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And the battle of a brain dead teenager in oakland goes from the hospital room to a court room. Well tell you what to expect in the jahi mcmath case. And were just two days away from the big 49ers packers playoff game. Kron 4s mike pelton is at Lambeau Field in green bay with your pregame coverage. Since fact san mateo bridge is a problem for a ride in both directions of 92. Your drive time about 12 minutes between 881 01. As we take it over to the traffic map westbound 24 is a clear shot through the caldecott tunnel looks like that before doing pretty good with mostly green on the roadways sensors indicated speeds over 50 mi. An hour. Anny the family of 13 year old jahi mcmath will be in court today, looking for a judge to order Childrens Hospital oakland to allow the teen to have a feeding tube inserted so she can be transferred to another facility. Mcmath is scheduled to be taken off life support on tuesday after she suffered complications from a tonsillectomy last month. Several doctors have declared the teen brain dead. The familys Attorney Says jahi has not been getting nutrition for nearly three weeks. And hospital Officials Say they wont insert the tubes needed because they have no legal obligation to operate on the body of a dead person. A deadly new years eve in San Franciscos tenderloin district as a sixyearold girl sophia liu is killed when a driver hits her in the crosswalk. That driver works for uber, but was not on duty at the time. The driver is syed muzafar a 57yearold man from union city. Muzafar was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence. And is currently free on bond. Freezing start this weekend the road to the super bowl for the 49ers gets off to a freezing start this week ending green bay. Kron 4s mike pelton is in wisconsin ahead of the team this morning getting a feel for just how cold things are there. And just how confident the packers are now that theyve gotten back their quarterback. The 49ers deny it here until later on tonight. Yesterday we saw the packers out of the practice field. Here we can see aaron rogers to return from injury to lead the packers into the playoffs. Theyre going and with a lot of confidence. The 49ers won here last year. They beat green bay and the playoffs and a weak one here. Despite the struggle the packer sound like a confident the group. its hard to stop a quarterback like that. I think one of the things you have to do is make a run game. If we can do what we can do in the first game we have a better deal going on this time. we want to control the ball. Each game every play gets more intense likely said. the game can go differently. the packers are facing another problem. They still need to sell about 3000 remaining games sunday or face a potential black out on local television. They received an extension of the nfl until 4 00 this afternoon. In green bay mike pelton kron4 knows. Anny stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage on the niners. They visit the Green Bay Packers sunday in an nfc kron fours mike pelton is in green bay to cover the game. Well be getting updates from him all morning and throughout this weekend. Authorities in San Francisco are investigating an arson attack against the chinese consulate. Believe it but the ships sent to rescue the people stuck on an icebound ship near antarctica is now stuck as well. Will have an update on that story. And another glitch in the obama care system. This one affecting pregnant women and parents of newborns. The time now is 409. Welcome back authorities in San Francisco are investigating an arson attack at the chinese consulate. No one was injured, but the building was heavily damaged. And as kron fours Charles Clifford reports. The fbi is now leading the investigation. According to the chinese consulate in San Francisco around 935 wednesday evening, someone threw two buckets of gasoline on the front door of the building and this set it on fire. No one was injured but the flames heavily damaged exterior double doors of the conflict as well as the exterior walls. There was otheralso smoke damage inside the building. Thursday afternoon the fbi announced they were launching a full investigation into the attack. Theyre working with the cooperation of sanfords as the Police Department as well as diplomatic security. They said they have also collected evidence but will not reveal specific information of what they found nor did they say anything about a possible suspect or suspects. It is said the attack appears to be an isolated incident. this appears to be more likely a criminal matter of hopes to a security measure. If the changes we election know immediately. The chinese consulate is also cooperating with the investigation. They have also asked that every effort be made to protect the consulate and the diplomats who work here. And San Francisco Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Erica we have another one day ahead. Ill be talking about your weekend forecast of the kron4 morning news zeturns. Comeback time now is 415. It is friday and we are tracking once again mild conditions here and the bay area and maybe finally some rain coming this way. Here is erica. Good morning. Erica we are looking for to some rain and perhaps next week. A 10 to 20 percent chance. Temperatures would definitely cool but for now were talking fairly mild conditions with plenty of sunshine at least until the weekend. Heres a look at current conditions. San francisco 46. Upper 30s leaving the house in concord. We are still above freezing in santa rosa. Thanks to the high clouds we are warmer than 24 hours ago. We wanted dels bone chilling temperatures unless youre in a very isolated spot north bay. The rest of us about six degrees warmer the law everywhere 24 hours ago. Heres a look at afternoon forecast. At mid to upper 60s and the south bay. 67 degrees and sunnyvale. A 66 in santa clara. We will experience mid60s through the San Ramon Valley with a high of 67. Again partly cloudy to mostly sunny conditions. San francisco a high of 64 and it will be a little warmer through that in napa. On sunday the 49ers fan against the Green Bay Packers. Kickoff at 140 and if youre actually handing to lamb all expect a High Temperature of 0 degree is to bring every jacket to