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tv   KRON 4 Early News  KRON  February 9, 2018 4:00am-7:00am PST

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(robin) good morning and thanks for joining us for the kron 4 morning news.im robin winston. lets start this morning with a check on weather and traffic. rebecca:look for mostly dry conditions today before a storm system brings widespread rainfall and breezy to locally gusty winds during the day wednesday to the north bay and through the remainder of the region wednesday night. after another period of dry
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conditions, a third system is possible late in the upcoming weekend. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo
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bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) breaking news... the federal government shutdown - while you were sleeping. and less than two hours ago the house passed a bill to keep the government
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open. we are now waiting for the president to sign the bill. the federal government ran out of money at midnight eastern time... forcing a shutdown. about two hours later the senate passed a budget deal with 71 votes. the bill then went to the house who debated the bill until about 2:30 this morning here on the west coast. the bill then passed in the house with bipartisan support. the shutdown is now in it's 7th hour. it will end as soon as the president signs the bill. ( robin ) another big story we are following this morning... police in the east bay shoot a man who was wanted by several police agencies. it happened in antioch near the 76-gas station on lone tree way. that's near golf course road. this is video from the scene after the shooting... you can see a gun under the car that police say the man was driving. according to police... tammanny brooks, the suspect is wanted by multiple agencies in the bay area for extremely serious crimes. they have
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not said what those crime are. brooks is still in the hospital this morning. there is no word on his condition. no officers were injured in the shooting. ( robin ) happening right now... a manhunt is underway after two home invasion robberies and a police chase. one person was shot and killed during one of the home invasions. three suspects were later arrested in vallejo... but two others are still on the loose. the two home invasions happened in sonoma county. the first was on fulton road in santa rosa early yesterday morning. then - about two hours later... there was a second home invasion on melcon lane. that is where a person was killed. police then saw the thieves in vallejo. they took off and police gave chase. that chase ended in a crash on redwood road near broadway...
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robin ) police searched the neighborhood for two hours but were unable to locate the man and the woman they were looking for. investigators believe that both robberies were related to marijuana. ( robin ) also happening now... all eyes are on wall street after the dow plunges more than 1-thousand points for the second time this week. the loss officially means the markets are is in correction mode... the dow is down 10 percent from its record high just two weeks ago. experts blame the plunge on continued concerns over the bond market, inflation, and interest rates. this morning the dow futures are down just slightly but we will be watching the markets when they open in about 2 and a half hours. ( darya ) a berkeley family left heartbroken after their daughter was killed when her car collided with an ac transit bus. we first broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. kron 4's dan kerman spoke with the victim's father.
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she's the best daughter anyone would want to havekelvin zachery is speaking of his 27 year old daughter kelli. she was killed about 640 thursday morning on her way to work when her car collided with an ac transit bus at the intersection of ashby and california. ironically kelvin zachery is ac transit bus driver himselfáásot kelvin zachery/victim's father 20-30 you never expect it to happen to you, you hear about people losing children on tv but when it hits home it's a tough thing to get through. but we have god on our side.berkeley police say at the time of the collision, the bus was traveling west on ashby where there is no stop sign while zachery was heading south on californiawhere there is a stop sign. áásot erica noble/felt crash 41-47i felt a loud boom, a vibration, i thought it was an earthquake but it wasn'terica noble felt the crash and when she looked out her window the bus had
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come to a stop after hitting zachery's car , a parked car and the two houses next to hers.sot20 feet away, it kind of makes you think, you never really know, it could have been my house, but i am glad my neighbors are ok.by afternoon both homes were red tagged by the city the porch on the house to the right is off limits, but residents can occupy the rest of the house. the home to the left has electrical water and gas issues which must be fixed before being occupied. berkeley firefighters stopped by zachery's home with food and to pay their condolences for a life cut too short.sot i'm just trying to keep faith as this processs goes on but it will live with me for the rest of my life, i will never forget this day. standup dan kerman 135-145the investigation into the cause of the crash is still underway. the driver of the bus has been on staff since 2014 and is cooperating. as is protocol, ac transit says he is undergoing drug and alcohol testing , funeral arrangments for the young woman are pending. dan kerman kron 4 news.std/155= = =bus kills berkeley woman 0208189 pkga day of grief for this berkeley man his 27 year old daughter kelli killed when her car collided with an ac transit bussotshe's been an inspiration to me since she was bornthe incident
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( robin ) a man is arrested on suspicion of d-u-i ... after a crash that killed his passenger. police say... 23-year-old lucas mcfadden was driving on shoreline highway in marshal.. last week. he crashed head-on into a truck that was towing an excavator. 18-year-old ricardo de santiago was a passenger ... who died in the crash. mcfadden suffered major injuries. he was arrested earlier this week... and is facing vehicular manslaughter charges. there is now a 'go-fund-me' page to help the victim's family with funeral expenses. we have a link posted on our website at kron4-dot-com. ( robin ) in san mateo... classes are cancelled again today at st matthew's catholic school after a water main break caused major flooding in the downtown area. we broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news.
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it happened on south el camino. the gym at the school will be out of service for the next two months. some cars were flooded.... and the basements and garages of several homes on avalon blvd were also affected. city officials are looking into what caused the line to break. < will know more as we get into the repair as we have the engineers take a look at it. age is not the only factor on main breaks it can be a pike condition pipe material soil conditions earth movement etc.> ( robin ) officials say the water gushed out at a rate of 300 gallons per minute...before they were able to cap the watermain. no one in the area lost serivce because of the break. ( robin ) in san francisco... police are investigating a suspicious death. it happened wednesday night on post street near union square. police found an unconscious man who died at the scene. the victim -- identified as 31- year-old andrew emmett -- had injuries that were consistent with a homicide. investigators say the evidence led them to petaluma where they detained three people of interest. emmett's exact cause of death is unknown.
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(robin) coming up on the kron 4 morning news ... the 49ers and jimmy garoppolo make history. the record breaking deal the niners have with their new quarterback. (robin) plus... a north bay family is asking for help finding a missing loved one. details on where the man was last seen. (robin) and after the break... see the steps one bay area city is taking to stop human trafficking in the east bay. (robin) and here's a live look outside...at the san mateo bridge. welcome back. checking
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in on your morning forecast. rebecca:little change is
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expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week.
