State, and there was at least one fatality and more than 100 injuries. Sara ganim is in fayetteville North Carolina with more on this Winter Weather. A lot of kids who were stranded at school are saying its just an extended play day but for those who are stranded on the roles and are still on the road to try to get home quite the nightmare in the south. Reporting live in fayetteville North Carolina on sarah annum. Thank you sarah. Anny i heard that people in atlanta were leaving their cars stranded. Theyre going to match restores and sleeping there. Try to find some shelter. Or they were spending the night at the gas station. Anny at were talking about some changes in our weather pattern as well. Nothing as intense as the cold conditions in the south but we are talking about finally some rain in this area. Heres erica with our weather and traffic. The morning erica. Erica the morning to you both. I want to talk more extensively about whats happening in the deep south. We will have some lingering snow showers and freezing rain forest of florida and georgia border. But as resume and you on notice that this grant is actually moving out to sea to look like with instilling with lingering impact that can result in flight delays. A year and the bay area kind of muggy outside. We in some areas of low clouds. Temperatures were nominally and the upper to low 50s. 4 mi. Visibility driving down hayward and looks like visibility slightly improves heading up the nimitz freeway the rain is finally in the forecast here in the bay area. His luck and satellite and radar. But we are scene dry conditions are right now we are starting to pick up some light rain once again in your rica and as far south as ukiah. It wont be until the afternoon that we will start to see some showers. Morning commute looking fine. It just went with some dense fog but the slick roadways definitely something to look out for as we head into tonight. 3 00 just a few scattered showers and take a look at 8 00 this evening for it looks like widespread light rain arrives in the north bay. This will continue a southward trek. A lot of the rain falling overnight and looks like we will continue with the possibility of scattered showers as we head into your thursday. When this is all said and done once the storm moves out of here we could see about a quarter of an edge for the bay. Perhaps an inch for the hills. Thats definitely one of the estimates i have heard. This is not going to be a huge rainmaker but we will take what we can get. Your 7 day around the bay forecast shows the unsettled weather will continue into tomorrow. In langtry chance into friday but it really doesnt look too likely. I think would just be dealing with some morning fog. Sunshine into the afternoon and looks like temperatures start to warm into the weekend and starting the next work week. As for traffic around the bay area now looking at any hot spots. Quickly looking at the bridges three the obamas of the cloud cover at the bay bridge toll plaza looks like visibility is actually pretty good at the toll plaza. The good to go on highway 92. About 12 minute drive time. And i 80 west looks good. No problems for westbound 24 of the traffic map however, you may encounter some pretty dense fog coming out of the tunnel. As a ticket over to the 58680 interchange just still enjoy conditions here. A pretty easy ride coming out of tracy and 2 to 05. Anny thanks erica. In other local news,more than 3,000 people are expected to attend the funeral for sgt. Tom smith. Sgt. Smith is the bart Police Officer who was one week ago, by colleague during an apartment search. Smith lived in san ramon. Kron 4s j. R. Stone was in smiths neighborhood where the community is still remembering him as they prepare for his funeral today. J. R. it has been a very difficult week for those who live in this section of san ramon. Those who know Sergeant Tom Smith. And the neighborhood where he lived u. S. Blacks can be seen all over the place. Were talking about small flags, big flags hanging from a secondfloor windows and even little kids carried the u. S. Flag. All this in memory of sergeants and mess. And also to show that those here in the neighborhood are in the morning. Many of these flags put up by homeowners and others by volunteers. I spoke with one man whose u. S. Flag was hanging from his garage. He told me that this has been a very difficult week. He did not think he would even be able to sit a few words without getting an emotional about what has happened. Other neighbors told me they wont soon forget Sergeant Tom Smith and these flags are a sign of that. One man says that he did not know Sergeant Tom Smith but hes proud to have a flag outside his house in memory of the officer. Here we are a week after the shooting, flags are flying and officers are still up and sergeant smiths house as his family mourns. It will certainly be a tough wednesday for many of the folks who live in this neighborhood. Many who have a chance to remember Sergeant Tom Smith one last time at his funeral parade in san ramon, j. R. Stone, kron4 notes 3 it jacqueline stay with kron 4, as we will be covering this story all morning. You can find this on our website kron 4 dot com weve posted information about the funeral plans. You can also check our facebook and twitter pages. And you can download the kron4 mobile app. We will also have the latest developents in the investigation of what actually happened during the probation search. President obama says he will tackle the crisis with or without congress. Plus the man responsible for setting a car on fire is on the loose. We will have the details and whats the future for cruise ships that sickened hundreds of passengers and crew. Will have that story and more coming up. Welcome back time now is 410. An arsonist is on the loose this morning in santa cruz. You can see him in this Surveillance Video that was captured outside the pierce european and japanese auto service on so quayle avenue near south rodeo gulch road. Soquel av enue near south rodeo gultch road. The man entered of service shop just after 6 00 p. M. Monday night. Surely after the man entered the shop he then set fire to a couple cars. Arson investigators have no motive and are still looking into how the man started the fires. Oakland police are looking for the man who shot an elderly woman yesterday morning during a Home Invasion robbery. It happened on the 4100 block of laguna avenue. The 81yearold woman was alone when police say a maforced his way in to the home in the Lincoln Highlands neighborhood. After he shot the woman he ran away. Police say this type of activity is unusual for the area. Police say they think the suspect only fired one shot that hit the woman and damaged the house next door. Its unclear if the suspect took anything before he fled. The woman is in the hospital in stable condition. The College Community is on high alert after a student is kidnapped from the college of marin the campus at gunpoint and sexually assaulted. The attack happened thursday night when a male student walked to his car and a parking lot. Once inside his car he discovered he was not alone. Officials say he was attacked by a male suspect was described as a heavyset African American man about 6 ft. Tall. The victim eventually escaped the the suspect has been caught yet. Campus officials want to remind students to always be aware. Make sure you lock your car before heading to class at least a score to are available if requested. A comeback time now is 414. President obama delivered his 5th state of the Union Address last night. He urged congress to support his agenda but if need be. He said there will be times he is fine going it alone. Shannon travis has the story. Its their rare occasion for washington politicians often engaged in political combat to come together. the president of the united states. thank you. sustained