. ♪ >> pam: charles clifford shows us what airport security will be changing. clifford has more of >> reporter: the transportation security adminstration says it wants to start spending more time looking for high threat items, like explosives, and less time confiscating small things like hand held knives and sporting equipment starting on april 25th, airline passengers will be allowed to carry on knives with blades shorter than 2.36 inches long and ½ an inch wide. knives with locking or fixed blades will not allowed and the knife can not have a molded grip. box cutters and razor blades will remain prohibited. the tsa will also start allowing passengers to carry on some sporting equipment, including ski poles, hockey sticks, up to two golf clubs, pool cues and lacrosse sticks. they will also allow bats that weigh less than 24 ounces and are shorter than 24 inches. the bat can be longer than 24 inches as long as it meets the weightonce again, these new changes take effect on april 25th. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: the rain and th

kron 4's charles clifford is live along the embarcadero in san francisco. a live look from walnut creek. where rain is now starting to come down.. i'm with kron 4's weather center with jacqueline bennett. she's tracking the rain. jacqueline? >> jacqueline: the rain is exactly where expected it to be. let me show you exactly what we have with light showers. they have tapered off. also along the san mateo coast near hayward, san mateo and union city. some light rain nothing to heavy. that light green is indicating light showers. towards the south-bay, some heavier returns. with more moderate and el diablo range with blue indicating snowfall. the snowfall levels from the self is sitting off shore. it is along the shore. and there is the core of it along the coast. we will continue with these wraparound showers. moisture. it will happen tonight and the chance of more snow in the sierras. timing it out, in just a moment. >> pam: right now. kron4's charles clifford is live in san francisco along the embarcadero. charles, how's it looking out there? >> reporter: 5

charles clifford is live in pacifica. here in the weather center with jacqueline - who has been tracking the storm. some of this is coming down hard. >> jacqueline: moderate offshore but it is going to make its way on the shore, shortly. into the north bay of some of that heavier rainfall. and light the air san rafael, sausalito and the debris as we go towards san francisco delight but that heavy rainfall is just sitting off shore not that far away with the orange indicating towards half moon bay for the next couple of hours the satellite and radar can the tail well fun of this moisture. coming up we will time it out on futurecast. and charles clifford has the latest. >> yes >> reporter: not far from the pacifica pier until about one hour ago he has been lightly sprinkling. that large weather cell and behind me off into the distance is mount tam towards the mountains and still some clearer conditions let a me show you the south. and towards the north-east towards the san francisco. for the next 30 minutes it might get ver

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> catherine: the c-h-p is cracking down on drivers whol over right before the bay bridge toll plaza in an effort to save a couple of dollars.. until 9:59 a-m every weekday, the toll to cross the bridge is 6 dollars. but when the clock strikes 10, the toll drops to 4. some drivers pull over as they approach the booth and wait out the clock. the c-h-p says those people are creating a hazard and potentially risking their lives.so they've been out in force ticketing drivers. and those tickets run from 1 to 3 hundred dollars. >> this has been national pi day. not the dessert -- but pi as in the numerical ratio three point one four! it's celebrated every year on march 14th. pi is the ratio of a circle's circumference, to its diameter. one math expert calls the day a "celebration of nerdiness." >> in sports. the stanley cup champions are in town and taking on the sharks. and the cal bears are involved in a shocker at the pac-12 tournament. gary has all the highlights and the rest of the sports. next @÷ >> gary: pac-12 tourney - cal/utah mike mon

in the newsroom, charles >> catherine: charles clifford, kron 4. >> week.iment involving riders with bikes. >> i think it is a great idea. i think they should make longer bart trains. >> it would be nice if there was a separate car for trains. they should have a place on bart. >> it's going to launch its second "bikes-on-board" pilot program. and try to find more room for bikes on the trains. during next week's pilot program -- bikes will be allowed on all trains. but. during peak commute hours.the first 3-bart-cars will be off-limits to bicyclists. the bypass tunnels at devil's slide on highway one are set to open march 25th. the twin tunnels are along a treacherous stretch of highway hich has been plagued by repeated landslides - making the tunnels necessary. they're the first tunnels built in california in more than 50 years - and they cost 439 million dollars -- and took 7 years to complete. in national news -- police in upstate new york are searching for a gunman after four people were killed in a shooting spree. the suspect has been identified as 64 y

kron 4's charles clifford has details and shows us where the new train routes could run. r district 7 bart board member zakhary mallet is floating the idea of buil lines north fre city of richmond as a way to relieve chronic traffic congestion along interstate 80. let's take a look at a google earth map of the area. right now the richmond station, which is here in the middle of the city, is the northern most stop on the richmond-fremont bart line. the idea would be to extend that line to the north parrell to the path of nearby interstate 80. along that route, new bart stations could be added in san pablo here near the richmond hilltop shopping centers... further north in pinole... and there could even be service all the way to hercules... if not further... now, none of this is even close to being a done deal. i spoke with a bart spokeperson today who said that this is just one of many ideas and projects the transit agency is considering. there are no artist renderings, no engineering plans... at this point this is only an idea. it's not, however, a new idea, this has been

