fifth di >> justine: this park is now off-limits to visitors and least until fall. rushing water from the fake louis river washed out big chunk of the only road with it goes right through the park. damage to the park's fifth mile trail system. and also the historic swinging bridge that connects to section of the park was torn apart. officials are warning visitors not even to attempt to go to this park at all. >> people begin to the parking there's an emergency that rises, you could see how difficult it will be for us to get in here to provide services for us to rescue >> justine: they expect to use 100--to lose $105,000 while this park is closed. >> justine: had before the july erica is in the weather center wearing red very appropriate for the holiday. how's the weather looking? >> erica: let me get a straight to the point everyone must know your forecast a look for the most part i was going through the models and it looked like we will see clear conditions for the most parking the fog will start rolling again in san francisco around 11:00 p.m.. overall looks like we would deal with mostly clear conditions you can see temperatures for the most part are sitting in the '60s. >> erica: there will be an increase in cloud coverage of for the most party should be good. the golden gate bridge shows a little cloud coverage in a little bit of fog sitting on the stand right now. >> erica: the satellite are potentials clear conditions. >> erica: it looks like we are dealing with a quiet weather pattern. >> erica: you can see this for yourself or near seven day around the forecast. >> erica: for the most part we did not have anywhere with a to speak of is plenty of sunshine as the star the next work week. that is a look the weather and the traffic center. we have a few minor accidents out there but no potential hot spots. for those of you driving at oakland into the city will be met with great conditions no metering lights to deal with. >> erica: over on the traffic map we have a lot of green on the road with sensors and the freeway. >> justine: thank you erica also this morning a cupertino woman was hit in her own home yesterday morning as to burglars broke in and stole jewelry from her. the santa clara county sheriff's office responded to 10,500 block of cordova road on the report of two men breaking into a home through a side door into the garage. the victim hit a room while the men moved through out her house stealing her property. >> justine: this happen on monday night they said residents of the home were forced at gunpoint into the family room. >> when i came up this morning you could tell everyone was just so sad. there was this quiet in the air and everything was still it was really upsetting. >> justine: union city police say the owner of the home, the woman you just saw was critically wounded during the shooting and we will take a closer look at what happened. >> union city police investigator said there were four of zero residents at home at the time when three suspects force their way in holding this 62 year old and gunpoint. union city police lieutenant spoke of the incident. >> shots rang out, she's wounded we do not know if the suspects fled on foot. >> reporter: he says the also have limited information on the robbery suspects. >> all i know is that there were males that were in sweat shirts and are countries. >> reporter: this woman says it least one of the suspects may have left dna evidence after drinking some of the family sold a. >> my uncle said that he saw him drinking a sprite. >> justine: as many of your finalizing for the july plan it is important know that many cities have banned fireworks. >> this fireworks stand benefits are a church youth group so that kids can go out and go to various camps throughout the year. >> we hope that as recently when it comes in the seven have fun. >> justine: she also pointed out a hand out information sheets on how to safely and a fireworks and a map about where they can legally set off fireworks in their own town. here is what the city does allow. safe and sane fireworks in alameda county, dublin, union city and newark. >> justine: the only place in santa clara county along fireworks is gilroy. >> justine: your best bet would be just to watch our fourth of july show tonight at 9:00 p.m.. let us take a break on the kron4 morning news we have much more ahead and did not go anywhere. here is a live with the james lick--here is a live look at the james lick freeway we have light traffic really feels like a holiday. ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] ♪[tum] [phone ring,] car brakes hard [phone ring] [car crash] glass shatters [sirens] this video was submitted by a student through the safety scholars program. for more information on teen safety visit driversedge.org. >> justine: a lawsuit was filed in los angeles superior court the state legislature passed the ban on producing and selling fo ie gras in 2004 but it went into effect on monday. now the real-estate web site trulia says that you listen lick rose 5.12%. in some areas the increase was much higher. san francisco residents were paying 15% more than they did a year earlier that is the biggest jump among the larger cities. smaller cities like fort worth texas sawdust-- saw the highest spike. they say former home owners this place by foreclosure has driven up man-to-man--has driven up demand. >> justine: an order came down from accrediting commission yesterday that says city college's failure to fix serious longstanding problems of leadership and fiscal planning means that it could lose its accreditation and be forced to close. only one california college has shut down in recent years due to the loss of accreditation. governor jerry brown says he wants to keep talking with democratic leaders about overhauling the state's pension system. the governor says that he could not reach a deal with lawmakers on his proposal that included raising the retirement age and moving workers to a pension for a one k system. his announcement yesterday suggest that there is still work to do to help the rising costs. critics say the costs are unsustainable and compete with education and other programs for limited state and local funds. much more ahead on a kron4 morning news we have your weather forecasts and traffic right after this. >> justine: thank you for joining us on this for the july hundreds of thousands of americans have to make changes to their holiday plan since they are going a fifth straight day without power. we will update you on the electricity outages. local law enforcement is reminding everyone to have a safe independence day will ticket the technology that when the car and shooting to enforce the message. 