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airports across the nation waiting for the holiday rush as travelers take to the skies and some are threatening to train them up lines because their access upset about the machines. >> if you're going to zero we will tell you about road conditions and very cold conditions. >> it is a big travel day we will tell you were the hot spots are coming up. >> there are no hot spots in the bay area because we are freezing and colder when i looked at the tahoe temperature i was shocked. >> you have to put it in perspective i guess it can be colder. a clear shot from
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mt. tam but these clear conditions are actually making for colder temperatures this morning we did break a record in oakland at 35 degrees. by noon '50s your idea only 54. san francisco we actually tighter record. it has not been the school since 1906. by noon 50 year high today 53 back down upper 40's by 8:00 p.m. we have lined up the numbers to let you know where the records are. you can see some records oakland said a record breaking the previous record of 41. san rosa coming in at 31 this morning. below freezing but no records. san rafael 34 malamute 37 so we are either setting records or really close. this morning take a
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look and some temperatures widespread thirties' right across the bay 29 degrees currently in napa it got colder overnight 27 napa 41 for san francisco's 34 san rafael redwood city and in the south bay temperatures mid to upper 30's we are below freezing for concord and fairfield as we head through this our 30's and the picture but as we head towards 10:00 a.m. we will see a bit of warming getting into the 40's and then looks like we will talk it out into the 50s headed toward the afternoon: it back down really quickly to the '40's even the 30's by some p.m. you're 7 day around the bay we have our freeze warnings in effect so thanksgiving really starting off with the job. fairly similar to this morning them by friday chance of rain moving in the later part of the day and wet weather could be expected for saturday it will dry up sunday. seven 02
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a.m. to check on to meet with george. >> no hot spots or delays at the bay bridge toll plaza meter mites have not been activated and we have had a stall on the upper deck of the bay bridge for the west bound ride. san mateo bridge looks good as we continue our bridge check clutter than usual traffic in both directions for the san mateo bridge. problems read through marin county northbound and southbound looks good. no delays through marin county look to have light the traffic is on the golden gate bridge this morning. the low temperatures around the possibility of icing conditions exist we have been checking that no problems from contra costa county it is a very likely problem spot of will tran has not reported any problems with icy conditions yet.
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>> will an update from will tran he is in santa cruz mountains with the latest. >> even though the sun is coming up it does not look like it is offering much that the heat how cold is it? i can see my breath. fortunately it did not rain overnight so not a lot of water on the road. chp officers patrolling 17 tommy so far they have not seen black ice. caltrans crews patrol this place to lay down sand to help drivers with the attraction. i was 17 will tran kron 4 news. >> maybe you are flying it is the busiest flying day and there is that threat. we will see if it materializes. they may boycott the body scanners and opt for the
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more evasive pat down which does make that much science. so far so good in it appears this is turned into nothing at this san francisco airport. yoli is out there now monitoring the travelers and the trouble? >> it has been easy going all morning long. it is supposed to be the busiest day for travel it is so empty and, they closed down one of those scanners they are only using one scanner and nobody has protested. i have seen a couple of pat downs but it's hard to follow whether those are people who opted out or there is a medical reason for not going to the scanner. but not because of this major protest. we have seen none of that. people here have been monitoring that in case it does get more busy throughout the day you have more people protesting it backs up the
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line they will start a separate line for people who want a get patted down instead of going through the scam. this is 7:00 a.m. would be a peak hour. right now there's hardly anybody here. it is a good time to come to the airport even though you are here over were you register. the long- term parking lot is completely false. >> i was wondering that. you can always choose off site parking as i love it it's good. and it's cheaper. >> you can get a voucher and use a short-term parking tickets to closer to the airport. >> and there's plenty of short term there? >> yes there seems to be lots of tap room. >> you will be home watching yoli saying i could just drive late because it's
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easy. and then you'll get jammed. they are coming in and waves and we are seeing the bill right now. >> again check with your carrier they are watching for whether the midwest may be where you are going there may be bad weather so that might delay your flight so always check your client carrier. >> we have checked with local airports and they are reporting no delays. >> more on record cold temperatures often break all live look at the golden gate bridge during now clear skies and very cold. temperatures in the '20s for skies and very cold. temperatures in the '20s for inland spots right now. ♪ lost in love and i don't know much... ♪ ]male announcer] starts friday at 4am. get there, first.
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dates holiday season as apple the security area as a bellhop on the other flights the upper right a lot of shots of detroit airport nice there no snow to contend with. just below that is seattle they have been blinded by snow on wall firstbor. >> 50 m myers 20 degrees in blue canyon it is for a blowout 0 and 8 below zero in truckee. >> wall street the dow off by 95 points right now we have often traveled 1/5. the government had encouraged sharing reports today the first time claims for unemployment fell much
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lighter than expected suppling fourth shows in the homes rose half a percent loss of downside there will goods dropped. at this point they are taking everything is positive and credit is that a plus. >> treasury department said it received fall billion from the sale of general morris stock they could receive 1.8 if the underwriters exercise their right to buy more stock. they put $50 million in to gm as part of the bailout. >> we will be right back is get away day for thanksgiving the school did intend with so check those san francisco looks nice and the clear skies to what it is a record-setting cold. what i had in san francisco 01 set a record it got so cold. we will be right back.
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this is about as cold as the call all morning right now feels colder than it did even and our goal. you can see how clear it is no wind to speak of but definitely cooled. my tripod has eyes on it. the family or of thosethose clubs. >> and definitely don't
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stick your tongue on the tripod. luckily is up for more cold weather's. >> a shot of the golden gate bridge we are starting off with bitter cold temperatures. cold snap expected to continue for the next couple of days free sworn in and expect this morning in tomorrow morning as well. chance of rain for the weekend first show you how cool temperatures actually got 41 degrees. that is as cold as it's gone since 1906. oakland broker record overall close to record the san rosa, san rafael. 34 san rafael. cooler than that as we head
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over to oakland 36, same for hayward, 31 hayward upper 20s during napa valley. we will keep in the third is for this hour not until 10:00 a.m. we will start to warming up ever so slightly we're talking the 40's by 10:00 a.m. by noon time it looks like '50s so mix of 40's and 50's by noontime highs today topping it out in the '50s. back down to the 40's and '30's by some p.m.. in afternoon highs into low 50s 53 san rosa, 53 in san francisco, so they temperatures and to low 50s 51 he worked also fremont as well. next chance of showers moves in friday night and it could be what they saturday. >> no hot spots and we have
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no metering lights at the bay bridge really great right here soak your headed across the bridge or ford's work today you will find a lighter and easier ride than usual. also for san mateo bridge light traffic in both directions a special here westbound headed towards foster city. golden gate bridge ride trouble-free through marin county on 101 southbound. no problems here yet or in san francisco. inbound central seoul light there is no backup for the lake where it merges with james like freeway if you're headed to sfo you will not find any delays getting out of the city or on 1 01 south. >> preliminary hearing for the seven defendants have concluded for the week it will pick up monday defendants face charges of
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raping 16 year-old girl at richmond high school. police detective came can return to the stand for cross- examination. attorneys questioned him about interviews with two of the month as well as the victim. the five defendants tried to minimize their role in the assault. >> to teenagers face charges of the shooting at the golf club. 17 year-old were already in custody at the juvenile hall on unrelated charges. they will be in court today on the new charges their names because of their 17 have not been released. >>anthony waiters, the man
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who lived next door to where a tracy teen says he was tortured and held captive is guilty, a san joaquin jury said tuesday. the jury found waiters guilty of all nine counts he was facing, including torture, aggravated mayhem and false imprisonment. waiters lived next door to where the teen, kyle ramirez, says he was tortured and held captive at. michael schumacher, kelly lau and caren ramirez pleaded guilty in october to several felonies including felony child abuse endangerment, withholding food and infliction of corporal injury. they face up to 30 years in prison as part of their plea deals and will be sentenced in december. the teen was held captive by his legal guardian and the homeowners between 2007- 2008. he took the stand and described the torture which included lighting his pants on fire, starving him and beating him unconscious. >> 7:21 a.m. that with more on this day before thanksgiving. we will tell you everything you knoneed to know for turkey day. it looks like a nice clear morning but it is freezing out there. we have freeze warnings and tahoe is well
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below eight below zero right now.
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7:24 a.m. san jose nice and light both directions. 37 degrees in san jose. a high of 52 colder yet in your neighborhood. the 7 day around the bay forecast not getting out of the cold for a couple of days for thanksgiving it gets colder 29 inland. below freezing and a high of 55 free afternoon a thanksgiving. friday when you shop and saturday through the weekend chance of rain in the temperatures, a bet. >> store moving through the dakotas is salt lake city and a store moving through
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st. louis right now. watching travel in the bay area is barters chief. >> we have all lot of trains to take you to the airports weeks back to record flyers at sfo. >> you have been talking about benefits of parking because it's cheaper right? >> basically you can get on those parking passes of $5 a day. six at the peninsula. >> i have taken part to the airport. it is a smooth ride. few have longer trained specifically for the airport or systemwide? >> saw systemwide because
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most of our trains go through the airports. >> are there other days you plan on expanding service? >> busy shopping day of the year black friday we will have longer trains extra security, and when people come back monday. >> and we keep hearing this week keep airing commercials about stores open at 4:00 a.m. will you have service. >> yes we will. >> d.c. with guess? >> i thought you were going to give gifts at 4:00 a.m. just to be clear. the ride is the gift. >> we will be right back as news continues.
