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" two officers were killed in the line of duty and the man who shot them is also dead. >> we have team coverage of the story this morning. we are learning new details on exactly what happens. we will also hear from residents in the area who are shocked and devastated that this happened and so close to home. plus, who were these officers? and who do they leave behind. we would share the new information in our team coverage. >> more on this tragic story out of santa cruz and just a bit, but we began with a developing story in san francisco. a water main break causes a big mess. crews have not shut off water to residents. it is in the area of 50 avenue and wawona, in west portal. kron4 jackie sissel is live on the scene. >> this is a 16 in. water main that broke gallons of water into the street and into cars. some of these areas were completely filled with water and you can see all the stuff that is floating in the water. all in all this stated that a dozen or more homes have been affected by this. here is video from early this morning where the water was actually washington restrained. it was thousands of gallons that were coming down. i had a chance to talk to someone from the public works department. >> the water came out and all of the dirt that called the silver was coming out. basically, we are treating this as a hazardous waste and we have to make sure that we get these phones cleaned up. >> i am not sure whether not the camera can show you how much mud as out here. but you are probably looking at about a foot of mud that is out here. >> last time jackie, when we have this a understood the amount of mud. where is all of this mud coming from? >> you have to understand that this is a 68 edge water main that is under the ground is covered. when that water main broke all of this was surrounding and that made history collapse. basically, all of this water that was covering this pipe send it down the street. you have yards, and yards of mud. >> oh my gosh! 6:00 a.m. is probably too early for these residents even be waking up. i saw the is a garage and it has a lot of damage. >> i tried to talk to if you are the residence and they were not interested in talking to me. this demonstrated that him and his wife were born to stand outside and that they see that the mud is up to their tires. you can imagine how much water when inside of here. this is also their car right here. >> it is amazing, the mud, and the damage. they have shut off water and they have to clean this up. did they say if this was going to be all day? >> nobody is without water. that is the good news spirit we are being told that they will try to clear this interest section within a couple of hours or even less than that. they will get a front loader out here to remove the mud. 50's avenue will be closed all the way up the street. this maybe close all day or longer. they stated that what estivate this whole street. >> here is a live look outside of our roof cam and we are looking at downtown san francisco. >> you are absolutely right. the temperatures will climb into the afternoon. i do not think it will be as warm as it was yesterday. in addition to that, we will see high clouds letter all. it will not be as of sunday but the temperatures will reach the low 70's. later on tonight it will be mostly clear with a breezy forecast. i will have your full of detail coming up. >> there is a good ride around the bay right now and we're not tracking any major problems or hot spots. the traffic is just beginning to back up and the metering lights have not been activated. there is no problem yet. >> the other top story that we are following this morning. two officers were killed and the line of duty in santa cruz. police say the sergeant loren baker, who went by the name butch a 28 year veteran of the department leaves behind his wife and two daughters. these photos are courtesy of the santa cruz centennial. detective elizabeth b utler is a 10 year veteran, who was also killed. she has two sons. police say, that the officers were following up on a sexual assault investigation. a third person has been identified as jeremylet , the man who police say shot at the officers yesterday afternoon. >> kron force will tran is live on the same with the latest on the investigation. >> there is a van parked across the street and there is a bullet hole inside of it perry ed across the street they stated that this is the second scene. we will zoom in so that you concede this grudge and this is a hot spot. this is a whole, but shots. you can literally walk through this. >> we will continue to have more coverage coming up essex 3:00 pm. we will have more on the story with kron 4 is mike pelton. >> we will be right back. i'm ovm er the hill. my body doesn't work the way it used to. pastpa my prime? 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" >> the family of a missing hayward mother has put up fliers all on the city in hopes of finding her. police say, that's a matter of tu ia, went missing last wednesday, after she left the family's home for what role to say, was an afternoon walk around the neighborhood but she did not return. the family believes that if tuia has an and diagnose mental condition says she has a " childlike " a demeanor an end to let. tuia is described as say simone woman, she was last seen wearing a white shirt, jeans, black shoes, and a gray hooded sweater with a red jacket over the sweater. >> san francisco city officials are celebrating the completion of phase one of the new $90 million cruise ship terminal at pier 27. the modern facility it is intended to welcome bows and a cruise ship passengers with views of the downtown skyline. at the completion of selling any bids, face to will be ready for the tunnel for cruise ships along with creating a park on appears open space. work on phase two will begin in early march 2014. >> new this morning, a study " a just released " shell said the majority of study " a just released " shell said the majority of mom, i invited justin over for lunch. good. no, not good. he's a vegetarian and he's going to be here in 20 minutes! 