kron 4's charles clifford is live in the north bay. we begin with our chief meteorologist jacqueline bennett. who is tracking the conditions. >> pam: jacqueline, when can we expect to see the rain? >> jacqueline: overall nothing real significant. a few hundred of an inch of flowing everywhere else. looking as strong trecker radar satellite ryder picture showing most of the rain has been missing us to the north starting to approach. the rain will be hitting us in the north face starting at all around 10:00 will be in full swing separate charles clifford is live in santa rosa. kron4's charles clifford is live in santa rosa. >> reporter: i am in san sonoma county it is nice right now. action drove up from sampras's coach and around the edges said the molester off the coast headed this way. just a fraction of the rain for now that is the very latest here in sonoma county charles clifford kron 4 news. >> pam: a winter snow storm is headed to the sierra. it could be the first significant storm in nearly two -months. kron 4's j-r stone is liv

the man found guilty of his murder is 20-year-old antonio clifford.family members are giving victim impact statements before clifford's sentencing. >> you have 33 years that will be spent behind bars. i'm sorry, but i pray that those years will be full of immense pain and torture for you. >> the father takes his turn, giving his victim impact statement. michael swett walks to the witness stand with a photo of his son. >> and then he got closer, and he was standing at the table. he held that picture right in front of the defendant, in front of antonio clifford, and said, do you know this face? >> and then swett's pent-up anger suddenly comes bursting out. >> it was a moment of just jaw-dropping, oh, my gosh, what do we do? >> shelby zorotney is an anchor for nbc in steubenville, ohio. she's covering the sentencing that day, and her cameraman captures the scene. the first to respond to the incident is sheriff fred abdullah. >> we didn't hit him, we didn't strike him, nothing like that. i knew and i could just imagine the pain that he was going through,

steven aguirre, clifford henry jr.e facing federal charges of allegedly illegally setting a campfire. >> reporter:authorities say that turned into a nearly 2- thousand gabriel mountains. >> reporter:tonight more than 95 percent of the fire is contained. the fire originally broke out last thursday. thousands of homes have been evacuated and 15 structures destroyed. >> catherine: winter storms have dumped a foot or more of snow on southern new england and the new york city area. new york and philadelphia, for example.got roughly 14 inches of snow. >> catherine: and it's been a nightmare for commuters.with cars skidding and sliding over >> catherine: icy, snowy roads. in many places -- the morning commute took about three times longer than usual. >> catherine: a lot of schools and government offices were closed again.including in washington d.c. >> catherine: and temperatures in the single- digits and teens have made things more miserable. >> catherine: and it's been another rough day for air travelers. with thousands of

kron 4's charles clifford.the sierra today with an update. >> reporter:here in the sierra there hasn't been a significant snowstorm since early december. back then it looked like the ski season might be off to a good start. since then, very little snow has fallen here in the mountains. the ski resorts are doing the best they can. but at place like donner ranch the hills are barren. donner has had to close temporarily. they are hoping to get more snow so they can reopen. >> reporter:larger place like sugar bowl are able to make their own snow and stay at least partially open. >> reporter:considering what we have, it's not bad. >> reporter:james pickerrell is from pacifica, he's here skiing for a couple day. he shot some video with a gopro camera and was kind enough to give it to me. you can see that the main runs are pretty well covered but there are some bare spots off to the sides. james says that it's still not to bad out here. >> >> reporter:just waiting on mother nature to throw us a good storm. we are comm

near the coast, charles clifford kron 4 news. >> reporter: it will get way better trusted me! the viral video, and why arnold did it? >> pam: ahead at eight. >> pam: an icy blast to the east coast. wrecking travel plans across the u.s. and covering the site of the upcoming snow. >> pam: plus. new at 8:30. a serious lack of snow is leaving business owners in the sierra high and dry. a look at just how bad conditions are there. >>"i just felt like. all future raiderettes." >> pam: and next. why a former raiderette is now taking the team to court. >> this just in to the kron 4 newsroom. >> reporter: chp says the motorcyclist was in a crash. knocked off the bike run over by a ups big break. major delays on southbound 101 near santa clara. >> pam: new tonight at 8-- >> pam: trouble for the oakland raiders. is following the team from the field. to the courtroom. >> pam: a raiderette filed a lawsuit against the team today. for exploitation. kron 4's justine waldman sat down with the raiderette. to find out what she wants. >> reporter: her viral video she shows off her skills she does

charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> you and about 200 00,000 of your best friends, and treasure islandatch, and for now, let's go get a check with -- jeff, a gorgeous scene but quiet. >> reporter: this is quiet but you are looking at the final sunset of 2013 over the city of san francisco. we are stationed here, our kron 4 cameras stationed on treasure island. we have a perfect view of exactly where the fireworks would be going off. you can see in the middle of your screen. that is where the barge will be located. and they will launch them off at the stroke of midnight, and that will be a wonderful celebration, and we are going to bring you the fireworks live tonight on our special new year's eve special. it will be something that the viewers will want to stick around and check out. >> all right. thank you, jeff. a lot of transportation is available tonight around san francisco ranging from completely free to more than you might be used to paying. all muny rides will be free between 8:00 p.m. tonight and 5:00 a.m. new year's day, and sam tram and cal train, free. and bart, extended ser