applause an ovation for president obama during his fifth state of the Union Address. it is you are set a sense the whole make the state of our union strong. it also plenty of opportunities for criticism. The pool president attacking issues that separate democrats and republicans in every day americans on emigration reforms. Expanding economic opportunity, our quality has deepened. Upper mobility has stalled. and raising the minimum wage nationwide. the president says he will sign an executive order to raise the minimum wage for just over 10 from a federal contract workers. join the rest of the country. Say yes. Give america a race. just what action president obama says his fear of action, but he vows of Congress Wont help him he would go around congress three them out wherever and whenever i can take steps without legislation to expand opportunity for more American Families that is what i am going to do. after the president s speech the republicans response. we hope the president will join us in a year of real action by impairing people not by making their lives harder with unprecedented spending, higher taxes and fewer jobs. San Francisco mayor ed lee was one of first Lady Michelle obamas guests last night during the state of the Union Address. Mayor lee. Tweeting this och picture of he and his wife anita. In the east room of the white house before the address. Afterward. Mayor lee released a statement saying. He was honored to represent San Francisco at the event. He went on to say, in part i look forward to supporting the president s goals in San Francisco. By doubling down on an aggressive affordability agenda. To build 30,000 new homes by 2020, raise the minimum wage and cregood jobs for all sn franciscans. House Speaker John Boehner is warning president barack obama about his promises to sidestep congress. Boehner says, quote the president must understand his power is limited by our constitution, and the authority he has doesnt add up to much for those without opportunity in this economy. The first Lady Michelle obama will be visiting los angeles and San Francisco this week. While in la, she will do an interview with Ryan Seacrest on how to stay fit by eating better. Exercising. And signing up for healthcare. The interview will air january 30th. The first lady will also attend an event hosted by the democratic party. And then. January 30th and 31st, shell be in San Francisco for political events before returning home to the white house. We are tracking the possibility for some rain and finally in the bay area. We are seeing some fog and clouds of there. Heres miracle with your forecast. Erica good morning and i guess we are finally dealing with some fog and drizzle and im very confident we will see some rain this afternoon. This is a very weak cold front that is sitting offshore however, it will move into the bay area as early as this afternoon so expect afternoon showers north of the Golden Gate Bridge and the rest of us will start to see some rain later on tonight. Heres a look at futurecast 4. Three this afternoon not looking at much but as to put the clock into motion light rain is expected. Really done some sprinkles by 6 00 tonight. The spot will continue to push into the bay area. Looks like the heaviest rain actually scheduled for overnight. Slow growth will probably be the worst between 12 and 4 in the morning. Waking up, looks like it could still be fairly moist. We are looking at the possibility for lingering showers thursday even into the evening but we are confident it will be dry as we head into your friday. Spotting rain this afternoon. In the prepared for your evening ride home. Widespread showers later on tonight. More rain definitely possible as we head into thursday, this is all said and done we could perhaps seat up to an end for the north bay hills. Higher up in the sierra to see we will see much snow because this is a fairly warm system. Looks like we could see a few inches of about 6,000 ft. In Winter Weather advisory will go into effect later on tonight stretching into friday morning. A little bit of snow also and the Sierra Nevada. His electors 7 day around the bay forecast with unsettled weather that sticks around for the next couple of days by the weakened partly cloudy conditions. It will be a little warmer and looks like plenty of sunshine as we start the next work week. In terms of rain, we will take what we can give. Were still looking at deficit amounts however. Over and the Traffic Center we are good to go. Currently looking at no hot spot. A little cloudy at the bay bridge toll plaza looks like there to live within the issues of visibility in fact traffic flowing freely and to San Francisco. The accidents to report and all problems getting to the bridge coming across the nimitz freeway. Golden gate bridge looking good with a drive time of 23 minutes out of the bottle into the city. As we take it over to the traffic map screen on the roadways sensors of north about 85, highway 17 and 101 approaching san jose mineta and as i mentioned the north bay looks a good. Ive been checking with the chp and we are currently accident free. James . James millions of americans are being forced to pay more for Flood Insurance. But hundreds of thousands of them could get a break today. The senate may vote to delay increases for those people. For four more years. Owners of second homes, businesses in flood areas, and properties that flood often. Would still have to pay right away. The increases are meant to shore up the federal Flood Insurance program. The program took a big hit with superstorm sandy. It is 24billion dollars in debt to taxpayers. Meantime, the house is looking to vote on a bill that would make cuts to food stamps. The cuts are part of a one thousandpage farm bill. Set for a vote this morning. It looks like the bill will cut the Food Stamp Program by about 800Million Dollars a year. Conservative republicans had wanted to cut food stamps by five times that much, but ended up compromising. Farmers will continue to get generous benefits. The farm bill is expected to cost close to 100 billion dollars a year. A cruise ship where hundreds of passengers and crew members got sick is due back in the new jersey port it departed from last week. The explorer of the seas is due to dock this afternoon in bayonne. The Royal Caribbean ship had to cut short a 10day cruise after more than 600 passengers and crew members started vomiting and having diarrhea. Tests have not yet confirmed the cause. The Ships Medical Team has said the symptoms were consistent with norovirus. The ship left bayonne jan. 21. Relief efforts are underway in greece after a five pointnine earthquake struck the island of kefalonia on sunday. The greek Prime MinisterAntonis Samaras visited the island yesterday. He made an unscheduled overnight stop. Diverting the jet carrying him back from meetings in brussels. Thousands of residents are staying away from their homes. Following the earthquake and dozens of aftershocks. Ferries have arrived on the island to provide emergency shelter. Greece lies on one of earths the most earthquake prone areas. Happy holiday. Traffic is light. And rain is on the life final leg. The time now for 23. We will be right back. 425 is the time. Sales of the latest wii u consoles and games are dow about it. The company is predicting a loss of 242 Million Dollars for the first nine months of the fiscal year. That includes languishing wii u sales. Nintendo cut its annual forecast from 9 Million Units to just under 3 million. Anny experts say. Soft drinks. Marketed to children. Have a lot of sugar. But just how much sugar might surprise you. There is now a move by a local community group, to educate the public about the dangers. Kron 4s John Fenoglio has that story. When you see drinks like these to my naturally assume they are completely good for you but the truth is drinks