Bennett shes tracking this very unusual weather for the bay area tonight jacqueline we will see more activity over the north bay as well. It is to the activity is starting up and especially over this sierra. Only over the sierra is the mountains was elevated pat duron. Obviously the ground level is a lot higher in the sierra. Satellite radar pictures again to the east and to the north and off shore. This afternoon it has shifted and tracking to the north over the next few hours into tomorrow. We will talk more about that in just a bit. Reporter the National WeatherService Reporting more than 15,000 light and strikes locally here in the bay area since yesterday afternoon. This image here cames from san jose. 90 percent of the strikes came off shore in the pacific. Heres one straddling the coast in the pacifica. Look at that. Looks like it goes right between to transmission towers. Lining up the sky. Quite impressive we have a cool shot here in San Francisco uc the brightness and get also see the show from staffers cisco and the billboard also in the area at t park some fans that quite a show. Lost to the sox 7 zip. As you suggest, is predicting more lightning this evening. B. P. Moss and breaking news at kron dot com. Pam charles . Reporter started on saturday is burning and Columbia County 25 contra structures are being threatened and this fire shows no signs of slowing down. No containment on this fire. The fines are burning very hard to fight this heavy smoke in the area officials also announced an along the redding rolled all also be evaluated. Evacuation center has been set up at the high school there also is speculation center has been placed in a town of sonoma to the north and really to the south Charles Clifford kron 4 news. Pete because the jury found naso guilty of all four murders. He could face the death penalty. The jury will meet again in september to weigh his fate if he is sent to death row. He would be the second oldest person on death row. The trailside strangler, David Carpenter who is 83. Pam this is a huge verdict on all counts terisa . Reporter this is really a big deal pam. When the fourth person read the decision he looked down like he couldnt care less about this case. The 79 yearold Senior Citizen representative hit himself in this case. Including key evidence of a break diary. Graphic now of the crimes he to committed. He is a former photographer reporter she been strained with pantyhose that contained nasals dna pyrrhic this case mud solve for years. Is then along time coming. It has been a long time coming. He is just a waste of life or right now. Reporter what do you have to say to the jury . Thank you. Reporter i recently called in to san quentin to see if he was the oldest person put on death row he would be the second person there was a legal expert inside the courtroom he has some inside information about the jury in this case. Of market neighborhood. Yearold man as a suspect in catherine a School Shooting in georgia. This was the scene as the children ran from an Elementary School in the town of decatur near atlanta. They all got out safely. After someone started firing a gun into the air outside the school. Police tried to move the children out as quickly as possible. Even cutting a hole in a fence. And moving them [ male announcer ] wouldnt it be great if all devices had backup power . The Chevrolet Volt does. Its ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. No wonder volt is americas bestselling plugin. Thats American Ingenuity to find new roads. Right now, get a 2013 Chevrolet Volt for around 269 per month. 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But a lot of work needs to be done before the its filled up everyday commuters. Some of it taking place before upcoming the five day bridge closure. They still need to do some barrier workthere is some striping of the roadway that reporter this is the first look at of some of the striping on the new span thats already been finished. But much more needs to be completedlike touch up painting and Electrical Work like you see being down in this video installing more seismic joints in the roadway like this one here. Reporter after the shutdown. Crews will begin work on the east end. Grinding and paving and striping the new path from the toll plaza to match up to the new oakland touchdown. And finishing up similar work here where the west end of the new span meets the tunnel. Theyll also be installing a drainage system to keep future rainwater from pooling on the roadway. Section of the original westbound approach. Thats in order to connect in the temporary connector for the new bike path which is located on the other side of the fence right here. Its unclear yet if that will open the same day as the rest of the bridgewhich means bike riders may have wait a little longer than drivers. For the grand opening. Maureen kelly kron4 news, pam its unclear as yet if that path will be open the same day as the rest of the new pam do after the new bridge is open including the permanent fix of those broken bolts. A temporary fix the installation of shims was completed over the weekend. Caltrans says, that helped the structure to achieve the full seismic safety needed to open the new span. The permanent fix is expected to be completed in december. Pam still ahead. Pam how dry weather is making for a smelly situation in the south bay. Then well take you to a place. With the complete opposite problem. Catherine u. S. On a baseball scholarship has been shot in the back and killed by teenagers who were bored. According to police. The result shock and outrage in both countries. Catherine chris lane had just come back from a visit to his native australia with his american girlfriend. The 22yearold a promising athlete was jogging in the small oklahoma town of duncan friday. When he was shot in the back and left to die in the gutter. These are the suspects mug shots. Two of them have been charged as adults with firstdegree murder. 15yearold James Edwards. And 16yearold chancey luna. 17yearold Michael Jones faces lesser charges, including being an accessory after the fact. One report says the teenagers were bored and tired of practicing on animals when they decided to kill someone. Police say the boys were keeping a log of their crimes on Facebook Pages. The suspects posing with guns. And stacks of cash. One posting by James Edwards referred to it being time to take lives. Catherine Catherine this just a couple of days before chris lane was killed. Catherine people in australia are outraged. One former political leader suggesting that australians boycott the u. S. Until Congress Gets the message about gun control. Chriss father says the family is still stunned that their much loved son is gone. Best we can. Catherine Police Caught the teenagers a few hours after the shooting. With the help of surveillance cameras. One of them made it clear to police that their victim was chosen at random. And police now believe they were planning to shoot at least one more person. Catherine a lot of people are talking about this on our website kron 4 dot com. Stay connected with this story and many others. Log on. You can also check in on our Facebook Page and twitter. Reporter record rainfall and flash