and owner of thompson creek manufacturing and all the employees here at thompson. thank you so much for your hospitality and the great work that you're doing. yea!! [applause] and i want to acknowledge the family and guests of those standing behind me today. it is wonderful to be here at thompson creek. and i want to thank rick for showing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this, as he explained to me, is a family business. rick was just 13 when his father, fred, opened the company. and back then his family lived above the store, and rick started out sweeping the floors. three decades later thompson creek has expanded and has already outgrown this 80,000 square-foot facility and i bet sometimes rick still feels like he's living at the plant. [laughter] >> that's what happens when you're in charge. but building this business has been an extraordinary accomplishment for the family. and it speaks not only to him. it also speaks to all the employees here today. the hard-working men and women who make this company work. and it speaks to the p

kron 4's kate thompson has that story. >> reporter: sara palin breaks the silence, rejecting criticism that the language may be to blame for the shooting. >> despicable act of this criminal. and they claim political debate got more heated just recently. >> reporter: stirring up more controversy, she accuses the media of blood libel. >> should not manufacture a blood libel that services only to insight the hatred that they purport to condemn. >> reporter: a poll shows americans dismiss the idea that it is to blame for the shooting. >> i don't think it caused this. >> reporter: hillary clinton calls him an extremest. >> when you crass the line from expressing opinions that are conflicting differences in our political environment into taking action, violent action, that is extremism. >> reporter: kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> we will continue to cover the arizona shootings and the after math on our station here, kron 4 and we have posted the president's speech, it is all online on www.kron.com. >>> a series of earthquakes rattled the bay area. this map shows where they struck. the u.s. g

kron 4's kate thompson talks with one bay area man who seen his rates increase 55%. >> outrageous. >> reporter: this is a later he received in december notifying him that blue shield was raising his rates by 55%. >> this is the kicker one. it says, somewhere down here, 55%. i was surprised they computed it out. >> reporter: a healthy 20 something who has not been to the doctor once in the two years he had his policy was stunned. >> silly. i could understand 5-10% a year. over the last two years i am paying double. it's a tremendous amount of money. >> reporter: he has seen his premium rate from $72 to $115 a month. he started an online petition to stop the increases. he doesn't buy the excuse it is due to rising health care cost. kate thompson, kron 4 news. >> more resources on the blue shield rate hikes on www.kron.com. >>> new details about san francisco city leadership. gavin newsom talked to potential candidates for district attorney. whoever is selected will replace kamala harris. reggie kumar tells us the board of supervisors is expected to appoint a new interim mayor. >> report

kron 4's kate thompson has more, including what investigators will be focusing on. >> although policeeen no sign of juliani cardenas or the man who abducted him. they said murder-suicide is a strong possibility. that's why they are heading back out on tuesday to search the canal. they will be bringing two dive teams out to drag the canal. a witness said last week he saw a silver toyota corolla enter the water with a man and a child inside. that's their strongest lead at this point. they pulled five other cars but not the car they are looking for. there are many things that lead them to believe that car is in the water. including this spit ioning item. -- suspicious item. >> the workers told us that buoy was in tact tuesday morning. when we went out there it was broken. so something large and heavy had to pass to break it. >> reporter: they will continue to search the canal till investigators are satisfied they have done everything they could. it could be hours or days. reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> gorgeous weather, but how much longer will the internet on a plane! a

reporting live ikate thompson. >> also historic in the city of oakland! >> madame mayor you may respond by saying, i do. >> do solemnly swear to support the constitution of the nine states, the constitution of the california and the charter of to truly performed the best job of mayor of oakland! >> i do! >> jean quan was talking about the community involvement, and cleaning up the community. >> i am honored to serve as your first asian woman mayor for a major american city. my story is is one of oakland. it together, we agreed to create a separate story of a great city. we are born to create a separate story. >> thank you. much. >> and she came out on top. with the new rank -- crime rate is one of the nation's most dangerous with a 40% budget deficit. >> and pamela harris took the oath of office this afternoon. the second california attorney-general the first african-american woman. and in this inauguration she talked about going after organized crime, mortgage fraud. >> let it be clear to anybody who want to madness this state with violence. the gang tha

