. >>> a new usgs study is predicting an increase in earthquake.ikelihood of higher death tolls increases. and particularly vulnerable are third world nation with more lax building codes. they predict there will be 21 catastrophic earthquakes this century. that is triple the number compared to last century. the usgs says the study illustrates for more seismic safety. >>> and frank is back and he spoke to coach harbaugh. >> when he speaks we listen. we may not understand but we listen. all the braniacs is in town for the combine. harbaugh said today that san francisco probably won't release quarterback alex smith. whether smith stays or gets traded is still unclear. jim also talked about the importance of being truthful during the interview process. >> i'm a big fan of the judge judy show. and when you lie in judge judy's courtroom, it's over. your credibility is completely lost. you stand no chance of winning that case. very powerful. and true. because if somebody does lie to you, then how can you ever trust anything they ever say after that. >> ab

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news. >>> and more details now here are some of the deadliest earthquakes since 2000 according to the usgs. the earthquake that hit haiti back in 2010 it killed 316,000 people. that massive earthquake ha hit indonesia then triggered a tsunami in 2004 it killed almost 228,000 people. the 2008 earthquake that hit china killed more than 87,000 and the tw 2005 earthquake in pakistan claimed 86,000 lives. >>> congressional sources say boeing is proposing a long term solution for the battery problems that have led to the grounding of its entire fleet of 787 dream liners. boeing ceo plans to present the fix to the head of the faa today. it would involve beefing up the ceramic insulators and placing the cells in a most robust containers. >>> an hour long stand off ended this afternoon with a man surrender. the man began breaking windows and said he had a gun. officers closed west mcarthur between market and san pablo and evacuated some buildings in that area. after an hour they convinced the man to give up and took him into custody. no word on what led to his erratic behavior. >>> an italian newsp

usgs cut their losses in sheet rock and closed down. it is gone. the houses are there but the people are gone. it is the real wild west, the way it was. it takes a lot of the romance out of it. so we have done several things. black rock solor, which came out of burning man in gerlach. the school is closing down because they do not have any kids. the economy has been based on mining. there are some tourists that come through. hunters. some of our people come through and leave money in their wake. a little town like that does not know how to make money. but they have learned in certain ways. we have made significant charitable contributions. i do not want to great -- take much credit for this, but we are helping to keep them alive. the thing about our event, we do not do commercial things at the event. it spreads out the economic development to our neighbors. the piutes down the road are now doing in the in taco stands now and we know them. there was the day when we were considered scary, coming from san francisco, you know. it is much easier to brea

the usgs says registered 8.0. it was centered about 50 miles west of the solomon islands.ngs have been issued parts of australia are also under a cinema and watched their are no reports of damage or injuries. the price of gas across the country has been taking a major job. it will only get higher. this is what we can expect it to peak in the bay area. >> it might just be easier to stare at the nozzle and peak at the numbers going up. >> with regular gas in the bay area stations a penny shy of $4 b. spec it seems like they are pretty high. why do they keep going up and down. there's no easy answer. >> every part of the country is seeing them go up. not too many of them has seen them as aggressively as in california. it tracks gas prices station by station across the country. and they are turning up. the current average for a gallon of radio or san francisco is $3.93 according to a gas buddy.com. it was $3.631 month ago a jump of $0.27. in san jose regular is 386 a gallon compared to 358 a month ago. refiners are trying to reduce art inventory as they shift to a summer blend

the usgs say it is quake registered 8.0 and was center in the pacific ocean about 50 miles west of the solomon islands. the earthquake triggered tsunami warnings for fiji. there are no reports of any damage or injuries. >>> legal troubles are mounting for standard and poors. today state attorney general harris filed a suit on the heels of a federal lawsuit. she said california's public pension funds invested heavily in mortgage backed securities based on s & & p's good ratings. >> there's no question it was outrageous. and there's no question that s & p held itself out to be an independent vester when in fact, they were a very invested. >>> the maker of farmville and other social media said it lost $48.6 million in the quarter. that's a big improvement from a year ago when zynga lost $35 million. zyga shares rose more than 7% in after hours trading. >>> in sa -- sacramento a new strategy has followed a hit-and- run debt. katherine was leaving flowers for a man killed by a suspected drunk driver when she herself was struck and killed. the accident happened last night near the scene of t