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no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from
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the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) ( robin ) the alameda county district attorney is introducing a new human trafficing awareness campaign. it's called "human
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trafficking: it's real and it's here." the campaign is designed to help the public recognize human trafficking in their community... that's both sex trafficking and labor trafficking. ( robin ) the campaign focuses on different aspects of modern day human trafficking. despite the ongoing work... the district attorney says the public is still largely unaware that children and teenagers are exploited for sex... and that workers are exploited by their employers. ( robin ) police are investigating bullet holes in windows at a bank in mountain view. it happened wednesday afternoon at the wells fargo bank branch on grand road. police shut down the intersection of grand road and el camino real...for at least an hour while they investigated. no one was
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injured... and the bullet holes were not part of a robbery. ( robin ) a family is pleading for help locating a 50-year-old man from the north bay. family members told police that don alan wilson was supposed to meet his fiance in philadelphia on tuesday. san rafael police looked into the flight he was supposed to catch from s-f-o and found out he never booked a ticket. officers went to his home and found the door unlocked with no sight of wilson...and no signs of struggle. family and friends have tried to contact him through calls, texts, and emails and no one has been able to get through. ( robin ) now to bay area basketball... the warriors were looking to snap their first losing streak this season. they were taking on the dallas mavericks at oracle arena. the warriors gave klay thompson a birthday cake of his dog rocko for his 28th birthday. after a rough start... the warriors kicked it into gear. the game was tied at
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halftime... but in the 2nd half golden state outscored the mavericks by 18 points. kevin durant led the team with 24 points. the warriors win by a final of 121 to 103. the warriors will host the san antonio spurs tomorrow night at oracle. ( robin ) in bay area football... 49er quarterback jimmy garoppolo is now the highest paid player in n-f-l history. teh 49ers signed him to a five year deal worth 137-point-five million dollars... jimmy g... the new face of the 49ers landed in the bay area yesterday he's expected to make 27-point- five million per season... that is twice the amount that tom brady is currently making. later this morning the team will hold a news conference. garoppolo took over the team late last season and they won the last five games of the season. ( robin ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... a
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violent home invasion in the east bay. the latest on who police are looking for this morning. (robin) and after the break... see how one of the biggest studios in hollywood is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. welcome back to the kron
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four morning news. i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today... a film studio is celebrating an anniversary... and when they threw a party... everyone showed up. david daniel has that and more in the hollywood minute. "it's a little bit like being drafted to a sports team that has a legacy of championship banners. it's a dream come true.""looking around the room, like, what did i do to deserve this?"what a lineup! marvel studios just posted this video of an october photo shoot featuring more than 80 actors and filmmakers from the marvel cinematic universe. the reveal kicks off a sweepstakes marking the 10-year anniversary of the m-c-u. check marvel-dot-com for details.(singing) "we are the walking, we are the walking..." another group of all-stars is
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behind "johnny cash: forever words." the music legend's son says cash left behind a trove of handwritten letters, poems and other writings. a variety of stars have added new music, resulting in a unique album, due out april sixth."you used to be one thing. now, you're something else." (nat)the first teaser trailer for the comic book movie "venom" is causing controversy. tom hardy stars as a photographer who changes into a frightening creature. but as a lot of disappointed fans complained online, thre's not a single shot of hardy as venom in the teaser! others pointed out that the movie doesn't hit theaters until october, and there's plenty of work yet to be done on the film. even hardy hit instagram to tell fans "we're just getting started." in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) and here's a (robin) (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge
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toll plaza. we'll be back with more (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá)
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(robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to
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portions of southern california early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the no major hot spots. bay bridge
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge
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drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) ( robin ) toll to 101. ( robin ) breaking news... the federal government shutdown - while you were sleeping. and less than two hours ago the house passed a bill to keep the government open. we are now waiting for the president to sign the bill.
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the federal government ran out of money at midnight eastern time... forcing a shutdown. about two hours later the senate passed a budget deal with 71 votes. the bill then went to the house who debated the bill until about 2:30 this morning here on the west coast. the bill then passed in the house with bipartisan support. the shutdown is now in it's 7th hour. it will end as soon as the president signs the bill. (robin) in the east bay... four masked robbers held a family in fremont at gunpoint...inside of their own home. the family was inside the house wednesday night when the masked thieves stormed in pointing guns. they demanded cash and ransacked the house...stealing 8-thousand dollars worth of items. the masked thieves also hit the family members with the handle of their guns...including a teenage girl.
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best lead police have comes from a neighbors security camera... it captured an image of a small s-u-v leaving the area, with the suspects inside. ( robin ) some of last year's coyote creek flooding victims are suing the city of san jose... santa clara county... and the santa clara valley water district. the lawsuit was announced in a news conference yesterday by an attorney respresenting more than 150- families who are seeking compensation. the complaint makes several allegations -- including negligence and the dangerous condition of public property. city officials estimate the floods caused about 73- million dollars in damage. ( robin ) an investigation is underway ... after complaints of flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond. we first brought this story yesterday morning as breaking news. the bay area air quality management district says it got at least two complaints of flaring yesterday morning. chevron released a statement saying --
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flares are a "highly regulated safety device ... monitored by the air district." chevron also apologized to the public for any concerns caused by the flaring. ( robin ) on the peninsula... officers with the san mateo police department will start wearing body cameras. the department announced all officers are now equipped with the body worn cameras. the cameras will be mounted on their chest or helmet. officers will record incidents they deem as necessary. ( robin ) a federal appeals court upholds a san francisco law that regulates a landlord's ability --- to buyout renters. back in 2014... san francisco supervisors passed the law over concerns that landlords were forcing tenants to accept buyouts... to get around rent control. landlords argued against the law -- saying it violated their rights. the court did not agree. the law requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights in a buyout. it also
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allows tenants to back out of a buyout deal within 45 days. ( robin ) take a look at the new seating on bart. bart is re-covering all of its priority seats... with this new yellow-mustard fabric. they say it's a way to remind people that those seats are for those who need it. the priority seats next to the train door are for seniors and people with disabilities. bart says the process will take a few months to complete. bart's new fleet of the future cars already have a different color for priority seating.
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there is one ticket issued - every five minutes at the broadway caltrain crossing in the city of burlingame and you'd think that after two seperate train crashes people would get the message. kron 4's stanley roberts takes a look in this edition of people behaving badly. hey good morning, the reason i'm stopping you is because you were stopping right on top of the tracksstopping on active train tracks is extremely dangerous, trains roll through at close to 80 miles per hour and takes almost a mile to stop nats: ambiance but everyday at the broadway caltrain crossing in
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burlingame drivers risk getting hitby stopping on the tracks nats: ambiance except this day was pop quiz day for drivers(sound of siren) what happened, (i don't know i want sure if i should stop on the tracks.) you should never stop on the tracks (or before it or after it) so let's take a little quiz, should you stop on the tracks, before the tracks, or after the tracks (before) and what did you do (on) so that means you did what (not the right thing) you failed i did fail a lot of of other divers failed too, and they received instant grades in the form of a ticket like this driver who stopped on the tracks and was immediately pulled over a word of advice, if you get pulled over for doing something unsafe around rail crossings you will almost always get a ticket you know why i'm stopping you because you stopped on the tracks i just turned the corner realized the light was red got stuck on the track got called out so keep this in mind when a train hits a car or a person, the train will always win . always also there is only one way you can get hit.. it's being on the tracks even partially... what happened, i'm in a hurry to go to work i wasn't paying attention during this crackdown on average one driver was pulled over every 5 minutes for various problems around the tracks, like trying
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to beat the crossing arms. that ticket is the same as running a red light it comes with a 490 dollar fine and i point on your driving record nats: ambiance nats: ambiance and if by chance you get caught stopping on the tracks the fine is 238 dollars and 1 point..but if you get hit by a train . the fines won't matter now will it in burlingame stanley roberts kron 4 news ( robin ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... many people in the bay area live to protect the environment. but what about in death? we take an up close look at what some are calling a green burial. (robin) live look outside... at the san francisco international
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airport.
