Toll rising and the flames reaching containment. But first, u. S. Attorney Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden who he is named and why the case is now taken this turn. From the bay station, youre watching kron. And news. Thank you so much for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. Im Justine Waldman and we start with some breaking news as u. S. Attorney general Merrick Garland is appointing a special counsel to investigate hunter biden. Garland says he is naming david weiss as the special counsel. Why says the u. S. Attorney in delaware who has already been probing the business dealings of the president s son. And this is coming after a plea deal broke down last month and a tax and gun case against hunter biden. So heres what the attorney general said just moments ago. Tuesday of this week, mister weiss advice me that in his judgment, investigation had reached a stage at which he could should continue his work as a special counsel. And he asked
The coastline and through the golden gate, most of us are sitting under nice sunshine now and temperatures are starting show some movement. San jose, youre at 70 getting close and brentwood in vacaville while still in the 50s over in timber on as well. San mateo and on up towards cloverdale as we move into the afternoon, temperatures will be right around the same as yesterday. So not a lot of changes just yet. Were going to save those changes for later on this weekend. And ill break them down for you and your forecast rain. All right, john, thank you for that. Well, we started off light. Then we got busy looks like things are light again, especially across bridges. 11 minutes meteor lights are still off at the bay bridge. So no Traffic Building at the toll plaza. 13 minutes 80 to 101 san mateo bridge. Richmond, sandra bridge about 8 minutes there. Maybe youre taking the Golden Gate Bridge right now. 37 to the tolls about 21 minutes. And lets look at our highways where were seeing that
People dead wednesday night. One of them has been identified as 44 yearold iman ya, sale of itch. Its believed the other 2 were his children. Dont hear a lot a crime. And then this. Theyre of that magnitude. It was shocking unsettling. Neighbor john sweeney says the family who lived an lark would circle appeared to keep to themselves. It was unusual for this neighborhood to see caution tape cordoning off the street and Police Investigating a gruesome crime. Its frightening situation psychology. Experts like doctor Thomas Plante of Santa Clara University say stress in america is off the charts. And with that, theres been an increase in new gun ownership. If you have a high degree of stress, Mental Health related problems, and easy access to lethal means. Things can get out but controlled really fast. Doctor plante suggests a Mental Health and Public Health approach to address cases of suicide and murder suicide. He believes access to alcohol, drugs and weapons should also be explored. A
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Driverless cars are coming to San Francisco as officials rely their expansion despite opposition from taxi drivers and Rideshare Companies will help all that and more coming up. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning news well, good friday morning. Thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news friday. August 11th, im reyna harvey. Its the weekend and i know youve got a whole lot of plans john, im thinking of maybe catching the Perseid Meteor Shower theyre going to you know what tomorrow night looks great for. Thats what its going to peak your saturday night after 10 00pm into sunday morning. Out there. Watch it. And hopefully thats something to get a chance to enjoy what weve got right now. Quite our is a little bit of a low gray. We are seeing skies that are clear for some patchy fog for others. That fog along the for some coastal drizzle, some mist out that direction and up into the east bay hills. Most of our visibilit