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7:29 a.m. cold in big letters because that is the headline today. the overnight lows for san francisco 41 we set the record or sorry week tied the record it has not been the school since 1906. oakland rookie its previous record 35 degrees. san rosa 31 below freezing in san rosa. in 1931 was the record. not as cold as it could be. mt. view 37 so no records there but we don't need to set records to know it's cold. >> so much for global warming today. this get away wednesday it is bitterly
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cold records and temperatures only bitterly cold for the next few mornings. >> current temperatures outside 41 degrees of course that tied the record for this day setback in 1906. san rosa 31 degrees at this hour 36 for oakland down into the south bay temperatures in mid to upper '30's as we take into the morning we should start warming up and seeing '40's and '30's by about noon time will get 56 to the picture topping it out into the fifties by the afternoon: a back down into the '40's, 50's by 7:00 p.m. your afternoon highs we will get up to the low 50s today so 52 for concord fairfield, right around the bay temperatures low 50s about
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52 for san jose 54 half moon bay we also do have freeze warnings in effect for this morning and tomorrow morning thanksgiving will be very cold the north bay and the state temperatures could get into mid-20s low 30's a week to stay below freezing for four hours or more. frost and advisory the area of pink means we could have several hours of below freezing temperatures. 7 day around the bay we will stay dry through a good portion of your day. >> we are looking at very light traffic around the bay area no slow traffic highway 4 and 580 into downtown san jose looks good. interstate 80 was caused by yesterday is not this morning it is light traffic along the shore freeway upper and lower down to the bay bridge. no back up or delay a 80 the san
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mateo bridge no problems or slowing to speak of three san leandro. lighter than usual traffic. 1013 marin county we noted collapsed several weeks things have gone worst there we have seen heavier traffic that is not the case this morning it is like an easy ride here free trip across the golden gate. said was a traffic 1 01 north was doing well you can see a ship shortshort way. public transit still easy no problems reported there. mark. >> everybody talking about the body scanners protesting body scanners it
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is a nation all wide protest there is a facebook page for this comes on the heels of the outrage by passengers who see scanners as in a vision of privacy. they want to try and slow things down which could affect people tried to get holiday flight out of town earlier this morning we spoke with the sfo about the airport security prioprocess. >> turned 90 degrees put your hands above your head it takes 20 seconds for the skin to finish the walk-and on your right. it is not recorded at any time the person is in a separate room they don't know who they're looking at. once it is cleared from the scheme is gone from the system. is just gives you time to clear you or request a secondary screening. >> it takes 10-15 seconds
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for the screen are to operate. >> san jose airport kron 4 scrag joins us live on the phone. >> conditions are good flights are no more than 5- 10 minutes late coming or going. i know some people had truck addition but there's not much of a problem even lines are short. as but one passenger who was flying to salt lake city he said his flight even that one is on time. all the worries of no problems. (no audio) all is well for passengers.
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>> cranking you hear me? what about parking. >> garage still has parking. where they are buying tickets not long line. it is evenly dispersed. >> good thing to know they have long term, parking available. >> live pictures from the rose garden where the president will celebrate the 63rd anniversary of the turkey presentation. the two turkeys that will be part him today are from california. they worry 45 counts the official turkey's
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name is a couple and the second turkeys name is cider. we'll take a break back with more moment.
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welcome back travel around the nation to live look from o'hare lines are short and know whether delays. many flights in chicago. bay area airports clear skies. no delays at sfo right now oakland or san mateo. >> san francisco will put out a new mayor they will make a decision to weeks. the board will vote on the candidates in order they are nominated the first nominee it gets six or more votes they will be chosen as next mayor. four new gas pipeline safety inspectors
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will be hired "without delay" by the california public utilities commission. the action comes after criticism from legislators about low staffing levels in the wake of the san bruno pg&e pipeline explosion in september that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes. the commission's announcement showed that, mile for mile, california conducts the fewest pipeline safety inspections of any state. the state currently has nine inspectors to keep tabs on 110,000 miles of gas pipelines. >> following the white house the president at the podium. >> a one a thank you both for joining us at the white house apple and cider came with us from foster for farms just outside of modesto california. out of 20,000 turkeys 25 were selected for final competition that involved strutting their selves before judges with the
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eclectic mix of music in the background. it is like a turkey version of dancing with the stars except the stakes were much higher. (laughter) only one pair would survive and win the big prize life. (laughter) and a trip to washington where they have been living it up on a corn feed at the w hotel. (laughter) it's great advertising. makes me what is the now. (laughter) after today apple and cider will spend their retirement at the same place our first president spent his in virginia. the did this afternoon our family will
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deliver to turkeys that didn't make the cut to martha's table which is an organization that does extraordinary work helping folks that are struggling in d.c.. i want to thank the good people at turkey farm inn or filled work who donated these turkeys two years in a row. this is what truly is meant by thanksgiving holiday then asks to be thankful for we have and generous to those who have lost the time to spend with ones we love and a chance to show compassion and concern to people we have never met. a tradition that brought us together as a community sense before we were a nation when the ground was nothing but wilderness. back then this simple act of survival was the greatest blessing of all. later president clinton declared the first national day of thanksgiving in the
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midst of civil war during the depths of the repression global businesses gave money. in times of four military has gone through great length to give men and women a turkey dinner and a taste of home. in america out we come together when times are hard we don't give a, we don't complain, we don't turn our backs on one another instead will look after one another room with pigeon. we give all weekend. in the process we revealed to the world what we love so much about this country. it is who we are. that's what thanksgiving reminds us to be. take some time to give back and serve your community in some way and i want to take a moment to say how grateful i am to men and women who are serving this country bravely as selflessly in places far
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away from home right now. you and your families are in our thoughts and prayers you make me so very proud to be your commander-in-chief. on behalf of michele melia and myself i wanna push everybody i think ska happy ande thanksgiving. i will now give apple and cider a new lease on life. as president of the united states you are hereby apartment. from the thanksgiving dinner table. may you have a wonderful and joseph joyful life at mount vernon. god bless you and god bless the united states of america. (cheering) ec they made noise and thanked me. >> the president walking
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towards the turkeys. apple and cider they're headed to member and to george washington mistake. then they will live out the rest of their days there. that is happening light at the white house. we will take a quick break and be right back.
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watching weather in the sierra. this is reno heavy snow coming down hazardous conditions over 3000 people lost power after the snowstorm with high winds as well. highway patrol reported to 79 accidents four dozen vehicles collided off the roadways yesterday the sierra right now we have snow on the ground chain requirements 8 lows there right now in truckee for balloons 0. truckee looking
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for low of 24 today. a live look here from this year note and more from louise up. >> mark loves to throw around that temperature - 8 it's fun to say of but it's not nice to be in negative bay. biting cold this morning this cold snap continuing to tomorrow as well setting records this morning freeze warnings still in effect until tomorrow as well. chance of rain towards the weekend but here's a look at the numbers. san francisco 41 this morning it has not been this cold since 1906. oakland broke a record of 35 beating the old record back in 2007 and elsewhere close to record about we only
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bottom doubt iran 31 san rosa 34 san rafael 37 mountain view. elsewhere in the '20s napa, believe it or not we got down to 27 in napa about 34 for san rafael oakland about 36 same for hayward and the south bay mid to upper 30's by the afternoon bringing temperatures into the low 50s ever worry go. 53 san rosa, richmond 52 concord down the south bay we keep temperatures and to low 50s still in the 40's into the afternoon for india. now much warmer than that. freeze warning in fact for the north and east bay this morning in tomorrow morning mid-20s low '30's that's what the freeze warning means we could have below freezing for hours or more. that is a long amount of time to have cold temperatures around the bay frost advisory for today and
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tomorrow which means we could have several hours of below freezing temperatures. 7 day around the bay dry for today and tomorrow thanksgiving cold temperatures in them by friday bringing clouds and a chance of rain late in the day saturday looks to be what date bringing snow in the sierra or snowfall. >> what a quiet can you we have to date is light enough the bay bridge metering lights have not been activated. part of the reason a lot of folks are getting out of town. sierra chain requirements for you fortunately 80 opened this morning not close light yesterday but you will need chains. if you have a four- wheel drive vehicle was snow tires you don't need chains but best to carry them with you for any other vehicle. highway 50 opened but again
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chains required 88 is open but you'll need change their as well. mm and lights and no delays for the west bound bay bridge san mateo bridge not all looks good across the span but the right through his word on the nimitz freeway looks good 92 is clear over to the toll plaza. golden gate 101 no problem in marin county for the southbound 1 01 ride. they have closed off the right lane of the toll plaza but that does not create any back up for delayed for the southbound trip and to san francisco. darya. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes also want to call your attention to a special program we will be running this weekend you can watch with the family why not relive the victory we are replaying highlights of the world series parade through san francisco. this saturday 7-8:00
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combat, did dan wall street as everyone is watching the numbers for unemployment. the big drop. for weekly claims numbers are rebounding from yesterday's loss of that was 130 points positive. >> for temperatures are way down, it is so cold out there we bottomed l at 30, 31 degrees freezing, trying to gain a degree or two. looking for a high of 54 degrees. overnight lows so cold in some cases we set records. toman cold, maybe even colder freeze warning that lasts through tomorrow with the low may be 29 degrees in your neighborhood. in a high of 55 for thanksgiving. plenty of sunshine. >> here's the big story trouble, people getting out of town to see friends,
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relatives or just taking a rest. you can see, all linea little line. nothing to file up your flying. the security lines are moving pretty well. we will be right back.
