>> james:this morning on the kron 4 morning news people in the north east dig out after record breaking snowfall. and a star atlete at stanford accused of rape. the latest on the investigation. plus.the family of a girl killed after being hit by out of control drivers.is demanding changes. what they want police to do to make the road safer. >> james:good morning. it is wednesday, january 28th i'm james fletcher. and we are also paying

attention to weather across the country. >> erica: we did see up to 2 ft. of snow for portions of new hampshire massachusett road island accident that would fund is no closer to the coastline closer to your city led to 30 in. of snow was so the worst flooding passed into massachusett with wind gusts of 80 mi. per hour. >> erica: right now we do have some areas of low-lying cloud cover but no wet weather on the horizon. we're talking about the driest january on record with there's the possibility as is the first week of february a live look as if so where do with to this and on this wednesday morning. we're on the close

eye for some laws we are dealing with legal more fortified reason oakland downtown san francisco at 51 degrees with no issue of visibility. >> erica: it will be a little warmer than desolate we're expecting more sunshine 68 year high in oakland 06 for a downtown san francisco is now getting is warm in the east bay fairfield reaching high of 60 and antioch. is the son of corn as an answer early next week there was a to percent chance of rain as we start the first week of february. there is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza the san matell

wrestlers could involve the rex's highway 92 the golden gate bridge a problem free ride now the drive times about two to five men out of navato. >> erica: check with the sea its chief traffic flows no incidents to report in just a few cars is a that was sponsored perry of >> james: boston. the areas hit hardest by the recent snow storms. andrew spencer has more on the record breaking snow fall. >> reporter: new england took the brunt of the blizzard wind gusts to reach 50 in 60 some places 70 mi. from our the massive waves along the coast cause i see floods in some areas farther inland snowplow is high is 36 in. in parts of central massachusetts. when the city

got almost 32 in.. >> reporter: storm broke the deadly august 04 record in boston was that more to 2 in. of snow the storm kept dumping snow on new hampshire the issue to people with the clean up. >>: mother nature is winning. >> reporter: for some limits on at hampton beach is a pleasure. >> reporter: the mayor is a criticism for was something of the overreaction to the forecast. transportation officials say there cover much more quickly been otherwise would have because they prepare for the worst.

if >> james: a stanford university varsity swimmer. has been arrested and charged with several counts of rape. >> james:investigators say the incident happened on campus about two- weeks ago. >> james:kron four's jeff bush has the latest. >> reporter:the santa clara district attorney says that 19 year old brock turner is charged with five counts of felony rape stemming from an incident on january 18th. according to the d.a. turner was sexually assaulting an unconcious woman on campus when two bicyclists witnessed the rape. the d.a. says he ran away but the two on the bicycles chased him down and held him until campus polic arrived. he was booked into the county jail that night. >> reporter:stanford alumna sally lieber says the arrest has enhanced the dialog of rape on campus and what needs to be done to stop it.

>>:there is now a star athlete at stanford standing trial. i think it's going to be a healthy process and the issue of campus rape is one that has to be outed for the students, for the adminstration, and for the parents who are sending students here and for the community that surrounds it. we have to start talking about campus rape at stanford. >> reporter:many of the students on campus heard about the rape allegations and were shocked to hear that the accused is one of the star athletes on campus. sally says the rape allegation tarnishes the reputation of the athletic department and the school as a whole. that month-- >>:i think it is something that has to be discussed. alumni such as myself have to get involved and have to speak out and say that rape has to be addressed at stanford. >> james:police in san francisco are investigating two late -afternoon shootings that left two people dead.

>> james:the shootings happened just 10 minutes apart. the first shooting was on revere avenue near ingalls street. >> james:this is video of the scene. courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7. >> james:police say, a woman was found on the sidewalk. she had been shot several times. >> james:she later died at the hospital. >> james:and less than two miles away. there was another shooting -- on bayshore boulevard near the clam house restaurant. >> james:a man and a woman were shot. >> james:the woman went into the restaurant to get help. the man eventually died. >> james:police are working to see if the two shootings are connected. >> james:two men are behind bars this morning, accused of triggering a crash. that killed a pedestrian in san jose. >> james:police say, 18 year old gabriel esparza. and 24 year- old manuel maldonado- avalos. were racing each other when they lost control of their cars. and crashed monday afternoon. >> james:the young woman who

was hit and killed. has been identified as 24 -year- old kiran pabla. >> james:now her family is demanding a crackdown on speeding drivers in the area. them-- >>: you have four people dead at the same spot what does it take she went out for a dog would is a get three more people or on the close family. .killed our whole family >> james:pabla was out for a jog when >> james:coming up on the kron 4 morning news.we'll tell you what happened that has shocked a quiet east bay neighborhood. >> james:plus.why 4 california firefighters are being hailed as heros this morning. >> james:but coming up after the break.we'll show you how

a community rallied together help save a k9 police dog battling cancer. a local k-9. now has a chance at a longer life. >> james: back with more headlines in just a minute.