continuing our coverage, kron 4's charles clifford shows us that this was a bay area wide effort. >> reporter: this multi agency task force began serving search warrants. 24 in total at two oakland and a run the bay area. this was simultaneous with 16 arrests. this was an ongoing and but here is what we do know. there were 20 warrants serves and to search warrant to the east in antioch. also one in brentwood your and in pacifica. the oakland police department says that even of these are high risk warrants they did not have to use significant violence to gain suspects detained. charles clifford, kron 4. >> pam: this church pastor speaks out. >> every time you pick up a gun you were choosing death. we, as the community we do not want you to choose death. we love you. we are your mothers, brothers, sisters, brothers, we want you to choose a life. this is why i am acting on a cease-fire that is a collaboration. if you do not choose a life and continued to choose death and you will get the rest of law enforcement. >> pam: the pastor result of this are rest will help for conservation as we

in the newsroomin the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news.this handwritten confession to a november murder was presented evidence for the people verses randee williams he will stand trial for the shooting of white. his son wrote to the confession letter and recanted. >> reporter: haazig madyun kron 4. >> reporter: the increase for the minimum wage. by just 60 percent of this living wage a initiative took place. it raises the minimum wage from $8 to $10 >> i connoted a parking permit. i pay my books and help my dad out with bills. he will not have to work two jobs anymore. rob fladeboe, kron 4. gabe slate tech report this new black brief z 10 will be released 45 blackberry is mar 22. it is with the new blackberry 10 pre-orders begin tomorrow. gabe slate tech report, kron 4 >> jacqueline: the how big weather story is 70's. with the exception of near the immediate coast. temperatures in the 50s. the golden gate bridge of the fog is returning it is starting to obstruct those towers. what we can expect with that fog sperling to the bay shores. and

kron 4's charles clifford has details and shows us where the new train routes could run. district 7 bart board member zakhary mallet is floating the idea of building new bart lines north from the city of richmond as a way to relieve chronic traffic congestion along interstate 80. let's take a look at a google earth map of the area. right now the richmond station, which is here in the middle of the city, is the northern most stop on the richmond-fremont bart line. the idea would be to extend that line to the north parrell to the path of nearby interstate 80. along that route, new bart stations could be added in san pablo here near the richmond hilltop shopping centers... further north in pinole... and there could even be service all the way to hercules... if not further... now, none of this is even close to being a done deal. i spoke with a bart spokeperson today who said that this is just one of many ideas and projects the transit agency is considering. there are no artist renderings, no engineering plans... at this point this is only an idea. it's not, however, a new ide

kron 4's charles clifford spoke with bart officials. mean for commuters. >> reporter: starting tuesday evening, bart will begin ramping up it's efforts to improve the seismic safety of the transbay tube. they've been working on the systems around the tube since 2005, but now they need to move inside the tube itself. >> so, from 10pm to about 4am every tuesday, wednesday and thursday evening for the next 14 months, bart will be limiting train travel through the tube to just one track. that means that evening riders are going to experience a delay of somewhere between 15 and 20 minutes starting around 10pm on those three nights for the next 14 months. >> reporter: during that time work crews will move in with this specialized truck and begin installing 4 ton steel plates inside the tube. the plates are designed to make the tube stronger. and when we're done, the work that we are doing on these evenings will make that tube capable of surviving the very rare and strong earthquakes that are headed our way. the price tag for bart's entire sei

charles clifford shows us the path. >> reporter: this was called the darling taken from the sausalito yacht club. let me show you on google earth what happened next. we do not know exactly what happened next but they would of had to of gotten a south- west underneath the golden gate. and then south to travel at least 14 mi. past san francisco to this city of pacifica. witnesses say that it had run aground at linden mar this was just offshore from the taco bell. the interior cabin is saying that there were three people on board and have been taken off the boat and arrested. in the news room, charles clifford, kron 4. >> we have seen the map route to and now with the inside looks. take a look luxury with a leather couch, a leather seating area, i should say with a panoramic view. television. this is a loaded! the galley. stainless steel of high appliances. and for loggefor leather. and the master state room, the master suite. they had a couple of other vets it sleeps six people, total. and a couple of other -- veterans. in addition to the pizza, the booze, with a dvd player, air-conditi

kron4's charles clifford show us the problem area on the new eastern span of the bay bridge.n of the bay bridge will look like when it's finished. the broken bolts or rods that we're talking about are located here... inside this foundation support which is also called pier e-2 between the top of this support and the deck of the bridge there are several bearings and what are called shear keys... these are pieces designed to stabilize the bridge in the event of an earthquake. here's a look at it from another angle... these are the bearings and shear keys.. up here is the deck of the bridge.. this is the support column and these yellow lines here are the bolts. each one is between 9 and 24 feet long and they run vertically inside the column. now, recently crews started tightening the nuts at the top of the bolts... here and what happened is that after they had added tension.. the bolts started to break.. and they know they're broken because the bolt popped up.. leaving this gap.. it should look like these other bolts.. flush with the concrete. finally, the rods that have brokedn

