i am craig skalar, i will have the latest. hong >>: the midwest continues to take a pounding from powerful storms. we'll have the latest video on kron 4 coming up. >>: it would are beginning the hour with three tornadoes reported yesterday 90 mi. north of san francisco. we have dramatic video captured around 6:30 p.m.. claude looked at the first tornado. there you can see it actually touching the ground. this was just to the south of chico in a sparsely populated area of dairyland. rep pocket is near turin. a second tornado captured on video as well as shot from the ground ra data. there were four minor accidents but no major damages. " california does average about seven tornados a year but they are usually very weak. >>: we asked on our face bookstand page if you would have ever lived in tornado country, the midwest or earthquake country. >>: reeder says, give me my earthquakes, if i am going to die, i would rather see it not has coming. another writerhas kt your rights, i would rather have to deal with the earthquakes. if y

we are going live to craig skalar --craig skalar getting ready for the takeoff. >>reporter: their sugar and car gloating definitely. looking at the starting line this is south l and first street. 15,000- 20,000 people are expected. they will be starting here and go down first street and down this direction. people will be standing curbside. free admission. we are going to show you pictures of them setting up right now. they are going to be taking those 82 mi., it will be doing a parade through downtown before they start the official race. you will be able to see that before it begins. take a livermore exit off of all i 580 towards downtown, that might be the path of least resistance. it is tricky at the finish line. the raise will be ended in the hills above san jose. you would have to take a shuttle bus up their between it 10:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.. the race is expected to end around 3:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m.. livermore is excited about this, it is the first time that they are the starting line. >>anchor: it is a good thing the weather is holding up. costs they had to

stock half craig skalar it is at this one in the milpitas.oing on right now, >> >> we're getting ready for a memorial day ceremony at city hall, a couple of hundred people getting ready for the usual, traditional national anthem stand 21 gun salute. everything you would expect on a memorial >> back with more of a couple of minutes. [ male announcer ] yiayia may not approve of michelle's wardrobe. you dress like a prostitute. [ male announcer ] but yiayia approves of her serving athenos hummus. mmmmmm! because only athenos is made the greek way, with 100% olive oil. athenos. maybe the only thing approved by yiayia. but they never part to leads the box office with a hundred and $18 million is expected to be the biggest memorial day weekend at the box office 859 in the morning >> look at the golden gate bridge a lot of people have off today so if you do please enjoy it. dad, i was wondering if you've -- what's up? oh, what's wrong with your hair? oh. i was cruising the world-wide-web. found this do. what are you wearing? dope, right? it's got a

they are on the way down, craig skalar live in san jose with more. >>: it all depends on your perspective.90 looks good now, it has been up quite a bit in the past few months. here in san jose it was at $4.25 just a few weeks ago, it is now $4.90. aaa says you can have ballist optimistic outlook when it comes to those gas prices. >>: the gas prices over the past several months have been driven up by wall street and speculation more than supply and demand. that is really the main reason why gas prices have spited a recent months. now, their level of. crude oil has dropped, gas prices are coming down a little by little it is stabilizing. you will thus the any major increase from here for the memorial weekend. >>: the price of the beryl oil has gone down, some people complain that it goes as quickly when the price of of world oil goes up but does not go down as fast when the price goes down on the open market. at least it is going down and more people are expected to hit their roads if it continues dakota. $4.90 a gallon, base and a perspective that looks pretty good right now, not a year ag

craig skalar is live in the north fair oaks neighborhood. >>: chris is a 65 ft. of that has been around for 300 years. we will show you some close-up pictures. who got folks did not want public utilities and to take this train down to make room for a pipeline. last night the commission voted to build a tunnel underneath or to look at the feasibility of that. it would cost about a half- million dollars but they are hoping this would be the final word and then the tree will survive. : this and valley oaks looks like it is going to survive, at least for the moment. >>: it will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues, a programming change to tell you about, starting this monday, doctors still lose to a new time slot, weekdays at quark 4:00 p.m.. that means he will be bringing a prime-time newscast weeknights at 8:00 p.m.. that begins this monday, may 3rd. rober kk g kk roo until i lost my credit and eventually i lost my home. [ male announcer ] credit monitoring alone is not enough to protect your identity, and only tells you after the fact, sometimes as m

