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4:00 p.m.. we are learning new details tonight about where the man involved in a violent shoot out on interstate 580 was heading. kron 4 news has learned byron williams was traveling to san francisco nonprofit organization with a truckload of guns and ammunition. kron 4 to reset joins us live with the latest. >> this is the location where we have learned it williams was headed to the foundation located headed to the foq!m9nygbczon#"n francisco. kron 4 news learn byron williams show here in the spoken picture from the alameda county jail had traveled to the bay area this past weekend had here. an organization called tied the nonprofit social justice based in san francisco. the aclu of its and know what he intended to do once he got to those places. he was arrested
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following a traffic stop that turned into a violent shooed out ]ç officerse 580 saturday night. during the confrontation more than 60 rounds were fired. police say williams was struck in the leg enormous but survived because he was wearing a plastic body armor prepared jeff thompson said investigators spoke to williams in the hospital. while investigators search williams dropped they found three guns a high-powered rifle, shotgun and pistol as well as a lot of ammunition. in addition after finding a suspicious item the wka-d8;7$fhc/ív called ind retrieve this binder which says california on it. if pleas are analyzing the binder for more evidence. the 45 year-old shown here is another jail booking photo from 2009 have extensive criminal history including armor already and driving under the influence. his mom said the sun was already angry about not finding a job. he was upset
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about left-wing policy. please tell kron 4 news they've searched williams' home and grove and. back here your looking at a picture of the williams was in court today he is now facing four counts of pre meditated murder in connection with the shoot out the we have learned he will possibly be facing other charges in connection of trying to go in target this facility. and san francisco teresa kron 4 news. >> thank you to resell we just spoke to the ceo of tied center for his reaction to the news. >> we were dismayed to learn tides' was identified as a ,ñ this fellow was arrested after the shooting out on 580. we don't know this guy from anywhere were shocked. were maze that anybody would target cost were more sad than anything else. were very happy was resolved in the way it was resolved instead of other people
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being injured. the very hopeful the police officers involved will come through with this find is anything that might of ç very lucky that this was resolved in this way. and >> what producer kimberly sakamoto has a closer look at the typesetter. >> the question is what is tide's what about let's go in for a close-up look at the website. there were founded in 1976 by the person you just saw according to website the mission is to partner with individuals and organizations around the world promote economic justice, a democratic crosses and the opportunity to live in a healthy and sustainable varmint where human rights are preserved and new york city and san francisco pure they meet grants across the country and the globe and are seen in public charity. there's a quotation from tides that says tides' was traded to create comprehensive flexible services and tools to those dedicated to lasting progress of
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so social change. to check out the page for yourself visit our whats on the web section of www.kron4.com. >> ac transit riders taking the brunt of the ec transit6fb,5mx$. 209 drivers 18% of their work force calling in sick and again today. 200 drivers today called in sick today. this comes after the agency imposed a new contract on sunday after talks broke down. from oakland robert flat ago has the latest legal action brought by the drivers union. >> here in oakland tuesday afternoon the judge has postponed until july 30th or ruling on whether to throw out a new contract imposed over the ½ about the terms of the contract which a model other things called for wage freeze as well as changes in overtime in health-care costs. one in five drivers did not respond for work on tuesday. ac transit apologize
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to rider's many of phone were stranded. it also warned of the contract is nullified by the court if there could be layoffs. d.c. transit faces a 50 + million dollar budget deficit and said the new contract will a)ñyít.>7 about $50 million. a spokesman for the drivers said had no choice to take the matter to court and once again is calling for binding arbitration. in oakland kron 4 news. >> of people waiting for buses in oakland said they have noticed the latest today. the work stoppage had more of an impact on their to be appeared we as rider's how they felt about the drivers sickout and we receive mixed reaction. >> it's a totally convenient for allyíyxj,fbkrp] commuters not%t >> i need to get to where i need to go on need money. >> need to work out some kind of deal it's not fair to commuters that are trying to get to work in their trying to catch a bus
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and i can't do it. >> if yes to do which have to do that it's fine. it's always someone out here driving and not all the more radical we'd really be stuck out here. >> the writer spoke do hope the contract dispute is over soon and all the drivers get back to unanimous vote the marine corps of supervisors agreed they want installation of pg&e smart louvers to stop immediately. kate thompson has with the county says with a wait-and-see attitude to see if the public utilities commission will grant this delay. >> speaker after speaker after speaker. people have a lot of issues with piccinni's smart leaders and run the gamut from home concerns. these leaders transfer it 24 hours day its psyches of the so- called permanently. >> i do not want to beat charge
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three times as much because frank uses as a air-conditioner. >> they agreed with many people who are worried about smart leaders in the want to see more studies done. >> this is a two page letter that will be sent by the board of supervisors to the california public utilities commission suspend the installation of tennis mart leaders in iran. >> were asking them to suspend all operations until all the questions are answered. hopefully the consider it seriously and a likely suspect the operation. >> the supervisor's letter which only ask that more readers aren't installed until the utilities commission completes its study is coming up short. >> we have to take a stronger stand stronger than what you've done and make it clear if this dictatorship and there's no way out of this. were all subject to it like service.
