reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage of kron 4 and always send us your snowy weather pictures just e-mail them to breaking news, this just into the kron 4 news, www.breakingnews@kron4.com . >>pam: doctors had determined the baby girl suffered injuries consistent with being shaken. in other news around the bay, in east palo alto officers had arrested a man suspected in an armed carjacking. police believe that 18 year-old is responsible for an armed carjacking on park boulevard. it happened last november. the police chased the man in the stolen car but were unable to catch him after you exited the vehicle and fled on foot. in san jose, jose, was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence. he was arrested for striking several san jose police officers in their patrol cars. the officers were at the scene of the shooting on the santa clara street. three officers were injured in that incident. federal authorities canal screen the immigration status of arrestees in every

at san quentin, a damn kron 4 news. >> an updatdan kron 4 news. >> today the dea decided not to charge the two officers involved in the shooting. derek jones was killed by 2 oakland police officers following a domestic disturbance call. kron 4 talked with joan's sister about today's decision. >> not enough evidence to pursue criminal charges against the 2 oakland officers involved in the shooting death of 37 year- old derek jones. that's the message that alameda county d.a. nancy gave the jones family on tuesday. i spoke to derek jones sister by phone and she told me there was shock and outrage among the family when they heard the d.a. decision. in fact, for the next two and 1/2 hours that went back and forth with the d.a. trying to figure out why there are no charges against the officers in the case. she told me ultimately the d.a. to the family there's not enough evidence or enough witnesses to pursue criminal charges. the jones family they say they will not give up seeking justice in this case, they will now focus on the civil case against these two officers and the oakland police d

dan kerman, kron 4 news. >>> winds are howling in parts of the bay area. fairfield wind speeds 36 miles per hour with gusts in the 50s. this continues in fairfield, also napa, 35 miles per hour right now with 23 miles per hour sustained winds. again wind advisory is in effect. just where the winds are the strongest, fairfield 52 miles per hour now. a look at our radar picture, warm dry air continues to dominate our forecast. storms driving up to the north, increase in cooler air and winds. overnight hours, the winds pick up some more. notice all the blue picking up long the bay shores. that's going to increase as we head into the 8:00 hour. fairfield 37 miles per hour gusts there. and it continues to the early afternoon. temperatures as you head out the door, the winds have picked up sooner than expected. 51 tomorrow. 50 antioch. 48 napa. 48 san francisco. 47 mountain view. and then into the afternoon, cooler, closer to average for this time a year. low 60s. 66 santa rosa. 57 half moon57 half moon bay. seven-day forecast, thursday cooler temperatures. mid-

kron 4's da lin reports. >> reporter: this was more than just a new library. many people saw it as a turning point for this troubled neighborhood. just four days after cutting the ribbon it too saw its share of violence. >> i noticed someone appeared to be shooting a gun. i realized it was hearing gun shots and i shouted get down and we got down, others got down and we waited for it to stop. >> reporter: two men shot at each other outside. eight shots. one bullet struck the library. >> a little girl was drying and she was scared. >> reporter: 20 people were inside, no one was hurt. shooting happened around 1:15 thursday afternoon. >> they f they shot a little lower, it could have been a very, very bad afternoon for us. >> reporter: because a lot of kids use this branch throughout the day. >> reporter: it share as campus with two elementary schools. police put the schools on lock down. >> how do i feel if my kids are going there with the class? >> reporter: many say they are angry people would open fire near this new institution. it proves there is still a lot

to reset, kron 4 news. >>reporter: in south san francisco a relative of phyllis mckay a seattle woman killed by pirates off the coast of somalia, spoke out to the media about her family's loss. >> we're terribly distraught and devastated over this. she was beautiful and vivacious. she lived life to the fullest. she was living her dream, sailing around the world. the world as an empty place without light and here's >>. bring kelly kron 4 news. >>pam: and news around today, suspects in daly city standoff has been identified. it's joseph and his girlfriend were arrested after six hours standoff. it started when officers nearby heard gunshots. this but the couple got back into the hall. it refused to cooperate with officers trade and the standoff. they're taken into custody and booked on one count of shooting into an inhabited dwelling in numerous counts of possession of illegal an unregistered weapons. police are searching for this convicted sex offender. this is michael maze he failed to register as a sex off