for now he is holding on to his job hoping have some influence on who will replace kate thompson joins us live from city hall with the latest. >> this is the last chance for the current order supervisors to way and on today's think should be the interim mayor once gavin is some leaves office. this is the last meeting for those supervisors. it's now or never they need to make a decision tonight. they were supposed to start talking around 3:00 this afternoon but they have delayed for several hours. the mayor gavin newsome has said previously that one of the reasons he delayed his swearing is of attending governor is because he didn't trust his current board of supervisors to pick a good replacement. he wants to stay in office until the new board of supervisors is sworn in on saturday because than they would get to make the choice for who would be interim mayor. and some short less firm could be the next mayor san francisco is for the next year. that includes former mayor city administrator, san francisco public utility commissioner in san francisco share of michael hennessey with one out

reporting live, kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> gorgeous weather, but how much longer will it last? details and your extended forecast in a few minutes. yye . >>> new details about the arizona shooting. the man accused of trying to assass nate gabrielle giffords entered a not guilty plea today. jared lee loughner was in federal court in phoenix. >> reporter: this was jared lee loughner's second court appearance since he shot gabrielle giffords and 18 others. no cameras were allowed. he was wearing glasses. witnesses say his hair has grown out. today's hearing concerned only the charge of attempted murder of gabrielle giffords and two of her aids. his attorney entered the not guilty plea. when the judge asked about his ability to understand the case, she replied we are not raising any issues at this time. agents searched his home and questioned people who knew him, including employees at this shop. >> i fold told the fbi all he was talking about was his crazy dreams. >> reporter: investigators are searching for evidence of mendel illness. >> i don't think we will understand the why a

tracy thompson was the second one. francis short? >> i am the owner of 1850 and 1891. vice president olague: can you pull the microphone down a little? >> sorry. my property has extremely limited access to open space. the rear yard extension will cut off sunlight. i am scared it will become dark. i will have more hardship if the topi walls lose the little like they have. i feel this project will impact me greatly, and no one notified me. thank you. vice president olague: thank you. are there any additional speakers in support of the dr request? seeing none, project sponsor. commissioner moore: she has a picture. vice president olague: ok. >> [inaudible] vice president olague: thank you. commissioner antonini: i don't think it makes any difference. vice president olague: project sponsor. >> i am the project architect. the property owners, and jake and donna, are also here. it has been a long night. i am not trying to talk about the end inches -- about the to and inches. as an architect, i follow the planning code and the residential design guidelines. we have a project

reporting in redwood city kate thompson kron 4 news. >> we more details of the blue shield rate hike on our web site log on to www.kron4.com. >> still ahead the city of antioch now asking for public donations to help fund its police department. schwab details on this unusual fund-raising methods coming up. >> first a live look outside this is walnut creek it looks like they're sucked in by the fall. that's of course of valley fog out in the area. use a bigger problem. currently 39 degrees in the neighborhood. will be back. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ ♪ and watch day-time dramas at the bus stop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop and smartphone with at&t u-verse tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. live from the bay area's new station this is the kron 4 morning news. the morning welcome back its 730 a m a live

two discretionary reviews were filed, one by leonard kachn, and one by tracy thompson. they believe that the vertical addition does not respect the scale of adjacent buildings and that the horizontal addition encroaches into the open space, creating a boxed in feeling, and that the report additional create privacy impacts on neighbors. the residential design team has reviewed the project. we find it to be on balance and consistent with the general plan and design guidelines. we do not find a project to contain or create any exceptional or extraordinary circumstances. we of classified the project as an abbreviated dr for the following reasons. it makes alterations inappropriate manner. it retains the pattern along the laterally spoke -- laterally sloping blocke three. -- sloping block. the rear addition extends 6 feet beyond the neighbor to the west at a two-story white with a setback. the addition extends 14 feet beyond the thdr requesting or's property, but it is stepped interest. we find is appropriate with the use of setbacks on the upper floors. some loss of privacy

and owner of thompson creek manufacturing. and the all the employees here at thompson. thank you for your hospitality and the great work you are doing. [applause] and i want to acknowledge family and guests of those standing behind me today. it's wonderful to be here at thompson creek. and i want to thank rick for showing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this is as he explained to me as a family business. rick was just 13 when his father, fred, opened the company. and back then his family lived above the store. and rick started out sweeping the floors. three decades later, thompson creek has expanded. it's already outgrown this 85,000 square feet facility that just moved in three years ago. and i bet that rick still feels like he lives at the plant. that's what happens when you are in charge. and growing this accomplishment speaks to him and all the employees here today. the hard, working men and women who make this company work. and it speaks to the promise of america. the idea that if you got a dream and you are willing to work hard, then