like these have a lot of sugar and according to shake up San Francisco, all the sugar is bad for you. This is soft drinks and other fruit juices are unhealthy and unwanted get the word out. Theyve launched an ad campaign that will soon be coming to a muni bus near you. Shape up San Francisco says the ad will help permit people to make Health Care Choices when purchasing beverages as well as providing information about the Health Risks Associated with consuming too much sugar. we are targeting the people who drink more sugary drinks. With that are doing is simply telling people how much sugar there is and the kind of drinks that are drinking, and shape up center to score says the ad campaign is no longer attached to a November Ballot measure to charges soft drinks even though they make the same point. In San FranciscoJohn Finocchio has the story. Does judge kron 4 news. Fenoglio. Erica will be talking about the rain we expect it today and just a were coming up on 430. Take in the live look outside. This is our roof camera looking back at the fog its kind of hang in there on the top of the shot. More moisture today than weve seen and a long time and we will get more on that forecast with erica and just a moment. Anny student and staff at the college of marin are on alert this morning after a student was kidnapped and sexually assaulted. The attack happened thursday night. A male student stepped into his car and found he wasnt alone. Thats when the assault happened. The suspect is still on the loose. Faced in this out dealing with the lettuce and the winter blast in georgia and mississippi. Causing hundreds of the deadly crashes and fender benders. And we are tracking our forecast here as well. Heres a look at weather rain is coming. Here is erica. Erica come morning anny. We could see rain and the north bay as early as 3 in the afternoon so slick roadways certainly a possibility for your evening ride home. The heaviest rain is actually going to fall overnight so lot us will be sleeping but dont be surprised if there rain wakes you up. We have seen rain and quite some time. Right now we are just dealing with cloudy conditions. A lot of fog out there especially highway 24 approaching the caldecott tunnel. Satellite and radar shows dry weather over the bay area. You can see clouds coming in. Once the front reaches the bay area, it will bring us some widespread showers. If in fact take a look at 8 00 this evening. A lot of rain expected for places in san rafael light rain expected. We could see a moderate rain at times. Rain will linger on into thursday as well. And wont be surprised if youre dealing with slick roadways. With luck and often on chance into thursday. When the storm system is said and done we could see up to a quarter of an inch. In the east bay. Currently temperatures are in the mid to upper 50s so its a Little Monkey out there but as we head into the afternoon we conceal to mid60s. This is a fairly warm system. Oakland today. Has a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast, an unsettled weather for the next couple of days to take a look at the weekend. Partly cloudy conditions. Temperatures start to warm and looks like dry weather as we start the next work week. In terms of rain we really take what we can get because weve been so dry for so long. In fact we have a say in the rain whatsoever for the past couple of months. As for traffic around the bay area the only thing in your way is the fog. Its probably worse highway 24 ride around the caldecott tunnel. Interstate 580 heading over to the bay bridge. Looks like some of the fog has actually started to lift compared to just an hour ago. Majority of the currency could see are coming from the e shore freeway. Over at the san mateo bridge still very quiet on the right side. Those tell light headed out toward foster city. The delays whatsoever at the Golden Gate Bridge in fact as we take it over to the map you can see all that green indicated 50 mi. Per hour. Focusing now on the peninsula and easy ride away too. We do have some areas of overnight construction but that was all wrapped up at 5 00 this morning. James . James thank you very much erica. The funeral for the bart officer killed in the line of duty is today. Tom smith will be laid to rest at the Neighborhood Church of Castro Valley. More than 3000 people are expected to attend including lt. Michael mates who fatally shot smith. Joining us live with marcus kron4s will tran. Will and james im in front of the church where the procession will arrive at about 9 00 in the morning. We expect about 3000 people to show up here in Castro Valley at the Neighborhood Church also known as the three crossed. Its for all the freeways intersect with each other. We do know that attorney general Pamela Harris as well as the officer who shot and killed thompson and michael maze will be here. Heres a picture of tom smith head of the detectives decision. Last monday, he and several other officers were in dublin do in a probation search. The investigation is still ongoing. What happened inside the home where michael may shot and killed Sergeant Tom Smith was there with the Police Department for 20 years and leaves behind a six yearold daughter. But no ones thinking about the investigation this morning. Theyre just paying their final respects to the officer. Many people will speak third i already told you Pamela Harris but also his brother whos a member of the new work Police Department. We expect people to or 5 7 00 this morning. Traffic will be an issue in for tarascan erica will have you covered as well as far as the weather and traffic. For now it is quiet but we do expect thousands to a ride. James a very good will. Thank you very much. anny the price of metered parking in downtown san jose hasnt changed in more than a decade as soon it will double. The changes will happen between highway 87 and forestry and between saint james and san salvador. Kron4sseborrhea expl come february the city Council Plans to order new smart meters along with a points these meters will be able to accept credit cards and allow drivers to pay with their cellphone. A phone apple also show available spots in the area. whats wrong with the actual meters we have now. Are we having to spend more money well implementing the meters will cost 1. 3 million of a rate increase from one to 2 per hour will help offset the cost. And i think a dollar is way too much. Thats gouging them of the question is its going to cost x amount of dollars a when its paid for whats the other money going to the employment or would be for the use . The a total of 1,200 m will be affected. Reported in downtown San Jose Police see a reid, kron 4 news. james 436. Police shoot and kill a pit bull a drought problems are forcing residents in Santa Clara Valley to reduce the amount of water they use. Water officials approved a 10 reduction in consumption. Theyve also secured half Million Dollars to inform the public about the issue. Right now, ground water levels are in good shape that could change if the rain doesnt come soon. Santa clara valley gets half of its water from other parts of the state and if that starts to dry up it could be a problem. Residents are also being given incentives for installing water efficient landscaping and low flow hardware and their homes. Anny it look out at some water restrictions elsewhere. Marin county has already asked people for a 25 voluntary reduction in water usage. Residents and pleasanton, livermore, dublin, new work, and fremont have been urged to cut back 20 . San francisco officials have announced a 10 voluntary conservation request, of which will begin this friday. Healdsburg is the only bay area location so far to implement mandatory water conservation. When Governor Brown recently declared a drought emergency for the state. He asked for voluntary conservation of 20percent by everyone in california. For