 13-people. and injured 32 others. he's now on death row. president obama says the government will get to the bottom of what happened in the shooting at fort hood. speaking in chicago yesterday. the president offered his sympathies. stay with kron 4 news all morning. an accident here in fremont on highway 84 dakota our road coming from the dumbarton bridge. this is east bound now heading back towards the nimitz freeway. it was an overturned accident here. but a kron4's will tran those live on the same pretty good morning will. for the >>vicki: good morning george pretty good news to pass a law. the chp just pulled out from the scene here about

three minutes ago. you could see now both lanes of is about 84 open to the public. this happened around 4:00 in the morning when a solo driver got distracted according to the chp. she was coming from menlo park. either someone called her text of her and she looked down at her fault got distracted loss control for st and ultimately slammed into a guard rail. and then she slipped. you could see on the road will bear some skid marks. that's where she ended up. miraculously come up her car was crushed but she did not suffer a scratch. no injuries. the chp not went inside her. it was a very happy with what happened. he wants to get the word out. please do not drive distracted because he believes that was the cause of this accident. as you can

see we're going to leave the same. you have any problems easter westbound on the 84. thankfully not always clear. >>: 506 right now. coming up:

us pit of >>: here is a video posted to you to as police arrested 20 people at the university of california santa cruz campus. university officials say processed protesters blocked traffic and entrances to campus. the protesters are a part of the united autoworkers which represents a student workers. they're protesting what they say is a pattern of intimidation by university officials and the unfair labor conditions. the

protests was planned for yesterday and is expected to resume later today. the set at protest is expected to resume 6:00 this morning in front of campbell. at we've reached out to university officials this morning as the very well might have a couple of protest to keep an eye on here in berkeley today. back to you >>: will check back with mike pelton in the morning as he covers these protests. coming up on the kron4 morning news and other massive earthquake and chalet. but this one and after shock. and another tsunami warning after the after shock. and another tsunami warning after the 0.2 [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv.

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tennis ball sized hail and the st. louis yesterday. the possibility of thunderstorms continue but it looks like the storm will continue to weaken as it moves its way east the still looking at the possibility of thunderstorms for the ohio valley. as for the bay area pretty calm conditions. here's a live look outside for more roof camera. partly cloudy skiles skies out there. we have low clouds and high clouds streaming in. the high clouds will continue on. they are associated with a weak system that could bring a few raindrops as we head into tomorrow. as for temperatures we are in the low to mid-40s currently but into the afternoon will be a touch warmer than it

yesterday. oakland i think a high of 63. the petition for 60s for places like sunnyvale and san jose. the clouds will continue to stream in but all the models pointing a rollover accident

at the dumbarton bridge in fremont and newark. it was eastbound from the bridge. the accident has been removed and cleared from the scene. the flare pattern still burning now but no backups or delays in either direction. but a bridge check-in for you as we look first at your ride to the bay bridge with an easy commute from the macarthur maze. no delays or problems. your ride to the san mateo bridge and highway 92 looks good. we are problem free boat across the span and of the approach. as far as the rich and san rafael bridge light traffic still in the westbound direction. first it looked as of drive times for you. first e-shore freeway just 11 minutes hercules to berkeley for the westbound a the ride. 60 minutes to the san ramon valley and the nfib westbound doesn't have much in the way of heavy traffic this morning to the dry pavement to make make a difference. public transit

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news. authorities say lopez was an secretly financed a social communist government. the project was launched shortly after american contractor alan gross was arrested in cuba for undertaking covert work to expand internet access. the search goes on, nearly a month after malaysian airlines flight 370 disappeared. in a briefing, australian prime minister tony abbott described the search for the plane as "the most difficult in human history." and he warned there was no guarantee the plane will ever be found. abbott also said authorities will spare no effort until they've done everything possible to find it. the search goes on, nearly a month after malaysian airlines flight 370

disappeared. in a briefing in perth today , australian prime minister tony abbott described the search for the plane as "the most difficult in human history." eight aircraft will set out today looking for telltale debris across an 91- thousand-500 square-mile zone. up to nine ships will search, including one british submarine racing against time to hear the signature pinging from flight 370's flight data recorder. fuhr has the >>: parts of yosemite national park or burned in last year's massive wildfires are back open to the public again but it comes with a warning. park officials and visitors need to watch out for uneven ground rockslide and

unstable trees. fear is reopening include the giant sequoia of growth and hiking trails and hatched patchy region. they've been off- limits since the fire started late august. the wildfire burned 120 square miles of the park. the obama administration secretly financed a social network in cuba to serve political unrest and undermine the country's communist government. an associated press investigation found a program evaded cuba's internet restrictions like reading a text messaging service that could be used to organize political demonstrations. no new major damage is being reported following a

