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about the same as yesterday in san francisco 61 oakland 63 hayward and fremont in the south bay temperatures low 60s as well. future cast 4 was set for late night show you a chance of showers up in the north of san rosa also through sonoma county as well. early morning tuesday 5:00 are bringing a chance of showers as far south as san francisco down to san mateo as well by 10:00 hour widespread chances for the south bay as well by lunch time it might looks like we might get sprinkles much of the day today and tomorrow. the rain could pick up towards evening commute and will keep chances around right until evening as well. 7 day around the bay its allies system light rain that we will see tomorrow but thursday, friday will bring in heavy stuff. the rain through the end of your work week saturday rain really starting to intensify heavier rain and wind for the first part of your weekend some a significant storm. >> (inaudible) >> we can't hear your mike george but they bay bridge looks back up and looks solid their past the parking lot. >> the commute leading in from the toll plaza has been backed up for 2045 minutes almost this bad pitches a meter and light back up there is no other problem here for the west bound bridge. there was a repeareport of a crash but that is before the toll plaza so would not have an impact on this ride. you run to start to slow rate around west grand ave. sen francisco and a look at crosstown freeway traffic it can see the inbound central freeway still pretty light not back up yet were it merges on to the james lick for why. 580 ride which started off with a dense fog advisory that was lifted in the 5:00 hour so we have a steady drumbeat of slow traffic but it's not badly backed up 680 ride heavy through pleasanton headed towards an all we have in the incident free for that ride. no hot spots for your drive around the bay area. commute on a truck public transit no problems reported after early morning delays on part in the 5:00 hour. >> out of san francisco muni drivers are fighting for year and bonuses even as they have service cuts and budget problems will tran is live to explain. >> smaller i talked a lot of people they have no sympathy for the operators. so much activity going on here and i have a chance to talk to a transit operator he says it's unfair to call it a bonus because according to him its their money he says they pay more for health benefits than santa clara or other places this is their money to make up the difference regardless it is in the charter so he says is their money it's not to be negotiated but the transit says we are facing a budget crisis and we don't like to give that money out it seems like the nuances of the issue well it's part of law and if you don't want to give the elbe we will see you in court. this money coming out at the end of the air if it's too does happen is on top of the recently getting the pay raise guaranteeing them to be the second highest paid transit officers in the country. >> 7:04 a.m. searching year- old girl and her 18 month- old brother are in serious condition in the davis hospital this morning after being stabbed several times it happened early yesterday morning when the girl this 13 year-old girl and her 80 month-old brother were home alone sleeping. it was the middle of the night when a 14 year-old boy got inside of the home and started stabbing the girl stabbed her three times then sexually assaulted her and then during the attack and all the nose noise and commotion the 18 month old baby woke up and the teenager stabbed him at least 10 times. the girl finally managed to escape run into a neighbor's home where she called police. >> we responded they both have multiple stab wounds they were transported to the hospital in sacramento where they are expected to survive. >> when officers arrived the 14 year-old was inside of the home he faces attempted homicide as well as rape charges. we spoke with his mother and she wouldn't go on camera she says she's in shock. she said she last saw him about 1:00 a.m. sunday and he was drunk. they are looking for most of they say the suspect knew the victims older brother. >> a patient has beaten a therapist on conscious of happened saturday the 60 year-old therapist is hospitalized with for skull fractured. security measures have been stepped up at the state hospital after the technician was strangled by a patient and october. >> the missing virginia girl found safe and said francisco we are told the girl was in protective custody in san francisco she might be returned to rome know sometime today detectives from virginia tractor to san francisco because this as to be is what they found and they were searching for bernice meth shoes found friday at a safeway in ocean beach. now the investigation is to a murder case focusing on this man. her mother's boyfriend because the mother was found dead. jeffrey is a boyfriend so he remains in custody in san francisco pending extradition. >> we will be back us that after the news continues watching wall street asian markets were up over night dow jones on the positive side as well up 22 points right now. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your bay area jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf. we're tracking the storm the belted the midwest it is on eastern's seaboard showers and blustery cold around chicago. heavy rain up the eastern seaboard right now. >> out of georgia they expect to get cold temperatures in the '20s their part of the cold snap out of canada and as far south as tennessee further north toward the great lakes we are dealing with the situation at the metrodome that roof collapsed. it comes down on to the field on the left-hand side is what they're doing this morning shoveling the snow off the roof trying to get that back into playable condition. it will take time monday night football is supposed to be in the metrodome tonight that has to be moved to detroit. in the meantime everybody around the great lakes dealing with the potential of another one-2 ft. of snow today. >> live video of the condition from chicago 900 flights had been cancelled as of late yesterday 250 flights canceled midway crews working over the ninth to free up the runways. >> a bit of fog around the bay area not as much as over the weekend but a big back up right now the bay bridge and backed up past the end of the lot. and towards them maze. ; wxoo welcome back to the kron 4 morning this time right now six 7:15 a.m. seeing temperatures on the warm side because we have a lot of cloud cover war, as a corner from drops in bringing us a chance of rain come tomorrow oakland 54 by noontime upper 50s hyperemia into the '60s 61 pac-10 and to the '50s by 8:00. 50s across the board cooler in livermore 54 san rosa san rafael also would oakland 55 into mountain view. satellite radar shows you what's going on the pacific northwest getting plenty of showers overnight early this morning also seeing some showers to the north of us a cold front starting to move south so could actually bring showers to our area late tonight and tomorrow. you can see some light showers a good portion of the day tomorrow but really the end of the week that we will keep an eye on pretty heavy rain. 61 san rosa to a cooler the mark lower yesterday, napa fairfield 60. 61 san jose near 7 day around the bay shows we could catch a break wednesday but really the end of the week we expect to see a series of storms lining up in the pacific garight on through thursday and friday saturday looks like it could be a washout. time right now 7:16 a.m. a check on your commute. >> the right through san jose lighter than usual traffic northbound look here at the guadalupe parkway usually we would by now see some slow traffic but it still moping very smoothly in the back up here on the connecting ramp from guadalupe parkway on to 1 01 north looks good. so does your ride on 80 is your head westbound through emeryville i believe we have that shot right here. jackie cecil shot read that powell's it's amazing because in spite of the back up at the bay bridge there is still light traffic in the westbound direction of vat. these are in the left- hand lane backing up on the right to macarthur freeway but not heading to the bay bridge in spite of that look here at the bay bridge toll plaza on meter and light back up has been with us for just over an hour the meter lights were turned on early this morning at 6:13 a.m. despite these light traffic loads. the only good dose here is 880 has not backed up any more than it has the lead pass 45 minutes so it is still your best approach to the bay bridge. let's go to james, of knowledge " and lots not go to the newsroom. >> the senate gets to vote on the tax. they expect the budget to pass before the end of the year which is when the tax act expired. democrats say there's a good cross-section in his party that are read to accept the deal economic advisor is defending the deal with the republicans. >> do not make these permanent we can afford to do that it would be a mistake i agree there is some risk but we are going to fight dead that in 2012 we will have been growing our way out of this. those tax cuts will stand on their merits which they cannot. in the meantime by making that to your trade we got things on the obama priority list twice as much as what's in those cuts. they are fundamentally important. >> it would avoid an increase in income tax for nearly all americans the package would renewed jobless benefits for the unemployed and provide a one-year cut in social security taxes. >> wall street believes that the deal will be struck. the treasury bond struck high today. the dow was up modestly. staffers at fedex return for the busiest day in company history. they are expecting to ship 60 million packages today. up 12% from last year and double the volume of a typical day. >> huskers have hit the locker media. they say the passwords were in corrected but simple ones could be abominable to attack. clocker runs blocks from media technology the site probably know about them. password should be changed were using the same password. the attack but gained fame may inland it posted pictures of iphone prototype. >> several suspects under arrest in afghanistan after that attack killed six americans. officers say the mini bus packed with explosives blew up the entrance to the bay spirit is in the deadliest attack on coalition troops this month. >> richard holbrooke is in critical condition after heart surgery doctors worked for 20 hours to repair a tear in his eye your back. president barack obama says he and his first lady michelle obama prefer his recovery. >> we will be right back a look for san jose traffic beginning to build a 1 01 north just past 87. welcome back to the morning news. seven day forecast not a bad day today light rain expected on and off tomorrow a bit of a break on wednesday partly sunny but chilly. then here comes the stores. thursday and friday, the heaviest rain saturday. rainshowers again sunday we are an extended period of wet whether for the second half of the weekend. >> 17 year-old armed with swords have been detained after taking a teacher and 20 students. he entered early this morning all 20 kids and the teacher had been released after police have slipped into the school and separate the hostages from the attacker. >> 20 survivors from the ship or rescued just after the vessel sank here is the boats still import it went down over a thousand miles south of new zealand the survivors were pulled to safety after fishing boats launched a frantic search rescue workers considered calling of rescue craft but that plan was abandoned because neither plane could reach the remote area >> and time> me north korea has issued warnings about south korea and u.s. cooperation. responding to. the u.s. south korea relationship could bring nonnuclear war to the korean peninsula that comes a month lender and tensions. >> tourists might be allowed to toward the seal the area and around chernobyl. this so-called the chernobyl zone will be open next year to tourism. that spewed radiation over northern europe and hundreds of thousands of people had to be relocated to the health concerns officials say the site is safe for tourists. hall will be repackaged a lot of blood from the james lick in san francisco jam packed your eyes to get on. the collapse to metrodome in minneapolis if during the blizzard conditions it was to dangerous to send people to clean off the snow. the game that was supposed to play there now has been moved to detroit as the giants were supposed to come into town and take gone the baking and vikings. the vikings have been pushing for new stadium. we have video to show you as it happens. it's a cloth roof held up by air under the weight of the snow ear ripped wide open the entire roof collapses in. the giants couldn't make it to minneapolis because of the snow or otherwise circuit of the game there. the game has been moved to ford field in detroit. >> the big part looks like a tidal wave. right there. the force of that is incredible. the idea you have attend maybe they will have real hard on it next time. lot more cars on the bridge but they're moving while you can see the hazy fog i know what call of fog. it's more cloudy than foggy. >> we are seeing high clouds in the areas walt today mostly cloudy throughout the day temperatures action late going to be slightly cooler than yesterday ahead of a friend that is dropping down bringing us wet weather is we had to tomorrow light green but still wet weather rolls back again. current temperatures in the '50s right across the board 