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the possibility of more delays for >> >> he blazing in san francisco yesterday rockford record on what cheered as >> potential for more records. you these are the numbers for the afternoon gerbil digits in livermore concord cooling off slightly from yesterday but not a lot. it is a peninsula that sees the biggest changes. comfortable in san francisco they heeded pfizer has been lifted along the peninsula but continues along the north bay. >> following the latest with the fire burning to the east of mount diablo crews are making progress it is 80 percent contained joining us now is jim kron 4 with cal fire. any
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structures threatened? >> structures. (no audio) >> as note has been helpful that there's been no strong winds? >> winds have been played since yesterday. the biggest effect for the last two days was low humidity. in through the night we didn't see much humidity. >> we heard one firefighter was injured was a serious question marks >> sprained ankle he was taken a hospital treated and released. >> when you think you have this fire out? >> i don't have that answer i suspect with the next 24 hours
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to have >> >> thank you for your time and information this morning it started about 4:00 p.m. yesterday in the clayton area this is a look on global maps to show you the location on the eastern side of mount diablo it is called the currie fire creek canyon road still closed at this point. we just heard no structures are threatened rain now contained in up to 80%. very hot conditions out there right now let's check on those conditions with loewy's up. >> it will be a hot day out there conditions about 72 degrees for an afternoon high. that is hot weather when you're trying to battle a fire like this winds moving at 12 mi. an hour humidity pretty low 20%. dry conditions as well. current temperatures 65 san francisco,
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71 hayward, mountain view 72, the afternoon we will warming up into the upper 90s in santa rosa still a pretty warm day after the north bay 103 fairfield today the lower 90s through san rafael and mill valley, in the peninsula we will see changes 86¢ a barrel east bay temperatures mid to upper 80s during oakland down into union city hayward looks like 91 degrees triple digits in oakland down in to livermore and pleasanton plenty of 90s through san ramon valley. south bay upper 90s 1 02 in through los gatos 101 degrees for more than help. overall another hot day. 1034 warmer locations operatives by the bay low seventies for the coast as we head toward the weekend we will see a
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significant cool down getting into the low seventies for inland spots clouds roll in as well much cooler at the fog plays a role in the picture. we could get some drizzle on saturday. >> tracking some hot spots for those in you heading out the door the worst one the ride at the bay bridge toll plaza bay nearly any movement coming from approaches because of earlier stalls causing metering lights to be clamped on pretty tightly. brace yourself for this terrible drive times 30 minutes from the foot of the maze to fremont city. big delays for the ride it doesn't clear up and do pass and tunnel. maps north down to 38 we have a three car accident currently blocking to lanes we have a motorcycle down right now sense are showing traffic not too bad right now still in the yellow and green. anticipate big delays out there. ride
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westbound 92 stalled vehicle blocking the right lane no delays shed tracking drive times looking at 15 minutes across the span. >> keeping our eye on our service today after yesterday's he mill them. most part service back to normal so far so good. some trains will be shorter because they are making repairs on cars that had problems yesterday. some of and had no air-conditioning. intense heat causes the problems. you can see all the people jammed packed and boiling and tired frustrated surely on the way home. trackside equipment the monitors. it had to go into manual mode so usually they go 70 mi. an hour some were growing at 25 mi. an hour keeping our
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eye on the part all morning. we could see more delays so far so good. cal train was slowing down their trains because of heat restrictions on the tracks the trains were being slowed down from the top seed of 79 mi. an hour. in a heap the tracks can become soft. they will be slowed down to as much as 60 mi. an hour between san francisco in redwood city. trains could be going 40 minutes late during the evening commute tonight. >> extreme fire danger prompted san jose to close allan rock park today no axes of any kind will be allowed in the emergency closer. they expect to reopen the park tomorrow but they may have to keep it close to of temperatures do not allow enough. we will be right back as the news continues all of look for mount tam camera set up over
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big story again today hot temperatures we will once again see temperatures in the triple digits very hot inland locations at heated by azeri is in effect for the north bay and the south bay as well cooler along the peninsula temperatures topping out upper 80s and a big cool down and start kicking in tomorrow continuing every day until the weekend. the weekend will be very different. >> following wall street a moments ago sales of new homes dropped sharply last month is the slowest pace in record. the
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congress to permit a said new- home sales fell 12.4% in july from a month earlier they had expected it to go up slightly so this is in direct contradiction to what they were looking for. we will see if that takes us further into the hole on wall street. >> the government investigates whether gas tanks on gm jerkies can cause fires gas tanks are behind the bumper and could crack during the crash leaking fuel it will determine if there recalls is necessary. >> facebook is estimated to be worth $33 billion that's more than ebay. it is trading as high as $76 as investors tried to get a piece of it could be the
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biggest technology since google. it will not go public until 2012. >> with all the numbers on wall street. we're seeing the temperatures dipping a little bit but it will be another hot one. san jose taking a live look traffic light 72 degrees right now looking for a 598. [ male announcer ] try sizzler renegade's ultimate value menu!
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8 percent contained rain now know evacuations have been issued. >> weather will be on the hot side triple digit its today sampras cisco will get a bit of relief today colossally but there's still a heated by israel for the east bay and down to the south bay as well. big call them for the weekend big changes in store compared to the last couple of days current temperature 70 oakland, 72 for san jose as we make our way through the day will bring us '80s potentially fertile in spots by noontime warming it up into the '90s. south bay plenty of '90s and stored continuing to warm up from their tribal villages by 3:00-4:00 hour to
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7:00 p.m. '80s. afternoon highs into the '90s for santa rosa run the park, 90 degrees into ballet held down in the south bay low 90s is well along the peninsula we are looking at 91 degrees through redwood city east bay upper 80s or richmond and castro valley, inland spots are the worn spots 102 concord 1 03 in livermore. 7 day around the bay continues warm today as we head into tomorrow we cool down and continue to cool down for the weekend. >> sizzling on the roadways as well hot spots around the bay the worst one being the right at the bay bridge toll plaza slow from all approaches to to to
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stalled vehicles on the upper deck earlier metering lights produce low right now a big delay looking at about a 27 minute trip from the foot of the maze and a fremont street. 38 all lanes open after three vehicle accident traffic has not recovered yet still seeing back up stretching towards 580. san francisco writer james like everything moving well within camera shot right before the civic center we do have a stalled vehicle last check traffic was getting by just i know. >> team coverage of the weather and its effects today more news faster solo reporters jackies sizzle is taking a look at the bart tracks and whether there. >> it is quiet out here that's probably good news for burt
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everything looks to be running on time out here the temperature feels a bit cooler than it did yesterday. obviously 106 yesterday in the bay area i guess it could only go down from there. it will be a hot one today it peaked over the health so we get ready for the day three of the heat wave. >> do you think people are getting out a little earlier in case there are any problems. >> the delays happened later in the day once the heat really said and we talked about the afternoon commute obviously it will build up as a day goes on. right now i don't see anything unusual as far as a writer ship at the bursts station. >> san francisco police said the driver lost control and crashed are as you be into a group of
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people waiting for boston's in francisco was not licensed the 24 year-old driver was fined and released. this crash injured five people to victims are critical condition get the three listed in serious condition investigator said the driver apparently lost her ability to this year and a break. many people that were near the area spoke to one woman who saw the accident happened. >> you heard the screaming you heard people backing away most of the people were yelling in chinese spiri. you froze and lod over and worked all my good as that car crossed over and came down she crossed over. and right into the crowd. i so woman lying on the ground another gentleman
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for the rope line on the ground. behind that there was another woman who actually pin down on the ground. she's a very bad shape. bleeding from her nose and mouth and leg all she could do was not at me and pointed at her mouth and leg she couldn't speak. she was pretty bad. >> two victims remain in critical condition no word whether the driver will face criminal charges. >> police asking for help finding a third suspect in baldwin of violent beating that has left them one man struggling for his life. they learned of this crime august 10th that the beating happened a month earlier this attack is believed to have happened on mission boulevard. the victim is hospitalized and cannot communicate with the police to others are already in jail on attempted murder charges.
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oakland police arrested two men on weapons charges. oakland police arrested two men morning after receiving a tip that the pair were carrying guns college. police made the arrests outside a classroom a .40-caliber handgun was found and a tec-9 assault weapon was found. the suspects were arrested on numerous weapons charges. the members of an east oakland gang. >> all of that would allow a child molesters to be sent to prison for life the bill would reserve life without parole for adult creditors. it could be handed out to first-time offended or repeat offenders. it was named after chelsea king. >> after months of how the house state uses foundation dollars this system had improperly mixed public funding was private. there's no way to tell how much money is involved. it
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stems from a june fund-raising appearance by sarah pearland. she was paid $75,000 to speak at that event. there in the process of moving the money. 7:23 a.m. back with more of a call and lets the big story the to san francisco where was 98 degrees are record lasting 98 yesterday we will see it lowered today. looking for the heat to back off today with a high of 82.