04 the holiday begun san francisco police had their hands on covering homemade explosives. we will have details. erica is now in the weather center. >> erica: it looks like today's the day to enjoy all of those activities. >> erica: thus check out your temperatures. we see low 50s out in oakland, 57 in concord and we're waking up to 58 degrees for those in livermore. as we look ahead into the afternoon with sunny conditions we have pretty similar contingence--conditions to yesterday. we do have the potential for some nineties as well. as we head into tomorrow, temperatures will start to cool off ever so slightly. we will still enjoy the sunshine as to the have not seen anywhere with the jew--to speak of. now you may want to get the grill ready. by 3:00 p.m. it looks like we will start to have some green which means most of '70s and '80s on tap for please apply concord in napa. the right of your screen does indicate we could actually squeeze out some nineties. i do not think we will see in the '90s in the south bay pretty spot on conditions compared to yesterday. it looks like there with an afternoon high of 84 degrees in one degree warmer than that and los gatos. we have low eighties for san jose and low 90s for places like fairfield and out and antioch. we have pretty comfortable conditions for union city and for those of you in castro valley as well. keeping it in the low '70s for berkeley, oakland and 80 degrees on tap for petaluma. 69 for downtown san francisco and 72 for those situated in san bruno now you decide to celebrate the fourth of july by heading out to the a's games against the red sox the first pitch will be at 1:05 p.m.. expect sunny and warm conditions it will be breezy at times but you will certainly want to wear a tank top or shorts because it will be pre warm at the ballpark. we have a quick look at your afternoon highs for the rest of the country. scorching temperatures show upper 90s for washington d.c., lewis and the same goes for those in chicago. we have pretty toasty conditions especially for everyone that does not have power hopefully that will be rectified shortly. as the ticket today your extended forecast in the bay area the seven day around the bay forecast shows morning fog and afternoon sunshine for the next couple of days. we will certainly warm up as we transition into the weekend. over in the traffic and dried and i have any hot spot to tell you about. traffic is moving well from all three of the approaches no metering lights to deal with pre much the same story at the san until bridge with your drive that is 14 minutes from into in. as the ticket of look outside at the golden gate bridge, we do see a little bit of fog out there. as we head into the afternoon it looks like we have a lot of space with cars and traffic certainly moving at the limit. >> justine: hundreds of thousands of people from the midwest to the atlantic plan to spend their fourth of july without the convenience of electricity or air- conditioning. power outages on friday storm have altered plans for celebration and a lot of different ways. cookouts were canceled or moved to homes that do have power. friday storm arrived with very little warning and knocked out power to 3 million homes at its height. >> justine: oakland police say they have this new shot spotter system it can tell them where gunshots have been fired and they can tell the difference between fireworks and gunfire. >> we want to use that information to keep our officer safe. >> justine: the fines for fireworks start $1,000 and go as high as $10,000 here is a list of cities that allow safe and sane fireworks. >> justine: san francisco police found dozens of homemade explosives in the mission district and a house. gerry lopez who use the right here in to the door and let the officers searched his house police say they found the equivalent of 12 sticks of dynamite. police immediately ordered a shelter place for nearby residents while the home itself. the area has since been declared safe lopez is a convicted felon and he now faces 66 new felony charges. back to our developing story coming out of oakland police are looking for four children their names are on your screen and they are believed to be in danger they range from age 4 to 16 years old. their disappearance comes after their sibling a three year old boy was beaten and had to go to the hospital and he is fighting for his life this morning. the boy's mother, stepfather and babysitter have all been arrested in connection with the abuse. police believe other family members may be hiding the children. police do believe that there are in danger. and pg&e and are asking people to dig a little bit deeper they say it is all in the name of safety. they're asking for a three-year rate increase to improve their system. residents and politicians both are outraged by this latest request. >> reporter: nearly two years after a pg&e gas by pipeline ruptured causing an explosion that wiped out much of this san ramon neighborhood, the utility is now asking the public utilities commission for the increase to improve the safety of its gas and electricity delivery systems. pg&e is requesting that rapes payers take in an additional half a billion dollars in 2015 and 2016. that would amount to an 5% increase and a 15% increase on monthly gas bills just during the first year. >> it is a joke. >> reporter: edward is one of the first half his house rebuilt after it was difficult in the pipeline explosion. >> we should not have to pay more, you