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the bay in my next report. >> not tracking any hot spot good conditions around the bay area here is the bay bridge. and my would ba a moderp with 16 minute drive times. >> the commute looks good for your ride on the peninsula and for the north bay. mark. >> the big announcement coming from the vatican announcing the pope is resigning. pope benedictus extinct says his advanced age in deteriorating health in the past few months contributed to his decision to step aside at the end of the month. >> this is an historic move. the last zero to resign withnine was in 1415. elizabeth gocorridan takes a look back at all been a dick's papacy. >>--pope benedict's papcy. >> he has reaffirmed the church's strong opposition to, gay marriage and euthanasia. >> in the year following his election during a trip to germany benedick made the most cost real were stilcontrova statement in his paapcy. the comment sparked outrage in muslim countries. the poll clarified the " did not express his personal views and issued an apology. >> turkey, provide him with an opportunity to mend fences. from the moment he touched down his desire to mend fences was evident. >> the crisis exposed a fragile relationship between christians and muslims opposed by 11 world. >> another problem and clergy sex abuse scandal. in 2008 during a trip to the united states the pope met with sex abuse victims. he later asked the public for forgiveness. >> we consistently beg for forgiveness from god and from the persons involved. by promising to do everything possible to insure that such abuse will never occur again. >> pope benedict the 16th has faced many of the issues as his predecessors. he brought modern elements to the papacy. establishing a twitter account and celebrating that--and guiding the church in the 21st century. >> travel is a live coorsian reporting. >> will tran is in san francisco this morning with reaction to the polls announcement. >> the pope announced his stepping down here is one reaction. >> he only stayed for eight years. this is a shock in the cardinal of new york was caught off guard by his resignation. i think failing health is the reason why he is stepping down. he believed he could no longer fulfill the duties ordained by our creator. >> i will get more reaction coming up at 730. back to you james. >> overnight a tornado ripped through hattiesburg, mississippi has injured 63 people. and 300 homes and businesses damaged. take a look at this new video just in to kron 4. this was shot from an apartment complex just after the tornado touched down yesterday. the town of hattiesburg is home to the university of southern mississippi which receives some damage from the tornado. >> no word yet on the condition of three people were injured purify officials also said the storm has caused significant damage to buildings. three tornadoes touching down in mississippi. seven in alabama. over 100 homes damaged their. >> watching the weather on the east coast as cleanup efforts are now under way after the weekend's blizzard. >> this is new video just in to kron 4 from stamford, conn. the state saw the most snow from the storm. >> 40 in. of snow were recorded in hamden, conn.. enduring the worst of the storm, a dumped four to 5 in. of snow an hour. >> president obama declared a state of emergency in connecticut yesterday. the emergence of a declaration will provide federal aid to the state and local response efforts. >> connecticut's governor is lifted a travel ban on state roads and has urged residents to stay off of them if possible. >> meanwhile in new york snow plows were busy along the long island expressway. expressway was closed in both directions yesterday until 5:00 as crews continued to dig. a hundredth of course that stuck on expressway during the height of the blizzard on friday. >> new york gov. andrew cuomo said in a neighboring states were hit worst by the blizzard. he is deploying utility workers and snowplows to help new england bounceback from the snow storm. >> in southern california watch in the latest for the man cut for christopherc d dorner , the former laws angeles police officer suspect in three killings was the subject of a manhunt in southern california. >> swat teams are looking through the snow-covered mountains in big bear were the 33 year-old fugitive charred pickup truck was found it thursday. dorner has vowed revenge against the former lapd colleagues and he blames for ending his career. >> meantime a funeral is scheduled for wednesday for the riverside least part officer who dorner is accused of fatally shooting last week. >> and check out this new surveillance footage. it is from an auto parts store in san diego county. it appears to show christopher dorner causing a magazine full of bullets and a military build into a dumpster. the videos from monday the day after he allegedly shot and killed two people about 90 mi. north of irvine. >> stayed with kron 4 as we follow the lead as the delegates on the manhunt for 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was returning to galveston, texas from mexico's yucatan peninsula yesterday when the engines caught fire. >> a u.s. coast guard cutters expected to tow it to progresso , mexico. carnival says the ship has on board electricity to keep the passengers comfortable. it should reach progresso wednesday. >> three people were killed in a helicopter crash while filming for discovery channel show in loss angeles county. it happened early saturday--yesterday at polsa rosa branch in the city of acton. >> authorities say all three people died aboard the helicopter. their names not been released. discovery channel and the show's production company had both release statements expressing their separate the to the victim's family. we will be right back. at embassy suites, you get more delicious moreness every morning with a free breakfast made just the way you like it. with a breakfast like this, you could pretty much handle anything. anything? anything. 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francisco 66. 59 and petaluma. >> satellite radar picture show clear skies, dry weather, not only today but for the foreseeable future. we have a string of sunshine and warmer weather on the way. the offshore winds will kick in later this week. >> it will be dry. it will be warmer. it will feel more compact last week. >> seventies for thursday and friday. we will continue to see pleasant weather into saturday and sunday. the next rain chance possibly next tuesday in to wednesday. george. >> thanks erica. a reasonably good commute no hot spots. we're seeing slower traffic but typical of the pattern that the bay bridge. >> the ride slow here from now the end of the 580 flats. it starts to slow as you come out of the fly over from the macarthur maize. we have been incident free on the deck. the back up has grown on the 80 approach. 18-20 minute drive time. >> the ride to the san mateo bridge no delays in either direction. and 11 minutes commute time. >> golden gate bridge looks good for 101. >> your east bay commute shows the ride on a west the drive time has grown to 26 minutes from hercules to berkeley. >>--on at 80 west >> in the south bay slow from 17 also on 280 in the north bound direction. the drive time 16 minutes from cupertino. >> it looks great 4101 through menlo park, redwood city, san mateo, and the interchange 84-92 are clear. >> the drive time is about 34 minutes from navato for to the golden gate bridge. >> the manhunt for christopher dorner led lapd swat officers to a northridge lowes home and for the store after people reported seeing someone who resembled the fugitive former police officer there. lapd's one store last night. customers were escorted out of the store as police looked for any signs of dorner . >> there have been several reports similar to this one in recent days that did not pan out. the surge came several hours after the lapd issued a tactical alert as it had lobbied dorner manhunt as well as security for the grammys . >> and the tea has a has put out a general aviation morning to playgoers and airports as the suspect had some flight training while in the u.s. navy. but it is clear that stash it is unclear how skilled he is as a pilot. >> one of the three dornerpeople dorner is accused of killing is a cal state fullerton once basketball assistant coach. monica, quan is the daughter of former lapd captain and the attorney. the basketball team played its first game since the murder of their assistant coach. the titans on the woman known as coach mo before saturday's game with an emotional moment of silence. >> christopher dorner is suspected of shooting quan and her fiancee keith lawrence last sunday in a parking structure of their irvine apartment complex. >> quan is the daughter