Investigation open up into the tesla model as fires here and the United States. We will let you know what c e l l one must pass a separate james erica is here to explain what we are seeing out in the Weather Center critic rain is in the forecast. Erica everything is still in the north bay bridge is a man here critic you will see exactly whats going on. Your 7 day around the bay coming up in about 15 minutes. George rain could have an impact on the commute. We will keep an eye on that this accident north of 680 a new accident reported at the alum rock for 101 north bound reagan and a little earlier slowing. But the potential exists for both. Anny our top story this morning. Theyre still shock and anger after a violent car crash kills a former oakland raider and an innocent 54 yearold hayward resident print the story first broke here on kron 4 news. The former raiders player still has many friends who play on this years team. Kron4s will tran is live at the raiders headquarters with more on that story. Well . Will we havent heard from the Raiders Organization but we are hearing a lot from the players who are tweeting about it. The one to show you a picture of Thomas Howard. He last played with the Oakland Raiders in 2010. He came to the raiders through the draft in 2006. He was a big part of their defense had a great year 2007. 30 years old. He lived in all one need a permit we dont know where he was going at the time but we do know he was traveling northbound on 880 ride around the broadway exit and thats where he lost control of his bmw. Heres video that we got after the accident occurred at around 1 00 yesterday morning. The chp is still conducting the investigation so it will be a while but they do know that he was traveling more than 100 mi. Per hour in his 750 v m w pre eclipse the back of a semi truck goes over and the Center Median as lambs head on into the driver going southbound on 880 in his honda crb. The impact was so violent anny that it actually push for both cars back about 30 to 40 ft. Both men died at the scene. And we talked about anchor part. Its stemming from many in the community. Many have take into facebook and twitter saying why is it that it appears Thomas Howard was the victim. Instead, they believe it was the innocent driver who was minding his own business going along. He lived in hayward. He dies weve got a chance to talk to some of his neighbors 3 heres what they had to say. shes crying and a lot. She called her. Will now his wife lives in china. She got the news. She is coming over to america grid she will be over here next week. His son lives and san diego and apparently he is heading up to the bay area as well. The nfl Community Reacting to this as well as the public. A lot of backlash aimed at the nfl players for talking about this. Going on twitter. As for the twitter anglo file send them back to you james. James we did hear from former raider Kirk Morrison took to twitter to remember his friend. He says i didnt lose a friend or an index teammates today, actually lost a brother for life. Rest in peace t howard mark new this morning. U. S. Safety regulators are investigating fires and tesla model s electric cars. Like the one you see here in this video. The fires happened in the cars battery after the other carriers hit rock debris. That debris that damage the batteries causing a storm of reaction. In each case, the car warn the driver of the damage no one was hurt in the fires. C e l e lineceo elon musk says in a block post that he asked the feds to investigate, and he says the model as catches fire at a far lower rate that gas powered cars. The investigation affects more than 13,000 cars sold in the u. S. He also announced the cars are going through a software change to make them ride higher on the roads. And thats just what is amended the cars warranty to cover fire damage. James on a story only see on kron4. A Good Samaritan is credited for helping save the life of the berkeley teenager said on fire on a ac transit bus. Dan gail, a construction worker was on the bus on his way home when it happened. Gale is described asdescribes the frightening sight of 18 yearold Sasha Fleischman engulfed in flames as oakland teen skirt was set on fire after falling asleep on the bus. He describes spring into action when he saw the flames. i jumped over to him and i probably not this girl over. 16 yearold Richard Thomas has been charged with setting up such a fleischman on fire. He faces felony assault charge with a hate crime enhancement. Anny today, the Oakland City Council will consider a resolution making tomorrow, november 20th, trans gender Remembrance Day parade in honor of Sasha Fleischmann. Councilmembers when that gets inlynette Gibson Mcelhaney and Rebecca Kaplan are asking all oakland citizens and Council Members to wear skirts on wednesday as a symbol of solidarity. I love having a free checked bag with my united mileageplus explorer card. Ive