your drive time is up to 80 minutes from oakland mayes into downtown san francisco.do have a new trouble spot near toll plaza and is not quite a hot spot. this is westbound 92 due to a big red losing its load. chp and caltran crews are on their way. your ride here across the golden gate bridge is light and trouble- free. it will take your ball 21 minutes to get out. your ride on 580 from castro valley is slow and there are no problems. >> tejo just saw from this live shot you concede that it is very crowded as you work your way across. >> new this morning. united airlines is announcing that they will add nonstop service between san francisco and fort lauderdale, florida. beginning march 2nd, the service will begin as saturday-only service but will switch to a daily schedule beginning in april. united says that south florida is the largest region in the country not currently served by united from san francisco. >> and there reminder to catch on dr. phil today at 10:00 a.m. after the kron 4 morning news. in today's episode the locators troy dunn is back to tackle to st

it is backed up to the macarthur mayes. it is 22 to 23 minutes. 880 is even a slow approach this morning. if you're ride to the san mateo bridge it is starting to slow down and we notice that the drive time was 11 to 13 minutes but now it has moved up to 50 minutes. it is likely that within this hour we will see once again stop and go conditions for the toll plaza. with drive * 22 minutes or higher. the volume is building for the southbound 1 01 drive. >> it is 24 minutes from hercules to berkeley. 680 is starting to slow to a the san ramon valley. the 580 ride westbound as even had a coming out of livermore. here in the south bay hour hot spot is 1 01. it has cleared up. the north bay ride is starting to show some signs of slowing between the golden gate bridge. the drive time is now 32 minutes. >> here is last night's visual at the newtown high school and connecticut. there were standing room only for the first responders. 20 children were shot and killed and six school employees. the fire fighters and the paramedics were

it is longer than that if you are coming from the macarthur mayes from 24. if you're looking at a 26 minute drive time. the san mateo bridge is one up again and it is now is 15 to 80 minutes.18 minue are still under 30 minutes from iran comic from 37 to the golden gate bridge. >> it is 7:32 a.m.. schools in newtown, conn. are opening their doors to that for the first time since friday's deadly shooting at sandy hooke elementary. the school where 20 children died will remain close. it's been designated a crime scene, and state police say it could be months before police turned the school back over to the district. in the meantime, school officials are making plans to send students where former if middle school in a neighboring town. >> two more six year olds from sandy hook will be laid to rest today. the family of jessica and rekos pitcher, wright says that she loved horses and was eagerly anticipating a pair of kahlo grumbles for christmas. meanwhile, charlotte bacon is described as being a bundle of energy and love school. services for both will be held to

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. >> there was an accident in the macarthur mayes of overturned vehicles. it is in the connecting ramp to a 580 heading toward the mimicked freeway. it is only affecting the traffic making that offer rep. this is slowing things a bit in the westbound direction from lakeshore. we still have problems at plymouth and broke. the muni metro has been interrupted. the tracks are blocked by fire crews. they are attended to a structure fire where 25 people had to be evacuated. they do have bus shuttles available. we will have more when kron 4 news continues. >> welcome back is 6:57 a.m.. now that the sun is up we do have some pretty strong whins as you can see the flag is blowing. we will be right back. >> look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know how long a minute is! sitting, waiting for an album to download. i still have back problems. yo

your back of does not extend to oakland mayes is backed up on that 880. the meteor light sour 01metering lights are on. theryour drive time is still 12 minutes from hayward to foster city. we had an earlier accident on southbound but that was quickly cleared. it is not causing any delays. if you plan on using highway 580 they had rolled construction. they are repairing eastbound. this is between greenville and northland. it is down to one lane so you have all of this traffic try to squeeze by. only the three right lanes are closed. this will go to 9:00 a.m. this morning. this is all so slow and stop and go out of tracy. give yourself extra time for both of the size of 580. >> the highest tide of the year called the teen tied causing flooding and traffic headaches in the bay area. in mill valley, the northbound 101 at highway 1 ramp was closed because the water was too high. he even so, some drivers went through it. a popular bike path was also on the water for some cyclists to turn around. the park and ride lot looks like a lake. one is signs when of tell

