To 42 is also slow. This is two days in a row that we have been confronted with this type of traffic. The south bay is continuing to reel from minor accident at mckee. It back up the traffic that it has already put extra pressure on 85 and 87. Looking at your bay bridge ride west of there is an accident at the toll plaza. I do not think it is having any impact on the commute. Were just looking at a back up, 880 is your best approach with an 11 minute drive time. On this wednesday morning it is sunny and were seeing mostly clear skies but the temperatures are much more colder. We are in the low 40s the temperatures only rise at this point low 60s will be along the coast and low 70s inside the bay. I will break down under 7 day around bay coming up. New this morning. Power has been restored to thousands of customers in the north bay after a car accident caused a major power outage. The outage also affected the new graton casino. Thats where we find kron fours Jackie Sissel who has an update for us. Jackie people at the casino last night were not happy. I think it cut into their good time about 3600 of them work in the dark. It was only open for a week and last night it went into the dark. It started because of a minor car accident and here is video of the scene. About 11 00 p. M. Last night sorry it might we arjackie e losing you. As you can see their residents were outraged but so were the people were gambling. This is just one week into operation and its three branch into their day car when youn you would think that being that it was a casino that would have had some type of generator. This is what some of the people had to say. We were just waiting there. I am sure a lot of them so this way. It has all been fixed. The latest on the Recovery Efforts in the phillipines from fridays supertyphoon the new and official numbers are out. And more than 22 hundred people are dead. More than 26 hundred are injured and at least 84 people are still missing. And those figures are expected to rise. A u. N. Humanitarian official says thereve been problems getting much needed supplies into the typhoon devastated eastern philippines because there are no trucks and roads are closed. Meanwhile, local police say theres been looting over the last three days, but theyve restored order. Eight people were killed when the wall of a rice warehouse collapsed while being looted. Take a look at these images out of the philippines. You can see the entire shoreline here is transformed. Big clusters of homes wiped out. The only thing that looks the same in this picture is the white circular structure. Large areas of farmland affected. What was once green grass and green trees. Not sand from the sea. And debris from structures that are destroyed. A devastating reality. With which survivors in the philippines are all too familiar. Two Us Navy Amphibious ships are en route to the philippines to assist in relief efforts. These ships can turn salt water into Drinking Water which is what they drastically need. A San FranciscoPolice Officer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city, saying he was racially profiled and wrongly arrested by several colleagues who didnt recognize him. Lorenzo adamson, a 15year police veteran, says he was stopped in his car on may 30 for not having a license plate. The suit alleges that officers inexplicably jumped onto adamsons back and tried to choke him before tackling him to the ground. Adamson was charged with resisting arrest and vehicle code violations. Those charges were dropped. On the peninsula. The woman accused of driving drunk and then hitting and killing a bay area couple has pleaded not guilty to all charges. Prosecutors say Marjorie Reitzell had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit when she hit kamal and balbir singh. The crash happened as the menlo park couple was out walking their dog last month. Reitzell remains in custody a man accused of murdering his daughters mother. Is being ordered to stand trial. A judge ruled. There is enough evidence to have randy alana stand trial. He is charged with strangling sandra coke in august. Her body was found in vacaville five days after she was reported missing. Coke was a federal investigator with the Sacramento Branch of the federal public defenders several Community Members in oakland do not agree with a proposed curfew for minors. They voiced their opposition at a City Council Public safey meeting last night. The proposed curfew states that anyone under the age of 18 must be off the streets between 10 pm and 6 in the morning 7 days a week. Also on school days from 8 30 am to 130 pm. Violators face warnings, citations, fines up to 500 dollars even arrests. But opponents of the curfew say its not what the community needs. They believe it encourages racial and age related profiling and creates fear in the community. And police chief sean whent says hes concerned with how officers would enforce the curfew. The Oakland Community is mostly speaking out against a proposed curfew for minors. The police chief was at tonights City Council Public safety meeting. And voiced his concerns about the proposal. Line this morning, crews on the old eastern span of the bay bridge will be at it again. They are dismantling the cantilever section of the upper deck. That part of the desconstruction work should take six weeks to complete. The entire demolition project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2016 coming up on the kron4 ldon smith morning news appears before aldon smith with holiday magic in both parks, the happiest place on earth, just got merrier. It looks as though troubled 49er player aldon smith. Will be playing football at least until january. The star linebacker was arraigned yesterday afternoon on gun charges. In connection with a search of his san jose home last summer. Smith appeared in Santa Clara County