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>> things are getting worse because of the 60 mi. long traffic jam. it is bumper-to- bumper officials say this traffic jam could last until mid september. that's when construction is supposed to be completed. local authorities said hundreds of police officers direct route cars and trucks during essential supplies. to try and get them are on the bottlenecks some cars are inching along at third of a mile a day. street vendors have been sending up sending selling food and clean clothes. >> we will be back in two minutes big back up on the bay bridge we will give you an update on drive time coming up. a program reminder saturday with
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7:30 a.m. the latest on the wild fire they're hoping for relief today in the weather is a continued to battle the fire burning near mount diablo. it is 80 percent contained no. will tran has more. >> i'm on curry canyon road this is the road a deer road. this is where the fire left its mark. it is still smoldering fire fighters made such good progress they are owed to go from 50 percent containment to 80 percent containment because there was so little wind. the humanity when ups so that's why they were allowed to make our progress. the fire jumped this
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natural fire break here and one up the hill some places are still on fire at this time. patches of flames every now and then. good news for people who live around here the nearest home to any fire is half mile away. there is no need for evacuation at this time one firefighter did get injured rolling his ankle. as far as being out here they expect full containment sometime this afternoon and as far as putting this fire completely out they expect to be here for the next several days. will tran kron 4 news. >> we have team coverage of the weather today and its effect on the fire you can take a look at these double live shots you can see it in another hot one mark. >> firefighters tried to get control of the fire there's a location on storm tracker for on mount diablo it is going to be very hot that high-temperature
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near 100 degrees. wind moving out of the west at 12 humidity coming along a little 20% at least it will be hot conditions will improve as far as fire fighting weather through the afternoon let's get more on the weather would lose out. >> gorgeous shot of the sun rising to clear conditions and that sun will very strong again inland spots getting into the triple digits today the only place we are getting relief along the peninsula. san francisco will have a noticeable cool down today sampras's go 65 degrees by noontime 10 degrees from that high today of 82 then back down to 74 by 8:00 p.m.. here temperatures as we head through the day cooling off slightly from yesterday just a few degrees inland spot still
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keeping warm temperatures but san francisco cooling-off by about 16 degrees today san rafael that tend redwood city about 13. you can see the places feeling a bit of the cool down. 65 and san francisco, 75 degrees and fremont south bay temperature in the low seventies for mountain view and san jose. by 10:00 a.m. warming it up into the '70s even the '80s inland spots by noontime up into the '90s for some of the warmer locations back down as we head towards 4:00 p.m. here's a look get your temperatures as we head into the afternoon getting up into the triple digits through fairfield, 98 reason, 91 mill valley, along the peninsula in the '70s and '80s, redwood city right around 91 your 7 day
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around the bay significant decline in temperatures over the next few days you will notice that get this water's back out again even some drizzle expected saturday as a cloud and fog rolls back again. >> there is a heat wave and the traffic department these hot spots keep popping up big delays at the bay bridge toll plaza and and very little movement here the drive times are recovering but these delays stretch well into the maze no movement from the 880 approach those made aerolites crackdown pretty tightly right now drive times are improving 25 minutes from the foot of the amazing fremont street soak a 10 minute delay. a look at our maps livermore stall is having an impact 15 mi. an hour beginning at 2 05 it is in the red pass the incident on
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livermore avenue. you're right in san was a southbound traffic getting by just fine north now we do have some problems north from 1 01 right before 87 we have a disabled vehicle blocking the third lane from the left it is backing traffic up on to 880. a quick look on barker everything running fine right now but as it gets hotter we may see some delays. >> aaa says more americans will take trips to the road over the labor day weekend there expecting 34.4 million people to travel at least 50 mi. from home between thursday september 2nd and monday september 6th so this is up nearly 10% from 2009 the survey predicts most people travel by car traveling an average of 635 mi.. not this weekend and next. i can't believe that holidays on this
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already in a lot of kids already in school. >> a plan by medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick drug coverage could force 3 next year whether they like it or not. that's because of a new effort by medicare to make it simpler for consumers to pick prescription coverage. it could be an unwelcome surprise for seniors who hadn't intended to make a change during medicare's open enrollment season this fall. the analysis a leading private research firm, estimated that more than 3 million beneficiaries will see their prescription plan eliminated as part of a new effort by medicare to winnow down duplicative coverage and offer consumers more meaningful choices. state lawmakers are working on several bills that would help state implement a national health-care reform as senate approves two bills it would allow people to shop for health insurance the assembly approved a bill to prohibit and an additional co pay for insured patients getting preventative care. >> health officials are urging parents to get their kids caught up on vaccinations before heading back to school this morning coming as the whooping cough epidemic reaches its peak
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more than 3000 cases have been confirmed justice your seven babies have died from the illness children who are not vaccinated may be required to stay home. >> we will be right back as the news continues from the bart station we are watching her after he cause problems yesterday's 64 right now in else are real mid-70s by noon i of about 85 so it can plus degrees cooler in fact mid-70s by this evening. >> so, ah, your seat good?
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got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. another day of heat they may have to slow down train because of he restriction. >> here to talk about this is christine from cal train. we
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know you had he restrictions yesterday had to slow down the trains what happens with the tracks when it gets this hot. >> we have steel rails when it gets hot like it did yesterday their real stretch in the the weight and speed of the train makes it stretch even more we are required to slow the trains down to keep their rails from stretching. >> is there temperature at what that happens? >> if the temperatures are lower we won't have to do what we did yesterday. >> would you advise riders to do what is the best way to get updated as far is delays. >> as you know we are in touch with you and the traffic and weather stations all the time thinking keep any around and listen to their station in your broadcast they can also called
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an update on these bay while fire crews have made good progress it didn't grow or night it is 80 percent contained renounce they have made a lot of pride back progress but they do face a second day of hot dry temperatures. along with the rugged terrain it causes a challenge for fire fighters there 250 firefighters out there battling the flames they are using three helicopters and seven bulldozers appeared to fight the fires well its tour of 4:00 yesterday afternoon you can see where it is as we zoom in on its near mount diablo. known
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as a curry fired curry canyon road is still closed because of it. there are structures threatened but they have been able to protect them no evacuation orders have been placed. a live look outside the conditions are dry it is still out there there's a big difference we are looking at lower temperatures today nautical done yet that's to come later. >> the curry fire bringing warm temperatures up to triple digits. still wind and humidity is low as well. temperatures in the '60s seeing some '70s out there as well upper 60s through oakland and hayward down and to mount you san jose low '70s mid- 70s through fremont as we head into the afternoon as darya mentioned cooling it down ever so slightly is owned locations a little more and others. santa rosa getting down to 991 03
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fairfield the peninsula is where we will feel the cool down today comfortable 82 for san francisco getting into the 90s in redwood city and palo alto richmond and oakland upper 80s and down through hayward fremont 91 degrees there. over to the inland spots triple digits triple digits through concord antioch pleasanton and livermore south bay triple digits for los gatos and morgan hill a burn '90s elsewhere. slight cool down but it is still a hot day and especially in the inland locations. we will get a drastic cool down tomorrow you can see temperatures dropping from triple digits to the upper 80s by more than upper '70s by friday '70s by saturday, sunday. clouds will roll and morning fog and some drizzle as well temperatures around the bay back down around '60s as well.
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>> i mission doing as he advisory for 580 project if0. rd yellow to reach to 38 fresh accident 580 in solving a flip over truck this is only one of many incidents backing up your ride. bay bridge toll plaza little movement here but still tied up the light delays stretching towards the maze barely any movement from 80 improve80 approach. drive times4 minutes from the foot of amazing to fremont streets in francisco wraping up with the news san francisco james lick traffic moving nicely right now leaves compared to our other spots.