any information reguarding waters saving tips and water reductions in your area visit kron 4 dot com. It is 438 lets go outside and give the live look care out of walnut creek were the right of 680 is doing pretty good. We are expecting showers today finally. Erica will give us another update on the forecast coming Pablo Sandoval will not be at saturdays giants fanfest he asked permission from the team to remain in his native venezuaela to continue his Offseason Conditioning Program which from this photo appears to be working he is playing right now for a team in the Venezuelan League finals series. Angel pagan and Marco Scutaro also are not on the list of attendees. Pagan was not there last year, too even after signing a fouryear, 40 million contract. Warriors stumble against the washington wizards. Golden states back court of steph curry and Klay Thompson were out played down the stretch by washingtons john wall and bradley beal. Stephen curry scored 23 points before missing a contested lefthanded 3 pointer as time expired, and thompson had 13 points and six rebounds for the streaky warriors. Super bowl media day. The usual throng was out at super bowl media day inlcuding the usual crazy characters doing whatever necessary to draw attention to themselves the two marquee names. Of course. Broncos quarterback peyton manning. And seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman but stealing the show was seahawks running back and oakland native marshawn lynch. Who avoided a possible 6figure fine for nonparticipation by talking for all of 6 minutes, 40 seconds then quickly excused himself but Deion Sanders working for the nfl metwork was able to corner lynch afterwards for what was a memorable interview. To say the least lynch was fined 50,000 previously for not talking to the media this season. But that fine waived. After lynch began talking to the media at the end of the season. Former cal runningback javid best is suing the nfl and Helmet Manufacturer ridell over concussions. Best. A firstround draft pick for detroit in 2010, is now out of the nfl after suffering multiple concussions with the lions before being released last year. There are a number of terms in which the suit would be dropped the main one is a medical fund for best in order to deal with future medical conditions as a result of his concussions the kron4 morning news continues after this break. Hurd said live look outside at the san mateo bridge after some seen some fog and drizzle at low clouds. The rain is on our way. Will talk more about that coming for 45 is the time. The ep a is proposing a three Million Dollar settlement to complete cleanup on a ground water contamination site. Ctx printex. A former Circuit Board factory in Mountain View. Used industrial solvents that contaminated soil and ground water on the property. The contaminated water later spread northwest of the property. An effort was made to remove the water. But low levels still remain. The contamination poses a problem to future companies on the site. Anny an audit into san joses travel expenses finds that some employees have been violating the rules. Some City Employees ran up unnecessary charges. Like cash advances, milage, and hotels. The audit looks at the spending from 20122013. A city auditor says the violations are not serious. The top spending departments include the san jose Police Department. And the offices of the mayor and city council. James terminal three at s fo is now open to the public. This is what the terminal was designed to look like. Sfo says that it may feel more like a hotel than an airport. The new terminal features a giant new picture window and lots of naturalight. There are over three hundred power outlets. And get this. Free wifi for travelers looking to relax they can check out the yoga room. Its even got stars on the ceiling there is a wide variety of restaurants and shops with bay area flavor. The terminal revamp cost the airport almost two hundred Million Dollars. Next they are looking to remodel the Airports Security checkpoint and eventually terminal one. A rare winter storm blankets much of the south with snow and ice. The last time we saw king tied was about a month ago. The current sec is the last of the season and can be seen today through friday. James dave stewart has more on the storm that has caused gridlock and frayed nerves. States that dont usually see snow are seen it and it might be pretty tough for many its a headache. Look at these pictures from jackson mississippi. Roads are snowcovered and what few snowplows they do have work out trying to clear out the mess as quickly as possible but for some, wasnt as fast enough. An alabama, much of the same. Near whiteout conditions brought traffic to a standstill. This was the scene and birmingham. In atlanta when the snow started to fall people rush to get home but found nothing but grid lock on the streets. It was a much better for air travel. Thousands of flights were cancelled but just in atlanta but across much of the south. Even the slightest accumulation leads to the serious issues. Thousands of students at hoover alabama or spend the night and schools after row conditions deteriorated. In georgia conditions kept students of gridlock school buses for hours while hundreds waited as schools for their parents. Im dave stewart, reporting. Anny heres erica with a look at weather a storm is headed and how the conditions are and the deep south. Good morning erica. Erica good morning to you. The storm is pushing out however we could still lingering snow showers for the rest of today. It looks like its really impacting the florida, georgia border and stretching to places upward toward the south east of virginia. Up to 12 in. Of snow for places like South Carolina so we could still experience nationwide impact including flight delays. But here in the bay area we are talking about a storm of our own. This is a very weak cold front that the brink of some light rain i dont think any more than an inch. Heres whats going on satellite and radar. A little bit of rain here in eureka and ukiah. Into the afternoon is our best bet for rain for it i dont think it will be until later on tonight perhaps overnight that most of the rain will fall so a lot of us will be sleeping. Fortunately, not out on the road looks like we could be dealing with slick conditions weaken up tomorrow morning. If the chance for offset showers continues into your thursday but again the bulk of the rain will actually fall overnight. Heres a look at temperatures right now were in the mid to upper 50s 55 degrees and richmond 57 leaving the house and oakland so it is a little muggy out there. We do have some areas of dense fog and keep in mind we do have a Winter Weather advisory finally and for the Sierra Nevada. This is a fairly warm system so i dont think well see too much and do with snow at lake level we could accumulate up to 8 in. Or 06 thousand feet. For his address 7 day around the bay forecast the unsettled weather for the next couple of days into the weekend expect partly cloudy conditions in any slight bump in temperatures. Well lets look at traffic this hour. We are not following any hot spots. Quickly looking at some of our bridges. The bay bridge toll plaza is a smooth and easy ride. We havent seen any build up within the last hour. But like some of the fog is actually starting to lift. If youre heading to the san mateo bridge a little traffic started to build on the right hand of your screen. Thats traffic out toward foster city. Golden gate bridge is a free. As the ticket over to the traffic map still enjoy top speeds through the brain showing speeds of 50 mi. Per hour for both interstate 280 and the bayshore freeway this morning. Anny . Anny thanks ericanew this morning Drought Conditions across california have created an elevated fire risk. In response, cal fire announced plans