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Rain thats falling is very light in nature so definitely drive with caution and have your windshield wipers on for your ride the route 1013 that the rain starts north of santa rosa. It extends down to the Richmond San Rafael bridge and even closer to go walnut tunnel. But some light rain in the concord area impacting portions of highway 4. In portions of San Francisco just the eastern edge getting some rain right now. Books like that already passed by ocean beach. The second little bit of rain and the sunset district. And for those of you in the bay view looks like a cell containing moderate rain pushing its way closer to oakland and alameda. Turning our attention to the rest of the east bay light rain along the 580 corridor for your ride into dublin Castro Valley impacting 880 through san leandro and down and the south bay just catching some stray sprinkles. Heres the water to a satellite and radar. Fact not only are we receive your rain in the bay area but are currently seeing a little bit of snow formation and the Sierra Nevada. When this is all said and done we could see a couple of inches right around lake level. Futurecast 4 shows mostly cloudy conditions. The rain i show you is pretty much the last of it. Could see pockets of showers as we head into the afternoon and looks like some of that drizzle will continue on as well. Could see birds of sunshine but overall looking for a cloudy conditions and temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s. So far weve only seen about two tenths of an inch of rain when this wraps up the could see a little more i think the biggest impact could be early thursday morning. Were talking very slippery roadways. And weve also seen reports of hydroplaning. The cold front is pushing now. High pressure returns to the area as we head into the weekend. Temperatures start to warm. In fact heading into the mid the middle of next week we could be back in the mid to upper 60s. Thats a look at your forecast. Currently now looking at any hot spots. Seat currently without an accident and bought and sold most and operate taken a look of some of the bridges the bay bridge looks good for your ride out of oakland and to the city. Its a little moist out there. You can see her hair at the san mateo bridge over at the Richmond San Rafael bridge were missing a couple of cars. Over on the traffic map screen on the roadways sensors for the bayshore freeway and interstate 280. Again we do have a few minor accidents. And of course its definitely because of the rain. James at 4 03. The rain finally were you ben. Ive called of raw the bay. Sprinkle some light rain but we will take whatever we can get three it heres the scene and a bottle where the rain was on again off again. Coming in waves live in just a sheet of moisture on the ground. But since the spring of this morning. Other areas have seen much. This is what it looked like yesterday over san rafael pretty, the cloud hanging all around. No area has been hit very hard. But for many who are looking for sprinkles. At least they got what they wanted. Its not born to have a real big effect. Rain sleet and snow has arrived. Here was the same here. it left a thin sheet of moisture on the ground. Sprinkles did the same in the San Francisco area around 11 oclock last night. Into this morning. Other areas havent seen much rain at all. The clouds lingered over san rafael yesterday but didnt drop much in the way of rain. No area has been hit very hard by the rain. But for many, seeing the sprinkles is still a welcome sign. While its great that the bay area is finally seeing the rain, most experts say. It is not going to have any real effect on the current drought emergency in our state. Rain and sleet in the sierra. The first significant storm there in nearly two months. The rain came down all day yesterday in the lake tahoe area. At three thousand feet, it was mostly rainfall. But at Higher Elevations, the sleet and some snow came into play. With stronger winds and colder temperatures. Other good news, resorts in the sierra were expected to get fresh snowfall overnight. The 14yearold boy accused of killing his sister last week, in the chinatown in police custody. Mario toliver allegedly shot his 17yearold sister, justice, last thursday. Accompanied by family members, toliver walked into the Oakland Police Department Yesterday afternoon. Police havent released a motive for the shooting family members say mario shot justice because he was mad that she had bleached his clothes. Detectives credit the family for pressuring toliver to turn himself in. Toliver is currently in the juvenile Detention Center charged with murder. A fight involving a transgender teen at Hercules High School last november. And a federal report last fall saying investigators found widespread Sexual Harassment in the west Contra Costa Unified School district. Are all leading to some changes in the kron4s Philippe Djegal reports. The west Contra Costa Unified School District Board of education says it is in the process of revising its policies on student conduct, Sexual Harassment and hate motivated behavior. A title 9 coordinator is overseeing the policy revisions, which at the Board Meeting in richmond were said to include better tracking of conduct related complaints, more training for Staff Members and education for students on how to deal with conduct issues, including gender related harassment. Jewlyes gutierrez, the 16 yearold transgender student involved in a november brawl at Hercules High School, says she wants more protections for bullied students. All of the students involved in that fight were suspended. But jewlyes is the only one facing charges from the district atrorneys office. The board will take Public Comments on the new policy revisions and is scheduled to hold a vote on the changes in march. In richmond, Philippe Djegal, kron 4 news 410 is the time. Happening right now. Richard thomas, the 16yearold charged with