in the oakland hills, kron 4 news. >>reporter: high winds in to the conditions dealt a blow to a residence for most of the day. here along 1 01, drivers drove cautiously with warnings posted above. here in sausalito, concern voters came in to check and make sure no damage had been done. >> i would know what was blown about 50 mi. an hour last night. i came to check on my boat and make sure my lines are still tied, make sure my boat is still there if and insurance interests over into the and the earth or sausalito. want to make sure my vote is ok. >> i have the power boat, and is making sure everything was secure because of the windy weather we've been having lately. everything is good, were good to go just had lunch on an on going back to work. >> in the north bay, kron 4 news. >>pam: the storm caused flooding on the great highway in san francisco. to see the water covering part of when the southbound lanes of traffic. the entire road was closed down overnight. the cause of the flooding, the north bay lanes were reopen

in san jose rob kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: we've been talking the last couple of days the possibility of snow in the bay area. here's a picture from 1962 along the peninsula, snow in the streets. we saw 3 in. of snow in the storm. this week on the same pattern as what we saw these previous to storms with cold arctic air dropping down from canada into the bay area and lower snow levels substantially. it's the same pattern we saw in 1962. as we head into tomorrow afternoon, the ram will start in the north bay about 3:00. snow levels will drop some 2,500 ft. down to lunch thousand feet by late thursday. i like to see falling in the north bay. by 8:00 even the heavy rain it will be heavier snow. continuing down towards the golden gate of o'clock have your band of rain and against telmex because as is pushes down to the south it will lower our snow levels of the golden gate for places like the east bay hills, the diablo range of the santa cruz mountains. greasy heavier rain here over these bay hills will fall is heavi

kron 4 news contacted the senator for comment. most offended expenditures and it was necessary for them to do their job. they were looking into ways to cut expenses. kron 4 news has learned that to the governor is looking into the matter to see if there's any steps he can take to cut costs. to reset kron 4 news. >> to look at the complete list of travel expenses for the state senate go to www.kron4.com. a new bill in the state senate could raise your vehicle license fee. state senator mark leno has introduced a bill that would allow individual counties to put a vehicle license fee on the ballot for voters to decide on. the fee would only apply to vehicles in the county with voters approving. it would be based on the value of the vehicle. the fee was a mainstay california statewide until governor arnold schwarzenegger resented it. he said canada should have the right to decide whether or not they want that fate. >> in line with what the governor campaigned on and is now proposing. returning responsibility and authority to local gov

stay with us the kron 4 news at 6:03 p.m. next. --6:30 >> now at 630 tonights big stories in one big block of news. more cruise, more stories right our top story. >> in the bay area and across the country we have seen a home valued dropped again during the fourth quarter. the and analysts say this decline means were getting closer to a bottom. they expect home sales to pick up early this year. that will stabilize home value and that means essentially, we will hit the bottom. in san francisco, dan kron 4 news. >> in san francisco, the state building is no longer for sale. they had been looking at selling 11 properties to make money to help with the budget deficit. however, the governor announced he's pulling the plug on the entire project. , the state would actually lose money by selling the property. kron 4 news. >> in oakland, mayors from around the state spoke out against gov. jerry brown's plan to close down local redevelopment agencies. many mayors say losing the state funding but virtually shut down projects and leave de

kron 4 to reset joins us now. we've been going over these documents we know that the search of the canal was quite public but what else were detectives during the and the scene. the >> which is that these documents and about 20 minutes ago. this is what we found out. we have learned it's a very violent kidnapping, between juliani and his mother's former boyfriend mr. rodriguez. let's go over and have video that we can show you. this is a picture of the 4 year- old, were learning guiliani bag his kidnapper not to take him screaming no daddy, no daddy. it as a boy was reportedly taken from his grandmother's arms. we're learning from these new release documents that giuliani's grandmother described it as a violent confrontation and said rodriguez all the sudden showed up, forced his way into the house in patterson demanding to see juliani. that is three weeks ago. this issue is concerned because rodriguez had been accused of domestic violence between her daughter to have a thought. she tells investigators that she ye

reporting live in berkeley, kron 4 news. >>pam: all the wet weather expected in the bay area mean some fresh snow in the sierra. kron 4 robbed trouble this morning. how were the conditions osix of the road? >>rob: so far the drizzle about 3,000 ft. the worst to come for. at the sun was shining, at 5,000 ft. not a cloud in the sky. an icy patch or to reach the 7,000 ft. summit with no advance. of course, you go over the summit ended drops down to my ears. that's where the bush team checkpoint is. -- chain--it's cold and windy, maybe 45 degrees. stocking up on supplies, a lot of people getting their skis ready to go as you land for have been laid. they're expecting maybe 2 ft. of snow above 7,000 ft., maybe 6 in. of snow here on lake tahoe boulevard. >>pam: things can change quickly. thank you rob for continuing coverage as we track the storm stay with us on kron 4. we will be back there's much more head after the break. >>pam: in about 48 hours, of rockville, will be touching down at sfo off--president rocco,. >>reporter: thi