on it will be very frigid out there. Police you have any snow and the forecast. It will be bone chilling cold. Nothing like it ever experienced at candlestick. In 7 day around the bay forecast highlights a string of sunshine with fairly warm conditions as we head into the weekend. Changes on the horizon however as we start the next work week. The clock a cooling trend with a 20 percent chance for showers. Any rain we do see i dont think well see any more than a 10th of an inch. You not have to rearrange your drive time are commute 3 heres a look at your bay bridge toll plaza. I havent seen any way to your at the pay gates and we are seeing the stock top speeds across the span. San mateo bridge clear conditions. We all have any special traffic advisories to alert to to permit those tell lies on the bright side of your screen are heading out toward foster city north bound 1 is an easy ride coming out of the coyote valley. We all have any delays for interstate 280. Northbound 85 is a good ride into cupertino. And as a continued york turned into Mountain View we are seeing a speechspeeds up to 50 mi. Per hour. In a Catholic Priest is dead a police say his killer is in custody. Officers arrested gary lee block thursday. Cnns ed schneider talked to people who are close to the priest. unbelievable shock the Something Like this could happen. thats the feeling surrounded this moderate the church. a doctor who belongs to the parish. Told our officers that father was dead. But he was found inside iraq to retreat he served throughout the north coast for years suspended three of them at st. Bernards. Police say he was killed in a violent struggle. A suspect captured thursday afternoon. it was a crime of opportunity. Specifically targeted person for it to them in a News Conference thursday morning gary bullock was announced as the prime suspect. He was caught hours later arrested and rice land. The new years day murder sent shockwaves through the catholic community. its interesting that people are grieving about my heart goes out to them. Concreting for your loss. He was a friend. he was a magnet for Homeless People sometimes. People come here seeking assistance for various kinds. Now a city is left trying to cope. That hasnt seen again. Were just in shock. Anny place a block was in jail just hours before the rev. Was killed. He was into the hospital because for a trencha strange behavior. He was released eight hours before police learned of the priests murder. Happening now the trip back to land is on hold again for 52 scientists and towards rescue from a Research Ship struckjudge stuck in ice in the antarctic. Heres video of the rescue. The passengers were airlifted from the icebound ship yesterday. But the australian eyes parker has been told to stay put for now because a chinese eyes progress supply their rescue helicopter fares and make it stuck in the eyes as well. The vessel got stuck on christmas eve. The ships crew plans to stay on board and has a weeks worth of supplies. Anny freezing start this weekend with the obama another quirk has surfaced with the obama administrations new Health Insurance system theres no easy way to update your coverage for a new baby and other common life events. With regular private insurance, parents just notify the health plan. The Administration Says babies will still be covered, but parents must now tell the government, too. The problem is the healthcare. Gov website cant handle such updates yet. And its not just a new baby. The website is unable to handle marriage, divorce, a death, a new job or a change in income, even moving to a different community. Officials say for now consumers should just notify a man who graduated law school and passed the bar exam while living in the us illegally. Will be able to practice law here in california. The state Supreme Court granted a law license to Sergio Garcia yesterday. He challenged a law that wouldnt allow undocumented immigrants to earn professional licenses from government agencies. Garcia arrived in the us illegally 20years ago to pick almonds. He worked in orchards and fields and at a Grocery Store while studying to become a lawyer. 2014 is shaping up to be a huge year in technology our tech reporter gabe slate gives us a look at what big things are coming our way. 2014 will be a big year for google. Coming up after the break. We will have details. From google glacis to those of 41 be a big year for google. At some point they will unviel the mysterious barge that is floating in the bay google has revealed very little they said they are exploring using the barge as an interactive learning space. That could mean its some sort of floating show room party boat or much more. Maybe its time machine google glass their high tech head gear is expected to hit the market this year the latest rumor is that will cost around 600 and come out before summer it might be the must have gadget for 2014 or it might prove to be too expensive and not offer enough real world practical uses and be a huge flop either way it will be big news as for apple 2014 will be big also it could be the year that we finally see an apple branded television. A tv set that has itunes built into it making it easy to listen to your music, watch tv shows and movies bought through itunes and view all your personal digital material, pictures and videos on your iphone. And we expect the iwatch to be unveiled apples take on the smart watch samsung got thiers out in 2013, an android friendly watch. And the Tech Industry is waiting to see if apple will be next. And we may see a larger iphone 4 inches just isnt cutting it android phon been very successful with the bigger screens there is a lot of people who want to see a 5 inch iphone. Speaking of phones lg will make a big splash in 2014 with their Android Phone the g flex its the worlds first smart phone to feature a flexible and curved display. The phone bends when pressure is put on it protecting it from some types of damage and the curved screen is said to enhance the visual experience when watching videos on the device. The lg gflex is expected to hit the market this spring. And you expect 2014 to be the year of same day actually going to a store to buy something after 2014 might be weird ebay, google, amazon, and instacart all offer same Day Delivery Services in the bay they shop with almost all the major stores. These are affordable, extremely convienient, and they work very well. The only problem is no one knows about it so well see what happens in 2014 gabe slate, kron 4 news. Welcome back time now is 430. Happy friday everyone. Erica we are looking at very mild pleasant conditions around the bay area 3 it looks very clear from this vantage point. We do have high clouds above and thats actually good news. Its actually not as a chilly as 24 hours ago. Temperatures are still for the most part above freezing. Napa at the freezing mark. Upper thirties for pleasanton and concord. 