male announcer this is the bay area news station, kron 4 news starts now. Good morning. It is wednesday january 16th. We are taking a live look outside from the san mateo bridge. Weve been waking up to cold temperatures around the bay area this week. Well be checking in with forecast in just a few minutes. But first. We begin this morning with news out of washington. The white house will release its recommendations today president obama and Vice President joe biden will unveil the proposals during an event at the white house. Ed payne has the story. Reporter the announcement after the city took elementary tragedy. This ignited the Gun Violence Task force that is being led by joe biden. But with the president in the vicepresident of on bail in the package to take measures sponsored by universal background checks, and a ban on high capacity magazines, and Assault Rifles. Many will require congressional approval. He believes that things that we can do it in a bipartisan way will of sight of washington. But in yes, we are able to reduce gun violence but is something that we can do together. It is not just from the president s. Opponents of the nra are promising a gun battle. A new poll suggests that nearly 60percent of americans want stricter gun laws following last months deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary. 84percent who answered the Associated Press poll want background checks for gun purchases at gun shows. Oaklands Safety Committee has unanimously voted to adopt a resolution to hire a Safety Consultant to help the citys Police Department combat rising crime. The man they are considering for the job. Former Los Angeles Police chief william bratton. Dozens of the citys resident voiced concern about the hiring of bratton, due to his seemingly random frisk and search policy to combat violent crime. But Oakland Police chief Howard Jordan insists that brattons policies will not interfere with the Police Departments efforts to build a relationship with the community. We do not condone racial profiling. We have worked hard and long to build relationships. I did not want to throw that away. The Oakland City Council is split on whether they should hire bratton. It is expected to make a hiring decision at its meeting next tuesday. A chilly start but not quite as cold as the last couple of mornings. As we take a look at the temperatures we are very similar than just 24 hours ago below freezing and in some areas, napa. Of vallejo but not quite as cold as the heart of the bay. But we are still below freezing for the inland communities. Surprisingly, the National Weather service did not issue a frost advisories. The dewpoint are actually higher so that means that we are seeing more moisture. It is probably certain that you will see some moisture on your windshield. Expect that. Faswith mostly sunny skies it is going to be warmer with temperatures in the 50s. Tonight, clear but not quite as cold with most of us into the 40s. As you walk you through four futurecast. Still some 30s for fairfield, concord, those communities along the delta. But that dark purple indicating 40s at least. As we set the clock into motion. The green will appear on the screen where we could see some 60s. Most will see 50s. That purple is indicating most of the areas in the 40s. As we break this down in your neighborhood, santa rosa could be 61. 60s in oakland, concord. The satellite ritter short highpressure between the eastern pacific. The radarand temperatures a bit warmer. Your kron 4 7 day around the bay this is demonstrating that the mornings will not be quite as cold. We will not see freezing. And i know that i took a most of the average for most of these locations but with a weekend, the southbay communities could see even the 60s. Overall, pretty pleasant a nice looking your kron 4 7 day around the bay and let us take a look at traffic. There are no hot spots it is pretty quiet the traffic is doing just fine from all of the bridge approaches. The san mateo, looking good. And the 101 golden gate problemfree. No problems. On to a developing story. Transportation officials in japan have decided this morning to ground all boeing 787 dreamliner aircraft. Pending a complete safety check. One of the 787s operated by all nippon airways. Was forced to make an Emergency Landing in western japan earlier today after an alarm in cockpit warned of a battery problem. The is video of that aircraft on the taxiway. No one was hurt. But passengers did report the smell of something burning in the cabin. This is the sixth issue the dreamliner has faced in the last two weeks alone. Other problems include a battery fire and fuel leaks. As a result. Airlines are voluntarily grounding the jets while the u. S. Department of transportation conducts a review of 787s critical systems. A total of 17 ana jets. And seven Japan Airlines 787 aircraft will not be flying. Japans transport Ministry Says it is categorizing the problem as a serious incident all of todays ana flights in and out of San Jose Mineta International airport are cancelled. In world news. Police say two people were killed when a helicopter crashed during rush hour this morning in central london. Authorities say the helicopter apparently crashed after hitting a construction crane on top of a building. The accident happened just south of the river thames near the underground and a mainline train station. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames quickly. Several roads remain closed as emergency crews work on scene. We will be right back. This is a live look from newyork city were thousands from new york city where thousands of bus drivers are on strike over better job protection. Well be right back here on the kron four morning news. no at 409 quick check of the market future shows all three indexes are in the negative territory stocks ended the day yesterday positive. We saw strong rallying behind Retail Stocks which offset tensions over the nations debt ceiling and debate in washington on wall street the dow finished the day up 27. 1300535. Nasdaq fell 6. It was dragged down by more apple lost as closing at 3001 team. The s p 500 rose a point to 1472. Facebook dixit announcement is revealed. A new search feature makes it possible for you to give revealing information about a facebook nation. Enhanced search of bill because graf search allowing you to search the site for information facebook for is a share including restaurants and local places they visited. For now there is no mobile version. It will be available to a limited number of users here in the u. S. My space has opened up a completely redesigned web site. 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You may inquir 29 in fairfield. Lowr 30s for concord and pleasanton. Hayward coming in at 35 degrees. 