of the mazda. the driver of the blue car survived the crash. one lane has reopened but this will affect traffic. we will keep you posted. >> james: a decision whether cal's baseball team and for their teams will be saved today. they will review whether the baseball team, women's gymnastics will be reinstated. a new category at cal. >> darya: cairos bus drivers have joined the egyptian state employees, who are on strike now in their second day of the strike. the labor unrest is really helping to pump more energy, into this momentum as well. into a wave of anti- government protest. you can see the night time protest. they are warning military action, 17 days straight a protest. >> louisa: welcome back to kron 4 morning news. the james lick clear conditions right now. we are cooling off period temperatures cooler this morning and every yesterday. by the afternoon lots of sunshine and mild. the evening mostly clear conditions and a light breeze. this is a much cooler it was compared to 24 to go. temper

the driver of the mazda died at the scene. the audi driver is expected to survive and has been detained by police. investigators are looking into whether drugs or alcohol were involved, but they say it appears speed played a big role. >> it was a right-angle intersection with a great deal of damage on both vehicles. life is precious, and people should slow down. you know, you never know. everything changes in a minute. >> the crash scene was cleared and the streets reopened late in the morning commute. >>> san francisco police will hold a public meeting tonight to get input for the selection of the city's next chief. the examiner reports that 20-25 people have applied for the job. they include a mix of internal and external candidates. mayor ed lee is expected to appoint the new police chief by early to mid-march. want to's meeting begins at 6:00 at united irish culture center. >>> santa rosa schools are about to make their first cuts for the school year. they will cut $1.4 million from the budget. that means class sizes will

the 31-year-old man driving that mazda was killed. the driver of the audi was treated for minor injuries at the hospital and then arrested. >>> well, there were rumors all day but some athletes are still no closer to learning whether the sports they play have been rescued from budget cuts. last fall uc berkeley announced plans to cut men's baseball, rugby and gymnastics and women's lacrosse and gymnastics to save $4 million annually. since then, a group called save cal sports came up with $12 million in budgets to keep them viable. that's half as much as the school said it would take for a short term rescue. to date university postponed a scheduled announcement on the fate of the sports and then later said a decision would not be coming today. >> if we are reinstated, then everyone will rejoice and all of our efforts will have been, you know, well worth it. if we're unsuccessful and we're not reinstated, you know, we did our best. >> a uc berkeley spokesman says the process of analyzing the large number of philanthropic commitments ma

an audi driven by the suspect smashed into a gray mazda.both cars resting near a munni bus stop. >> the suspect vehicle hit the vehicle at the driver side door. >> reporter: police believe the victim in the mazda of pacifica died instantly. we obtained this surveillance video from a corner gas station, it's fuzzy but it shows the light turned green for stalioga. then you see smoke from the collision. police say he was driving recklessly before the crash. >> at a high rate of speed and running a number of red lights and very dangerous situation. >> reporter: police say a nummi bus driver and several people tried to help the victim. a suspect was taken to the hospital with minor injury, police say he faces several arrests. >> he is still being detained. he is still being seen by the doctors. so we have not been able to charge him yet. >> reporter: police have not released the name of their suspect own investigators are looking into whether this crash was dui related but regardless, police say the list of possible charges is long. in san franc

that is where a mazda protege stalled in the right hand lane and then was smashed into just minutes later by a tractor- trailer. luckily there were no injuries during this crash. i huge fire. i ran into a bike rider who was riding his bike across the bridge as this happened. he caught it all on video and spoke to the driver of the car just minutes after the crash. >> i saw a stalled car, that's not a good place to have a stall. when i got to the bottom of the bridge i heard a smashing sound. and in the mirror i looked back and saw black plume. i turned around and look like a giant pile of smoke coming up the top of the bridge. >> did the truck hit it? >> yes. i was on the phone with aaa when it happened. >> i'm the driver, that happened to me. >> is everything ok? >> me and my mom got out. we ran. that's my mom over there. >>kate: the driver of that car from palo alto was very shaken up but very thankful that her and her mother roquet. they got out of the car before they were hit by the truck. they say no one will be cited for the accident. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: this crash c