talking to rick, i know thompson creek is planning to take full of advantage of this tax break. that is going to help thompson creek renovate, expand, and add another 100 new employees right here. [applause] that is worth applauding. that is good. you have companies like this all over the country and the treasury department estimates that overall this will accelerate $102 billion of tax cuts for 2 million businesses over the next two years. so i want to urge all businesses with capital needs to take advantage of this temporary expensing provision. we expected to lower the average cost of investment by more than 75% for companies like thompson creek. it is a powerful new incentive for businesses and a great opportunity for companies to grow and add jobs. now is the time to act. companies who are listening out there, if you are planning or thinking about making investments sometime in the future, make those investments now and you will save money. that will help us grow the economy. it will help you grow your business. overall, the decline in the unemployment rate is positive news

kron 4 kate thompson is live in paterson with the very latest on the search for the boy. kate. >> after taking a today break investigators and dive teams are going to be back out at bacchanal to more morning starting at 8:00 a.m. to start dragging the bottom of that canal again. we have a graphic to show you, this is what they're looking for. the looking for a car with as juliani cardenas did and his alleged that dr. jose esteban rodriguez. over the past week the dive teams have taken five cars of the canal but none of them the car that to rodriguez are believed to be in. please stay focused on the canal for a number of reasons. one, a witness said he saw a car with two people who go into the canal tuesday night just 45 minutes after guiliani was abducted. number two, tire tracks into the water and police say they don't believe they found the car that made the tire tracks there. finally, there are bullies that are dragged along the canal and those police were there tuesday, those buoys were missing one state. police say something happy when into the water and sank those p

here's nbc's anne thompson. ♪ >> reporter: from the funeral, the cry "sainthood now" is one miracle awayrom being answered. this may, the church will beatify the man who redefined the papacy in the modern age. working to topple communism. traveling the world, reaching out to other faiths. a media superstar, now on his way to becoming a saint at a record pace. >> he made christianity interesting in a world that thought that christianity was fading to the margins of history. >> reporter: to achieve sainthd, two miracs must be attributed to the person. today, pope benedict xvi decreed the first, the cure of a french nun's parkinson's disease. she says that happened after she prayed to john paul, who also suffered from the ailment. yet during john paul's 27-year papacy, catholics in the u.s. and europe drifted away in droves. many liberal catholics felt shut out. critics charge he failed to grasp the enormity of the priest sex abuse crisis. >> he was very slow in responding to that, very slow in believing the accusations or understanding how extensive this problem was. but when someone is ma

the story tonight from nbc news correspondent, anne thompson. >> reporter: sue says she doesn't knowny other way. she's a volunteer firefighter and a volunteer fund-raiser for breast cancer. co-founding mush for a cure in the minnesota tundra town of grand moret, population 1300. when she tried to trademark mush for a cure, she ran into an unexpected foe. susan g. komen for the cure. >> we're all supposed to be fighting against breast cancer and here another breast cancer fund-raising organization is going to oppose something that would cost us all money that we want to give to the cause. >> we've asked them to consider changing the name because millions of people around the country associate for the cure programs with breast cancer and with komen. >> reporter: komen's aggressive defense of its for the cure trademark is making headlines and drawing the ire of race for the cure runner steven colbert on his show. >> these charities aren't the only ones riding in the komen foundations cure tales. i'm looking at you, doctors. >> reporter: government records show since 1996, komen has rev

now was kron 4 kate thompson reports the fire department said it has for a long time also had issues with its radio is not working. >> " according to the oakland fire fighters union similar to sell falls there are dead zones in the city where firefighters radio still work. like in some highrises in downtown oakland. the president of the fire fire unions that even with new radios that they've had for about a year, in dense areas with high buildings radio communication can be had our mess. he said there are huge safety concerns like firefighters been inside the building and not been able to communicate with firefighters were outside. possibly missing a call that they need to get out of the building quickly. two other areas would dead zones are the east end of oakland and here in oakland hills. the firefighters' union said in a tower is expected to go up here which will help alleviate some of the problems that they've been having what their radio and also try to get rid of many of the dead songs. the firefighters' union say they have and continue to have a lot of problems with their rad

