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Ruling traffic patrol. Making sure that it did not get into contact with the off ramp. And also allow us to do of our investigation. Reporter eventually, the east bound was shut down for at least five minutes and westbound was closed at the toll plaza for about 30 minutes. When the San Francisco police to for current are right on the scene they isolated the incident. And made sure that it was safe and was never harm to public safety. Since, they have collected some items and we are about to clear the scene. Reporter 4 a good. Of time if youre coming from San Francisco, for a quick. Oftime. And also, for a quick. Of time. They were pushing pushi and forcing people to go to oakland. What turned out to be nothing but it would rather be safe that is why they s shut down the bridge for a short amount of time. Dan kerman, kron 4. Let me give you a quick view. The robotic device picked it up and turned it are round. And we were able to give it a good luck. And watche the robotic, fix this thing up and give it a good l would give it a good look. And it eventually ran into that barrier making sure to see if it would detonate. Interestingly enough, as the bay bridge was closed in both directions, pam. This a bomb squad and the robotic device but up this suspicious device. And banged it against the concrete. Pam continuing our Team Coverage. J. R. Stone is live in oakland at the bay bridge toll plaza. Covering the westbound commutte into San Francisco. Jr whats the latest . Reporter p. M. , for of here, you are seeing from my vantage for it, pam. Reporter even cough you are going to have to it took me from about the financial district to here, it took me nearly 25 minutes. Let me show you the detailed portion of the out trip from the financial district to here, and about 30 minutes. J. R. Stone, kron 4 news. Pam also, we will keep you updated on the latest however, the latest of the occupy moment with haazig madyun having the latest. Occupy is threatening to shut down oakland, were getting tired of this jacqueline reporter safety is a top priority for residents in oaklands maxwell park neighborhoodas opd gets ready for another round demonstartions planned throughout the weekendhere at this gathering to call for more public safetya call protesters to help keep the city safe as well they should be helping to prevent some of these crimes i think thats an actual viable thing to do reporter oakland activist and former occupy protester shake anderson you should be doing that job you need to have a cause, not just banke not just anchonoo just pure anger. Reporter however cat brooks of the onyx organzation says that is easier said than done we are not just coming out in these streets because one black or brown young man was murderedpolitical activity people forget that this is the difficulty, with racial profiling, stop and frisk. Reporter while oakland protesters made be at odds on whether they should work with police to keep the community safethese residents say they are ready to do the job with or with out them it is time to take back our city, take back our streets reporter in oakland Haaziq Madyun kron4news pam here now is a look at just some of the recent tragedies which have oakland residents on edge. On july 10th. Toddler daphne webb went missing authorities are still searching for her. Then on the 17th. 8year old alaysia carradine was shot and killed during a sleepover. Oakland police are offering 25thousand dollars for information leading to an arrest and conviction in that case. And just two days ago, 66 yearold judy salamon was also shot to death while in her car. Friends say, she fostered sick animals back to health. And helped them get adopted. By this time next week we should understand whether or not there is going to be another bart strike. And Justin Waldman has the details. Reporter the bart trains are ruling but that could come to a halt on august 5th. The bart trains are rolling. However, they need to still make a contract agreement. There are different takes on how progress is moving along. Some is positive news. I am in a room and i can tell you that that is not happening. Reporter they still need to hammer out the details such as health care, pension and celery. They cannot come to these issues such as salary negotiations because the person is out of town. I think that it is stunning and they are out of town. And i think that he is on vacation and people should be outraged reporter bart claims that the state mediator approved talks time off. He is available by phone and an agreement can be made without him. The general manager is here giving us u. Pdesthe district is available to do everything. Reporter as of right now, there are no Major Contract talks until tuesday at 9 00 a. M. That is just a handful of days to come up with the contract negotiations and prevent another strike. Justin waldman, kron 4 news. Pam police are investigating a Sexual Assault reported in santa clara this morinng. The assault happened on the 28hundred block of homestead road, near central park around four am. Police say, an adult male entered through a bathroom window. And sexually assaulted the victim. The suspect is described as. Between fivefeettwo and five feet four inches tall. The victim says he spoke broken english, with an accent. Two men charged today with marijuana possession. And using a minor in their drug operation and for sex. Authorities say, Ryan Balletto and patrick pearmain. Sexually abused a 15yearold girl, and forced her to cut marijuana buds at a lake county property. The girl, from the los angeles area, told investigators. She was kept in a four by two foot metal toolbox with air holes drilled in it. For days. The minor girl has since been found, and there are indications that there may have been other victims. Pam a broken gas line that triggered evacuations in richmond has been capped. A construction crew that was drilling the are of marina bay parkway at jetty drive and pierson avenue struch a threeinch natural gas line this morning. Residents at a nearby apartment complex were evacuated. And others were asked to shelter in place there was construction in place at the marina bay underpass. There were doing some drilling in the area. Of one not sure if they were aware if there was a gas line in the area. So whoever, they struck it. Pam the construction crew that broke the pipe while drilling or boring in the area was not affiliated with pg e. Pgande says they will be billing the contractor. Jacqueline the flock has been slow to clear. The fog has been slow to clear. Still, going towards the golden gate with more extent of fog. It has been cooler and we could see even more cooler conditions. Antioch, 95 degrees. Still, 50s and 60s along the coast. 