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good morning, at 8:00, the day before thanksgiving. the big story is trouble. we're live it airports here red the bay area in across the country, taking a look at the holiday rush and the other night in a breeze through. >> watching the sierra, at your head of the top of chain requirements we will have more. low, 0 tablatures in this era. >> watching bay area traffic of course it is a big travel
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day, we'll tell you where the hot spots if any coming up. >> no hot spots in the bay area that is for sure if we have freezing temperatures. this cold this post a loss through thanksgiving. but the shot of san francisco looks gorgeous. the sunshine is not doing anything. >> certainly not keeping us warm. you wouldn't know looking at the shot of the james lick, sunshine is pouring in but it is cold, continue to be called tomorrow. kohl morning today freeze warning in effect and for tomorrow. chance of rain later on this weekend. some of the records we have broken san francisco met a record. 41 degrees. since 1996 and hasn't been. oakland broker record. 60 days befor degrees colder than y were. such temperatures reach as far back as the
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1800's. cool morning, the current temperature struggling to get out of the 20s in santa rosa, napa, fairfield 209. 35 hayward, 36 san jose, 33 los gatos. not going to get too warm to day 10:00 i mix of the '30's and '40's. view 50 degree readings pot bubbling in time only have our eyes that some ec low 50s not getting particularly warm. the act on the 7:00 or a mix of the '30's, 40's getting even colder overnight. price for today, 53 santa rosa. 51 napa. vallejo 50. 54 oakland, 52- half moon bay. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. continuing with chilly conditions today, then we
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see that chance of rain in to our forecast starting on friday going into saturday along with so crowd cover very chilly temperatures of three things giving. george. >> thank you, as we look at what little traffic there is around the bay. thankfully it has been a light, easy ride at the bay bridge toll plaza of the approaches to the bridge or hotspot free 80 jammed up has no problem today for the westbound right. 58024 look good. san mateo pretty easy one. some slowing on the nimitz freeway southbound of hayward heading down towards 84. the you're right down to the san mateo bridge, 92 is a good one. road race sensors in marin, 101 that is still a good ride. golden gate, traffic is light enough that they have the right hand toll lanes
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blocked by these vehicles. these are the past vehicles that they used to change or delay configuration at the bridge. and for some reason they have them parked rocking one of the troll lanes, traffic is light enough that taking away one of those pro lanes did not have any negative impact on the drive. mark. >> thank you, continue our team coverage with weather and traffic or to conditions in the mountains. whet roadways, freezing debitors, will tran is reporting for highly-17. >> for even though the sun is coming up, it does not look like it's bringing with it the heat. how cold is it? i can see my breasts. fortunately did not rain overnight so there's not a lot of water on the roadway. california highway patrol officers patrolling tell me so far they have not seen any black ice. caltrans crews are patrolling this place to lay of sand to help drivers with their attraction. reporting from
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the summit highway 17 will trent, kron4 news. >> we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues after the break a live look outside from san francisco, we have tied a record low 41 degrees. [ female announcer ] why watch regular tv when you can experience
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welcome back to the kron 4 morning news, 267, haiti, see the fog, we have visibility down below a quarter of a mile. it is eight below zero. for below zero in south lake. >> day before thanksgiving we have our eye on the skies in the bay area and around the nation. they're talking about this a national protest of the new body scanners we have not seen any holdups because of people say no to those scanners and forcing upon down. so far so good, let's go live to as ever of monitoring the lines might the spokesperson for the airport is at their height.
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>> good morning. >> we have not seen a jam have you? >> it's been stressful most of the morning things have gone smoothly stopped and going as planned. there is the note issue whatsoever off to a good start weather is the biggest factor. >> i have got to say the morning a lot of people are troubling what is the busiest time of day today as you look at the number of flights is going to be later this afternoon? maybe people work and they can get to fight till the evening? is between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. we'll see another bump in the afternoon as people who can't get off until this afternoon barack. the loss slate is between six and eight. some of loretta's fights go in the east coast. >> >> i will be on those. there
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i am wondering if you get late and you see the line behind you going of the way through and say even with a little sell houses that way the west way? >> 20 minutes. >> what is the absolute worst cases been 20 minutes and that's around 7:00 a.m. we had one extra machine down. but overall very smith. speaking maybe there is risk it will be people who don't use the x-rays, avi seen anything? >> i haven't seen anything yet i've been here since 4:30 a.m.. things are moving smoothly, screeners are moving everyone in and out passengers earn a good mood. weather is cooperating everything's going right rain now. >> and never made sense of your upset about this scanner he would opt for the pot down which people think
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is worse. >> it does take more time. our main goal is to make yosure the people who get through get you safely. speakin >> our long-term lot filled up. but you can pocket the short term at the long-term weight. >> of and had a sip of the late worms' win? >> >> while they do get to park closer but we do one accommodate their parking. >> nationwide have you heard of any trouble spots? >> i haven't seen anything lay yet. we were concerned with the midwest. but hopefully we can get the bulk of it. speaking even seattle is looking like they're on track. and they got hammered. thank you mike. at thanksgiving. ante
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of your on your way. we checked all three are san jose and oakland running on time. james. >> following the markets, stock prices are positive hitting some of the highest tides that we have seen a hundred and 36 points for the dow. really making back a lot of the losses we saw yesterday. we have had some earnings reports come out, quick update, job market came in, a consumer incomes, spending, everything is pretty positive that are were seen trading on the upside. one of the feapparentlyy have arrested a gentleman by the name of don king he was feeding market intelligence to hedge funds he has been charges insider-trading scheme his company based in
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mountain view although he lives in new jersey. schedules for four flight to taiwan so they wanted to arrest them as quick as they could. much more on the story to flush out. >> thank you james gm stock trading 3351 the treasury department says it's for sitting to $11.7 billion to the sale of 350 million shares. the government could receive an additional 1.8 million in the exercise their options to purchase more shares they put 49 and a half billion dollars in to gm as part of the bailout. >> gm end these use you are recalling midsize pickup's to fix a problem with child safety seat anchors. it affects the colorado, a gm canyon from the 2004 to 2011 model year is also affected the i 280 and 350. these
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diseases are built by gm. safety officials and the truck having a bench feinstein with no we're st. the top banker is not accessible and the owner's manual has none sections on how to use it. no injuries but the dealers will put in a full back seat panel to fix it. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. is the kron 4 morning news continues. were they live look here at the golden gate as temperatures set to warm up a few degrees. lightning fast. lightning strong.
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hours. i have seen the temperature rise one degrees and those four hours. opes i'm sorry to degrees now. i see way of coming on. (laughter) you can see how pristine clarity is aired here this morning know when to >> of the but it is very, col. it feels more like winter just in time for thanksgiving for those folks who like those cold temperatures this is perfect timing for them. >> is not at least the kids are often wouldn't have to get them up and out the door today. >> for is that they will go. >> that is what happens at your place. >> its charter my house. the latest on the weather forecasts and the records this morning let's check in the latest with trustee.
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>> thank you, it's hard for me again that the this morning. oakland, one of the places we broke record territory he right now, 34 degrees quite cold. high of 54, by noon, 42 later on this evening. cold temperatures everywhere in the bay area santa rosa, sitting at only 29 degrees, 32 san rafael. 38 now on view. i bit warmer 39 in fremont cold temperatures not amenable whole lot this afternoon we actually have a freeze warning today and thursday. mid-20s, low '30's in the north and east bay. below freezing for four hours or more. quite a long time to be in those low numbers. you will need your jacket of
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your heather for thanksgiving. 53 are high today, 52 san rafael. 54 degrees as high in redwood city. 50 los gatos, 52 san jose, 50 morgan hill. 48 in the act. not even breaking into the 50s. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. chilly weather continues for your thanksgiving morning and the next few days we have a chance of rain on friday. going into saturday seeing some cloud cover their chilly mornings and evenings ahead. george. >> checking on your traffic would start or how light it is indicative of that is the ride on highway 4. westbound direction so many times when we talk about slow traffic on highway fre when we talk aboc
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through, through the will love us the san ramon valley high we 24 reassuring green on all the roadway sensors that means speeds are still sing above 50 mi. per hour this is indeed a pretty good but for your trip to and from all the creek. if your trip to the bay bridge, light enough that there has been no back up at all things started to slow it look like at 6:15 a.m. six 20 but, they managed to recover fairly quickly looking at a trouble-free ride all morning long. 7 bay, san jose northbound still light enough traffic in even here at the parkway no longer a back up on a connecting ramp to the bayshore freeway north bound. mark. >> thank you, canary hearing further richmond gang rape case has concluded for the week they will pick up with the testimony on monday. the defendants
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facing charges really 16 year-old girl et cetera homecoming dance yesterday by this man retired richmond police detectives returned to the stand for cross-examination attorneys questioned him about interviews he conducted with the victim and two of the men may well end ortega. attorneys from the other five were tried to minimize their clients roles. greco will return on monday. >> to changes are facing charges in connection with the shooting death on market a ballclub the to 17 year- old were heard being tested the on unrelated charges they're said to appear today in alameda county court their names have not been released because they are under age. 19 year-old robinson and 18 year-old kwan were shot and killed on the dance floor at the golf club on october night. >> new details as a man has been found guilty of the
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kidnapping and torture of a boy. anthony waiters, the man who lived next door to where a tracy teen says he was tortured and held captive is guilty, a san joaquin jury said tuesday. the jury found waiters guilty of all nine counts he was facing, including torture, aggravated mayhem and false imprisonment. waiters lived next door to where the teen, kyle ramirez, says he was tortured and held captive at. michael schumacher, kelly lau and caren ramirez pleaded guilty in october to several felonies including felony child abuse endangerment, withholding food and infliction of corporal injury. they face up to 30 years in prison as part of their plea deals and will be sentenced in december. the teen was held captive by his legal guardian and the homeowners between 2007- 2008. he took the stand and described the torture which included lighting his pants on fire, starving him and beating him unconscious. his former guardians accepted that the deal. >> for a new gas a pipeline inspectors will be hired. four new gas pipeline safety inspectors will be hired "without delay" by the california public utilities commission. the action comes after criticism from legislators about low staffing levels in the wake of the san bruno pg&e pipeline explosion in september that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes. the commission's announcement showed that, mile for mile, california conducts the fewest pipeline safety inspections of any state. the state currently has nine inspectors to keep tabs on 110,000 miles of gas pipelines. residents from san carlos attended the
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meeting to discuss the safety pipelines that run through their neighborhoods they are worried something like the deadly explosion in san bruno could happen to them. to gas lines crisscross and san carlos pg&e was on hand to answer the questions. a bill would require safer balls in earthquake zones but a spokesperson and admits it's a complicated issue. >> we have 32 hospitals that is the gas goes off because of the tremor the hospital will have no gas. >> piccinni promise to find answers to some of the questions but other questions the answers are not to come for from abroad and investigators. we will be back with more on this cold day before thanksgiving. for expecting it to be called tomorrow. a live look here at lots of sunshine but it
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we are back here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. is cold, cold and colder to ma. we're looking at a freeze going into thanksgiving morning we're ready had some lows this morning. the best reared in a duty for the afternoon highs today 54 the same for tomorrow. then as you are shopping or recovering from that thanksgiving meal as i say on that treadmill or as mark says eating more from the couch expected temperatures to go up a little more. seattle is getting hammered. >> yes look what's going on here in chicago a storm in chicago rain now some heavy rainfall in the st. louis area the storm is headed to the eastern seaboard friday and saturday will be back with more on whether traffic when
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and real back, he had to ski in - 8 degrees. speaking it's pretty cold that there, not only in the sierra still sitting in the thirties in many places clear conditions as you can see in the shadows san jose a you will need a code if you had its eye. that will be the case as you continue this very cold weather temperatures are colder, we set some records overnight, take a look you can see san francisco we met a record 41 degrees oakland 6 degrees or below the record that was set on this day in 2007 high of 41 santa rosa, sander fell close to record- breaking territory. those cold conditions will continue until today. future cash during is 10:00 mix of the '30's, 40's warming up a bit by noon we don't see
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that warmer weather if you can call it that until we had our highs later today at 3:00. more of those '50s that lighter shade of blue popping up on your screen cooling a back down this evening by 7:00 dropping into the thirties. your highs for today low 50s. 52 novato, 52 in fairfield. 54 and oakland, redwood city 50 is a high today in los gutter's and morgan hill los gon hill. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. continued to the weather over the next couple of days, partly for your thanksgiving morning. chants of showers moving into saturday cloud cover along with that chilly weather all week long. george. any hiccups in those driving conditions with all our thanksgiving day commuters?