setting Sasha Fleischman on fire on an ac transit bus, returns to court today. We may see him enter a plea. That step was postponed at a Court Hearing last week. Thomas will be tried as an adult. Police say he confessed to setting Sasha Fleischmans skirt on fire back in november. Fleishman does not identify with either gender. He is recovering from severe burns. New details this morning on the fire at a metal plant in redwood city last month. Investigators now believe the fire may have been deliberately set. Theyre looking at video taken from several locations around the sims metal facility. And while they havent determined an exact cause of the blaze. Police say an employee heard a loud explosion the morning of the fire, and that flames sparked in stockpile of metal recyclables shortly afterwards. A Santa Clara County correctional deputy is behind bars on drug charges. San jose deputies arrested Juan Carrillo monday. He was a deputy for 14 years in santa clara. Authorities say carrillo was letting several known criminals live in his home while they gave him illegal he is also accused of being under the influence and in possession of a controlled substance. Carrillo is on administrative leave. A pennsylvania woman is accused of using a Mcdonalds Drivethru window to sell heroin along with happy meals. Courtney brennan reports. A mcdonalds happy meal costs no more than 2. 99. Unless you bought it at the mcdonalds in east liberty near bakery square and gave the special code word to this woman, shantia were you selling heroin in those happy meals . No i wasnt. Dennis denies it, but police say she sold happy meals, like this one, for 82 dollars. Two dollars for the toy and 80 for the heroin inside. It surprises the hell out of me, that you can come to mcdonalds and get a happy meal and some fries and a bag of dope, man. Come on. Investigators say anyone who wanted to buy the drugs simply pulled up to the drivethru, ordered a happy meal then said id like to order a toy police say you had to ask for a boys one. Its sad, its supposed to be Fast Food Restaurant but you got fast food and dope, what a gift. Dennis is the second mcdonalds worker in two weeks to be arrested for allegedly selling heroin on the job. Police caught theodore upshaw at the mcdonalds in murrysville. Investigators say dennis alleged actions were even more dangerous because she was using a kids meal to push the deadly product. Its possible that this could have been given to somebody else with a child in the car who was legitimately buying a happy meal and it could have been very dangerous for a child to get this heroin. Police say its unclear how long the operation had been going on. The be walking you through the kron474 cast when the kron4 morning news returns. 415 is the time. Check this out. Take a look at this car in georgia its in a sinkhole covered in water. The reason . Slippery roads. The driver of this mercedes slid into a fire hydrant and then in to the sinkhole. Center talking about georgia lets talk about atlanta. The mayor of atlanta says there is shared responsibility for the tuesday traffic nightmare which trapped some people on roads for more than half a day. As the cleanup continues, Andrew Spencer reports many people are questioning why georgia wasnt better prepared. drivers head back to their cars, after a few inches of snow brought the countrys ninthbiggest metropolitan area to a screeching halt. Many drivers spent more than 12 hours stuck in traffic. Others with no food or water or access to a bathroom or those whose car batteries died or who ran out of gas simply left their vehicles behind. My drive shaft blew out, but my engine was still good. I had gas, so i could sleep with my heat on. A lot of these folks out here didnt even have heat. Abandoned cars and trucks only added to the problems, blocking roads and freeway offramps, but its hard to blame drivers who left their cars to sleep on the floor at home depot or at a cvs pharmacy. Atlanta mayor kasim reed doesnt think the city should be shouldering all of the blame. I want to state clearly i dont have jurisdiction to clear interstate highways in the city of atlanta; im responsible for the streets atlanta. He and governor nathan deal have said more than one Million People trying to leave the city at the same time, tuesday afternoon, resulted in massive gridlock, which blocked do t crews from doing much about it. Others, such as former new york city mayor rudy giulliani, say the city and the state should have been better prepared. Relentless preparation is the key to emergency performance, whether youre talking about a terrorist attack, youre talking about a snow storm. The state should have known what it was doing. The city should have known what it was doing. Im Andrew Spencer, reporting erica over and the Weather Center. We will continue to track or rainy east. Although it is dry for places in oakland and alameda heavier rain is expected and that will provide a hazardous out on the roads and especially the nimitz freeway and interstate 580. As we focus on the rest of the east bay take a look at the heavy rain affecting san ramon. But the rain starts to lighten up approaching the dublin interchange. Mostly dry and the south bay but it looks like a light rain will pretty much affect everyone. You will need to use your when to wipers getting to the airport. Now the season totals to say issue look like this. Richmond oakland. Weve only seen about two tenths of an edge if youre lucky. In fact we havent seen at the that much rain associated with the system. Its been very misty. Immeasurable amount of rain. We are anticipating have your rain right now. I dont think we will see anything that would impact our proud status. Was the upper 50s low 60s as we head into the afternoon. Expect mostly cloudy conditions. His pockets of rain. Futurecast 4 shows a just that. A light rain for your Early Morning commute and looks like mostly cloudy and dry conditions by 9 00 this morning. In fact, i think well actually see bricks of sunshine as we head into the after know. We do have some small to talk about and the Sierra Nevada. In fact a Winter Weather advisory is in effect. 