To see some cooler temperatures with a sea breeze kicking in along the coastline, 60s and low 70s here and about 75 degrees in San Francisco. All right. Lets check out your kcbs traffic with liza battalones. And were looking at a rerun of what we reported to you yesterday as far as bart is concerned. Bart trains are running this morning. They are still talking. No strikes for now. Bottom line no delays for the bart system. You can catch bart today to get to and from work. No problems for the ferry, caltrain or the Altamont Pass. We also have our first accident of the morning in pleasanton. Westbound 580 approaching foothill. A hitandrun accident off to the righthand shoulder. Its not slow down traffic too much right in the middle of the shot and still room on westbound 580 through the livermore valley. 880 237 in milpitas, no construction overnight. No problems there. And all of our Silicon Valley freeways are moving at the speed limit. Thats a look at kcbs traffic. A live look at the
A month for Family Healthcare coverage. Bart wants to raise that to 132 a month with a 3 increase per year. But if workers decide not to take the bart plan and instead go on the ground their spouse or partners plans, bart still gives you 100. And that would go up to 350 a month under barts offer. Then there are the paid holidays and sick time buy backs. Bart workers birthdays are paid holidays, one of 13 paid holidays they get each year, plus their vacation. They also get 12 sick days a year. If you dont get sick, you can bank up to 250 unused sick days about 50 weeks worth and cash them out when you leave. Last few days we have been kind of trying to grind it out. Reporter still, the question of whether the unions will call a strike remains up in the air. Were going to do everything we can to avert a strike. That doesnt mean were not ready for a strike. That doesnt mean were not able to pull off a work action. We dont want to. Were going to stay here and go through this process with a
There would to neighborhood policing with five different areas. Two of them in the east oakland area with captions on each one with crimefighting specializing in their area. We have to do something. What we did last year does not seem to be working. And i think that this presents the best opportunity. We have to work with the resources that we have. That is warm will take a look at weather or not we can do smartbetter and we are asking for the neighborhood to join those neighborhood safety groups third were making a double down the safety commitment. Reporter police work will cost them one quarter of 1 million. Unlikely. They also spoke of Community Policing and volunteer work with more details coming up at a six pm reporting live in oakland, j. R. Stone, kron 4 news. An Early Morning call for help leads to a rare homicide in an east bay city. That happens to be linked to an officer involved shooting kron4s Haaziq Madyun that officers found themselves in a dangerous situation. It is cl
Negotiations continue. Those negotiations are happening right now. Its crisis averted this morning in washington, d. C. The Government Back to work now as lawmakers ended the Government Shutdown and avoided a debt ceiling crisis this week at least for now. Just nine minutes before the midnight deadline, the deal to end the dual dilemmas arrived at the white house. President obamas signature moments later marked the official end of the Government Shutdown and raised the debt ceiling. Last night on capitol hill, the deal passed easily out of the senate and then through the house largely with democratic support. The president praised congress for finally reaching an agreement. Well begin reopening our government immediately. And we can begin to lift this cloud of uncertainty and unease from our businesses and from the American People. Reporter the deal keeps the government funded through january 15th but a budget conference in congress now has to come up with a broader budget deal by dece
male announcer live from the bay area this is the kron 4 morning news. Kron 4 news at 4 a. M. Starts now, too. Good morning everyone r. E. M. Anny hong. We are tracking a storm that could potentially bring some areas to rain. Erica has a look at our forecast. Good morning erica. Good morning anny. As of right now we are taking accoun this is a look. This is t tam cam here it is a cold start to the morning. 364 napa and vallejo. Remember these are not the coldest temperatures numbers of the morning. They will continue to drop as we approach sunrise. Here is a look at your satellite and radar. We do have a mini storm sitting offshore. It is making its way to northern california. I have been looking at the latest models. There is some disagreement. Yesterdays models were showing widespread rain and then that would spread from north to south however, these latest models did not indicate that their future cast 4 dicks by 8 00 a. M. Mostly cloudy conditions. Set the clock into motion. Green