Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 Morning News 20121212 : comparem

Transcripts For KRON KRON 4 Morning News 20121212

Today is at 12th 12th 12th. We are live in pacifica with a live look at how the water is rising. We are following the wet weather here is a live picture of the golden gate bridge. Storms tracker 4 shows there is light rain for the north bay to the east bay. It really just depends on where you are located. I want to zoom in here and show you neighborhood by neighborhood. It is currently rain for portions of highway 24. The rain is certainly tapering off and it is right now in mid span. You will need to use your windshield wipers and drive with extra caution. And the yellow on your screen does indicate some heavy rain. This could impact highway 17 shortly. We do have new instability in the atmosphere. There may be a powerful thunderstorm that may produce hail. The temperatures wont climb into the middle fifties. We should be dry as we head into tonight. I will have full details for tomorrow and beyond coming up. There is still no hot spots or major spots. Here is a live look at traffic and it is heavy on the right side of your screen. We had an earlier problem near the toll plaza where a big breg rig lost its load. Coming up i will have your full traffic set and we will take a look at other bay area bridges. You do need to have extra caution because the roles are wet. The highest tide of the year will hit San Francisco bay and nearby beaches this week. In a condition called king tide. Were still a few hours away and it is set to be a 9 45 a. M. This is a three day deal that will go on today, fridathursday, and frida. We are san about a foot difference as i walk over here they do have some warning signs set up to let people know. There is not a lot of issues that are going on right now because the rain has stopped, but periodically you receive the waves. As the day progresses the waves will get more dramatic. Were also watching the water levels, in marin at 1 01 north bound it was closed due to the high water levels. We are expecting higher tides. Police have arrested five people in connection with the death of a man who was one of the two people found bound and gagged on a San Francisco street. Police are not releasing details about the relationship between the suspects in the victims only that there were some kind of extensive relationship going on. They say, there are still many Unanswered Questions. The woman who has not been named, is still in serious condition but she is expected to survive. No word yet on when the five suspects, three women and two men, will be arraigned. We are hoping to learn more information today after two people and eight gunmen were killed in a mall shooting near portland, oregon. Police and witnesses say that the gunman was wearing a mask, camouflage clothing and a bulletproof vest when he opened fire yesterday afternoon at c lackamas town center, one of oregons the biggest and busiest malls. Along with the three deaths, another person is in critical condition. Police say they have tentatively identified the shooter, but they have not release his name. No word yet on the mode of. Apple has begun the early stages of Television Set testing. That is the word from the wall street journal this morning. Foxconn is collaborating with the tech giant to test designs for a largescreen, High Resolution tv. Sources say that apple has been testing Television Sets prototypes for a number of years. Netflix says that they have learned which enemas Service Providers is the fastest. They did this by attracting subscribers download speeds. Netflix ranked google fiber as the speedy its Internet Connection in the u. S. , with average download speeds of 2. 5 mb per second. But the bad news google fiber is only available in just one place right now which is kansas city, kansas. For the rest of us, and netflix says bryozoan effort by all as ranks no. 2, at nearly 2. 2 mb per second. While comcast, said at a close third. Doubles email service has gotten a makeover. The new revamps in box is more userfriendly and caters to people check their email smart phones and tablet computers. Is the companys attempt to regain some of the ground lost a google. Yalls new Ceo Marissa Mayer this tried to give people more reasons to use the companys Online Services and stick or around longer. New this morning there is something perfect for those who like to shop online and also impatient about getting the items. Starting to that the financially struggling Postal Service is launching their same day delivery that could have those items delivered as soon as two hours after you buy them. We will go to will tran where he is waiting at the post office to explain this pilot program. After you submit my order it to be in your hand at aband about two hours. If it works out here that means that other cities also will jump on. Reason is because the Postal Service is using 16 billion this year and they need the money. This is 500 million that they desperately needs. If you want to jump over this and your aching to buy a you are really impatient and you have to make their purchase to date by 2 00 p. M. It has to be no later than 2 00 p. M. They would try to have your item delivered to you by dinnertime. It is a 10 flat see. You can buy five items and it wont cost you 10 to ship it. I will find out the exact details and if it works out you will be able to make purchases across the country as well. We would just have to wait to get reactions from people who are arriving at the post office right now. Is just pillboxes right now. Once people do actually get in line i will get their reaction to this. 7 12 a. M. We will be right back. Here is a live look outside at the james lick freeway. At bank of america, were continuing to lend and invest in the people, businesses, and organizations