tuesday. To beef up Staffing Levels and resources statewide. Kron 4s Charles Clifford has details. According to the u. S. Drought monitor 98 of california is experiencing a monitor to extreme Drought Conditions. On tuesday cal fire said statewide moisture levels are closer to what they normally see at the peak of a fire season. In response cal fire has extended seasonal firefighting crews and some of our california and hired 125 supplemental firefighters and the northern half of the state. Here in the bay area 12 Additional Firefighters have been assigned to the san Mateo Santa Cruz area. Five are being sent to the sonoma likes napa unit and a dozen will go to the santa clara unit. Cal fire has also brought an 25 Additional Fire engines. It would deploy to engines with a third and it going to the Shasta Trinity area. The department is also keeping aircraft on the stand by and five air attack bases across the state. Cal fire is also reopening pacheco air attack base which is home to pay their aircraft. And a statement tuesday the director of cal fire chief kenneth hemlock says we have a well exercised a mechanism for addressing shortterm of nations and the threat of wild fire but this prolonged conditions warrant an even more aggressive action in order for us to be prepared to protect the people property and Natural Resources of california. And the news room Charles Clifford kron 4 news. James 452 is the time will take a quick break with the live look outside and the bay bridge approach. We just talked about the nasty Winter Weather out east. Will be talking about the in fact on the super bowl and ticket prices. Taking a nosedive. We will explain. 455 is the time. The superbowl is this coming sunday. And the nfl estimates, it will have a 550Million Dollar econcomic impact for the new York New Jersey area. But that may not happen. Ticket prices for the big game are taking a nose dive. Online trackers say, this is shaping up to be the cheapest superbowl since 2002. The average price paid for a super bowl ticket. Plummeted 40 percent in a week. To about two thousand fifty six dollars. Many fans are choosing to watch the big game at home. Instead of braving freezing temperatures at the outdoor stadium in new jersey. Whatlooks like there are money trouble with the royals. Spending by britains royal family has become so out of control the familys emergency cash fund. Is down to its last one million pounds. The result the queens family is being told to cut back. A government report released today says, Queen Elizabeth got 31million pounds, or 50 Million Dollars, from taxpayers last year. You might think that would be enough but apparently not. The report says, the Royal Household has to come up with new ways to bring in money. And must do more with less. One suggestion from lawmakers extend the number of days a year. When paying visitors can come into buckingham palace. This morning on kron 4. Students stranded in schools, and cars gridlocked on freeways for hours. A rare snow storm his the shouthwest. This is the bay areas new station. Kron 4 news at five starts now. good morning and thank you for joining us. Im james fletcher. We want to begin this morning with the latest on the winter storm thats blanketing much of the south. A snow and ice storm hit mississippi and alabama. And it even forced travelers in georgia to take shelter in a taco Bell Restaurant for a time. Georgia state police says 940 crashes were reported throughout the state. Killing one and injuring more than 100. Sara ganim is in North Carolina with more on this blast of Winter Weather. The storm right now focus then georgia and in florida and it is pretty intense. Heres a live report. Good morning. Im here and fayetteville North Carolina over yet as you can see the roads are still in pretty bad shape and thats the case across the south and many different cities. But the story here this morning is still really the kids who are still stranded in their schools or just now in the last hour or so getting home. An alabama, 4500 students and the town of hoover are still at school. They had no way of getting home last night and a hundred more were stuck in birmingham last night and the Atlanta Georgia area, schools that kids were stuck on school buses for hours. Many not getting home until early this morning and the main problem there was grid lock. Schools and businesses all let out when the snow began to fall and that caused a massive amount of traffic jams. In lot of people ran out of gas and abandoned cars. They walked to wherever they could get to. As a left in nearby businesses like gas stations cbs, mattress stores. Some people were stranded for hours. A lot of people stayed overnight. The mayor said he is releasing people overnight. If people did get home and took them 56 or seven and sometimes 12 hours. In many places including where i am in favor of the North Carolina eyes fell before the snow so that made Road Conditions vary dangerous 35 people died in alabama and car crashes. It is a little bit of good news. A lot of businesses for accommodating. 26 home depots opened up to try to help people to sleep in their stores. Other local businesses did the same in the kids in the south who never practice lead did get out yesterday and make good of the situation but a lot of those kids restrained in their schools. That theyre calling it an extended play day which is a positive way of thinking about it but a lot of people still stranded for them it is quite the nightmare three reporting live in states of guilt North Carolinafayatevil le, north caroline, im sara gannim, cnn. We did see is several inches of to a foot of snow and portions of South Carolina but again a lot of this is moving out. We could however see a nationwide impact in terms of flight delays. That is a big story we will continue to monitor throughout the morning. Here in the bay area waking up to a low clouds and drizzle. Believe it or not this is a live look at the San Francisco skyline. Wet weather is definitely on the bay. Rain entering your freak and then eventually the storm will send its way south. But we have issues with visibility at the bigger story will be the rain on the way. Could see it as early as 3 this afternoon for the north bay. Chance increases for the rest of us later on tonight. A thick the heaviest rain will fall overnight. This is a fairly warm system for it looks like temperatures will still stay in the lull to mid60s. We do have some details to follow in terms of how much rain to expect. I have the full details and that. The morning george. George we are tracking what could become a hot spot. An accident on the nimitz freeway 880 in the southbound direction. Youre looking here at the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is very light. With no delays now for your ride heading toward the upper deck. Quickly look at the traffic maps and you will see what we are talking about on the nimitz. The crash is located just past the 980 interchange on 880 self abound. Reports that there is glass and debris and all lanes and there may be too lanes blocked by this big rig accident. Darya thanks george. Five of four right now. The funeral for the bart officer killed in the line of duty is today. To smith will be laid to rest at the Neighborhood Church of Castro Valley. More than 3thousand people are expected to attend. Including lieutenant michal maes, who fatally shot smith. Joining us live now with more is kron 4s will tran. Will . Will you can see of the Neighborhood Church behind me known as the three cross. The reason why so many officers will be here is the one we have officers from the bay area of whenever theres an officer federal officers from across the country always turn out to show support. Heres pitcher of tommie smith. Last monday he was shot and killed by a fellow officer while doing a probation search. The investigation is