. >>> we're live in san tran. >>> time is 6:32. olence charges may befide against san francisco's sheriff. district attorney said he would make a decision on this by the end of the week. if the new sheriff is accused involving his wife on new year's eve. he and his wife deny that any abuse occurred. however some are now calling on him to step down. >> how can people feel safe knowing that one of the chief law enforcement officers in the city has domestic violence charges against him possibly? it is the time for him to temporarily step aside while the investigation is going on. >> now his defense lawyer said if charges are filed they are likely misdemeanor charges, not felony. >> the arraignment accused of three sexual assaults will continue today. the 32-year-old is facing 26 felony counts for a salts. they occurred between june and december of last year. the charges include attempted murder, robbery and sexual assault. he according to police has admitted to taking part in the crimes. >>> defense secretary leon panetta is promising

. >>> a special visitor arrived in san tran today. one linked to an international news story.ise ship docked earlier today in the city t. is the sister ship to the costa concordia. it is smaller than the concordia and carryies 2700 passengers. -- carries 2700 passengers. >>> now, reporter steve haragan explains why two of the presidential hopefuls were nowhere to be found in the sunshine state. >> the republican candidates for president of the united states -- >> reporter: fresh off of the debate, g.o.p. candidates fanning out across the country ahead of florida's tuesday primary. newt gingrich getting a start addressing voters in miami. >> we neglect latin-american. the rules are dangerous. >> rick santorum taking a break to head home and file his taxes. he did, however, find time to make an appearance. >> i am coming back within 24 hours. i spent every minute here in nor nor and i am going to work in floor floor. >> a forward--- florida, a ford- thinking congressman moved forward. gingrich is showing he is losing momentum and romney opening up. the two duking it out in a deb

lines the presid-go transit service, ferry lines, golden gate ferry line, blue and gold ferry lines, san trans lines and transit operations related to additional congestion and destruction of regular scheduled ferry operations and transportation network impact in combination with other special events in san francisco happening simultaneously and we did fine long-term developments for impacts for transportation also. a couple of other impacts that did remain significant, unavoidable included noise and air quality as i had touched on earlier. accumulative air quality impacts would remain. for the cruz terminal the significant unavoidable impacts would be transportation and circulation, mainly on the s market and war of's historic streetcar line. we did find air quality impacts in the emission of criteria pollutants and precursors that violate the standards. and cumulative impacts on transportation noise and air quality. if the commission certifies the e.i.r., the port commission and the board of supervisors can proceed to consider the proposed projects. if the port commission and board despite t

in the 500 lots of less,, that is in the willow glenn section of san jose. will tran is live with the latest. >>will: there has been no arrests or motives. all three men's should survive their injuries. they were able to drive themselves to the hospital. while they were here, there are investigators next door to this apartment complex. i saw several investigators walking around looking for possible evidence and hoping to speak with any witnesses. also there were reports fan i'm still hoping to hear from the fog lifts information officer. we put another phone call into him hoping he would give us the latest including any possible descriptions of the suspect or suspects. >>darya: that area is well with it. maybe, they have some video surveillance. >>will: that is a great point. if they do have a videotape i am sure that investigators will ask. the business owner has not been contacted by any investigators >>mark: mitt romney republican rivals are promising a tough freezing carolina. he won both the iowa caucuses and new hampshire primary. despite its core shilling, rick

san mateo bridge cal tran sign says high wind advisory. protest downtown san francisco and a lot going on. >>> that protest you are talking about is the occupy movement. they say they are going to be taking over buildings, going to be mass demonstrations and civil disobedience. one thing they've never done before is a squid fry. i'll explain that coming up in a live report. >>> we'll have to explain that. squid fry reference. 5:01 on this friday morning with a lot going on i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. the first thing we want to focus on is meteorologist mike nicco's radar. >> what are you seeing? >> >> good morning live doppler, i see -- radar returns starting in the marin headlands down the peninsula where we will find any rain right now. there's a lot of drizzle and moisture hanging around. we will find fog during the morning commute. this is sliding in from the west. you can see right the left of the screen some of the heavier, steadier rain moving in during the latter parts of the morning into the afternoon. right now impre

