male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Restaurants are wonderful. Catherine now at 8 catherine big crowds for opening day at one of californias largest casinos. Graton resort and casino opened this morning in rohnert park. So many people wanted to see it the casino was forced to close its doors for awhile. Catherine and right now, people are still lining up to get a chance to play. Kron 4s Charles Clifford is there live. Charles . Reporter it reminds me of field of dreams, if you build it they will come. Yeah reporter when the doors opened around 9 tuesday morning, thousands of people flocked inside the new graton resort and casino. Outside traffic was backed up all day, as chp and casino employees tried to shepard drivers along surface streets and through the parking lots reporter by midday the casino was at capacity. Long lines formed at the entrances and visitors were only being allowed in when someone else left the building. Reporter inside, the c
It was a little empty around the bay area polls for election day but San Francisco makes a move to close its parks overnight. We have both sides of the reactions coming up. Return to index of stories. Thousands of people were able to roll the dice at the bay aeas newest casino. We spoke to some ofhose lucky ones who were able to make their way in. Well tell what they have to say about the Graton Casino. All bart trans are on time this morning following the investigation of a fatal pedestrian accident. Officers responded to reports of a body in the roadway on southbound 680 in walnut creek at 12 15. Erica temperatures to their record to be mild compared to yesterday. Plenty of sunshine. From noon at you conceive temperatures in the 60s. 70s in places parts of the north bank. By 3 00 this afternoon. Today is the warmest day. So enjoy the warmth and you like it. The cool down will began. We will stay dry at starting out your weekend and for most of the weekend i think monday for veterans
Time now 6 00. And we begin with breaking news. Kpix 5s anne makovec has some new information on that overnight amber alert for a two weekold boy. Anne, were just learning the father and the baby may be in Southern California . Reporter we just got a report from the chp that they have recorded a ping from the suspects cell phone down in san diego along the 805 freeway. So they may be well out of the bay area by this point. If that ping was an indicator of that. Now, the father reportedly took this baby from the home that he shared with the babys mother at around 4 00 yesterday afternoon. Heres a picture that we found on facebook of the suspect in this case, his name is mesut guler, 22 years old, 6 feet tall, 120 pounds. The apartment where he lived with the mother of the child is in sunnyvale on helen avenue. Now, these signs then went up along the freeways after the mother called police late last night and that amber alert was issued early this morning. Police think that guler is driv
Out nicely in some spots. 40s and some 50s right now. By the afternoon, well see a mix of sun and clouds. So today likely to be the warmest day of the week, although well see a few more clouds outside. Temperatures this afternoon moving well into the 70s inland about 77 degrees in santa rosa. 75 in san jose. And about 71 degrees in San Francisco. Time now for your kcbs traffic with elizabeth. Well take a look at highway 4 conditions now. They have that overnight roadwork in lanes for looks like another hour or so. The eastbound lanes of highway 4, expect various lanes blocked to be blocked between somersville and contra loma. In the commute direction westbound a few brake lights within the last few minutes approaching a street. Westbound 580 it was a huge grind yesterday between the Altamont Pass and pleasanton starting right around this time of the morning after that earlier crash in livermore. Not the case today. Just your usual delays beginning out of tracy but overall does not look
Reporter yeah. The baby last seen, taken from this apartment on helen eve in sunnyvale. The babys father took him out and was going to run some errands and some after sent a text to the babys mother saying they were leaving for good and if anybody called the cops the baby would be hurt. This is twoweekold henry gulerromero the subject of a statewide amber alert. Police say his father mesut guler left the apartment he shared with the babys mother around 4 30 yesterday afternoon. And shortly thereafter, sent her Text Messages saying he had taken the child. Reporter and that he was planning to move the child out of state. He indicated to her that if the police were involved, he would cause harm to himself and the child. Reporter the mother called police at 10 30 last night. The amber alert was issued and broadcast statewide. Since then the suspects phone has been tracked to san diego. The wife told us he has friends in mexico, which led you see to believe he would be head he had in that d