70s for the southbay it has been cooler for the next several days. More details on that, coming up. Pam this is aerial footage courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. You are looking at the friday bay area commute. With an earlier bomb scare. Will have more coming up on this story, ahead. Catherine the difficult landing from Southwest Airlines laguardia landing. The mayor of san diego is seeking professional help after seven women accusing him of Sexual Harassment. Why they are not satisfied that story, after the break look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. Pam grant lodes has the latest on the san diego mayor. San diegos mayor bob filner admitted today that he has a problem with women. And hes taking two weeks off to fix it. Filner is accused of groping, fondling or kissing at least seven women. Let me be perfectly clear. What i did was wrong. The 70 year old mayor offered his apologies but not his resignation. Beginning on august 5th i will be entering a behavior counseling clinic to undergo two weeks of intensive therapy to begin the process of addressing my behavior. Filner said he would be back on the job august 16th, a time frame that one therapist calls laughable. Two weeks of behavioral therapy is not enough. This is not a quick fix. A total of seven women have come forward in the past two weeks. They include a retired navy admiral, a University Dean and his own communications director. He had asked me to work just slobbered down my chin and i was so violated he ran his finger up my cheek like this and he whispered to do you have a Attorney Gloria Allred has filed a lawsuit on behalf of one of filners alleged victims. Other calls for filners resignation coming today from Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman schulz as well as House Democratic leader nancy pelosi. Its the sex scandal that wont die. Anthony weiner is still refusing to drop out of the race for mayor in new york. This was the scene as he left his apartment today. One of the young women he sent explicit messages to is now talking very publicly about their online relationship on inside edition. Weiner is trying for a political comeback after resigning from congress in disgrace after the first sexting scandal. But a 23yearold College Sophomore has him back in damage control mode. The publicity seems to be taking a toll on weiners campaign. Polls show that hes lost his first place standing in the democratic primary. Sydney leathers says she had a 6month online relationship with weiner. She says she decided to expose him because it was upsetting to hear him tell voters that he had changed his ways. I was shocked to understand that he continued to do this. And at that time it was a bit flattering but now it is creepy. All of this is taking a toll on his campaign. He lost his first place standing. We have been telling you about that a bomb scare at the bay bridge that schostartreally stalled t. And phillipe djegal is live. What is the latest . Reporter yes. We are at third folsom. It has been busy all weekend long. And from my left and to your right. They are showing that about one of were of go. It was backed up from this area to a sixth street. They had no idea of what was happening and when they learned that there was a suspicious package that was found it made it even more frustrated. One man said that he was inside traffic on folsom for at least one hour certainly, a very frustrating situation as he was going to walnut creek. But take a look a boat was happening on the on ramp. I have never seen it before him how frustrating is it . Very frustrating. We have been here for one hour. Oh my gosh . Walnut creek. And i am moving to the left which is why it is much worse. How bad is it. Pretty bad. We are trying to get out of town. Once again, and to your right they are going towards folsom and they are going to try to get on 6 sx to try to get on to the bay bridge. However, to try to get from folsom to essex. Reporting live, phillipe djegal, kron 4. Jacqueline this live view from our mount tam cam this cloud coverage coming in from the coast. The low cloud coverage and this could remain in issue. Tomorrow, more cloud coverage. Sunday will cool even more. For sunday and monday. As we take a look l outside at the satellite and radar clear skies. However if you are going to the sierras. Saturday, sunday could be a bit more clear but we are expecting to see thunderstorms. As for the fog is going to continue. And more widespread. The fog tracker is showing. Again i think that it is going to be fairly fickle on the bayshore. By 10 00 p. M. Temperatures in the southbay in the 70s. For the in the valleys we will see low 80s for your saturday. 80s in concord. 80s in pleasanton. 60s for the most part. Here is a look at your extended forecast with war tomorrow and sunday and monday. Temperatures well below average for this time of year. Certainly, cooler for the inland valleys. It will gradually start to warm up to where we should be for this time of year as the deadly Train Derailment investigation in chilling new details about the train conductor. 