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>> the right on highway 680 and 24. at that 24 interchange with interstate 680 as you can see the traffic heading off to the right looks great. light traffic in and around the walnut creek interchange all morning long indicative of smooth conditions no delays we are looking at the right heading south into the san ramon valley. that also looks good as well as the ride out towards are in debt. and the caldecott tunnel. from here a look at your right to san francisco, the commute on crosstown freeways as you can see it's an easy trip and built the set down central and the southbound james lick freeway. no problems to for the commute on highway 101 leading into the city northbound the traffic is moving pretty smoothly. we
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looked at some slow traffic on the nimitz freeway if you're heading towards oakland airport in the northbound direction at the san leandro some delays not as bad as the typical commuter day but said band heading out of oakland to the airport no brahms getting to sfo of course as he sought in the sfo shot there's an easy ride, no proms 14-16 minute drive and added san francisco. darya. >> we talked about how cold is a live on the fun we have trent across to chop about the driving conditions phone we have such a. yesterday it seemed impossible to go to the sierra, now we're looking at a live shot dead 80 and a nine those colors seem to be moving at a pretty good clip. >> today is much better, a
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chain requirements still in effect. we want to remind people to take your time getting where you have to go. speeds are going to be so critical. always wear your seat belt. >> it is the kind of thing that you have to not be worried about. >> or being involved. in either case with the holiday season we want everyone to enjoy the holidays at home and not in hospital. if that the public is about. >> absolutely. you know what else helps, make that dry that night to tahoe is not easy. especially if you're going says. >> it that easy, it's
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challenging but it is one of those things that if we prepare properly take your time it can be accomplished. but, just allowing yourself that extra time relax, take your time before you have to go. >> one last question between me in new i want to know, because he is has speed traps is the day before thanksgiving, today and tomorrow are you out there really trying to catch us? i you extra beef up and looking for speed traps? or do you go it's the holidays i will be nice. >> during the holidays 6:00 p.m. is a maximum of horsemen. we are going to focus on speeding not wearing their seat belts people who choose to drink and drive because we know those of the three areas in which many lives are lost every year. so we will be
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beefed up. because we know there's gonna be more cars so we're prepared to provide service as well so with the increase in traffic, there's an increase calls for service or there for your help. >> to your kind of making a sad, that's a lot of california highway patrol officers out and said of having thanksgiving. >> that's what we signed up for we know that. we know will be away from the family at certain times. over your service people in california make sure people reach their destination. >> thank you. >> with today being one of the busiest travel days of the year if you're flying in may ran into protests, the new t.s. a body scanners there's a nationwide protest, opt out date. thousands of callers this comes on the heels of the recent average by some pensioners to see the scanners as an invasion of
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privacy they plan on making their point they're going to slow things down that could affect people try to catch the holidays like we will keep watching the latest from the airport. other stories wall street, james. >> thank you, and i and the big board the dow is up, under 20 points to a good settlement as a 165. other industry showing positive growth. up 14 nasdaq 46. if stocks are extending their gains after reports showed that consumers spending rose two ties level since june everyone is riding high on that looking like bay area stocks, up 1.6% google more than 2% apple not far behind 1.96%. yobbo up 1.2 4 >> we are going tthere has beeng
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drop in the number of people filing for unemployment they fell by 34,000 analysts had expected a much smaller drop the weekly claims are volatile during the week between veterans and thanksgiving. >> sales of new homes fell to a record low the commerce department is reporting today that cells of new single-family homes declined 8.1% in october that nearly 3% above the all-time low. meanwhile the median home price dropped to nearly a hundred and $95,000 for new homes that is the lowest point in 70 years. >> we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes, a live look good said the golden gate bridge, traffic is nice, light plenty of sunshine terrific driving conditions because you're inside with the heater on. but it is cold up there. inside with the heater on. but it is cold up there. we'll be right back. bell rings] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah.
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welcome back, video coming in from truckee this morning fog and eight below zero kron4 is jeff bush is sending in this video he joins us on the fund. good morning. speaking morning mark. the sun is l, break their date. it is beautiful live here though. it's a winter wonderland. i drove up here yesterday afternoon and they will tell you the road conditions were absolutely horrible yesterday, the snow on the road was lush and some point it turns into ice. i assume that caltrans was working through the night. what did these pictures there is no everywhere. it is really very cold but clear and beautiful.
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>> can you put into words what 8 below zero feels like. i can tell you that my hands are just now starting to regain feeling from gonna set in shooting that video. i see other people outside rain now and they're deathly not warm. it was a cold night here. >> jeff bush live from truckee as we are seeing all the snow that's the rub up there this morning the actual temperature is eight below zero. we'll be back with more on a couple of minutes, r.i. on the weather and as cold temperatures. i look at such from heavenly, according shot of your having had to tie up taking a lead some of the snowfall totals we just got them down over the weekend in score of valley 67 in.. tahoe 36 stamford truckee norstar 61.
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good morning, 8:47 a.m. the day before thanksgiving how cold is it. live shot from all of the bay area and the country to keep track of the weather and traffic. we're taking a look at the temperature in marin county jackie sissel is live, there is a freeze warning in effect we we are seeing some records around the bay broken jackie what you have? increase by three degrees by the last four hours i can't complain anymore i've been told. sonoma complaining about the cold air. other than the temperature it's a spectacular morning. if you have the day off, today's the day to do things, not a cloud in the sky. the sun is out, not warming up much. if
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your going out you will still need to tear it up.lira u >> 88 below and truckee's so it could be worse. speakpad and leasing of the sunshine. speak >> nice and warm here in the studio but outside it is cold. there is in some places. clear conditions over the golden gate bridge, 42 san francisco 598 is the high. cooling back down to 48. cool temperatures in san francisco but when it around the bay to 43-bay, 37 napa, 40 antioch, 34 livermore, 39 fremont and san jose. now we're going to continue with this cold weather today and tomorrow, freeze warning in
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effect today and thursday in the north did these bay. temperatures 20s to 30s. temperatures below freezing. an extended period of time, chilly weather the coldest but we will see is in those rural valleys. struggling to get into those low 50s high of 53 santa rosa 53 richmond, 53 concord. same story for mountain view, 51 fremont 50 livermore. 52 san jose and 48 antioch. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. continuing with chilly weather over the next several days, cold start your thanksgiving day a chance of showers starts friday evening into saturday club cover continuing with those chilly conditions all week long. george. >> light rain now, easy trip at the bay bridge toll plaza where the westbound right has not been backed up
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but all this morning no metering lights easy approach from interstate 80, 24 and 580. your san jose ride looks pretty good, 101 as you head up to the valley no delays getting up from the coyote valley up into santa clara and the guadalupe parkway on rep no back up or delay. you can see it's a pretty good shot. san francisco, a look at the red on highway 101 in the city in back of central freeway southbound james like no proms, and no delays that looks good easy drive time to the airport and a little bird whispered in my ear that highway to is a pretty sharp, golden gate bridge is good with a look at the golden gate bridge, a look at the skids as well you can see it's a beautiful shot their of the golden gate. red and highway
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through horrendous trouble three all morning long. mark. >> thank you, rough ride in the sierra here's the deal snow, ice coming down single-digit temperatures expected today palo has now been restored to the three dozen people lost it with high winds and heavy snow blizzard wet conditions on i 80. the highway patrol responded to 75 highway accidents. we will be right back as the kron 4 morning news continues until 11:00 a.m., a programming note will be replaying the highlights of the giant world series parade this saturday's seven-8:00 p.m.. .