superior court and his case was continued to january, after the regular football season is over. Smiths attorney says, his client will plead not guilty to three felony counts of possessing assault weapons which are illegal in california. Smith answered no questions, but his attorney and the prosecutor in the case. Made brief statements what this means is that the Legal Process has started and it will take some time and it is typical in cases like this. Between now and his next court date they will receive the discovery in the case and after that it will land into discussion. Typically that is how the process unfolds. We have a court date and that is where were ever. I would not answer any more questions at this time. Mr. Smith is very interested and has rented the charges. You have to understand that this is a process. Todays Court Appearance was the first up in this process. Out of respect for the judicial system, we will not be making any further statements at this time. The weapons were discovered by sheriffs deputies, after smith hosted a house party last summer, during which he was stabbed and two party goers shot. By gang members who crashed the party. Smith also faces a misdemeanor driving under the influence charge from lineup next on the kron 4 morning news. A Healthy Breakfast earns a Healthy Breakfast earns some oakland students a healthy prize. Some oakland students a noing ong th tpe. Bunope letopenp a n ofhis. Anmatcthis letvalite, nagate d th, letget ter. Int,o. Letdo. Pow. Les dohis. Re sing. Mo doi. That theowerf the me dot. Righnow behrltranterr t 5ff gall can whatoes at first spooul tte le . Ok. Hoy bunches oats. Ching mmmm mmmm mm its thoats. Honey. Yeah. Hoy bunches oats. Is ia grt cereal. Welcome back. We are tracking hot spots. Were still dealing with very slow traffic out of martinez. We have had three separate incidents and the last two were close together. There are a number of cars are on the shoulder due to debris. This is southbound 680. It is slow coming off the benicia bridge. It is back all the way to a highway 4. Westbound 24 is picking up slowing and also through lafayette. Your ride is still heavy 4880 south bond and this is a new pattern that we are now seen. It has heavy traffic in hayward and this will continue all the way to milpitas. It is as slow ride with about 52 minutes coming out of baltimore past periods there is a slow ride over 34 minutes on 1 01 northbound from 85 to 37. 280 is also getting heavy. The mid peninsula started to pick up slowing into san mattel on 1 01 southbound pripe. The drive time has now reached 43 minutes. The commute to the bridges your bay bridge ride is not too bad. There was an accident at the toll plaza but its not affecting traffic. The san mateo bridge is getting heavier and the drive times of 15 minutes. The Golden Gate Bridge is still smoldered for the 1 01 southbound. Remember how great it was this time we had overcast conditions. We are waking up to play of sunshine. It is cold outside and you should grab a jacket. It is 47 degrees out the door in san mateo. We do have some patchy fog along the coastline. High pressure is Building Back into place and this means that the temperatures will be warmer than what we are used to. By lunchtime we will be in the 60s and 70s. The 70s will continue as we approach the afternoon. Today, temperatures will be about 10 degrees warmer than where we should be. We will keep Clear Conditions are around. 70s are on the board for the south bay and sunnyvale will have a high of 73 degrees. We will continue mid 70s perhaps the upper 70s for livermore. Generally we are about 66 degrees. Aspect mid70s for the San Ramon Valley area. Downtown San Francisco checkin as 67 degrees. Los 70s ignore the Golden Gate Bridge. We will see the winds pick up in fact, the National Weather service has stated that it may be a red flag morning. This may pose a fire danger. We have seen extreme a dry weather. Saturday there is a slight chance for rain. Right now it is, looking like a 10 chance. Sunny skies and once again as we head into sunday. The temperatures will drop, but that will rebound. Were looking for to pretty, and quiet conditions for the next work week. Golden gate bridge commuters could pay higher tolls the Golden Gate Bridge, highway and transportation District Board will discuss and possibly voting on five tollincrease options on friday. One option would be to raise an estimated 86 million over five years by bumping up the toll from six to seven dollars starting in april, and increasing the discounted 5 toll now paid by fastrak users to 5. 75 in april, and then to six dollars a year later. The earliest that one of those plans could be implemented would be april. The district is considering a toll increase in order to offset a fiveyear deficit projected at 142 Million Dollars. Bcn26 regional Golden Gate Bridge toll increase to be discussed friday in washington today, technical issues with the new Health Care Web site will take center stage. The houses chief investigator is looking into whether the white house shares the blame for the web sites problems. Specifically, lawmakers want to know why the website allowed consumers to window shop for health plans without first having to create personal accounts. That decision is seen as what led to an increased workload for the system. Todays hearing comes as the white house prepares to release tightly held enrollment numbers for october. Its believed the report will show far fewer than the projected 500thousand people signed up for health care. Health Insurer Anthem blue cross of california has agreed to a twomonth extension of about 104 thousand individual policies after failing to give the required 90 day cancellation notice. The policies had been set to expire on december 31st, but will be extended until february 28th. The company notified the department