in the north bay and the spade. mostly cloudy this afternoon. we have a sunny and warm weekend ahead. wait till you see the 70 forecast it will be thrilled by it if you like the sun. storm tracker for talking about the rain in the north bay showers of san rosa, in the napa valley and now fairfield. let's see if we can get better look at that. it's not heavy. i took measurements and its 400 and of an inch near napa. heavier near fairfield 10th of an inch, but these are moving quickly. don expected to hand over fairfield too much longer. and their areas seeing it in oakland, out along the east bay hills, down by 680-580 interchange. this is how quickly the cells are moving. as you drive you will get a dress all across your windshield. flip on the windshield wipers once or twice. temperatures right now 49 san francisco, 40 livermore, 45 san jose, the delta 46. redwood city, oakland, hayward 47. this afternoon 53 novato, 55 fairfield, 54 concord, tuesday 84 hayward, fremont, los gatos, 57 oakland, mid-50s a out in antioch. we are getting the southern edge of been and will push on by by a the end of today. tomorrow looking good friday not bad. 60s and more sunshine. saturday, sunday, monday your holiday. and then months tuesday, wednesday getting into the mid '60s. >> i am getting a close eye and a potential hot spot out of oakland, northbound direction of the nimitz freeway right before embarcadero. for a car crash we are not seen too much in the way of a back up. it's the only slow traffic is actually in the southbound direction where we had an earlier accident that has since been cleared. chp currently on the scene right now but again it's not producing a back up hopefully i won't have too much more to tell you in the next report. another slow spot on our traffic maps ride out of the altamont pass on friday. out of tracy it is still long stretch of yellow indicating speeds at 30 mi. an hour. as you head towards livermore you get heavier towards airway boulevard. 12 mi. an hour there so long structure below as you make your way towards the 580- 680 interchange. in looks like friday late came a day earlier at the bay bridge, the end of the back up here. easy conditions here no back up on the over crossing. we do have reports of a stall pass and tunnel. currently blocking the lane. it's not causing too much delay giving you a good drive time of about 12 minutes from the foot of the maze into fremont streets have francisco. >> president barack obama calling on the nation to come together in the aftermath of the deadly shooting in tucson. one of the injured gabrielle a difference. thousands of people gathered at this memorial. the president saying we may not not be able to stop the evil but how we treat one another is up to us. earlier they met with the surviving victims and gave an encouraging update. >> and i want to tell you -- her husband mark is here and he allows me to share this with you -- right after we went to visit, a few minutes after we left her room and some of her colleagues in congress were in the room, gabby opened her eyes for the first time. (applause.) gabby opened her eyes for the first time. (applause.) gabby opened her eyes. gabby opened her eyes, so i can tell you she knows we are here. she knows we love her. and she knows that we are rooting for her through what is undoubtedly going to be a difficult journey. we are there for her. (applause.) >> she remains in a hospital in critical condition. meantime christina taylor green will be the first to barry buried this afternoon. the first of the sixth funerals. >> people moved by the bentsen arizona call their own vegetables in oakland. local groups organize this ceremony outside oakland city hall. everybody wanted to show their prayers and concern for the victims of the shootings as well as support for the families. >> mercury news reporting police are searching for graffiti vandals would threaten violence. just before winter break student found graffiti and then men spent bathroom on campus. the message reportedly laid out plans for violence for this coming tuesday. that message has been removed. police are saying students be alert and they are looking for the black vandal. >> 7 07 a.m., we will be back in a couple of minutes. albany the traffic is building on 80. it still looks good and clear. federal parks are proposing new rules require dogs to be leashed and ban pops altogether from other parts of the park. its aims to make sure protected species are not disturbed. yoli is out live at christie field with reaction. here some dogs off leash. >> more than a talk to martha r. walters. she is what the dog group. she has quite a bit to say about it. tell me how it stands right now? >> at christie field it in goatees speech, the promise not, airfield. there is a restriction on the west beach. >> if this goes through where can they go. where is the limit? >> from the alternative east beach and was beach would be eliminated from dog walking. and part of the airfield. the prominent art you would have had a dog leash. >> the one a try protect the natural habitat with the restrictions. you think it's fair? >> christie field was designed to protect the natural resources. >> that's at issue they want a project that new area where the march they've restored they can run freely right there. >> around it bears the vegetative funds that protect the dogs and humans from entering the marsh. >> you think is too restrictive? yes i do. what do propose to do it as a group? >> we have to look at the document and further review. we're working with the spca and other groups. we will come back with our own alternative. >> i've spoken to people in general out here. even people who don't own dogs some of these people that were exercising. they say they like the dogs roaming around. but people will get an opportunity to have a public say on all of this friday. 