>> james:diagnosed with cancer his partner, a sergeant at the sebastopol police department, started looking for donations to help pay for the dog's chemotherapy. >> james:kron 4's alecia reid has the story. >> reporter:watching these dogs play you can't tell which of them is suffering from a life-threatening illness. 2 weeks ago frank's partner nick noticed a lump on the german shepherd's throat. doctors diagnosed him with lymphoma. without treatment he'll die in a few months. chemotherapy will buy him more time. >>: - there's a 90% success rate for dogs that they

survive an average of about a year after treatment is given. a percentage of dogs live past that. it's just the average is a year. >> reporter:dogs react differently to chemo. it's not as harsh on their bodies as it is for humans. >>: of - he was trying to jump in the back of the car to go to work with me but i tell him he cant go. he doesn't know he's sick. >> reporter:nick belli-veau is willing to do whatever it takes to save his work partner's life. the sebastopol police department got the k-9 started on chemo as soon as they found out he had cancer. but treatment will total about 10-k, so nick created a go-fund-me page. donations have surpassed the goal and are now over 15-thousand dollars. >>: it's amazing 75-85% of the donations are from people ive never met or heard of >> james:today was frank's second chemo session. he will have to get blood work and chemo once a week for nineteen weeks to complete treatment. reporting in santa rosa alecia reid reporting.

frank had is second chemo session on tuesday. >> james:he will have to do more blood work and chemo over a 19 week period to complete his treatment. and here's a live look outside. the embarcadero.currents. we will buyback.

>> erica:-->> james: different people finding different ways to ride out the blizzard that slammed the east coast. >> james:a photographer captured this video of a man who decided to take advantage of the storm and go surfing off the coast of new york. >> erica: a lot of people have fun with that way of showing it to the people having fun in the snow good

news is most of the system is out of there and has shifted up into the atlantic that do with recovery at this point here in the area we wish it could this summer and snow another dry day here in the bay area in fact moving closer to what looks like a dry january on record. a mile start your wednesday morning temperatures right now in the fourth is a low 50s will see a little more sun sign a letter this afternoon compared to yesterday so visibility not really a factor not really impacting the bay area it is a little hazy out there with the few low-lying clouds. >> erica: a mile visibility closer toward apple will lead a low cloud cover will see all of that lifted to the afternoon. --napa >> erica: san jose today 65

vs six of the ahmanson valley and the day with temperatures above average who was the upper 50s for pittsburg low sixties for fairfield richmond today a high of 66 and 64 in san leandro downtown san francisco's jerry mild temperatures low 60s now today hitting a high of 64 for six seats across the bay in oakland we have high pressure and play keeping in will see pretty much the same forecast for the next couple of days we do however have changes on the horizon here is a look at the extended forecast will roar of january at four mostly dry conditions there the possibility for storm to hit in our direction for the first week of february. >> erica: a to the present chancellor showers as we headed to early next week more details on that coming up surely of sennar temperature all traffic. >> erica: >> james: traffic

is for the light right now from all of the approaches the san mateo bridge looking good in both directions and highway 92 the golden gate bridge right now no issues or delays, the drive times about 2 to 5 minutes and you're heading over to listen san rafael bridge required at this hour no problems here at the pay date as to take a quick look at the traffic map green on the roadways and sent to west la 584258680 interchange and so far so good for those of you getting over to the dumbarton bridge. >> james:a quiet east bay neighborhood is shocked by an armed robbery. >> james:it happened on the 400 block concord. >> james:as kron4's haaziq madyun reports, the victim almost made it inside the safety of her home, when she was attacked. >> reporter:a frightening situationa woman comes home from workputs her key in the front doorthen it happens >> reporter:"he told her not

to move, he will shoot her i mean she was hysterical" >> reporter:it happened monday just after 7pm here on sacramento street in concord. >> reporter:"she was screaming loud it was horrible" >> reporter:the victim's neighbor.salema alazrak. says hearing the screams caused her to spring into action >> reporter:"i came out from my door right there and i saw her" >> reporter:her husband also heard the comotion >>:"that's why i came outside and asked her what was going on, she said somebody point a gun in my face took my cellphone my work phone and my wallet" >> reporter:on tuesday concord police investigators were on the scene following up with the victim. police have a limited description of the suspect. people who live here say this type of crime is highly unusual on their street them"very quiet, friendly, the kids play outside, we

all know each other" >> reporter:but now that sense of safety has change in wake of this incident >> reporter:"i mean it is scary now we are all terrified that this will happen again" >> reporter:in concord haaziq madyun kron4news >> james:four fresno firefighters are being hailed heroes for saving three young children who they found alone in a burning apartment. >> james:it happened sunday and this newly released video shows the rescue. >> james:their mother was outside the apartment trying to help firefighters find the children. >> james:the firefighters made their way into the pitch black apartment and found the kids one by one. >> james:they were covered in soot and unconscious from the smoke. >> james:fresno police are trying to figure out where the mother was at the time of the fire. >> james:meantime, the kids are under the care of child protective services.

>> james:this morning we are learning more about the man who crashed a drone on the white house lawn. >> james:it turns out the operator is an employee of the national geospatial- intelligence agency. >> james:that agency is connected to the defense department and does everything from support u-s combat efforts to help in security for the olympics. >> james:investigators say-- the man was not involved in any work related to drones. and was off-duty at the time of the crash. >> james:the secret service is investigating but does not believe the man was targeting the white house. >> james:a texas judge has refused to throw out a felony abuse of power case. against former governor rick perry. >> james:perry, a possible 2016 presidential candidate. is charged with improperly threatening to veto 7- point-5 million dollars for public corruption prosecutors if a democrat leading the unit refused to resign following a drunk driving conviction.