the whole process is expected to take months clifford kron 4 news. new at 8-- few of us go anywhere without our cell phones anymore. and that means cell everywhere. a plan to build one right near a school. is creating a controversy in the city of lafayette. kron 4's dan kerman reports. there?s a controversy brewing at lafayette?s st. perpetua catholic school. decision to allow at&t to erect a cell tower on top of the church?s rectory. that rectory is adjacent to both a garden and a recreational area the student frequent, and across the street from where their classrooms are located electromagnetic radiation it admitted from some powers and it chronic exposure that public is subjected to the we have not studied we have not looked at there is a research out there saying that it's safe is reach search saying that it does cause harm. let craig devinney has two kids attending school here, but even those who just come to concerned as apparent i think i have concerns about what we don't know about the math and its impact on the physiology of a person. >> :

. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford takes us under the water to expalin why the surf is so big in thiscular location >> reporter:this is an overhead google earth view looking north along the san mateo county coast. half moon bay is right here and the mavericks surf competition is held just off shore from pillar point.. here.. this is near the half moon bay harbor. >> reporter:the actual competition happens about half a mile off shore.. here... but why are the waves so big at this spot and nowhere else along actually have to dive underneath the water. several miles away from shore the seasflore actually starts to rise up creating a ramp towards pillar point.. on either side of the ramp there are lower areas. >> reporter:now if we pull out to an overhead view you can see the ramp starting here and lifting towards the shore. >> reporter:now, the waves are actually created thousands of miles away across the pacific ocean by wind and weather patterns. the red lines here show the direction the waves are travelling when they arrive along the coast. the blue lines are the shape of the waves. a

on december 31st a gentleman by the name of j clifford -- j clifford forest bought industries. here is the thing about the whole situation. yesterday along with the bankruptcy, he opened up his new company called mountaineer funding l.l.c. which is headed by as we see headed by j clifford forest, which files for bankruptcy and is also the owner of the mountaineer funding. he owns a coal company in pennsylvania which is called rose bud mining and he is the owner of a lodge at glendorn in northern pennsylvania. some of the businesses. he said that it's interesting that someone would purchase a company like freedom industries with so much debt. what was he getting into? was he a sucker or does he know what he was doing? the debt is substantial. they owe $2.4 million to the irs. they owe $3.6 million to creditors. there is over 200 of them. so a lot of different moving parts and a lot of confusing situations here the man who purchased freedom industries just a few weeks back opens up an l.l.c. to fund freedom while they are in their bankruptcy. we spent most of the day talking to p

radiation levels remain unaffected by the aftermathin the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. >>acqueline: we are only going to see minimum shell burst out of this. futurecast, a midnight tonight still dry. tries to move into the 3:00 hour on we will seek a shourd pop over 6:00 hour it will shift down to the san mateo coast line and an assault by seven. not very impressive and that is the extent of it. >> gary: this is what we will see tomorrow afternoon with low 60s and napa, 61 in redwood city and '50s that the coast line at east bay shoreline. sierra a tiny bit of snow out there tomorrow similar to the rain will see locally but by saturday in a better chance of widespread rain and snow. temperatures then we will see tomorrow. that is what it will be a brain snow mixed. a sometimes deadly >> jacqueline: it will be dry in the afternoon and start to dry out and 1 backup into sunday, monday and tuesday and wednesday >> reporter: 1 dads answer is generating plants and maybe even some copycats that story at a party. that story at 830 >> reporter: est largest electronics show going o

charles clifford, kron4news. >>> a 14-year-old girl struck and killed by a vta train in san jose willremembered this weekend. he was riding her bicycle and hit by a train on friday. friends say garcia was a singer and rushing to school. they are hoping to raise $10,000 to cover her funeral and the memorial. >>> walnut creek hospital employees are on edge when an employee is robbed in the parking lot. >>> a kaiser employee was robbed around 11:30 last night. they were approached by a male suspect with a knife, one with a bat. the victim said the suspects took off in a silver suv, possibly a toyota highlander. they hope security cameras catch the crime. >> reporter: a packed flu clinic. this year's strain is affecting healthy younger people. in adults over 65, most folks are not taking chances employ chances. the university will give out 200 200 á;vzmpnvaccines in 2 >>> getting ready for the mavericks surf contest. i spoke to one competitor saying it looks like mother nature will cooperate. swells will reach 40 feet high. they say it will be a challenging contest. >>> stay with kron4 to

