The us and russia reach a groundbreaking deal today in the crisis in syria. Well have all the details. Good morning and thanks for joining us on this saturday september 14th. Im marty gonzalez. Well get to your top stories in a moment but janu for your weekend forecast. Developing news thisthe us and russia reach a groundbreaking deal today. On the framework to eliminate syrias chemical weapons. Kron 4s mike pelton reports the latest on this breaking story. Mike . The deal comes following the third day of negotiations in geneva between us secretary of state john kerry. And Russian Foreign minister sergey lavrov. The two made the joint announcement today. Laying out a series of steps the Syrian Government must comply with. Among the steps. The two diplomats say syria has one list of its chemical weapons inspectors must be on the november. The hope, then, is to see the destruction of all syrias chemical weapons by the middle of next year. This comes after president august 21st chemical weapons attack that the us says killed more than 14 hundred people during the countrys ongoing civil war. After fierce opposition to a strike on syria. Russia and the United States engaged in facetoface discussions over the past three days. And have now found common ground. Secretary of state john immediate access to International Inspectors. And that if the Syrian Government does not comply with these demands to rid itself of chemical weapons. They will seek a un security counsil resolution that could authorize sanctions against syria. In the newsroom mike pelton, kron 4 news bart Officials Say its time to get serious about the possibility of another strike. Management says if there is a walkout. It has a plan to keep some trains running. It would include limited train service. The trains would be operated by managers with transit operation backgrounds. The assistant general explains the plan for service. Skeletal service. Very limited in duration. Limited number of trains Union Managers who may also help out. Bart unions reacted quickly plan. Calling it irresponsible and potentially dangerous. An official says being a certified bart operator requires at least three months of training. The union suggests putting managers at the controls could risk public safety. Union Officials Say there are not enough qualified managers to run the trains and fulfill the other roles involved in keeping bart running. Bart workers picketed during the short strike over the july 4th holiday week. Riders told kron4 what they think about barts plan to keep the trains running if workers walk off the job for a second time. Just been a nightmare. And stay with kron 4 as we continue to follow the strike. You can get updates right here on kron 4, kron 4 dot mobile app the devastating mount diablo fire is 95 percent containment is expected by 6 pm today. We are learning that fighting the fire cost an estimated 4 and a half Million Dollars. It burned more than 31 Hundred Acres fire crews continue to spots. But say the five day fire that led to these stunning images is just about out. Officials believe the fire was started by sparks from people target shooting. Coming up on kron 4 news weekend. Devastate colorado. And they for another few days. Well have the latest but first, the jersey shore is still focusing on coming back from superstorm sandy, when a massive fire breaks out. How Business Owners are coping with the tough loss. New jersey just cant seem to catch a break. Back after the break. [ male announcer ] help yourself to new build your own omelee with all the fixings and help others at the same time for every omelette purchased this week at denny, americas egg farmers ll donate one egg on your behf to a no kid hungry partner to help end childhood huer in america. To help end childhood huer license and registration please. 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The fire started at 2 15 on thursday afternooon. Firefighters arrived in minutes but the blaze was out of control more hlep arrived to fight the blaze the entire boardwalk was consumed by flames authoriteis reipped out the new builed board walk to put out the fire after 9hrs the balze was under control. Authories does not know what caused the fire 30 businesses were destroy and no was killed or injured residents say they are strong and will rebuild again. Still ahead on kron 4 news weekend. Well check in with janu for your full weather forecast. Happening now. We will be right back. Sidebyside, so you get the same coverage, often for less. Thats one smart board [ flo chuckles ] [ whirring ] hey, hows that atomsplitting thing going . [ whirroh ] call or click today. More than two dozen state northern colorado. Days of flooding has washed out roads, turned streets into waterways, and filled homes with over 15 inches of muddy water. Four people have died from the flooding. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes. And the nightmare is far rain expected over the weekend. One family says when they they didnt want to wait for rescuers. So they decided to pack up and hike to safety. Heres how the father described his familys journey to higher ground. Our journey yesterday. Clear skies on friday allowed for more evacuations and rescues. Authorities cant say how long it will take to reach isolated by devastated roads. The extreme colorado flooding has left one sacramento family wondering their loved ones. Maria medina reports. The flooding in colarando affects sacramento resident as her daughter is in colarado on a trip and canno get to the aire port becasue the roads are washed out. Phones lines are out and her daughter wrote a letter to her mother. The town of lyons in colorada says all of the students are fine. And new mexico is also being hit with heavy rains. This is what it looks like in albuquerque. Hundreds of people have been forced to leave their homes because of the rising waters. The governor has declared a state of emergency. The Rio Grande River continues to rise and could reach flood stage this weekend. Lets take a quick look outside this morning. Lets check in with janu for your saturday forecast foug fog fog outside right now 60 san jose 57 concord 60 livermore right now by noon today 70s inside the bay afternoon more clouds and breezy 89 brentwood 84 los costa 84 evergreen oakland 72 degrees 760s down town San Francisco cooler temp tomorrow 56 people are dead following a week long standoff with muslim rebels in the philippines. Officals say Government Troops are battling their way into coastal villages in the south. The rebels are Holding Hundreds of hostages. The standoff has sent more than 60thousand people fleeing from their homes. The government says it is working to end the crisis soon. Arizona senator john mccain is reportedly planning to respond to an oped piece by russian president vladimir putin. According to Foreign Policy magazines the cable, mccain has agreed to write a column in a Prominent Russian newspaper. The column will reportedly attack putins leadership. This week. Putins oped in the New York Times argued against a us military strike in syria. And criticized us Foreign Policy. Mccains office has promised to submit his column by wednesday. The un secretary general had harsh words for syrian president bashar alassad. Ban ki moon says he believes the report on syria will show overwhelming evidence of a chemical weapons attack. He added Bashar Al Assad has committed many crimes against humanity and would face a process of accountability. The process will take time. But if un inspectors will go into syria. Syria will have 60 days to declars all its chemical weapons. However. This timeline may not be fast enough for the action against syria. Coming up on kron 4 newsyou may find yourself paying more at the parking meters in walnut creek. Well tell you why and the proposed rate increase. Back after the break. Proposed rate increase. Back after the break. 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. Vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer usaa Auto Insurance is often handed down from generation to generati. 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The Transportation Commission says this is all part of a plan to funnel drivers into using the citys often under used parking garages. City staff also recommends changing the meter enforcement hours. From nine in the morning until six at night. Kron 4 spoke with people who proposed changes. The Transportation Plan to the city council next month. If adopted, the rate hikes could go into effect next year. A brazen robbery caught on camera. Early friday morning in pleasanton. A suspect enters this 711. The clerk was inside a tries to lock him in. The suspect then hops over the counter and heads for the register. The 711 employee briefly confronts the thief, but the suspect takes off. Pleasanton police say, no weapon was used during the robbery and the search is still on for this man. Kids are playing a risky game. Which can have dangerous consequences. It is called the pass out game. Or the thumb blowing game. Kids crutch down, breath deep and then blow on their thumbs. The result. They faint. There are reports a 12 year old british boy collapsed and ended up in a coma after he copied the videos he watched online. But whenat Sinaloa Middle School in novato, the school sent out a warning letter to parents after a few teens were caught playing the game on campus. No one has been hurt, but parents are concerned. Sot it is unsafe i dont know where they get these things from. Sot whether it is the cin game or head in water. Stay away cause they can get hurt or even worse School Staff Members say they will act immediately if campus. This week the California Legislature passed a bill that would create a statewide earthquake detection system. Which would send out warnings before a big quake hits. Kron 4s Charles Clifford shows us how the system would work. Its is predicgted