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and we're back and other rugged demonstration the student leaders are calling for national day of action against the british government and triple in tuition for students police and prison cells for widespread destruction of the brown universities and colleges to officers were injured including one with an old broken arm. >> the day before thanksgiving and that means a pardon, we have to save a couple of turkeys for tomorrow. the national things giving harding continues decades-old was a tradition where president barack obama is issued that hardens to a gobbler named apple and its alternate cider. apple insiders. >> they came to us from the foster farms or ranch just outside of california. i of
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about 20,000 turkeys 25 were selected for competition the memo to strutting their stuff before a panel of judges, an eclectic mix of music playing in the background. (laughter) kind of like a turkey version of its and with the stars. (laughter) is set the stakes for the contestants were retired. (laughter) >> of what it was the family's including many of them a safe and happy holiday. >> we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. a live luckier from sky for, while a great looking shot over san francisco.
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stories air force dealing with holiday travelers and it could take longer today as screeners reached for a security boycott. >> if you're headed to talk all a bunch of fresh snow and we will tell you about road conditions. >> bay area rhodes' big trouble date so far no hot spots. >> freezing temperatures and record lows the latest with christie. >> it's funny to hear record-breaking freezing temperatures when you see this picture sunshine state. we have a freeze morning for today and tomorrow chance for rain back to our forecast fall like whether we are looking at right keep recordat a record-breaking
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temperatures dropping down to 35 in oakland the coldest was back in 2007 when it was 40 se41. malcolm un san rafael also sitting close to record-breaking. sitting in the 30's right now 32 napa, napa, san rafael. 39 in fremont and san jose we are not willing to get too warm this afternoon low 50s 53 san rosa, 52 san rafael and a bottle 52 fairfield 52 in redwood city and mountain view. 50 los gatos and morgan hill also 50 livermore 48 in antioch not even in the '50s there. kron 7 day around the bay forecast continuing cold weather over the next few days of cold morning in store for the start your
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thanksgiving we see a chance of showers on friday evening gave going into saturday's sitting in the '50s all week long for high as warming up slightly for the beginning of their workweek. let's go to george. >> no hot spots this morning if you want a get a sense of how light the traffic is the bridges in the area at the meter and lights have been off all morning long and this is a traffic we have been looking at almost like a sunday morning for west bound trip to the bay bridge. you're right to san mateo bridge equally good a bit heavier on the nimitz freeway then perhaps at their freeways but much lighter than usual light traffic with no delays lease found or eastbound. the golden gate bridge they have taken away this lane during the morning commute. you could imagine how light the traffic must be if one lane removed still not back up for delayed. it has been a
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trouble-free commute through marin county. >> today a busy travel day if you fly you may run into passengers protesting the new full body scanners. the protests called national opted out date the facebook fan page for that. protesters will make their point by slowing things down a security check by opting out of the body scanners. knowing for checks instead. live with s f o will tran has been monitoring the situation. >> right now lines are not very long it will not affect traffic you can see how few people are going through the security checkpoints at this time this whole pack down is opt out day has been planned for weeks. all lot of people have not heard about it at the what is going to dallas
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tx this morning and your thoughts on possibly opting out when you go to the checkpoint and say no thanks to the scanner. you even care? >> i don't care i just wanted a home with the once get me dickens get me. >if they want to scan make they can scan me. i think that being held up is more invasive than being scanned. >> that's all she had to say she would rather be ski and then have somebody put their hands on me. even before today sfo was bracing for it by having a designated line for those who say no thanks to the bodies again i would rather get pat down. because there are so few flyers this morning and few people (no audio) >> we lost wills shot he said people who decide
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hotbed of will be in their own line of waiting for the pat down. last check all airport are on time. >> similar scenes around the country long lines and big crowds on the busiest travel day of the year. this is from reagan national in washington d.c. travelers get an early start their aaa says 40 million americans are expected to travel. nine 05 a.m. back with more and a couple of minutes let's take a peek at another airport denver looks quiet. no trouble right now as you know airport since it comes in waves we will be right
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highway 50 you can see the roads are pretty much cleared out from all the snow. the pile of snow feet
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of snow. if you add it all up it can be closed to 10 at the higher elevations. it is below eight. >> it is now zero. check out martinez frosty windshields a credit card works to scrape off the ice. >> people are jumping on trains and talking with amtrak today. what you see. >> i'm in oakland this is our busiest time of the year of the busiest decade we expect 127,000 passengers nationwide normally on
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wednesday we see 78,000 passengers. quite a bit of traffic out there on the rails lot of passengers beginning their travel today. >> what about the situation with your parking in your security? >> parking some stations have parking others do not. most people the come are dropped off and is for security we have the police department out there patrolling both the rails and the stations. we've partner with law enforcement agencies as well. passengers can have random baggage checks throughout the trip. we stress be patient and arrive early to
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the station at least 45 minutes. >> thank you for the update on train travel. >> employee of the muslim viewed networking firm has been charged with insider trading. they announced the charges resulted from information that was received after rest last year in the largest henge fund in history. treasury department says is receive 12 billion from the sale of gm stock the government could receive 1.8 billion if underwriters exercise their option to purchase more shares. >> a federal jury has a federal jury on tuesday ordered sap ag to pay $1.3 billion to its archenemy, oracle corp., for stealing customer-support documents and software in a scheme to siphon off customers. the
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verdict amounts to more than half of sap's total profit last year and stunned the german software maker. it had only set aside $160 million for anticipated damages, and already paid $120 million of that to oracle's lawyers. the penalty is one of the largest on record for software piracy, and has the potential to reshape the business software landscape because of the extent of the damage to the pocketbook and reputation of one of its biggest players. the verdict came after less than a full day of jury deliberations, and followed a three-week trial. >> a live look from san rafael 34 degrees traffic moving smoothly. we will be right back ♪
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>> is everything moving smoothly with the body scanners? >> they are we are working together to get these long lines through extremely quickly we did have a long line this morning for the early flights now is steady stream of customers coming through. but the lines are moving smoothly now. >> how much extra time should people allowed. >> plan to arrive 90 minutes before departure of for domestics and for all why mexico give yourself two hours. >> thank you unhappy at thanksgiving.and happy thanksgiy area weather and traffic
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right now let's start with weather and freezing temperatures. >> still extremely cold although clear conditions and blue skies. continuing with cold snap over the next couple of days san jose sitting at 39 warming to 48- 52 today: then back down to 42 this evening. 32 san rosa 35 in redwood city 39 mi. of un fremont. 34 livermore 37 fairfield. future cast shows us we will warming up of whole lot today 10:00 hour sitting in a mix of '30's and '40's we will see warming seeing the 50 degree work pawpaw 50 degree lot more widespread if back into a mix of '30's and 40's dropping down into the 20s bringing us to the freeze morning. north bay
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and east bay temperatures in the mid-20s and low 30's for four hours or more so very long time to sit and chilly temperatures and of course cold temperatures in role valleys. year highs today most part in the low 50s 53 santa rosa, 53 richmond 52 in concord. manioc topping out at 48 today not even making it into the 50s. 51 and if he were hayward and fremont. 51st this got us in morgan hill. kron 7 day around the bay forecast chiles are free thanksgiving tomorrow continuing cold weather over the next couple of days then we actually see a chance of showers friday into saturday cloud cover along with that. highs all week long only in the '50s we will warming up for the start of the work week low 60s. lets clue george with traffic. >> light traffic almost
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holiday like conditions no delays on freeways inbound, above, in all looks good no delays to sfo you're right now through san jose northbound looks great from coyote valley into downtown from downtown into santa clara no problems. if you're planning and get away to the sierra these are the chain requirements on 80 u.s. highway 50 and state route 88 all of them opened but chains are required. >> preliminary hearing for the seven defendants has some fluted for the week it will begin monday again. they're facing charges for raping a 60 year-old girl outside a homecoming dance. this man retired detective return to the stand for cross the attorneys questioned him about interviews he conducted with
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the victim and two men men while. the other five defendants are trying to minimize their role in the attack. >> to teenagers face charges of two men at monarchs bay golf club. they were in custody at the alameda it juvenile hall on unrelated charges now today they appear in superior court for these deaths that happened at the club the names of the defendants have not been released. the victims were shot and killed on the dance floor at the golf club. >>anthony waiters, the man who lived next door to where a tracy teen says he was tortured and held captive is guilty, a san joaquin jury said tuesday. the jury found waiters guilty of all nine counts he was facing, including torture, aggravated mayhem and false imprisonment. waiters lived next door to where the teen, kyle ramirez, says he was tortured and held captive at. michael schumacher, kelly lau and caren ramirez pleaded guilty in october to several felonies including
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felony child abuse endangerment, withholding food and infliction of corporal injury. they face up to 30 years in prison as part of their plea deals and will be sentenced in december. the teen was held captive by his legal guardian and the homeowners between 2007- 2008. he took the stand and described the torture which included lighting his pants on fire, starving him and beating him unconscious. his former legal guardians have already pleaded guilty. >> four new gas pipeline safety inspectors will be hired "without delay" by the california public utilities commission. the action comes after criticism from legislators about low staffing levels in the wake of the san bruno pg&e pipeline explosion in september that killed eight people and destroyed 37 homes. the commission's announcement showed that, mile for mile, california conducts the fewest pipeline safety inspections of any state. the state currently tabs on 110,000 miles of gas pipelines. >> residents from san carlos attended a meeting to discuss pipelines are run through their neighborhoods
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they worried something could happen to them like this san bruno last year if pg&e was on hand to answer concerns one of which was the presence of automatic shut off valves. a bill would require saver valves in the earthquake areas within three years. >> we have 32 hospitals if the gas goes off the possible does not have gas that is the beginning of what happens. >> pg&e promise some answers but other they have to hear from federal investigators. >> another developing story were watching that crumbling cliffside in the civic. you can see the part that has already fallen with the cold temperatures we had rain and we will get more we are live at the skies over pacific at keeping our eye on that. we will be right back.