ongoing but of course no ones really thinking about that today. Theyre here to pay their final respects. Also in attendance today is a michael maze, the officer that shot and killed tommy smith. We will not hear from them and the media will not be allowed to get any remarks that will take place once it starts around 2 00 this morning. Also attorney general Pamela Harris will be in attendance. After they leave this place he will move into the chapel of times in hayward. The family does not expect a recession but with all of those officers there will be a traffic problem starting are around 7 00 in the morning we expect officers to our ride. We will give reaction from officers who knew tommy smith once they get here. Keep in tune to kron4. Theres lots of going on. Back to you. James here is a timeline of events going on today remembering the fallen officer. At 8 am a bart police motorcade to will leave the bart Police Headquarters. At 8 30. The motorcade will arrive at the church. The church will open at 9. At 9 30, the uniformed officers will salute the casket. The pall bearers will remove the casket from the hearse at 10. Then the color guard will lead the procession into the church. The service will be from 10 05 to 11 15. Stay with kron4, as we will darya be covering this story all morning. You can find this on our website kron 4 dot com weve posted information about the funeral plans. You can also check our facebook and twitter pages. And you can download the kron4 mobile app. Developing news this morning. Police shot and killed a pit bull after it acttacked and park last night. Joining us live now with more is kron 4s mike pelton. Mike . About marcus some of the victims belonged kids are still here and a park behind me. He is now and hospital with multiple bite wound although the second dog is still on the loose. Police issued and killed that first dog late last night. Heres the scene. Mountain 30 last night here and Golden Gate Park near 25th avenue and lincoln away. Police say to the rebels began attacking a man bought biting him multiple times. Police arrived and shot one of the two dogs. We spoke to a wind is right after the shooting. the police came in and they basically said the firing line and so the dog just kept going further into the park and coming back and so the second time that they came back, the black dog was close enough and sitting on the table when the policeman shot him. the victim and and to that was taken to hospital with multiple bite wounds. Were told he is a stable condition this morning. A second person would try to stop the attack was also bit in the leg of that person refused medical treatment. At this point it was not clear this morning if they were strays or had owners of the second dog take it away. Authoritys were unable to locate the dog last evening. San francisco shot another dog and the Potrero Hills of neighborhood after a charge of them doing a vacant apartments searched. That was a pit bull as well. James at 508 we will take a break. Back with more in a james at 508 we will take a break. Back with more in a t and postureped 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. Wita da of lt, th mwone loveou mt ths aan tervwingor. Aob. Thatne. One. E onwho ems ke hs alrey gothe job cau he udieall e rit ursefromhe ggo. D ths aaccotant a mo a unersi of oeni sclarsp repient, who ed o unie ratcthat awese caerpnnintool and ats stunt, rkin th aay j, tang crseslign th t industry s aing be. Rey touildn edatio arnd t carr at y wan les geto wk. Wherever and whenever i can make changes without congress to expand opportunities for americans i will do. say yes give america a race. president obama in his 5th state of the union adress. Asking congress to raise the federal minimum wage to 10. 10 an hour. The man on the left. East bay congressman george miller, who cosponsored a minimum wage hike bill. The president also calling on congress to overhaul immigration laws, allow negotiations with iran rather than pass more sanctions, and to reinstate Unemployment Benefits to the 1. 6 million american who lost them at the beginning of the year. The theme of the speech was that government work for americans. And that the president was willing to try and go it alone if congress doesnt act. San Francisco Mayor ed lee was one of first Lady Michelle obamas guests last night during the state of the Union Address. Mayor lee. Tweeting this picture of him and his wife anita. In the east room of the white house before the address. Afterward, mayor lee released a statement saying. He was honored to represent San Francisco at the event. He went on to say, in part i look forward to supporting the president s goals in San Francisco. By doubling down on an aggressive affordability agenda. To build 30,000 new homes by 2020, raise the minimum wage and create and sustain good jobs for all san franciscans. The gops response to president obamas state of the union last night highlighted his police effects on jobs. Congresswoman Cathy Mcmorris rodgers says under the president s policies, more americans stopped looking for a job than found one. Mcmorris rogers also said obamas Health Care Overhaul has led to canceled Insurance Coverage and patients unable to see their regular doctors. She said her party believes in a government that trusts people and doesnt limit where you finish because of where you started. In Georgia People were stuck in that the atlanta area for hours in their cars with a mix of snow and ice causing hundreds of fender benders. The Georgian National guard is sending military hum vees to try and get food and water to people stuck in their vehicles. And this is what it looks like in North Carolina. Dangerous Road Conditions in there as well. Cars stranded erects left behind because of the snow and ice. Only about an inch of snow fell, but that was enough to make the roadways leg for drivers. Erica we could see some rain here in the bay area north of the Golden Gate Bridge as early as 3 this afternoon. Now the rest of us will have to wait until later on tonight in the heaviest rain expected during the overnight hours. Unfortunately a lot of people should not be out and about. Heres a look at futurecast 4 it could see some light rain right around santa rosa and petaluma. As we put the clock into motion very light intensity. And across the bridge over night expect scattered showers over the night looks like a setup weather can certainly continue on as we head into your thursday. The unsettled weather expected for the next 36 hours for it right now we do have some areas of dense fog. Its very foggy out there especially for the east bay valley 3 it is also not to muggy. 54 out the door in hayward and as we head into the afternoon expect all to mid60s. Everyones been talking about tahoe. Havent seen too much snow there. In fact of it will see anything around like level. We could see up to 8 in. At around 6,000 ft. Through the wind chill weather advisory goes into effect later on tonight and does not expire until friday. Your 7 day around the bay forecast highlights unsettled weather wednesday into thursday but expect partly cloudy conditions and a slight bump in temperatures as we transition into the weekend. 