90 day open opinion on that. nothing they will decide over night. when they decided it won't go in effect until 2012. >> even the folks without dogs don't mind that's interesting. that meeting will drop all lot of attention and reaction. think your yoli. we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. 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in for a fabulous weekend. >> whenever sprinkles are coming down right now put it behind you we have a great weekend in store. storm tracker 4 shows a spattering of been in the east bay. approaching san rafael, and the big fairfield. we have been watching the amount falling now. this stuff is light 107 edge falling which gives u.s. brooklyn on your windshield as you drive through. nothing in the out way of substantial rainfall. it will be spotty as we go. current tempters 49 is an francisco, 40 and livermore, 46 and antioch, 43 los gatos, oakland we are looking at 47. those are the current temperatures. your highs will be the low 50s in the north bay, 53 novato, 54 concord, 55 fairfield, oakland 57, antioch same boat, in the south bay '60s san jose, 61 more than help. we have the system in the pacific giving us activity today. we'll also see some freezing fog to the tahoe area. if you had to talk call for the holiday this is what we are looking for. temperatures around 43 in the after new, freezing fog over night into saturday morning. this would be mostly cloudy but bricks of sunshine in there. 46 saturday, sunday 48, the weekend just gets better. here's a quick look at your seventh day as we look beyond the holiday. we are signal whole lot of sunshine as far as we can see. temperatures mid-60's monday, tuesday, wednesday and beyond. >> if you're headed to the bay bridge toll plaza we are officially in hot spot load. an accident just before embarcadero. for car crash blocking the right hand lane. more rate it read them we saw last check. the back up stretching into high street speeds dipping down to 12 mi. an hour in the slow spots. traffic just passing the scene of the accident. another slow spot your ride along highway 4. out of antioch and in to pittsburgh. a to a car crash currently sitting in the center divide. not blocking traffic. not having much of of much of an impact on the commute. sensors are picking up the same speeds i showed you 40 minutes ago. want to make your way out along the will pass it is in the green indicating 50 mi. an hour. no problems making your way into a pleasant help. we are still good to go south bay. no problems here traffic beginning to bunch up as you make the way towards trouble occurs. this is typical tslowin. still tracking a good drive time of about 60 minutes from downtown san jose, making your way toward santa clara. good news for you a great day to take public transportation no problems to report. >> a miracle that's how witnesses described a moment where gabrielle difference opened her eyes glistened a week after she was shot dead. new york senator was among those visitors what happened. >> to witness this unbelievable show strength and determination was an unbelievable blessing. it was the time we couldn't believe we were there to see her, show her strength like that. it was a testament to who she is. i believe in gaby she's an amazing woman. if anybody can pull through it is hard. she is the one who can literally take this and put it behind her, really show the strength she has. >> former governor might have to be is defending sarah pailin. her critics who says her rhetoric might be linked to the shootings in tucson are wrong. >> its offensive as an american and a human being that there would be any attempt to attribute, all horrible act of violence to somebody else. you could say, barack obama made the comment if we get enough light will bring a gun i don't blame him from using the metaphor like that say he contributed to it. that would be ridiculous. that blame 0 pailin for mammoth metaphor she has used. >> yesterday she made a video statement calling the rampage track hundred. >> cal train a caltrain conductor is accused of offering to waive fines for ticketless female passengers on two separate occasions if they agreed to provide him sexual favors. in both cases, ricardo arias cano, 60, is suspected of taking the passengers, one of them a 16-year-old girl, to a secluded part of the train before making his proposal. neither rider had any sexual contact with him, and both reported the encounter to authorities. cano faces a felony charge of communicating with a minor with the intent of committing a sex act, fein said. he is also charged with annoying a child, performing a lewd act in public and two counts of false imprisonment. he has also been removed from service without pay pending an investigation. >> rescue crews pulled a woman out of the water near pier 17 this happen about 10:30 p.m. last night: to room mate was nearby. it's not clear how she got in the water but it appears to be held all related. >> 7:23 a.m., we will be right back. the approach to the bay bridge plenty of company. welcome up watching the weather. we have some nice weather on tap the warm-up mid to upper 60s, saturday, sunday. we are drive for the rest of the 74 test. >> joe biden has are reached baghdad. there he is shaking hands they will talk about the future role of troops in that country. they prefer to leave at the end of the year. iraqi leaders are weighing whether not to ask them to stay past the deadline set in 2008. iraq has says it is not ready to defend its borders. the prime minister says he once american troops to leave on time. >> we will be right back as the news continues until 11:00 a.m., dow jones showing a bit of a drop after a weekly unemployment claims came out. now lost 21 points. 