that in the next 230 yrs a big earthqueake can happen Governor Office ants to put in system with warning sensoors to warn people of a possible earthquake a Sensor Network is already in place but does not warn the masses of people. Next on kron 4 news weekend. Walmart is cutting back on chemicals found in certain household products. Well tell you why. And the Carnival Cruise line is trying to win back customers. Well tell you how they plan on doing that. Back after the break. For over 60,000 california foster childr extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. Joining the soccer team. Getting help with math. Going to prom. I want to learn to swim. Its hard to feel normal, when you cant do the normal things. To help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that, for most kids, are a normal part of growing up. Not everyone can be a foster parent. But anyone can help a foster child. Two corporations that owned the post cereal brand have agreed to pay 635thousand dollars in fines. These fines are to settle allegations that post holdings, inc. And Ralcorp Holdings inc. Failed to prevent air pollution from a modesto plant where grapenuts, banana nut crunch and other products were made. Federal investigators found that cereal coaters, dryers and other equipment at the plant emitted chemicals that play a role in creating smog. Post has since spent a little over one Million Dollars on equipment to control the emissions. Would number of people filing for first time unemployment claims fell by a substantial 31thousand last week, to under 300 thousand. Thats the lowest level since early 2006. But the Labor Department notes upgrades to Computer Systems in two states may have triggered this big drop. And this number will have to be revised in coming weeks. This is the last piece of labor market news before the discuss cutting its Stimulus Program next week. Walmart says its cutting down on certain chemicals found in household products. The move is one of the megaretailers green initiatives highlighted during a meeting about the companys sustainability efforts. Walmart has not said which chemicals are on the chopping block, but that the change will impact household cleaning, beauty and cosmetic products. The company says its asking manufacturers to transition to greener ingredients. Starting in 2015, all walmart suppliers will be required to post lists online of ingredients found in their products. Carnival cruise lines is hoping to win back customers with what its calling a great vacation guarantee. Under the new policy, if a passenger is dissatisfied with their cruise, carnival is offering a 110percent refund, Free Transportation home and a one hundred dollar onboard credit. Customers must notify carnival of their dissatisfaction within 24 hours of boarding a ship. The new policy comes after several recent problems on carnival ships, including mechanical problems on the carnival dream and an engine room fire on the carnival triumph that stranded thousands of passengers at sea in february. Coming up on the kron 4 morning news the as play a wild one in texas against the rangers. Was he safe or was he out . Gary radnich has the highlights and all the sports. Next lets take a quick look outside this morning. Back after the break. Lets check in with janu for your saturday forecast plenty of sunshine and breezy today now upper 50s san franciso 50s santa rosa 60 70s forteh coastal areas today 80 los costa 80 morganhille 89 brentwood 86 livermore 80s Danville San Ramon 70 freemont upper 60s downtown san franciso 82 santa rosa 80s nappa cold front next week from alashka collor tomorrer and the next week. Sports next in complete results from prefight event by tyler conway on september 13, 2013 3,460 reads 0 icon Comment Share tweet use your . . Keys to browse more storiesnext hires180497224 crop north Al Bello Getty images Floyd Mayweather stripped down, stepped up to the scale and flashed his trademark smile on friday afternoon in front of a packed house at the mgm grand in las vegas, nev. , where he came in at 150. 5 pounds in anticipation of saturdays 152pound alvarez made the weight as well, checking in at the maximum 152 pounds, clearing called boxings biggest bout in more than a halfdecade. The 152pound catchweight as a sortof middle ground, with mayweather preferring to fight lighter and alvarez typically fighting at 154 pounds. Mayweather and alvarez are now free to pack on whatever weight they need between now and the fight, with most coming in the way of replenishing fluids lost from cutting weight. Mayweather will defend his wba super welterweight ring junior middleweight and wbc super welterweight with record purses due for all parties involved, seeing both fighters make their weight seemed like a foregone conclusion. Which has been touted as by far the years best, went off without a hitch as well. Undercard between danny garcia and Lucas Matthysse lightweight and the ring will go off as planned,