518, here is the george caught. George thanks erica print an accident on the nimitz freeway on 880 in oakland southbound could become a bighot spot. It is backing up the ride a bit. Thankfully its in the southbound rather than the northbound direction because theres about half the traffic flow on the southbound side at this hour. We will keep monitoring it with two lanes blocked. If it stays out there a while it to be a serious problem that can turn into a hot spot for the morning commute. Also reported was glass and debris and for the alliance. His luck pitcher bay bridge ride westbound so far, backed up free with no delays as it had to the new east span and the upper deck and the San Francisco and for your ride on 92 of the san mateo bridge a clear shot all the way over to foster city as you head out of hayward for the westbound a ride. James . James thank you very much and george. On to some interesting News New York congressman Michael Graeme caught on camera reporting in reporter after the state of the Union Address. and just finally before we let to go since we have you here we have had a chance to talk about this is only about the president. Im not talking about anything off topic so congressman Michael Graeme does not want to talk about some of the allegations concerning his campaign finances. We wanted to get him on camera on that but as you saw he refused to talk about that. Back to you. profanity thats out of the question. No. the audio is hard to make out of the congressmen can be heard telling the reporter that he would at one. Threw him off a balcony and later he would break him in half like a boy. Gramm defended his allegations like last night in response to cnn and where he said i verbally to the reporter to task and told him off because i expect a certain level of professionalism professionalism and respect it is especially when i got out of my way to do that reporter a favor. nightspot. Another woman, 25yearold vanesa zavala, pleaded not guilty to murder last week and a third person of interest is being sought. In georgia. People were stuck in the atlanta area for hours in their cars. With a mix of snow and ice causing hundreds of fender benders. The georgia National Guard is sending military humvees to try and get food and water to people stuck in their vehicles. And this is what it looks like in North Carolina. Dangerous Road Conditions there as well. Cars stranded and wrecks left behind because of the snow and ice. Only about an inch of snow fell, but that was enough to make the roadways slick for drivers. New york congressman Michael Grimm caught on camera threatening a reporter after tuesdays state of the Union Address. Heres how it happened. Grimm defended his actions late last night. In a message to cnn. He said. I verbally took the reporter to task and told him off, because i expect a certain level of professionalism and respect, especially when i go out of my way to do that reporter a favor. The cruise ship on which hundreds of people got sick the cruise ship on which hundreds of people got sick is due back in the new jersey port it departed from last week. The explorer of the seas is scheduled to dock this afternoon. The Royal Caribbean ship had to cut short a 10day cruise after more than 600 passengers and crew members started having severe stomach issues. Tests have not yet confirmed the cause. But doctors say the symptoms are consistent with norovirus. A Homeland SecurityDepartment Drone has crashed off the coast of southern california. Customs and Border Protection says the drone was on a Border Security mission. A mechanical problem developed about 20 miles southwest of san diego. Thats when the crew decided to crash it in the ocean. That drone was one of two predator b drones equipped with radar specifically designed to be used over the ocean. The cause of the mechanical failure is unknown and that the remainder of the drone fleet has been temporarily grounded. Welcome back. Watching wall street this morning. Investors are concerned over emerging markets that are fading with tter than expected earnings reports from Big Companies like pfizer and comcast. For the first time in four seasons, wall streets main stock index rose. Here is a look at yesterdays closing numbers. The dow was up 90 points. The nasdaq gained 14 points. The s p 500 also of 10 points. What has been a real concern has been a sharp drop in currencies in turkey, argentina, and south africa. Turkeys fell 3 , and in response, turkey raised a key Interest Rate overnight from 7. 75 to 12 to try to stabilize the currency. Sales of the latest wii u consoles and games are down and nintendo is not happy about it. The company is predicting a loss of 242 million for the first nine months of their fiscal year. That includes wii u sales, nintendo cut its annual forecast from 9 Million Units to just under 3 million. With smart phone usage skyrocketing at sporting events, the nfl is planning to block light streams of the super bowl inside the stadium. The decision stems from last years super bowl, when streaming was initially allowed by the bentley blocked. The plan is to prioritize up low speeds over down those because fans a generally spend a lot time posting slow rolls to social media. The Better Business muir once to warn you about a new credit card scam. The bbb says that you should check your credit and debit card status for any unexplained charges of 9. 84. One explanation is that the state that they can get away with charging thousands of state that they can get away with charging thousands of cars swhatoes at first spooul tte le . Ok. Hoy bunches oats. Ching mmmm mmmm mm its thoats. Honey. Yeah. Hoy bunches oats. Coming up on kron 4 news. The fuel for the fallen on bart officer tom smith. We will have a live report from the headquarters. Thousands are expected to attend the funeral for Sergeant Tom Smith today. Bart Police Officers was start a procession from the bart Police Headquarters today. That will run over to the funeral together. Jackie sissel is an open with more. They will meet here are around 8 00 a. M. We anticipate a seat dozens of them coming out of this location. As far as bart police, they have requested to get help from other agencies. If you are out from 7 00 a. M. You can save an oakland Police Officer or is San Francisco officer in those stations. This is common practice when incidents like this happen. Other agencies will help all. We expect to see dozens of officers arriving and when they leave this location will give it to you live. Keep in tune here and we will continue to cover the story. You can find more information on our web site and our coverage. The time is 5 32 a. M. We are getting ready for the rain. Satellite and radar just shows that we are getting ready for and by 3 00 p. M. We should start seeing sprinkles for places like petaluma. The rain will increase and we will see more by 8 00 p. M. It will cross the Golden Gate Bridge and the good news is that the heaviest will fall overnight trip the biggest impact however, will be if youre living home early tomorrow morning. It will be very wet outside. Again, this should not effect the drug statusought stauatus. I wil talk about the weekend forecast coming up. We continue to monitor delays in the southbound direction. All the southbound lanes were momentarily shut down to get a big rig hooked up to a tow truck. It is havingit looks like they should get this cleared and we may avoid a hot spot for the nimitz commute. The time is 5 34 a. M. At are some this is on the lows this morning in santa cruz. You can see him in this Surveillance Video. This was captured outside the paris european and japanese auto service on soquel avenue near sao rodeo gultch role. The men entered all server shot just after 6 00 p. M. Surely after he into the shop, he then set fire to a couple of cars. Arson investigators have no motive but are still looking for him. Also making news this morning. Oakland police are looking for the man who shot an elderly woman during a Home Invasion robbery. It happened yesterday morning on the 4100 block of laguna avenue. The 81 yearold woman was home alone. After he shot the woman, he ran away. Police say that this type of activity is unusual for this area. Police think that the suspect only fired one shot which hit the woman and damaged the house next door. It is unclear if the suspect took any thing. The victims in the hospital this morning in stable condition. A College Community is on high alert after a student is kidnapped from the college of marin campus at gunpoint and sexually