charles clifford, kron 4. gabe slate tech reportdyson.crease but a bit short of what analysts have expected. general motors with 200,000 vehicles sold, ford, toyota, chrysler, also moving inventory. truck sales have been strong. that is a good sign with small businesses usually purchased full-size trucks. and there is that between housing and the purchase of full-size trucks. >> with millions dollars and not claimed. the education trust west a non- profit out of oakland released a report on financial aid. it is saying that only one half of the financial aid was used. millions will be left on the table. government programs. say sales were up from a year ago -- and from last millions of dollars in financial aid is being unclaimed by students california. oakland -- released a reportthey say only half of the applied for federal and this means millions of don't get to attend college because they don't think also new at six. the cities of atherton, menlo park and palo alto have lost a bid to block thespeed rail line along the peninsula. a sacra

charles clifford will take a closer look at the new coming up.his service dog -- was stolen from right next to its owner on a bart train. now the woman -- who needs the dog's help for medical >> he said give me your money, or i'm going to shoota terrifying robbery ends with a baby being killed. new tonight, a georgia teenager is accused of the crime. and at 5-30 -- a white supremacist killed in a police shoot-out - is now believed to be behind a murder spree. the victims include those who put him behind bars. ♪ roundup ♪ i want a weed free season, that's how i roll ♪ ♪ so i reach for roundup extended control ♪ ♪ with the all-new, no pump, one-touch wand ♪ ♪ it kills weeds dead and keeps weeds gone ♪ [ whip cracks ] ♪ roundup extended control ♪ i just spray them weeds, then spray them cracks ♪ ♪ the weeds are gone, and they won't be back ♪ ♪ driveway, patio, i just spray once ♪ ♪ and it's adios weeds for up to four sweet months ♪ [ whip cracks ] ♪ roundup extended control [ male announcer ] roundup extended control ♪ yeha with the new one-touch wa

. >> catherine: kron 4's charles clifford is there live. charles -- how is it looking?at is correct it is very light right now. i am along the water near the pacifica pier it was a nice day let me show you some video from earlier. biggest boost time lapse a video of the clouds moving in from the self. and around 5:00 p.m. as one that light rain started to fall. it did catch some people off guard that were fishing. they had to break out there ranjackets purify however, we have seen in that it is continuing to rain along pacifica and we expect that it will keeprunning. that is the latest along the peninsula charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> catherine: controversy is brewing over a proposed plan to get rid popular san francisco street.and put in a bike lane. kron4's scott rates has the story. >> reporter: parking meters along this stretch of polk street could soon be.disappearing making way for a new bike lane dan kowalski is talking about the cities plan that would ultimately take away about 200 parking spaces on a stretch of polk street dan owns flipp furniture store he

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: it was certainly warm out there today.s in a number of places and even 80s! look at san francisco. 70's you can fuel the war in changes rolling in. with clouds and rain fall for the forecast. tomorrow, some showers. but sunday, more rain and thunderstorms. easter sunday will be impacted. it will warm back up for next week. the satellite and radar showing the increase in clouds. this wave of light showers against the north bay coast. light rain as we look offshore it is well offshore. we can see it is rotating but not moving quite that much. this is what we call a cut off system it is cut off from the wind. they are very difficult to forecast and they could do what ever they want. right now is moving very slowly. impacting saturday and sunday morning. and perhaps sunday afternoon. as we move toward saturday some showers. but the main raine on moderat felle with more coverage possible. we are also going to see this rainfall for the north bay. as we move towards noon, the same with the coverage. and we will see areas of moder

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: in san mateo county. people driving through the brand- new tunnels along devil's slide tomorrow. will likely see some lane closures. between nine a-m and three p-m tomorrow. cal-trans says, crews will be doing additional lane striping to improve driver safety. the new tunnels along highway- one near pacifica. officially opened to the public on monday. ahead at eight. details on a deadly big rig crash. that shut down all lanes of interstate 80 near davis. plus: the city of san francisco celebrates it's first new firehouse in 40 years. >> "who would not stand in front of an assault on >> pam: in the bay area and across the country. lawmakers and people seeking change - rally. in a national day of action on gun control. [ teen ] times are good, aren't they, kids? it's nice having u-verse, isn't it? see back in my day, we didn't have these newfangled wireless receivers. fangled? no, we watched march madness in the living room... that's where the tv outlet was. what is he talking about? and if mom was hosting

. >> charles clifford bricks, numbers. >> in a report from 2011 to 2012 there was an overall increase in crime across the city. in 2012 they dealt with violent crimes and property crimes including 63 aggravated assaults. that is a 2.7% increase from 2011 to they also saw an increase on identity theft and fraud. however there has been a decrease and public intoxication and d.u.i. the attributes the increase to enforcement with nine the arrests by one officer. this city has seen an increase in crime over a five-year period crime has been down in nearly all categories. the concern icould be a trend ts more problems. in the news room, charles clifford, kron 4. >> a moderate sized earthquake shakes southern california late this morning. the 4.7 magnitude quake was centered in riverside county. it was in the desert, near anza.that's about 16 miles sout-west of palm desert and about 100 miles south- east of los angeles. it was initially reported as a 5.2 magnitude.but was downgraded. more than 100 aftershocks followed the 4.7 quake.the largest aftershock was a 3.2 magnitude.most were much sm