the places for hiring, the east bay, south bay, san francisco and san mateo. will tran and spoke with a group of job-seekers who says if the hiring trend cannot start soon enough. >>will: by the time this 3d job there is over, hundreds of applicants will be competing for only 200 jobs. here is video that the shot from inside the police, even if the applicant in there. they are hiring for four times as a full-time. target will not say how much the jobs will pave but they say they are looking for eager employees. we spoke with many people who have been unemployed for months if not years including this woman. that's what you get ready, you get situated and do anything you want to do for an interview and then you go to the interview and it sounds really good, like they're going to hire you and then you are not getting a phone call. that is the hardest part. hopefully here, because i have experience in retail and i came early and enthusiastic, i am hopeful. >>pam: lake area of job growth is being led by high- paying jobs. alejandra cerball explains which jobs have highs outl

it to other people had been stabbed in the 500 block of bill willow glenn section of san jose just off of 87. will tran is live for the update. if >>will: we're hoping to hear back from the san jose police department. there have been no arrests and no motives behind this. one person was shot in the parking lot at the creekside far into growth. the shooting took place around 1:50 a.m.. the other two people that were stabbed, it is still unconfirmed exactly where that happened. the police department searched over the apartment complex, but nothing has come out of their investigation. many cable in the neighborhood are shocked. they believe this is a very nice place it had kind words to say about the bar and grill. across the street is the arkose station. we had a chance to talk to the owner. and this place is shut down between 1:00 a.m.-5:00 a.m.. there are no witnesses for police to talk to. those cameras are only operational between 5:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.. even when there are working and they are only trained on the gas pumps. if it did not happen on the property to, there is nothing for the police de

in the 500 block, the willow glenn section of san jose. will tran is live above date.l: we have seen police walking around looking for witnesses. here is video that we shots, you can see officers in the parking lot. >>darya: we are back with more in a couple of minutes. here is a live look outside. >>mark: a developing story we are following, the fda says they will step up testing for a fungicide found in low levels of orange juice. analysts choose features have spiked to their highest levels in 35 years as investors are now reacting to a potential government band that could create a shortage. >>darya: new details about the health effects of pop-- pot. occasional and moderate use does not affect the lungs like a cigarette smoking does. >>mark: we will be right back as the kron4 news continues. here is a live look from the roof camera in san francisco. we have it chilly temperatures far >>darya: the man accused of killing these four women in the 70's and 90's will be back in court in marin county this morning. the preliminary hearing got underway yesterday. mesa has ple

san francisco. to put this in perspective, this is the equivalent of four trans- america. midst of space. tech companies employ over 20,000 employees. i am committed to ensuring that san francisco remains at the center of the tech industry. that is why i have created the central payroll tax exclusion. i signed it on stocks. i reached out to check ceo's to understand what more we can do to help. i have also committed to a wholesale review of our tax policy to develop more equitable alternatives that do not punish job creation. we are working hard to find other ways to interact with technology. our city is the first in the nation to pass open date up legislation. san francisco has been a leader in allowing the community to create over 60 applications based on this day to. over the summer, our department of technology hosted hackathons and resulted in the creation of 23 apps in created over 10,000 hours of civic engagement. i want to present a challenge. we are a consent -- congested city. into the years, we will host america's cup, -- in two years, we will host america's cup, one of the larg

in san francisco, you can see clouds rolling by the top of the trans-america build, ominous there. the peninsula, drivers trying to navigate soupy conditions on the san mateo bridge. our san jose camera shows clouds over cupertino and sar togethat in the distrins. meteorologist christina loren is handling the forecost. we start with christie smith, live in oakland, crews are cleaning up a mess after a stretch of roadways slid downhill after a heavy reason. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning, jon. we're just getting a little bit of drizzle now, after a pretty wet morning. but i tell you, neighbors are already trying to clean up, and they are concerned about that major slide over the weekend. they're trying to direct the water away from their homes. they've already picked up more than 100 sandbags from this station alone in the hill since the rain started this morning. they're worried trees might fall after all of the rain after a long dry spell. one man wants the city to do more tree trimming. and on wild current road, that's where you see the worst of it. public work