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more companies than 10 minutes ago but not too bad override is to make your way past hospital kerf ease bound ride looks good as well. >> keeping an eye on wall street stocks are falling after a second report. it added concern about the economy it is well below the 10,000 mark will it come back up? that is a good question. hard to believe it will go. new homes fell 12.4%. that is the lowest on record without any positive news in looks like the sellers are winning out this tug of war. we will keep an eye on it. >> to oakland were pleased getting back to brainstorming stage two of game summit. it finds ways is to dismantle violent street gangs. oakland
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has the highest murder rate among big cities. chief anthony says police will focus on hot spots. >> what were trying to do is do something called hot spot policing using technology to identify down to the block and a house on the block where crime is committed we are trying to get prevention and law enforcement to focus on the hotspots. >> federal agencies are also taking part in the summit. >> santa clara supervisors approved a sixprompted by 5 youth suicides in the county last year, santa clara county supervisors tuesday approved a strategic suicide prevention plan they hope will reduce the suicide rate in the county. the plan includes five "overarching, interconnected prevention strategies," according to a report prepared by the santa clara county suicide prevention advisory committee. attention focused on suicides after five youth associated with gunn high school killed themselves between may 2009 and january 2010. officials are making sure kids get to school and the mayor
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we take the lead of video of what they face today will help lead the disney's off a little bit but it is going to be another hot one today they have their work cut out for them. this fire started at 4:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon. i assure you do a very you can see as a man you can take a look at this virus called curry fire. currey canyon road is still close to this morning because of the fire. there are some structures
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that a threatened their being guarded by firefighters to say that they have a handle on that they do not think these homes are in danger right now there have not been any evacuations. kron4 is will tran is on the scene. >> as you can see campfire's using bulldozers to go to this remote area to make sure they clears of vegetation so the fire does not spread it seems like they're making such good progress that they're pulling out some of the deepest areas. in the meantime you can see there's some areas that are still smoldering like this hillside where the fire raged through. good news, overnight the firefighters made such good progress that they went to a 50 percent containment to 80 percent containment at this moment with possibly 100 percent containment sometime this afternoon later on this morning with the plan to do is bring up helicopters to drop retardants on to the fire for a couple of hours they cannot do it very early because the helicopters
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only have a limited window the ones that comes up with this should even make better progress with the fire being completely out possibly over the next several days. will trent, kron4 news. >> we've been watching conditions around the fire and the firefighting efforts today as we take a look at the fire location on storm tracker 4 louisa has more on the forecast for the firefighters an hour on the bay. >> as you can see the high temperatures up to about a hundred degrees went out of the west rob myers a little bit of a breeze. then you have demanded a c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8mhp#ñ up their humanity down to about up 20%. it is going to be a tough one for today in terms of the 20%. it is going to be a tough one for today in terms of the weathe¡ñswá÷oé7élc c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8mhppr,js
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mid to upper 80s randy berkeley, richmond about 89 castro valley inland we're warming it up into the '90s plenty of triple digits. one of three livermore. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. temperatures in the '90s and triple digits as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a drop-off in those temperatures shaving off a considerable amount for tomorrow. you'll feel that cool down as it continues grand jury friday, saturday much much
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cooler. low clouds, fog rolling in even producing drizzle. checker and your traffic with their care. >> bay bridge has been a hot spot for going on to hours and on the ticket couple of stalls on the upper deck to cause a big box reps lasting really into the maze. slow crawl from all perches but drier times are lowering and improving little by little. now is looking at it 22 minutes for the foot of amazing to fremont. do your where that is nearing its obviously still honoring now it is low of the incline. a look at our maps of view accident coupled with routine slowing caused the delay is rewriting westbound 580 beginning at 2 05 c reached 238 with the worst of the slowing here even can that is because a recent injury accident causing the enclosure's the family lives of more time. no grounds of the golden gate, you can see traffic is moving along just fine is been nice, easy ride through the
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morning southbound traffic is moving just fine as you approach the toll plaza still rocking and a pretty good 23 minutes for novato to san francisco. the area. >> i live look at the birds station. we are falling what's going on with bart. bart service is back to normal rain after yesterday's big delays and melt down from the heat it pretty much was held down. the heat caused a lot of problems for the commuters you can see all jammed up waiting for trains some trains weren't not working somewhere major delays. trackside equipment that monitors the movement of bart trains failed because of the key to that to switch over to the manual mode surgery and they go 70 mi. per hour had to move no faster than 25 mi. per hour so that caused major delays and backups everyone is pretty uncomfortable last night. we will see happen today as respecting more he not as bad as far as the hot weather goes we
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do not already there running shorter trains because of the heat, because that takes some of the service. also watching how train their slowing down their trains because if he restrictions the tracks for being slow down yesterday from speed of 79 because of extreme heat. the gap to become soft and he'd be damaged by just the weight of the trains so if they slow them down again the trains will go 60 between sentences for redwood city 54 redwood city and san jose and it could be going about 40 minutes late during evening commute. >> fire danger is very high because of that san jose is temporary closing alum rock park today no public access or cities are any kind allowed in the park officials say they do expect to reopen the park tomorrow but it may remain closed if temperatures do not allow enough. >> we'll be back with more in just a couple of minutes we are also monitoring the dow you can
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see it's up by a little blip the boy out of the gate was diving. we just made up over 10,001 get below before. a live shot from mt. tam showing you all that sunshine, clear skies are looking at the current temperature in marin county, cinephile 68 degrees. looking for a high of 92 later this afternoon. a fantastic opportunity to get a great offer on an all new cadillac srx luxury collection crossover...
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lots google is in and out a half percent. h-p's separate ago was trading positive but it has slid down. we'll keep an eye and it more updates for the morning. mark. >> oakland police along state and federal law-enforcement agencies are getting back to brainstorming date to of the gang summit in aims at finding ways to dismantle for violent street gangs in oakland. officials say oakland has the highest murder rate among california's big cities and that is something they want to change. please will focus on what they call hotspot surf >> what we're trying to do is do something that is called hotspot
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policing near using technology to identify down to the block that the house on the block where crime is committed. we're trying to bring a intervention and law enforcement teams to focus in on those same hotspots. the justice brennan the fbi and other agencies are taking part in this summit. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. are bay story is the heat, we are going to see a little bit of relief today as you can see we are looking at another hot one today. right now as we look to clayton it's 72 degrees looking for high almost a hundred and 99.
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temperatures about 61 degrees by name and getting up to 90. high- temperature 99 back down again to the upper 80s by the the clock tower. taking a look rain now your current temperatures. the upper 60s to oakland, redwood city a few seventies as well off 71 from monday. 75 and fremont. upper 60s to livermore. as we had about noon warming it up into the '90s many indians and spots. then your afternoon highs could actually reach the triple digits. notice of this for a bond market is dominated yesterday but it is still there. and we can still expect to see some triple digits by about 7:00 cooling and on down the '80s and then here's a look of some of those numbers as we get a little more specific. one of three fairfield low 90s in your cinephile. a little cool down there and on the peninsula pretty big cool down we're only
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coming in around 82 today. comfortable, along the coast of the '70s, '80s mid to upper 80s. 91 degrees in for fremont, hayward and union city. triple digits to concord, of pittsburgh and antioch. it will feel very hot once again in the inland spots. temperatures are in the upper 90s also tripled digits as well. a lot of folks might be heading out to at&t park forecast looks like this it will be sunny, warm by the time we hear 1:00. if the big surprise that could come in around 80 degrees. 3:00, temperatures about 82. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., it's going to: off considerably 4 toman getting back down its these upper 70's by friday those '70s for saturday, sunday big difference, much cooler more clouds, more fog may be and drizzle. check and your commute
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their care. it is a hot day of the toll plaza for next accident aggravating a really big backer of your westbound ride taking a look here traffic jam packed. we're going to unfortunately going to bump up into the foot of the maze. now specified rates rose to released. we had an injury accident a friendly blocking the three left lanes. that means only the right lane is open. chp and in those are on the way expect a 4 mi. back up estimate way towards the bay bridge provides a. if so ago in san jose, you can see some of fun traffic moving just find a lot of company northbound no incidents to report it just looks like a case of a lot of people on the roads. guadalupe
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overpasses looking a lot better than we saw him whenever previous reports the we are looking at a 30 minute trip from downtown san jose as you make your way up toward santa clara. team coverage of the weather. >> jackie sissel is taking a look at the situation out here in elsevier. with easy jackie torchmark >> morning area thyme and sells real looking back over a richmond. i can tell you that it is still little cooler today there's a breeze coming of the northwest but i guess after yesterday's tablature anything would feel cooler than it did yesterday but it feels a little more like a normal august day today. >> to notice any problems with bart and even looking at the bart tracks? >> everything looks normal live here. which is from the welcome news to the bart folks after yesterday's delays as we talked to earlier most of those delays happen later in the day once the temperature is really started to increase obviously we are still
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in the morning he re now were not seen those extreme temperatures but the day wears on that is something we'll keep an eye on. >> this could be another evening commute of nightmares for the people yesterday. see no way seeing some of the trains and there was borough. >> cooley of oil around the bay today new details as please better driver lost control and crashed through vehicle into a group of people waiting for us. she was not licensed. the 24 year-old driver was cited for driving without a license and released. the crash injured five people to victims are in critical condition the of the three listed in serious condition investigators say the driver apparently lost her ability to steer and break. many people news >> the crash scene witnessed the event kron4 spoke to one more man who saw the accident happened. >> you heard the screaming you heard people backing away. most
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of the people were yelling in chinese. and then you just kind of froze. when you looked over there was like all my goodness. that card just literally came down crossed over the issue is on the other side she crossed over. rated to the crowd. i saw a woman lying on the ground another gentleman further up lying on the ground. and behind that there is another woman for was actually pin down on the ground. she was in bad shape. just bleeding from her nose her mouth, her legs. all she did do was not me. appointed her mouth, legs she could not speak. pretty bad. >> to the victims remain in critical condition this morning no word of the driver will face criminal charges for the accident and driving their license. if >> union city police are asking for the public's health and
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finding a third suspect in a bind in beating that left one man struggling for his life. police just learned of the crime on august 10th. but the beating action happened about a month earlier the attacks believed to happen on mission boulevard near at street. the victim is still hospitalized this morning and cannot even speak or communicate. he is so be enough. two others are in jail on attempted murder. oakland police arrested two men on weapons charges and monday morning after they got a tip that the pair was carrying guns on the campus. california state senators legislation tuesday that calls for locking up some convicted child molesters for life. named chelsea's law the bill was named after 17-year-old chelsea king, who was murdered in a san diego county park this year. the bill would reserve life without parole for adult predators who kidnap, drug, bind, torture or use a weapon while committing a sex crime against a child. the life terms could be ordered for first-time and repeat offenders.
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here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. attended 15 cool down for the bay and the coast the invocation skeptical done to run a roll of the big cool down the fog the getting out. new details on that 69 traffic jam in china. that tops are will look nymph. we stated at that, these backups are amazing. officials as saying that this may not clear until mid september that is during construction on the roadway that such as from mine voted to bring gene. local of flurries has sent hundreds of pieces of police officers to keep order and
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reroute the imported cars and trucks. some cars are only inching along at third a mile of a day. street vendors are action popping up smelling food and clean clothes along right. >> other world stories in eritrea singing that jimmy carter has arrived in shenyang review is greeted by north korea's top nuclear envoy they said earlier carter was traveling to north korea to win the freedom of an american citizen who was sentenced to eight years in prison for entering the car must country illegally. a high school principal in australia says a teacher who gave her cross the assignment. teacher told the students, "your goal is to kill the most innocent civilians" the regarded teacher and felt she was not promoting terrorism, but had just made a mistake. the difference will cause the simon well intended but misguided.
