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KRON KRON 4 Evening News November 7, 2014

Identified the woman. Hit and killed by a golden gate transit bus this morning in San Francisco. Reporter police say, the vicitm was 51yearold lori Helmer Helmer was hit at the intersection of van ness and lombard streets just after six oclock. Reporter police say, she was out jogging at the time. Investigators are still working to determine the exact cause of the accident. Reporter police cannot say whether helmer was inside of a crosswalk. Golden gate transit says, it is helping to find out what happened. The driver is definitely shaken up. Oc . To cause this tragic accident. Reporter transit Officials Say, the driver has a quote excellent driving record. They say he has worked with golden gate transit for more than 35years. Reporter a death on the tracks at the san leandro bart station. Caused major delays during this mornings commute. Reporter bart Officials Say, a daly city train hit and killed a woman around nine o clock. This is video of the scene. Courtesy of our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. Reporter a bart spokesperson says, wtinesses reported seeing the train. Reporter both the san leandro and oakland collesium stations. Were shutdown for a few hours. Reporter a bus bridge was set up to connect the dublin pleasanton station. To the rest of the line. Reporter barts website is reporting no delays at this time. Reporter turning to election returns. And some still undecided races. Reporter two days after ballots were cast. Votes are still being counted in the san jose mayors race. Reporter here are the latest numbers. Reporter city councilman sam liccardo is ahead by fewer than three thousand votes. Reporter and is already claiming victory. Reporter meanwhile santa clara supervisor dave cortese says. Dont count him out yet. Reporter kron 4s rob fladeboe is live in san jose with the latest. Rob . Reporter vote tallies continue to trickle in for a number of local races. Reporter in the oakland mayors race though. All the ballots will not be counted until next week. Right now. Reporter there were also discussing that during and before the campaign there was a lot of talk beginning regarding top of a mass resignation for scorsese. Reporter did hear from one of the Police Officers that he had spoken with. There are still thousands of those that still need to be counted. The shift in the count will change the outcome. We want to make sure that people keep monitoring the election. It is very important for them to know. We also tried to reassure that we are focused on that count. There are a lot of circumstances beyond my control. I am a resident of san jose. So theyre a lot of issues that are coming out. I am not going to speak for the majority. I came here from another agency 20 years ago. I thought that it was a good place to go. With a lot of opportunity. Maybe i should have stayed where i was. Looking back. Reporter and major league. League. Lead 1 percent margin could go away at this point. He would not come until every last count has been made in this county. Reporter all of the ballots will not be counted until next week. Right now. Reporter Councilmember Libby Schaaf has a commanding 63 of the vote. In the ranked Choice Voting contest. Reporter yesterday, her two closest rivals, Councilmember Rebecca kaplan and incumbant mayor jean quan. Both victory. Reporter and today. Mayor quan held a joint News Conference with schaaf. Kron 4s dan kerman was there. Reporter San Francisco mayor ed lee has finally announced he will run for another term. He made the statement. While touring the construction site of a new running track at kezar stadium. We both lived in the city. And that now that we will Work Together to make sure that will continue to rise. I have been so proud to serve the city for 20 years. And to be the first woman and Asian American mayor i have been honored to take the city from a tough time at a time where some times you would think they could be tougher. At a time where the city is clearly rising at some level. That is our challenge to make this city safe and make it clean and take their of its children. I am very thankful, for the foundation that mayor quan has laid. And i looked for to build upon it. Reporter quan says that is one of many things to she will work on during her final weeks of mayor. She also might it be known that the bay area has not seen the last of her. I am not one of those mayors that leave the city and go on to do other things. I will live and die in this city. And i will stay active. Reporter Oakland City Hall a dense carmen kron 4 news. Dan kerman reporter i talked with a need that and my children the last few days. To make this determination on running and i think that i based this decision on the boulders and that they were so strong that when it thinks done. Wanted things done. So i will be running for reelection. Reporter state senator mark leno might also be a candidate for San Francisco mayor. Leno let it be known recently. That he is interested in the job. And a poll released last week showed, he would be a strong contender. Reporter leno is a former San Francisco supervisor. Who was elected to the state assembly and then later in 2008 to the state senate. Reporter coming up at 5 15. Reporter a woman who used uber says. A ride that normally costs her seven dollars. Ended up being nearly 100 dollars what happened. Reporter then at 5 30. Reporter a grieving mothers plea. After her son was killed right before here eyes in a freak accdient. Reporter what went wrng during a road trip. Reporter and next. Why one new study says, the north bay is one of the worst places to own home. Reporter clear skies for most of the evening. More rfemale announcer ies for tuesdays your last chance to save big during sleep trains triple choice sale. For a limited time, you can choose to save hundreds on beautyrest and posturepedic mattress sets. Or choose 300 