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>>: robin: along the coast and into the bay. '50s and '60s around the bay area. 61 in san mateo and 60 degrees and richmond. we have clouds out there this morning. we will warm up as we head into the afternoon. upper 60s for the bay and '60s for the coast. no major changes from yesterday's. we do have the area of low pressure right off the coast. i'll have your seventh day of around the bay forecast coming up.
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>>: george: the backup is building and the cycle break is doing pretty good. that 880 rep is just beginning to back up and the westbound direction. the conditions are still good here but the drive times are 13 minutes. crews are finished with the reconfiguration of the lane's on the golden gate bridge. >>: james: this city has told the people that live there need to be gone by 7:00 this morning. mike: the area is known as the
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jumble of is very large. were given a notice telling us to move out by 7:00 this morning. this drew a protest. it left a few dozen homeless. they tell us their fear is that this city will clean out this area and fenced it off. that will prevent them from living here and it will it prevent people from parking on the line and feeding the homeless. >>: we don't even know what location is going to be stored. they will determine what we are saving. >>: we are reaching out to city officials to get their side of the story and what they planned
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to do and is there a lot. residents have been told to move about by 7:00 this morning so we will see how this develops. >>:mark: police say they responded to a call of around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. officers found two bodies on the bed inside of the room. they are not clear how long she had been in the room. two people are dead after a shooting in san francisco they are looking for suspects right now. the victims were riding motorcycles when they encountered gunfire. they were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. police don't know how many suspects were involved they don't have any
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information yet. >>:newly released pictures of attacks in iraq. as u-s officials decide to arm military forces. and a vigil turns into a riot in missouri after an 18-year old is shot and killed by police. happening today. the u.s. insisted on selling arms to the iraqi government. they have a new cease-fire with the hoss groups, the military says no rockets have been fired today. >>: police will protest and an end the right it in the st. louis suburb spirit that protests in the killing of the un arms 18 year-old. some people
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began to vandalize and loot businesses. >>: you took my son away from me. do not how many black men graduate? not many because you bring them down to this kind of level. >>: the same attorney that represent trave on more and is representing this family. >>: was a feat ernst's a $50 million. andriessen horowitz has months after talks the new surge of findings will expand this
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were watching this stretch of one no one northbound through san jose right between the 68280 interchange. the report that there may be an accident on the right shoulder. it could be as traffic is flowing out earlier than usual. >>: james:ward jr. then got out of his car and tried to confront stewart. who was still racing. that's when stewart's car hit and killed ward. "as he walked into the track several sprint cars avoided him. there came a point where a sprint car operated by tony w. stewart, who's 43 years of age and resides in columbus, indiana struck mr. ward. butted
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to as we speak at this time, there is no evidence in hand or no facts that would support a criminal charge or support criminal intent on a part of anybody." ward jr. was hit and thrown about 50 feet. investigators say they are not ruling out criminal intent but there's no evidence yet to support that. lightning has sparked nine *new wildfires in northern california. these new fires are burning in lassen, modoc and shasta counties. ♪
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cloudy skies to start off the day. three here's what's going on we have an area of low pressure here right off the coast. sfit has been quiet and drive here. there is a chance that some of that thunderstorm activity could clap us. you have parts of the sierra the wide yellow is the fire for the valley. warm temperatures elevate our fire danger. temperatures for this afternoon are 67. the space 75. nice and comfortable in the north bay. 80
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expected for santa rosa. as for the rest of the week there is no major complaints here. >>: george: the good news is that we are still not tracking any hot spots. the west of commute is holding fairly steady. the lower number if you're coming from the mimics freeway. the 92 commute we are still delay free across the span. first let's update some drive times for you. tracking first the commute on the e short freeway now 16 to 19 minutes
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from hercules to berkeley. off eastbound is open. we're not tracking any problems for the san ramon valley. it is a little lighter than usual and to livermore. we've been watching an accident in the south bay on the shoulder. here's the 101 ride through marin and sonoma county where they are picking up a little delay. >>:mark:they're not threatening any structures, but crews are trying to contain them as fast as possible so they can put the focus back on the large fire that still burning in mendocino
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county. evacuation orders are still in place for six communities cal-fire says the wildfire has burned over 8-thousand acres and is only 35-percent contained. more than 2-thousand fire- fighters including a crew from redwood city are fighting the blaze. which was sparked by lightning late in july. firefighters in washington state have their hands full -- battling a dozen wildfires across the state. crews say they're starting to gain the upper hand on about half of them. the so-called snag canyon fire started more than a week ago and has since burned about 94- hundred acres. firefighters say it is now 25 percent contained. it's believed to have been caused by lightning. sphere >>:a greiving family is speaking for the first time since 32-year-old dwayne usher
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of vallejo was killed in a car crash friday night. it happened near petaluma. a trailer carrying a brick- pizza oven came loose from the van that was towing it. and crashed into usher's car. passing drivers stopped to help pull dwayne, his two young boys and his girlfriend out of the all of them survived except dwayne. the c-h-p says it may take up to a month to determine if the pizza oven was being properly towed. dwayne's mother says she'll hold judegment on the driver until the investigation is complete. though dwayne didn't make it, his family says they are thankful his kids did. >>:the san mateo county mosquito and vector control district is scheduled to fog in the peninsula tonight. this comes after officials found mosquitoes that tested positive for west nile virus in menlo park on wednesday.