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>> yes. this is probably about 2 ft. up from may and it is sitting at the top of his driveway. the bad news is that this is their crotchgarage. and contract to walk over here but it is very much be held here.i can trr there, but it is very much the out hddy out her. >e. >> this will be one of the stores that we will continue to follow as the crews continued to work to clean up this mud. >> our other top story this morning is to officers that were killed in the line of duty in santa cruz. loren baker, butch hole when by the nickname butch was a 28 year veteran of the department and leaves behind his wife and two daughters. these photos are courtesy of the santa cruz sentinel hill. detective elizabeth of butler is a 10 year veteran, was also killed she leaves behind two young sons. police say, but the officers were following up on a sexual assault investigation. >> kron4 will tran is live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. >> we do know that the santa cruz is a the lead agency behind this investigation and they stated that they may not be allowed to investigate more because it would be considered a conflict of interest. this stated that they will be able to talk with us later to give us more information. some of the neighbors are stating that they had no idea that this has happened. there is a lot of information going on and i will try to get you more information as we hear more. >> and turning to weather now. a mass of, slow-moving storm is paralyzed and parts of the nation's midsection with heavy, wet snow. some parts of the midwest already got a foot or more of snow, which strained power lines, closed schools, clogged roadways and lay hundreds of flights. forecasters expect it to dump five to 8 in. of snow and southeast michigan this afternoon and up to a foot and northern new england by later in the evening. the storm was so big that it may traffic impossible yesterday from oklahoma panhandle to the great lakes. >> there are a least three deaths that are blamed for this blizzard. >> it feels like it is freezing in certain spots. here is a look at the temperatures right now. it is 38 degrees out the door in concord. as we head into the afternoon i will break down the numbers coming up just a bit. >> we are looking at what may be a hot spot on the mimic freeway this is 880 south bound just past 238. there is a report of a motorcycle accident. there may be several lanes that may be blocked southbound. i may be several lanes that may be blocked southbound. i will have you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ may be several lanes that may be blocked southbound. i will have some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? 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join the conversation on kron4 facebook fan page. first " light " us, then post your comments. >> coming up on kron 4 morning news. rob black will join us with the latest on the markets. >> welcome back. the three left lanes are blocked due to a motorcycle accident. this is not only affecting your ride on 880 it is also making it back up and castro valley because traffic onto 38 is now at a standstill. a quick check of the bridges shows that there is tobacco formal we are still incidents free. the san mateo bridges not sing in the problems there at 11 to 12 minutes. they're no problems from a bottlfrom novate golden gate bridge. >> rob black is joining us now. >> we had durable-goods orders to come out. >> they have good bookings and there are like refrigerators, things in that line. overall, they were up 9% for january. this was also due to boeing having problems. this is letting us know the people are buying homes pair read >> and what about bernanke? >> they're not expecting him to say it is a different but they will try to pull anything from him. >> a couple of things is that he said that the fiscal cuts will be bad for the economy and that the congress should take their time in making the right decisions. he stated that he has done his job and that it is up to congress to come up. he stated that they should do their physical problems. >> we also had a lot of our earnings to come off due to grew upon and j.c. penney. >> their price line is a little bit better and europe and asia where we are supposed to see a slowdown they have not. there are still taking their 12 weeks of vacation. this is an interesting winner out of your. target came out with good numbers. this was their worst christmas and for years. today will get apple's shareholder meeting and it may come out with an announcement about the cash and what they will do with it. >> i have to confess that i spied on your bullet points of the things that you wanted to talk about. >> there is a company called using the. it is an online gambling company. chris chris stay the governor of new jersey is probably born to run for president for some point. he legalized gambling in his state. i would expect other states to follow suit. the investment play would probably something type of on-line transfer of money. >> instagram made a mile stone. >> this is owned by facebook. i can post this to my face book page. you can probably do an online reservations and the on- line reduced by peerreviews by >> 680 is easy for you when it looks like the sun as corn to be coming out. >> it will shape up to be a another nice today and it would not be as warm as it was yesterday. we will be a touch cooler. the temperatures are colder than 24 hours of go. we do have below freezing in a few spots. it is mid 30's out the door in livermore. future cast 4 is tracking your temperatures. it is mainly 60's that are indicated by the green on the screen. as we pushed into the afternoon it will be mid to upper 60s. we do have more in the web clios can i do not think that it will be as warm as yesterday. future cast 4 highlights by 8:00 p.m. that it will be in this case. take it they looked at the afternoon highs that will send you later. redwood city is coming in at 68 degrees. it is a few degrees cooler the fremont. >> 67 degrees for danville. downtown san francisco is keeping a low 60's. it is 71 possible for napa. mid 60's for berkeley and low 60's for alameda. your satellite and radar shows a clear and dry conditions will be passing through. your kron 47 day around the bay high licet friday will be the warmest of the week and we may see some 70's. saturday and sunday the temperatures will drop and there will be at week system that may bring rain. monday, looks to be a dry. >> anheuser-busch says that the claims that the company waters down its beers are " completely false. " a class action lawsuit that was filed in california accuses the budweiser maker of shortchanging consumers. the suit seeks unspecified damages was set said the controversy is worth more than $5 million. similar lawsuits were also filed in several other states. anheuser-busch calls the lawsuit as " groundless " and says that its beers fully comply " with all alcohol labeling laws. " >> we will be right back. you can't move the tv there. yuh-huh. we have a wireless receiver. listen. back in my day, there was no u-verse wireless receiver that let you move the tv away from the tv outlet. we can move it to the kitchen, the patio, the closet and almost anywhere. why would you want a tv in the closet? 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