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Yes, it was just too much i was going to have something to eat and just wait. And to get off it is terrible reporter back here live, it is gridlock the zero were foredeck. And also on the to the east. On the lowerdeck. And put too much, on anyon ramp on San Francisco. We will keep you monitored and updated. Reporting live, john figliono. [ male announcer ] you know that sizzler grills the worlds best steaks. But did you know weve also mastered three incredibly craveable pastas . Sizzlers new incredibly craveable combos for just 10. 99, right now. Sizzlers new incredibly craveable combos thanks, olivia. Thank you. So you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyones phone or email. speaking french so you can express your gratitude. In the moment. Chase quickpay. So you can. Anarchy meets order. Working with at t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. So they can run the office. Even when theyre not in the office. Where do you want to take your business . Call us. We can show you how at t solutions can help you do what you do. Even better. Pam still ahead, the plea deal of castro what motivated prosecutors from keeping him of going to trial. And of the mother of Trayvon Martin we will hear from her, the head. The head we will hear her side ahead look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. There was a bomb scare from earlier, that dramatically slowed the already difficult for the commute. The bay bridge was closed earlier,. However it is open but still, difficult j. R. Stone . Reporter pam, as you can see there is still traffic out here but the good news is that you can see the lanes are starting to open up. That has only happened in the last 30 minutes. Some of these lines getting to the toll plaza but if you look on the other side. Even when you make it to the other side you are still for traffic. Let me show you have video from the bridge about 3 30. It took me about 25 minutes. This was shortly after they opened the bridge back up. To get from the financial district to the toll plaza. You can see the difficulty. This was still, a difficult scene. It was just about 30 minutes ago, it is finally starting to open up. J. R. Stone, kron 4 news. Three Young Children are in protective custody. They were found in a hotel room alone and they believe that there were not even been eatbeingfed. Theyre not being fed. Three Young Children are now in protective custody. This after they were found in believe the children hadnt eaten in days. Estacio reports tonight. Police discovered the called claiming they were being held hostage. Reporter kron four news has learned the 3 children ages, 2, 4 and 6 were discovered here at the Heritage Hotel in hayward. In a room completely alone with no food in site. This is Hayward Police detective mark ormsby one had a rash on its face, only a diaper we transported to the hospital to make sure they were medically ok we are not sure when the last time they had eaten, at least 2 days. This all began to unfold wednesday. A manager at this store across from the street from the hotel tells kron four news a woman ran in on wednesday claiming she was in trouble, that men where holding her hostage. He gave her the phone and she called police. However, when police arrived, she admitted to being high on drugs and then they found her children. She is being evaluated. She may face charges of abandonment and drugs. Police say Child Protective Services has taken custody of the 2 boys as well as 2 girls. A 13 year old dauaghter was found later. She had been out with relatives when police took her 3 siblings to the hospital. The kids are doing fine. However, we are concerned it leaves me in to lead the this is been going on for quite some time. Reporter Authorities Say what is that this may not have been the first time these children were left alone, especially since they seemed they are good, which is good and bad. It gives not the first time they have gone without food. Police are declining to release the name of the woman in an effort to protect the children. They plan to call in specialists to interview the kids in hopes of finding out more about what has been going on in the past. In hayward, terisa estacio, catherine ariel castro agreed today to a plea deal in an ohio courtroom. It means he avoids the Death Penalty. And it also spares the women he kidnapped and held captive from having to testify against him at trial. Reporter with this guilty plea today. Castro becasue of the plea deal i will plead guilty. Reporter . The cleveland kidnapper cemented his fate prison for life my addiction to pornography. Reporter before an ohio judge today ariel castro accepted a plea deal for the abduction and rape of three women for ariel castro my my sexual problems has really taken a toll on my mind. Reporter the deal gives him a life sentence plus one thousand years and takes the threat of the Death Penalty off the table. There will be no possibility of parole though. A reality say he had expected judge youre not going to be released, okay . Castro i do understand that. And i knew that when i spoke to the fbi agents when i first got arrested. Reporter this means this horrifying case will now never go to trial. That was welcome news to the three victims, michelle knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus. Sources tell cnn the women had hoped a deal would be struck so they could avoid testifying against the man who had held them for so long its been nearly three months since the womens dramatic escape and rescue amanda berry 911 call ive been kidnapped, and ive been missing for 10 years. Reporter in a statement today, the women called this a resolution and say they are, quote satisfied and relieved. And additional relief news today that the house where castro lived and they were held will soon be demolished. In washington, im