this past fourth quarter making 8 billion is the estimate from thompson reuters. a big rebound but is this sustainable with those headwinds? >> the challenge isn't so much sustainable. we think it's sustainable. the issue is growth. can these big giant trillion dollar banks grow as we move forward. we think there's some opportunities but overall for the economy, we're still delevering. most consumers out there want to reduce their debt load, not expand them. that may be a good thing for consumers but it's tough on bank earnings. >> tom: i want to look at the kwb bank fund that follows these banks. it has rallied nicely off the late november low. you mentioned opportunities, where are those opportunities? >> we think actually a lot of the opportunities are where what we call the capital markets or the part of the big banks that deal with investments, asset management, they deal with you know capital markets and deals. because the federal reserve is still very active pumping money into the economy. that money has to go somewhere. it's going into deals. it's going in

of reporting live and services go, kate thompson kron 4 news. a >> of course it ought to be in the bay were going to bring you the biggest and best parties in the bay area tonight to get at 11:30 p.m. for kron 4 years live presented a elite md deal locally year shows a jaundice at 11 for the news at eleven 30 for the party. as in the urals and of crack down on d y s comes with it. tonight law enforcement agencies throughout the day for drunk drivers. kron 4 shows you what wadis bay city is trying to catch them. >> if you're thinking about drinking in traveling in oakland as new year's eve, oakland pleas of the waiting for you here. it this is the location of a dui checkpoint that's scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. friday night officials of oakland police headquarters and getting drunk drivers off the road is our number one priority as in your roll said. they will have additional officers on patrol looking for those driving under the influence. >> the checkpoint will be in effect until 2:00 a.m.. in oakland kron 4 news. >> london club there was ye

. >> to think kate thompson hopes that rob flood of those story is great, no. kate's with me on that one. >> our sports director knows all. stay with kron 4 and www.kron4.com for continuing coverage of the jim harbaugh story going to the forty-niners. we'll be right back. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ ♪ and watch day-time dramas at the bus stop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop and smartphone with at&t u-verse tv. now get up to $300 back in promotion cards. at&t. rethink possible. a 4.1 quake hit 13 mi. south san jose on the calaveras fault. here on our map it also had to aftershocks we should tell you about what that 2.6 of the second at 2.1. the quake was felt over a wide area of the bay and its closest to seven trees california. our callers have been saying that they felt the jolt, and everybody is that were jolt. kate thompson has been talking with emergency of

kay thompson kron4 news. >> do not need to tell its that time of year again, taxis and you don't need to spend big bucks to get it done, there's a free tax help online. >> after lots of dry weather in the bay area, wet weather is back in town tonight. i will let you know jolo it's going to be here coming up. will kind of a great day out there, at looking at a golden gate bridge, a couple people make it out to the beach. some wind out there. so which crashing on the shore. looking at san francisco of the saturday evening. there is some what weather on the bay area, storm trackers for showing this evening that mainly light showers. some of them producing some moderate to even some few pockets of heavy rain. will take a look at the south bay, san jose's san mateo, the green shows light rain, a deal that is for the heavier showers are. all the showers moving to the northeast, where going to be seen the wet weather here for much of tonight and into tomorrow morning. showers around for richmond concord and hercules on highway 4. walnut creek getting some light rain. also look to fairfield.

>> anne thompson with what is a breaking environmental story tonight here in washington. anne, thanks. >>> a big mystery in the natural world has shifted overseas. more dead birds have turned up. this time in sweden, just days after thousands of birds fell from the sky in this country. first in arkansas, then in louisiana. the birds found in sweden, about 50 of them so far, are called jack dawes. one news website points out in both the arkansas and sweden cases, there were fireworks before the birds were found. others, however, don't buy that theory at all. in both cases, we're told the weather was humid and cold. experts here and overseas are still working, trying to nail down what's at the root of this mystery that so many people are talking about. >>> the explosive growth of china as a world player and a world power now apparently includes the development of a stealth fighter. aviation blogs have been covering it closely and publishing pictures, though they've all been blocked from the web in china itself. it's a single pilot twin engine prototype, apparently in the pr