4 to 6 in. Expected ride around the lake level. This is a very warm system and really not talking about much know there. In 7 day around the bay forecast shows rapid trying by tomorrow. High pressure rebuilt by the weekend and take a look at next week. Unfortunately, doesnt look like rain and forecasts. Perhaps could see a few sprinkles on sunday but by wednesday we are back in the mid to upper 60s. Looks like dry weather returns as we head into the next week we do have a few solo voice announce in the process of clearing a thrift keep that in mind. Bay bridge toll plaza shows a pretty easy ride after a college of marin student is kidnapped from the campus at gunpoint. And sexually assaulted. The College System is looking at ways to step up security. At a safety meeting last night. The college provided information to the students about the investigation. And communicated about what sorts of security upgrades were made. To help make the campus safer. The college says it is adding new, temporary lighting to the parking lot where the kidnapping happened. As well as increasing its Campus Police patrols. u. S. Intelligence agencies want his head. Norway wants to give at edwards noted the nobel prize. Snowden. They say snowden has rebuilt the nature and Technological Prowess of modern surveillance. And by doing so he has contributed to peace. Nominations for this years Nobel Peace Prize goes on saturday with the winner announced in october. facing an assault charge, Justin Bieber turned himself in to police in toronto wednesday. Randi kaye reports on the says pop stars latest troubles. What happened on the night of december 29th last year in toronto is still unclear but its Justin Bieber who may be on the hook for it. The pop star traveled to canada tonight to face an assault charge in connection with an encounter with a limousine driver one month ago. According to cbc news, Toronto Police were calledthat december evening in response to an alleged assault involving a limousine driver. At the time, it was reportedly unclear if the incident was connected to Justin Bieber, or a member of his entourage. Bieber was booked at a Police Station and given a notice to appear in court at a later date. With biebers arrest wednesday night. It will be his second arrest in a week. And remember hes still under investigation for allegedly pelting his neighbors house with eggs earlier this month causing twenty thousand dollars in damage. Randi kaye cnn new york. Were coming up on 430. Here are the big stories were working on for you this morning. The rain is back. There has been light rain sprinkling throughout the bay area since last night. Its going to be a slippery morning commute, so be careful. And up in the sierra, ski resorts are getting some of the snow theyve been hoping for. The 14yearold boy accused of killing his 17yearold sister. Has turned himself in to Oakland Police. Mario toliver not yet formally charged with the crime. Family members say, he shot his sister justice in a dispute over laundry last week. And a deadly ice storm continues to paralyze georgia. And much of the south. Thousands of drivers ended up stuck for more than halfa day on icy roadways and highways. The storm also forced thousands of students to stay at school overnight. Up in the sierra, the much needed rain is turning into snow at northstar california. The National Weather service in reno issued a winter storm warning for the lake tahoe area early this morning. Moderate to heavy rains and mountain snow developed overnight. Rain and sleet hit the mountains earlier in the day yesterday. The snow it turned into overnight. Is so important for ski resorts, which have been hit hard by this winter drought. Some areas could see a foot of snow. It expects warmer weather monday through wednesday. In fact by the middle of next week we could be and the mid to upper 60s. As for traffic around the bay area we do have a couple of solo span of southbound highway 101 near san jose and we are currently following another one on highway 17 at big movie curse. We have a motorcycle accident redwood estates. As for the bridge looking good. No reports of a pond and so it should be pretty easy ride. Over at the san mateo bridge you probably need to use your windshield wipers but regardless its a pretty easy ride without any accidents to report to read over at the Richmond San Rafael bridge you can see its very slow out there. Slick. As we take it over to the traffic maps. Still seeing green on the roadways sensors at the 58680 interchange in we are currently hot spot for if youre driving along the nimitz freeway. The 434. Visit. First Lady Michelle obama will pay the bay area a visit today. Today she will participate in at least one Democratic National committee fundraiser. Tomorrow, she will join House Minority leader nancy pelosi. For a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee lunch and reception. At the fairmont hotel. There are conflicting reports about the death of a young Asiana Airline passenger. While the coroner says the 16yearold chinese girl survived the crash and died as a result of being run over by a fire truck at sf o, the city of San Francisco has released a new report saying that is not true. Dan carmen shows us the latest. more than six months after the crash of a ag on a flight to 14 in the controversy over how 16 yearold yet among one died. Last july the San Mateo County coroner said this. multiple injuries that are consistent with being run over by a motor vehicle. Those injuries she received she was alive at the time. run over by a vehicle and the live at the time. San franciscos fire chief followed with an apology for running over the girl not once but twice. The dead girls family followed up with a claim against the city for negligence and carelessness and recklessness. And