this is a map of the usgs that shows the potential levels of ground shaking that could be experienced across the bay area in a repeat of a major 1906-like earthquake on the san andreas fault. very strong shaking would affect most of san francisco and would last well over a minute. for context, in 1906, over 500 miles of the san andreas fault moved in a second. in 1989 in the loam loma prieta event (inaudible) understand our interdependancies and we launchd an inder dependancy study earlier this year. this will benefit all our operators as well as the region's businesses and residents. first we want to build on an understanding of all of our existing system interdependancies and the consequences of existing conditions to help expedite sppbs and restoration planning among agencies. with this we will also identify the key assets and respiration of priority schemes to prioritize and restoring and rebuilding our city and ultimately the region after such an earthquake. we will then work to develop a set of life line expectation under current systems and standards developed over the next dec

cal ema and we've developed the ability to import data from every allied organization whether it's usgs, the law enforcement agencies, fire, weather, what have you, to be able to put it out in layers so we literally can know everything going on. we can see lightning strikes that cause fires, down to the size of a car fire. we're often able to do predictive analysis that exceeds the ability of fire and other agencies and able to call them up because we can see this and we've trained our battle captains that work in our operations center to think ahead and think three moves ahead whether or not an event they see developing is going to cause a trigger that is going to require national guard or other military forces to deploy. >> if i may, i think it's for us, myself as the senior leader in third fleet, it's about information sharing and intelligence fusion and turning that into actionable knowledge. we have a 24/7 maritime operation center as well that we attempt to do that. we do have cnn up, usually turn the volume down and just look at the pictures and read the bumper sticker underneath

. >> reporter: this new study, put together by a pair of usgs scientists, makes some very sobering predictions first, they estimate that there could be as many as 21 catastrophic earthquakes this century. they define a catastrophic earthquake as being an event where more than 50,000 people are killed. there have already been four such quakes since the year 2000, including the 2004 sumatra quake and the 2010 earthquake in haiti. new that world wide as many 3.5 by the during this millennium. now, this isn't because there will be more that the planet's population continues to grow and that are living near earthquake zones. here's how they came to this conclusion. the study analyzed catastrophic earthquakes going back to 1500 a.d and then compared those events to world population estimates at the time. what they found is that as the population grows, so does the number of catastrophic earthquakes. by the end of this century, the united nations predicts that there could be more than 10 billion people on the planet and that would equal about 21 catastrophic quakes. finally, the studies authors are q

the detonation actually registered as a 5.1 earthquake on the usg's as up seismic equipment. we're learning that president obama will announce 34,000 troops will be home from afghanistan by next year at his state of the union address tonight. we also know president obama will focus on boosting job creation, reducing gun violence and revamping immigration. president obama will then travel to three states over three days starting tomorrow to drum up support for policy proposals. >> apple ceo tim cook will be among those in the capital audience as president obama delivers his state of the union address tonight. coke is one of the gas and led by first lady michelle obama. this limitation means the appleseed had to reschedule a highly anticipated presentation he's getting today at the goldman sacks technology conference in san francisco. and a reminder you could watch the president's fifth state of the union speech live on kron4247 channel, you can find on comcast channel 193 and starts at 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> the mayor of los angeles is asking is, by police wanted by police to t

the usgs says preliminary information puts it along the calaveras fault. >>> major league baseball may be inching closer to allowing the oakland athletics to build a new home in san jose. the commissioner's office has been pondering a move. today the l.a. times reports the a's have been given the criteria ta the team must meet before -- criteria the team must meet before. >>> people liveing in a homeless encampment are being told they have to move. now the city is giving notice that it intends to clean up the area during the first week of march. officials say they have received complaints of people who live near by worried about safety and garbage piling up. the city says it is working on a long term solution on finding homes for the homeless. >> we'll tell you how cold it'll be at your house tomorrow morning. >> at 10:30. >> from nevada >>> new at 10:00, thieves break into a luxury dealship dealership and make out with valuable loot. in this case it wasn't cars that they were after. >> reporter: we're at mercedes benz, and this is where the crime happened. personal documents were take

the usgs says preliminary information puts it along the calaveras fault. >>> major league baseball may be inching closer to allowing the oakland athletics to build a new home in san jose. the commissioner's office has been pondering a move. today the l.a. times reports the a's have been given the criteria ta the team must meet before -- criteria the team must meet before. >>> people liveing in a homeless encampment are being told they have to move. now the city is giving notice that it intends to clean up the area during the first week of march. officials say they have received complaints of people who live near by worried about safety and garbage piling up. the city says it is working on a long term solution on finding homes for the homeless. >> we'll tell you how cold it'll be at your house tomorrow morning. >> at 10:30. >> from nevada to california, we're investigating how these guns are making their way into california. >> and how these cars are being taken . >>> new at 10:00, thieves break into a luxury dealship dealership and make out with valuable loot. in this case it wasn't ca