54 san francisco, oakland, oakland. in the south bay temperatures mid-50s by the afternoon we should bring temperatures in to the '60s. 63 in napa valley and the dog as well. 57 for san francisco. los '60s around the bay we could get 61 for san jose. the timeline of this wet weather as we head into the end of the day to day early tomorrow morning. by 11:00 a.m. could get a few raindrops and sonoma county but it's really early tomorrow morning we will bring better chance of rain into the picture. by about 5:00 p.m. light sparkles through the east bay in the north bay. everybody gets a chance of showers by 10:00 a.m. your morning commute could be wet. you'll probably need your when shall wipers very light showers expected. by noon time same story even by your evening commute. chance of rain continues into the evening to more but it's really the end of the week that is expected to pack a punch. we are seeing a series of storms coming through thursday, friday and saturday having read rain and heavy wind spiri. >> pretty good traffic conditions no hot spots i will show you slow traffic on highway 4 not as bad as the days we saw last week though. slowing in the octopuses bird and more slowing towards will pass in the westbound direction. the maps are not wanting to move so maybe eric aunt won't be helped slighting this over and i will show you the rest of the ride. you can see this sluggish through the well past 242 is clear in the southbound direction in writing to pleasant hill is all little sluggish but down and walnut creek not bad. you're right coming out of walnut creek and we are looking at typically slow traffic from be on south main leading down into alamo the rest of the right through dam built on 680 not that bad southbound. san francisco and crosstown traffic the about central here getting congested. but it is not backed up for the ride if you need to get to the airport from say that western you'll be looking at a 16-19 minute drive time. but that will take you through the march and all the way down on the james lick freeway. the right continues to be a big good one for public transit still no problems. mark perry >> 13 year-old girl and 18 year-old brother terence serious condition this morning after being stabbed multiple times it happened yesterday morning when the girl and her brother were home alone sleeping. a 14 year-old boy got inside the home stabbing the girl 30 times and sexually assaulted her during the attack the 18 month old little brother woke up and the teenager stabbed him 10 times. the girl escaped iran to a neighbor's home and called police. when they arrived the 14 year-old was in the home he faces attempted homicide and rape charges authorities are looking for a motive. the suspect knew the victims brother. >> many is fighting to get their bonuses at the end of the year even though their deal with budget crisis. will has more. >> i spoke with transit operators they said it is their money. they say it's something in the city charter and there's nothing to talk about. we are at the station all the activity going on. trying to talk to people this morning. little some say for the officers because they say they're hurting themselves. but the many operators unless something happens they will get up to $3,000. that's how much is been in recent years. part of the charter says there needs to be a trust fund set up for them to get that money at the end of the year. there's a battle over the word they call it a bonus. but operators say it's not a bonus that's the difference between health care they pay, versus what other people hate. said a clearer pays less than they do and this makes up the difference. by the way, the union says we will see you in court if you don't give a set pay raise. it seems like the city not taking a hard stance because maybe they don't have a leg to stand up because they say we will negotiate. we will try to get more reaction from relmuni riders. >> san francisco said they will lose the deal to have the americans,. the finance committee will have a final hearing today f. o'boyle vote isn't expected tomorrow. officials estimate hosting the america's cup will be worth 1.4 billion in economic benefits and craig 8000 new jobs. >> uc-berkeley students are fed up with the expense of tickets they get for breaking traffic clogs. one student had a $220 ticket because he locked his bike to our rail instead of a buy crack. angry students protested these tickets they have a facebook page set up the university says they don't receive any money from the tickets. the school didn't know the fines were so high until they started getting complaints. california has a law that makes bicycles funds incur sought fines be the same. >> live pictures out of d.c. where president barack obama and michelle obama are delivered remarks at a bill signing ceremony is taking place at the elementary school in d.c. this act improves the quality of breakfast lunches and other food sold there will it strengthen its nutritional programs including children in need of food health programs because of the down the economy a lot more kids and need. will share some comments later on. >> major blizzard in the midwest big storm back east latest on national weather after the break live look for mount tam in the clouds. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. snow and bitter cold turning lives upside down this morning people stuck on the road than at the airports abroad has more on the weather that is paralyzing travel. >> the storm deflated the metrodome stranded the giants at the airport was the first spent christmas snow storm in the twin cities. saturday was this moist day on record to 17 in. of the white stuff. as a store moved east 50 mi. an hour winds move again. >> that buses stuck in the snow. >> what out conditions making traffic so dangerous plows were pulled off the roads. >> crosscountry skis the best way to get around. >> o'hara chicago pizza ended up in this snow drift. >> 1,400 ft. cancelled. it only person it could slow down tom brady. the patriots world over the bears at this no we field. >> chicago has no showers 10 degrees and chicago with a high of 16. '40's in new york but they have rain. like a fax no up in the buffalo area snow south of washington. let's go to the metrodome. this is from the outside what's normally the dome roof is completely collapsed and ripped as over a foot and half the snow belt not and caused it to collapse. >> if you have a tent in it will hold. >> >> >> they shall have people showing off the roof they couldn't get them off. >> we will be back with more a couple of minutes let's peek at walnut creek which is looking nice a lot of heavy traffic on 680 on the right hand side. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your bay area jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf. all little fog from san francisco we are talking about the storms headed our way. >> if you're headed to tahoe expect a pounding we will see plenty of snow up there. every right here. we are socked in. high clouds increase. we could bring us wet weather as we head into tomorrow. light rain but the start about what work week. you're temperatures sitting in the '50s. warm start this morning all the cloud cover insulating us bring guess temperatures at 547 cisco, 53 napa, your afternoon highs into the '60s, cooler in san rosa. 61. the same in san francisco. los '60s through the space 61 in three san jose. as we take it through the late tonight in to turn early this morning a slight chance of showers kicking and. by early evening you can see the storm system driving south. by 6 we could see a few sprinkles writer on the bay. by 9:00 hour chance of rain for everybody those continued through much of the day tomorrow. by noon time chances around for much of the bay area even in to the evening as well. you'll notice how light the grayness. all we do see rain it will last for a good portion of the day. the weekend brings us heavy stuff. early saturday we start noticing heavy rain in the north. all the warrant indicating heavy rain lasting for a good number of hours through saturday. into the evening as well. 7 day around bay. light rain for tomorrow and then could catch a break wednesday, thursday, friday the series of storms from moving through but saturday against the big storm we're keeping our eye on. >> some delays on the nimitz freeway in the southbound direction headed down toward fremont we want a call this a hot spot because of a vehicle ended up on that side southbound at decode up road that is why the heaviest traffic on the nimitz south is concentrated north of there we don't have the heavy traffic through the corridor from say fremont down towards milpitas we would normally see instead is stacked up here between hayward said leandro and union city down toward new work. despite that it is not as heavy as we may have otherwise expected with an accident southbound. no lanes are blocked now and some of the traffic spill in through towards the parkway. 680 southbound sluggish as you make your way through pleasanton down towards an all but not too badly back up. your bay bridge ride i heard from our good friend who's as low from m. revell on interstate 80. just past paul st. slow going heading around the berkeley kerf. from 580 or 80 is backed up to the head of the macarthur maze. reword drops in to the flats that's where you will bit slow traffic a 80 still your best approach to the bay bridge. 1 013 san jose very heavy now light traffic for the better part of the morning on this 101 north bound ride that has changed was slow going up to at least one q expressway free north bound ride. beginning after 880 on 1 01. >> we want to take you live to washington president barack obama listening to the first lady as she is talking about the healthy on your free kids act. >> both our area of the children of energy strength and stamina. and in life that in turn robs our country of so much of their promise. both can be solved we come together to provide our children within nutritious food they need and deserve. that is why for well over half a century we made nutrition and a national priority. the bill we sign into law today actually has its roots in the national school lunch program signed into law by president truman after world war two. it has roots in the child nutrition act that was past two decades after that in 1966. the idea for that act came from a priest who work with children and denver colorado. many kids were going hundred because they can afford lunch the rev. thought that was unconscionable. he decided to do something about it. he somehow managed to talk his way to a meeting with president johnson he arrived at the old office without a report or presentation more speech is that he's simply brought the enormous album full of photos of children in need. he promptly spread across the president's desk. he wanted later to explain the size of the photo almost deliberately wanted to be sure was be big enough to cover everything else on the president's desk. that's hard to do it's a big desk. it is to this day and moving reminder the most important job of any president is to ensure the well-being of our nation's children. we know the success of our nation tomorrow it depends on the choices we make our kids today. it depends on whether they can fulfill every last bit of their for potential if we in turn can benefit from every last bit of their promise. >> michele obama talking about the and portents of this bill. part of what the bill does is it would choose all the the government would choose to the food that was available in the vending machines. >> the senate getting a vote on a tax-cut deal that was struck by the president with republicans whatever the outcome the white house says it will pass some kind of a bill by the end of the year that will stop the bush era tax cuts for mike spear expiring. the no. 2 democrat saying cross-section of senators are ready to accept the deal. president barack obama is ruling out any major changes the president negotiate with republicans. >> no one wants to see taxes go up on 150 million americans on january 1st. nobody wants to seek 2 million people lose unemployment everybody understands what it would mean for the economy if we don't get this done. if we do get this done every economist from right to left said this will mean a boost for economy. so i believe ultimately people come together. >> it would avoid january 1st increase in taxes that would affect all american workers average about about $3,000 tax increase by each american family. the package would renew unemployment for the long term unemployed it will also provide a few extra dollars with a one- year cut in social security taxes. >> wall street's been positive all morning the 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[ male announcer ] register and use your card for a chance to win a prepaid card worth up to $10,000. what's your story? citi can help you write it. quick check on the 74 best not bad today by light rain tomorrow and then a series of storms hit as hard thursday, friday heavy rain for the weekend we will be thursday, friday heavy rain for the weekend we will be right back. of xmas cheer ♪ ♪ ten thousand watts glow brightly clear ♪ ♪ the colored lights will shine sincere, ho, ho, ho ♪ ♪ ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ♪ morning, look into the kron 4 morning news, we have focused on the weather. we have a warm day before the rebels back in to mop. high clouds, traffic is pretty heavy, monday traffic today and have a nice, dry weather at least for one day. >> overcast conditions set for dealing with. increasing clout of the day to day. late tonight, early tomorrow chances of rain integer. oaklato the richer. also but, in the '50s all the clout or helping furthermore morning temperatures. temperatures in the afternoon little bit cooler, 54, number for sentences, oakland, concord. 