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>> a ron says it successfully test fired a new generation of stars arranged surface-to- surface missiles. it can slate targets up to hundred and 20 mi. away. they've had the missile for several years. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live look from san francisco, 98 degrees yesterday that ties the all-time warmest temperature for the month of august calling down a bit today. 65 rain now. mid- 70s and in low eighties for a high today. programming reminder, a giant game on nbc on saturday night. so saturday night we will have nbc programming here and kron4 " persons unknown " s eight. kron4 news tonight.
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fire that is bringing these bay crews have made good progress on this fire which is 375 a. it is now 80 percent contained. it will be another hollands days of alameda things difficult for the firefighters the fire started around 4:00 yesterday afternoon. it is in plain near mount diablo. as examining do you look very canyon road is still closed because of the fire there are some structures threatened they're being protected successfully by firefighters no evacuation orders have been placed kron4 is will tran has the latest. >> i want to share your hard drive this area is, let me grab recently as it as it probably doesn't take much for it to become all graded. firefighters call this area one our fuel which means italy takes one hour for all the vegetation here to go from what to dry. as you can see the fire raced through this area there's nothing really to
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stop it there are some parts just getting at here on terry canyon road you are literally driving on dry grass. you can see this moldering is still going on up a little higher on the hell the flames. the firefighters credit no wind overnight and rising humidity for them to make such good progress that they expect possibly full containment sometime this afternoon. i can tell you know evacuation's of the nearest homes is half mile away as far as the cause of the fire at this point it is still too early to tell they are too busy trying to make sure that this fire is completely out fortunately there is some places with the natural firebrick that even though i jumped over here with no wins to be a problem this time it did really have to deal with the embers and the fire jumping over ridges. reporting from country. will tran. zx watching bay area
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weather and fire conditions are around that purifie tree fire. r 100 degrees for a high. the only saving grace is that we don't get those winds blowing and the strong those easterly winds that sometimes come with this very hot weather. the wind is light and humidity will climb up. conditions will be improving for the firefighters out there as they are hoping to get the containment of 200 percent. " later on this evening. watching the weather and he with a cool down starting and the fog is just off the coast is just starting to creep up. here is the cooling we're expecting today around 1015 degrees cooler around the bay. for the inland still very high up near 100 only a few degrees cooler this afternoon and then he will begin to break as we head towards tomorrow. already warm 65 in san francisco 69 and oakland '70s
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for san jose fremont. 78 out and antioch a cooler start in the north bay. warming up. high temperatures still very hot just close to 100 instead hundred and 3. 99 in santa rosa. gradate ocean beaches 70. fog rolling in by the afternoon. 89 san mateo. on the peninsula. clothing yesterday. upper 80s and that of mid-90s in places like berkeley, oakland. on hot over 100. one of two, one of three degrees mid- 90s around danville. 98 in san jose, 97 for a high amount you. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. a little cooler for the bay bridge near the bay and the coast. in the spots are hot. after a still warm but a lot better than the were seeing today. cool down into the
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weekend highs in the '70s that is when the fog will be thick in the morning. back to the gloomy weather, from saturday, sunday great one more holiday inland today. slate is done traffic with america. >> thank you, we're still calling the bay bridge toll plaza on hot spot you can still see the big back up lasting well into the maze and align the 800 over crossing. muni and lights are still on that the earlier stores, big drinkers is crash just a little while ago have since been cleared. dry times are recovering little by little now looking at 23 minutes from the foot to fremont. a look to their maps, 101 very slow completely in the red with the slowest. your way through novato. speeds only 20 mi. per hour. stiffly in the red calling that a hot spot. across the span no proms, you can see the golden gate is a nice, easy ride began your drive time will be affected arrive from nevada
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to san francisco usually but 23 minutes ago were now looking at about a 35 minute ride. darya. >> thank you, health officials are urging parents to get their kids caught up on memorization before going back to school this morning comes as the whooping cough epidemic reached his peak in california state house officials say more than 3000 cases of whooping cough have been confirmed and just this year seven babies have died from the on this. children are now vaccinated may be required to stay home. >> 3 million seniors may have to search medicare. pick drug coverage could force 3 million seniors to switch plans next year whether they like it or not. that's because of a new effort by medicare to make it simpler for consumers to pick prescription coverage. it could be an unwelcome surprise for seniors who hadn't intended to make a change during medicare's open enrollment season this fall. the analysis a leading that more than 3 million to winnow down duplicative more meaningful choices. the state senate narrowly
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approved two bills to seven extra interest change that would allow people to shop for health and turgeon additional coke pay for insured patients getting. preventive getting. >> will be back with more on a couple of minutes that he is our big story today and let us take a lot to get san jose is going to heat up. you can see the traffic is backed up on one 01 northbound. currently it's 72 degrees by 98. what's that?
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ago we came close to breaking into positive but it just wasn't to be. basically another day of dismal housing news. for a third straight day. sales of new homes falling 12.4%. that is the lowest on record and that is worth keeping the mood on wall street just a bit depressed as we head into the 9:00 hour. back with more updates in a bid. darya. >> after months of refusing to reveal how costing uses its foundation dollars the top official says the system has improperly mixed some public funding with private donations. the promise of a button no way to even tell how much money is involved the news sent from a june fund-raising prowess by former alaska gov. sarah kaelin where she was paid $75,000 to speak to the event that sparked a flurry of criticism. the
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campuses or in the process of trying to separate the money. facebook is now estimated to be worth more than $33 billion. with more than the bay. common stock and facebook is selling for as high as $76 a share as investors are rushing to get a piece of the networking site before files for a public offering which analysts say could be the biggest ipos since to go. facebook says it will not go public until 2012. >> new this morning organization said thursday it travel at least 50 miles from home between thursday sept. 2 nearly 10 percent from 2009. the survey predicts most people will and median spending is estimated at $697, up slightly from a year ago. they did was to will travel by car. u.s. safety officials are investigating whether gas tanks cause fires in rear end crashes or rollovers. national highway
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is the first step in determining whether a recall of the popular chrysler suv is necessary. the investigation covers three million grand cherokees from model years 1993 to 2004. their weight behind a group from burning could crack if it crashes involved. >> a quick break is kron4 morning news continues 11 get cited cemetery now. a little cooler you can feel it in the area near the bay. cooler day near the bay and the coast. 62 and similar layout 82 high. upper 70's.