46 rain now in hayward. Low 40s on the mid peninsula and as we head into the afternoon it will be a pleasant day with temperatures similar to what we saw yesterday many were looking at the possibility of american to records. 67 degrees in both livermore and sunnyvale perry was the low 60s for daly city. 66 year high in napa. Looks like temperatures well maybe in the 50s to some comments in mostly clear condition spirit has to look after 7 day around the bay forecast. Again this pleasant stretch of whether all the sunshine will carry us into the week and the changes on the horizon. Despite more cloud cover and the possibility for some showers. As for traffic around the bay area we are off to a great start. Bay bridge commuters take a look at this. Although traffic has increased coming from the e shore freeway were still talking and very light ride with snow metering lights. In fact we have seen the major rain lights turned off for the last week and a half. San mateo bridge missing more cars on the right hand of your screen. This entire trip from the ball down to the Golden Gate Bridge the southern part of the span that the drive time at about 23 minutes. Astarte rope high micmac plays in her hospital bed on a respirator killers are going back to court today hoping a judge will hire a feeding tube for the brain dead teen it so that she to be transferred to another facility. what a high micmac remains in hospital this morning the first one deals with breeding and feeding tubes. Whether the hospital should be forced to answer those tubes in the Second Court Appearance which may be even bigger goals before unless something changes at that time the hospital will be allowed to take her off lifesupport. Thats the very latest. Kron4 knows. A huge sigh of relief for city college of San Francisco after a judge says the Accreditation Commission cannot terminate the schools accreditation. All this is good news for students and college it doesnt change the fact that the school could still lose its accreditation later this year. Kron4s j. R. Stone has more. its a cherished institution and as long as im City Attorney we will make sure it continues to serve the people of San Francisco. the battle of accreditation of work city college and San Francisco is heating up through the george ruled thursday that accreditation at the school will not be revoked until there is a trial. i dont think we would have seen that motion granted if there were arguments carried a lot of ways. the Accreditation Committee for a Junior College as a pair ruled that it would be a revolt over how the college was being run for it lawyers argue the recommendations given to the college were not addressed. At San Francisco city Attorney Says that is hardly the case. , there have been funded by the department of education of my arrest us that institutions being monitored need to know the rules of the game and have oversight. Saying that that was not the case with city college of San Francisco. there are a lot of people embossed to ensure not only city college survived but that it thrives. In oakland a new law is set to take effect later this year that will require drivers to give up bicycles at least 3 ft. Of clearance when they pass by. The new law called the 3 ft. For safety and was signed by Governor Brown back in september 3rd it states that its not possible to give the judge if its not possible to give 3 in. slowdown in past when there is no danger to the bicyclist three it violators could face eight 35 fine and go to 220 if there is a collision involved in the bicyclist is injured. Theres a scam email going around disguised as a notice from San Francisco superior court. It says its from Elizabeth Taylor clerk to the court and asks recipients to open an attachment said to be a court notice. But court Officials Say there are no Court Workers named Elizabeth Taylor and the attachment actually contained a virus. If you get one the court says you should ignore it and not open the attachment. We are one step closer to having an agreement and the bart labor dispute. After two strikes, contract ratifications a disputed bart board vote and a lawsuit the bart District Board of directors has approved a compromise contract. The contract does not include the controversial six weeks of pay for family medical leave. But bart workers will be getting improvements to a variety of provisions including those dealing with bereavement family medical leave and training. Also a provision giving giving employees a one time bonus of bart rider should increase was revised. The new contract does not exceed the 67 million that was in the previous agreement. If fire in santa rosa wednesday night destroyed parts of the and the lopez memorial site. Fire officials said the flames burned less than a third of the alter display. There is an investigation into what caused the fire and if any foul play was involved. In the lopez supporters plan to rebuild the site tomorrow. Lopez was shot and killed by Sonoma County sheriffs Deputy Erik Gelhaus back in october. The sheriff told investigators he believes a replica of be begun lopez was carrying was an assault rifle. Clear skies a chilly start once again and more sunshine expected later today. Morning time now is 440. Watching wall street this morning. Investors may already feel a little nostalgic for 2013. The markets began the new year with its worst performance in nearly three weeks. Heres a look at yesterdays closing numbers. The dow lost 135 points. The nasdaq lost 33. And the s and p lost 16. Futures trading mixed right now. Opening bell at 6 30. Cafe terminus appropriately named after checking out. Theyve opened their cool millibar and cafe right at the