mazda said regulations put lap belts in the middle of the second row seat in its 1993 minivan.ations did not make it immuned to lawsuits. >>> federal health experts say more than 21,000 americans got whooping cough last year, making 2010 one of the worst years for that disease since the 1950s. the numbers were reported at a centers for disease control at a committee meeting. doctors aren't sure why there were so many cases since vaccination rates for children are high and the vaccine is effective. whooping cough starts like a cold, but leads to severe coughing. in other medical news, nutritionists are urging americans to make sure the color red is well represented on your plate. tomatoes may help protect against ovarian and prostate cancers. red bell peppers contain more vitamin c than green ones. red cabbage is a great source of vitamin b6 and watermelon can reduce inflammation that contributes to asthma. >>> how well did customers conserve when pg&e lowered pressure to prevent further explosion? the surprising results in a story you'll see only on 2 still ahead. >>> and rain

they say older toyotas, hondas, mazdas and nissans are the most common targets. how can you keep from being a victim? car alarms and steering locks are deter rants. the number one reason is leaving car doors unlocked. >>> a san francisco man pleaded not guilty today to channels that reattacked a retired priest. he said the priest molested him and his younger brother when they were children. a judge ruled earlier this month that there is enough evidence to put him on trial for one felon charge. he was beaten at a retirement home in may. he denies he abused the two brothers. >>> oakland police arrested man who they suspected were following women home from a grocery store and robbing them in their driveway. the suspect linked to five cases in which shoppers were targeted on the safeway store in the oakland hills. police say surveillance video plus witness report led to an arrest. >>> nurses at oakland's children hospital are accusing hospital management of not doing enough to keep them safe from violence. the state's workplace safety agency fined the hospital more t

in the richmond district. 57-year-old laney storlerea died when the suspects audi plowed into his mazda. investigators are trying to determine if he was drunk or on drug. >>> a superior court judge today granted an injunction aimed at cleaning up a residential hotel in the risk of dental district. i'm -- in a local district. the owners have agreed to pay the city almost $150,000. >>> a labor protest at a san francisco hotel ended with arrests late this afternoon. he cited 23 people after the protesters sat down in front of the doors to the hotel. they have been working without a contract for more than a year and a half and workers at other hyatt throughout the country how similar protest. >>> we in the last hour we learned that eight ac transit officers will be granted transit tonight through an area of richmond where a bus was shot tonight with a passenger suffered minor cuts and shattered glass. they say that passengers had wanted to boycott, but they agreed to buy the line when they were sure that he sheriff's deputy would be following buses to the area of. >>> coming up, the un take

it ruled mazda can be sued for a woman's death in which she was riding in a seat that had only a lap belt and no shoulder harness. mazda had argued that federal regulations allowed it to put only lap belts in the middle of the second row seats on its 1994 minivans. but the court said regulations did not make it immune to lawsuits. >>> a new transit kioskopened today in san francisco's embarcadero station. the full service clipper card customer service center let's customers do a number of things such as load many money on to their cars. they are used to pay transit fathers on bart and muni and other bay area transit lines. another kiosk will open soon at san francisco's ferry building. [ music ] >>> so when you leave the house tomorrow morning to go to work let's throw an umbrella in the car because coming home you will have wet showers and wet roadways and a little bit of wet activity throughout the afternoon and evening hours. here is what's happening right now. the arctic air mass not polar but arctic coming off the continent so even colder is working its way south. at the front e

it struck a gray mazda killing the driver. the cause of the accident not known. a dui investigation. with more on how this will affect your morning commute if you use geary, let's go to elizabeth wenger. >> reporter: this is a busy intersection, maybe not this time of the morning but again if this investigation continues which it likely will because it's a fatal accident as well as a possible dui investigation, lanes could be blocked for quite some time. right now three blocks of geary boulevard are shut down in both directions. they have it all blocked off, all taped off. use california or fulton as your alternates in the meantime that section of inner richmond. geary and richmond. parts of geary and arguello are blocked off. busy commute spot. there is a gas station in the area. several muni lines are being rerouted impact by this overnight fatal accident. that including 38 geary and 33 stanyan both dealing with delays. back to you guys. >> thank you. >>> pg&e has been dragging its feet on inspections. that all according to the new state records released by the