the stall has been removed but the back up bridges to the macarthur mayes. time has gone from nine minutes to about 29 minutes. the metering lights have been clamped down because of the two lines were blocked. if you are headed to the bay bridge you will encounter delays that are worse than a normal commute day. it is slow on all of your approaches. >> today and we are watching the storms across the nation. today is anticipated to be the busiest day of travel for s f o. travelers hope today is better after yesterday's midwest on canceled flights across the country. to get you more news faster let's turn to kron 4 solo reporter mike pelton. >> mike? >> 50 flights have been cancelled due to weather and some arriving flights face delays. the airport stated that will have their are arriving times in affect. the bottom line is that if you or someone that you know is want to be flying in you will want to check. >> (bells ringing). a national moment of silence took place this morning for the victims of the sandy hook school shooting. this is video from new town whe

>> i would;(:7wç think they maye able to -- say obama goes up another 100,000 and defines top earnersas households with over a half million. they're close on that. then on the entitle cuts they could structure it a few ways, including stringing out the trillions at issue over a period longer than ten years or shorter. they could adjust either way. i think you have not only the -- you have the cuts and cut over number of years. so i think there's leeway to go when there's a negotiation. but it is chaotic, no doubt. >> trace: oh, its chaotic and we're going to find out soon. lynn sweet, bureau chief for the "chicago sun-times" newspaper. thank you. >> thank you. >>> a family spokesman says former president george h.w. bush is alert and even singing in the hospital. you recall a couple days ago his spokesman said doctors moved him to intensive care after setbacks, including a fever and cough related to bronchitis. today the spokesman released a statement saying the president continues to improve and, quoting here, is alert and as always, in good spirits and his exchanges with doctors and

is 18 to 20 minutes of your coming from the macarthur mayes.the drive time is still up 11 to 13 minutes. the golden gate bridge ride at 1 01 southbound is still problem free. >> forty-niners quarterback colin kaepernick has been named nfc offensive player of week 15. making just the fifth nfl start, kaepernick passed for 216 yds and threw for touchdowns to help the niners clinch a playoff seed. handing the patriots their december 1st home loss in a decade. it was the first four touchdown game by the 49ers quarterback since jeff garcia did in 2003. san francisco is a 10- 3-1. >> the oakland athletics have agreed to terms of a two-year contract with shortstop hiroyuki nakajima of japan's sebu lions. the deal runs through 2014 season includes eight club option for 2015. he would fill a big boy for oakland, which traded away the shortstop and second baseman cliff pennington to arizona in october 21st trade that brought outfielder chris young to a spirit >> the golden state warriors continue their winning ways. after returning home from their most s

this is about 20 minutes from the oakland mayes heading to downtown san francisco.everal stalls. take a look at this back up it is still stretching to the 80. it is just a slow roll into san francisco this morning. you should give yourself a lot of extra time. a quick look at your traffic map shows your commute on the amendment freeway with northbound traffic is pretty heavy. there is nothing major is just very slow. if you are thinking about using 580 westbound as an alternate it is also jammed up. it is not a good alternate and there is a lot of traffic headed into downtown san francisco. the >> new this morning. a man is dead this morning after he and a woman were found bound and gagged on the st. in san francisco's bayview district. if they were found last night. if to get you more news faster we turn to kron 4 solo reporter jacki sizzled who joins us live from san francisco general hospital with the latest. jackie? >> there is not a lot of information about the information this is were both of the victims were brought. one of the victims died about midnight las

we have no delays through the macarthur mayes on the approach or on the stand.avier traffic today. 1 01 southbound has a wets deck but no problems. as we check the traffic maps you will see that the ride looks pretty good here through the east bay. the drive time is still great for interstate 80. is just 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley. 1 01 north bound is a 17 to 18 minutes from the capitol expressway. >> in the north bay we are getting word of flooding and the interchange of 121 and highway 12. if you live there been you know that those two road numbers come together fairly frequently. where would try to pinpoint the location for >> in washington d.c. police are looking to whether meet the press moderator david gregory violated any laws when he displayed a third round rifle magazine on sunday showed. possession of such a clip is in violation of district of columbia's cold even if it is not attached to a gun. gregory use the magazine as a prop during an interview with the national rifle association ceo wayne la peri. it >> a crusade against toy guns that b