flooding continues to batter the southeast. A large swath of tropical moisture has drenched much of the region from the gulf coast to the carolinas. Heavy rain triggered flash floods in georgia on monday. Reporter water covered roads and inundated some apartments. Weather reports say at least three inches of rain fell in the area. Flash flooding also hit mississippi over the weekend. At one point. One foot of rain fell in less than an hour. In this video. Members of a church in gulfport, mississippi were met with waistdeep water after their sunday service. Stranded motorists were caught offguard by the rising waters. Reporter the Fire Department rushed to help dozens of stalled cars. The heaviest rain has passed. But more showers are in the forecast. Jacqueline and the low 90s this afternoon cooling down to the 80s is 86 and livermore with 83 and concord. Same thing for the south bay. Continuing to do with these thunderstorms and the threat. A lot more activity over the sierra will see hundreds of Lightning Strikes at this hour. So now were seeing all the activities according to the east and north and also off shore. You see how things are wrapping around and that would fire off thunderstorms again. I think that by 10 00 tomorrow it with this threat will be largely over in our local locations. The gusty winds and thunderstorms not producing a whole lot of rain because theyre elevated formulated at 13,000 ft. Or higher and it the rain falls through a dry area and then hits the ground. Jacqueline for inland valleys will also be a little cooler with the exception of antioch and that will be at 98 degrees. And mix of 60s and 70s for the north bay. Archetypical whether will return especially frieder 7 friday and saturday hitting back up into the 90 degree weather. You can download today and our new kron 4 weather act. Reporter Mark Zuckerberg page was broken into and someone posted a message on his wall it was a warning to all facebook users. [ male announcer ] at sizzler. Its back for a limited time fire grilled steak and golden allyoucaneat shrimp for an incredible 9. 99 only at sizzler for an incredible 9. 99 these are the hands a pediatrician. 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Reporter Dick Van Dyke keeping his his sense of humorous posted used jack for sale of real cheap. Reporter you cant write this stuff. Reporter as a reminder you can catch all of your Entertainment News here and kron 4 and a reminder, you can news right here on kron4. The omg starts at 7 00, followed by entertainment pam coming up at 5 30. The drama could soon be over in san diego. Well tell you the powerful Group Getting ready to demand the resignation of the mayor. Then why we havent seen any pictures of the accused boston bomber, since his capture. Goodnight. Thanks, olivia. Thank you. So you can make a payment from your cell to almost anyones phone or email. speaking french so you can express your gratitude. In the moment. Chase quickpay. So you can. Anarchy meets order. Working with at t, doctors set up a broadband solution to handle data and a mobility app to stay connected with their business. So they can run the office. Even when theyre not in the office. 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Reporter you are pam you are a long time pam describe the serious nature of the allegations against him question. This is was puzzling filter should have resigned a long time ago. The surest office has opened a an investigation. Its basically under the california penal code sexually sexual battery. Possibly up to three to six months in jail. If you are convicted of this under the california poll you will become a sort register sexaul offenders for life. This is a serious matter and he has to understand this. He could be facing criminal charges unless he tries to negotiate his way out. Pam so the city canceled cannot remove him on his own. . Have a very short deadline to do it. Everyone is seeing bob you have to go. An usher at the shrine to cut a good deal for myself or what. . Pam and if youd like to connect with michael yaki. You can find him on twitter atyaki blog. Pam the cost of Health Insurance keeps going up. The latest annual survey by the Kaiser Family foundation found. Americans are paying about four percent more than last year. Reporter that may not sound like much, but grant lodes is relatively small annual increase. Can add up over the years. Reporter four percent doesnt sound like a lot, but how about 182 percent . Thats how much Health Insurance costs have gone up since 1999. And not only are we paying nearly three times as much. Our coverage is shrinking. Reporter in 1999, it cost an average of less than 6 thousand dollars a year to insure an entire family. Look whats happened since then reporter the average now . Over 16 thousand dollars for the same coverage. Well, not quite the same coverage. These days 88 percent of Insurance Programs include a deductible. Thats the money you have pay out of your own pocket before the insurance kicks in. The average is more than 11 hundred dollars. As recently as 2006 only 55 percent of Insurance Programs had a deductible. And the deductible was only half that amount. These numbers are averages, of course. Some of us are paying more than others. Reporter the kaiser survey found youre likely to pay more if you make more than 56 thousand dollars a year. Or a company with no unions. Or a company with an olderor if you work in the northeast. They pay an average of 700 dollars more a year than we do on the west coast. Reporter even though enrollment starts in october. A new field poll says many californians are only vaguely familiar with details of president obamas health care reforms. The survey, released today, finds that about one in four voters in our state knows little or nothing about the Affordable Care act. Another 60 percent say they are somewhat knowledgeable about the overhaul, which was signed into law in 2010. Overall, 53 percent of california voters support the law. Catherine he is awaiting trial pam 1 this family revlon is less than 20 percent full. That is its lowest point since 1989. Rob fladeboe take you there and to explain why its happening and what it means. Reporter you can see the valley below trunk of decades ago to make way for of strength as a wall. Both brands like discipline are now high and dry. Is now a what happens to all that water. . It was a very dry winter and december 1st as a lot of graeme werent able to capture that slot of the water that could have been captured was not. Reporter water restrictions may be needed next summer if winter rain does not return. Algiers of has left with older and other quality water issues. The good news is that the reservoir is still taking in water from the delta and not expected to get any lower at least not for now. Farmers are using that much less water. Rob fladeboe kron 4 news. Jacqueline as we head into the overnight hours to concede some of that activity in north. I can tell you what to expect and win. Pam hours Financial Adviser for a sitdown on the winners in losers on its great having at t uverse high Speed Internet. Walter likes to download fixit videos. And watch boardwalk empire. 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