now, the city and county of San Francisco has released a report with a different conclusion. That she died as the other two passengers did. the nature of these injuries by these individuals were fairly similar in terms of the type of injuries that were sustained. Thats in collaboration with the statements that were made by First Responders lead to the proposed finding that these individuals were ready to seize one First Responders came upon them. the report prepared by sfo and the Fire Department admit to fire rigs or run over her body during the operation but say the corner statement that she was alive at the time was not supported by the evidence. these passengers were ejected from the aircraft during the accident sequence in this ejection might have been the cause of her death. the san mateoSan Mateo Countys coroner says hes not surprised by this report saying its part of the litigation process the city is now in. He went on to say his determination about yes cause of death is true and accurate and supported by scientific and physical evidence and he stands by it. A wild sea otter was spotted over the next few days, nevada sports books are expecting to see a record breaking amount of action for the super bowl. Fans bet 99million dollars on the super bowl, last year. With sports books offering more than 300 super bowl specific bets. People who dont even know anything about football are getting into the action. We will be right back. For 44 is the time. Happening right now. You can catch a full hour of sports talk with our sports director, gary radnich, tonight on xfinity sports night live. Its all about the super bowl. Gary is joined by the original super agent, leigh steinberg. He was former 49er quarterback steve youngs agent. He was also the basis for jerry maguire. Former raider running back live in studio as well. Its all tonight at 9pm, right after the kron4 news at 8. Happening now. Police are warning students that they are still looking for the man who walked naked into the south San Francisco High School Girls locker room earlier this month. He exposed himself to five cheerleaders before running away. Touched or injured. Officers issued a sketch the man is described as a white man in his late 40s, over 6 feet tall and 190 to 200 pounds. He is balding, with short, dark brown hair and a large pot belly. Happening this morning a public forum will be held on the dog Management Plan for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. Congresswoman Jackie Speier will be there. Dog owners marched in protest after the Recreation Area announced plans to reduce areas where dogs can be without a leash. The forum is at 8 30 at the trocadero clubhouse in stern grove park. Thats at 19th and sloat. And the threemonthold puppy found in the trash. And saved by workers at a recycling plant in San Francisco. Will go to her new home today. These are new photos of gem. More than 200 people from around the country entered a lottery to adopt her. A worker at the plant won. And will take her home this afternoon. Gem has been in foster care while recovering from her injuries. A teacher in orange county, California Home was arrested on animal cruelty charges. Michele gile reports on what was found inside his home. the majority of the snakes found in the home thus far are dead but this bald python has been found alive inside a cage in the front room three officers have yet to go through the rest of the home. They said the majority of what theyre finding is animal carcasses and snakeskin. Crews have recovered 55 dead python from the command house and found seven that are allies. This one doesnt look too bad. They are very cold and it appears that most of them havent even in quite awhile. There is various stages of a dying and dead and underweight. lets turn our attention to the weather and the rain and finally here in the bay. Something weve all been hoping for. We get more of it. Erica . Erica the morning james brady has won this is all said and done and we hope to see a few quarters of rain. The distiller with misty conditions in a lot of the amounts we are scene are not very measurable. Just seeing some scattered light to moderate levels. Dry conditions out of the bottle heading to san rafeal. It looks like the majority of this wet weather is currently in the east bay. In fact immoderate grain car fleet following up for concord. Pretty heavy rain right now along the delta. Also affecting your ride all across 84. As the turn our attention to San Francisco we are seeing some light rain right around the pier embarcadero looks like we will try things out closer to the beach. This rain is moving its way over to the bakery assault on an eastern track. Piedmont san leandro. Dry right now at the 58680 interchange but light rain through the snow great. As the focus now on the south bay, light rain impacting on major freeways. But again, what following s is currently just a sprinkle. Nothing to significant or happy. Futurecast 4 shows we could continue with some light showers approaching the 6 00 hour but take a look at what happens after that. And not oclock this morning mall psychotic condition that looks like we could actually see some breaks of sunshine as we head into the afternoon. Another impulse will move through as we head into the evening hours so could see a straight showers later on tonight pretty much what we are seeing is the extent of it. It looks like the rain is all said and done. The storm is currently moving out. No. They could see total anywhere from about return to an end to three quarters of a niche elsewhere just a 10th of an inch to 1 2 inch. Impact will be the slippery roadways. We did see several spinoffs of the bigger story moving forward i believe will be the traffic conditions around the bay. Heres a look at your 7 day around the bay forecast. Drive over tomorrow although we will be dealing with morning fog and High Pressure rebuilt as we head into the weekend. Just a 10 percent chance of showers partly cloudy conditions