charles clifford joins us live from san francisco. chuck?er: i'm live along geary boulevard at laguna. this is the chinese consulate right behind me. the attack happened on this side, the laguna sides, about 9:30 on wednesday evening. the chinese consulate says someone poured two buckets of gasoline along the front doors, then lit it on fire. no one was injured but it did badly damage the outside of the building. the fire burned the exterior double doors and scorched the walls. the front of the building was heavily damaged. inside, it was mainly smoke damage. the san francisco police and fire departments responded to the fire last night, also an evidence response team from the fbi was on scene. this afternoon the fbi said they have opened a full investigation into this attack and that they are analyzing evidence, although they wouldn't say exactly what that evidence is or if there's a suspect or suspects in this case. they did say that they believe this attack was an isolated criminal act and not a national security matter. the chinese consu

in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news. still ahead-- with its seal the drizzle up there today obviously not enough to help with those drought conditions. we sincerely it serious storms and we don't have anything. as the search now radar. a little in this morning was the rain still remains to the north. high cloud coverage institute tomorrow. better chance of seeing a chance of rain saturday. chile in spots where conditions for friday. and saturday morning the rain will set to return unfortunately were going it only see 1 t of grain. all colored than today north 36 and sarah fields santa rosa 37 in pleasantville 42 in san jose. >> : we'll hit the upper 60s. >> : shifting our attention to national weather for just a moment. frigid conditions earlier in the week and another that storm system pushing into the east. the son of the more such it southern. also rains is set to push and to the carolinas here tomorrow. a lingering showers in the sunday. was a cloudy chances of a few light showers integers not bad in the upper 50s. h

charles clifford has more on what they found. >> reporter: the california department of water resources, the news is not good. fresh snow has fallen but doesn't reverse the drought problem. here they measured 12.4 inches of snow which is an 1 of water content. the impact is 12% of average, that is the lowest level since the state started keeping records since 1960. >> we are not getting the storms to come through. without that runoff the reservoirs will not refill. they will have to manage with what they got. >> the department of water resources, the average amount of snowfall is here by this black line. it is normally peaking at april 1st. we are this pink line which is flat lined at 12%. that is well below any of the previous years. if we stay on track, it could be the smallest snow pack on record. back in january of last year, there is considerably less snow in the mountains. >> a man who turned a female relative into a sex slave for 15 years is close to a long prison sentence. 52-year-old raul ochoa abused her since she was a girl. she was so completely under his control, when she w

jonathan gero, clifford henry and steven aguer they are facing charges. thousands of people remain evacuated from their home. >>> a member of the army's elite night stalker's unit is dead after a blackhawk helicopter makes a hard landing. this happened as the chopper was landing at the airfield in georgia after a training flight. the pilot was in control of the aircraft until it hit the ground and rolled on to its side. two other soldiers were hurt. night stalker pilots are some of the most highly skilled helicopter pilots in the army. >> 20 subpoenas issued to keep members of new jersey governor chris christie under bridge gate. he fired bridget kelly among those served. christie himself is not on the list. the lawmaker leading the investigation says there's no evidence right now linking to the the governor to that scandal. he is accused of closing lanes on the george washington bridge causing major traffic jams for political pay back. >> nadia solomon is accused of not supporting the 30,000 dollars she earned for making appearances last year while colle

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. >> reporter: charles clifford, kron4news. >>> superior court is warning of a scam e-mail from the court to attend a hearing that is not scheduled. officials say there are no employees named elizabeth taylor. there is an attachment that is a malicious virus. they say delete it and do not open attachments. >>> a fire in santa rosa burned less than a third of a display. andy lopez supporters will rebuild. he was shot by a sheriff's deputy. he believed the replica gun was an assault rifle. >>> we are one step closer to having an agreement with bart. the district board has approved a reviewed contract with the backing of union negotiafter tw contract ratifications, a vote, and a lawsuit, the board of directors has a compromise. >> we want to bring peace so the employees can do what they do best, which is provide world class transportation. >> reporter: the workers keep these trains running did get improvements including bereavement, family medical leave, and training. they had a one-time bonus that was reworked. >> we are happen to have it settled. we signed the agreement as we did last time

charles clifford has been following this story for us today. he has the latest information. >> reporter: according to the chinese consulate in san francisco, wednesday evening, someone threw two buckets of gasoline in the front of the building and set it on fire. no one was injured, but the flames heavily damaged the exterior doors as well as exterior walls. there was also smoke damage inside the building. the fbi announced that it was launching a full investigation into the attack. they say they are working in cooperation with the san francisco police and fire departments as well as the state department of diplomatic security. they also said they are collecting evidence. they said that the attack appears to be an isolated incident. >> i will say, at this point in time, our initial assessment is that this appears to be most likely a criminal matter as opposed to a national security matter. if that changes, we, of course, will let you know immediately. >> reporter: the chinese consulate is also cooperating with the investigation. they have conde