should fix the problem of long time ago. >> the at what is our fault that they diverted the money from the safety repairs they converted those into bonuses for residents. >> reporter: they say ratepayers have already paid top dollar for what pg&e was supposed to do and now the utility should be held responsible. >> what they're trying to do is look at what happened san bruno of the disaster that occurred here two years ago and that is a license to rob ratepayers in the future. >> reporter: just because they have made this request is not mean it will happen exactly like they wish. a decision will not be made until the end of 2013. >> justine: much more ahead on kron4 morning news we will be right back. >> justine: the judge of the plot that had a meltdown on a flight was found not guilty by reason of insanity. a judge says that he suffered from a mental disease and will be sent to a mental health facility for further examination. the judge will decide whether or not he can be released. it was back on march 27th when he left the cockpit and started screaming about terrorist. >> justine: in gilroy and man is behind bars for allegedly possessing child pornography. he was being investigated by the silicon valley internet crimes against children taskforce. spencer is now being held on $25,000 bail. san francisco police are investigating an afternoon shooting. shots rang out about 2:00 p.m. near the corner of connecticut and wisconsin street. fortunately the only thing that was hit with a parked car. police detained the person that they think may have been the shooter and the investigation continues. much more ahead on the kron4 morning news on this fourth of july. i love fireworks so much i want to make sure you watch the fireworks special starting at 9:00 a.m.--starting at 9:00 p.m.. we have a live look across the day showing what is happening. we will be right back. >> justine: now the supreme court has ruled that the obama health care reform law is constitutional there may be a need for more primary care health physicians. >> reporter: the decision to become a primary care doctor was easy for this doctor. he is one of six residents going through a newly created program to train the next crop of family doctors. physicians will be on the front line of medicine they treat everyone from babies to adults, the flu to high blood pressure. many doctors choose to go into a specialty where they can earn more money. the founder of the new program at kaiser permanente a says that there are other reasons. >> unfortunately sometimes in medical school they're not exposed early enough to win a primary care physician does. >> reporter: everyone agrees there is a shortage of primary-care doctors and it is about to become more severe last week the supreme court decided health care reform known as obama care cannot--obama care can stand. over the next three years the kaiser program will turn out 18 new primary-care doctors. >> they will be able to see a primary-care physician as soon as they start to feel symptoms. >> reporter: that means you will not have to wait as long to see a doctor when you are 6--sick. >> erica: now let us get straight to everyone is talking about, it is the fireworks around the bay area. if you plan on enjoying it around the embarcaderos looks like we will see an increasing cloud coverage. >> erica: fog will return. but hopefully that will be after the show. see--over and milpitas we're talking 21 mi. per hour or sustained winds of the temperature of us in the low 60s. overall no complaints in terms of fireworks. for the most part you will be the to see them. as we look ahead into the afternoon it looks like mostly clear conditions. as we look ahead into the weekend it looks like we will continue with a relatively dry and quiet whether work pattern. for those allegis leaving the house burn in light jacket. temperatures are sitting in the '50s for the most part. antioch and no surprises a warm spot on the map. >> erica: are featured forecast filled with the numbers will go on to the afternoon. we have a sliver of 60s along the coastline and '70s to grab a heart of the bay. by 3:00 p.m. your afternoon high temperatures show some of that green starting to pull back. we also introduced the red that does indicate the can see some i did not think we will see any money to stay clear of the territory in the south bay and mid-80's for the most part. >> erica: your satellite and radar of the show fair conditions for the most part around the bay area. we have of a cloud coverage and the fog would that be quick to burn off as we head into the afternoon. most of it is situated to the south. and look by temperatures into the afternoon will be on par with the seasonal average. that looks like we will enjoy a quiet weather pattern. your seven day around the bay forecast shows temperature will drop ever so slightly as we head into tomorrow. we will return to the pattern of morning fog and afternoon sunshine it looks like the temperature will start to warm back up as we head into the weekend. 90s for your inland areas and '70s around the bay and upper 60 for the coast. we will continue to much your forecast and over here in the traffic center looks like it like and easy ride all around the bay area. we have some accidents reported by the chp but nothing to getting your way. you can see for yourself here at the approach to the brave bridge toll plaza we have like conditions coming from all of the approaches. over at the san mateo bridge no problems to speak of. not a quick check from the golden gate bridge shows a lot of space in between cars for those coming out of the north bay. your traffic maps and have no backup for the legs for one of our usually slower spots that a ride on west bound 580 coming off of the altamont pass. no incidents to report for the nimitz freeway. we have a lot of green on the road with sensors. as the slide out to the peninsula you can see we are problem free and into the entry for in the state to aid the role and the bayshore. >> justine: our fourth of july festivities started a little early and return with the fourth