the detonation ashley registered as a 5.1 earthquake on the usgs as seismic equipment. >> the mayor of los angeles is asking an ax, wanted by police to turn himself and. christopher dorner is accused of killing three people in a revenge plot targeting the los angeles police department. mayor antonio billow rego says bernard give himself up. >> turn yourself and. yet cause a lot of pain and anguish to too many families. you have to turn yourself and. if you really are someone who is an assembly accused in the way you say you are, please you done enough harm. turn yourself and. >> meanwhile authorities and big bear lake research in more than 30 square miles a day and night for dorner. dozens of deputies are canvassing the big bear area and checking on roughly 600 cabins and a manhunt for dorner. dorner is burned out truck was found late last week and a mound resort with weapons and camping gear inside. prosecutors filed a murder charge against dorner that could bring the death penalty in the killing of riverside police officer. this morning the los angeles police the arm is bringing crim

p5 plus one, it has problems of personality and internal differences which are only reflected in the usg but could be easier to resolve their than here at the moment. second, we have to stick with what we've got and make the best use of it. the notion that the bilateral will be millennial, i think that's wrong. they're not sufficient in the end. even at the end of a very successful bilateral, you would want to go back and maybe then to the security council for some ratification and reinforcement because they are all engaged in this. i think that's important. we ought to be open-minded about the scope of negotiations. i think we should be single- minded about a determination to keep the negotiations process going even if it involves a few extra hours to try and set another time and place or a commitment, if you cannot get the other, that we will come together again fairly soon to move it ahead. we have to respect internal iranian processes, however much we may disparage. it is they want to have a new president in place before they undertake difficult negotiations, that is a significant si

usg and massco. one thing, managed care groups, stocks around medicare.t's understandable all these related to medicare. the sequester being debated right now, and that likely will happen, will involve medicare cuts. that will affect these kinds of stocks. this is really the only large sector to the downside came. mandy. >> bob, thank you so much for that. rick santelli, how are you reacting to what ben had to say? >> ben bernanke is defending his policies. there was a bit of a negation as bob pointed out on the upside as to what the minutes opened up. maybe early cancellation for some buyback programs. nobody on the floor i talked to really is jumping into that mode. the big news today is really new home sales. if you look at the chart, it was the best level since july '08. i wish ben bernanke would have addressed that. some markets are hailing rather well. ten-year no yields paying attention to many other things. just consider this, spanish ten-year up 20 basis points today. italian ten-year up 40 basis points today. it may be a while before we sort the

the usgs said it was a 4.9 magnitude blast. this test follows a successful launch of long-range ballistic missile in december that many believe is capable of reaching the united states. experts say the timing is not an afterthought. the test comes before president barack obama's state of the union address and just ahead of the birthday of former north korean leader kim jong-il. international analyst jim walsh calls this move tactical. >> the party was dead, it was dormant, no one cared about it. now they are trying to pump it up. but this is a military-first society. how do you balance all of that? i think, to me, that's the question going forward. >> reporter: north korea's test has heightened tension in the area. neighboring nations like south korea and japan are on high alert. president obama issued a statement calling the latest nuclear test a threat to u.s. security and international peace. in his statement he says, "the danger posed by north korea's threatening activities warrant further swift and credible action by the i

usg and mascor, all up 4%.to you. >> apple shares spike ahead of tomorrow's share holding meeting. josh lipton with the details back at hq. josh? >> reporter: apple reversing earlier losses, now in the green. an impressive intraday spike ahead of its shareholder meeting tomorrow. a lot of speculation about how or if apple will return some of its $137 billion cash hoard to investors. still worth noting, today marks the 9 5th consecutive trading sessi session. >> gold has had a stellar day, best day of the year so far. sharon epperson is at the nymex for us. >> gold jumped $28 today to close above 1,650 an ounce and gold prices and gold traders certainly reacted to fed chairman ben bernanke's testimony. the fact that he's looking at the positive outcome of accommodative policy far outweighing the risk and that's part of the reason why traders say we're looking at this rally in gold. also keep in mind there's a lot of shorts in the gold market so we're seeing short kofrlg. noencht is cold on the fact that gold is

of the colors that you see here are indicating people who have reported feeling the shaking on the usgsagain, a 3.2 magnitude earthquake. some people felt it fairly far from the epicenter down here in santa cruz. we will continue to follow this story. if you happened to feel it, we would love to hear from you in our newsroom. breaking news -- you can e-mail us at breakingnews@kron.com. we have more coming up. >>> i'm here with dr. cynthia crowder. we have a new laser technology. doctor, great to have you on. how does the new technology work? >> we're using a specialized form of light to get directly to the fat cell, stimulating them to release their contents. the fats then shrink and so do you. >> how disease this compare to liposuction or laser lie pow? >> those are invasive techniques. they destroy the fat cell or suck them out. this doesn't do that, it causes them to shrink. >> but why not suck them out? you want them out of your body. >> well, your body is often genetically encoded to have a krern amount of fat by the time you hit puberty. if you suck them out, fat will often show u