are going to continue team coverage live at sfo and san jose mineta, international league where craig skalarmorial day traffic. >>: and fairly busy since 5:00 a.m. with traffic, people trying to beat the rush. we will show you pictures as people were coming in and saying goodbye to loved ones. 80 percent increase, they are expecting, in the number of travelers since last memorial weekend. people want to get out before things got too crowded in to beat the rest. correct >>: it is nice. actually the freeway was pretty open on the way here. >>: really worried about leaving later? with >>: are leaving early to beat the rush >>: working? >>: yes, so far, but we have not gotten inside get. >>: i have a golf game at 2:00 p.m. in san diego so, we have to get there early. >>: traffic has not been to bat coming in. there is a new economy lot at the airport since the last holiday season, you will be able to find some parking. most people say they are going to places like alaska for a cruise or to see family in arizona or that a woman who's going to las vegas. it too far to drive but some of them came h

that is where we find craig skalar.a >>reporter: it starts right here at south soft l wheat and first street. they're sitting evening hours before the raise. normally the race runs through your but it does not start or finish joropo but heard with the trustees that it has today. the vice mayor is telling me that is a boost for the economy. >> livermore invested about $38,000.00. we have gotten almost all of that back already. for local of the businesses it means, 1.5-$2.00 million in one day. >>reporter: that is a lot of money for a town this size. it is heading towards san jose. " livermore is getting this as a starting line. that is a lot of prestige. it begins at collection 40 5:00 a.m. at south l first street. >>reporter: rings, greg. i >>anchor: the time now is 60 3:00 a.m., let's take a lot look outside and get you going with a beautiful shot of the skies over san francisco and more specifically over kron 4 studios on van ness ave. harper >>anchor: 6:26 a.m., federal prison officials have removed the finance chief

. >>: her eighth fatal shooting in this neighborhood, craig skalar is live this morning. let's go live out to the scene. >>: the checkers and schulte is still blocked off, this is the site plate glass site where the shooting occurred. we will show you some pictures from this morning, this is a 2001 volkswagen theof that police believe belong to the victim. rebeccpeople are saying that thy heard shots in rapid succession. >>: it was a pop, pop, pop but it was pretty fast, they were not individual shots. >>: police say that they have not released the name of the victim pending notification of the next of kin. there is a possibility that this is gain related but there is no confirmation of that. that is one of a number of possibilities. the police of metal detectors at and examine the car very closely before hauling it away. they're trying to find any beads in this case. >>: or is there any indication that these two people, the shooter and the victim knew one another? >>: not at the moment, the police are not saying that they knew one another, that are not sure if it is a ga

. >>: let's check out right now what is happening in san jose with craig skalar. >>: the crowds are slowly building, it will pick up, starting about an hour ago, if you are driving in, it does not look too bad, pretty light traffic, inside the terminal i will show you some pictures, people piling in trying to be a rush in the early hours, there are no delays, there are no cancellations at the moment the people tell me as it were coming in, they wanted to make sure that they got out safe and sound to where they are headed this holiday season. >>: it depends, if you have a plane to come ashoreticket, sur >>: get here on time so that we do not conduct any traffic. -- so that we do not get any traffic. >>: this is the first time i have traveled since i was 13, i am unfamiliar with the process. it is pretty new. >>: airport officials say they are expecting 2% more traveling by air. some people are telling me, they are flying pretty far. others are going to graduation ceremonies, not necessarily using this as an alternative to cars. some people are trying to do this as a way to avoid the rush on

craig skalar tells us, they have especially had their eyes of the effect that budget cuts might have.mmigrant rights are getting on buses in san jose, 50 of them will join another 900 and is the capital to push for immigrant rights. state budget cuts will cut programs then help both immigrants. they want to start a californian dream back for immigrants to gain access to things like college degrees and grants. >>: without us going up there to do advocacy, there will not be a possibility to change the past for the end result. >>: this is an annual pilgrimage, but not the only one during the year. advocacy groups tried to apply pressure on individual leaders. >>: parents and other supporters of public schools are protected around the bay area today as part of a statewide campaign against budget cuts to education. the rally is called wake up california, being held in 20 locations around the state. a different rallies will be taking place around the state. >>: we are monitoring your reaction to the education budget cuts, it is not from education, where should the state but to make cuts? po