it ruled mazda can be sued for a woman's death in which she was riding in a seat that had only a lapelt and no shoulder harness. mazda had argued that federal regulations allowed it to put only lap belts in the middle of the second row seats on its 1994 minivans. but the court said regulations did not make it immune to lawsuits. >>> a new transit kioskopened today in san francisco's embarcadero station. the full service clipper card customer service center let's customers do a number of things such as load many money on to their cars. they are used to pay transit fathers on bart and muni and other bay area transit lines. another kiosk will open soon at san francisco's ferry building. [ music ] >>> so when you leave the house tomorrow morning to go to work let's throw an umbrella in the car because coming home you will have wet showers and wet roadways and a little bit of wet activity throughout the afternoon and evening hours. here is what's happening right now. the arctic air mass not polar but arctic coming off the continent so even colder is working its way south. at the front edg

mazda motor sales in china hit 186,000 units, overtaking domestic sales by 30,000. mitsubishi motor sold 127,000 vehicles, they are 6,000 more than at home. nissan motor chai that sales reached the 755,000 mark during the period. that was over 310,000 units more than in japan. car giant toyota sold over 1 million vehicles at home but only 677,000 in china. china's market is predicted to continue growing, making it the engine of recovery for japanese automakers. >>> japan's motors rose last month due to an increase in orders of nonmanufacturing increases. major machinery makers received orders of nearly $9 billion from domestic orders in december. while orders from manufacturers were sluggish, those from finance, insurance and communications rebounded from large declines in november. looking at 2010 as a whole, orders grew 4.6% year on year to $1.8 billion as japanese industries are seeing strong exports to emerging economies. last year's growth was the first in four years. the cabinet office says that while orders from manufacturers dipped temporarily, resilience am

they say older toyota, honda, mazda and nissan models are the most common targets. how can you keep from being a victim. alarms, and steering locks may be a good option. but the biggest reason cars are stolen, is because people leave them unattended and running. >>> unions representing workers and food service office, custodial and classroom assistance says the state has rejected officer that is they believe will say millions of the dollars. the workers are protesting budget cuts. >> what they're going to get is an angry and frustrated work force, a less productive work force, it's not good for my members, more importantly it's not good for the kids in the schools. >> reporter: this rally is just one of many taking place nationwide showing solidarity for workers in wisconsin where budget cuts promise to strip their rights. >>> if lawmakers fail to pass the bill stripping workers of their union right, walker said another 6,000 could be forced out of work over the next two years. the state assembly is debating the measure. senate democrats skipped town avoiding the me

this is his mazda. you can see how creche it was. he was northbound minding his own business according to investigators. the blue car on the other to truck their. rick witnesses say he was flying through red lights, high-speed of rate headed towards downtown san francisco area. he t-bond that mas des killing the driver of the mazda. pinning the driver and side of the car. it took some time just to remove his body. he died at the scene. the driver of the blue car had texas license plate. we don't all fees from the bay area. he was taken to the bay area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. because somebody died in this scene they " brought out people from their local team. the andante of both drivers are not been released. >> darya: that was the question i had was there anything that involves alcohol? or did they have any beer cans? >> will: the capt. i spoke with said it's too early to tell. but because somebody died and he was traveling so fast we don't know. that is usually the time nightclubs closed. they have to factor tha

mazda motor sales in china hit 186,000 units, overtaking domestic sales by 30,000. mitsubishi motors sold 127,000 vehicles there, 6,000 more than at home. the three carmakers sales in china exceeded those in japan for the first time. nissan motors china sales reached the 755,000 mark during the period. that was over 310,000 units more than they sold in japan. however, car giant toyota sold over 1 million vehicles at home, but only 667,000 in china. china's market is projected to continue growing, making it the engine of recovery for japanese automakers. >>> the leader of russian republic has named a suspect in a suicide bombing that killed more than 30 people at a moscow airport in january. yunus-bek yevkurov told reporters on wednesday that investigators suspect the bomber was magomed yevloyev, a 20-year-old man from the republic of the north caucasus. he added the siblings have been detained in connection with the attack. yevkurov said they have detained three including the suspect's sister and brother and placed four others from their village on a wanted list. 36