>> james:perry's lawyers are appealing the decision. >> james:today marks the 29th anniversary of the space shuttle challenger disaster. >> james:the shuttle exploded 73 seconds into flight at about 11:40 a-m eastern time, on january 28th 19-86. >> james:the explosion killed seven crew members, including christa mcauliffe. >> james:she would have been the first teacher in space. >> james:the explosion was caused by a rocket booster failure, which ignited the fuel tank. >> james:also happening today.hillary clinton will, will once again, tell congress what she knows about the 2012 terror attack on the u-s consulate in benghazi, libya. >> james:clinton was secretary of state when the u-s ambassador to libya and three other americans died. >> james:a democrat on the house committee investigating benghazi says clinton has agreed to testify before the panel. >> james:a spokesman for

clinton has yet to comment. >> james:clinton testified before another house committee on benghazi in 2013 shortly before she left the state department. coming up on the kron four morning news.the wrriors try to keep their home winning streak alive against the chicago bulls. have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number

you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out!

>> james:all good things must come to an end. and for the warriors. their home winning streak stops at 19. >> james:derrick rose and the chicago bulls ended the streak with an overtime victory at oracle. >> james:klay thompson misfired on a running bank shot as time expired to finish off golden state's first home loss in more than two months. >> james:thompson had 30 points and 10 rebounds, and david lee scored a season- high 24 points for the nba- leading warriors. >> james:golden state just couldn"t find their shots in the second half of the game. >> james:the warriors were 0-13 from 3-point land after half time. >> james:bulls win it 113- 111 in overtime.

>> james:the 49ers are finding it difficult to fill out their coaching ranks. >> james:the team had been eyeing former browns head coach rob chudzinski to fill their vacancy. >> james:but he just resigned with the indianapolis colts as their associate head coach. >> james:the team was also targeting giants defensive coordinator perry fewell. but fewell will be staying in the nfc east. he just signed a deal with washington. >> james:tuesday was media day at the super bowl. and the man making the biggest splash was the one who said the least. >> james:with the league threatening him with a $500,000 fine if he didn't participate. oakland native marshawn lynch took to the podium to fulfill the minimum requirement for media day. >> james:for five minutes lynch fielded questions from the reporters gathered around him. and for five minutes he gave just one answer. >> james:lynch gave what is sure to become his new catch phrase 29 times during that five minutes on the podium.

>> james:coming up on the kron 4 morning news.gas prices going back up. >> james:how much people in the bay area are paying at the pumps. >> james:plus.a man comes to the bay area in search of love and ends up getting stranded at s-f-o. >> james:we'll tell you how his story ended. >> james:it's a story you will only see on kron 4. >> james:and here's a live look outside.golden gate bridge.currents. >> james: will be right back.

>> james:we're coming up on 4-30. >> james:here are the big stories we're working on for you this morning.

>> james:a stanford university varsity swimmer has been arrested and charged with several counts of rape. >> james:investigators say it happened on campus about two- weeks ago on january 18th. >> james:according to the santa clara district attorney, 19-year-old brock turner was sexually assaulting an unconcious woman on campus when two bicyclists witnessed the rape. >> james:that's when turner tried ti run away but the two bicyclists chased him down and held him until campus police arrived. >> james:turner was booked into the county jail and is charged with five counts of felony rape. >> james:plus-- two people are dead after two shootings just minutes apart in san francisco's bayview district. >> james:both shootings happened tuesday afternoon the first shooting was on revere avenue near ingalls street. >> james:police say they found a woman, shot several times on the sidewalk. >> james:she later died at the hospital. >> james:and less than two miles away, a second shooting on bayshore boulevard near the clam house restaurant.

>> james:a man and a woman were shot. >> james:the woman was injured but expected to be okay. the man later died. >> james:police are working to see if the two shootings are connected. >> james:and the beginning signs of recovery from the blizzard in the northeast are starting to emerge. >> james:travel bans are being lifted this morning. >> james:some flights resume at boston's logan international airport, though service is limited. >> james:and residents along the northeast are digging out of the snow and utility crews are restoring lost power. this morning only on 4. >> james: in arkansas learned from the weather center listed her perspective now. >> erica: portions of massachusett as some of the hardest-hit by the conference to decide whether storm just outside of boston the records of 36 in. of snow closes of the coastline they did deal with lenders now are reports of flooding

even when it does about 80 mi. per hour much of the system has drifted off into the atlantic. >> erica: been dealt a colosio's nor lead not see anything mavis and drizzle there were twitching pitcher saying what storm their word is out and about enjoying their day this is something we will continue to follow throughout the morning several to soar pictures and a 5:00 our parents is not listed as we have been dealing with our past couple of mornings ala pretty mild and this is and you get out earlier as wednesday we do have high clouds streaming across the bay area that is not impacted visibility here is a mild out as a fall this morning not expect any delays on arriving flights

because visibility is not an issue temperature is not too bad this morning good morning open your at 46 degrees 41 out the door in san francisco. >> erica: tech a look at 11:00 this afternoon will start to see a lot of sixties blanket the area it looks like will continue to see '60s as a heads to 3:00 this afternoon temperatures a little one of the nestling a little more sunshine oakland hitting high of 6060 in fairfield santa rosa hitting high of 62 we will see mid-60's still for the south bay all and all temperature still above average went to continues with this trend as we head into the next couple of days. >> erica: what whether berlin on the horizon for the rest of january and is extremely likely there we're dealing with the drive is january our record into early next week as we start off february the chance increases for rain and 20 percent chance monday and

tuesday so hopefully you and the lunacy in iran in january mechanical for it as a head into february. focus of our traffic from the air and is a good time to leave their house is fiddling with a few minor accidents renown when nothing was once so you down getting a look at the bridges around the bay area allow look at the bay bridge toll plaza still not seeing any way at the case the drive times about 11 minutes of the macarthur maze headed into san francisco. >> erica: traffic on the right-hand side of the screen for those of the getting an early start to the golden gate bridge losses is the same cars and no issues or the latest rally in the cars offer that was about to appear at the richmond san rafael bridge >> james:a heartbroken man who was left stranded at s- f-o. is finally on his way back home. >> james:he originally