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. says san francisco home sales dipped in february. that's compared to last month -- and the same time last year. data quick says that 54- hundred homes and condos were sold last month --- that's down nearly 2 percent from january and down more than six percent from last year. sales are generally flat from january to february. >> jacqueline: cooler temperatures about 10 degrees cooler and we are seeing and continued cooling. 60s through novado. for the inland valleys a bit more mild. '70s in antioch. still as we take a live look outside from the bay bridge toll plaza. it is nearly completely overcast. the satellite and radar showing that it is moving over the bay area with this system. his role in the tail end of its. we are getting cloud coverage and cooler temperatures as well. tonight i see fog reforming near the coast. cooler temperatures tonight with this cooling trend continuing towards tomorrow and the weekend. we of big changes and more on that and we will take a look at your co

kron 4's charles clifford was in pacifica today - and talked to commuters and residents. >> reporter:along highway one.... >> i know i feel safer. james parker lives in pacifica and commutes along highway one. he's happy about the new tunnells. fewer accidents.... >> i'm excited, i think it's going to be better for everybody. samer jweinat operates a restaurant in pacifica and live in montara, on the other side of devil's slide. he believes the new tunnells will be faster and safer for drivers. not only that but they will bring stability to his life the occasional closure of devil's slide had a big impact on his buisness. >> i just as soon that the tunnell never happened at all. richard balciuan's lives in montanar. he's less enthusiastic about the bypass. he's not convinced that the new tunnells are an improvement over the existing roadway. hopefully no one will get hurt because of the engineering of it. hopefully it will hold up. we're going to find out. along highway one, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> catherine: drivers who commute across the golden gate bridge are in for major

kron 4's charles clifford shows us the sequence of events. >> reporter: tuesday's deadly encounter withemy goulet began at this home at 822 norththis is video of the house... where it's believed goulet lived. now, just after 3pm on tuesday, two santa cruz police detectives were speaking with goulet when he apparently pulled out a gun and shot the officers at close range, killing both of them. he then stole their weapons and used their car to flee the scene. now, there was actually a third person injured in this initial shooting. according to police, a stray bullet from goulet's gun travelled north from the home and struck a woman.. here.. on nearby stanford street. she was shaken up obviously, but not seriously injured. less than half an hour later, goulet tried to return to his home but was spotted by police and first responders who were tending to the fallen officers.. he doyle street, where he was met by a team of six officers who were actually searching the area for him. according to police, goulet then shot at the officers and they returned fire. dozens of shots were exchanged. thi

kron 4's charles clifford shows us the new route. >> this is a google earth look along highway one justfica. this stretch of road is known as devil's slide. the highway here has been plagued for decades by ground, but on of march 26th this mile and half long stretch of roadway will be permanently closed to traffic. and cars traveling on highway one will be re- routed through a pair of twin tunnels that bypass devils slide altogether. to the north, highway one will closed down here and traffic will be transferred onto a pair of new bridges that lead to and from the tunnels.. which enter the mountain here... each tunell will have a single 12 foot wide travel lane with shoulders on each side. once cars enter the tunnels they will travel about 4/5ths of mile underneath this mountain before reconnecting with highway one on the other side, completely bypassing the old roadway. the bypass tunnels have been 8 years in the making with a price tag of 439 millions dollars. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> drivers who commute across the golden gate bridge are in for major changes n

kron 4's charles clifford shows us the changes. >> reporter: the transportation security adminstration wants to start spending more time looking for high threat items, like explosives, and less time confiscating small things like hand held knives and sporting equipment starting on april 25th, airline passengers will be allowed to carry on knives with blades shorter than 2.36 inches long and ½ an inch wide. knives with locking or fixed blades will not allowed and the knife can not have a molded grip. box cutters and razor blades will remain prohibited. the tsa will also start allowing passengers to carry on some sporting equipment, including ski poles, hockey sticks, up to two golf clubs, pool cues and lacrosse sticks. they will also allow bats that weigh less than 24 ounces and are shorter than 24 inches. the bat can be longer than 24 inches as long as it meets the weight limit. once again, these new changes take effect on april 25th. in the newsroom, charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> pam: venezuela's six-term president hugo chavez has died. chavez was considered both charismatic and c

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> yosemite's curry village has reopened and ready for spring and summer visitors. this after it became the site of a deadly hanta virus outbreak last summer. the outbreak at the popular lodging spot killed three people. and sickened ten others. the virus is spread by rodent droppings. each year. thousands of people visit curry village. which is made up of more than 400 canvas and wood cabins. the tents where the hanta virus infections were found, are in what's called. the "signature series cabins". the park service crews removed more than 90 of those cabins. in an effort to permanently stop the disease from spreading. they're also cleaning the other cabins. and working to educate visitors about how hanta virus spreads. >> labor and business leaders say they're close to a deal for a new low-skilled worker program. disagreement over the conditions of the program last week threatened to de- rail a sweeping immigration reform bill in the u-s senate. that bill would increase border security and provide a path to legal status for 11 million im

kron 4's charles clifford shows us how this effort stretched across the bay area. the oakland police department says that these raids are actually part of an ongoing effort, and they aren't revealing exactly where the arrest were made friday morning, but here's what we do know. the main focus of the effort was in oakland, specifically east oakland. 20 warrants were served across the city. also, two search warrants were served 30 miles to the east in antioch there was also a raid in nearby brentwood. and finally a single warrant was served in pacifica, which is south of san francisco now, the multi agency task force, led by opd, served 24 high risk warrants, 21 of the raids were conducted simultaneously between 5am and 7am friday morning and they say that the raids required no significant use of force and that there were no injuries. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> new tonight at eight-- thieves are taking crime a step further in the bernal heights section of san francisco. in the last few weeks they've started breaking into cars so they can eventu