55 it to san francisco, have been high since the '60s. low 60s. upper 60s low 60s, these changes in store maureen now satellite parenteral that what weather to the northwest even to portions of northern california. coltrane dropping some of their periods thick cloud cover today as we had in late tonight. chance of rain into the picture it looks like it is going to be light rain. future cast 5:00, a few sprinkles what the north bay. as we had course lunch, a quarter of an inch, the eminent figures if moscow. several hundred died the south bay. mark the wet weather to the north bay but by the time the day is over at this to santa rosa, 0.1937 francisco. what we are looking at is light showers. ended the week into the weekend, heavy stuff, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., thgeorge. speaking thank you, continue checked ride and interstate zero not only do we talk about the slowing on the lower east shore freeway but now we can see coming down from the east shore. pretty heavy for the right to albany, sluggish and below the speed limit from golden gate down to the berkeley curve as you make your turn to the bay bridge, you will see some slow traffic right at the curve on and stayed zero. look to these zero probes, best of the bridge, as is usually the case. palm free on the upper deck. slow traffic, the right to pleasant hill, 600 set them selling at 242 interchange. 680 rights of gun is slowing down towards, and into danville. not quite a hot spot but still pretty slow. drive time for that 600 commute is about 22 minutes from one accrete.walnut creek. y 80, across the chretien is bridge looks good. he will not hit slow traffic tie for. mark. >> a 13 year-old girl and her 18 months old brother are in serious condition in hospital this morning is that multiple times this happened early yesterday morning when the girl and her brother were, and sleeping a 14 year-old broken to the home, stabbed the girl least 30 times and sexual assault occurred. during the attack little boy woke up, he was stabbed a least 10 times. the girl was able to escape run to a neighbor's phone the police were called. >> we responded, both had multiple severance. they were transported to the medical center in sacramento they're expected to survive. >> when officers arrived there 14 years was still on the home of facing attempted homicide and rape. >> new details in the case of a missing virginia girl found safe and san francisco. she might go to our home today. detectives from virginia attract the girl or boy to san francisco into this s tv. 12 year-old real needs meant she was found on friday now the investigation should steer her mother's boyfriend. the mother was found dead. here's the boyfriend, jeffrey easily he's in custody in san francisco pending extradition. >> a patient has been that there as our unconscious. it happened and saturday in a secluded corner of the hospital. the 60 road rehabilitation therapist is in the hospital with four skull fractures. if the patient has been booked into napa county jail. security measures have been set up at this hospital ever since a psychiatric technician was strangled in october. >> muni drivers are fighting to get their year-end bonuses even as they deal with budget problems. will trent is live with details. >> if you talk to the transit operators here entered san francisco they're saying it's not a bonus it's their money, this is the bonus is putting them at an unfair light. the money is supposed to go to a trust fund by the transit agency that gives them as much as $3,000 back the transit operator spoke to says that is the difference they pay and health care benefits. santa clara workers pay less for health care so later after worry about this money. they pay more here, they should get the money back its and the city charter so it's something that should not be negotiated the cities as they would like to negotiate and save about 3 1/2 million dollars by keeping the money back this year. we spoke to reuters this morning here's what they had to say. >> i guess i would rather say people who provided daily service get more bonuses the people at the top so i wouldn't be against that knowing that we have a budget constraint. we need to have these operators with people more happy and performing their jobs. >> i think that the budget the way it is and should be no. they're not always on schedule. i've been waiting for buses for a long time. >> even though she says she's not onto the service even she had to say that a deal is a deal. if it's in the contract in the should get paid for. a couple of months ago at profs was pass that allows the city next year to negotiate as far as the opera or spoke to in the union they say this is something that should not be negotiated. if the city wants to do that we'll see you in court. mark. >> thank 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(music) is said citadel i met at your dorm. use of bright it's amazing cross mark >> some people are taxed in the rain now. i tell them to get iraq, i am on your side. >> camera watches. look at this. >> here's a little bit, i don't get the whole idea of the measure of calm. >> wall >> unbelievable. >> wow! >> why not make real roof? >> its role we cheaper this way. you can get up there, i can't believe the user in the guise of their wardrobes. >> this is an exclusive? >> know. >> is yoli again? >> (laughter) knowno. >> the giants couldn't get there any ways. red fur hat is people do is take to get another day to be healthy. apparently he wouldn't be able to play the game was history. the word is, and believe anything, i think you'll be able to do it. he's played 397 straight games. >> serve god wants but to placebut to play. >> what about brady and the snow, the blizzard weather man. >> to you here in 2002? yes. >> to remember the famous playoff game? >> i do. >> of never forget i'm paying you an fyi you send burned. it's a long story. the point is, he'll be the mvp now when you go up and perform against a good team, they took apart. >> and i thought when the conditions are this bad and brady is such a star. doesn't he have people to play for him in this kind of weather? >> you correct me yet he may not of course the game the use of a press conference. >> he looks like a model in that jacket. >> he is one of the few guys in the nfl is what model it is more the need arose. his wife makes more than he does. >> what about the trip in thing? >> he's not a real kochis' a strength coach used as a guy who loves them what they're lifting. >> that is stupid let's watch. i a understand the spur of the moment when you think back where my during worries certainly wouldn't do it again. it was stupid. now, he once again find agassi and spent summers face amount of fines. >> for a firearm. that's pretty bad. when i first thought maybe the coach was out of bounds and that there was running at abounds. but, that's the thing with these replays and super slo-mo if you're guilty or guilty. it's a dirty trick. how about the 49 is? we're one game back everyone is a loser who would be the leader. >> that was horrible yesterday i know being out there you could hear the minute the game started to passes, in complete people were building really loud all this and he turned around you know thursday night released in my mind. there is tonight, the plan san diego.they play in san dieg >> i guess. it's still losing record. >> while they can cancel the season bespeak i guess, it would be funny if the losing team made it all the way could they make it to the super roll? >> now you're stretching it. if they make the playoffs, with a losing record, this is where would affect change if i'm running the league, i see a team with a losing record, and then just off the tap my head, five or six teams with winning records not make the playoffs and a losing team making you might have to change the way you see things. and how it works. if the forty-niners or lose on thursday, then their only hope would be to make it with a losing record otherwise it'll be 8-8. >> right. all right, all right. there were good yesterday. at least staying alive. >> ok we will see what happens. one last nod to the america's cup bid. it looks like it's going up in flames pretty quickly. what do you think? >> when cities decide reared and spend all this money, get this event here you have car is going its 43 either one or cold on the pier. is it horthy toward the are is that this wonderful event? >> my feel is always a of the taxpayers and the people are going to suffer so a bunch of wealthy guys can have their picture taken with an old trophy then don't do it. dino what i mean? look of people logging their picture taken oh boy. let me go. it's fine, we need all types of people but of the taxpayers are suffering or some service is going to be on the ropes just so we can have a sporting event your asking the wrong guy. >> this is where chris daly said. >> >> ok. >> to by gary. we'll be right back. ♪ i'm gonna get it, i know i'm gonna get it. ♪ ♪ i can't wait ♪ every little step, brings me closer to the gift. can't be late. ♪ ♪ rip it open in a second and it's time to play. ♪ ♪ i was up all night in anticipation feeling electric jewels of jubilation. ♪ ♪ yule tide carols from the local congregation. ♪ ♪ make it tough to hold my patience in check. ♪ ♪ is it time yet, is it time, i can't wait. ♪ ♪ is it time yet, is it time, i can't wait. ♪ welcome back, 825 a m here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. fairly active forecast for you, they drag mostly class b throughout the day, light rain comes to the pitcher for tuesday its the end of the weekend into the weekend that we start to see heavier rain we will have the details coming out. >> fairly active commute, especially here and interstate 680 the son of bound ride not as badly backed up as we are seeing , slow enough rewrite of the creek house of main street towards alamo. heavy traffic continuing to danville. slowing here red in iran, that coming up, 101, pretty well backed up leaving novato. newsroom, james fletcher. >> knew this morning and story editor new york where a new group lost an effort to cut across party lines. they call themselves no labels here's one of the guest speakers talking about one of the things that needs to be fixed. >> you go to dinner in washington there thinkers and scholars you go to a sensor as moderate or an dependent it's a bad to lobbyists. no offense, but that's not where the ideas engendered come from this is tragic because we of the tradition which is a moderate tradition. it was not abraham lincoln, it believes in using limited but energetic government to enhance mobility. it carries some real or act, according california in the 1950's they created the greatest school system in this country water projects, great infrastructure. that is a vibrant tradition drop from american life, (applause) >> the group was founded by republican and democratic their urging leaders to set aside party politics in the search for solutions. we will take a quick break, be read back. \ / \ / \ right back. 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[ male announcer ] make your happy holiday stories come true with citi specials. what's your story? citi can help you write it. welcome back, check the 80. dragway is plowed for now. watching weather around the bay waiting for a big storm for here and the sierra. latest louisa. >> this weekend expect a storm packing quite a punch were expecting some rain in the coming days but just a light rain, they dry increasing clouds are the day afternoon highs a little bit cooler and the more we have been wet weather moves in for tomorrow. currently in the '50s, san rafael, oakland to your afternoon highs bring us up into the '60s. 61 santa rosa, 60 napa, and delta, concord, fairfield. cells bay, 62 for mountain view, 61 san jose. wet weather tasty to the tie line late tonight, are it tomorrow, by about 2:00, chance of rain and the pitcher for everyone. south bay, noon time light rain fairly consistent throughout much of the day. your evening commute and late evening you may see some showers. tomorrow, early morning showers, continues to get the day to bring the intensity level of. moderate by noon, heavy expected riley their part of your day. in very heavy rain, strong winds. lasting for a good portion of your saturday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. light rain to rock, a break on wednesday, series of storms come the end of the week ended the weekend. george. >> of the traffic here walnut creek, as we've been talking about slowing for the six states your ride said stunned, hot spot. and this hour is likely weakness seen better conditions, the back up has been building still lost 20-30 minute is likely that in the next 35 minutes the back up will quickly diminished as we move past 9:00. the right during county is pretty heavy as we have been talking about another hot spot for the commute from 37 down to san rafael this slowing is a result of too many cars, not enough lanes no real sense bound incidents that would account for the slow traffic is fairly late to see this much slowing. bay bridge, derides the toll plaza starting to improve even here in the floods, the heaviest a purge has been the ride from interstate 80 it was slow traffic from emeryville, leading down to the curve as recently as 20 minutes party started to improve, 800 is