of a rambo quan where was the attorney representing dorner in the failed appeal of his dismissal from the loss angeles police department. >> president obama will deliver his state of the union address tomorrow. >> is expected to focus on boosting job creation and economic growth during this time of high and an appointment. >> the president also may use tomorrow's primetime address before a joint session of congress to announce the next steps for concluding the war in afghanistan by the end of 2014. >> tomorrow's address marked for mr. obamas second high- profile speech to the nation about three weeks after his inaugural address last month began the second term. >> the president preview the address during a meeting with house democrats on thursday. >> after delivering the state of the union address, president obama will travel to three states over three days. is going on the road to drum up support for his economic and other policy proposals. >> mr. obamas also seeks support for his push for u.s. gd immigration laws. >> the president will travel to asheville, n.c., area on wednesday, the atlanta, ga. area on thursday, and the chicago area on friday. >> new this morning, a rocket carrying in and earth observation 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is in one place to work and start a business for all the cap was in the world! texas cannot compete with the beautiful climate answeand a scenic places that california has! laura bluesmagozman says wide as perry want to take our jobs? please send him back to texas asap. >> if you like to join the conversation, go to the kron 4 facebook 8 @ facebook .com/kron 4. >> we will be right >> we're back. it is 7:30 a.m.. a live look from our mount tam camera. it should be great to day. >> good morning james. we saw upper twenties lower '30's this weekend however, for the most part we are above the freezing mark. into the afternoon mid to upper 60s potentially upper 60s. clear skies continue into the evening hours. a gradual warm up for the rest of the week full details coming up. >> george. >> thank you erica. we are modemonitoring a good ride. >> the bay bridge toll plaza of the drive 18-20 minutes here if it builds in the east bay slowing 4680 and interstate 80 along with high way 4, and 580. >> no major delays and peninsula for the north bay ride. >> thank you george. new this morning, the vatican confirmed the pope benedict the 60 it will resign. >> church official said the post's decision " it took them by surprise. he will officially stepped out on february 28th because he says he is to confirm to continue his papcy . he will bbecame pope in 2005. pope benedictus the first pontiff to resign in nearly 600 years. >> the resignation of paul benedict said stage for a conclave to elect a new pope before the end of march, plus additional morning time that will follow the death of a pope does not have to be observed. there are several papal contenders in the wings, but no obvious front runner-the same situation when benedict was elected pontiff in 2005 after the death of pope john paul the second. >> in san francisco a mass of just getting under way at st. mary's church. the first since the announcement this morning. that is where we have kron fours will tran was getting reaction in the area. >> i was very surprised that he was made cold in the first place because he really was almost of retirement age when he started. we are pleased with the work in the eight years that he has done. >> he changed how the mass was formulated. he did provide change. it is hard to compare him to pope john paul the second who provided all with a great sense of charismatic presence. >> i talked to another man he says he's it still has not sunk into the pulp resign. it is so rare. you will hear from here coming him coming up at 8:00. >> thank you for the report will. >> the search for christopher of dorner continues. our dedication for catching this killer remains steadfast. our confidence that we will bring him to just of is unshaken. this search is not a matter of if. it is a matter of when. and i want christopher dorner to know that. >> strong words from the mayor of los angeles as a surge continues in amounts around it there. >> meantime, the lapd will reopen the investigation into the firing of christopher dornre , a former cop now accused of killing three people in a revenge plot against the department. >> the suspect manifesto called the killing spree a last resort to clear his name. >> ahead of the lapd tells a c in of believe in loss angeles that he wants the public to see that department is fair and transparent. >> i am not doing this to appease him. i am doing this so the community has faith in what the police department does. i am going to make a rigorous inspection to either validate or refute his claims. we will make that inspection public. >> chief charlie bacbeck worries that dorners accusations of racism and the department would resurrect what he described as the ghost of the lapd's pass. >> as hard as has been to chase a part of culture, he says, it has been even harder to gain is to keep the public's support. >> meanwhile, the search for the suspect in the snowbound at san bruno mountain continues into a third day. >> bay area headlines, the san mateo police is sending over undercover cops into two-by recent strength of what investigators are calling boardwalk burglaries. >> the suspect walked up to a home, then a knock on the door a few times, if someone answers, police said the suspect move on to another house. police said the suspect atari unoccupied homes. most of these crimes are happening on weekdays during the daytime hours. no one's home. >> the suspect then go around the side, jump to the backyard and break into the home. >> lock your doors and windows and be on the look out for a charcoal colored acura and a dark colored many that are the two vehicles that are noted to be linked to these bursaries. >> we continue to track a pain at the pump. the average u.s. price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped to 5¢ over the past two weeks. here's a look at a gas price around the bay area. san francisco $4.30. oakland $3.95. san jose $3.98. while the state averages about $4.50 for a regular tank of gas. >> this morning the california highway patrol is investigating after a car fell some 500 ft. down a ravine in san jose. >> it all happen yesterday afternoon on highway 130 near clayton road. >> the chp says the driver lost control and with over the cliff. the driver was trapped inside a car for two hours until emergency crews are able to get him out an airlift into a hospital. the driver had serious injuries but as expected to survive. >> one man was killed and another injured in shooting in san jose. police say victim was found fatally wounded on the 1400 block of on the drive yesterday afternoon. around the same time a second man arrived at the american hospital with not life-threatening injuries. police said the second victim was at the run the drive scene before writing to the hospital. the incident remains under investigation. which will be back with more i'vei' discovered gold. 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[ femafele ann aouncer ] tylen® cold mul mti-symptom nighttime >> welcome back to the kron 4 morning news. police said three of the four people wounded in a shooting on bourbon street have been released from the hospital. >> it happened during the mardi gras celebration. the fourth victim remains in a hospital in stable condition after he was shot. he underwent surgery after the shooting saturday night. >> witnesses told police that a fight started outside of a strip club called babes cabaret saturday night. >> that is when they heard gunshots. police are currently using surveillance video and self-confidence to try to track down a suspect. >> former giants slugger barry bonds is set to appear in court this week to appeal his felony obstruction of justice conviction. kron 4 is one of the two local news outlets allowed to videotape wednesday's court proceedings. the all-time home run leader is appealing the 2011 conviction or a jury found that wants to get an evasive answer to a grand jury questioning him about his alleged steroid use. >> speculation that apple's next big thing will be smart watch is heating up. the new york times reports that apple is experiencing with the device made of curved glass that would run on the company's idol s mobile operating system. smart watches were hot items at the big international c e s trade show in loss vegas last month, including the pebble smart watched that the next year iphone or android smart phone and serves as a hub to quickly glance at e-mail or text messages, and weather alerts. >> the pebble is a clear display and you could have to show anything you want from the time, the date, videos, your music. >> we will take a quick break. >> it is 7:41 a.m. on the kron 4 morning news. whether wise we are doing good. warm weather on the way for the rest of the week. at a quick program reminder to tell you about. in august 2011, kelly find his wife dead in their bathtub. police ruled her death accidental drowning but the white france, say they think her husband murdered her. kelly admits his marriage was not perfect but insist he did not kill his wife and he agrees to take a polygraph test. don't miss the results, coming up right at the kron 4 morning news at 10. >> good morning it is 7:44 a.m. on the kron 4 morning news taking a look outside. >> 34 degrees--31 in san carlos. lows 60s to go around. >> redwood city 61. 