. >>> this is kron 4 news at 11:00. >>> wild winter weather brings life to a halt in the east. a look at the hardest hit areas. but first, the egypt up rising turned violent. tonight the latest on the bloody clashes between pro hosni mubarak supporters and anti government protesters. heavy gunfire through liberation square as thursday morning begins. here is the latest, many ignored a curfew and staid in the streets all night long, that after eight days of peaceful protest erupted in to violence. when pro government grouped stormed the city. three killed and several hundred injured. kron 4's christine connelly has more. >> reporter: some describe the site as mideval. using whips on people. one of the riders is pulled to the ground and kicked and beaten. the heart of cairo turned into an urban battle field when the pro hosni mubarak demonstrators invaded liberation square. the clashes began outside of the egyptian museum. kabul stones ripped from the pavement and used as weapons. anderson cooper was among the targets of the violence. >> punches us in the head. stay first started

>>> live this is kron 4 news at 11:00. >>> snow in the sierra and lots of it and a good chance of snow falling in the bay area overnight. we're tracking the storm, what you can expect to see and when plus how people are preparing for the worst. >> a winter weather advisory in full swing right now. jacqueline is here with the latest details, already raining pretty hard and the cold is heading our way. >> the rain has been steady, light to moderate and we've seen a good deal of it already, but yes, the cold is heading our way and that means the snow. right now the cold is sitting well to our north. so you can see mostly just rain, but over the diablo range there you see that specs of white on your screen. those are areas of snow. zoom into the north there. we've been seeing moderate rain that comes and goes over the past few hours. over i-80 in between richmond and vallejo nearly .2-inch of rain per hour, but again on the cold -- excuse me, on the warmer side right now these temperatures are still pretty chilly, but this is the warm part of the storm. we have not gotten the cold front ye

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in washington, kron 4 news. >>pam: 40 hours president barack obama will be touching down at sfo for a meeting with tech executives here. dan curman has details on his upcoming trip. >>dan: the president is expected to touch down at sfo late thursday afternoon. it will immediately go to a private meeting in silicon valley business leaders. it will discuss what the white house calls their shared interest in promoting american innovation. they will also talk about research and development, as well as clean energy in getting americans back to work. you may remember the last visit the president had in the bay area was in october, when he was here to raise funds for democrats right before the auction and isn't this time will be brief and scheduled to leave friday morning and had up to oregon to look at an intel planned that's currently under construction. at sfo, dan curman kron 4 news. >>pam: checking traffic on the golden gate bridge. moving well north and southbound, the streets look a little damp. were going to sh

kron 4 looks and to the governor why it was a bad idea. local communities take a stand against the new plan to cut off funding for redevelopment agencies. why some say it will only mean more jobs lost. tonight at 5:00, the sale is off. governor jerry brown made the big announcement today in sacramento. officials have been looking into selling off a number of state buildings. in order to help with the budget deficit for the state but, the governor said closer examination of the figures reveal it is a bad deal. >> the sale of the buildings did make sense.

live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. off at 5:00 p.m. >>pam: team coverage at the big story. toppling trees in the east bay and flooding in san francisco and snow in lake tahoe. plenty of rain to go around [laughter] >> absolutely. we got battered. and still more rain fall? >>jacqueline: yes. and nothing like we saw this morning it was crazy! lightning, hail, and even offshore. however, that has come and gone. we will see scattered shower activity through the bay area. i have been falling this line of showers that continues to funnel into redwood city, and fremont. the heavier rainfall is back take a look. the 280 about one- quarter of 1 in.. let me zoom show towards morgan hill, gilroy. they are starting to see heavy rainfall and it will stay in this area in the next fall- 18 hours. where is the rainfall and? the heavy stuff is fully passed us. we will see heavier shower activity tomorrow morning. what can we expect tonight. and south of golden gate, mainly by 3:00 p.m., and dry. and on futurecast, wicked to exacta we're expecting comin

live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> we are back to 7:30. with the country of egypt continuing to celebrate. friday, hosni mubarak and surrender to demands of 18 days of protests. the military is running the government. when, how a transition will be made to create a democratic society. president obama is urging a quick transition. however, officials are thinking that it will take longer. and algeria is also following suit. >> the solidarity vigil in honor of the uprising in egypt. 100 people killed in those protests. local event starts at 1:00 p.m. at the civic center plaza. jonathan blum has reaction from demonstrators friday evening. 9singing) >> it was planned as a protest. quickly became a victory celebration. >> and louder, how are they going to hear you? how are they going to hear you in egypt? among hundreds and san francisco joined with the peaceful revolution. >> we've been waiting four years for this. >> several years for this. >> chanting in arabic, with singing the national anthem and waving the egyptian