Sunlen Miller reporting catherine Trayvon Martins mother was speaking today to members of the National Urban league in philadelphia. George zimmerman shot and killed 17yearold trayvon in florida last year. He was recently found not guilty of Second Degree murder. In her speech. Sybrina fulton says floridas laws let zimmerman get off scott free. Wrap your mind around no prom for trayvon. No High School Graduation for trayvon. No college for trayvon. No grandkids coming from trayvon. All because of a law, a law that has prevented the person who shot and killed my son to be held accountable and to pay for this awful crime. Catherine zmmerman admitted to shooting and killing martin. But says he acted in selfdefense after the teenager attacked him. The sixwoman jury agreed there was not enough evidence to convict him. An ohio Gun Rights Group has sent George Zimmerman more than 12thousand dollars. Members of the Buckeye Firearms Foundation says the money is for zimmermans legal and security expenses. The group is dedicated to defending us gun rights. Authorities have taken zimmermans gun as evidence in a civil rights investigation. Pam we are continuing to follow the traffic headache. And the Market Street is always difficult on a friday and particularly, today. As a result of that shut down this was about for 30 minutes and the traffic here is ugly we are here from this on ramp on the on 80. And i can tell that it is still difficult, from the drivers response. It has been over one hour. Some others have tried the other onramp. But it is just difficult getting out of this area. We tell you that there is a silver lining. If youre watching this broadcast to just stay put. It should get better but it is backed up on the 580 east. However, the traffic is still recovering. We will provide you the latest details. But several event tonight that are causing a lot of extra cause. The giants. And the big concert at cance candlestick to be countered at candlestick. With Justin Timberlake and jay z. A lot going on and we are trying to realtime speed on our maps. Taking a closer look the bay bridge is still an issue. On the 1 0 1, not that bad. The 880, just a bit slower. Into the friday evening commute not that bad but we will continue to keep you updated. Jacqueline the temperatures today will warmer for the inland valleys. A bit warmer in pleasanton. As we look down towards the southbay. A couple of degrees cooler in the 70s. For most of the other areas, 60s. A look fly from the san mateo bridge. Just a little bit of that cloud coverage with widespread fog tonight. For your a saturday a bit clearing. It is going to be much cooler. Details on that, coming up. New details about spains highspeed train tragedy. 78 confirmed dead after wednesdays crash. Officials say that could rise to 80. The conductor, francisco amo, previously bragged on facebook about reaching high speeds. But after the crash, he said quote i want to die. He was taken into Police Custody at the hospital yesterday. Meanwhile, survivors describe the experience a few things of luggage started falling off the racks and after one or two seconds you could feel us leave the other side of tracks and the whole train rotated about 90 degrees. Everyone was covered in blood. Ive got staples all over my scalp. I was covered in blood, they scrubbed most of it off me now. Everyone was covered in their own blood and occasionally the blood of others. It was gruesome. These are families coming to identify bodies of the crash victims. Authorities say more than 80 people are still receiving treatment, and 31 of those including 3 children remain in critical condition. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. 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Temperatures will be below average. We will start to warm backed up by thursday and friday back to average nearly nine these. 90s marvel fans will be flocking to theaters this weekend to catch the latest installment in the xmen franchise. School and the latest film from acclaimed writer and director woody allen. Andrew spencer has a preview of this weeks new releases in now showing. Among the wolverines played by hugh jackman. It is stripped by his immortality. He will first to battle his other demons. Also, this soon to be freshmen is making herself more experienced. And we are not talking about academically. That is rated r. And also the latest project from woody allen. Kate planchette cate blanchette is starring in the woody allen film said overseas. She is a phony this is rated pg13. Andrew spencer, kron 4. Only nine days for the cooling off between board and management will end. Tonight at 6, a live report, if any between bart and management. And this live look at the bay bridge. 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And make what was already a bad friday commute a lotand this on top of a busy weekend around the bay area. Several highprofile events are poised to create even more of a traffic headache. Grant lodes has more on whats going on right now. Grant . Reporter you can see the cash lanes are all backed up. To the toll plaza, going across the span. West of San Francisco surprisingly, the 1 0 1 not that bad. And the 880, also not that bad. With all things considering it could be worse. Pam let me try to keep you updated withlets start with the the bay bridge suspicious device. Kron4s dan kerman is live at the Treasure Island main gate. And dan whats going on this all started before 1 00 p. M. They got a call from a suspicious device. It was eastbound 80. And they needed to stay on the side of caution and that is why it was shut down. Shortly before 3 00 p. M. When this near oakland it came to a grinding halt. Not just east bound but all traffic was stopped. Because of this. A suspicious device on the offramp from east bound 80. As they arrived on the scene shortly after. They tried to control traffic through the area to make sure that