end of the california street. Terminus. train station and of the line. Come here before you call, have a drink. Get on Public Transportation and have a nice time. Even if you dont take Public Transit live in nice time in a great meal pretty much all day long. that was sort of the concepts 3 we read this all day cafe and we were serving the different needs of people at different times. It opens early for breakfast and close as a 2 00 a. M. For the cocktail crowd. He rose as all coffee around his own firm. its my life. I love it. I dont mind and mopping floors. I dont mind cleaning. I love to cook. Is the only thing ive ever can actually down. If i was smarter id probably do something else. Fan im glad he decided to stick with food. The generous roast beef sandwich with horseradish is off the hook. The military and that it so much it is towboat treat. And are the Citizens Community pac tel works just fine. To find out more of cafe terminus in of clock for click on kron4 dot com dianne and dish. Vicki liviakis kron4 knows. Anny im hungry now. We will take a break on the kron4 morning news. The time now is 442 we will be back welcome back time now coming up at 445 on your friday morning. Will get a check of your weather and traffic with erica. Erica the morning everyone happy friday. San Francisco Holding on. To check out santa rosa. Still hovering above the freezing mark. Keep in my we havent hit our morning walls that just blows. At the averages will continue to drop beginning at sunrise. In terms of temperatures its going to be a lot like yesterday. Looking at the possibility of record breaking highs and even along the coastline will see readings about 10 degrees warmer than where we should be for this time of year. As we head into the afternoon check out these numbers. Temperatures man and the mid60s to the San Ramon Valley. The 60 degrees and vallejo. Downtown San Francisco and have 64 with similar weather and berkeley. Fog will looks like some of the warmer spots with a high of 68. If we do have a spare alert to tell you about so know what burning as all out 3 keep in mind a lot of the pollutants will be trapped closer to the ground still have some problem breathing. Your 7 day around the bay forecast shows warm weather will stick around for the next couple of days. If you do have Winter Weather looks like will see more of that with an increasing cloud cover. We could see more and what of precipitation for the rest of january. More on that coming up in a moment. Meantime taken a look at the bridges. Bay bridge doing just fine in fact i havent seen any way whatsoever. For those of you getting an early start at the san mateo bridge are seeing right conditions getting to it and the nimitz freeway. No weight at the toll plaza whatsoever and looks like traffic is moving at the limit approaching the high rise right now. Drive time about 12 to 13 minutes in both directions of highway 92 between 8 atm little one. As we take it over to the traffic maps, looking at our drive time of 23 minutes out of the bottle into San Francisco. We are currently still a free for those of you taking Golden Gate Bridge and as for Public Transit you are the way for it. Anny on a story you will onlt see on kron 4. A vallejo man who has been burglarized several times, believes the two men responsible for all those crimes. Are now behind bars. And as kron4 scott rates shows us, this man was shocked when he found out why the two men were arrested. this man who we will call antoine is living much better nowadays. He and his family feel safe now but that was not always the case. Wheat first about his story back in october. And to set up a surveillance camera when he was fed up with burglars and his community he was able to catch cant pictures of two burglars inside his home however he said nothing was done. On december 23rd Vallejo Police arrested two men and 20 yearold james a brisker and 19 yearold j. Mahon at mathews. Investigators say these two are connected to several armed robberies in the area and police say brisker has also been charged with attempted murder for a shooting that happened back on december 8th. That should been left a 22 yearold man in a coma. Antoine believes that these are the same to man that burglarized his house back in october. and something would have been done about those guys when i showed the pictures before maybe that would not have happened. and even though police would not confirm or deny that these were the two men from antoines camera antoine insist that they are and he says his family to sleep better now knowing they are behind bars. i checked with vallejo pd and he told me those subjects are facing several charges tonight and said all of this has happened and what has what his family out of the lifo three reporting and Vallejo Scott rates kron 4 news. Anny florida is catching up to the york and will soon become the nations third most populous state in the country. The latest census figures show new york state has just a 98,000 person lead over florida. Both states are nearing 20 million residents. And it is that Senior Citizens were driving population growth and florida. Instead more than half of the new arrivals are between the ages of 25 and 64 almost 40 percent of them are under 25. X new yorkers and migrants from latin america are the biggest sources for new floor vents. Floridans. Health officials are urging people to be vaccinated for swine flu after a woman died in southern california. Orange county Health Official said a 28 yearold San Juan Capistrano woman with an underlying medical condition by last week of each one and one. 12 people have been hospitalized in kern county into and Ventura County with flu like symptoms 3h1n1 virus. A california mother was arrested after investigators say she let Homeless People babysit her son so she could go out and party on new years eve. 36yearold summer collras of San Bernardino allegedly asked two homeless friends to look after her 10year old. She went out for the night, got back at two in the morning, and said her son was gone. It took search and rescue teams 14hours to track down the boy. He was found walking home from a friends house. County welfare officials are now taking care of him. Starbucks for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A seattle woman did just that in 