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shington d-c. the third day of public testimony is underway in e impeachment hearing. testifying right now are jennifer williams who is an aide to vice president mikepee... and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman... the national security council's top ukraine expert.( daa ) this afternoon we will hear from ambassador kurt volker who is the former u-s specl envoy to ukraine... and timmorrison who is a ite house aide with the national security council.( james ) karin caifa is live washington d-c this morning with the latest. karin.
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kron on app. you can watch the hearings uninterrupted. all you have to do is go to the app store to download e app. darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of wther and traffic... weather.weather.weather. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min fr 37 to the toll plaza. richmond toll plaza. from 37 to t than 30 min drive ti less gat bridge to 101. golden min from 880less then 30 mateo bridge maze to sf. san bridge wb 80 is sps. bay no major t no mor hot spots. bay bridge
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( james ) (áááscandoááá) our big storthis morning. thousandsof people in 8 bay areacounties could see the lights turned off starti tomorrow. pg&e is planni another round of power shutoffs as strong winds d dry conditions threaten the risk of wildfires. here is a look at a map th shows some of the areas thatcould
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be impacted. in the east bay . more than 35-ousand pg&e customers in alameda an contra costa counties could see the lights go out. in parts of san mateo county and santa clara county ... more than 3 thousand cuomers could go without power. and in the north bay ... more than 76-thousand customers could be in the rk in marin, napa, solano, and sonoma counties. a lot of those areas are still recovering from the last roun of shutoffs. pg&e says the shutoffs will begin in
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phases, depending on the forecast. darya ) we have team coverage of the planned blackouts this morning. kron4's will tran is in lafayette ... which is one of the areas that could go dark will? the lights are on.... for now but there is a good chance the power will be out as pge has already told us close to 24 thousand people in contra coa county will lose their power starting wednesday morning thousand people will also lo their power in alameda countythisill be the fourth time in two months pge will shutoff power as the agency ss it's trying to prevent its equipment from sparking wildfiresalthough criticare questioning the time of it all as pge announced the shutoff on the same d lawmakers grilled them over their new norm they're not the on ones unhappy as many californians are also tired and fed up ( darya ) thanks will
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better prepared. ( darya ) a 20-kilowatt generator th could be used to power a small business rents out for around 350 dollars a day. ( james )(áááscandoááá) make sure to visit o website kron4.com. you can find shutoffs and a map of the er areas that could be impacted. that's all on kron4.com. ( james ) till ahead. a cold casarrest in the east bay. how vestigators cracked the se after more than two cades. james ) coming up after
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were arrested last week after d-a's offices says there is not enough information to file chges. theontra costa county eriff's department syas they stand byheir investigationd that the people arreed wl be held accountabl the d-a's office says they cantill file charges at a later date. ( jas ) another big story we are following this morning... california has filed a lawsuit against cigarette companjuul accusing the company of marketing practices that target minors. reibinion has the latest. xavier becerra: "millions of teens and ung americans now use their prod" california's attorney general - speaking at a news conference monday....the state --- filing a lawsuit against e-cigarette maker juul. xavier becerra: "whileuul's profit soared, their users became addicd and their health was coromised."the lawsuit accuses juul of decepte marketing practices, targeting minors, and enngering users of the company's products california's a-g says created a public health epidemic. remains the number one g
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prevenble killer in t united states, and with the advent oe-cigarettes, this number has increased for ou youth and deaths are on the rise."a juulspokesman said the company ha't yet reviewed the complaint, but that it is committed to also monday -- washington e state bannedvape products containing vitamin e acete... ...which the c-d-c says may be to blame foran outbreak of e-cigarette-related lung inries linked to dozens of deathstwo countiesin the state -- as well as a hool district -- have also filed suit againsjuul -- and shareholder.an altria group spokesman says his mpany is declining to comment.i'm reid binion reporting. ( darya ) apple announces a surprise event for december. d one bank says it knows our secret holiday money confessions. jane king is live at the nasdaq with those stors and more ( jane )good morningunion bank a leading west coast bank, survey to understand how people are spending their hard-earned cash this holiday
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season.among the ney confessions-nearly half of millennis say theyave used lack of money as an excuse for not being able to go home for the holidays.fo in 10 pressure to spend on people they don'want to, even more so for millnials.áááááááááá occasional tease with some tidbits of what to expect with the new mickey and minnie runaway raily.it says the 2-d drawing style of classic cartoo is recread in a physical 3-d environment with eye-popping colo and sound efcts using traditiol instruments and obscure equipment.it will open in orlando in the spring. ááááááááááchuck e. cheese says goodbye to tokens and their animatronic bot band at ov 80 locations.the restaura and game chain is opting for a more moderlook, ditching the performers in favor of an "all you can play" model and interactive, light-up dance floor.áááááááááááapple has reporteldly sent o an invitation for an eve on december 2 in new york city. it features a gold app store logo.judgg by the invitation, this end-of-year event wi focus on apps and
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like the ipho.ááááááááálive frrom the sdaq marketsite, i'm. jane king back to you ( darya ) thas jane ( james ) comg up on the kron4 morni news ... there is a new effort by the oaand police department to reduce the number of traffistops on african american drivers. and here's a live look outside... bay bridge (ácommercialá) in the south bay.