it did not come through this area. So we are able to conduct this investigation. With San Francisco travelers on a Treasure Island were diverted to oakland. They brought out its robot to see what they were dealing with and it turned out to be not that much. It was suspicious in nature but still identified however, as not harmful to the public. Take all the proper precautions. Reporter taking a look the rams are open and the bridge that is the latest from dan kerman, kron 4 news. Pam continuing our Team Coverage on the traffic troubles. Kron4s jr stone is live at the bay bridge toll plaza. And jr how are things looking where you are . Reporter you heard grant say that the fasttrack lanes in the last 30 minutes. We are starting to see some lanes but now they are starting to back up. If youre coming from the east bay you might have some difficulty. If there is a positive look at the ramp. Just to get to this toll plaza area. That is something that we did not see just a few moments ago. I can tell you that within these cars. In the past 30 minutes i seen a lot of concertgoers and many people still trying to get to their destinations. All of those cars in their destination. If you get to the bay bridge toll plaza you are still want to have to deal with traffic from the east bay to the city. Reporting from oakland, j. R. Stone, kron 4 news. Ofkron 4s Philippe Djegal is also on our Team Coverage of the traffic trouble. Hes live in the folsom area. Philippe give us the the latest from the frustration of drivers. Reporter yes. They have been honking their horns for quite some time. The drivers are noticeably getting frustrated. However, not much road rage could you can see from this video that these drivers towards full some towards essex and folsom. Seventh street and at some point they say that it took them about one hour to get just a few blocks. We are just about a few blocks away. But it is building up again. And this is a bit of a more resemblance on a typical workday but one by suggest one would say that this is still backed up, the bicyclist saying it is still backed up. Over the left of my shoulder, you can see the backup continues, on folsom street. And if i had to estimate . I would say that it is a still a large amount. Reporting live kamal phillipe djegal, kron 4 news. Let me give you a close look at the bomb squad robot. This was the Treasure Island ramp. You can see that it grabbed the device. And it just kept doing this. Seemingly, to see if this would detonate. We never saw it at detonate but still, this wild scene at the bay bridge was shot down earlier. And the bomb squad relieve working with that device. It is good that all of the clear had been with commuters frustrated by this whole nightmare. John how angry did everyone get . Reporter that is correct call we are on Second Street and bryant street. And the name of the game is frustration. Earlier, i wish that i had some good news but traffic is finally starting to left. We are just near the interstate80 on ramp. And it was completely backed up every where. Right now, things are looking decent they said that they are starting to see things from getting smarter. We had to wait for two hours. And this was the last exit . Ive never seen it this bad. Yes it was just too much im going to try to find a place to have some something to eat. It is awful get off the highway and wait. You could hear effect it was just awful. Near fourth street. As you heard, one person was seeing that this was just in a difficult area. Traffic is lifting. If youre watching this broadcast to give it a few more moments. And head out to the home game for the Oakland Athletics and also the Candlestick Park event with Justin Timberlake. Several high profile events tonight. The biggest by far is the jayz Justin Timberlake concert at candlestick. 53thousand expected there. Rock star john mayer is playing the shoreline ampthiteatre in mountainview. Figure 15thousand there. The giants are hosting the cubs. Another 40thousand at at t park. Acrosshe bay. The as host the angels. 25thousand fans there. And theres a concert at the greek theatre in berkeley. Us Postal Service playing is the headliner. 85hundred more people there. Do a little math. Nearly 150thousand extra people will be out and about tomorrow night. And if you think thats bad. Heres another nugget its Critical Mass in San Francisco. There is still time to head down to Candlestick Park for tonights jay z justing timberlake concert. The question is how long will it take for you to get there. s Charles Clifford is near the stadium with more. Reporter let me show you what is going on. Perhaps one hour ago. This could be a result of this backup. Even a round of 7 a 30, that Justin Timberlake concert could provide difficult traffic conditions. This fog is expected to roll and and be sure to bring a jacket. Pam let us take a look of the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see how difficult it stretches. We will keep an eye on developments with more news after this break. Look at em. Living on cloud nine with that uverse wireless receiver. You see in my day, when my mom was repainting the house, you couldnt just set up a tv in the basement. I mean, come on nope. We could only watch tv in the rooms that had a tv outlet. Yeah if we wanted to watch tv someplace else, wed have to go to my aunt sallys. Have you ever sat on a plastic covered couch . [ kids cheering ] youre missing a good game over here. Those kids wouldnt have lasted one day in our shoes. [ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. With qualifying bundles. sir canalot good day, ma lady. [muffled] i am sir canalot. I am sir canalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam woman hmmm. Thats actually a good idea. [nervous giggle] male announcer break the monotony. For more fun ideas visit spam. Com. Hear more about what she says about their relationship. Also. Ariel castro is not going to trial. Hear what he has to say about his thousand year sentence. And the mayor of san diego spoke for the first time on the Sexual Harassment allegations against him. What he says he will do to become the best mayor he can be. All coming up on the kron4 news at six. R its a sex scandal that wont die. Anthony weiner still insists hes not dropping out of the race for new york mayor. This was the scene as he left his apartment today for a campaign appearance. Hes confirmed sending graphic messages and photos to a string of young women. But the one making the most noise about it is the College Sophomore whos talking on inside edition. i was shocked and taken aback that he was willing to do this again, considering what happened in the first scandal. 