tran. >>darya: the san francisco sheriff is going to be in court this afternoon to fight a stay away ordered from preventing to see his son and his wife. because of the alleged abuse, the domestic violence misdemeanor accusations involving allegations that he grabbed his wife on new year's eve. however, they both deny that there was a physical fight. he is set to go on trial in february has a defense attorney. that replaces bob wagner the prosecution has released the witness list. his wife is at vienna and budapes-hereliana lo- girlfriend is also on the list of christina floras and ivory madison. she is the one who called police after she reported a conversation with lopez. and also williams and another woman. >>mark: the oakland police department is one step closer as the fed's need to move quickly to make good on reforms that will agree to nine years ago this was awarded in a civil suit lawsuit. the alleged suit was that they were framing suspects. >> the heat-age. district hate ash barry-district with a damage on this heat ashbury haight-ashbury -- district reported some damage to this pu

a live look at san francisco, completely clear. beautiful shot of the trans-america pyramid. you can see for almost ten miles. we're not going to have perfect visibility tomorrow. we're going to see quite a difference in our weather pattern as we head towards the end of the week and the weekend. finally that wet weather that we want looks like it will start to arrive. it's going to be slow but it does look like -- every model i'm looking at, as we head through the 15th -- we're going to see a few systems with low pressure pass through the bay area. the storm track bull's-eyeing the pacific northwest. moisture hitting seattle and places in oregon. for us, we're high and dry under high pressure. but offshore wins keeping things so nice and unseasonably warm. this is the last day for near-record warmth. get out and enjoy it. warm and dry inland. clear at the coast. tomorrow, onshore flow picks up. thick pockets of fog along marin county coastline. 66 for today in concord. 62347 redwood city. the 70s on the map for fairfield and gilroy. what we're peck exing in expect street to t

. >>> cal tran is asking san mateo voters to approve a sales tax increase to help cut down its deficit. increased ridership gave cal train a 25% increase in revenue but the agency still faces an operating deficit. cal train will conduct surveys in the coming months to see if voters in san mateo county would approve a sales tax increase. another idea on the table is for a sales tax increase in all three counties served by cal train. >>> let's go to sal. we all had a tricky drive this morning because of fog in certain areas. >> it is foggy in many areas, dave. visibility is good. you know tendency to turn the windshield wipers on to say that will go away but it won't. we are kind of seeing a little bit of the east shore freeway here. it is still pretty foggy. we will only see a small portion of it. at the bay bridge you can tell it's foggy. the traffic is going to be a little slow. pardon me? all right. westbound bay bridge is going to be moving along pretty well. and this mornings commute in san jose northbound 280 getting up to highway 17 that traffic is moving well. now for the weeken

it is essential that providers treating trans elders receive training. the city of san francisco should mandate competency training for elders and provide meaningful outreach efforts. it is imperative the city committed to finding solutions to the crises that the elders are facing. thanks for bringing much- needed attention to this underserved segments of our community. >> i will read a few more names. marilyn hayward, dougles yep, and other speakers. >> i am a member of the health commission and an officer of the coalition of agencies several of the elderly. since the beginning like many kids have a service agencies, we have been serving lgbt seniors and helping them maintain their health and independence. we learned how to make services appropriate. maximize consumer choice and a scheurer cultural compensate and make sure that client satisfaction measures are followed. maximizing consumer choice is important with food. the type of food, how you get it, how it is delivered. at the health department we designed help the san francisco so people could choose their own med

san francisco until 2034. there is no service to trans day. they do not have a realistic funding plan. the fast start project has a new approach to chemlawn services quickly and provide service in high riders areas and we believe it is more financially feasible. we would be happy to take any questions. supervisor wiener: thank you very much. any additional comments? >> if i may, mr. chair, to sum up -- we are talking about a concept that can be four times cheaper, generating 40 times more riders ship, being built one decade earlier. we do not have all the answers today, but at the very least we think it is worth looking at in more debt. the other thing i wanted to point out was echoing what the commissioner said before. these are projects that literally require commitment. the reason for that is that one of the opportunities that opens up, when we talk about something like this, is the opportunity for private sector investments. bringing the costs down, making them more feasible, the possibility of doing public- private partnerships, where not only are the design and construction metho