into sunday and then a warm up continues. But in the mid to upper 60s. We will continue to monitor. We are looking at traffic around the bay area and right now the chp really not dealing with any accidents or this type of reptile world 3 heres a live look at the toll plaza. All was well at the san mateo bridge. Both taillights currently heading up towards foster city. A live look at the Richmond San Rafael bridge. Heavy rain does pass this area so it is a very damp as you make your way out of richmond. North bound 101 as an easy ride out of the Coyote Valley and its smooth sailing top speeds. on to the raiders as in more bad news for the Oakland Raiders. A leaked version of Oakland Raiders cheerleader squad handbook is out and is raising eyebrows. Kron4s Vicki Liviakis gives us a look. And i should start out by saying that ive actually judged rewrite competitions in the past but ive never seen this secret etiquette handbook myself but the l. A. Times has a copy and has reprinted portions of what its calling the super secret official rhetoric tam book which outlines employment policies that are the subject of a Class Action Lawsuit and also promises to teach a leak at a kit to footballs fabulous females. The handbook has tips according to the l. A. Times on maintaining manicures 3 how long to shake hands. And avoiding date rape. It is the latest black eye for the silver and black. The team being sued by a former raider red named lacey being paid less than minimum wage. So far the raiders investigation is not commenting on the handbook. Vicki liviakis, kron 4 news. the sharks hits the wall in edmonton the sharks took a record time 59 shopped at the oilers goalie but none of them had the net. Fortunately for san jose the oilers found the net three times a san jose got shut out for a second straight game losing to edmonton 3 nothing. At the new york rangers appeared very comfortable at the home of the bronx bombers. The rangers won their second game for days at Yankee Stadium nipping islanders 213 it theyre not three and out of their history while plant outside 3 the game drew 50,000 hockey fans to the bronx. Game Time Temperature 22 degrees. The newy devils 73 at Yankee Stadium last sunday. We will take a break at 453. Coming up, we talk fight to the coach of the left it skater calling ed and about how they are feeling about their personal safety in sochi. That coming up. And were also watching the forecast 3 heres a live look at Storm Tracker 4 pretty some light rain still spread mainly in the east and south bay to it will get an update on the forecast when erica coming up. This morning on the kron 4 morning news. The younger brother of a teenage murder victim turns himself in. He is accused of killing his sister in a dispute over laundry. We have the latest. The teen who burned Sasha Fleischman on an actransit bus is in back in court today. And we saw some rain overnight. But will it erica has your forecast. Good morning and thanks for joining us on this thursday. Im james fletcher. And im darya folsom. And as erica said the rain is here, but theres not much of it. Kron 4s mike pelton is in the north bay. Mike, hows it looking out there . Up in the sierra, the much needed rain is turning into snow at northstar. The National Weather service issued a winter storm warning for the lake tahoe area early this morning. Moderate to heavy rains and mountain snow developed overnight. Rain and sleet hit the mountains earlier in the day yesterday. Then it turned to snow overnight. Which is so important for ski resorts. Theyve been hit hard by the winter drought. Some areas could see a foot of snow. Other locations above 8 thousand feet could get up to 2 feet of snow. Other good news, resorts in the sierra were expected to get fresh snowfall overnight. The 14yearold boy accused of killing his sister last week, in the chinatown district of oakland, is now in police custody. He turned himself in yesterday. The Oakland Policepolice havent released a motive for the shooting family members say mario shot justice because he was mad that she had bleached his clothes. Detectives credit the family for pressuring toliver to turn himself in. Toliver is currently in the juvenile Detention Center charged with murder. a federal report last fall saying, investigators found widespread Sexual Harassment in the west Contra Costa Unified School district. And a fight involving a transgender teen at Hercules High School last november in the district. The board of education says it is in the process of revising its policies on student conduct, Sexual Harassment and hate motivated behavior. Jewlyes gutierrez, the 16 yearold transgender student involved in a november brawl at Hercules High School, says she wants more protections for bullied students. James richard thomas, the 16yearold charged with setting Sasha Fleischman on fire on an ac transit bus, returns to court today. We may see him enter a plea. That step was postponed at a Court Hearing last week. Thomas will be tried as an adult. Police say he confessed to setting Sasha Fleischmans skirt on fire back in november. Fleishman does not identify with either gender. He is recovering from severe burns. Walnut creek police have arrested three people in connection with a parking garage robbery. 