23yearold sydney leathers says she had a steamy online and phone relationship with Anthony Weiner that started in july of last year and ended 6 months later. She says he blocked his phone number he could call her. She couldnt call him. But she was willing to play along. It was a fun dirty little secret to have for awhile. At the time it was oddly flattering. Now its creepy. Friends say leathers was truly upset when weiner ended the relationship. That earlier hed even she told inside edition suggested buying her a condo that she went public with in chicago. All this because weiner was playing what she called the changed man card. telling voters his raunchy ways were behind him. Hes lying and she hated his family man campaign. Embodied by this People Magazine story on weiner, his wife and their baby. She says it came out early in their online relationship. Did feel bad. Seeing them apparently a happy family. I did feel guilty. Sydneys mother was quoted in the New York Daily News as saying god help new york if hes mayor. Right before the inside edition interview she called her mother to tell her to be more discreet. Just be quiet. It seems a little late for discretion. As for her revelations. Leathers says its a gamechanger whether weiner wants to believe it or not. And did weiners brother lean on sydney leathers warning her not to talk . This is jason weiner who owns a bistro in manhattan. He says no way. But leathers says he did exactly that a few months ago, leaving her scared and shaken. New details in the Aaron Hernandez case. Jacqueline we are going to see some cooler conditions away from the coast. 10 degrees cooler in antioch. For or early next week the cooling trend will continue. Let us take a look to our extended forecast. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s with 80s. Sunday and monday, just 60s and 70s with well belowaverage. A warm up for next week and towards the end of the week. Pam no major progress on the of bed for a bart strike. Bad friday commute a lot no Major Movement today to avoid another bart strike. While bart and one union, the seiu tell kron 4 they did talk about smaller issues in the contract today they did not tackle the bigger items like health care, pensions and salary. Both sides seem to disagree on how close they are to reaching a deal. Seiu says with barts lead negotiator thomas hock unavailable today nothing could be done. Bart says he is available by phone and others can fill his shoes. The next round of major bart talks are set for next tuesday at 9am. The contract ends on august 4th at midnight. If there is no deal by then the trains could stop on monday august 5th. Do you want to know more about the bart negotiations or how to get around if a second strike happens . Log on to our website kron4. Com. Or check our Facebook Page for our continuing coverage. New at 6. No bail for the san pablo mother who faces charges following a Traffic Accident that claimed the life of her 5yearold daughter. As kron fours rob fladeboe reports now, the charges resulted from her failure to buckle her kids seat belts. Reporter no cameras were permitted inside department 32 here at Contra Costa County superior court friday where this woman, 30 yearold arkita myers entered a plea of not guilty to multiple felony charges. This video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news shows the aftermath of of the may 20 accident on richmond parkway near hilltop drive. Myers 5year old daughter was killed when the s. U. V. Rolled over. Three other children, a 7yearold and two teenagers were injured and police say none were wearing their seat belts. Several family members and friends were in court to show their support but none offered any comment. The Public Defenders Office issued a statement describing myers as a hard working singlemother with ahead no criminal record. If convicted on all counts she faces. Aheadarkita myers remains in jail dollars bail. In richmond rob high profit levels, kron 4 news hear what he has to say about his thousand year sentence. And the mayor of san diego spoke for the first time on the Sexual Harassment allegations against him. What he says he will do to become the best mayor he can be. All coming up on the kron4 news at six. R ariel castro agrees to a plea deal that will keep him in prisoin for the rest of his life. Hear what he had to say about his sentence when we return. The ohio man accused of kidnapping and imprisoning three women for years in his cleveland home. Has accepted a plea deal. That means ariel castro will not face the Death Penalty. He told a judge today that he agrees to the deal and understands what it means. Castro will die in prison. With a sentence that technically calls for a thousand year term because of the long list of charges. Prosecutors agreed to taking the Death Penalty off the table since it means castros three victims will not have to testify at any trial. Heres part of what castro said in court today. Marking the first time the public has heard him. J udge finally sir, again, do you understand mr. Castro, that upon entering this plea you will never be released prison . Castro i do understand that, and i stated that to the agent, dave at sex crimes that i know i was going to get much the book pretty much thrown at me. Castros three victims are said to be relieved that there will be no trial. And they were not the only women who were missing for so long in cleveland. Far from it. Hundreds of women have disappeared without a trace in the ohio city over the years. 