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>> we were told that specialist lopez arrived not long ago back as february and that he had just moved into an apartment complex. we spoke with a neighbor that describes an incredible

scene where a lot of military families live. there were watching the news of a shooting situation and his wife was concerned she had not heard from her husband and then she found out that her husband was the shooter. we'several neighbors te left the scene with military officials for investigators and we are told that his wife is cooperating with investigators tonight. there is a great deal of concern, 16 people were injured as well as the three who were killed. several of these people are still in critical condition. we will continue to monitor this situation and we hope that they pulled through. at least three people are still in critical condition. >> back here in the bay we are watching weather.

maligned we have low clouds filling in. >> here's a look as satellite and radar. the temperatures are in the 40's and we are tracking a very weak system. we are experiencing dry clouds and the temperatures will be cooler. by tomorrow this system will fall apart and we may see a few scattered showers more light sprinkles and in the north, i do not think we will see no more than a 10th of an inch. keep your umbrellas handy but past that we are looking at a lot of sunshine. we do have some marked like conditions as we head into the weekend. i will track their portion coming up. >> the kron4 nose room is advising of a power outage. this could affect almost 1900 customers in the

sunbelt area. it also is affecting the signal lights at the lawrence expressway in both north and south bound. the signal lights are out remember, if you have a intersection that is controlled and the power is out regardless of the intersection you have to treat it as a four way stop. >> and the time is 5:34 a.m.. >> a key player in the suspended state senator corruption case walked free for a while, a least, if he gets his way today. keith jackson is due in court later this morning for a bond hearing related to his possible release on bail. the former san francisco school board president is accused of fondling campaign money tell yee in exchange

for political favors. plus making deals for drugs and guns and a murder for hire plot. >> we have also learned the state senator leland yee has changed attorneys. san francisco's lawyer james and lassart will now represent him. lassart is a former assistant u.s. attorney, who coordinated the northwest region of the president's organized crime drug enforcement task force. >> new this morning. police and pacifica have found a missing woman suffering from dementia. 68 year-old alicia vitug was located earlier this morning in san

francisco. she went missing while she was walking near the area of cypress street at glen court way in pacifica. >> five people have been arrested following an attack on a homeless man and a part in campbell last month. a 16 year-old boy was stabbed to death during this fight. >> kron4 spoke with the homeless man who was originally taken into custody. he was released after prosecutors found he had acted in self-defense. >> the city of san bruno is now reacting to the federal criminal charges that have been filed is pg&e. this is video of the explosion and fire that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes in 2010. the charges allege said the utility company did not properly keep their records and failed to act on threats to their pipeline system. >> if convicted of all the

12 counts, pg&e could be forced to pay $6 million. >> at one in this one for older residents and south san francisco. skimmkammers are targeting them over the phone and all line with many 8 seniors been coaxed into giving these large amounts of money. police say that they either offer a home loan, lottery tickets in exchange for cash. some of the victims get calls from fake irs employees who said that they owe back taxes. in each of these scams, the victim saxes and money to rewire transport or loaded onto a green dot the gift card. when you try to call them back, the number is

either disconnected or go straight to voicemail. police are urging residents to get as much information as possible and reported. >> officers in contra costa county have identified the body of a man who was found inside a car that was overturned and under water in pittsburg. this say that it is the same man reported missing by his family tuesday night. emergency responders shut down li lin wrote in pittsburgh yesterday and called for rescue teams. authorities believe that this man veered off for road and what conditions and landed in the canal. >> palo alto is still with a spike in car break-ins. fuki sushi has posted a one and signed at their restaurant along el camino real. that is where most of bulldog: through sunday, get $300 off serta perfect sleeper,

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>> welcome back. the westbound ride is still light with no backup for delays. the drive time is still under nine minutes from the macarthur mayes. >> the time is 5:41 a.m.. a college student and denver has died after the pot candy and falling from a fourth story hotel balcony. the

student was visiting from neighboring wyoming and apparently tried marijuana for the first time in the form of candy. witnesses report that the 19 year-old began acting strange. the engineering student from the republic of congo was in denver for spring break. medical experts warn that it is easier to overdose on edible marijuana that is smoking a. caller of hospitals that they're seeing more cases of people coming in with bad reactions. >> we may see fog around sunrise and i will track to rest of the weather when we return.