2013. She challenged herself to eat and drink only items that could be purchased from starbucks, or its Partner Stores for an entire year. She blogging and photographed her meals along the way and even lost some weight her name is beautiful existence. Thats right, her legal name really is beautiful existence. She says she had plenty of variety most of the time. The 40yearold mother of two kept shopping and cooking meals for her two children during the challenge. She kept all her receipts, and says she ended up spending more than seven thousand dollars at starbucks over the year. Her first nonstarbucks meal was fish and chips. Cough clear skies and chilly out there again. Another mile day in store for us. The time now is 454. Top stories we are following on this friday january 3rd. A noreaster brings bitter cold and heavy snow. And cancels thousands of flights all across the nation. Incredible video coming into the kron 4 newsroom. Well show you some of the impact. And the battle of a brain dead teenager in oakland goes from the hospital room to a court room. Well tell you what to expect in the jahi mcmath case. And were just two days away from the big 49ers packers playoff game. Kron 4s mike pelton is at Lambeau Field in green bay with your pregame coverage. But get the latest developments on the snow thats coming down right now. Getting pictures and from new york city to missouri with over 24 States Affected by this massive snowstorm that affected the eastern half of the nation. Heavy snow blizzard conditions airports shut down right now including jfk in new york city. Weve seen thousands of Flights Canceled nationwide. a la with the noreaster worsening, thousands of more flights will likely be canceled today. On the left you see conditions in indianapolis, and on the right long island, new york. Parts of the north east are under blizzard warnings. Winter storms have affected about 100million people across 22states this week. With weather battering the midwest and northeast, more cancellations and delays are expected today at s f o. And many airports around the country are shutdown or have long lines at check ins due to the storm. Bostons Logan Airport is not expected to reopen until ate this afternoon. While many passengers experience long waits at newarks jfk due to Poor Visibility and deicing of planes yesterday. Many passengers we talked to at sfo say they just want get home from their holiday pit sahelcut down justines pkg. Travel is expected to be worse today with the weather battering the midwest and northeast, its affecting air travel into and out of those areas. And the Ripple Effect is being felt right here in the bay area. Kron4s Justine Waldman reports from sfo about all the delays and cancellations. Kron4s and jackie so as a live. This is what no traveler wants to see their flight cancelled. look at the big board. Thats the first thing that you know this is all those flights to jfk have been canceled this morning. Especially the ones are arriving here. Nothing taking off from jfk right now. As this on quatorze as expected to move up into the boston area later on today. Impact may be felt as far as far north as boston. If youre traveling anywhere on the eastern seaboard. You should be aware that there will be an extreme. Not only how delays but cancellations. Almost 1500 cancellations already today and thats on top of the over 2000 every canceled yesterday. Many more are going to be delayed so if youre traveling today anywhere across the but specifically in the east coast he should be aware of that contact your carrier. Get a hold of them and figure out if its even going to happen or not. Yesterday we started to see flights be proactively canceled. We may see much of the same today. Airlines just understanding theres no way theyre going to be able to get all those flights in and out of those impact it airports. Will be here all morning long. Check in with travelers three people getting to where they need to be. Obviously is going to have a huge impact on travel today. But it an update on this big storm thats it in as heading the eastern span. hears from a reporter and the boston area. It into the snow and a background. Kind of reminds me of the matrix. They did see it on one speeds up to 30 mi. An hour. Quite like the weather over there and just north of boston we saw over 21 in. Of snow. As we take it over to a satellite and radar taken a look at the maps, a lot of this storm has already pushed its way into the atlantic. But like i mentioned a lot more snow than what forecasters originally expected. We saw 17 to 18 in. Are ready and upstate new york. 8 in. Ride around york city. Subfreezing temperatures in spots. We will continue to see blizzard conditions along the coastline especially main which is getting the brunt of the snow storm right now. We are monitoring those Flight Cancellations across the country. Thats the story will want to see stuck around for kron4 to cover. Are not taken a look at conditions around the bay area mostly clear with high clouds. Thats actually keeping temperatures on the warmer side. Later on today is spare the air alert goes into affect. Slightly cooler conditions and to the weekend and perhaps some showers by the middle of next week. We do have some changes here and the bay area forecast. Of the walking you through your 7 day around the bay coming up at 515. Heres a torch. George thanks erica is were enjoying credit like conditions on this friday. Were hoping it will continue through the morning. No back up on any bay area bridges and even on the east bay on interstate 580 and highway 44 we would normally see slow traffic already, conditions are still very light as they are for the rest of the bay area. Anny time now is 506. In developing story we are following this morning. The battle over jahi mcmath will be heading before two judges. Even though the house of the cleared her braindead the family are dishy is still alive. Kron4s will tran is live in front of the hospital with whats going to happen next. Will while the third yearold remains in hospital there are two Court Appearances for the family attorney as will as attorneys for Childrens Hospital. The first one deals with breeding and feeding tubes. Whether the hospital should be forced to insert those tubes and the Second Court Appearance goes