of insurance that it failed to give enough notice of cancellation due to computer glitch. Blue cross says more than a million cancellation notices have been sent to californians as the Affordable Care act begins. Allowing individuals to buy insurance through exchanges. The trial between apple and Samsung Electronics starts today. The lawyers are expected to call the trials first witness after laying out their case for a federal jury in san jose. Determine how much samsung owes apple for copying features from the iphone and ipad. A previous jury awarded apple more than one billion dollars after determining 26 samsung products had infringed six apple patents. But a judge found the jury miscalculated 400 Million Dollars in damages for 13 products and ordered a new trial to determine the proper amount. Despite three vehicle fires, tesla motors says they wont recall the companys model s. Ceo elon musk says the model s electric car is five times less likely to have a fire than a gasoline car in the us. He also said no drivers were injured in the three fires. Ultimately, its the governments decision whether to recall the car. The ntsa says its in contact with tesla and authorities in tennessee, where the latest fire happened last week. In oakland. Students are being rewarded for eating breakfast. Here is a picture of the winners. Students from Ralph Bunche High School claimed a three thousand dollar prize. For the got milk challenge. It was a three week competition between three east bay schools. To see which one could increase breakfast participation the most. Among students. The creators of the got milk campaign. Partnered with California School districts to give out 66 thousand dollars all over the state. Coming up. Are your dog is secure . I will talk about some homeless encampment going on in the city. I will investigate this in my next edition of people behaving badly. Line male annoucer now here is Stanley Roberts who found some people behaving badly. The city and walnut creek is planning a cleanup of the homeless. However, the tell scientists said there is an encampment nearby. And this lady is scooping up water near interstate 680. When you get closer, ucdavis slight turnaround or get ready to dance. They have signs to say no trespassing and to keep out. Also they have assigned this says beware of dog spread this pit bolt over there is something that they need to take into consideration. Is your dog secure . Despite having permission or not this area it is in the of the cleanup. You see, this is located on the watershed. So as we approached already seizing some of this stuff will be washed downstream. I spoke with the neighbors around area and no one knew about the in camera man. This is just one, with dozens and here is another one that has been getting a lot of attention. People living here has of almost abandon it. However, everything comes to a boil. Now, it is clean of time. In walnut creek, Stanley Roberts kron 4 news use chase freedom at amazon. Com and get 5 cash back this quarter. So you can find the perfect gift for everyone. Including you. Activate your 5 cash back at chase. Com freedom chase. So you can. The time is 7 29 a. M. Here is a beautiful shot of the bay bridge. I cross the golden gate and it looks uglier what it is more traffic. You have the sunshine outside. The temperatures are mostly in the 50s. I was say the bay bridge is prettier because it is cheaper to cross it. Oakland and san jose is coming in at 49 degrees. As we head into afternoon was the low 60s along the coast. Perhaps mid to upper 70s for the warmest inland spots. The temperatures will cool but the winner will pick up. We certainly have big changes on a rise especially into the weekend. I will have a full detailed forecast coming up. The traffic is getting heavier especially for 680 south bond and to 42. Both highway 4 are both affected. They have both cleared from the freeway. This commute is way behind schedule. Day two of the demolition efforts on the old eastern span of the bay bridge will be getting underway today. Kron fours mike pelton is live on yerba buena with we are now on a date to and crews have resumed their work. They stated that it will take them several years and this is a stepbystep process. I want to show you what it looks like. The crews are working to take down of the eastern span in reverse order. They will also work to mold the cant cut lever. They will work to reme the canteliver section. They stated there removing the old span is a stepbystep process. It is about 60 t of steel. This has been in use for 77 years. The old span is full of tension and they have to be careful when they take it down. This bridge past paint, who knows how much gasoline or oil has actually spilled on it. When you start cutting into a bridge you can predict where it will shift. They are taking every precaution to make sure the texture and the safety of the workers and to ensure the safety of the bay. The demolition is a further osmanli the crews will remove the s curve. That will allow the bike path to get installed. We expect that to happen mid 2015 and that should have the entire span taken down by 2016. I spoke to the chp and what impact it will have on the traffic. Perhaps, there were just be a lot of drivers tried to take a look pripet they do not think it will be a big process because it is a stepbystep process. You might not even notice that it is even taking place. We have only seeing just a few cars go past but they want to remind you do not stop and take a picture. They stated that if you are saying you will get a ticket. Even though its plagued by crime and violence. Oakland still does not have a teen curfew law in place. Supporters and opponents of the proposal fought over it well into the night. Kron 4s will tran is live in front of the Oakland Police department with why the police are not ful