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male announcer live from the bay area here is your kron 4 news following breaking news out of Southern California, three cops shot overnight. One of them killed. Theyre looking for a former Police Officer. At live pictures coming out of Southern California coming up. There is rain to our north, that is part of the forecast for the day and in the next couple of days right . Erica was telling me is really more of a north bay thing. We would is scattered showers, not so much and the east bay because it will break apart as it crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. It wasnt as strong to begin with. You see below indicates moderate to heavy rain currently falling. We have the possibility to see showers into the afternoon and evening hours. I will not keep your future cast four and talk about the Winter Weather advisory in tahoe. S 6 01 a. M. It is time for the commute with george. Bay bridge toll plaza, no back up yet, no metering lights. A little slowing on highway four adding to interstate highw580. The rest of the bay enjoying light traffic. Three people shot overnight and on Home Invasion robbery. Will tran is joining us live from vallejo now. We just learned of the three people shot or family members. Investigators are still inside the home. It happened around 340 this morning. I just got off the phone with the sergeant. He said two men kick down on the front door when inside. The adult male came downstairs to check it out and got shot in the face. Two female family members were also shot. The suspects fled on foot. They do not believe this was targeted, they believe it was random. Theyre going through the house and one of the subject says it appears that nothing was taken care how does the rest of neighborhood as far as this is concerned . The rest of the neighborhood is a very quiet. The crews are still on the scene, it looks like there was still be here for the next couple of hours or so. People are getting up at this time. It is still quiet, there is not a lot of disturbance. All the focus is on this house as far as the Police Department is concerned. I can see the act in crime scene in vallejo right now. We will check back with us later. A manhunt underway for a former l. A. Police officer. He shot 2 officers in riverside overnight, killing one of them. He shot another one and to round up. We think the shootings are linked to Christopher Darden corner. He is one of already in connection with another murder or the weekend. The couple was shot and killed in the car. The woman was killed as the daughter of a former Police Officer who represented the warner at a hearing where he lost his badge. It appears he is out for revenge on police. He has named several Police Officers in his manifesto. Those officers are receiving extra protection for them and their families. We had three officers shot over night. To in riverside, one of them killed. Another and to run and a massive manhunt for the many see pictured on your left. Jordan dorner, we believe were being dismissed from the lapd. We have new details on the collins case. Sam Francisco Police are asking for the publics help in finding Additional Information about the man at dan therrien. He is a suspect in the 1984 disappearance of kevin collins. He has a history of kidnapping and sexually assaulting involving children. A 1981 he was arrested and the Fishermans Wharf area for kidnapping and lewd acts on the child. He bailed out, then was a no show at his court date. In 1982 he was arrested at that on that outstanding warrant, then pleaded guilty to felony lewd acts on a child. He was sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation. He was also wanted in canada for crime in 1973. Police say he kidnapped and sexually assault the two children. Dan therrien was arrested and charged but once he was released he fled to canadacanad. Police say was never caught because, in part, he is so many different names. Fairfield police say they are now working with the fbi and search for the killer of 13 Year Old Girl whose body was found in the park last week. Authorities are currently analyzing Surveillance Video from the area where 13 yearold murder victim genelle conwayallen was last seen. They did release his picture taken last thursday afternoon, it is believed to be the last known image of the young girl. Meanwhile are for the memorial grows continues to grow at allen witt park where her body was found. Her family released a statement saying this is the devastating tragedy for our family in our community, we need to thank everyone for the outpouring of support at the memorial site. A breaking report, the president is getting ready to speak at the National Prayer breakfast. Well monitored the president s comments during the morning and well bring them back to you. Every year for 61 years now this great prayerful tradition has endured. That says something about us. Every year in times of triumph and in tragedy, and, and in crisis, we come together and not as democrats and republicans would as brothers and sisters and as children of god. Every year, in the midst of all are busy lives we set aside one morning together as one community. You cant argue with nutrition you can see. Great grains. Great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. See the seam . More processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. Im eating what i know is better nutrition. Mmmm. Great grains. Search great grains and see for yourself. 