a brand new 100% tax write-off for businesses to make new investments. >> that's going to help thompson creek renovate, expand and add another 100 new employees right here. >> reporter: today's report showed the most growth in the leisure and hospitality industry. health care. and temp work. the job growth is real for this woman. unemployed for the last 14 months, she just, this week, started a new administrative job. >> day five, new job, loving every second of it. >> reporter: but federal reserve chairman ben bernanke on capitol hill today underlined that the current pace of job growth means high unemployment will continue. >> it could take four to five more years for the job market to normalize fully. >> reporter: the fact that the nation's unemployment rate dropped to 9.4% last month is deceptive. some of the drop occurred because half a million workers stopped looking for work. some joining the ranks of the millions of so-called 99ers. unemployed for more than 99 weeks and no longer able to collect unemployment insurance. >> even with extensions that were made in december, that doe

coach thompson's father wears the rings to prove the past triumphs.s year, no triumph as belgrade scores again and again and again. >> even if the scoreboard reads above, the muck bowl is still a muck bowl. this is about so much more than football. it's about pageantry and fun. and pride. showing the world that the muck, as poor and as remote as it is, is the center of the universe when it comes to football. matt gutman, abc news, florida. >> i bet a lot of parents are going to be buying their kids rablts tonight. that is "world news" for this saturday. i'm sharyn alfonsi. thanks for watching. for all of us here at abc news, have a good night. >> alan: searchers find a fifth car in a cam -- canal but still in sign of a boy who was snatched from the arms of his grandmother. this is the 38th anniversary of roe vs. wade, the supreme court decision that legalized abortion. here's more on today's demonstration. >> today is the seventh annual walk for life west coast. thousands of prolife activist from over the state and nation marched today in san francisc

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and kron 4, kate thompson is live in sacramento. kate? >> we are outside of a private party.jerry brown. he bled in streaming in for several hours the last of the days of bed, people have been streaming in for several hours. the last days of these events, and the wife is holding the bible and walt diaz warned again. this is his third term. while he has dense warren in. while he has been sworn in, with a $28 billion deficit. and he does not lay out how he plans on to fix the budget but keep is going to make some tough decisions. and that this is tied to really get down to business. haven't hit with a toned down inauguration, the was a hot dog/chips but was open to the public. it was on the lawn of the capital. and this is setting the tone for his governorship. how we is going to run things. he is not going to run money that the state does not have. >> the budget that i present next week will be painful but it will be an honest budget. the items of spending will be matched with the available tax revenues. and specific proposals we offered. with key functions to realign that are

reporting in paterson, kate thompson, kron 4 news. but continuing our coverage, the mother is saying that her son and the alleged kidnapper. the ex-boyfriend, rodriguez is not in the irrigation they're hiding out somewhere. tamils' the f they says--that tabitha is suggesting that he does not have the money he is simply hiding out somewhere. possibly somewhere in paterson, with france. although, she is no idea who those--french art. >> continuing our coverage, much more about those facts of rodriguez, and how they got into an argument. in 2008. >> court documents contained by kron 4, he punched tablet of several times while she was holding a child in a restaurant. insensate. charges were filed, he did not show up for court, and he has had a warrant, ever since. >> and in san jose, the mother of the a doctor, was in patterson last week. the- of doctor, to police-the of doctor. and i want him to plead, to athe abductor's mother, is saying,,, >> and the kingdome, kron 4 news. >> san francisco, they are- taking donuts,--with a road >> and

it is wonderful to be here at thompson creek. and i want to thank rick for showing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this is -- as he explained to me, a family business. rick was just 13 when his father, fred, opened the company. back then, his family lived above the store. rick started out sweeping the floors. three decades later, thompson creek has expanded, it's already outgrown this new 80,000 square foot facility that it moved into just three years ago. and i'll bet sometimes rick still feels like he's living at the plant. [laughter] president obama: you know that's what happens when you are in charge. but building this business has been an extraordinary accomplishment for the weiss family. and it speaks not only to him, it also speaks to all of the employees here today. the hard-working men and women who make this company work. and it speaks to the promise of america. the idea that if you've got a dream and you are willing to work hard, then you can succeed. that promise is at the heart of who w

ski thompson reports parent will concord school which may be shut down, held a rally this morning. >>r what it from closure parents are will about to rally of the morning until a decision is made every eight. >> it's going to be really sad. >> i feel cheated i moved here specifically for the school and i'm in the boundaries of a plan it that way and now in fear of not being here. >> silver with thoughts of being closed are high. the district is considering free lists, each of them would close three schools. so for what elementary is not one but two of those lists. the district is expected to explain a public meeting wednesday why silver would was selected over so many other schools. >> difficult to only be weeks away from having them named in the final closure and still not know why silver what is on this list? >> it's difficult because you put so much time and your school and to be on the dark you're walking into this great school and everything is go right and then year-end to of the three less that's >> very >> it's over what is selected to close it would be its final year of more