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the flames. . we're also looking at some of the pictures here's a been sending in we have a good handful to sharia this is a good number of them. this is him facing west toward the setting sun you can see the blanket of smoke really plans and light shirts with the setting sun. here's another shot you can see how difficult it is for some folks to breed of that smoke so close to the ground and i shot were more no. were looking at mount diablo. and the museum. there you see what looks to be one of the surveillance aircraft the big cow fire uses to assess the spread of the fire and where they need to move their resources to their of their in the year during the welland's the night. this is sharon from on the creek. you can see the smoke billowing up where was burning arafat clayton. keep those pictures coming in we have a lot of great photos breaking news at www.kron4.com the place to send
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them will work it into our broadcast. let us get a look of the weather. talked about how hot it is. very hot and land. but cooling down a little bit. a live look the other san francisco, light brands rain nowof the areas respecting cooler other weather. they displayed a satellite image, this 1 km high-resolution. look to the fog. it is distorting to rebut. it will creep cribbing over the next couple of hours with fog returning later this afternoon that is where we're spending a cool down. once you get away from the bay especially inland temperatures still up over 100 degrees because of that we have another haiti advisory the last 08 p.m. as temperatures are over 100. it is for the inland valleys away from the bay. rainout artie 79 degrees in
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fairfield. 60 and santa rosa '70s and then fell. 63 rainout half moon bay. temperatures go from the '70s that the problem 5-7 degrees. new and are the into the '90s for the inland valleys looking for eighties rain near the bay 60 said the coast highs for the day there's that purple shading 100 degree possible reading. expecting upper 90s in the north bay valley and 80 showing ever on the bay. 10 of 15 degrees cooler bayside just a few degrees cooler in lens. there's some in the fog started to work its way into the bay, that marine near is cooling things of at least three or tweet the san francisco. still hot inland tamara's were the amounts from school down. high-temperature upper 90s. one of three airports fairfield for the peninsula,
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fairfield nice today. as 70 out by ocean beach. 80 daly city. the upper 80s for san leandro to castro valley. 91 at a parity union is one to get over their cells and your block from the bay that's where temperatures soar. mid-90s near 100. south bay, a cooler than yesterday over 100. one of two was a record in san jose 98 expect today. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. cooler by the coast cooler tomorrow for the inland spots upper 80s for high speed: the look of the fog in time for the weekend. busy morning out on the road let's get an update. >> that is right. the bay bridge toll plaza has been a hot spot for three hours the good news is refined seeing some movement coming from all approaches westbound towards the city the bad news is the metering lights are still on that is damning of the ride but i can give you
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better drive time now is looking at 21 minutes from the fog of amazing to fremont. more good news it seems to be clearing up as to make your way up the incline. the crash on west 1580 has finally been cleared but traffic is still not recovering korea. still sinified mile stretch of stopping go but that is not the end of and the backup begins at 2 05 that is all the way of to livermore it only gets better as he reached oakland. a few incidents to report, at a san jose. one is a to vehicle accident rate after you're gone about world. rocking the second lane from the left traffic is quite slow. we will love of his drive time now looking at about 25 minutes under ride from downtown san jose up toward santa clara. darya. >> hurricane frank has formed in the pacific off of mexico's most well and new tropical depression formed in the atlantic. frank it
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could get stronger as it moves away from mexico's of western coast in the atlantic. the new depression is expected to strengthen them become a storm. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. as a kron4 morning news continues in a live look outside from oakland looking out towards the bay bridge. the huge back up is continuing almost 70 renown oakland climbing up into the upper 80s today. the most powerful half-ton crew in america has a powertrain backed for 100,000 miles. chevy silverado half-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 months on 2010 silverado half-ton models
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hodge and and again today starts to cool down with a cooler forecast rob. >> petaluma is opening a cooling center for people wanting relief from these we're breaking tarrant the jurors that petaluma a community center in the three and reebok problem that adm says just about an hour. you can have their kids and cool air to have air- conditioning cool water. it is
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plus the top stories firefighters are battling in nearly 400 a. wildfire made progress overnight will have a live report. another day of hot temperatures and that could mean another day of delays. we'll explain. we want to get rate to the wild fire to tie the latest. crews have made good progress it is a hindrance than 5 a. it did not grow overnight and containment has ground. but it is going to be in other hot, dry day. and by some get a google map to show you zoom in on the area where it's burning. it started yesterday kron4 in the afternoon of course the hottest day yesterday that was a tough one. it's rain near mount diablo is called a carry fire. craig canion are distilled closed there are some stretches structures present. we spoke live with the firefighters they say they are protecting those structures so doing ok they have
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not had to issue any evacuation orders. >> by monterey canyon road in this area is so remote that this is basher the road. a tour road. this is where the fire left its mark it will wet places. you can see it is still smoldering fire fighters made such good progress overnight there were able to go from 50 percent containment to 80 percent containment this morning because there was so little wind. pro another ball. and the humidity one of which is why they're able to make progress. i want to assure you the fire jumped this firebreak went over to this side and one of the help there's some places that are still on fire this time. we see patches of flames every now and then. good news for people who live around here according to cal fired the nearest home to any fire is about a half mile away so there's no need for any evacuations at this time. one
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fire fire did get injured rolling his ankle. as far as being here they expect full containment sometime this afternoon but as far as putting this fire completely out they expect to be here for the next several days. roger cast the rio grande. >> and the weather is not helping with this firefighting efforts. in fact it is going to be another hot day once again today not quite as warm as yesterday but we still could get out the century mark. that when moving ahead of the west at about 12 mi. an hour. still getting a good amount of wind. it is dry to pretty much all the weather conditions to make things a little bit challenging. but we do have a slight pull down even though we're continued hot temperatures the lesser of the cool down rayon to the inland spots really starting to see a significant cold up along the peninsula 16 degrees in 7 cisco. 10 in december fell. even 12 treaty trees for oakland. he did rise three still
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in effect but not for the peninsula really we're just talking about the north bay rented the space. down into the subway as well. still some he concerns out there are ready starting tomorrow this morning. 70 degrees to san francisco 723 oakland. hayward. these a does turn our three antioch down and assess the upper 80s there was gatos. afternoon highs of burn 92 san rosa. might see a triple digit for santa rosa by keeping a hundred and three in the forecast. along the peninsula pretty nice conditions actually need to along the coast it will be nice as well warm spot in redwood city. getting into the low nineties over into the east bay temperatures are in the mid- 80s to berkeley and alameda. duty inland spots a tiny of triple digits. down and your pleasanton. livermore even in two american help. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. big drop in temperatures
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for tomorrow. and each day after that until the weekend we're gonna get down at the low 70's. mid-60's around the bay low sixties for the coast. erica. >> hot morning on the road ways and traffic is backed up all around the bay. the red on southbound is recovering, but just lose their future were hearing new details of an accident. the majority of the slowing as action under ride to novato. that may be aware that we do have a drive time it is updated, 36 minutes on your right from nevada to city limits. bay bridge, still slow. the deathly improving the back up last pastis 0 over crossing still not allow the movement but better the lot was on the past 10 minutes. the list of some of the lanes are moving better than others. leading lights are still on the we do ever drive time it is a little bit better looking at just 20 minutes so only really attend and a delay from
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the foot of the macarthur maze into fremont. south bay, ride in san jose on 101 sub bound traffic is getting by with out any delays rain now northbound traffic is so little sluggish that is because of a slew of earlier accidents 3 ride from downtown san jose and santa clara 25 minute trip. mark. >> watching bart a live look from the of the reader bart station or hearing the bird is back to normal trackside commuter equipment overheat and cause problems yesterday. we had trained hard as it did not have air-conditioning. we want to let you know that the train cars are shorter today as bart makes repairs on the cars that did not have working air conditioning. here was a scene with those problems with the major delays. throughout the system during the evening commute as the trackside equipment did not have air conditioning in the area that was kept so overheated it causes friction problems they had to do the trains manually instead of
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being operated by the computers. this trains are traveling 70 mi. an hour had to slow down to 25 mi. per hour. we will keep watching bart with an hour day expected. >> also watching how train they have had to slow down the trains because of the restrictions when the tracks get this hot the trains have to be slowed down. the trains can actually grow the tracks to become sauce of the weight of the train can damage the tracks. bids sundown the speeds of 70 mi. per hour 60 between sentences gun redwood city 50 between redwood city and san jose. so the trains could be as much as 40 minutes late. >> a quick break, kron4 morning news will continue as to what things warm-up if you look close to the bay or the coast it will be a little cooler. a live look from the james lick as san francisco call that a bit today. there's some numbers for oakland. near 70
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welcome back at the peak of the here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. big story very hot temperatures triple digits but we're talking but inland the north bay comedies bay near the heat advisory once again in effect. around the bay a little bit cooler temperatures down its knees. 7 is along the coast continued to cool down throughout the week in fact the weekend much cooler. details coming up. back to you. the latest of wall street the dow is still negative. trading at 10,018 we had a couple of disappointing reports on housing and brought more gloom about the economy the only sector that really has seen more buyers than sellers is health care every else is experiencing a sell-off. the dow is down 20. nasdaq averages turned positive
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it's up about 6 t of ore coin. some bay area stocks google is from positive by half point. goldman sacks attentive% apple is down. chevron is also trading down. darya. >> thank you, sales of new homes are down sharply following last month's slowest pace on record it is the latest sign that the economic recovery is fading. new-home sales fell 12.4% in july from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted annual sales pace of 276,600. >> officials say oakland is the highest murder rate. it is something they want to change. please will focus on what he calls hot spots. >> what we're trying to do is we're doing something that is
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called hot spot pleasing we're using technology to identify down to the block that the house on the block where crime is being committed we're trying to do is bring prevention and of course in pieces to those on the same hot swap. >> the justice brennan the fbi are taking part in the summit. >> we'll be back with more integral of minutes, or big story today is treaty which is backing up just little bit os/2 in the midst of a heat wave will have the latest on that. programming change, nbc's their in the giants' games of 8:00 p.m. we'll air nbc shows " persons unknown " directly after that you could watch kron4 news persons unknown " directly after that you could watch kron4 news and ibm. ç
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are getting a bit of a sea breeze and unclear conditions. plenty of sunshine see the sun reflecting on the bay and other heat advisory in effect. the peninsula it is going to a little bit of relief today with temperatures cooling down considerably. big cooled down in store for this weekend. let's go ahead and take a look to your current temperatures starting to warm up. 72 for oakland, hayward says bay. into the 80s as a hunter the morning towards noon we're warming up towards the '90s. most locations are going to heat up fast. not quite as much of that purple on the screen showing as the triple digits as yesterday but still there in the forecast will cool back down into the '80s. here's a look attractive in price, very
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hot, here's the cool down along the peninsula. keeping in these mid to upper 80s richmond, castro valley 89 degrees. santa hayward, union city getting its low 90s. concord, could spur. livermore valley and pleasanton even some triple digits and down the south bay. upper 90s for campbell in santa clara. showing a drop in temperatures for tomorrow. it will continue by the weekend to parlay need to get those sorters out. because the warm response to are only getting up into the low '70's. los '60s for the coast. >> hot spot of the morning the
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metering lance operating even slower than they are right now. it hasn't affected traffic too much. we'll keep you updated as this develops. over to look on amounts it is still testing on westbound i wait fori way for. e your way to pittsburgh is an ok ride deftly recovered then we saw in the past hour. we will finish off with a look ahead san francisco here is the james lick, no problems here and nice, easy ride is a maker way towards the peninsula haiti santa lower deck that is a very good ride as well. you're ride from the james lick dss 0 clocking in at about 19 minutes.. >> team covers kitchen more news faster return whenever so
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reporters jackie sissel is watching the weather. jackie. >> good morning. i'm looking over a richmond, the thing that you're going to notice almost immediately least over here and tells rego it is a cooling breeze today. this is triple digit temperatures are probably still on our way. but the one thing they will notice when you walk of this morning is that a cooling breeze at least to get a little rest and that intensity that we had yesterday.. >> you can feel it here in san francisco to you feel the difference for the in the spot still very hot. >> union city police are asking the public health in advising a third suspect involved in a beating. police are requesting the public's help in locating a suspect in a violent beating that has left one man struggling for his life. police just found out about it on aug. 10, but the beating actually happened about a month earlier. the victim is still hospitalized and unable to communicate with police. two others in jail on attempted murder charges.