annual fireworks show. >> reporter: thousands was the 20 minute fireworks show light the sky in richmond. pay to modern music was played at the same time before the show began crowds spent their night indoors enjoying independence day festivities people had to wait in line to get a spot in side. family says that they enjoy being in time of this menu on days like this and this cold and windy outside. >> i love that it is in poland because in this relaxed. being indoors and fantastic. >> i heard is the best fireworks in the bay area. >> it is one of those rare opportunity to get to hear a live symphony orchestra performing with a fabulous fireworks show. it is really one of the best fourth of july celebrations in the bay area. >> justine: make sure that your fourth of july plans include walking along kron4 this live. at our annual big celebration july 4th live in tonight. as we have been saying, is the defeat in the house. we will show all the big shows in the area. it all starts at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> justine: changing things up, the engineers in this case have the day off. in the trial, a 44 year old william lynch told the jury that fought the lender to lend him and his brother back in 1974 at the time he was 7 years old and his brother was just for a fifth of livy's destroy his life. prosecutors say that he attacked father lender. and clinton has committed to attacking the priest. and as they have every day for the past and have supporters were picketing outside the courthouse in anticipation of the verdict. including william lynch parents and others that claim that they were all elected by far the lender. many people carry signs because they believe that father lender and not william lynch should be on trial here. >> at the time ticks by an as we have more hours casting in the jury deliberation we are more hopeful we believe there is a real discussion going on in the jury room. and we believe the facts of the case are being fairly evaluated. so we are more hopeful at the becomes a longer wait that the jury is in fact discussed in all the different aspects of the circumstances and that there may be a more >> justine: lee alleges facing federal counts of assault. >> justine: a floor but the judge is deciding whether or not to release on bond george van and then hit vaughn was revoked last month after the judge ruled that he and his wife for not honest about their finances. a new medical courses that zimmerman suffered head wounds. we will be right back. >> justine: rated on a 10% of their gross proceeds between may and june to the oakland unified school district. the oakland schools have endured teacher layoffs in recent years as they were trying to the finances back on track. the district will regain control in 2009 but is still making annual debt payments of about $6 million. we have a lot to get to at the kron4 on morning news at 5:00 a.m.. make sure you stay too here because we are your july 4th station. we have a big show tonight and we are really excited about it. it is the best seat in the house in the bay area. it all starts at 9:00 p.m. tonight right here on kron4 pass the kron4 morning news at 5:00 a.m. with your top stories weather and traffic are just five minutes away, stay with us. >> justine: could morning have before the july think you for joining us here on the top stories we're following. oakland police looking for children that appear to be in danger we will bring you more on this developing story. local law enforcement is reminding people to have a safe independence day. look of the technology that one department is using to enforce that message. before the holiday began, san francisco please have their hands full on covering homemade explosives. >> justine: now let us go to america and the weather center with in the car forecast everyone must know the weather will be like. >> erica: good morning justine and happy fourth of july and expect to have mostly sunny conditions in temperatures could be a little bit warmer compared yesterday. that is ideal for grilling. for those in doing fireworks later in the evening it looks like for the most part we have clear conditions. as we take a look at your day planner low clouds right now roam the coastline. i will have a look at your far work forecast city by city coming up. >> george: everyone wants to know what you have to say no one is interested in what i have to say this morning because no one is out driving. so, expect like conditions on the bay area and that is what you will find. >> justine: this morning oakland police are looking for for 12 and they believe to be in danger. their names are on the screen right now they range in age from four years old to 16 years old. their disappearance comes after their sibling a three year old boy was beaten and had to be taken to hospital. he is fighting for his life this morning the boy's mother, stepfather and babysitter have all been arrested in connection with that abused. police believe other family members may be hiding the children and the the the the they are in danger. oakland police are making sure this year's fourth of july celebration states and safe and so they placed beryl's at fire-- barrels at fire stations so people can put their fireworks in there. good morning. >> reporter: i am here at station 1 on martin luther king jr. way in oakland. as you said this is one of five locations where they have set up these barrels you can come in drop of illegal fireworks and no questions asked. obviously they want to make sure they get all of the legal fireworks off the street as many as they can. they remind people that they are illegal and there could be fines upwards to $1,000 if you are caught with these things. >> there are trained experts that can distinguish between a fire work and a gunshot. that is the information we wanted you to keep our officer safe in the community safe as well. >> reporter: that you can drop these off with no questions asked. you can see station 3 on 14 extension 4 on east 14th and station 18 on 50th street and also the 20th street station on 98th ave. any of