in free gifts with sleep trains most popular tempurpedic mattresses. You can even choose 48 months interestfree financing on the new tempurchoice, with headtotoe customization. The triple choice sale ends tuesday, veterans day. Sleep train your ticket to a better nights sleep hey john,whoa k it out. Yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. And the tablet worked just fine. But i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. So i shrunk sharon. Every channel is live just like on tv. But its my phone. Its genius. Shh im watching tv. Tiny sharon is mean. Im right here. Watch any channel live on any device around your home. Download the xfinity tv app today. Pam an uber customer says, she was charged more than 90 dollars for a three mile ride. When she contacted uber, she says, the company told her the price was normal. Pam cristin severance shows us why it was just easy, breezy. I was a huge fan. Reporter brook bunch is a long timeloyal uber user. She loves not paying for parking or searching for a spot. I Never Exchange money. It got charged to my account. Reporter bunch ordered an uber friday night after dinner with friends. Bunch said she was picked up at ironside in little italy. Reporter she went 2 point7 miles to 23rd street in downtown san diego and was charged 92dollars. I thought this was a mistake. There is no way they could charge me 90 dollars for a 2 mile ride. Reporter she normally pays 7 dollars for that same ride. Thats more than 13 times the normal rate. 90 dollars, i could have flown to San Francisco for that. She contacted uber they told her this was because of surge pricing. Surge pricing is supply and demand. When a lot of requests come inprices go up. This entices more drivers out on the road. With more cars out there. Prices go back to normal. Reporter uber says customers are always notified in big, bold print if surge pricing is in effect. Bunch said she wasnt. That definitely did not happen to me. Reporter surge pricing problems have been popping up all over the county. Reporter a baltimore woman started a gofundme account after being charged 362dollars for a 20 minute uber ride. Reporter the bbb recently gave uber an f because of these complaints. Team 10 looked at the other ride sharing apps. Reporter ubers main rival is lyft. Reporter lyft has higher prices during prime time. But caps at 200 percent higher than normal. Reporter uber doesnt have a cap. A third option is sidecar. Reporter reporter they do not use surge pricing. Reporter sidecar is the only app that allows you pick not just the driver but the price too. Bunch said she was always just an uber user. Until now. Well see, anything but uber. Pam a computer programmer, accused of running a black market website known as silk road 2 point oh. Will be transfered from San Francisco to new york to face charges. Pam 26 year old Blake Benthall was arrested in San Francisco yesterday. And charged with conspiring to commit drug trafficking, commit computer hacking, trafficking in fake ids and Money Laundering on the website. Pam f. B. I. Investigators called the site one of the most extensive, sophisticated and widely used criminal marketplaces on the internet. Pam silk road 2pointoh is a revived version of an earlier site called silk road. Which was shut down by federal authorities. The alleged operator of that site was arrested at a Public Library in San Francisco last year. Jacqueline above average for this time of year. With 77 degrees and concord and 79 degrees in pleasanton. We were at 73 degrees with downtown San Francisco. Los 60s and 70s but things will start cooling down. Taking a look at headlines tonight tomorrow, was the seventh died in the afternoon but it will be cooler with increased offshore sea breeze wind. Fog will ride as well. We do have a slight chance of rain in the forecast. Catherine from australia a story that sounds like a movie. A crying criminal in a flagged down a news van catherine so he could turn himself in. Catherine but even then the drama wasnt over. Crying. Catherine a crying suspect. And a news photographer on the phone with police. Catherine australian camera man peter steer had been driving to a news story when the story came to him. Catherine a man on a Harley Davidson jule brook waved down his van then confessed that he was the person who had injured a woman at a nearby house. Catherine the man had blood on his hands and kept crying. The camera man tried to keep him calm. Catherine but as brook was sitting on the ground. He changed his mind about surrendering. Within moments. He was smiling and pointing a gun at peter steer. Catherine the suspect drove off in the news van. And as a camera mounted in the van was rolling catherine he headed straight to a nearby gas station and slammed into a gas tank. Brook was caught and now faces a string of charges including attempted murder. Catherine and the camera man has a story to tell. I wanted to get that shot. But i did not want to get shot. Need a big drink. Catherine peter steer says hes been a news photographer since 1980. Catherine and as far as exciting situations go nothing else even comes close. Catherine next. Catherine you may be excercising but are you doing it effectively . Well break down some cardio myths. Catherine then. Researchers say, theyve figured out the catchiest song of all time. Catherine well play it for you ahead. First impressions are important. Youve got to make every second count. Banking designed for the way you live your life. So you can welcome your family home. For the first time. Chase. So you can. Mattress discounters veterans day sale ends tuesday. But mattress discounters has the Largest Selection of memory Foam Mattresses under one roof comforpedic. Icomfort. Posturepedic hybrid. And wow four years interest free financing on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection and, get a queen size serta mattress and box spring set for just 397. But hurry the veterans day sale ends