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925 bay and happy thanksgiving for tomorrow because i will be here. i will tell you how cold it is cold today and cold tomorrow. the lows are the bottom numbers those are where we are setting some new records. 30 for the low inland and that is this morning. tomorrow 29. that is why we have a freeze morning we'll have lots of sunshine it will be a lot like it is today and then tomorrow shopping or if you have a tummy ache because you eat too much you will see a chance of rain but that will whirl and into the evening it looks like saturday is the best chance for rain and nice day indoors somewhere in the mall or at home. temperatures warm up a little 58. >> there is a blizzard warning in salt lake city utah getting ahead heavy
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snow strong winds and possible white of conditions are expected three of me.througe evening. >> lookit everybody slipping and sliding. police responded to 120 accidents in oregon in 25 hours. >> homeland's security the homeland security department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system. the system's demise would not be the end of terror alerts; instead, the alerts would become more descriptive and not as colorful. in the past two years, obama administration officials have changed security protocols without changing the color of the threat, such as introducing new airport security measures after a terrorist tried to bring down a detroit-bound jetliner last christmas. by scrapping the colors, president barack obama would abandon a system that critics long have said was too vague to be useful and that democrats criticized as a political scare tactic. and it would represent a formal undoing of one of the george w. bush administration's most visible legacies. we will be right back the beautiful look at san francisco. we have seen temperatures below
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freezing in many parts around the bay.
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our big stories today weather and traffic. the golden gate bridge has gotten a lot busier so you can be sure a lot of people will hit the road today. southbound looks more traffic now whether or not people are going to work or tried to get to thanksgiving. there is lots of sunshine not doing too much because it is rock bottom cold. >> all those cars have heaters lasting because it is extremely cold right now. clear conditions as you can see you of very cold some morning we have a frost morning for today and tomorrow off chance of rain for the weekend as well. we broke a few records over night. 1906 would drop that
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low in san francisco. " lehmbruck the temperatureoaklane are sitting in their 30's still in the bay area. 32 san rosa, 33 concord, fremont 39, this cold weather will not peddle whole lot warmer glow '50s for your eyes today. 53 san rosa, 52 concord, richmond 53. 52 san jose, 52 bellevue and 54 more than help.friday evening chance of
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showers into the forecast moving into saturday cloud cover we do not get a whole lot warmer the beginning of the work week continuing to see lows in the '30's. over to george with traffic. >> this is the upper deck of the bay bridge it is a pretty picture. the traffic is moving beautifully into the city almost holiday like conditions on the upper deck westbound. goodspeed's and spacing. san mateo bridge and equally good fried there are no problems on the approach the back up has not been there is an easy trip getting to the san mateo bridge and across the bridge with light traffic now. san jose an easy ride out of coyote valley heading of and to set a clear no problems that even the usual slowing
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off of the connecting ramp. the toll plaza san francisco oakland bridge no delight. the lake. >> you may run into people protesting the scanners national wide protest is called. this protest comes on the heels of recent outrage by sun passengers as the scanner is an invasion of their privacy. they want to slow things down by demanding a pat down instead of scanner that could affect people tried to catch a flight out of town. we spoke with the sfo mike about the security process. >> you turn 90 degrees place your hands on your head takes 20 seconds for this
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again to finish and you walked out everything is clear you go on your way. it's not recorded the person that is looking at it they don't know who they are looking at other than that i'll and line number. as soon as it's gone from the screen it's gone from the system. they're just looking at it to clear you. >> it takes 10-15 seconds top rate and the screeners are moving efficiently. >> * that by 100,000 people. maybe more than that go in and out of san francisco airport on this day will tran has been monitoring the lines. it looks like you're have a battle right now. >> it is picking up all little bit. this afternoon or later this morning it will snake just a bit but still not a problem from the
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back of to the front all the way through security 7-8 minutes at this point they are monitoring the situation. this is video of the command center all of the monitors mckenzie all of the gates cougmonitors you can see them all if people choose the national opt out dates to delay traffic it probably will not disrupt anyone there are so few people of going through sfo on monday or tuesday they're talking about possibly having been designated line for those who choose to opt out that way either to could care
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less can move through but because so few people today they think they don't need a secondary line. >> the long-term parking is filled how about the short- term? >> mark my has not come back to tell us that there's a problem with parking if there's a problem he will talk to us but so far it is quiet. >> think you will. >> erasures off icy conditions new video just in we want a show you out of seattle cars sliding down john st. this has been come infamous for this. one down the hill. we put them in together to show you how many people down the hill in about half an hour was captured on tape. car after.
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pro believe the scariest happened right here. a transit bus coming down the hall starting to break in the losing control. there fishtailing. it's a telephone pole. everybody concerned about this. eventually we saw fire truck gingerly drive down the hill to help the rescue on this bus. some interesting pictures being collected here. we're all dealing with a blistering cold snap. >> we'll be back as the morning news continues after the break a live look from sunny but chilly james let traffic moving smoothly.
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chain requirements. warming up a bit negative 8 this morning now is zero. 20 degrees at noon. it will be eight at 8:00 p.m. this evening. the bay area doesn't seem so bad when you see this. warming up a bin san rafael jackie system has some watching the weather. >> when i got here for 30 it was 325 then we have seen and a degree temperature decline. it is starting to heat of well. it feels a lot warmer than it did a while ago. it is still cool out here it's nowhere near the truckee temperatures. that's crazy. you will have to bundle up and grab gloves and hats. a beautiful day
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out here no wind not a cloud in the sky a new then the cold temperatures its picture perfect. >> was 31 the oldest? >> it hovered at freezing 32 was the temperature for a good part of the morning. from about 5:00 a.m. until about 7:00 a.m. we started to see it slowly inching its way up. >> it is 9:42 a.m. we will be back with more getting new going on the day before thanksgiving and their road in san jose really quiet here you can see the camera of bopping around a bed. it is cold this morning.
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the weather in truckee is clear and very cold. i just check the current temperature it has gone up we are almost at 20 which is very cold. as i look across the meadow it is covered in snow and the mountain tops has a light dusting of snow. the weather is clear right now i see no clouds in the sky but that was a completely different story yesterday. snowbanks were up
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the pole on stop signs all the way up to the bottom of the stop sign. there were adzes that it was clear nobody had been down and quite a while because snowdrifts had shrunk the size of the road where was almost impossible to get through. >> some of the pitchers this snow banks are gigantic. can you hear me? >> snow banks are press of here. there is a foot and half of snow collected on the rooftop right now. >> did they say it's the powder good stuff is already headed up today's in luck. >> you do have to braves a cold. it is incredibly chile this morning also nice and clear the bay bridge toll
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plaza not many clouds in the sky but going to be rejected if you're headed outside currently 44 oakland 50 by noontime 54 today will be your high 42 later this evening chilly temperatures bay area wide we have broken or met records overnight lows from yesterday we continue to see the cold weather as we make our way into the next couple of days. current temperatures 39 in napa, 44 oakland 39 concord 38 livermore, 43 san jose 42 los gatos. finally getting out of the 26 we do have a freeze warnings in effect for the north bay and the spade temperatures dropping down into the mid-20s and the low 30's these are temperatures and stick around for at least four hours. it is a long time to enjoy a chilly conditions. today's highs for the most part low 50s 52 novato n san
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rafael 52 concord and fairfield 51 in vallejo 52 format view 50 los gatos and morgan hill also 54. continuingh chilly conditions over the next few days. we actually see a chance of rain and are forecast friday making their way into saturday are highs this week for the most part in the '50s a slight warm up for the beginning of your work week but cold lows for your overnights. >> great conditions around the bay area almost holiday light on the day before thanksgiving holiday. here in 101 southbound the drive from smith ranch road looks great with no problems here.
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sonoma also looks good if such her get away. golden gate bridge traffic has moved well despite the fact we have had the right lane closed off all morning long for the last several days they've been doing work there. usually they don't close it down until after 9:00 a.m. our they did not bother with that because traffic is light. if you're headed to the sierra an update on conditions there 50, 80, 88 chains are required on all three. >> airports around the nation big crowds at denver international concerned with gsa possible protest for the body scanners lines could be longer administrators as they are trying to make the process less evasive. >> we are looking to see if there are ways of accomplishing the same outcome for everybody
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getting on the flight making sure everybody securely screened. that's the challenge i believe it is necessary and i believe the public agrees we need for security and understand the threats are real and we are trying to help them to get safely home to their loved ones. >> let's go back to the sierra chains are required driving conditions are gripped goodbye yesterday not so good. you hire the guys to put the chains on when it's that bad out there. temperatures are corn tuesday it with us it's been a big cold there. 23 or something like that and then tomorrow cold again. just be aware make sure you have changes you're ready for those conditions yesterday because of the wind it knocked down power lines 3000 people did not have any
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power when that line went down nevada highway patrol has 79 traffic accidents. for a dozen vehicles just slid off the road on the road. >> a missing reno hiker has been missing since sunday they failed to find him yesterday around the park off mount rose highway 8 on monday it found several items they believe belonged to him. he is believed to be a skilled hiker the surge continues today. >> here's oakland airport no reports of any delays on our rivals or delays you need to check head if you're headed somewhere and going to catch the flight on this day before thanksgiving.
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>> tomorrosaturday 7-8:00 p.m. we will play the world series highlights parade.