traveled thousands of miles to the bay area. to see an ex -girlfriend here. but during the visit he got some tough news. then, as he was heading home he got stuck by the storm that slammed the north east. >> james:kron 4's j.r. stone has the story. >> reporter: have an amazing relationship issue at the same time that as a whole nother thing. that have to one man here at san francisco international airport. >>: with my situation i do not want to be here anymore i have no family or friends there. >> reporter: he has all over kron 4 for the past four hours because of the weather and your problem. he is from new york city last week he flew in to try and rican or relationship with his ex- girlfriend but soon found out she was having

relationships with another dude. he shut the flow of a two-year city with the flight was canceled due to a snowstorm while the was the at the airport he talked with us. >> reporter: the friends and family so that on tv so tuesday afternoon his ex- girlfriend showed up at the airport originally unaware that he was going back home she kept a distance from our camera with a to spend the afternoon for a sink. joking and at times have mysterious conversations he says is at once and things on the terms it was only a couple of years ago when he plans to move in with her his mother had health issues and even his up at her home in queens. if it does not that least i

know i try my best. it's hard to find love and people were willing to fight for you. >> reporter: killed nicely headed to dallas where he had trouble half hour layover where he hopes to get back to near a city you cannot said he did not trycannot >> james:santa clara county health officials have confirmed. that a person has died from the flu. >> james:the person, who was under the age of 65. passed away over the weekend. >> james:it is the first flu- related in santa clara county.

>> james:officials say, the person who died. did not get a flu shot, and did not have any known medical risk factors. new information on rashawn williams, the san francisco teen stabbed and killed right in front of a convenience store. >> james:we're now learning that the boy who was arrested for the stabbing. is walking free. >> james:the public defender says it's all because of this surveillance video. >> james:jeff adachi says his accused client - circled here in blue - is not the one who stabbed williams. he argues that it's the other guy circled in red who actually committed murder. his client, like the victim, is 14. >> james:his name isn't being released since he's a

minor. >> james:rashawn williams was a top student on a scholarship at sacred heart cathedral prep - where he played football. >> james:still ahead on the kron 4 morning news.dozens of sea lion pups stranding themsleves on the california coast. >> james:we'll tell you why they are doing it and what's being done to help them. >> james:plus.toyota unveils its newest mini van. >> james:we'll show you the technology that makes this one different from all the rest.

have you heard of the new dialing procedure for for the 415 and 628 area codes? no what is it? starting february 21, 2015 if you have a 415 or 628 number you'll need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number for all calls. okay, but what if i have a 415 number, and i'm calling a 415 number? you'll still need to dial... 1 plus the area code plus the phone number. so when in doubt, dial it out!

>> james:the price of gas is *up* for the first time in four -months. >> james:the national average rose a half -cent. to two- dollars and 4-cents. after falling for 123- straight days. >> james:triple-a says, gas prices should rise this spring -- "due to seasonal demand and maintenance" -- but they should not surpass three -dollars a gallon. unless there is a spike in crude oil prices.

>> james:here is a look at what we are paying in the bay area. >> james:oakland and san jose are averaging $2.47 a gallon. >> james:san francisco -- $2.65. >> james:as you can see, we are above the national average.in part because of the new gas tax that went into effect this year. >> james:google is expanding its mega high-speed internet service in the south. >> james:the company announced 18 cities in four metro areas are getting google fiber. >> james:google picked atlanta. nashville. charlotte. and raleigh- durham after a year long study. >> james:the high-speed internet service promises customers speeds of one gigabit per second. >> james:that's a hundred times the speed of a typical broadband connection. >> james:the service costs 70 to 120 dollars a month for internet and t-v. >> james:construction of the new to begin in a few

months. >> james:apple is making history. >> james:the company made 18-billion dollars in the last three months. >> james:that's a new record for the biggest quarterly profit for any corporation. >> james:apple also posted nearly 75-billion dollars in sales for the quarter. up almost 30-percent from the same period last year. >> james:i-pad sales fell. but mac and i-tunes sales were both at record highs. >> james:all this good news sent the company's stock price soaring. it's up five-percent in after hours trading. >> james:toyota has unveiled two luxury mini-vans that can park themselves. >> james:company officials say cameras and sensors built into their alphard and vellfire mini-vans are able to survey their surroundings and guide the cars into position. >> james:and--- rear sensors trigger the brakes if the driver accidentally steps on the accelerator. >> james:automakers worldwide are competing to get safe self-driving cars

onto the market. >> james:coming up on the kron four morning news. we will get another check of weather and traffic. >> james:keeping an eye on weather across the country after the north east got hit hard by a blizzard. this is video out of maine showing the icy conditions and high surf.