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cabell police arrested a man for scamming seven people with fake apartment rentals on craiglist. 23-year-old robert milo is accused of stealing more than 18-thousand- dollars from his victims. milo scammed people by posting adfor his own apartment ...and taking posits. he would then call his victims d say e rental was not available . and send refund checks from a fake account. pole learned that milo was scamming people less than a month after he was arrested for a similar scam in san jose (
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james ) police believe there may be more victims.they also say thiss an imrtant reminder to do your researc and be carefulwith craigslist scams. ( darya ) n oakland - there has been a big drop in the number of police traffic stops for rican -american drivers. for the pt three years officers on trol have been applying what police officials call a "smart strategy" aimed atreducing the disproportionate numb of traffic stops of african american drivers. oakland police chief anne kirkpatrick says her officers are now expected topply discretion wh deciding to pull a driver over ( darya ) even though the erall numberf traffic stops for afcaerican
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( james )(áááscandoááá) our big story this morning. thousands of people in 8 bay area counties could see the lights turned off starting tomorrow. pg&e is planning another round power shutoffs as strong winds and dry coitions threaten the ri of wildfires. here is a look at a map that shows some othe areas that could be impacted. in the east bay ... more than5-thousand pg&ecustomers in alameda and contra costa counties could see the lights go out. i parts ofsan mateo in parts of clara county ... more than 3-
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( darya ) we have teamoverage of the planned blackouts this morning. kron4's sara stinn is live in mill valley ... which is one of the areas that could go dark. ill? here in marin county there could be more tn 23- thousand 400 customers without power if this power shutoff is put to place by pg and e.i'm live in mill valley where thousands of customers woul be affected - youcan see on the map almost the entire area is covered in ts ps-ps warning. other cities impacted would be novato, san anselmo, fairfax,an rafael - just to name a fewpg and e has notified customers in 25 counes including marin about this potential shutoff that would start wednesday morning. it may feel unexpected since temperatur aren't scorching by any means. but it is me the worsening dry conditions d expected high wind gusts that are causing an increased risk for damage and sparks on the electric system that have the potential to ignite a fire in dry vegetation areas.these conditions are expected to continue into thursday mid- morning.we caught up with
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marin county firefighters about the fire dang and how they are preparing.sotpg and e says if theyo shutdown power - then they will inspect the deg-energized lines to sure they are not daged during the wind event before restoring power as quickly as possible.the goal would be to have power back on by the end of the day thursday dending on weather conditio, but as we know it does take time for the utilitcompany to restore power to the hundreds of thousands of customers. i would prare either to monitor this developing e situation.live in mill valley, sara stinson, kron four news
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is underway in the impeachment hearing. testifying right now are jennifer williams who is an aide to vice president mike pence... and lieunant colonel alexander vindman... the national security council's p ukraine this afternoon we will hear from ambassor kurt volker whis the former u-s special envoy to uaine... and tim morrison who is white house aide with the national security council. ( james ) and after the break... a south bay prosecutor finds himself in hot ter ... accused ofusing
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a livermore grandfather was arrested at his home and is now being charged with two cold case sexual assats. both asults happened back in 19- - police at the time knew that dna fthe same man linked the two cas - but they did not have a match to the d-n-a. then investigator discovered a match after suitting that d-n- to thpublicancestry database - the man was arrested at his home and is now being held witht bail awaiting his next court appearance on wednesday. so far he has not entered a plea.. ( darya ) n the south bay... a santa clara county osecutor is beg investigated for using his 13-year-old daughter as bait in ahild molestation case. it resulted in 76-ar-old ali mohammed lajmiri fang charges of lewd and lacivious conduct. the video shot by the the video conduct. lacivious wd and chargeof lajmiri facing ali mohammed in 76-year-old it result t resulted in6-year-old ali mohammed lajmiri facing charges of lewd and lacivious