: welcome back to the kron 4 news. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. today, a great, if you have anything in need to outside do it today. tomas things change, clouds roll in, showers in the evening. -- tomorrow. in any event more coming up. other top stories, democrats have been keeping up wisconsin assembly overnight. it is another attempt to take away the producing plants. democratic senators have blocked the vote by fleeing to alumni. people year in california and other states are voicing their support kraft's hit the streets in sacramento. take a look. >> reporter: a cash strapped state frightened of our public funds. >> folks from wisconsin are the same situation as s. having to do a lot more with a lot less. >> reporter: those demonstrating are concerned about more than just penchants they're looking to limit union rights. >> how much is contributed, how much you make, standing strong, opening the door to people. >> no i think it opens the door to us being able to exercise and make our rights as worker

kron 4 chanting things like we will give off. the new vice president issued a warning today that we can't bear this for a long time there must be an end to the crisis. joining the crowd today an employee from google has been acting as an internet activists he was released after 12 days' detention. floods in shillong the continuing at a spread to more villages and towns leaving 14 people dead and another dozen missing. thousands of homes damaged, crops destroyed while heavy rains are expected during the monsoon season. the rainfall is way over the usual levels. malaysia considering a new way to make cosmetics. the want to use lots of cocoa that usually used to make chocolate. galatia is going a lot of high quality cocoa and they want to expand it. advocates say would be a great natural ingredient in all kinds of makeup. >> the video shot in the u.k. shows a brazen daylight robbery when the hero rise to foil the plan. paul chapman shows as the video. >> a gang of six armed with sledgehammers, a secret and lucrative of this jewelry

kron 4's christine connelly has more. >> reporter: some describe the site as mideval. using whips on people. one of the riders is pulled to the ground and kicked and beaten. the heart of cairo turned into an urban battle field when the pro hosni mubarak demonstrators invaded liberation square. the clashes began outside of the egyptian museum. kabul stones ripped from the pavement and used as weapons. anderson cooper was among the targets of the violence. >> punches us in the head. stay first started going for the cameras. they didn't want pictures taken. i was using a flip camera, which they didn't notice. they kept trying to grab us. there was no control. >> reporter: as the number of injured mounted, the army separated the two groups, that did not stop the violence. these pictures show cocktails being dropped from the rooftops. the military used water canons to control the claims. president obama condemned the violence and warmed peter maggiore about resisting the will of the people. >> that time is now. >> reporter: christine connelly, kron 4 news. >> the protests a

: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live like here at i-e zero, we ha som sno80 white of conditions are possible today and tomorrow. more on your forecasts, louisa is standing by. >> louisa: 2-4 ft. there expected, when-to around 5000. plenty of snowfall in the sierra. san jose, picking up some raindrops. a bit of a breeze. you can see the camera shaking. the rain is expected late morning in the north bay, heavier rain expected until late afternoon. really dusty winds are expected.gusty winds s well. a few leftover rain drops through danville, livermore, fremont. also in san jose. future cast, you can see by 10:00 a.m. you see the rain in the north bay. in the afternoon better chance of rain really picking up. no. 8, santa rosa, petaluma really starting scene of some moderate downfalls. evening can you looks like a wet 1, if you're traveling along the peninsula. and as we had to 8:00, that's when it spread southward. affecting the south bay, picking up in intensity. it really starts to happen in the evening. we will c

live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> let us take a look outside. the leftist downtown san francisco. and on the right, from the-the left is towards downtown at san francisco. and let us check-in with the forecast. >> a good saturday morning. lots of sunshine, and temperatures getting into the low-mid 70's in several belothe locations. -those winds could in get pretty strong. with gusting up to 30 m.p.h. even stronger. towards the delta, and fairfield gusting up to nearly 40 m.p.h. clear skies towards this evening temperatures essentially dropping into the 50s. today, look for 70's and several places. hayward, open, sinophile74 and san rafael details coming up. >> thank you, brian and how about this castro district. take a look of these four fires. the proximity. each happened early morning. three buildings and all from starting from outside. investigators are investigating if it is arson activity. >> and 18/people that live inside of this building were asleep. 18th street. and with a plastic screen burning was seen by

reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: our team coverage on the story continues with crank who spoke with students. >>craig: a difficult time for students, know in two of their fellow students died tragically over the weekend. news of the accident came as a shock to fellow students even those who didn't know the boys. >> i still felt pretty bad and sad. >> even if you don't know the person as a friend or anything, it makes you think about your own mortality. >> for those who knew the boys there are still fond memories of the two. >> great guys, a great personality. they always wanted to go in and ventures like this one. >> they were pretty cool in down to earth. >>craig: many of the students were wearing yellow in honor of the boys. it was the color of their bike team. we thought it would be a good way to honor them. in walnut creek, craig kron 4 news. >>pam: 7 as a teenager trend for more than a block by hit-and-run driver is making steady improvements. erica show here recent photo with her mother in the eyes you a