>> welcome back. the heavy rain and snow may be over for now but the latest storm dumped a lot snow in the tahoe area. ski resorts have reported more than 2 ft. of snow in the past two weeks. in some spots, and cleared snow tops more than 3 ft..

however, road crews have managed to keep the main road way is clear. >> there is another system that is going to come through but a lot of people are on spring break next week in the week after. we did see 2 ft. of snow over the past couple of days so pretty easy driving conditions getting there so this may be the time for you to go to tahoe. spring clskiing is underrated. the high clouds are born to be associated with a weak system and we're looking at the possibility of a few raindrops. this estimate fall apart before it reaches land. in may will be along the coastline and i do not

think we will see more than attention of an inch. dry for the afternoon and the temperatures are a touch warmer than yesterday. in the sunshine, it will feel pretty mild. keep in mind that the clouds will continue to increase. >> sunnyvale will have a high of 65 degrees. it will be cooler in the east along the waterfront. lows 60's for richmond and san leandro. the temperatures are mainly in the upper 50s along the coastline. your 7 their around the bay shows unsettled weather for tomorrow and a 20% chance and pass that we're back into the sunshine. monday and tuesday will be the warmest of the next couple of days. we may have low 70's along the coast. this is a lot to look forward to. >> the roads are actually going well because of the

dry weather this morning, we are not seeing the heavy traffic that we saw on the other freeways. remember, this is spring break for mid is a you can expect lighter traffic. there is a problem in sunnyvale, a power outage that is affected signal lights. this includes the lawrence expressway between 237 and 1 01 northbound and southbound. this is affected around 1900 people. if you encounter an intersection that is otherwise controlled by a signal light if you have to treat it as a four way stop. >> we're not tracking anything major but at the bay bridge even as we approached 6:00 a.m., it is very light for westbound ride and other bridges are also looking good like the san mateo bridge and the golden gate bridge. you are

looking at an 11 minutes in route time if you are headed to marin county, across the richmond san rafael bridge. it shows light traffic westbound. maligned the time is 5:48 a.m.. for the first time, the food and drug administration has approved a hay fever allergy tablets. the pill was called ora- lair. it is to be taken daily, starting four months before grass pollen season to reduce allergic reactions to the different types of grass. in trials, it reduced symptoms and the need for medications by up to 30%. >> a major milestone has been raised in the demolition of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. contractors started to cut the cantilever in

have yesterday. while that process is now under way, you will not be able to notice the separation of the bridge for a few weeks. demolition of the nearly 2 mi. long our original eastern spain will take place in multiple phases. maligned we are now getting elopes >> we are now getting a new looking at bart's fleet of the future. that is what they're calling the new trains. be quieter, due to doors that will better sell out the noise. that will be cooler, as cooling systems will distribute air directly to the ceilings, making it more comfortable for those standing up on hot days. easy to use routes, which will be color-coded. plus, the next stop information will be available the automatic announcements and digital screams. >> a local student athlete

is becoming a nationally known name. students and staff at any axis deer valley high school will be watching college basketball's final four saturday with eyes on a kentucky player marcus lee. lee start for the deer valley in basketball and volleyball. kron4 talk to members of the school's athletic staff, who watched him go from a freshman to a star athlete. >> marcus lee is only a freshman at kentucky. that play was concert on saturday. the winner will play in monday's national title game. >> marreese speights scored 22 points and fellow reserve

in jordan crawford added 16 points for golden state but was not enough for the warriors who fell behind the spurs early. the spurs to grab the lead three minutes in the game and never looked back rolling to a 111-90 win. >> tim hudson's first start as a giant was a good one. the veteran right-hander allowed three hits while working into the eighth inning to beat the diamondbacks 2-0 on wednesday. hudson was making the first are since july 24th. he had four strikeouts and no walks. >> a mixed bag of the oakland a's in a double header. scott kazmir shut out his former team into the eighth inning in his oakland debut, and the athletics beat the cleveland indians

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>> we have a new video for you as we head and service 6:00 a.m. ou our. a driver in texas is lucky to be alive after a violent collision with a trained. surveillance video shows the driver is running a red light and try to beat the train by going around the crossing gates. that is when the train rammed into the vehicle. 2 adults and two children or end the vehicle at the time.

there are all expected to be okay. the driver is cord to be ticketed for running the red and going through the crossing gates. >> check out this boxer puppy who is becoming an internet sensation. this is a duncan, and she can see, he is missing a pair of legs. duncan was born with severely deformed back leg that would not allow him to walk but rather than a euthanize them, the shelter first tried amputating his legs pripet also be immediately after surgery, duncan started walking on two legs and arrest is internet history. >>the rest is internet history. >> coming up on of the kron

4 news. we are working on several developing stories. we're following the latest in the ford hood shooting. four people are dead this morning. we will have a live report from texas. >> more than a dozen the former employees at san jose state university are out of a job this morning for it we have more on why there were fired. >> the latest selfie making the rounds on social media comes from an unexpected samsung pitchman. how the president was poured into a marketing stunt

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align >> happening now at 6. fort hood once again becomes the site of a mass shooting. four people are dead, including the suspected gunman. >> coming up i will tell you why the students are protesting. >>