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welcome back. (robin)(robin) welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level
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low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101. ( robin ) the bay area has long been known for being at the forefront of the
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environmental movement. but there are only a few places in the bay area where the 'earth conscious' can go to their final resting place .... without negitively impacting the planet. kron4's maureen kelly has an up close look at one mill valley cemetary that is part of this growing movement. (sound of walking thru leaves
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this man may look like he's taking a hike thru the woods, but he's on his way to bring a bouquet of white roses to his mother's gravesite."hey mama" there's no tombstones here in the green section no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101.
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( robin ) the bay area has long been known for being at the forefront of the environmental movement. but there are only a few places in the bay area where the 'earth conscious' can go to their final resting place .... without negitively impacting the planet. kron4's maureen kelly has an up close look at one mill valley cemetary that is part of this growing movement. (sound of walking thru leaves this man may look like he's taking a hike thru the woods, but he's on his way to bring a bouquet of white roses to his mother's gravesite."hey mama" there's no tombstones here in the green section of the fernwood cemetary in mill valley...a rock marks the
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final resting place of spencer's mother.because his mother was a very private person spencer asked that her name and his last name, not be used in this report.he says having an environmentally friendly burial was one of his mother's last requests. literally body to earth, no chemicals no embalming and she wanted to be recycled back into the earth. and she said i don't want to be in a box for all eternityfernwood has been a cemetary since the late 1800's but in 2004 a new earth conscious owner took it over and has devoted a section to bury those who want their final step in life to have as small of a footprint as possible.most of the gravesites are dug by hand....and the bodies that go in them are not emblamed. (bird chrip)there's no lush chemically treated lawn in the green section, which is also a certified wildlife habitat. those who are buried here can choose to go underground in an unfinished pine box, or a wicker casket....or wrapped in a shroud.while they still
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offer traditional burials here at fernwood, they are finding more customers are interesting in going into the ground in a greener way than wha't been common practice for decades. metal caskets are not biodegradable by any means neither are heavy wooden caskets and all the interiors are not biodegradable, embalming is toxic to the ground so therefore it's not green at all(maureen)while of green burial means going back to the old ways of doing things here at fernwood they've added a modern component. a chip is buried in every grave site that can be detected with this rita right here. it helps identify the person who's buried beneath the earth, it's basically a high tech tombstoneit's their one exception to their rule of no non biogradible items going under ground in green section, and it's done so visitors can still find the graves sites of their loved ones in casethe boulders marking the gravesite get moved.at first spencer was
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skeptical to the notion that he first wrote off as new age. but since her mother's burial late last year, he's come to embrace it.i realize it's not new age at all it's old age. and what is new age is coffins chemicals, not being returned back to the whole, it's a terrible word to use but, decomposing process back into the earth and i'm completely sold on the process now so much so i came back a couple weeks later about the lot right next-doorfernwood says plots in their green section start at about 10 grand less than the plots in their traditional cementary area, making green burial not only better for the environment, but also cheaper way to go, maureen kelly kron4 news. (robin) and here's a live look outside...from the sutro cam. a trio of new movies
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arrives this weekend to heat up the box office. david daniel has a preview of what's now showing. "christian! i'm going to build you a fabulous house.""please stop speaking to my husband as if i weren't here."love and marriage are just the beginning in "fifty shades freed." the final film in the erotic romance trilogy is looking to tie up the weekend title, as box office watchers predict a debut of 30-million dollars or more.(nat) "you know they set traps in my bed?" they set traps in (nat) "you know more.(nat) "you know they set traps in my bed?""he's a rabbit! he wouldn't hurt anyone!""peter rabbit" bounds into theaters, with james corden providing the voice of the devil-may-care hare from the classic children's stories. the family film figures to nab an opening weekend haul of around 16- million dollars."i don't know, man. you ever just feel like life is just pushing us toward
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something -- like, some greater purpose?"clint eastwood directs "the 15-17 to paris," with the real-life heroes who stopped that 20-15 train attack playing themselves in the bio-pic. analysts are looking at a debut of 10-to-12 million dollars for the tinseltown take on the true-life tale. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news ... the 49ers and jimmy garoppolo make history. the record breaking deal the niners have with their new quarterback. (robin) and several teachers at a south bay school accused of sexual harasmment and assaault. how the school is responding to the accusations. (robin) and a police shooting in the east bay. we are live at the scene with the overnight details. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá)
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who are these people? the energy conscious people among us say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing.
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in your noise-canceling trusteheadphones? maybe not. maybe you could trust your flight attendant won't be the chatty type. hello everyone, welcome aboard, i'm jason with a y. maybe you could trust your seatmate will be an introvert. i've been to south america, i've been to mexico, i've been to... maybe you could trust everyone will settle in for 10 hours of peace and quiet. (baby crying) (ice rattling) (singing & drum banging) i got to tell you i'm excited for these long flights. i love them because it gets me out of the house. or, you could just trust duracell. (silence) (♪) a fugitive wanted by
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multiple agencies was shot when attempted to arrest him. ( will ) 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo is now the highest paid player in n-f-l history. ( james ) we have a budget. the house and senate reach a deal... ending an hours long government shutdown. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic...
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rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf.
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( james ) a man police say is a dangerous fugitive is in the hospital this morning after being shot by antioch police last night. ( darya ) kron4's lydia pantazes is live in antioch to show us what happened. lydia? (lydia)police say the fugitive was wanted by several agencies and was shot during a pursuit that ended at a busy gas station here in antioch.let's take a look at video of the scene.you can see a gun near the suspects car that's parked at the gas station on 4600 block of golf course road.the shooting happened yesterday at 5:15pm.the suspect was wanted by multiple agencies.we do know at least one officer fired his weapon.the suspect was taken to the hospital and information about his
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condition was not immediately available.we spoke to police about the shooting. thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) breaking overnight... an hours long government shutdown is over. less than 3 hours ago... the house passed a bill to keep the government open. we are now waiting for the president to sign the bill. the federal government ran out of money at midnight eastern time...forcing a shutdown. but hours later... the senate passed a budget deal with 71 votes. the bill then went to the house... where it was debated until about 2:30 this morning our time... before it was passed. ( darya ) a family in the
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east bay is grieving a young woman who was killed when her car collided with an a-c transit bus. the crash happened thursday morning at the intersection of ashby and california in berkeley. police say the bus was traveling west on ashby where there is no stop sign while kelli zachery was heading south on californiawhere there is a stop sign. the two vehicles crashed into another parked car...then slammed into two homes. we spoke to kelli's father... who happens to be an a-c transit bus driver himself.