reporting in oakland, kate thompson kron 4 news. >>parents in the mount diablo school district today, after learning to schools were shut down in august. last night, the school board voted to close holbrook elementary and glenbrook at the end of the school year. they're considering closing the third school. the board asked the superintendent to study the advantages of clothing either west would elementary or so for what elementary in concord. westwood had never been on the potential closure list, this news came as a shock to those parents. parents, teachers and school say they will fight to keep them open. >> it's very sad, we never thought the west would would be on the chopping block. were distinguishable in the district. it affects me most for the kids. >> silver what, if the kids would go to three different schools, the school would remain vacant. -- silverwood -- >> the west would students held an impromptu rally after school today making signs that say save our schools. christine walks us through. >> it this option was chosen,

: welcome back to the kron 4 news. it was a wet weekend, cool temperatures lead america and in the bay especially up but that peace. but the rain in these big, snowy conditions in the south. that is mount tam or mount tam button. in any event quite the weather to talk about maureen kelly spent sunday with people enjoying this note. >> reporter: we hiked around the mountain, it was gorgeous. it's pretty deep. there's lots of people liking. >> reporter: you going skiing? >> as long as i can keep up their tracks it will be good. is there was pressure when it snows. is rare opportunity to go. (laughter) >> i'm going to have fought chocolate when i get home. >> i'm going to make scares' august this note and make an igloo. >> i'm building as bound man snow man. usually we have to go to tahoe. we save a whole bunch of money, we don't have to travel far. we're on top of mount tam in this note. >> james: let's find out how the weather is going to be. louisa what you have? >> pretty cool morning, at temperatures in the thirties,

christine conley kron 4 news. >> kron 4 dan curman is here with us now to take a look at what it takes to investigate these crimes. >> many of these arsonist's operate under darkness and without anybody seeing them tracking them down becomes difficult. tracking down an arsonist is difficult especially when they operate under darkness. in san francisco more than two dozen porta-potti is were torched in november of 2008. most were in the northeastern part of the city. most occurring between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. in these cases the was never an arrest. february 2009 the fire just came to a stop. >> the difficulty of catching an arsonist no one actually sees the light the fire. vacancies on running away or somebody saw someone in the neighborhood but just action see them start the fire and has to be physical evidence on the scene leaking you to that situation. that's the hardest part carry >> in july of two dozen diners a rash of car fires until francisco. most occurred along the carrier's record or. in this case investigators were able to track someone down and she ended up being convi

live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. at 5:30 >> at 5:30 another revitalization of market street. a crime ridden section a woman was being assaulted the/raw on a sixth. kate thompson jane kim who represents this area on how to turn this area are round. >> beer bottles, syringes and people passed out. this is a snapshot that kron 4 cameras captured on sixth. supervisor, jane cam and wanted to get police presence. >> if so, this year redevelopment will be funding a sub-station for the police department on the sixth street. and this is exclusively dedicated to foot patrol. >> the highest vacancy rate in the city with 30%. and with twitter and other companies to move to mid market. enticing them with peril tax breaks. >> it is a tax break. and is it enough to bring an that is been so distressed! the sidewalks are scary! >> twitter is an example that yes, this will help bring new jobs to a mid market. we are hoping that this will encourage that, and grow and a san francisco that is trencha-rich. but commercial property. >> and

jonathan bloom, kron 4 news. >>> highway 92 in san mateo is back open after a crash today. happened just least of skylawn memorial park cemetery. police are investigating a string of car break ins. there have been 60 burglaries since november. they have occurred in public lots downtown. and devastation in new zealand as crews continue to search for hundreds still missing in one building alone. more after the break. >>> earthquake after math in christchurch new zealand the recovery continues. 120 bodies may be inside the building that collapsed. the official death toll is night and expected to climb. >>> in libya, moammar gadhafi's grip on power is slipping. rebels are in control of much of the eastern part of libya. as many as 1,000 people have been killed. the u.s. is considering way -- ways to pressure libya. hic micis heading to junear r neva for talks and today president obama called the violence unreasonable. the u.s. does not directly import oil from libya but french, aitalian and spanish are all shutting down their operations. libya has the biggest oil reserves in af

reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: this crash caused a long traffic backed up on the dumbarton bridge. you could see just how far back the cars were lined up. jeff bush was right in the middle of the massey as a closer look at what drivers were dealing with. >>jeff: be to the back of a highway 84 hours after the fire was put out. drivers were diverted into university avenue and told to go different ways. >> i'm going to new work. >>jeff: cars and trucks were funneled down to one lane. a lot of drivers didn't hear the word about the crash. >> were headed to hayward. i guess we will go to 37 are back to san mateo bridge. >> and heading to fremont for jury duty. >> i'm going to hayward. i don't know how going to get there. >>jeff: those people took it in stride. (laughter) >> this is our this happened life happens we have to adjust. reporting live, kron 4 news. >>pam: in this video you could see one card driving right past it all when the truck was still smoking. our internet reporter kimberly has a look at other p

to recycle kron 4 news. >>pam: has its gasoline prices were not bad enough, it appears the airlines are also worried about the effects of the libya uprising might have on their jet fuel prices in the future. that's why major airlines yesterday, raised airfare's 20 to $60 per round trip ticket. those airlines include american, united, and usair ways. the last holdout delta airlines followed suit. that means the increase is more likely to stick around for a while. the markets also responded to the uprising today. stocks fell sharply as traders worried that the unrest would spread to other oil-rich countries in the middle east and north africa. the dow fell nearly 1079 points to finish the day at 12,212. the nasdaq fell 77 and 1/2 points to 2756. our internet reporter, kimberly has photos coming out of the country. >>kimberlee: sunday to video, it's called police clashed with protesters. the show you. you could see a lot of people milling around just in the air, cars on fire. a little later uc protesters throwi

rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >>> our weather coverage continues online. you can check the latest forecast details on our website, log on to www.kron.com and click on the weather link. >>> a bay area law enforcement officer who swore to keep drugs off the streets is under arrest and accused of doing the opposite. tonight a look at the accusations >>> tonight's headlines, the third day of protests in bahrain. police rushed the pearl square where protesters were sleeping. two are dead scores more injured. thousands of demonstrator are calling for more jobs and more rights there. california stands to gain billions in federal money. officials say other states will be enthusiastic to get the $2.5 billion, including california, washington and new york. california's train will connect sacramento, san francisco and los angeles. president obama will be in town tomorrow to meet with mark zuckerberg. it will focus on job creations. >> scattered showers at this hour. we will timeme it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. wh

kron 4 news. >>> here are the pricing details for the verizon iphone 4. without a 2 year contract it will cost $649 for the 16 gig model and 749 for the 32 gig mod. with a two year contract is 199. it is already available on the verizon website. >>> new details about the investigation into the san bruno gas line explosion. a new report. investigators from the california public utilities commission say they put off critical inspections on the pipelines. kron 4's jonathan bloom has the response from pg&e. >> reporter: it's been five months since the flames erupted and since that day in september, regulators have been trying to get to the bottom of how pg&e's gas line was allowed to explode. now a new report shows pg&e delayed pipeline inspections for two years. the audit shows that pg&e opted on multiple occasions to inspect pipelines from the outside, instead of using the procedures of sending robots inside to look for cracks. it appeared they were not devoting enough company resources. they are concerned about the find things and wants to find out why pg&

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kron 4's reggie kumar is there tracking the storm live from mill valley. >> reporter: it's been pouring here all evening long. take a look at all this water accumulation here on this street across the street from whole foods. many residents who live near mount camel are expecting more than just raindrops overnight. they could wake up to -- mount tamalpais could wake up near snow. this is what it looked like near rock springs. park officials say about 7 inches fell last weekend and they're expecting the same amount, if not more this weekend. snow flurries should start falling by early friday morning. >> sometime around 6:00, 6:30ish is where we start to see first snow showers and then it's supposed to continue through the rest of friday, saturday and i believe into sunday. >> the snowstorms have brought down a lot of trees, so we have a lot of debris and branches and dangerous trees, mean trees that are probably going to fall down. so we don't want to risk reopening the road and having it fall on a person or car. >> the forecast from the national weather service says yeah, we'll get abou

(music) live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. (music) >> marty: good morning and welcome back. taking a live look at the stormtracker 4. the storm cells off the coast in the upper right is the snow activity in the sierras. numerous spinouts petaluma, santa rosa, vallejo because a black ice please be careful. and fourth the latest, and let us >> james: >> good morning and it was some pretty impressive records. and you can see that we tied a record from 1962. in oakland, the original record was 1987 with 30 degrees for for, we beat that. 34 degrees. and san jose is the most impressive. 33 degrees was too low, and a 34 degrees was 89 the seven. and we got very close to that one. half the year was 1897! racin with freezing temperature. and still, black ice please be careful. as the rainfall it is still offshore. and we are seeing new areas in the santa cruz mountains. if it is cold enough it will transition into snowfall. along highway no. 9 of boulder creek there are expecting snowfall. not a lot of accumulation. however come off th