that call the bay area home. Whether its helping a nonprofit provide safe, Affordable Housing within the city, supporting an organization thats helping kids find jobs and stay in school, or financing the expansion of a local company thats creating healthier workplaces, whats important to the people of the bay area is important to us. And were proud to work with all those who are making our communities stronger. The storm seems to have passed us. There is really not too much for us to concern ourselves with. There is light rain fall and in the south bay and this will be short lived because this is a fast mover. It is not like the systems that we saw last week. As we move to your neighborhood near interstate 680 it is currently writing for a portion of highway 4 approaching will pass. If you will still need to use your windshield wipers. I do not think we will see any flooding because iran is pretty fast moving. Here is relatively light in nature. As we zoom out we can see heavier rain for cupertino and sunnyvale. You should have your umbrellas out because she will uyou will need. As we put the clock into motion we do have more isolated showers later on this afternoon. We do have instability in the atmosphere and that means that we could run into a pot of thunderstorms with small hail being produced. By 8 00 p. M. Tonight it will be mostly cloudy conditions and a wets weather is out of our forecast. To 53 degrees right now in oakland. As we sampled the highest Mountain View will be at 55 degrees, mostly cloudy and low fifties for pittsburg. As we turn our attention to napa theyre checking in at 53 degrees. 55 degrees for San Francisco. Wet weather will stick around as we head into the weekend. This was a look pitcher bay area forecast. For tahoe we do have your snow reports. The system that we are tracking is due to to receiving about 6 in. Of snow. Fo 6 in. A lot of people are sitting and traffic this morning. There is no major hot spots to talk about. As we look at the traffic map westbound ride on 80 is to stop and go. Your ride here all was bound for is busy heavy toward to 42. You will see there is more traffic here heading into walnut creek. Switching over to the bay bridge toll plaza it has been a slow commute. We had an earlier fender bender but you should have your lights on because you are backed up and to the oakland mayes. It will take you about 18 minutes to get out oakland to San Francisco. Your ride on the mimic freeway is crowded as well merging with 92. We will head over to the golden gate bridge. Your drive time is up and it is a slower ride on 1 01 south. It is a little crowded getting to the golden gate bridge. Chevron Officials Say a small flare up at its refinery in richmond yesterday evening is nothing to be alarmed about. A chevron spokesperson confirmed that the flare was done as a safety precaution. It was a small flare up and no shelter in place orders were needed. The richmond refinery was the site of a major fire in august, when leaking fumes from a pipe ignited, sending thick black smoke into the air. Thousands of residents to area hospitals and breathing difficulties. A milestone and construction of a new World Trade Center complex takes place today. The first section of a spire that will rise atop the World Trade Centers tallest building is set to be lifted into this place. 18 giants still pieces of the spider are arrived at the site in new york city yesterday. It will have 100 and floor detectives in Pleasant Hill is a copycat criminal maybe the blame for the latest pipe bomb incident outside a school there. I balm was found outside of Pleasant Hill Elementary School yesterday. It did not go off and no one was hurt. On saturday vandals blue up this mailbox, a short time later officers and dismantled another pipe bomb and arrested three teens. Police successfully dismantled a pipe bomb found yesterday at the school and no arrests have been made. Uc berkeley is launching a new Scholarship Fund exclusively for undocumented students. The Dreamers Fund will start with a 1 million donation from the evelyn and walter haas jr. Foundation. Undocumented students in california are eligible for some state to fund its culture programs but are eligible for federal financial aid. The Million Dollar fund will be paid out over the next five to 10 years. San jose ranks near the top nationally and rising home prices. According to the federal Housing Finance agency, home prices jumped over 3. 4 in the Third Quarter of 2011 and 2012. That is the fifth highest rise in the nation. Cities that sought even higher increases included bakersfield, phoenix and boise. We are back as 7 25 a. M. We have showers outside and you can see this on Storm Tracker 4. What is falling is not falling very heavy. It is pretty scattered and that is the theme for today. We will give you an updated forecast coming up. A suspected tornado leaves behind a path of destruction and eastern florida. The storm is caught on camera. Check it out. You can see a funnel cloud churning in the distance. The buthrough toll wins tore off roofs of homes, toppled trees and mangled power lines. No one was seriously hurt. The National Weather service is expected to look at the damage today to determine whether this was actually a tornado. Coming in in as the best place to work for is facebook. This is just a few of the perks. Also notable on the list is google. They come in at no. 6. At no. 14unlike most work places the employees a Choice Awards relies solely on employees will give feedback. Here is a look at some of the other companies who made to the list. All of these made the top 25 and that few others on the list may be recognized. If you like to see the full list just go to our facebook page. 7 27 a. M. We will be right back in a moment. Here is a look outside from van ness ave. Secondhand smoke affects