before a federal magistrate who will try to break a deal between the two sides. Unless something changes next tuesday at 5 00 p. M. The hospital will be allowed to take her off life support. Reporting in oakland will tran kron 4 news street mark the fbi is now leading the investigation into an arson attack on the chinese consulate in San Francisco. Wednesday night, someone threw two buckets of gasoline on the front doors of the building on gary and laguna streets. No one was injured but the plants heavily damaged the outside of the consulate and a less smoke damage. Federal investigators say theyre working with local police and Fire Departments as well as the state department of diplomatic security. They said the attack appears to be an isolated incident. [ male announcer ] when you feel good, no one is immun emergenc has more vitamin c than 10 oranges plus other antioxidants and electrolyte to help you come do with a serious case of healthy. Emergenc. Making healthy contagious. [ coughi ] [ cryg ] sorr [ male announcer ] new robitussin dm max nightti. Fast, powerful cough reli that helps you eep like a baby robitussin nightme. Dont suffer the coughequenc. Welcome back to the kron4 morning news. A 3 a. Grass fire and corte of madera is now under control. It was first reported around to 45 last night at a homeless encampments. Just east of the village Shopping Mall there was no one andnear 101 and tamalpais drive. The homeless cans are being investigated for possibly starting the fire. The fire chief says propane tanks pose a particular danger to the firefighters this morning. Corte madera. Will be here throughout the day to make sure no hot spots come out. There were no injuries reported as a result of the fire. Erica we have big changes [ male announcer ] the more you lose, the more you se because for every 2 pounds y lose through diet and exercise alli can help you lose one more by blocking some of the fat you eat. Start now at myalli. Co ak waking up to high clouds and a better start than yesterday morning. 38 leaving the house in concord and looks like santa rosa still above freezing. Lets focus our attention on the afternoon. Were talking sunny skies for most of us. The warmest greetings will be in the south bay campbell today and 68 sunnyvale checkin and with a high of 67 we have to think on the board. The, the possibility of recordbreaking temperatures and a spare the air alerts in effect no wood burning as a loud but with highs like this who needs to downtown San Francisco a high of 64 for today and again oakland could break a record with a high of 68. Looking ahead into the weekend sunday that very important playoff game the 49ers have to green bay to face the packers. And its going to be a bone chilling day. Heres a 7 day around the bay note notice mild weather will carry us into the weekend but clouds will increase as a lot of folks have to work. A cooling trend and store and perhaps a few raindrops. And it will see anything significant we are looking at a 20 percent chance to see a 10th of an edge. The time now is 5173 heres a look of the roads with the george. George not checking in the hot spots or even in the incidents were the of melt so far. Light traffic and bay area bridges. Here at the bay bridge on the light. For 92 and easy trip as well for the Golden Gate Bridge. Into the traffic heading out westbound towards the high rise. The problems there. In looking at the east bay commute interstate 80 and the westbound ride looking at still under 15 minute drive times from hercules to berkeley. 60 minutes to the San Ramon Valley. 580 west looks good. I did pick up just a little slowing through it all to montt but it doesnt even show up on the sensors. For your ride to the south its light traffic on all of the freeways and the north bay ride looks good for north bound 101 southbound still 25 minutes from the bottle down to the Golden Gate Bridge. This morning and suspect is in custody for the murder of a respected priests who was found dead on a years stay in eureka. 43 yearold carried lead block was taken into custody yesterday. He suspected of killing or friend eric freed. Frieds body was found at st. Bernards church after he didnt show up for morning mass. Officials are looking for a motive in this case. This table lock was in and out of Police Custody in the hours before the reference that. He was sent to hospital for an exam because of erratic behavior. The same block was aneric freed. Gary lee bullock. A man who graduated law school and passed the bar exam while living in the u s illegally. Will be able to practice law here in california. The state Supreme Court granted a law license to Sergio Garcia yesterday. He challenged a law that wouldnt allow undocumented immigrants to earn professional licenses from government agencies. Garcia arrived in the us illegally 20years ago to pick almonds. He worked in orchards and fields and at a Grocery Store while studying to become a lawyer. 2014 is shaping up to be a huge year in technology our tech reporter gabe slate gives us a look at what big things are coming our way. 2014 will be a big year for google. At some point they will unviel the mysterious barge that is floating in the bay google has revealed very little they said they are exploring using the barge as an interactive learning space. That could mean its some sort of floating show room party boat or much more. Maybe its time machine google glass their high tech head gear is expected to hit the market this year the latest rumor is that will cost around 600 and come out before summer it might be the must have gadget for 2014 or it might prove to be too enough real world practical uses and be a huge flop either way it will be big news as for apple 2014 will be big also it could be the year that we finally see an apple branded television. City college of san School Lunches will be seen the lean meat and whole grains very soon. Seeing. The usda says rose made a year ago allowing more meat and whole grain and School Lunches will become permanent. Guidelines restricting portion size were originally intended to combat child could obesity but many parents complained their kids werent getting enough to eat. School administrators said that rules establishing maximums on grains and meat are too limiting and make it difficult to plan