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>> oakland police arrested two men on weapons charges monday morning after receiving a tip onto the campus of laney college. police made the arrests outside a classroom a .40- caliber handgun was found and a tec-9 assault weapon was found. the suspects were arrested on numerous weapons charges. the two men are believed to be members of an east oakland gang. >> legislation tuesday that calls for locking up some convicted child molesters for life. named chelsea's law the bill was named after 17-year-old chelsea king, who was murdered in a san diego county park this year. the bill would reserve life without parole for adult predators who kidnap, drug, bind, torture or use a weapon while committing a sex crime against a child. the life terms could be ordered for first-time and repeat offenders. >>
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will not inland cooling down a level of a cool down everywhere much cooler weather expected for the weekend. with the hot weather and then for one more day petaluma is opening a cooling center for much of their people wanting a break. it opened it a.m. and will stay open till 8:00 p.m. he can have their for cold water and air conditioning is open till 8:00 p.m.. will reopen again to rob. >> world news officials in chile say of the 33 trapped miners are keeping themselves alive because of amazing discipline. but they will need even more moving for the miners have been trapped a half mile underground for 17 days. their rations means to spoonfuls of tuna, a set of milk
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and butter cracker and a little more so of a peach every other day that is. a petite researchers are urging a tunnel to get the amount it could take to christmas to free them. the president of chile is vowing to arrest them. the new details on that 60 mi. traffic jam. officials say it could allow ample until mid september that is when construction on that roadway from inner mongolia to beijing will be completed. local authorities have said there hundreds of police officers to keep order to keep food and fuel around the main product. some cars are only inching on as a third of a mile a day. street vendors have started popping up their selling food, clean clothes along the road. >> another world series jimmy
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carter arrived in north korea this city was traveling to north korea to win the freedom of an american citizen who was sentenced to eight years in prison for entering the communist country illegally australia created ripples when she assigned her class to plan a or biological warfare. the teacher told the students, "your goal is to kill the most innocent civilians" the principal said he highly regarded teacher and felt she was not promoting terrorism, but had just made a mistake. the principle of the assignment well-intentioned but misguided. >> successfully test fired a new generation of a short surface- to-surface missile the solid fuel misspoken strike targets after hundred 20 mi. away are ron has had it for several years. 9:27 a.m. we'll be back with more just a couple of minutes the big story is still the weather san as a 72-98, we
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the dow down s&p also trading negatived by about six. the aztec down almost six and a half at this hour. >> thank you james after months of refusing to reveal how tall state uses its foundation dollars. a top official at california has improperly mixed public funding with money from private foundations and the problem is money is involved. chief financial officer says campuses now are in the process of moving the money. the csu stanislaus foundation came under fire this year for refusing to disclose the fee it paid sarah palin for a june fundraising w[vappearance. in july, the nonprofit revealed it paid her $75,000. it sparked a flurry of criticism. campuses are in the process of trying to separate it. >> facebook is worth $33 billion
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more than the day. common stock is selling for $76 a share as investors rushed to get a piece of the networking site before the side filed for a public offering. it could be the biggest technical ipo since google. >> new this morning aaaaaa says more americans will take trips over the labor day weekend than a year ago. the organization said thursday it expects 34.4 million people to travel at least 50 miles from home between thursday sept. 2 and monday sept. 6. that's up nearly 10 percent from 2009. the survey predicts most people will travel by car. the average distance will be about 635 miles and median spending is estimated at $697, up slightly from a year ago. >> we will be right back as the news continues to live look from san francisco breeze coming in off the water's temperature is cool down right now 65 in san francisco 75 by noon. 82
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more on our wild fire coverage. crews are out there this morning they made progress on the 400 a. wildfire containment 80%. low humidity and high temperature with have rugged terrain causing a challenging. three helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft and all those hours fighting the fire appeared this is google map showing you would is east of mount diablo eastern and trade off of morning territory road up towards currie road. structures nearby been no
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evacuation orders in place. treen fire danger prompted the city of san jose to close extreme fire-related conditions have prompted the city of san rock park wednesday. no public access or activities of any kind the park was expected to re-open thursday, but if the weather the criteria are met. >> time now is 947 skidded another dry day but the warmer temperatures are in the north bay and the east bay and the south bay as well. san jose shows clear conditions out there sunshine really starting to be down currently 79 degrees your high today should get up to about 98 today. another hot day still under i heeded by syrian- backed down to 88 by 8:00 p.m. the heated by azeri however not for the peninsula any more temperatures cooling-off enough we will need an advisory for the peninsula. the north bay through
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concord and livermore showing us where the heat advisory is in fact. it will be in effect until late p.m. the cool off today you can see why know if i know he is advisory for san francisco call them by about 16 degrees today, calls for oakland just minor cool down through the inland spots keeping temperatures pretty warm. we are starting to see eighties out there 80 for concord fairfield, south bay 76 from around you upper '70s for san jose 82 for los gatos into the afternoon warming those temperatures up into the upper 90s once again to burrow of parks 103 in fairfield today along the peninsula much cooler coming in around 82 for san francisco warming spots being and a palo alto 92. done and to
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hayward 91 degrees inland spots keeping the temperature is up into the '90s even triple digits plenty of triple digits for inland valleys and the south bay as well. your 7 day around the bay-showed a drop in temperature tomorrow each day in fact for the rest of the work week we will see it cool down by the weekend we are going to be cool and they're only getting into the low '70s inland mid-60's around the bay and low sixties for the coast. >> it keeps getting hotter on the roadways. we can take a closer look at our maps three cars called trans is on seeing the back up exist we are completely in the red in this back up last all the way into the 580-680 interchange. bay bridge toll plaza still hot spot a downed motorcycle at the top
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of the incline is not helping with the back up you. metering lights crank on tightly unfortunately we are going to bump up your drive time now 25 minute trip from the foot of the mason-dixon remonstrates there francisco. it doesn't look like this will get much better anytime soon. hop over to the south bay 101 in san jose says down traffic getting i just i know delays northbound 1 01 is still pretty sluggish right now you're ride from downtown san jose up towards the mcclures now clocking in at 30 minute trip. >> in news around the bay said clair county supervisors approvedprompted by 5 youth suicides in clara county supervisors tuesday approved a strategic suicide prevention plan they hope will reduce the suicide rate in the county. the plan includes five "overarching, interconnected prevention strategies," according to a report prepared by the santa clara county suicide prevention advisory committee. attention focused on suicides
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gunn high school killed themselves between may 2009 and january 2010. school district officials and representatives from the police department and community-based organizations joined san francisco mayor gavin newsom visited merchants along 24th street in the city's mission district today, taping in storefront windows the first batch of flyers informing residents about the relatively new truancy assessment and resource center and asking community members to help reduce school absences by reporting truant students. newsom said the flyers encouraging people to utilize the truancy center's services will not only lead to greater support of anti-truancy programs, but also show chronically truant students how serious the city is about their education. the center aims to reduce truancy by finding out why each child is skipping school and helping them overcome the reasons. look at the bay bridge toll plaza its rough this morning and still not getting better. the only good thing is that by the time to get to the toll may go down to $4 because it goes down at 10:00. 69 in oakland upper east today cooler than yesterday.
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still very hot inland the inland cooling down comes tomorrow than chile as we head to the weekend. >> we complain it's hot, it's cold, and now for tech news.ssña tv remote like you've never seen before. >> the first remote-controlled that has a keyboard. it's called keeping both. the remote control is not one to cut it in the near future living room tvs are becoming much more than tv. already through number of ways you can access the web on your tv with that so much content to choose from. even if t-bill box you can watch www.youtube.com, and net flex, tv shows you can c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8mhp#ñwatd has a physical keyboard to thetd remote. to make finding the
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investigating whether gas tanks on jeep grand cherokees can cause fires in rear end crashes or rollovers. national highway safety traffic administration, is the first step in determining whether a recall of the popular chrysler suv is necessary. the investigation covers three million grand cherokees from model years 1993 to 2004. >> for the big story is so whether you can say as far as you want to know clouds are fog in the way. lots of warm temperatures today and not as hot as yesterday.