cathy clifford has more. >> militants roamed the damaged and deserted streets of falluja. the city has been outside of government control for days, held by the al qaeda linked state. local tribes are divided in their allegiances between the government and the militants. iraqity officials and the prime minister agreed to hold off a major offensive to give the sunni tribal leaders more time. on monday, he called on the people of falluja and its tribes to expel the terrorists so that the areas are not subjected to the dangers of armed clashes. meanwhile, tensions between the local sunni tribes have deepened. >> the revolutionary of falluja tribes have resolved to punish those that are linked to the sectarian government. also ordered not to strike residential areas. the message comes as dozens of families have fled the city. the group is much feared in the surrounding province. or 70% of the people do not support them. they are worried that if your organization gets stronger, it will control people's lives with extreme religious rules, even forbid people to smoke. >> iraqi tro

clifford is a law professor at the university of utah. >> salt lake city has the highest rate of gay parents of anywhere in the company. 26% of parents living here are raising families. well beyond 13% in new york. >> that's in spite of serious obstacles. >> among them, homophobia and hostility. in another - adoption. that became easier. >> under utah law, if you are allowed to marry, you are entitled to adopt. >> it's a huge blessing. it's been a worry for us, that the babies were not legally protected in utah, or federally without the adoption. and so it's going to make the process easier for us. married with children. it's a utah tradition. now that same-sex marriage is legal, these parents believe they'll be putting out the william mat for more same-sex marriages. >> the mormon church was a leading force behind proposition 8, california's short-lived ban on same-sex marriage. the most intriguing inventions could impact society for years to come. al jazeera's jacob ward examined some important new gadgets. >> 2013 was a mix of goofy inventions and transformative discoveries. shrin

and the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >>james: let's head of hear about the forecast. >>: we have been talking about the snow pack. a lot of snow reported. the winter weather advisory has expired. you could see the storm continues to shift its way south. although it's not impacting the bay area. as for temperatures we are waking up to upper forties to low 50s so it is a mild start. a little breezy north of the golden gate bridge to take a look at the numbers. 48 leaving your house and san mateo. upper forties in the livermore valley. take a look at the afternoon. a cooler day ahead. you'll probably need a slider. fremont's only hit a 59358 degrees in santa clara. it looks like a day of the upper 50s for the san ramon valley. san francisco also stained and the '50s for today. a little cooler than that for napa. also one of the milder spot to 61 degrees and 58 in san mateo. it is breezy right now. it was a cooler day ahead three demand clear conditions. and temperatures dropping into the upper '40's low fifties. with that n

. >>> suspect clifford atkins is in jail. police say atkins broke into a medical marijuana dispensary. >>> continuing coverage now of our drought emergency. house speaker john baneler be in the central valley tomorrow discussing a possible fix. boehner, along with three other california republicans, are proposing an emergency bill that would allow farmers to pump irrigation water from the sacramento san jauquin delta. we're expecting the worst dry spell in a century. >>> san francisco muni directors approved an 18-month pilot program. activists, angry over the proposal, blocked several buses this morning. the big buses provided by high tech companies like google and facebook, transport employees from san francisco to silicon valley. opponents say it's alwaysing rents to skyrocket. but supporters say the shuttles keep 35,000 cars off the roads. >> it's unfair that here, we are citizens, and they're going to charge them $1. >> the companies will charge $1 stop. the program is set to begin in july. >>> a victory for gay rights.

all this got us wanting to learn more about clifford for is.edom industry's other than, first thing you know, he's a coal magnate. own's rosebud mining company, has more nan 1,200 employees and among the largest coal producers in ohio and pennsylvania, making him the apparent owner of a coal company and a company ta that deals in chemicals used by the coal industry. keep that connection in mind when you hear folks like west virginia governor earl ray tomlin try to put distance between big coal and the big spill. >> let me make it very clear this was not a coal company incident. this was a chemical company. >> clearly you have to [ inaudible ]. >> well, i mean, that's -- a debate. the point is, the incident happened at a chemical company. >> another fact we talk about cliff forrest, supporting president obama in 2008 became part of the group of wealthy coal country republicans who sought to take him down in 2012 handing out, stop the war on coal signs from his office. an apaint ally, john boehner, proclaims no new regulation was necessary in the

joining me now from salt lake city is clifford roscki.utional and family law at the university of utah and is chairman of the group equality utah. then in phoenix, we have attorney shaun aiken. shaun represents four same-sex couples in arizona who's suing the state over the issue of marriage equality. just some 300-plus miles away, so it's great to have you both on. let me start first, the federal government being asked to grant these couples in utah that have been married spousal benefits. does the fed have that authority? >> i think they certainly do. there's no question these 1,000 couples are legally married. they got married pursuant to a federal court order, ministers were authorized by utah law. they were married then and they are married now. really, the federal government would have no basis not to recognize those marriages. >> i want to play for everybody what utah's attorney general had to say when the supreme court suspended those rights. >> this is precisely the uncertainty we were hoping to avoid by requesting a stay immedia