stations will lead to lower response times but adds, the failure of a partial tax on the november ballot mayesaid there are few options left. the next board meeting is scheduled for tuesday december they levitt. the board says, at that point, it would have to make a final decision on the fate of the four fire stations periods >> there is 26 days until the fiscal cliff. the expiration of the bush tax cuts for all americans, and automatic government spending cuts that will kick in and republicans and the white house seem to have found some common ground. both sides are green that tax revenue and reductions in entitlement spending are key elements of the deal. republicans may be softening on raising taxes for wealthier americans and the white house may be on accepting a greater spending cut for medicare. >> we will be right back as kron 4 news continues. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash... (phone rings) that's a step forward. with chase quickpay, you can send money directly to anyone's checking account. i guess he's a kicker... again, again! oh, no you don't! take a step for

for the westbound ride is looking good for the macarthur mayes.the east shore freeway is looking good as well. i will update the drive time for you in a moment. here is a look at 92 where seymour traffic here at this hour. the drive time is still fine. the golden gate bridge, ride looks good. we are picking up construction that is adding a fourth lane. looking at the east shore freeway the ride is 12 minutes from hercules to berkeley. >> 580 westbound for the alta mount pass way and coming up from tracy is a pretty good ride. no delays or problems. your north bay ride is still under 23 minutes from novato to the golden gate bridge. >> public safety officials in east palo alto say that emergency repairs to a levy that separated dozens of calls from the san francisco quarto creek are holding up. the creek overflowed on sunday night causing mandatory evacuations for seven homes. at least one home was damaged to the point of being un and habitable. water levels in the creek have receded after sunday's overflow which was the third highest in recorded h

. >> and the one incident that we have been watching on the macarthur mayes was westbound on interstate 580. it involved an overturned a vehicle it has now been cleared. we did for while have been slow traffic drive coming from park and lake shore. that has also cleared. the chp is gone and the ramp is completely cleared. it is not yet cleared for the tracks at the muni metro. there has been the latesads structure fird the fire department to block the tracks. if they had substitute buses for geneva, and san jose. >> the bay bridge westbound is not too bad of a back up. this is between 880 and west grand. the drive time is still between 610 to 80 minutes.16 to 18 minutes. i dide an ambulance and i'm not sure it was just crossing or if this is on route to a problem. the chp and caltran has not reported any thing. the last time was between 11 and 13 minutes. i will keep you up that if there is a problem. >> the golden gate bridge has been problem freight and we continue to have a easy ride. the drive time is still on the 30 minutes from the marin county. >> 7:21 a.m.. we will be right back

i do not see a lot of yellow here so that mayes said the heavy rainfall is out of the immediate area.the san mateo bridge we are looking at rain across the entire bridge. again if you are on the bridge at the traffic is slow going because of the rain that has failed. for palo alto and sunday mail you are looking at some light to moderate rain that is falling. more heavy rain is to the south out in morgan hill. if we go to the east bay where sing some areas of rain right now and berkeley is dry now at least a part of it. it >> a lot of this is pushing through and the worst of it is over. our airport delays is way over an hour due to the high winds. we may see an occasional gusts for this afternoon. we're looking at showers to be heavy at times and afternoon will continue but that will be scattered. cloudy skies continue this evening and the reigning chances will diminish. this system is moving through enacted by this afternoon will start to see some areas that are dry out. most of the heavy rain is moving to the south and east of us. >> here is a look at your kron 47 day or around the

earlier fender bender but you should have your lights on because you are backed up and to the oakland mayes. it will take you about 18 minutes to get out oakland to san francisco. >> your ride on the mimic freeway is crowded as well merging with 92. we will head over to the golden gate bridge. your drive time is up and it is a slower ride on 1 01 south. it is a little crowded getting to the golden gate bridge. >> chevron officials say a small flare up at its refinery in richmond yesterday evening is nothing to be alarmed about. a chevron spokesperson confirmed that the flare was done as a safety precaution. it was a small flare up and no shelter in place orders were needed. the richmond refinery was the site of a major fire in august, when leaking fumes from a pipe ignited, sending thick black smoke into the air. thousands of residents to area hospitals and breathing difficulties. >> a milestone and construction of a new world trade center complex takes place today. the first section of a spire that will rise atop the world trade center's tallest building is set to be lifted into this place