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conduct. the video shot by the prosecutor shows lajmiri daughter... the same way he is accused of doing to her at least three timebefore on amitos creek trail ( rya ) the prosecutors' actions ght ha jeopardize the case against thsuspect. ( darya ) coming up on the kron 4 morning buzz... the raiders look to pass the chiefs ithe standings. ready for the packers.ng
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♪when you pine for the sunshine a friendly gaze.♪ ♪r the holidays you can't beat me set home.♪ the united states postal svice goes the extra mile to bring your holidays hom no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the ma to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time lesthan 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmondbridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101
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ups.. that's more than he threw for l put together in chiefs defense saved him intercepting chargers-b philip riverfour times.. the only thing uglier than vers was the turf.. huge chunks were coming up on almost ever play. but thchief's dug in and pulled off a win 24 to 17. ( darya )the chiefs have a bye and the raiders have a chance to catch up with them before the two teams et in kansas city... the raiders are hoping to beat the jets on wrecking ball to new york: mad maxxcosta.. the okie has had so many hits he's running out of victory dances.. four sacs and five tackles last week alone and there's more where that came fro. mad maxx has 6 and a half sacs
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on the season.. that's one more had more than khalil mack.. you know gruden's ing "phew" it doesn't matter if he's a genius or ju lucky as long as he wins. ( rya )same thing with the 49erwho cares if jimmy-g is the best quarterback or not.. as long as the 49ers are winning.. in fact, they're so good the nfl just moved their next game to prime time: the 9 and 1 niners face the 7 and 2 packers. forbes is calling it the game of the ar. it's going to be a tough test for garop facing aaron rodgers but coach shanahan has faith: after the feast on the ravens aft
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thanksgiving. ( darya )ahhhh thanksgiving.. the fun of traveling for the holida is right around the corner triple-a says nearly 50- million people ll hit the road.. second ghest volume day since they started tracking the turkey trot in 2000. our weherman john shrabldecided to avoid the rush by makng the treck back home to montana a week early.. and look what he ran into ... a blizzard. that's his sister behind the wheel. he was the backseat driver with her ba.. the roads were a me.. ahh just like when he used to snow shoe tschool.. they made it to a friends house.. this rv wasn't so lucky.. illino watch this
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vallejo has secured funding to move forward with the construction of a new homeless shelter. three non- profit healthcare systems -- sutter... kaiser and northbay healthcare ... donated more than 6.2- milln dollars to the project. the city vallejo has identified homelessness asn issue in the city ... and hopes this homeless shelr will help create a pathway for thos people to secure peanent housing. ( james ) oming up in the next hour of the kron 4 morning news... people across the bay area are bracing r another round of power shutoffs. we will show you the areas th uld be hit the haest. james ) and... more witnesses are teifying today in the impeachment inquiry of president trump. we have
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kron 4 morning news. i'm darya folsom.( james ) and i'm james fletch. that breang news is out of washington d-c. the third daof public testimony is underway in the impeachment hearing. estifying right now are jennifer williams who an aide to vice president mike pence... and lieutenant colonel alexander vindma.. the national securi council's toukraine expert.( darya ) this afternoon we will
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