in oakland kron 4 news. >>christine: in downtown santa rosa it's been great and blustery all afternoon. the wind as you can see is blowing pretty hard. the rain started coming down around 230. all total the north bay could get as much as 2 in. of the storm. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>rob: the sun is still shining as late as 3:00 p.m.. that will come to an end very soon. a forecast calling for a major winter storm of away with as much as 2 ft. of snow expected it of 7,000 ft.. smooth sailing for the most part of the i 80 and highway 50 today. no chain requirements in place at all for most of the day. that will no doubt come to an end tonight and most of the day wednesday. in this hero, rob kron 4 news. now, here is gabe slate, with some tech news. >>gabe: h-p unveiled the first reclining pc. it is an all in one desktop computers like the guy back. this one dips down to a 60 degree angle. a look from behind to grapple with your two hands of lower it. why does it recliner? it's a regular pc computer with a tw

reporting live kron 4 news. >>pam: was cold and windy and wet in san francisco chin beach this afternoon. a few people did brave the storm conditions to come out and check out the waves. the storm brings with a high surf advisories which remains in effect until 2:00 a.m.. this is a live picture at the pacifica pier, you can see the waves not too big but, trumping up enough that it's not something you want to wade into. also, take a look of the power outages throughout the day. these are the latest numbers from pg&e, this is as a 3:00 p.m.. these are the communities of numbers of people without power. i'm looking outside at traffic right now what the bay bridge toll plaza. it no problem wester east bound at this hour. we will be back more news just ahead. >>catherine: stocks closed higher, the dow raise 61 points, the nasdaq up 21. rob is here. a lot more confidence you're saying? >> i've looked at when we were on 14,000 on the dow we were there for about six months but was a rapid up and down. were kind of at al

. >> james: welcome back to the kron 4 news. seeing where the rain is expected to fall, most of is a around the heart of the bay. you can see were the rain is falling, heavy sell moving to concord, north of that through vacaville as well. rain is bay area wide, heavy as in the east bay. will have updates minute by minute. president obama is meeting with leaders today to talk about the budget. he's warning congress not to send a spending bill with drastic cuts. it is needed to get the government operating past march. the republican option would be to cut $61 billion. something the president does not want to see. such cuts would try and agencies and not, forcing states to lay off more workers. the president's proposed transformation budget panel's big money to projects kron4 is christine connolly shows as they will gain millions. >> reporter: the brodericks skinni project that stands to gn the most money is muni. the project is set to be completed in 2017, here you can see a map of the subway. it will connect chinatown to the gian

in san jose, craig kron 4 news. >>darya: the state you live to a press conference with nasa talking about the upcoming straddled launch. >> we try to take time out and mark milestones along the way. i know folks who have taken the opportunity to reflect on a lot of different things. we have done things that are both personal and otherwise with the team. we have done a lot of that along the way. i think people will do that up in their own way. it will be special to a lot of folks i think. >> that will conclude today's precast down briefing. as a reminder the countdown begins tonight, this afternoon at 3:00 p.m. eastern time please join us live on nasa television tomorrow for the countdown status briefing. for more information on the mission crew, aw of visitww.nasa.gov.shuttle. i'm more maze to buy anything, she's the voice. the this is the first time, she's the face of an asset. you always hear hershey's the blasting off lady. >>mark: this launch as been pushed back month after month after cracks in the external fue

live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> good morning everybody, our second live hour. we're keeping our eye on several storms. protesters that take the madison government by storm and even the middle east updates. >> in the midst of the holiday weekend. many folks are going up to the sierras with fresh powder. we're talking to people in kirkwood just a great it is right now. >> later, the local theater is going stronger than ever in this hour and will be talking about the academy awards. who should win, and who i think will win. >> and you having opinions? [laughter] >> and how about checking in with henry. >> tofu! if you do not love tofu? that is how much you know about tofu ladies and gentleman. let me introduce you tand gourmet tofu, a former investment banker. also, the boys choir i performing. >> meanwhile, a trouble-will live look. mt. tam a triple- live look. the mt. tam is on the left. lake tahoe the we've been telling you about with the snow storm in tire chain laws in effect. and the golden gate. it is still w

live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. at 4:30 >> live pictures from oakland. and over head picture and from the ground that this is a developing story. la escuelita elementary school at 1100 3rd avenue in oakland earlier today, a man was reported in the area. he was carrying a gun. once that report reached officials there was a lockdown at the elementary schools. on the left side, the process of evacuation and that safely getting the children out of the school. where the children could be collected by their parents. >> on the right, the police are out in force during this evaluation process. still, no word on weather or not this suspect has been found. -evacuation process, and the one of extra security just in case. and they are departing the school irreal safely at this time and will keep you posted on the developments. >> big changes to the oakland police department. jean quan announced that 10 officers will be added back on to the force. from a deck for laid off this past july. the department is also increasing active sergeants. promoting more, if you remem