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watching bay area weather still cold out there 36 in redwood city today in the mid-50s fahrenheit tomorrow morning below freezing and again for inland spots very cold again friday morning. by the weekend talking about rain friday night with the chance. rainshowers on and off saturday clearing sunday and monday. >> everybody loves thinks giving the day before we get the traditional preserve presidential pardon. there's president barack obama issuing the pardon. >> now, apple and cider came to us from the foster farms wellsford ranch, just
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outside of modesto, california. out of about 20,000 turkeys born at foster farms this summer, 25 were selected for a final competition that involved strutting their stuff before a panel of judges with an eclectic mix of music playing in the background. (laughter.) it's kind of like a turkey version of "dancing with the stars" -- (laughter) -- except the stakes for the contestants was much higher. (laughter.) >> that is kind of sick. they came from modesto. not only do we have had a catalyst but we have to have the turkeys. the president wished everybody is safe and happy holiday. >> at the wall street. wall street having a good day to
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10:00 a.m. kron 4 morning news' top stories holiday travel millions of people flying or driving. >> if you're headed tutto halt we will tell you about road conditions and the snow. >> very cold in the sierra and call in the bay area. temperatures near freezing record lows more on that in a moment. >> why wait that's a big story in the news in the weather. it's all about traffic and traveling and the weather as we go to thanksgiving. a out your
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window and out our roof all the clear skies it is so cold and clear. a lot like we will see thanksgiving day. >> very chilly conditions the next few days. you can see this snow in top halt. it is quite cold not warm out there freezing in effect today and tomorrow chance of rain in our forecasts starting friday evening going into saturday. closer lookit that in a bit. some of these records that we have met for broken san francisco met a record of 41 degrees the last time we hit that was in 1906 oakland beat our record temperature dropping down 35. san jose came very close to record- breaking territory we will warm apple whole lot. sitting in a mix of mostly
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40's starting to see fifties by 12 not to we hear cries do we see low '50's pop up certainly not much warmer than that cool this evening as well 7:00 hour in the 30's and 40's dropping down to 26 tonight as well. low 50s is our highs today. novato 52, 52 concord, 54 los gatos and half moon bay also 50 morgan hill and livermore. 52 in san rosa. 7 day around the bay at cool star for your thanksgiving tomorrow we will continue with the cool weather chance of rain friday evening in to saturday along with cloud cover a slight warm up making their way monday tuesday the trend is cold. bundle up and stay warm. over to george with driving conditions.
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>> suppose conditions for i was 17 we have been watching because of concern about icing conditions here at the bay bridge no problems westbound you will see is a good trip. san jose end good ride coyote valley no delays for 284101 quick check for marin county the right through terror linda at the southbound lanes of 1 01 the drive down from novato no delays or slowing drive times are running under 25 minutes for southbound 101. public transit has been quite the today as well. >> as we take look at 267 there's a lot of people headed than. we are looking at this know if you're headed to tahoe. the total snowfall squaw valley 5 ft. 7 in., alpine meadows 6
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ft. 5 in., at tahoe cit 3 ft. city >> the ice in the pacific northwest. cars sliding down and kill in seattle. this is capitol hill every time it ice is over people wait to see what's happening. there never disappointed car after car captured out of control down that hill slamming into sidewalks, people stairs, domino in into each other. probably the most dramatic part is when a city bus attempted to go down the hill. it is trying and then it starts to lose it at this point driver has no control. it's smashes the telephone
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pole. everybody holding their breath. luckily it came to a gentle stop without anybody being heard. obviously scary situation some of the latest video this morning. >> today one of the busiest days of the year. you may run into people protesting full body scanners. protesters are trying to make a point by slowing down security checkpoints but we have not seen much of that happen. will tran live at sfo. >> even if they all opted out and tried that pat down it would not impact trouble because there are so few flyers today. this has been on the internet for days people behind it encourage people to get to the
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checkpoint as a note to the scanners which they claim reveals too much of their bodies and yes to the pat downs. here's a couple of troubles. >which your other body scan or pat down? >> on find either way i don't think it's right to opt out its your safety everybody is complaining flying is not safe enough so they took these measures so people are complaining then what do they really want? >> some people said they want this can read the than the pad down to is a matter to you? they might say that it had you down? >> it doesn't bother me. >> national security is at risk. that to make sure it is safe. >> i know you have the
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flight to catch that is a sentiment i think this they think althey think this is a loo do about nothing. a lot of people you can see they just want to get home. >> we heard a report about a salt lake city student going through the scanner with this bill. as part of a protest. >> just take your shoes off we don't want you to take anything else off. we will be back with more of a moment.
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watching the sierra traffic is moving smoothly. you can see this snow on the roof of cars. several feet of snow over the last few days. six
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plus feet of snow over the last week. great skiing and boarding right now with frigid temperatures. it was a blow 0 this morning and four below zero and suchlike. now warming up just above 0 right now in north. >> keeping an eye on wall street and nice way to end the trading week the dow north of the neutral. the s&p up nasdaq up 40 points by the day everybody reaping in profits. local stocks doing well they are all up. yah hoo looking like it's one-and-a-half percent. everybody in joining this day of making a little money before we enjoy thanksgiving. >> treasury says they received 11.7 billion from the sale of more than three
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10:16 a.m. are big story is cold temperatures kron 4 is jackie's a cell is monitoring what's going on in marin it got so cold earlier this morning there but it has a warm up some. >> we are looking at 41 now 42 not getting warmer by the minute. warm up 10 degrees in about 2 1/2 hours. for the quarter portion of the morning we read the freezing mark but its picture perfect day out here not a cloud in the sky we are seeing the breeze just a hint of a
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breeze and cool temperatures if you're not working today today is a perfect day. >> you were prepared for it and that it's a huge difference if you have that had mittens and jacket it's terrific. yesterday it was blown cold now are used to it it will be colder but about the same tomorrow. >> we will see similar temperatures tomorrow clear conditions at the golden gate bridge but blue skies so take your gloves had coded as chilly out there we have an advisory will take it that lookit that in a bet. 50 by high of 53 today and then cooling it back down 40 later this evening chile through the bay area continuing through tomorrow in the next day 39 in san rosa 43 fairfield 38 livermore 44 hayward warmer
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their 43 mountain view and san jose 42 los gatos. this is in affect for the north and east bay temperatures mid-20s and low 30's. this is for least four hours extended period of time will have chilly conditions. you're highs today low 50s 53 san rosa 53 richmond 52 concord and the ob topping out at 48 today some not even getting out of the '50s 51 hayward and fremont 58 los gatos and more in health 52 san jose. you're 7 day around the bay forecast chilly start to thanksgiving tomorrow. chile all weekend long we see a chance of showers friday night into saturday ever so slightly warmer monday, tuesday the lows are quite chilly only the high 20s and and spots low 30's. deftly bundle up.
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>> luckily things are good we did not see the problems is that occurs mountains with ice. bay area freeways have been very light as they are here in san francisco no delays regardless of your direction the morning commute has been an easy one in the golden gate bridge is now up reconfigured from midday traffic this plane has been closed all morning long even taking away one lane southbound could not slow the commute. where things are slope the sierra. because of chain requirements on interstate 80 there are delays now at the site where the chains have to be put on. between nyack and state line. u.s. highway 50, and 88 is open bow with chain restrictions. there are delays to a lot of folks are pulled over having to put chains on.
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>> thank you george with thanksgiving travel very busy at crazy day with shoppers a day after thanksgiving looking for deals their art deals on items like travel and hotel. >> i never thought about that you go off to buy is a television or some things for your family they can physically hold but things in tangible like a hotel room for example, with rachel from trouble loss city sang don't rush to the malls friday you come by her charms. >> to one day cells we offer 40 percent off hotels even up to 50% free nice days as well this is the u.s. so international and domestic. >> so you come to set
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francisco and all take care of your hotel room at a discount. >> that is a great way to handle the laws but also take a three day weekend they were planning or surprise somebody with this special vacation. >> what if i find a better deal in a week? >> they are subject to the price guarantee we will guarantee if you find something lower within 24 hours we will give you $50 and the price difference anything outside the window the price is the best. >> thank you for the gift ideas people will be thinking about that on friday hotel rooms give it a shot. >> 10:21 a.m. back with more moment it is chilly someone to love even of the sunshine looks fabulous building roads are nice and light so an easy ride for you if you have to get somewhere.
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wickes but the roads to become more crowded as a day goes on.
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we have our eye on trouble and whether here is reagan national showing you some of the trawlers there. you know the drill put the beguin take your coat and shoes off. go through the regular scanner or the new ones. or maybe the new pat down. everybody's doing this around the country 40 million americans are expected to travel this thanksgiving. let's see denver. this is a live shot. this is video. this to three hours ago was dead. they have peaked off at the airport down there. no word on delays. no word on delays at salt lake city either.
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northwest got hammered but everything seems okay. >> lookit this video a time lapse video showing storm coming and coming through this evening with strong winds in whiteout conditions. >> portland oregon temperatures expected low 20s so the road are frozen over that is the worst. there's nothing you can do. police responded to 120 accidents in nw oregon in 25 hours. >> the homeland security department is proposing to discontinue the color-coded terror alert system. the system's demise would not be the end of terror alerts; instead, the alerts would become more descriptive and not as colorful. in the past two years, obama administration officials have changed security protocols without changing the color of the threat, such as introducing new airport security measures after a terrorist tried to bring down a detroit-bound jetliner last christmas. by scrapping the colors, president barack obama would
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abandon a system that critics long have said was too vague to be useful and that democrats criticized as a political scare tactic. and it would represent a formal undoing of one of the george w. bush administration's most visible legacies. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes blue skies is cold 45 degrees right now we're looking for high of 53 later this afternoon.