59 of mountain view. east bay similar story. upper 50s lows 60s. san leandro 58. 61 in castro valley. dry weather, sunshine. 59 for petaluma and 60 in san francisco. >> satellite and radar picture is clear that will continue for the next several days. here's a look at average rainfall totals for this time of year. i have selected january 1st to february 11th. we are upward of 5 in. or oakland. 9 in. for santa rosa. what we have ashley accumulated for the year is a half inch for oakland. barely an inch in santa rosa. >>--what we have actually accumulated. >> it will be warmer by valentine's day. upper 60s party with the 70 degree mark thursday and friday. we will continue with pleasant conditions into saturday and sunday. 746 that is a look at your local forecast. now we take a look at the commute with george. >> thank you erica. not tracking any hot spot bustli but same slow traffic. >> slow from the edge of the macarthur maize. the san mateo bridge is a good ride. 11-13 minutes your commute time. the golden gate bridge has been a problem free all morning southbound on 101. >> looking at the traffic maps to the east bay ride. the nimitz freeway is good. 580 oakland. 580 into castro valley. 680 into the san ramon valley. nothing out of the ordinary. 21 minutes from the capitol expressway to the montague expressway. slowing past 924101 southbound route up through san mateo down to hillsdale. >> in marin county under 35 minutes. >> navato to the golden gate bridge. >> hi gary. the top teams continued to tumble. cal beat arizona. >> when do you mean am i watching basketball? i sit before monitors and monitors and watch everything. >> yes. like the starship enterprise with all the different monitors. >> get a way from that he is working. >> but that your laying on the couch. >> that is working get away. >> this is the sixth top-10 team to fall in a week. >> teams cannot stockpile any more by that i mean like kentucky last year that happened to have these fantastic freshman who went probe. what has happened your not going to have two or three great players on one team usually because the goal pro early. >> in the past you could stockpile two and three guys and they would be there for three years and really build up a solid team. for the most part younger players the most talented players when they say and here he comes see as a singer. you think what is the matter with him that stash he is a senior. >> i watched basketball because my kid is on 18. i am watching little kids. a lot of things you talk about in sports i know they do it but i do not know why. i am watching the game and i know for example there is a lot of fiouling that will happen on purpose. and a little kid's game i hear the coach they follow hul . and then the bear hug a kid and it is called an intentional, foul. >> you want to foul late in the game. >> these are fifth graders. the referee was like intentional foul. half of it was like football at this age. . >> let the kids play. do not foul on purpose. >> everyone was getting excited about baseball. the giants start their training. >> i cannot see you in this video. >> i am on the main field. jeff pierce, that is the first time i have watched the kron 4 morning news with vicki liviosisk. >> i was on saturday night. we did not pull you. we see you all the time. >> he is emulating your style. look! >> that is the only thing that is that with a fanfest. their whole day is spent waiting in line. >> they do not get to interact with the players like you do. >> i hate to see the long hair go. everyone is wearing the fake glasses. >> he has admitted that. >> colin kaepernick done it and lebraun james does it. >> colin kaepernick was at the gdrammyrammys. >> he went to the parties. >> he is a sharp guy. >> he cleaned up nicely. >> talking about the glasses some reporters asked why are you wearing glasses can't you see? >> he says no. >> if it is not working you guys keep the same underwear on at all the games. it is bad luck take them off. if the hair is bad luck take it off. see you later gary. we will be right back. >> well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. 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every day we will get a couple of degrees in fact party with 74 afternoon highs as we head into thursday and friday. will have a full look at your weather forecast and cloud ears traffic with george. >> we have watched the commute on interstate 580 change in the west bound direction with problems developing on the ride coming into livermore. this is westbound where the drive time which should be at about 44 minutes is at 50 minutes. this is for the west bound right. delays for your commute as interstate 580 began to become slower than normal. >> here in the news room following the latest poll benedick the 16th announced in vatican city that he plans to resign at the end of the month. kron fours will tran joins us live from san francisco with reaction to the votes announcement. >> he is in front of st. mary's cathedral. the reaction coming in from all corners of the globe including in the city. >> yes. a lot people showing up stunned. when they went to bed he is still their leader. he will only be the leader for another two weeks. >> i am a bit surprised. personally there is something with his health. maybe he feels he cannot carry on his duties. >> his health is not really that good. >> people do agree that they probably need a younger person because this is a new century and new younger blood is needed. >> that are looking for to see who the next leader will be. >> back to you james. >> thank you will. >> there is no specific medical condition that led to this decision by the pope. he has slowed down significantly and cut down his foreign travel. >> his age as the main issue. >> a developing story out of delaware or three people are dead after a man opens fire in a courthouse. >> here are new pictures out of washington. the mayor of wilmington confirming that the gunman and his wife are dead. >> he is suspected of killing two people and wounding another at the new castle county courthouse. >> the shooter was killed by police. >> the couple was estranged. no word yet on the condition of the fourth person was shot. >> overnight a tornado that ripped through hattiesburg, mississippi is injured 63 people and 300 homes and businesses damaged. >> video was shot from an apartment complex just after the tornado touched down yesterday. the town of hattiesburg is home to the university of southern mississippi which received some damage from the tornado. >> no word yet on the condition of three people were injured. officials also said the storm has caused significant damage and buildings. three tornadoes touching down in mississippi. seven and alabama. over 100 homes damaged their. >> authorities are offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest of christopher dorner , a former laws angeles police officers suspected in three killings to which the suspect that stats subject of a manhunt in southern california. >> swat teams are looking for the snow-covered mountains in big bear or 33 year-old fugitive charge pickup truck was found thursday. the suspect has vowed revenge against several former lapd colleagues to be plans for ending his career. meantime a funeral is scheduled for wednesday for the riverside police apart officer who dorner is accused of fatally shooting last week. >> this surveillance video is from an auto parts store in san diego county. it appears to show the suspect tossing a magazine full of bullets and a military belt into a dumpster. this video is from monday. the day after dorner allegedly shot and killed two people about 90 mi. north in irvine. >> stay with us as we follow the latest of delegates and a manhunt for christopher dorner . will have update on our web site, kron 4 .com as well as our face book page and twitter feet. >> watching the weather on the east coast as cleanup efforts now under way after this weekend's blizzard. this is new video into kron 4 from stamford, conn. the state saw the