clifford forrest, the new owner of freedom industries? >> i know nothing about him. we will make sure that the pollution that has been cleaned or let on their property will be cleaned up and there should be money available in their assets to do that. but we're staying right on top of it every day. >> do you drink the water? >> i drink it occasionally. >> we also talked to senator joe manchun about some of the legislation he is putting together with state lawmakers and also senator joe rockefeller. he just said it's perfectly clear that we should have been better prepared to prevent and respond to a disaster of this magnitude. here is what his fellow senator joe manchun said. >> we have 80,000 different chemicals that were being used in this country today. only 22 have been thoroughly examined what effect they have on human life. that needs to be changed. >> he went on to say that the major economic losses in the state of west virginia are not acceptable. you can see the state capitol behind me, where there is a press conference going on right now where they are propo

kron4 news' charles clifford with a closer look at where the accidents have happened and how police areponding. >> reporter: this is an overhead google u view looking north. a woman was struck by a black suv here near the intersection of turk and leavenworth. she survived but was taken to the hospital. the driver of the suv has not been found: an 86-year-old man was killed by a vehicle when he was struck. the driver was arrested onuses onuses -- on suspicion of vehicle manslaughter. the driver 57-year-old saed was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. on thursday a man in his 20s was serious rigid when he was struck by a car here near bush and leavenworth. he was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries. the driver is corporating with police, and friday morning's accident occurred just a block away near bush and hyde around 9:45 in the morning. the san francisco police department said today that they don't believe these accidents are connected in any way, but that they are going to step up traffic enforcement in the areas where these incidents have occurred.

all clifford and with a 70 degree mark. we do have their red flag warning into 1:00 this morning. we're talking pretty us the conditions with low humidity levels so we will elevate our concern for fire danger. take a look at the coast. we have that maverick surf competition to look forward to. tomorrow. to the wind direction is going to change and the winds will approach from the south. we are anticipating morning fog he doesn't result if you're heading down to half moon bay. a high surf advisories in effect until late friday evening. we do have some changes on your 7 day around the bay forecast three slightly warmer conditions into the weekend and we will only continue with that warmup as we head into tuesday and wednesday. the time now is 518 here is the george. >>george: kron4's jacki cecil is on the scene of mission street. this is the second day in a row where we've had a severed power pole. >>: it could be much worse but you can see the polls still down blocking parts of mission boulevard and that's why 92 traffic and the san mateo bridge problem free and for what one of the

but having meals blended into a puree but that can put people on clifford. the medical community. this is a major issue. how to get elderly people to enjoy eating again juvenile. people feel that teaching a special fruit is a sign maybe lost strength it's important to provide them with meals that other people that view is being special is there. youtube site to find a few years of trials to develop a kind of loosing your fruit that looks just like real pinch. he starts going through smashing the british been forming the page and if the chips to make sure the crucial christ the moulds had to be exactly the right shape he got delayed by a company that creates mannequins. using real slices of fish for the molds. the individual skills of being carefully read critics. to give the fish exactly the right color. this machine is here it's a printer designed especially for food. using food coloring to reproduce the patent of the scale. for elderly people eating is one of the greens to egypt. i came up with these crews because i want people to be able to experience this planter right up unti

kron 4's charles clifford has details. as well as a look at how we are faring here in california. >>: the cdc tracks the flu nationwide by analyzing test results from hospitals and other medical centers. their data shows the right now 22 states have high flu activity malate and the southeast. the cdc also reports that about half the people who have tested positive for influenza are suffering from the age 1 and one virus that is also known as a swan flu. the other thing i wanted to show you is it goes to a tracker. they analyze search results for people who are searching for flu remedies and flu symptoms in order to track the flow and what their data showing. what they're saying is that the flu is actually peaking at. we should know and another week or so rather are not the cdc flu affirmation follows the same trend. for now in the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >>james:the 49ers are a step closer to the super bowl. after a frigid win in green bay. and the countdown to carolina is now on. 49ers versus panthers is t

and as kron four's charles clifford reports.the f-b-i is now leading the investigation. according to the chinese consulate in san francisco around 935 wednesday evening, someone threw two buckets of gasoline on the front door of the building and this set it on fire. no one was injured but the flames heavily damaged exterior double doors of the conflict as well as the exterior walls. there was other-also smoke damage inside the building. thursday afternoon the fbi announced they were launching a full investigation into the attack. they're working with the cooperation of sanford's as the police department as well as diplomatic security. they said they have also collected evidence but will not reveal specific information of what they found nor did they say anything about a possible suspect or suspects. it is said the attack appears to be an isolated incident. >>: this appears to be more likely a criminal matter of hopes to a security measure. if the changes we election know immediately. the chinese consulate is also cooperating with the investigation. they have also asked t

and the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >>james: want to go live for police are chasing a pickup in sherman oaks. those of all the details we have to read these live pictures just popping up on the satellite. you can make out at least two police vehicles trailing that pickup. don't know why they're chasing him but he's apparently not stopping. that is much is obvious. the following at a slow rate of speed. let's hit the chopper pilot may be talking to give us any additional information. if this is courtesy of casey l.a.. the tv station down there and that police pursuit. not much traffic on the road. we can be thankful for that with low risk of an accident. >>: we will keep in your open and if getting more information. and he's rolling to a stop. we don't know. we will keep an eye on it. we will keep an eye on if it continues to develop back here in the bay area and san jose woman says she was bilked out of a half a million dollars by a man she met on a dating website. the 86 year-old woman doesn't want her identity reveale

