The death of a patient at San FranciscoGeneral Hospital earlier this year. Now a witness is speaking out. We a new details on the bart of the possibility of a third strike. Maligned were not done with the rain. We still had more rain to come. We are expected to get a decent amount of rain for letter on this afternoon. We did have a little bit of light rain on interstate 5 a. That is starting to clear up but from the north we have light rain for benicia. We also have light brand, ron crockett of that is just the extent of it perry ed the wider view shows all the moisture will be heading out of here. When this is all said and done all of the systems we may see over 2 in. Of rain for the higher elevations. Perhaps over a half an inch for the central bay. We do have interesting changes to talk about as we move into the weekend. There 7 day around the bay will be coming up in 15 minutes. Were still not tracking any hot spots but were of dating and accident on highway 24. This crash was first reported he smiled at the off ramp from 24 wants a pleasant hill. It turns out that this is that they on ramp in the commune direction was mom. It is a minor incident but if you take this route on to 24 to bypass 680 you may find yourself a little slower than usual. A again, this is just a minor crash and it should have zero impact on westbound 24. The south bay are without power right now. Kron fours will tran is live in san jose with an the power was just restored on julian intent. Pg e have been here since 11 30 p. M. Last night when basically a transformer crossfire. I talked to the crews and day told me that it was weather related. They stated that when it rains it will call some of the power , the electricity and that is their reason why it caught on fire. It wiped out 4000 homes as far as people in the dark and then about 5 45 a. M. They were able to get the lights back on. I have to tell you, will swing the camera just show you not only is it an inconvenience but it is costing money. This street is completely in the dark and it was like that until about 5 30 a. M. There is a gas station to try to open and they were unable to because they were also in the dark. Now that the power is on, if you are down here you should have your lights on. They are still busy. In other developing new is that were following another developing story we are following this morning. New details in the Death Investigation of lynne spalding. The mystery man who saw a body in the stairwell days before spalding was found. Has now come forward. Kron fours mike pelton is live at sf General Hospital with more. This man works here at the hospital and they have been tried to reach him for quite some time. She was a hospital for a bladder infection when she disappeared and hospital officials stated that two weeks after she disappeared this manwas led and and he notified one person that he saw some one. This was back on october 4th. This was the body of land. Her body was found in the stairwell. Sheriff deputies did not check the stairwell or followup on the tip. A member of the hospital staff found her and that it wanted to talk to this man to put the pieces together. A again, we never like to leave anyone like this. We like to shed light on something. The fact that everyone was considering that now, he did give his account. This is just one of those loose ends. They interviewed him and youve heard the chief stated that he hopes of this will help put some of the pieces together to find allies took them to onehalf of orson find her. The family stated very irritated because the man is a medical field and it should not have taken them three additional days after he reported seeing her body. Happening now, Union Workers at several Uc Medical Centers are holding a one day strike. Unions are calling on bart to on a labor contract that its members voted to approve last month. The president s of the local stated that bart board of directors need to honor their word. The board is scheduled to vote tomorrow. Bart officials have claimed they did not agree to a provision giving workers six weeks of paid and will leave to care for sick family members. The family medical leave clause was in the original contract, but, on june 5th, the Union Proposed to take off the table. That was promptly rejected. Then on july 11th, when bryant says, leading bart negotiator thomasit started at 6 this mornin hock reviewed o the family leave act. It was formatted as part of a contract on july 19th. On august 7th, both units present a written materials. Then, on halloween, the new is again gave written material to barts, documenting all the agreements. He says said it is still projected until november 7th, when our system that made a mistake by including it in the final contract. Coming up on the kron4 morning nils. A white supremacist and serial killer put to death overnight in missouri. Why his execution almost did not happen. A rally against alleged Police Brutality involved in a man riding his bike on a San Francisco sidewalk. Why protesters are so upset about this case. From Oprah Winfrey to former president bill clinton pripet