i want to thank the ceo and owner of thompson creek manufacturing and all of the employees here at thompson. thank you so much for your hospitality and the great work you are doing. >> yay! >> i want to acknowledge the fame and fests of those -- guests of those standing behind me today. it's wonderful to be here at thompson creek. i want to thank rick for he s howing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this is --' explain to me a family business and rick was just 13 when his father fred, opened the company. and back then, his family loved above the store and rick started out sweeping the floors. three decades later, thompson creek has expanded. it's already outgrown this new 80,000 square foot facility that it moved into just three years ago. and i'll bet sometimes rick f eels like he's living at the plant. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that's whoops when you are in charge. but building this business has been an extraordinarily accomplishment for the fall. it speaks not only to him, it also speaks to all of the employees here today. the hard-working men and women who

kron 4 kate thompson is live outside city hall.go if they took up the discussion over who should be the next major san francisco. there's a lot of wrangling here legal wrangling and that's what's going on the san francisco board of supervisors began to the lawyer and what they have told is the officers mayor is not vacant. gavin newsome is still the mayor until he leaves office. those lawyers are telling the board of supervisors that right now that the select someone to be the next mayor the reaction be to people assigned to that same office. those discussions are still ongoing at this point. who was on the short list to be? here's a few of them. who's on the short list to be san francisco is next mayor? first of the city administrator and lead. he is appointed to the position in 2005 by near newsome and recently dealt with the logistics of issuing marriage licenses during the court battle of same-sex marriage. his lawyer is also serve five years as the city's director of public works. then there's at harrington the chief of san fr

you know, senator thompson, at one of the marketing accountability act hearings-- senator lieberman heldthis thing, and senator thompson, who's a republican, says, "i think that every young american, "especially boys, 14, 15 years old, "should hear--should see saving private ryan, "because i believe that builds character, "and they understand war, and they need to understand war." i said, "well, [...], "then every young person should see snoop dogg, "should hear snoop dogg too, because there's a war going on down the block." and that's another ugly reality of our lives, you know, that we live with and that we, you know, can't hide from our young people. they have to address the issue of poverty. you know, we don't spend any time, energy, or enough money on war-- the war on poverty. you know, we need $32 billion more to fight, you know, for our military right now, i saw in the paper today, but what about the war on poverty? what's the real number we're going to invest to win that war? and so, you hear the voices of those people who are suffering. you can't break the mirror. you have to lo

and all the employees here at thompson. thank you so much for your hospitality and the great work that you are doing. [applause] i want to acknowledge the family and guests of those who are standing behind me today. it is wonderful to be here at thompson creek, and i want to think rick for showing me how you manufacture more efficient windows at this factory. this is, as he explained to become a family business. rick was 13 when his father, fred, opened the company. back then, his family lived above the sword, and rick started out sweeping the floor. three decades later, thompson creek has expanded, already outgrown this new 80,000-square- foot facility that in moved into three years ago. i will bet sometimes wreck still feels like he is working at the plant. i bet sometimes that rick still feels like his work at the plant. that is what happens when you are in charge. it speaks not only to him, it also speaks to all of the employees here today, the hard- working men and women who make this company work. it speaks to the pro

sue thompson has the story. >> it was the noise outside that woke richard about. >> about 3:00 o'clock i heard somebody trying to get in our front door. >> man outside was rattling the door knob. he ran to the locked door and called 911. >> i saw a young man approximately seemed to me in distress because he was approximately probably intoxicated. >>reporter: the man left wandered to a curb and then took off. but about an hour later and few doors down more problems and gunfire. >> he fired his firearm from inside the residence outside to the individuals. >>reporter: homeowner who lives here told police he fired multiple shot through a window into had back yard at whoever was pounding and banging. he tells police someone was trying to break in. >> he was able to look from the inside of his residence outside through some french glass doors and see 2 what he said was hiss 2 individuals one of them appearing to be armed with a silver handgun. >>reporter: the second person disappeared. now police must decide if the home own was justified in using deadly force. >> unless there is an actual fo