>> james: is actually miserable out there is that the hope is coming to an end and our local forecasts. >> erica: most of this system has drifted out into the atlantic but we did receive reports of 36 in. of snow in parts of massachusetts made right now billing with some showers

and pretty high when strong winds along the coastline but most have sentence expired. we definitely needed and tile that is a slight chance that was is a wet weather will turn back to the bay area early next week but for the next couple of days high and dry conditions lost a son sign temperatures actually near 70 here is a look at the day planner for this wednesday we're in the '40's and 50's mostly cloudy skies with these are high cloud they're not impacting visibility look for a mix of sun and cause a little more sun signed by 3:00 today to motions and allows the message is less the trending above average. >> erica: 66 in san mateo low sixties for a downtown san francisco san jose come in with a high of 65 degrees we have been talking about it being perhaps the drive is january 4th record

in the flight that will be the case for most line for the rest of the mother we seem just above seven as an santa rosa 0 for san francisco oakland apple even out for concord. --not all --not thnapa >> erica: right now high and dry pressure and control of our weather system more on the weather pattern in the site with the system changes as they head into early next week in a seven day around the bay forecastles a to a 30 percent chance for showers as we head into early next week sunshine as we headed to the weekend more on that coming up focusing on traffic around the area leaving your house

right now no problems or issues the delays here is alive and at the bay bridge toll plaza the volume where started to say they will lock in the castle and of the metering lights are off this and the terrible is looking good in both directions traffic on the right-hand side of the screen heading out to foster city. no problems at the richmond center for are broadly below see any cars whatsoever for that was down to taking it over to the traffic map and joining green of the research answers for i was 24 drive times about 24 from hercules to berkeley come down the east shore freeway so far so good for downtown livermore approaching the 58680 interchange is along the out to my past area of yellow on the screen are signs these are down to 40 m.p.h.. responsibility for the

>> james: attack at a lybian hotel that killed 12 people including 1 american >> james:officials say, a car bomb was detonated outside the upscale corinthia hotel. >> james:that's when the gunmen shot their way into the building. >> james:of the twelve people killed. two executed the attack. >> james:the triploi affliate of isis, is taking credit for the attack. >> james:they posted online that. the action was in the name of an al-qaeda operative. who is accused of bombing a u-s embassy in africa. >> james:a man accused of impersonating a police officer in west sacramento is behind bars this morning. >> james:the real police were able to track him down and arrest him. >> james:as maria medina shows us. another man is sharing a recording of his

interaction with the suspect. >> reporter: his spot of the man at a red light and this afternoon nixies says he still does not understand and he started to follow me because everywhere that i would turn he would turn according to him if last abash twice and followed him to is parents home that's when he took out his cellphone and started recording. >> reporter: he never gives a bad number but he does apologize and explain to try to pull over him for running her red light because his parents died in a red light crash about two hours later he climbed the same guide cycle her over instead she wrote down the

license plate number it said 5 p s k and then call the real cops. we happen to stumble on police as they made the arrest in west sacramento. a suspected fake cops was rather evident and now sentenced to jail. >> james:sea lions are stranding themselves along the coast in a desperate plea for help. >> james:ellina abovian tells us what's being done to help them. >> james:baby sea lions - so skinny you can almost see their bones. >> james:"their skin is so loose hanging off them, it looks like pajamas so these are extremely skinny pups." >> james:sea world animals rescue has taken in more than 50 off our shores between camp pendleton & mexico in the last few weeks.

most sick and malnourished. >> james:each are around 20 to 25 pounds - just over birth weight. >> james:"that is not normal it's unusual to see that many sea lion pups in january straining, so we have concerns if it continues at this rate, it could be a bad years for sea lion pups." >> james:aside from it being weaning season where mothers send their pups on their way- sea world veterinarians say the rise this year is also due to the warmer than usual waters caused by a possible el nino. >> james:"we are seeing some warm water temperatures that are driving bait fish to deeper waters so the adults are finding the fish because they dive deeper but these youngsters they dont know how to dive deep, they dont know where the food is." >> james:most of the rescued pups were born last june. >> james:their weak condition makes them susceptible to bacterial infections including pneumonia. theyre given fluid and antibiotic treatment and will spend the next 2-3 months in rehab before theyre released back into the wild.

>> james:"we are dealing with a natural cycle also, we are seeing the sea lion population exploded so there will be possibly more animals out there trying to get food but if food isnt available we will see more numbers."

>> james:in entertainment news. >> james:an american idol winner is attempting to break ties with the show that gave him his start. >> james:and another idol alum is set to open the super bowl. mary mueller has these stories and more in today's hollywood minute. >> reporter: is affiliated company that claims in part to manipulate him into a second-she did not want and force them to perform for free he says he is grateful also wants control over his own career. they told the hollywood reporter we always acted in the best interest

terry underwood is revamping her open sunday night nfl game for the super bowl performance will feature a new lyrics kantor also the low 49 sunday february 1st on nbc. >> reporter: they were hijacked to that for 15 minutes into week new pictures of the singer since then have fun total shopping because you have nothing to. >> james: the star athlete at stanford accused of rape will have the latest on that investigation was the mother of a japanese hostage being held by ices is being pleaded caxias try to save her son. in the police dog who is battling his cancer.

>>darya:and people in the northeast are digging out this morning after a fierce snowstorm. and a star athlete at stanford is accused of raping a woman on campus. >>darya: >>darya:i'm darya folsom. >>mark:and i'm mark danon. we continue to follow the latest on the storm hitting the northeast. >>mark:new englanders continue to dig out of knee high snow >>darya:the blizzard buried the boston area in more than two-feet of snow. and winds that exceeded 70-miles-per- hour. >>darya:on the left you can see flooding in a small massachusetts town. >>darya:the storm brought significant coastal flooding >>darya:on the right you can see conditions were on the coast. >>mark:the storm is quieter this morning. >>mark:boston's logan

international airport is expected to resume some flights. >>mark:but the bitter cold threatens to complicate efforts to clear clogged streets and restore power to more than 15-thousand homes and businesses. >>mark:this is what it looked like in new york. >>mark:streets are empty but there's not that much snow compared to other parts of the north east. >>mark:new york and new jersey were spared the worst of the storm. >>mark:and this is the scene in new jersey. >>mark:people were out walking around. despite being told to stay home. >>mark:forecasters had warned new jersey and new york that they could get one to two feet of snow. >>mark:both states got just around 10 inches of snow. >>darya: we did take a