everyones health. Its not just irritating. It can cause Heart Disease and even death. Speak up about secondhand smoke. Your health and the health of your family depend on it. You wont take our future. Aids affects us all. Even babies. Chevron is working to stop mothertochild transmission. Our employees and their families are part of the fight. And were winning. At chevron nigeria, we havent had a reported case in 12 years. Aids is strong. Aids is strong. But we are stronger. And aids. Aids is going to lose. Aids is going to lose. Welcome back. We are focused on the weather because the highest tide of the year will hit San Francisco this week. His is called tina tight. Here is our so low reporter jackie sizzle. Teens ways are coming out right now. We are still about two hours away and you can see that the winds are starting to crash. Normally it is somewhere between four and six so it is about a foot higher than what we normally see. It happens every year and this has to do with the moon, sun and the gravity. You will probably see coastal flooding and were already seeing some of it up in the north bay. You probably will see higher water. Because the tide is so high today i am sure that we will see this. A lot of we do have some stray showers around the bay area and we are starting to dry things out. On Storm Tracker 4 were adjusting some light spread on highway 24 out of any are approaching this work. You will probably have to sit in it and use your windshield wipers. The wet weather is continuing down the 880 corridor. There will be moderate to heavy rain and this will push its way to palo alto. It is certainly going to be a fastmoving system that will push is with our south and then to the east. If we could see a pop of a thunderstorm and small hail may be produced. As we head into tomorrow there will be dry and it looks like rain chance does willyou will continue to need your umbrellas. You need to watch your speed issue are traveling on the roads. Make sure you have your wipers in your headlights on. There is plenty of slow traffic. There is a new crash on 1 01 by university. It is back up through Mountain View and sunnyvale. It is just heavy at a south san jose. You also see crawling on highway 87 and your northbound ride is heavy. 280 is also a busy commute so you should give yourself extra the leaders are pressing president obama to, with a plan that they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenues. The budget reductions are set to kick in at the end of the year. Most of the white house and the republicans are calling for the other side to release what they plan to do. But no side has released any details. The spending cuts will go into effect at the first of the year. Many economists stated that it could plunge the economy back into recession. Bay area knows. The city of lafayette is hoping to have the giant sinkhole that opened up after last weekends storm repaired by christmas. The city has hired emergency contractors seeseat mires for the job. That sinkho form athe sinkhole r Mountain View drive after a storm drain failed. It was initially thought that the road would be closed for the entire winter. The cleanup and repairs related to a water pipe break this in a river of mud flowing into a city neighborhood last month was expected to cost about a Million Dollars. Repairs was also be made to the 8 in. Water main that cracked open november 13th. City officials said the funding of these repairs will come from money already collected from residents water bills. Antiochs new mayor is taking office at a time when there is a spike of violence in the city. Wade harper has been in office exactly one week and there has been one murder in a separate drive by shooting that injured two people yesterday morning. Harper, who also was a tracy Police Officer, also wants to beef up the any docs police force. The Police Chiefs of three peninsulas cities updated their residents on operation smart. Thats the new crimefighting program aimed at curbing gang violence. There have been over a dozen gangrelated shootings in the past six months. If the East Palo Alto police chief says the program was put to the test last week after a shooting in the city. Police are warning residents about a string of burglaries that took place in morgan hill over the past month. The suspects knocked on doors of homes and if there is no answer, tried the door knobs and then they will look for an open window or something else. So far, no rest have been made. Fremont police chief Craigslist Steckler announced his retirement after a 45 year career in law enforcement. Steckler joined a Fremont Police department as deputy chief in 1986 and became police chief in 1992. Under his leadership, the department developed a strong volunteer program and improve police use of technology. Honda is recalling more than 800,000 minivans and suvs in the United States because they can roll away even though drivers have removed the key. The recall affects 2003 and 2004 Honda Odyssey minivan and highly suvs. On the says its system the stops to keep from being removed a less the vehicles are impart can wear out. Eventually drivers can pull out the key while the many bad is still a deer, and they can roll off the crash. Honda says that two minor injuries have been reported from the problem. It is 7 37 a. M. And we will take a live look at the golden gate bridge. We will be right back. Back in the day, we didnt have the uverse wireless receiver. [ light laugh ] the tv stayed in one place. Mmmmhmmmm. Right next to the upstairs tv outlet. Oh yeah. They can move the tv all over the place, even outside. Grandpa. Mmmhmm . Kids have it easy nowadays. [ glasses clink ] im trying to tell ya. [ male announcer ] the wireless receiver, only from at t. Get uverse tv for 29 a month for 6 months.

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