daily meals. Mark and world news, and his Prime Minister is mark and world news, and his primgood. Ister is good answer. Check it out. Learnings fun now. Yeah, back in our day, we didnt have uverse high Speed Internet to play and learn online. All we had was that franklin fuzzypants. Ah, the educational toy bear. Remember when the battery went out . [ slow, deep voice ] give me your abcs. All i learned was a new definition of fear. I need some pudding. Yeah, theres one left. [ male announcer ] connect all your wifienabled devices with uverse high Speed Internet. Rethink possible. Years old and says its time to hand the job off to a new Prime Minister. So you made some bad decisions last night. Make a good one this morning. Get two biscuit sandwiches, with your choice of country grilled sausage, egg, and cheese, or bacon, egg, and cheese, both on my new southern style biscuits. Youll save some cash cause right now theyre two for just three bucks. Cmon cody. Lets get some breakfast. You drive. I traded the car for the tattoo. Guys on wall street. I think many of us already selling installed fix for 2013. The market began the new year with its worst performance in nearly three weeks. Heres a look at yesterdays closing numbers. The dow lost 135 points. The nasdaq lost 33. And the s p lost 16. Futures trading mixed right now opening bell at 630. Anny an update on the snap chat had caught. Hack. The apse markers plan to put out a more secure version since the break this week that allow hackers to collect the users names and phone numbers as of some 04 6 million of its users. Snap chat is popular with younger users because it tends not to leave the kind of electronic trail sites like facebook can. The up they will allow users to opt out of its fine friend feature and what better control future attempts to abuse its service. Packers gained access to snap chat user information after Security Experts warned the company at least twice about the vulnerability and a system. Mark the city of los angeles is suing a developer over casino style Computer Games clammy theyre nothing more than illegal gambling. The games were supplied to local cyber cafes, masquerading as legal sweepstakes. Prosecutors said they spun wills or dealt virtual cards just like the real casino. Games players could buy at a later point in their winnings could be redeemed for cash. Of a calf is involved in a lawsuit are now out of business. Anny harnessing the power of the sun to a propel a car. Ford plans to debut in new solar powered car next week at the Consumer Electronics show. Its called the c max solar inneenergi. The roof is covered covered with a solar cell. The car is a version of the cmax energi plug in part. Like that car, the new solar car can go 21 mi. On electricity between charges then switch over to gas until its recharge. The solar card is only a concept car so you wont see for so at any dealerships just yet. We female announcer female announcer get beautyrest, posturepedic, even tempurpedic mattress sets, at low clearance prices. Save even more on floor samples, demonstrators and closeout inventory. The year end Clearance Sale is on now at sleep train. Your ticket to a better nights sleep the 1 selling pain reliever, in one Cold Medicine advil congestion relief. 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Offered one degrees through sunnyvale and San Francisco currently at 40 degrees. Partly cloudy conditions as we head into the afternoon we are looking at the possibility to break some records. Expect better air quality as we head into the weekend. A cool down by next week. How be highlighting the possibility for some showers into next week. George no problems at any bay area bridges. Currently we are and to get free and there are no problems for your ride around the bay. The 49ers chase to the championship gets off to a freezing start and green bay. Kron4s mike pelton had is getting a feel for how cold things are there and just how confident the packers are now that they have their quarterback back three good morning from a very chilly fLambeau Field. Now just two days away from the nc wildcard matchup. Flambeau filled sets ride in the middle of the neighborhood here in green bay. One of the most popular touring as in all of the bay area sports. The wind chill and temperatures are expected to be well below zero. They say this is tough even for them. were just focused on try to make things happen. im sure both teams will be ready. The 49ers the green bay here last season but the temperatures were much warmer earlier in the air. Theyre expected her later tonight and are staying home and act as a wisconsin about 30 mi. Southwest of here and we will be there of course for the teams arrival. And green bay mike pelton kron4 knows. Anny stay with kron4 as we continue coverage. Kron4s mike pelton will be in green bay to cover that came of course and we will be getting updates from him all morning and throughout this weekend. Hes a hard working man the next few days. Mark as californias highspeed rail project is moving forward despite a few bumps in the road. The california high speed rail already assured the public that construction plans are moving ahead despite a series of recent setbacks. Recent Court Rulings against the project to create confusion about the bullet trains prospects. A soccer mom decius a Sacramento County judge invalidated the real authorities Business Plan forced it to show how it will pay for the first 300 mi. Of construction and rejected a request from the authoritys that would allow the state treasurer to sell its plastics billion dollars in bonds. A bizarre story. A 21 year old accused of stealing jars of brain tissue and putting them up for auction on ebay has been arrested. Police say David Charles broke into the Indiana Medical History Museum to steal the jars of specimens over several years. The preserved tissue or autopsy tissue sample spending from the 1890s to the 1940s. the specimens have actually been used and current research. By the schools medical tissue bank and over the years they have been taking samples from the are jars of tissues from the autopsy that were done here in this building. Anny heres how they found out about it. The buyer of the tissue samples of the bay became concerned the brain tissue samples were stolen and