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in the newsroom, charles clifford kron 4 news to the >> jacqueline: here is the tail end of expanding off shore. as we move into tomorrow and into thursday we will see most of the brain thursday morning. we will see if you showers but it looks more like after the 4:00 hour. we do have more land to the north bay. adust likely will seek a little bit of a low. by the later hours and they're not caught it will contain spotty showers is possibility through thursday afternoon. rainfall total very little bit. we will see the most anywhere half an inch of rain and down south maybe little less than that. five degrees cooler than we saw to that. as for the sierra when a storm watch. heavy snow at times, mainly into thursday. up to 8 in. of snow drought conditions as well for this weekend. >> pam: catching a firebug on-camera find out why police will like for you to take the long tweet looked accurate >>surveillance video catching a fire bug on camera. see why police want you to take a good, hard look at >> pam: and find out what's causing prince to sue some of his most loyal fans. these are the

. >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford was given a tour of the old bridge today. and he has an update on the demolition. >> reporter:so far, demolition crews feet of the upper deck of happening here in the middle of the cantilever section, bridge with the tall steel support beams. >>pics >> reporter:they've also removed about deck and are replacing that section of roadway with wood. caltrans spokesman putting in a woodedn road lighter. >> reporter: and by putting in the timber it makes the bridge lighter but it's strong enough to support the equipment that needs to be on the bottom deck to reach up through the whole to take down the steel trusses. >> reporter:the next big step is to the cantilever section that includes the infamous s-curve. by allowing the contractor to take responsibility that keeps the bid for this project loren and save taxpayers money. low fer. >> reporter: that has to get out of the way first because that's of the bike path all the way to yerba buena island as permanent on ramp from the from the bridge from the island unto the bridge >> repor

in redwood city charles clifford kron 4 news. >>anny: few of us go anywhere without our self loans anymore and that means cellphone towers are showing up everywhere. however, a proposal to build one near a school is causing controversy in lafayette. the church at lafayette st. perpetua looks corp has agreed to allow at&t to direct a sell power on top of the churches rectory. directory is adjacent to build bigger and recreational area of the students frequent and across the street from where their classrooms are located. some parents are concerned. >>: it's the chronic exposure that the public is subjected to that we have not studied and we have not looked. their store research out there saying they're safe. its research and they're showing that it does cause harm. >>anny: for this project to move forward is still needs the okay of the city's planning commission and final approval from the church itself. the pastor says the initial decision to allow the sale tower was built to provide service to the community and to generate money

new at 8-- >> pam: kron 4's charles clifford spoke with the department's general manager. about what they are doing to meet the governor's call to reduce water use. >> reporter:san francisco's recreation and park's department is responsible for over 4000 acres of public space. the department's general manager, phil ginsburg, says that over the past few years they've been working to reduce water useage but the declaration means rec and parks is now looking for even deeper cuts. our operations staff immediately issued a series of directives to our staff and we are currently conducting water audits at some of our highest water >> here locally in santa clara county we're looking at a very low reservoir >> reporter: that government agency provides drinking water to 1.8 million people in the south bay. the drug is so bad that the district is considering a $500,000 plan just to get their message across. >> marketing >> reporter: doubling the rebates for water saving equipment like high efficiency washers or toilets. the board will also look at new water conservation policies secr

he sent and clark clifford and he sent in george smathers to persuade his father not to insist on bobby. his father said, forget it, bobby is going to be attorney general. and bobby became attorney general. >> he went out in the middle of the night and whispered, it is bobby, it is bobby. >> exactly. >> i have been back to vietnam several times. i interviewed the commander of the communist forces. a brilliant general, enemy though he was. when you were a reporter in vietnam, you would see these piles of enemy bodies. we called it the body count. if we killed enough of the enemy, it would break their morale. what happened was, you would kill 5000, and six months later, there would be another 5000 replacing them. it was not a war for territory, it was a war to break the morale of the enemy. we never found the breaking point. they wore us down. the american public said enough already, let's get out of there. >> i tried to run for a fourth term and the people threw me out. when they wanted me to come back, i said, no. >> i do not remember this groundswell for you to come back. >> people had