most snow from the storm. >> 40 in. of snow were recorded in hamden, conn. enduring the worst of the storm, a dumped four to 5 in. of snow an hour. >> president obama declared a state of emergency in connecticut yesterday. the emergency declaration will provide federal aid to the state and local response efforts. >> connecticut's governor is with the travel ban on state roads and has urged residents to stay of them if possible. >> snow plows were belonged york's long island expressway, clearing the way for this orange commute. expressway was closed in both directions yesterday until 5:00 as crews continue to dig. >> hundredth of cars got stuck on expressway during the height of a blizzard. new york gov. said neighboring states were hit worst by the blizzard. his ploy utility workers and snowplows to help new england bounceback from the storm. >> bay area headlines, the san mateo police said the undercover cops into neighborhoods hit by recent strength of what investigators are calling for knock burglaries. >> the suspect walked up to a home, then knocked on the door a few times. if someone answers, police said the suspect move into another house. police said the suspect are in unoccupied homes. most of these crimes are happening on weekends during daytime hours and no one's home. the suspect then go around to the side, a jump into the backyard and break into the home. >> police say lock your doors and windows. and, be a lookout for either a charcoal colored four-door acura . or dark colored minivan . >> investigators at both cars are linked to many of the burglaries. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news, a cruise ship stranded in the gulf coast this morning after an engine fire. more on the efforts to get the ship towed coming up in three minutes. plus, we're watching bay area weather on this monday morning. >> a full forecast at 8:15 a.m.. and texas gov. rick perry is visiting the bay area in an attempt to move jobs to texas. where were you think about the governor's trip coming up at you think about the governor's trip coming up at 80 6:00 a.m.. ñáçwçñ >> we're back with a new story. towed to reported mexico. is the carnival triumph. authorities say it was returned to dell's austin tx from the yucatan peninsula. >> it is located about 150 mi. offshore of the yucatan peninsula . it will be tew ed progresso , mexico. the ship has electricity for the time being capacitors will be comfortable. will follow the the balancdevelopment. >> thousands are expected to attend a public memorial service today for former navy seal chris kyle. he was killed at a texas shooting range. mourners will gather the cowboys they to pay tribute to the 38 year-old. kyle left the navy in 2009 aft four tours of duty and iter 424 tours of duty in iraq. >> 25 year-old iraq war veteran eddie re routh has been charged with killing kyle and his french at littlefield at a gun range on february 2nd. >> three people were killed and a helicopter crash while filming for discovery channel show in loss angeles county, it happened early as today itpolsa rosa ranch in the city of acton. >> authorities say all three people died aboard the helicopter. discovery channel and the show's production company a book released statements expressing their sympathy to the victims' families. >> president obama will deliver his state of the new dress tomorrow. we will tell you what he is expected to focus on the speech coming up. plus watching bay area weather and >> interstate 580 westbound is a hot spot this morning. the drive time is 53 minutes. a vehicle fire at garrido road. that is why is backed up from the to throw 5 interchange. 680 south making the turn toward the to the old grade also heavier than the bridges are fairly heavy >> the right to the bay bridge has been isn't free but the meter lights have been running slowly. at its worst it was a 21 minute drive backed up at the foot of the macarthur maize for the 580 flat westbound. >> the 880 approach is better. is closer to 40 minutes for your drive time that is your approach to the bridge. >> the san mateo bridge, highway 92 the drive time have crept up to 40 minute period for the west bound ride still no problems on the span. for the golden gate bridge, 101 southbound has been a pretty good one as well. no delays across the span as you come in from marin county. >> thank you george. watching national weather a major storms and the upper midwest this morning just days after the historic so all that much of the north east burie>> the blizzard of 8 0 in. of snow across the parts of seven mid west states, especially hitting the dakotas and minnesota. >> snow showers are expected to linger today. erica is tracking the storms and tracking our weather. >> good morning. not much to talk about here. it is windy as we take a live look. this is out mount tam camera is shaking around. it is breezy and the higher elevations. a cold start to the morning. temperatures are rising. 42 in vallejo. 42 in oakland. taking a look at the numbers into the afternoon. futurecast 4 shows 12:00, by lunchtime fifties for most of us. we declined to low 60 degree territory for the north bay. as we pushed closer to the afternoon highs 2:00 p.m., the brain becomes widespread. when will see plenty of lows 60s. temperatures are seasonal for this time of year. we will chill to the '40's by 8:00 p.m. tonight. >> holding on to the '50s around the immediate coast line. as we look at your afternoon high lows 60s in the south bay. campbell 60. 62 for the, the valley. fairfield 62. 61 for pittsburgh. 61 in castro valley. downtown san francisco and lows 60s. 59 petaluma. 61 for berkeley. satellite and radar shows clear conditions for the next several days. >> we do not have any wet weather not a single raindrop. your extended forecast. >> your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast shows plenty of sunshine and warm weather. we will continue to sea temperatures rise in see upper 60s. pleasant conditions continue into saturday and sunday. we will not see any rain until next week. thank you erica. the manhunt for christopher and dorner by the lapd swat team officers to a northbridge lows home and for the store after people reported seeing someone who resembled the fugitive former police officer there. >> they stormed the store last night. customers for export of the store is please look for any signs of dorner . there have been several reports similar to this one in recent days that did not pan out. the search came several hours after the lapd is a tactical alert as it have the above dorner manhunt as well as security for the grammys. >> two of the three people dorner is accused of killing is a cal state fullerton woman's basketball assistant coach and her fiancee. >> monica quan is the daughter of former lapd captain an attorney. the basketball team played its first game since the murder of their system coach. >> the tigers are the woman known as coach mo before saturday's game with an emotional moment of silence. >> it feels bad to function without a part of a family. >> christopher sorner is suspected of shooting quan and her fiancee keith lawrence last sunday in the parking structure of their irvine apartment complex. >> quan is the daughter of rebel quan was the attorney representing sorner and the failed appeal of his dismissal from the los angeles police department. >> president obama will deliver his state of the union address tomorrow. is expect to focus on boosting job creation and economic growth during the time of high unemployment. >> the president also may use tomorrow's primetime address before a joint session of congress to announce the next steps for concluding the war in afghanistan by the end of 2014. >> tomorrow's address marks mr. obamas second high- profile speech the nation about three weeks after his inaugural address last month that began his second term. >> the president for view the address during a meeting with house democrats on thursday. >> after delivering the state of the union address, president obama will travel to three states over three days. >> is going on the road to drum up support for his economic and other policy proposals. >> mr. obamas will also seek support for his push for reform of u.s. gun and immigration laws. the president will travel to asheville, n.c., area on wednesday, the atlanta, ga. area on thursday, and the chicago area on friday. >> you could watch the president's speech live on kron 47--24/7 channel, comcast 193. >> in world news. an official said the death toll from a stampede during a popular hindu festival in northern india has risen to 36. tens of thousands of people were in the station when a section of a foot bridge their collapsed, leading to the stampede last sunday. the state-run hospital spokesman says that least 30 other programs or