those locations between now and the fourth of july you can simply come in and drop them off no questions asked. >> justine: thank you so much and as we said, oakland police are ready to crack down on people weapon setting off fireworks. they have a system that can tell the where and when the gunshots--the fireworks were fired in the can tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks. you can drop off fireworks at these locations i believe jackie mention this. i want to show in this of the locations that do allow safe and sane fireworks. >> justine: make sure that your fourth of july plans include watching us our annual celebration july 4th live is tonight. do not have to worry about the crowd of finding someone to park. you can have the best feet from your own house. you can watch the spectacular show from san francisco we are the only station to bring local fireworks live. it starts at 9:00 p.m. like your kron4. >> justine: san francisco police found dozens of home explosives at a house in the mission district. gerry lopez who you see right here in to the door and that officers searched his house. police say that is when they found the equivalent of 12 sticks of dynamite. the police immediately ordered a shelter in place for nearby the event of a search the home. the area is now safe, lopez is a convicted felon that now faces 66 new felony charges. governor jerry brown says that he wants to keep talking with democratic leaders about overhauling the state's pension system. the governor says that he could not reach a deal with lawmakers on the proposal that includes raising the retirement age and moving workers to a hybrid pension for one k system. his announcement yesterday suggest that there's a lot of work to do to help contain rising pension cost. critics said the call for unsustainable and compete with public education and other programs. >> justine: san francisco mayor is the says the city will not pay to fly the suspended share if ross mirkarimi is the wife of back from venezuela. lopez says that she would like to testify of a half of her husband at his hearing but she says that she cannot afford to get home. so and now appears that she will testify at remote satellite. ross mirkarimi is facing charges that could permanently remove him from office. we will take a quick break on this fourth of july, thank you for spending your holiday with us as we take a live look at 5 right now from our mount tancam, the weather should be pretty nice today for all of your holiday plans and traffic is nice and light, will be right back. 3q lysol knows the soft places we love could be home to bacteria. so use lysol disinfectant spray on soft surfaces everyday when you're cleaning up to kill 99.9% of bacteria. lysol. mission for health. >> justine: president obama will be celebrating a fourth of july at the white house after coming back from camp david he will deliver remarks at a ceremony for service members. later today in the first lady will host a fourth of july celebration with a barbeque in concert and also a fireworks show. guests include members of the military and their families. presumptive present to canada mit romney 38 the from vacationing in new england to march in a local independence day parade. mayor ronnie and his family plan to be in new hampshire. meanwhile, there has been some trouble for his campaign as his financial portfolio is revealing an offshore company that they out of the public eye for nearly 15 years. it is a bermuda based company that was not vested on any of mitt romney state or federal finances reports until this year. it has several holdings that were not fully disclose one posted $1.9 million earnings. this suggests that mit romney could be wealthier than the $250 million estimated by his campaign. he has never been fired for failing to disclose information about his wealth. now this story always makes me hungry people are gearing up for the famous fourth of july international hot dog eating contest. this is video from last year's contest. the 10 minute call you can stomach hot dog contest will feature 30 contestants but the one we're watching is the five times champion. joey will try to defend his title of 68 hot dogs and bunds. along with the female champion heater sonya and then thomas of virginia. they want to win the title of the hot dog eating champion of the world. the american medical association says that competitive be eating is unhealthy. much more ahead on the kron4 morning news as we take a live look al side right now. the have very light traffic we are not anticipating any hot spots but georgia is in the traffic center with an update right after this. de [ bell ringing ] ♪ in a world where ♪ there is so much to see ♪ there's still no other place ♪ that i would rather, rather ♪ rather, rather be ♪ [ male announcer ] dip into sabra hummus and discover a little taste of the world. enjoy sabra dips. adventure awaits. >> justine: a florida judge is expected to decide tomorrow whether or not to release on bond george zimmerman who admitted he shot trave on martin. his original law was revoked last month at the judge ruled that he and his wife were not honest about their finances. meanwhile, a new medical report has, it says that zimmerman suffered head wounds with his encounter with martin. and back to the fourth of july coverage now. several people are covering this morning after a batch of fireworks went off on the back deck of a home in new hampshire. officials say the home was filled with smoke. when the police and firefighters arrive there were 30 people inside the house. nine people including three children went to the hospital. neighbors said it sounded like some gunfire. >> it sounded like a million gunshot going off and i thought maybe i was so close they were testing something and i thought that could not be good. >> justine: police say two of the children ages 3 and four were severely hurt neighbors say the owner of the homeless on a large fireworks display every independence day. that is what he should leave this up to the experts. >> justine: flooding in minnesota has force one