any information on the whereabouts of either of them, you are encouraged to call the san jose police department. will tran and will be bernie has more information on this breaking news story when we come back. mark, here is a live look at interstate 80, they are screening trucks for tire chains. here is video out of soda springs. there were chain requirements earlier on the way to this year. those have now listed but it is a good idea to bring those trains. james fletcher has more on the weather. >>james: this is 80 at king bill. we have snow on the side of the roads that fell overnight and the yesterday. they have done a good job of keeping the roads ploughed. here is we're looking for out of tahoe and the greater sierra. a mix of rain and snow. the rain it stretches from san francisco to concord and into the delta. light rain falling in the napa valley. >>george: we have a couple of hot spots. one of them is on the sanity of bridge. it is a stall on the shoulder. it is slowing the ride. people are driving past the scene of its and slowing the commute. >>george: the golden gate bridge ride is still a pro

that is the very latest reporting from san jose i am will tran with kron4 news. >> darya: now we wantt a look at the weather and no rain in sight it turns out to dry weather pattern continues. the >>james: the chance of rain continues to diminish as we head throughout the morning. it is relatively clear at street level but we do have some high clouds out there. it is rather cool this morning. partly sunny and mild this afternoon. we are looking for the clouds to stay with us to the overnight. we have breezy conditions as the cold front pushes through. temperatures as reciprocal in the north bay. 31 in fairfield and precooled there. 38 concord, 36 livermore and generally we see low forties across the south bay at the moment. here is the satellite, you could see little bits and pieces of rain will to the north and well offshore. as we push in you will see that it is out near crescent city. we see a few very light drops falling. as we take a wider look at the satellite, the system stretches well from idaho all the way down through oregon and a part-- and across western california. there

. >>> cal trans wants to abandon a mountain highway because it costs too much to maintain. state highway 39 runs 27 miles from asewssa in los angeles countiy into the san gabriel mountains. the state spends $1.5 million to maintain the two-lane highway. it's frequently damaged by landslides, flooding, and forest fires. cal trans hopes the u.s. forest service or the county would take it over, but neither wants it. >>> farther north, restricted access could come to a families part of yosemite. it's up to 1200 people a day make the trek to the area. rangers say one quarter of the amount, about 300 people, is more manageable. >>> roberta gonzalez in the house tonight for us. she's got a forecast that seems like it should be april, doesn't it? >> it certainly does, especially by the end of the work week. we've had no winter in the bay area. i'm still looking at the chances of rain moving into the bay area february 10th. okay. let's fire up the high-def doppler radar, because we do have a little bit of light precipitation. every time i zoom in on it, it disappears. let's give it a try now. we zoom into the north bay and you've got to look ever so carefully.

>>mark: in san jose, firefighters are on the scene of the house fired near capitol expressway. will tran is live at the scene. swilled >> fire investigators believe the fire started right here on the first floor probably from a heater. when they got here this place was fully engulfed and the fire raced its way through walls and into the ads. they also noticed flames shooting out from upstairs. fortunately, no one was hooked--no one was hurt. the alarm company called a family friend who was watching a home. that family friend, that was the person who called the fire department. the cars parked in the garage were not damaged. the fire department believes there has been at least some of the $50,000 worth of damage. the fire was contained only to this house. the >>darya: new this morning, parents are camping out, sleeping in their cars tried to get their kids into their own neighborhood school in santa clara. there are only 120 slots available for students at the school. there are more people who live in the neighborhood and want their kids to go there. craig skalar is explaining how this is

cal-trans says the settlement avoids lengthy expensive trial. >>> san francisco embattled sheriff goes to court to fight for his family today and takes a hit. judge said that ross will remain away from his wife and child while he fights domestic abuse allegations. vick lee more on the decision. >>reporter: the sheriff has been ordered bay judge to keep 100 yards away from his wife miss lopez and the 2-year-old son theo during the duration of the trial. today his new attorney lydia asked the judge to change the ruling to the a no harassment order which would allow the sheriff to see his wife but not harass her. also asked the judge to allow him to be reunited with his son whom she said has been devastated by the separation. the prosecution objected saying they still felt for the safety of the 2-year-old. prosecutor proud an old e-mail she said lopez sent madison the neighbor would reported the abuse new year's eve. lopez sent e-mail in october while she was in los angeles saying she was worried about theo because her husband had left him in the car as he was vomiting with his diapers we