still your best approach. >> thank you, muni operators are fighting to get their year-end bonuses as the agency is dealing with budget problems will trend is life following this story. will does it look like that get it? >> if you talk to the transit operators they say they better get it it's part of the city charter and it's not open to negotiations. the city would like for them not to get that keep the 3 1/2 million dollars because is facing budget problems not to mention that earlier this year muni had to cut back services you can see all of the activity taking place at the portal station were talking xx 200 transit operators who got a pay raise. we spoke to a lot of writers, some are said they say don't they understand that the economy is not doing so well? >> for) a lot of people agree this man. >> i will not go with the deal is a deal. when to make the deal your to live with it even if it's a bad deal. >> others did st. the deal a couple months ago they promise profit-and g that allows them to go back and look at the charter and negotiate but until then according to the union they have to pay up because if they don't they will see the city in court. a lot of people are upset by this, but they say there's nothing they can do there will have to take it anyways. >> thank you, , mark,. >> $220 ticket in september for locking his bicycle to a railing instead of a bike rack. california's law requiring the same traffic fines for cars and bikes isn't new. but at uc berkeley, where campus police have vigorously enforced the laws at a time of unprecedented tuition hikes, students are furious. they've started a facebook page for critics of the fines, they've done bicycle civil disobedience, and they've written letters to campus police.citations are up only slightly this year over last, and the fine is just a touch higher, but students have reached the boiling point. campus police say they didn't know the fines were so high until students began complaining. now they plan to look for a less expensive legal code to enforce their campus dismount zone. uc berkeley doesn't see a penny of the proceeds from citations. the money goes to city, county and state coffers. to >> veteran diplomat richard holbrooke is in critical condition after surgery to fix a tear in a large artery. they worked for more than 20 hours to repair the terror. president barack obama and first lady are repayin praying for his recover >> president barack obama is expected to sign a child nutrition bill into law, we saw the president and the first lady live this morning as the first lady was talking about the benefit of the bill is a $4.5 billion bill to extend free school meals for low-income students. the government gets to make them healthier by being able to choose the foods in vending machines, fundraisers supporters say it is needed to stem the rise in health-care costs because of trusted obesity. also to help children not go hungry. some republicans say it is too expensive. >> san francisco has been told that it will lose the right to host the americans that unless a deal is signed by friday it came in a letter from the golden gate park clock. they'll be holding a final hearing today the board is expected to vote on an agreement tomorrow. officials have estimated that hosting the america's cup could be worth $1.4 billion and create 8000 jobs. speaker we will be back with more on a couple of minutes, a live look gets added san francisco. you can see the clubs. stockton with clouds, no rain yet today is a dry day. > [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can experience the next generation of television service? at&t u-verse tv. tv like you've never seen before at a really 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threatening severe flooding and washington rammers, it's easy to much of the southwest, including portland. the downpour continues from seattle to the north. 7 california as a whole different world. they are seeing some record temperatures, the temperatures yesterday from long beach to venture in the '80s a high of 87 and ucla. past that record of 84. long beach, record high 87, shattering a record of 80. forecasters say similar weather today, maybe some more records cooling off to ma. >> the latest on taxes the senate getting their first chance to vote on the deal struck between the president and republicans. the white house does expect some bill to pass by the end of the year preventing the tax cuts from expiring the no. 2 senate democrats sank the cross-section ascenders are ready to accept this deal president barack obama as top economic advisers defending the deal. do not make these cuts permanent we cannot afford to do that it would be a mistake i agree there's some rask but we're going to fight that in 2012 we will have been growing our way of this, those tax cuts while at the stand on their own merits. in the meantime by making eye to your trade we got things on the list, priced as much as what's in those tax cuts that are fundamentally important. >> the bill there trent passes a two-year extension even for high income earners. that will expire the average family would pay $3,000 more in taxes next year. besides the extension will also renew unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed. it will also put more money in paychecks and ride a one-year cut in social security. >> is helping to fuel summer or early gains on wall street the dow is up 36 points. staffers are preparing for what they believe will be the busiest day. fedex is expecting to used ship 16 million packages up from 12% from last your double the volume of a typical day. >> we'll be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues, a live look as we take a look at the fog of mount tam. of them back, forecast expected to persist today as we see a cold front drop down bring is a chance of rain tomorrow. san francisco 54, a warming of public opinion time getting up to 57 from afternoon my mid-50s by the a clock tower. current temperatures, starting off warm this morning with all that cloud cover trapping in the heat temperatures 54 rayon through san rafael, half moon bay. 55 hayward, cooler into livermore in the 50s this morning. afternoon '60s, a little bit cooler in santa rosa. 57 san francisco, low 50s ritter and the east bay. upper 50s for livermore valley. fairly and set up week ahead of us, we have this cold front just starting to say it cells word, the of cloud cover late tonight, early tomorrow, raindrops in the picture to of bringing is quite a bit of what weather. it's really not towards the end of the week that we will see the changes of the storm rolland through. future cast is set for 11:00, showers to the north. picking up some ranchers to sonoma, santa rosa. but our core, sprinkles picked up the east bay in the north bay. 10:00, white spread chances. widespread chances. the evening still brings a showers as well. towards the end of the week we will see more rainfall a series of storms start to roll on through thursday, friday he's jaded seems like the rain will pick up by saturday heavy, rain and wind blasting for a good course of a day this is a storm that will keep our eye on. george. >> tracking improving conditions for the bay bridge, westar ride an earlier back up this morning with earlier activation of the metering lights at 6:13 a.m. by 7:00 we had a back up to the macarthur maze. now we're between was granted 800800 is still your best approach to the bay bridge rob plaza in detroit across the upper deck. walnut creek, interstate 680 were south and traffic has yet to be done to improve. still backed out beyond some of the main street on ramp. likely not until shortly after 9:00 that things will pick up. san jose, better than usual for 280 slow enough for 101 north. larry starting to clear it out for the north palm ride traffic is opening up fairly well. san francisco, the inside lanes here coming from the central freeway just locked up for your trip towards the central part of me from torras the james lick. >> set news as a toddler who fell into the fountain of the hyatt regency has died. the 18 month old that saturday. he fell into the fountain at the hotel last wednesday officers tried threat by him will wait for the paramedics at barrier has more put up as a temporary solution will the hotel looks to change the design. in world news a 17 year-old armed resource is detained after taking 20 children and their teacher hostage in a preschool in the eastern part of france. he entered the school early this morning, they were able to move in, control the situation get the teenager away from the children and the teacher. no one was hurt. the teenager is in custody. >> 20 survivors from the ship were rescued shortly after the vessel sank. it went down over the house and myself and new zealand. survivors pulled to safety after fishing boats launched a search rescuers were considering calling an aircraft from new zealand or antarctica but that plan was abandoned because neither could reach in time to find survivors. >> no. 3 in issuing more heeded warnings about the cooperation. responding to artillery jos said to be conducted by such tree at the u.s. of trier relationship could bring a new killer wore to the cree and peninsula. it comes with lingering tension for nearly amazon that, is denying that pro wikileaks hackers were responsible for the failing of its web sites. there were offline for about 30 minutes and britain, france, germany late yesterday it led to speculation that there were targeted by an on-line hackers amazon said the problem is due to your hard where feller in their data center. >> hackers have hit a broker media warning users their passwords may have been compromised they say they're recruited but simple ones could be honorable. they run a series of logs, it says the passwords should be changed on other sites for use the same password. there block game spain in may when it posted pictures of the iphone prototype. we will be back as the kron4 morning news continues spiegel live look to ride as we hope for a little good of sunshine. clouds geysers san francisco.skies are cloudy overn francisco. double parking is a big problem in san francisco. >> san francisco the city of the most unusual parking jobs i've ever seen. it's a place where people parked in one direction, then drive in another. it is also notorious for double parkers you can find them just about anywhere like these two cars parked on mission street. but why the double parked? let's take a closer look. this man has a handful of lottery tickets so that's why he brought the fall in a traffic to get rich quick. this as tv unloading a tv. i guess they never read the sign pester is always tastes better when you're double parked. and over on chestnut street it's a double parkers paradise this white cars unattended while the driver is in the store. a few minutes later she runs to record. missing out on the dollar double parking fine. this blue car is double parked, here's a driver having a conversation of blocking traffic. strolling into his car after leaving apple store it's become a norm in san francisco. i know you are thinking, there's not enough parking. let me assure you this this is a parking space, it's been available on chesstree the entire time i was taping, while looks like a row loading zone is not, after 1:00 p.m. monday- friday anyone can or their you just have to redesign, san francisco, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes, a live look inside from uc- berkeley you can see it's gray all over the bay but at least it's dry. lightning fast. lightning strong. verizon 4g lte. rule the air on the most advanced 4g network in the world. 9:00 a.m., a top stories muni operators want their bonuses. the latest in the cash strapped aging agency in their battle with employees try to get them to forgo. a 13 year-old girl, 18 month old baby remain in serious condition after being stabbed multiple times while they were sleeping. details ahead. >> elsewhere though weather is blustering, tons of snow people stranded they can't drive, they can fly. not the case here. >> bay area weather, the clouds are on top of mt. tam waiting for some big sellers coming our way. louisa. >> piles of snow up there and the midwest. plenty of cloud cover out there this morning. a storm system could bring us some wet weather as we had it to mark mostly cloudy. slightly cooler temperatures today. that wet weather really starts to kick in tomorrow, right now current temperatures in the '50s bridge across the board, low 50s and livermore low 50s to san francisco, san rafael, 54 to santa rosa. 55 in the set bay. by the afternoon those ties up into the '60s, 61 santa rosa. novato, san francisco 60 degrees to the napa valley, south bay closed '60s. 60 degrees for fremont, those '60s to the east bay as well. satellite, radar cold front stretching all the way into the pacific northwest. rainshowers there also to the northern portion of our state, quite a bit of cloud cover, clouds on the increase today it's really tomorrow the brings a better chance of some rain to some light showers and to the picture still looks like we could see last a good portion of the day early tomorrow morning rain drops along the peninsula everyone stands a chance to the morning commute into your lunchtime even into evening commute the chance train ride into the evening, here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. rain for tomorrow but is not a the end of the week of a series of storms one after the other gaining intensity thursday, friday saturday heavy rain and wind expected certainly significant george. >> significant back up for walnut creek interstate 680 in the southbound direction. look at this ride, heavy for a 10-15 minutes although it's possible that we could see the back up lost a little bit longer as erica tells me there's a stall just reported the southbound interstate 680 north river camera view, reported just out of the interchange that's where cameras located backed up like this for last hour-and-a-half. they're mad to san jose is we been saying is better than usual especially here on interstate 280 northbound heading downtown. 