of the state park to be closed one of the most popular ones. but all the damage. rushing water from the st. louis river washed out a big jump on washed out of the chunks of the only road with it goes to the park. officials are warning visitors not even to go here anymore because the park is in ruins. the us checking with erica for in the car forecast on this fourth of july housing looking for fireworks? >> erica: it looks like we will see mostly clear conditions around the area it could give little dicey for those of you enjoying the show. in san francisco looks like we will see an increasing cloud coverage. fog tracker does not show to much. hopefully it looks like fate is on our side. the fall will roll in after 11:00 p.m.. in pleasant hill, we do anticipate clear conditions, light winds and temperatures sitting in the '60s. for those of you getting now to milpitas it looks like we will see increasing cloud coverage as would discuss the conditions. as we check out current conditions around the bay area we do have some fog situated over the golden gate bridge that will burn off into the afternoon and your temperatures, you'll probably want to bring a jacket because it is sitting in the '50s for downtown san francisco and san jose. 56 for the of the waking up in concord and about one degree cooler and san carlos now we have a sliver of 60s along the coast line everyone is located around the war will be in the '70s by lunch. we have a comfortable conditions for those planning on doing barbeque, potentially grilling, the could see some 80's for the inland areas. we will continue to see the 80's develop as we head into the afternoon. we start to introduce the red which indicates where we could see some nineties. i think we will stay clear of the '90s in the south bay. we have similar conditions to what we saw yesterday. we have mostly sunny conditions and clinton have time for fairfield and antioch. we have 87 and antioch and walnut creek. it looks like downtown san francisco has an afternoon high of 69 degrees and 63 for ocean beach. for kron4 seven day around the bay forecast shows a return to morning fog and afternoon sunshine for the next couple of days. temperatures will start to slide and looks like by the weekend on saturday we could see more '90s inland and '70s around the bay and upper 60 for the coast. now let us take in the case where there and see how the roads are shaping up. as you might expect there are no problems to report. >> george: yes, there are no problems from the maze. continuing our bridge check that the sanity of bridge is a light and easy ride here as well as for the golden gate bridge. they may not set up the bridge within four to two configuration this morning and they may leave it down to two and two or three and two for a while. now looking at the east bay as the peak traffic map, you can see like conditions here on the roadway for your ride throughout the east bay and the rest of the bay area. >> justine: city college of san francisco has eight months to prove that they should stay in business as they are making preparations to close. this order came down from the accrediting commission. they say city college's failure to fix the serious longstanding problems of leadership in fiscal standing means that it could lose its accreditation and be forced to close. only one california college has shut down in recent years. >> justine: if you are looking for a new place to live it may actually be cheaper to buy instead of rent. a new real-estate web site put out a report that said u.s. to rent rose 5.4 percent over the last 12 months. some areas the increase was a lot higher liken san francisco the renters are paying nearly 15 percent more than they did a year earlier. that is the biggest jump among the larger cities. analysts say the large number of former home owners' displaced by foreclosure has driven up the demand. that is what is setting the prices soaring. much more ahead of the kron4 morning news on this fourth of july. we will take a quick break with a live look outside from our roof camera and san francisco. we have no fog outside right now the sun is coming up and you for being with us. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa 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place is defending the sparklers saying that the profits go to a local calls. >> this is huge for nonprofit groups it provides the services and things that we may not be able to do otherwise. this fireworks stand is benefiting the briar hill swim club and a church youth group so that the kids can go on various camps throughout the year. we always understand the concern especially in an area where there are a lot of dry hills. we say to everyone that comes in to be safe and have fun. >> justine: the woman also says that they make sure that the hand-held information sheets about how to safely handle fireworks and a map about where people can go legally to set off fireworks in their own town. do not forget that our fourth of july special starts tonight at 9:00 p.m.. you can just stay at home and turn on kron4 and watch our big show. we are the only station that brings our big show. we are the only station that brings l[ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: 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it looks like it will redevelop by 11:00 p.m. later tonight. had this current our temperatures are sitting in the '50s, 54 degrees for downtown san francisco, 57 in san jose as we head into the afternoon lifted very fit conditions similar to what we had yesterday. temperatures for the most part are in the '70s and '80s. we have a lot of sunshine and the temperatures may drop i will have a few--a look your seven day around the bay coming up george. >> george: thank you erica, except we have a light traffic all the way through. >> justine: and developing search for four missing kids a police believe are in danger. their mother, stepfather, and babysitter have all been arrested in connection with this case. police say three euro family member was being to the point where he had to be rushed to the