injured. their railway spokesman said the stabbing occurred after someone fell from a platform denying reports that the bridge had collapsed. >> lindsay vonn had surgery on her right knee after shredding to limit to during a crash last week. >> a u.s. keeping this and operated on the fourth time the world cup champion yesterday morning. this is a picture of vonn being elected to the hospital. dr. is optimistic that she will have it for covered. she tore her anterior cruiate and a medical collateral ligaments during the super g and austria. jostle broke a bone in her lower leg. the 28 euro is hoping to be healed in time for the to stop supporting olympic winter games in sochi. >> new this morning, a rocket carrying an earth observations allied is scheduled to blast off from the california coast at 10:00 a.m. today on a mission to keep a continuous eye on the planet's resources. >> the atlas 5 rocket will launch from vandenberg air force base. is caring the landsat satellite the eighth of its kind to be launched into 1972. it will track of glaciers, forest fires, crop production and coastlines. >> we will be right back. watching bay area weather is a live look at walnut creek. the current year in concord is 34 degrees. >> good morning the time is 80 5:00 a.m.:25. >> texas gov. rick barry is visiting california, and he hopes to return home with something more than a disneyland souvenir. >> a formal republican presidential candidate starts meeting with business leaders today, try to persuade them to move jobs to texas. >> it will the to the san francisco bay area, was angeles and orange county through wednesday. >> the trips follows a radio ad in which there criticized california's business climate. perry has been bragging about the state's low taxes and low regulations. >> here is of a comet you posted on the kron 4 facebook book page about perry to visit. >> patrick stumpag says a nice weather in beach front property is no substitute for lower taxes, high profit, and providing more jobs. if i on the company, i would not have my company based in california. >> joked hoeleck says like friends in texas say, rick is not too bright. people will think of going to texas for a business is a good idea or also on the right side of politics. >> brian bertran says rick. other republicans need to do the right thing to stop taking jobs away from people and diverting them elsewhere. california needs workers just as much as texas and other places. >> coming up on the kron 4 morning news it hasn't happened in almost 600 years. light bulb benedictus extent is stepping down from the papacy. >> and a big night for the music and gee! we will break down a highlight some winners of last night's grammys awards. >> the san mateo bridge is nice and quiet and sunny. hayward is 44 degrees with a high of 61. >> we are seeing a slight downtick in the drive time on the hot spot interstate by 80 in the westbound direction. it does not represent much in the way of improvement. we a shave two minutes off the drive time in the last 15 headed to the old, pass. an earlier occurring accident and vehicle fire extinguisher now at green veil. it is now just slow traffic in the westbound direction. we have a big improvement at the bay bridge as we can now see the end of the back up and drive times have been shaved in half. especially for the drive coming from the 880 the nimitz freeway with there is no longer a backup or delay. the san mateo bridge ride peaked at about 15 minutes is now down to 30 minutes for the westbound commute. in the next 15 to 20 minutes we should see things peak. that likely means traffic from its ban down to the toll plaza. persistent delays as we but track public transit. for eight straight out of the central valley no. 7 we can tell you that bart muni metro are all doing fine as well as caltrans. >> here's a quick weather check, sunny and temperatures in the upper 50s low 60s later on today. gradual warming trend for the rest of the week with full details on what to expect coming up and my next report. >> the benedictus 16th has announced he will resign at the end of the month. the public's mind this morning that his advanced age means he no longer has the mental and physical strength to lead the catholic church. for that reason he has decided to step down. >> windows of resting there was elected pope benedictus 16th and 2005 the cartel's he served as a trusted advisor and friend. many expected this appeared german cartel would bring his strict style to the papacy. in his first major ruling as pope, he imposed restrictions on homosexuals becoming a priest. in the year following his election, and a trip to germany he made but perhaps the most controversial remark of his papacy. he quoted a byzantine emperor quoting mohammed morsi that they were evi that they were eve stopped short of an apology. and a trip to turkey, and he had a opportunity to mend fences. >> strengthening the bonds of affection between us and those we wish to live together in harmony, peace. >> another problem facing the church, clergy sex abuse scandal. 2008 in a trip to the united states pope benedictus met with sex abuse victims. it was later asked for public forgiveness. >> we beg for forgiveness from god and the persons involved. while promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will never occur again. >> while the pope face many issues of the church as his predecessors he also was this was all for getting the church into the 21st century. >> he says he is now up to it now and he can best serve as jesus and his church and hisstepping aside. >> pope benedictus resignation is an historic move. the last boat to resigned was back in 1415. >> the search for christopher dorner continues. let me be clear. our dedication to catching the killer remains steadfast. our confidence that we will bring him to justice is on shaken. the search is not a matter of if, it is a matter of wind. what christopher dorner to know that. >> a strong message this morning from the mayor of los angeles. meantime, the lapd will reopen the investigation into the firing of christopher dorner, a former cop accused of killing three people and revenge plot against the department. doris manifesto called the killing spree a last resort to clear his name. the head of the lapd tells a cnn affiliate in los angeles that he wants the public to see that the department is fair and transparent. >> i am not doing this to appeased him, i am doing this so that the community has played them with the police department does. i am going to make a rigorous inspection to either validate or refute his claim. >> chief charlie back worries that coroner's accusations of racism and apartment will resurrect what he describes as the ghost of lapd's past. as hard as it is vented change apartments culture he says, it has been even harder to gain and keep the public's support. >> is 8368 m and we continue to attract gas prices. the average u.s. price of a gallon gasoline has some 25¢ are the past two weeks. and san francisco $4.30, in oakland at $3.95, in san jose $3.98. >> this morning the california highway patrol is investigating after a car fell some 500 ft. down a ravine in san jose. at in yesterday afternoon on highway 130 near clayton road. the chp says the driver lost control and over the cliff. the driver was trapped inside a car for two hours until emergency crews were able to get him out an airlift into a hospital. the driver has serious injuries but is expected to survive. we will be right back. medications? i don't know. last immunization shots? really? honey, what's my blood pressure medicine called? one time i took something and i blew up like a puffer fish. i'm probably allergic to that. at kaiser permanente, your medical information is available to you and your doctors. quickly. securely. no guesswork required. better information. better care. kaiserpermanente. thrive. >> police say three of the four people wounded in a shooting on bourbon street have been released from hospital. that happened during mardi gras celebrations. the fourth victim remains in a hospital in stable condition after he was shot. he underwent surgery after the shooting saturday night. witnesses told police that a fight started outside a strip club called babes and cabaret saturday night. they heard gunshots. police are currently using surveillance video cellphone footage to try and track down the shooter. my grass celebrates as well, a tomorrow which is fat tuesday. >> the family of late football coach joe paterno is accusing penn state of rushing their judgment in the jerry sandusky child sex abuse case. the family released in the port on a report on their web site from former attorney general dick thornburgh. former reviewed fbi director louis fries report on the sandusky's sex scandal which was commissioned