101 northbound much later that we've seen for some time. san jose, the right here looks good heading up past the guadalupe parkway metering lights were just recently turned off on the connecting ramp source seeing better conditions for the ride on 101 northbound, it looks good leading pass the parkway even up to the expressway. darya. >> thank you, a 13 year-old girl and her 18 month-old brother are in serious condition that davis hospital after being stabbed several times this happened yesterday morning. the young girl, this 13 year-old in her brother were home alone in vacaville, they were sleeping overnight when a 14 year-old boy got into the home and started stabbing the grow. he stabbed her least 30 times sexually assaulted her than he also established the little brother, the team month-old stabbed at least 10 times the growth escaped from iran to a neighbor's phone to call police. >> we responded, found that the both sustained fall prozac loans, optimally transported to the medical center in sacramento. they're expected to survive. >> when officers arrived the 14 year-old boy was still inside the home. he faces attempted homicide and rape. >> new details in the case of a missing virginia girl bound state in san francisco we're told the girl is still in protective custody but may be returning sometime today. detectives from virginia tractor to san francisco and to this suvs they were searching for bryn smith was found on friday at a safeway in ocean beach. the investigation and is shifting from missing persons to murder. focusing on this man after the girl's mother was found dead in russia. he was the mom's boyfriend he is going to remain in custody pending extradition. >> a patient has been at their best and cautioned that the hospital in happen saturday in a secluded corner a hospital for the 60 year-old is a their pet this is hospitalized with force cult fractures. security had been stepped up ever since a psychiatric technician was strangled in october. a lot of people talking about muni drivers fighting to get their bonuses even as the agency deals with budget problems and service cuts. kron4 is live in san francisco with more well. >> the city calls them bonuses if you talk to the operators here at the station they say it's their money, it's not a bonus, it's something that's the difference between the health care that they pay and the money that they get back at the end of the year to make up the difference, santa clara pays less they say this money makes up for it. in their mind this is something as part of their salary. this is also part of the city charter that should not be negotiated according to the union. to them, a deal is a deal. the cd can not reneged on that we wet around, talk is a muni writers here's what they had to say about the bonuses. speaking of my work done now is counting on that from my family christmas, maybe i was going to move, you never know you promise me that money better premium money. >> to you a deal's a deal or start >> yes. i think the deal is a deal if they made a deal they should go with it. >> so in other words they don't have any sympathy for the train operators they said there as part of the thing the city agreed on years ago that don and that while a couple months ago the voters passed prodigy that allows them next year to look to the city charter and negotiate things like salary as well as these bonuses that the city is claiming but for this year almost 90 percent of the writers i talked to say pay them. the it's as if you don't pay as we will see you in court. mark. >> thank you, . we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes, live look from our roof on van ness in san francisco, these are not changed much we're pop stopped and with big clouds, 54, only looking for a high of 57 to the rain was in tomorrow. welcome back, tracker midwest is pounded by heavy snow, the storm is pushing towards the eastern seaboard the heavy snow and the buffalo area heavy rain for new york, rain is still coming down in boston national weather making headlines. >> live pictures of the latest on that front, this is a live picture of a reporter began driving through northwest, it had to pull over, the driver popped open dealing with some current problems. they're not the only ones police and emergency crews scanning shoulders and ditches. we're looking for motors that are stranded trapped in their cars, it's unclear how many people are stranded we've heard some reports of drivers calling into nine and one saying they been struck for 12 hours strong winds caused interest up to 6 ft. high making from see remorse some communities a string of emergency orders telling people stay off their road it's pretty scary out there. darya. >> thank you, snowy mnc commute in nashville, take a look at this and least four cars including two police cruisers crashed in this mess. it happened in the same area where hundreds of drivers were backed up on an interstate for more than 10 hours yesterday crews are responding to several crashes. >> we'll be right back as the news continues right after this break. a live look at the golden gate bridge, things are moving smoothly over one hour delays for arrivals at sfo to the clouds.due to the clouds. welcome back from 4 morning news, 9:15 a.m. slot in, low clouds, clouds we have it all over cast just ahead of a storm system expected to bring in some wet weather come tomorrow. start raw fairly warm, temperatures in the '50s still a 54 in san francisco, noon a few degrees, high temperature 57 backed up to the mid-50s paid a clock. elsewhere, in the '50s or across-the-board low 50s ready to livermore, mid-50s to the south bay, this afternoon a few degrees colder than yesterday noticeably colder in santa rosa, 61 pro is the same spirit go 57, says bay coming in in the low 60s. hayward, fremont, redwood city upper 50s to the livermore valley. satellite, radar shows a cold front moving southward over our area. to the no. that's where the wet weather, northern portions of the state but for our area is increasing, but for now as we headed to a late night, early tomorrow better chance of rain into the forefront. future cast, wet weather to the north as we head towards tuesday we could see a few raindrops this is like sonoma, 9:00 everyone stands a chance of a few sprinkles that there. stance continues read them through new and even to earlier evening commute what we're looking at is a light rain and drizzle if you will saturday, start up with some showers in the morning and bring moderate rain to the afternoon and into the early evening of this orange roses were very heavy rain and a good portion of the day saturday expected to pack quite a punch heavy rain and wind into their forecasts. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay., dry today, elsewhere rain for the most of the day. george. >> thank you, not tracking any hotspots pretty good hodgmorning commute. here is the amount ride not badly in a backed up that it will slow the ride from the james lick getting onto 101 or adding towards the airport conditions are good. san mateo, lighter than normal traffic the nemesis is still sluggish to union city, the turn up for the dan burton bridge. a runs 92 not worse than usual, 92 looks good. tracking your ride on 680 sup bound, as plant is expected the ride is now in and out of walnut creek much improved on salinas are all live to. with that opening of it is completely eliminated the congest intel up a few minutes ago slow the rise for 600 cells. darya. >> just crossing the wires in the last three minutes a judge in virginia has declared the obama administration's law unconstitutional. he is the first jet to rule against this law it has been upheld , the part of bill lot that they found unconstitutional was the part requires citizens to buy health concerns. they say it's unconstitutional in this part. the u.s. department of justice both agreed that the supreme court will have the final word on this. >> (applause tax cut deals struck by president barack obama and republicans whatever the outcome the i s does expect some form of this bill to pass to eric c. beck the tax considered to expire. it could cross- section of senators in the party are ready to accept this deal president barack obama as top economic adviser is defending the deal. >> do not make this current, we can't afford to do that it would be a mistake. and i agree there's some rask we will fight that has a 2012 we will have been growing are way ahead of this and those tax cuts want to stand on their own merits. in the meantime, by making that to your trade, we got things on the obama prairie list price as much as looked in the high income tax cuts. >> it would avoid the tax increase for all americans this new package will renew are unemployed and benefits for long-term unemployed for 13 months it would also mean that a few extra bucks in everyone's paycheck. >> ready for russia red fedex. fedex is gearing up its busiest day of the year, expects to handle about 16 million packages worldwide today. that's nearly 13% higher than its busiest day in 2009. -- the volume of a typical day . >> stories that we're watching at a berkeley. uc berkeley freshman got a $220 ticket in september for locking his bicycle to a railing instead of a bike rack. california's law requiring the same traffic fines for cars and bikes isn't new. but at uc berkeley, where campus police have vigorously enforced the laws at a time of unprecedented tuition hikes, students are furious. they've started a facebook page for critics of the fines, they've done bicycle civil disobedience, and they've written letters to campus police.citations are up only slightly this year over last, and the fine is just a touch higher, but students have reached the boiling point. jackie is live. >> i met here at berkeley, berkeley has always been like family. the see one of the bikers here strolling up the sidewalk, as you see the campus police are starting to enforce some of these white laws. you can see some of the students walking their bikes, you can see there are by cracks, a big part of this is the fact that a lot of these laws have been some four slate now they're starting to enforce them your starting to see these two men didn't $20 ticket for things that aren't the riding a bike for not liking it. students are very angry. there are about 40 percent on tickets given, you can see just from watching out here for a couple minutes, many more people are getting off their bikes, locking it word is getting around the campus a restaurant to enforce them. >> visit your receive any of the money, a california law gives bicyclist the same ticket for violations as they do for cars. >> we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes, a live look at san jose, there is no traffic on 101. clear, easy commute. we will be right back. join the jaguar platinum celebration ! come celebrate exciting cars that are stunning to look at, exhilarating to drive and worry free to own. celebrate this holiday season with the gift of platinum. jaguar platinum coverage: five years or 50,000 miles of complimentary scheduled maintenance, and no cost replacement of wear and tear items. visit your bay area jaguar dealer during the platinum celebration for a $599 lease offer on the 2011 xf. bridge check, the bay bridge has been the most popular print today, it wins the award. for the most traffic today for sure. still backed up. let's go over to the golden gate bridge, take a pet still a great every where as he concedes. golden gate, those clouds are falling on the marin county side. >> just crossing wires a personal bond to the deal says free agent and the oakland a's are working to finalize a contract. there are looking for a new header to lose their offense after dropping him. this 36 year- old hit 274 with 84 rbis. the a's and rival, he spent seven major league. we could see him as an act but sooner or soon. >> san francisco says it will lose the right to hold the next american cut unless a deal is signed or friday. this comes in a letter from the golden gate your call of the boston finance committee is going to hold a hearing on it today there are expected to vote on an agreement today, hosting the america's cup would be worth 1.4 million in economic benefits. >> but did and mother and traffic coming up in two minutes when the kron 4 morning news continues live look from mt. tam as we are stuck in the clouds. wxoo welcome back, caught up on what's happening with weather and traffic lights are with weather. louisa. >> good morning marc, but i the bay bridge approach overcast, a dislike errol's. in fact we will continue to see clouds into the area. oakland, 54 by new delhi and the upper 50s high of about 61 that done to about 50 8:00. elsewhere in the 50s across the board. the 5590, 50 livermore. often and highly political in any estimate. noticeably cooler than yesterday. 60 napa, fairfield, concord. 59 novato n vallejo. 