. >> pam: charles clifford has details as well as how we are fearing here in california in regards to the flu epidemic! >> reporter: day to shows right now 22 states have high flu activity mainly in the south east. here in california we had minimal activity. their report is about two weeks old there >> reporter: also known as wind flow. the other thing i want to show you is the flu trecker searching for a result people are searching for flu remedies and with their data is showing is that most of the country is the high to activity and that it has started in late november and early december. with the arson is that the flute is peaking right now. the flu is peaking right now >> reporter: >> jacqueline: temperature is running largely in the '60s although we did hit 66 degrees in nampula. 60, and sam francisco and 62 in san jose. as we look a that you take a look at satellite imagery cloud coverage with a big disturbance off shore. rain it remains to the north of the spirit you can see the steady stream of clouds bill trent and to the bay area tonight and tomorrow it does not look like we

and the news room charles clifford kron 4 news. >>james: 452 is the time will take a quick break with the live look outside and the bay bridge approach. we just talked about the nasty winter weather out east. will be talking about the in fact on the super bowl and ticket prices. taking a nosedive. we will explain. 455 is the time. the superbowl is this coming sunday. and the n-f-l estimates, it will have a 550-million- dollar econcomic impact for the new york - new jersey area. but that may not happen. ticket prices for the big game are taking a nose dive. online trackers say, this is shaping up to be the cheapest superbowl since 2002. the average price paid for a super bowl ticket. plummeted 40- percent in a week. to about two -thousand -fifty- six dollars. many fans are choosing to watch the big game at home. instead of braving freezing temperatures at the outdoor stadium in new jersey. whatlooks like there are money trouble with the royals. spending by britain's royal family has become so out of control - the familys' emergency

kron 4's charles clifford has details. >> 18 of the researchers claim that a quarter of the west coast--they stated that carbon monoxide can contribute to smoke. they stated it is been blown across the pacific ocean from chinese factories. the plumes are settling in ballots across california and other western states. the report stated that the wind can move the pollution in just a matter of days. shourd seems to confirm this from 2010. researchers from uc-berkeley analyzed air samples and determined that 29 percent of our air pollution comes from china. researchers pointed out that most of their pollution still comes from our own cars and refineries. that added can add contamination. they hope that this new information will help policy makers track, more clean-air trees. >> charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> the big waves turned deadly in marin county yesterday. a fisherman is dead-- after getting dragged into the ocean by the strong waves and current. the man was trying to retrieve an ice chest at the time. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. over the scene n

and charles clifford has a look at what to expect in the next 12 months. >> on february 2nd, the nfl super bowl will be played at met life in new jersey a few days later, the 22nd winter games will start in russia. the competitions start on february 6th and conclude on the 23rd. >> from june 12th to the 13th, the world cup will be held in brazil. 64 will be played in 12 cities across the country. in late summer the 49ers will play the first game at the new levi stadium. and the nfl will not announce the schedule until april n november they will go to the polls for the middetermine elections which could decide control of the senate house of representatives. here in california they will have to choose a governor. and finally on december 31st after 13 years the u.s. and the uk will remove all troops from afghanistan. >>> people line the streets of pasadena and the new year's day rose bowl parade. follow your dreams was the theme. people were treated to marching bands and floats from sea world. the bay area helped make history a same-sex couple as real life grooms atop of a wedding cake

cooperating with investigators string of dangerous collisions between cars and pedestrians charles clifford has a closer look at where and how it happened this is over had >> : tuesday morning around 9:00 p.m. but i am old and was struck by a black as you see here on the intersection of she is transported to hospital the driver of the cbi has not been found. coupled models will later and 86 year-old man was struck by a vehicle between naples and wall street. the driver was arrested for vehicular manslaughter. pocatello's three people were hit. all men and young boys were hospitalized. the driver was also arrested for vehicular manslaughter which 11 were a man was hospitalized with life- threatening injuries the driver is cooperating with police investigators friday morning's accident was just a block all away they don't believe that the accents are connected according to police reports. there's no rhyme or reason why why there anybody would disappoint essentially all we can try to do is educate what is happening in san francisco charles grifter con 4 news >> : a person in santa clara kelly

moderate republican senators many of them from the midwest, chuck percy all the way to new england with clifford case and hugh scott and people like that in between. are there any of that reid still left and do we have is hope for social moderates and fiscal conservatives? >> both the parties have gone to their own corner. at the same time there were very conservative democrats in the south. it was more than a regional phenomenon that anything else but you don't see that as much. i will tell you though, i am glad to see the republican party again, incorporated about it. in the 80s and 90s we were the party. from the deep south like i said joe scarborough, tom delay, newt gingrich, karl rove, george w. bush, the people that were driving the debate in our party were from the deep south. now you look at the people who are driving our debate, chris christie in new jersey. i don't think he's a moderate. scott walker in wisconsin. scott is obviously conservative guy but paul ryan of wisconsin. geographically we are starting to move north. ideologically i thought it was interesting when we saw kelly ay