by penn state. thorn boughstar and byrds the university's freeze it report was factually wrong speculative and fundamentally flawed. he added it was based on raw speculation and unsupported opinion. >> russian officials that added to the number of dead and a blast at a coal mine in northern russia. officials say 18 people died and 10 bodies have been recovered. there were 23 men in a mine at the time. the glass is blamed on a buildup of methane. that that accidents at coal mines are frequent in russia because of negligence and lax safety regulations. >> still hadn't kron4 morning news rumors swirling this morning about a new product apple could be working on. plus full check the bay area weather traffic coming up. >> these have a certain sense of humor and usually involves zombies. they all make great gifts this valentine's day. love is in the air. from hard thing accessories to gadgets to this eight big rose from think geek. at 15 that dollars is a bargain. there is as well russki crystal necklace that doubles as a u.s. beat flask drive. ♪ even d gear is thistore a secreb site or linked to what ever you want, $100. scare up some love with zombie valentine's day cards also from think geek. eat your heart out regular cards, literally. from hallmark, blooming expressions. this flower never dies and takes aaa batteries instead of 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fairfield. downtown san francisco's 60, 58 nevado. satellite and radar shows clear and dry in the bay area not only now but for the next several days. it yet not noticed how dry as bent here is a look at our average rainfall totals. usually we are flirting with 9 in. in santa rosa and over 5 in. and oakland. what we have actually accumulated, just above an edge in santa rosa not have an answer for oakland. we're very dry for this time of year. we will continue dry weather for the next several days. 7 day around the bay shows we're back into the upper 60s and to friday and very pleasant weather for saturday and sunday. overnight lows at we are having just above the freezing mark. whether is not in the bay area forecast until sometime next week. >> we are watching wall street this morning, stocks lower. the dow was down about 19 points. it is making x of its earlier losses, climbing back. same story for the nasdaq. the s&p 500 is pulling back a little bit from its highs from last week 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[ mom ] don't stress. we can figure this out. ♪ [ male announcer ] get the speed to make a great first impression. call today to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as $14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. this is delicious. ♪ [ male announcer ] save the day in an instant. at&t. ♪ (male announcer) live from the bay area here is your kron 4 news >> and a surprise an unusual announcement, the pope is stepping down. i will have details behind reckitt designation coming up in minutes. >> a former police officer still on the list, out on the >> we're still looking at delays for interstate 580. drive times are twice the normal commute time at 48 minutes from the altamont pass head was bowed to the dublin interchange. it should be about 24 minutes for this commute. persistent delays for the westbound ride but it looks like it is finally starting to improve. >> >> following the latest out of the vatican the pope benedictus is seein the 16th its electing to step down due to health and age. will tran is joining us from san francisco for their reaction to the resignation. >> there is a lot of surprise because as we said at 600 years. people think this is a lifelong job. they went to mpeople woke up and weno mass and a lot of people did not know including a sister that i spoke to this morning. >> i was shocked, i have to admit. this is the first time this is happened in over 600 years. i also admire the man that because he is being honest with himself and the world. he has tremendous responsibility and realizes that physically he can no longer do it. someone else can do it in his place. >> she also said she and many others also agreed that the next pope should be a little younger. the world has changed and they're so much going on with social media and that such. they are pushing for a younger man or woman to take the helm. >> as we stated before this has taken a lot of people by surprise. his last day will be february 28th and at that point the church will have to go through a new process to elect a new pope. >> in delaware, three people were killed. a man opened fire in the court house in wilmington. the mayor confirmed that the gunman and his wife are among the dead. they say that he came in and opened fire killing two people and wounding another person. this is at the new castle county courthouse. the gunman was shot and killed by police. the couple was estranged and we do not have any information on the fourth person shot. >> authorities are offering a $1 million reward leading to the arrest of christopher dorner. he is a former police officer suspected of killing three. officers are going through the snow- covered mountains and big bear where his pickup truck burst out was found on thursday. he has sworn revenge on several former lapd colleagues at that he claims cost him his career. the funeral is on wednesday it for former officers and daughter that was killed last week. there is surveillance video that appears to show christopher dorner throwing out bullets at and a military-style built into a dumpster. stay with kron4, we will give you the latest on christopher dorner on kron4 and is that, as well as our facebook and twitter feats. >> in some cases, they just above the door down, and other cases they go round back in jump the fence. >> they knocked down the door and took some equipment from there. they got out quick. >> the police say you should lock your doors and windows. they also want you to be on the look out for a charcoal colored four-door acura and a dark colored minivan. both vehicles are linked to many of the burglaries. at 9 of 4:00 a.m. and outside look at san jose. traffic is slow and in redwood city it is 40 degrees. we will see a 20 degree climb in see redwood city reached 60 degrees. we will be right back. >> a shooting in delaware, a man kills and shoots his estranged wife, let's listen in. >> if this information does not come for me, it is misinformation at this point. i can take a few questions, i have to get back to a meeting. >> (inaudible) >> it is still part of that active investigation. if i had that information i would give it to you. we have to give the investigators some time to get out there and do their jobs. i will share that information when it is released at that time. again, once we are sharing comfortable sharing information we will share that. at this time i do not have that information. >> the mayor said one of the victims was the suspect's estranged wife? >> i do not have that information at the time. we are slowly revealing surveillance footage. >> listening to the latest on the kron4 at newsom. three people shot and killed at a delaware court house this morning. >> president obama will give it his first state of the union address in his second term tomorrow. >> the state of the union address >> members of congress, distinguished guests and fellow americans >> the commander in chief's best chance to lay out his priorities and influence millions of television viewers. >> the moment you get an uninterrupted, on a challenge and opportunity to talk to the country to define his agenda and what he thinks the debate in washington should be about. that is one the most important power said the president has. >> he gave the democrats every view about what he was going to say. >> i'll be talking about making sure that we are focused on job creation in the united states of america. (cheers & applause) it means that we are focused on education and every young person is equipped with the skills they need to compete in the 21st century. >> this will serve as a book into the inaugural address. the president will talk on immigration reform as well as gun violence. we can also here is use that about clean energy. most of the speech will be on so- called pocketbook issues, old and new policies affecting the middle class. how effective will it be on persuading republicans on capitol hill? >> you have a president who wants to have a debate about immigration and guns. he is clearly taking is to a debate about climate and energy.the republicans do not want the focus to shift from the debt. >> the time is 9:11 a.m. and after the state of union address the president will be traveling to three states over three days. he is going to drum up support for his economic and other proposals. he is also pushing for the reform of gun control in immigration laws. he'll be traveling to asheville, n.c. on wednesday, thursday atlanta georgia, and friday's chicago. you much the whole speech, the state of the union address on kron4 is 247 news channel comcast 193. that is tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.. >> speculation that apple's next big thing will be a smart watch. this talk is heating up. we will talk with financial expert rob black coming up when the kron4 morning news continues. >> was today iwatching today's s and losers with rob black. you are not to happy with apple's wrist watch? 