saved 75 in checked bag fees. [ delavane ] priority boarding is really important to us. You can just get on the plane and relax. [ julian ] having a card that doesnt charge you foreign transaction fees saves me a ton of money. [ delavane ] we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the u. S. When i spend money on this card, i can see brazil in my future. [ anthony ] i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family, which means a lot to me. Comeback to the kron4 morning news. Watching are closely this week with the district and unions reaching a tentative agreement last month. The unions approve the contract but bart to members now have to vote this coming thursday. What first was supposed to be a formality. Many are wondering if our workers will go back to the picket lines as a bart director joe keller says he and other Board Members are voting against the contract due to a medical leave clause that shouldnt have been approved keller says its more than that. He says hes tried to look out for everyones best interest. what i have control over it is to be responsible for the people who ride the system and the taxpayers who ride and our employees. We have a contract can be ratified by the board. Mark its really not clear what is going to happen. The bart board of directors of aldon on the new contract this thursday. If they decide to reject it what happens. Are they back to the bargaining table as another strike a possibility. Anny university of california santa barons are urging people on campus to watch out for signs of meningitis after two students were diagnosed with the disease. 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People forced out of their homes were allowed back in monday to survey damage and see what they could save. Some homes have been shattered into piles of brick, dry wall and lumber. And take a look at this. An incredible picture from the chicago tribune. If its a follow posted by the chicago tribune. Is the tornados path. You concede a swirl rotation of the tornado along its path. You can actually see the corkscrews world just imbedded into the ground as the tornado went over this farmland here in central illinois. Anny . Anny before you share make sure you verify that these pictures are real there have been some fake pictures expense surrounding the internet. Heres erica with your forecast. Erica we are certainly look forward into the weather. Were really picking up some rain in the north bay. Take a look at highway 101. Although it has dried up the rain has moved up into petaluma print. Light rain right now for bodega bay. The charge will continue. We are speaking of some rain and fairfield. When theres rain in the bay area that you generally translates into snow and the sierra so when this is all said and done we could see between two and 6 in. Above 6,500 ft. Most of the rain is currently in eureka for the extreme portions of california but it will continue its southward in march. Took a look at futurecast 4. Although it will really see the rain and the north bay approaching the 9 00 hour it will ramp up the intensity approaching through this afternoon. So light rain for the delta pretty places like concord in oakland out in the Livermore Valley. As you put the clock into motion took a look at your evening ride home for it looks like the rain picks up over the bay bridge right around of the macarthur maze. Expect every ran around interstate 580 along the also not pass. We will continue with spotty showers waking up wednesday morning and it wednesday afternoon will it we will increase the likelihood of thunderstorms. It won in three chance for that. When this is all said and done ride around thursday morning we will see about an inch of rain for the north bay and about half an inch for the rest of us. But like some light rain about three tenths of an inch in for a lucky for those of you and the santa clara valley. As for temperatures, most of us in the 60s. Upper 50s today for napa and 60 degrees in pleasanton. Your 7 day around the bay forecast highlights unsettled weather through thursday the past that, we are back in the sunshine. Looking like a pretty nice weekend with 70s on the board as we start the next work week. 618 as the time right now heres a george. George trouble for the bay bridge with an accident on the stand. For vehicle crash that blocks at least one lane of traffic is starting to back up the ride on the suspension span the west span. The slow traffic working its way back toward the island and that means the metering lights are going to start to get cycled a much lower rates. Expect traffic to start backing up here at the toll plaza. No indication yet of how long it will take to clear the crash but it could be a problem we are looking at a hot spot for the bay bridge already and also tracking a couple accident that may very well become hot spots on both 680 l 101 and the northbound direction. So far the impact