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zachery's home with food and to pay their condolences to the family. police say that the driver of the bus involved is cooperating... the investigation of the cause of the crash is still underway. ( james ) happening now... a manhunt is underway after two home invasion robberies and a police chase. one person was shot and killed during one of the home invasions. three suspects were later arrested in vallejo... but two others are still on the loose. the two home invasions happened in sonoma county. the first was on fulton road in santa rosa early yesterday morning. then - about two hours later... there was a second home invasion on melcon lane. that's where a person was killed. police then saw the thieves in vallejo. they took off... and police chased after them. that chase ended in a crash on redwood road near broadway.
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by the responding deputies that were chaing them, two manage to get away for now and they were last seen running into this neighborhood">( james ) police searched the neighborhood for two hours... but they didn't find the man and the woman they were looking for. investigators believe that both robberies were related to marijuana. ( james ) in san francisco... police are investigating a suspicious death. it happened wednesday night on post street near union square. police found an unconscious man who died at the scene. the victim -- identified as 31- year-old andrew emmett -- had injuries that were consistent with a homicide. investigators say the evidence led them to petaluma where they detained three people of interest. emmett's exact cause of death is unknown. ( darya ) in san jose... new allegations of sexual abuse at an all girls catholic school have surfaced. this after a former student came forward to share her story of abuse. catherne leehane says when she was a student at presentation high school in 19-91... she was sexually abused by her teacher... and she wasn't the only one.
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after leehane and a classmate went public with their stories... 18 other former students revealed they went through the same thing... accusing at least eight teachers and staff members. ( darya ) the school says it conducted an investigation into leehane's complaint, but could not disclose details, citing privacy concerns. so far no legal action has been taken. ( darya ) a family is pleading for help locating a 50-year-old man from the north bay. family members told police that don alan wilson was supposed to meet his fiance in philadelphia on tuesday. san rafael police looked into the flight he was supposed to catch from s-f-o and found out he never booked
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a ticket. officers went to his home and found the door unlocked with no sight of wilson...and no signs of struggle. family and friends have tried to contact him through calls, texts, and emails and no one has been able to get through. ( james ) happening now... all eyes are on wall street after the dow plunges more than one-thousand points for the second time this week. the loss officially means the markets are is in correction mode. the dow is down 10 percent from its record high just two weeks ago. experts blame the plunge on continued concerns over the bond market, inflation, and interest rates. this morning... the dow futures are in the positive. but we will be watching the markets when they open in about an hour and a half. ( james ) in san mateo... classes are cancelled again today at saint matthew's catholic school after a water main break caused major flooding in the downtown area. we broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. it happened on south el camino. the
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gym at the school will be out of service for the next two months. some cars were flooded.... and the basements and garages of several homes on avalon boulevard were also affected. city officials are looking into what caused the line to break. < will know more as we get into the repair as we have the engineers take a look at it. age is not the only factor on main breaks it can be a pike condition pipe material soil conditions earth ( james ) officials say the water gushed out at a rate of 300 gallons per minute...before they were able to cap the watermain. no one in the area lost serivce because of the break. ( darya ) an investigation is underway ... after complaints of flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond. we first brought this story yesterday morning as breaking news. the bay area air quality management district says it got at least two complaints of flaring yesterday morning. chevron released a statement saying --
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flares are a "highly regulated safety device ... monitored by the air district." chevron also apologized to the public for any concerns caused by the flaring. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... following san francisco's lead. the cities that are now looking to erase past pot convictions. ( darya ) and after the break... a fremont family is in fear for their safety. who police are looking for.. after a violent home invasion. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event'
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back to the kron 4 morning news. let's get a check of the forecast. rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week. no major hot no major hot spots. bay bridge
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. accident wb 4 at 680. accident wb 80 cummings. accident sb 280 at de anza
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to die?"> ( james ) four armed and danerous thieves are on the run... after a violent home invasion in fremont. kron 4's justine waldman spoke to the victims. sot i was praying allah i should be alive i have never seen a gun in my lifenow he has a pistol whip gash on his forehead.at prasanth's home on little foot place wednesday night around 830.police tell kron 4 news 4 suspects wearing masks and holding guns stormed in...pra-sant thinks a family member did not lock the front door all the way.once inside, he says they began demanding cash and hit him in the head with the gun's handle.nat a taller guy came in and knocked me on the groundinside this bedroom, one suspect took his wallet off the nightstand.then dragged him into the living room.sot when they pulled my brother in law from here to there and he was saying don't shot don't shot and he was really begginghis sister in law madhavi, in town visiting
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from india, says the family dogs were barking like crazy. and she watched a suspect hit her teenage niece in the head with a gun.sot he said give me money give me money i said i don't have it and he grabbed my gold chain and i immediately gave itthe family says the suspects ransacked the house, flipping the mattress in a guest bedroom and pulling out all the drawers.meanwhile, prasanth's wife hid in the bathroom and called 911.madhavi prayed for her life.sot gun pointed the whole time when i said i don't have he said do you want to die?the family is trying to put their life back together this home invasion lasted 6 minutes, but felt like an eternity.sot that was really scary and traumaticprasanth has lived here for 18 years and always thought his cul da sac was a fortress, until now. sot how rich the community is how safe the community is doesn't matterstandup justine
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waldmanpolice believe the suspects took around 8- thousand dollars worth of stuff from the home, including 5 laptops, jewelry and a lot of cash. the best lead police have, comes from a neighbors security camera got which got an image of a smaller suv leaving the area with the suspects inside.in fremont justine waldman kron 4 news. ( darya ) surveillance video captues a package thief in novato. you can see a man walk up to the porch... he then grabs a brown envelope... before casually walking away... like nothing happened. this happened februarythird at a home on alice street. novato police are hoping that somebody will recognize the thief and come forward. ( darya ) joining san francisco... seattle and san diego are the latest major cities to clear marijuana convictions. seattle officials are moving to automatically clear past misdemeanors for pot possession. the city expects to clear as many as 600 convictions - dating back
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to 1997. several u-s cities already allow people to petition to have pot convictions sealed or thrown out.. earlier this month -- san francisco was the first major city to announce that it will clear non-violent pot convictions. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... you might notice some changes the next time you ride bart. we'll tell you the reason behind the new yellow seats. ( james ) and after the break... what the foods we think are sexy -- like chocolate and strawberries -- are really doing to your libido. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge. harold hated everything.