different picture in the bay area. >> james: the system has moved off and mostly any way is mainly impacting main right now in new york not allow itself to the coastal flood warning that it a little bit more snow today at the system gets moved to nova scotia. but they had quite a bit to do with as we do with the pictures and how much cleaning effort is still ahead of them it will be awhile before i get things back to normal flight cancellations will lead to know if you need to be concerned about >> james: we had some showers heading in our direction as to label we did not see much like to the ground the san jose international airport had trace amounts fallen with 0 been reported everywhere else around the bay is close

to the clear option for most of the beer brickle temperatures out to you that and more detail will talk about the afternoon highs and look at was that what we can expect for the rest of the work week. >>george: as we start off with a pretty good ride around the bay area we're not tracking any hot spots or delays one incident in the unarmed a new direction on interstate 580 you do not need to concern yourself with a list are with the bridges and you're ride to the bay ridge westbound which looks great this morning and no delays on the approach rather you're coming from the nimitz or the east shore of the macarthur maze and you should to the san mateo bridge looks good at 92 the smooth ride still all the way from hayward heading west outdoors and the sale passus of flies and the ride to and from recounted. >>george: the of the golden gate bridge. we're probably as well for the trip from marin county on 101 southbound.

>>darya: a developing story we are following for you this morning-- >>darya:a stanford university varsity swimmer has been arrested and charged with several counts of rape. >>darya:investigators say it happened on campus about two- weeks ago back on january 18th. >>darya:according to the santa clara district attorney, 19-year-old brock turner was sexually assaulting an unconcious woman on campus witnessed the rape. >>darya:that's when turner tried to run away but the two cyclists chased him down and held him until campus police arrived. >>darya:stanford alum sally lieber says the arrest has enhanced the dialog of rape on campus and what needs to be done to stop it. think is going to be a healthy process in this issue has to be added for the students of the administration's and the parents are sending out the

students will the community will have to start talking about campus and stanford. >>darya:turner was booked into the county jail. he has since withdrawn as a student. >>darya:turner is not allowed on the cardinal campus and is not allowed to ever register at stanford university. >>mark:two men are behind bars this morning, accused of triggering a crash. that killed a pedestrian in san jose. >>mark:police say, 18 year old gabriel esparza. and 24 year- old manuel maldonado- avalos. were racing each other when they lost control of their cars. and crashed monday afternoon. >>mark: and killed. has been identified as 24 -year- old kiran pabla. >>mark:now her family is demanding a crackdown on speeding drivers in the area. those guys should not have injured driving under the tent down the hill. you have

barriers and san jose not doing anything about this you have people dead at the same spot what does it take? what will it take? three more people to die another whole family they ruin our whole family she was our star. they kill our family. >>mark:still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a controversial move for one san francisco church. >>mark:who they're banning from being altar servers. coming up. and residents in concord shocked.as screams are heard from a neighbors home. we'll tell you what happened. and after the break. >>mark:the deadline is nearing to rescue two hostages from isis. >>mark:the trade one government is willing to make. to save them from the terrorist group. >>mark:and here's a live look outside. san mateo bridge

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>>george: as the tech a look at a barren toll plaza for the written san rafael bridge no delays the toll plaza yet and that means no delays of 580 from the hoffmann split a member you can get traffic in his time with the kron 4 mobile application is a free download and works on all platforms. >>mark:today is the deadline isis militants set for officials to reach a deal to save a japanese journalist and a jordanian pilot being held hostage. new this morning. >>mark:jordan's information minister says his government is ready to swap an iraqi woman held in jordan in exchange for the pilot. >>mark:he didn't mention japanese journalist, kenji goto. >>mark:in a message released yesterday, isis threatened to kill goto and the pilot

within 24 hours. >>mark:that deadline expires late tonight japan time. which is 17 hours ahead of us. >>darya:coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >>darya:people in the northeast are making the best of being hit with a blizzard. >>darya:we'll have the latest on the conditions right now. >>darya:and we're watching the weather here.

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arriving flights are much bigger story only 70 are arriving flights as already been cancelled today that number of course always go up inside the terminal is pretty clear and then their rival as farmers began their and keep in mind your plan does not get here to sfo in airports and of these reports shutdown over the past couple of days now resuming service today in the good news for the many travelers we seen all week long stranded here as a fall this week we're looking to see if anyone is still having an issue given over to the northeast but looks like as a 5:00 this morning the arriving flights are much bigger issue. >>darya: will start with the weather because the weekend public of the nationwide picture before coming into

the bay area. >> james: for the prescott low days as we zoom in on a north ease you see the majority of the activity now is pretty much center of their main new york will have all the places like massachusetts and vermont and new hampshire road island is starting to simmer down a lot of that although straw restrictions are being lifted will still have some small together for today but before finally access to the north west and some pretty impressive snowfall closed and a handful of states in over 3 ft. of snow fall a number of others and 2 ft. of snow in new york has been under the gun about the force and the weather forecast maintenance is out of central park but long island got more than 2 ft. of snow. >> james: it's really hard to pinpoint whether to feel so jot of intentions and a plan of the men had to get away with it and to just under that 9.8-2 lead tracking with the schools