reporting in oakland kate thompson kron 4 news. >> " gate bridge officials of a pass to eliminate all co-workers and but it all do a neck system. it is supposed to save about $19.2 million by eliminating 32 toll workers. the plan is expected to start in september of 2012. they have two ways to pay either by using a fact track system or a cam would take a picture of your license plate and sent to a bill in the mail. trees the kron 4 news. >> changes since the beginning of been seeing foggy mornings and that will stay the same tomorrow what the low clouds of the coastline and the delta fog into the evening back into the forecast. will stay cool for the week with temperatures in the '50s and the sunday morning that's will see the bulk of the rain pushing through the early morning hours to bring off by noon. also the possibility of an beded thunderstorms as the rain push through this most locations will see and recorders inch of rain by sunday. >> developing news of a stranger to violent day and ejected anti-government protests escalated for fourth day. each as president went on national

kate thompson is live in patterson with the latest of what was found. >> earlier today the shares as part is another part of this canal. it off at our go the dive teams went back to the original site where they believe the car they did find an object there but that has not been pulled out of the water yet this evening. it we could roll video to show you the dive teams which have surged about 12 mi. of this canal over six days. did they pull many vehicles out of the water but haven't found any evidence of the car they're looking for or of guiliani. the sheriff department says all their evidence is pointing to this canal and at this point after six days of searching it is getting frustrating that they are not finding the vehicle there looking for based on tire tracks going into the water and also these broken louispolice. as far as dive teas with that of the working first six days a share department they're also looking at other things that they can do with this waterway to possibly speed up or help find juliani. >> also looking at what we can do with the waterway would been in contact

reporting from san francisco, kate th -- kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> the worst job crisis may be seizing. new numbers released today shows unemployment dropped in december. as christine connelly reports, the numbers alone don't tell the whole story. >> hotel draw as huge crowd when it advertises 250 job openings. >> the trend is clear. we saw 12 straight months of private sector job growth. >> reporter: december' unemployment rate was 9.8%. it was the steepest one month drop since 1998 and the lowest unemployment rate in 19 months but that doesn't mean there are new jobs out there. employers created 100,003 positionings, that's not enough to make up for the worst recession of our life times. it was the result of two equal factors. 297,000 people reported finding jobs last month. 260,000 said they had given up looking. >> still got a lot of folks looking, struggling. we got a big hole. >> it could take two years to get the jobless numbers down and another three years to reach normal levels near 6%. >>> another very cold night with fog expected tonight. tomorrow morning, dense fog

kron4 news kate thompson explains and the different options are available. >> each different availability will have different front runners. silver with elementary and with the final school snared two would close whole bird. all of these schools are in concord. therein the number of criteria with the academic performance. many parents are upset. the students that attend the schools that would be closed be divided up and sent to nearby schools. >> the final decision will take place early next month. >> clear skies over the golden gate bridge at this hour. we're seeing it clear skies area wide grave an inch it is mild bay area wide. 61 in redwood city 68 to it in san jose. we're seeing reconditions will keep them warmer in certain spots like fairfield. the winds will died down overnight and a chilly morning for tomorrow. pilloried nicely into the afternoon with sunny and mild weather. other places in the 60s. the nice weather will stick with us, i do 'til script a just a bit. >> new at 5:00 p.m.. at 5:10 p.m. laser danger. at 5:45 p.m. state dinner. a glamorous night in washington d.c. as d

reporting live kate thompson. in sacramento. >> and also, live, from the bay area's news station you can watch the entire inaugural ceremony. the majority continues to the governorship. and with no equal in american politics his work with mother teresa, and what also singled, luwthe friend did sieg, linda ronstadt. >> he was senior debt- >> app born in 1955, and in 1958, just before his father was elected governor. he was a cut damhe left this to attend uc-berkeley, and yale law school. 1970, brown was elected secretary of state. he won the governorship in 1974 after being san francisco and in the primaries. his father looked on as he took the oath of office succeeding ronald reagan. he proved to be a different type of governor, rejecting the governor's mansion and driving a plymouth sedan. the fidelity extended the state spending. california racked up the biggest budget surpluses in history. $5 billion. >> and wiped out by proposition 13, the 1978 property tax rollback. he was reelected to a second term. >> today