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ahh. but i recently bought jimmy dean stuffed hash browns. they're stuffed with delicious meat and cheeses. all of that crispy goodness has him seeing the day in a whole new light. jimmy dean stuffed hash browns. shine on. no major hot spots. bay bridge
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( james ) valentine's day is around the corner... and those the corner... day is around valentine's day is around the corner... and those popular tricks to set the mood... could actually be a waste of your time. ( darya ) researchers discovered that supposed aphrodisiacs like... chocolate... wine... and oysters... lack evidence of increasing sexual behavior. instead some can actually ádecrease it.( james ) strawberries also made the list... of being
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ineffective. ( darya )well laughing at yourself may actually be good for your overall heath. that's according to a new study from researchers in spain.( james ) they found that people who crack jokes about themselves were actually happier.... and more sociable than those who didn't. scientist also found that doing so could help suppress anger.( darya ) these new findings go against previous research where experts say laughing at ones-self... is a sign of anxiety and depression.
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(rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break. ( will ) jimmy g signs record setting deal with the 49ers. i'm live in santa clara with the details. dear january, we're sorry. we've made you all diets and cleanses. thing is, food isn't a resolution. it's fuel for our resolutions.
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rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week.
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( darya ) a big story this morning... 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo is now the highest paid player in n-f-l history.( james ) the 49ers signed him to a five year deal worth 137-point-five million dollars. kron 4's will tran joins us live from levi's stadium. will... ( will ) jimmy garoppolo signed a record-breaking, five-year contract with the san francisco 49ers that will pay him a reported $137.5 million. the package keeps him off the
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free-agent market next month without forcing the team to use the one-year franchise tag. san francisco acquired garoppolo from new england before the trade deadline for a 2018 second-round pick. the niners were 1-10 and in contention for the no. 1 pick in the draft until he led the team to a season-ending, five- game winning streak. ( james ) thanks will. we will check back through out the morning.
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( james ) the garoppolo news confrence is set for 11-30 a-m at levi stadium. ( darya ) we will be live streaming the event on kron 4 dot com and on our mobile app. ( darya ) breaking overnight... the house and senate have passed a bill to keep the government open... after shutting down for hours. we are now waiting for the president to sign the bill. the federal government ran out of money at midnight eastern time... forcing a shutdown. but hours later... the senate passed a
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budget deal with 71 votes. the bill then went to the house... where it was debated until about 2:30 this morning our time... before it was passed. ( darya ) a man is arrested on suspicion of d-u-i ... after a crash that killed his passenger. police say lucas mcfadden was driving on shoreline highway in marin county.. last week. he crashed head-on into a truck that was towing an excavator. 18-year-old ricardo de santiago was the passenger ... who died in the crash. mcfadden suffered major injuries. he was arrested earlier this week... and is facing vehicular manslaughter charges. there is now a 'go-fund-me' page to help the victim's family with funeral expenses. we have a link posted on our website at kron4-dot-com. ( james ) police are investigating bullet holes in windows at a bank in mountain view. it happened wednesday afternoon at the wells fargo bank branch on grand road. police shut down the intersection of grand road and el camino real...for at least an hour while they investigated. no one was
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injured... and the bullet holes were not part of a robbery. ( james ) officers with the san mateo police department will start wearing body cameras. the department announced all officers are now equipped with the body worn cameras. the cameras will be mounted on their chest or helmet. officers will record incidents they deem as necessary. ( darya ) lawmakers in sacramento are taking action to prevent sexual harassment. democratic assemblyman marc levine.. introduced a bill aimed at stopping sexual harassment by lobbyists. the bill would ban lobbyists for up to four years for harassment. the move comes just days after governor brown signed the whistle-blower act.. which protects legislative workers who report violations like sexual harassment by their collegues.
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driving out minorities, we're driving out underrepresented populations. that is an equation for very bad public policy. and, and it's imperative that we aren't perpetuating a pervasive culture of harassment and abuse.">( darya ) levine's bill is expected to be taken up by a committee next month. ( darya ) the woman who was livestreaming during a deadly crash... has been sentenced to six years in prison. obdulia sanchez was convicted of gross vehicular manslaughter, d-u-i and child endangerment. sanchez was driving around 100 mile per hours in los banos when she lost control of her car. the car overturned... ejecting and killing her 14- year-old sister. video shows sanchez taking her hands off the wheel while driving. the recording also shows sanchez leaning over her lifeless sister after the crash. ( james ) a federal
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appeals court upholds a san francisco law that regulates a landlord's ability --- to buyout renters. back in 2014... san francisco supervisors passed the law over concerns that landlords were forcing tenants to accept buyouts... to get around rent control. landlords argued against the law -- saying it violated their rights. the court did not agree. the law requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights in a buyout. it also allows tenants to back out of a buyout deal within 45 days. ( james ) take a look at the new seating on bart. bart is re-covering all of its priority seats... with this new yellow-mustard fabric. they say it's a way to remind people that those seats are for those who need it. the priority seats next to the train door are for seniors and people with disabilities. bart says the process will take a few months to complete. bart's new fleet of the future cars already have a different color for priority seating. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news...
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a big sigh of relief for an east bay couple. why it took 30-hours... a metal detector... and an entire neighborhood to find a lost engagement ring. ( james ) plus... trying to collect from uber and lyft drivers. why san francisco is now suing the state of california ( james ) and next... it's not quite a "dislike" button. the new feature facebook is testing right now. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast.
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(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) ( robin ) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) facebook is testing a "downvote" button... but denies it's working on a "dislike" button. ( james ) the test is running on public pages. when tapped... the button hides a comment and gives users additional reporting options -- like "offensive"... "misleading" or "off topic."( darya ) for years facebook
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has debated creating a "dislike" button to go along with its "like" button. but instead the company rolled out reactions... with emojis.( james ) for now.. facebook's test does not include public figures or comments from friends. ( james ) apple's new ( james ) apple's new smart speaker hits store shelves today.( darya ) the tech giant's "homepod" speaker goes head-to-head with other smart speakers on the market.... including the amazon echo and google home.( james ) apple's device can play music and podcasts... as well as read you the news. it also controls other devices in your
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home... through siri.( darya ) the price tag is about 350-dollars. (rebecca) your bay area forecast is after the break.
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breaking news... president trump has officially ended the government shutdown. he signed the bill just moments ago.
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( james )( darya )( robin ) checking bay area roads before you head out the door.. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101
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rebecca:little change is
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expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week.