what we're looking to find the exit letter on to that here in california were clouds or south rain system we watching a survey we hope that will come our way in showers that exactly will be expected to do with nothing but we have a trace amount of san jose international this morning we did was some calls for north clear conditions released by the peninsula and the south a means there on the close eye for some sponsors will fly at as a file where to dark to see the clouds but they're few room around out there i will have on the peninsula. >> james: 50 in the city the we got back down to the man for this was to get down to oakland san jose concord and the more vote for in 45 and is about 47 degrees in santa rosa is sensing cloud was you're not in the upper 30 but instead are now before this hearing for attention will be this afternoon low to mid 60's was again is a touch above normal this time of the year and the

weather on for will be on the mild side and the dry side as we wrap up the week. that is a forecast listed traffic. >>george: we are still tracking a pretty good ride no hot spots or delays are incident only real slowing as i say 580 in our show you that in the moments this look at the bridge here at the bay bridge westbound was nursing a smooth ride with no problems yet still expected to stay that way within the next 30 minutes will see the misery likes activated and on and to at the san mateo bridge it will be about an hour and half but for start to see things really bogged down here may be an hour and 15 minutes there's still plenty of time to enjoy that 11 minute drive times a year trip to the golden gate bridge is the referee crews are still finishing a with the lan configuration here but here at the seoul plaza of the have that fourth line and place and for you're ride to the richmond bridge. >>george: pretty light

traffic here no delays on 580 west about now let's take a look at the rest of the bay area and drive times for you like the hercules the berkeley commune just 14 minutes early 15 minutes for the san ramon valley ride down to dublin in the west about ride of course our store and heavy traffic for the trip to the house might pass with no incidents south bay freeway still look great 16 minutes of the 237 from highway 85 and joined the lie ride while it lasts in the morning commute is the lead for 41 01 south offered a 25 minute drive times from navato down to the golden gate bridge. >> erica: others decided to get out and enjoy the winter weather tech a look of the pictures coming into us this morning some took part in sledding and central part calling it the ultimate snowden and the frozen police cars were taken near central park take a look at this child's no tooting on

the snow a lot of people out and about the meatpacking district they're not very impressed with the storm dogs and cats even got in on the action tech look at this cat looking out of the blizzard we're getting a lot of pictures with animals frolicking in 2 ft. of snow. >>darya:a woman in concord is robbed at gunpoint. right in front of her own home. >>darya:the frightening situation happened monday night on sacramento street in concord. >>darya:the woman was coming home from work. put her key in the front door. that's when a man came up from behind and told her not to move or that he would shoot her. >>darya:a neighbor says she heard screams and describes what happened. i was running toward her i thought it was the other neighbor because she was standing right there i did not think that she was the

cross street neighbor it is scary because now we're all terrified that this could happen again. >>darya:neighbors say this type of crime is highly unusual on their normally quiet street. 6 >>darya:police only have a limited description of the suspect. >>mark: because girls to the clay do a better job how many times do with the plan about the difference between girls and boys still ahead on the kron 4 morning news what happened to this guy stranded sfo guy who was

dumb to fly his old girlfriend and last a couple days we bought him a male and ask for hotel will say how and what turned out for him when we come back. thousands of canceled flights one of them over the past couple of days how much is this costing the airline and travelers that is coming up to. tech now live with the approach to the bay bridge still dry and clear ride here very easy for you will be right back.

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kfc. >>mark: across new england dropping between two to 3 ft. of snow yesterday on your right you see the storm is at its peak. look at that cars are buried has was a kind of going on and the brother of the storm. when does up to 7 mi. from our. the blizzard warning of trouble bandar over now but is still want to be very cold after that blizzard batiste let's check in now with james. >> james: across new england

the snow is still falling in is not nothing as a census was before but this still falling in places where still want to see more in the wake of total accumulation into more stimulation is what i'm trying to say that as the we're expecting. we have gusty winds today is still blowing out there were looking in some places like maine for conditions to continue it still expected to fall we're looking for them again mainly in the area of maine and new hampshire republican for the storm to exit from south to north as evidence of it is wake of the nova scotia. >> james: you're clear first and then connected the lives of it all follow the steps down quite a bit of heaven sale of the expired travel bans will be loosened and taken off the list altogether so things are improving will be a little while before we finally get everything to clear include all the power outages to be resolved to our south of the

area was declared the area civic clear conditions as resume and you see that here. will have a full look at the forecast coming up here in just a few minutes we'll talk about the long- term expectations for the weekend and one up between now and saturday and sunday loss to talk about. >>george: we have the meeting less on active on highway 85 remember a week ago we talked a lot is been sitting on green here in the morning commute hours in become activated at six and is on the stretch of highway 85 from cupertino high up to mountain view and so they have been installed the have

been on for the last week and today they're actually going active and all-star cycling again at 6:00 a.m.. >>george: it will create a little bit of a delayed but has been demonstrated many times they do actually worked to smooth out the flow. no other hot spots to report or talk about get this morning the drive times is not increased just 11 minutes over the san mateo headed out of hayward. >>mark:the star of the sea church