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>>:the fogging will take place in area with the zip code of 9- 4-0-25. the fogging will start at nine p-m this evening i and will be completed by five a-m this morning. spain says it has imported a u.s.-made experimental drug to treat a spanish priest who was evacuated from liberia last week after testing positive for two americans diagnosed with ebola in liberia recently have been treated with the drug and are said to be improving. there is no known cure for ebola and more than a thousand people have died in the current outbreak in west africa. some missionaries returning to north carolina from west africa will be quarantined when they get home. a mission group is working to bring its missionaries back after some of them provided care to people affected by the ebola health officials say none of the people set to return have
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shown but as a precaution north carolina public health officials are requiring a quarantine period for the staff and volunteers. it hasn't been released how many people are returning to charlotte or when they will arrive. rescuers pulled stranded riders from a roller coaster that stopped 45 feet in-the-air at a six flags theme park in maryland sunday afternoon. malevolentpark officials say all 24 passengers on the ride-- were safely takon off the ride. six flags says it doesn't know what caused "the joker's jynx" to stop mid-ride-- but it will stay closed until the park completes its investigation. visits to disney world and las vegas are up, meaning good news for the economy in orlando and las vegas. disney theme park revenue was up eight percent during the second quarter.
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are looking at 65 degrees right now. as we head into the afternoon and looks nice. it's warm in the south bay 82 first san jose. a little more more than yesterday when we come back will have the full forecasts. >>: george: the bay bridge wide west of leading to the toll plaza traffic is starting to slow a bit. look for delays as to come in from interstate 580. let's take a look at the drive times around the bay. annie had to conquer is 21 minutes. a 16 minute ride to the san ramon valley with no delays. it's a
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21¢ in the last 30 days. $3.95 an oakland and san jose. the price of oil is stabilizing. they believe that the prices will continue to go down. there is a lot of loyal productions and ukraine. prices may start to climb slightly but nothing major right now. this is good news for people driving the bay area. >>: james: 3 of the 4 vallejo firefighters injured when their ladder truck collided with another vehicle and then jack knifed and flipped over have been released from the hospital.
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meanwhile the investigation into the crash continues. vallejo police say the initial crash occurred as truck 21 with lights flashing and sirens blaring headed southbound on sonoma boulevard to a fire when a car pulled out in front of them and caused the truck to jacknife. everyone survived the crash. one firefighter and the driver of one of the other cars remain hospitalized, but neither has newark police have arrested a man suspected of stealing from a local elementary school. police were dispatched to lincoln elementary school on bettencourt street around 9 a.m. saturday. after searching the campus, open and a man going through the he admitted to breaking into the
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>>:police found more than 3- thousand dollars worth of stolen goods inside his car. volkswagen of america is recalling over 150-thousand tiguan suvs due to the possibility of stalling. no accidents or injuries have the problem is with fuel pumps on some models from 2009 to 2014. volkswagen is notifying all owners of the vehicles about the dealers are installing revised software in the cars to fix this issue. its one of the largest and brightest full moons of the year. and in case you missed. we've got some pictures for you from stargazers around the world. sunday's super moon is the the next one is september 9th.
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we want to see your pictures of the phenomenon. send them to us at i report 4 kron at kron 4 dot com. >>:coming up on the kron four morning news. c-h-p says a man died after being hit by several cars on interstate-80 in vallejo -- and not every driver stopped. authorities say around 12-30 sunday morning, the man was crossing near the carquinez bridge toll plaza. crossing near the carquinez bridge toll plaza. hey can you fix this? sure... you bet! that's our new interactive speaker wall. 'sup? thinks it's a speak-ing wall. this can even dim your lights. your 3-d-printed girlfriend will love that. real mature. there you go. a laser drone for cats. i wish i had lasers. i don't. pew pew pew...