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[ male announcer ] add a wireless receiver. Call to get uverse tv for just 19 a month with qualifying bundles. Rethink possible. male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Pam eighth bomb pam a bomb scare some shut down the busy bay bridge with grant lodes having the latest details. Reporter this live look on San Francisco. They are trying to merge on the 1 0 1 self. However, take a look is a friday afternoon. It is never going to go that smoothes. The east bay, towards San Francisco you are going to be paying cash . Youre going to be waiting a while. And the real time speed you can see there are problems on the bay bridge. There was a bomb scare earlier. If youre going north bound towards San Francisco the only real trouble is the east bay and berkeley. With all Things Considered it could be worse. Continuing our Team Coverage j. R. Stone is live. J. R. . The good news is that it is going a lot quicker than just 30 minutes ago that is certainly good news. With all of the events going on in this city and yes you can see a lot of cars. You can see that the ramp it is still heavy. However it is a bit better because that grab is about one hour ago was swamped with cars. And a bottleneck. Let me show you that even once you get through you can see what you are born to be waiting. I also want to show you some of these other areas because in this video you can see what it was for the drivers. Some of the emergency vehicles difficult to see what theyre looking at and that suspicious device. However, there was a trough that said a bomb squad. About 25 minutes from the financial district to the toll plaza on the other side of the bridge. But still slow going. And from fasttrack it is better than just 30 minutes ago reporting live, j. R. Stone, kron 4 news. That suspicious device is not the only thing that is causing the heavy traffic there is a lot of the event tonight. On the suspicious device was found on this east bound 80. The bomb squad was brought and and the bay bridge was shut down. Stopping travelers in their tracks. For nearly 30 minutes eventually the bomb squad determined that whatever the device was harmless. The bridge was reopened. Dan kerman, kron 4 news. Reporting near candlestick the northbound is headed towards the city it is slow going also even more could be on the roadway. Additional patrols along the 101. Charles clifford, kron 4 news. The mother of the child that did not buckle her daughters seatbelt could be facing serious charges. She entered a not guilty. It was behind the wheel of this s u v that rolled over in a crash on which meant parkway. This seven yearold was also injured. None were wearing seat belts. Myers was negligent. She is still on a 1 million bail. In richmond, kron 4 news. Protesters are at odds whether or not they should work with Oakland Police in terms of helping these community safe. We need to keep a look at alternative methods. You need to do something that would be helping the community. Maybe could use some help like food, and if you see that this city is not doing its job than you should help. Haazig madyun reporter as the second to barstrike continues, the continued about smaller issues between bart and management. However, they did not talk about the larger than like pension, celeryand salaryand health care and a salary. That will come up with more time for them to come up with a compromise. Justin waldman, kron 4 news. Jacqueline cooler than what we saw for most locations. Temperatures were well below average. Sunday and monday. We will be back. Pam the mayor of san diego saying that he will get professional help. With several women have accused him of Sexual Harassment. Reporter is in some hot water. As he faces several Sexual Harassment allegations. His plans to be the best mayor he can be amid thesan diegos mayor is not professional help after numerous women have recentlymayor bob filner enter a behavior counseling clinic for two weeks of intensive therapy. However, hell be briefed on city business every morning and night while at the clinic. And he fully intends to return to work later in august. With pressure mounting to leave city hall. Mayor bob filner called a press conference. And admitted he has an issue with women. Amid mounting pressure to step down. Finler declined. Instead. Hell take a leave of absence. Filner had to do something. After seven women came forward in the last two weeks. Saying the 70 year old sexually harassed them. Still to come. He is apologizing. For the women that he has offended. He seemingly had to do something after seven women have come forward. One of the attendees at the party was giving him credit that he had done a wonderful job that he had worked his work might tuch off and he patted me on my posterior and he posteriorno it is still there. He asked me to work without my underwear and also, nancy pelosi is also asking for his resignation. Pam the 49ers receiver talking about his long past and despite the giants, they make a move for a pitcher that is familiar with the bay area. Gary radnich is next [ male announcer ] with at t, youre sure to get a better bundle. Just choose the 2, 3, even 4 services you want to build the bundle that works for you. [ female announcer ] call at t now choose a uverse triple play bundle for just 79 a month, our new low price. And get the same great price for 2 years. Plus, switch today and get a 150 promotion card. [ male announcer ] with uverse high Speed Internet connect all your wifienabled devices to your wireless gateway and save on smartphone and tablet data usage at home. 