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humidity and it's good to our top story wild fire. big change this morning it is a 80 percent contained near clayton. another day of hot dry temperatures it will be a challenge. google earth shows you the area is darya for o'clock this afternoon in a clay pigeon near mount diablo. curry county road is so close right now some structures had been threatened and no evacuation orders. firefighters have been able to protect those stretch structures. everybody seems to be safe. we go to will tran live from clayton with the latest. >> everyone is safe except one firefighter was injured when he rolled his ankle. the fires on the other side of the rich. this is a video about our go to
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hundred firefighters from cal fire are here some came from southern california. they just had a change of shifted our goal here is free county road you can see where the fire rates through a burned a lot of the hillside fortunately they did not have a lot of wind last nights of the embers were not a problem for to spread all over the canyon and ridges into other parts as well. no evacuations have an overnight i can tell you it is 80 percent containment. containment and control are two different things. >> control over the next game dear to. we have to around it once it is 100 percent contained we work on control rather than having a line around the fire we are working in and
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extinguishing hot spots. we are still ways away from that containment is our goal for today. >> when they control that means it is out. they had people come here to give the local crews a break. wherever they came from so they can focus on their cities they don't plan to go away anytime soon. i can tell you which amended the overnight it really helped they when 50 percent containment at the beginning of a 19 to 80 percent containment this morning will drop of it. if everything stays relatively under control they should get containment this afternoon. >> you don't like the heat skilling new freddie look toasty. >> unlike rotisserie chicken. it
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is hot albeit 10 degrees cooler than yesterday but still would is 100 down to 92. they have all the gear as well soak their single drink plenty of fluids. >> are rotisserie chicken good way to put it. it will be taught again today not as hot as yesterday the use of the sun already beating down its only 10:00 in the morning. expect a high to get to a hundred degrees the winds will be 12 mi. an hour so there's a bit of a wind as well by humidity pretty low today 20 percent. we could have dry conditions. not helping to much cooperating with the fire conditions. 73 san francisco opera '70s san rafael seeing some eighties at current our up through 86 for napa fairfield, 87 in antioch, upper '70s through san jose fremont same story. heading through the
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same hour '60s and '70s and '80s than mine in time warming up to the '90s all this red showing '90s pretty widespread by noontime then as we head towards 3:00 p.m. we will get into trouble digits. similar to yesterday not as dominant we will see a lot of nineties of all little more than triple digits. back down by 7:00 p.m. we cool it down but still keeping '80s and the pitcher. it's gonna be another hot day out there. upper 90s through santa rosa run the park, 99 in three nevada. the peninsula will get the most relief from the e getting up to about 82 in san francisco school conditions in sampras's coach sam a tale about 89, hayward union city and the inland spots 91, these are the places that will be bringing a lot of heat with it pittsburgh,
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india, livermore. 98 degrees for santa clara 101 in through morgan hill. your 7 day around the bay shows a big drop in temperatures, tomorrow so tomorrow the heat wave is over we will continue cooling by the weekend we could see some drizzle produced from fog and clouds. cooler temperatures low '70s inland, mid-60's run bay, low sixties for the coast. >> we have as hot have andsig color. but a tree branch fell on three cars. it's very slow going we will keep you updated as this traffic problem clears out. your ride at the bay bridge toll plaza hot spot as well the meter and lights are cycling pretty slowly but the good news is we are seeing an improvement in
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your drive time a little bit more shuffling them we saw 10 minutes ago that motorcycle down we told you about a while ago has been cleared we are looking at reduced drive times about 19 minutes from the foot of the amazing to fremont streets in francisco. we do have are delays of 10 minutes from daly city to richmond and kids brokkids are't because of the people we are keeping an eye on the problem. >> watching part as far as any delays today the bart station services back to normal today some trains will be shorter as bar makes repairs on cars that were causing problems yesterday. yesterday's steep cause computers to fail and major delays for the evening commute. the monitors the movement fails due to the hate base which into manual modes of trains that travel at 7 mi. 70 mi. an hour
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had to be slowed to 25 mi. an hour we will keep an eye on our throughout the morning. >> tel train was slowing down their trains today he restrictions the trains were being slowed down from 79 mi. an hour because of extreme heat the tracks can become self and damaged by the weight of the train. if train slowed down again today they will go down to 60 between san francisco in redwood city. so there could be a delay as 40 minutes during the evening commute. >> with the key we have a fire in danger. have prompted the city of san jose to temporarily close alum rock park wednesday. no public access or activities of any kind will be allowed in the park during this emergency closure. the park was expected to re-open thursday, but if the weather conditions within the park are not at a fire safe level, the park will remain closed until the criteria are met. >> 10 08 is the time right now
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mondamonterey bay. people have n calling and saying they felt shaking. there was a 2.2 earthquake no injuries or damage. a dozen people reported feeling that at 958 this morning. if you're in the piedmont area it was the to 0.2 earthquake. >> with this morning bp buys president says critical time was lost during after the gulf of mexico explosion. he told a panel today efforts were made to shut down the well with a blowout preventer it became clear their rigs owner trans
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ocean had made changes to the locking mechanism it took 12-24 hours to learn what those changes were in the end the device failed. >> still tracking the dow trading negative down about 31 almost 32.3 now 10,008 again flirting with the 10,000 mark again housing was a big record we have existing report that was disappointing new home sales releases morning also disappointing. durable good orders showed minor growth but not as much as the economists had hoped. we have been tracking the market is keeping an eye on that keep updating you as the morning progresses. we will take a quick break and be
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another hot one out there a shot from richmond. and they shot of san francisco downtown clear shot for you a bit of a breeze as well. as heat advisory in effect for the north bay and east bay until 8:00 p.m. peninsula some relief temperatures will cool off and we will continue to cool off in mostgfñ locations right for the week all the way through the weekend as well the temperatures fairfield coming in 91 degrees already in its already still early. 86 concord, 86 los gatos, 80s through hayward and fremont. it will be another warm day of their bit of a cooler than yesterday inland spots really cool enough a few degrees so not much change along the peninsula we will see the temperatures dropped about 16
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degrees, 12 through oakland, it still hot. people like the north bay keeping temperatures upper 90s. 103 in fairfield even more than that for the in the '90s. down through read what city temperatures low 90s and east bay temperatures and upper 80s in places like oakland, castro valley low 90s in redwood city, inland spots bringing us again a slew of the triple digit readings. 103 today in india, livermore. 99 for campbell. 7 day around the bay the end of the he waved more cools down considerably friday, saturday temperature in the '70s inland spots increasing cloud cover and
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some drizzle producing fog saturday. >> this alert on north down 680 right near stone valley has been cleared but we will show you why it's still hot spot. we are still in the red that's a big back up existing right now. caltrans has cleared the scene the back up is 20 mi. an hour. bay bridge toll plaza still hot spot the back up doesn't appear to be going anywhere fortunately we are seeing shuffling of been more than we saw 10 minutes ago it is still pretty jammed packed ride from all approaches. the worst of it still towards a maze right now. drive time of 22 minutes from the foot of the maze of fremont street san francisco. san mateo right traffic moving fine in both directions making their way west bound in the commute direction towards foster city headlights making their way to have it
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hayward right now. ideal drive time for you in 12 minutes across the spm5p south valley 101 has recovered no problems along the ride through marin county definitely an icc ride along this ban traffic moving at the limit. >> continuing whether coverage as we've been watching the heater on the bay waiting for to break telling you it's going to break along the bay and at the coast. one of our soul reporters live. the bay was class yesterday big difference today. >> that is the first thing you notice is a cool breeze you can see the white caps on the day. at that point isabel in richmond. if you are looking for a place to be the this is a place to be. the bayberries temperatures are about 15 degrees cooler. i went 5 mi.. >> big difference jackie. you can see how the bay is cooling
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off but the inland still the debate today. >> you can feel the breeze coming in from the gate. there's almost like a small light marine layer over the city of san francisco which did not exist yesterday. yesterday was no wind and a bay was glass. >> watching the fog is well on the satellite is creeping up back into the bay area >> this >> with the heat petaluma is opening a cooling center. petaluma community center in three under block opened at 8:00 a.m. this morning you can go there again cold water there's air- conditioning all day long is open through a p.m. tonight and again tomorrow morning at a dam. >> union cit8:00 a.m. >> a 3rd suspect sought in
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violent union city beating. union city police are requesting the public's help in locating a suspect in a violent beating that has left one man struggling for his life. police just found out about it on aug. 10, but the beating actually happened about a month earlier. the victim is still hospitalized and unable to communicate with police. two others in jail on attempted murder charges. oakland police arrested two men on weapons charges monday morning after receiving a tip that the pair were carrying guns onto the campus of laney college. police made the arrests outside a classroom a .40- caliber handgun was found and a tec-9 assault weapon was found. the suspects were arrested on numerous weapons charges. the two men are believed to be members of an east oakland gang. >> california state senators unanimously approved tough legislation tuesday that calls for locking up some convicted child molesters for life. named chelsea's law the bill was named after 17-year-old chelsea king, who was murdered in a san diego county park this year. the bill would reserve life without parole for adult predators who kidnap, drug, bind, torture or use a weapon while committing a sex crime against a child. the life terms could be ordered for first-time and repeat offenders. sout
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peach. the rescuers are digging a tunnel to get the amount that could take until christmas to reach them the president is valley it will rescue the minors. >> 60 mi. long traffic jam in china bumper-to-bumper. officials say could be until mid september until the back up is gone that's when construction is supposed to be finished. authorities said hundreds of police officers to reroute the trucks and cars that carry essentials stuff to get around a bottle neck. some cars are going one-third of a mile a day. there are street vendors selling food and clean clothes along the road. >> president jimmy carter as the
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ride where he was greeted by north korea's. they say earlier he was traveling to north korea he is trying to win the freedom of an american citizen was sentenced to eight years in prison for entering the country illegally in january. high school principal. a high school teacher in australia created ripples when she assigned her class to plan a terrorist attack using chemical or biological warfare. the teacher told the students, "your goal is to kill the most innocent civilians" the principal said he highly regarded teacher and felt she was not promoting terrorism, but had just made a mistake. >> minister of defense announced tested its new missile. the missile system is a land to land, intelligent guided missile. iran has tested a number of new missiles in the past five years which have western countries. >> we will be back as the news continues news fromwo[ claytonw dickory fire east of mount
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good progress and 400 a. fire 80 percent contained but another hot dry day for firefighters appeared tough conditions for fighting this fire is started yesterday afternoon southeast of clayton. this is on google earth. on the east side of mount diablo on curried canyon road. current canyon road still closed there are structures threatened but no evacuation orders have been placed. will tran has been live on the scene watching what firefighters have been working with. >> mark there is some haze in the are you can smell it even though we are several miles away
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is on the other side of the rich. i want a show you what it looks like as you loo drive to e fire. it is probably drier than that on curry canyon road. 90 minutes ago these are some cal fire trucks 200 firefighters from all over the state are battling the fire they just had a change of shift. as we went deeper into curried canyon road this is video of the hillside where a fire raged through they didn't deal with members over night because there was so little wind amended it went up and in made progress. they were at 50 percent going into night. coming out this morning at 80%. it was perfect for them to make somewhat progress. here is the spokesman commenting on humanity. >> just a bit of moisture in the
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air reduces potential for the fire to grow as rapidly as it did yesterday. the flame heights if you have 10-15 ft. fire you physically can get close to it. when humanity comes then in knocks it down with and get closer to it. >> it is starting to get windier out here which is why firefighters wanted a lot of work done they believe if everything stays relatively the same they should get full containment sometime this afternoon the fire completely out over the next day or so. they told me they would telhave helicopters up soon. i can tell you nobody injured as ours residence but one fire fighter did roll his ankle. back to mark.