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currently reported. if you're taking any of the public transportation they are all on time. >>:makr:he was hit by one car who stayed at the scene--- and then several others ran over him--only two of which stopped. authorities are now trying to identify the victim. the woman punched by a c-h-p offcer on the side of a los angeles freeway last month is now speaking out for the first time about the assault. 51-year-old marlene pinnock says.she thought she was going to die when the c-h-p officer straddled her.and punched her at least 9 times in the head. she was released from the hospital last week.but still slurs her speech because of the beating. pinnock has filed a federal but the officer claims.he was
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>>:cleanup efforts still underway in hawaii from tropical storm take a look at some of the damage the storm left behind. high winds knocked down fences.picked up sheds and moved them. lines. some of those trees also fell on cars.smashing them flat. there's quite a bit of clean up but they don't have to worry about a double whammy. scientists say hurricane julio continues to move away from robin: looking out towards the north tower for the north bay it is cloudy out there we have falk along the coast. it will take
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little longer for the nice weather are taught today. temperatures will be just a little more more than yesterday's. there's the same pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine. 60 in san francisco 63 in redwood city. your afternoon highs for today are pretty nice. it continues to stand and move a little closer. there's a very slight chance that we could see some thunderstorms. your highs for this afternoon will be comfortable. 90 for antioch. it's comfortable for the east bay shores. 794 san rafael. it
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looks pretty good a little cooler for tuesday. temperatures will hold for wednesday and thursday. it looks and mild nice and comfortable for the rest of the week. >>: george: on interstate 80 it's starting to back up the traffic into pulp. we do not believe its blocking any lane's. you can see that the rest of the ride and the e short freeway has been a good one. it's leading down to interstate 680. san ramon valley ride is still not bad at all. starting to pick up
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some slowing on 680 south coming pastille rich for the ride to signal. 101 is holding pretty well. the ride through when novado is looking good. the bay bridge and the west ball commute there is a backed up holding pretty steady here. san until bridge and the west ball commute looks good. if you're heading for the golden gate is problem free and light traffic south out. >>:makr: we have a worldwide impact rally. we have an industrial average of 26. >>:a new report released this
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week shows the number of whooping death cough cases in the state is nearing seven- thousand people infected. with children getting ready to go back to school, state health officials are reminding parents to get their kids vaccinated. doctors say, teens who contract whooping cough, can easily transmit it to infants, who are most at risk for death. pregnant women are also most at risk as well. the 11th and and >>:a's wrapping up their series with the twins at the o.co. and it was law enforcement day at the coliseum. twins getting on the board early in this one. brian dozier take this jason hammel pitch over the fence in the top of the first. twins up one- nothing. bottom of the inning the a's playing small ball. stephen vogt with the r-b-i single scoring sam fuld and
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still tied at 1 in the seventh and eduardo nunez runs down the foul pop-up making the catch and going over the railing. and in the 8th. the wheels come top 8th after former "a" kurt suzuki doubled to give the twins another former "a" josh willingham with the gamebreaking 2-run home run of luke gregerson they would add two more to finish off the a's 6-1. the giants on the road in kansas city. and not having a good time tim lincecum on the mound for the giants. and having trouble right away. first inning already down 1-0. lincecum with the wild pitch. salvador perez scores. next batter alex gordon takes lincecum deep to left with a 2- run shot. and the giants are bottom of the second. royals pitcher danny duffy hits giants
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second baseman matthew duffy for what may be the first duffy on on to the 4th. and lincecum gets pulled. his replacement not faring much better. juan gutierrez gives up the two run show to perez. royals up 7-1. giants add a couple more runs, but kansas city completes the sweep of the giants with the 7- 4 and in case you missed sports night live last night.here's >>:an accident involving rice crispy treats closed a major interstate in oklahoma over the you can see the boxes of the sweet snack spilled all over the roadway. police in midwest city say a semi truck driver lost control nobody was hurt.but it's unlikely those rice crispy >>: he told reporters he jumped
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into the lake and pulled off. he thought one of his friends was messing with him when he realized he was fighting an alligator. a resurgence as they give him at diadics. they found an alligator to spin batted in his back. he was calm the told us what happened and he thanked everyone for what they were doing. today the only place to
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this continues to produce some rein in southern california on of the sierra. its stride for us but just in case you are heading on of town expect to see showers. the moisture could click us as well. we have to mention that because it is so close pre it is cloudy at around the bay area. today looks pretty good by noon we will see the fog moved back to the coastline. at 3:00 will see are high a temperature is. '70s and '80s are around the bay. some >>: george:
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