awer "eyewitness news" is brought to you by mazda. zoom zoom. see them much at the cash register. >>> yeah, you probably have 1 or 2 stashed away in a drawer somewhere but you don't see them much at the cash register these days. jim shock in mill valley wants to know what's happened to 50- cent pieces, half dollars, that's tonight's good question. back in the '60's, people had jars full of kennedy half dollars. now, you don't see 'em much. >> somebody today told me for instance he gave a half dollar in change to somebody and she wouldn't take it because she didn't know what it was. >> san francisco coin dealer dean whitter says the government minted 10 to 30 million kennedy half dollars a year following the president's assassination but stopped putting them in circulation in 2001. >> 2001 the government finally said "we have enough half dollars, no one really wants them, including the casinos any more, and they stopped making them for general circulation." >> whitter says the minute still stamps out about a million a year for collectors but out

police say he was speeding and actually ran several lights before crashing into a mazda driven by 57-r-old lena spereo. >>> in news of the world, in pakistan a teenage suicide bomber killed 21 soldiers today at an army training camp. another 32 people were injured. police and the army say the teenager was dressed in a school uniform and may have been as young as 14 years old. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility. this was one of the worse attacks in months. 28somali pirates were captured today. they had taken over a fishing boat which they planned to use to attack. the indian coast guard said somali pirates had been operating a few miles from the coast. >>> and in baja california, a whale was entangled. they say she was clearly in distress but appeared to be happy to be finally set free. >>> it is more than a decade in the making. inside san francisco's new terminal two >>> the 9/11 attacks delayed it. the recession almost killed it. but now a new terminal at sfo is nearing completion. ktvu's consumer editor tom vacar went on a tour today and says terminal two now has some pre

police say he was speeding and actually ran several lights before crashing into a mazda driven by 57-r-old lena spereo. >>> in news of the world, in pakistan a teenage suicide bomber killed 21 soldiers today at an army training camp. another 32 people were injured. police and the army say the teenager was dressed in a school uniform and may have been as young as 14 years old. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility. this was one of the worse attacks in months. 28somali pirates were captured today. they had taken over a fishing boat which they planned to use to attack. the indian coast guard said somali pirates had been operating a few miles from the coast. >>> and in baja california, a whale was entangled. they say she was clearly in distress but appeared to be happy to be finally set free. >>> it is more than a decade in the making. inside san francisco's new terminal two and what sets it apart. >>> bill martin tracking a big change that's coming in our weather, the complete forecast momentarily. >>> the 9/11 attacks delayed it. the recession almost killed it. but now a new term

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the driver of the mazda was killed. the driver of the saudi was transported to the hospital.held by the police department. the intersection is still closed while the investigation continues. not necessary to take an alternate route your best bet is to travel down and make a one block a detour around it. that will likely be the most convenient way to get around you could use california, it's not really designed to carry the load. >> darya: thank you, new this morning this is the day that people have been waiting for if they don't want the i phone with at&t now you can get with horizon. it goes on sale today. this end at&t's monopoly on apple's phone. customers you may face a long line to get to the phone analysts say rising could sell 2 million iphone four as this quarter, 9 million this year alone. this is the first days starting at 7:00 that it's available in stores. you can get it online. so here the pricing deals, or prepared. two-year contract = 32 gate model = no contract = $750. 16 gb no contract, $650. with the contractor and dollars. we're about 1.5 hours away before

her family wants to sue mazda because they only had a lap seat belts instead of race shoulder seat beltsas it can not be sued because the government had given them a choice between a shoulder seat belts and a lap seat belts. ford is recalling several vehicles into to 60 bags. last month there were told they should recall 1.3 million vehicles setting dozens of injuries. >> darya: we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look outside hear from our roof, a light breeze, high clouds, mix of sun, vice day that is warm resist a pretty good leader.later. >> mark: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look here at that bay, the clubs are rolling in. now, here is a look at the weather. >> james: sit looks like we're a little lower than 24 hours away from seeing some storms. right now aid is cold.it is cold. what we get ths afternoon. 55 novato, 53 in vallejo. the fighting concord.55 concord. a lot of sunshine but not the case tomorrow. the clouds roll and, aken see the storm system, of low pressure system. a cold front blowing through