in san francisco, charles clifford kron 4 news. and dish report.tten a strange text message that seemed like a scam? how the federal government is stepping in to protect you. that story's coming up after the break. time is not on our side this weekend. when clocks spring forward early sunday morning for daylight saving time, we're all going to lose one hour of sleep. karin caifa looks at why we spring forward in the first place. >> reporter: some weekends fly by more quickly than others. this weekend, it's not your imagination. most of the country loses one hour -- 'springing ahead." the concept of daylight saving time can be traced back to benjamin franklin, but geoff chester of the u- s naval observatory - the nation's authority on timekeeping - says it really grew along with victory gardens during world war one. >> the idea of having an extra hour of daylight after work meant that workers could go home from the factory and have an extra hour to tend their victory gardens >> reporter: decades later, it's still around. but some studies have sugges

charles clifford, kron 4 of >> jacqueline: we have seen mild conditions and high clouds.have not gone away. it has been hazy. as we go towards tomorrow some cloud coverage and temperatures are going to stay mild for the most part and cooler along the coast. slight cooling with sunday, monday, upper 50s and 60s. let us take a look at the big event is the st. patrick's day parade this begins at 11:00 a.m. of with a clouds are coming and going. a bit of a break of sunshine. and as the parade starts it will be a bit calm but the wind could increase as it starts to wind down. if the satellite and radar these high clouds are over the bay area. and just a couple more hours we are dealing with clearer conditions as for the fog? we are not going to see much and the south bay and patchy fog near the san mateo coast. it should clear out for the later morning hours. low 70's for the most part and for the in the valleys of the low 70's as well. the east bayshore. 60s in richmond. closer to the coast 50s with 60 in san francisco. 64 in berkeley and a low 70's for th most part. cool and

in saratoga, charles clifford kron 4 news.f have >> this dry pattern shows no signs of letting up. temperatures in the '60s and '70s. the warmest and the north bay. of low mid 70's and the 60s for san jose. concord, antioch. these attempts in some places kidding about five, eight degrees above average. the readings will continue to climb for the next couple of days. away from the bay. this live look at mt. tam. and those low clouds will keep temperatures and shocked by the beaches. but away from the bay and the ocean when things are going to warm up. '70s through san jose, concord. going towards tuesday. it 70's for some of the valleys. nearly 80 degrees on wednesday. >> still ahead on kron 4 news at 8. the site of a deadly lion attack reopens to the public. then. a vallejo special education teacher found guilty of preying on one of his students. the disturbing details. plus. protestors for the free tiber movement take over the streets of san francisco. -- free tibet... [ male announcer ] with citibank it's easy for jay to dep

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. ("cheering") ahead at eight.day two in the supreme court debate over same-sex marriage and the rights of same-sex couples. details on today's arguments on the legality of the defense of marriage act. plus: officials break ground on what will become the west coast's tallest building. where it's being built. plus: ".behaving badly" big changes at the golden gate bridge-- today marked the first-ever morning commute with all- electronic tolls. c-h-p officials say there was a problem with motorists. who were driving through the toll plaza faster than the 25 mile per hour speed limit. they say, some people sped through the toll plaza at up to 60 miles an hour. the golden gate bridge switched to all -electronic tolling just after midnight today. it wasn't a smooth transition for everyone. some drivers today made a dangerous decision to stop and get out of their cars. in the middle of the golden gate bridge toll plaza. kron 4's stanley roberts has video you have to see to believe. in his new of edition of people behaving

kron 4's charles clifford shows us what will happen next.is a google earth view of the existing walmart in antioch. it's near the intersection of lone tree way and hillcrest avenue. currently, the store has about 141 thousand square feet of retail space. under the newly approved plan to expand the store into a supercenter, the retailer will add more than 33 thousand square feet of space on the store's western side...here... the expanded area will include a grocery store, a garden center, a tire and lube express and additional merchandise space. walmart also plans to add 176 additional parking spaces in this empty lot to the west of the store. there reconfigurations to the existing parking lot, bringing the total number of parking spots to 918. walmart will also be making major changes to the exterior faÇade of the store, including adding a 10 foot tall brick wall and additional landscaping. in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 2