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The 37 year old is in the final year of a 7 Year Contract he is hitting. 254 with 17 home runs and 51 rbis the yankees are currently 6 2 games back of the red sox for first in the al east. The 49ers announced they have activated wide receiver Kyle Williams from the physically unable to perform list. Williams will return to the practice field for the 1st time since suffering a torn acl in a game against the saints last november. With Michael Crabtree out with a torn achilles, williams is expected to compete for the starting wide receiver spot. The 49ers activated defensive tackle lamar divens from the physically unable to perform list remember him . Divens has been recovering from injuries suffered during an altercation in june, where teammate ahmad brooks allegedly struck him with a bottle 3 times in the head. Divens originally threatened to press charges unless brooks paid him 1 Million Dollars brooks declined to pay however divens ultimately decided against pressing charges the reason that this man got so upset is that he asked for 1 million to keep quiet. So, just to look back on the eligible to perform list but he is still with the team on the september. Once you mess are round with people, and a threat people it does not sit well. And talk about handling your business . Washington redskins running back Alfred Morris rushed for 1,613 yards and was 2nd team all pro as a rookie last season but all anybody wants to talk about is his ride. Morris drives a 1991 mazda 626. When asked last year why he still drives the old car, morris said it reminds him of his roots. Mazda has reached out to morris, offering to refurbish the vehicle usain bolt won the 100 meters in 9. 85 seconds at the anniversary games at Olympic Stadium in london, the site of last years summer olympics. After a slow start, bolt finished with the best 100 meter time of the year. American Michael Rogers finished 2nd in the race. Bolts time was. 22 seconds slower than last years olympics, where he finished in 9. 63 secondsthe 2nd fastest time ever. It used to be that they would try these sprinters. And it is a little bit different. When we return, it is email with my wife, alicia. And i cannot think of anything better. To celebrate one of our childs birthday [laughter] youre on timeout leo some things wont last 25 years. Ah woof. Some things will. Save up to 20 on an ikea kitchen. Through ssave hundredsp train, on beautyrest and posturepedic. Choose 300 in free gifts with tempurpedic. Even choose 48 months interestfree financing on the new tempurchoice. The triple choice sale ends sunday at sleep train. [ male announcer ] when the a. C. Goes out in a heat wave, its nuccio heating and air conditioning that comes to the rescue. At t helped nuccio put a complete mobile solution to work. 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And i think that it is easier to get rid of hunter press but people love to lincecum. If i had to choose . They are not going to pay them each 40 million, 50 million. I think that it would be difficult to that goal. If they were corn to pay of them1415million. And it now, this from another email. I would say that nobody is going to go to jail for at least two years saying that they will take care of you. However, i have to people that would call me and say that he is a loyal person. And they are trying to predict what could happen if he does go to jill. But that is a great question would you go to jail for somebody . So, if he is one in a million if he would perhaps. Who was the attorneyfor the steroid issues . Pala. Yes, that they would say that he is doing and principal. Why do continually talked about a giants career. First off i think that it is funny that it is annoying but everybody likes the giants. 1 Million People showed up because they won. And they love you when you are whining. Exactly. And finally, after hearing you work for a 11,000. I wonder why he did not do the commercials like all the other announcers . I think that it could expose your credibility. However, my dad did a favor for him several years ago. See you at 11 00 p. M. sir canalot good day, ma lady. [muffled] i am sir canalot. I am sir canalot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. Wake up those eggs with glorious spam woman hmmm. Thats actually a good idea. [nervous giggle] male announcer break the monotony. For more fun ideas visit spam. Com. Omg insider, the top trending stories you need to know. More trouble for paula deen. Paulas new accuser, did deen order her to dress up like aunt jemima . She wanted jellyroll to dress like that. Amanda bynes parents in court, new claims their hospitalized daughter is homeless, paranoid and on drugs . Plus, why is Kelly Clarkson in a Wedding Dress . Then, whatever happened to jenny picolo . I am called a periodic alcoholic. Her drinking pattern and double mastectomy scare. And extreme weight loss, her obese daughters slimdown. And im here with robin thicke. Hey, hey, hey. Hey hey hey his blurred lines copycat from clinton. I know you want it. To his growing pains dad. My dad sent it to me which makes it even creepier. Now where yahoo and broadcast meet for 24 7 access to celebrity news, omg insider. Robin thicke, fun, loose and wide open. Hello, everyone, welcome to omg insider, im kevin fralezer. And im thea andrews. First up amanda bynes parents in court fighting for her life. New Aaron Hernandez photos. And more troubles for paula deen. Explosive new allegations not from an outsider but someone in her inner circle as the fallen Food Network Star is thrust into the spotlight again. Its what you need to know. More trouble for paula deen. Her former longtime cook opens up in a New York Times interview with more allegations of racism and demeaning treatment. She would say, heres 100, go buy your medicine. Startling new claims by paula deens longtime chef