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( james ) san francisco is suing california... because of a state law that allows uber and lyft drivers ... to have a single business license to drive anywhere in the state. city attorney dennis herrera says the law prevents san francisco from requiring drivers who live áoutside of the city ... to obtain a local business license. he says that deprives the city of money that could be used to offset maintenance and traffic costs... from the large number of out of town drivers. ( darya ) an east bay woman has her engagement ring back... after it was
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accidentally flushed down the toilet.( james ) neighbors joined the search... snaking through 100- feet of piping over 3 days. kron 4's ali reid has the unbelievable story from alamo. haileigh morrissey is all smiles tonight, but just days ago everythign in her life was at a standstill.my heart literally sunk to my stomach and i put ym hands on my head. all i kept saying was omg omg omgher $10k engagement ring was accidentally flushed down the toilet ... after momentarily taking it off, and her fiance dean put it in a piece of toilet paper.the sad thing is when i did it, i had the conscious thought that this is stupidthey called a plumber, who eventually gave up after a couple of hours.he
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was here for about 3 hours and no success. he took the toilet off. he tried to use the snake and look but..thankfully neighbors came together for a good cause.neighors had a snake that we borrowed and luke had the metal detector even with no plumbing experience, they stuck it out ... a solid 30 hours of digging and sifting before getting it out.it did not smell good, but we knew all the hard work would eventually helpand it did. this beauty is now back on haleigh's finger. it went from screaming and being super excited to bawling standupneighbors turned close friends are now putting the pipe back together.the happy couple will be getting married in may.until then, the ring will be only be worn on special occasions, and otherwise will be kept in a safe place.ali reid, kron 4 news
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( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news... there's something for date night... or a family outing.
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we're running down what's new at the box office. it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event'
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( james ) "fifty shades freed" heats up the box office this weekend. this is the final installment of the "50 shades" franchise --
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now christian grey and anastasia steele are married. and like all married couples... they have issues to deal with. "fifty shades freed" is rated "r." ( james ) real-life drama unfolds on the big screen... as "the 15:17 to paris" opens nationwide. on august 21st, 20-15... sacramento's alek skarlatos... spencer stone... and anthony sadler took down an armed gunman while on vacation. based on their autobiography... the movie follows the trio from their childhood... to the attack. director clint eastwood cast skarlatos... sadler as themselves.paris" is rated ( darya ) coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news ... the 49ers and jimmy garoppolo make history. the record breaking deal the niners have with their new quarterback.
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♪ ♪ with the chase mobile app, michaela deprince could pay practically anyone, at any bank, all while performing a grand jeté between two grand pianos. she could... in a commercial. in real life she uses it to pay her sister, from her couch, for that sweater she stained. what sweater? (phone buzzes)
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garoppolo is now the highest paid player in n-f-l history. ( james ) we have a budget. president trump just signed a bill ending an hours long federal government shutdown. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic...
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rebecca:little change is rebecca:rebecca: little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper
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level low may portions of california early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( james ) breaking news this morning.president trump has signed the new budget deal ...ending an hours long
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government shutdown. less than 4 hours ago ... the house passed a bill to keep the government open. the federal government ran out of money at midnight eastern time...forcing a shutdown. but hours later... the senate passed a budget deal with 71 votes. the bill then went to the house... where it was debated until about 2:30 this morning our time... before it was passed. then at around 5:40 this morning ... the president announced on twitter that he signed the bill the goverment was shut down for about 8 hours and 40 minutes. ( james ) a man police say is a dangerous fugitive is in the hospital this morning after being shot by antioch police last night. ( darya ) kron4's lydia pantazes is live in antioch to show us what happened. lydia? (lydia)police say the fugitive was wanted by several agencies and was shot during a pursuit that ended at a busy gas station here in antioch.let's
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take a look at video of the scene. look at video let's take a let's take a look at video of the scene.you can see a gun near the suspects car that's parked at the gas station on 4600 block of golf course road. the shooting happened yesterday at 5:15pm.the suspect was wanted by multiple agencies.we do know at least one officer fired his weapon. the suspect was taken to the hospital information about his condition was not immediately available.we spoke to police about the shooting. thanks lydia. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) a family in the east bay is grieving a young woman who was killed when her car collided with an a-c transit bus. the crash happened thursday morning at
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the intersection of ashby and california in berkeley. police say the bus was traveling west on ashby where there is no stop sign while kelli zachery was heading south on californiawhere there is a stop sign. the two vehicles crashed into another parked car...then slammed into two homes. we spoke to kelli's father... who happens to be an a-c transit bus driver himself.
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that the driver of the bus involved is cooperating... the investigation of the cause of the crash is still underway. ( james ) happening now... a manhunt is underway after two home invasion robberies and a police chase. one person was shot and killed during one of the home invasions. three suspects were later arrested in vallejo... but two others are still on the loose. the two home invasions happened in sonoma county. the first was on fulton road in santa rosa early yesterday morning. then - about two hours later... there was a second home invasion on melcon lane. that's where a person was killed. police then saw the thieves in vallejo. they took off... and police chased after them. that chase ended in a crash on redwood road near broadway.
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investigators believe that both robberies were related to marijuana. ( james ) in san francisco... police are investigating a suspicious death. it happened wednesday night on post street near union square. police found an unconscious man who died at the scene. the victim -- identified as 31- year-old andrew emmett -- had injuries that were consistent with a homicide. investigators say the evidence led them to petaluma where they detained three people of interest. emmett's exact cause of death is unknown. ( darya ) in san jose... new allegations of sexual abuse at an all girls catholic school have surfaced. this after a former student came forward to share her story of abuse. catherne leehane says when she was a student at presentation high school in 19-91... she was sexually abused by her teacher... and she wasn't the only one. after leehane and a classmate went public with their stories... 18 other former students revealed they went through the same thing...
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accusing at least eight teachers and staff members. ( darya ) the school says it conducted an investigation into leehane's complaint, but could not disclose details, citing privacy concerns. so far no legal action has been taken. ( darya ) a family is pleading for help locating a pleading for a family is ( darya )( darya ) a family is pleading for help locating a 50-year-old man from the north bay. family members told police that don alan wilson was supposed to meet his fiance in philadelphia on tuesday. san rafael police looked into the flight he was supposed to catch from s-f-o and found out he never booked a ticket. officers went to his home
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and found the door unlocked with no sight of wilson...and no signs of struggle. family and friends have tried to contact him through calls, texts, and emails and no one has been able to get through. ( james ) happening now... all eyes are on wall street after the dow plunges more than one-thousand points for the second time this week. the loss officially means the markets are is in correction mode. the dow is down 10 percent from its record high just two weeks ago. experts blame the plunge on continued concerns over the bond market, inflation, and interest rates. this morning... the dow futures are in the positive. but we will be watching the markets when they open in less than half an hour. ( james ) in san mateo... classes are cancelled again today at saint matthew's catholic school after a water main break caused major flooding in the downtown area.
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we broke this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news. it happened on south el camino. the gym at the school will be out of service for the next two months. some cars were flooded.... and the basements and garages of several homes on avalon boulevard were also affected. city officials are looking into what caused the line to break. < will know more as we get into the repair as we have the engineers take a look at it. age is not the only factor on main breaks it can be a pike material soil conditions earth ( james ) officials say the water gushed out at a rate of 300 gallons per minute...before they were able to cap the watermain. no one in the area lost serivce because of the break. ( darya ) an investigation is underway ... after complaints of flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond. we first brought this story yesterday morning as breaking news. the bay area air quality management district says it got at least two complaints of flaring
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yesterday morning. chevron released a statement saying -- flares are a "highly regulated safety device ... monitored by the air district." chevron also apologized to the public for any concerns caused by the flaring. ( darya ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... following san francisco's lead. the cities that are now looking to erase past pot convictions. ( darya ) and after the break... a fremont family is in fear for their safety. who police are looking for.. after a violent home invasion. ( rebecca ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. (ácommercialá) beyond is a natural pet food
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welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101.