>>will tran: he was drawn from the school yes today is no longer part of the table he is still in the bay area and is convicted he faces 10 years in prison that to you his picture of the alleged incident took place on january 18th at a campus party this alleged victim had is not a member or a student of stanford prosecutors say to people on bicycles notice outside the campus party outside of the house party he was allegedly on top of this woman a stop to get off their bicycles try to stop him a prosecutor said as he tried to run away for some of the bicycle is were able to catch up to him detained him call the police department that came out and arrested him so right now he faces five felony counts whiteout of

raping an unconscious woman >>will tran: 1 account of raping an intoxicated person two counts of sexual penetration with a foreign object and one count of assault while attempting to commit rape his 19 years old he is from ohio and is highly decorated while the high school he won a few states storm of championships and 2012 the ax to try out for the u.s. olympic team he did not make it and again he is no longer with the same as that for says what this is going on you're no longer even allowed to step foot on campus campus >>darya: a wonder in that guise bacchanal you're only on kron 4 your member the man who was stranded at sfo we should be adopted him yesterday morning we find other he had been at the airport already for two to four hours will was out there with him he came all the way to california to see an ex-girlfriend things in a workout and then he was stuck at the airport for

more than a day. >> reporter: been stuck at the airport due to a snowstorm is one thing but having a major relationship issue at the same time will that as a whole nother thing to happen to one man here as san francisco international airport. >>: with my situation happen and now was to be here anymore. his name is campbell his been all over kron 4 news over the past two to four hours because of the weather and poor problems. he is from new york city last week he flew there to try rican or relationship with his ex- girlfriend but soon found no she was talking to another person and she is seeing someone else right now. >> reporter: the flight was canceled due to a snowstorm

while he was stuck at the airport he talked with us. drinkwater a doritos and the crossword puzzles. this saw that on tv so to the afternoon is is your friend should at the airport originally unaware that he was going back home she kept her distance from our camera but the two spent the afternoon searching. joking and at times having serious conversation he said his ex- wife's and things on the terms it was only a couple of years ago when he had planned to move in with their the the mother had held issues and it is up at her home in queens. >> reporter: the best move for him to go back do he has to do. a simple high- five's and hog was out and it for the 2 he headed to new york city be a dallas and ax headed home. this is

one of my thing i want to do. he was asking headed to dallas where he has a 12 and have our lay over and then hopes to get back to new york city and certainly cannot say that he did not try. >>mark: his problem the dallas morning news right now. 30,000 to one on their patients to plan better still ahead quite thompson makes is that is a global

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>>mark: the storm has been arrested and charged with several counts of rape investing it is a to cyclist found a 19 year old on some of the woman early date or 18th woman is not a stanford student aligned on the ground, according to the d.a. is facing five felony charges and the sea to tenures in prison if convicted two men driving more than 70 mi. per hour during a suspected street raced in the san jose when it collided a crest of the area and struck and killed 24 year old woman. the driver were rental/of vehicular manslaughter which is neither distance and reckless driving. and the new englanders are themselves from yesterday's blizzard more to feed a sore

right after three sea in some areas some flights to boston and the effort never zone 15,000 including the entire island of nantucket. >>mark: 10 degrees with the wind chill of - 5 above freezing for one week. >>darya: is there something fun about this? >>mark: what this is uncomfortable old hurts. >> james: it does this is a storm system big difference yes today it was huge and really it becomes a very different you're always the main it is written upon exiting the northeast coast

guard to come down a bit in terms of snowfall and the progress basically getting back on the feet the power outages yet to deal with our block in still covered with snow and ice is a peninsula south a relatively clear to ever to on the call side as well this would look like out of the golden gate bridge they're not alone was dealing with this is morning that is out today is

going to be to bridge is a hair above just a touch above normal are tempted was slowly climb were looking for low seventies by the weekend. >> james: is a lot of time to announce in the and is extremely slight chance will keep an eye on it for you are mobile application with the lettuce what of this anytime anywhere and is free for and let mobile devices >>george: were not looking at any major incidents no hot spots and not much in a way of slow traffic to slow you're ride here at the bay bridge toll plaza things are getting to bog down now with

a 80 rabbit is already starting to back up that of the back 4¢ for sure looking at to arrive for the san mateo bridge highway 92 sing break by stopping on here that is one of the reasons why the drive times as climbing now 13 to 14 minutes. >>george: for your trip to the golden gate bridge will one of the bombs out about still lie in the phil read not tracking any delay is for your trip big ship heading in and gave the golden gate bridge--bridge >>george: there's a look at the toll plaza still light enough that no delays are backups on interstate 580 westbound and taking a look at the ride on 580 the westbound trip a little slower than into dublin out of the more than usual there was a minor incident near hot yard. >>george: has already been cleared up not tracking any delays or problems hit the reminder that it is a highway 85 between

interstates 280 and highway 101 for the stress between cupertino and mountain view the men realize you have been watching on grain for the last week are now active this morning. >> erica: we're tracking the norris and that brought heavy snow and strong winds to the east coast and parts of massachusetts and some of the hardest-hit areas but before up to 35 in. of snow so take a look at some of the pictures we put together for you. >> erica: is headed down paved roadway the sea just how high the snow is it also see snow blanketing several cars and people onto to has been #snow apocalypse >> erica: it did reach up to the window a lot of pictures coming in this market will continue to share with you right here on kron 4. >>mark: is a major headlines these days the warriors

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essentially is a person and player know how contrary to the reports are. >>darya: the no was funny? with the they're not playing the forty-niners come sandlike lynch and sherman they seem like nice and good and now i'd like them. \ >>mark: i am not having this discussion with you. >>mark: you have to sit this incredible story that comes back from the dead seriously will have the story coming up.

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good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm darya folsom. and i'm mark danon. >>mark:we continue to follow the latest on the storm hitting the northeast. >>mark:new englanders continue to dig out of knee high snow this morning. >>darya:let's take a look at some of the best video coming out of the northeast. >>darya:here's video of big waves crashing over the seawall. this is in marshfield, massachusetts. the waves caused some flooding along the coast there. >>darya:some flights at boston's logan airport have resumed, but some 15- thousand homes and businesses are without electricity in massachusetts, including the entire island of nantucket.