alerted police. Mark heres something you dont see every day. A bear cluba bear cub living with chickens. The orphaned cubs was found in a chicken coop and a dayamidway, bridge columbia. And the chickens were sharing their grains with the beer. The baby black bear was captured and transported to the Northern Lights Wildlife Society for it will be cared for. Well be right comeback timeout is 545. Fast falling snow, whipping winds and bitter cold are getting much of the nation this morning. On the left it is what it looked like late yesterday afternoon in western maryland and washington d. C. On the right, you can see the snow coming down really hard in lakewood ohio. As bad as it may look, the real weather trouble is in parts of new york and massachusetts which this blizzard conditions from a noreaster. Waiting for john f. Kennedy airport to reopen in the new york area. A lot lanes are taught that it stuck there. Erica watching our forecast. This is quite a storm here. For the whole eastern half of the nation. Erica thats right mark. In fact its impacting 24 states right now. No. Are boston we see about 22 in. Of snowfall and about 80 in. In upstate new york. The brunt of the system is impacting parts of vermont. Or we are seeing frigid like conditions. The storm is moving its way through the mid atlantic. The big concern will be the Flight Cancellations throughout the country. That is something we will continue to monitor the conference jackies of so. A year and the bay area we are waking up to high cost of ferry, conditions. A chilly start to rob the north bay where we have temperatures rider around freezing. Low for this out the door in half moon bay. I later on today expect plaza weather with partly cloudy conditions. I think with a little bit of breeze the spare the air of a large is still in effect. 62 degrees year high and the lee city. Upper 60s in livermore and napa today with a high of 66. By letter on this evening you perhaps have some plans. It is a friday night. Expect most locations to remain in the low 50s so maybe just a light traffic is required. We are keeping a close eye on what happened spend at green bay. If you want to rule on the 49ers macsharry brink of the jacket on. Kron4s mike pelton will be live see can always catch up dates right here on kron4. Heres a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast. Clouds will increase as we had over into next week. Temperatures will drop. I really dont think we will see more than a 10th of an inch of rain. Ephah for a less take a look at traffic now with george. George still watching a pretty quiet commute. A few incidents in which the chp is in attendance theres nothing really slowing traffic gets. Im watching one problem in the city that could turn into a traffic problem even with the exception of like conditions that we have. This morning here at the bay bridge no backup or delay for the westbound ride. Doubtful that we will see the metering lights activated for this mornings ride and for your trip to 92 heading over to foster city across the san mateo bridge, and easy ride as it is currently on the Golden Gate Bridge for 101 southbound. Heres the incident and its interstate 280 here in daly city. There was an accident report and the northbound lanes and its possible at least been reported that one of the parties to that accident north bound may have jumped into the southbound lanes of traffic and may have been struck for a southbound vehicle. But if thats true, that could mean a major delays here or lease obstruction for the southbound to 80 ride. That pleasant traffic is very light so there are various much traffic and pac10 will be very easy route to detour around is that effect turns out to be the case. Otherwise the rest of your ride throughout the bay area still exceptionally light traffic even for the east bay for interstate 580 and highway 4. July thanks to george. Mark walmart is saying its considering taking legal action after dna testing showed traces of fox meet in the document is cells in china. The donkey meet was recently called which is a popular delicacy in parts of china. A Government Agency did the testing revealed the talks meet. Walmart says they have pulled all products from the dumpy meat supplier. Customers who were affected or offered compensation. Sells. Meat. Your private messages to friends of facebook not so private at least according to a new lawsuit against the social networking site. And the people behind the suit want a big payout. Lawyers claim facebook intercepted those private messages and sold it to marketing firms. To facebook users filed suit in San Francisco. And are looking for a class action status. Same as many as 166 million facebook users and the u. S. May be able to join the suit. And did this, this of 2,300 a day for each alleged violation or 10,000 for each user. Facebook reportedly says the accusations are without merit but the company has put out an official statement. and george will thursday that accreditation at city college and San Francisco will be revoked until there is a trial. of the accrediting commission for community and Junior Colleges had ruled that the schools accreditation would be revoked over how the college was being run. Lawyers arguing the recommendations given to the college were not addressed. San Francisco City Attorney Says that is hardly the case. deputy City Attorney eisenberg made it quite clear that they were i want to say wind but factually and trust and arguments that were making. there have been findings by the Public Department of education that they failed to comply with certain aspects of the federal law engaged in unlawful conduct three the need to know the rules of the game they said. He says that was not the case with city college of San Francisco. there are a lot of people involved in insuring not only that city college survives but that it also drives. Anny in trouble in this case will likely take place early to mid summer and we wont have a ruling on the accreditation situation until after that trial. Mark how impressive are the Golden State Warriors. Lebraun James Drummond to the hoop and the athletic finish for the layup. 49493 and Third Quarter Stephen Curry with one of his off balance 3 is gave of the warriors a 12 point lead. 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