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>> that is exchanged traded fund. i highly recommend these. it is kind of like a mutual fund but without the tax ramifications. you can get in et path that has apple and it. if you bite a mutual-fund you buy all of that mature funds. >> it is almost like you did to trade like a stock? >> yes. it is kind of a mutual fund sold its more was stuck instead of a fund. people should look into a stage traded funds. >> if you have any questions you could ask rob black on his facebook page and he will answer them on the air. >> a shot of san francisco, clear skies. >> we have lots of sunshine out there but we are looking at chilly, cold conditions this morning. i do not see a single cloud and that picture. we're not looking for any storms for the next several days. still lots of sunshine and we will get close to average as far as the highs for the afternoon. some are all sunny and warmer. upper '50's, low 60s. we will stay dry and looking for warmer afternoons. temperatures right now 51 downtown sampras's go, in about zero mid-50s, said rose of 47, pleasanton is the cold spot 37. satellite and radar show high pressure is in control. it will keep the showers and north of us and we will see lots of sunshine. getting a little warmer through tomorrow, wednesday and into thursday and friday. i is for today 60 in sunnyvale and campbell. mountain view close to 60 under mostly sunny skies. walnut creek at 60, danville 61, then the lower 60s. temperatures and the north bay topping out at lower 60s for santa rosa, 59 petaluma, and about upper 50s. downtown 7 cisco 60 berkeley 61, oakland 62d . 7 day around the bay shows the gradual warm-up continues through tomorrow. when state meet height 60s, if thursday lots of sunshine and mild in the mid-60s. friday as of now is supposed to be our warmest day of the next seven. plenty of the upper 60s and close to 70 degrees and along the coast. the weekend is looking to be gorgeous. the time is 9:20 a.m. and here's traffic with george. >> hotspot interstate 580 through the mohr, a big improvement here. it is down from a high of 58, which dropped 60 minutes of the drive time. it is still slow. we are finally getting a little better. all lanes are now reported to be clear. there is no backup left at the bay bridge in the westbound direction. it is a good ride. there may still be some sluggish traffic through the maze but not the bay bridge. the san mateo bridge has an incident free all morning, a 11 minute drive time. colon gate bridge 1 01 in the southbound direction a nice, smooth ride no problems. consistent delays for a set train. trains five and seven have both been late this morning. 10 to 15 minutes behind schedule, train three is the only train on time this morning. in san jose, we were looking for an accident but found a stall. it is fortunately on the shoulder just before highway 87. this is an backing it up -- is not backing up traffic. >> still ahead, the commute comes to a halt in the northeast. things are barely getting back to normal with a massive cleanup left to do after that big nor'easter. we'll be back with more and a couple of minutes. [ male announcer ] tender sirloin and a succulent lobster tail... for an incredible $16.99. share the love this valentine's, with sizzler's steak & lobster. >> test and the chairman of the senate armed for services committee says the panel will vote tomorrow afternoon on chuck hegel nomination to be defense secretary. the announcement comes as republicans are objecting to move forward on the nomination. democrats hold a 14 to 12 add on the panel, and it is likely that hagel will be approved on a party-line vote. the vote comes as hours before president obama is state of the union address. >> a great looking day out there, it started out a little warmer this morning. temperatures will warm up to the '60s and free men and a little warmer for some of the inland spots. >> overnight a tornado that ripped through hattiesburg mississippi has injured 63 people. 300 homes and businesses were damaged. the town of hattiesburg is home to the university of southern mississippi which receive some damage from the tornado. no word yet on the condition of three people were injured. officials say the storm has caused significant damage to buildings. three tornadoes touching down in mississippi, seven in alabama with over a hundred homes damaged or there. >> watching the weather on the east coast as cleanup efforts are now under way after this weekend's blizzard. the states that saw the most snow from the storm stamford conn. 40 in. of snow or recorded in hamden connecticut and during the worst of the storm dumped 45 in. of snow and core. president obama declared a state of emergency in conn yesterday. the emergency declaration will provide federal aid to the state and local response efforts. connecticut's governor has lifted a travel ban on state rose as ours residents to stay off them if possible. they also had to move hundreds of cars that were stuck on the l i e and the height of the blizzard. new york's governor is sending out helped to new england and some spots where it was hit harder. we will be right back. >> new this morning, pope benedictus the 16th announced in vatican city that he plans to resign at the end of the month. >> windows of arresting her was elected pope benedict of in 2005 he was considered one of the church as finest minds. he was a professor watching the back of his starlike predecessor john pope the second who was a trusted adviser and friend. many suspected the german car no would bring as strict style to the papacy. strong opposition to abortion, gay marriage, and euthanasia. he impose restrictions on it, such as becoming priests. and your following his election, during a trip to germany he made perhaps the most controversy remarks of his papacy. he addressed a group of scholars and quoted a byzantine emperor at asserting the profit mohammed brought " things only evil and in human ". the comment sparked rage and and muslim communities. he said that it did not express as personal views but stopped short of an apology. at a visit to turkey at provided an opportunity to mend fences. this desire to diffuse tension was evident. >> strengthening the bonds and are common wish to live together in harmony, peace and mutual trust. it exposed >> exposed the fragile relationship and a post 911 world. the othpublic that it met with sex abuse victims and later asked for public forgiveness. >> we consistently beg forgiveness from god and the persons involved. while it promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will never occur again. >> while pope benedictus 16th as many of the issues of his predecessors, he also brought modern elements to the papacy. he into a recording deal, celebrated a mass in cuba's revolution square and establishing a twitter account betting the church into the 21st century. >> he says i know i may not be up to it now but i can best serve jesus and his church and his people by stepping aside. i have to admire him. >> just in president obama has just released the statement on the pubs retirement. he says michelle and died at which to express our prayers. they met together in 2009 and he says he appreciates the work he's done over the past four years. >> continuing a improvements for the livermore hot spot 580 ride, we are so over the normal. 