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> jacqueline: we can see this warm, dry pattern. of the door tomorrow, 40's and '50's. 60s and even 70's. this yellow is indicating 70's. 60s along the immediate coast. temperatures in your neighborhood. 70's through the san jose. low 70's for the east bayshore. even if warm along the coast. several degrees warmer. 60s but not the 70's. 70's for the north bay. as we go for thursday and friday the sea breeze will return. we will continue to cooling trend for next week. >> coming up seventh street and market street in the next edition of people behaving badly. >> gary: coming up later the draft choice with the raiders. and walker is draft choice with the raiders. and walker is gone...[ female announcer ] the one for all. mcdonald's dollar menu, home of the meaty, melty mcdouble you love... ♪ ...and other amazing tastes, for just a dollar each. ♪ like the bold hot n spicy mcchicken, and the new grilled onion cheddar burger topped with caramelized onions and melted white cheddar. everyday, as always, there's a lot to love for a little o

in san francisco charles clifford kron 4 news. our team coverage continues.ron4's gabe slate has a closer look on the kiosks where you can still pay cash to cross the golden gate. there is a map of these pay station kiosks. >> these are easy menu options to pay cash. you can make a onetime payment had funds to your license plate pay a toll and voice repay a violation. you can choose a one time with how many crossings you want to pay for. and the number of pre- crash are available. >> this is my receipt that i bought it today. my license plate number my confirmation number has and is still good for 30 days. >> if you cross it with out the fast track and have not had a pre-cash payment these will be your new best friend. and even 48 hours after you cross the bridge you can pay to avoid the flying. avoi the tax penalty-- >> gas prices are down for the fourth straight day. aaa reports the national average fell to three- dollars and 67 cents for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline. that's down 11 cents since last month people in wyoming are seeing the lowest gas

show you how you can use these cash kiosks. >> catherine: it is has been a beautiful day at charles cliffords it. >> the freeze has picked up but it has been a beautiful day many people are still out here with beautiful sunshine from the west. but it has cooled off. i have seen it that the fog is just starting to peak if you have not been out side today could be a good day to go out. san francisco, kron 4 news. >> continuing our house for coverage. jacqueline has been out on the rooftop of what can we expect? >> gary: is going to get a lot cooler. i did put my jacket back on with the sea breezes and right over san francisco. away from the coast temperatures are still in the '70s for a number of locations. 77 degrees in napa. 78 degrees in sunnyvale. cooling down near the coast. 50s in half moon bay. as we take a look of the weather headlines big changes. the big weather story tonight will be cooler for this weekend and areas of dense fog, overnight. effect fairly widespread. with five, 10 degrees warmer than yesterday but a cooling trend will continue for the weekend. . the visibility is dow

charles clifford, kron 4. >> the u-s forest service is taking a new approach to saving money. more fires burn instead of attacking every one of them. the agency came in 400 million dollars over budget from last year's busy fire season. the "kill all fires" approach angered watchdog groups and environmentalists who say it was too expensive. and that it endangered firefighters in remote areas that posed little to no danger. in all, the forest service oversees about 193 million acres in 43 states including california. police are searching for a suspect connected to several residential burglaries in fremont. lawrence nero faces a one- million dollar warrant. in connection with a residential burglary that happened on march first. he is described as a black male. mid 20's. about 5- feet-10 inches tall with short hair and a beard. during the march 1st burglary on meyer court. he led officers on a short car chase. before dumping the car and running off. police searched that car and found property that was taken from another burglary on armour way. on february 25th. police say, nero wa

charles clifford, kron 4. >> reporter: 10 million pets are lost in the united states. prior year.chnology. is an affordable way. -- per year. a 10 million pets, if any of them get lost. verizon have teamed up with this company to track your pets with gps technology. tune in tonight at 8:00 p.m. i will be featuring best. gabe slate tech report >> reporter: >> jacqueline: the big weather story tonight is bigger temperatures. and 70's through pleasanton, 75 degrees in sunnyvale. the coast was a different story. 55 in half moon bay because that fog will return tonight. still, up and down the coast it will still long the bayshore. and delta. it will clear immediately with a reversal of the sea breeze wind. the offshore wind could increase. '70s and '80s for the south bay. 79 in san jose even the coast will warm up. 60s. about 10 degrees warmer in some spots. 70's for the north bay. a look a cool down slightly. even more for the weekend. >> catherine: you may want to think twice the next time you click alison kosik is in new york with more on what your "likes" reveal about you. >> repor

in the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >> an airline captain says a drone aircraft came withinft. of this jet over new york. the fbi is asking forell r informations about the unusual and potentially dangerous incident. brian todd has the latest. >> an airline captain spotted something close to his jet. >> we see a drone. >> the fbi says the unmanned drone came within two of the feet of the passenger plane. the co-pilot spotted two. the flight landed safely. the incident monday afternoon is under investigation by the f a and the fbi which is asking the public's help in finding the aircraft of this operator. a source with knowledge of the incident said investigators interviewed the pilots and others aboard the plane. the pilot of two other jets which were approaching jfk at the same time said they did not see the unmanned aircraft. experts say even small from composer risk to commercial jets did they collide with them are it sucked into their engines. the incident raises questions about rules governing the vehicles. on that aircraft be as small as distraught or small or big as a