>> here in the bay area, thinking about heading into san francisco from east bay for the presidents' day weekend you may want to reschedule. cal trans will be shutting down the upper deck next month. stephanie chuang live at the bay area this morning where the cal trans is laying out its plan to avoid traffic nightmares. >> reporter: good morning, jon. one perk of having no rain lately is the progress update with the bay bridge seismic work being done here. the bridge is slated to reopen six months ahead of time. with na good news comes some temporary headaches for all of you folks who use the bay bridge, including a shutdown of westbound deck, which is right behind me. it's thoor see with the traffic, but you see part of the new and old bridge. crews have not been able to get in to do construction work because of current traffic. in one month, for four days and four nights, westbound deck will be shut down and that will allow crews to build a detour right here along the stretch. let's take a look at the simulation video of the work. what that means, of course, leave extra time for your commute. you'll have to use other bridges to g

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san jose's 39th homicide of 2011. she's set to make her first court appearance on thursday. >>> cal tran dealing with the first death on the tracks of the new year. a woman was struck and killed at 7:30 last night. the train was headed south of stran down through san jose. as we say it marks the first death of the year. last year there was a total of 15 fatalities. officers are reviewing school security systems after someone broke into petaluma high school at 7:30 p.m. on new year's day. the person who broke the window to the staff lounge. no word on what, if anything was stolen. if you saw anyone in the area at the time, call petaluma police. >>> it's 6:04 now. the fan who claimed she was attacked at a recent sharks game said she doesn't want free playoff tickets. she wants an apology. she told the san jose mercury news she's been offered personal gifts and tickets for fans but has yet to hear an "im sorry" from the woman she was whacked on her head by. she's a brain cancer survivor and suffered a partial concussion from the blow. she said she hit her by accident while celebrating a goal. they're investigating but not

daily on ramp northbound that is towards san francisco and this off ramp is closed right now and it is going to be closed a little bit longer. that is where cal trans true is working on some road repairs and they have been out here for 45 minutes and we have got some video of that work. chp officers have discovered a problem and they originally have two feet of standing water at the bottom of this ramp. the officer told me he cleared out debris and cal trans are replacing the asphalt watching out for similar damage on their commute. >> people don't pay attention but they think they can drive the same speed. it doesn't really matter to them. i would try to tell people to drive safely for the roads. >> the water gets in here and it is buckling. >> the water goes underneath these cracks and there is enough water which makes it basically for the asphalt floating and they lose end it up and break it apart. >> that is what people need to look out for. >> reporter: coming back to our live picture, it is hard to see but we just saw a chp officer and we will get a better idea of when this on ramp will be opened. cal trans and chp has told me with all the tr

american, latin american, gay, lesbian, trans but -- transgendered people, hippies, techineiees, you name it. together, we all build a city like no other on earth. we made san francisco the innovation capital of the world. [applause] today, more than ever, san francisco is uniquely poised to innovate on the future right now, by capitalizing on our greatest resource, our people. innovation is not just about technology. it is about a different way of thinking and approaching our problems. it is through innovative approaches to crime fighting that san francisco remains one of the safest big cities in america. last year, violent crime was down by 6%. it remains at historic lows not seen since the 1960's. pension reform is another prime example of what i have been talking about. the key to meeting our challenges in the future. across the country, pension reform was a wedge issue. it shut down governments and divided people. here in san francisco, we once again showed that we are a city that knows how. we brought everyone to the table. be put in the long hours. we had tough negotiations and reduced the pension reform measure with business, government, and labor s

san francisco will invest $9 billion in improving city infrastructure to the 10-year capital plan and create tens of thousands of jobs. infrastructure projects like the trans bay center, the general hospital rebuild and others, they are already under way and creating thousands of good jobs for our residents. and finally, we need to keep investing in the commercial corridors. i will soon launch a new invest in neighborhoods initiative to centralize and prioritize assistance to san francisco, for streetscape and faÇade improvements, small business micro loans, districts, and activated open space. i look forward to speaking to you about these as we launch them. these are just a few initiatives from my road map, and i look forward to working with you and all of the members of the board to create job opportunities and helping our businesses thrive in the city. thank you. president chiu: supervisor kim from the six the district will have the next question. supervisor kim: the most recent data shows that families with children become homeless at an alarming rate. the witness for emergency family shelters currently includes 267 families, a historical level, and an