37 in redwood city. Livermore under the freezing mark. When speeds not necessarily a factor most locations coming in at 0. Vallejo missing 6 mi. An hour sustained winds. Seven in fairfield. It feels like the low to mid20s in some spots along the delta. As we take a look at your head lines. Sunny and warmer conditions in to the afternoon. A couple of spots will reach the 60 degree mark. As we head into tomorrow. It will be another clear day another dry day in the bay area. It will lock up again as we head into the weekend temperatures above the seasonal average. Our south Bay Community climb to the mid to upper 60s. We could pick up the chance for showers as we head into next wednesday. Between now and then were looking at a complete the drive forecast with a 0 percent chance of rain. Off upper 50s lows 60s. A mixed bag in the south bay. San jose 60 degrees. 59 for Mountain View. A degree cool in sunnyvale. To the east bay fairfield in the mid 50s. The same for concord. 57 for castro valley. 56 and pleasanton. As we turn our attention to the north bay. A nice day ahead. 64 for santa rosa. 67 in napa. Oakland at 59 degrees. High pressure continues to build in from the eastern pacific. That means we will see clear days, dry days, and temperatures a bit warmer. Your kron 4 7 day around the bay forecast puts the freezing temperatures behind us. Your morning lows will not be too bad over the next several days. We will see plenty of sunshine in the afternoon. Really nice weather. Again, we have the potential for mid to upper 60s as we transition into the weekend. That is your forecast. Over in the Traffic Department is quiet not monitoring any hot spots. A live look outside to the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza traffic sailing by with no wait at the pay gates. At the 700 bridge drive Times Holding steady a 12 minute trip out they were towards foster city. South bound 1 01 golden gate problem free to those of you coming out the north bay. Conditions in San Francisco crosstown freeways looks good no problems with the east shore freeway. The north bound direction of the nimitz freeway is a smooth and easy ride. Guys. Thank you erica on to more headlines. San Francisco Police a standoff at an apartment in the citys Richmond District as ended peacefully with a man believed to be on begun surrendering to officers. This is video from our helicopter partnership with abc seven news. Police said the standoff started around 330 tuesday afternoon when officers went to the apartment after receiving reports that a man had fired a weapon inside is in park and complex. The Police Departments Tactical Unit and hostage negotiators were called to the scene after officers heard yelling from inside the mans apartment. The man surrendered a short time later. San Francisco Police have also named the suspect who allegedly killed a womans dog during a robbery in the tenderloin. Off police say this man 35 years old laurice barrett suspected of stealing money from a woman and throwing her dog in to traffic. It happened late last month on leavenworth st. Police say that identified him the tips from the public in Surveillance Video of the suspect running away. Now theyre hoping that the release of his photographs to the public will help them pinpoint his whereabouts. The response from the public is tremendous for us to help us brick open the case. Anyone with information about barrett or his whereabouts are courage to contact the San Francisco police. It was a larger than expected turnout at the marin county gun Buyback Program. Under to firearms were collected during the event which was played in reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. People walked away with up to 200 that dollars per gun no questions asked. It was such a success, in just two hours, the county ran through the 43,000 in the race for the event. A spokesperson for the san rafeal please pardon get us look is a more dangerous weapons collected. A fully automatic ak 47 shoots. When you hear people talk about problems with an Assault Rifle this is what they are talking about. This is a 12 gauge double barreled shotgun that has been sawed off. It is illegal because the barrel is all off. Getting one off the street to prevent a tragedy or death down the road this is all worth it. After running out of cash the county hand out vouchers for those who did not want to voluntarily give away their guns. The District Attorney says, he will try and raise the money needed to pay people back, and the next 30 days. And they also plan to hand out more about you that another gun buyback of it with his plan for the Martin Luther king day holiday. Hear the final numbers. A total of 827 guns were turned in. In navato, to launch a 27 or taken off the streets. In san raphael 223. In central iran to lunch and six guns. 71 guns were collected in marin county. In 50 undertaken in from point reyes. In San Francisco, to piece of gun control legislation were introduced to the board of supervisors. The first bands, plu possession of military style ammunition, such as hollow point bullets. The sale of those bullets is already illegal. This action would takemake having them a misdemeanor. The second requires police notification, when someone in San Francisco by 500 rounds of ammunition or more. This includes online purchases. Two weeks ago which is pulled off an ak47. The work continues. The policing is there on the forefront as well as the legislation. It will take several steps to make these two changes in the law we will keep you posted on there developed developments. Police in sacramentoin the town ofgalt outside of sacramento are mourning the loss of on their own after he was gunned down the line of duty. Investigators say, a 35 year old officer kevin tonn was killed by a burglary suspect yesterday morning as it responded to a break in col. The suspect also fired shots and another officer of mist. Been apparently turned the gun on himself and took his own life. We have very light traffic at this early hour we will be back with more national news. At 4 24. The u. S. House passed more than 50 billion emergency aid for the victims of super storm sandy. Sandy road for several more the states in late october. The storm in line for 140 deaths. A package is now headed to the senate where is likely to pass early next week. New york is now the first state to adopt new gun control laws since the deadly shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Democrats socratic Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a series of new regulations into law. The baythat the ban thatday ban residents like as the ammunition was more than seven around and get a statewide gun registry, among other things both new york Republican Controlled Senate and democrats controlled assembly approved the measure by overwhelming margins. The National Rifle association is seeing what it calls an unprecedented spike in membership over the last month. An estimated 250,000 people a joint organization. A Spokesman Says the surge in membership came immediately after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. In addition