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rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling
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is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week.
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( darya ) in the east bay... four masked robbers held a family in fremont at gunpoint...inside of their own home. the family was inside the house wednesday night when the masked thieves
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stormed in pointing guns. they demanded cash and ransacked the house...stealing 8-thousand dollars worth of items. the masked thieves also hit the family members with the handle of their guns...including a teenage girl.
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focuses on different aspects of modern day human trafficking. despite the ongoing work... the district attorney says the public is still largely unaware that children and teenagers are exploited for sex... and that workers are exploited by their ( james ) some of last year's coyote some of last year's coyote creek flooding victims are suing the city of san jose... santa clara county... and the santa clara valley water district. the lawsuit was announced in a news conference yesterday by an attorney respresenting more than 150- families who are seeking compensation. the complaint makes several allegations -- including negligence and the dangerous condition of public property. city officials estimate the floods caused about 73- million dollars in damage. ( darya ) surveillance video captues a package thief in novato. you can see a man walk up to the porch... he then grabs a brown envelope... before casually walking away... like nothing happened. this happened februarythird at a home on alice street. novato police are hoping that somebody will recognize the thief and come forward.
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( darya ) joining san francisco... seattle and san diego are the latest major cities to clear marijuana convictions. seattle officials are moving to automatically clear past misdemeanors for pot possession. the city expects to clear as many as 600 convictions - dating back to 1997. several u-s cities already allow people to petition to have pot convictions sealed or thrown out.. earlier this month -- san francisco was the first major city to announce that it will clear non-violent pot convictions. ( james ) a federal appeals court upholds a san francisco law that regulates a landlord's ability --- to buyout renters. back in 2014... san francisco supervisors passed the law over concerns that landlords were forcing tenants to accept buyouts... to get around rent control. landlords argued against the law -- saying it violated their rights. the court did not agree. the law requires landlords to inform tenants of their rights in a buyout. it also allows tenants to back out of a buyout deal within 45 days.
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( james ) take a look at the new seating on bart. bart is re-covering all of its priority seats... with this new yellow-mustard fabric. they say it's a way to remind people that those seats are for those who need it. the priority seats next to the train door are for seniors and people with disabilities. bart says the process will take a few months to complete. bart's new fleet of the future cars already have a different color for priority seating. ( darya ) san francisco is suing california... because of a state law that allows uber and lyft drivers ... to have a single business license to drive anywhere in the state. city attorney dennis herrera says the law prevents san francisco from requiring drivers who live áoutside of the city ... to obtain a local business license. he says that deprives the city of money that could be used to offset maintenance and traffic
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costs... from the large number of out of town drivers. ( darya ) 4 your money... harley-davidson is recalling about 250-thousand motorcycles... it's because the brakes can fail without warning. the company says the problem can be fixed simply by flushing the brake fluid. harley- davidson is performing the service at no cost. the models involved are the 20-08 to 20-11 touring, c-v-o touring and v-r-s-c. they all have anti-lock braking systems. three accidents and two injuries have been reported as a result of the brake issues.. ( james ) coming up ... a new warning for a very popular herbal supplement used to treat pain. why "kratom"... may affect the body the same way opioids do. ( james ) plus ... with the flu season in full swing.we'll give you tips on what you can do to boost your immune system. (ácommercialá) hot spots. bay bridge
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wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101
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( darya )(ááá2 shot on camááá) for your health this morning the f-d-a has a new warning for a very popular herbal supplement used to treat pain. ( james ) kratom ... may affect the body the same way opioids do. now the f-d-a is saying it may not be safe. research reports it has been linked to 44 deaths.( darya ) however ... critics say the research is flawed ... noting some of the victims were mixing it with other drugs. one of a handful of scientists who work with the plant... believes the herb is beneficial. ( james ) according to the centers for disease control, on average, 115 americans die every day from an opioid overdose. in 2016, opioids were
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responsible for more than 42-thousand deaths. ( darya )(ááá2 shot on camááá) it's one of the worst flu seasons on record -- but there are some things that you can do to boost your immune system. ( james ) health experts say you should stock up on fresh fruits and veggies... they're packed with vitamins and minerals that help our entire bodies function better - which helps our immune system function better. if you don't think you're getting your vitamins and minerals -- taking a multi- vitamin could help.( darya ) you can also stay hydrated -- with chicken soup. use quality boxed broth so you don't have to make your own -- and blend it so your kids won't know the broth is stocked with fresh veggies. exercise, sleep and avoiding stress are also important in fighting the flu. ( darya ) and an arrest has been made following the deadly d-u-i crash that killed this young man in marin county.find out who police put
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behind bars. (rebecca) and i'm tracking your morning forecast. what to expect as you head out the door right after the break. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá)
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( james ) the stock ( james ) the stock market is opening after what's been an up and down week.the dow plunged more than one-thousand points for the second time this week. the loss officially means the markets are is in correction mode. the dow is do 10 percent from its record high just two weeks ago. (james) ( james ) the stock market is opening after what's been an up and down week.the dow plunged more than one-thousand
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points for the second time this week. the loss officially means the markets are is in correction mode. the dow is down 10 percent from its record high just two weeks ago.
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(james)(darya) lets start the half hour with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to portions of california early next week. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. golden gate bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza.
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( darya ) a big story this morning... 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo is now the highest paid player in n-f-l history.( james ) the 49ers signed him to a five year deal worth 137-point-five million dollars. kron 4's will tran joins us live from levi's stadium. will... ( will )jimmy garoppolo signed a record-breaking, five-year contract with the san
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francisco 49ers that will pay him a reported $137.5 million. the package keeps him off the free-agent market next month without forcing the team to use the one-year franchise tag. san francisco acquired garoppolo from new england before the trade deadline for a 2018 second-round pick. the niners were 1-10 and in contention for the no. 1 pick in the draft until he led the team to a season-ending, five- game winning streak.