is very light in especially for this one a one crash. At alum rock because it is the commute direction north bound. Our accident as 680 north bound is confined mostly to the off ramp of the montague expressway that is not a commute direction so why there is slow traffic the san mateo bridge here westbound onto National News now. It George Zimmerman will be back in court today following his latest scuffle with the law. The man acquitted of murder and the death of on arent teen unarmed teen trayvon martin, is now accused of a softer beds after a fight with his pregnant girlfriend at her floor home. Shes as he pointed a shotgun at her. Zimmerman has been charged with aggravated assault, battery and criminal mischief. In september, he was briefly held by police in another domestic dispute case involving his estranged wife. No charges were filed in that case. Anny san diego residents had to the polls today to pick a new mayor. The special election will determine a replacement for former mayor Bob Feller Filner resigned in august amid a sex scandal. The two front runners in the race are councilman Kevin Paul Faul coner and former assemblyman and nathan fletcher. Filner step down back in august. shame shame shame shame shame. James up more bizarre behavior from toronto mayor robert ford. It started when the mayor was heckled inside the City Council Building people yelling shame at him. Then, as mayor ford bumped into and knocked down a council member, leaving the woman with a fat lip. The mayor later apologized saying he was rushing to help his brother involved in an altercation yesterday, the Council Voted to strip mayor for of many of his powers. Hes been reduced to a figurehead with no legislative abilities. i may smoke crack sometimes. It was the big deal. Whats the big deal. We know what . I made mistakes, i drank too much. I smoked some crack some time. What can i say . I made a mistake, im human. James mayor four has refused to step down. In fact, he just began work on his Reality Tv Show for a nation with his brother. Ford nation time for the kron4 tech report with the gabe slate. Gabe good morning snack and a grab self on robberies are on the rise. Its getting worse and worse. Look of authorities are warning about the Holiday Shopping season. The streets and stores will be crowned with a lot of distractions. They expect this problem to be even worse and the bay area over the holidays to you really need to be aware of your surroundings. Its gotten so bad that the smart phone industry itself is taking on this and trying to offer possible solutions. Some of them are really extreme like this. A smart phone case maker that doubles as a stun gun. The Yellow Jacket is the worlds first phoned a stun gun the case. It delivers a 650 v. It hurts the person but not long term effects. It really needs to be a personal decision but keep in mind the safest way to being a voice of your rob of being heres my phone is not bringing it out in public. Activating this at the right time can scare someone off. The sound that a mix could scare off and robert. This thought comes to mind. What if you accidently shock yourself while doing normal things with your phone. Stun guns have to make contact with the skin to shop so they tried to create this device to avoid accidental. Theres a safety switch that have to be in the on position. Theres a safety bumper cover you have to remove and theres a button to activate. One nice thing about the Yellow Jackets done gone case it doubles as a backup Battery Storage free from such data about and your phone run out of battery it will give you an extra few hours of battery the case is going for 100. James and were getting ready for the holidays with a special dining and shopping guide here on kron4. Its our Holiday Gadgets and goodies special coming up friday night, november 22nd at 9. Vicki liviakis shows you the best holiday eating treats from dining out to agree to resell recipes and gave it will highlight the highest tech items shore to impress those on your list. Kron4s holiday candid and goodies. And dont start your Holiday Season without it. Gabe. And anny still ahead on the kron4 morning news, a federal investigation is now under way in connection with the tesla model as fires. Youll hear what see the zeroceo elon musk have to say about the case. And opening bell on wall street next. Mark well coming back. Opening bell on wall street. And while day yesterday with the dow over 16,000 for the First Time Ever for most of the day and the comments from activist investor carl icon saying that he could see a big drop in stocks. The question of the markets to pull back. In the meadow futures up 18 right now. We will have more coming up. New this morning we told you was going to rain and well we are seeing what conditions of the north. Kron4s Terisa Estacio is reporting on the light rain. Terisa commuters and others are waking up to this on this tuesday morning. Ra