0nvo for cold and flu season, honey, dont use your sleeve. Theres clorox bleach. Right before the hearing lawmakers were receiving the first classified reports of information about the rationale of the u. S. Drove strikes that have been targeting brennans confirmation hearing is now setting the stage for controversial programs against the war on al qaeda. The use of water boarding during interrogation. Also following the latest with the senate postponing chuck hegel vote as he becomes defense secretary. This decision comes as republicans aranding more informations from hagel about his paid speeches and business dealings. Senator carl levin, the chairman of the Armed Services committee, said in a statement yesterday that therell be no vote this week. Committee republicans say they are dissatisfied with information hegel provided the panel after his confirmation hearing last week. California senator Barbara Boxer once federal regulators to investigate possible the equipment problems at the shattered sand on a firm Nuclear Power plant. This comes as utility officials are pushing to restart one of the reactors at the plant. In a letter to the Nuclear Regulatory commission, a boxer says new information shows Southern California edison and the company that makes the plants steam generator is new about design problems before the equipment was installed. Boxer says this raises concerns the safety modifications and a more rigorous safety review were ignored. ÷ save up to 500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get a sealy queen set for just 399. Even get 3 years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Keep more president s in your wallet. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. The bay bridge on the left, pulled gate bridge on the right. Right now it is dry but it cannot be said for all portions of the north. Lets start off with Storm Tracker 4. The majority of the bay area is dry for now, of that will be the case for most of the morning. Were picking up light rain around coverdale, just north of santa rosa. Eastern santa rosa could be picking up light rain. You will see a lot of it on highway 1 01 approaching the eat heels bird area. The yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain, it depends on where you are located. And apart in petaluma looks like theyre under dry conditions. Rain will continue to spread its way south. Its the systems cold front will start to break apart as it crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. Satellite and radar shows not much moisture associated with this system. We will pick up some snow not only in tahoe where we are expecting up to 5 in. But it looks like we could see snow that will drop in the bay area down to 2,500 ft. We could see a light dusting of snow on top of mount hamilton. A lot of clouds and cool air associated with this system. Future cast force shows right now the rain is to our north. It will continue to spread its way south for at least half of the bay area until 8 00 a. M. 8 00 p. M. This evening, a lingering showers for most of us. Snow in the lake tahoe area. We should be on the drivers side waking up tomorrow morning. A Winter Weather advisory in effect starting at 10 00 a. M. Today until 10 00 a. M. Friday morning for the western slope of the sierra nevada. One to 3 in. Of snow possible and when speeds between five and 15 mi. Per hour. He ran into some trouble implications for interstate 80 as well as highway 50. Right now temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. Mid50s into the afternoon. 7 day around the bay forecast shows rain chances is short lived. Were still very dry for this time of year. We will return to the sunshine and morning frost for saturday and sunday. Just about everyone is back into the 60s as we start the next work week. We are not tracking any hot spots. Metering lights are active at the bay bridge adding a minute and half to two minutes your drive time. 11 minutes out of the macarthur maze. The san mateo bridge, no change in drive time, still a and easy drive across the span. The Golden Gate Bridge ride is problem free coming from marin county. We have added four minutes to the commute time on the east shore freeway. 16 minutes drive from our police hercules to berkeley. 16 to 18 minutes from the san ramon valley. The heaviest traffic in the east bay is on net 580 and highway 4. South bays problem free. The peninsula is getting word of a print problem near as at all. Southbound 1 01 right at the airport, there is a report of a did this it will dump truck, a bottom dumb bird that could be blocking the left lane. If it stays there that could be a hot spot. A day and read on bart, no delays. Caltrans is clear out of Central Valley a strays are without delay. No problems reported on the muni metro. In update on the story from Southern California the former cop thats wanda for shooting three Police Officers as morning, killing one of them they have found his pickup truck. We just saw here a moment ago. He is also suspected of killing a couple over the weekend. Dead daughter was a daughter of a Police Officer who defended this man when he was dismissed from the lapd. There is a pickup truck. They are looking for jordan and the warner right now, a former Police Officer. He put out a manifesto being upset about being kicked off the lapd. He killed the Police Officers daughter and her fiancee and shot three cops this morning. The manhunt continuing trend is a former officer this morning. State department of Public Health has issued fines against three bay area hospitals for Code Violations health Code Violations that it says are likely to cause serious injury or death to patients. The u. S. See paucsf medical cenn San Francisco received to penalties totaling 200,000. St. Marys Medical Center in San Francisco also received two chelseas amounting to 175,000. The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in san jose received one penalty costing 100,000. Alameda county Officials Say they have sat down the as soon as possible Medical Center in san leandro calling it a bogus Medical Center. The District Attorneys Office says they have filed felony criminal charges against the doctor, who was dispensing drugs as most relaxants, anti inflammatory agents and creams to patients who did not need them. Of this is a close the centers facility on 150th avenue and san leandro as well as other clinics in hayward, they develop in fairfield. And emeryville an Office Building was evacuated yesterday morning because of a bomb threat that has been given the all clear. The threat prompted a six hour evacuation of the building used by division of the Lawrence Berkeley national lab. Streets were also clothes were black in every direction while a bomb squad when ansas we the building. The search turned up nothing suspicious. New details released about the deadly triple shooting at a rural home in sonoma county. At a News Conference shared officials said they believe the three victims were buying pot from an unknown number of suspects. The three victims have been identified as 46 yearold richard lewin, 42 yearold titodd karklowski, and 26 year old racireighaleigh butler. This morning alabama authorities are sifting the crime scene of a mans property who was killed by a swat team on monday after shooting and killing a bus driver then holding a canny are captive for nearly a week. The can gardner was not hurt. The fbi says the 65 yearold man planted 1 x was a are that the ventilation pipe used by negotiators to communicate with him in his underground bunker. Bomb technicians found zero more explosive devices after a search of jimmy lee dykesrobbery this week. An autopsy is scheduled today for him. Coming up, more headlines for you. Also a live look outside from Southern California a former Police Officer suspected in the double murder and possible shootings of fellow officers this morning. 