61 oakland. watching a system. a lot of the cloth covers coming into our area. not telling it to my earlier to mind. looks like the system will drop down, early morning hours until sonoma. most of that they stand a chance of showers noon we see the wet weather around until the evening. very, light rain in tell saturday what we really start to feel the brunt of this weather. the darker shade of green indicates the heavier showers. the intensity keys picking up late afternoon early evening all of this orange bay area white sure it is heavy, heavy rain expected for saturday. heavy rain, wind, lasting a good portion of your evening as well. showers even lingering over test sunday. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. and unsettled forecast ahead of us as a series of storms rolled through on thursday's. saturday and sunday are the days keeper ion. >> bay bridge finally stirring some improvement, the right here westbound you can see the end of the back up thankfully it had been backed up nearly to the maze. suddenly backed up around the berkeley cares for the westbound ride much better conditions now. but it is 800 approach and has been and still is your best approach to the bay bridge. >> the right to san francisco and the commute across 101 the james lick freeway inbound and the central freeway both very light, even as a northbound ride at towards ninth street lighter than usual at this hour is not uncommon to these see things back up from the ninth street off ramp. highway 92, light traffic, in both directions for '92 was beginning to foster city were heading toward hayward. >> thank you, with the help of two good samaritans a man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl inside a wal-mart and a year-old girl was shopping with her family friday night when she wandered off to find her younger brother surely after she returned her mother and brother the man had touched her. the mother yelled for help two men chased 29 year- old carlisle blouson, he was pushed to the ground and held the police arrived he has been arrested for lewd act on a child, sexual assault, he's not a sex offender but there is our prayer arrest history. >> the the problem of fell into a fountain in the lobby of the census go higher regency the corner confirms that little boy has died. police responded on wednesday afternoon when they got a call about a child who had gone missing, become separated the boy was found in the fountain pool at the hotel the tribe to run by the boy will paramedics arrived he died from his injuries. it was a tragic accident the mom has twins, holding one of them the little boy got away. >> 13 year-old girl in 18 months old brother aaron serious condition after being stabbed multiple times this happened early yesterday morning when the girl and her brother or home sleeping a 14 year-old boy got inside the home stop the growth 30 times, since the assault occurred during the attack the brother world of, and stabs the boy 10 times. the girl managed to escape running to a neighbor's home police were called, officers arrived the 14 year-old was still in said that from facing attempted homicide and rape authorities are searching for motives in the suspects to the victim's older brother >>. muni operators are fighting to keep their bonuses. trying to put the squeeze on them to not take those bonuses. will tran is live. >> good morning, i discussed at the phone with a muni spokesman he says this is something they want to negotiate to get the union to the bargaining table but, you talk to the union operators they say this is non-negotiable this is part of the city charter and they are entitled to this money. the operators here was portal on the rest of the 200 train operators, it could be as much as $3,000. we talked to many people this morning almost all of them say they're against this because the say everyone is hurting including the city of san francisco which rose to save three off million dollars by withholding the bonuses, but they say deal is a deal. >> i guess i would rather see people writing a daily service get more bonuses than people at the top, i wouldn't be against it when of budget constraints but, we need to have these operate with people or happy, doing their job. >> i think the budget the way it is a cioppino as being a free rider, they are not always on schedule, i have been waiting for a bus for over 20 minutes. >> even though she's not satisfied when i spoke to her she also said to them the money of that to the city agrees to. this will not be an issue next year because profs she was cast by the voters a couple months ago that allows them to talk webbings including salary, bonuses soared talking about this year the union says if they don't pay as the money they're we say we believe corn total zero we will see you in court. this is an ongoing story i'm still trying to find out what the breakdown is for the bonuses. they're supposed to get the land around this time of the year-expected anytime their withholding the money until they get the union to the bargaining table by as the spokesman see you have a timetable on nine they said no hopefully the talk of all this would give the union to call the mopping go let's sit down and talk about this. the union including some operators say there's nothing to talk about this is part of the city charter this is what the city agreed to survey as the money. they hate the word bonuses they believe is their money to make up the difference for the health-care benefits versus other cities like santa clara which referring to the train operator gave less than they do. >> thank you, mark. >> richard holbrooke is in critical condition after surgery to fix a tear in a large artery his doctors worked for more than 20 hours to repair a tear in his eighth order. president barack obama and the first lady are praying for his recovery he's a critical player in the administration's policy in the war in afghanistan best known for ending the war in bosnia. >> president barack obama signed a child nutrition bill into law today he and the first lady spoke live on our air. for a ceremony before a half million dollar bill will expand free school meals for low-income students and give the government the power to make it healthier by being able to decide what foods are in vending machines, landlines, fund-raisers. they say this lot is needed to stem the rising health care across because of childhood disease. >> kron4 morning news continues of sullivan a.m.. ruger back.until 11:00 a.m. we e right back.. ♪ [ female announcer ] if you want to just push messes around, dishcloths are just fine. for a better shot at getting surfaces clean, you'll want bounty extra soft. in this lab test bounty extra soft leaves this surface 3x cleaner than a dishcloth. even with just one sheet. super clean. super soft. bounty extra soft. in the pink pack. and try bounty napkins. welcome at the kron 4 morning news golden gate bridge, northbound right back debt. golden gate, crews are on as we >> clearing a stall on the northbound lanes it was right near the set anchorage one lane was blocked. all need to lanes available in the north and direction to traffic has been backed up all the way to do a drive as far back as 19th ave. the good news is now that the lanes to clear the back up will clear quickly as well. >> watching weather as well, later in the weeks strong garrison winds today drive a lot of clouds in the low 60s light rainshowers a break wednesday. the rain, heavy at times thursday, friday in for some very heavy rain this to be the first significant storm of the season on saturday. >> snow, bitter cold is turning lives upside down this morning and elsewhere, if people are stuck on the roads, >> this storm that hit at the metro toronto and stranded the giants at the airport was the fifth grade is snowstorm of all time. saturday was this notice day on record just over 17 in. of the white stuff. as it moves to ease the bone chilling winds moved in. >> stuck in the snow, can't get out. >> trading weather conditions that may travel so dangerous that was recalled off their roads. >> the best way to get around his cross-country skis. >> i picked up chicago pizza and the pro- independence no draft try to keep them cold. some 1400 fight to counter what canceled. the only person is no could not slowdown time brady they rolled over their briars.the bears. take a live in nashville, strong winds, temperatures close to 10 below zero with the windshield more snow is expected today that will create havoc there as people in the higher elevations if i could see as much as 10 in. of snow strong, gusty winds could take down trees and power lines. >> let's get a live look at our hot spot at the golden gate bridge, so much better already checked that out, there is an accident and it's been cleared now the lanes look traffic, traffic is moving well. matt, right now is 97 monday morning and shot from downtown pretty gray looking overcast conditions a bit of the present their mostly cloudy expected threat to date temperatures a little bit cooler as well wet weather starts to move into the picture by tomorrow. currently in the '50s low 50s to livermore abbott the mid-50s to mt. view, 54, number from san francisco, san rafael a bid to santa rosa. by the afternoon could shave off a few degrees from yesterday coming in the low 60s, upper 50s to novato, richmond and vallejo. 62 degrees remind you, 60 into fremont, while we're watching is assistant to the northwest and fax this cold front just reduce it calls out for it. shares of to the northwest, california. for us, increasing funds for the day-to-day by late tonight, early tomorrow morning we could pick up a few sprinkles as well future cash as early to morning we bring those chances of rain in to the pitcher, 10:00 everyone stands that chance for light showers that's really what it did before a good portion of the day light drizzle, it could last for a good amount of the day so you and by 5:00 still seeing showers out there even tell about 11:00 as well. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. tester break on wednesday, each state towards the end of the week we start to notice more, more in a way of what weather we will see the intensity really start to pick up by saturday, the storm could pack quite a punch. prepare for the heavy rain, heavy winds significant storm. george. >> in our last episode heavy traffic on our golden gate bridge northbound there was a stall, it cleared, once the stall was cleared started the back up on 101 although between 19th avenue and the toll plaza there's some sluggish traffic dissipating fairly quickly you can see north of the toll plaza no longer any delays for the northbound direction, 20-30 minutes the bridge will be reconfigured for midday traffic off a third north bound lane. things are not clear as they are here on interstate 600. with the right to walnut creek no longer backed up north of 24 horse out of it as you see here heading down toward alamo. san jose, 101, later than usual even now before 10:00 is a late an easy ride. >> thank you, 3 military veterans who were discharged under the law that permits gays from serving openly in the military are suing the department of defense to be reinstated this follows a lawsuit today in san francisco seeking a court order declaring the " don't ask, don't tell " unconstitutional and therefore unenforceable when it comes to service members. the senate for the second time blocked military spending bill that would have propelled the ban on troops serving openly in the military. james. >> following the market's checking the big board, right now the dow is positive everyone is treated to the good that the dow was up 36, s&p five. nasdaq half a point. corporate news, and toyota says it will recall nearly 100,000 cnn and minivans. to replace a sewage racket. and it's nothing that will affect the operation of the vehicle no reports of the vehicle. if you have one, in world news a 17 year old armed with swords is detained after taking 20 children and their teacher hostage in the eastern part of france. he entered the school early this morning all 20 kids and their teacher had been released after a team of police were able to slip into the school. >> 20 survivors from the ship were rescued after the vessel strong. it went down over 1,000 mi. halfway to antarctica. there were pulled to safety after nearby fishing both launched a search. considering calling aircraft from new zealand or the antarctic research station it was abandoned because neither could reach in time. >> north korea has issued more warnings, responding to schedule artillery duels said to be conducted this week the u.s. south korean says they could bring a new killer wore to the prince light comes on one's attention of the deadly shelling. deterrence should be able to deter. >> the side of the world's worst nuclear accident will be open to tourists next year. it exploded in april of 1996. hundreds of thousands of people had to be relocated. officials say the state is a fortress. >> we'll be back with more in a couple of minutes, and a perch to the bay bridge from all clear that while, if you wait seven minutes you can get that 10 a m price. honey...? 