. >> the usgs is releasing a study that there could be done to one catastrophic earthquakes. hoping that this research will save lives. and also educate the public about the dangers of earthquake with engineers and architects with improved safety. charles clifford, kron 4 news. >> in july, the 70 seats will be filled with fans of the justin timberlanke and jaz z. this will help with the to parks parks and recreation department. coming up tickets in price details and what this means for the bay area. alecia reed, kron 4 >> reporter: all of the chinese new year celebrations are here with hundreds of pounds of letter. but this is just one component of these floats with 2 mi. of floats. sir, there are 25 floats. >> you will notice a big change this sunday. the theater has been called to the kodak theater but the wind to be crimpe theto a group. this local company, " dole the dolby theater... and insist the sound details on that, coming up. gabe slate tech report >>gary >> jacqueline: as we see this this link out towards the bay area in the north bay still some rainfall approachin

the usgs says that the quake measured 6.9 on the richter scale but japanese officials place that a 6.4en any reports of injuries or damages. >> also new this morning, five men in new delhi have pleaded not guilty to a fatal gang raped. the rape and murder happened on board a bus in december and sparked massive nationwide outrage and protest. on friday, the indian government approved harsher punishments for rapists, including the death penalty. a sixth person charged in the december attack is being tried separately as a juvenile. the trial begins for the five men on tuesday. >> coming up on kron 4 news weekend. it is hardball against karbala. gary radnich will have more on tomorrows the super bowl matchup. [ woman ] my boyfriend and i were going on vacation, so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot, even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely... looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dat

but maybe easier to resolve in the usg than they are in the p5+1 at the moment. but i think that can be done. secondly, i think we have to stick with what we have got and try to make the best use of it and see where we can go. the notion that the bilaterals are going to be millennial, i think, is wrong. i think they're necessary but probably not sufficient in the end. and even at the end of a very successful bilaterals, you'd want to go back to the p5+1 and then maybe to the security council for some ratification and reinforcement process because they're all engaged in this. and i think that that's important. but i think we ought to be open minded about the scope of negotiations. i think we should be single-minded about a determination to keep the negotiating process going, even if it involves a few extra hours in almaty to try to set another time in another place if we can or a commitment if you can't get the other that we will come together again fairly soon to move it ahead. we have to respect internal iranian processes, however much we may disparage them. and

and rural impacted communities, and ensure support for monitoring data, such as efforts led by the usgs. we are working on this national recovery effort and this revolves around a recently signed effort by congress. we are increasing public awareness of available information and transferring successful approaches to early warnings, those that do not have the systems yet. to improve the predictability and work with the private sector on developing a better system. all of the information of this testimony is drawn from federal, state, tribal partners, including noaa, the national drought mitigation center, university of lincoln nebraska, the usda and others. thank you for the opportunity to be here today. >> thank you very much for that sobering information. doctor glauber? >> thank you very much. chairwoman and ranking members of, thank you for is letting me speak at today's hearing. the u.s. agricultural economy is strong and in aggregate, farming measures are at record highs. however, aggregate measures comprised of differences in sectors. we have done the best we can despite high pric

the p5 +1, it has problems of personality and internal differences which are only reflected in the usg but could be easier to resolve their than here at the moment. second, we have to stick with what we've got and make the best use of it. the notion that the bilateral will be millennial, i think that's wrong. they're not sufficient in the end. even at the end of a very successful bilateral, you would want to go back and maybe then to the security council for some ratification and reinforcement because they are all engaged in this. i think that's important. we ought to be open-minded about the scope of negotiations. i think we should be single- minded about a determination to keep the negotiations process going even if it involves a few extra hours to try and set another time and place or a commitment, if you cannot get the other, that we will come together again fairly soon to move it ahead. we have to respect internal iranian processes, however much we may disparage. it is they want to have a new president in place before they undertake difficult negotiations, that is a significant si

we keep watching the usgs, the whirlpools, someone mentioned la-z-boy today.akness will bleed out into the ancillary sectors? >> i think 2013 will be a story of who has the most pricing power. if the ancillary ones still get the volume and they can also get the pricing and the margins up, they can do better than the home builders who are feeling the head winds of those cost increases that they didn't feel last year. >> thanks so much. have a great one. >>> our friends across the pond about to pack it up for the day. we'll get the european close in just a moment. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone ve him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >>> european markets are closing now. >> they'll still keep one eye on the fed this evening. very impo