20yearold shaina day and two teenaged boys were arrested yesterday. They are all from concord theyre accused of robbing a Kaiser Hospital worker it happened a week ago in the hospitals parking garage on south main street. Police say one suspect was armed with a knife and another with a bat. And the third was driving the getaway car coming up on the kron 4 morning news. The drought in california continues. And now the federal government is getting involved. Well tell you what the president is saying about the water shortage. Drivers head back to their cars, today, after tuesday commutes of more than 12 hours caused many to abandon their vehicles. Well ill have an update on the traffic nightmare in atlanta caused by just a few inches of snow. And Justin Bieber in trouble for the second time in one week. Well tell you what he did this time. Th mwholwheatoas wita da of lt, one loveou mt 511. The states extreme drought is causing streams flows to go down. And thats threatening fish. So now, fishing restrictions are in place to protect central and northern california. The restrictions are in effect on the San Lorenzo River and its tributaries in santa cruz county, the Big Sur River and surrounding streams. And the eel river in humboldt county. Parts of the american and russian rivers may also be cut off from fishing in the near future. President obama is telling californias governor that the federal government will do whats necessary to help with the drought afflicting the state. California is in its third dry year and 17 communities are in danger of running out of water within four months including the Water District that serves the north bay cities of healdsburg and cloverdale president obama told the governor he was concerned about the impact of the drought on californias citizens, economy and environment. Its 515. Im here in the Weather Center with erica. I went to bed and thought we are really going to be an storm when i woke up. Erica i did encounter anything. I think because i went to bed so early but i do wake up to some went rolled in San Francisco. You could see some light rain and the north bay but looks like the rain starts to improve approaching about on highway 37. That looks like the right picks up a little bit approaching san rafael. Just a few sprinkles currently. And east bay thats where were seeing some of the heavier precipitation. The area of yellow represents light rain. For antioch highway 4 approaching to 42 here and San Francisco a little bit of rain at is a protein the beach. Even along market street. It could affect your ride if youre heading to the lower deck of the bay bridge. Light rain for san carlos redwood city so it is a little bit of a damp near the peninsula. Heres a look really not much. Very minimal amounts. Attend the Higher Elevations where we did seem more rain including diablo range amount templeton. Heres a look at the winter storm warning in effect for the Sierra Nevada. At least we will give some of out of the system. Although it wont impact our drought system right around the lake level we could accumulate four to 6 in. Looks like even more than that at seven are a thousand feet. This advisory wraps up at 4 am on friday. Finally some much more needed snow and the Sierra Nevada. Your 7 day around the bay forecast follows us settle whether that will only continue throughout the day. Will wake up to morning fog, for your friday. And looks like were back and the mid to upper 60s through the middle of next week. 517 is the time right now pretty good morning to rabin. the morning erica. Or at weather always leads to an increased number of crashes however we are hot spot free for now. Westbound 80 ride a nice ride through oakland as. Looking good on the nimitz and a problem for 8024 or 580. As ahead into the maze that we have to the bay bridge toll plaza nice and smoke and no delays here. Over to the san mateo bridge, this is 92 connecting your ride through the peninsula. Westbound heading towards the high rise section but no problems on the stand. Less than 12 minutes heading from a word out to our foster city. Nice move conditions as a worker went out of. Check in your commute and the south bay, south bay freeways look great. If youre heading to the airport a good ride for 101 and the guadalupe parkway and a quick check on your commute through the north bay take a look at 101. No problems out of about the San Francisco. A quick 21 minute trip. As eric mentions some light rain so watchers be take it easy especially on those on and off ramps. Use extra caution when driving in the wet weather today. James . And james a few inches of snow brought atlanta to a screeching halt. Many drivers spent more than 12 hours stuck in traffic. Others with no food or water or access to a bathroom or those whose car batteries died or who ran out of gas simply left their vehicles behind. Abandoned cars and trucks only added to the problems, blocking roads and freeway offramps, but its hard to blame drivers who left their cars to sleep on the floor at home depot or at a cvs pharmacy. Atlanta mayor kasim reed doesnt think the city should be shouldering all of the blame. I want to state clearly i dont have jurisdiction to clear interstate highways in the city of atlanta; im responsible for the streets that are in the city of atlanta. Governor have said more than oneMillion People trying to leave the city at the same time, tuesday afternoon, resulted in massive gridlock, which blocked departmentof transportation it. The saga continues for Justin Bieber this morning. The 19yearold now faces Assault Charges in toronto for allegedly hitting a limo driver several times in the back of the head. Heres video of the pop star turning himself in to Toronto Police. The incident actually happened last month, but bieber just turned himself in yesterday. This is the second arrest in a week for him. Remember, hes also under investigation for drag racing, dui and drug charges in florida. Hes pleaded not guilty to an Appeals Court in florence, italy is deliberating in the third murder trial of former American Exchange student amanda knox. She and exboyfriend Raffaele Sollecito are accused in the 2007 of knoxs british roommate meredith kercher. In their first trial knox and sollecito were convicted and sentenced to prison. A second trial acquitted the two, but italys highest Court Ordered a new appeals trial. Knox has remained in seattle during this trial. Th mwholwheatoas wita da of lt, one loveou mt welcome back to the kron4 morning news its been a rough ride on wall street the last couple of days. Watching wall street this morning. Disappointing company earnings, ongoing jitters in emerging markets and more cuts to the feds stimulus pushed stocks lower yesterday. Heres a look at yesterdays closing numbers. The dow was up 90 points. The nasdaq gained 14 points. And the s and p 500 also up 10 points. Futures point to a stable opening. Opening bell at 6 30. Google is selling motorola in a multibillion dollar deal. The internet giant is selling its motorola smartphone business to chinese pc maker lenovo for 2point9billion dollars. The deal includes motorola smartphone brands like the moto x and moto g. And the droid ultra series but google will retain ownership of most of its Motorola Mobility patents. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. Lenovo also acquired ibms pc business and brand in ha it turns out its surprisingly easy to carry marijuana on a plane in colorado and washington. Two states that are at the forefront for legalizing marijuana. But thats pose a problem for people traveling to other states. Right now, the t s a refers all minored drugs to local police. They cannot wrest people who have an ounce or less of pot. So for now, airports in colorado and washington are warning to fliers about what the fed can do once they the ll osuccs. Heree hor thprou acmpliment ourtudes analum. Anxecuve dectoat ameran r cro. 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Although we are dealing with rain. We may see just a few showers later on today when this is done we are forecasting a to three quarters of an inch. Elsewhere, because see anywhere from a halfinch. The biggest concern will be the roads been slick. We have a trouble spot in the south of cupertino. Northbound 87 beforethis is the first overturned vehicles. There are several cars and ball. Chp is on the scene. I will let you know if this is on tobacco more traffic there are moving this to the side. The roles are wet and slippery and you should use extra caution. If you are in an area where is still raining do not forget your wipers and that your headlights. The time is 5 33 a. M. A warning this morning on the peninsula, someone is out there impersonating a Water Department employee to get access to peoples home and robbed them. Police in hillsborough says of the suspect told a homeowner that he needed to check for broken pipes. While they were distracted, the impostor still stings from home. Eventually, they tell the phone they need to go out to buy some parts. The suspect is described as a white man in his early forties south, 62 and 220 lbs. He was wearing a blue long sleeved t tshirt and he wore sneakers. Police say their real utility workers drive it clearly marked vehicles in the always carried id. Happening now police are morning students that theyre still looking for the man who walked naked into the south San Francisco High School Girls locker room earlier this month. He exposed himself to five cheerleaders before he ran away. Police say no one was touched or injured. Officers issued a sketch. The man is described as a white man in his late 40s, over 6 ft. Tall and 190 lbs. He is a balding, with short, dark brown hair with a large building. A fire was raging thirst a morning at a strip mall in elizabeth, new jersey. This 4 alarm fire, several small stores were in flames and several roads were completely engulfed. The stores are near several homes, which the firefighters were able to save. Authority say that a house fire in western kentucky has killed as many as nine people and injured two. 11 people live in the home about 103 mi. South of lewisville. There are conflicting reports about the death of a young Asiana Airline passenger. While the corner says that the 16th yearold chinese crew survived the crash and died when she was won over by a fire truck at sfo, the city of San Francisco has released a new report stated that is not true. Then, and has more. The injuries that she received, she was alive at the time. San francisco fire chief gave eight apology and her family followed up with a claim against the city for negligence, carelessness and recklessness. The city and county of San Francisco have released a report with a different conclusion, that yeah died as the other two passengers did. The report prepared by both sfo and the Fire Department admits that to a fire rigs rolled over her body drumfire operation. They say that the corner is a statement that she was alive at the time is not supported by the evidence. San mateo County Corner access that he is not surprised by the reports saying that it is part of the litigation process the city is now in. He went on to say that his determination about the cause of death is true and accurate. With the corner same one thing in the city of San Francisco Say Something else many expect a final determination to come from the National Transportation safety board. They stated that they want to know what the cause was and they may not take sfo, Dan Kerman Kron 4 news. Maligne the three mumbo puppy found in the trash and saved by workers at a recycling plant in San Francisco will go to her new home today. These are new photos of if gem. More than 200 people from around the country entered a lottery to a doctor. A worker at the plant one and will take her home this afternoon. Coming up on kron 4 news. We will tell you how nsa leaker Edward Snowden just nominated for a prestigious award. Happy meals, with heroin in them. The drug deals police uncovered at a mcdonalds. Dont wait for president s day to save on a new mattress. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. Save up to 500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. Get a sealy queen set for just 399. Even get 3 years interestfree financing on tempurpedic. Plus, free delivery, setup, and removal of your old set. Keep more president s in your wallet. Sleep trains president s day sale is on now. Superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep 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. 