tuesday. Mattress discounters pam you may be exercising, but are you exercising effectively . Pam many people are not getting the most from their workout. Pam holly firfer takes a look at some myths surrounding cardio exercises. Reporter what s your favorite exercise . If you love doing cardio. Great but, be warned, it might not be all it seems. What do we mean . Reporter well, first of all, if you think cardio is the only way you are going to lose weight. Think again. Reporter now, we know losing weight is a numbers game. Calories in must not exceed calories out. Reporter if you add in weight training to the cardio exercise youll build lean muscle and that will help boost your metabolism and burn more fat. Reporter and speaking of Building Muscle myth 2 ok, i ran, or i biked so i dont need to do leg exercises. Wrong. Reporter in order to get that metabolic burn in the legs you are going to need to do things like squats, or leg lifts or even lunges. Reporter myth 3 do you think you have to work out for an hour in order for cardio exercise to be effective . Reporter you dont. Reporter doctors say any cardio exercise is good for you and your heart. Reporter not only will you burn calories fast but you are likely to burn calories for up to 38 hours after the workout because you have revved up that metabolism. Reporter but no matter what you do doctors say getting up and getting moving is essential to good health. Reporter holly firfer kron4 news. Pam what you eat can be just as important as working out. But finding healthy meals at restuarants can be hard. So here are some menu keywords that can help you avoid unhealthy options. Pam sizzling, glazed and creamy are just a few of the words you should consider as highcalorie red flags. Pam restaurants use adjectives on their menus that are designed to entice you. But they may also be the clue to those notso healthy entres. Pam words like crunchy, battered, breaded, or golden, are menu talk for fried meals high in carbohydrates and fat content. Pam youll also find the words teriyaki, glazed, sticky, and honeydipped in front of some pastas and sauces. Those dishes can come with added sugars. Pam the best way to find out whats in the meal you want to order is asking your waiter. If they dont know the cheff or cook likely will. Pam coming up at 5 30. Pam what sent a big rigs wheels flying right into an unsuspecting driver. Changing one bay area family forever. Pam then. Pam the small critters having a big impact on a local construction project. What the problem is. And how long it could last. The goal pam now at 5 30. A my kron4 story. A livermore mother grieving over the loss of her son. Pam 20 year old cody brown was killed in an unusual Traffic Accident while driving on interstate 5 last week. Pam kron 4s Maureen Kelly spoke to the victims mother. Who wants the big rig driver involved in the crash to turn himself in. Reporter gina robison was driving back home with her son cody brown the evening of october 27th. The chp says they were travelling on i5 near los banos when a big rig going the other direction suffered a catastrophic axle. Reporter failure. Sending two of its tires and rims. Like you see here. Flying. Reporter they crashed into the front windshield of ginas car. She suffered only minor injuries. But cody. Who had been driving. Was killed instantly. I looked for defensive wounds. Reporter the chp says driver of the big rig kept on going. And has not been found. Why hasnt he come forward . I mean by now hes got to know. Reporter gina now has to struggle with not knowing exactly why the big rig lost its wheels. I can forgive an accident, its going to be a little tougher to forgive someone being just negligent and not checking their truck. crying reporter but the her stuggle over the loss of her son. Who she says was always by her side. Will be even tougher to bear. Reporter Maureen Kelly kron4 news. Pam the bridge replacement along highway one in pacifica. Has been backing up traffic for months. Pam now wildlife has stopped the work. For what will likely be several more months. Kron 4s j. R. Stone explains. Its ridiculous. Reporter Kathy Marinelli is one of many in pacifica upset about sitting in this traffic along highway one where the San Pedro Creek bridge is being replaced. A site, that as of this week is barren wildlife Restrictions Mean no major onsite work for 5 months. Reporter five monthsfive months oh my god. This guy and this guy for that delay. A red legged frog and a steelhead trout. Endangered animals that have been found in this creek area. Because theyve been found here caltrans crews are not able to work until april. An area that is protected on a federal level because of its wetlands status. The traffic is backed up all the way to the store. Traffic goes all the way down there and now there is no work being done reporter those working the project tell me that the delay is not a surprise and is something that was written within the permit of the project. News that is unliley to sooth the thoughts of those who say the traffic here has become a nightmare on weekends. I dont know who makes the decisions around here but they dont use their brain. Reporter even with this delay this project should still be finished by october 15, 2015. Reporter j. R. Stone jacqueline this afternoon we hit the 70s. Tomorrow things local a little bit, in fact we will wickwake up tp fog. In the afternoon and will be slow to warm patrick it will be mild. We do have changes in the forecast with warmer temperatures. We will take a look at those coming up. Now back to coverage of the Midterm Election aftermath. The voters spoke on tuesday and now washington is reacting. Pam leaders from both sides of the aisle are promising a new tone in the Nations Capital but how long will it last . Pam ryan nobles explains why compromise will remain difficul margaret, we may call on you again. laughter reporter the preside

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