hospital. will tran is that open to children hospital right now with more on the boy's condition. >> reporter: the boy is inside in critical condition with a life-threatening injuries he was right here on monday after the biggest and found him unresponsive. police launched their investigation they say they found evidence of past abuse the they're not going into the >> reporter: they will not do us the names of the mother, the stepfather of the babysitter. reporting from 0 to 9 will tran with kron4 news. >> justine: these are the children their range in age from 4 to 6 years old--16 years old. investigators are working to get this information out to the public's of you could help find and they believe that the kids are being killed by other family members. >> justine: many people we've been a fourth of july without the convenience of electricity or air conditioning. power is still up from friday storm. people us--are cancelling their celebrations. power has been not from with virginia to-kill more than 3 million homes are affected. >> justine: now the police say their cars are equipped with computers that have a shot water system it will tell officers where and when gunshots were fired and making tell the difference between a fire work in gunfire. >> this is the type of information want you to keep our office to save as well as the people and the community. >> justine: later we will tell you where you can go to drop off your illegal fireworks in oakland. he will take a live look at here 39 they're busy setting up their display. yolie is providing us with this live display showing what is happening out there this morning. the show is get to start at 9:00 p.m.. a lot of roads will be closed in the area you may want to stay home and make sure you watch the for the july special tonight july 4th live starts at 9:00 p.m. right here on kron4. we will give you the best in the house of you can watch the big show in san francisco that is right here on kron4. also this morning nearly two years after pg&e, a gas line ruptured causing the deadly explosion in san bruno, now they're asking public utilities commission for a rate increase. they are requesting ratepayers to kick in an additional $1.2 billion in 2014 and an additional half a million in 2015 and 16 san bruno residents and state officials are saying it is not their responsibility to bear the brunt of those repairs. >> he should not be asking the people to pay more, you should fix the problem of long time ago. >> it is not our fault that the diverted those money and dollars from the normal safety repairs and improvements that were necessary they the verdict goes into profits into bonuses for the executives. >> justine: although pg&e has requested the rate increase the change will not happen in leaving. the cpc will make a decision on the matter by the end of 2013. pg&e would not do an on-camera interview with reporters about the latest rate hike request. the company did issue a response saying that it was needed to meet the consumers' high expectations. sonoma county deputies say they caught the man that was believed to have been stealing the new sprinklers. police had a vehicle description and identified the suspect. while they were following him police said they actually saw him stealing sprinklers. he has now been booked into the sonoma county jail on multiple charges. the jury in the priest beating trial gets the day off for the fourth of july holiday. they receive the case on monday after both sides presenting closing arguments. in the crowd of 44 year-old william lynch told the jury that father lender rate him and his brother back in 1974. at the time and there was 7 years old and his brother was from his but he says the abuse destroy his life. prosecutors say he attacked father lender at a retirement home and he did admit to punching the priest. and supporters of william lynch were picketing outside the courthouse in anticipation of the verdict. they include william lynch is parents and others who claim that they were molested by father lender. >> justine: many supporters hope that the droid will find william lynch not a guilty of assaulting five the lender. >> as the time slips by and we have the jury members deliberating we are more hopeful. we believe that there is some discussion and the fact of the case are being fairly evaluated. we are more hopeful as it becomes a longer wait, that the jury is in fact discussing all the different aspects and all the circumstances and there may be a more favorable result. >> justine: the jury will resume deliberations and 931% and also bridge of the private--the jury will resume deliberations thursday morning. >> justine: also, the pilots that have the breakdown on the jet blew plane will not be jailed. he was found temporarily insane. >> justine: now let us take a live look outside the bay bridge. you would only see traffic this of light on a holiday we will be right back. hey, there's barely a line at space mountain. you there ! i am looking for someone, hair black as night, skin white as snow ! yeah, yeah, i got that ! she is at the castle. dad ! honey ! but she's on the move. disney 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lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. >> justine: here is a look at the big stories we're following oakland police are looking for four children. a three year old boy was beaten and had to be taken to hospital he is fighting for his life this morning the boy's mother, stepfather and babysitter have all been arrested in connection with the abuse police believe other family members may be hiding the children. san francisco not pay to five a suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi is wise back from this well. she says she would like to testify at the husband's hearing but she says that she cannot afford a ticket home so she will testify via satellite. oakland police are ready to crack down on people that are setting off fireworks they said beacon --the patrol cars are connected to a system that can tell them where and when gunshots are fired and it also can tell the difference