assaulted. The attack happened on thursday night when a male student what his car and a parking lot. Once inside his car, he discovered that he was not alone. Officials said that he was attacked by a male suspect who is described as a heavyset africanamerican man about 6 ft. Tall. The victim eventually escaped but the suspect has not been caught. We have put our Student Cadet Program on foot patrol. We have added Additional Support as well. Campus officials want you to be reminded that you should always be aware of your surroundings. You have to make sure that to lock your car before you head to class. They stated that Police Escorts are available if requested. A settlement has been reached between Silicon Valley company and the epa. A former Circuit Board factory and Mountain View used industrial solvents that contaminated soil and groundwater. And later spread to other parts of the property pripet an effort was made to remove the water, but low levels of the chemical still remained. The site is one of 23 sites designated epa as the most polluted places in santa clara. Coming up on the kron4 new is will have more information concerning the funeral for a fallen officer. Coming up, i will show too big. Too soft. Too small. Mmm too happy. [ male announcer ] at progresso, weve got a passion for quality. Because youve got a passion for taste. Or how to find big savingsdeals on the things you need. Just make a Straight Line to safeway. Youll find huge club card deals perfect for the big game. Pizzas a football favorite. Digiorno pizza is 3. 99. Get your snack on. Wheat thins and other nabisco crackers are just 1. 50 a box. And dreyers ice cream is only 2. 88. Real big deals this week and every week. Only at safeway. Ingredients for life. Welcome back. Are you dreaming about your next vacation . If you are then if you plan to travel to london or paris, you will not be alone. Those are the top places for american travelers according to a new report from hotels. Com toronto beat out rome as the third favorite destination, based on where users make reservations in 2013. Four canadian cities were among the websites the top 10. The list might provide a window on travel trends for 2014. Here is the top 10. Number one london, no. 2 paris, no. 3 toronto, no. 4 rome, and no. 5 in vancouver, no. 6 the tokyo, no. 7 hong kong, no. 8 montreal, no. 9 barts a lot of common no. 10 niagara falls, canada. We will be right back. Th mwholwheatoas wita da of lt, one loveou mt male annoucer now here is Stanley Roberts who found some people behaving badly. If you ever visit been a bust apart and samprass go you might see this sign their breeds of dog running area of, the dogs must be kept within the limits of the signs. Simple request. Since the city set up a dog run area in the park, it is the only place in the 35 plus acres where dogs can be off the release. But if you notice, there is not one single dog here just this man and a row the. Oh, dont get me wrong, there are dogs off leases in this part. Theyre just not in their designated areas. This lady walked by me and said she was not behaving badly. Ask you into the park you can see this green sign right here, while one of the bullet points freeze, dogs must be kept on a leash except in designated areas. In the side of this party and more signs are reading the same thing that you have to keep your dog on a leash and dog walkers must remove the dog waste. Which of these rules do you think is being followed . If you choose neither you would be correct. In fact out of all the people i saw what dogs there were very few have their dogs on a leash. According to the San Francisco park in iraq unleashed dogs are causing damage to the park. Using the park is based on the honor system, the city is hoping the dog owners and walkers will do the honorable thing. What i discovered is that their reason is that many dog owners to not have their dogs on a leash is because it is hard for them to hold on to the leash and check their phones. In San FranciscoStanley Roberts kron 4 news. This accident occurred here after the back up and we have to separate accidents and broadway as out of the 980 interchange. When you drive through hear one side of the road way is blocked and you have to switch over. Delays in both directions for the nimitz. The chp is issuing a traffic advisory and that you should use 580. On the bridge as the bay bridge westbound is starting to back up as we approached 6 00 a. M. Your ride to the san mateo bridge is still out looking good with no delays easter westbound. The Golden Gate Bridge is still pretty small in both directions. We are encountering a fog and address so. Satellite and radar shows that iran is still to the north and it is only impacting the ukiah area. It is going to progress and we may it showers in Sonoma County this afternoon. Future cast for its track in just that. By 8 00 p. M. We have widespread rain for the north bay. The heaviest rain will actually fall into of this area. On the wake up tomorrow morning the biggest impact will be the slick road a ways. Unsettled weather is cords to be in the bay when it is all done we may see up to an inch of rain. We are still below where we should be this time of year. Starting the year off we should be at 2 in. For santa rosa and the same for San Francisco. We have not seen anything yet. The Sierra Nevada has a Winter Weather and advisory. They may see six and just ride around lake level. In terms of the snowpack, only 8 is normal for that area. 16 percent for the central nevada area. Your 7 their round the bay shows the unsettle webber thursday. Partly cloudy conditions and slightly warmer weather for the weekend. Detectives and los angeles are tightening up their case against Justin Bieber in an alleged it attac egg attack. A neighbor is accused in the pop star of tossing eggs over a fence and onto the mansion next door earlier this month. The neighbor claims that damages total more than 20,000. A prosecutor has reviewed security footage taken from his mansion. He is asking detectives to do more investigating before they make a decision. Justin is also dealing with a d. U. I. And drug charge when he was called drag racing. A french woman is on the university of oklahoma over art. She says that nazis stole paintings from her and her family in the 1940s and one of the pieces into the backtoschool. The work hangs in the universitys museum. The woman says of the university broke law by failing to check the title in the history of the peace. She says the university should have researched before they come up. 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She has not announced any plans, but the former talkshow host posted a video on instagram after a span class to celebrate her birthday. There is also a happy birthday zero brought hashed had where people can tack her answer lessons that she has taught them. Coming up on kron 4 news as 6 00 a. M. The funeral for officer who was shot in the line of duty today. Thousands are expected to show to pay their respects to a Sergeant Tom Smith. Sweet 16 has a whole new meaning. Well tell you the future for teenage voters. Meaning. Well tell you the future for teenage voters. Th mwholwheatoas wita da of lt, one loveou mt line we are live in front of a church. 3000 Police Officers from across the country and the bay will pay their final respects to in officer killed by another officer. We are following the latest from Golden Gate Park. A pit bull near Golden Gate Park attacks a man. We will have the latest. We are keeping a live look on the weather. We are waiting for the weather to arrive. We will tell you when it is coming. We have had two separate accidents. The good news is that the big rig crashed the started things out at 6 00 a. M. Has been cleared from the lanes southbound but a second accident has occurred in exactly the same location. The traffic is still