kate thompson, kron 4 news. >>> it was a showery day today, tomorrow heavy rain. the storm is up to the north. up and down the west coast. bringing cold air to the west coast and we will get that too once the tail end pushes through into the bay area. let's look on future cast for tomorrow morning. 5:00, scattered showers. as we move into the later morning hours, notice the rain to the north, the heavier band of rain pushing in to the north bay. we will see heavy rain for several hours. in the north bay. notice how it's moving slowly down to the south. 4:00, pushing south. but at 6:00 heavy rain over the north bay. 10:00 hour, once it makes that push, it moves quickly. quite a bit of rain, especially in the north bay, 2 inches there. inch in the central and east bays and less in the south bay. we are also going see gusty winds with the storm. let's look on future cast. 3:00, 20s. 31 miles per hour in oakland, fairfield and santa rosa. this will continue through the afternoon and into the evening. 36 in oakland at 7:00. and continuing through the evening. and it di

alameda county superior courthouse in oakland kron 4 news. >> kron 4 tried contacting the d.a. regarding the story we were told the dea office has no comment at this time. traffic is moving again on highway 4 after a massive collision that happened just after 1:00 p.m. in brentwood. two cars crashed head-on, both overturned. the cleanup cost of back up and a similar warning drivers. it has since been cleaned up. >> our mount tam cam, this afternoon sunny skies you can still see winds are going. pretty breezy throughout the day. temperatures are in the upper 50s and low 60s. 63 equal sandro's that, 62 = oakland, 59 = antioch, 54 = half moon bay. temperatures are down several degrees over yesterday. down over 10 degrees. at 11 degrees cooler in concord in antioch, 13 degrees cooler in livermore and 13 degrees cooler in santa rosa was lighter cooling down by the shore. the winds, very breezy over night into this morning and the afternoon. wind speeds are about 30 mi. an hour in fairfield, 23 = napa, 21 = concord, 19 = antioch. the winds will continue to this evening but will start

: welcome back to the kron 4 news. a live look at storm tracker 4, you can see where the rain is falling bay area right. although green = rain. more moderate showers coming down in the east bay. they will probably built in intensity later on this morning. state here and we'll have much more on this. here's a live look from our roof camera, the rain is not too bad. that is all changing minute by minute. headlines around the bay, president obama will be in the bay area today technology leaders including facebook founder. the visit will focus on job creation, as part of the ongoing dialogue with the business community. the present is set to arrive 5:00 p.m. travel between san francisco and the big easy to study this year. more than five years after united airlines suspended the service they announced their first direct flight since hurricane katrina. truck service had been suspended immediately following the hurricane will resume with the flight departing from new orleans. we will watch for it to arrive. new details on an

rob fladeboe, kron 4 news. >>> our weather coverage continues online. you can check the latest forecast details on our website, log on to www.kron.com and click on the weather link. >>> a bay area law enforcement officer who swore to keep drugs off the streets is under arrest and accused of doing the opposite. tonight a look at the accusations against the commander of the central contra costa narcotics task force when we return. [ female announcer ] shopping with nutrition in mind shouldn't be hard work or cost more money. now there's simple nutrition, only at safeway. green tags throughout the store call out what matters most to you. ♪ there are 22 different nutritional benefits highlighted. ♪ and with our low prices, now safeway makes bringing home the right choices easier than ever. that's simple nutrition. ♪ that's ingredients for life. with my citi thankyou points when it happened... [ glass breaks ] ...again. ♪ [ child ] run! [ man ] first it was the mailbox, then my squirrel... and now, this. so i used my points to make a donation to get

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>pam: oakland police are open this surveillance video will help them capture a sexual assault suspect. this is the suspect here. according to please the attack happened two weeks ago on february 8th in the area of lake merritt. you could see as a suspect watched through the shot he tugs at his pants at one point there. the female victim reported being sexually assaulted and beaten in her apartment complex as she returned home. police are hoping that this video will help them find the suspect. the muni bus on the 8 x line hit a parked car and ended up stuck in the mud. after a minor collision the bus driver pulled the bus onto the grass to try and move it out of the way of traffic. the bus that stock and passengers were moved to a second bus. no injuries were reported. >>jacqueline: a storm of the way as we head into tomorrow. it is up in canada right now but it will drop along the coast and pulling in tropical moisture with that. were also going to see very cold air filter and to the