dra naliah thompson/médico internista 18:01:05 hay pacientes que necesitan atención médica, pero no vanas medicinas porque son muy caras, y por eso yo apoyo la reforma de salud. los republicanos dicen que la reforma de salud es muy costosa y que impide que empresas contraten ms gente.. los defensores lo refutan.. s.o.t. 3 16:43:08 lo que es más costoso es toda la gente que no tiene aseguranza y van a los hospitales para emergencias, eso es el costo más grande que hay. activistas dicen que el riesgo no es que la ley sea anulada este aÑo, sino en el futuro.. s.o.t. jakki carrillo/health access 14:21;23 el riesgo más es que gente conozca sus beneficios, porque si la gente no conoce sus beneficios, los congresistas no van a saber que es lo que necesita la gente y qué es lo que quiere la gente. el voto en la cmara baja ser maÑana.. pero como ya mencionamos, es slo simblico, porque ser bloqueado en el senado, y obama tampoco lo firmara.. regreso contigo, blanca ... /// cu-cesar ---gracias jaime ! ----anoche en san jose se cometio el septimo homicidio del aÑo--- take vo ---sucedio poco despues

chris thompson at 147-yards. this touchdown run, they win things 26-17 over south carolina. dame in white against the hurricanes. tommy reece, put it up and michael will go up and bring it down. two touchdown passes, and the irish they go on to win 33 to 17. he we counted it down from -- counted it down from 3-4. >> no. 3 a perfect mother's day. pennington, he has it, throw to first and he has it. he did it. dallas braden just threw a perfect game. >> no. 2. i want winners, another head coaching change after 41 games, mike singletary let go last sunday night. the team under achieved and at best can finish 6-10, and out of the playoffs again. and no. 1. here it is. struck him out. and for the first time since 1954. the giants are world champions. >>> he is passing the torch. stay with us we will be back in just a minute for the start of the big new year's show. hey, guys ! what's going on ? we're fine. we just figured since it's taking forever to pay off our mortgage, we might as well slow our whole life down. touch the ball. get rid of your mortgage faster. get an easy orang

. >> reporter: kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> another gorgeous day today, will that >>> new details tonight, investigators are getting some solid clues as to why a pg&e gas pipeline explode intone last september. it killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. tonight they released a report saying they found dozens of defects. kron 4's da lin has more on that report. >> reporter: based on this report released friday, experts say they have a good idea why this pipeline burst. in the report a group of engineers examined this pipe taken from san san bruno's blast site and found defect in wells that held the pipe together. it's a picture taken from the report. this is a cruces cut view of the people. the bottom part wasn't welded. the welding is supposed to penetrate through the entire thickness of the middle. not half the thickness. the experts say because the wilding didn't penetrate through the medal it led to gaps like this one and cracks like this and they made the pipe very weak. experts say this kind of poor quality welding wasn't up to code back then and now. it was found in many

kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> we have a couple big weather stories.omorrow morning it will be dense fog again. the advisory has been extended to the north and includes the delta and fairfield tomorrow. visibilities will be really bad out there. 500 feet at times. this fog will last through the morning hours. decreasing by noon. hissy sunshine in the afternoon and locally forming fog in the north bay. that fog from the center valley extended into the delta, north bay by tomorrow morning at 5:00 a.m. and fog in santa rosa and napa. dense fog. the 9:00 hour quite dense through the delta. starting to peal back by the afternoon. and hazy sunshine expected. temperatures are similar to today. the other big story is how dry it's been. a look at january so far, rainfall, the first and second, we had heavy rain. and then light rain on the 11 11th. last time we saw rain was on the 14th. it's been dry for over a week. there is a chance of that changing by the weekend. saturday rain chances increasing to early sunday morning. light rain bay area wide. we are seein

kron 4 kate thompson is here she's been looking into this and we are talking about millions of dollars >> all lot of money here taxpayers are shelling out not only for the cars but the gas. the geographic, this is just for the cars. the latest of the purchase for the assembly and the senate are $5 million. these are cars there really range you can see here $9,900 is one of the cheapest all the way up to $55,000 for a cadillac for senator in southern california to drive. the purchase the cars and taxpayers are getting the bill and they can drive them to get around their district and to sacramento. >> not all the gasoline and 8¢ in cars as gasoline bill is height? >> the lawmakers are given a state credit card in the can use it as they please, and other graphic how they're really bringing up hundreds of thousands of dollars a year in gasoline. this is 2010 the assembly $208,000 in gasoline, the senate $86,000 in gas. did some of the law makers alone $6,000 a year to drive around the district. >> no limits? >> know they can use it as they please and it's really adding up in these tough ti