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>> 30 to 50 protesters rallied against raiders to carried signs that said stop piccinni's smart leaders are down. asked sign that said smartly dressed her children the group told us >êk readers may have a dangerous amount of radiation. >> a live look inside the golden gate bridge fog still hang on here close to the coastline. rescind sunny skies elsewhere but temperatures are on the cooler side today. 55 and have long day, 58 and san francisco, 60s from the bay shore and are in the spots down yet again 5 to 10 degrees. aiding concord, 86 in antioch temperatures in the ,uls6su;çi"$ kç hope to continue as cooler weather for a least a couple more days all have your extended forecast coming up a bit stay with us will be right back after this break.
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medical marijuana production will be front and center tonight in the oakland city council meeting kron 4 dan from the reports the council will be voting whether not to allow a handful of indoor pot or staff to set up shop in the city. >> city of oakland is looking to cash in on the growing number of medical marijuana dispensaries. tonight at oakland city hall the council will decide whether or not it's a good idea tozúáiñ2qms for a large pot growing operations to operate here in the city. the operations or pot farmers would sell to medical marijuana dispensaries. which it for the city? first they say would be safer because these would be regulated. if borne partly it would make a lot of dough for the city. to be one of these four operations you have to pay the city more than to enter thousand dollars. on top of that the city would reap sales tax has much? it's estimated to be more than $3
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carmen kron 4 news. >> the proposal that would allow the wal-mart we're what a farce to set up shop in oakland isn't sitting well was more smaller growers in the city. jeff bush spoke with one the court and said the large farms would put him out of business and could be bad for patients. >> he's been selling organic growth and prof for two years. he said the large-scale marijuana farms are being considered would be bad for business and for the consumer. they're using chemicals that are kipx#paéprovenk'rk[8zr in the t the quality of the medicine that the consumers are consuming. they wanted as safe as possible. the >> dispensary purchases a medical canada's from organic growers the worry is large cooperations which put those cars out of business. >> the flood the market with cheap medicine. >> the be employing people are relatively low age a look at is
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producing lettuce or any type of weather as opposed to a medicine that's beneficial to a lot of people. >> the only buys from oakland growers and said the idea of large-scale operations green money the city is not exactly true because the money could go to other economies. >> if you bring in outside workers and they don't live in oakland in fremont those dollars are being spent in oakland the banks spent in other communities. in >> the meantime reckons tehran are holding their breath and open the make of farms will not comeolykyety/uóch/ iólfs6r@gua4 news. >> take a look at our extended forecast fog will continue to dominate our forecast this week appeared of forecast we.