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>> fire fighters are dealing with difficult conditions out there they will have a high of 100 degrees today winds out of the west at 12 mi. an hour and low humidity of 20%. hot and dry conditions out there. temperatures outside are really war right now only 10:30 a.m. fairfield is then 91, oakland 79, 80 hayward, 863 los gatos. those temperatures will get hot today. 99 santa rosa, 103 airfield in the east bay we are seeing 80s and 90s. 91 through union city and fremont inland spots we see more of those
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triple digit readings 1 02 in pittsburgh, hundred degrees in pleasanton, south bay upper 90s and hundred degree readings hundred and 2 los gatos, 98 santa clara, 99 campbell. will look at your 7 day around the bay hot today but it is the last friday tomorrow will be cooled down it will continue to cool down as we head towards the weak end. will see fog and wind come into the picture with drizzle coming in on the weekend as well. mid-60's for the bay low sixties for the coast. >> we are tracking the northbound 683 stone valley as of hotspot the bignesses it is getting better. more yellow from our sensors on your screen meaning speeds are improving but the right is still pretty backed up. bay bridge toll plaza big
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hot spot of the morning has been since 6:00 a.m. to 2 couple of early stalls and a motorcycle crash on the upper deck. major airlines are correct on tightly pretty good backups leading pass a maze over the 880 over across this matter in light still on we are still dealing with bad drive times looking at 24 minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont street san francisco. no problems here traffic moving fine in both directions. south bay 101 is set on say no. them 1 01 ride has now recovered from downtown san jose up toward said clara clocking in at 21 minutes. >> health officials are urging parents to catch up on demonize asians that warning comes as the whooping cough reaches its peak. state health officials say 3000
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cases of whooping cough have been confirmed this year seven europe's seven babies have died from the list. children who are not vaccinated may be required to stay home. >> a plan by medicare to try to make it simpler for consumers to pick drug coverage could force 3 million seniors to switch plans next year whether they like it or not. that's because of a new effort by medicare to make it simpler for consumers to pick prescription coverage. it could be an unwelcome surprise for seniors who hadn't intended to make a change during medicare's open enrollment season this fall. the analysis a leading private research firm, estimated that more than 3 million beneficiaries will see their prescription plan eliminated as part of a new effort by medicare to winnow down duplicative coverage and offer consumers more meaningful choices. as the state senate narrowly approved a bill one to set up at insurance exchange the assembly approved a bill that prohibits charging that co pay for patients getting preventative care such as mammograms or cancer screenings. >> the driver lost control and
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crashed through vehicle into a group of people in san francisco did not have a driver's license 24 year-old driver was cited for driving without a license then released. this crash yesterday morning injured five people to love them are in critical condition the other three listed in serious condition. she lost her ability to steer and break. many people were near the area kron 4 spoke to one person. >> you heard screaming and people backing away most of the people were yelling in chinese. you kind of just froze. you looked over was like all my goodness. that car just came down crossed over because she was on the other side should crossed over and went right into the crowd. i saw a woman lying
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on the ground another gentleman for the rap line on the ground. behind that there is another woman who actually pin down on the ground. she was a very bad shape. just bleeding from her nose her mouth, her legs. all she could do is not at me and poindexter mouth and leg. >> we have no word if the driver will face criminal charges. >> we will be right back as kron 4 continues a cool breeze. the bay bit choppy. 10 to 15 degrees cooler for the bay area today. but still hot.
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that psychological barrier. we are seeing bargain hunters coming in. starting to narrow of that bargain hunters headed in. economic reports didn't fare too well with traders. new home sellers came down durable goods came in down. not a lot of positive news police now we can say we are starting to stabilize. maybe now we will push for losses or shrink our losses and wishes closer to a positive territory. >> facebook is said to be worth $33 billion. there are rushing to get a piece of the network side before they filed for a public offering which could be the biggest ipo since google. it will not go public until 2012.
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while fire and they say they have made good progress its 375 a. but now it is 80 percent contained this morning zooming in on the area it's called the curry area. it is in clayton near mount diablo curries' canyon road is still close to a this point there were structured that were threatened to they have been guarding those protecting those making sure those are not damaged. there's been no evacuation orders and kron 4 will tran has been on the scene all morning long. >> i want a show you how dry this area is let me grab some
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leaves. as i crumble it it doesn't take much to become graded. firefighters call this one our fuel. it only takes one hour for this to go from what to dry. the fire raced through this area there was nothing to stop it there are some parts just getting out on curry canyon road you were driving on dry grass. you can see the smoldering going on up all little higher and held the flames but the fire fighters credited no wind over night and rising humidity that they made good progress. i can tell you no evacuations have been fifth as far as the cause of the fire if it is still too early to tell they are too busy trying to make sure this fire is completely out fortunately there
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are places with a natural fire break. it did jump over here they don't have to deal with the embers or the fire jumping over ridges. >> extreme fire danger appeared extreme fire-related conditions have prompted the city of san access or activities of any kind will be allowed in the park during this emergency closure. the park was expected to re-open thursday, but if the weather conditions within the park are not at a fire safe level, the the criteria are met. a final update on the weather c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8m(,w c,gv)+pvzsé÷hz46>r4se8m0l>> iy taking a look at the bay bridgey approach. it is clear sunny conditions out there. there is a heated by syrian effect today in the north bay, south bay and east bay until 8:00 p.m. temperatures are a lot cooler from yesterday. it we have a big
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cool down in store for the weekend. temperatures are really warm outside for morning time 83 as an rosa 90 in the north bay 90 napa and 90 in fairfield 80 in hayward, 87 in los gatos right now. let's lookit that cool them right now it is 16 degrees cooler than yesterday in san francisco, redwood city 13. it is of a warm today 103 fairfield today in '92 and san rafael as we head into the peninsula 82 in san francisco 86 in san bruno, 91 in redwood city. '89 for richmond, 80 sorry 91 in hayward, hundred into in
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concord, 1 03 antioch, as we head to the south bay over 90's and triple digits there's well. 102 los gatos, 98 in san jose 1014 morgan hill. 7 day around the bay shows us this is the last day of the heat wave things will cool down as we head into the work rest of the work week. a drastic cool down for the weekend low '70s inland mid-60's along the bay and low sixties for the coast. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is a big hot spot for the morning of hot spot all morning long you can see first thought the camera stopped but the cars are not moving because this is a heavy ride. barely any movement it is worse than we saw an hour ago this is that about ride since 6:00 a.m.. drive times way up because those metering lights are cycled on right now looking at 24 minutes from the foot of the maze into san francisco.
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there is a silver lining is of $4 ride making your way past the pay date. sam details no problems here delay free ride all morning long. those headlights making their way they were right now we do have an ideal drive time for you looking at 14 minutes from and to end. no problems whatsoever on the ride from marine county heading into the city south and traffic definitely looked moving at the limit no delays north and the drive times for you in divide dough into san francisco 23 minutes right now on your right from highway 37 to 580 is a minute trip. >>aaa says more americans will take trips over the labor day weekend than a year ago. the organization said thursday it expects 34.4 million people to travel at least 50 miles from home between thursday sept. 2 and monday sept. 6. that's up nearly 10 percent from 2009. the survey predicts most people will travel by car. the average distance will be about 635
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miles and median spending is estimated at $697, up slightly from a year ago. >>u.s. safety officials are investigating whether gas tanks on jeep grand cherokees can cause fires in rear end crashes or rollovers. national highway safety traffic administration, is the first step in determining whether a recall of the popular chrysler suv is necessary. the investigation covers three million grand cherokees from model years 1993 to 2004. >> news around the bay. prompted by 5 youth suicides in the county last year, santa clara county supervisors tuesday approved a strategic suicide prevention plan they hope will reduce the suicide rate in the county. the plan includes five "overarching, interconnected prevention strategies," according to a report prepared by the santa clara county suicide prevention advisory committee.
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