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: in the city of san mateo. police have arrested a man for spying on young children while taking pictures of them. this all took place at the pennisula gymnastic facilty. a brentwood man now charged with sexually assaulting a boy. over a six year period. this is the suspect -- average. titile in 3 years. take a look at what happened at this school. they have become a special technology school but the computers were stolen overnight. they were estimated at at least $40,000. boy. over a six year period. this man sexually assaulting a boy over a six year period. this is the suspect -- gordon blake. police say the abuse began over 20 years ago -- when the boy was ten-years-old. the alleged abuse took place in blake's home and at a community pool. blake is being charged with 15 felony counts of lewd acts on a child. >> this fall and marlene returns to the bay area. he is accused of shooting two marines and then turning the gun on himself. this is one of the victims. she earned a number of awards including a national

in the newsroom charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> catherine: alcatraz is marking 50 years - since therison was closed.. a new exhibit of newly discovered photos opened today. among the visitors -- jim albright -- the last prison guard to leave the rock back in 1963. alcatraz started as a fort and became an army disciplinary barracks. it became a prison in 1934.housing some of america's most notorious gangsters - like al capone and mickey cohen. alcatraz became a national park-- nine years after its closing. >> developing news right now out of syria. a senior u-s official says that preliminary results show chemical weapons were *not used in an attack in that country earlier this week. the u-s and its allies have been investigating allegations that the syrian rebels carried out a chemical weapons attack in northern aleppo province on tuesday. rebels blame regime forces. despite the preliminary results. officials say they will not rule out the possibility that chemical weapons were used. >> jacqueline: it is warmer today. . the wind will die down for saturday and sunday. breezy but tempe

kron fours charles clifford has the numbers. >> 63 aggravated assault and three rapes and one homicidesappened. >> that of the 7.3 increase from two about a 11. there was a rise in identity theft and fraud cases but a drop in d.u.i. accidents in cases of public intoxication. >> in 2012 there were too much a 20 d.u.i. arrest. that is the most of the part of history. they attribute the increase in increase enforcement and including nine arrest bicycle officer. >> over a five-year period crime is down in almost all categories. the concern is that the recent increase could be the beginning of a trend toward more problems. >> in the newsroom charles clifford kron 4 news. >> a teenage boy is recovering from injuries after being shot in vallejo monday. the shooting happened on alabama st. around 8:00 p.m.. police said the 15 year-old was shot while trying to help his sister get away from several suspect or shooting at another person on the street. the boy was taken to hospital to be treated for life-threatening. no arrest had been made in the shooting. >> and morgan hill mother was sentenced t

kron fours charles clifford has more. >> they are using the instruments to drill into march and rocks far, nitrogen, hydrogen, phosphorus. >> they also found mineral clay. this in the case in the distant past probably millions of years ago this area was covered in water. >> the water was probably fresh, not too salty or acidic. that means that microbial life could have survived. >> this was an ancient environment with the right elements. minerals indicating a near neutral environment and slightly salty liquid water. >> ha all of the prerequisites to support life. >> these discoveries mean that life may have existed eons ago but as of yet scientists have not found any actual signs of life forms microbial or otherwise. >> charles clifford kron 4 news. >> the san francisco 49ers free agent to go is tight end delanie walker who signs a four year, $17.5 million deal with tennessee tide inspirit including 8.6 million guaranteed. that is a lot of money for got caught 21 passes last year but dropped around five or so. >> in seven seasons and san francisco walker never caught more than 29 pass

they'll be doing some work on the new oakland airport connector kron 4's charles clifford shows us what it will mean for drivers. >> reporter: starting saturday morning, bart will begin installing new railways over instate 880...here... just west of hegenberger road. this is part of the ongoing work to complete the new oakland airport connector. in order to finish the work, crews will first need to shutdown the two lefthand lanes of north bound 880 starting at 11am on saturday morning. that closure will last all day on saturday. then from 1am until 6am on sunday morning, caltrans will completely shutdown all northbound lanes of 880 at hegenberger road. the southbound lanes will remain open. cars travelling north can detour around the closure by first exiting 880 at hegenberger road. then they will have to turn left onto edes avenue, cross over hegenberger and continue along coliseum way. they will then drive past oracle arena and the coliseum before merging back onto northbound 880 just past 66th avenue. now this weekend's closures, will be repeated the following weekend, march 23rd and

kron fours charles clifford has more. >> at the moment the rover is sitting on the northern edge of thehat is believed to be an agent stream. there are a variety of scientific instruments on the rover they are using them to drill into martian rocks and analyze the results. what they found it so far, niger, hydrogen, fosters, and carbon the basic chemical building blocks of life as we know it. --phosphorus this indicates someone the distant past millions of years ago this area was covered in water. the water was probably fresh not too salty or acidic. that means that life could have survived here. there are traces of sulfate and sulfites a possible food source of the microbes. >> this was a cajun and by rode with the right elements. minerals indicating a near neutral environment and slightly salty liquid water. >> all of the prerequisites to support life. these discoveries mean that life may have existed eons ago as of yet scientists have not found any actual size of life forms in their microbial or otherwise. >> charles clifford kron 4 news. >> the palo alto teenager is 10th place winne