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"the voyage of the dawn treader," the third in the franchise based on c.s. lewis' fantasy novels, took in $24.5 million domestically. johnny depp and angelina jolie's romantic thriller "the tourist" opened in second- place with $17 million. the previous weekend's no. 1 movie, disney's animated musical "tangled," slipped to third-place with $14.6 million, raising its domestic total to $115.6 million. >> will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues in two minutes, a live look the weather across the nation pictures from indiana as the reds are covered in snow, people were stranded for hours on the freeway more on national weather, local weather, traffic as the kron 4 morning news continues. and we're back, at 10:00 a.m. top stories muni operators want their bonuses. their employees, a live report coming up on this back-and-forth issued a 13 year-old girl and an 18 month old boy in serious condition in hospital after being stabbed multiple times was sleeping. details in a moment tracking the latest was weather, traffic to a halt in the midsection. before we get to that let's talk about whether locally mount tam can good morning louisa. >> we might be having a promise your audio we'll get that fixed in the minutes. beautiful, low clouds and rain on the horizon not for today. >> you can also get all the shots, you can tell something's going on a couple of storms approaching. the first one moving into more of freeing some showers, right now a lot of high clouds, low clouds, mostly cloudy today temperatures slightly cooler into the afternoon, wet weather starts to begin tomorrow, a lot of what weather to talk about this week currently in the '50s red across the board, 54 san francisco. 55 degrees for hayward, 50 livermore. says bay temperatures just turned it into the mid '50s, by the afternoon highs in to the '60s santa rosa 61, 60 napa, 57 san francisco, low 60s south bay. rain fell were looking at the timing of wilton north as we head into tomorrow morning a few sprinkles the sonoma county to the north of san rosa, about 9:00 hour everybody stands a chance of picking up a few raindrops. you could wake up with a windshield wipers on. you could keep them on for a good portion of the day. light showers through lunchtime of valenti evening commute the us how light the greenest. it shows us how light the rain is expected to be. not the case for saturday. to give you an idea of a difference of the storms by noontime all the yellow shows us moderate rain the orange shows as heavy rain it fills in through the afternoon and evening of widespread chance of rain lasting hour upon hour epic especially the latter part of the day the wet weather stays in the forecast into your sunday as well. a series of storms pushing through thursday, friday, again intensifying saturday keeping an around sunday as well. >> easy conditions all around the bay area in terms of traffic and of the back up westbound 80 approach to the bay bridge toll plaza of the metering lights on but there is no delay at the pay gates so drive time stopping down to 10 minutes from the foot of the maist of remonstrates have francisco. as you approach, bill a cruise the back up on 87 interchange completely dissipated again drive time standard going back down to 15 minutes from downtown san jose up towards santa clara. crosstown freeway traffic it looks like some slowing on the inbound central rate at 1 01-80 split which a pass that and go to the ups building there are no delays. >> the 13 year-old girl and 18 year-old brother in serious condition now added davis hospital after being stabbed several times it happened early yesterday morning there are home alone sleeping. a 14 year-old boy got inside the home and stabbed the girl at least 30 times before sexually assaulting her during the attack it woke up the younger brother that's when the teenagers that that child as well as at least 10 times. the girl escaped and ran to a neighbor's home where she called police. >> we responded they sustained multiple stab wounds. they were transported to the medical center in sacramento they're expected to survive. >> when they arrived the 14 year-old was still said the home she faces attempted murder and rape charges. a patient has been sullied beaten at their best on conscious at a mental state hospital on saturday in a secluded corner of the hospital the therapist is hospitalized with full force called fractures the suspect has been booked for a felony pilot the battery. security has been stepped up since the technician was strangled in october. new details in the case of the missing virginia girl found safe in san francisco we are told she is in protective custody but may be returning to virginia today. they'd detractor to san francisco and to this as you be they were searching for pretty smelly shoes found in ocean beach. now it's is shifting from focusing on this man here after the girl's mother was found dead. jeffrey was the mother's boyfriend. he will remain in custody in san francisco pending extradition. many operators are fighting to get their year and bonuses even as the agency deals with budget problems. will tran life with the latest on that story. >> i'm at the westport whole station they say there's nothing to talk about because this is part of the city charter that they are entitled to the money in fact they hate the word bonus because they say puts them i and and unfairly. i spoke with a spokesman today said they wanted to negotiate to get the union to the tables where they can either not to the bonuses or possibly cut back on the bonuses which could save up to 3 1/2 million dollars the agency is cash strapped appeared we talked a lot of writers they don't like the idea of giving the money to the many workers but they say a deal is the deal. >> if i worked there and counting on that for my family christmas abos on the movie never know. you promise me the money better came in the money. >> so to deal is a deal? >> yes. >> i think the deal is a deal if they mated deal they have to go with (applause). it. >> what infuriates them is a got a pay raise and it's in the charter that they get paid the second highest wages in the country the highest is boston appeared whenever they go up they also get a pay raise for that. they said next year with a top ge passing they can negotiate the salaries as well as the bonuses but many as far as they're concerned it's non- negotiable. if the city tries to mess with that they will see them in court. >> thank you james. we will take a quick breaka when we come back we will go outside we have nasty weather throughout the country today blistering cold temperatures and a lot of snuffed. [ male announcer ] enjoy an amazing usda choice steak and succulent lobster dinner at sizzler for just $15.99. sizzler. thinking fresh. everyday. welcome back to kron 4 10:15 a.m. a shot from the james lick in downtown san francisco all lot of cloud cover with low clouds we have clouds streaming and as well ahead of the system expected to bring wet weather as we head into tomorrow. for the most part today is going to stay dry. one of the few from friday's today 557 cisco 56 in oakland and hayward the same for mountain view as well 55 for san jose starting to warm up in livermore at 54. afternoon highs in the '60s considerably cooler and san rosa low 60s upper 50 san rafael san francisco also in richmond lows '60s through the space 61 for san jose. changes in the weather really start to kick in tomorrow actually we could pick up showers late tonight but it looks like early tomorrow morning we could see showers and through sonoma county to north of san rosa by 9:00 hour all the green showing you a chance bay area wide of a few sprinkles chance continues to be more widespread by noon and then we will keep the chance for light showers in the picture right into the evening on tuesday. lookit difference we are expecting saturday to compare the change. tomorrow a weak system by saturday we could start off with showers everybody a chance. more moderate and heavier rain the heavier rain continues to pomelos your late afternoon inch your evening could bring heavy rain and heavy winds for a good portion of the day. in fact it looks like wet weather thursday, friday, through the weekend as well. >> are roundup of your camera snow delay around the bay area nicely conditions indicated here southbound 6 city right through walnut creek hot spot earlier this morning you can see still traffic heavy approaching the top of your screen this san ramon valley into danville westbound 24 traffic seems to be moving at the limit saw no problems westbound 24 is completely in the clear. taking it to the golden gate bridge you're right through marin county couple of cars along this ban heading into san francisco series of earlier stalls a northbound direction really tying up traffic you can see it has cleared out. no problem for marin county into san francisco. the only potential problems but it is here romer park 101 at wilford 1030 this morning number two lane will be shut down for one hour for pothole repairs by caltrans will keep the eye on this to see if it causes any delays. >> uc-berkeley students there said they are fed up with expensive tickets for breaking traffic clogs " riding their bikes. mr. to jackie cecil live at the campus. >> you would think uc- berkeley that would be the most that by friendly in the state. apparently that's not the case folks here walking a bike because uc-berkeley campus police are up bin enforcement of the by clause. but where you parked your bikes as well. a bike rack there they are passing out fines if you are to lock your bike up at places that are not designated. house staff, $220. for things like not obeying the traffic laws. not dismounting when you get on campus. they say they are up 40 percent over last year obviously students are extremely unhappy out here. >> of expected from driving my car to get a steep fine like that but a bicycle? >> the fine for talking yourself loan is only $155. obviously people are not happy we're talking about students struggling to survive pay for tuition. they say $220 is way too much to pay for bike fine spirit as a said before the campus police say they are up 40% since last year but it's enough to get people unhappy. >> we will see how this evolves jackie think you. at the headlines free agent slugger apparently these finalizing the contract. a formal announcement could come tomorrow d.a.'s have been looking for designated hitter but the 36 year-old is set to 74 last season with the angels so he could become to the days. sampras's go was told they will not host the mark ryan cup unless the deal is signed by friday. the border supervisor budget and finance committee will hold a hearing today they say a full board will vote tuesday severs cisco officials say hosting america's cup would be worth 1.4 billion in economic benefit. 8 and create 8000 jobs. caltrans has repaved 3 mi. through brisbane the repaving project was funding by the recovery act if you 60,000 recycling tires to rubberize the asphalt it is expected to last a decade or so even though 200,000 drivers will drive toward each day. toyota recalls 100,000 cnn minivans to replace a switch bracket on the brink. the lawmaker says the driver's foot could hit the switch bracket and the format will you approach applied the parking brake. there's been no accidents or injuries. 10:22 a.m. back with more moment of a live look outside checking our mount tam camera. blue sky out there about the fog be a nice day today. best of the week. we have a lot of rain in bound more on that the moment. 10:25 a.m. the senate will have a vote on the tax cut they'll spread by republicans and president barack obama what ever comes out of this they say expect the bill to pass by the end of the year which is when it expires. the no. 2 senate says is a good cross section ready to accept the deal. president barack obama top economic advisor is defending him. >> do not make these tax cuts permanent we can't do that it would be a mistake i agree there is risk but we will find that as i said in 2012 we will have been growing our way out of this and those tax cuts will have to stand on their own merits which they cannot. in the meantime i making it to your trade we got things on the obama priority list twice as much as we got in those cats that are fundamentally important for the core of growth of america. >> it will stop the increase in taxes by all americans and renew the jobless benefits for the unemployed. we are checking the market's keeping our eye on the big board. we have been in positive territory all morning long up 40 points now we are seeing a similar trend for the other industries s&p and nasdaq. so far so good staffers at fedex prepare for the busiest day in company history. fedex expects 60 million packages today up 12% from last year and double the volume of a typical day. we will take another break at 10:27 a.m. a live picture as we go and to check at the golden gate bridge traffic moving walter that span. lookit your commute and forecast coming up. ♪ [ female announcer ] with cable's bundle choices, there's not much to see. with at&t u-verse tv, you can record up to four shows at once on a single dvr. hey. yeah. on my way home. 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where they have been wet weather continues to moving tomorrow current temperatures are in the 50s across the board 55 severs this bill mid-50s south bay 54 for livermore same for san rafael center rows at 55 your afternoon highs will bring this to the '60s low 60s or san rosa 63 napa valley, fairfield, conn scored 57 san francisco said they would get up into low 60s 624 around you 61 san jose. come to more we have changes that include wet weather future cast 4 takes you through the town line a bit chilly a few raindrops the north bay early in the morning to our by 9:00 a.m. morning commute looks like everybody will can't stand a chance of rain drops a chance continues through noon even up into the afternoon and evening hours as well. everybody has a chance but look out like the green as shawn as any rain we do get will be on the light side. not the star for saturday taking a trip just to show the difference between the two dark shade green it shows us some light moderate shall fall and it continues through noon and notice all the corn showing of the adverse heavy stuff. continuing through the evening as well at hour upon hour of heavy downpours and heavy wind expecting to last a good portion of your day saturday. your 7 day around the bay periods of rain start to move and thursday friday, each store and will intensify until saturday and then rain continues sunday. >> a bridge check to give you at the door westbound 80 approach to the bay bridge toll plaza problem free looks like the meter lights are still on but you don't have to wait at all. easy conditions here and they continue up the incline. san mateo bridge west and and he spent 92 problem free throughout the morning no problems getting to the bridge in either direction nice easy conditions traffic moving at the limit. 