31 to 36 minutes drive times it should be expected but they it is 38 now. my incident and the westbound direction conspired to delay this drive. that has been a lot of hot spot. conditions are pretty good at the bay bridge, no backup or delays. at >> we have sunshine out there, a really beautiful day. 51 downtown sam francisco, san mateo 43, oakland 54, of fremont 54, pleasanton and the upper 30's. a little on the cold side. when i come back, more details on sunshine and how we will get for some locations. >> collectively, this group led by my office, is posing a reward of $1 million for information that will lead to mr. dorner is captured. we will not tolerate anyone undermining the security, the tranquillity of our neighborhoods, and our communities. we will not tolerate this way of terror that has robbed us of the peace of mind that its residents of southern california deserve. >> a strong message is morning from the mayor of los angeles. meantime the lapd will open the reopen the investigation into the firing of christopher dorner, a former cop accused of killing three people in a revenge plot against the department. doris manifesto calls the killing spree last resort to clear his name. the head of the lapd tell cnn affiliate laws and was that he wants the public to see that the department is fair and transparent. >> i am not doing this to appease him, i am doing this so the community has faith in what the police department does. i am going to make a rigorous inspection to either validate or refute his claims. we will make that inspection public. >> chief charlie back worries that donors accusations of racism and the department would resurrect what he described as the ghost of lapd's past. as as it has been to change the department's culture he says, it has been even harder to gauge and keep the public's support. meanwhile the search for dorner and the snowbound standard of the amounts continues into a third day. >> vice-president joe biden is holding a roundtable with law-enforcement officials in philadelphia to discuss the violence and the role of police. since president obama tapped by and to lead a task force on the ballot at the school killings in conn, the vice-president has been the administration's point person in the continue westbound debate. this round table comes on the eve of president obama is a state of the union address tomorrow night in which he is expected to talk about new gun legislation. >> we have the right laws in place, we are doing our job to protect the public. there is no easy answer or solution to the devastating gun violence that we are seeing. not only in chicago but every big city. it is a very complicated problem triggered by many different factors. as law enforcement officials we must bear some responsibility for the problem. we must work to develop new strategies such as the lettuce legislative administe >> the the live pictures out of chicago, the president will be there friday starting a three their three day the war. wednesday, atlanta georgia, out wednesday atlanta georgia, friday chicago. you can watch that president's speech live up kron4 is 247 news channel, has won 93. it starts tomorrow at 6:00 p.m.. we will take a break and come right back. well, well, well. growing up, we didn't have u-verse. we couldn't record four shows at the same time. in my day, you were lucky if you could record two shows. and if mom was recording her dumb show and dad was recording his dumb show then, by george, that's all we watched. and we liked it! today's kids got it so good. 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keeping us sunny. it will stick around for a while keeping all the storms to the north of us through the weekend. we will also see temperatures get a little warmer starting on wednesday, thursday especially into friday. highs for today, 60 sunnyvale, campbell los gatos 61, upper 50s san leandro, 60 walnut creek, pleasanton at 60. 59 a petaluma, 60 san revell, ocean beach 57. 7 day around the bay of few changes come up tomorrow mardi gras thursday valentine's day, mid-60s. friday is the warmest day with upper 60s. some locations we get the around 70 degrees. that will be nice. the weekend is gorgeous and mild. 9:47 a.m. and here is george with traffic. >> the livermore commute is normal and we are no longer tracking hot spots. the bay bridge ride a act and the backup has completely disappeared. sluggish traffic across the span of so it could be an 11 to 12 minutes drive into the city. san mateo bridge you will find 11 minutes commute westbound or east down. the golden gate bridge ride is completely cleared out. it is so light that they have actually already jumped the gun and added the third lane in the northbound direction. drive times are getting back to normal in the east shore freeway at 19 minutes. west twenty-four's out 680 is all pretty clear. 1 01 slug is around the guadalupe parkway, a lingering delays from cupertino to mountain view 85 northbound. 1 01 southbound turnabout is back to normal in the commute is over. >> the manhunt for christopher darden led lapd swat officers to a northridge lowe's home improvement store after people reported seeing someone who resembled the fugitive former police officer there. lapd's formed at the store it last night. customers were escorted how the store as police look for any signs of dorner. that been several reports a similar to this one in recent days that did not pan out. >> to of the three people dorner is accused of killing as cal state fullerton and women's basketball coach and her fiancee. monica quan is the daughter of former lapd captain an attorney. the basketball team played its first game since the murder of their assistant coach. the titans under the woman known as coach mile before saturday's game with an emotional moment of silence. christopher dorner is accused of shooting kwoquan who is the daughter of rimbaud quan who was the attorney representing dorner and the failed appeal of his dismissal from los angeles police the bread. . an official says the death toll from a stampede during a popular and hindu festival in northern india has risen to 36. tens of thousands of people were in the station when a section of a foot bridge there collapsed, leading to the stampede late sunday. a state run hospital spokesperson says that the least 30 other programs were injured. >> lindsay vonn had surgery on her right knee after shedding two ligaments in a crash last week. a u.s. ski team physician operated on the fourth time world cup champion yesterday morning. vonn's doctor is optimistic that she will have a full recovery. she tore her and anterior cruciate and mimedial collateral ligaments during the super g in austria. she also wrote about in her lower legs. the 20 year-old toby deal of time to the 2014 olympic games and sochi. >> a racketeering and our observations satellite is to blast off from the california coast at 10:00 a.m. today on a mission to keep a continuous eye on the planet's resources. the atlas 5 rocket launched from vandenberg air force base. it is carrying the landsat satellite at the age of its kind launched since 1972. it will try glaciers, forest fires, crop production and coast lines. we will take a break but first a quick programming reminder to tell you about. in august of 2011 kelly fights is why dead in their bathtub. police roller death and accidental drowning of the friends say they think of her house and murdered her. kelly admits his marriage was in perfect but insisted did not kill his wife and agrees to take a polygraph test. though mr. results coming right up at the kron4 morning news at 10. >> former giants slugger barry bonds is set to appear in court this week to appeal his felony obstruction of justice convention. kron4 is one of the two local news outlets allowed to videotape wednesday's court proceeding. the all-time home run leader is appealing the 2011 conviction surgery on the bonds gave evasive answer to a grand jury questioning about his alleged steroid abuse. >> the music industry celebrated 55th annual grammy awards. justin timberlake returned to the grammy stage performing his new single suit and tie. fun also performed at their song that carry on before taking on the grammy for song of the year for their hit we are young as well as best new artist. the black keys were recognized for best rap performance, rocks on and rock album. frank alston said, no word, best urban contemporary album. france presented the grammy for record of the year to gotye for somebody that i used to know. album of the year went to mumford and sons. >> in your city part of popping of firecrackers on sunday to celebrate the chinese lunar new year. this is the year of the snake. thousands watch the colorful festivities and a traditional chinese food. the firecrackers are meant to give the lunar new year a good start and chase away evil. a racketeering and other observations satellite is scheduled to blast off from california coast at 10:00 a.m. today on a mission to keep a continuous eye on the planet researches. the atlas 5 rocket launched from vandenberg air force base. it is carrying the landslide satellite the eighth of its kind to be launched since 1972. it will try glaciers, forest fires, of crop production and coastlines. >> we don't have a real clock here. >> dr. phil will be on after the kron4 morning news. we want to show you the seven day around the bay because starting monday morning we are looking at a fabulous forecast. temperatures are getting warmer and warmer as we head into the week. 68 by the time we had thursday. >> it will be real nice. you can join us here all week at the kron4 morning news and coming up is dr. phil.