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10:29 a.m. good news for travelers know airport delays right now for those of us stayed local is cold very cool to day freeze one is in fact inland valleys as well as frosted by a series tonight this weekend there is a chance we will see showers let's take a look at overnight lows we broke
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records san francisco met a record must hit in 1906, oakland broke its record. san rosa, san rafael and madame du all came close but not quite breaking the record. 414 san rafael 44 oakland, 42 fremont and 42 los gatos your afternoon highs low 50s so cool day ahead of us 53 santa rosa 52 through fairfield and concord, 54 oakland, 51 hayward. we have low 50s through the south bay. you're 7 day around the bay showing us those very cold nights in store for us tonight continuing till tomorrow night into friday night and then friday night into saturday morning chance of showers let's get the
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traffic update from george. >> if you have to drive we have had no hot spots not much in the way of slow traffic we were concerned about ice conditions over highway 17 and that never got to be a problem thankfully. at the bay bridge toll plaza light traffic all morning long no delays even with the second wave of cars that come across after 10:00 a.m.. san mateo bridge equally light. the cooling a bridge ride is already been reconfigured for midday traffic light and easy ride all morning long. >> today a busy travel day. some passengers may be protesting the full body scanners. this comes on the
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heels of outrage by passengers to see the scanners of an invasion of privacy protesters are trying to make a point it will try to slow selling stemmed which could affect people tried to catch flights out of town. earlier this morning we spoke with the spokesmen. >> you turn 90 degrees place your hands next year had many touchdowns symbol. 20 seconds for the scandal be finished you walk out if everything's clear you're on your way. it's not recorded the person looking at it is in a separate room they don't know who they are looking at. once it is clear from the screen in is gone from the system. just look at it and clear you or requests for secondary screening. >> it takes 10-15 minuteseconds
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to clear you. gsa is urging people to work with his agency since everybody has the same goal. >> there is the percentage who have concerns i'm sensitive to that trend to work through those issues from the standpoint of how we do this in in a form to intelligent way that identifies the threats are real. that's non-issue. then how do we best take those security issues led those with the privacy issues in an informed way to say how can we work together to provide that security everybody wants knowing everybody wants to to make sure everybody has been screened knowing you're not a terrorist on not a terrorist but what about everybody else? >> so far has been a bust only a few reports at
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protesters. a man in a speedo at salt lake airport. >> will tran has been monitoring nothing like that right? but you have to have a crowd. >> i'm glad i missed out. it's so cold if you have a speedo what and you can opt out. you can see the line behind me. it is as busy as i've seen it this morning this is late morning flights. i cannot find anybody that is choosing to locked out even though this is on the internet talked about for days. encouraging travelers to opt out. will you? >> i will not and i hope nobody in front of me does either i want to get to dallas i don't see any reason to opt out. >> d.c. the protesters point of view? >> i can understand some
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people feel it's too invasive but troubling is not our right it's a privilege we pay for it and if we want it sure were being safe we follow the rule >>. the line is building up if i people churls to opt out how would you feel? >> annoyed we left very early to make a 1:00 flight even if people opt out were ok. but i would be disturbed. >> thank you for stepping out of line. happy thanksgiving. sfo were worried about opt out which is on monday they talked about having it designated line for people who choose to opt out but as you can see really no need everybody is going through as if there was no such thing as national opt out date.
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>> it seems as though it fizzled out everybody wants to get there with no trouble like i said they seem to understand what gsa said it's a necessary improvement and security to get everybody safe. >> we will be right back alive look at james lick in san francisco temperatures warming up lots of sunshine and light traffic. save $523! 16 minutes could save you 16%! come on... isn't it time an auto insurer gave it to you straight? that's why you should talk to state farm. but not yet. first, talk to any one of the 40 million drivers who already have state farm. 40 million. yeah, that's more than geico and progressive combined. by a lot. 40 million drivers. more savings.
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dow reaching some of a higher level since seen all morning long. up 146. s&p is up as well nasdaq up as well. that the latest from the newsroom. >> changes are required as you had to the sierra today but it is not this messy. this is yesterday's conditions heading into nevada. you have to have a chain saw and blowing snow it is just a mess. today it is clear sunny and cold. you still do need the changes yesterday was so windy 3000 residents lost power because power line fell down on 80 and the nevada highway patrol had 80 traffic accidents less another four dozen vehicles slid off the road. >> that snowstorms stop
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their search for the man. they failed to find him yesterday. crews found several items belonging to the gentry including fanny pack and snowshoes. >> we will be right back the bay bridge is free and clear. well it's not free but you do get a reduced price now. very few cars looking good there it will get more crowded later in the day wore thanksgiving day traffic people trying to head out for thanksgiving day tomorrow. we have some things if you don't have plans for the week and how about on saturday night watched the best of the giants world series giant parade we will play that on kron this saturday night from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00
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welcome back to kron 4 time right now is 1044 a live look outside that the approach to the plaza. clear blue skies and the conditions but it is cold. oakland broke its record here if by about six degrees last night currently oakland sitting at 47 warming it up to 50 by new hitting a high of 54 and then cooling it back down to 42 by 8:00 p.m. the rest of the bay area we are sitting in the '40's than buy new sitting in the '50s. them by about 3:00 p.m. we will hit afternoon highs. hi 7:00 p.m. cooling it down to the '40's. seeing some 20's and 30's that frees the warning is in fact temperatures getting down to mid-20s. we will sit below freezing for about
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four hours or more. most cool temperatures will be in the world areas. you're highs today only in the '50s today 51 through napa and vallejo, 54 oakland 48 in antioch, 52 mountain view 50 through half moon bay. 7 day around the bay shows us the cold overnight temperatures tonight thursday night and friday night friday night we will have a chance of showers in the fourth test lasting into saturday them by sunday drying it out. >> first low traffic of our morning interstate 80 eastbound for non to me direction. this is the off ramp. from eastbound 80 this
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is goulding gate fields in the background there was an accident that occurred. it may have been hit and run they are looking for a vehicle that may have been involved the corner has just arrived. this became a fatal accidents of the off ramp will be closed for a while. buchanan street off ramp it is having an impact on the ride. if you're headed to the sierra this could affect you. the bay bridge no back up toward the lake. there are delays on the 80 east because of the chain requirements. we have that slide for you the chains are required in eastbound there is a back up now off cars approaching the checkpoint. expect delays not only to chain up but also to get through the back up. highway 50 is open and so is 88. >> a lot of snow in the
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sierra and a lot of excitement about skiing and boarding joining us now is john with sugar bowl. it must be a lot of excitement up there? >> there is a ton of excitement. there are lines in special tickets at the chair lifts and once everybody got out there playing in the snow of 88 ft. of their recruits and hollers all around. >> it is cold up there this morning out temperatures below zero in trucking this morning. >> it has been a fantastic system the first wave live in warm which met snow was heavier which is perfect for base layer. and then it was colder with lighter driers now in you're absolutely right. today was a negative to up at the summit it was
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zero. it is warming up nicely, a clear day with sunshine now. it doesn't feel as cold as the temperatures believes. >> how many trails and lifts open? >> 8 lifts and lots of trails with light dry snow we want in as many skiers out to compaq it in case the wind does pick up. with the exception of one left everything is going. everybody is spread out real well having a great time. >> think you for joining us from the sugar bowl. happy thanksgiving to you. >> four new gas pipeline safety inspectors will be hired "without delay" by the california public utilities commission. the action comes after criticism from legislators about low staffing levels in the wake of the san bruno pg&e pipeline explosion in september that killed eight
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people and destroyed 37 homes. the commission's announcement showed that, mile for mile, california conducts the fewest pipeline safety inspections of any state. the state currently has nine inspectors to keep tabs on 110,000 miles of gas pipelines. >> residents from san carlos attended a meeting to discuss the pipelines they run under their neighborhoods they're worried something could happen to them like the deadly explosion in san bruno to gas transmission lines across. they were on hand to answer concerns they're talking about automatic shut offs. >> to teenagers face charges of a shooting death in a golf club. to 17 year olds had already been in custody on unrelated charges now today they appear before the alameda
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superior court their names not being released. the victims were shot at as they were on the dance floor october 9th. >> preliminary hearing in the richmond gang rep rape case has concluded the defendants are facing charges for raping a 16 year-old girl outside the homecoming dance yesterday this man retired police detective return to this day and for cross examination the attorneys question about interviews he conducted with the victim and the two men. attorneys for the other five tried to minimize the role of their clients. >>anthony waiters, the man who lived next door to where a tracy teen says he was tortured and held captive is guilty, a san joaquin jury said tuesday. the jury found waiters guilty of all nine
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counts he was facing, including torture, aggravated mayhem and false imprisonment. waiters lived next door to where the teen, kyle ramirez, says he was tortured and held captive at. michael schumacher, kelly lau and caren ramirez pleaded guilty in october to several felonies including felony child abuse endangerment, withholding food and infliction of corporal injury. they face up to 30 years in prison as part of their plea deals and will be sentenced in december. the teen was held captive by his legal guardian and the homeowners between 2007- 2008. he took the stand and described the torture which included lighting his pants on fire, starving him and beating him unconscious. for more leader legal guardians have are depleted guilty to a dozen different colonies. >> will take a break now temperatures starting to warm up in the forecast.
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trading moby off tomorrow due to thanksgiving rebound from yesterday's big losses that jones up 144 points up
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1.3 to 11,000 the big news was the jobless claims with some big drop in the number of americans filing for the first and last week to the lowest level. wall street likes the news on this last trading day before thanksgiving with the big game for the nasdaq. >> it is pretty early for people heading out thanksgiving traffic is very light you can see the approach to the bay bridge easy. nothing to speak up to hold joint but all on the san mateo bridge plenty of sunshine not too windy. it is very cold. " unclear at the golden gate bridge as well traffic looking good here, traffic is moving just fine. cold temperatures this morning something for tomorrow maybe even calder's the look of a freeze warnings tomorrow morning with low of 29 degrees inland but still plenty of
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sunshine so that is for thanksgiving day the day after when you shot there may be rain friday night moving in to rain on saturday clearing back out on sunday. >> we have learned steve cooley has conceded to the attorney general's race. that gives democrat best we. she is the first woman and minority elected. >> remember chp told us they will be out in force starting this afternoon so be careful if you're on the road to an you're going to or from a facility there today or tomorrow. >> things you for watching us this morning have a great thanksgiving we will be live from 5:00 a.m. until 10 (laughter) >> we will see later.
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