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Online game maker zynga stock soared yesterday after a better than expected quarterly statements and earnings. The samprass company who makes games like farm bill saw its stock jump over nine percent yesterday. It was an accident in san diego. A car suspended over an outdoor staircase. This happened yesterday when Authorities Say seven the road and lost control of his car. You tried get a parking voucher edible when the car started to roll forward. The man that is oriented and hit the accelerator is sending the car through the gate of the parking lot, over occurred, through a metal guardrail an end to the building. The driver had to wait while crews figure out a way to safely get him out of the car. He was not hurt. To breaking news stories one of vallejo with there was a Home Invasion and three people were shot. Also we are looking live in los angeles as they are searching for a former Police Officer, an lapd you cant move the tv there. Yuhhuh. We have a wireless receiver. Listen. 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Before they can make the final confirmation they have to get a search warrant to get in there and collect evidence. That is why all the lights are still on this time. The three suspects, no identity or description at this time. This will be a story we will watch developed through out the morning as well. It breaking news story out of Southern California, the man hot on for a former Police Officer a cop killer. They found his truck on the street. This man implicated in the killing over the weekend. A couple shot and killed an irvine. Then a manifesto comes out from jordan dorner, a former member of the lapd. Here is his picture. The couple he killed . Of the woman, a daughter of a former lapd member. He defended the corner and a case that that was dismissed from the lapd. He claims responsibility for the double murder are the weekend claiming it was revenge. He named lapd Police Officers that he would be targeting, their families now under protection. Overnight is one more shootings occurred. Two officers shot and riverside, one of them killed. A short time later another shot officer shot in tirana. He was raised by a bullet. The vehicle has now been found. Jordan dorner, armed and dangerous. Police are out looking for him right now. We will bring you the latest as we continue to follow this. 6328 am and we want to get a look at weather and traffic. This is not a huge rainmaker, this cold front will fall apart as it crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. On Storm Tracker 4, the majority of the bay area is dry. Zooming and light rain of around coverdale. Yellow indicates moderate to heavy rain. Portions of highway 1 01 you will have to use windshield wipers. It looks like for the most part we are dry. We could see some scattered showers along the coast line into midmorning. Showers will push their way east and south as we head into the early afternoon. Wet weather is ahead of us, cooler conditions as well. I will become a full details and my full forecast coming up and my next report. We are not taking any hot spots here is a quick check. A bridge toll plaza, still an easy drive 10 minutes west of. Highway 4 and interstate 580 especially slow through antioch this morning. Of the crime rate in berkeley is up. According to police chief in 2012 there were 39 reported rape cases. I those were attempted rapes compared to 20 rigs in 2011. That is a 95 percent raise from year to year. Majority of the rapes happen in the neighborhood surrounding the ucberkeley campus. Investigators say there is no clear reason for the increase other than that maybe the victims were more willing to report crimes to police. The police are but says its conducting additional Sexual Assault and prevention training including outreach to the public. Seven people hurt after one of standards as those iconic cable cars makes a hard abrupt stop. It happened at paul and washington streets. Muni says the car suddenly stopped after hitting a nearly two edge bolt that got wedged down inside the trackway. One person suffered a lifethreatening head injury. For others on board were taken to hospitals with minor injuries. Other passengers were treated at the scene. Many says it will be looking into why this it sensors and did not alert them to the blockage. Demand severance as the mayod lee is calling on thousands of Property Owners in the city to wreath retrofit so called soft story structures that are exceptionally vulnerable to earthquakes. The upgrade would run Property Owners of thousands of dollars. The recommended a mandate is targeting a Certain Group of buildings that are known to be vulnerable should an earthquake hit the bay area. What for and buildings with three more stories, 5 units, and built before 1978. Experts say the retrofitting is important and a case in case a quake like ioma prieta of 1989 were to hit again. The mandate is expected to pass. 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The agency hopes armstrongs testimony would help investigators crack down on sports doping by giving them more insight into the practice. A quick look here at Southern California. We are watching and waiting for the latest as police there are searching for an ax lapd officer who is wanted in a double murder that happened yesterday and a shooting of the other fellow Police Officers this morning. Well be back with more in a moment. Dont wait for president s day to save on a new mattress. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. Save up to 500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get a sealy queen set for just 399. Even get 3 years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Plus, free delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. Keep more president s in your wallet. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. Superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep a Home Invasion robbery in vallejo injured three people overnight. It happened just before 4 this morning at a home on mcdougals street. Some male suspects kit down the front door and three people in the home were shot. Theyre all expected to route survive. Ever as the officer was shot and killed, two other officers were injured. Bishop and shootings could be related to a suspected gunman christopher and jordajordan dorner a former lapd officer wanted in connection with a double murder of a couple an irvine. Temperatures are too bad right now, but up to the north we have some showers. Storm tracker 4 and the majority of the bay area is dry for now. The yellow on these green indicates moderate to heavy rain. Picking up light rain all around the santa rosa, petaluma area. This cold front will head the bay area will start to lose its identity as it crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. We are anticipating scattered showers later on today. Most of us will be dry for the morning commute, i dont think we will see to many problems on the roadways. Not much moisture is associated with this system but snow levels are going to drop. We will see snow in tahoe as well. We are tracking the rain in the bay area and we have some rain and the north bay. By 10 looks like a sitting over the heart of the bay, the good news is folks are stat work or school. Their brain and lingering showers will be back by 11 00 p. M. Tonight. Inland areas will be dry, we will not put this rain to bed until later on tonight. 41 and napa, 40 in san mateo, mid50s into the afternoon. Temperatures will not be as warm. Cool air associated with this system will settle into the bay area. Walnut creek 55, 54 alameda, downtown San Francisco 54, 55 richmond. 7 day around the bay forecast shows dry weather returns and 60s, not only into the weekend but as we start the next workweek. 6 47 a. M. And here is george. The bay bridge toll plaza light back up this morning. An easy drive time, 9 to 11 minutes. Especially if youre coming from the nimitz freeway. This is the beginning of the back up right here. A very light and easy ride. San mateo bridge problem free with a 11 minute commute time from the toll plaza to foster city. The Golden Gate Bridge ride an easy one as it comes from marin county. The east shore freeway ride we are in the south bay here. Theirs is the issue on the almandine bally out of highway 5, that is the only problem here. 1 01 southbound a little slide past accounting lined up from 37 down to the Golden Gate Bridge, drive time under 25 minutes. Slow traffic for the east bay is a highway four through antioch and interstate 583 all to my past. Were not looking at much in the way of slowing for interstate 80, these short freeway. False errors of the San Franciscobased vary between vallejo and severance is going to be restored by this afternoon. One of the four ferries between the two cities has been out of commission since monday because of a mechanical problem, a backup ferry is in the shipyard for routine maintenance. Ferry riders have been either taking the two ferries or buses between vallejo and San Francisco, but the third ferry should be repaired and back in service in time for this evenings commute from San Francisco to vallejo. A area bay area residents may have a chance to walk on the bay bridge and the proposed grand Opening Celebration is approved. The Bay Area Toll Authority is considering a proposal that would open the bridge to foot traffic as part of a labor Day Celebration of the new eastern span. The authority will consider the proposal during a Public Meeting next week. It approved the birds could open more than 125,000 people on fled on the fourth and final day of scheduled full bridge closure. House democrats will unveil 15 proposals for curbing the violence that resemble president obama is planned and will include a call for banning assault weapons. The democrats recommendations of will include a but barring high capacity magazines carry more than 10 rounds of ammunition, requiring background checks for all gun sales and prohibiting gun trafficking, of which obama proposed last month. The democrats proposals are unlikely to go anywhere quickly in the republican controlled house. When people tell me that you cannot prevent these kind of occurrences, that does not mean we cannot do something to god forbid if it happens again diminished the carnage. It matters it matters new images have been replaced on the iran state td allegedly signed pictures taken from the u. S and droned captured in 2011. The video shows an aerial view of the airport at the citys said to beat cant hire afghanistan. It also shows images at a base in eastern iran. Iran has long claimed it managed to take control of the drought and is capable of launching its own production line for the unmanned aircraft. U. S. Vessels a big draw malfunctioned and had to land and i ran. Rescue workers of the Solomon Islands are having a difficult time reaching remote areas ravaged by yesterdays tsunami. This comes as the death toll rose at least nine people including a child. The tsunami was generated when a powerful 8. 0 earthquake hit near the town of lot of hot and the easternmost province and the silence. At around 100 homes across five villages were damaged or destroyed. Well, well, well. Growing up, we didnt have uverse. We couldnt record four shows at the same time. In my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. And if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, thats all we watched. And we liked it todays kids got it so good. 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