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( james ) thanks will. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( james ) the garoppolo news confrence is set for 11-30 a-m at levi stadium. ( darya ) we will be live
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streaming the event on kron 4 dot com and on our mobile app. ( darya ) breaking news this morning.president trump has signed the new budget deal ...ending an hours long government shutdown. less than 4 hours ago ... the house passed a bill to keep the government open. the federal government ran out of money at midnight eastern time...forcing a shutdown. but hours later... the senate passed a budget deal with 71 votes. the bill then went to the house... where it was debated until about 2:30 this morning our time... before it was passed. then at around 5:40 this morning ... the president announced on twitter that he signed the bill the goverment was shut down for about 8 hours and 40 minutes. ( darya ) a man is arrested for d-u-i ... after a crash that killed his passenger. police say lucas mcfadden was driving on shoreline highway in marin county.. last week. he crashed head-on into a truck that was towing an excavator. 18-year-old ricardo de santiago was the passenger ... who died in the crash. mcfadden suffered major
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injuries. he was arrested earlier this week... and is facing vehicular manslaughter charges. there is now a 'go-fund-me' page to help the victim's family with funeral expenses. we have a link posted on our website at kron4-dot-com. ( james ) police are investigating bullet holes in windows at a bank in mountain view. it happened wednesday afternoon at the wells fargo bank branch on grant road. police shut down the intersection of grant road and el camino real...for at least an hour while they investigated. no one was injured... and the bullet holes were not part of a robbery. ( james ) officers with the san mateo police department will start wearing body cameras. the department announced all officers are now equipped with the body worn cameras. the cameras will be mounted on their chest or helmet. officers will record incidents they deem as necessary. ( darya ) lawmakers in
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sacramento are taking action to prevent sexual harassment. democratic assemblyman marc levine.. introduced a bill aimed at stopping sexual harassment by lobbyists. the bill would ban lobbyists for up to four years for harassment. the move comes just days after governor brown signed the whistle-blower act.. which protects legislative workers who report violations like sexual harassment by their ( darya ) levine's bill is expected to be taken up by a committee next month. ( james ) coming up on the kron 4 morning news. a big sigh of relief for an east bay couple. why it took 30-hours ... a metal detector ... and an entire neighborhood to find a lost engagement ring.
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( james ) plus ... a message scrambled up in translation. why the norwegian olympic team ended up with an order of 15-thousand eggs. [ upbeat, energetic music ]
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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya )(ááá2 shot bamááá) anyone know how to say "we ordered too many eggs" in south korean ? norway's olympic team tweeted out this picture after accidentally ordering 15-thousand eggs instead of 15-hundred.( james ) the team chefs used google translate to
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put in an order with a local supermarket in pyeongchang in south korea. but they clearly made an error somewhere. they say the truck showed up and started carrying in the eggs but after a while they realized it was taking too long.( james ) that's when they asked the driver how many eggs were there and the driver replied 15-thousand. fortunately for the chefs, the supermarket took back 13,500 eggs. <
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on it's a test a lot of people failed they were graded by san mateo county sheriff and burlingame police i'll explain what happened in the next edition of people behaving badly >
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(ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) (james)(darya) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level
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low may bring showers to portions of southern california early next week.
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no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. s golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less
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than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya )(ááá2 shotááá) on average there is one ticket issued every five minutes at the broadway caltrain crossing in the city of burlingame.( james ) stanley roberts explains why ... in this edition of people behaving badly. hey good morning, the reason i'm stopping you is because you were stopping right on top of the tracksstopping on active train tracks is extremely dangerous, trains roll through at close to 80 miles per hour and takes almost a mile to stop nats:
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ambiance but everyday at the broadway caltrain crossing in burlingame drivers risk getting hitby stopping on the tracks nats: ambiance except this day was pop quiz day for drivers(sound of siren) what happened, (i don't know i want sure if i should stop on the tracks.) you should never stop on the tracks (or before it or after it) so let's take a little quiz, should you stop on the tracks, before the tracks, or after the tracks (before) and what did you do (on) so that means you did what (not the right thing) you failed i did fail a lot of of other divers failed too, and they received instant grades in the form of a ticket like this driver who stopped on the tracks and was immediately pulled over a word of advice, if you get pulled over for doing something unsafe around rail crossings you will almost always get a ticket you know why i'm stopping you because you stopped on the tracks i just turned the corner realized the light was red got stuck on the track got called out so keep this in mind when a train hits a car or a person, the train will always win . always also
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there is only one way you can get hit.. it's being on the tracks even partially... what happened, i'm in a hurry to go to work i wasn't paying attention during this crackdown on average one driver was pulled over every 5 minutes for various problems around the tracks, like trying to beat the crossing arms. that ticket is the same as running a red light it comes with a 490 dollar fine and i point on your driving record nats: ambiance and if by chance you get caught stopping on the tracks the fine is 238 dollars and 1 point..but if you get hit by a train . the fines won't matter now will it in burlingame stanley roberts kron 4 news ( darya ) a couple in the east bay was anxious for days... after their engagment ring was accidentally flushed down the toilet. the couple called a plumber to find the 10-thousand dollar
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ring.the plumber eventually gave up after a couple of hours. thankfully, neighbors came together to help them. and after 30 hours of digging and sifting ... they were able to recover the ring. ( darya ) the happy couple will be getting married in may. until then, they say the ring will be only be worn on special occasions, and otherwise will be kept in a safe place. ( james ) bay area
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basketball ... the warriors have snapped their first losing streak of the season.( darya ) they did it by beating the dallas mavericks at oracle arena. before the game... the warriors gave klay thompson a birthday cake... of his dog "rocko" for his 28th birthday. after a rough start... the warriors kicked it into gear. the game was tied at halftime... but in the 2nd half golden state outscored the mavericks by 18 points. kevin durant led the team with 24 points. the warriors win by a final of 121 to 103. the warriors will host the san antonio spurs tomorrow night at oracle. ( james ) happening tomorrow... the san francisco giants will host their annual fan-fest at a-t-and-t park. the gates open at 10 a-m. it is free to attend. fans
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will be able to get on the field... get autographs... and attend q-and-a sessions with the players and coaches. the players scheduled to attend include... buster posey... madison bumgarner... hunter pence and the two big off-season pickups... evan longoria and andrew mccutchen. ( james ) ( james )up next ... the biggest names in hollywood gather to celebrate the studio behind your favorite superhero movies. a look at the 10th anniversary photoshoot. ( darya )(ááá2 shot oncam ááá)
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a major film studio is celebrating an anniversary... and when they threw a party, all of their big stars showed up.( james ) we're
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talking about marvel studios. take a look at this impressive lineup. the studio posted a video of an october photo shoot featuring more than 80 actors and filmmakers from the marvel cinematic universe. the reveal kicks off a 10-year celebration.( darya ) back in 2008 ... the first film in the franchise hit theaters ... "iron man" starring robert downey jr. the new movie comes out next week ... the highly anticipated "black panther". ( darya ) coming up in the next hour on the kron 4 morning news ... the 49ers and
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jimmy garoppolo make history. the record breaking deal the niners have with their new quarterback. ( darya ) and several teachers at a south bay school accused of sexual harasmment and assaault. how the school is the (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá)
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( lydia ) a fugitive wanted by multiple agencies was shot when antioch police attempted to arrest him. ( will ) 49ers quarterback jimmy garoppolo is
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now the highest paid player in n-f-l history. ( james ) we have a budget. president trump just signed a bill ending an hours long federal government shutdown. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... rebecca:little change is expected today. slight cooling is forecast over the weekend, but temperatures will remain warmer than normal. locally windy conditions are also expected this weekend, mainly in the hills. an upper level low may bring showers to

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