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(applause.) i want our democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. i want america to be as good as she imagined it. (applause.) all of us, we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations. (applause.) damrosch was born in september 11, 2001, her funeral will feature the u.s. flag that flew on top of the world trade center. >>a scholarship fund has been established at the university of california, santa cruz in memory of gabriel zimmerman, a graduate of the school who was among six people killed in a shooting at a political event in tucson, 30, was an aide to rep. gabrielle giffords, who was hosting an event in a safeway parking lot when a 22-year-old man opened fire. twenty people were shot, including six who died. the two ucsc alumni who established the scholarship fund have no relationship to zimmerman, but they received approval from the shooting victim's family. the fund has had a facebook page since about noon wednesday and has already garnered more than $3,000 through facebook donations, he said. those interested in donating should search on facebook for "zimmerman scholarship." will continue to cover the aftermath of the shootings and give you the very latest of all of the victims. including the congresswoman. we have the president's speech posted on a web site as well. go to kron 4 for all of that. >> let's get the latest on bay area out weather and traffic. >> we have to get through the next 24 hours before we enjoy a fantastic forecast. let's break down over the next 24. in the beginning this morning cloudy with light rain. we're talking hundreds of an inch at best. scattered showers in the afternoon on the light side, in the north bay there rains leave us and we set up the chance for a dense valley fog. once we're past 24 hours the forecast looks fantastic. we have rain falling right now. san rafael seeing a bit of a shower activity between novato and san rafael. again as pressing on your windshield. livermore are approaching that you can see the 580 between hayward and pleasanton rain and beneath the green. that's where we see shore amounts of 200 of an inch per hour. but still more stop offshore. that will be the pattern today. here's what we look like temperature was 47 in oakland, redwood city, also in hayward, everybody else mid-40s. at the current hour. warming it up into the mid-50s by this afternoon. your forecast for this afternoon in north bay novato 53, 53 san rafael, 55 billy joe, 57 for the delta, 57 oakland, as you work your way down the corridor 584 hayward and fremont. '60s and was a. that's what the highs look like this afternoon. once we get past the date as sunny forecast for your holiday weekend. sunny, mild temperatures meant, to the upper 60s. >> we have been tracking the hot spot for half an hour now. making your way up towards ortolan the north and direction of the nimitz freeway. former color clashed completely gone from the traffic lanes. the yellow and red stretching into san leandro, speeds dipping down 70 mi. an hour in the slow spot. this will be with us for a while this back up. westbound 580 may be a good alternate approach right now. another slow spot the upper east shore traffic looks good within camera shot. lots of space between cars speeds average about 50 mi. an hour. up north from the shot your ride out of been all right near the nile valley ruled stalled vehicle blocking lanes. traffic at all there. once you pass the scenes the speeds look good. just like now we have a backup of the bay bridge. you can see 880 over cross still in good shape. this is the worst back up we have seen. pass the 80 goes median lights have been on for one hour. drive times aren't from the last check looking at 15 minute trip from the foot of the maze, into fremont streets in francisco. still good day for public transportation. >> developing star at a pleasanton. one step closer to catching a suspect that has been behind a string of burglaries. will tran spoke to place this morning. >> start sergeant told me they may finally have a composite sketch of the suspect. if so they will give it to me. investigators may have gotten a break because on monday, on cheryl circle the suspect tried to break into a home. removing the window. he did not know the homeowner was inside. he was on the second floor and could look below. the suspect ran off but perhaps not before the home owner got a good look at him. police believe he may be the same suspect between a string of burglaries around pleasanton. even though he was foiled monday, he managed to break into three other homes, often times made off with a jury. will tran kron 4 news. >> temple night club has agreed to impose security restrictions after fatal fight their last weekend. johan this was found unconscious on the floor of the temple nightclub just south he later died. through the club gores were injured in fights that night here in no arrests have been made. violence has spurted. the club also be banned from serving bottled beer friday, saturday night as broken beer bottles were used as weapons. hercules mayor ed balico is spokeswoman michelle harrington. balico, said he is stepping down to spend more time with his family. his decision came as efforts to recall him were becoming official. right after balico's announcement, balico was served with a notice stating that a group of hercules residents were planning to circulate a petition to have them recalled. the notices accuse balico, ward and kuehne of "failed leadership" that has led to the "unprecedented financial crisis" the city is now facing. >> new video as you can see their trend fear of how this fire got started. at truck stop in wesley, just after modesto. they couldn't get water from fire hydrants. they had to get water from the fire trucks. that fired just tried a sand shot, and market. nobody was hurt. >> a live look aside from walnut creek. 680 southbound bumper-to- bumper making your way past 24. a live look from cloudy san jose. traffic moving slowly here. 87 traffic backed up right now trying to get to the meter lights. 58 is set on fire right now, high in the upper 50s today. warm weather is sunshine for the weekend. >> more details on banks who