how these iconic people will be honored today by president obama. Welcome back. On to a developing story out of San Francisco, where a group of protestors is demanding justice alleging about a hundred people gathered outside the Mission Police station last night. The protest sparked by the arrest of Dparis Charles Williams on friday. He was stopped by police for riding his bike on the sidewalk at a Public Housing complex. Much of the incident caught on camera. Witnesses say williams was beaten by police and that they were attacked trying to help him. But police argue williams tried to run from them and resisted arrest someonesession i am accountable and the officers will be held accountable. There was no need for this. All we wanted them to do was to start beating on him. Maligned chief suhr says five of his officers were injured that night. Two went to the hospital. Investigators are looking at video of the incident to determine whether officers acted appropriately. Coming up on a kron4 morning nils. We are looking at the weather. Were keeping an eye on rain that is here in the bay area that is holding off for now, but more is on the way. Heres a live look outside from the interstate 80 in emeryville. Whatoes at first spooul tte le . Ok. Hoy bunches oats. Ching mmmm mmmm mm its thoats. Honey. Yeah. Hoy bunches oats. Is ia grt cereal. Today, president obama will award the medal of freedom to more than a dozen people. Among the recipients of the nations highest civilian honor will be former president bill clinton, iconic talk show host Oprah Winfrey and late astronaut sally ride. The president will letter headlined a dinner at the American History museum that will honor all of this years recipients. Later today, president obama will pay tribute to john f. Kennedy two days before this 50th anniversary of his assassination. This is video of president kennedys funeral in 1963. He established the modern version of the medal of freedom. Mr. Obama was also visit kennedys grave at Arlington National cemetery. It has been two days in a row that we have had problems in marin. What we understand so far is that there is a vehicle that is blocking one lane of traffic. This is early to see the ride but this may start to back things up much earlier than usual. A alert has been issued and traffic advisories have been set up. They usually issue base of they expect more than one line to be blocked over 30 minutes. This is becoming a slower than usual ride for interstate 80 in the westbound direction. There is heavy traffic from richmond, down from the upper east shore freeway. The drive time is 19 to 20 minutes already. Although we are incident. It is likely that these are weather related delays. The bay bridge, the toll plaza traffic is building slowly so that is a good nils. The pavement is still damp but no standing water. The commute on 92, the san mateo bridge we are seeing an increase in volume with the drive time around 14 minutes westbound. So far Public Transit is not have been in the delays or problems on a strained, caltran, or bart. Ace train, caltran or bart. Maligned we are picking up light plane into martinez. What i a satellite and radar shows the plane is moving out of the bay area. I will have more on the snow for sierra. We do have wet Winter Weather advisory in effect. We did see some amounts of rain for areas. Keep in mind that we do have more wet weather runway. Heavy showers are expected to brawl lunchtime. We may also pick up thunderstorms. Here is a look picture highs for today vallejo have a high of 61 and the same for san mateo. We have the Winter Weather advisory will we may see 4 in. Of new snow for tomorrow but pass that and we may dry things up and see plenty of sunshine. If your heading up to tahoe, we do have a chain controls in affect for interstate 80. The seven day of around the bay shows highpressure back in control. Take a look at next week, by two state will be back in the 70s. New this morning. White supremacists serial killer in Joseph Paul Franklin has been put to death in missouri. Franklin targeted blacks and jews and a Cross Country killing rampage from 1977 to 1980. He killed 20 people overall. Friends and also limited to a shooting and wounding civil rights leader Vernon Jordan and hustler magazine publisher larry flint who has been paralyzed since 1978. The execution claim after the Supreme Court denied a petition earlier requested a stay of execution. New this morning, florida congressman henry or rodale will be in washington today after being charged with cocaine possession. The 37 yearold freshman republican has apologized to his constituents calling it an extremely irresponsible choice. He says that he had been struggling with alcoholism and plans to get some help. Virginia state senator and former candidate creed deeds remains in the hospital this morning after being stabbed multiple times by his son. The senator tried to have his 24 year old son committed to a Mental Institution earlier this week but he was not admitted. The two then got into a fight on monday. That is when the 24 yearold stabbed his father and later killed