between gunshots and fireworks. in gilroy, a man is behind bars for allegedly possessing child pornography william spencer was arrested yesterday at its home on gave birth weight. he was investigated and now is being held on $25,000 bail. san francisco police are investigating an afternoon shooting. shots rang out around 2:00 p.m. yesterday afternoon right near connecticut and wisconsin streets. fortunately the only thing that was hit by a bullet was a parked car. police detained one person that they think may be the shooter and their investigation continues this morning. back to world news, portions of japan have experienced the heaviest rainfall ever recorded. so far the rainfall has claimed one person, and eight year-old man died. the mir rothko--the meteorological agency says that they had over 3 1/2 hours of rain. that is what caused the major flooding will check in with erica for the car forecast of this fourth of july good morning. >> erica: good morning justine it looks like we have a pretty pleasant starts are morning. temperatures right outside the door are sitting in the '50s as we head into the afternoon it looks like we could warm up to the '70's in the '80s. by the afternoon expect sunday to mild and warm conditions. later on this evening those of you not to injure the fireworks it actually looks like we will see a cool down and the potential for some fog. the future forecast shows by 12:00 we have a hint of green on your screen indicating 60s along the coastline. for those of you situated around awarded it looks like we will be in the '70s and have perfect conditions for growing in the inland areas. we could see some low 80s by lunchtime and by 3:00 p.m. some of the green stars to peel back and we will see more orange indicate more 80's. we have mostly sunny conditions with an afternoon high of 83 degrees in santa clara, 84 for those in campbell we could squeeze out some 94 fairfield, antioch. and flirting with 90 for pleasanton walnut creek. we have 80 degrees on tap for navato in petaluma. we have plenty of sunshine and an afternoon high. none of your head into the oakland a's game, dressed in shorts and tank tops. we will gain a couple of degrees throughout the course of the game, expect very warm conditions with sunny conditions--sunny skies. now we do have a little bit of fog situated along the coastline. we see more cloud coverage to the south. temperatures into the afternoon will be right on par with the seasonal average it looks like we will continue with a relatively quiet weather pattern. your seven day around the bay forecast shows morning for all that afternoon sunshine for the next string of days. it looks like by saturday will see some 90 in in the '70s around the bay and upper 60s for the coast. >> george: light traffic is expected today your west bound right looks good. so does the san mateo bridge. later this evening at 8:30 p.m. it is possible they could close the marina boulevard off ramp from south bound 101. an accident has been reported it is on the bayshore freeway we are watching it here. we have north bound 101 at candlestick. traffic is light enough that would be merged the vehicles on scene it is only creating a brief delay in either direction not really affecting your south bound ride. >> justine: tim lincecum was come back did not seem to last long the struggling right-hander cannot make it through four innings against the washington nationals he allowed eight runs and nine hits, the giants fell 9 to 3. in terms of the erm he was the worst start in his major league career. the first pitch is about two hours from now. now the giants fan stuffing the all-star ballot box continues to make waves around the meat. here is a little bit of what he had to say. this was a tweets that he put out. >> justine: here is with the a's did last night. they rallied to beat the boston red sox 3 to 2. the series finale is this afternoon. now the raiders the sentence ben davidson passed away at 72 after a battle with prostate cancer. a three- time afl all-star he was an integral part of the fears raiders defense that became known as 11 angry men. he played 11 seasons. after his playing career ended he became a famous television pitchman for miller lite. >> light of the it has a third less calories than regular beer and it tastes great. what i like about it is that it is less filling. >> justine: in addition to those ads, he became a successful actor he was 72 when he died. much more ahead on the kron4 morning news, let us take a live look outside of with the conditions look like from our camera in san jose showing us this ride, we see very light traffic much more after this. >> erica: now we wanted to indicate your fourth of july fireworks forecast, we have temperatures sitting in the '50s and for those view heading out to pleasant hill we anticipate most unpleasant conditions. >> erica: in this area we will see an increase in cloud coverage. you have more details coming up in just a little bit >> justine: here is a reason to be careful about what you post on facebook let this be a lesson an official in the philippines was busted for skipping out on work to attend a high school reunion and alan the store. he may have got away with it but his bosses try to contact him to his facebook account and that is when they saw the reunion photograph. no word on what kind of punishment if any he will face. much more ahead on the kron4 morning news, we have your top stories weather and traffic after this break here is a live look outside we see a thick layer of clouds settling in over the bay area. the sun will come out later on today to make for a great fourth of july. you want to make sure that your plans include watching us on kron4. our annual celebration, july 4th live is tonight. we'll give you the best seat in the house to watch the fireworks from around the bay including the fireworks show in san francisco. this is the only station to bring local fireworks live. our show starts right here on local fireworks live. our show starts right here on kron ask me how i've 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