. >> kron fours charles clifford has details on a dry spell. >> san jose state professor and meteorologistll. >> with the third driest january and february we have seen going back 1850. >> a high-pressure weather pattern has become locked in over california keeping most of the wet weather far to the north. >> the jet stream is taking this contract up around area of high pressure. >> it is going up overproduced columbia and dropping into the middle of the country. >> california normally gets the majority of its rainfall between november 1st and the end of april. >> season november and december were ready. january, february, and the first week of march have been dry. >> fallen off below normal for rain fall. >> it is still too early to know if californians will face drought conditions in the summer. >> last year was below normal. this year would fall into one of the drier years. water managers are looking at this with a cautious eye. we are already nearing the end of the rain fall season. we need to manage the resources were carefully that if we had twice the amount of rainfall. >> in sarato

kron 4's charles clifford shows us what will and won't be allowed. >> reporter: the t s a wants to stop hockey fried items like explosives and start worrying about smaller items like knives. passengers are be able to carry small knives in their carry-on luggage. these are examples that will be allowed the blade has to be less than 6 cm. and also less than one- half of an inch wide. and it has to be a bendable foldable. and the handgrip cannot be molded. these are examples that will not be allowed. these blades are too wide, too long and some of these are molded. let me show you two more examples of what will involve will not be allowed. this is longer than the available amount and it is locked in place. so this would not be allowed by the t s a. this has less than 2 in. long. the blade does not lock and the grip is not molded and this would also not be allowed. finally, box cutters will remain prohibited. charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> pam: the memorial for murdered santa cruz officers -- detective sergeant loran "butch" baker. and detective elizabeth butler-- is scheduled for this t

kron 4's charles clifford has details. >> reporter: bethel island sits in the sacramento-san joaquin river delta.. here.. just to the northeast of antioch. around 2:15am wednesday morning, a fire broke out in 1400 block of taylor road, which runs along the island's southern edge. this is the one story home where the fire started. no one was there at the time and we understand that the blaze may have been triggered by some sort of electrical problem. now after the fires started, the flames spread to this two story building to the west. two residents were evacuated from this home, one person had minor injuries.. and the building was seriously damaged. also flames caused minor damage to this two story home on the other side of where the fire started. now this is video we took early this morning, on the left here is what's left of the home where the fire started. it's been complelety destroyed. to the right is the two story home that was heavily damaged. we also understand that at some point powerlines may have fallen onto this home forcing firefighters to fight the blaze from a distance

charles clifford has more. >> reporter: the c h p says that around 10:a 30 a man driving a big rig was a driving eastbound on interstate 880. davis. he was in the far right hand lane hit seems that he could have been the evening at the wheel and possibly show has lost consciousness. he crossed all of the lanes and struck two other cars. this is video. this station wagon was pressed the station center divider and the other car was suffered moderate /median. injuries. it continued to go into incoming traffic. the c h p that collide head on with the bmw. both vehicles caught on fire but the driver was able to escape with moderate injuries. the bmw porsche on to the site and the driver was killed. all lanes have been closed. this massive backup in both directions according to the c h p they were open to run 12:55 the westbound lanes were expected to be reopened at 5:00 p.m. in the news room, charles clifford, kron 4. >> pam: right now, stormy weather but it is expected to be back. you can seecloudy skies --- rain is on the way. and a live picture from san francisco. dark clouds over the ci

getting a clearer picture of how events unfolded in santa cruz this past tuesday kron fours charles clifford us the sequence of events. >> we have a video of the house. this is where goulet lived. just after 3:00 p.m. to detectives were speaking to him through a screen door when he pulled out a gun and shot the officers at close range killing them both. he then stole their weapons and use their car to flee the scene. there was actually a third person injured in this initial shooting. police said a bullet from goulets gun travel and about a 10th of a mile and hit a woman. she was obviously shaken up but not seriously injured. less than half an hour later when first responders came he tried to return to his home then fled south toward the oil street and was led by a team of six officers searching for him-a-doyle street. >> he then shot at the officers dozens of shots were exchanged. this is video from seven our abc seven news partnership. >> there was also a fire truck parked nearby want doyle that get caught in crossfire was hit several times. >> there are bullet holes on the front right corn

kron 4's charles clifford it was a beautifull day out here at ocean beach, but the national weather services that today and most of tomorrow there a powerfull westerly swell moving through the ocean into our area the advisory runs from from 10am friday morning through saturday and there is an increased risk of sneaker waves. these are are waves that come ashore with little or no warning and are capable of sweeping unsuspecting beach goers into the water. they advise that anyone weekend to not turn your backs on the ocean. children should be closely supervised so that they are not near the water along. fisherman avoid jetties and rock outcroppings becaue these big waves could knock someone off the rocks and sweep them out to sea. this advisory is for beaches along the san francisco pennissula, point reyes, and the north bay coast and pennissula, point reyes, and the north bay coast and again this advisory [ lorelonzo ] o i'm lorenzo. i woi rk for 47 differffent companies. well, te, chnicaniy i workwo for one. that com cpany, the united stas postal service® works fos r thousands of home busin

kron 4's charles clifford is live with a preview of tomorrow's grand lighting.l launch this has 25,000 a small led. lights. it is the largest led display in the world. they have been testing for several weeks. the launch will be tuesday, march 5th at 8: 3- there is no party but people are asking to just watch come on at 8: 30 this is designed to and never repeat. the artist, leo villareal... repeat and it will not distract your driving. anywhere on treasure island and north to the bridge to be able to see it. those lights come on at 8:30 >> pam: in national news-- officials in florida are monitoring a new sinkhole. it's just three miles from a deadly sinkhole that swallowed a man who was sleeping in his bed last week. the earth opened up between two homes in hillsborough county earlier today. there is no reported damage to the homes, but a fence dividing the properties is broken. county officials say, the two sinkholes are not geologically connected. and the new one has not required an evacuation. >> pam, the sinkhole that killed a man is growing. and we're gett