En this morning on the kron 4 morning news. Another big storm is approaching. When the light rain will turn into a downpour and possibly ruin your weekend plans. An oakland murder victim is being remembered at a funeral this morning. How the boy accused of killing her her own brother is being allowed to attend. And the winter games have begun. Well get an inside look at security in sochi. The kron 4 morning news starts right now. Good morning, im james flecther. It may be dry or wet outside, depending on where you are waking up this morning. Lets take a look at conditions outside right now. San mateo bridge. Bay bridge james lick freeway light rain is falling in pockets. But the real rain comes this afternoon and tonight and itll stick around all weekend. Remember you can stay up to date on the weather by going to kron 4 dot com. You can check the latest weather conditions and forecasts before heading out. You can also get the latest weather conditions on our mobile app. You can downlo
Joining us from london with more on this, nbc newss matt bradley. What do we know . Reporter this is really an evolving situation. What weve heard so far from the u. S. Military and this is in a statement that a combined u. S. And afghan force conducting an operation in nan ga har proch province was engaged by direct fire. We are assessing the situation and will provide further updates as they become available. Thats what weve gotten officially from the u. S. Military. A New York Times correspondent in afghanistan, he said that this might be what you would call a green on blue incident, and thats one in which Afghan Soldiers fire upon american troops, and of course weve seen this a lot in what has now become rekrercently americas longest war, the longest in history. This New York Times correspondent said there may be as many as five or six fatalities. None of this has been verified independently by nbc news except for that statement from the u. S. Government saying that u. S. Soldiers
Should probably google this go. I did and i saw his picture and i was shocked. Cruz police say he was picked up on friday for Disorderly Conduct involving alcohol. The fair said they were at the sons house about breaking into a coworkers home and they were shot. Hundreds have sent condolences to our facebook page. You can share your thoughts, as well. New this morning, bart directors are meeting to vote on whether to increase rider fares and parking fees. Abc7 news Amy Hollyfield is live at the walnut creek bart station with details. Amy . Next year it would be 5. 2 percent increase on the bart fares. Here is a look at what that means for a commuter, from, say, walnut creek, to San Francisco. That trip now costs 9. 70 and it goes up to 10. 20 so if you take bart five day as week from walnut creek to the city, that is 130 more a year. That is not all. They are talking about charging more for parking increasing it by 50 cents every six months. Bart officials have proposed the increases a
It is positive dilemma but the bridge district says it needs to do something and fast. A decision could be made here in the next couple of months. We are live in larkspur this morning for abc7. Supporters of an effort to rename San Francisco International Airport in honor of harvey milk will hold a rally at city hall. Last month, San Francisco supervisor introduced legislation to rename the airport harvey milk San Francisco international. He was californias first openly gay elected official. He was assassinated along with mayor moscone in 1978. Organizers say the rally is to urge the other supervisors who support the legislation. Voter could decide on the name change in november. A top boeing official will present the f. A. A. Today with a list of potential fixes to the battery problems that have grounded the boeing 787 dreamliner. The solutions are designed to let the planes resume flying while they continue to look if the cause of fires in two of the jet batteries. The fixes which yo
Best they can in the Nations Capital. You see right there thats dupont circle, kind of a tradition whenever theres a big snowfall, a big public kind of snowball fight, friendly, though. D. C. Public schools a much more serious matter for monday, will be closed. The nations capitol, government offices including congress will not be convening tomorrow. And were still awaiting word on whether federal workers as a whole will be able to go to work. The metro rail system will open at 7 00 a. M. With limited underground service in the Nations Capital. Then further north to philadelphia, the International Airport there, crews are working to clear runways after 22. 4 inches fell in that city. And then even further north, new jersey, massive snow melt. Its putting parts of the coast under flood warnings now. More than 28 inches fell in that state and along the coast. 13 inches in some parts. And in new york, 26. 8 inches recorded in central park. Utility workers and snow plows are attempting to