14 minutes between 81 01. the golden gate bridge you can see traffic moving at the medium clip no problems here your ride from novato to san francisco clocking in at 25 minutes. >> new details this morning on the toddler who fell into found at the lobby of the high it this san francisco coroner confirmed that little boy has died. police responded wednesday afternoon after getting a call about a missing child when they arrived they found a boy floating in a fountain pull in the lobby officers tried to revive the child will paramedics from the way paramedics took them him to the hospital and again this morning getting confirmation he has passed away. right now they're calling it a try as a tragic accident. 13 year-old girl 18 months old brother current hospital after being stabbed several times early yesterday air morning their home sleeping apparently a 14 year-old boy managed to break into that home and stabbed the girl 30 times and as sexually assaulted her. during the attack the boy who was sleeping woke up and that's when the teenager stabbed him 10 times. the girl did escapes at one point running to a neighbor to call police officers are ride he was still in the house he faces attempted homicide and rape authorities are searching for most of the suspect knew the victims older brother. many operators are fighting to get their year-end bonuses even as the agency deals with budget problems. will tran has been following this story this morning. i will. >> service cuts as well earlier this year they got a pay raise a few months ago as part of a charter that is not negotiable the transit operators at west portal as well as the operators throughout the system they believe this is also non negotiable because it's part of the charter that this is something the city agreed upon years ago and they should get these bonuses a couple of years ago $3,000 not exactly sure how much they are worth this year per employee. i did spoke's to spokesmen he believes it's negotiable bertrand get the union to come to the bargaining table to talk about this to reduce the bonuses or not give them any bonuses at all because the city is facing some financial problems if they don't pay the bonuses that will save three and a half million dollars. i spoke to a lot of writers and almost all come said they should not get the bonuses but they said the deal is the deal and they should get their money. >> i guess i would rather see people who are providing a daily service get more bonuses them people at the top. i wouldn't be against that knowing our budget constraint. we need to have these operate with people who are happy and performing their job. >> the budget the way it is and should be no end as being african writer they are not always on schedule. i've been waiting for buses and 20 minutes. >> and even though she's not happy with the service she also said just pay them the money that something the city agreed upon according to the union they say they don't get their bonuses at the end of the year. what they will see you in court just award bonuses they don't like that because they believe this is their money. this is not something extra they're doing this is the money they say makes up the difference of what they pay and what the pay for the health benefits compared to other cities. the union says that they don't get the money will see the city in court. >> will follow the story also following developments on the international front richard holbrooke is in critical condition after fixing a large artery that moves blood from the heart. doctors worked for 20 hours to repair the tear in the are your he of first lady michelle obama are pressing for his recovery. he is a critical player. the president signed the child nutrition bill into law today him and first lady for the half billion dollar bill expands free school meals and give the government power to make them healthier and there is video of him shaking hands of the supporters the government will decide what may be sold in vending machines lunch lines and fund-raisers during school hours. because of child obesity and could feed hungry children. will take another break and 30 7:00 a.m. alive look and this time mounted camera we are seeing blue skies out there. a mild day today but change on its way a lot of rain by the end of the week. another update coming up. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. more savings. and discounts up to 40%. where else you gonna get discounts like that? call an agent at 1-800-state-farm or go online. we are back world news 17 year-old armed with swords has been detained after taking 20 children and their teacher hostage at a preschool in france. the teenager entered the school early this morning all 20 children and teacher rescued by a special team of police who's looked into the school and separated the children from the hostage taker. 20 survivors from the ship were rescued shortly after the vessel sank these are pictures of the fishing boat went down about 49 mi. south of new zealand half way to antarctica survivors were pulled to safety after fishing boats launched a search rescuers' considered calling in aircraft from new zealand or the u.s. station but the plan was abandoned because neither plane would if reached the area time to get the survivors appeared korea has responded to schedule artillery droves set to be started in the south this week. it could begin a new killer wore on the korean peninsula. it comes a month pension after three weeks of shelling of an island we're keeping an eye on that story. tourists may soon be able to to are the seal the area around chernobyl this side of the worst nuclear accident. the trouble zone will be open next year to tourism one of their reactors exploded 1986 spewed radiation over a to northern europe hundreds of thousands of people at your located the health promote health problems continued to hold the state. the state is safe enough for tourists. the golden gate bridge to recognize a light will be back again with weather and traffic in a moment. welcome back kron 4 morning news time right now is 10:44 a.m. waking up to cloud cover low clouds we also have high clouds overcast conditions across the board san jose mid-50s which warrant a few degrees by noon a high of low 60 today everywhere is going to see temperatures decline quite a bit and going down to the o'clock hour back into the '50s again. this morning were sitting in the '50s for the most part 55 san rosa and up a 56 through mountain view 544 livermore 55 for concord. in afternoon high 60s premature rico 60 degrees for napa, fairfield, concord, we will keep it in the low 50s down in the south bay as well. come to more that's when we bring in the wet whether a light rain and then we want to weigh up to the heavy stuff by the weekend. future cast 4 shows us early tomorrow morning we will pick up raindrops' risen on account of by 9:00 looks like much of the bay expecting a chance of showers notice how light shade thises the shows as the intensity very weak. light showers will persist and through much of the day. saturday comparing the to to give you an idea of how much stronger the storm is saturday. starting off with rain in the morning continuing to intensify by the afternoon all the orange shows as heavy rain heavy wind lasting for several hours at times read into the afternoon and evening hours as well saturday is going to be a significant storm a look is 7 day around bay showing widespread showers for tomorrow and could get a break on wednesday than periods of rain as storm continues back-to-back thursday, friday, saturday again is a big storm sunday continue with showers. >> tracking a slow down on our traffic map caltrans has a number two-lane shut down for pothole repairs you can see the yellow building indicating speeds at 30 mi. an hour or so allow yourself extra time making your way through rosa parks. no. l 101 no problems here the commutes been over for two hours traffic moving at the limit your drive time from downtown san jose up towards santa clara clocking in at 15 minutes. on the creek southbound a northbound 68 no problems here is the conditions throughout the san ramon valley no slowdowns as you approached and told westbound 24 in the clear as to make your way through lafayette. >> 10:47 a.m. developing new is the senate will have a date to vote on the tax-cut deal and republicans the white house this expected build a pass by the end of the year. a democrat says there's a good cross-section a good mix of senators in the party ready to accept and vote for the deal. president barack obama senior adviser is ruling out any major changes the president negotiated with conservatives. >> at the end of the day nobody wants to see taxes go up on a hundred and 50 million americans on june during a first. nobody was to see 2 million people lose unemployment and everybody understands what it would mean for the economy if we do get this done on the flip side if we get this done every economist from right to left says this will be a big boost for our economy. so i believe ultimately people will come together around this. >> it would avoid at increase in income-tax is for all americans the package would renew jobless benefits for unemployed and provide a cut in social security taxes. in anticipation has stocks positive this morning the dow lost 43 points s&p up for best set up half a point right now. corporate news the deals were announced today including ge's acquisition of wall street moldings and dell also announces 960 million purchase of network storage company. amazon denying this morning april with key lacquers or response will for its web site failure in europe there off line in britain for half an hour late yesterday leaving some to speculate there to our targeted by hackers amazon said it was due to hardware failure in its data center. hackers have hit the company has said their passwords may have been compromised gawkers said it was encrypted but simple ones could be in problem. it says password should be changed on other sites where the same pass words were used. it gained fame in may when it hit made pictures of the iphone prototype. three veterans that were discredited are suing the department of depressed defense to been stated. they filed today the three see the court order to glaring don't ask don't tell policy unconstitutional therefore unenforceable if it comes to any service members. the action comes four days after if the second time block the military spending bill that would also would have repealed openly gay troops. 10:50 a.m. quick break back with more moment alive look aside as we go in the shot this time from our biggest serrate this is our roof camera think fog free conditions this morning we will be right back. a high dumping some college ... national some of the other surrounding neighborhoods plunging temperatures tend below on the skin right there. another inch of snow expected to fall in nashville today. it will create nationally nasty conditions in tennessee. weather forecasters warning gusty winds could bring down trees and power lines today and tonight let's talk " to power outages tomorrow. google has a new tool that may allow people to see forest conditions to it comes on line next year it will incorporate the earth engine that allows satellite imagery to show force degraded people anyway kinsey and latin deforested station. no longer do we have to wait for studies. j.j. a principal working on a new tv show in san francisco called alcatraz it will include that jail as a key part the premise is a group of this gaby's disappear in their time reappear in present day. veteran actor from lost will start not. traffic for people behaving badly. here's a look. who last >> san francisco is the most unusual part in jobs i've ever seen it's a place people part in one direction than drive another. it's also nurture is for double parking you can find them anywhere. like these two cars parked on mission street. wire the double parked. this man has a handful of lottery tickets. that's why he blocked a line of traffic. this blue as you bay they needed to unload a television i guess i never read the sign. pastries always taste better when you're double parked. all right chestnut street it's a double parkers paradise. the cars unattended one of drivers is sweet dish. she walks out with a mouth full of candy missing out on the $80 double parking fine. the driver is having a conversation will blocking traffic appeared. stroll into his car after leaving the apple store double parking is the norm i know you're thinking there's not enough parking they have to. i'm sure you the spirit this is a parking space it's been available the entire time i was taping. looks like a london so it's not. after 1:00 p.m. monday through friday anyone can park this. you just 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