himself investigators have been able to speak with dietz, but he remains in the hospital and has unspoken. Memo come new this morning, voters in the mexico largest city soundly defeated a ban on late term abortions. Last night in an election that was being closely watched as a possible new front and the national fight. Voters rejected the measure 55 to 45 following an emotional and graphic campaign that brought in National Groups and hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising. The campaign included protests that compared to the holocaust and display pictures of aborted fetuses. A coalition of groups, including the American Civil Liberties union of new mexico and planned parenthood, called the results a huge victory for albuquerque women and families. Coming up we will have gabe slate with the tech report. I love watching tv outside. And why can you move the tv out here . The wireless receiver. I got that when i switched to uverse. But why . Because its so much better than cable. Its got more hd channels, more dvr space. Yeah, but i mean, how did you know . I researched. No, ii told you. No. Yeah no. The important part is that youre happy now. And i got you this visor. You made a visor yes that ill never wear. Ohh. [ male announcer ] get uverse tv for just 19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Welcome back. It is time for the tech report with gabe slate. I have something really cool to show you. Theyre only four of these right now in the united states. Here is a sneak peek. This is the worlds first flexible smart phone. It is there l g flex. This is about change. That hand said makers are working on flexible screens. This will be the first on the market. It is a 6 in. Display but super flight. The kurds, was cool. It will fit in your hand nicely. It is a better fit and you have a better sound. It is a little more adorable. If you were to drop it there will always serve your screen from getting correct. If you one more content, with your videos this is taking care of. You get this experience and your eyes are closer to each ankle of the screen as you can see right here. You get that much easier experience. The more that it would change everything that we know about our devices. Sunday, we may just be able to rolled or folded up. And put in our pockets. This phoneit is basically, if you think of Something Like with a car it is a proprietary that is created by l j that can be used to avoid unwanted scratches. It will keep your phone looking new a lot longer. It is actually on moson sale on right now and career. Gabe slate, kron 4 news. Were getting you ready for the holidays with a special dining and shopping guide here on kron 4. Its our Holiday Gadgets and goodies special coming up friday night, november 22nd at 9. Vicki liviakis shows you the best holiday eats and treats, from dining out to great recipes. Gabe Slate Highlights the hottest tech items sure to impress those your list. Kron 4s Holiday Gadgets and goodies. Dont start your holiday the time is 6 27 a. M. When we return. A body was found in the east bay turns out to be a 20 yearold college student. We will have an update. We also have opening bell on wall street next. Zczczcto welcome back. Opening bell on wall street. There was a rise in retail sales and dow futures are up 21 points. Were keeping our eye on wall street because people are spending. Hopefully, the retail sales will rise due to the Holiday Shopping season. We are keeping our eye on rain here in the bay area, holding off for now, but it is not over yet. Heres a live look outside at an estate in emeryville. We are tracking hot spots. We should mention that even though it is no longer training that there are still problems. You may spend out because remember, the roads have not been washed clean. Were talking about a alert with an accident that has 2 lines blocked in marin county. Your normal troublefree ride is that this morning. Traffic is backing up all with the santa fell. This is of an over california. A vehicle was on the side and there may be injuries. It is slow an already added 10 minutes to the commute time. Rain is really tapering off and it is pretty dry right now but this is just a dry breaks because more rain is coming. A cold front will drop all through and iran will actually intensified. We will increase the likelihood for of thunderstorms. Your afternoon high will be in the upper 60s, low 50s. We are seen delays for sfo. I will have a for detail coming up. A man whose body was found at the san leandro merina on friday has been identified by the Alameda County corners of your as a 20 year old man, derrick shao. Here is a stude was a stut city college of San Francisco, he was last seen about 10 00 a. M. On november 7th. Police said that he was headed out to catch the 29 sun at muni bus to school. However, he never ride. His family later reported him missing. His body was found in the water off of the marina in san leandro of 7 00 a. M. On friday. A man has been killed after being fatally struck by a car and then dragged for more than a mile. This is video from the scene. Just after 6 00 p. M. Last night, Vallejo Police received reports of a collision involving a pedestrian. Three minutes later, there was another report that a person was trapped under a vehicle. Police said that a car traveling north on broadway street, unknowingly struck the pedestrian. They say that this is a reminder for people to be cautious when the roads wet. A citizens flag down the driver and told him that a person was trapped under his vehicle. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. No word of speed or alcohol was a factor. The chp is still trying to figure out why former raider linebacker, thomas howard, was driving his car more than 100 mi. Per hour when he crashed. He killed himself and another driver. This morning, they are looking at all the possibilities. Kron4 a data access to the chp is evidence area in oakland. Investigators showed us what was left to from the deadly accident scene when interstate 880 monday morning. When the vehicle impacted this car was right here. As you can see the stern will is crushed. The bmw landed on the driver and crushed him and killed him instantly. Chp is looking into how the state of mind was. There are going to do a complete vehicle inspection. The Walnut Creek City Council is set to discuss the parking proposal that would increase meter rates unchanged enforcements hours. The city currently enforce parking meters from 9 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. The proposal would change that, making the new enforcement hours 10 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. The proposal also looks to charging people on sunday. Officials say, that the new fees would bring in millions of dollars that will be reinvested into walnut if approved, the new parking fees and rules will go into effect next year. New funding for San Francisco and this pope Railway Service could be prioritized. This would be under a Charter Amendment introduced today. Under the charter ed mcmahon, muni would receive an additional 70 million beginning this fiscal year. They would be required to undergo Equity Analyst overseen by the and board. And muni officials will ensure it is addressed. The measure would also make muni service free for all samprass go you who are under the age of 18 years old. Coming up on the kron4 morning nils robbed and mark will be here to talk about what is making headline on news. Rob black and mark will talk about what is making headlines on wall street. Plus, it is being called the tallest water slide in the world. We will tell you where it is and when it will be open to the public. Some startling details are now coming out from the fall of late actress Brittany Murphy. Why he thinks that she did not die from pneumonia. Welcome back. The father of actress Brittany Murphy wants the investigation of his daughters 2009 death three opens. He says that murphy was poisoned and he has the lab reports to prove it. According to the report, which was conducted by a lab her father paid for, heavy metals were discovered in her hair samples the lab tested and also found something to be consistent with rat poison. The corner stated that she died of pneumonia and anemia. A few months after she died her husband also died suddenly. Big changes in the technology world. A growing number of women are getting tired. In the past yeaand hired, the Tech Industry brought on 60,000 new workers and 36,000 are women. That is about 60 . It is a huge shift. In the past, men have traditionally made up 70 to 60 of the new hire reason. Samsung has proposed making a kill switch that what rendered stolen or lost phones and operable which would be a standard feature, but the nations biggest carriers have rejected the idea. This attorney George Gascoigne and other officials are demanding that manufactures create kill switches to combat surgeon smart phone of across the country. The Wireless Industry says that kill switches are not the answer because a hacker could still potentially disabled them. According to the federal commissioncommunications commi, almost one in three u. S. Robberies involve a phone pest. Test. Heft. We will be right back. Xn welcome back the time this 644. 6 44 a. M. This has not stopped the traffic from backing up. It is now backing up toward at the civic center. Also slow is sir Francis Drake boulevard spread the drive time is now over 35 minutes. Were also looking at a slow traffic on the east shore freeway. The volume is continuing to build. The drive time is up over 21 minutes already from hercules to berkeley. Your drive to the bay bridge speaking of the brethe bay brid. It is backing up all the way to the 880 brand. There is very light conditions and now were starting to see backups over 18 to 22 minutes. 