clifford forrest the very man who bought freedom industries at the end of last year as for the funding that company is organized by the lawyer who also organized mountaineer funding l.l.c. and the sole listed number of that company is you guessed it now in your funding l.l.c. critics are now calling this colucci in freedom industries now needs to disclose its financial situation and come up with a reorganization plan however that plan could take months or even years to be put into effect so it looks as if the battle for west virginia's water supply isn't over yet in washington meghan lopez r.t. in an attempt to reorganize the company cnn's president jeff zucker has given pink slips to forty senior journalist see him as currently at a twenty year low in terms of viewers and will be rolling out a slew of new content including more reality t.v. shows original series and documentaries a former c.n.n. employee thinks the network should turn to cartoons. best show on cable sponge bob you ever watch it i all the time rachael it is a great year so hip i mean it's the kids love it but it's also

clifford is a law professor at the university of utah. >> it is a family values state.lso has been and always will be. >> it has the highest rate of gay parents of any city in the country. 26% of couples living here are raising families, beyond san francisco's 13% and new york's 17%. >> i think one of the key things to remember is that when we say 26% of same-sex couples are raising children together in salt lake city, that's in spite of some serious obstacles. >> among the obstacles, homophobia and hostility. another, adoption just became easier. >> if you're allowed to marry, you're entitled to adopt. >> it's a huge bless i can. it would have been a -- well, it's just been a worry for us that the babies weren't legally protected in utah or federally without the adoption, and so it's going to make the process much easier for us. >> married with children, it's a utah tradition. now that same-sex marriage is legal here, these parents believe they will be put out the welcome mat for many more same sex families. >> supreme court justice sonia sotomayor said backers will ha

kron4 charles clifford has details. >> a team of researchers claim that a quarter of the pollution along coast is coming from china. they stated that nitrogen, carbon monoxide can contribute to smoke is standalone of thousands of miles across the pacific ocean from factories to the u.s.. the pollutants are unsettling across california and other western states. the report also states that powerful winds campbell the pollution in just a matter of days. this latest report seems to confirm. in decades, researchers from uc-berkeley analyze air sample and they determined that 29 percent of our air pollution originates from china. researchers point out that the majority of the pollution is still coming from our cars, trucks and the refineries. >> the authors of the study hope that this information will help policymakers track better clean air. >> charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> in a story that a lot of people are watching. a big waste turned deadly in the raimarin county yesterday. a fisherman is dead after he gets dragged into the ocean. the man was trying to retrieve an ice chest at the tim

clifford forrest, to retain control of his assets while escaping liabilities.orrest is listed as a founder of a new shell company called mountaineer funding, which will ostensibly run freedom industries without having to assume legal responsibility for the spill. four people have died and scores have been injured in explosions at industrial plants in two states. two workers were killed and at least 10 others were injured, some critically, at an animal feed plant in omaha, nebraska. omaha fire chief bernard kanger said the building suffered major damage. >> this was a large building with significant structural damage. sorry, 2:00 p.m. this afternoon, we went from a rescue mode into a recovery mode. that means we have slowed down our operation. the chance of finding any victims that are alive is no longer there, and now it is a recovery mode where our efforts are to secure the building, though in, retrieve the victims, and search for additional but that might be in the structure. >> meanwhile in madill, oklahoma, two workers burned to death after their plant's fu

joining us now from washington, clifford may, and from l.a., fox business anchor, the lovely kennedy, host of the great new show, "the independents." so we can no longer spy on international figures? i thought that's what spies do. what is james bond going to do, sell health insurance now? >> should we a apply everything we need to foreign governments and foreign agents to innocent u.s. citizens? that's the question. it's been a false notion balance put forward that you have to decide, is it national security or civil liberties. we always need to protect civil liberties, especially of american citizens a and the nsa repeatedly crosses that line. >> they say they found no violations, though, so i believe, kennedy, you may have just stated an opinion not a fact. which angers me because i love you. >> who's to say they fouchbtd no violations? >> they just did a big study on it. >> they could have been worse i guess i would say, but i don't think any of them are very helpful. everything that's been done by the nsa has been overseen by congress and by the judiciary and the executive branch

. >> what were your thoughts when you heard that clifford huxtable was looking to get a memorium becausemuch of a bummer? >> i felt a little bit let down. i think it should be held to a little bit higher importance. if that makes any sense. >> who do you think is going to win in memorium this year? >> betty white. >> she's not technically dead. >> that's what i was thinking. >> there were a lot of snubs. what did you think about army hammer being shut out for "lone ranger" because he's black. >> no, i disagree with that. i do think it's a shame, though. he did an amazing job in "lone ranger." >> you don't think race played a factor? >> i don't think so, no. >> observe a was snubbed for a ground breaking role in "the butler." and she's forcing them to cancel the red carpet. how did you feel when you heard that? >> sometimes you have to accept your wins with your faults and be accepting of everything that you have. >> i agree with her. >> tell where were you when youd about that? >> we were on the plane watching satellite tv when we heard about. >> what was your reaction when you heard tha