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n3ç at surveillance video a few men started a fire at a garbage can outside of the berkeley market and telegraph ave. about 4:00 a.m. this morning this is one of three small fires that were set overnight the other to win their
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homes close to the uc-berkeley campus. one of the fires burned up a scooter that was parked behind a home that brings the total to 13 fires that up and sent the area since the july. berkeley police are searching for the suspects. >> we believe there is someone who's committing arson they're 're very concerned if this continues and it's possible that the structure could get involved. in two of the cases the recycle bin story instead building the building started to get charged but the response from the police department and fired a car was so quick that was not able to ignite the structure. >> and of the fires taking place in the city berkeley the other three were thin the boundaries of the berkeley campus. i 10 year-old girl was seriously 5tnúyp/ífbk with a knife this morning. this happened on parkland according conquered what appears to be an attempted murder-suicide. the girl told police that a 39 year-
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old mother will grow up with a knife in hand the girl struggled with her mother was able to break free. the mother then killed herself with that knife. the girl called 91 the girl was taken to hospital she is listed in serious but stable condition. the mother's identity has not been released. >> fog is clinging to the coastline out there this ídço startc$a#eh and fairly quickly similar to what we saw out there last night. 9:00 p.m. spilling into the bay pushing into our inland spots by here is a look at your 7 day around the bay and dense fog and drizzle close to the closecoastline. well, the coast tomorrow but for most other locations to be mostly sunny and cool similar to what we're seeing today. fog tracker for tomorrow morning let's pause this. later in the morning and 't will scaled-back at 9:00 a.m.
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fog clinging to the north bay and the coast line pushing back to the coach at 11:00 a.m.. fog is likely to linger over half of san francisco like it has to date and if you sunbreaks are possible. temperatures are once again going to be cold tomorrow just 57 in half moon bay, 59 in san francisco and los 60s in parts of the east bay shore and 2k34ñr7a6iéaxcahfruj.j1(a< oakland in redwood city are both it's 64 degrees. will slide in their inland spots 80 degrees for the most part 85 in antioch one of our warmer locations for tomorrow. fog will continue to dominate the forecast for the week and as we head into the weekend will see had lived a little bit will have warmer dryer air sitting up over as though a couple of chapters bump up a little bit of fog will be a factor through the weekend. >> developing news chinese officials are rushing to keep an oil spill from reaching
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international waters this is the ?u'yk8dv0>spg5+]rjgzóbuñkjxàywe where oil has been pouring into the water since to pipelines exploded. this area is usually full of fishing boats now it's mostly people try to clean up. environmental group is transfigured of the country's biggest reported spill is even worse than chinese authorities are indicating. as for the still on the gulf coasts card put a blunt in the air to get a better look at how and where the oil is spreading it's getting harder to spot which is good. if that is concerned there's still oil and ipé4l#pkç on thehe a block and a while scientists to try to figure out if that means the cap experiment will fail. a little good news today it has been confirmed that some seepage 2 mi. from bp oil cap is actually coming from another well. >> quick break on the kron 4 news @ 4 will go to james link the traffic jam packed on the bottom of your screen if the inner-city getting on to the 101 southbound it's bumper-to- bumper. the top of your screen traffic heading to the lower
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deck of the bay bridge and is ;֍
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amazon just now its books sold on their e. reeder are now outpacing hardback book sales. vote with a look at the switch. >> the past three months for every 100 hard-cover books sold amazon has sold 143 can the books that gap is getting wider in the past month for every 100 hard-cover books sold, if there have been 180 can the books sold through amazon. this is across the company's entire book business and include hardcovers if that have no conversion. fricandeau books are not included or the numbers would of been hired. in the santos over 630,000 books available for the sauce official announcement visit www.kron4.com look for what's on the web section. >> lindsay lianas arrived at a loss angeles women's jail to serve 90 days sentence for violating probation here she was
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shortly before she was let out of court in handcuffs today after a brief hearing. the judge sentence her at to determine the actress this seven alcoholic classes' pictures with the d.a. had said to the court hearing. the orders it completed the alcohol program she's going into custody she asked for your prayers and support to the end she stepped up and accepted responsibility. that's all i have to say. >> is the mug shot low had expected to serve a sentence in isolation and it could be shortened significantly due to jail overcrowding. >> marcus russell pleaded not guilty to a charge of illegal possession of drugs in alabama. court in mobile purity is charged with felony possession cough syrup. russell was released by oakland after being the no. 1 draft choice in 2007.
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he is widely regarded as the biggest bust in nfl history. authorities say he it did not have a prescription for the job and he was arrested july 5th at his home as part of an undercover investigation and hearing in this case scheduled for august 11th. live look at the golden gate as we take short break traffic heading into the bridge moving smoothly nowhfgdca three link configuration in each direction. a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza sunshine here in very light traffic coming into san francisco.
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