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Th mwholwheatoas wita da of lt, one loveou mt lime male annoucer now here is Stanley Roberts who found some people behaving badly. The back roads of Contra Costa County are rarely available but wait, did i just say American Express and apparently you can get capital one cards. Why are you laughing, this is not funny. If you drive around you will find Christmas Trees and everything. You can find a chair and a mattress. The sad part is that all of this is around the upthats the water flows around. To those people who tend to think that Illegal Dumping is a city problem you should have a drive. One thing that i notice in the big city and the back road is that it is a side effect of america mayor one of. People are dumping their garbage. There is and dumping of trash. Normally, people will say if it wasnt so high, it will be less of this. I disagree because there is a black market for Illegal Dumping that is on the internet. If people are making a profit off of this. How . People hire and they never checked the receipt just in case. Well, i have bad news. Is not out of sight. I am doing my best to make sure it is not out of mind. In Contra Costa County Stanley Roberts, kron 4 news. We finally receive the rain that we were waiting for. We dealt with missed yesterday. We have light rain and tattscattered showers right now. Take a look at highway 4 out of antioch into concord. We are dealing with light rain in san ramon. It is mostly dry in San Francisco and the train is continuing. You will need to use your windshield wipers are approaching the 580, 680 interchange. I had a few people write me on a face book about what they saw. We maybe if picking up precipitation that is not measurable. You still will need to use your windshield wipers as you head out to work. Satellite and radar shows of the bigger whether pitcher. We are still not tracking the snow in the Sierra Nevada which is much needed. Futurecast 4 shows by 3 00 p. M. We may see upwards of 3 in. To adjust for lake tahoe. As we put the clock into motion we may see over 3 in. Malign perhaps you will head to the resort as we head into the weekend. Dry weather will pan around. We are anticipating warmer weather for next week in fact, by wednesday will be back into the mid 60s. Lets head back to the south over we have this overturned a bioko that is rapping up in cupertino. This is northbound 85 beforethis is our first major crash with several cars involved. This is not a hot spot because it was quickly cleared. You can see the road sensors show that the traffic is mold all with to the peninsula. Checking your commute on 580 from tracy it is the usual break and tap into livermore. It is about a 40 minute trip out to Castro Valley. Maybe you are heading to the airport you should leave early because it is raining. Crashes are popping up. A quick check of traffic into San Francisco. It is a little sluggish as you work your way from the oakland as. Overall, it is still a pretty good ride. If you do not want to take the bay bridge just consider the san mateo bridge. It is a small truck to the peninsula. The governor jerry brown is getting a lot of love from california voters. A poll by the Public Policy institute of california says the strong majorities of likely voters approved the overall handling of the job. Six in 10 likely voters approved of his job performance, including 57 percent of independents. His budget proposal, which funnels more money to k12 education, devotes 11 billion to pay down state debt and says 1. 6 billion in a rainy day fund. Among republicans, 66 percent approved. Maligned here is here is a look at what is trending on the weather right now. U. S. Intelligence agencies won his head. But norway wants to give at word Snowden A Nobel prize. To norwegian lawmakers have joined nominated the National Security agency leaker for the Nobel Peace Prize. They say that he has revealed to the nature and the technical prowess of modern surveillance and by doing so he has contributed to peace. Nominations for this years Nobel Peace Prize closed on saturday, with the one of the announced in october. A pennsylvania woman is accused of using a mcdonalds drivethrough window to sell heroin along with happy meals. Customers would get a special code word at the drivethrough window to get the drugs. Police said that the woman so happy meals for 82. 20 dollars for the toy and 80 for the care went inside. This is the second case in a week of a pennsylvania mcdonalds workers selling heroin through the drive through. The San Jose Sharks on the wrong end of an nhl history last night. Hitting the wall in edmonton. The oilers with the game of their life. First. To the score for the oilers were 1 0. Final score 30 oilers. The sharks get shot out for the second time in a row. They play calgary tonight. To college basketball. Stanford nearly pulled off the upset against the undefeated, no. 1 team arizona. The warriors Andre Iguodala handy now with the players from his alma mater arizona. The score 5553 arizona. The white paolo drive and a nice reverse layup the score is now 55 55. Under a minute left the score is still tied. The final shot stanford down three. Final scores 6050 sa 57. Staffer blows a seven point lead and go scoreless for almost nine following several distortiostories in the kron 4 s room. We could get a verdict today out of italy, in the third murder trial of the American Exchange student amanda knocks. Rainy weather is finally here in the bay area. We will tell you where it is heading and how long it will last pripet 6 45 a. M. And will th mwholwheatoas wita da of lt, one loveou mt 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. This morning on the kron 4 morning news. Were tracking rain as it moves across the bay area. Heres what the radar looks like right now. We have the latest you need to know for your day. And as erica said the rain is here, but theres not much of it. I am just happy to say rain because we have not said it for a while. Storm of tracker 4 is showing light rain. We have mostly cloudy conditions. Take a look, light rain is impacting san rafael