92, the san mateo bridge things are starting to dry out which is nice. This is an easy ride although we had volume building and the drive time is up over 15 minutes from hayward to foster city. The good news is that we will start to dry things out for the rest of the morning. The rain will not pick up again until the early afternoon. Storm tracker 4 is not relish on any activity but we have areas of low visibility. Future cast 4 is showing spotty rain right from the bay bridge. We still have activity in the atmosphere. As we says ford is not going to be until we see another storm come. This cold front is not only wants to bring rain but some small to the sierra. It will not last for long. In the showers will taper off. Your ride home is not looking too bed. 6 00 p. M. We should have mostly dry conditions. We will keep the possibility of scattered showers over the next day or so. However, everything should be dry for tomorrow morning. Here is a look captured temperatures for this afternoon. Oakland will have a high of 64. Upper 50s along the coast. Satellite and radar shows the iran will move out of the bay area and not much snow associated. We do have wet Winter Weather advisory for tomorrow. We may see another five to 10 in. Of snow. Maligned if you are going in that direction we have chain requirements. The seven day of around the bay shows that were back in the sunshine by friday. Warmer weather as we transition to the weekend. We are watching what straig wall street with our financial expert rob black. He sent the markets down and we have closed below the 16 dulcimer. We are watching ben bernanke and waiting to see what happens. Whether or not they will ease back on their bond of buying. She will probably be more accommodating. I would not doubt it. Ben bernanke is making his last major rounds and speeches. He is the king of the banks. He is stating that capering is not tightening. He stated that as a the economy get better, we want to know when tapering will happen. We will stay up, dead for a long time. A lot of things are going to happen as far as lower employment. They may start raising Interest Rates were the banks will get free money. And this will help you get a turn on your investment the monetary is good for the markets. Last month there was a hands of tapering and we saw Interest Rates to issue the. There was just miss place worry. Jobs are improving and they be high Interest Rates in the short term. We want the 10 year at 1. 7 0. 5 was anemic. We want higher Interest Rates. It does not seem to reflect the economy which is not doing very well. Companies are starting to lean. This is not bad but do you think the market is fair where it is that . I can listen to a Party Minutes of you. 30 minutes of ye looking at quality job growth. This is built on one hand. The profits are there. They are fine and that should lead to hiring. A again, you are correct. The low was not as bad. The Housing Market is not doing too bad. J. C. Penney came out with their numbers. They are going to survive. It is not glorious, but they will survive. No one really cares. It is all about yahoo in japan. Will they just take . They could. They are probably going to get money out of them and they announce their stock buyback. Their time is starting to convert the immediately. Right now, they are setting up. We would check back with rob letter. Workers are hoping that they will hold a strike it uc San Francisco to go all day. It is about 22,000 workers. Kron4 is reporting. I am here where there have been a strike going on. Joining me is a union spokesperson. Why is this important . There is a safety problem that you see on the campus and at the hospital. These workers have been talking about these issues. That is not just our perspective but the perspective of the board. We issued a complaint to once ago. These workers have had serious safety problems. We have people out here this morning and that will be gathering that special we are expecting thousands of people statewide to come out today. This is a serious issue. They take the safety of the people that they serve and colleagues seriously. We will be out picture of the morning to provide some more comments from some of the workers. New this morning, do you like water slides . The largest is set to open in kansas. Check out this total. It is construction e zero water slides in kansas city. It has a lot of media people walking and talking about. It has been called the worlds tallest water slide. The park where it will be built will set a record for a another slide in brazil. It molds just over 65 mi. Per hour. Kansas city would not reveal the details of the speed and fight until the opens which is then made. In may. A san jose person is injured and we will tell you about that coming up. Heres a live look outside. There is more rain heres a live look outside. There is more rain on the way. Yeah, i dream about bacon. [sfx] wham so im bringing back the blt cheeseburger combo. A juicy jumbo beef patty loaded with Hickory Smoked bacon and melting cheese plus fries and a drink for just 4. 99. But this isnt a dream. Its just a video from my last birthday party. Welcome back. Were following several developing stories. We have the world according to gary coming up. We are talking about the word of the year. It plus, were following the latest with a jet that crashed. Well have details on that coming up. Were also following the latest with the traffic on the bridges. Will have details coming up. Welcome back. Were getting flooding